The Reason We Love

Many days had passed since the murder of the King and Queen. Fast Flame locked herself in her room, only letting her brother in every now and then. She became very close to her Father ever since her mother died. Simon's mother married her father 5 years after that. The only thing that bothered Flame was the fact that her new mother was not a Pegasus like her previous mother. Her new mother was just a unicorn, while her father was an Alicorn. Simon took after his mother, just like Flame took after her mom. When Simon and Flame where little they would team up and become a ackward colored Alicorn. While Flame was a mixture of yellows, reds, and oranges, Simon was more of milky greens and blues. Either way they enjoyed each others company.

         Simon was scheduled to leave on a Friday so on the Thursday before they played their favorite games and ate their favorite foods. The next was a day full of tears. Not only was Simon leaving, but Fast Flame (as the princess) had to announce the death of her parents. Trying to stay strong for her kingdom, she got by without a single tear. Giving a final hug to Simon, she watched her brother's carriage travel down the road. What she didn't know was that it was gonna be the last time she ever saw her step brother again.

1 WEEK LATER

           "HELP! HELP ME!" Fast Flame woke from a reoccering nightmare. The same nightmare she had the night before her parents were killed. Fast flame was runing from something in the dream, something dangerous. It was raining and Flame slipped into a trench. Flame screamed as a dark shadow loomed over her. She screamed again and then she woke up. It was like that every single time, even tonight. It always scared Fast Flame whenever she bad this dream. She always thought something bad would happen after the dream. And something usually did happen, either someone in the royal family got married or another king and queen were murdered. Luckily Fast Flame didn't come of age for being queen. She had another 6 months before that day came. The sucky thing about coming of age for a big royal spot was you had to marry to actually get that spot in authority! It was tradition though...

      Ever since Simon left Flame had to take care of the kingdom. Sure it was not as big as Aunt Galaxia and Uncle Cosmos's kingdom, but it was decent sized. Fast Flame had a very low attention span when it came to things like meetings or listening to someone speak, but seeing as she thought she owed it to her parents, she gave it her all to take care of the kingdom.

       Fast Flame made it through 4 months without anypony telling her anything about her brother. One day she received a letter from her brother's kingdom:

Dear Princess Fast Flame,

The Kingdom of Leaves is sorry to say that your step brother was killed........

Fast Flame wanted to stop there, but she continued reading.

.....the first Friday of September at 6:32pm. We would like to invite you to his funeral on October 14th. You are welcome to stay at the castle if you wish.

Sincerly ,

The Kingdom of Leaves

Fast Flame was very mad that this letter was not delievered to her sooner. The first Friday of September was the day Simon left her kingdom, and the funeral was over 2 months ago! It was December now! Checking the date delivered on the envelope, Flame yelled in anger seeing that the letter was delivered the day after Simon was killed. Fast Flame was going to find the pony who kept this from her. And she was gonna have their head for it.