Author's Note

This is an opening chapter to Diamond Dancers story.

It is taking place about 25% into the overall arc.

I found this would be a great place to start off this story.

Anyway This Oc Character belongs to RarityEQM.- If you have not read her stuff I insist you do, she is quite the lovely writer.

While giving her stories a well deserved read, I say also look into Diamond Dancers Character sheet.- it is very interesting to say the least.

I only hope I can do the character justice.

Anyway please enjoy the story, coming chapter's will be longer. and updates will be more frequent than my other works.

Thank you all, Rare.

Haunted Memories.

" There it is! " Crimson Rose yelped in delight to her PFF Diamond Dancer, both small fillies sitting atop a large pile of trash across the street of a old building.

Diamond Dancer was a small eight year old pegasus with a beautiful silver coat, though at the moment was a bit dirty with brown blotches across her body. Her Icy blue mane was a tangled mess from a lack of a decent bath in a while, her matching colored tail swishing side to side nervously.

" I don't know Rose.- I have a bad feeling about this. " Dancer sighed, her crystal blue hues gazing down softly to the trash under her hooves.

Crimson Rose the earth pony of the same age rolled her dark green eyes, she had a sleek orange coat covered in the same blotches. Her mane was a mixture of dark red and orange, giving it the affect of being on fire at times if you could catch it in just the right light.

" Oh c'mon Dancer!- not like you can't take a hit. " Rose rolled her eyes towards her friend.

" Maybe.- But that doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt. " Dancer replied shrugging her shoulders cutely.

" I'm telling you, I saw like three stallions carry a chest into that building!- and what do chests hold? " Rose bit her lower lip happily a small squee escaping afterwards.

" Clothes? " Dancer giggled with an eye roll, enjoying annoying her friend.

" Yes!- I mean No!- Har-har it means treasure!, enough to get both of us off these streets. " Rose slowly gazed down to the ground with green hues, her ears folding back sadly.

Dancer felt a pinge of guilt within her small frame, ever since the first day she took to the streets of Manehatten alone leaving behind the cold walls of " Sunny Skies." it was Rose who had always been there for her. Sharing what little food she had and even teaching her how to "Borrow" from others to survive.

If it was not for her she might not have made it this long within the city., Dancer knew she couldn't refuse her friends request.

" Ok.- I'll help. " Dancer took a deep breath before flashing a smile to Rose.

" Yes!!! " Rose squealed jumping atop her friend playfully, both fillies rolling around in the trash giggling.

" So...do we go now? " Dancer smiled as she playfully pushed Rose off her, the earth pony giggling.

" Not quite now.- I want to wait till night fall., better for a getaway. " Rose winked.

" Tonight our lives change forever." Rose smiled gazing up towards the sky as she fell back onto a large trash bag.

Dancer nodded along, deep within hoping her friend was correct.

If only she knew ahead of time, how much this night would change their lives.

She would have never agreed to help.

Dancer gazed to her friend in silence an odd feeling of deja vu overtaking her mind, everything around her started to become hazy and numb. The large building's around them started to decay, the streets turning dark and murky as the sky turned a pitch black.

" You ok? " Rose asked tilting her head to the side.

Dancer looked to her friend worriedly., the world around her turning a dark red a sudden surge of light flashing before her eyes. Within seconds the Rose she knew was gone., replaced by a filly who was sickly and tormented.

Roses body was sunken inward, her ribcage clearly visible through her fur. The mane that once looked colorful and vibrant was now dull and falling out.

Worst of all her limbs were twisted and bruised.

Her eyes gazing to Dancer with a look of hate.

" You did this. " Rose spoke weakly in spite, her breathing loud and shallow.

" No...I tried to help. " Dancer whimpered softly, ears folding back as she took a few steps away.

" You failed. " Rose growled.

" I'm sorry. " She replied in a quivering tone.

" No.- You're not sorry..." Rose hissed slowly standing to her hooves, the bones in her legs shattering under the simple weight of her body.

Dancer felt sick, the sight of the bones poking through her fur glistening in bright red blood sent a chill down her spine.

" Not yet. " Rose whispered her lower jaw dislocating, as Dancer screamed aloud.

Everything around her growing pitch black.

With only the sound of breaking bones to keep her company.

" Please! " Dancer struggled to catch her breath as she jolted up from her slumber.

The filly struck the nearby ledge of the rooftop hard with her hoof, a loose brick swiftly falling free and popping the young one in the head with a a dull thud. Yet no blood dripped from her forehead nor did a yelp of pain escape her lips.

Diamond Dancer merely huffed aloud annoyed, her clear blue eyes gazing up into the dark sky over Manehatten in deep thought. The days of her past running through her mind swiftly, such as a shooting star in the sky.

Dancer had always thought of herself as a normal filly in the world of Equestria, yet to others around her they all could see something special within her. That special something was none other than her gift.

What Gift?

Since the day she fell from the sky high above, down to the unforgiving earth below. She has had the ability to take more physical damage to her body, than a normal pony should.

Not like able to take a punch across the cheek either, more akin to being able to plummet from a cloud floating above the world, strike a rock on the way down and roll off into a ditch kind of damage.

Which is sort of what she did, the day she truly began to see the power of her gift. Was the same day she lost her parents as well.

Found alone on the outskirts of the city as a foal, having fell from the sky, with not a scratch upon her body.

From there she had been placed in a home for lost foals by the name " Sunny Skies.", Despite the namesake that place never felt like a home. It was more a less a cold and bleak place, ponies swept the lost children into, and out of the way of other's.

It was there she was called a "Nudge." a derogatory term for a Pegasus foal that was pushed off from a cloud to it's death below, most foal's stricken with this fate were due to the parents wishing not to be held down my a child in their lives.

Diamond knew that wasn't the case with her, deep inside her heart she knew she had accidentally fallen below. That out there even now her mother and father were searching for her, only wishing to hold their daughter in their hooves once more.

It was at Sunny Skies she stayed for year's to come, unable to make friend's due to her gift. Fillies feared her as the colts would simply taunt her with the namesake of being a freak.

Or simply try and pick fights with her, to prove she wasn't invincable.

Fight's which they all lost.

Foster homes were no better, each just a house never a home.

Fake smiles and small two week stays with familes, filled her days until her eighth birthday.

Unable to find her a home and coupled with the fact she was what they called a "Problem Filly.", Sunny Skies made the choice to send her off to Luna knows where. She knew if she didn't make a go of it, then her life would be just a series of heartbreaks.

So under the cover of night she made a break into the city, vanishing onto the street's to survive day by day.

And soon meeting her friend Crimson Rose.- A friend she ran with until that nightmare.

A theft gone wrong had left Rose crippled for life.

Her condition getting so bad, that Rose had to be left at the nearby medical center.

Confined to a bed, test's run upon her constantly in search for a cure.

Alone afterwards, Dancer had stumbled upon a teenage pegasus named Star Strider.

He had taken her in, which is where she found herself presently.

Helping Strider do simple con's, most of which annoyed her.

Such as getting hit by carriage's then hamming it up, as he stole every nearby vendor blind of their snacks and food.

That kind of thing.- It wasn't glorious, but better than being alone.

The sound of hoofsteps caused her ears to perk up cutely, slowly sitting up on her hind hooves, she glanced behind her to see a dark raven coat shimmer in the glow of the night. A white mane with a slight buzz cut style blew back, a crisp night breeze passing by.

" Hi Star." Dancer spoke in barely a whisper gazing down to her hooves, it had been a long day today and she had gone and woke up Star Strider.

The colts soft blue eyes weren't filled with anger nor annoyance, but instead that of slight worry for the young filly.

Or perhaps it was pity?

Dancer had to admit, she sometimes had trouble reading other's.

" What's the racket bout Danca? " Star asked with a yawn, his accent that of many found in the lower part of Manehatten.

" Not much- just thinking about the past. " The filly narrowed her eyes in slight sadness to the larger colt, Star walking over to her in silence as he plopped down with a thud.

" Dangerous pass time kid.- You know what I say..." Star began to speak the filly cutting him off mid sentence.

" Ya can't change da past, so why worries bout it. " Dancer did her best impression of the colt, earning a slight glare shot down to her from above.

" I don't sound like that kid. " Star rolled his blue hues, the filly giggling some which he enjoyed, at least she was calming down a bit.

" I'm sorry Star, and I know I can't do anything to change what's been done but..." Dancer folded her ears back completely, Star raising a brow in silence.

" I just wish that once, just once I could find a sign.- that maybe would lead me home." Dancer placed her muzzle down sadly, small hooves folding across her face to hide the tears within her eyes.

Star huffed slightly in a deep thought, he felt bad for the child, she was so young yet had already seen enough to break some ponies for life. Against is cynical outlook, he decided he should give the filly just something to hope for.

Blue hues darted about the rooftop of the abandoned building they were upon, in search for anything he could make up a fib about. With a single glance to the sky, the twinkling stars above gave him his muse.

" Pfft.- That is kinda possible, didn't you know? " Star remarked in a casual tone, the filly gazing up to him with sparkling tear soaked eyes.

" It...is? " She asked a bit confused, the colt smirking sheepishly.

" Uhhh yeah!- you see if ya wish upon a stars and such, you can get a wish granted kid. " Star spoke unsure of what he was trying to say, yet the filly perked up with happiness and renewed hope.

" Any star? " She quickly snapped her neck upward, eyes filled with the reflection of the dozens of stars in the sky.

" Whoa!- not any star kid, what ya think wishes be a dime a dozen? " Star quickly replied before the filly began wishing on every star in the cosmos.

" No kid!- it has to be a Shootin Star and you have to wish with a pure heart and the such.- you do that and ya golden! " Star smirked saving his own hide with some quick thinking.

" Wow! " The filly whispered in awe, her eyes locked upon the sky.

" You feeling betta now kid?- cause I'm a beaten horse. " Star yawned aloud, eyes drooping sleepily.

" Mmmmhmm." Dancer hummed in a soft tone, curling up in a small ball next to Star.

" G'nite kid." Star sighed closing his eyes, lying beside the filly.

" Good night Star.- Thank you for talking to me. " Dancer whispered as she softly nudged the colt with her muzzle.

" Mmmmhrrrr..." Was the only reply she got back.

Looking high into the sky, Dancer watched closely for a Shooting Star to appear.

Thought's filling with the idea of having any wish granted.

She could wish Rose better.

Or wish to be normal, like everypony else.

Maybe wish Star and herself off the streets.

Or perhaps.

Just maybe.

Wish she could be home.- safe with her mom and dad.

Would wishing for her own happiness be pure?

Dancer slowly closed her eyes, drifting into the dreamworld.

Mind heavy with questions.