It was a beautiful night, Luna’s moon shining magnificently on the night sky, the stars twinkling like fireflies scattered across the sky. The wind was blowing hard, making the Everfree dance by the sway of the leaves and moan as the branches shook to and fro against the torrents.
"Get her!!! Don't let her leave with the child!!!."
The only other sound was the flapping of a black cloak, tied around the neck of a four-legged shadow, the face hidden under a dark hood. The mysterious figure seemed to be in a hurry, running easily between the trees of the forest, heading towards the center of the Everfree. Several other figures followed the first one determine to catch her.
"I think I see her!"
Not far now; the figure was nearly there, jumping fluidly over rocks and easily avoiding large logs on the ground. The wind was helpful in masking any noises, but the cloaked creature didn’t want to take any chances when it came to the mission at hand.
'I cant let them catch me, I promised her, I wont let him become his father.'
The edge could be seen now, the grass lit by the magnificent light of the moon. No trees were there to shroud the earth in darkness. The destination was in sight.
"Kaa! Attack when ready!"
The soft hitting against the ground started to slow from a run to a cautious walk. The hooded stranger came out into the open, looking to the right, then the left.
The castle. It was right there. Nobody was in sight, not even her pursuers
Lifting a paw, the figure reached into a the cloak, removing a small blue bag, soft crying could be heard. The small figure opened the bag and revealed a small newborn baby dragon, it had dark purple scales, black spines traveling down his body, two small black horns sprouting from the sides of his head, tears were threating to escape his large yellow eyes.
"Shh! Shh! Shh!, Stay quiet hatchling, you don't want to attract attention do you?"
A twig snapping was heard from behind.
"Hehehe, I'm afraid thatssss a bit to late Nyx..."
The small figure scowled and turned towards to the new voice.
"Kaa..."
Kaa was a large python, with dark green scales, two small red fangs sticking out of his mouth, large colorful eyes, his eyes showed a hint of madness.
"Nyx, why drag thissss out any longer, you can't win." Kaa was slithering closer. "Just give usss back the child, and I promise, he will live a promising future." Kaa was right in front of Nyx's face using his tail to lift her head.
Nyx brought up her paw, claws sprouting from them, and brought them down to Kaa's face. "I will never hand him over to the likes of you!"
The snake hissed in pain, and glared at the attacker. "I wish it didn't have to come to thissss, you could of been part of something greater." Several other figures appeared behind Kaa. "But oh well, I guesss I will have to let them do the talking."
Kaa slithered away allowing the others to come forward, the smallest was a large beetle about the size of a foal, two large pincers snapped at her. The second was green chameleon about the same size of the beetle slightly larger, a large curved red horn was sticking out of his nose. The third was a large lavender bat, sporting a small white mane.
The three moved closer towards Nyx, until they had her backed up against a tree.
"You know things could've been much more easier if you justsss cooperated."
Nyx closed her eyes, feeling a sense of dread, dread because she wasn't able to keep her promise, dread because she failed.
*WHOOSH*
"ARGH!"
Hearing the scream Nyx opened her eyes and gasped, there standing in front her was the three animals unconscious, on top of them was a large vulture glaring down at Kaa.
"Ka-Ka-Ka-KABAL!!!!" Kaa stuttered fearfully.
"Kaa..." The vulture spat out his name with disgust.
"Wh-What are you doing here?" Kaa eyes lit up. "Have you come to help?" Seeing the vulture growl at him, immediately got the message. "Or have you come to help the traitor."
Seeing the vulture's wings flare, Kaa wisely kept his mouth shut.
"Listen here and listen well Kaa." Kabal grabbed Kaa by the throat. "You tell Kronos that we're through working for him, GOT THAT!!!" Kaa shook his head. "And if I ever see you again, I'll slit your throat and laugh as you choke on your own blood." Kabal brought him closer. "understand?"
"Crystal" Kaa weakly muttered.
"Good." Kabal released Kaa from his talons. "Now, get out of my sight!" Kaa used his tail to grab his unconscious ally's and slithered away fearful for his life.
"Now that, that's over-*OOF*"
Kabal was suddenly tackled to the floor by a very grateful Nyx. "Oh~ Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Kabal gently pushed Nyx off of him. "Hehe, just saw you were in trouble there, thought you could use the help."
Nyx smiled, and took of her cloak, revealing a regular sized black cat, with a crescent moon on her forehead. "Still, thank you."
Nyx walked towards the sleeping baby drake and carried him towards the abandoned castle.
After a long 20 minutes Nyx sighed in relief, finally arriving in front of the castle throne room, the blue bag still held firmly by her mouth. Walking gingerly over to the throne, she stopped and lowered her neck, gently laying the bag on the ground, and taking out the sleeping drake, Nyx gently set the baby drake down to throne.
"Goodnight little one, may you have pleasant dreams."
Nyx yawned and layed down on top of the drake going to sleep. Kabal stayed awake making sure that no one could disturb them from their slumber, completely unaware of consequences of his actions .
8 years later
'Make it stop...' Celestia silently begged. Barely two hours had passed since the start of the day court and already Celestia felt bored out of her mind. The nobles just kept complaining. 'They won’t. Stop. Complaining.'
Celestia felt a strong urge to facehoof each time a noble opened his mouth. Their complaining were none Celestia's concerns in the least. Each selfish claim made Luna's insistence on bringing back death penalties seem more and more tempting.
On the inside, Celestia was screaming for this torment to end. On the outside though, she remained stoic and regal. The perfect princess…
Celestia was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt a strong magical surge from the Everfree. 'But where on the Everfree?' Celestia felt the surge again only this time much stronger. 'It's coming from the.... My old castle?'
Celestia turned her attention back to the noble. He kept talking with closed eyes and nose high up in the air He was completely oblivious to the fact that the princess wasn't even paying attention to him. It was another thing that annoyed Celestia. Nobles never seemed to notice what's happening right under their noses, unless it affects their bank accounts, of course.
"-and that's my honest opinion, wouldn't you agree, princess?"
' Uh oh…' the noble's word went completely over Celestia's head, and now she was trapped. On one hoof, she could agree, and potentially give the 'go ahead' signal to something immoral and unjust. And on the other hoof, she could disagree and avoid the potential disaster.
The magical surge came again, only this time the whole walls started shaking, the windows started to crack, the noble lost his balance and fell face first.
Celestia turned towards the nearest window and saw a bright purple light coming from the old castle. Celestia turned her neck and addressed the noble with a fake smile. "I'm sorry for this mild inconvenience. Please feel free to petition your offer so that I may have a better look at it."
Everfree Forest
Ow. My head really hurts. Mom never said I’d get a headache when the spell was over.
Hiya I'm Chron. I’m eight-years-old and recently just started the next level of magic training. My mom always told me I shouldn't put to much energy onto my horns, or I might get a major headache like the one I have right now.
"Chron?"
I opened my eyes and saw my mom in front of me, looking very worried.
Her worried expression quickly turned into one that was annoyed. "Chron, I told you, you shouldn't put to much energy to those horns of yours." Mom sighed in relief, after seeing that I was okay, the blue bag still held firmly by her mouth. She stopped and lowered her neck, gently laying the bag on the ground.
As it opened, a small light radiated from the inside, Mom plunged a paw inside and came out with-
"Gems!!!"
My mom chuckled. "Yes gems dearie, you've been working so hard lately, I decided to give you a reward."
I plunged towards the delicacy, and ate them all without any signs of stopping.
Mom reached back inside the bag and took out a salmon for her self. My mom isn't really like other moms, first of all she's a cat named Nyx, which is kind of weird if you think about it, a cat being the mother of a baby dragon, but hey my uncle is a vulture, so ya I have a weird family, but I wouldn't trade them for anything.
Mom's ears twitched, she turned towards the door with a scared look. "Chron hide."
The sound of clopping on stone caused my ears to turn towards the door, I run and hide behind one of the thrones and shut my eyes, listening, hoping I wouldn’t be found out.
The doors slammed opened, a tall white unicorn came out, on closer exception she also had wings! Maybe she's a pegacorn!, or maybe a Unisaus! (Mom never did bother with teaching me about ponies, said that they should be avoided.)
'She's just like that tall blue one, that came here last year.'
The tall white mare also had a sun mark on her butt. ' I think ponies call them Butt Marks! I think I'll call her Sunbutt until I find out her real name.'
'Sunbutt' looked around the throne for awhile, before walking closer to the throne.
'I hope she doesn't see me.'
"Your tail is sticking out."
I yelped, before tucking my tail in. "Uhh, no it isn't."
Sunbutt raised an eyebrow. "You do know that I already know your there."
"No, I'm not!" I pointed the other side of the room. "I'm over there." Genius Chron.
Suddenly, without warning her horn glows with some yellow aura and I hear that shimmering sound. However, I’m not thinking about that, because I feel my whole body surrounded by that strange tingling feeling I’d felt on my horns before, only different this time. Not only that, but I’m lifted into the air and held there. No matter how hard I struggle, I can’t get free.
I look to Sunbutt, wondering what’s going on, before my heart leaps into my throat. She's just staring at me 'menacingly', a small smirk stretch across her face. "Hello there little one, where are your parents?"
