"why you insist on these escapades, I really do not understand " I snort, breathing in the cool air and spreading my arms

"oh come now jesta, don't pretend like you don't love them and an eternity of simply staying in the equestria doesn't bore you " I say eyes on the street

the city was dark and quiet, most of the residents asleep.

we were on mortal ground.

"absolutely not " jesta defends and I roll my eyes before folding my arms and holding them to my chest

"then why come with me " I ask stopping infront of a tree, leaning back on it and turning around to face jesta who kept looking around

we weren't cloaked, could be easily spotted, but nothing about our appearance would be too out of the ordinary, except for the fact that I had long silver hair tied at the back of my head and up close my skin was alot more pale than the average human.

"because I am your beta and thank the heavens for that because apparently they realized you would need a voice of reason "

"whatever do you mean jesta? " I ask voice a pitch higher than it usually is

I look towards an ally close to where we were, it was empty, just like everywhere else here

I look back at jesta and the look in his eyes is unimpressed

"you push your limits far too much when left alone "

I sigh and push up from the tree, walking forward in slow strides, jesta follows suit.

"I have no limits " I look back at the ally

he snorts

"I know you'd like to think that amatin, with the stunts you pull and the little things we both know you don't have to deal with but still do anyway"

"you mean doing my job? " I ask and I know he shakes his head in that moment

"there are rules amatin, you've been Breaking them for millenias and someday I fear you'll find one you can't get around and it would break you "

I stop in my tracks, moving to throw jesta a look, joke about how fast his scolding had escalated

but instead of the completely done look I expected to find, all I find is worry, it's not a look jesta wears often

I sigh and turn to face him fully, ears perking up


"you know, there's always a method to my madness " I say and he furrows his eyebrows at me

I see his mouth open to speak but then he hears it too

the voices get louder

I snap a finger and we're in the ally with two boys, crowding the smaller shaking one into a wall

they all seemed to be in high school

jesta had gone quiet but I could see him throwing me looks, instead I kept my eyes on the boy cowering by the wall, large gash tearing his head open and eyes desperate

I bite my lip, eyes narrowing

he couldn't see us, none of them could.

"wh-why won't you leave me alone! I did everything you asked! please just go away! "

he gets a kick to his side for his efforts and he grunts in pain.

"keep it down would you, can't afford to attract any cop now can we? " the bigger boy says, sinister smile on his face

"please " the boy says voice more quiet, "please let me go "

they both laugh

I lean back on my legs and sneak a look at jesta, he was already looking back, like he was trying to read me

like he already figured out my need to explore the human world tonight wasn't just sporadic

"you're an idiot if you think you'd come out of this okay, I told you not to breathe anywhere near me or anyone in school, to remain the outcast you are, then you have the audacity to make friends with Jess? my own baby...