Unforeseen Consequences - Ice cold

>Thorax tapped his hooves together, looking at everyone with a shy smile “I-I’m not sure if these shadows are real, but I’m pretty good at reconnaissance, I can patrol the area to look for anything suspicious and nopony would ever know it!”
>You didn’t need to be a changeling to sense the excitement that was in the air, and yeah, this whole thing sounded like a lot of fun.
>Which only helped to do your job all the more difficult. Man, being the party-pooper frickin’ sucked.
“I’m sorry everyone, but these monster hunting is simply not going to happen”
>Everyone jumped out of their seats and looked at you with genuine shock and surprise.
>Cherrywood was the first one to speak up, she flew very close to your face and started to flail her hooves “What?! Anon, you dummy! Do you know what you’re doing?!”
>You slowly nodded and let out a heavy sigh.
“Yes, I’m taking the not dummy route, that’s why I’m calling everything off. I’m sorry, Cherrywood, I know how much this means to you, but we don’t know how dangerous those things are and I like it more when no one gets hurt”
>Pearl was livid by your decision, she stomped her hoof on the ground and barked “And I like it more when things are fun and chaotic! You can’t just expect me to sit around like a boring good little girl! A-And besides, you have no power over me or Thorax!”
>You shot a stern glare at Pearl, one so filled with ice that she took a step back.
“I’m not asking this as Anon, your cousin. I’m ORDERING you as Anon, the Prince. I don’t like to do this, but I can’t risk your safety either. There’s not going to be any monster hunting from our part and that decision is final. Is. That. Clear?”

>Pearl’s pupils shrank as she quickly and frantically nodded “Y-Yes, sir”
>You turned to Thorax who was looking down at the floor, expecting some kind of scolding. You didn’t do any of the sorts, of course, but you still retained the cold, stern tone.
“Thorax, you’re a very dear friend to me, that’s why I wanted you to come to this camp with me, that alone is reason enough to not wanting you to get hurt. That said, you ARE also the ruler of the changelings, putting you at risk would mean endangering the relationships between our two kingdoms. I can't’ allow that to happen either”
>Pearl leaned against a nearby wall, crossed her front hooves and asked you with a sarcastic tone “Are you going to tell the teachers, then? Don’t make me laugh! They are never going to believe you!”
>You didn’t need to answer this time, Cherrywood let out a very depressed sigh as she landed on the floor and kicked some dust “Don’t be dummy… Anon doesn’t have to tell the teachers”
>Pearl raised an eyebrow, shook her head and huffed “Ugh! What are you talking about, Bellemare?”
>Cherrywood let out another depressed sigh and looked down at the floor “You see the necklace he’s wearing? He just has to tap that thing and BOOM! You have an entire platoon of Royal Guards or the Princesses coming to the rescue”
>Pearl shrugged “I guess we’ll just have to stop the no-fun Prince from touching that thing. Come on, everypony! I will hold his hooves and youaaaaaaaah!”

>You used your magic to levitate Pearl a couple feet above the floor before gently placing her on the couch.
“Were you saying?”
>Pearl simply frowned, crossed her front hooves and stuck her tongue at you before saying “JERK! See if that works with Thorax! He’s a king and kings beats princes!”
>Thorax rubbed the back of his head and gave Pearl a nervous smile “A-Actually, I-I’d prefer if it didn’t have to come to that. Anon is my best friend and I could never hurt him and… I have been with his during magical lessons, I-I don’t want my horns to caught fire… again”
>“Crud” Pearl dropped her head on her hooves before glaring at you once more “Well, aren’t you going to tap that thing and ruin our fun?”
“This place is two days away from Canterlot and one from the Crystal Empire, even if I did, the help would still take a while to arrive, and we don’t know what could happen during that time.”
>Pearl narrowed her eyes and looked at you with pure disdain “So what’s your big plan, huh? Telling the teachers to lock everypony up until the Guards get here? That’s even worse!”
>Cherrywood rubbed the back of her head and looked at you with a confused expression “The fake princess is kind of sorta right, if you don’t plan on using your necklace then how are you going to call for help?”
>You looked at your luggage that was conveniently placed by a side of your bunk bed, and while you could walk to it and take out what you needed… you seriously wanted to show off one of the new spells that Moon Dancer taught you.
>So you quickly gathered your magic around your horn, focused a bit and presto! You teleported the baggage right in front of you! Hah! Remote teleportation! This would never be not cool!
>After your little bragging moment, you opened your baggage and started shuffling through it.

“C’mon, Cherry, you know me. I ain’t the type of pony who would only pack my toothbrush and comfy pajamas. I brought some stuff from the lab with me. Nothing major, y’know, a bag of crystals, essential tools and of course…”
>When you found what you were looking for, you adopted a victorious pose.
“Ta-Da! A radio! Perfect to call Discord and Eris so they can deal with whatever thing those shadows are AND still have a perfectly safe and harmonious weekend in this dump!”
>With a huge smile on your face, you turned on the radio, set it up on Discord’s frequency aaaaand….
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! THE RADIO'S SIGNAL IS OUT RANGE! HOOOOOOOW?! THIS STUPID THING WORKS ON CHAOS MAGIC! I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT- AGH!”
>You were abruptly interrupted when Cherrywood slapped your face quite hard. She then gave you quite the stern glare and said “Don’t you ever use that voice ever again WHEN I’M SITTING RIGHT BESIDE YOU!”
>You rubbed your poor cheek that was now pulsating in pain. Needless to say, you were very confused by her anger.
“I dunno what voice you’re talking about, and that slap really hurt y’know?”
>Cherrywood’s pupils became thin and her muzzle started to look like the one of a rabid dog “*HISSSS* You did that stupid Canterlot’s voice again!” She then placed her hoof on her forehead and shook her head in annoyance “Do you have any idea how sensitive bat ponies’ hearing can be? You almost left me deaf, you big dummy!”
“Oh… I-I’m sorry… I can’t control when I do it, it just… happens”

>“Just don’t do it when I’m so close to you, again…” Cherrywood said with a more understanding tone as she went back to rest her head on your shoulder again, she then pointed at the radio and said “Sooo… Mr. D and big Eris are out of the question, then?”
> “Hah! Seems like Prince Jerk’s plan worked wonders” Pearl said with a mocking tone “Oh well, I guess that it’s time for some fun MONSTER HUN-“
>You quickly cut Pearl off with an ice-cold tone.
“No.”
>Peal’s ears dropped down as she looked down at the floor in disappointment “Crud.”
>“But, Anon… if you can’t get in contact with Discord, then what are we going to do?” Thorax shyly asked as he tapped his hooves together
>You let out a heavy sigh as you tapped your necklace a couple times.
“Well, I just made the call, so the cavalry will arrive in one day at best and two at worst. I ain’t the kind of pony who likes to sit around and do nothing though, that’s just lame and stupidly dangerous considering we don’t know what we’re dealing with, so! I know a way to increase the signal range of this stupid thing.”
>You then looked at Cherrywood with an incredibly mischievous grin.
“But I’m gonna need more materials than the ones I brought with me… if you catch my drift.”
>It didn’t even take a second for Cherrywood to catch up on what you were implying, she grinned and rubbed her hooves together as she said with a malicious tone “KeKeKe~! What are we going to “borrow” this time?”