Day 6:
It was very early in the morning, before Celestia raised her sun, when DH woke up the others.
"Up, up, we are in a hurry." He said to them, while placing his saddle bag on himself.
"Why the fuck are you waking us up this early?" Michael groaned.
"We need to leave... NOW." DH instructed and levitated a lantern over to Gavin. "Hold this, mate." Gavin did as he was told.
"DH, would you explain what is going on?" Geoff finally asked.
"Our train is leaving soon." DH said.
"Really? Really." Ray said, slightly annoyed. "Whatever fairs fair." DH led them back to the train station and on to a train. Gavin set the lantern down and looked out the window of the fast moving train. None of them bothered to talk, simply because they had nothing to talk about until they were in the privacy of DH's home. Once they arrived back to Ponyville, the sun had risen. DH silently led them to the outskirts of Ponyville into a small, but well-kept cottage.
"Home sweet home." He said, heading straight for the door. He let the others in.
"So how are we getting back home?" Michael asked.
"Right behind me." DH said and stepped to the side, revealing a thing covered with a sheet. He removed the sheet to show a machine.
"Thank you so much for helping us." Geoff said, excitedly.
"Oh, you aren't going home yet." DH started.
"WHAT? Are you fucking serious!?" Michael yelled, he had his wings open.
"You didn't let me finish." DH paused for anymore comments. "As I was saying, I need a rare and extremely expensive item from Bultimare. As you can tell, I'm short on income, so we have to steal it." DH explained. All he got were stares. "Do you want to get home?" He finally asked.
"Yes, we'll do it." Geoff answered, quietly.
"To hell I will!" Michael yelled.
"But Michael... You are the only pegasus here and I need you if we are to succeed!" DH said.
"What if we get caught? We'll be stuck here longer!" Michael yelled.
"But if we don't, then you could be home sooner." DH said.
"Fuck that! I'm still not going." Michael said.
"For fucks sake, Michael! What about Lindsay?" Geoff said back. Michael thought for a moment.
"Fine." He muttered.
"So what's you plan, DH?" Gavin asked.
"My plan is simple. We have Michael and Ray create a distraction, while Geoff, Gavin and I will retrieve the object. If something is to happen, be ready to split up and meet behind the building." DH said.
"Fair enough." Ray said.
"What are Gavin and I going to do?" Geoff asked.
"The place is guarded very well on the outside, but not as well as the inside. So once we get in, Michael and Ray will distract the guards, Gavin, you talk to the shop keeper and keep him distracted. Geoff, you create a distraction with the customers. This way it is 95% fail proof." DH explained.
"And the other 5 percent?" Ray asked.
"We get arrested. Now come along now! The sooner the better!" DH said putting his saddle bag on.
"And how will we get there?" Ray asked.
"Train of course. Bultimare isn't that far from Ponyville." DH explained as he got ready to leave. "Ready?" DH asked. The others just nodded, for the fear of getting caught and having to spend more time as ponies. They reluctantly followed DH to the train station. They boarded the train to Bultimare and waited for the train to arrive to their location. When they arrived, DH whispered to them:
"Don't act suspicious." He calmly and nonchalantly led them to a small shop near the outskirts of Bultimare.
"Here it is. You'll be able to do it?" DH said. He didn't wait for answer and began to walk with Gavin and Geoff into the shop. Michael knew a perfect idea for a distraction. Michael glared at Ray.
"I am so sorry for what I'm about to do, but play along." Michael said then tackled Ray to the ground. He punched Ray on the face. Citizens looked at the two. Ray pushed Michael off of him and got ready to kick him. Michael quickly tried to take off, but Ray managed to bite his tail and throw his to the ground. Michael and Ray occasionally yelled at each other and crude words were dealt. DH watched from one of the shop's windows as Gavin wandered over to the shop keeper.
"Hello sir! How may I help you?" The shop keeper asked.
"I am looking for an item." Gavin said. He and the shop keeper went back and forth with Gavin giving vague specifications. Geoff walked into one of the isles where the only other two customers were.
"Would you like to hear a war story?" He asked. The two other ponies shrugged and listened close as Geoff began sharing stories from his time in the army. DH looked for the item from afar. Loud shouts were heard from outside. DH used his magic to levitate to object over to him. He grabbed it with his mouth as he started to put the object in his saddle bag. The shop keeper saw this.
"Hey you stop!" He yelled.
"Run! Just run!" DH yelled and sprinted for the door. Gavin and Geoff hurriedly followed. The shop keeper tackled DH to the ground and wrestled with him to get the object back.
"You have to pay for that!" The shop keeper grunted right before Geoff tackled the shop keeper and tried his best to keep him down.
"Go! I'll catch up later!" Geoff said over the shop keepers wails for help. Gavin pulled DH up and run out the doors, only to find Michael struggling to get away from two stallions holding him in hoof-cuffs and Ray being held up by two other stallions. Ray had been knocked out by the other stallions. Six stallions came rushing in and one tackled DH while another ripped his saddlebag off. Two ran past Gavin and lifted Geoff off of the shop keeper. Finally the last two made sure Gavin wouldn't get away. A carriage arrived that would hold the five. First they threw in Ray and stuffed Gavin and DH in. Finally Geoff was dragged in and Michael as forced in kicking and screaming. Once they finally got Michael in, they shut the doors.
"5 fucking percent failure, huh DH?" Michael said a little quieter. DH ignored Michael's comment and wrestled with the chains to check on Ray. DH had decided to not use him magic, just so nothing could be any worse. Gavin's horn was in an anti-magic brace and Michael's wings were tied shut in a brace tightly.
"Is he fine?" Geoff asked.
"He'll be fine. A small scratch on his cheek is the only open wound from what I see." DH answered.
"Sorry guys." Gavin muttered. "I minced it up."
"It's not your fault, the shop keeper's eyes was too good for his own good." DH whispered. The carriage suddenly stopped and the doors swung open. Two unicorns stood with weapons.
"Don't you play any tricks, pegasus, we know how dangerous you are. Now get out! Pegasus first! Good, now blue earth pony. Side by side! Now unicorn and brown earth pony, pick up the orange one. Hurry!" One of them called out. Michael and Geoff were in the front, with the quite guard ahead of them, and DH, Ray, and Gavin were in the back followed by the loud unicorn. The quiet unicorn led them to empty cells and one by one locked them alone in a cell with only a worn out cot, a small hole in the ground and a rusty metal table. The guards didn't have the decency to place Ray on the cot, instead they put him on the ground. The five guys were in 5 cells adjacent to each other. Ray was in the center with DH and Geoff on his left, from left to right, and Michael and Gavin on his right side, from left to right. DH sat on his cot, plotting how to escape. Michael paced back and forth, nervous of what could happen. Geoff laid in his cot, thinking about his family. Finally Gavin was impatiently tracing random things on the ground of his cell with his hoof lightly. The guards brought dinner and shoved it in their cells, not bothering to check on them. They took their post right outside the cell block door again. After the others ate their slop, Ray finally came to. He drowsily investigated his surroundings. Eventually, Ray picked himself up off the ground and to his cell door.
"Hello?" Ray asked nervously.
"Ray!" Gavin responded.
"Where the hell are we?" Ray asked.
"Do you really need to ask that question?" DH said. Ray didn't respond and felt his cheek with his hoof.
"Well I'm glad your fine." Geoff said.
"Yeah, me too." Ray said. A guard came in.
"Lights out." The guard said and shut the lights off. With the room being too dark to see anything, all the guys silently fell asleep.