Silver raindrops, golden clouds

Candy Flower was trotting along a dark woodland path, enjoying the cool breeze that toyed with her mane. The young mare would often walk along this path, soaking in the calm, peaceful nature of the forest, because this particular path led to the castle. The animals within had gotten used to her, and would even sometimes accompany her on her stroll. She didn't mind, and had even befriended a few. Sometimes, she thought she was beginning to understand how they spoke to each other. She smiled, and thought back to her reason for her walk. She had been wed a few months prior to the herbalist in her village, Sprout Sparks. Their wedding had been beautiful, and had quite a decent amount of ponies attending thanks to her friend, Prince Gold Soul. Any event he attended often ended up becoming an affluent occasion, whether he tried to make it one or not. Even though he had been somewhat sheltered when they met due to almost never leaving the castle, he managed in social situations with decent success, and the wedding had gone without a hitch. Recently, however, a new development had unfolded. She and Sprout Sparks had been quite the happy couple, and they had recently discovered that she was pregnant with their first foal! They were both incredibly excited, and Candy Flower was eager to share the news with her friend. She sighed, and thought of all the wonderful times she and her baby would share. She came out of her daydreamy fog, however, when she ran into a tree. She looked around, and realized that she had no idea where she was. She was startled by an eerie chuckle from the shadows.

"Who is it?" She called out, immediately taking a defensive stance. "Show yourself!"

The voice chuckled again as a hand went over her head, and she suddenly was thrown into a hypnotic trance. Ahuizotl smiled and laughed again, amused by the suddenly placent, obedient mare, ready to do his bidding. "There, there, it'll be all over soon. Now then, I need you to go get a special document from the castle's military archives. Can you do that for old Ahuizotl?

Candy Flower gazed off into the distance, seemingly zombified and completely unaware of her actions in her trance. "Mm-hm."