Blake shot up in the bed and ran a hand down his face. He felt a familiar coating of sweat on his body and he looked over at Applejack who was still asleep. He rolled out of the bed and looked out window and let out a breath. It was still midnight and the nightmare had already woke him up. He clenched his fists and slowly opened them before sitting down on the bed.
"Blake, are you okay?" Applejack asked him.
"Do you want the truth or reassurance?" Blake asked her
"The truth no matter how bad." Applejack replied.
"It was another nightmare." Blake replied they're getting worse.
"You need to tell me about it you said that you would." Applejack told him. "Please, I can't help if I don't know how. I know that you've betrayed too many times but you can trust me and the rest of the Mane 6."
Blake was going to continue to try to talk her out of this but he just sighed.
"Fine." Blake told her. "Where should I start?"
"The beginning." Applejack told him.
Blake sighed as he remembered what he needed.
Blake sprinted through the forest his stitches having torn open too long of time ago for him to care anymore. He kept his head down to run faster and to keep the branches out of his face. Flying was out of the option since the cuts were around his wings. He didn't dare to cry out since that would alert his pursuers who he thinks he lost a little while back then he heard a sharp whistling and dived down in time for the arrow to only clip his shoulder. Blake was back on his feet without missing a beat and sprinted as fast as he could and leaped over a fallen log and felt his ankle twisted under him. He crashed heavily forward and cart wheeled a couple of times before coming to a rest; as he was getting up he felt an arrow sink into his shoulder. The pain urged him to launch forward and he was able sprint for awhile more until he crashed into a clearing, but he couldn't get back up as his pursuers came into the clearing.
"Blake, Blake, Blake, your running is futile." One of them told him.
"Your magic is ours." Another told him as she brandished a knife.
Blake got to his feet and as the last pursuer got close he tensed up and rocketed into the air in a fiery blaze and floated away from the pursuers. He felt an arrow rip through his wings and felt himself dip violently to the left. As he started to crash through the trees he could see his pursuers running through the forest towards him still trying to hit him again but then he saw one of them get picked off along the way. Blake flung open his wings and held back a scream of pain as they were tore at by the multiple branches in the fall. He hit the ground painfully and before he blacked out he saw the last Pursuer get picked off by a shadow.
"Go to sleep sir, you back home in no time." A female voice told him.
Blake shot up and found himself on a plush bed, he start to try to roll off the bed when he felt a hoof on his shoulder.
"Don't move my prince." The same female voice told him. "Your wings haven't healed completely yet."
"You were there." Blake replied painfully as he moved around.
"Yes I led the rescue mission." She replied. "My name is Sapphire."
"I can tell by your eyes." Blake replied. "Why my eyes covered?"
"Our doctors found a problem with your eyes, and how do you know?" Sapphire asked him.
"Do you even study up on your target?" Blake asked her. "Especially your prince. The problem was probably the poison from the arrows."
"I think that was what they were talking about." Sapphire replied.
Blake gripped the bandages at the back of his head and pulled them straight up.
"How are your eye healed?" Sapphire asked him.
"Minor poison, it doesn't really damage the eyes." Blake told her. "They use it to disorient the prisoners."
Sapphire muled this over and then suddenly she left the room. Blake huffed and rolled out of the bed and instantly collapsed to his knees. He gritted his teeth and got to his feet slowly and felt someone help him up.
"My… prince… you are… very… stubborn… and heavy." Sapphire told him.
"You'll learn very quickly that its not the smartest thing to keep me laid up." Blake replied as he walked to the door. "It's a good thing we're on the first floor."
"Again how do you know this?" Sapphire asked him.
"I'm never truly asleep." Blake replied as he pushed the door open.
He was instantly rushed by a woman in a maid suit and Blake shot over. In the end when he landed he crashed heavily and flipped over.
"Sir Blake, are you okay?" The woman asked her.
"He's still not used to it yet Alyssa." Sapphire told her.
Blake got up and galloped as fast as he could and he felt a few unfamiliar words pass through his lips. Soon, he felt himself move faster than he ever had and he found himself by a guard a second later.
"I see your feeling better my prince." The guard told him.
"Where am I?" Blake asked him.
"The kingdom of Injestalia my lord." The guard replied.
Then the guard just watched as Blake ran off and pathetically tried to get into the air. He landed heavily on his injured shoulder but was back on his feet and running. Then he fainted a few feet out of the gate.
"Is he okay?" The guard asked Sapphire.
"He is still getting used to everything." Sapphire replied.
The guard nodded and smiled as Blake tried to get back up but fell back down.
"Stubborn one." The guard replied.
"Heavy too." Sapphire replied.
"This is going to be interesting." The guard replied.
Sapphire chuckled as Blake staggered back towards them.
"I need to heal or I'm gonna go insane." Blake told them.
Someone rushed towards Blake brandishing a knife.
"Guards protect the prince." A guard yelled.
"No, I got this." Blake told them before taking a step towards the assailant.
"Come and just try to touch me Jasper." Blake yelled.
"Vol cun ta." Jasper yelled before disappearing.
"Dun mor co." Blake whispered before disappearing as well.
They both reappeared, Blake was holding the knife and Jasper was tumbling towards the wall.
"Sir, I advise that you let us handle this." One of the guards told him.
"No, he was one of the many that tortured me for countless days and nights." Blake told them.
"Then let me handle this my prince." Sapphire told him. "It's unbecoming for a prince to fight petty battles like this."
"I don't care, he needs to die by my hand." Blake yelled.
Jasper ran towards Blake with a smaller knife but he easily caught Jasper wrist. "I'm not held by chains anymore Ja'soh, you don't know who your dealing with." Blake told him.
Jasper sprint at him but Blake rolled to the side and sweep his legs out from under him. Jasper crashed to ground on his side and gasped for breath as Blake reached down and pick Jasper up.
"You will feel my pain Jasper." Blake told him.
Blake felt himself being shaken and when he looked to the side Applejack slow come to the focus of his vision.
"Are you okay?" Applejack asked him.
"Why?" Blake asked her.
"After awhile the wounds started to come and you seemed to be in a lot of pain." Applejack replied.
Blake out his left wing and just barely glimpsed the wound starting to disappearing, and he also felt a familiar pain at the base of his wing. He noticed that it was finally morning and he hopped off the bed.
"We should get outside in case everyone is waiting for us." Blake replied as he opened her bedroom door.
Big Mac was waiting right in front of it and Applejack held her breath.
"I'm with you all the way my friend, you are already like family." Big Mac replied.
Blake nodded and they both heard Applejack let out her breath. She quickly got out of the bed and walked beside Blake.
"I'm going with y'all to visit our little friend." Big Mac replied.
"You know him?" Applejack asked him.
"Who do you think gave us Granny's replacement hip?" Big Mac asked her.
The three of them walked outside to find the rest of the Mane 6 waiting for them where they all disbanded yesterday.
"There's not much to say." Blake told them. "Big Mac will lead us there and the only thing is don't mention his height."
As they started to towards the lab Fluttershy pulled Applejack with her towards the front. Blake took in a deep breath and tried to fly upward he got up foot or but then he landed roughly on the ground a few feet in front of the group. He got to his feet and this time he just tried to hover off the ground. When he landed again Twilight trotted up to him.
"Hey Twilight, what's up?" Blake asked her.
"Were you really hunted down?" Twilight asked him.
"Yeah, it was for who I was it was what I could do." Blake replied as he held a hoof in the air. "I need everyone to form a circle facing towards me."
Everyone did as he said and he ran at Big Mac and suddenly turned into sparks. The sparks went into Big Mac and he stumbled backwards as they shot from him to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Next, the sparks went to Rarity then Twilight, and finally they shot toward Applejack she stumbled back and fell on her rump. Blake reappeared beside her and helped her back up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hit you with such force." Blake told her.
"Of course you didn't." A voice told him. "Your control is getting better, but you're far from your full potential."
"Do you have the stuff Maxwell?" Blake asked him.
"How do you think I would look with that much robotics with me just walking through town?" Maxwell asked as he came forward.
"It wouldn't be any different then any other day." Blake replied.
"The tech is back at the lab." Maxwell replied. "I came so that we could end up getting there faster."
Before anyone could react Blake pulled Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash to him and Big Mac pulled Rarity, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie to him as a machine on flashed a bright blue. A second later they were surrounded by wall to floor computers. In the center of the room was a single pair of robotic wings with a cord in between them.
"These are the castings?" Blake asked Maxwell.
"Yeah, they will heal your back and control your powers as you get used them more and more." Maxwell replied as he lowered them onto Blake's back and suddenly 70 different needles dug into his back and wings and he collapsed forward. He stretched his wings and shot to the height of the roof and did a barrel roll before landing again.
"Heat Rush!" Blake yelled before being covered in flames and shooting forward.
"Is it good?" Maxwell asked him.
"Definitely good, even amazing." Blake replied.
"To answer your question Applejack; his cutie mark will become more permanent as he uses his powers more often." Maxwell replied.
Applejack was about to ask him how he knew her question when the wall behind her exploded launching everyone forward.