Changing the future

This was getting to much for Storm to handle, "Derpy when? What? I... I don't understand". Derpy's body had begun to twist and stretch as she became more snake like. Storm tried to step back, but every time he tried he got closer to the corpse. Derpy's head hovered next to Storms. "This is what happens when you Change the past" she hissed moving from one ear to the other. "When you leave you change lives, you'll change events, ponies who were never meant to be born vanish." her head got closer, her lips touching storm right ear.

Storm became entranced by her words, " Think about what will happen, do you think she will remember you, do you think she would still love you, do you think....". The hissing started to fade, Storm looked around, every thing began to fade. He struggled to make out the last words being hissed to him but failed to. Storm started to fell his lungs fill with something, he started drowning in this new force that was pressing into him.

Zacora breathed into Storms mouth again before pushing down on his chest, 1, 2, 3, breath. Again and again she repeated the step for what felt like the thousandth time. Storms eyes snapped open, he flipped o to his side and proceeded to gasp for air and cough up mucus.

Zacora backed off smiling at a job well done. Storm caught his breath, "DAME IT" he shouted, Zacora jumped. Storm leaped off the bed and immediately regretted it as his front  leg collapsed under him. "BUCK", his temper was flaring and Zacora appeared to be the target.

Derpy looked up at the sound of shouting, she wiped the tears from her eyes and head toward the commotion. She entered the compartment and was startled at what she saw.

Storm had Zacora backed into a corner and was shouting at her about something she had done. Derpy made a small peep which got Storms attention, he turned to her Derpy flinched as he rushed at her.

Storm grasped Derpy in an desperate embrace. Derpy was taken aback as Storm broke down into a flood of tears. He had not cried, in Derpy's knowledge, since they had received news of his mothers death. He just sat there holding onto her crying and crying. Derpy patted his back, "Storm what's going on?" she asked hugging him, "I just wanted to make things right, I don't want to hurt you" he replied through sobs.

Storm refused to say anything ales about his time in Limbo he just kept sticking close to Derpy. The conductor sounded the speakers, "We will be arriving in Canterlot in three minutes". They set about waking up Spike and collecting there belongings, as the train came to a stop the companions snuck out the back so as to avoid coming across any guards.

They moved through the deserted streets of Canterlot. The only ponies they came across where some slaves cleaning the street or guards on patrol. It was creepy walking through a city that used to bustle with activity twenty four hours a day. The journey was quick maybe a bit too quick.

Before they knew it they where standing at the castle gates. There was not a sole to be seen, Storm did not like this at all. "Where do you think every pony is?" asked Spike who kept glancing over his shoulder. They made there way through the royal gardens, keeping eyes and ears open to any rustled. They where about have way towards a set of large wooden doors.

The doors slowly opened they scattered, Storm limbed his way into a nearby bush,  Derpy jumped into a tree, Zacora dived at a shrub and Spike crawled under a rock.Six ponies dressed in dark purple robes stalked out into the garden.  Storm watched as they moved towards a large stone fountain. He decided to get a closer look, keeping low in the bush he moved with stealth honed from years of creeping past guards.

The Six figures came to a stop and stood in a semicircle around the fountain, Storm crept closer. A small figure suddenly popped into existence right in front of the fountain. Storm squinted his eyes against the darkness hoping to make out the new figure, he almost wished he hadn't. Applebloom step forward into the light, the Six ponies bowed and there hoods slipped off.