A soft breeze hit Sharp Wings’ red-brown coat as she trotted over her ship. Her dark red mane covered by her captain hat and her tail short from her recent encounter with an angry shark. A grin was on her face as she entered her cabin. After a long day of working on her ship she was finally allowed some sleep. Her eyes grew more tired by the minute as she made her way to her bed. She threw her hat off and snuggled under the warm and soft covers.
“Finally some rest…” She muttered as her eyes fluttered close and sweet dreams of plundering filled her mind.
The next day went smoothly. Sharp set sail to a nearby fishermen town and her crew made preparations for the plundering. When the shore came in sight, the crew was ready to go. The moment the ship made contact with the shore, Sharp’s crew flew into town.
“Get all the money you can get!” Sharp yelled to her crew mates as they ran on shore. “Don’t leave anything behind! We’re having a feast tonight!” She grinned down at the running civilians as her crew dove through them and into the weak houses of those poor ponies.
“Captain!” The pegasus turned around and was met with the young face of one of her newest crew members.
“Ah, Crystal Hunter. What is it?” She asked the young colt.
“Can I, maybe… Stay here? I mean, somepony has to guard the ship, right?” He said stuttering nervously. He was just new on the ship and had not plundered yet. A soft chuckle escaped the captain’s lips as she smiled at the young pirate.
“Someday you’ll have to go on shore and get some gold for me, boy.” She said, patting the young one’s head with her hoof.
“I know, but… It’s just that I’m… Well..”
Another chuckle came from the pegasus as she looked at the town. Beautiful red, yellow and orange colored flames came from the small wooden houses. Screams filled the air as Sharp’s crew took everything they could get.
“I know how you feel, boy. I felt the same way when I first started pirating.” She told him. “You’ll learn it, boy. Just you wait.” She smiled at Crystal as he nodded.
“Thank you captain.” He said smiling, but still holding his head down a bit. Sharp put a hoof on the boy’s chin and lifted his head up.
“Stand straight and nose up high, boy. That way you’ll go further then when you bow down all the time.” She pulled her hoof back and walked towards the shore.
“Thank you.” Crystal muttered quietly as he smiled to his captain. She was a great pirate and a plunderer, but also a motherly mare.
In town all civilians were running around or hiding wherever they could. Sharp looked to her sides every so often and saw her crew members leaving small wooden houses with their bags full of gold and other valuable items. Sharp’s hat was still on its place in her cabin as she walked through a deserted house. Her bandana was wrapped around her head and her mane was pulled backwards. She searched the small little cottage, but found nothing. She smiled.
‘They may be pirates, but they keep their word.’ She thought as she walked out of the cottage again.
Outside it was hot from all the fire going on about. As she walked further into town she saw one of her crewmates, but he lay still on the ground. It was her most trusted and oldest member, Golden Hooves, her quartermaster.
“Hooves!” She yelled as she approached his silent figure. “No, please… Please don’t be dead!” She sat next to him and held him with her hooves. She laid her ear on his chest.
…
“No…” She couldn’t believe it. Her most loyal member, one that had been with her since she started as a captain, was gone… Small flashbacks of her time with him flashed through her mind as she held her hooves gently on his coat, brushing his mane out of his face.
“Thank you captain! I’m so glad I can join you!” A young grey stallion walked up to a five years younger Sharp Wings. The mare chuckled lightly.
“No problem, kid. But know that you’ll be thrown overboard when you betray me.” She put on her most dreadful glare towards the young one, but he didn’t budge.
“I will never betray you Captain Sharp.” He said loyally. A wide smile crept on the young captain’s face as the small Golden Hooves stepped on her ship.
“You’ll do great, Hooves...”
“It just can’t…” Sharp muttered as tears silently flowed down her face.
“Captain Wings!” A voice called to her, but she didn’t turn around. She held her motherly gaze to Golden Hooves as she closed his eyes respectfully.
“Captain?”
“Silver…” Sharp stood up and faced the blonde stallion that had joined her crew together with Golden Hooves. “I’m sorry, Silver Shoes.” She said as she slightly bowed her head and stepped aside to let the young stallion say goodbye to his brother.
“No… How did this happen?” He asked, doing his best not to cry as he was bent over his brother. Sharp shook her head silently.
“I don’t know, but we’ll all say goodbye to him this night on sea.” Captain Sharp said as she walked up to a few others of her crew and ordered them to bring Golden Hooves’ body to the ship. Silver followed them as Sharp nodded to him to leave the town. After that she walked back to the town and trotted lonely past small houses and burned cottages. No emotion was shown on her face as she walked slowly, in search for somepony to kill to let out her anger.
“H-help…”
A silent cry for help caught her attention as she focused on the voice. This was her chance. As she heard a few stifled sobs she located the sounds. They came from a destroyed cottage in the middle of the town. She entered and looked around. There she found a small young filly, in need for help. Her mane was messy and her coat scratched as she crouched down on the ground in the corner of the room.
“P-please… Help me…” She muttered as Sharp neared her. The pegasus looked at the little filly and silently drew her sword. She held it in her wing and readied herself to kill.
“Please miss. H-help my brother…” The filly muttered suddenly, not able to see the sword behind Sharp’s back. The pegasus gasped as she saw an even smaller figure next to the little filly. It was grey with a golden blonde mane. “H-he needs help…Please miss…” The filly said again, a bit louder now. Sharp swallowed a lump in her throat as she looked at the two foals. What should she do? With a sigh she decided.
“I’m sorry kid…”
With one swing of her sword she cut the little fillies head of. It rolled on the ground and bumped into Sharp’s legs as she neared the smaller colt who was shaking from fear. Sharp couldn’t bring herself to kill this kid. He looked too much like…
“Hooves! No!”
A single tear ran down her face as she put her sword back on its place beneath her wing. Slowly she walked up to the little kid. It was a unicorn, unlike Golden Hooves who was an earth pony. But she didn’t mind. She took the small figure, put it on her back, walked out of the little house and ran back to her ship. There she took the colt to the surgeons. They should be able to help him.
“May, I need your help.”
A young silver coated mare ran up to her captain.
“Who is that?” She asked as she inspected the little colt on her captain’s back.
“Actually, I don’t know. I found him in town and wanted to help him.”
A confused look crept on the unicorns face as she wondered why her captain brought this kid in, but she decided not to ask seeing that she had heard about Golden Hooves. So she thought she’d give her apology.
“I’m sorry about Golden Hooves.” She said as she lifted the grey colt off of her captains back and walked towards a bed. “He was such a great stallion.”
Sharp just nodded as she watched the gifted unicorn work with the small colt.
“I’d thought you’d want to go on a killing spree after Hooves’ death, but apparently I’m wrong.” The doctor said giving a slight chuckle. Still Sharp did not reply. She only watched without any emotion showing in her face as the unicorn healed the little colt.
After a little while of unicorn magic the colt was cured from the most serious wounds. The less ones were mostly wrapped in bandages.
“Alright. He’s good to go.” May said as she handed the colt back to Sharp. The captain nodded and trotted off with the sleepy foal on her back. All crewmembers were back on the ship again, bringing their prizes to the special ‘golden room’. The ship was already sailing towards the horizon, leaving the destroyed town behind. Sharp walked to her cabin and gently put the little colt in her bed. She put the blankets tightly around him so he wouldn’t catch a cold or something and then walked back out of her room again.
“Captain Wings. What are we going to do without a quartermaster?” One of the crewmembers came up to her the instant she closed her door. She had put on her hat again so that she would look like the unstoppable captain they all knew. The stallion in front of her, Artillery Shot was his name, was the gunner of Sharp’s ship. He would gather weapons, aim and shoot together with his small team.
Sharp sighed at the question, not really knowing what to do, but she had to be there for her crew. She walked up to her ‘special throne’ she used for speeches. It was just a regular box, but for some reason it was special to her.
“Gather all ponies!” She yelled to her crew. They all gathered around her as she stood on her special box. “Today we lost a special crewmember. Golden Hooves’ death had been a unfortunate surprise, but he won’t be forgotten.” The crewmembers cheered as she finished her sentence, then they all stopped as Sharp flapped her wings strongly. “We will grief over him for now, but he did not want that. Hooves was a good guy. He will be remembered by his crewmates, his friends and family, and his captain.” She said, her left hoof against her chest. “Now, we shall put his mind and soul to sleep. Lower him into the water!” All ponies on deck stomped their hooves on the wooden floor as their loyal quartermaster, brother, and friend’s body was lowered into sea and put to rest.
“Rest in peace, Golden Hooves.” Sharp finished as the body disappeared in the deep blue ocean.
After a minute in silence Sharp talked again. “Now, we need a new quartermaster.” She said. The crewmembers nodded to her and each other in agreement. Though no pony knew who she was going to choose. “So I will choose a new quartermaster. One that will lead me, my ship, and all of you to victory in each and every town we meet. One that will be loyal to me, my ship, and all of you. One that will be a good friend, like Golden Hooves, and be at our side.” She looked through the crew and smiled as she saw the perfect candidate. She raised one of her hooves and flapped her wings as she shouted his name.
“Silver Shoes.”
Said stallion’s ears perked up and his eyes widened at the sound of his name.
“M-me?” He asked, not sure if he heard it correctly. Sharp nodded and jumped off of her box, walking towards the golden blonde stallion. Golden Hooves’ brother.
“You are the perfect one, Silver.” She said kindly. “You’re the only one who can do it.” The stallion gulped for a moment.
“But, who will be the boatswain then?” He asked, still not sure about this offer.
Sharp sighed and looked around. A boatswain wasn’t that important, was it?
“It’s not really necessary, but if it makes you feel better then maybe you can be both?” She said, smiling at the stallion.
“A-are you sure?” Sharp nodded. “Alright then.” A smile found its way on the stallions lips as he waved his hooves in the air. “I’m the new quartermaster!” The other crewmembers surrounded him, congratulating him on his promotion.
Sharp smiled and backed away, but she accidently bumped into somepony.
“Oh, sorry.” She said as she turned around to look at the small guy. It was the grey colt she had brought out of town. “What are you doing here?” She asked. The young colt looked at her with big, pleading eyes. A small laugh escaped the captain’s lips as she took the young colt back to her cabin. There she put the kid back in her bed.
“Now, stay here kid. I’m going back outside.” As she stepped away from the bed to leave, she felt a hoof at her side. Looking back she saw the young colt’s pleading eyes again.
“D-don’t leave…” He muttered quietly. Sharp blinked but smiled. She crawled up next to the colt and held him in her arms as she laid on her bed.
“Don’t worry, kid. I’ll be here.” She said as she held the young one. Eventually they fell asleep. Normally, Sharp would dream about plundering or swimming in gold, but tonight she didn’t, she dreamt of the sea. Dreaming that she was stuck underneath the surface. She couldn’t breathe. Her coat and mane felt heavy as she did her best to swim up again, but to no avail. She could feel the pain in her wings as the pressure became more and more heavy each meter she sank to the bottom. Eventually, with a last glance up, she hit the bottom and her eyes closed.
Sharp’s eyes shot open as she woke up from her terrifying dream. She was being killed by her closest friend, the sea. What was this about? Normally she wouldn’t dream like that. She hadn’t had a nightmare since she first started as pirate. She glanced to her side where the small little colt was curled up in a ball against her. Then she smiled again and softly got out of her bed, being sure not to wake the small foal. When she succeeded she went outside. It was still night and she felt that there was a storm coming up. There was a strange feeling in the air that took Sharp’s breath away. Her eyes scanned the sea and her ship as she trotted over to her special ‘throne’. She remembered well how she had gotten this box. It was almost ten years ago now, that she had started as a pirate.
“Alright mates.” A big brown stallion stood on his ship that was ready to set sail. “This here is our newest crewmate, Sharp Wings.” A small filly Sharp Wings stood next to the big stallion. “She will be our deck scrubber.” He said with a laugh. The other crewmembers laughed with him and looked at the little pegasus filly.
“Are you sure she’s up for that task?” Another stallion said mockingly. Sharp huffed at his remark.
“Of course I am!” She shouted angrily. “I was raised by pirates! I can do any task you give me!” The crowd just laughed at the small filly, but she didn’t budge. She stood straight, her nose up high in the air. “I will prove it too you all!”
That was how she started as pirate, scrubbing the deck. It had been tough for her the first few weeks, but eventually she became more and more of a pirate.
Sharp smiled to herself as she remembered it. She had grown since then. She was older, more brutal and most of all, more motherly. Even though she was known as a feared pirate on all seas. She had a soft side. She was always there for her crew. She would not betray them if they didn’t betray her. She would care for them if they needed it. She was the best captain on the seven seas.
After a while of thinking she went back to her cabin, but before she even got there the storm came up. Huge gusts of wind blew water all over her ship. The crewmates came out of their rooms and ran up to their captain.
“The storm is going to be tough.” Sharp said. “But we can handle it!” The crewmembers nodded and went to their positions. Sharp looked around and silently opened the door to her cabin to check on the foal.
He was lying on Sharp’s bed silently. ‘Soundly asleep.’ She thought smiling as she closed the door again. She went back to her crew to check on them. When she got to the main deck however, she was suddenly hit by an enormous wave and thrown into the water.
“Captain!” A few crewmembers shouted as they saw their captain disappear in the water.
“Man overboard!” A few yelled as they did their best to take their captain out of the water. A long rope with on the end a lifebuoy was thrown over to Sharp as she did her best to stay with her head above the water.
“Captain! Grab the rope!” She heard Silver Shoes yell as she saw the buoy float past her. She couldn’t believe it. Her dream, no, her nightmare came true. She was going to die. She couldn’t grab the rope nor the buoy as she drifted further away from her ship. The screams and shouts of her crew vanished as the ship disappeared from her sight. Her eyes closed as she let the current of the water drag her to wherever they wanted. She was going to die. She just knew it. Her mind drifted away as she herself drifted underwater and disappeared from sight.
The sun shone warmly against the unconscious pegasus’ skin as she laid on the hot sand. Her eyes slowly opened as she heard the calming noise of tiny waves hitting the shore. She slowly sat up, holding her throbbing head with her hooves. When she felt better she took in her surroundings. She was on a beach, a tropical island probably.
“Am I dead?” She asked herself.
A voice from behind her startled her as it answered with a slight laugh.
“Probably not. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to talk.”
The captain turned around and met two beautiful emerald green shining eyes. A male unicorn stood before her, smiling gently.
“Where am I?” She asked him. He just chuckled.
“You’re on Solar Island.” He said as he approached her slowly. He was a light brown unicorn, Sharp saw. His mane was shining black and his eyes were a beautiful shining green. The captain stood up quickly and went to draw her sword, only to realize she had left it on the ship.
“Damn it.” She muttered as he approached her. She just backed up more, holding her guard up. A low chuckle came from the stallions throat as he stopped walking.
“Don’t worry, bella. I won’t hurt you.” He said. He used a language Sharp did not recognize. She had heard and learned many languages over the years, but this one was unknown to her.
“What do you want then?” She asked him.
“The reason why you’re here.” He said matter-of-factly.
“Oh... I honestly have no idea. I can only remember being thrown into the water by a huge wave. After that everything is blank…”
“That means you’re lost.” The stallion walked towards her again. This time Sharp stood where she was, but still held her guard up. “I’ll help you if you want. I know this island like the back of my hoof.” He said, a gentle smile on his face.
Even though she still did not trust the guy, she followed him. He knew this island and she had to take advantage of that. She wanted to go back to her ship, her crew, her own warm room. But that was not possible now. She had to do everything to survive.
She followed the light brown unicorn through the tight forests on the island. It was hot and slightly uncomfortable as they trotted over the sand and leaves. There were a few new scratches added to the pegasus’ coat. Probably from her almost drowning. The bandana around her head was gone and the one around her neck was pretty much useless. Her mane was a mess and her eyes hurt from the salt water and the bright sunlight.
“Well, here we are.” The stallion said as he pushed a few leaves beside with his magic and walked past them into a clearing. Sharp followed swiftly as he let her in. “This is my place.”
“Is there no pony else?” Sharp asked. The stallion sadly shook his head.
“No. They all left when they had the chance.”
“Why didn’t you leave?” Sharp kept asking as she looked around the clearing. A few big leaves were bent down and hold still with a few sticks and twigs, probably a bed. There was also a place for a campfire and some pots and other kitchen things. There was a sort of storage with all kinds of fruit.
The stallion looked up to the sky. “Because,” He started. “I fell in love.” He said, smiling brightly as he averted his gaze back to the pirate.
“With who?”
“The island.”
He smiled warmly at her. She knew he was telling the truth just from looking in his beautiful green eyes. She was charmed by his look as he smiled at her.
“You know,” He started again. “The island really is beautiful. There isn’t any money you can fight over. You have to stay together, so that creates a bond between ponies, and you rely on each other. You have to trust each other and be honest. You can’t just go out on your own…”
Sharp just nodded as he looked at the sky again. Like it would bring back the wonderful times he had spent with his friends. He sighed slightly before talking again.
“It was… special. Not like the outside world. That’s why I stayed here. There are no thieves, robbers or killers. That’s what I hate. Ponies who kill, just for the heck of it.” He said seriously. Sharp was taken aback by this. She was a killing, thieving, robbing pirate. She gulped as he looked at her with those eyes again. It was like he held her there with them. Like he could make her do anything just by looking at her.
“What’s your name?” He asked.
“Sharp Wings, and yours?” He looked at her for a moment before sighing.
“You’re a pirate…” He said, obviously disappointed.
“Yeah, so? I care about others, you know! You can’t just judge somepony by what they are!” Sharp yelled at him. This time, he was taken aback.
“I-I’m sorry. I just know your name and… Well, they don’t say good things about you to be honest.”
Sharp huffed. “Well, some things are probably true. Probably most actually, but I still care about others. I would’ve never abandoned my crew.” Her voice started to crack just by thinking of it. “I miss them… I really need to get back to them.” She said. The unicorn smiled again and walked over to her.
“My name’s Emerald Fire.” The stallion said gently as he looked her straightly in the eyes. “Why…”
Sharp cocked her head to the side as he seemed like he wanted to ask something. But he closed his mouth and shook his head.
“Forget it.” He said with a slight laugh. “Alright bella, you can stay here as long as you promise not to steal or kill anything.”
Sharp groaned. No stealing or killing? This was going to be an absolute hell, but she had to go with it to survive. With a sigh she gave in. “Alright. I promise.”
Emerald nodded and trotted towards the sleeping place. “You can sleep here.” He pointed towards a bed of leaves. It didn’t look to comfortable, but Sharp had no choice.
“Thanks…” She muttered. Emerald smiled at her, his shining green eyes looked warm and gentle. She found herself stuck in his gaze again. He had beautiful eyes.
“How long have you been lying on the beach anyway?” He asked. Sharp shrugged and shook her head.
“I honestly have no idea. Probably pretty long, seeing at it is almost night already.” She said. Emerald nodded and walked to the cooking pot.
“I still have some food over from my own meal. You can have that.” He said smiling at her. Sharp just nodded and walked over to the pot. It was filled half with some kind of purple substance.
“Uhm… What is it?” Sharp asked. Emerald chuckled.
“I knew you were going to ask that. Even though you’re a pirate, I’ve heard a lot about the wellness of you and your crew.” He said. Sharp nodded. “It’s stamped fruits from the island. I’ve learned which plants are deadly or poisonous, and which are eatable.” He finished smiling. Sharp gulped and looked at the pot again. “Come on, it’s actually rather tasty, you know.” Emerald laughed.
Sharp nodded again and let Emerald get her a bowl with the purplish substance with his magic. After she sat down he gave the bowl to her and she held it with her hooves. Taking a sip she closed her eyes. The purple fluids danced on her tongue as she tasted it and let it slide down her throat. Her eyes were closed tightly as she got ready for the taste on her sensitive tongue. But instead of a purely nasty taste, she found herself liking the juice. Her eyes opened widely as the taste of the liquid set in and made her mind flutter.
“That was delicious!” Sharp exclaimed when she had finished the bowl. “What exactly was it?” She asked as she looked to the emerald eyed stallion.
“Pretty much only berries and a few special verbs. I call it bacche deliziosa” He said smiling. “That means berry delicious in Italian. Would you like some more maybe?”
Sharp nodded her head as Emerald took her bowl and filled it a second time. After something about five bowls Sharp got tired.
“Thanks Emerald. I’m glad you’re here.” Sharp said as she laid down on the leaves. Emerald smiled warmly at her as he nodded.
“Don’t worry about it, bella, I’ll be here for you.”
After that he turned around and went to sleep, so Sharp did the same. Though there was something bothering her, a few things to be exact. She didn’t die as she expected to happen when she fell into the water. And she left her crew all alone, and also that poor little foal. She wondered how they were doing, why she was here and why she hadn’t died. She decided to let it rest and get some sleep.
This night she had another weird dream. She was on a beach, all alone. The wind was blowing through her mane silently as the tiny waves splashed on the shore. Sharp watched the sunset silently, sighing happily as she remembered her first sunset when she was on a ship. It had been so beautiful. Just like this time. As she watched, she felt a presence come closer behind her. With a swift movement she turned around and faced two beautiful shining green eyes.
“Emerald…” The pegasus muttered as he came closer. He stood next to her on the shore, watching the sunset silently. Sharp felt save with him next to her. His eyes shone beautifully in the sunlight as the sun lowered towards the horizon. After a few more moments, the sun disappeared completely and darkness surrounded the two. Sharp looked next to her at the brown stallion, who looked back at her with a gentle smile. Sharp smiled back as he came a little closer. She felt her face slightly heating up as Emerald brushed his coat against hers. He came closer towards her face and gently touched her nose. At that moment, she woke up.
A bright blush had found itself on Sharp’s cheeks as she opened her eyes widely and sat up. She swallowed a lump in her throat as she looked at the stallion beside her. What happened? The last dream she had, had come true, so what about this one? With a sigh she laid back onto the leaves and tried to sleep again. But she found herself heating up every time she thought about the dream. Did she start to like him? She didn’t know. She had never before been in love, so she wasn’t sure how it felt. With another sigh she tried sleeping again and closed her eyes, calming down a bit.
After a while she felt something moving beside her and heard rustling. Deciding to ignore it Sharp held her eyes closed as her mind stayed blank. Until she was suddenly yanked to her hooves by magic. She heard a laugh as she stumbled back down on the ground when the force let go of her.
“Sorry, bella. I just couldn’t get you to wake up.” She heard. The voice was kind and had a slight hint of fun in it. She opened her eyes and stood up slowly. Before her stood the stallion of her dreams.
“It’s alright. I’ve always been a tight sleeper…” Sharp muttered as she looked at the unicorn. He chuckled and held a bowl in front of her face with his magic. Sharp blinked as it floated in front of her.
“Here. I made you some more bacche deliziosa, bella.” He said as he put the bowl on the ground in front of her. Sharp nodded and held it with her hooves, drinking from it. “I was planning on doing my monthly clean up today, but since you’re here I might as well show you around the island.” Emerald said as Sharp finished her bowl. The pegasus smiled warmly at him and nodded.
“Thanks.” She said and stood up, putting the bowl back where it belonged. She still missed her crew, but she knew they could take care of themselves for now.
Emerald walked towards some sort of home-made storage room. It was made out of leaves, wood, and several other things. It was a good thing he was a unicorn, otherwise building all those things by himself would’ve been a lot more trickier. Sharp smiled as Emerald came out of the little space with some home-made saddle bags. They were made from leaves and some sticky spider webs. He smiled at her as he walked past her and put some things in his bags, including some home-made weapons.
“Well then, let’s get going.” He said smiling, taking the pegasus pirate with him.
The sun shone brightly as the two ponies trotted through the tight forest. Emerald showed the pirate all kinds of nature things, such as fruits, plants, animals and so on. Sharp found herself stuck in his eyes the whole time as he talked. She loved spending time with him, even though she didn’t want to admit it. She found the nature quite interesting so far. The deadly and poisonous plants could come in handy some time. Most animals were friendly, but a few weren’t. A big eagle found the two ponies trotting towards the waterfalls and decided to attack. Emerald already heard him coming and jumped towards Sharp to shove her out of the way. The eagle’s sharp claws scratched slightly over the unicorn’s coat, but disappeared quickly. Wincing a bit, Emerald stood, making room for the pirate to stand up too.
“Are you okay?” Sharp asked as she stood back on her hooves.
“Yeah, it’s just a scratch.” Emerald laughed slightly. “Don’t worry about it.” He motioned her to follow him again. They walked further into the forest and eventually came to a beautiful place with waterfalls, fruits and all kinds of animals and plants.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” Emerald said as they walked towards a bench made out of stone.
Sharp’s eyes shone as the ponies neared the huge waterfall. The water flowed down with great speed and strength and fell onto the rocks beneath it with loud splashes. The beautiful blue liquid sparkled in the warm sunlight.
“Yes, it sure is.” Sharp said, slightly dazed from the amazing place. Her eyes scanned every nook and cranny of the wonderful clearing until they fell on the stone bench. “Did you make that?” She asked. Emerald looked at her, then at the bench with a smile and nodded.
“Yes, I did. But not alone. My friends worked on it too. Even with magic it wasn’t quite easy.” He laughed silently. Sharp looked back at him and wondered if he really missed his friends so much.
“You know, Emerald. If you miss your friends, you should just go to them.” She said. “This island may be beautiful, but it isn’t worth anything when you live all alone.”
With a chuckle Emerald nodded. “You’re right about that.” He looked up at the sky. “I just… I’m just not sure about it. Maybe someday I’ll be able to see them again.” He said as they sat down on the ground. The grass was soft and slightly wet from the night damp. It was already noon and Emerald took some fruit out of his saddlebags.
“Want some?” He asked, handing some to the pegasus. Sharp nodded and smiled, taking a yellowish fruit in her mouth. She took a bite, taking in the taste. With a smile she swallowed it.
“What was that? It was delicious!” She exclaimed. Emerald laughed slightly and smiled warmly at her.
“That is a frutta gialla.” He said. He had called this language ‘Italian’, but Sharp did not know it. “It means yellow fruit. Pretty simple actually.” He said with a laugh. Sharp nodded and smiled at him as she ate the frutta gialla. Emerald took some other fruit and ate it himself. After they finished eating he stood up again.
“Let’s go back. It’s getting pretty dark.”
With a nod Sharp stood up and followed after him. She looked at him differently now. Even though they had met each other just the previous day, she felt herself attracted to him. He amazed her in almost every way. His eyes always shone brightly, even in the dark, and his personality was admirable. And of course his looks weren’t bad either. Sharp didn’t realize it yet, but deep in her heart, she started to love the stallion more and more each minute they spend together. Her dream from before hadn’t just been a dream. It was a vision of the future.
