Chapters The day things went to hell.
My mother died...I continue to say it to myself over and over hate you." He replies. I lay there, staring at them, breathless. Dark swipes the match against the side of the box, lighting the match up, and throwing it on the ground of my house. The floor ignites with fire quickly, and then both of the stallions vanished, much like how a changeling transforms into another pony's appearance. But they vanished.
Quickly, the entire house catches fire, and I'm stuck in there. I push myself towards a flame, and burn the rope off of my hooves, burning my hooves badly. I scream in pain as it happens, and get up quickly, taking one last long look at my mother, seeing a chain on her neck. i go to her, rip it off as quickly as i can, and run. I try to make it to the door, but i fall, the ceiling nearly falling on me, when a hooded pony with icy glowing blue eyes bursts in through the window, scoops me up, and runs out the door. Before we make it, I black out.
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I wake up in the hospital the next morning, doctors and Nurses all around me. Its hard for me to Breathe, and big patches of my body are in bandages. I'm so sore, that I can hardly move. It's hard for me to see, now, too. One of the doctors notices that I'm awake and quickly shoo's the other's off. He takes a while to explain what will go on from this point on. They think my dad burned alive. I can't speak at all. Even my throat and lungs are burned...My mother is dead....And soon, So will i.
My mother is dead...and soon i will be too...
The doctor explains to me, that ill need to go to an orphanage. I shudder at the thought of it. I don't like other ponies...most all of them bully me. Especially one colt named Brian. He's a lot older than i am. A few years, it looks like...and he's an orphan too. I fear to be put in the same orphanage as him. If I am, i will run. I don't care if anyone tries to stop me....
"Miss. Fly you'll be going to the cloudsdale orphanage. We trust it is the best fit for you." The doctor smiles. I start to cry, and shake. "I'm on my own, now...what will i do?..." I think to myself, and cover my face. I am still unable to talk, and I don't think I'll be able to talk for a long time...it hurts so much. "Do you understand me, Miss. Fly?" the doctor asks, and i nod in response. After a while, he leaves. I'm left in the room, all alone. My small body shakes badly as I cry, wanting to scream to the heavens.
*At the orphanage*
I was right, because with my luck, Brian would be here. He's bullying me at school, and now after school too...I still can't talk, and I feel like all the other's call me names because I can't talk. In fact, i know they are. When I'm around, they whisper things to each other...
Brian trots up to me, smirking. I start to panic, and back away. He's faster than i am, and he bolts at me, grabbing my neck, and slamming me against the wall. "Lookie who we have here, boys!" His gang of colts come out of nowhere, and crack their hooves. "Fresh meat!" says one of them. Brain tosses me aside, much like a doll. I make a soft scream, and hold my throat softly, tearing up at hoe much it hurts. They all laugh at me, and pick me up, one of my wings burned from the fire. Him and his crew laugh and throw me off the cloud, unseen.
I. Will. Die.
...I. WILL. DIE....
In a flash, a light blue pegasus catches me right before i hit the ground. Her mane is rainbow colored and instantly know who it is. "R-rainbow Dash!!" I squeal in shock, and smile, holding onto her. "Hey! Are you alright, kid?! You have to be more careful!!" She scolds me, but i don't care. She saved me, AND shes famous!! I squeal, and jump a bit. She stares. "What in the hay are you doing ?" She inquires. "I love your sonic rainboom!!" I grin, and hold her hoof. She pulls her hoof away, and backs up awkwardly. "Yeah, well uh...i gotta go train! Bye!!" She flies off so quickly i can hardly see her take off.
I realize she's dropped me off outside of the Orphanage gate. "This is my chance!!" I think to myself, and run. I run for hours, until i get to where my house had burned down. I start to tear up, my lip quivering. "How could you...?" I think to myself. A gleam of light shining off of something catches my eye. I look at it quickly, to find out it is my mother's necklace I tried to take. I scramble to it, and pick it up, shaking. "H-how...?" I say aloud, my hood starting to feel numb as I hold the chain close to me. I can feel it...the magic....I understand so much more now..."Mother got all her magic from this necklace!! That's why she always wore it!" I scream aloud, and then stare off, putting the pieces together...
All of a sudden, I hear voices saying "There she is! Get her!" and I look over my shoulder to see the orphan mother. My eyes widen, and I take off, running as fast as I can... I need to get away! I can't live there!! I'll only die there with Brain and his small crew of older colts...In a white flash, I'm out of sight, and inside of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's castle. I gasp softly, and find the castle's library, it being not too far. I quickly run inside of it, and hide there for what seems like hours, but in reality only mere minutes before the celestial guards find me, take me to Celestia, and I get put into the dungeon for sneaking in. I sit there. having hidden the necklace under my good wing. I sit in silence in the back of the cell, shaking and crying..."What do i do..? What will happen to me...?! Am i really going to die....?" All these thoughts flow in and out of my head. I consider trying to break out, and flee for my life. But what good would that do me? It wouldn't. It would just get me in more trouble than i already am in. I shiver, getting cold very easily. Usually I would get my blanket, but its burned to a crisp now.
Hours later, I wake up on the cold cement ground, being tossed around by the Lunar guards. One of them shoves me so hard into the ground, I scrape my face, and yelp. "Get up, peasant!" The girl yells at me. I get angry at that. "Who are you calling a peasant? Because if ANYTHING you're more of a peasant than I am, for being so harsh and cruel to just a FILLY!!" I scream. I didn't know I had that in me. She glares at me in such a way i cant tell if its from confusion or shock. "U-um...I work for Princess Luna! AND I get pain lots of money! What do you have, brat?!" She smirks, like shes all high and mighty. "I may not have anything, but money doesn't get you happiness or love. It may get you food, water and a house, but who REALLY needs a house?! We all aren't born in our own houses! We were raised there. We do not belong there...and if you think you are more powerful than I JUST because you work for a princess, you are sadly mistaken, Miss." I explain, with a growl in my voice. She stands there, impressed. The other guard raises his spear, and then points it at me. "How dare you speak that way to my commander?!" He exclaims. I stand there, glaring with a shadow over my eyes from my mane, a faint grin appearing across my face.
I can feel the magic flowing in me from the necklace. I start to laugh wildly. "I may be a filly, but I'm more broken than you ever will be, sir." I cry. I can't take the pain...my legs give out, and I lay in pain, shaking, and crying badly. Both guards look at each other and then put down their weapons. They help me up, and the mare says "The princesses just want to see you, kid..." she brushes some blood off my face, and I yelp in pain. For the first glance at her I didn't realize that she looks so much like my mother. I stare at her, tears running down my face like a small stream. That's when it hits me. I can see it in her eyes. It is my mother, but i say nothing and let her pick me up.
The memories of her and I smiling and having fun are coming back.....
The part of my father inside of me.
The memories of her and I smiling and having fun are coming back.....
I stare at the ground as the mare guard carries me. "w-what's y-your n-name...?" I ask, shaking. She replies, in a soft whisper. "Not who your thinking of, little Missy. My name is Rosanna." She explains. I just stay silent, and then i black out, slowly.
I wake up in the morning, in a squishy, warm bed. It's most likely the best thing i have ever felt in my life. I notice I'm curled into a tiny little ball of mane and fluff from my cleaned coat. "H-hello...? W-who cleaned me...?" I say in fear. I sit up, looking around the room, and notice that it's daytime. "I fell asleep...?" I rub my face, forgetting about the scrape, and yelp in pain when i run my hoof over it roughly. "T-that hurt..." I think to myself. Slowly, the door opens, and Princess Celestia and Luna enter the room. I quickly get very nervous, scared that they will exclaim that i need to be decapitated for seeing something i shouldn't have. Princess Luna gets closer and inspects me. "Hmm...thou looks injured, sister." Luna says slowly. Celestia nods. "I am aware of this, Luna. She was caught in a fire after all..." She looks down as she says this, and bows to me. Luna does so as well. I stare at them, and get up slowly, but yelp, and hold my shoulder, feeling it around. It feels seriously broken, but i bow to them anyways. They both look up at me when i yelp, and hurry to get me some medical help.
It turns out, they have to amputate my arm...I've put it together in my head, that when they were shoving me around, they threw me into the wall, thus breaking my arm and shoulder very badly. Both Celestia and Luna call in a mare named Emily. They say shes good at building spare limbs, and surgically putting them on. Emily trots in, and I notice that she looks around fourteen years old. "She looks like she's fourteen!!" I cry out, my eyes widening. She trots closer, and i notice the sorrow in her eyes. Worse than my own, and my ears fall back "W-what the..-?" I stare, and she pulls out a mechanical arm. I see her light icy blue eyes glow, the arm glowing as well. "This will grow with you as you age..." She says, and I nod. Hours pass, and she attaches my new arm to my nerves, but I lay there in silence. "Usually all the adults scream at this point..." Emily says, seeming worried. "My pain is nothing compared to what my mother had to go through..." I say weakly, and shake.
Hours pass, and Emily finally finishes my arm, my fearless face never-ending. The Princesses look impressed. "How did thou not scream?" Luna asks me. I turn to her, the glare in my eye more deadly than anything she has ever encountered. I can see it in her eyes. "I didn't scream because I am stronger than you think, your Highness." I reply grimly, staring at the ground before getting up. "Thank you for your help, Princesses. It is greatly appreciated." I nod to them, as Emily stares at me. I can tell she notices my change in attitude, too but i cannot do anything about it. I'm trying to make it stop. "What's going on with me?! Why can't i take control?!" I think to myself, and my inner mind is panicking. My outer mind is calm, but seeking revenge. Revenge for my mother...She deserved to live. "Thank you, Emily. For all your wonderful craftsmanship." I say in a wispy tone. Emily's eyes grow wide. "How do you know my name?" She worries. "Don't worry about that." "TELL ME!" She yells. I can see what she's thinking. She's trapped in the body of a fourteen year old mare, But her spirit is twenty four. Her eternal state is forever fourteen, no matter how old her spirit is. I just trot past her, and out the door. "I have training to do." My eyes are a dark shade of purple, and everyone stares, in shock. "H-How did you do that...?" Celestia inquires. "Only the Strongest of ponies with our type of magic can preform that!" "That's for me to know...and for you to find out." I trot down the hall, the doors slamming shut behind me.
I trot down the hall, my body growing stronger by the second with the magic overflowing my body. I feel great, more powerful than anyone in these halls. "Miss. Fly!" A celestial guard yells. I look back at him, my purple eyes giving the worst death glare there is. "What is it?" He backs away. "U-uh...n-nothing...." He shivers, and runs off.
***
When I get outside, I immediately start training. I practice my fighting skills, and even a bit of magic. At this rate, in exactly two years, three months and twenty seven days, I will be stronger than Celestia, meaning that I have a chance to beat my father...But in the mean time, I must find a place to stay. I am currently ten years old, not old enough to really do anything. I have to wait at least six years to get any sort of license. I sigh. "What will I do?" I think to myself. "I might have to stay with Celestia and Luna..." I look down, and turn around to see a tall dark stallion standing before me. "Uhm. Hello...?" I try to be friendly. "Child...We must speak with Luna and myself. Will you be willing to come?" His voice is smooth, but really quite deep. "I guess..." I sound a bit frightened, afraid where he might actually take me. "Alright. Let's go." He leads me back to Luna. In her bedroom. I now realize that they're both alicorn's. "W-wha..?" I stare in confusion. Luna hushes me and explains how she felt my extreme amount of power, and how she knows it was through my mother's necklace. The tall dark alicorn kneels beside me, and gives me a full body inspection. "Well, Arty. You look alright. well enough to carry the magic...and, I assume you need a place to stay?" "Yeah..I do." "Well, you may stay with me if you please." The dark stallion smiles. "If you want, darling. You don't need to." "I know..I would like to, though. Just until i can get back on my hooves again. Thank you, your highness..." I smile slightly as Luna shows me to where I can sleep.
The next morning, I can tell that I've grown so much stronger and, I even look taller. "What the-?!" As soon as I sit up, Celestia takes me to her room. "Time has sped up in the small amount of "hours" you have slept, Artemus....you are now a Captain of the Lunar guards and the most powerful mare in Equestria, not stronger than myself nor Luna....but, you must wield your magic carefully...you are 15 now. You have more of a responsibility...Treat your magic well..." I nod as she finishes preaching to me. "I'll be careful, Celestia...don't worry!" I quickly dart out, a large grin smeared across my face. "I. Am. Ready...COME AT ME, DARK FLY!! I'LL BE WAITING!!!" i scream out, feeling strong enough to take on anyone.
***
Back in Celestia's castle, she watches as i run out, and lets out a longing sigh. "sister...you realize we cannot tell her it is the necklace forever, right...? she will find out eventually..." "Yes, but until then we mustn't tell her! Thou must know this!" "Yes, I do know...but is she really ready? she's only 15, Luna..." The room grows quiet, and they watch my moves as I run away.
Thunder crashes in the middle of the town, almost striking a pony as everyone screams in horror. Today has brought chaos, and only I can fix it.
One bright and sunny morning, I woke up, the sun beaming right into my gray-blue eyes. "Nngh...why is it so bright today of all days?" I mumbled. "I guess I'll get up..." I slowly sit up and look at the door dreadfully. My ears fall back, as I look around a bit more in the small closet-like room, sighing. "I wonder what will be in store for today..." I get up, and stretch, yawning softly, before brushing my mane and trotting out of my room to go get some breakfast. As soon as I stepped out of my room, I noticed an unusual feeling in my stomach, telling my head to go back into the room, but before I could take action, a loud thud from a pan hit the back of my head, sending me to the floor, out cold.
***
Dark Fly (otherwise known as Dark) grinned evilly, the hatred for his daughter growing with each oncoming day. "I have to kill her...but how?" he wondered. Slowly, he Dragged me into the Kitchen, and tied me to one of the chairs, splashing icy cold water into my face. "Get up, you worthless, ungrateful daughter!!" he yelled. I woke up right as the water hit my face. "w-what the-?!" i yelled, and then i saw my mother Sparkle Melody (otherwise known as Sparkle) on the floor, passed out. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOM?!!" I screamed, and struggled to get away, but i wasn't strong enough, only being a filly. "Oh, nothing. but I'm going to ruin your horrid little life, you stupid brat!" He spit in my face, and I growled. "You cant ruin me! I won't let you! I'll stop you, and i swear on my life I will!!" I got angrier, but more scared, knowing he's capable of more than I truly know. In an instant, a flash of black magic grew upon his dark blue hoof. "Say goodbye to your mother, Artimus. (Yes. I purposely spelled her name like this.)" He snickered and then, off came her head, blood splatting everywhere, as i watched in horror. Silence filled the room, and as did the smell of defeat. He knew he had just killed my heart...and he simply didn't care that he did. He is a monster to me now, no matter how many times he's beaten me, or how many times he's burned me, made me bleed. ".....you just.....n-n..no....you didn't...this is just a dream!!!" I cried, as i sat there helpless. Tears were streaming down my face, as he reached over, his hoof still covered in black magic, and he slapped me so hard, the whole chair and myself fell over. I screamed in pain. To me, the pain was unbearable. I tried so hard not to cry, but i just couldn't hold it. I had to accept my reality. My mother is dead.
Chaos that I need to fix...
Today has brought chaos, and only I can fix it.
There's a massive sinkhole in the ground, and I watch intently. My eyes are wandering from one thing to another. I start to shake in fear. "Is this your doing, Dark Fly?! SHOW YOURSELF!!" I scream out, but the next thing i see when i open my eyes is a dark purple aura around me, myself closing the gaping hole, and the sky clears instantly. "w..what the-?!" my eyes widen as I stare. I know for a fact, I was only thinking of fixing it. I don't know how I did this...
Two Princesses appear. Luna and Cadence. I know I'm in deep shit, now, because they look stressed, and angered. "W...what did i do...?" I inquire, but get no answer besides Luna yelling at me, telling me to shut up and follow her. I do as told, and follow her to a dungeon, and Princess Cadence flashes hoofcuffs on me. "w..wha-?...." I tear up, and they throw me in the dungeon cell. "You are now a threat to Equestria. Until you learn to control your powers, you are not allowed out of that cell. Understood? Great." They slam it shut, and lock it, leaving right after. I lay in silence as they do, staring, only thinking of ways that I can get myself out of this hell hole...
***
A few days later, i figure out my plan with a few other mares in the dungeon. First, when we are served for our last meal, we will stay close to the opening of the gate, acting normal...then, I will go ahead and grab one of the guards, and melt his arm, so he can't scream, only hyperventilate. "Here they come..." says the mare to the right of me. Her name is Anne. she is a nightmare user, meaning that she causes real life nightmares from what she sees in one's nightmares. The mare to my right uses take over magic, Take over is a magic that lets you take over the state of one other pony, and use their magic, and also sound like them as well. I've seen this before...but on who? Whatever, the guard is coming with our meal. I must focus. The guard angrily stomps up to my cell and slaps open the door to slide the tray of food in. I quickly grab his hoof, and do as we planned, melting his arm, the keys falling from his grip from his other hoof. " Haha! i did it!!" I squeal, and levitate the keys into my cell, and reach my arm over and unlock my cell, and then the other mares. They agreed to help me stop Dark, but then fix their time in here, which i doubt that, so I will let them get away just this once.