Prologue: A Night to Remember
Prologue: A Night to Remember
I was born with an amazing, magical gift. One that has sometimes brought me great fortune throughout the years. Sadly, it has also brought trouble into my life. Some say it's a blessing, others say it's a curse. To me, I don't know what to believe anymore.
My life has been nothing but sadness, confusion, and even trouble.
And that trouble, is why I feel my life is flashing before my eyes.
How did I end up like this? Better yet, why did I end up like this.
I think it would be best for me to reflect on my life. To remember everything up until now.
I have to look back at what I did. I need to know where, how, and why it all started. And what better way than use the same magic that nearly that got me into this mess.
With my horn aglow, I close my eyes and, let my mind do the rest. I start pumping my magic into my mind, seeing faint visions of the events of my life, my memories.
I look and see the memories from the events that brought me here to the times of my childhood. So far, there's nothing significant that would answer my question. I need to go further.
Going further back, I see the early days of my birth. I keep pressing on.
It's a bit hard to see these events of before my birth, but then the magic in my mind pulls me towards a certain memory. One not long before my birth. Looking deep within, I could see my father, standing in an alley with two other stallions. It looked humid and wet, like it had just rained not too long ago. It also appeared to be dark, like sometime after midnight.
Using my magic, I look in to see what the memory had in stored.
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"I'm glad you boys could make it here tonight," my father said, looking at the two stallions. One was wearing gold plated armor. He must have been a member of the royal guard. The other was wearing raggedy old clothing.
"This better be important Brimstone," the royal guard said.
"Well, if you haven't figured it out already, I got one more job for us! One last score, and I've been saving it for tonight. And this judgement we're gunna rain down on this city is gunna look a whole lot better comin' from youse guys," said Brimstone.
"Uh, Brimstone, what in Equestria are you talking about?" the guard asked.
"I'm talking about my wife. Did you bring her to the museum like I said?" he asked, turning his attention towards the stallion in old clothing.
"Oh yeah, sure, she's safe inside. I set her up myself, and in perfect time cause I think she was going into labor. You know you can trust me big fella," he said.
"Excellent! Now, I don't know if I told y'all this, but she's on her last leg. I really wish it didn't have to be this way, but you know I can't cheat death, but I can keep it from taking more than what it bargained for. So here is where you both earn all the privileges. As you know, The Canterlot Archives are receiving a delivery of an important artifact."
"And what might that artifact be exactly?" the stallion asked.
"A horn. But not just any horn. No, this is the horn of The Great Alderon! It's said that he was a great and powerful alicorn ruler from long ago! Even before Princess Celestia's time. Unfortunately, he was also a tyrant, who ruled with an iron fist! He was defeated however, and was removed from power by the ancient rulers long ago. He was sentenced to death and was to have his horn removed. Although, Alderon wasn't an idiot. Before his execution, he cast a spell on it to preserve the magic in it and removed it himself, and hid it away before any pony could find out, that way his magic would stay safe. So now, it seems that they have found it, and it's going to arrive here in Canterlot in an hour."
"How do you possibly know all this stuff?!" the stallion said in astonishment.
"I do my research," my father said flatly.
"So my guess is that you want us to steal it. Might I ask, why?" the guard said.
"Like I said before, my beloved wife is dying, and it looks like my newborn filly isn't going to make it. But, if I us the horn on her, and apply it with a spell I snatched from the archives, it might have enough magic to save my baby's life!" Brimstone said excitedly.
"Why can't you use it to save your wife?" the other stallion said.
"I asked Daisy that, and she said it was better for her to die than the baby, cause I can use the spell to save only one of them," replied Brimstone. "So anyway, here' what I want you to do. Once the transport passes Donut Joe's shop, the gang will ambush them while Skippy here snatches the horn during all the chaos going on there," Brimstone said. Just then, the other stallion interfered with their conversation.
"Uh Brimstone, I hate to tell you this, but I remember eavesdropping on Brocken Face's gang, and it turns out they're planning to steal the horn too," he said. This was something my father didn't wanted to hear.
"Yeah well, they got another thing coming. See, I want every gangster and their bosses, and that goes for The Princess as well, to know who the real boss in this city is, you understand! I want to walk out of here, carrying my newborn filly in my arms like the true princess she's meant to be. I wanna see the streets running red with the blood of my enemies! You got that Mister Captain of the Royal Guard?" Brimstone said furiously.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Your gang is nowhere near as bad as old Brocken Face. Why, I think the guard and his gang have been fighting each other for a long time. Sure, it'll only be settling some old scores. The scum won't know what hit em'." replied the guard.
"Good, cause know this, nothing is going to stop me from getting that horn! The boys and I will look after Daisy from now on. You go, set Canterlot on fire for me. It's time for them to know who the boss of this city really is." said Brimstone before all three stallions trotted off into the misty, foggy night.
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The memory faintly comes to an end.
No, no! I need to know what happens next!
Searching through all the memories, my magic, then pulled me into another one.
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"Brimstone! Oh for goodness sakes, I need a hospital! I don't want to have my child here," Daisy, my mother, said.
"Everything's gunna be just fine honey. Once I get my hooves on that horn, you'll give birth to a goddess Daisy! We'll rule forever!"
"I just,... never thought... it would end like this," she said through deep breaths. "I don't want... my baby to diiiieeee!!!"
Just then, the stallion, along with the captain, burst into the room they were in. One was carrying something wrapped in a cloth in their hooves. Brimstone approached the two, grabbed the object, and clenched it in his hoof close to his chest. He trotted back towards his ill wife and unwrapped his prize. It revealed to be just what he hoped for. The horn of Alderon. It was a long, golden horn. One that looked like it belonged to a god.
"With this, nothing will stop us now! We'll both rule forever!" Brimstone said triumphantly as he raised the horn high up in the air.
"If only... I could... be there... to see," Daisey said. She grabbed her husband's hoof, and clenched it tightly.
He then took out a scroll from his saddlebags nearby, unrolled it and began reading the spell aloud.
As he did, he moved the horn towards his wife's stomach. It began to glow. Then it started to vibrate. As he continued casting the spell, he made contact with the horn onto his wife, which then began to turn to what appeared to be liquid gold. It covered all over Daisey's stomach until it was absorbed and sucked by the fetus inside.
The spell had been cast, and all that was left was to wait. Brimstone turned his attention to the two other ponies, and ordered them to leave. They did just that. And now it was just the two of them. Now they had to wait.
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After a half hour, a new foal was born. Brimstone cradled her in his right leg. She was beautiful. Her coat was white, and her mane was blonde colored, but what struck out was her horn. It was gold, just like the one they used to save her life.
"She's amazing Daisey, simply amazing!" Brimstone said before handing her to her mother.
"She's our little miracle Brimstone," Daisey said. Just then, she clenched her chest with her hoof. She quickly handed her child to her husband before lying back down on her husband.
"Take care... of our... miracle... Brimstone... Tell her... I... Love... Her!"
Her heart gave its final beat before coming to a halt. Brimstone clenched his wife's hoof. Tears began to form in his eyes. He wanted to scream, but he started hearing noises outside the room. He quickly covered his wife up with a sheet before taking his child up and quickly exiting through the window.
He ran through the alleyways and streets of Canterlot. Over the past several hours, a riot had broken out amongst the royal guard, and the gangsters. He didn't care about any of that. He just wanted to get out of there with his newborn filly.
It didn't take long until he reached the train station. Once the train was about to leave, Brimstone managed to hop into the caboose before the train could pick up speed. He stayed inside, tryin to stay hidden while also trying to keep his child from crying.
"Wherever this train ends is where I'm starting my new life. And soon, you'll be running the family business! I don't care if you'll be a mare when you grow up, I want you to pass on our legacy! We can prove to Celestia and Brocken Face who the real boss is here." Brimstone said, addressing his newborn filly as she quietly slept on her father's legs.
Then something hit him in his mind, like a bolt of lightning.
"Why you need a name!" he said, thinking about what to call his daughter. Then he remembered his wife's final words.
"Take care... of our... miracle... Brimstone... Tell her... I... Love... Her!"
Looking at his daughter, a smile crept up on his face.
"Miracle, I'll call you Miracle. Cause that's what you are! And it's a good thing you won't remember my saying this."
I giggled inside when he said that.
He continued sitting there, cradling his child through the entire train ride, taking them to their new life together.
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