A Bronie's Soul

"Way to go, Discord!"

Everypony present looked up at the balconies to see a jet-black alicorn filly leaning over the railing, waving happily. The filly wore a plain white t-shirt beneath a purple vest, a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and some black-rimmed glasses that sat on the bridge of her nose.

"Nyx!" Twilight called in a reprimanding tone. "Get away from the edge before you fall!"

"Uh... fine!" The filly known as Nyx began to move away from the edge but turned her head too quickly, resulting in her glasses flying from her face. Instead of letting them go, the filly leapt after them.

Twilight's scream caused much of the crowd to cover their ears from the extremely high pitch. Even Discord and the Princesses were frozen in place from the shock of the act. Everypony watched in horror as the filly caught her glasses and smiled triumphantly, only to scream in terror as she realised what she had done.

The last thing I heard before the rush of the wind was my chair clattering to the floor from my take-off. Arms outstretched, I flew as fast as possible to try and catch the child.

Time slowed down as I got closer and closer, feeling the raging fires of protest in my wings. Those feelings numbed as the adrenaline kicked in, however, the rush of th moment boosting my speed slightly.

The sudden weight in my arms returned time to it's normal flow. When the young alicorn realised she was no longer in danger, she laughed slightly. That laugh grew louder as I held her until it was disturbing, then became heavy sobs and the filly slowly buried her head into my shirt. I sighed in relief. She was just in sho-

Stabbing pain in my back.

The world flying up.

A single word bursting from my lips as I fell.

"MARSHMALLOWS!!!"