Opal's Adventures

Chapters

Chapter 2: Angel
Chapter 5: The Diamond
Chapter 6:The Spirit of the Diamond (short)
Chapter 7: FREAK OUT!
Chapter 8: Out of Emotions
Chapter 9: Luna's Story
Chapter 10: The Puzzle Explained
Chapter 11: The Rescue Arrives
Chapter 12: The Big Battle
Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins
Chapter 3: Hanging With The Strays
Chapter 4: Starclan's Message (short)

Chapter 2: Angel

Chapter 2

Opalescence woke up and found himself in a forest. He walked around curiously; he saw lots of flowers and poisonous plants. Opalescence walked around to see if there was any prey that he could catch: as the run had explained, he was starving!

He looked around and saw mice, birds and squirrels, but he wanted something bigger, like... like a rabbit! He walked for a few hours looking for a rabbit. But then he saw one nibbling on a carrot, whatever the bunny was doing there, it looked delicious! He ran after the bunny to catch it, the bunny was fast but Opal didn't give up.

The bunny took him out of the Everfree forest and into a cottage that was on the edge of the Everfree forest. The strange bunny ran into the cottage and closed the door.

Opalescence gave a little meow and hissed. “YOU COME OUT RIGHT THIS INSTANT!”

The kitten’s voice was so squeaky that the bunny dared to come out. “Hey there, I’m Angel…what’s your name?” He said happily.

“I am Opal…escence.” He hissed.

“Well hi, Opalescence, nice to meet you.” The bunny giggled. “What were you doing in the Everfree forest? It’s no place for a kittypet like you!”

He snorted. “I’m no kittypet! I am a real forest-born cat!”

“Oh really?” The white bunny said. “Well then. I challenge YOU, to a wild cat run-out.” he snapped.

The cat was too exhausted for a race but his immature child blood told him to accept the challenge. “Hey yeah!” He meowed.

The wild cat run-out is usually for forest-born cats only, but the whole point was for the cat to catch it’s prey. The first one to catch something would be the winner. This race was a bit different because it was Opalescence against no cat, just him and a rabbit.

Angel burst off as fast as he could and Opalescence followed. It was harder for Opal, after running so far already. As he ran his heart was beating faster and faster. He could hear it roaring in his ears.

Opal was losing track of Angel. As Opal ran a brunch scratched his forehead and eye. Opal screamed in pain as he lost control and fainted.

*~*~*

Opal woke up in a room, and in a comfortable bed. Opal looked around and saw Angel.

“Hey pal, are you alright?” Angel asked.

“ALRIGHT? YOU THINK I’M ALRIGHT?” Opal screamed.

Angel looked at Opalescence’s scar and shook his head. “Seems like you aren’t a forest-born cat” Angel giggled.

Opal was so frustrated he was about to kill Angel. He doesn’t know what I went through, all of this pain and all of this loss, he did not know how exhausted and starved I was. Opal thought.

“Don’t worry. Fluttershy will be here in a few moments.” Angel said, smiling.

“Who-who is Flutter-“ Opal was about to ask, but he was still as he saw a yellow peguses coming into the room. She had blue-green eyes and pink hair, she was graceful and looked nice.

“Don’t worry little kitty, I will help you… Oh poor little kitty, it’s so good that Angel found you!” She wrapped a cloth around his eye and forehead. “There we go!” she softly said.

*~*~*

Fluttershy took care of Opalescence for a few months. The more time Opalescence spent with Fluttershy, the more she reminded him his sister. She was just like Serenity.

Opalescence didn’t have the appetite to eat bunnys, birds, mice and other meat anymore. Angel had given him the taste of the vegetarian life, and it was good! Opalescence and Angel became good friends, despite the fact that Opal had tried to eat him, and Fluttershy adopted Opal. They had lots of fun together, just like those times with his sister.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 5: The Diamond

Chapter 5

“Oh Starclan dammit - no! Mouse dung, I'm a…. a girl!” She shouted in disgust. “Shoot!” She started walking around “So Starclan’s message was true. It was not just a dream. Hmmm... the spirit of generosity - who is that? And why that spirit? Why not kindness or loyalty… or maybe honesty?” She growled in disappointment. “Well, generosity is generosity.”

She sat down and looked up at the sky. “Where can I find that spirit, Starclan?” She asked. After a few moments a rainbow appeared and went straight to a building nearby. Opal decided that the right thing to do would be following it.

As she was following the mysterious rainbow, it disappeared. She was left with no clue where to go or what to do next. “Thank you, Starclan!” she shouted up to the sky sarcastically. Opal was lost, but if her sister was in trouble... she HAD to save her. Opal tried to remember where the rainbow had led. She hoped she was going the right way.

A few moments later, a cloud of fog covered the town.

“Thanks again!” She screamed up.

Opal was confused. She couldn't see anything but fog. She tripped on a rock and fell into a mud pile.

“Even better." she mumbled to herself.

Opal was so confused and exasperated, she was shouting for Starclan’s help. What was the Spirit? Where could she find her sister? She was incredibly confused. She had no Idea why the heck she was a girl. Why did Starclan create this mess and why was SHE was the one to save her sister? And most importantly, why the spirit of generosity? Opalescence closed her eyes and fell onto her side, losing energy.

“I really hope Starclan will help me” She thought before closing her eyes.

Seconds before, she saw a pony form coming closer to her in the fog, and she heard a voice. “Oh good heavens!” And Opal fell asleep, dreaming that she would wake up with her sister in that dark area, still as a tom.

~*~*~

“Opalescence…?” She heard a voice. “Opalescence…”

As it continued, she woke up and saw the two warriors from Starclan; Bluestar and Oakheart. I must be in Starclan, she thought. Se looked up as she sat up straight to honour the fallen warriors.

“You have to find the spirit before the next sunset... or your sister will die.” Oakheart stated.

“B-but how will I find the spirit?” Opal exclaimed.

“This will be very familiar to you.” Bluestar showed a shape of a diamond. Opal looked on in confusion. How will she find that diamond in the whole of Equestria before the next sunset?

She thought it was impossible and stupid. “How can I? What should I do? Where should I find it? Why?” She asked

“All will be clear.” Oakheart and Bluestar muttered together.

~*~*~

“Darling, are you all right?” A voice said, as Opal woke up. A white pony with a purple mane came up to her.

Opalescence looked around. What is this horrific place? Where am I?

“Oh, you're awake!” the pony said. “You poor thing, your owner must be so worried about you!” She exclaimed looking at Opal's collar. “Opa-les-cence.” She read.

Opal hissed at the pony, yowling. “Who are you? And how do you know my name?”

The pony picked Opal up. “Ugh! So much mud! You need serious grooming, and then we will find your owner!” She said.

She must be the pony that picked me up on the street. I must be more grateful to her for not leaving me there. Opal thought. I'll give her a chance.

After some in-depth grooming, the pony took Opal around to some other pony’s houses. Opal found out that the pony's name was Rarity, which was a good bit of inforrmation to have.

(The authour thanks the other ponies for keeping her from writing 'the pony' over and over again.)

The last place they went to was Fluttershy’s cottage. Opalescence was very grateful for that.

“Hello, Fluttershy dear, is this your pet? I found her on the streets and the collar says her name is Opalescence.” Rarity said.

Fluttershy thought for a moment and observed the cat “Well... I had a cat named Opalescence that had the same collar... but it was a HE n-not a SHE... *squeak*.” The Pegasus replied. “I-If you find a male cat like this one... please let me know... if that's okay with you... but I don’t know about this cat.”

Rarity paused for a moment. “But I asked everypony in Ponyville! Nobody knows Opalescence! Whatever shall I do?”

Fluttershy thought for a second. “Maybe you should keep her!” Fluttershy exclaimed, before blushing. “O-only if you want to…”

“Why, what a wonderful idea! I will keep her! Thank you, Fluttershy!” Rarity smiled.

Rarity said goodbye to 'Shy and went back home with Opal. Opal was upset that Fluttershy did not notice him, because he was a she, and only because of that.

~*~*~

“JIGURDA!” He shouted. “RAT INTESTINES! MOUSE DUNG! STARCLAN DAMMIT!”

Rarity was tying a bow on Opalescence, and it looked like she was a kitty-pet she-cat... which actually turned out to be true, thanks to Starclan. If he was still in Thunderclan, everybody would be laughing at her by now.

“LET ME GO YOU STUPID MULE!!!” She screamed at the top of her lungs, as Rarity started putting make up and other accessories on Opal. Surprisingly, she was still more upset about the Fluttershy situation than her embarrassment - credit to Rarity. “I sure hope the Starclan warriors are laughing their furs off.” She mumbled.

“Rarity!” Another voice called out. In came a white pony with a Purplish-pink mane.

“What is it, Sweetie Belle?” Rarity asked.

“Snails told me I was a marshmallow, and sucked on my mane!” She complained.

“Oh, what filthy little boys are in your class! Come here, I'll clean your mane. I know how much you like it.”

That instance, Sweetie Belle saw Opal. “Wow!” Sweetie exclaimed. “Rarity is this a pet? For us?!”

“Why yes, Sweetie. Meet Opal. She is now my cat.” Rarity said proudly.

“Woooow!” she sighed.

Opal turned around and put her tail up.

“EWWW…” Sweetie screeched. “Gross!”

Opal grinned... but then sighed. What would Starclan say if they saw her right now? She quickly turned around and sat down like a good little she-cat. When Rarity went off to wash Sweetie Belle’s mane, Opalescence ran outside as quickly as she could.

~*~*~

Rain started to fall. It washed off Opal’s make-up, making her extremely happy. She ran to 'Shy’s house to meat Angel and to explain the situation to him.

Luckily, when Opalescence reached Fluttershy’s cottage, Angel was standing outside.

Angel looked at Opalescence and gave a overconfident smirk. “Well, hello baby.” He said to Opal. “If I were Justin Bieber I would say baby, baby, baby!”

Opal blushed. “Excuse me?!”

Angel came closer. “I love you, babe.”

“S-Shut up Angel! It’s me! Opal!” She spat.

Angel’s heart broke. “OPALESCENCE?!?!” He exclaimed in disbelief. “Is it really you?”

“Yes Starclan dammit!” She hissed.

Angel started laughing, blushing at the same time. “How the heck?”

“Long story, bro.” She said.

Suddenly Fluttershy came out. “Oh Opal, Rarity must be looking for you!” She scolded. She gently grabbed Opal and flew off back to Rarity's house.

Angel rubbed the back of his head. "I just hit on a guy."

~*~*~

At Rarity’s, Fluttershy decided to stay for tea. Opalescence left the kicthen.

“At this rate I'll never find the spirit of generosity!” She looked at herself. “Maybe I might gain some fat! I should probably do some exercise. I'll... see what’s going on back in the kitchen." (Meanwhile, the editor makes a lame joke about a mare's place in the kitchen.)

Something was there that Opal really was not expecting.

Fluttershy and Rarity were touching each other’s flanks and rubbing against each other. Their lips were touching and their tongues were wrapped around each other. They were pleasuring each other and moaning with delight. Fluttershy moaned timidly.

“Rarity please…please…more…I want more…”

Fluttershy spanked Rarity’s flank and Rarity started kissing harder.

“They have some crazy hot romance.” Opal thought grinning and licking her lips. “No! I must not do this, this is bad…I'll just leave…”

But then something caught her attention. The picture on Rarity’s flank... She thought. That stone... is she the element of generosity!?

Chapter 6:The Spirit of the Diamond (short)

Chapter 6

She looked up into the night sky. The stars were shining.

A voice echoed around her. “Opalescence, now that you have found the spirit, she will guide you. A spark will cause her to show her true form as the spirit. With the help of the spirit you will be lead through the moonlight and you will save your sister.”

Opal knew it was Starclan. She kept looking up. “I don’t understand… what spark? How will the spark appear? When?” Ahe pleaded for an answer. There was only silence.

*~*~*

The next day it was sunny. Opal knew she had to get moving or her sister might die.

Rarity was sitting and making a dress; singing while she worked. Opal jumped on the table where Rarity's fabrics had been laid out.

“Opal? what is it, dear?" Rarity saw and udnerstood the worried look in her cat's eyes. Something was definately wrong!

Opal tried to explain but Rarity was not able to understand. Stupid language barrier. Opal started crying. The spirit was right there and couldn't do anything! Her sister was dying!

Rarity hugged Opal. “Don’t cry, darling. Everything will be just fine, don’t you worry.”

Opal looked in Rarity’s eyes. She looked deeper - Was that her soul?! - as if she was hypnotizing Rarity. Opal was hoping she was doing the right thing.

Suddenly and spontaneuosly Rarity’s eyes glowed. “AAAAAYAAAAAHAAAYAAA” She screamed... and fainted.

Almost as oddly, a spectral cat came out of Rarity’s chest. It had glowing blue eyes and a diamond stuck to its chest. Opal finally got the point of the spirit of generosity. It was a cat.

“Well, hello there, young Warrior! How can the spirit of the diamond help you?” The gemstone-studded cat asked.

Opalescence bowed. “I am Opalescence. I was guided by Starclan to you in order to save my sister from death. They said that you would help me." Quickly, she added. "Oh, great spirit of the diamond.”

"Very well Opalescence, I shall help you in search of your sister. Follow my signs to complete your quest.” The spirit said and disappeared.

Opalescence looked at Rarity. Her body was lying still, she was barely breathing, and her heartbeat was faint. She was still alive, but it would only be a matter of time, since her spirit had left her. Opalescence closed his eyes and faced the dreadful, gruesome reality.

“If the spirit doesn’t come back to her before the next sunset…” She whispered. “Rarity will die.”

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 7: FREAK OUT!

Chapter 7

“I'm so sorry, Rarity…” Opalescence said, and left the house.

~*~*~

Fluttershy came in Rarity’s Boutique to check if her Pinkie Pie’s Anniversary dress was ready. When Fluttershy came in, she shrieked.

“Rarity! Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!” She up ran to Rarity and started shaking her back and forth - gently. “Rarity! Can you hear me? RARITY!!! Please Rarity!” Fluttershy listened to her heartbeat and started crying. “Oh no! I need to call Twilight!”

*~*~*

Opalescence was walking with the spirit. “Oh, spirit of the diamond, do you know what happened to my sister? Starclan didn't tell me about it.” She politely asked.

“Ah! Good old Starclan never tells the interesting bit. Well kid, if Starclan didn't tell you about your sis, that means you need to find it out yourself!” The spirit explained.

Opalescence was fed up with those Starclan clues. They didn’t give anything except for stupid hints, but she did try to keep her thoughts to herself.

The spirit disappeared. “Follow my signs young cat, you will soon be close.” It’s voice echoed in the sky.

Opalescence looked up. A rainbow-colored pegasus was flying in the skies. Opal decided to follow her, thinking it was the sign from the spirit.

~~*~~

Twilight gasped “R-Rarity’s dying?”

Spike burst out of his room. “WHAT???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Shout over, he fainted. Twilight telekinectically put Spike back in his bed and rushed with Fluttershy to Rarity’s boutique.

Twilight brought her Super Naturals book with her, and levitated it with her magic.

“Where…where is it?” She used her magic to quickly flip through the pages. “Aha! Rarity’s sickness is called The Loss of The Spirit"

Fluttershy whimpered. "That sounds bad."

"When a Pony of any breed who is related to the Elements of Harmony loses spirit control, her Elemental spirit takes freedom and the body remains still in hiatus until her spirit returns. If it does not come back after the next day…" Twilight paused, gulping. "...the body will rot and die out.”

“EEEK!” Fluttershy squealed. “W-what do we do know?”

Twilight read through the book, flipping the pages nervously until she found what she was looking for. She read through the passage and closed her eyes. Twilight sighed. “We… we wait.” She said closing the book.

Fluttershy looked at her. “W-what d-do you mean, Twilight?”

“Well…it says in the book that the spirit must return to the rightful body of his or her owner.” Twilight said.

“Thank goodness...” Fluttershy sighed in relief.

“But-“ Twilight added. “If it does not return after the next dawn… the spirit will disappear forever…” Randomly - out of nowhere - Pinkie Pie appeared.

“FOREVER!!!” She shouted, before running back out of the library.

“Oh-kay.” Twilight continued. “As I was trying to say, if the spirit doesn’t arrive on time, the spirit will disappear and the body will never come to life."

Fluttershy gasped in terror and horror. She started crying. “We can’t just wait! We need to save Rarity!”

Twilight nodded. “I understand that you want to save Rarity, but the book says…”

“I DON’T CARE WHAT IN CELESTIA’S DAMMIT THE BOOK SAYS, WE NEED TO SAVE RARITY AND THAT’S THAT!” Fluttershy shouted, before calming down and blushing. “O-only if you want to…”

Twilight raised her hoof and shouted; “We will save Rarity and screw the book!” She threw the book on the floor and then closed her mouth with both hooves. “What did I do?” She exclaimed, picking up the book and gently returning it to it's shelf.

Fluttershy face-hoofed - partly at the fact that Twilight was oblivious to what she had just suggested - and tugged on Twilight's leg with her other hoof.

“Off to save Rarity!” She shouted.

“Okay…" Twilight muttered.

**~**

The rainbow pegasus was flying faster and faster, reminding Opalescence about that time when she tried to follow the rainbow. The rainbow pony just kept speeding up.

Opalescence tried really hard to keep up, but the rainbow pony quickly disappeared. “Shoot it!” She spat. Opalescence looked around. “The spirit of the diamond, help me!” She shouted. “...Can you please help me?” She added.

The spirit appeared with a dim flash. “Lighten up, my little cat. We are almost there.” The spirit grinned. “Just take a few steps forward, then to the right. Once a tree is in your sight, climb up to the highest branch!” He explained happily.

Opalescence facepawed. “Oh not these cryptic clues again!” She growled, but then she sighed.

She took a few steps forward and the spirit disappeared.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 8: Out of Emotions

Chapter 8

“Do you even know where we are going and what we are supposed to do?” Twilight whined.

“It’s simple. We find the spirit and force it back into Rarity.” Fluttershy snorted.

Twilight facehoofed. “But... where and how will we find the spirit?”

Fluttershy smiled and pointed at Twilight’s horn.

“Oooh...” Twilight rolled her eyes. “I get it!” Once, when Twilight studied in Canterlot, she was taught a spell that could track ghosts and other phantasmal creatures, but she had never gotten it right. “Stand back Fluttershy…this might not work out well…”

Twilight waved her horn, and a small green spark appeared. “I did it!” Twilight squealed in delight. “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes…YES!” She jumped and cheered.

“So... where is the spirit?” Fluttershy asked.

Twilight paused. “I kind of forgot to clarify what kind of spirit…so… the horn will be showing all of them…” She uncomfortably muttered, shuffling her hooves.

Fluttershy moaned. “Oh no, this is going to take forever!” She stomped her hooves on the ground.

“Sheesh Fluttershy, you're acting like Rarity…” Moments after saying the words, Twilight's eyes widened and she brough her front hoof to her mouth. “Oh, Fluttershy... I'm so sorry…” She came closer to the almost-in-tears pegasus. “I was just…” She sighed.

Fluttershy looked up at Twilight. “It’s okay. All we need to worry about is making sure Rarity'll be okay…”

Twilight sighed gazing into the stars. “Oh, Celestia." She sighed. "What should we do?”

~*~*~

Opalescence was on a thick branch. “Why am I doing this again?” She sighed, looking up to the highest bough. Opal gulped and leaped to the second highest, claws digging through the thick bark. As Opal struggled onto the highest branch, the spirit appeared.

“Hello again, young warrior!” The spirit meowed. “Look down. Now, what do you see?”

Opal gave a glance down and gasped. “W-Wha- Serenity? Oh… oh my god!” Opal jumped down through the branches.

The spirit followed, slower. “NO! Don’t go!” The spirit shouted. “It’s not…”

Opalescence was quickly out of hearing range. She ran off to Serenity, hoping it was really her. This shock dug deep into Opal's eyes.

*~*~*

“Rarity! N-no - hrnk - please come back!” Fluttershy yelled.

“We were too late…” Twilight's voice echoed sadly. “We can’t get her back…”

“No!” Fluttershy cried. “Please, no!”

Twilight tried to hug Fluttershy.

"Urk! No!" The pegasus shoved her away in a surprising fit of strength. “DON’T DIE! RARITY, PLEASE!"

A crack grew between 'Shy and Rarity, causing a massive chunk of earth to fall in between them. Fluttershy screamed. Fire licked up the edges of the new hole.

Twilight ran to Fluttershy. “Are you ok?!”

Fluttershy did not respond. The tears in her eyes were salty and the pain in her heart was too strong to bear.

A massive flash of white blinded Twilight and Fluttershy.

“Princess Celestia?” Twilight gasped, hope scattering defeat.

“You lost her...” A voice echoed out of the white. It was not the princess. Out of the light appeared a cat. “My name is Bluestar.” The cat meowed softly. “I came here to tell you…”

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO RARITY???” Fluttershy shouted.

Twilight patted Fluttershy’s back, calming her down. “Let her speak.”

Bluestar nodded to Twilight in respect and continued. “I came here to tell you that there is no need in finding the spirit.”

“What???” Twilight gasped. “But Bluestar…”

“He is needed more somewhere else.” The blue-gray cat added. “We cannot sacrifice another warrior right now. The spirit is helping recover her.”

“What do you mean by that? Who are the warriors? What is going on!?” Twilight asked, strands of hair beginnign to pop out of her mane.

“You Hooflegs don’t know? There are four Clans in our forest - Thunderclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan and Windclan. The warriors I spoke of are cats of thise Clans. We fight for our food and survival. I used to be the leader of Thunderclan... but I sacrificed myself to save my Clan. Because of my restored honor, I went to Starclan, the place were true warriors go when they die. Your feline friend Opalescence was a warrior of Thunderclan with his sister, but bad days had come. Their parents had died, and the leader was no longer feeding the Clan. Opal and Serenity wanted to find a place to live, where they would be safe. They were seperated, and now Opal needs to save his sister, and his Clan. He needs the help of the spirit of the diamond. The time of sadness and darkness has come to Thunderclan, it needs their help. Opal is the only cat who can save us, but he needs help from his new friends. That includes you, Fluttershy.” Bluestar purred, pleased with her explaination to a non-warrior.

“So... the Opal I was taking care of... was a warrior?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes, kind Fluttershy.” Bluestar replied.

Twilight was in shock. “All this time…we never knew about the forest. We treated cats like pets since forever… it’s hard to believe.”

Bluestar smiled. “Angel is here too.”

“Angel?” The two confused ponies said in unison.

Angel through the door. “I'm going to help my buddy.” He announced, one paw over his heart.

“You speak?!” Fluttershy exclaimed.

“Ahaha... yes…I do…” Angel replied, blushing.

Bluestar looked at Fluttershy. “When you wake up next sunrise, you will be a cat. Angel will be one as well, and you will have to aid Opalescence.”

Twilight looked at Bluestar. “If Fluttershy is going, I'm not letting her go alone.”

“I did not wish to pester you for more help. Thank you for volunteering.” Bluestar smiled, waved her paw. and disappeared.

~~*~~

Opalescence was disappointed. It was just a tom that looked like Serenity. He sighed.

“Can I help you?” the tom growled.

Opalescence’s ears went up straight. “Luna!?”

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 9: Luna's Story

Chapter 9

The tom looked puzzledly at Opal, observing her very carefully.

He thought for a moment “Opalescence? No! It can’t be!” He meowed, shocked. “Y-You are a…SHE!”

“And you are a HE!” Opal replied, not really amused. Opal scrutinized Luna; she realized that he had a bandage wrapped over one eye. Opal tried to speak but Luna glared and opened his mouth first.

“How did this happen to you?” Luna asked. “How did you become a she-cat?”

Opal sighed. “First, I'd like to hear your story.” She pointed at the bandage. “And about that too.”

"W-well…” Luna muttered, looking down “It’s a long story..."

"I have a long time."

Luna jumped up on a trash can. “It started like this…”

IN THE PAST

Tears started dripping from Luna’s eyes. “I still love you a lot, but I have no choice…I really wish we could have something…but…” She cried harder. “ I LOVE YOU!” She yowled. “But I really can’t and I feel bad for myself, I can’t handle this pain, we... I... I can’t handle us being together Opal.”

Opal came up to her. “I love you too…” He muttered. “And all the moments we spent together were the best moments of my life.” He looked into her eyes. “You are my love.”

“It…it would be better if…you leave and never…come…back…we should forget each other. Forever. Only a long distance and time can keep the pain in my heart away…” The moonlight shone in her eyes. Her tears splashed on the tile as she sobbed. “I wish we could be with each other... but we can’t… I WISH I HAD NEVER MET YOU!” She screamed.

The last pieces of Opals heart tore.

“That’s not what I meant…” She meowed, trying to apologize.

“Oh, I know what you meant." He snarled. "You’ve said quite enough! I'm leaving.” He licked Luna's bowed forehead, and with a frown and his head hanging he left.

“Well... fine then!” She shouted after him. “I never want to see you again!” She angrily threw a piece of egg at the door.

Luna cried hard.

Luna never cried.

“Why did this happen to me?” She sniffed. “He was my true love and he just… left…”

She took an egg and fiercely threw it at the wall of SugarCube Corner.

A pony with a blue coat and pink hair ran down stairs screaming. “Robbers! Robbers!” She quickly grabbed a cooking knife, weilding it threateningly.

“Oh, Mrs. Cake~” Luna laughed cruelly. “TAKE THAT!” Luna grabbed another egg and threw it with incredible accuracy into the scared pony's eye. Mrs. Cake screamed in pain, throwing her knife at Luna while blinded by the egg.

Luna swiftly picked up the knife and ran away.

**~**

Luna gathered around with her fellow cats and dogs. She dropped her knife on the ground.

“Any success?” Luna asked her husband, King Larry.

“Nope” He licked her ear.

The other cats started meowing and the dogs started barking. “KISS, KISS, HOT KISS!” They teased.

King Larry looked at Luna with a grin. “Well?” He chuckled. “They want it. Give your husband a HOT smooch.”

It took a while for Luna to realize that he was drunk. “No!” She growled, pushing him away. “Cut it out!”

“Wow... I thought you were fun.” He sighed, disappointed. "Oh well." King Larry pressed Luna against the wall. The dogs howled and the cats whistled. “Don’t worry, honey, I know exactly how to turn you on”

All the strays were killing themselves laughing. “RAPE! RAPE! RAPE!” They drunkenly chanted.

Luna tried pushing him away. “Stop.” She moaned, running out of breath as King Larry suffocated her body with his. His paws were up against the wall, holding her paws tight against the brick and reaching to kiss her.

“Stop it!” Luna shrieked.

All the dogs and cats were whistling and laughing. She was never so humiliated in her life.

“By the way...” King Larry whispered. “Where is our dear friend Opalescence? I would love to have him to see this!”

“STOP IT, DAMMIT!” Luna shouted, painfully pulling her claws out of his grip. She scratched him on his chest, blood spraying from the wound.

“Damn it, Luna!” He barked angrily. King Larry looked at her and took the knife from the floor. With a drunken aim, he waved it over Luna's eye and pressed down. Blood ran down her face. The crowd of cats and dogs were silent as Luna let out a crimson yowl of pain. King Larry stepped back, the knife still in his teeth, and let the greivously wounded cat slide to the ground.

She did the only sane thing she could do. She ran.

~*~*~

It rained. Luna sat in a puddle of dirty water, letting the cold water run down her back. The puddle rippled with tears of blood.

“I wish I died!” She shouted into the rain, crying harder. A few moments later, she was lying in the puddle, riding waves of pain-indced nausea.

“Luna...” A voice echoed from nowhere. “Luna...”

“Who's there?!” Luna jumped to her feet, seeing nobody at all. She bit back a wave of bile. “Show yourself!”

“You should save your brother, Luna…” The voice said.

“What?!” Luna replied, confused. “I don’t have a brother!”

“Luna, you must save your brother, in the body of a she-cat…” The voice faded away.

Luna felt an overwhelming sense of dread, on top of pain. Glancing down, she realized she was a tom.

"Damn."

PRESENT

“WOW!” Opal meowed, amazed. “I didn't know Starclan was sending you those messages about your brother…”

“But I don’t have one!” Luna explained.

Opal thought for a moment. “I had the same message…but I’ve been told about my sister…and I thought she died a long time ago so…”

“OPAL! Do you know what that means? WE WERE SENT TO EACH OTHER!” Luna yowled excitedly.

“W-what?” Opal gasped. “You are my sister?”

Luna rolled her eyes and facepawed. “No, silly! Starclan said that to bring us back together!” She shouted.

A beam of light appeared. “Well done, Luna, you are a gifted cat.” A voice crooned.

Opal gasped when he saw who was speaking.

It was Rarity.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 10: The Puzzle Explained

Chapter 10

“Rarity?” Opal gasped.

Rarity stroked Opal’s fur with a gentle hoof. “Oh, Opal... I knew about everything from the start. About your past, your sister... and everything else. Bluestar told me. I sacrificed my Spirit of Generosity for you.”

“But if you knew… why did you not… tell me?” Opal looked confused.

Luna wore as close to a poker face as a cat could get.

Rarity started explaining the situation to Opal. “Bluestar told you that you were in search of your sister, because there would be no way you would go searching for Luna. She wanted you two to unite, in order to save Thunderclan from the horrors of Bloodclan.”

“Y-you mean Bloodclan returned?” Opalescence shivered.

“Yes, my little warrior, it is true.” Bluestar walked up to the cats and Rarity, with three other cats by her side.

“OHMYGODIT'SRARITY!” The first cat yowled. It was a butter-yellow, with pale pink stripes.

“RARITY, YOU'RE ALIVE!” The second caterwauled happily. It's purple fur was darker in places, with a single pink stripe down it's forehead.

“Uh... I guess... yay...?” The last cat monotoned, it's snow-white fur bristling impatiently.

“Okay... what is going on!?” Luna interrupted. Opal also didn’t quite understand. Even Rarity wasn't fully sure what was going on. Fluttershy, the yellow cat, Angel, the white cat, and Twilight, the purple cat, were a little bit confused about Luna. Bluestar, with a smug grin on her face, was the only cat that understood the whole situation.

Bluestar meowed for everyone to sit still, quickly explaining all of the seperate parts of the puzzle.

Rarity stood up. “I will help Opal.”

Then Luna joined her in standing, although shorter. “I will help Opal.”

The three non-cats padded to the last pony's side. "We're already helping, right?" Twilight commented.

Bluestar purred. “Starclan shall help you, little warrior.”

Opal jumped to her feet. “LETS DO THIS!”

All of the cats - and pony grinned. “YEAH!” They yelled, excluding Bluestar.

The leader surveyed the ragtag group of heroes. “Starclan will hold of Bloodclan for seven days. You have until then to prepare. Good luck, all of you."

~~~~~

Together, they set out to the forest where Opal had been born. Two days later, Rarity woke up with a white coat covered in leopard-like violet rings, whiskers happily twitching. Their camp lay just outside Thunderclan territory. Everybody shared a den; Fluttershy with Angel, Rarity with Twilight, and Opal with Luna.

*****

“Angel, I feel nervous…what if we won’t make it?” Fluttershy timidly mrrowed. Angel patted the yellow cat on the back with a comforting paw.

“Don’t worry 'Shy…I'll be with you till the end.” They hugged. “I just hope everything will be all right for Opal. She’s my buddy”

Fluttershy smiled. “Don’t worry, Angel…Opal is a great warrior…she will be fine…" Under her bretah, she added, "...I hope.”

~~~~~

“Twilight, dear, what are you reading? And how did you carry a book out here?”

"Herbal Healings.” Twilight answered. “Bloodclan sounds dangerous.”

Rarity facepawed and looked at Twilight. “We only have five days, Twilight…we need to train on physical stuff. In the dirt.”

“Rarity, I'm useless in a fight. Sweetie Belle could beat me. I might be more useful if I healed you guys.” Twilight explained with a sigh.

“But Twilight dear, we all agreed that Fluttershy will be in charge of that.” Rarity softly reminded her.

Twilight looked down, back at her book. “Rarity…I am not really… sure in myself to say the truth… I feel weak.”

Rarity sat down beside her once-Unicorn friend. “Now, are you the same Twilight who defeated Nightmare Moon? Who defeated Discord?"

"Well... yes..."

"Are you the same Twilight who unleashed the Elements of Harmony?”

“The Elements... of Harmony…yes! That's it!” She yowled kicking the book away as she jumped up. “We can defeat Bloodclan with the Elements!”

Rarity looked at Twilight, ears flat. “I’m sorry to disappoint you, Twilight, but we don’t have Rainbow Dash, Applejack or Pinkie Pie now… we can’t just drop everything and go after them. On top of that, you are a cat now, and you don’t have your Element at your disposal - magic.” Rarity pointed out.

Twilight sighed. “I guess…”

Rarity put her paw over Twilight's. “Don’t feel bad. You are far more useful then you think.”

Twilight smiled. “Thanks, Rarity.”

**~**

“Heh, heh... I never expected our next meeting to be… like this.” Luna purred, giggling.

“I know…its very weird seeing you as…as a tom.” Opal muttered shyly.

Luna came closer to Opal. “Give me your shoulder.” He said.

“Um... okay…” Opal twisted so her shoulder was facing Luna. The tom extended one claw carving something on her shoulder. It was excruciatingly painful, but Opal didn’t care. It was the touch of her loved one.

“There we go.” Luna said, stepping back.

Opal twisted to look at her shoulder. Luna had carved a heart in her skin. It was beginning to fill with blood, but it only made it more visible.

“If something happens… please don’t forget me.” Luna said in tears. “I love you.”

As the tom settled off to sleep, Opal gently groomed her shoulder. With a voice barely above a whisper, she purred, "Why didn't I get to give you a weak spot?"

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 11: The Rescue Arrives

Chapter 11

Bluestar patiently sat facing the wide circle of water, watching the perfectly still surface reflect the sky above.

“The day of the battle has come!” Bluestar announced. The she cat raised her paw while she called for the rest of the warrior ancestors. The Starclan warriors arrived and sat around the starry pool to listen to what she was about to say. “We must inform the Thunderclan warriors.” She continued. “They must know that they will be saved.” She looked at other cats to see if they protested. Oakheart raised his paw, asking to speak.

“But Bluestar,” Oakheart prodded, “don’t you think it would be better if we inform the medicine cats?”

“That’s a wonderful idea, Oakheart. I should have thought of that.” Bluestar gently nodded. She dipped her paw in the reflective pool in front of her. “I think we should inform her.” Bluestar pointed to a she-cat's image in the stars. “Does everyone agree?”

All the fallen warriors nodded their heads in agreement.

“Let it happen.” Oakheart meowed, speaking in Bluestar's place. The warrior ancestors all gave a slight mreow and ran off.

~*~*~

Back in Thunderclan, every cat was sleeping. Resting their wounded bodies after defending their leader, who had ultimately fallen under Bloodclan, losing his final life. Honeyfur, the female medicine cat, was still awake, looking at the moon and sighing sadly. Honeyfur was the daughter of Leatherpelt, the warrior who had died in the battle while defending his leader. Honeyfur had also been a good friend of Opalescence and Serenity when they were kits.

“We will come back.” The venomous voice of the Bloodclan warrior repeated eerily in her head. Suddenly, a shooting star caught Honeyfur’s attention.

“An omen from Starclan!” She gasped as she watched it. Her soul connected instantly to the comet, discovering it's meaning. “Six Warriors will save our clan." She whispered. She gasped and swiftly ran into the leader's den, waking the new leader.

“Sweetiestar!” The medicine cat yowled. Sweetiestar looked up from her nest.

“What is it, Honeyfur?” She asked gently.

“An omen… from Starclan…” Honeyfur panted.

“What? What was it?” The leader seemed worried.

“Six… warriors… Clan… save… prepare.” She panted in panic.

“Hmmm… six warriors you say? We will wait for them to come!” Sweetiestar announced. “Wake up the warriors still able to fight, we shall have a meeting.”

Honeyfur nodded and swiftly ran out to do what she had been told.

*~*~*

In the forest near the Thunderclan territory, the dawn was waking up the six sleepy cats.

Rarity woke up first. “Twilight, wake up!” She nuzzled her friend. “It’s time to go!”

Twilight looked at Rarity and nodded. As the cat got up, she smiled at her friend and went out of the den. Everybody slowly gathered around Opal, who had been standing outside, watching the dawn.

“Today we will go into Thunderclan territory. Heh heh... let's hope for the best!” She said.

Opalescence led the way to the Thunderclan camp, hoping to see familiar faces rather then the leering faces of Bloodclan.

Luna was exited.

Fluttershy was scared.

Angel was scared for Fluttershy.

Rarity was worried.

Twilight was still feeling weird that she was now a cat and not being able to use magic.

When they reached the bushes that led into the Thunderclan section of forest, Opal was relieved. She smelled cats she used to know, and smiled.

*~*~*

The felines made it to the camp without seeing any other cats. As the six cats entered the Thunderclan camp, they did not know what to say. All the cats were just staring aggressively at them. As one was about to attack, something stopped him.

“Wait!” Honeyfur shouted out, quickly halting the tom's claws. “They are the warriors.”

Suddenly every cat backed away.

“What’s going on?” Luna whispered to Opal, confused.

“I don’t know…” Opal looked closely at the cat in the honey-colored fur and gasped as she realized her old friend. “Honeykit!” she exclaimed.

The medicine cat looked rather confused and embarrassed hearing her kit-name. “Who are you?” She asked Opal.

“It’s me, Opalescence! Don’t you remember me?” Opal said nervously.

“No! Opal’s dead. He was not able to survive in the Hoofleg's place. And Opal was a tom.”

“But I survived! I'm right here! And, yeah, I was a tom but… it’s a long story.” Opal explained, ending with a blush.

Honeyfur glanced at the she-cat and happily smiled. “Opal!” She exclaimed. “It's nice to see you!”

Luna looked at Honeyfur. “Well, I am Luna, and I…” Luna tried to explain the situation to Honeyfur, but she ignored him and cut Luna off.

“Come and we'll discuss it with the leader.” Honeyfur meowed politely, still not noticing that Luna was glaring at her from beside Opal. As all the six cats followed the medicine cat, Luna looked suspiciously at this so-called ‘Honeykit’.

~~*~~

“So…You are Opal…but... now you're a she-cat…?” Sweetiestar purred, confused.

“Yes, yes. I'm Opalesence.” Opal said, rather annoyed. And you are the leader? Opal thought, remembering Sweetiestar as being the weakest in the clan. Now, everything seems okay.

“And you are all here to save our clan?” SweetieStar looked at the rest of the group.

“Yes, Sweetiestar. We came to save you from Bloodclan whenever they attack.” Twilight said proudly.

SweetieStar decided to throw a feast for the prophecized warriors, as there was still some fresh-kill left.

**~**

Later on, Sweetiestar gave the cats a den to stay in. All were very comfortable and happy except for Luna. At night, Honeyfur snuck out of her den. Luna suspiciously followed her.

~*~*~

Honeyfur sat on the rock and stared at the moon for a long time. Luna shifted on her numbing paws, cracking a small branch. Honeyfur's nostrils flared. “Who’s there?” She yelled into the darkness, jumping off the rock and swiftly looking around.

Luna sprang out of the bush and attacked Honeyfur. The whirling fight went on for a while, before Honeyfur sprang away.

“What are you doing?” She hissed.

“I would like to ask you the same thing, you rat!” He spat.

“Wait… why are you attacking me in first place?” Honeyfur asked.

“Because you want to steal my cat!” Luna hissed.

“What? I and Opal are just friends! Or more like… Clanmates. And besides, he is now a SHE! I’m not interested in him or her or whatever… I don’t like Opal anymore!” She confessed.

“But you did like him!” He said.

“Ugh! Never mind, she’s yours now. DIG IN! I’m leaving!” Honeyfur stuck her nose up and trotted away. Luna huffed and went the other direction.

Luna padded back to the camp in an angry huff. She didn't see the gleaming eyes in the darkness, or the hulking form of a badger looming up behind her.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 12: The Big Battle

Chapter 12

Luna panicked. He grabbed the badger’s nose and scratched the badger’s belly with his back paws. Luna yelped as the badger grabbed his tail when he tried to get away. The cat tried to get out but he was helpless.

Meanwhile, Honeyfur was walking around the forest, she wanted to become Luna’s friend but it all went wrong. When she heard Luna’s shrieks for help, she swiftly ran to help the cat.

Honeyfur was running and she was very worried. I must help Luna! This is my chance to be his friend! She thought.

She ran as fast as she could. T0he medicine cat was running out of breath, but she did not give up.

Honeyfur froze. Oh no!

The badger in front of her had given Luna harsh wounds. Luna was still, he pretended to be dead. The badger left, bored.

Honeyfur ran to Luna. “Are you all right?”

Luna glared at Honeyfur. “Do I look all right?” He hissed. “Don’t just stand there, help me!”

Honeyfur ran off and left Luna lying there. When the medicine cat came back, she had cobwebs and other herbs in her mouth. She rapidly started applying the cobweb.

When she finished her treatment she smiled. “You can get up now, but be careful!”

Luna got up. “Thanks…” He said uneasily.

“You’re welcome, friend!” Honeyfur smiled. Luna looked at Honeyfur angrily.

“We were never friends, and we never will be!” Luna snapped pushing Honeyfur away.

*~*~*

Back in Thunderclan, everything was going much more smoothly. The cats were sharing tongues.

Fluttershy blushed. “D-do we have to?” She asked uneasily.

“No, you don’t understand, sharing tongues means sharing news while grooming.” Opal laughed. “Not the way… you and Rarity did the other day.”

Fluttershy and Rarity blushed. Twilight and Angel just stared at them.

“Oh…” Fluttershy said timidly. Rarity didn’t say anything.

Honeyfur and Luna returned to camp.

Opal looked at Luna with a worried glance. “What happened?”

“A badger, nothing more.” He said. Everyone gasped.

“There is a badger in Thunderclan?” Sweetiestar asked in horror.

“Great, now Bloodclan AND a badger.” A warrior moaned.

“Um…Opal, I don’t think Luna can do the fight with Bloodclan. Her wounds are deep and she'll need three weeks to heal.”

“Hmmm…” Opal thought for a while but then an idea popped into his mind. “Why don’t you go instead?”

Both Luna and Honeyfur froze. Honeyfur wanted to go really badly but she knew that Luna also wanted to go, and if she said yes, there would be no way Luna would like Honeyfur as a friend. He would probably hate her more than an enemy. Honeyfur wanted to say no but her instincts made her nod. Honeyfur closed her eyes and turned away from Luna, even though she wasn’t able to see him, she felt how Luna's burning glare on her back.

“Ok, then. We’re settled. Sorry Luna, but you need your rest.” Twilight politely said.

“Oh, so you think that medicine cat can do better than me?” Luna pointed to Honeyfur.

“That’s nonsense, Luna! You can’t fight anymore with these wounds. You need your rest! Fluttershy will take care of you with the other medicine cats.” Opal hissed.

Luna mumbled something inaudible and went to her den with Fluttershy.

Suddenly, a kitten named Sunkit and his sister Moonkit ran into the camp shouting.

“Badger! Badger!”

Everybody ran to a hiding place, but Sunkit and Moonkit were searching for their mother helplessly and nobody was there to help them.

Rarity and Fluttershy bolted out of their hiding places and ran to save the kits. Rarity picked up Moonkit and ran as fast as she could to her hiding place, but Fluttershy had problems with Sunkit and was not able to hide herself before the badger arrived.

The badger was very big and was very hungry. Fluttershy tried her very best to get away with Sunkit, but the badger grabbed Fluttershy’s tail and pulled Fluttershy towards it. Fluttershy let go of Sunkit and the kitten ran away to his mother.

The badger was about to kill Fluttershy, when she used her stare to make him stop. Fluttershy became weak from the exertion, because she didn’t eat as much as a cat needed for strength and she stopped. The badger once again went to kill her, but Angel pounced out of the bush and gave a kick into the badger’s face.

That was a mistake.

The badger hit Angel, and he just lay there. Blood started spurting out of his head.

Fluttershy snapped.

With a war yowl, she viciosly attacked the badger. Within seconds, she had killed the badger.

“Angel?” Fluttershy asked, turning away from the corpse. She came to Angel with teary eyes. “Say something!” The bunny just lay there, silent. “Angel!”

Fluttershy felt her friends and other cats come closer to her as she shouted. “ANGEL!” Fluttershy started to cry.

“Be strong, Fluttershy.” Angel whispered, slightly grinning

“Don’t leave me, Angel…” Fluttershy sobbed.

“I will never leave you, Fluttershy…I will always be with you…” Angel smiled and closed his eyes. There was a moment of silence. Angel was dead.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in a magical land called Equestria, in the distant Thunderclan forest territory, the she-cat, Moonserena was having 2 kittens. The two kittens were a she-cat and a tom, and they looked exactly the same. The tom was named after courage and wisdom, Opalescence. The she-cat was named after love and kindness, Serenity.

The father of these kittens, the Thunderclan leader, Musestruck, was there too. He looked at his children and gave a happy smile; he gave the kittens a nudge and licked his wife gently on the forehead.

The first one to open his eyes was Opalescence. He looked up into the light of his first dawn. The sun was so amazing and beautiful.

Wow, this is wonderful! he thought.

His mother and father were awake; they were keeping track of their children. They were very excited seeing Opalescence's beautiful blue eyes. Opalescence glanced at his mother and father, he smiled and tried to walk to them, but his feet were too weak.

A few moments later Serenity opened her eyes too. Opalescence was so excited his feet suddenly became strong enough to reach his sister. His tiny legs wobbled and he fell a few times, but he took all his courage and ran to his sister. He knocked her over playfully and gave a slight baby laugh. Serenity was confused but then understood what was going on.

Opalescence spent almost all of his childhood playing with Serenity; they became very close to each other and they would always share and care for each other. They always slept and cuddled together and played all day until sunset.
When Opalescence was 10 moons old, he and his sister were already walking and talking perfectly, they were ready to meet other children around.

Opalescence and Serenity were not willing to meet other cats; in fact they spent the day together again. They played and had lots of fun.

*~*~*

Serenity spotted two bullies picking on some little kids, they were laughing and spitting at the young kits, they were about 11 moons old,

“And what can you do?” One of the bullies said, looking them straight in the eyes

“Oh, you’ve asked for it.” Serenity jumped into a position she called ‘Fighting Pose’ and wriggled her tail. She sprang up and jumped on the bully-cat and scratched his eye off, which created lots of blood and a huge scar. Serenity grinned at the other one and the other cat ran away. The kits ran away too.

Opalescence gave her a quick ear-lick and purred “That was so brave!”

“Thanks…” Serenity mumbled.

*~*~*

A bit closer to the evening when they were coming back home from hunting, they heard noises of hissing and screaming cats. Serenity looked around the nest they lived in, and the sight inside was not pleasant. Serenity ran to Opalescence crying.

Opalescence went to check what was going on; he looked around and saw his father lying dead on the floor and a black figure of a dog scratching his mother’s neck. The dark figure left at the sight of more cats, and Opalescence ran to his mother. She was dead.

“No! No mother no!” he screamed he hugged her chest and started crying.

Serenity came in with a sad face. She was bawling and the pain was going deeper and deeper into her heart, “If only….If only I would’ve spent more time with you. If only I had a chance to tell you how much I love you!” Serenity started crying “Dad! Mom! Why?”

Opalescence came to comfort her but she pushed him away and cried harder. Opalescence and Serenity were left alone without a caring father and a loving mother.

A few days passed. Opalescence and Serenity were upset and frustrated, after the death of their father, the leader, everyone was starving, and the new leader of Thunder clan was awfully stupid!

“We have to find a new home! Starclan knows what will happen to us if we stay! ” Opalescence meowed out. Serenity looked at him.

“You mean find another den?”

“No, I mean we need to leave Thunderclan completely. Find an owner who'll protect us…” Opalescence mumbled,

“What? Don’t you remember what mom and dad told us about those kittypets? We will turn exactly like them!” She exclaimed,

“I-I know, but we have no other choice, we have to take that risk. We'll starve here.” He said calmly. Serenity agreed and they went off in search of a home.

*~*~*

They passed through the forest and soon they were in Fillydelphia. They saw lots of ponies and other wonderful things they have never seen before.

“I think we are going to like it here” Serenity purred. Opalescence had to agree, this place was seen as a happy town and all the ponies seemed happy too.

As they went on, they got tiered and decided to rest.

“Let’s rest right here!” Opalescence requested, pointing to a shadowy area.

“I don’t know Opal; this place gives me the shivers, are you sure?” Serenity asked nervously.

“Oh don’t worry, you saw how happy this place of ponies is! The shadowy areas can’t be bad.” Opal said with delight.

“O-oh-ok lets go, you weren’t wrong last time…maybe this will work out too...” Serenity sighed. The two of them went in to take a rest for the night.

*~*~*

Opalescence woke up and looked around for his sister “Serenity! Where are you?” He said in a playful tune. He went deeper in the shadowy area. “Serenity?”

Something closed Opalescence’s mouth and said “Shhhh! There are dogs in here! Stay quiet!” It was Serenity’s voice.

“What? We need to get out of here!” Opalescence gasped. Opalescence looked around and saw sleeping dogs.

Serena came closer to Opalescence. “I'm scared.” she whispered.

Opalescence looked at the dogs one more time and saw that figure, THAT same figure that he saw on THAT same day when his mother and father died. Opalescence gasped in horror “H-he…he killed our parents!” he cried out but eventually closed his mouth and looked at the dog. Thankfully, he was still sleeping.

“What? Why, that little mutt!” Serenity spat. “I'm going to show him what happens when you mess with Thunderclan!” She immediately moved into her fighting position, as she used to fight bullies that were picking on the kits.

“No! Serenity, no! We're only kits! Those aren’t bullies! Those are real dogs!” Opalescence shouted. He unsteadily tried to stop his sister, but she didn't listen. She gave a loud mrrow of anger and jumped right at the dog. She scratched his eye which gave him a huge cut. Sadly, it woke up the dog, and Serenity wished she had just quietly escaped and never attacked.

The dog was furious. He took Serenity and started beating her at the wall, growling and biting her hard. Serenity screamed with pain, her heart was beating faster and faster. She cried for help, she pleaded for mercy, but the dog just beat her more and more. Opalescence wanted to help so bad, but his muscles were paralyzed due to the horror that he was seeing, and something in his head kept him away from the fight.

The dog was about to kill Serenity, but when some other dog called out to him, he threw Serenity on the floor and she gave a yowl of pain. Opalescence ran up to his sister. She was covered with scratches and blood, her tail was ripped off and so was a part of her leg. Opalescence tried to help his sister to get up but the pain in the sisters body was so wretched, she was not able to get up.

“Once again you were right” She whispered, smiling.

Opalescence stood still with misunderstanding. “So…will you be able to…move on?”

Serenity frowned but then gave a slight grin, on top of the pain that kept her weak, she was also starved and tired. “No Opal, I can’t move on, but that should not stop you! Leave me here, Opal. I will die anyways, go and find a loving owner.” She whispered quietly.

“B-but I can’t leave you here! You-You are my sister! And I love you” Opalescence cried. “We will find a home…and you will be alright! E-everything will be fine! One day we will laugh at this moment… together!” He cried harder.

Serenity wiped the tears off his face. “Don’t cry… I can’t move and that will slow you down, the dogs will soon come back and it would be better for you to not be there.” She calmly continued. “I don’t want anything to happen to you…”

"No!" Opalescence refused. “No!"

"Face the reality, even if I will be able to get up before the dogs return, I will just slow you down and there will be less chance of us to find an owner…because look at me, who will like a kit like me? And what if we don’t find an owner? It will be bad for both of us!” she raised her voice.

Opalescence frowned; no matter how much he hated that fact, it was true. Serenity gasped as the pain got stronger, she looked at her brother.

“Opal, I want you to be strong, leave me…” she sobbed, “...and may Starclan take mercy on you and lead you through your journeys.” She smiled.

Opalescence frowned and gave his sister a big hug “I love you Serenity,” he sobbed.

“I love you too, brother” she responded and hugged back.

Opalescence ran away, still not believing that he left his sister to die…or maybe she won't die! Opalescence thought for a moment and turned back, he ran as fast as he could to tell his sister of his idea on the solution to the problem.

When he ran to the place he left his sister in…she was not there. “Oh no!” the cat thought to himself. He looked around and saw no cat and no dog. He started running deeper into the shadowy area. He did not know where he was running, he was just running in hope to find his sister. He did not care that he was weak, tired, starved, insanely upset and totally horrified, he just ran on.

He ran faster and faster, he was running for a long time. He did not know where he was and if he would ever find his sister. He just knew one thing: there was no turning back.

Finally, when his breath ran out, he fell down on the soft grass. There was no way a loner kit would know that he had ended up in the Everfree Forest.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 3: Hanging With The Strays

Chapter 3

On a bright morning Opal woke up and decided to take a walk. As he passed the kitchen he saw a note:

Dear Opal,
Me and Angel went shopping in the ‘Quills and Sofas’ shop, your lunch is in the fridge, we will be back in the evening.
-Love Fluttershy

Opal gave a yawn and a stretch; he decided to go for a walk in Ponyville.

In Ponyville he went to the place he usually went to, Sugar Cube corner. Despite the fact that cats can't taste sugar, he liked the smell of sweets.

On the way home he saw a cat, not just any cat; she looked exactly like Serenity! He ran to her with excitement, but as soon as he got closer, he saw that it was not Serenity.

“Yes?” The she-cat said in a flirty voice. “Can I…help you?”

He looked at her from top to bottom to make sure it was not Serenity. He sighed and gave a huge frown. “No…sorry I just…never mind.”

The she-cat frowned “Why so sad, darling?”

She looked just like Serenity but… she had a weird accent and a different personality. “Nothing it’s just…” He sighed.

“Hi, I'm Luna, I was the princesses's cat but then they dumped me. How about we come to my place for some fish?” She questioned.

“No thanks, I-I don’t like fish…”

“You don’t like fish???” The cat asked, raising her voice. “I simply cannot let a cat hate fish! Come with me…”

She took him by the collar - which Fluttershy gave him for his birthday - and she pulled him somewhere.

*~*~*

When they reached their destination, Opal saw black forms and weird sounds…

”DOGS!” Opalescence shouted “Quick, Luna, run away!”

Luna giggled. “Don’t worry, they are friends.”

“Our stories are sad, but we are not bad!” A dog said.

Opalescence stood there with confusion. “So you don’t harm cats?” He came a little bit closer to the dogs.

“Nope we don’t, and to introduce myself, my name is Front.” The dog speaking bowed.

“And I’m Cherry, and here are my brothers, Jerry and King Larry!” A female dog said.

“Hi!” Said Jerry.

“Hello!” King Larry shouted, full of pride.

Then, out of nowhere, two more cats came in.

“I am Alisha” a she-cat exclaimed.

“And I am Rondo.” a tom called out.

“And we are a family of dumped cats and dogs; we drink, we smoke, we have lots of fun, come join our pranks and fun! We are the Strays, oh yeah!” They all said in a relatively-tuned choir.

“I'm not sure…” He was not able to finish. Alisha stuck a bottle of beer in his mouth.

“Drink, dude.” She said. “Join the fun!”

Opalescence's swallow reflex drained the bottle, and he gasped for air. “I-I like it!” he exclaimed.

“Hurray!” Everyone shouted. They all clinked their bottles and started drinking.

*~*~*

The next day Opalescence woke up and found himself stinking of beer and lying down next to Luna, who had a grin on her face. They were surrounded by the cats and dogs he met the day before.

“W-What happened yesterday?” He moaned.

“We had lots and lots of fun!” Luna stood up, knocking over Opalescence and waking up everybody. She looked at Opal with a flirty glance “Especially with you…” she grinned.

Opalescence remembered everything then, EVERYTHING that happened last night. “Well I think I will be heading home…and…a…”

“Aw! But why won’t you stay with us?” Jerry asked.

“We still have lots of pranks left for tonight” Luna said smiling.

“I promise I will come back tonight, but now I’ve got things to do.” He turned around.

“Okay... bye!” Front called out.

“Bye.” Opal called back.

*~*~*

When Opalescence returned home, Fluttershy greeted him with a hug. "I was so worried!"

Angel also greeted him, but with a warm guy-hug.

*~*~*

That night Opalescence tip-toed out of the house and went to the town square of Ponyville, where he was going to meet his new friends.

“So... what are we planning on now?” Opal asked, whiskers twitching in hope that it would be fun.

“We split into teams and go to different places in Ponyville to do some pranking!” Front barked happily.

As soon as they all split up, they departed to different parts of Ponyville.

Opalescence was with Luna, so they went to Sugar Cube corner.

“Ya know, I kind of like the smell in this shop... hmmm…” Luna said, sniffing the air.

“Me too!” Opalescence exclaimed. “I love that smell!”

Luna looked at Opalescence’s eyes. “Your eyes are... beautiful.” She said he looked at her, the open window let the moonlight on her fur, and she looked stunning.

“You look better.” He said in a low, flattering voice.

The she-cat frowned “I-I can’t be doing this.” She looked down.

“Why not?” Opalescence asked.

“I…I have a…I have a…” She gulped. “…A husband…”

Opalescence’s heart broke. “B-but what about the kiss we shared last night?” He muttered.

“I was drunk!” Luna screamed with anger. “I can’t be doing this, I just can’t! what if he finds out?”

Opalescence sat there, his heart was broken into pieces. Last night, they had lots of fun together, they had played pranks on fillies and old mares and colts and one stallion. Later on, Luna and Opalescence had a drunk, steaming hot kiss, and then they fainted.

Tears started dripping from Luna’s eyes. “I still love you a lot, but I have no choice…I really wish we could have…but…” She cried harder. “ I LOVE YOU!” She confessed. “But I really can’t... and I feel bad for myself, I can’t handle this pain. We can’t be together, Opal.”

Opal came up to her. “I love you too…” He said in a sad tone. “...and all the time we spent together were the best times of my life.” He looked into her eyes. “You are my love” He said.

“It…it would be better if…you leave and never…come…back…we should forget each other, only a long distance and time can keep the pain in my heart away…” She said softly, the moonlight shining in her eyes, her tears were falling. She cried with pain. “I wish we could be with each other, but we can’t… I WISH I HAD NEVER MET YOU!” She shouted.

The last pieces of Opals heart tore themselves apart.

“That’s not what I meant…” She said, trying to apologize.

“Oh I know what you meant; you’ve said quite enough. I am leaving.” He licked Luna's forehead, and with a frown and his head bent down he left.

“Well fine then! Never come back into my sight!” She shouted, throwing a piece of egg at the door.

Opal was torn. He had nowhere to go.

If he went to the cottage, he would probably eat Fluttershy’s animals, because he was meat-starved. She would be disappointed in him, and would throw him out.

He can't go to the strays, because Luna is there, and they can’t just kick her out, she is the main Stray! He would be the one kicked out of there, too.

*~*~*

Opalescence was walking around Ponyville.

The peguses ponies had arranged a storm day. The rain splashed hard on his head, he sat in a puddle, and he did not care if anything happened, because his heart was torn.

I wish I had never met Luna. He thought, understanding Luna’s last sentence. I wish I had never met Angel. He continued, getting deeper into his thoughts. I wish I stayed in Thunderclan. He whispered “I wish I would have stayed with my mother and father and foreseen what was about to happen…”

A thought burst into his mind. I want to see you mother, I want to see you father, I want to see you Serenity, I want to see you Angel and Fluttershy, I want…to…see you…Luna. He gasped, tears drained out of his eyes at the same beat as the rain. I want to see all of you, I don’t want to lose any more friends, I will stay here and die, it’s better to die then live with the pain…I will see mother and father in Starclan and I will see Serenity… He smiled and fell into deep sleep, as the rain fell on his body and dripped slowly down his cheeks, along with the tears that he still had left.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~

Chapter 4: Starclan's Message (short)

Chapter 4

Opal woke up. He was on a cloud, which was very strange. He stretched and gave a meow of confusion. He was not in Cloudsdale.Then... where was he? He looked around.

“Welcome to Starclan.” A very familiar voice said.

The tom turned around. “WHAT? MOTHER?” He asked in surprise.

His parents jumped over to that same cloud. Serenity wasn't there. “Opal, dear, we need your help. Serenity is in big trouble on Earth, we need you to help her.”

“What? S-Serenity is still alive?” He asked in confusion.

“Yes, she is.” His dad said. “And she needs your help.”

Opal looked up. “How? Where is she? What happened?” He was gasping for air.

“Young child, you may not be told. We will lead you, but this is your quest. You must fitful it yourself."

When Opal looked around, he saw Bluestar and all other ancient warriors of Starclan - the ones he had been told about when he was 4 moons old.

“Young child, may you complete your quest with honor and safety.” They said together.

Bluestar came up to Opalescence. “When you wake up, there will be no turning back. You will wake up as a female cat, and the spirit of generosity will lead you through your ways.”

“May you be lead the right way!” They all shouted.

Opal woke up. “What a dream!” He said, stretching. “I thought I was in Starclan!” When the young cat looked down, he gulped; that was no real dream. He was now a she.

~Newly edited by IceOfWaterflock~