Mare In The Everfree Forest

I was walking in circles in the main library as the others were whispering behind me. I sighed as my heart pounded in my ears as I did not want to drag her into my twisted life. I was growing anxious as time slowly ticked by.

“I should wait outside” I was tapping my hoof against the ground as Applejack glared at me.

“You run sug I will chase you” she spoke through her teeth as I placed my ears against my head. I went back to pacing as a knock on the door caused me to jump towards the rafters. I gripped onto them with dear life as I watched Luna slowly walk in.

“I see you got my letter” Twilight spoke up nervously.

“Yes, and I wonder where did you learn such a phrase? That is something no pony nowadays knows” I watched as her eyes narrowed towards Twilight.

“I told her the bloody phrase” I groaned watching her eyes turn up towards me.

“And how do you know that phrase? Even if your family is old” I groaned as I could feel the coldness in her voice. That tugged at my heart.

“And what should I say to make you believe me twinkle toes” I spoke up one of the nicknames I had for her. I could see the wings twitching behind her as she narrowed her eyes.

“Only two ponies can call me that” she hissed through her teeth.

“Yeah, and you got shouted at by the empress of the empire when I appeared beside you. I found you in bed with my husband pissed you didn’t invite me. We sent the nobles to Celestia’s court because they were being arsed hats! By the bloody gods below Icy! I never meet a bloody pony who would freaking scare me more than you. Especially when someone stole the last slice of pie.” I could see the others staring at her as her eyes were narrowing at me. I pointed my hoof towards her “Celestia ate the last slice of peach cinnamon pie causing you to set her cakes to combust every time they were placed in front of her!” I noticed her eyes widening as she pointed her wing towards me.

“Only two ponies know that” she huffed as I chuckled.

“And only the two ponies know you like to get freaky in a field of lavender. And yes it's why she is always pictured with lavender flowers. One of the guards and the press caught Necro and you in the garden. I swear I had to blame it on the booze and that is another thing you two would drain the whole Everfree kingdom of booze” I was huffing as Luna sat down staring at me.

“Silver?” she spoke up as I hung upside down from the rafter.

“Who else would I be? I mean why would I write that down?” I looked down at her as her eyes widen.

“You bitch! If you been alive this whole damn time and never once came to see me!” she growled as I looked away from her.

“I did come to see you. I was hiding as Rosey Star. Blueblood was pissing me off and I didn’t think you wanted to deal with scrapping his body from the side of the castle” I smiled as I noticed her huffing “I’m not coming down”

“Knight Commander Crystal you will get down from the rafters!” I heard her voice booing as the windows cracked. I knew this was going to get worse. I had a smile as I looked back down at her.

“Try me Ice block!” I spit out another nickname. I could feel her magic wrap around me teleporting me from the rafters to the floor. I could feel the cold floor under me as my stomach was rolling around.

“Is she dead?” I heard Rainbow spoke up.

“No, she has an intolerance to teleportation spells. If you ever want to stop her, just teleport her. Or just grab her back leg and lift her up in the air.” I could hear Luna grumbling as I waved my hoof at her.

“You owe your guard a round of drinks” I chuckled as I noticed her face leaning down towards mine.

“You do know this will lengthen your house arrest Silver. I did not believe your husband Necro. He told me you said you lived a long life. I did not believe him till now” I felt her huff as I sighed feeling my mane spread out behind me.

“And how do you think your sister would react knowing I was still alive? Do you think I want to be confided to the castle locked away and used for historical knowledge?” I looked up as the room slowly stopped spinning.

“Do you really think she would do that?”

“She did that the last time when I told her the judgment she placed on a pony was stupid. Who the bloody knows what she might do? Besides I was trying to come up a way for her to send me to the moon” I had a grin on her face as Luna shook her head. I could tell she was pissed off at me as I closed my eyes.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think it would be a good time to come up to you. How would it look that you returned and so did I. Your sister would think that I was conspiring with you to overtake her. To her, she thought I passed away.” I looked up at her as I watched her move away from me.

“Good point” she huffed causing me to sit up rubbing my head.

“Just don’t teleport me again” I groaned as I noticed she was staring at me.

“Do you have any of your weapons?”

“No” I smiled.

“What about toothpick?” I turned and glared at Pinkie.

“Hand over Toothpick and Big mama” I turned and made my swords appear placing them in front of her.

“How deep of a hole am I in?” I looked up at her.

“At the moment, your deep enough to be buried properly” I watched as she hissed through her teeth. I bowed my head as I sighed pulling my glasses off.

“Well if you're going to bury me then make sure you kiss Necro’s bones” I had a grin on my face knowing this is going bad. I would be in the damn dog house for a month not a bloody year with her. I watched her as she picked up the swords walking out of the house in a huff. I waited till she closed the door before I let out a scream.

“I am the most stupidest pony ever!” I laid back on my back.

“Uh, are we missing something?” Rarity spoke up causing me to sit up.

“A long time ago I use to date her alongside my husband. We had a herd going for us and I think I just killed my chances with her again. But I do think she needs to find another pony who could make her happier than I can” I rubbed my forehead as I got to my hooves walking up the stairs. I walked to the room I was staying in and just curled up on the bed.

I was standing in a field of snow panting. I had my sword strapped to my back as I made my way through the snow. I stopped for a moment as I felt something cold pressed against my chest. Looking down I noticed I was wearing a dark blue crystal armor with a small light blue crystal sitting in the middle in the shape of a snowflake. I was in my old Crystal Empire armor. I was back in the middle of the frozen war. Different creatures heard about the power of the empress and wanted it for their own, mainly necromancers. The magic that the heart carried could power an army of the dead for multiple years. I was sent out to stop them but this is different. I felt as if someone or something was watching me as I was standing in the middle of this field. Glancing around I could see the different bodies lying in their own blood. Moving towards a body I noticed it was my old lieutenant during the griffon war. That war was in the summer, not winter. My ears perked up as I heard groaning causing me to turn my head. In the distance, I could see the same shadow figure from my past. Its laughter rang in my ears.

I sat up quickly panting heavily. I was drenched in sweat as I pushed the blankets off of me. I rolled my shoulders as I tried to clear my head. Glancing outside I could see the sky was turning from a dark shade of blue to bright orange. Sliding off the bed I made my way to my trunk. Opening it slightly I pulled out a pouch of bits, I needed to head to a doctor for this damn condition of mine. Moving through the house I walked outside allowing the cool air to calm me down. I feel like a mess as I moved toward the train station. I bought a one-way ticket to Canterlot at the moment.

“Disappearing already” I was sitting alone till I heard that voice. Turning my head I noticed Discord was standing beside me with a grin “Oh you look like hell” he whistled as I grumbled at him.

“Not in the mood” I hissed back as I turned my head towards the tracks.

“Oh?” I could feel his breath on my skin. I lifted my hoof up and punched him in the jaw sending him backward. I was staring at him my eye twitching as I gave a low growl.

“Leave me the buck alone you damn creature” I growled as the train pulled up. I noticed that he had my ticket ripping it up. I glared at him as I used my magic to grab him by the neck. I pulled him in till we were teleported outside of town. I was panting heavily as I tried to stay on my hooves.

“You can still give me a damn left hook” he hissed as I flared up my magic. I made a long sword with a crystal blade and leather handle. I aimed it at him as I stood up glaring at him.

“And I can still do worse” I growled as I watched him lower himself to the ground. And with that, we both charged at each other. Both of us were taking swings at each other. I stayed on my hooves swinging my sword and cutting him where I could. I tossed my sword to the side as I wrapped my magic around my hooves. I slammed my hooves on the ground creating rocks floating in the air. I could see him staring at me as I kicked them towards causing him to doge till I heard him groan. I was panting as I heard sounds of hooves come running towards us. I slammed my hooves down on the ground creating more rocks floating in the air. Flaring up my horn I twisted my magic around them changing them to crystals. I sent them flying towards him as I watched him twist around barring at me.

“That is enough!” I heard Celestia’s voice as a barrier went up between us. I glared over at her noticing she was with Twilight and her friends with some medical team watching. I turned towards the barrier watching him break it.

“I am done being nice” I heard him hiss causing me to pick up my sword as I let out a growl.

“That is ENOUGH!” I pushed away from him as I noticed Luna’s magic placed between us.

“Damn I wanted to see more”

“Why he was hurting sister! uncle should know better”

“I had a bet against dad”

“You bet against dad?”

“Well yeah most of us”

“How many”

“Oh I was with mother on this one”

“What was the bets?”

“Sister to win”

“And mother?”

“She gets caught”

I could hear the voices snickering and chuckling as my eye started to twitch. I was breathing heavily as I watched Fluttershy pull Discord down to her level chewing him out. I took this moment to look me over. I had cuts along my side causing me to huff as my fur was stained with blood. Rolling my eyes I looked over at the group. They all went over to see Discord except for Jr and a tall white unicorn with a dark red mane and tail. His ruby eyes were staring at me through red frame glasses.

“Grandmother” he spoke softly as my ears flattened against my head.

“I missed my appointment with you” I huffed as I noticed his eye widen.

“I did not know I had one with you”

“I need one. They are back and it's worse” I looked up at him as I watch him nod. I felt him place me on my flank as he started to stitch up my wounds. I noticed Jr had walked off towards the princesses.

“Can I tell you something in confidence?” I looked down at Red who was watching a needle carefully.

“Do you need me to tell the family?”

“No please” I had a bit of a whine to my voice as I laid my ears against my head. I noticed he was staring up at me with one of his ears up.

“I am scared of this. I am scared of being under house arrest. I told Luna what I knew of our past but her eyes. I fucked up badly Red”

“Then tell grandfather” I watched as he sat up pulling bandages out of his pocket.

“If I tell him then a war might break out. Or better yet he might just kill me” I kicked the dirt feeling the stitches pull.

“He wouldn’t I mean you” I gave him a death glare before nodding. I was feeling alone at this moment as I noticed everypony was gathered around Discord “I half to go check on him” I nodded.

“I’m going to go clear my head” I grumbled as I got up hobbling away from the scene. I huffed as I knew I put myself in this predicament. I was able to make it to the small little pond that sat on the other side of town. I laid under the tree staying in the shade as I watched the water dance with the wind. I let out a slow huff as a small yellow pony land in front of me. Looking up I noticed Fluttershy standing in front of me. She was hiding a bit behind her pink mane.

“Why did you beat up my friend” her soft voice was filled with anger as she twitched her wings behind her. I tried my best not to lose my laughter.

“You wouldn’t understand” I smiled softly as I looked over at her.

“Well, I can try” I watched as she sat down in front of me her eyes staring down at me.

“I am from a small village in the north. We lived in peace with each other till one night. He came to our village killing every pony and everything. My brother died getting me out of the village. He died keeping the snow off of me while hiding me. All I remember is his laughter and the screams from the ponies I called friends and family” I looked up towards her noticing the horror that was in her eyes.

“That is horrible! But e couldn’t have done that now. He is changing” I saw the smile on her face as I shook my head.

“If you want more then go ask him. I am not speaking of this topic” I looked down at my hooves.

“but I”

“I said I am done talking about this” I got up and moved towards the forest. I climbed past the branches and the bugs trying to calm my nerves down. This is something that I hate talking about. Even my own family knows not to talk to me about that event. I made my way back towards the castle my blood still boiling. I did kick a few fallen walls and some rocks, but I mostly walked around trying to think about something else. I was looking at the tattered banners and rusted gear left on the walls and floors. I found myself sitting in the old courtyard staring at the old water fountain.

“What am I supposed to do?” I hung my head as I let out a small chuckle “I wish you were here. You always knew what to do when I was in a situation like this.” I looked up towards the sky wishing my husband was around. He could always keep me grounded when I end up in situations like these. My kids help but Jr is working and Red is as well. I found a spot where I could simply lay out and feel the breeze.

“Lily!”

“Lily!”

“Lily!” my ears went up as I opened my eyes glancing around. I was enjoying the sun and the silence till now. I could hear my name being called. Looking behind the fountain I noticed Twilight and her friends with the princesses following her. Discord looked like his pride was hurt as Fluttershy was walking beside him.

“Mother!” I watched in silence as Jr walked in front of me missing me.

“Found her” Pinkie pointed towards me as she bounced beside Jr. I chuckled a bit as I watched him turn around.

“Mother” he groaned as I watched Fluttershy pushed Discord up to me.

“Tell her what you told me” she glared at him as I noticed he rolled his eyes.

“I am sorry for destroying your home” he looked away as I simply stared at him.

“Not going to work” I spoke up as I looked up at him “I won’t accept that but I am sorry for breaking that tooth of yours” I stared at him. I watched as he looked down at me with hatred in his eyes. Fire was rolling in his pupils as he leaned down towards me.

“I got my flank chewed out by my friend and I spill my guts out to give you an apology!” he growled causing me to pull him down to my eye level.

“You think! That I am just going to forgive you like that? I was six when you came and destroyed my village! You killed my family and my friends! Your damn voice rings out in my nightmares over and over again when I close my eyes. I am not going to forgive someone who makes me relive those damn moments” I snapped at him causing him to back off.