Life of Chry Volume One : Reese Pieces.

With turquoise eyes closed in a sweet gentle slumber Reese allowed her thoughts' to drift off into the abyss, flashes of happy times swirled around her mind.

Not the happiness she felt with Fluttershy yet something else it was from a different time and a different place she could make out smiles but not the faces they belonged too.

She could smell a sweet fragrance in the air that of home cooked food and sweets, this was only heightened by the sounds of laughter that echoed around her.

Slowly she allowed her gaze to lift up only to raise a hoof to shield herself from the brightness of the sun high above in the sky, chirping filled the air was this paradise?

A loud crash caused Reese to sling up in shock as she noticed a branch from the guardian tree had rotted and fell off to the ground below, sighing aloud in relief she was lucky it did not strike her as it landed not but a few inches off from her position.

The sunlight was gone all that surrounded her was darkness now that and silence.

When she came to Everfree all she could remember was a blinding light and a loud pop from there she had awoken in these woods it would be a few weeks of wandering around scared before her savior would find her as well as Tiara.

She could never recall anything before that.

Was her dream of somewhere she had once lived?

Was it from a place she was from?

Or perhaps it was just a passing dream much like a shooting star offering a solemn calm before fading into the abyss.

Placing silly thoughts into the back of her mind she sat up cheeks cold from the tears she had cried in solitude.

Her mane and tail was a mess she quickly licked her hoof and ran it through the tangles some to make herself look somewhat presentable when she made her way back to civilization.

Looking ahead she noticed it was pure black all around her, it was odd as she gazed to the sky not a star lit it above nor was the moon present.

Was this even the same woods she had entered earlier or perhaps had her dream turned into a nightmare?

***

" I have to make it back to Ponyville." Reese spoke to herself in barely a whisper as she slowly walked forward away from her guardian knowing with each step she took it too faded away.

Alone she took step after step deeper down a small cleared trail or at least she thought it was the trail it was hard to tell in this current state. This darkness was like a blanket thick and uninviting no light could pierce it as if it belonged to another world entirely.

Deeper she allowed herself to fall into its' madness taking step after step into nothing, her hooves swiped at the sides hoping to find a tree to balance against yet nothing was there.

Heart pounding in her chest she took one more step ahead before finding herself falling a soft echoing scream filled the air around her before a loud thud followed.

Groaning she hit the ground with a pop sending a sharp pain up her back as she winced looking ahead of her seeing a dim light.

Tiara stood in the light rolling her eyes in a spiteful manner as slowly a curled smirk formed across her lips.

" Poor Reese can't find herself out of some woods' how pathetic! " Tiara flaunted a hoof towards her before laughing aloud wickedly.

" Well you can't blame her she is just a nopony a poor useless blank-flank probably can't do anything for herself. " Silver Spoon spoke up as a second light appeared next to Tiara as she tilted her glasses with a soft smugness.

" Noponies aren't even real ponies they are just like ghost's haunting the town never making a difference! " Dinky giggled aloud as a light appeared on a tree branch Dinky just laughing away taunting her.

" You don't belong here! " Tiara hissed.

" You are so useless! " Silver Spoon sneered.

" Just a ghost! " Dinky wickedly laughed.

Reese tried to stand but felt the darkness enveloping her swallowing her hooves as it pulled her deeper and deeper inside.

She hoped this was some nightmare and that she didn't walk into some Quick Sand, heart racing she tried to wake up but could not slowly she was being sucked in and out of existence.

" Please help me! " Reese pleaded to the fillies using all her strength she pulled one hoof free and held it to the young mares all of which just laughed aloud.

Sinking deeper and deeper she could feel herself being suffocated as she was almost completely swallowed up, Tiara slowly walked over kneeling down eyes glowing in the darkness.

" Nopony will miss you. " Tiara smiled as Reese faded away into nothing, no trace of her was left just the darkness.

Inside the abyss Reese felt her vision fading, she couldn't breath she couldn't move.

Floating in place she felt everything go numb.

She could see all go black.

She wanted to scream but all that came out was silence.

***

" NOOOO! " Reese screamed in terror flinging forward right into a brick wall or what felt like a brick wall.

" Whoa! settle down Sugarcube are you alright? " A large mare spoke with a warm-hearted giggle she wore a brown southern hat with a clean blonde mane despite her massive size to herself she looked completely gentle.

Reese with a thud had fallen to the ground her back to the guardian tree again a cold sweat across her body happy that her nightmare was over.

" Um. you care if I'm ok? " Was all she could ask in a surprised tone.

" Of course why wouldn't I? " The mare asked as Reese just started to cry tears running down her cheeks softly.

" I'm...ok. " She sobbed slowly looking down as the mare simply kneeled down beside her with a warm smile.

" I'm Applejack and should I just call you O or K? " She giggled trying to break the ice as Reese gazed to her and for the first time in a while giggled.

" My name is Reese Pieces." She spoke in a polite tone knowing only that as her name from the first time she was picked on, extending a hoof forward the mares own large one engulfing her delicate one as she gave it a gentle shake.

With a smile across her face she hoped that she had made a new friend.

Or was this perhaps another shooting star fading off into the cosmos?