Princess Amity

by Mister Smiley

Chapter VIII

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        "My high school experience wasn't much different expect I had a bully, Jiggy Rich." Amity tells Remedy. "Yes. She is part of the Rich family that owns three five-star restaurants in Equestria. Anyway, I guess that's a brief overview of my life so far. Is there anything else you need to know?"

        Remedy with her left hoof on the table and resting her chin on her right hoof simply replies, "Hm. That's actually very good description for a 'brief' overview. However, you didn't say a whole lot about Prince Amyas. Why didn't you?'

        "Well," Amity answers, "like I said, he departed when I was two. I don't remember practically anything about him outside that when we were together, we had a lot of fun."

        "Do you miss him?" Remedy asks.

        Amity responds, "Yes. Actually, I remember several says ago on the night before graduation, I had a dream where Aunt Luna and Father were there with me." Remedy lowers her left eyebrow and raises the right.  Amity explains, "Mother even told me this was true. She used her magic to contact Aunt Luna and Father by spirit one night and allowed her to use her dream spell with Father to see me as a gift on graduating this year."

        "Ah," Remedy responds. "I see. That's very sweet of her to do. Speaking of dreams, tell me about some of the most recent dreams you've been having like last night. If you can remember that is."

        Amity with a confused expression asks, “Why?”

        “Well,” Remedy replies, “I have always believed that dreams in a way show us something about ourselves.”

        Amity thinks about a possible dream she had last night then answers, "Yeah. I remember one that has been bothering me today. It was a completely black with no lights or scenery anywhere. Then, I heard Mom screaming for me, and a voice from a stallion was mocking her and said that he knew me and wanted to see me 'bleed'. Then there was silence and a white version of myself with a blood colored mane, tail, stripes, and eyes appeared in front of me. I or she looked at me with cat eyes, screamed, and then I woke up. I didn't have that dream when I went back to sleep. What does that mean do you think?"

        Remedy with a neutral expression looks at the floor and placing her hoof against her mouth thinking about the dream. She breathes in and out slowly and says, “Let’s go outside and walk for a little bit.”

        Amity raises her right eyebrow and says back, “Okay.” The two ponies walk through the front door and begin to walk through the woods with the birds chirping while flying over the unicorn and alicorn. “So, why are we here?”

        “It’s not relaxing to you?” Remedy asks. Amity does not answer but instead let’s the fresh air flow through her mane, listens to the birds sing their songs, and the sun shine upon her. Indeed it is relaxing to the princess and Remedy knows she enjoys this.

        About three minutes after walking, the two come up to a small sparkling pond. The ponies sit at the edge of the pond and admire its beauty. Then, they see a pair of birds drinking and bathing in the pond. Beside Remedy, a beautiful deer walks beside the unicorn and drinks from the same pond. Amity watches in awe at the peaceful scenery.

        While looking at the pond, Remedy asks, “What are you feeling?”

        Amity looks at her with an expression of peace and relaxation asks back, “What do you mean?”

        Remedy still looking at the pond responds, “How do you feel right now?”

        Amity closer her eyes, breathes in, lifts her head to the sky, and answers, “Peaceful. Like, I have no worries in the world and totally…calm.”

        “I call this place Eden.” Remedy says. “‘Eden’ is a name meaning peaceful location. I come here everyday to clear my mind and think about my life. I also bring my patients here to clear their minds.” She then looks at Amity. “Looks like you love it.” Amity with her eyes close and a smile nods. Remedy continues, “Anytime you get stressed or face a difficult task, think about this place and the feeling you have while being here. I guarantee it will help you become calmer and clear your mind.”

        Amity responds, “Thank you.”

        The two ponies at the pond for an hour and then start to head back to the wooden house. Remedy then says, “Now that you have cleared your mind, I will tell you about your dream.”

        “Wait,” Amity interrupts, “why didn't you tell me before we went to…” Amity pauses then recalls what Remedy said about the purpose of the pond. Then, she says in a calm tone, “Never mind.”

        Remedy continues, “I cannot explain the voice or your mother because that could just be a bad dream, but the white version of yourself I believe was a warning.”

        “’A warning?’ How?” Amity asks.

        “A warning that if you do not take my teachings seriously and do not change, it could turn you into that. You see, every pony has dark magic with themselves. It is fueled by seven sins. They are pride, envy, gluttony, lust, greed, sloth, and anger. The more a pony welcomes these sins, the stronger the dark magic within becomes. Now, just because a pony maybe full of themselves like a unicorn who shows off his or her magic, does not mean they are evil. Rather, they have let one of the sins turn them into that kind of individual. However, if one lets the sin consume their life and embrace it as their life, the dark magic will control them and turn them into a pony of evil, and even hard to believe, the dark magic changes the ponies appearance and even mind such as the pony thinks he or she is a completely different individual.”

        Amity asks, “This is sounding like what happened to my mother’s cousin Triton and my Aunt Luna.”

        Remedy replies, “Sadly, that’s exactly what happened. Triton had let pride and greediness consume him, and he eventually embraced it and turned him into the dictator as we know him today. The same happened with Princess Luna but with anger and thus became Nightmare Moon. Amity…” Remedy looks at the princess, and the alicorn turns back at Remedy. “If you don’t control your anger, you will become that white version of yourself. Please, take everything I am saying and everything we are and will be doing seriously.”

        Amity still calm nods her head and responds, “I will and am. I must ask: what will we be doing for the rest of the day?”

        Remedy answers, “Since you are a princess, you will have to experience some situations where you will have to fight much like Princess Celestia and Luna. In those events, thinking about Eden or a place that relaxes you won’t work because you must concentrate at the task at hoof.”

        Amity replies, “Okay. So, how will you teach me?”

        The two come up to the wooden house, and Remedy steps in front of Amity and answers, “Simple.” She stretches her head to her sides making popping sounds and continues, “We’re gong to fight.”

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