Can't Be Too Happy

17

No One's P.O.V

"Don't you think this is a little too easy?"' Glitz asked the princess as they walked down the long halls of Amirah's lair.

"The easier, the better. We just need to get Dusk Shine and Nom Nom, and get the hell out of here," Abohaty responded. Glitz chuckled. But not in a laughing manner, but more so concerned.

"There's no way you think all of this is that simple...I know the Queen isn't here, but that doesn't mean there isn't any sort of traps lying around."

"You say that now and then..." Glitz trailed off when he saw the many rooms Amirah's lair had when both of them reached the end of the hallway.

"We should split up."

"No way."

"The faster we find the two, the faster we can get out of here without running into the Queen."

"Abohaty, I am obligated to stick by you until you die," Glitz reminded her.

"Not exactly, but okay." Glitz sighed. "Listen, I love that you want to keep me safe and all, but you literally said not too long ago, that I should be making my own decisions about what I want. And I feel like the best thing for us to do at the moment is split and meet back up. I really don't wanna come back to the kingdom empty hoofed after just ditching it out of panic."

"Yeah, that also wasn't cool," he murmured. "But fine, we'll split just this once. And if I need to find you I have this tracking thingy," he looked at his bag and Abohaty raised a brow.

"Is that what you used to track me down? I swear you've never used that before."

"You ran out of my sight, I had no other choice," he said.

"So if you went to search for me, who did you put in charge of the kingdom?" she asked out of curiosity.

"The high commission pretty much," the white-coated stallion replied. "But uh, let's just get going. already have a bad feeling about all of this. It's too quiet here." Abohaty nodded and Glitz began making his way over to a doorway while she went to the opposite one.

Abohaty thought the place was huge for just one pony to live here. She started to doubt that maybe Amirah did have some sort of guard or guards living here to back her up. But if she did, they certainly would've attacked by now.

While searching around, she thought about her kingdom again. She did not handle the ongoing crisis right, and she knew if Nom Nom was here, she would be very disappointed in her. If Nom Nom were here, she wouldn't even have the choice to run away. So for once, Abohaty felt like she had some sort of freedom. But she knew her decision was still selfish because her kingdom was supposed to come first. And she would have to live with that regret for the rest of her life. Nothing that she says or does would change what she did, she just had to force herself to move forward and do better for her kingdom.

Abohaty looked up when she thought she heard movement around the halls. She assumed it was Glitz, but just to be sure, she went to go see for herself. On the other side was Dusk Shine walking around. Abohaty was going to scream in excitement that she found the prince but stopped herself because she realized how odd it was seeing him just casually walk around.

Why wasn't he looking for a way out?

"Dusk Shine?" He turned his head slowly and smiled.

"Hi dear, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask the same to you. Do you need help?" she asked.

"With?"

Abohaty decided it was best if she stood right where she was standing now. Dusk Shine casually being here was strange, but him speaking like this was even stranger to her.