My Little Accident?

CHAPTER 7: OUR WORLD CONTRAST

The skies of Ponyville cleared, once again revealing the beautiful yellow sun hanging overhead.

Meanwhile, Calamity sat with her legs crossed with an obvious pout as she sighed heavily, accepting her defeat. "Fine fine fine! You guys won, b-but I still don't think it's fair. You surprised me! I totally would've reacted normally if I knew you were coming! HMPH!"

Scootaloo sat nearby beside her scooter, just smirking. "I think that's the point!"

Apple Bloom chuckled as she leaned closer towards Calamity, smiling. "Yeah! They couldn't catch ya otherwise!"

Calamity just grumbled again with half closed eyes and crossed arms as she peered at Apple Bloom, then glanced over the rest of the group tiredly with a heavy sigh. She snapped her claw, creating a sudden campfire. "So what is it you all want to know? Sheesh!"

One of the fillies gasped, raising a hoof to her muzzle in amusement. "Aw, somepony's still bitter over losing."

Calamity flushed red as she started to sizzle with embarrassment before snapping. "W-Will you just hurry it up!?" Her nose wrinkled a bit in irritation as she looked away and started mumbling to herself in her bitterness. "Gosh, who knew ponies could be so annoying?"

One of the colts began patting her head with a snicker. "Aaaaw! Don't worry! Can't win every time right!?"

Scootaloo interrupted before leaning on her scooter. "But back on topic!" She paused briefly, "Um, I'd like to know, what are you exactly?"

The group's eyes widened as they all moved in closer as well, looking at Calamity observantly.

Calamity glanced around at all of them hesitantly, wearing a look of slight annoyance and sadness as she lowered her head a little. "A-According to Princess Celestia, I-I guess, I guess I'm just some form of living magic or something. I-It's really weird."

Apple Bloom raised a brow. "Living magic? What the hay?" She suddenly peered over at Scootaloo. "What's that even mean?"

Another one of the fillies, also just as confused, chimed in. "How does somepony make living magic?"

Calamity shrugged before tilting her head to the right. "I guess it's just a really powerful spell or something."

One of the colts shook his head before leaning in himself. "A-Alright! Next question! W-Where did you come from?"

Calamity blinked before looking up towards the sky and tapping her claw upon her lower lip. "Uuum, well, let me think."

"It was a very pretty place, surrounded by lots of stars".

A small white orb floated in a mass of black space as stars shone all around, sparkling magnificently.

"There was a sudden light, and then emerging from that light was a stream of pictures. I don't know why, but a lot of those pictures I already understood. I saw Princess Twilight in some, and many other ponies and creatures in others. There was always something happening, almost like I was reading a story. But the story was mixed up, I wanted to understand it but there was so much stuff happening."

The orb forcibly surged forward, almost as if it were gliding down an endless tunnel of images.

"I kept moving forward, through all the pictures towards the bright white light. But when I got close enough, everything turned black."

Soon a little draconequus batted her eyelids open as the world of pictures disappeared, replaced only with a desolate battlefield. She'd emerged into a scene of absolute devastation and destruction, and steadily rose to her hooves before shaking her head. "H-Huh?"

"I made my way up the rubble from where I was born, and looked on only to see much broken world, unlike the one I saw before".

Calamity raised her claw with a giggle while smirking with closed eyes. "So I guess I came from the stars! Maybe?"

The fillies and colts all looked on in awe and silence before one commented with a simple dragged out, "Whooooa."

One filly raised her brow skeptically. "But stars don't have magic! That's just silly!"

A colt glanced over at that filly just as intrigued. "But who's to say? Maybe there is magic out there somewhere!"

The filly glanced back at the colt. "So what? Are you saying she actually came from the stars or somethin!?"

One particular filly pushed her glasses up and commented. "M-Maybe, she came through a rift?"

Calamity's eyes widened in deep thought and surprise at the filly's comment.

Another one of the colts leaned towards that filly with a raised brow. "What do you mean?"

The filly continued as she pushed up her glasses again. "M-Ms.Cheerilee said that Princess Luna controls the moon. M-Maybe Calamity was something up there, something magical that came through a rift here? S-She doesn't look like she's from here."

Scootaloo chuckled with amusement and a look of skepticism. "Now come on! This is just starting to sound like a filly tale now!"

Calamity cut in suddenly as she rubbed her lower muzzle in deep thought. "Maybe not."

All eyes widened before focusing on the draconequus again.

Calamity looked highly focused. But that still doesn't explain how I would know everything I do either. She sighed as her eyes saddened and she appeared quite troubled again. In the end, what Princess Celestia said makes the most sense I guess....

One filly rose to her hind legs as she swiped both her forehooves. "Okay okay! Enough of this confusing stuff! It's about time we asked the most important question of all!" The filly smirked at Calamity intently with interest as all others eyed her.

One colt jumped in. "If she can teach us her magic!?"

The filly shook her head and crossed her hooves, cocking her head back. "No but, how does she know Princess Twilight?"

All eyes widened again before the group went back to focusing on Calamity.

Calamity flushed red for a second as she looked away, scratching her cheek. "U-Uh, well that's-"

"CALAMITY!"

Calamity's eyes widened.

The group of fillies and colts all mimicked Calamity's expression before turning around themselves.

Approaching hastily was Princess Twilight, speed trotting over to her with an angered look. "What is all this!?"

Calamity hurriedly rose as she stood up straight and had trouble gathering her thoughts. "U-Um, it's, it's-"

Twilight made her way right between the fillies and colts before glaring down at the little draconequus. "Do you know how much you worried me!? What's with all this magic!? You were even using it on the fillies and colts!? C-Calamity! You know that's dangerous!"

Calamity opened her mouth as if about to say something before lowering her head with saddened eyes.

There was a brief pause as Twilight just continued to glare at the child.

Apple Bloom pressed forward as she shook her head at Twilight. "P-Princess Twilight! She was just playin with us! Hone-"

When soon enough, Twilight's look eased into one of pure relief as she suddenly pulled the draconequus into a tight hug and nuzzled into the top of her head. "Princess Celestia wants me to watch over you. What am I supposed to do if you get yourself into trouble?"

Calamity's eyes were wide with surprise as her cheek rested against Twilight. Soon enough she closed her eyes, obviously content with her current position as she closed her eyes and bore a grateful satisfied smile. "I'm sorry Princess Twilight..."

"PRINCESS TWILIGHT!" One of the colts jumped eagerly.

A filly spread her hooves. "IT REALLY IS HER!! SO THEY DO KNOW EACH OTHER!"

Twilight blinked a bit, surprised as she glanced down at the group of children before they all rushed her, surrounding her.

Rainbow Dash flew forward as she immediately interrupted the moment as well. "Wait wait wait wait! Will SOMEPONY fill me in here? W-What, what the heck? T-Twilight, who is that!?" Rainbow was fluttering as she had one hoof on her hip and another pointed at Calamity.

Discord suddenly poofed right beside Rainbow Dash before bowing slightly. "Oh do not act so surprised. Surely a double me would've appeared eventually!" He spoke with a hint of obvious sarcasm and amusement at Rainbow's shock. "Isn't it just wonderful!?"

Rainbow raised a brow at Discord skeptically. "D-Double you?"

Many of the fillies and colts blinked a bit as they tilted their head at Calamity, before one commented. "A-A draconequus?"

Scootaloo peered at Apple Bloom with wide eyes. "Ms.Cheerilee taught us about those once!"

Twilight looked to the group of children as well as her friends as she still stood by an embarrassed Calamity. "Yes everypony. I'm sure you all have a lot of questions." She focused on her friends in particular, "Especially you guys. C-Calamity," Twilight appeared hesitant and a little unsure of what she wanted to say at first. "Calamity is, well, she's a part of me. She has my magic and my influence as well."

Applejack shook her head, still utterly confused. "T-Twi, what? What in the hay? How did this even happen?"

Twilight sighed as she spoke. "The battle with Tirek, during our fight we managed to trade magical casts strong enough to create rips in the time stream and reality that resulted in magical anomalies. Calamity emerged from one of these not long afterwords."

Applejack and Rainbow just stood there in silence, utterly speechless.

Spike nudged them as he, much like Discord, looking fairly amused. "Hah! Pretty cool huh? And I lasted a bunch of games with her!"

Rainbow's expression sunk as she became a bit paranoid while trembing a bit. "A-Another Discord?"

Calamity looked particularly at Rainbow before closing her eyes and grinning merrily.

Rainbow cringed heavily in response.

Fluttershy chuckled softly as she enjoyed simply watching everypony's reactions, before her eyes widened a bit in reaction to Rarity.

Rarity just stood there, focused on Calamity with a blank look, as if she were in her own world entirely.

Fluttershy looked at Rarity with concern, raising a brow at her. "R-Rarity? Are you okay?"

Twilight glanced around again at the group as she smiled and wrapped a hoof around Calamity. "I'm sure there are still more questions?"

Pinkie Pie suddenly got in Calamity's face with an extremely excited look. "OH YOU BET THERE ARE! I'VE GOT SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT MY QUESTIONS HAVE QUESTIONS! OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH THIS IS SO EXCITING! JUST LOOK! SHE EVEN LOOKS LIKE YOU TWILIGHT!!!" Pinkie suddenly started tugging on her horns. "HMMMM! BUT WHOSE ARE THESE!?"

Twilight shooed away Pinkie Pie with annoyance. "P-Pinkie! Don't tug on her horns like that!"

Calamity cut in, unaffected by Pinkie's sudden actions as if she expected them. Something else distracted her. "P-Princess Twilight?"

Twilight blinked a bit before hastily glancing down at Calamity. "Yes Calamity?"

Calamity spoke with a depressed tone. "So, Lord Tirek, h-he was bad?"

Twilight's eyes widened before she frowned, realizing again that to Calamity, Tirek wasn't just simply an enemy. "C-Calamity, he was-"

Pinkie Pie cut in. "THE WORST! YEAH HE WAS BAD! SUPER SUPER BAD! THE BIGGEST BAD WE'VE EVER HAD!"

Twilight snapped at Pinkie again. "PINKIE!"

But Calamity just started chuckling, then laughing as she couldn't hold it in.

Rainbow Dash, Discord, Fluttershy, Applejack, Spike, and Twilight all just looked at Calamity in surprise.

Calamity sighed before wiping a tear from her eye, just smiling. "I-It's okay, I think I knew. For the most part anyway..."

And suddenly approaching from afar was the parents of the fillies and colts, all of which who wore pleased expressions. One of the parents spoke to Princess Twilight. "Princess Twilight, thank you so much for having your friend show our children a good time."

Another one of the mare's cut in. "Yeah, thanks for taking these runts off our hooves for a good long while!"

One of the fillies ran up to that mare, shoving her. "SHUTUP MOM!"

The mare giggled as she ruffled that filly's mane. "Hey hey hey! I was kidding hahaha!"

A stallion nodded to Twilight himself. "Yes, it means a lot to us. My kid was having a blast."

Another one of the mares made sure to approach Calamity before rubbing the top of her head. "You sure are special little one."

Calamity chuckled as she smiled up at them before tilting her head to the right. "Thank you ma'am!"

The mare glanced up at Princess Twilight. "You've got a very special child there Princess Twilight, do take care of her."

Twilight's eyes widened a bit due to the comment as she just turned red in the cheeks.

Applejack glanced at Rainbow Dash, scratching the back of her mane. "Uuuhm, so I guess we really do got another Discord then?"

Rainbow Dash sighed as she crossed her hooves. "Looks like it..."

Fluttershy was still preoccupied with Rarity, poking her somewhat. "R-Rarity?"

Rarity just ignored Fluttershy, before making her way towards Twilight casually. "T-Twilight, I-, I need to speak with you."

Twilight who was currently preoccupied with talking to some of the parents glanced over at Rarity before nodding and then glancing down at Calamity. "Calamity, I'll be right back. You stay right here with Pinkie Pie alright? Looks like Rarity wants something."

Calamity nodded playfully. "Okay!" Before she made her way on over to Pinkie Pie, climbing onto the mare's back.

Rarity continued to stand there with an uncomfortable look as Twilight approached her.

Twilight steadily caught on as she gradually became more worried as well. "R-Rarity, is something the matter?"

Rarity glanced to her lower right, before looking straight at Twilight again, speaking softly. "Twilight, um, i-is she the only one?"

Twilight raised a brow, confused. "What? Only one? What do you mean?"

Rarity appeared hesitant and unsure. "I-I mean, is it possible something else was created with her? When I told you earlier that I had an urgent order I had to complete it was not entirely the truth." She looked at Twilight seriously. "S-Something invaded my home."

Twilight's eyes widened as she gasped. "Rarity what!? A-Are you okay!? What happened!? W-Why didn't you say anything!?"

Rarity lowered her head. "Because I didn't want to endanger any of you either. S-She was there the entire time. A strange creature invaded my home a few days ago, and-" she paused briefly, "This Calamity of yours really reminds me of her for some reason....."

Twilight's expression sunk as she shook her head, trembling somewhat with a skeptical expression. "R-Rarity come on now, are you actually suggesting that there could be a draconequus we don't know about? A-Are you sure it wasn't just some, chimera or something?"

Rarity just glanced up at Twilight again, still unsure. "I, I don't know. She was just, so strange, m-maybe she was."

Twilight shook her head as she frowned. "I-I'm sure we're overthinking things. And if it was a draconequus, then Calamity would've mentioned it, or at the very least it probably would've done something more publicly by now. They love attention." Twilight paused, suddenly wearing an angered expression. "But we still can't just ignore this Rarity, we still need to find whatever it was regardless."

Rarity frowned as well before she glanced away again. "R-Right, that would certainly be best." She looked back to Calamity.

Twilight smiled as she glanced back at Calamity again as well. "Besides, we've got enough on our hooves as it is."

Wandering along an endless dirt road, leading up towards the mountain of Canterlot was a lone creature. One claw clenched her cloak as it was wrapped around her entire body as she kept her head lowered, as if attempting to hide herself from the sun and prying eyes. She wore a dead look as she just swayed from left to right, stumbling for a moment before wobbling to her feet and continuing on. As she made her way uphill, she eventually came to a halt as she made her way towards the cliff's edge and sat on the side of the road, resting.

Surrounding the dirt road were gorgeous green fields with forests in the distance, as pony merchants and various other races also traveled along it going to their own particular destinations. And in inclusion, a cart of griffons which made their way to another location.

The female griffon driver of the cart raised a brow at the tiny figure who now sat along the side of the road.

The cloaked creature sat along the edge, wheezing as she snapped her claw and suddenly appearing was a pouch of water.

The cart driver came to a sudden halt as she peered down at the creature, staring at it. "Hm?"

The other griffons in the back of the cart all grumbled before one fluttered up. "Hey! What's the holdup!?"

The cart driver just raised her talon before stating, "Buzz off! I'm trying to focus here." She then raised a brow at the creature who just continued to drink her water. She called out to it, "Hey kid! Lower your hood for me will ya?" The crossed her arms with interest.

The cloaked creature flinched before trembling and pulling down her hood further, remaining silent.

The cart driver spread her wings before flapping down and standing behind the creature. "Come on? What's the matter?"

The little creature pulled down on her hood further as she muttered, "L-Leave me alone, p-please..."

The griffon's look stiffened as she became more serious, snapping her claw as the other griffons immediately joined her.

The little creature's trembling worsened as she buried her head into her shoulder.

One of the griffon's just glanced over at his fellow before raising a brow. "Why are we bothering with this brat? I don't get it."

The griffon leader then made her way forward as the creature attempted to dash away before being snatched by the arm. "Hey hey hey where do you think you're going kiddo? Come on, all we want to do is talk." She smirked before pulling her close and glancing back at her fellows with a look of annoyance. "Are you guys idiots or something? All the signals she's giving off, I'm almost beyond eager to see what sort of score we made. What's a kid like this doing traveling around all by herself? What, she's got no parents or something?"

The other griffons glanced around at one another before just refocusing on her with raised brows as one commented. "So what?"

The griffon leader covered her face with her talon before looking extremely irritated. "So what? A kid traveling alone out here all by herself? Not to mention this abnormally large cloak! I also just saw her cast some magic, and what sort of pony trots around upright?" She ran her talon atop the creature's hood as she smirked. "One that has something to hide!" Before pulling it down.

At that moment the rest of the griffons backed away in fear.

The griffon leader instinctively backed away from the child herself immediately. "W-Whoa!"

Many curious and hesitant ponies who pretended not to see what was happening all now decided to stop.

Lunacy laid upon the ground as her bangs were parted while she avoided eye contact with the griffons. She wore a look of absolute shame as she just sulked further and continued to tremble. "Please don't look at me." She turned her head away, attempting to hide herself.

One of the ponies nearby muttered in horror. "Her eyes, t-they're, they're black."

A stallion hurried her along. "Let's go darling, t-this looks like trouble."

One of the griffons looked down at her, still in shock. "What is it? S-Some sort of chimera!?"

The griffon leader's eyes were wide with awe before she strode back up to the creature and lowered her frame, pinching its face with her talon and forcibly turning her head towards her. "Stop moving, let me get a good look at you." She grinned, "Wow, jackpot!"

Lunacy turned away again, shaking her head before attempting to rise and run, only to stumble on her cloak and fall onto the path. She turned onto her side, breathing heavily as she pointed her claw at them. "S-Stay away from me! I'm, I'm extremely strong! I-I can..."

The griffon leader just chuckled in amusement before striding up to her. "What're you going to do shrimp?" She glanced back at her fellows before signaling them to come assist her. "Come on you lot, imagine how many ponies would pay bits to see this!" She leaned her head back with a snicker as she tilted her head to the right. "Don't make this hard on yourself kid, I promise we'll take good care of you." She lowered her frame again to look at the child at eye level. "I know you can use magic, but I can also see you're as confident as a worm."

Lunacy's expression sunk as she steadily lowered her claw and remained silent.

The griffon rose again before smiling softly down at the draconequus, making her way casually over towards her before lowering her head and picking her up by the scruff of her neck with her beak. She nodded to her fellows as they started to make their way back towards the cart. The griffon glanced down at the creature as she held it, while it didn't put up any form of resistance any longer. Good girl.

When suddenly, tiny wings spread from beneath the cloak, catching the griffon off guard and causing her to drop the creature.

The other griffons all paused as they turned around, wondering what just happened.

The griffon leader shook her head, attempting to recollect her thoughts. "W-What the buck!?"

Hurriedly, Lunacy dashed for the road's edge as she stumbled yet again, tripping and rolling over the side.

The griffon leader's eyes snapped wide as she hurried over to the edge and leaned over. "N-NO!!!"

And as she rolled and tumbled down she eventually flapped her wings before gliding to another cliff's edge and climbing over. The child coughed heavily as she was now covered in dirt and grime before glancing back at the griffon's and hurrying into a cave.

The griffon leader scowled heavily as she swiped her arm. "CATCH THAT BLACK EYED RUNT!" Before she spread her wings and on her movement, the rest of the griffons mimicked this action as she took for the skies and then dived down over the road's edge.