Harry Osborn: Rebirth
Chapter 20 - Deep Dive Into Memories
Previous ChapterNext ChapterMidnight surprisingly looked at Rose Wind, which was crying now.
Midnight surprisingly looked at Rose Wind, which was crying now.
"Mom! You're alive! Mommy, you live! Don't you remember me?" Rose Wind whimpered, coming towards Midnight which backed away slowly.
"What? I am no mom of your's!" Midnight didn't try to be soft or polite.
The fires of hope in Rose's eyes started fading away with the the smile happy smile of her's.
"But, mom! Don't you remember me? My name is Rose Wind... Mommy... Midnight Blossom!" She shouted through tears, stopping in place.
Midnight Blossom shivered when Rose told her name.
"How do you know…" she tried to say, but I didn't hear the rest.
A low Ziggy's voice murmured
"Midnight is the mother. But she doesn't remember Rose."
"Can we do something?" I asked, my heart aching looking how the mother didn't recognize her crying daughter.
"It's risky. Risky in a sense you will lose trust of some of the team members." Ziggy spoke quietly after a short pause.
"If that is what it takes..." I replied, mentioning how the last hope faded away from Rose's eyes, changed by the small fury fires.
Ziggy sighed, taking the control over my body. Entering my speed mode, I neared Midnight. My hoof touched her head, as the hurricane of memories, feelings and emotions flowed over me.
I opened my eyes and saw the two fillies fighting over the toy. The surroundings were not clear, but the two ponies were crystal clear. White Pegasus held the toy, without giving it to the weird black creature which I understood was Midnight. But she was different. She was small pony with some weird spots all over her. She had blank irises and limp ears.
"Give it to me!" High pitched voice of Midnight's echoed through my brain.
"No! It's my toy! You're gonna break it!" Replied small Cloud Skipper. "You always break everything!" He screamed pushing weak Midnight away.
Struggling, Midnight screamed of pain, but after, in tears turned around and seemed to leave.
Cloud Skipper seemed to understand what he had done. He put a hoof on Midnight's shoulder and slowly pushed the toy towards the crying girl.
"Sorry... I didn't mean too. Here, you can have it." He spoke, as the light started shining through Midnight's eyes.
"Leave it to me." Now, the next memory fades into my head. Midnight and Skipper stood in the small yard. There were many shadows around, but there were clear figures of bulky big ponies, laughing at the weak, now a little older Midnight. She was about to break in tears. The spots on her body now grew into big burns and her legs didn't seem to hold her at all.
Cloud Skipper, quite big for his age slowly walked past Midnight, standing in front of her and opening his wings in the protection state from the bully ponies which were laughing even harder now. Their words were muffled, so I couldn't hear what they said.
"Three..." Spoke Skipper calmly.
"Two..." The bullies didn't make a move.
"One..." Skipper spoke without a smile, but small grin appeared on his face.
"I warned you." And with this, small hurricane appeared in Skipper's eyes, as his body started to vibrate with a horrific speed.
"Skip, don't…" tried to say Midnight, but it was to late.
Skipper with a flash of light has beaten the horrified bullies to a plump. When the last one fell heavily breathing, Cloud turned around with a smile to Midnight.
"They will be fine, maybe." And with it, the memory shifted into the other one.
This time I found myself in a hospital part of some weird place.
"Sister castle. The one Celestia and Luna used to live in." Explained Ziggy.
I looked around. Midnight was lying on a floor, her nose, eyes and ears bleeding. The doctors didn't seem to be able to do anything, as she coughed more of the blood on the floor.
"Midnight!" I rushed to help her, but my hooves just sank through her body.
"It's just a memory, Harry. You can't do anything but watch." Ziggy told me with a light pain in his voice.
"It hurts. To see and feel, but being unable to do anything. It's… empty." I spoke, feeling emotions breaking through.
"You chose to come here. Now bear with it." Ziggy told me off before shutting himself off.
"Midnight!!" Another voice broke into the room. A loud bangs at the door almost broke it, but it seemed to hold.
"Skipper… help..." Midnight tried to speak, but just more blood escaped her mouth. "hel…p.."
"Midnight!!" Skipper screamed again, but the door held.
Doctors weren't panicking. They just stood their faces low in shadows.
A blue gleam appeared in the middle of the room, widening into the crack.
A tall princess walked through it. Luna stood over Midnight with a worried smirk.
"Will you join my army?" She spoke straight to the dying pony.
Midnight, with horror in her eyes nodded violently.
Luna smiled widely. A low gleam from her horn forming into the dark matter.
"It will hurt." She spoke, levitating the increasing amount of the matter and slowly moving it towards Midnight. "Don't hold the scream. It won't help." And with a smirk she pushed the matter into the Midnight as she twitched and screamed, the matter taking over her.
"Aaaaaaa!!!! AAAAA!!!" Her screams filled the room, as the door finally blew to pieces and Skipper hurricaned in.
"Midnight!!" He tried to rush to her, but the doctors held him.
The dark matter completely took over Midnight, covering her whole body, including the eyes. It cocooned over her, as she couldn't even breathe.
I simply stood there, horrified by the formed picture.
Suddenly, the silence took over the room.
Doctors let Skipper free as he dashed in a flash to the black cocoon.
"Midnight… no... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!" He choked as tears ran down his face.
He touched Midnight's head. I saw how the matter started to move onto him, but using his vibration speed, he shook it off.
Suddenly, the dark matter repelled, pushing Skipper away with a powerful shockwave. And then the other one. And other one. The energy emitted from the cocoon, sending powerful shockwaves through the room. Skipper hit the wall and fell unconscious. The other doctors burst into atoms. Luna just stood there with a wicked smile on her face.
"Stronger than I expected." She smirked.
Midnight's body slowly levitated over the ground, dark matter letting go off some parts of her body and shifting towards her spine. A powerful scream almost exploded my eardrums, but I didn't rip my eyes off the scene.
The dark matter morphed into the wing form on the Midnight's back, leaving the gray fur after it. When all the matter was on the back, the Midnight's head slowly showed. She had her eyes wide open, clearly showing the starlike irises. The mouth of her's had a little fangs sticking out.
Finally, it all ended. The shockwaves started going backwards, hitting into the Midnight, as she just laid there.
Silence followed. I thought something was wrong, but then I remembered that I was in Midnight's memories, so she was alright.
"Aaahh…" Suddenly, the pony sucked the air in desperately.
Luna smiled. Slowly turning around she dropped "Welcome to the Children Of The Night, Midnight Blossom." and exited the room through the wide blast door, replacing it with her magic behing her.
The memory flow slowly shifted into the long line of battles and trainings, interupted just by the Midnight's growing feelings towards Cloud Skipper. The personal life didn't really exist for Midnight. She was in battles all the time.
"These swords are hard to master, but if… when you do, you will be unstopable. Watch after them and never back down in the fight." The tall old pony handed Midnight the weapon of her's. Cloud Skipper stood with his scythe to her left, his face cold like stone. "Our goal is to keep Equestria safe and balanced. Its our duty."
The memory faded in the long line of memories. Midnight and Skipper left the clan. Midnight was pregnant and she could fight no more. Cloud Skipper made a deal with other clan masters that he will be able to visit them twelve full days and nights a year. And only if they were in danger he will be able to leave.
Monster chasing after Midnight in dark mountain. The newborn girl with black and red hair was lying on her back.
"We are almost there!" She screamed, jumping into the shadow.
But the monster was too quick. It shifted its massive figure in front of Midnight, blocking her the way to safety.
"What do you want?!" Midnight screamed, taking the swords from under the place filly was liyng on. The purple light echoed through the night's darkness.
"Power. Your child's power…" Ferino's voice echoed in the dark. One orange eye looked over Midninght.
"Suck on it!" Midnight replied, energy pulsating around her. Rose Wind started crying, but Midnight put her on a soft grass behind her. She was ready to stand up to anything to protect the child of hers. Even if it meant dying. "Fly like a wind… your mother got this." And with it Midnight pushed crying Rose away, making sure she followed her comand. "Now it's your turn, dog." She murmured, turning around to her foe.
Ferino's long tongue licked his lips, as saliva dropped of his long teeth. A long low growl escaped from under his chest as he jumped on Midnight.
"Stupid girl…" he murmured, before jumping onto Midnight, which had already dissapeared in shadow, reappearing under the monster's belly, driving her swirds deep into it.
Ferino's tales hit her in the back, pushing away from the under him. He tried to drive his enormous paw into Midnight's figure, but instead she dodget it, dashing towards his head, leaving a long deep cut on Ferino's leg.
He screamed and backed away, just to use a second for healing his wounds up. Midnight let him do that. I saw that she was gaining time. She had no chance against one eyed beast, but the time was all she needed.
"Not so scary, are you?" Midnight tried to break beast's concentration and use it as a weakness, but he ignored it.
A different light in his eye drew my attention. He was concentrating power!
Midnight didnt seem to mention it. Instead, she tried to land a series of attacks on Ferino, which he simply backed away from.
"Midnight, STOOOP!!!" I shouted, seeing the smirk on the monsters face.
But she couldnt hear me. I ran to her, tried to push her away, our of the trap! But it was just a memory, I was helpless… and she feel right into it.
Midnight just forced a short scream, before the cage closed. The pulse of energy rooted her on place, not giving her a chance to move.
"What a…." She spoke, but a strong hit to the face didnt let her finish. She was supposed to be sent flying, but instead, her head shifted just for a centimeter. A drops of blood froze in mid air.
Ferino smirked. He used his tales to pick her up from a ground.
"Not so loud now, are you?" Beast's voice made me shiver.
Unexpectedly, he smashed Midnight into ground, sending powerful shockwave through ground. I felt a strong pain in me. I was connected to Midnight in her memories, so I felt her pain.
I felt every bone in my body shatter, breaking and dislocating.
I opened my eyes, just to see Ferino over me. I was immobilised, I couldnt move!
"Just in case you will try to chase after me…" monster's voice floated over me, filling with horror.
Suddenly strong pain jolted through my leg. I screamed and twitched, as long sound of tearing tissue came to my ears. I felt warm blood pour out of the wound .
Then the second time… I couldn't hear my screams over the pain echoing through my head.
Something fell by me. In front of my eyes. I didnt see what it was. I didn't want to see!
I didnt know how long it lasted. I felt cold run through my veins, slowly coming to my heart. I cried. Suddenly, the memory shifted into the other one. I departed from Midnight's body. She looked horrible! Left front and and back right legs of hers where missing. A long scar dragged through her jaw.
"The only way we can save her is the time shift." A doctor pony in a long white robs. "She might die any minute and we have to hurry!"
"Do whatever is necessary to save her life. Costs do not matter." Cloud Skipper stood by Midnight's limp figure. "What will the consequences be?"
"Memory shift. Her memories will change in the very unpredictable ways." Doctor said gravely.
Slowly, I understood that it was all I needed.
"Ziggy… get us out of here." I asked him, with the heavy feeling in my heart.
"As you wish." And with it Midnight's memory line started fading. When i thought the eternal darkness has come over us, a soft light of day shone into my eyes.
I found myself standing by Midnight. I was still in my speed mode.
Ferino, Sunset, Rose Wind and me where still in the garden.
I felt exhausted. Heavy sweat rolled over my eyes.
I fell out of my speed mode.
"I'm sorry girl, but I have no idea who you are." Midnight spoke. I saw shiver run down her spine. "Harry?"
My legs gave in. I fell on ground, feeling the blood dripping down my nose.
"Harry!!" Sunset rushed towards me, but I passed out the second her hoof softly touched my cheek.
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