Can't Be Too Happy

14

No One's P.O.V

To avoid talking to Kelsey, Celia stayed awfully close to Glitz who was leading the way to the end of Springfields. Kelsey was walking in the back with the other guards while Written Script and Zephyr flew high in the air. Oh, how the green mare wished she could fly too. What made it more awkward was that Glitz hadn't said a word since they left. He seemed fairly stressed and Celia wanted to ask about it but she still couldn't bring herself to say anything because all she could think about was Kelsey following behind her. Celia certainly regretted telling Kelsey anything. If she had just kept her mouth shut, the two would be chatting away while walking. But the whole walk was filled with silence aside from Written Script and Zephyr's voices from above. They were too high up to be able to hear anything, but it was clear they were having a conversation meanwhile, the ponies on the ground walked in complete silence. And when you singled out all of the guards, it would be just Celia and Kelsey.

Glitz had noticed the lack of conversation between Kelsey and Celia but he was too stressed out about everything to even sit down and chat with the two. Since the party, things have seemed off, but it was their problem and he just simply couldn't be the one to solve it. He barely talked to them. He just wanted to speak with his friend. She was not thinking straight and was doing everything out of panic. And that's why they're in this situation now. He didn't mean to blame Abohaty completely because he knew how Nom Nom was, but that wasn't an excuse to act the way she had been acting. He loved Abohaty with his heart but the way she kept so much from him didn't sit right with him. She didn't even inform him that she had a fiancée. Not that she was obligated to of course, but she used to tell him everything. Even things that weren't work-related. He didn't want to be judgmental about the whole coltfriend straight-to-engagement thing, but he did have questions considering it was nothing like Abohaty to randomly marry a fancy wealthy colt.

Once the ponies reached the other side of Springfields, Zephyr and Written Script flew back down to the ground and landed on their hooves, so they would be able to get out of the vines. Flora hadn't closed that specific side completely yet, so all nine ponies went through one by one. When everypony came through, Glitz spoke up.

"Abohaty has run away and we need to find her quickly before something goes down at the kingdom or she gets hurt...or both." Glitz looked to the side a bit. "She said she was going to Amirah's liar, but I highly doubt so because she'd be too scared to go alone at this point. She's out somewhere out here in the woods hiding."

"The woods are huge though, how do we expect to find her in a short amount of time?" Zephyr asked. Glitz pulled out a large item using his mouth. he dropped it onto the ground and then picked it up with his left hoof. He pressed the button to turn it on and blue light shot from out the top, making a loud noise. The light made a pathway for the ponies to follow. "Wait you guys have a pony tracker?"

"Just me. Because it uses up a lot of energy and power, it's best to use it only for emergencies, like this one." The ponies begin following the blue light to wherever it took them. But thankfully not too far. The light guided them to a large opening in the woods, where Abohaty sat. Glitz handed the tracker to one of the guards behind him and signaled for everypony to stay put.

Glitz only brought himself forward to check on Abohaty. She barely budged, nor looked up to see who was coming over.

"Go away," she sneered.

"It's nice to see you too, Princess." Glitz sat down beside his friend who faced the other way immediately.

"If you're here to bring me back to the kingdom, I'm not going back. I can't do it," she cried.

"Princess, I don't think either of us has much of a choice. I understand all of this is hard for you, but you can't just run away from all of your problems. That's not right. Your kingdom is in danger and you have everypony else doing something but yourself. Your parents wouldn't like nor want that for you. You're better than that Abohaty, and I know you know that." Abohaty did not respond. She sat in silence, hoping this would make Glitz just leave. She had made her decision, and now she was sticking with it. She was absolutely nothing without her parents or Nom Nom. She was a failure since her parents were murdered cold on the bedroom floor. She was never suited to be a princess, why did she out of all ponies have to be chosen? She was supposed to be the princess of happiness, but she couldn't recall the last time she's truly been both happy and stress-free.