Presenting: A Canterlot Wedding!!

by Appl3dashie

Chap 2 The Memory Bank

Previous Chapter

“Hmm lets see what else is around here…” Colgate wondered.

“I really want to know what’s happening up in Equestria.” Lyra said staring sadly at the roof of the cave.

“Cheer up! We’ll find a way out… somehow…” Colgate replied hoping to find a faint smile on her face. No such luck.

“Roll up Roll up!! Come find some lost memories here!” Said a voice.

“Memories? Come on girls lets find out what it is.” Colgate started running to the mysterious noise.

“One day curiosity will kill the pony.” Lyra shook her head and followed after the light blue pony.

“Hello there young pretty mare. Welcome to the bank of BlackMare. How may I serve you? Colgate Minty Fresh?” The black stallion said.

“How do… you know my name?” Colgate asked. “What is BlackMare? What does this bank store? Bits?” She asked so many questions the black stallion put his hoof to her mouth.

“Call me Black Horn. I may be an earth pony not a unicorn but I was born with the name. Now this is a bank that stores all your memories. Of course I know you. Celestia made a bank for everyone! All of Equestria. I guess. To much work I got to retire to Stallwai. The sunny weather and coconuts make it sound relaxing! It’s a shame the princesses keep me down here until I’m 98. Which is just 2 months away! Ha.” Black Horn clapped his hooves happily.

“Well Black Horn I must say that is all very interesting gibberish but if your name is Black Horn don’t you have magic? Since you have horn in your name.” Black horn looked disgusted.

“Well. You have officially offended the earth ponies but it’ll be okay because I’m nice and generous and I forgive thee but saying Stallwai and Blackmare is gibberish you probably offended a whole country. Two whole countries actually.” Black Horn grinned.

“Is this some mythical place because it isn’t in the Equestria map.” Colgate replied.

Black horn just shook his head. “Look.” He rolled out a map. “Listen closely. Here is Equestria. Yes that small part over there.” He circled a small island on the paper coloured purple. “Now I come from Starcrowl.” He put his hoof over a yellow island not big nor small but just a bit bigger then Equestria. “Blackmare is over here the place I work for.” He circled over a grey island. “And here is Stallwai.” Pointing to a green island on the map. “There is millions of others like Miklanka and Filelpha but I’ll explain later. Now you here for business or what?” He lit a cigarette.

“That’s a cigar right? Extremely rare in Equestria only found in a certain amount of shops. No one buys them. mainly because they kill. They are in the museum right now!” Lyra’s voice came behind them.

“Oh hey Lyra and Twinkle.” Colgate waved for them to come to the counter.

“You got friends Blacky?” Said a voice behind a door from the door in the bank.

“Yup come on in CrystalShine.” A pink pegasus strolled in.

“Well its Colgate, Lyra and Twinkle.” She smiled warmly.

“How’d you know our names??” Twinkle asked. Colgate explained everything to them.

“I wonder what else Celestia isn’t letting Equestria know about outside worlds…” Lyra said.

“Yes. Down here at the mines we don’t get much.” Crystal said.

“So what do you do here?” Twinkle started touching a bottle. “Come in the dream room.” They followed the Pink and Black ponies to a butter yellow room.

“So… Hey! Look.” Lyra pointed to a bubble. It had a faint picture of Twilight becoming an Alicorn.

“Here is all the dreams we keep. Lyra Harmony Heartstrings here is you studying anthropology. Twinkle Blooming Shine here is you doing a fashion show.” He handed them small pink bubbles. “And Colgate. This is the day you became a dentist!” A bubble floated over to her.

“Well look at that its me helping Berry Punch.” She laughed.

“So you going to buy a memory or what? Doesn’t matter whose memory it is just buy something.” Black horn said.

“So I can buy Celestia’s memory?” Lyra said amazed.

“Yes indeed.” He replied smoking his cigar.

“Oh… Wow! Hmm let us look around.” Twinkle started looking at the princess’s memories. She found a green bubble floating.

“Well what is this?” She peered into the bubble. Two alicorn’s one blue and the other a mud brown colour. Celestia was shaking in a corner while Luna hid behind her. Twinkle put her ear closer to the bubble.

“You know why we threw you into this locked room? Because Equestria will never take over our lands.” The blue one said.

“Sister please… Arona? What about you Sirenia? Please don’t rebel against our share of land. Mother and father shared equally and said my share will take over and grow stronger with you to.” Celestia was crying very hard.

“Ugh! Wildberry and StarSpark  said that because you were young!” The mud brown one (Arona.) said.

“Yeah Tia! I can’t believe you and Eve believe them!” Shouted the blue one (Sirenia.) Twinkle thought for a second then listen again.

“Enough!” Celestia stood up. “I may be younger then you! But you have no right to say this to your sisters face! begone!!” She rose with her sister into the air. Using magic they banished the alicorns out of the iron room. The picture faded away.

“You found Celestia’s memory didn’t you?” Crystal said.

“Oh um. I didn’t mean to snoop I just….” Her voice trailed off.

“Listen I know your future and why you’re here. Take the memory you’ll definitely need it.” The pony put the memory in a jar and into a small pouch. “Give it to Celestia. Tell your friends. Be careful memories are like art. If you break it. It may never be found again.” She smiled. Twinkle just stared at the pouch.

“Your so…. Generous.” She hugged her. “We’ll never forget any of you.” She then stopped and thought. “Hey Crystal do you know a pony called Rarity?” Twinkle randomly asked.

“Yeah my cousin why’d you ask?” She responded confused.

“Oh nothing… thanks for the memory!”  Twinkle hurried to the others told them everything and showed them the memory.

“It looks like we’ve got two things to do now.” Lyra said. Crystal winked and trotted off into the store.

“Good luck my little ponies!” Dark horn said and followed Crystal.

“Come on girls that way.” Colgate pointed to a narrow passage. They didn’t know what awaited them.