Short Story Collectionby Darkmale76ChaptersMore Than A BBBFF To Me (Twilight)The Death Of Magic (Perfect Measure)The One Thing Money Can't Buy (Unnamed OC)Twilight's Midnight MaddnessMore Than A BBBFF To Me (Twilight)It was a rainy day outside my window when he finally left me. I was sitting on the window seat, looking out at the grey clouds as they released their payload in the form of rain. As I watched, my breath fogged up the glass of the window and i let out a long sigh. He heard and came into my room from the hallway and sat down beside me. "What's the matter? I don't often hear you sighing, but when i do somethings troubling you. What is it? You can tell me, right?" He looked down at me with those big blue eyes of his and tried to drape a foreleg around my shoulders. I just shrugged him away and replied curtly, "Nothing. Nothing is bothering me." "Well, then. This is new." A new voice was heard coming from the hallway and i turned to see her. I hated her and what she had done to him. She had been getting in between us for months, until finally one day she severed the final link in the chain and our relationship fell apart. I just stared daggers at her, hoping she would leave me to be alone with him for one last time. But sadly, it was not to be. He stood and walked over to her and hugged her tightly with his hooves. She hugged him back and smiled menacingly at me from over his shoulder. She released him and asked "Are you just about ready to leave yet, darling?" He looked at her, a smile plastered on his face and said, "Just about, honey. I just have to say goodbye to Twily." He walked back over to me and spread his forelegs wide, still grinning from ear to ear. Knowing this was probably the last I would see of him I quickly rushed over to him and held him close to me, almost squeezing all the air from his lungs. "Please don't go," I whispered into his ear, making sure not to let her hear it. We disengaged ourselves from the loving hug and he looked down at me, the smiling slowly fading as he saw the look on my face. "You know I can't do that, Twiliy. This position is too important to pass up. It is a 'Once in a lifetime opportunity' after all." I just sat there as he hugged me again, and whispered into my ear, "You know i will always love you Twily. Don't ever forget that." He stood and walked to the door and left with her. Sitting on the floor of the now empty home I had grown up in, tears streaming from my eyes, four words failed to make it to the ears of the couple now leaving the front door of the two story house. "I love you too." Author's Note Please Note: This may turn into a fully fledged story. The Death Of Magic (Perfect Measure)There I was, sitting in front of my desk, head in my hands, my mind racing at a million miles an hour, trying to devise a solution to my current predicament. A large piece of parchment with random scribbles and complex chemical equations, most of which I didn't even remember writing down. However, even if I don't remember writing them, I could still understand what they would create if combined. A potent anti-magic potion. The one potion that if used for evil would leave even the most powerful unicorn or, dare I say, alicorn devoid of magic, for the rest of their life. Being a unicorn myself, I felt a fear that shook me to the core as I looked at the equations that i had written. Whether they were written by hoof or horn they needed to be destroyed, but some part of me knew that there was a practical use for this potion. This potion could be used on those unicorn criminals who were deemed to dangerous to be allowed to live. This would give them a choice between death or a life without magic, but I had a feeling that most would rather die than continue to live without their magic. The battle raged in my mind as stared at the page before me. One part wanted that paper and all of the scribblings on it to be destroyed, another suggested that we show it to the Princesses and see what they thought about the potential uses for it, while yet another part just sat on the fence and thought about how much easier life was when we were younger. I generally ignored that section of the brain, unless it had anything of particular importance to say about the past that helped in the current situation. At one stage during the battle my magic picked up the paper and was about to destroy it before the opposing part of my brain stopped the flow of magic. These internal battles were nothing new to me. I had been at war with myself ever since I had earned my cutie mark. At this point in the war the fence-sitter took over control of the battle field and quickly subdued both parties that were fighting for control. It then picked up the paper in my magic and teleported us into the throne room. The Princesses, who were in the middle of a court session, looked at me, surprised by my sudden appearance, before i bowed to them and sent a stream of thoughts towards the Lunar princess. She gave me a quizzical look and turned to her sister and quietly conversed with her. I assumed that they were talking about the predicament I was in. Celestia and Luna finished their conversation and looked out upon the assembled nobles and commoners, saying in a voice that carried to the corners of the large room, "I'm afraid a matter of dire consequences has arisen. Court adjourned. You may come back next session." Most of the ponies bowed and left without another word, while a handful just stood there with their mouths slightly open. "That means leave the room, subjects," Luna added with a hint of anger in her voice. The remaining of the assembled bowed and fled the room quickly. "Guards. You may leave us now," Celestia said to the gold armored ponies stationed around the room. They nodded and slowly marched out of the room, closing the door behind them. "Now, Professor Measure. What is so important that it could not wait until after the court had finished?" Celestia asked, leaning forwards on her marble throne. "This," I said floating the parchment over to the Princesses. They studied intently for a while before Celestia gave a sharp intake of breath, while Luna just looked at it, a very confused look on her face. "What, pray tell, is this Professor?" Luna asked. I was about to explain the complex equations when Celestia interrupted me and exclaimed, a look of utter horror on her face, "This, dear sister, is the death of all magic." The tension in the air could be cut with a knife as both princesses looked at me with terrified looks plastered on their faces. The One Thing Money Can't Buy (Unnamed OC)Happiness. The one thing I could never buy. Most things I wanted I could buy. Friends? I bought them. Clothes? I bought them. Good grades? I bought them. But happiness? That can never be bought. While the things I could buy brought me happiness the feeling itself never stayed long, always leaving me, never a constant in my life. And my life was generally miserable. Sure, I may have a big fancy house, with a big closet of fancy clothes, but none of it brought me happiness. Sometimes I would look down at the children playing in the street and I would feel jealous. They had less money than me, I knew that for a fact as i was the wealthiest pony in my town, but they had the one thing that I wanted so desperately. Happiness. And they were swimming in the stuff. Even up on the second floor of my house, leaning out of the window, I could feel the happiness pouring off of them. And it made me sad to think that if i hadn't done the things I did, those many moons ago, I might have had the happiness I so very desperately wanted. As i watched, one of the Pegasus ponies kicked the ball to hard and it sailed over my high fence and into my yard. I could hear the groans and mutterings of disappointed ponies as i rushed down the stairs trying to get to the ball outside. I don't know why this urge came over me, but it did and I felt compelled to follow it. Just as it reached the door I slowed down and walked calmly, opened the door and out to where the ball was sitting. "Hey mister. Could you please pass us our ball?" one of the kids yelled at me from across the road. I picked up the ball in one of my hooves and tucked it under my armpit as I walked over to my wrought iron gate. Carefully i opened the gate and the Pegasus who had kicked the ball flew swiftly over to me. "Here ya go," I said as I placed the ball in his outstretched hooves, "just be more careful next time." This made him smile sheepishly and I felt a smile grace my face with its presence. When this happened I thought to myself that's the first time I've smile in a long while. Hearing the kid speak to me again brought me back to reality. "Thanks mister. I promise I'll try not to overdo it again" Once again his sheepish grin made me smile. He quickly ran back across the road to where his friends were waiting and as they walked away I could see the smiles on their faces as they waved at me in thanks. I smiled and waved back at them. Now those are true friends, I thought to myself as i walked back inside my big empty house. I felt happier than i had in a long time. Maybe this time would be different. Maybe happiness will stay this time. My final thought as i crept into my bed and fell asleep was, We can only hope Twilight's Midnight MaddnessMy brother cannot hurt me for when he does he'll fade. his darling can't kill me, nor I her. My mother curses me from her rest, my father wishes he could too. My mentor stands tall over the land, while her sister lies beneath it. My friends try to forget what i did, but all remember it well. They go about their days in silence, with nary a word uttered, but at night the fear returns. I am the stars which burn in the sky, Each one showing my crimes and promising my return. No prison can hold me long, and they always change the locks. My head is filled with cherry nuts, my arms soaked in jelly. This poem is my way to leave this place, for I shall never be free.
More Than A BBBFF To Me (Twilight)It was a rainy day outside my window when he finally left me. I was sitting on the window seat, looking out at the grey clouds as they released their payload in the form of rain. As I watched, my breath fogged up the glass of the window and i let out a long sigh. He heard and came into my room from the hallway and sat down beside me. "What's the matter? I don't often hear you sighing, but when i do somethings troubling you. What is it? You can tell me, right?" He looked down at me with those big blue eyes of his and tried to drape a foreleg around my shoulders. I just shrugged him away and replied curtly, "Nothing. Nothing is bothering me." "Well, then. This is new." A new voice was heard coming from the hallway and i turned to see her. I hated her and what she had done to him. She had been getting in between us for months, until finally one day she severed the final link in the chain and our relationship fell apart. I just stared daggers at her, hoping she would leave me to be alone with him for one last time. But sadly, it was not to be. He stood and walked over to her and hugged her tightly with his hooves. She hugged him back and smiled menacingly at me from over his shoulder. She released him and asked "Are you just about ready to leave yet, darling?" He looked at her, a smile plastered on his face and said, "Just about, honey. I just have to say goodbye to Twily." He walked back over to me and spread his forelegs wide, still grinning from ear to ear. Knowing this was probably the last I would see of him I quickly rushed over to him and held him close to me, almost squeezing all the air from his lungs. "Please don't go," I whispered into his ear, making sure not to let her hear it. We disengaged ourselves from the loving hug and he looked down at me, the smiling slowly fading as he saw the look on my face. "You know I can't do that, Twiliy. This position is too important to pass up. It is a 'Once in a lifetime opportunity' after all." I just sat there as he hugged me again, and whispered into my ear, "You know i will always love you Twily. Don't ever forget that." He stood and walked to the door and left with her. Sitting on the floor of the now empty home I had grown up in, tears streaming from my eyes, four words failed to make it to the ears of the couple now leaving the front door of the two story house. "I love you too." Author's Note Please Note: This may turn into a fully fledged story.
The Death Of Magic (Perfect Measure)There I was, sitting in front of my desk, head in my hands, my mind racing at a million miles an hour, trying to devise a solution to my current predicament. A large piece of parchment with random scribbles and complex chemical equations, most of which I didn't even remember writing down. However, even if I don't remember writing them, I could still understand what they would create if combined. A potent anti-magic potion. The one potion that if used for evil would leave even the most powerful unicorn or, dare I say, alicorn devoid of magic, for the rest of their life. Being a unicorn myself, I felt a fear that shook me to the core as I looked at the equations that i had written. Whether they were written by hoof or horn they needed to be destroyed, but some part of me knew that there was a practical use for this potion. This potion could be used on those unicorn criminals who were deemed to dangerous to be allowed to live. This would give them a choice between death or a life without magic, but I had a feeling that most would rather die than continue to live without their magic. The battle raged in my mind as stared at the page before me. One part wanted that paper and all of the scribblings on it to be destroyed, another suggested that we show it to the Princesses and see what they thought about the potential uses for it, while yet another part just sat on the fence and thought about how much easier life was when we were younger. I generally ignored that section of the brain, unless it had anything of particular importance to say about the past that helped in the current situation. At one stage during the battle my magic picked up the paper and was about to destroy it before the opposing part of my brain stopped the flow of magic. These internal battles were nothing new to me. I had been at war with myself ever since I had earned my cutie mark. At this point in the war the fence-sitter took over control of the battle field and quickly subdued both parties that were fighting for control. It then picked up the paper in my magic and teleported us into the throne room. The Princesses, who were in the middle of a court session, looked at me, surprised by my sudden appearance, before i bowed to them and sent a stream of thoughts towards the Lunar princess. She gave me a quizzical look and turned to her sister and quietly conversed with her. I assumed that they were talking about the predicament I was in. Celestia and Luna finished their conversation and looked out upon the assembled nobles and commoners, saying in a voice that carried to the corners of the large room, "I'm afraid a matter of dire consequences has arisen. Court adjourned. You may come back next session." Most of the ponies bowed and left without another word, while a handful just stood there with their mouths slightly open. "That means leave the room, subjects," Luna added with a hint of anger in her voice. The remaining of the assembled bowed and fled the room quickly. "Guards. You may leave us now," Celestia said to the gold armored ponies stationed around the room. They nodded and slowly marched out of the room, closing the door behind them. "Now, Professor Measure. What is so important that it could not wait until after the court had finished?" Celestia asked, leaning forwards on her marble throne. "This," I said floating the parchment over to the Princesses. They studied intently for a while before Celestia gave a sharp intake of breath, while Luna just looked at it, a very confused look on her face. "What, pray tell, is this Professor?" Luna asked. I was about to explain the complex equations when Celestia interrupted me and exclaimed, a look of utter horror on her face, "This, dear sister, is the death of all magic." The tension in the air could be cut with a knife as both princesses looked at me with terrified looks plastered on their faces.
The One Thing Money Can't Buy (Unnamed OC)Happiness. The one thing I could never buy. Most things I wanted I could buy. Friends? I bought them. Clothes? I bought them. Good grades? I bought them. But happiness? That can never be bought. While the things I could buy brought me happiness the feeling itself never stayed long, always leaving me, never a constant in my life. And my life was generally miserable. Sure, I may have a big fancy house, with a big closet of fancy clothes, but none of it brought me happiness. Sometimes I would look down at the children playing in the street and I would feel jealous. They had less money than me, I knew that for a fact as i was the wealthiest pony in my town, but they had the one thing that I wanted so desperately. Happiness. And they were swimming in the stuff. Even up on the second floor of my house, leaning out of the window, I could feel the happiness pouring off of them. And it made me sad to think that if i hadn't done the things I did, those many moons ago, I might have had the happiness I so very desperately wanted. As i watched, one of the Pegasus ponies kicked the ball to hard and it sailed over my high fence and into my yard. I could hear the groans and mutterings of disappointed ponies as i rushed down the stairs trying to get to the ball outside. I don't know why this urge came over me, but it did and I felt compelled to follow it. Just as it reached the door I slowed down and walked calmly, opened the door and out to where the ball was sitting. "Hey mister. Could you please pass us our ball?" one of the kids yelled at me from across the road. I picked up the ball in one of my hooves and tucked it under my armpit as I walked over to my wrought iron gate. Carefully i opened the gate and the Pegasus who had kicked the ball flew swiftly over to me. "Here ya go," I said as I placed the ball in his outstretched hooves, "just be more careful next time." This made him smile sheepishly and I felt a smile grace my face with its presence. When this happened I thought to myself that's the first time I've smile in a long while. Hearing the kid speak to me again brought me back to reality. "Thanks mister. I promise I'll try not to overdo it again" Once again his sheepish grin made me smile. He quickly ran back across the road to where his friends were waiting and as they walked away I could see the smiles on their faces as they waved at me in thanks. I smiled and waved back at them. Now those are true friends, I thought to myself as i walked back inside my big empty house. I felt happier than i had in a long time. Maybe this time would be different. Maybe happiness will stay this time. My final thought as i crept into my bed and fell asleep was, We can only hope
Twilight's Midnight MaddnessMy brother cannot hurt me for when he does he'll fade. his darling can't kill me, nor I her. My mother curses me from her rest, my father wishes he could too. My mentor stands tall over the land, while her sister lies beneath it. My friends try to forget what i did, but all remember it well. They go about their days in silence, with nary a word uttered, but at night the fear returns. I am the stars which burn in the sky, Each one showing my crimes and promising my return. No prison can hold me long, and they always change the locks. My head is filled with cherry nuts, my arms soaked in jelly. This poem is my way to leave this place, for I shall never be free.
