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Equestria Broken - Five : Seeds

Five : Seeds

"Don't ever count on anybody else, in this or any other land. I once hoped for friendship, to find a place among my kind. But those were the childish wishes of someone who was blind." Emily Blunt (My Little Pony: The Movie) - Open Up Your Eyes

Clout looked to the sky and grimaced. He could see the dark clouds above brightening some with morning's light rising behind them. It was still drizzling down on him as he looked out from the alleyway he hid in. Without his gear or his cloak, it would be an easy thing for somepony to see what he was. The stallion shuddered at the thought of being on that stage in those shackles. He sucked in a breath of air through clenched teeth, shoved the memory in the back of his mind with all his other demons and looked around once more.

"So!" the pegasus said behind him, "My name's Stratta. If I knew the pony I was looking for was you, that really would have made things a lot easier yesterday." He trotted up next to Clout.

"Go away." the crystal pony demanded before moving out of cover and to the next alley. He crouched down behind a crate as three stallions quietly chatted on their way to work. While they passed the crate, the thief watched them walk away for a few seconds to make sure none of them turned around before he left his new cover.

"I still do not see why you are going back to that filth covered storehouse." complained the unicorn mare who was following the two stallions. Not having anything to hide, she casually walked along and watched the buckskin duck and dive behind anything big enough to hide himself.

"I said go away." Clout growled to both of his stalkers.

"I'm not going anywhere." the pegasus protested as he took to the air, "I have a job for you and that pony merchant, uh, What's-His-Name, said you were the one that I needed to talk to."

The crystal pony glared daggers at the gray and orange buck. For some reason, Merchant had told this pony where he was going. Clout did not appreciate his movements being tracked and would have to give his friend an earful next time he saw him.

"Don't look at me like that!" Strata complained, "I brought the guards. If it wasn't for me you would have been sold."

"Pardon me," the mare interjected, "but the pony who had unbound him would be I, so you did nothing to save him from his predicament. I, however, did."

"And without my distraction how exactly was your plan going to go?"

"I was going to buy him obviously." the mare said as a matter of fact in an irritated tone of voice, "And what would your plan have been if the guards had caught him, pray tell?"

"I don't have to explain myself to you, you prissy aristocratic nopony." the pegasus shot back.

"Nopony!" the mare exclaimed in outrage, "I shall have you know my family is very well kept. But, I suppose a low-life such as yourself would not know a pony of prestige having never seen a real one due to lack of ambition to earn bits." the mare countered as she swished her long tail. Thinking she had won that argument she gave him a small smirk.

Stratta scoffed. "Just because somepony is poor doesn't mean they haven't met a pony that matters. I've met plenty of powerful ponies." he shot back.

"Very well, name me one pony of such high social standing that you have met." the mare challenged.

"Wulf Song." he said, smirking.

"Mr. Song is not a pony of aristocracy. He, sir, is a criminal. Nothing more than a..." she paused for a moment searching for words, "deplorable, unlawful delinquent who is ruining this rich country!"