Author's Note

So I took the time to edited this chapter myself. So if you find mistakes please tell me and I'll fix them. Anyways enjoy!

Chapter 8. Memories, Dark Plans.

Chapter 8. Memories, Dark Plans.

Amber looked out the window as she sat inside the kitchen with Sunset.

"Amber, why don't you go ahead and go back and hang out with Night while I finish things here." Sunset said, looking over at her.

"Nah, I want to stay here. I mean I need to make sure Matt is taken care of before I can just leave him alone." She said continuing looking out the window.

"What so special about this one, you never stick around?" She asked walking over towards Amber and took a seat next to her.

"Matt was the boy I told you about, the one I wanted to find and save before I found out he was sold." She said looking at Sunset "He's the one that saved me from being whipped."

"I see, so he's that guy." Sunset said with a grin "The one you had a crush on."

Amber blushed "I thought we agreed to never bring that up, after all, I have a fiance." She said glaring at the mare making her chuckle.

"Fire Heart is going to need to know about him, I mean unless you're not planning on freeing him?"

"No, he's in good hoofs with Applejack. I can see he's happy and pulling him away from that wouldn't be right." She said looking away "I'm going to see him one last time before I quit this and start getting ready for our baby." She said smiling as she placed her hand on her stomach. She could feel her stomach growing bigger each day and this made her smile.

"Are you sure you don't want to free him? He could help with the ships."

"Nah, he's not into any of that, trust me." She looked out the window and for a split second she could see herself as a child running from Matt when he was a lot younger and he was happy "It's been so long since I've see his smile."

"We need to fight these stupid human rebels before they attack again!" A stallion yelled.

"I agree! We cannot allow these humans to get away with this!" A mare yelled.

"Attacking these humans would be a mistake; if we attack the humans who are already enslaved will see their own kind fighting and will fight back." A stallion said "And besides, we don't need a war on our hoofs."

"I agree with Mister Swift, with war already on the brink with the Griffon kingdom, we wouldn't survive this." A mare said "But maybe if we send our own stallions in to try and reason with these humans maybe we can make a deal with them."

"You are stupid if you think these humans will talk with us Miss Sunflower, for all we know our stallions would be kill on sight."

The doors opened up making the four ponies inside to see Princess Celestia walking into the room "Good afternoon Princess, we are glad you could make it." Swift said with a cheerful smile.

"Kiss ass." The stallion said in a whisper.

"Knock it off Ink Heart." Celestia said making him tense up "I come with news, three stallions were seen boarding the train before the attack."

"How do we know these ponies didn't die in the attack?" Ink Heart asked.

"The only bodies recovered from the wreckage were of the humans, the ponies were never found." Celestia said taking a seat at the table "Meaning these rebels are being framed."

Ink Heart rolled his eyes "Framed? Princess Twilight was attack and your saying three ponies set it all up?"

"Yes." Celestia said "The rebel humans have always attacked but never harmed anypony or their own kind, if anything this was an acted to warn me about the new laws I wish to pass."

"Then maybe you should heed their warning." Ink Heart said "I mean, if you are correct about this being a warning, then maybe to protect the princess, don't pass these laws."

"No, I will still try and pass these laws." She said standing tall.

"Then we shall discuss the passing of your new laws and make sure they still follow law your father created." Sunflower said.

The four ponies wrote down on a piece of paper and placed them into a pile "Alright, your new laws will be passed." Sunflower said "But we still must discuss what has happened to Princess Twilight."

"She is in good hoofs, I have already doubled her guards and along with her friends." She said.

"Then there is nothing else to discuss." Sunflower said using her magic to slam down the gavel down "Meeting adjured."

Celestia smiled gladly as her new laws were passed. She used her magic to open the doors and made her way down the hall.

Sunset sighed. She was supposed to leave for Appleloosa but with the train being out of order till the rails are fixed, she was stuck here.

She noticed the many nurses rushing around "What's going on here?" She asked stopping a nurse.

"The human that was brought in, he was attacked and is now in critical condition."

She blinked "How bad are his wounds?"

"Bad, his wound reopened and to top it off he has two broken ribs and his arm we fixed has been broken along with his leg." The nurse pushed passed Sunset as she rushed towards the back.

"I need to find Luna." Sunset took off running down the hall.

With Celestia's sun slowly going down and Luna's moon rising. Applejack sat next to Dash as the two waited for word on Matt.

"Who would attack him like that?" She asked angry and worried. She wanted this pony or person to pay for harming Matt, the idea of Matt being attacked just boiled her blood.

"I don't know, but whoever did this will pay." Dash said looking at her friend.

"Ah hope so, Matt didn't do anythin' wrong." She said looking at her friend.

"I better go tell the other's what happened, stay here till I get back." Dash said getting up and making her way out of the room leaving Applejack to sit and wait.

The sound of the heart monitor bothered Applejack as she sat next to the sleeping human.

She looked at his leg as it was wrapped in a cast and his arm was in a new cast. She didn't like seeing Matt like this. Yet she was glad he wasn't killed by this stranger.

She watched as he breathed in and out. He was wheezing. She knew his ribs were injured and his wound was reopened.

"I see he finally got out of surgery." A familiar voice made her turn her head to see Princess Luna standing in the doorway.

"Princess Luna, what brings you by?" Applejack asked surprised to see her here.

"My sister asked me to make sure Matt here is taken care of." She said "I have placed two guards I trust with my life to keep Matt here from being attacked again."

"Thank you Luna, Matt didn't deserve this. He did nothing wrong." Applejack said looking at Matt as he continued to sleep.

"I know, the doctor's did everything they could to heal some of the bones but it will take time for him to truly heal." Luna said walking towards Applejack "Do not worry Applejack," Luna placed a hoof on to Applejack's shoulder "As long as I breath I shall make sure whoever did this to him pays for this."

Applejack was happy to hear Luna felt the same way about this "Thank you again Luna."

"I must be going, if you need anything, please tell the guards and they will get you what you need." She said leaving Applejack alone.

She notices a young girl with red hair being stopped by her guards "What is going on here?" She asked looking at her guards.

"They won't let me inside to see Matthew." The girl said crossing her arms.

"We told this human, no one is allowed inside unless they have the royal seal by you or Princess Celestia herself." One of the guards spoke.

Luna used her magic to bring forth a small piece of paper with the royal seal on it and handed it to the girl "This girl is one of my maids, she can be trusted." She said walking pass the girl "Make it quick Amber, Matt needs his rest if he's going to heal."

"I will Princess." Amber made her way into the room and her heart broke as she saw her friend lay there not moving. She notices the orange mare with blond hair sitting in a wheelchair next to Matt's bed "I'm Amber; you must be Matt's owner."

"Ah ain't his owner." She said to the girl.

"That's not what Matt said." She said walking over towards the mare.

"Ah don't buy humans; Matt's just stayin' with us." Applejack said "How do ya know Matt anyways?"

"We lived on the same farm, but I was sold a long time ago." She said taking a seat next to her.

"I'm sorry to hear, I take you two were close then?" Applejack asked looking at the girl.

"Yes, he watched my back and I watched his. He was the only one I could truly trust." She said looking at Matt as she heard him wheezing.

A hooded pony walked through the poorly lit halls of the castle.

The hooded pony came to a stop. The hooded pony saw another hooded pony standing in in a poorly lit room "Are all here?" A male's voice asked.

"Yes, we are all here." A female's voice said.

"Good." The hooded pony moved forwards towards the three other hooded ponies in the room "With this human saving the inbreed pony from death, we need to rethink our plans." The hooded pony removed his hoodie and the group nodded "Ink Heart, I need you try and delay anymore laws as you can." The stallion said.

"I shall do my best, but with Sunflower as head of the council, there is nothing I can do." Ink Heart said.

"I shall see what I can do to, change her mind." The stallion said. He looked over at the other hooded pony "I want you to make sure the guards remain under our pay and keep to the old laws."

"As you wish sir, I know my troops will be willing to make sure these humans obey." The hooded stallion said removing his hoodie as his blue mane and orange fur glow in the dark.

"Flash, I also need you to kill any humans who may be a part of these rebels." He hooded as the stallion looked over at the mare who kept her hood over her head.

"What about the human?" The mare asked.

"Matthew is no threat; he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." He said chuckling "You will remain by my side till I have regained my powers."

"As you wish master." She said.

The stallion looked back at the other two stallions "You two may leave."

The two stallion left the two alone as his red eyes were glowing "Now, let's go finish what I have started all those years ago." He said having the mare follow him.

Matt's mind was in a fog, he didn't know what was going on or why he was attacked by the red eyed stallion from his dream.

His childhood flooded into his mind as he stood in the middle of the barn he once called home.

"MATT! You won't believe what I found!" Matt turned around to see a young Amber rushing into the barn as he sat up in the bed to look at her.

"What did you find?" He asked.

"I remember this; this was the last day we got to see each other before she was sold." He thought as he watched his younger self talk with Amber.

"I found this old looking ring! It was in the dirt." She said.

He looked at the ring and chuckled "This looks old; maybe you should take it to Sarah."

"How's the back?" She asked taking a seat next to him as she looked at him.

"Still sore but I'll survive." He said giving her a warm smile.

"And the eye?"

"I can see now thanks to the swelling going down." He said chuckling trying to show her he wasn't in pain and to let her have a smile.

"That was a big fat lie." Matt thought touching his eye with the scare "It still hurt when I kept my eye open for too long, but I couldn't let her know that. She felt bad enough as it was."

"Are you sure? Because, I'll go tell Sarah and ask her to get you some more pain killers."

"Nah, I'll be fine Amber."

"Amber, you should be doing your chores, and Matt, you should be resting." A woman with blond hair and blue eyes said walking into the room.

"I finished already Sarah." Amber said looking at the women.

When Matt didn't speak Sarah made her way over towards the young man as she bent down "Let me guess, your back is hurting while you lay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I've tried laying on my stomach, I just can't rest." He said looking at her.

She sighed and stood "I'll see if I can find a pillow for that old cot."

"You don't have to do that Sarah, you already gave me your cot to rest on till my wounds heal." He said going to stand when he felt light headed and sat back down.

"It's alright Matt, we'll need you back to your old self if we're going to finish the harvest early." She said walking away "And besides, that old cot is starting to annoy me."

"If you don't want the cot, I'll take it." Amber said chuckling.

"If I did that, master would flip." She said digging around the trunks in the old barn.

"Why don't you show her the ring you found?" Matt whispered to Amber.

"Right." She made her way over towards Sarah "When I was outside I found this in the field."

Sarah looked at the ring and sighed "I haven't seen this type of ring in a long time." She said "My mother had one of these rings; they were a part of our culture."

"They were?" She looked at the ring in her hand.

"Yeah, my mother told me these rings bonded a man and women together." She said "But those were stories her mother told her." She said pulling a small ring out of her pocket "My mother said this was a part of our family long before we were enslaved."

"Wow." Amber said looking at the ring.

Matt heard every word as he sat there "She's lucky, she got to be with her mother." Matt thought looking over at the two "That's because she's not an ugly worthless human like you."

The older Matt sighed "I've always hated that voice, just glad he didn't come around as much back then."

The memory moved forwards as he saw he was sound asleep on the cot as he was on his side.

Then he saw Amber slowly moved towards him as she placed the small ring into his pocket and she kissed his cheek "I know you can't hear me, but know I care for you and one day we'll meet again and when we do, I'll want this ring back."

He watched as Amber made her way towards the barn door "Move human." The stallion said as she got onto the wagon.

"I remember finding her ring in my pocket... but I don't remember this at all." He thought as he watched the wagon leave "I wonder if she remembers giving me this ring?" He thought as he looked up at the moon. He remembered always looking up at the moon after Amber left "The mare in the moon, I remember hearing all kinds of story of the mare who lived in the moon, now we know who it really was." He chuckled "I still can't believe I use to chat with the moon."

Matt could feel his mind slowly starting to awake as pain ran through his body. He could hear two voices speaking and he could tell one was Applejack and the other was Amber.

"He really did that?" He heard Applejack ask.

"Yeah, jumped right off the roof into the hay and came out with only a few cuts." He could hear Amber chuckling "He always did stuff like that when we were little."

"That's because you dared me." He said making the two look at him as his had a small smile on his face. He went to get sit up when he felt pain rush through his body making him lay back down.

"Take it easy, your still weak from what happened." Amber said.

"What happened anyways? Last thing I remember was being flung around the room and red eyes." He said trying to relax on the bed.

"We don't know, Ah was on my way ta come visit ya when Rainbow found ya on the ground injured. Ya really had me worried." She said making Matt blush.

"Sorry." He said to the two knowing he worried them both.

"Don't ya be sorry now Matt, it's not ya fault ya were attacked." Applejack said "The pony who did this had no right ta harm ya."

"Before you say anything Matt, I know for a fact this was an act of hate." Amber said speaking before Matt could "And you didn't deserve this."

He knew Amber was right. Yet "You did, you are a worthless human who has been beaten by others and have even been used for pleasure, you deserve everything you get! Expect it Matthew, you are worthless!" He heard the voice speak as he knew the words it spoke was true, he was worthless. He fought back the tears; he didn't want to have the two see him cry for some odd reason.

"I'm going to tell the doctor you're awake." Amber said getting up "It was nice speaking with you Applejack."

"It was nice speaking with you too Amber." She said with a smile

"I hope Amber didn't bother you?" He asked looking at her.

"She didn't bother me, in fact she told me a lot about ya." Applejack said chuckling.

Matt sighed "She always has to tell someone about the stupid stuff we did." He then chuckled.

"Ah'm glad ya alright, when Ah saw ya on the floor injured... Ah was so angry Ah wasn't here ta keep an eye on ya." She said fighting back the tears.

"Don't beat yourself up about this Applejack, they would have used their magic on you and harm you as well." He said placing his good hand on her hoof which was resting on the bed "But your here now, you can keep an eye on me."

Applejack blushed as she felt his hand touch her hoof as the two remained silent.

Twilight sat inside the dining room as Luna, Cadance and Celestia all sat inside the room eating dinner.

"I heard what happened, I'm glad you and your friends made it out alright." Cadance said to Twilight as the two sat next to each other.

"I'm just glad Matt was there to save Applejack's life, or who knows what might have happened." She said looking at the food in front of her.

"I agree." Luna said lowering her tea.

Celesita listened to them as the spoke highly human. She knew this human did in deed do a good deed today. The human himself reminded her of the past of when Humans and ponies lived in peace "Are you alright, sister?" Celestia's thoughts were interrupted by her younger sister. She looked over at her sister and gave her a warm smile.

"I am fine Luna, just a bit light headed after giving blood earlier today." She said taking a sip of her orange juice.

"You gave blood?" Twilight asked surprised.

"Yes, the young human needed blood and it would seem we were the same blood type."

Luna was surprised; she didn't know her own sister would even give blood to a human.

"I heard what happened to him earlier today, know I have a team working on finding out who hurt him." She said looking over at Twilight "I must be going, I have a few things I must complete before our meeting tomorrow." She stood leaving the three princesses alone.

"I've notices Aunt Tia has been quite busy lately." Cadance said looking over at Luna.

"She has, she's been trying to bypass the old laws and add some new laws allowing the humans a little bit more freedom." Luna said "But a few of them haven't gone as planned."

"What do you mean? I thought Celestia was the one that ordered the humans to be enslaved?" Twilight asked confused.

"Right, you do not know." Luna said sighing "The enslavement of the humans was by our father, he made the order to enslave them and put the blame on Celestia's shoulders." Twilight could see the rage in Luna's eyes as she spoke "She tried her hardest to free them but... the laws were made to where only a king can remove the laws and since we have no true power, we can only do what we can to try and help them the best we can."

"But soon the Crystal Empire is about become a new home for humans and allowing them to become free." Cadance said "Since my kingdom is on the boarder of Equestria, we can create a new kingdom where ponies and humans live in peace."

"What!? You're going to free humans?" Twilight asked surprised.

"Yes, this is why the meeting was called. We're going to make it public tomorrow." Twilight could see the smile on Cadances face grow "All we need to make this happen is a forth princess, and that's where you come in."

"Tomorrow we will act like were in a big meeting and all four of us will sign the new human order for human freedom in the Crystal Empire." Luna said taking a sip of her tea.

"And only us four know about this?" Twilight asked.

"No, Shinning knows this as well, he's making sure everything is ready for this big day." Cadance said.

"I'm glad this is happening." Twilight said "Matt might be able to learn and be able to paint."

"He can paint?" Cadance asked surprised.

"Yeah, Applejack says he made a picture for Big Mac and she couldn't believe how detailed it was."

Luna smiled, she knew Matt had a knack for painting and was glad he was enjoying his time at Sweet Apple Acres.

"Maybe I could get him to paint me and Shinning." Cadance said giggling.

"From what Applejack told me, he doesn't need to see you, just tell him what you look like and he'll be able to get every detail right."

Cadance blinked "Really? That's amazing!"

"It will be hard for him to paint with his arm broken." Luna said cutting in "But maybe he'll be able to do other things till his arm has healed."

"Well, I'm planning on teaching him to read." That's when Cadance looked at her with shock "I know, It's ageist the law to teach a human how to read."

"I take it; it was Applejack who wanted this." Luna said "And you wish to help her out."

"Y-Yes, how did you know that?" Twilight asked rising an eyebrow as she tried to figure out how she knew this.

"From what you told me, he's a great painter, so his skills could be even better if he can read." She said knowing full well that wasn't the truth. How do you tell a pony you know his past and have been watching him since he's been born?

Twilight blinked "Anyways, what else are you teach this human?" Cadance asked.

"Well, right now Applejack says he's getting the hang of reading after only one night of teaching, and if he can handle it, I'll teach him how to write." She said recalling what she had planned for the human.

"Well, he'll be able to do all those kinds of things if he moves to the Crystal Empire." Cadance said.

"I don't think he'll go for that, after what he's been through I don't think he'll be able to live as a free human without thinking somepony is going to harm him." Twilight said feeling sorry for the human.

"In time he'll heal, he'll know as long as he has friends around him he'll be safe." Luna said surprising the two princesses'. She stood "I must be going; I have a few things to do before I can go to sleep." She left the two alone to speak.

Luna used her horn to teleport herself into Matt's room. She smiled as she saw Applejack sound asleep with her head on Matt's bed as he was sound asleep with his hand on her hoof "It would seem something has sparked in their hearts." Luna thought moving towards the two. She waved her hoof over the two "May your dreams be full of happiness." A small mist fell on the two as their faces smiled "I still have much to do before you can be free Matthew, but know I am working on your freedom." She faded away.

To Be Continued.