Princess Amity

        In the middle of a beautiful day, Amity is riding on a train to the small town Ponyville, and she has sat in the steam locomotive for thirty minutes. Throughout the majority of the thirty minutes, the many passengers including fillies take notice of her presence and ask her questions and autographs. The ponies on board were very excited to meet a princess which is a once in a lifetime opportunity, but despite appearing calm and tolerable, Amity slowly got irritated with the attention. At one point, she wanted to lash out on all the ponies. Eventually, the attention stopped, and Amity gained a terrible migraine. Currently, she is simply staring out of the window looking at the various landscapes passing by.

        Then, a female stewardess enters the passenger cart and says to every pony in the cart, "Attention passengers. We are arriving at Ponyville. Please see if every pony in your party is present." Amity gives sighs and raises her right hoof. The employee sees the princess' hoof, swallows in nervousness, and approaches the young royal alicorn. She bows before Amity and asks, "Yes, Your Majesty?"

        "May I have some of the apple cider?" the princess asks.

        The stewardess swallows again and replies, "...I'm sorry, Princess, but we have sold all the cider we have. We won't have any more until we get to Ponyville."

        Amity lowers her eyebrows, widens her eyes, turns her head back to the window, and says in an irritated tone, "It is fine."

        "We have water if you like Princess," the nervous pony replies.

        "I said no," the alicorn loudly snaps at the employee.

        The stewardess swiftly jumps backwards and says, "I'm sorry," and exists the cart. The rest of the passengers stare at the young princess with expressions of shock and fear. Amity looks out the window once again and notices the landscape slowly stopping and then comes to a halt. She steps out of her seat, opens a small cabinet above her, pulls out a saddle with her two luggage bags attached, places it on her back, and follows the rest of the passengers out of the cart. She passes by the same stewardess but says nothing to her.

        Amity steps out of the door to find an adult and a filly unicorn standing in front of her. The filly is peach colored with bright blue eyes, a combed straight mane and tail, a darker blue hair bow, and a blank flank. The adult is dark orange with a dark blue mane and tail in spiky fashions and dark green shades and vest with a cape attached. The two approach the young princess, and Amity in return walks towards them. The adult approaches Amity and says, "Welcome to Ponyville, Your Majesty. I'm Remedy's daughter."

        Amity replies in a tone indicating tiredness, "Thanks. Nice to meet you."

        The unicorn turns to the filly behind her who has her mouth open and widen eyes and pupils and asks, "Amber, would you like to say something?"

        Amber simply stares at Amity with her ears back; eyes widen, and mouth open. The princess breathes out through her nostrils and approaches the filly and says, "Hello, Amber."

        "I…I…" the little filly replies, then she leaps up and hugs Amity tightly. Amity rolls her eyes and hugs the filly back with her left front hoof.

        "Amber," the adult unicorn says, "let the princess go. She ain't a teddy bear."

        Amber breaks the hug and excitedly says, "Sorry, Mommy. It's just…" She squeals in excitement and continues, "so cool meeting you!"

        Amity smiles and replies, "Well, it's pretty cool to me you."

        "Allow me to introduce myself now," Amber's mother says. "You can call me DJ-R. It's my nickname around here and I prefer that."

        "Um, okay," Amity replies. "So, where is your mom?"

        DJ-R answers, "She's in the forest taking a walk. She will be home by the time we get there, but before we go home, I need to do something, if you don't mind."

        Amity replies, "Fine. Let's get it done with. I have a terrible headache."

        "Yeah, no problem," the unicorn says. "A friend of mine wants to me to hear his latest mix. He's a local DJ too."

        Amity grinds her teeth and silently says, "Fine."

        The three ponies walk through town with residents starring in awe at Amity, but surprisingly, none of the Ponyville citizens approach her. The ponies of the town simply kept their distance from the young princess and bow when she passes by them. For a brief minute, Amity did wonder why they were acting in this fashion, but she dismisses the thought and accepts their behavior and giving her space. Eventually, the trio approaches a small brick house with loud music coming from the inside.

        The orange pony knocks on the front door hard, the music stops, and a white male pony with spiky hair and shades opens the door. "Yo, DJ-R!"

        "What's up, VJ?" R answers.

        "I'll be one minute," DJ-R says to Amity and Amber and walks inside the house, and loud music starts emulating from the house. Amber and Amity back away from the house, sit on the ground against a wall, and wait and wait and wait.

        "Tell me Amber," Amity asks, "why do you like me so much?"

        The filly blushes and answers, "Well... you're a princess, awesome, and smart without a cutie mark. I want to be just like you when I grow up! I want to be some pony others can look up to and show them that being a blank flank doesn't mean a thing. You showed me that when Mommy showed me a picture of you in the newspaper."

        Amity with widen pupils and blushes on her face asks, "How long ago was that? When you saw me in the paper?"

        Amber immediately answers, "Three years ago, and I haven't stopped trying to be like you! Work hard, be nice, and love family."

        "I inspired you to 'love family'? You didn't love your mom at one point?" Amity asks with a tone of concern and curiosity.

        The filly shock her head a continued, "I didn't love Mommy because I wanted to be with Daddy. Dad told me one day that I had to be with her, and I was really upset. I promised him that I would love her, but I didn't keep that promise. I just never talked to her or anything. Then, one day, Mommy told me Princess Celestia and you were coming to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration at year. I couldn't meet you like this because we were behind a crowd. Mommy put me on her head so I could see you and Celestia, and I saw how you and you mommy talked. I thought about how I was acting and if I want to be like you, I had to love my mom too. Now, I truly love my mommy."

        Amity with her jaw open, pupils dilated, and a single large blush consuming her cheeks says in a soft tone, "Wow. I've made that much of an impact on your life?" Amber nods her head and nuzzles against Amity's leg. Amity with a smile pats on the filly's head. Amity then thinks in her head, "I can't believe it. I've affected this little filly's life this much? Maybe...I'm not useless as I thought. I can only imagine what Mom, Father, and Aunt Luna would say to this. This is one of the best moments of my life."

        Five minutes pass and Amber asleep on Amity's leg and the young princess has grown very impatient with the unicorn. "Oh my mother's name," Amity says without waking the filly, "how long could this possibly be? Listen to the music, if you can even call that mess music, judge it, and leave it. How long could it possibly be? I should barge in and..."

        Then, the front door opens with the orange unicorn stepping out and says to her friend, "Keep it up, dude! Later!" The door closes behind her, and DJ-R approaches the two. She sees her daughter sleeping on the leg of the princess. "Aw. That's so adorable. You have no idea what you mean to her."

        "Yeah, I do." Amity replies. "She told me a bit, and I'm proud that I have affected both of your lives."

        DJ-R smiles and says, "Well, if you can lift her up and carry her on your back, we'll be on our way to home."

        Amity then asks, "By the way, why do you have the cape on?"

        "It's to keep cool. It's hot out here," DJ-R answers.

        "True," Amity replies.

        The alicorn lifts Amber with her magic and sets the filly on her back and follows the unicorn through the rest of town. With the sun close to setting, the trio reaches a beautiful forest. The group walks through it and they can hear and see wide life animals such as squirrels, birds, and even deer eating, sleeping, and gathering food for the night. Eventually, they come across a wooden two-story house with windows on the sides, a wooden front door, and a blue painted roof.

        "Finally," the DJ says, "we've made it."

        Amity sighs and follows the unicorn to the front door. She opens the door to see a staircase to the upper floor in the middle; to the right is a small kitchen and dining room next to it; and to the left are a couch, two chairs, and a large bookcase. The filly on her back yawns and hops off her back and walks up the stairs while rubbing her eyes.

        "Go upstairs, Amber and get a bath. Dinner will be ready soon," her mother says. The filly runs up stairs to the bathroom.

        DJ-R then walks over to the dining table with a concerned face and picks up a letter. "Uh-oh."

        "What?" Amity asks. She approaches the DJ, and the unicorn hands her the letter and reads it aloud, "'Dear Princess Amity, I am sorry to tell you that I had to leave to see a sick relative today. I will be back in two days, and when I return, our first session will begin. Again, I am truly sorry.' Really? Really?! She's not here after what I went through?! Annoying ponies bothering me today, and the train staff that can't even give me a drink I wanted!"

        The princess stops when she feels some pony's head on her back, and an orange hoof wraps around her forehead. Amity pauses in shock, and then she feels the head and hoof back away. She jumps forward, turns around, and sees the DJ right in front of her with a disappointed expression. The unicorn takes off her clothing and hangs all clothing attire on individual hooks on the wall, and she reveals green eyes and a cutie mark of a ying-yang mother unicorn lowers her head and swiftly jerks it back which straightens her mane. Then, she says in a formal tone, "Just as I thought. You have no patience, flexibility, or ways in controlling your anger. You will be a difficult one. "

        "You're Remedy?" Amity asks.

        The unicorn nods her head and continues, "You immediately assume that the way I look mean that I am not a genius in magic and behaviors? Before you ask, the DJ gimmick was your first test. I wanted to see who you really are. If I had told you right away what I would look like, you would act polite and formal which would hide who you are. I had to catch you off guard and see the problems you have. Also, don't think what you did on the train won't come into play. While you were talking to Amber, I asked the stewardess if anything happened, and she told me your sudden burst. Also, my friend really is a DJ, but the loud music was a cover up so I could read your lips. From that, I saw that others leave an impact on you, but I read your lips after Amber fell asleep, and you have very little patience."

        Amity looks down with an expression showing shame. She asks, "Everything was a set up to see what my problems were?"

        "Most of the things," Remedy continues. "What Amber said was absolutely true. We had a difficult relationship after her father and I had a divorce, but we came closer after she saw you and Princess Celestia. Now, to the matter at hand, don't apologize for what you did or said today. Reflect on those events and think what you should do when it happens again. Our real first session will start tomorrow, but for now I need to get supper ready." Remedy goes to the kitchen and opens drawers to start cutting a head of lettuce. "There's a room upper stairs to the right."

        Amity walks up the stairs, enters a room with a medium-sized bed, puts down her luggage, and lies on the bed. She stares at the ceiling and says, "I was impatient, harsh, and when something like that note happened, I went out on a rant. I see what she meant. These next two weeks will be…intriguing."

        Later that night, Amity, Amber, and Remedy are all asleep in their beds, and Amity is having a dream about the animals she saw in the forest earlier. She is interacting with them, petting them, and giving food off her hooves. Suddenly, everything turns black. An eerie laugh echoes all around her, and she hears Celestia scream, "Amity! Amity, is that you?!"

        "Mom?!" Amity shouts to Celestia.

        "Oh," the voice making the laugh suddenly says, "how precious. Your little girl, Celestia? I can't wait to see her bleed." The voice then makes an evil giggle.

        "Don't you dare touch her!" Celestia then shout out.

        "Who are you?!" Amity then yells.

        "You know me," the male voice answers. "We'll meet soon, Amity, and I'm expecting a lot from you."

        Then, silence dominates the dream with nothing to see. Suddenly, a white alicorn figure fades in from the black scenario. "Mother?" Amity asks. The white figures then turns to its left to look at Amity, but she immediately knows the figure is not Celestia. The alicorn has bat like wings and a mane, a tail, and many stripes all over the body fading in quickly in a blood-red color. The figure stands in front of Amity with its eyes closed, and Amity cannot believe her eyes. This is her. The white Amity then opens her eyes quickly to show blood-red cat-like eyes and makes a horrible spine tingling scream. Amity then wakes up and leans forward sweating profusely. She breathes heavily and looks around. "It's just a dream. That's...it," she says to herself. She lies back down on the bed and hesitantly goes back to sleep.