"We... um... were hunting dragons." Scale points to the treasure in the cart, and Chirpy flies onto his shoulder, singing a quiet song.
"What!", celestia says enraged,"dragons! she's in so much trouble!", then celestia signaled the guards to take scale to some stocks & stormed off
"huh... well..." The guards closed in on Scale and he laughed. "Guys... really? Okay, you asked for it." His horn sparked brown and the ground in a circle around him collapsed down, taking the guards with it. "I'd love to stay and chat, but... I'm gonna go break a couple laws about a princess' niece Oh, and wish my brother good luck on his next test, kay?" He jumped and Chirpy carried him over the gap in the ground. "Time to play rebel I suppose... hehe. Roll out." He took off the direction Celestia had left.
The guards were knocked out cold, & celestia & equinox were both out of view, they were headed to the castle
Celestia snarled at him & flew up to him quickly, stopping right in his face,"say it, then it's off to the dungeon with you!"
"Nope. I'll fight for the rights you aren't giving her. Now, pick up your wings and attach that sad excuse for a horn." Scale pulled out the cannon. "Because I fight dirty." He smiled at her.
"Hey. If I die, at least I died fighting for something I loved, right. By the way, Phoenix on your butt."
Celestia shot the Phoenix with a charge of fire from her horn, then turned to scale, charging it longer
A cannonball smashed Celestia's horn in half. "Don't burn my Phoenix." He jumped back and ice formed around Celestia's wings. "You've broken your horn before haven't you...."
"You really are against her having fun..." Scale pulled away and used the blanket to wrap his wound quickly. "Why? Is she going to explode or something?"