"you are a trustworthy human Mark Welson."
"b... but why?!" I then yelled in surprise.
"you answered everything I asked truthfully and were willing to put your own life at stake so your own sibling wouldn't be hurt in any way. Besides... I send you aren't the type of pony who would just throw somepony out into the cold are you?" she gave me a smug smile as I tried to think of a retort only to find I couldn't find one. " I see I am correct."
"oh quiet you... fine you can stay here... I'll make the upstairs livable for you three... but remember I also got my own life to worry about."
"thank you Mark Welson." she then said with a small bow of the head.
"just call me Mark... I always hated hearing my last name for some unknown reason."
"may I ask why?" she then asked as I started to fold up the large map.
"my sister and I weren't allowed to take our grandparent's last name. They wouldn't let us. Instead, they forced us to keep our fathers last name. Never even knew him." I finished folding up the map as I gave it to one of her guards. "now if you don't mind... I need to go and calm down my younger sister... and if she is scared about what your guards did..." I turned towards the mare. " I am going to kill them... regardless if I die in the process..." she simply narrowed her eyes. I stood up with a small amount of trouble as I walked over and picked up my knife and flipped it closed. I put it back into my pocket as I put my heavy coat back on over my hoodie and grabbed my hat which was on the floor. I dusted it off before putting it on to my head and lifting up my face mask. "ill be back in maybe 10 to 20 minutes..." I grabbed my keys that were in the door as I began to trudge through the snow as soon as I reached it. I realized I was bleeding a little as I looked at the small amount of red snow I was leaving behind me.
I simply hurried myself up a little bit quicker before I reached the trailer. Walking up to the door I opened it to find Sabrina slamming into my legs as she cried into my stomach. I simply sighed as I slowly moved inside with her still hugging me. "I'm alright sis." I continued to talk to her as she slowly calmed down.
"what were they big brother?" she then asked once she was calmed down.
"beings who have wronged sis... they are going to be staying with us in the barn for a while..."
"are we going to tell grandma, big brother?" I narrowed my eyes. She was a sweet grandmother towards Sabrina but turned into a nasty bitch when Sabrina was out of the room. Towards both me and Sabrina.
"I don't think we should sis..."
"but why? She could help!" thing is Grandma is a teacher for paramedics. She was almost always in touch with the chief of police as they were good friends.
"let's wait and see if we need to tell her Sabrina. If we need to we will alright?"
"Alright!" I couldn't help but give her a small smile.
"Pinkie promise?" I then asked in a childlike tone as I lifted my right hand with my pinkie extended out of a fist.
"pinkie promise!" she hooked her own pinkie into my own as I smiled.
"would you like to meet them?"
"yes!" she then quickly said. Fear always left her quickly when I was around her. She quickly put back on her coats and boots as I stood next to her. I was worried that Luna would break her word. Soon we were off to the barn as Sabrina dragged me along. I smiled when we reached the door. I opened it and nudged Sabrina in before walking in and closing the door. I found they were no longer downstairs figuring they were upstairs I walked over as Sabrina followed me. I took off my heavier coat as Sabrina did the same seeing what I was doing as I laid them on the old piano we had in the barn. I opened the door as I started to walk upstairs with Sabrina and once I was head level with the floorboards I was hit with the large amount of heat that built up here due to the heater downstairs. I soon found that the three were looking over the map that they somehow had stapled to the wall after moving around a bunch of stuff.
Sabrina gave a small excited gasp as she ran over. Surprising the two ponies in armor as they almost attacked her until she started to jump up and down next to Luna and began asking questions at random and fast pace. " I apologize for my sister... she loves anything with 4 legs... any more or less kind of scares her," I told them as I approached.
"didn't you wish for us to not harm her?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow.
"then prove you won't harm it..." I said as I walked past them as Luna looked at me with almost pleading eyes as I left them at the mercy of Sabrina. I began to move things around, reforming cardboard boxes, putting stuff into said cardboard boxes, and then making walls out of the boxes. I was able to put together at least two old beds and put some large blankets onto them as well. Once I was done I walked out and then spotted very large pieces of plywood... which saddened me a little bit seeing as I made a couple of box walls... I walked back over to the group as one of the guards looked at me with murderous eyes as Luna was laying down with Sabrina sitting next to her.
"... and then we went to the Grand Canyon!"
"what is the Grand Canyon? I know of canyons but a Grand Canyon?" Luna asked.
"basically its the fourth largest canyon in existence" I answered. " it's a tourist attraction as well. I have a few beds put together with blankets but the mattresses themselves though might be a problem if the springs break through."
"I thank you for allowing us to stay." she then said as I gained a twitch in my right eye but didn't correct her at all. " I do have a favor to ask though."
"sure."
"would you please keep an eye out for any more of my subjects?" I sighed but nodded.
"ill keep an eye on the news. I'll bring the radio out here for you to listen to." she nodded.
"you don't know how much this means to me." I gave her a small smile.
"I can kind of think of how much it means to you. You're a princess who is only worried about her subjects. Although I will tell you now... I won't be able to do much should any of them be found out of state or even out of town." I told her as she nodded. "but I will do my best... Sabrina lets get back to the house before Grandma gets home."
"OK! Bye, pretty pony!" Luna gave her a small smile as she ran back over to me as we walked down the steps and started to put on our heavier coats.
POV Change
"are they trustworthy princess?" Space Orbit asked as we watched the two humans walk back to their small home from the windows.
"I believe they are. The elder human seems to care for his sister the most. I could see no foul intent in his eyes when I asked him the favor. In fact, he seemed... glad. To be able to help."
"what should we do now princess?" Star Gazer then asked.
"we should just wait for now. If he does have any ill intent by tomorrow more humans will come and put us into chains. We must figure out all we can... once we get enough ponies here we will be able to send them out for information..." I responded to his question. "he is a strange human..."
"how is your magic princess? Considering you lost almost all of it to ensure most of those dragged in with us were quickly expelled from the rift and back home before it closed."
"my magic does not seem to be able to regenerate here Star Gazer. But... the closer that human got to me..." I held a hoof up to my chest. " I could feel my magic regenerating. The closer he was the faster it generated."
"really princess? Is that why you believe he is trustworthy."
"yes. For as long as we trust him we will have a source to get back my magic to allow us to do even more and more. I do not know if the same could be said for anypony else but we must take the chance while we still have it." they both nodded as we watched one of those strange contraptions pull in. out walked what appeared to be an elderly human as they hurried into the small home. "I get a bad feeling about that human..."
"what should we do overnight princess? Shall one of us keep guard?" Orbit spoke up.
"I believe that would be best. In case anypony is using the cover of night to move around. But it would be foolish to do so in this weather." I responded. "for now let us just watch and see what transpires... before we begin making plans... and hope and pray my sister does not turn from the way of light in search of me."