Final Resting Placeby DiamonAzuru21ChaptersAuthor's MessagePrologue: The Dragon AttackChapter 1: Weeping WillowChapter 2: Dark SunlightAuthor's MessageIn the dark attic bedroom sat a young boy in a swivel chair and a Macbook sat on his desk. His glasses glinted from the light from the white laptop as he was typing his fictional tales onto the screen. He looked up and smiled a kind smile but one of anguish and exhaustion. "Ah, almost didn't see you there," he said, his Filipino accent quite subtle but there. "Now, before you read my story, I must tell you something about the character." He turned the Macbook around for you to see a white unicorn with a golden mane and tail. You also notice it was a stallion and not a mare. You looked at the boy to see him say "This here is Golden Truth, but he likes to be called Truth." He stood up and adjusted his glasses. "Now, his special talent is truth and the only way for you, the reader to know that it is absolute truth, here is something I'll put in." He turned the Macbook around and began typing stuff down. "For example, let's take this statement from either your or my personal experience. I visit Equestria Daily about thirty times a day. Now if Truth were to say this to you or me, it would look like this." He pressed a button and the picture of Golden Truth came to life and he looked at you. He opened his mouth and said "You visit Equestria Daily about thirty times a day." He then just stopped as the young boy smiled. "There is golden truth, an ability that he only possesses and knows about, that is until Nimuru's character Winter Willow, looks into his heart." The boy said with a smile. "Now with those notes aside, let's begin the story." He began to close the laptop but before he did, he let out another smile as he said "This story will have a happy ending" He closed the Macbook and let the entire room plunge into darkness. Prologue: The Dragon Attack"Big Brother, Big Brother!" Harmony called out as Truth began to head out to do his duties as editor of the paper. "You almost forgot this." Harmony held out a necklace on her white nose. It was made of a simple piece of string tied to a rock that looked like a feather. Harmony flapped her wings in excitement as Truth picked up with his magic and smiled. He placed it around his neck and looked at it. "It's beautiful, Harmony. I will cherish it forever. I speak on it with my golden truth." Truth said with a smile. Harmony smiled and let out a cheerful yelp as she galloped back into the small cottage. Truth let out a happy sigh as he made his way to the post office. Many of the passerbyers gave him a wave and a hello, even his friend in the guard station like Whirly gave him a how-do-you-do? This day couldn't get any better. But it will just get worse. "Truth!.....Truth!" He heard a voice in the dizzying darkness as he began to get up. "Truth! Get up! We are under a dragon attack!" Whirly was just ahead of him, her light orange mane in a mess as her armor and helmet were tattered and cracked. Blood came from her lip as she looked tense and in fear. "Come on Truth, we have to go." "My sister.....where is my sister!" Truth yelled as he got up as he hollared in pain. He looked down to see a piece of wood sticking out of his right hind leg and blood dropping out of his leg. "Don't move to drastically, Truth. We are searching for you sister." Whirly replied as she dragged Truth out of the burning building and onto the chaotic city around them. The dragon flew overhead as it let out spews of fire from its mouth. "Metal, take Truth out of here!" Whirly said as she put Truth onto the dark grey pegasus' back. Truth fought back tears as Metal flew him out of the burning town. "Harmony.....where is my sister!" Truth said as Metal set him down on the outskirts of town. "We are looking for her, don't worry." Metal replied to Truth's obvious despair. But he needed to find her, he needed to find his little Harmony. Truth used his magic to pull out the wood from his leg with tremendous pain. Metal tried to stop him but it was too late, Truth had pulled it out as blood practically poured out of the wound. Truth ran into the burning town that they were suppose to run away from. He ran to his ruined and burning home, seeing it get ravaged by the dragon who was stomping about on the ceiling. Truth hid behind a barrel as the dragon took off into the night. He ran inside to find his family in the smoldering wreckage. He came upon the study where he last saw his father, only to find books burned and scattered on the ground. He looked into the kitchen only to find a half cooked dinner now ruined on the counter. He clamored upstairs and ducked his head as he went to his parent's room to find his parents.......dead on the floor. Truth let out a anguished scream of despair upon his discovery. Truth didn't care that he would die in this smoldering building. He had to do something, he had to let it out. Truth let out another scream as the timber above him let out and engulfed him in rubble. Chapter 1: Weeping Willow"Hey, I think he is waking up." A young mare's voice from the darkness called. "Hey, wake up." Truth let out a groan as he opened his eyes to meet eyes with a pegasus mare with green eyes and a light forest green mane that was rather long and tied in a number of places. Her coat was a very light snowy blue that almost looked white but not quite enough to call it white. Her cutie mark was a white weeping willow, which Truth at first didn't understand at first. Truth let out another groan as he looked up at the mare. "Where am I," was all he managed to get out of his tired mouth. The mare quickly let her hooves fall onto the stone floor and looked over his leg. "Your in the Canterlot Hospital..." the mare replied as she looked down at the ground. "We are so sorry, we didn't make it in time to Festa del Cacio to save most of the ponies there." Truth let out a tear as he tried to fight it back. His father told him not to cry over such trivial things....but how can he? He lost everything; his home, his family, his friends, everything he ever held dear. The mare put a hoof on his face as she tried to comfort him. "It's okay, everything will be okay." "How can it?" Truth said as his voice cracked. "My parents are dead...." His voice changed when he said that statement, almost a darker tone in his voice. She took a step back at his sudden change of tone but sighed and said "Get some rest, you'll need it for tomorrow." She began to leave his room as Truth looked at her. "What's your name?" Truth asked her. "If there is a reason that I'm still on this cursed reality, I would at least like to know the pony who saved me." The mare turned and smiled to say "Winter Willow. My name is Winter Willow." She left the room and shut the door behind her. Truth looked up at the lonely room and noticed a glint of light at the dresser. He turned his head to see the little necklace that his sister was still intact. He let another tear fall as he got up and put the necklace in his hoof. He put it close to his heart and closed his eyes. Somehow, he could just feel his little sister's beat through this, his little sister's rhythm that she always loved. He moved his lips and couldn't believe on what he said. He did it again and again, making sure that it was true. His golden truth would never lie to him, truth never lies to anypony. "My little sister is still alive..." Truth smiled and began to get jittery. He couldn't believe it but the truth is the truth. Truth put a hoof through his golden mane as he looked down at the necklace. He put it around his white neck as he looked at his bandaged leg. Luna's light was dim, barely lighting up the room. He went to the window to admire the view below, only to be greeted with wreckage and debris. He began to think on what happened here as he put his hoof through his messy mane again. He then began to mutter to himself statements, trying to find truths that would explain what happened out there. "Princess Luna is gone.......the Elements were used....Luna is on the moon along with the King and Queen." Truth muttered to himself in gold as he began to piece things together. "What a pity, just when I was starting to love Luna's cool nights." Truth kept his gaze out on the ruined Canterlot as he saw pegasai repair roofs, earth ponies fixing the walls and unicorns fixing the infrastructure. He closed his eyes and concentrated, letting his horn light up as he tried to tune into his little sister's beat. That's how he could find her in any sort of predicament with his magic. But he couldn't tune in, he couldn't even hear her melody, her voice, her beautiful tone. Truth sighed, knowing that he had to be patient. He couldn't find his sister today but it would have to take time to find her. He needed help, he needed somepony to help him out. But he had to start small, like he always did back home. He needed to look for a survivor of the attack and go on it from there. Truth slowly made his way to the door and as just as he was about to open it, the door flew open to reveal Willow bringing him some medication. "Oh, do please sit down." She said as Truth sighed and went back to the bed. "What is your name anyway? Since you asked me for mine earlier." Truth looked at her as he went back onto the bed. "My name is Golden Truth, though my friends call me Truth." "And you said you came from Festa del Cacio?" Willow asked as she walked over to his injured leg and slowly began to take off the bandages. Truth winced but kept in his pain as he replied "Yeah, yeah, I was born there. My parents never really thought of moving out of the quiet town, seemed like a good place to take care of us." Willow began to clean the healing wound with a wet towel as she looked at him with worry. "There is something you need to get off your chest?" Truth looked at her with a slight look of confusion. "What do you mean by that, Ms. Willow?" "I could feel something in your heart...it's a rather complicated story but so say that I am a heart healer." Willow replied as she slowly began to rebandage his wound. "A heart healer? I've read about them in books but I always thought that the ability was extinct.....much like my own." Truth said quietly, barely loud enough for her to hear. "So you can hear what my heart is practically saying?" "Yes, it seems like that you ache for a home that you can't go back to and you wish to reunite with your sister, whom you believe is still alive." Willow stated as she finished wrapping up his leg. "Now don't exert yourself too much or the wound would open again." Truth slowly got out of the bed and tested his bandaged leg. "Doesn't seem to hurt that much anymore. I must thank you for that, Ms. Willow. I am in your debt." He gave a slight bow to her, considering his 'noble' habit that his father sculpted into his very being. Willow nodded as a bit of red and pink began to appear on her cheeks. "Oh, no need to do that," she said as Truth began to get back up. "I....I was just doing my job." Truth nodded as he looked at her. "I'm terribly sorry, it's a habit. My father was a guard and a gentleman, despite the modest home we have. He managed to get me into that area as well, though I much prefer writing more than guarding." Willow smiled as the blush began to fade away from her face. "Well I could see that, considering your speech. I almost thought you were a noble by birth." "No, I'm just a nopony, as the Dark Poet's piece 'I'm nopony! Who are you?'" Truth stated with confidence. "I do hate publicity, I'm not fit to be in the spotlight." "How humble but yet your a writer who probably has fans." Willow replied as she looked at him. "Only the ponies in town actually knew me as the writer. They always gave me kudos for writing such simple things. Poetry, it does express the heart, doesn't it?" Truth said as he looked at her. Willow nodded as she began to go to the door once more. "Do try and get some rest, Truth." "I will, thanks." Truth replied as Willow shut the door behind her and Truth clamored back into his bed. He looked up, letting the memories of his little sister's singing lull him to sleep once more. Chapter 2: Dark SunlightThe following morning, Truth had made the bed as he got ready to leave the room as Willow came in with some breakfast. "Oh Truth, your awake. I hope your not in pain." Willow said in a worried tone, looking at his bandaged leg. "I'm quite alright, Ms. Willow. I can handle a bit of pain." Truth replied as he streched his front legs to get some blood flowing there. "Oh, Ms. Willow, is there anything I can do here to help out? I see that the town and castle was a bit....well rather destroyed and in ruins." "You shouldn't excert yourself, Truth. We wouldn't want to open up that wound," Willow looked at his leg again with worry. "I promise I won't, Ms. Willow." "Well I suppose you can talk to the princess then, though please be kind, she has been through a lot these past few days." Willow placed the tray on the little table and Truth slowly began to eat the oats she provided for him. "I think I can guess the reason. It was Princess Luna, wasn't it?" Truth swallowed his oats as Willow's eyes widened in surprise. "How did you know?" Willow asked as she looked stupified at this sudden statement. Truth closed his eyes and began to concentrate. His voice changed to a different tone as he stated a golden truth. "Princess Luna has been sent to the moon for the safety of not only the ponies here in Equestria but to herself as well. The King and Queen are also on the moon, keeping Luna safe from whatever dark entity took over her body." His voice changed back to his normal tenor tone as Willow looked at him in awe. "Not even Crabapple knew that, how did you know that?" Willow questioned. "Look at my cutie mark," Truth said as Willow looked at the symbol upon his rump. "This symbol means truth and its my talent to effortlessly find the truth from where ever I am at any sort of given time. It could be little statements like the earth is round or big statements like everything contains an energy that can be manipulated by magic." "Do these truths come to you or something?" Willow was absolutely curious about his ability. "No, most of the time I spout out random nonsense and on occasions, something comes out in gold. How I know what I said is golden truth is that the tone of my voice changes. You probably have noticed it, haven't you?" Truth stated. "Yeah, I noticed it. Your voice seems so much more....forceful and filled with determination." Willow noted as she looked at the clock. "Oh dear, look at the clock. You must talk to the princess if your searching for a job to do." "Yes, let's," Truth said as he began to walk to the door. "Come with me, Willow. I don't think I can face the princess alone. I never can face royalty in the eye." "Then let's go then, Truth." Willow trotted next to him. "I'll help you out, I know the princess personally." "I shouldn't be surprised, after all, you are the element of empathy." Truth stated in gold as he followed her out the door and into the ruined halls of the hospital. "Princess Celestia, how have you been?" Willow said as she bowed her head to Celestia after they entered the throne room. They were directly in front of her elevated throne in the presence of her many guards. Her right wing was in a bandage, almost like it was broken. "I've been well now," Celestia replied as she looked at her politely. "Who is this that you have brought to me?" "My name is Golden Truth, I come from Festa del Cacio, which was attacked by a dragon bout yesterday." Truth bowed to Celestia. "I seek work, since this castle and the town below seems rather....well you can clearly see it." "Yes, an extra pairs of hooves never hurt anypony. But I see that your injured and I can't have you getting hurt from overexerting yourself." Celestia began to ponder on what Truth can do for the time being. "That is exactly what Willow said..." Truth muttered underneath his breath quietly. "Why don't you look over the construction of the gardens? I'm sure Rose would need some help with it." Celestia said with a kind smile. "I'll be glad to help out in the gardens thank. Thank you my princess." Truth took another bow as Celestia dismissed them Truth and Willow walked out of the throne room and said "I could tell she is in pain. I'm sure you could." "Yeah, she isn't the same without her family." Willow replied as she looked back at the princess, who was looking down on the ground. "There must be something she sees in me or something," Truth stated as he and Willow took their time going down the stairs. ""News must get around here quick." "That's the truth, I don't know why though," Willow opened the door and flapped her wings as she saw the rising sun. "Come on, I'll show you to the gardens." "Very well, take the lead then." Truth said as he followed her to the gardens. "My my, this place is spectacular, despite the damages done to it." Truth stated as he looked around the beautiful trees, charming flowers and ponds streaming with small fishes and koi. There were patches of dirt that were thrown from their original positions, either from the incident or because of replanting. "I think I can help from here. Who is the pony who looks over the gardens?" "A close friend of mines, her name is Rose Petal," Willow said as she closed her eyes and began to concentrate. "Trying to find her heart, are you?" Truth asked as he turned to look around. All he saw were the gardners working on their individual spots as they tried to revive the former glory of the garden. "She is rather shy and quiet, also uses an invisibility spell in order to hide and avoid attention to herself," Willow replied as she opened her eyes. "She is over there, come on." Truth nodded as he looked around, trying to sense this Rose much like Willow with no avail. Willow went over to the flower garden where there was a single flower that practically had its own throne and stood out amongst the other flowers. Truth could see small impressions in the ground around the flower, almost like hoofprints. Willow smiled as she flapped her wings and pounced at the impression. With a yelp and a squeel, a pony appeared where the hoofprints were. It was a unicorn that seemed rather young to be appointed a position in Canterlot but he didn't see why not. Her coat was a mint green as her mane was a lighter pink rose color. Her mane and tail was fashioned simply but it looked like the pedals of a rose that allowed its pedals to slack in the sun. Her eyes were a vibrant magenta and showed shyness but kindness as well. Her cutie mark was a pink rose in a simplistic form; showing just three pedals and the body of the rose itself. "My, I didn't see her there before," Truth stated as he walked towards them. Willow was practically hugging Rose to death before she let go of Rose. Rose got up from the ground as Willow did the same. Rose looked at Truth with her magenta eyes but quickly looked down as she looked at the ground around her then to Willow. They gave eye contact with each other and as if giving each other a message, Willow turned to Truth. "She wants you to gather the seeds from the marketplace. It appears that the shipment was a little bit late and everypony is busy to get it," Willow stated. "Okay then, is there anything else Miss Rose?" Truth said, looking at Rose. Rose opened her mouth but it was a rather quiet tone that he couldn't really hear her. "I'm sorry, what was that?" Truth asked. "Um....would you also gather some food for the workers here. I don't want them to work on an empty stomach," Rose stated as she looked at Truth. "Would you find some way to get them some food?" "Very well, Miss Rose. I won't disappoint you and I will try my best." Truth said as he did a polite bow to her, which made her rather uncomfortable and he could tell by the way she is shifting her hooves. "Oh dear, I'm rather sorry for my behavior. This is just habit is all, blame my father and upbringing." "Oh no...its not that," Rose whispered in a quiet tone as she took a step back then suddenly disappeared from his sight and ears as Willow sighed. "She is never this shy to any new pony," Willow said as she looked about a yard away from where Rose once stood. "Here, I'll handle things here while you go get the seeds and food, alright?" "Very well, please do apologize for me again then if I caused your friend some disturbance." Truth stated as he turned and left the garden area to head down to the marketplace to begin his first task.
Author's MessageIn the dark attic bedroom sat a young boy in a swivel chair and a Macbook sat on his desk. His glasses glinted from the light from the white laptop as he was typing his fictional tales onto the screen. He looked up and smiled a kind smile but one of anguish and exhaustion. "Ah, almost didn't see you there," he said, his Filipino accent quite subtle but there. "Now, before you read my story, I must tell you something about the character." He turned the Macbook around for you to see a white unicorn with a golden mane and tail. You also notice it was a stallion and not a mare. You looked at the boy to see him say "This here is Golden Truth, but he likes to be called Truth." He stood up and adjusted his glasses. "Now, his special talent is truth and the only way for you, the reader to know that it is absolute truth, here is something I'll put in." He turned the Macbook around and began typing stuff down. "For example, let's take this statement from either your or my personal experience. I visit Equestria Daily about thirty times a day. Now if Truth were to say this to you or me, it would look like this." He pressed a button and the picture of Golden Truth came to life and he looked at you. He opened his mouth and said "You visit Equestria Daily about thirty times a day." He then just stopped as the young boy smiled. "There is golden truth, an ability that he only possesses and knows about, that is until Nimuru's character Winter Willow, looks into his heart." The boy said with a smile. "Now with those notes aside, let's begin the story." He began to close the laptop but before he did, he let out another smile as he said "This story will have a happy ending" He closed the Macbook and let the entire room plunge into darkness.
Prologue: The Dragon Attack"Big Brother, Big Brother!" Harmony called out as Truth began to head out to do his duties as editor of the paper. "You almost forgot this." Harmony held out a necklace on her white nose. It was made of a simple piece of string tied to a rock that looked like a feather. Harmony flapped her wings in excitement as Truth picked up with his magic and smiled. He placed it around his neck and looked at it. "It's beautiful, Harmony. I will cherish it forever. I speak on it with my golden truth." Truth said with a smile. Harmony smiled and let out a cheerful yelp as she galloped back into the small cottage. Truth let out a happy sigh as he made his way to the post office. Many of the passerbyers gave him a wave and a hello, even his friend in the guard station like Whirly gave him a how-do-you-do? This day couldn't get any better. But it will just get worse. "Truth!.....Truth!" He heard a voice in the dizzying darkness as he began to get up. "Truth! Get up! We are under a dragon attack!" Whirly was just ahead of him, her light orange mane in a mess as her armor and helmet were tattered and cracked. Blood came from her lip as she looked tense and in fear. "Come on Truth, we have to go." "My sister.....where is my sister!" Truth yelled as he got up as he hollared in pain. He looked down to see a piece of wood sticking out of his right hind leg and blood dropping out of his leg. "Don't move to drastically, Truth. We are searching for you sister." Whirly replied as she dragged Truth out of the burning building and onto the chaotic city around them. The dragon flew overhead as it let out spews of fire from its mouth. "Metal, take Truth out of here!" Whirly said as she put Truth onto the dark grey pegasus' back. Truth fought back tears as Metal flew him out of the burning town. "Harmony.....where is my sister!" Truth said as Metal set him down on the outskirts of town. "We are looking for her, don't worry." Metal replied to Truth's obvious despair. But he needed to find her, he needed to find his little Harmony. Truth used his magic to pull out the wood from his leg with tremendous pain. Metal tried to stop him but it was too late, Truth had pulled it out as blood practically poured out of the wound. Truth ran into the burning town that they were suppose to run away from. He ran to his ruined and burning home, seeing it get ravaged by the dragon who was stomping about on the ceiling. Truth hid behind a barrel as the dragon took off into the night. He ran inside to find his family in the smoldering wreckage. He came upon the study where he last saw his father, only to find books burned and scattered on the ground. He looked into the kitchen only to find a half cooked dinner now ruined on the counter. He clamored upstairs and ducked his head as he went to his parent's room to find his parents.......dead on the floor. Truth let out a anguished scream of despair upon his discovery. Truth didn't care that he would die in this smoldering building. He had to do something, he had to let it out. Truth let out another scream as the timber above him let out and engulfed him in rubble.
Chapter 1: Weeping Willow"Hey, I think he is waking up." A young mare's voice from the darkness called. "Hey, wake up." Truth let out a groan as he opened his eyes to meet eyes with a pegasus mare with green eyes and a light forest green mane that was rather long and tied in a number of places. Her coat was a very light snowy blue that almost looked white but not quite enough to call it white. Her cutie mark was a white weeping willow, which Truth at first didn't understand at first. Truth let out another groan as he looked up at the mare. "Where am I," was all he managed to get out of his tired mouth. The mare quickly let her hooves fall onto the stone floor and looked over his leg. "Your in the Canterlot Hospital..." the mare replied as she looked down at the ground. "We are so sorry, we didn't make it in time to Festa del Cacio to save most of the ponies there." Truth let out a tear as he tried to fight it back. His father told him not to cry over such trivial things....but how can he? He lost everything; his home, his family, his friends, everything he ever held dear. The mare put a hoof on his face as she tried to comfort him. "It's okay, everything will be okay." "How can it?" Truth said as his voice cracked. "My parents are dead...." His voice changed when he said that statement, almost a darker tone in his voice. She took a step back at his sudden change of tone but sighed and said "Get some rest, you'll need it for tomorrow." She began to leave his room as Truth looked at her. "What's your name?" Truth asked her. "If there is a reason that I'm still on this cursed reality, I would at least like to know the pony who saved me." The mare turned and smiled to say "Winter Willow. My name is Winter Willow." She left the room and shut the door behind her. Truth looked up at the lonely room and noticed a glint of light at the dresser. He turned his head to see the little necklace that his sister was still intact. He let another tear fall as he got up and put the necklace in his hoof. He put it close to his heart and closed his eyes. Somehow, he could just feel his little sister's beat through this, his little sister's rhythm that she always loved. He moved his lips and couldn't believe on what he said. He did it again and again, making sure that it was true. His golden truth would never lie to him, truth never lies to anypony. "My little sister is still alive..." Truth smiled and began to get jittery. He couldn't believe it but the truth is the truth. Truth put a hoof through his golden mane as he looked down at the necklace. He put it around his white neck as he looked at his bandaged leg. Luna's light was dim, barely lighting up the room. He went to the window to admire the view below, only to be greeted with wreckage and debris. He began to think on what happened here as he put his hoof through his messy mane again. He then began to mutter to himself statements, trying to find truths that would explain what happened out there. "Princess Luna is gone.......the Elements were used....Luna is on the moon along with the King and Queen." Truth muttered to himself in gold as he began to piece things together. "What a pity, just when I was starting to love Luna's cool nights." Truth kept his gaze out on the ruined Canterlot as he saw pegasai repair roofs, earth ponies fixing the walls and unicorns fixing the infrastructure. He closed his eyes and concentrated, letting his horn light up as he tried to tune into his little sister's beat. That's how he could find her in any sort of predicament with his magic. But he couldn't tune in, he couldn't even hear her melody, her voice, her beautiful tone. Truth sighed, knowing that he had to be patient. He couldn't find his sister today but it would have to take time to find her. He needed help, he needed somepony to help him out. But he had to start small, like he always did back home. He needed to look for a survivor of the attack and go on it from there. Truth slowly made his way to the door and as just as he was about to open it, the door flew open to reveal Willow bringing him some medication. "Oh, do please sit down." She said as Truth sighed and went back to the bed. "What is your name anyway? Since you asked me for mine earlier." Truth looked at her as he went back onto the bed. "My name is Golden Truth, though my friends call me Truth." "And you said you came from Festa del Cacio?" Willow asked as she walked over to his injured leg and slowly began to take off the bandages. Truth winced but kept in his pain as he replied "Yeah, yeah, I was born there. My parents never really thought of moving out of the quiet town, seemed like a good place to take care of us." Willow began to clean the healing wound with a wet towel as she looked at him with worry. "There is something you need to get off your chest?" Truth looked at her with a slight look of confusion. "What do you mean by that, Ms. Willow?" "I could feel something in your heart...it's a rather complicated story but so say that I am a heart healer." Willow replied as she slowly began to rebandage his wound. "A heart healer? I've read about them in books but I always thought that the ability was extinct.....much like my own." Truth said quietly, barely loud enough for her to hear. "So you can hear what my heart is practically saying?" "Yes, it seems like that you ache for a home that you can't go back to and you wish to reunite with your sister, whom you believe is still alive." Willow stated as she finished wrapping up his leg. "Now don't exert yourself too much or the wound would open again." Truth slowly got out of the bed and tested his bandaged leg. "Doesn't seem to hurt that much anymore. I must thank you for that, Ms. Willow. I am in your debt." He gave a slight bow to her, considering his 'noble' habit that his father sculpted into his very being. Willow nodded as a bit of red and pink began to appear on her cheeks. "Oh, no need to do that," she said as Truth began to get back up. "I....I was just doing my job." Truth nodded as he looked at her. "I'm terribly sorry, it's a habit. My father was a guard and a gentleman, despite the modest home we have. He managed to get me into that area as well, though I much prefer writing more than guarding." Willow smiled as the blush began to fade away from her face. "Well I could see that, considering your speech. I almost thought you were a noble by birth." "No, I'm just a nopony, as the Dark Poet's piece 'I'm nopony! Who are you?'" Truth stated with confidence. "I do hate publicity, I'm not fit to be in the spotlight." "How humble but yet your a writer who probably has fans." Willow replied as she looked at him. "Only the ponies in town actually knew me as the writer. They always gave me kudos for writing such simple things. Poetry, it does express the heart, doesn't it?" Truth said as he looked at her. Willow nodded as she began to go to the door once more. "Do try and get some rest, Truth." "I will, thanks." Truth replied as Willow shut the door behind her and Truth clamored back into his bed. He looked up, letting the memories of his little sister's singing lull him to sleep once more.
Chapter 2: Dark SunlightThe following morning, Truth had made the bed as he got ready to leave the room as Willow came in with some breakfast. "Oh Truth, your awake. I hope your not in pain." Willow said in a worried tone, looking at his bandaged leg. "I'm quite alright, Ms. Willow. I can handle a bit of pain." Truth replied as he streched his front legs to get some blood flowing there. "Oh, Ms. Willow, is there anything I can do here to help out? I see that the town and castle was a bit....well rather destroyed and in ruins." "You shouldn't excert yourself, Truth. We wouldn't want to open up that wound," Willow looked at his leg again with worry. "I promise I won't, Ms. Willow." "Well I suppose you can talk to the princess then, though please be kind, she has been through a lot these past few days." Willow placed the tray on the little table and Truth slowly began to eat the oats she provided for him. "I think I can guess the reason. It was Princess Luna, wasn't it?" Truth swallowed his oats as Willow's eyes widened in surprise. "How did you know?" Willow asked as she looked stupified at this sudden statement. Truth closed his eyes and began to concentrate. His voice changed to a different tone as he stated a golden truth. "Princess Luna has been sent to the moon for the safety of not only the ponies here in Equestria but to herself as well. The King and Queen are also on the moon, keeping Luna safe from whatever dark entity took over her body." His voice changed back to his normal tenor tone as Willow looked at him in awe. "Not even Crabapple knew that, how did you know that?" Willow questioned. "Look at my cutie mark," Truth said as Willow looked at the symbol upon his rump. "This symbol means truth and its my talent to effortlessly find the truth from where ever I am at any sort of given time. It could be little statements like the earth is round or big statements like everything contains an energy that can be manipulated by magic." "Do these truths come to you or something?" Willow was absolutely curious about his ability. "No, most of the time I spout out random nonsense and on occasions, something comes out in gold. How I know what I said is golden truth is that the tone of my voice changes. You probably have noticed it, haven't you?" Truth stated. "Yeah, I noticed it. Your voice seems so much more....forceful and filled with determination." Willow noted as she looked at the clock. "Oh dear, look at the clock. You must talk to the princess if your searching for a job to do." "Yes, let's," Truth said as he began to walk to the door. "Come with me, Willow. I don't think I can face the princess alone. I never can face royalty in the eye." "Then let's go then, Truth." Willow trotted next to him. "I'll help you out, I know the princess personally." "I shouldn't be surprised, after all, you are the element of empathy." Truth stated in gold as he followed her out the door and into the ruined halls of the hospital. "Princess Celestia, how have you been?" Willow said as she bowed her head to Celestia after they entered the throne room. They were directly in front of her elevated throne in the presence of her many guards. Her right wing was in a bandage, almost like it was broken. "I've been well now," Celestia replied as she looked at her politely. "Who is this that you have brought to me?" "My name is Golden Truth, I come from Festa del Cacio, which was attacked by a dragon bout yesterday." Truth bowed to Celestia. "I seek work, since this castle and the town below seems rather....well you can clearly see it." "Yes, an extra pairs of hooves never hurt anypony. But I see that your injured and I can't have you getting hurt from overexerting yourself." Celestia began to ponder on what Truth can do for the time being. "That is exactly what Willow said..." Truth muttered underneath his breath quietly. "Why don't you look over the construction of the gardens? I'm sure Rose would need some help with it." Celestia said with a kind smile. "I'll be glad to help out in the gardens thank. Thank you my princess." Truth took another bow as Celestia dismissed them Truth and Willow walked out of the throne room and said "I could tell she is in pain. I'm sure you could." "Yeah, she isn't the same without her family." Willow replied as she looked back at the princess, who was looking down on the ground. "There must be something she sees in me or something," Truth stated as he and Willow took their time going down the stairs. ""News must get around here quick." "That's the truth, I don't know why though," Willow opened the door and flapped her wings as she saw the rising sun. "Come on, I'll show you to the gardens." "Very well, take the lead then." Truth said as he followed her to the gardens. "My my, this place is spectacular, despite the damages done to it." Truth stated as he looked around the beautiful trees, charming flowers and ponds streaming with small fishes and koi. There were patches of dirt that were thrown from their original positions, either from the incident or because of replanting. "I think I can help from here. Who is the pony who looks over the gardens?" "A close friend of mines, her name is Rose Petal," Willow said as she closed her eyes and began to concentrate. "Trying to find her heart, are you?" Truth asked as he turned to look around. All he saw were the gardners working on their individual spots as they tried to revive the former glory of the garden. "She is rather shy and quiet, also uses an invisibility spell in order to hide and avoid attention to herself," Willow replied as she opened her eyes. "She is over there, come on." Truth nodded as he looked around, trying to sense this Rose much like Willow with no avail. Willow went over to the flower garden where there was a single flower that practically had its own throne and stood out amongst the other flowers. Truth could see small impressions in the ground around the flower, almost like hoofprints. Willow smiled as she flapped her wings and pounced at the impression. With a yelp and a squeel, a pony appeared where the hoofprints were. It was a unicorn that seemed rather young to be appointed a position in Canterlot but he didn't see why not. Her coat was a mint green as her mane was a lighter pink rose color. Her mane and tail was fashioned simply but it looked like the pedals of a rose that allowed its pedals to slack in the sun. Her eyes were a vibrant magenta and showed shyness but kindness as well. Her cutie mark was a pink rose in a simplistic form; showing just three pedals and the body of the rose itself. "My, I didn't see her there before," Truth stated as he walked towards them. Willow was practically hugging Rose to death before she let go of Rose. Rose got up from the ground as Willow did the same. Rose looked at Truth with her magenta eyes but quickly looked down as she looked at the ground around her then to Willow. They gave eye contact with each other and as if giving each other a message, Willow turned to Truth. "She wants you to gather the seeds from the marketplace. It appears that the shipment was a little bit late and everypony is busy to get it," Willow stated. "Okay then, is there anything else Miss Rose?" Truth said, looking at Rose. Rose opened her mouth but it was a rather quiet tone that he couldn't really hear her. "I'm sorry, what was that?" Truth asked. "Um....would you also gather some food for the workers here. I don't want them to work on an empty stomach," Rose stated as she looked at Truth. "Would you find some way to get them some food?" "Very well, Miss Rose. I won't disappoint you and I will try my best." Truth said as he did a polite bow to her, which made her rather uncomfortable and he could tell by the way she is shifting her hooves. "Oh dear, I'm rather sorry for my behavior. This is just habit is all, blame my father and upbringing." "Oh no...its not that," Rose whispered in a quiet tone as she took a step back then suddenly disappeared from his sight and ears as Willow sighed. "She is never this shy to any new pony," Willow said as she looked about a yard away from where Rose once stood. "Here, I'll handle things here while you go get the seeds and food, alright?" "Very well, please do apologize for me again then if I caused your friend some disturbance." Truth stated as he turned and left the garden area to head down to the marketplace to begin his first task.
