Zecoras' tale

Chapter III

  ZEBRA

Zucora ran through the forst, not looking back.tears streamed out of her blueish eyes, and her towering mane was full of twigs, branches, berries, and nuts. Eventually, she decided to calm down and find out what to do. She looked at the options.

Go back to Ponyville?

Give up and die?

Go to Canterlot and ask the princesses for guidece?

Live in the forest.

  The last one was what suited her fine. She named it the Everfree, symbolizing she would be free forever. She came across some plants. Instivtivly, she avoided them. She'd find more about them later. "I need matireals." she told herself after awhile. Throwing on the cloak, she went west, where she knew Ponyville was.

  PONY

Fallenstar stared int othe starry sky as she sang the lullyby she used to sing, for her little striped Zucora.

"Come little child, I'll take you away, into a land of enchantment... come little child, the times come to play, into my garden of shadows...  come now sweet child, I'll show you the way, through all the pain and the sorrow... wake up, poor child, your life is this way, see all the beuty and passion. Hush now, dear child, it must be this way, weary to life, and its options... come now, my child, you'll soon see the way, into the calm and the quiet. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...  come little child, I'll take you away, into a land, of enchantment, come little child, the times come to play, into my garden of shaaadows. .... ..... .... ... ... ...... .... ... Come."she finished, her eyes brimming with tears. "Please, hear me, little one. I may have killed your real mother... but I'll always love you." she sighed. Something banged on her door. "Coming!" she yelled. She opened it. Two royal gaurds. "Hello..." she stammered.

  "Fallen Star?" a gray gaurd asked. Fallen Star nodded.

  "You have been found guilty of murder and lieing to public authourities. Death is your punishment." a white guard said. He reached for his sword and stabbed her. They both ran off, leaving the door wide open.

  "I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT!" Celestia yelled. Rust was about three yards away from the comversation between her princess and the leader of the royal gaurd. But even the gaurd fliched at that tone.

  "Did Celestia switch back to the royal canterlot voice?" Dusty asked, picking up her mop. Rust shrugged.

  "But princess... she killed Star horn!" the gaurd stammered.

  "Firemint, I belive you were faking all of your loyalty to me. Shining Armor chose you to lead as a reason. Isn't thsty true?" Celestia said. Her pink eyes flared and she was sweating. It wasn't hard to belive she was fighting back the erge to storm away and teach Twilight something. That would be nice. But it wasn't happening soon.

  "She was-" Firemint began. His white coat was shivering.

  "TRYING TO PROTECT AN INICENT FILLY!!!" Celestia yelled. Firemint opened his mnouth and no words came out. "This converstaion is over."Celestia said. She turned and exited the room, marching towards Twqilight's "study".

  ZEBRA

  It was a nice house. In filly terms. But the inside was something to look at. Zecora had bought evey single potion, magic-info book, and magical plant she could find. And she loved it, too. She sat down on a couch she had bought. She had really bought some fabric-or, in more accurate terms, Rarity gave it too her-and put it all over a couch design she had made. It wasn'treally nice, but itw as comfterble.

  "Why do I have stripes?" she asked no one in particular.

  "Your stripey apperence may be a shame, but you will be happy if you play my game!" a small voice said. Zecora turned her head. A small bug was sitting in her window. It flew onto her nose, and poked her snout then marched down her body onto the floor.

  "Who are you?" Zecora asked. She then giggled as she noticed the bug's rhyme.

  "I am a ryhmebug, and we have no names. But, to all ponies, our tounges are a game." the bug said. Zecora smiled.

  "I'm Zecora." the zebra said. And that was the begining of a friendship.