A friend to the end

by Jeremy1555

masks unvieled, memories recounted

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Hey guy's......I'm sorry for lying.... I want to thank ShiningShadow1965 on Fanfiction.net for reviewing. And I want to thank RT starguard... I believe they faved my story on fimfiction. Anyway this is a bit of a long chapter. Oh and a flashback also- it's not the best but and I want to apologize for the writing- and not having this story out in a week to 2 weeks like I said- I got into playing a game...again.... well without further ado, enjoy.

Last time: Twilight,Fluttershy, Bidziil and Bladecleaver went to Celestia and Starlight for orders- they were sent to Ponyville, but before they did, they met Silverstreak, a young handsome  Unicorn stallion, also Bladecleaver became extremely immature- is this is actual self? Or is something up? Read on to find out! (note: Bladecleaver's maturity level decrease is not explained in the chapter it's explained here- I decided to make him funnier to my liking)

Twilight's point of view

Twilight and the others stepped out of the portal into the library. Twilight looked around a little depressed, and not only because she found out how immature Bladecleaver truly was. She missed this library. A lot- in the background Spike was walking around trying to find a place to sit the bags down at- Twilight noticed Fluttershy and Bidziil standing near each other as usual. They were always together  and it was obvious Fluttershy liked him more than a friend. She had no way of telling whether Bidziil felt the same way or not of course. His facial features rarely ever changed and when they did it was it wasn't much. Fluttershy seemed to always know how he felt for some reason though, how? They had to have some sort of connection. She sighed as she looked to Bladecleaver sadly, “I thought we had a connection at one time, I was wrong apparently”, she thought grimly. She noticed Silverstreak looking at all the books on the shelves and smiled as she walked over to him saying, “you like it? It's not as big as Canterlot's collection but it's got quite a few. Some in fact that aren't in the Canterlot library even.”

Silverstreak nodded as he said, “wow. I love books, especially spell books. I keep at least three heavy ones in my bag at all times in fact.”

Twilight smiled as she said, “really?”

He nodded with a smile as he said, “I never leave my bed without at least one just in case.”

She nodded as she said, “I love spell books also, I'm constantly trying to learn new spells. Even when I'm not being taught by Princess Celestia herself of course.

He smiled and nodded as he said, “I know, I've heard of you before you became an Alicorn Princess. You lived in Ponyville to learn the magic of friendship or something like that. And while you were here you were constantly reading and practicing spells.”

She nodded as she said, “yeah that's true, I did.” She blushed as she said, “am I really that famous now?”

Silverstreak opened his mouth to answer- however, Bladecleaver casually walked in between Twilight and Silverstreak and lifted his leg as he released a loud fart and cracked up laughing as he did so- but kept walking on of course.

Silverstreak sniffed the air and his pupils shrank as he fainted.

Twilight was smart enough to cover her nose as she groaned and she stamped a hoof and said, “ugh! Your disgusting Blade!” She angrily walked off thinking, “I can't believe I ever liked that immature idiotic pig!”

She noticed Fluttershy staring at her with concern. And Bidziil with that stone hard face- his face was always so unreadable. What Fluttershy saw in him Twilight would never know.

She sighed and walked out the door still covering her mouth saying, “I need fresh air that isn't going to kill me when I breath-” this made Bladecleaver who was in the kitchen laugh hysterically. Twilight growled and slammed the door behind her.

                                                        Fluttershy's point of view

Fluttershy flinched as the door was slammed and looked at Bidziil with a concerned look on her face. His eye's shone with irritation. Most likely from Bladecleaver's sudden immaturity level. She sighed as shook her head and said, “I have to go back to my house to feed the animals, do you want to come and help Bidziil?” He gave a quick nod at this question. Fluttershy smiled and said, “oh good.” Then she walked over to Silverstreak and said, “Bidziil and I will be going to me house to feed my animals.”

Silverstreak nodded as he said, “okay that's fine. Don't worry Bladecleaver is immature, but he's not stupid, he wouldn't go into the forest without Starlight's say so.”

Fluttershy smiled hopefully as she said, “you really think so?”

He smiled as he said, “yes Ms. Fluttershy I am positive of it I'll even talk to him. Maybe I can get him to see reason before it's too late. Okay, I'm not so sure.... b-but don't worry- you and the other Elements of Harmony won't have to go into the forest. He doesn't have the authority to force you.” He grimaced as he said, “if anyone should be worried it's me.”

“He can make you go but not us?”

“No but he's my friend and I'm not willing to let him get himself killed by going into the Everfree forest alone. Just go ahead and head home Ms. Fluttershy your fine.”

She smiled as she said, “okay well um... bye.”

“Have a good rest of your day Ms. Fluttershy.”

“Oh and um...you don't need to call me Ms. Silverstreak. Fluttershy is fine.” Then she and Bidziil walked out the door. Outside the library the town of Ponyville was just like any other day. Mares and stallions walking through the streets to and fro all getting something done. Of course it wasn't half as crowded as Canterlot streets- but Crowded none the less. She smiled at Bidziil who looked around uncomfortably, she forgot that he wasn't used to so many ponies in one place and so he was probably very nervous. She was nervous around a lot of ponies too- of course she wasn't born and raised inside the Everfree forest either. She was born and raised in Cloudsdale. Fluttershy soon noticed that ponies were staring at him also. He had his sweater on that she made him, but it was torn and dirty it was completely ruined beyond repair barely even hanging on him at all. Not to mention his scars on his face and the scars on his chest and sides were visible also. And if that wasn't enough he glared at everypony who even glanced at him with those piercing yellow eye's of his. So they were probably intimidated by his presence.

They kept on walking- Bidziil a bit faster than Fluttershy as they made their way through the town to the edge of Ponyville. It felt like forever yet probably only took ten minutes. It was extremely awkward. Finally they were out of the town and out getting closer to Fluttershy's house.

Bidziil seemed much less tense now that they were out of the town and out more on the road to her house. It was silent with the exception for the chirping of birds and slow blowing of the wind on their necks, and the crunching of dirt under there hooves.  There was an awkward silence as they walked towards Fluttershy's house. Suddenly Fluttershy looked at the scars on Bidziil's body. They were long and nasty scars -and they looked a little deep also, about a quarter of an inch or so. They were “all” over his body too. From his hooves to his face- his face held the worst scar of all- his snout was flesh pink color- and up near his eye's were slashes on his cheeks and forehead. He was handsome still but he must have been even more so before he had those scars on his face and body.

She suddenly noticed that Bidziil noticed her looking over his body. She blushed a bit hoping he didn't get the wrong idea. Oh um... I um.. just was wondering-”

“where my scars came from I know”.

She blushed even harder from embarrassment at her lack of manners as she nodded in agreement to his statement. There was a long silence after that. Fluttershy was not expecting him to tell her anymore about his past than he already had.

However he surprised her as he said, “I'll tell you later. Once we have settled into your house and have everything done. Tonight.”

Fluttershy looked at him in astonishment as she said, “oh you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.”

He ignored this, not even acknowledging she had said a word to him anymore. Fluttershy wasn't sure whether he planned to tell her still or not- she wasn't even sure she “wanted” to know how he got them anymore. She gave a quiet sigh as she thought unhappily, “I don't know what I want anymore.”

                                                               Silverstreak's point of view

Silverstreak sighed as he heard the door close. He wasn't sure he could get Bladecleaver to see reason- he made Earth ponies look reasonable! He had never met such a stubborn pony in all his life. However he was going to try none the less. He took off his plate armor and set it on the ground with a sigh, and unhitched his belt and sword and laid them onto the ground so that he was only wearing his chain mail. After his talk with Bladecleaver- if he was able to somehow manage to convince him not to go into the forest tonight and to wait for Starlight's okay- then he would change into some proper clothing and be done with it until  it was time to leave. He then walked into the kitchen to find Bladecleaver sitting at the table drinking some vodka. How he was able to drink such a thing- or even why  he would drink such a thing for that matter- was beyond him. It wasn't like he was able to get drunk from it. Alicorns bodies are immune to the effects of alcoholic beverages. They need a special kind of Alicorn rum which was the only kind which was able to get them drunk.

He must like the taste, why, he didn't know he hated the taste of any beer. He would drink to and only to get drunk- and that was rarely if ever.

Bladecleaver soon noticed Silverstreak standing there and smiled as he said, “hey whats up Silver, ready for tonight?”

Silverstreak sighed as he said, “that's just it.”

“What'dya mean Silver?”

“This is stupid Blade- don't do it. The girls aren't ready, I'm not ready for light's sake!”

Bladecleaver scoffed as he said, “if you don't wanna go Silver then don't- you'll just get in the way if you go without wanting to go. Either way I'm leaving tonight.”

Silverstreak groaned as he said, “no! I won't let you go in alone. You'll get yourself killed- you'll get us both killed!”

Bladecleaver growled a bit as he set the bottle of Vodka down and said, “look, I understand you’re scared- It's natural. But stop trying to stop me because-”

“oh my gosh Blade! You idiot! Think of what Starlight will do if he finds out! Don't you think there's a reason besides you getting killed that he wants you to wait? Because there probably is! What if you go in there and mess up a plan he has- whatever the case may be Starlight has his reasons for not allowing you to go without his permission Blade. And a plan- much better than you're own mind you!”

Bladecleaver was caught off guard by this as he rubbed his chin in thought of what he had just said. “Hm, I suppose you do have a point Silver. Alright. I'll wait for Starlight's word before making my move.”

Silverstreak wasn't buying it as he said, “promise me you won't act until he sends word for us to do so Blade.”

Bladecleaver sighed as he said, “oh come on you don't even trust your best friend?”

“No. your not mature enough to trust Blade. Now promise me you won't act until-”

“alright, alright! You have my word. Happy?”

Silverstreak shook his head as he said, “no. but I'll take what you've given me and hold you to it.”

Bladecleaver nodded as he sighed as he put his arms over his head and stretched in the chair. Silverstreak got up and walked to the door as he pulled out his tobacco pipe- it was a bright polished red with golden embroidered into the sides of it. And on the front was a carving of a Unicorn with a Hawk on his horn. It was the insignia of the high lord of Trottingham. He casually stuffed tobacco into it as he walked out the door.

                                                                      Twilight's point of view

Twilight was in Rarities boutique at this time complaining about Bladecleaver again. “He's so immature it's ridiculous, I swear.”

Rarity nodded as she sipped her tea and said in a casual tone, “yes I know darling. You've made your displeasure of his sudden change quite clear.” Twilight had been going on about how immature she thought Bladecleaver was suddenly acting for a good thirty minutes now.

Twilight sighed as she said, “I'm sorry Rarity I'm just so- so angry!”

Rarity took another sip as she said, “Yes you've made that quite clear also darling.”

Twilight sighed as she rolled her eye's and stood to leave.

However Rarity stopped her as she put her tea down and then got up and walked around the table to intersect her as she said, “darling wait- I know your mad and I seem to be quite rude but just listen, perhaps he isn't the right stallion for you.”

Twilight rolled her eye's as she said, “you think?”

“Well. I was only trying to help darling, no reason to be so rude. You obviously like him still and are upset over it otherwise you'd have stopped talking of him by now.”

Twilight sighed as she said, “I know, I'm sorry Rarity. I'm just so disappointed that he changed so suddenly.”

Rarities eye's softened as she said, “oh come now darling, you'll find somepony else- who knows maybe he'll actually mature before long. You never know.”

Twilight smiled as she said, “yeah, I guess your right.”

“Yes now come and sit with me and tell me of what is going on other than that. I know that’s not why your here.”

Twilight nodded- a more serious look on her face as she followed her to where she sat before.

                                                                 Fluttershy's point of view

Fluttershy and Bidziil had gotten done with the chores a while ago and now they were sitting inside on the couch- Angel on Bidziil's lap and Fluttershy sitting right beside him. Fluttershy had made sandwiches and salad for dinner, both had finished their meals and were settled in for what Bidziil had promised- the origin of his scars.

Bidziil pet Angel silently as Fluttershy looked at his lap with jealousy thinking, “how is it Angel loves him so much more than me? I'm the one who feeds him and raised him. yet he loves Bidziil more!”

Bidziil grunted, pulling Fluttershy from her mind as he said, “it all started after I found my father dead in the forest......”

                                                                           Flashback

Bidziil stared at the ground in horror as his father lay there gushing out blood from his throat- it was too late to get the medicine pony even if he was able to get to the camp to find help in time, he was gone long before Bidziil even found his body. Bidziil slowly fell to his knees as he continued staring  his fathers corpse.

His father was a great warrior- one of the most powerful leaders also. He had dark brown fur- the color of mud. His forearms were huge and stone hard, and his eye's were a grayish green. His mane was a light red color as was his tail. He wore the same clothing as Bidziil did- brown animal skin pants and was shirtless, only the mares wore shirts, even in the winter when it was coldest. He also was an Alicorn. All the tribe leaders were. They weren't born that way of course. They went to the spirit stone in the mountains of the forest. The spirit stone turned them into Alicorns. (yes this is based off Warrior cats)

Bidziil silently sobbed into his fathers chest, he knew this was going to happen. He foresaw it in a dream- Bidziil had the talent to see the future through dreams. Dreams were not a usual thing for Bidziil either. Only when something really big was about to happen would they come. And he hated it, more than anything he wished he was markless like everypony else- only the medicine ponies got cutie marks, very few others ever did. And of course he was one of those unlucky few who were different from the rest- he sobbed for what seemed like ages until he looked up and saw the moon. The mare who was once imprinted onto it disappeared one night before his very eye's not long ago. It hadn't reappeared since. He stared at the moon in horror as the tears ran down his face his dream had once again come to be true- his brother murdered their father in cold blood-  his brother was a great warrior, one of- if not the best not only in the tribe, but in the entire forest who wasn't an Alicorn. He also was very ambitious. He had been wanting to be tribe leader and expand their territory for a while now. The problem was his father and the tribe overseer- the tribe overseer keeps the entire tribe in check when the leader is unable to- and takes up the duty of being the new leader after the previous one passes away- were in his way. The tribe overseer was first to go, he was of course made the new overseer and with his father gone... it all made so much sense.

Suddenly his horror at the whole thing turned to rage, his brother- his mentor, the stallion he had always looked up to as a role model had betrayed their own father- for something as useless as being tribe leader. And all he wanted to do was expand the territory by force. Suddenly his horror at the whole thing turned to rage, his brother- his mentor, the stallion he had always looked up to as a role model had betrayed their own father- for something as useless as being tribe leader. And all he wanted to do was expand the territory by force. He quickly wiped his tears away and stood onto his hooves and grabbed his fathers body and began to drag him back to camp. It seemed to take forever, as this happened his rage never died either the farther he went the more enraged he got. He still felt the hot tears slide down his cheeks as he dragged him back to the camp. finally somepony from the tribe saw him carrying his father. It was Ayawamat a young apprentice who must have decided to wander off.

He had brown, brown eye's and a caramel mane. He wasn't as tall as Bidziil was, perhaps he would be when fully grown, but not until.

“B- Bidziil... what happened to-”

“he's dead”. he said in an angry voice, tears still running down his cheeks. Ayawamat stared a moment, then quickly began helping Bidziil by grabbing his deceased fathers legs. Things went much quicker now as Bidziil had some help. In moments they were in the camp.  Ayawamat quickly ran into the warriors den- the warriors den was a bunch of brush and branches put together to make a dome like figure about ten feet tall and twenty yards wide. It truly was an impressive sight, more so by the fact that it was held up by nothing but sticks and branches and twigs-  Ayawamat bellowed, father Cheveyo is dead! All the leaders were called either father or mother by their tribe members- whether his own or not. Bidziil waited for the others of the tribe to come out. It took seconds for them all to get here- and Apenimon was there too, a look of dread on his face. For a moment he wondered whether his vision was really true or if he had his brother accused for a crime he didn't commit. He wasn't so sure his brother had committed this crime anymore or not.

He looked to his fathers body and then to Apenimon- how could he have killed him and be back at camp without even so much as a scratch on his body? Perhaps he attacked unexpectedly.  But then how did he get back into camp if his father wasn't with them? This made no sense at all. But then, perhaps one of his weapons was still bloody or something- if he had them and they had a stain of blood on them or even not there at all he would be more convinced his brother committed the crime. He quickly slipped away- nopony noticed him, they were focused on their deceased leaders body. He quickly sneaked into the warriors den and searched around his brothers bedding pile. At first he found nothing and was about to give up- until he found his brothers hatchet. It was covered in blood still, the fur from his father was on it still even. How did nopony notice this when he came back? Unless...he did this all without anypony noticing. How he could have pulled that off he had no idea, but he did- he had to have.

Suddenly he turned around and there was a stallion looking down apon him with curious eye's. It was Avonaco, his foalhood friend.

Avonaco was a huge stallion, a good head taller than Bidziil and about a good four inches thicker in muscle too. He had a mixture of green and white , long, tangled fur. His eye's were blue, and his mane was a thick green color. He had a couple scars on his chest and snout but that was it, and the only thing which made him look tough at all at the moment. His eye's and face were soft and curious as to what Bidziil was doing.

“um... B- Bidziil, what are you...doing?”

Bidziil quickly looked at Avonaco in surprise and alarm as he said, “um.... nothing, just a bit tired is all.”

Avonaco gave him a curious look as he said, “oh, it looked like you found something.”

Bidziil stared at the spot he had found the hatchet at in horror as he thought, he- he really did do it... horror soon turned to anger as he got up, ready to avenge his father the only way he could think of.

Avonaco looked at Bidziil curiously as he asked, “B- Bidziil where are you going?”

He was ignored as Bidziil pushed past him aggressively and walked into the direction his brother was in. he was still looking sadly down at their fathers deceased body silently.

Bidziil was quickly coming up behind him when Kiotie ran up to Bidziil saying, “oh Bidziil I am so sorry.” Kiotie was the tribes healer pony and was secretly Bidziil's mate-

she had blond fur,a dark red mane,and tail, light blue eye's, and animal skin shirt and pants, she also was a Unicorn, the only one in fact whom was in the tribe since it was an Earthpony tribe.

In the tribes, it was forbidden for the healer pony to mate with anypony at all. If any were found breaking the law of the tribes they'd be punished severely- she tried to bring him into a gentle embrace but he quickly pushed her aside as he brought out his hatchet and raised it to strike Apenimon over the head- however Kiotie grabbed his wrist in her magic and stopped him before he could strike.

“Bidziil what do you think you are doing?!” She said in a scornful voice. This gave everypony- including Apenimon- time to turn around and see Bidziil with his hatchet raised, ready to strike and kill Apenimon.

Apenimon eye's took on a look of surprise, but didn't take a step back. Instead he said, “is there something you wish to tell me dearest brother?”

Bidziil glared at him as he said, “I know what you did Apenimon.”

His eye's widened as he said, “what do you mean?”

“Do not pretend you do not know what I speak of! I know you murdered our father!”

Apenimon took a step back at this as he said, “wh- what do you mean? I did no such thing!”

Kiotie furrowed her eyebrows as she said, “Bidziil! You know know better! Why would he kill his own father?”

Bidziil looked to her and said, “I have proof! Come, follow me.” He quickly led the entire clan into the warriors den and to Apenimon's bedding- warriors in the tribe normally didn't have spots to sleep, tending to simply sleep wherever, but  Apenimon claimed that spot to himself. Anypony who sat there got attacked as soon as he found out. So nopony really went there and those who did learned the hard way not to- Bidziil then pulled out the hatchet and showed it to them all. Many of them gasped, as others simply stared in astonishment. He smiled as he heard many of them begin to question his brothers loyalty to the tribe. Apenimon meant “Worthy of trust”, he of course earned it- ponies in the tribes weren't given their names at birth, but as they grew older by their actions- however Apenimon quickly pushed past the crowd to the scene, only to stare at Bidziil with annoyance.

However Bidziil smiled back with satisfaction as he said, “I've caught you Apenimon.”

“Not quite little brother. You say that it is my hatchet?” He quickly pulled out his own and showed them it. Apenimon always marked his weapons so ponies knew who his belonged to. “Now then. Bidziil my dearest brother, won't you show us “your” weapons?”

“Fine.” He quickly reached for them as he pulled out his- but found he was missing his second hatchet. He stared at them all in horror as he said, “I- I don't have one of my hatchets.”

“Hm, interesting. Father turns up dead and your not in camp. Then you come back and try to kill me. And then lead us all into here and pull out a hatchet which isn't mine accusing “me” of killing our father. And to top it all off, your missing one of your own hatchets. I don't know about the rest f you but I have a feeling Bidziil got a bit ambitious, if you know what I mean of course.”

Bidziil stared at him in horror as he saw many of his tribe mates nodding in agreement.

“No, n-no I didn't do it.”

“Really now? Well the evidence begs to differ my dear brother.” Kiotie was beside Apenimon in a few seconds as she asked Bidziil. “Bidziil.. tell me the truth- did you... do it?”

“NO! he did it! don't you all see he's set me up and is-”

“now your talking foolishness. Why would I go to all the trouble to blame it on you when I could simply kill you easily and get it over with. Because your “obviously” smarter than the rest of us brainless fools, he said mockingly.”

The others roared in disapproval at this obviously thinking that Bidziil truly believed this foolishness to be true.

Bidziil looked around in horror as he saw his brother bring the tribe against him. In a desperate attempt to avenge his father and end all of the madness right then and there, he took out his hatchet and lunged at Apenimon to end it here. However somepony knocked him away into a wall of the den. He went through the wall and the den caved in on itself. Bidziil looked up to see that Avonaco had knocked him away.

His fur was bristling and teeth bared in a snarl as he spat, “traitor!”

Bidziil looked at him in horror as he said, “Avonaco- I- how can you say that? After all we've been through we-”

“your not my friend Bidziil. Face it, we're not ignorant enough to believe you are innocent.”

Bidziil looked around at his clan mates and saw hatred in there eye's  he gulped as he slowly stood to his hooves as he backed up warily, eying them all carefully. His brother walked past them all to stand in front of them as he frowned at Bidziil saying, “Bidziil. you have dishonored not only our family but our entire tribe by trying to murder me.” His eye's sympathized as he continued, “Bidziil I do not believe you murdered our father- but I could be wrong, and your tribe mates seem to believe you have. And so to protect you- it is with a heavy heart that I hereby banish you from the tribe. If you take a single step onto our territory you will be attacked and chased off like any other rogue- I am sorry for this Bidziil.”

Bidziil ground his teeth as he stared at him with a hated passion as he quickly turned and walked off- head held high and pride in his stride.

In about ten minutes he was off the territory of his former tribe- and planning to get ponies from the tribe to join him in a plan to take back the tribe and avenge his fathers death. The problem was- who could he find within the tribe to join him? He needed at least a quarter of the entire tribe to even be able to dream of taking out his brother. He had nearly the entire tribe against him. The only pony he was able to think of was Kiotie, he hoped deep down  she believed he was innocent- no he knew that she thought this deep down! He just had to get her to see it was all. But how? This was the problem, he was banished and if he was caught on the territory he'd be killed on sight. So how was he going to get there?

He sighed as he stood and walked began to walk off, however he suddenly had an idea. He quickly looked around for a mud puddle as he realized there was hope for revenge after all. Finally he found one. He smiled as he rubbed himself all over with the mud. The mud would hopefully mask his scent from his former tribe mates. In just a few minutes he was covered in mud, He kept a hard face on as he

got up and walked towards the border of his destination. He needed to pay a visit to a friend.

He quickly walked over the scent marker and jumped rolled behind a tree he quickly grabbed a hand full of leaves and put them on him to further the process of scent masking. He then continued on his way to the camp. He suddenly saw a large earth pony coming. He was completely brown and had yellow eye's like himself, he quickly looked around for a way to get by without being seen as his eye's fell to the ground he thought of sneaking past him but that wouldn't do very well, he might make a sound- it was too dark to see where he was going properly to get past without stepping on a branch, or twig, or even lose his footing and fall. He couldn't risk fighting him- they were just outside the camp they'd hear them and be on him in seconds. It was times like these that he wished he was apart of the tribe of the rushing river- they were a Unicorn tribe, so he could simply try teleporting there. However this wasn't the case. He sighed as he realized the only way to get past him was to ambush him and take care of him silently. It wouldn't be hard- it was a young warrior, younger than himself even- the problem was attacking a tribe mate. He still saw himself ass part of the tribe, so it was not going to be easy for him to have to do this. However he knew what he needed to do- and so he quickly hunched down and covered himself with leaves as he waited for the young warrior to pass by so he could pounce on him. He soon did- he didn't even notice Bidziil luckily- Bidziil quickly took this chance and pounce on his back and slammed him face first into a tree trunk- he didn't even see it coming. Bidziil quickly covered him with dirt and leaves to hide his scent and quickly made his way to the camp.

The camp was silent at this time with only the natural sounds of the forest and his breathing. He scanned the camp to make sure nopony was awake thankfully he seemed to be the only one in the camp awake. He silently snuck over to the medicine ponies den and poked his head inside. He smiled as he saw Kiotie- the pony he was looking for- sleeping on a bedding of leaves, grass, and moss. He quickly walked in and made his way towards her. Once he was in touching distance he place a hand on her shoulder and lightly shook her.

She stirred a bit and looked up sleepily, however as soon as she saw it was Bidziil her eye's widened as she scrambled to her hooves, grabbing her magic as she did so.

Bidziil saw this and panicked as he said in a low voice as to not draw attention to them, “Kiotie wait- just let me speak, please.”

She froze- staring at him as though he were a wild animal she had never seen in all her life. “Fine. speak quickly though.”

Bidziil smiled gratefully as he said, “please Kiotie, I didn't kill my father Apenimon did.”

She sighed as she said, “Bidziil please, I'll never believe that Apenimon would do such a thing unless you can prove it.”

“I did Kiotie, I showed everypony in the tribe the hatchet. Apenimon is an ambitious stallion- surely you've seen the thirst for power in his eye's Kiotie. Please we need to stop him.”

She sighed and folded her arms under her breasts as she said, “how do you plan to stop him Bidziil? Even if I did believe you there's nothing we can do- he's got the entire tribe behind him.”

I know, which is why we need to gather up as much of the tribe as we can and kill Apenimon and his followers. “It's the o-”

“your insane Bidziil! Your suggesting we start civil war within the tribe? There's no way we could defeat them we'd all die- her face saddened as she continued- and besides... I don't believe you Bidziil.”

Bidziil's eye's widened in astonishment, “w-what do you mean Kiotie?”

“Your brother didn't kill our leader Bidziil.”

His heart sank as he said, “No, Kiotie please not you too...”

she looked as she said, “your a monster....”

Bidziil stared at her in horror and hurt. He quickly walked up to her and said in an desperate voice, “after all we've been through? I thought you loved me Kiotie?”

She didn't move as she said, “I thought I did too, that is until you murdered our leader!”

“I didn't do it Kiotie, I swear”. he reached out to touch her.

However she pulled away as she said, “don't touch me Bidziil.”

However he didn't back down- in fact he kept coming towards her, hand stretched out.

“Bidziil I'm warning you. If you touch me I will attack you.”

He didn't listen, not believing that Kiotie could hurt him- it wasn't that he thought her too weak, but that she cared too much to hurt him. He gently touched her arm- he made a mistake.

She grabbed her magic as her horn glowed and she screamed, “I said- DO NOT TOUCH ME!!!!” she shot a blast of energy at him and sent him flying out the wall of the den. He landed with a loud thud onto the ground, winded and barely able to breath from the impact of the blast of energy hitting his in the stomach- he may have had a broken rib or two most likely three or four though.

Kiotie stepped out of the whole in the wall, eye's blazing with the color of her horn- light blue, and horn flaring as tears ran down her cheeks. “DO NOT EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN YOU MURDEROUS TRAITOR!!!” she released her magic and the blazing eye's, and flaring horn dissipated- but the tears continued to come. She had pain in her eye' and face as she shook her head and said, “like I said Bidziil- your a monster.”

Suddenly the entire camp roared as the warriors den came to life.

Bidziil's eye's widened in fear as he forced himself up and began running- not very fast mind you, he had a broken rib and so he could barely stand much less breath. He heard the tribe behind him coming ever closer as he desperately tried to escape. Suddenly he tripped on a root and fell t the ground, he looked behind him and to his horror saw that his enemies were now apon him.....

                                                                           End flashback in Fluttershy's POV

Fluttershy looked to Bidziil curiously. He had just suddenly stopped talking as he sat there, looking at the floor in silence. “um.... B- Bidziil? Are you okay?”

He sighed as he nodded and said, “yes, to say the least they attacked me and next thing I know I'm in a hut with a zebra claiming to have saved me from death.”

Fluttershy looked at him with sympathy although a little voice in the very back of her mind told her not to believe it, she quickly pushed that thought out of her head as she said, “um....” she had no idea what to say to this at all, she sighed as she did the only thing that came to mind- she gave him a hug.

Bidziil sighed as he said, “I'm ready to go to bed. Now.”

Fluttershy nodded as she broke the hug and said, “oh um... okay.” Then she headed off to bed.

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