Chapters Don't worry, it'll be fine, everypony loves an alicorn, besides, Ponyville already has one alicorn, and she seems okay. Here I go, my first steps into my new life, my new school, a new teacher, new friends, new experiences. Of course they'll love me, why wouldn't they? They love all the other Princesses. My new teacher looks nice at least. An Earth pony, with bouncy pink hair and a deep pink coat, a cutie mark of three flowers, (daisy's, I think), each with a smile in the centre. Babs Seed had told me that her cousin had gone to this school, that I'd be able to tell her apart because she wears a rather large bow in her mane. Babs was my best friend back in Manehatten, she was the only one that I ever shared my secret with, she was the only one that could keep it. But now, I guess, none of that matters, not after what happened on that faithful day, the day that would change my future.
As I walked in the room fell silent, I was greeted by a line of whispers and smiles. My teacher introduced me to the class, the class just stared, some of them smiled, but not as many as I was expecting. I took my seat next to the pony with the giant bow fastened tightly in her mane, presuming this was the pony that Babs had been telling me about.
"Hi!" She whispered.
"You Babs' cousin?" I whispered back.
"Yeah, my name's Apple Bloom, she tol' me that ya were coming to our school, but she never tol' me ya were an alicorn!"
I was going to reply, but our conversation was cut short by my new teacher, Miss Cheerilee.
"Girls, I know that you are both excited to have made a new friend, but I'm sure that this can wait until after class."
Everypony was staring at us now, the pink pony sat to the other side of me, (the left side), took the opportunity to speak to me for the first time.
"Aww, what's wrong?! The little wanna-be Princess, got told off for talking?! Well then, maybe if you don't wanna get told off, you should hang around with the COOL kids, instead of those cutie mark-less crybabies!" The pony sat next to her joined in.
"Yeah, they haven't even gt their cutie marks yet!"
I looked down at my flank.
"So what? I haven't got mine yet either."
The pink pony looked at me for a few seconds before speaking again.
"Well, yes, but that can all be over-looked, with you being an Alicorn and all..."
I wasn't sure what to say. I knew that everypony loves an Alicorn and all, but what these girls were saying seemed a bit harsh. Picking on someone just because they don't have their cutiemark?! I didn't like this... I didn't like this at all.
"Actually, I think I'm good thanks."
The two girls looked quite taken back by this.
"Well I think you're making a big mistake!" Sneered the pink pony.
"Yeah, they don't even have their cutiemarks!" Chimed the other.
I was about to point out that she'd already said that when my new teacher interrupted us.
"GIRLS!" The two looked embarrassed at first, they stopped talking at once, putting their heads down as though they were sorry, but as soon as Miss Cheerilee turned away, they poked their tongues out and laughed silently.
After school Apple Bloom invited me over to her clubhouse. As we approached it, I could hear voices. The door swung open and a white unicorn walked out.
"Hey'a Apple Bloom! Me and Scootaloo have just been practicing for the sisterhooves social, wanna help? Wouldn't it be great if we got cutie marks for being amazing sisters?!"
"Maybe we can practice for the sisterhooves social later, Sweetie Belle, first, we have something more important to do."
"What could possibly be more important then performing in the sisterhooves social AND earning our cutie marks for it at the same time?!" Apple Bloom stepped to one side, revealing me as she did so.
"Take a peek at our new cutie mark crusader, we need to do one of those, ya know, 'ya are now a cutie mark crusader' meetings like we did with mah cousin, Babs Seed!" Sweetie Belle's eyes lit up.
"I'll get Scootaloo!"
The 'Ya are now a cutie mark crusader meeting' seemed to go on for a while. I kept looking down at my blank flank, do these ponies really get teased, just because they don't have a cutie mark?
Author's Note
Hi, okay, so this is my first ever chapter and also, my first story. I only joined this today, so it's completely new to me, but I wanted to give this a try. I hope that you all like my story, or at least this first chapter anyway. Please feel free to leave your comments, I'd love to hear what you think. Just a short chapter for the start, I don't know how often I'll update this but yeah, goodbye!
PS: I started writing this almost a year ago now so thanks for sticking with me! I've just edited the first chapter slightly. I hope you like it!!!
Now, I tried not to show it, but I was scared. I thought that living in Ponyville would be a breeze, that I'd just walk in and that everypony would love me. I'd get it right this time. Start a fresh. But I thought wrong. Now, the task that the pink pony had just asked me to do was going to determine whether ponies around here would like me or not. It could possibly effect my whole future!
Time seemed to slow around me. Why did I agree to this? I'm not sure I can do this. Of corse I can, I'm an alicorn. But what if I can't? What if for some reason I fail, then everypony will think I'm a fake, then they'll hate me. I don't care about them loving me anymore, I just want them to like me, to accept me for who I am, to treat me the way they treat any other pony. But if I fail this task then they won't like me at all! I won't be able to cross the street without somepony looking over at me and thinking, 'Oh look, there's that little FAKE!' I will be a laughing stock and I'll have to move house AGAIN!
Then everything started going fussy. My head was spinning, I couldn't stand up. I could still hear the ponies talking, but it seemed like they were somewhere far away and their voices were echoing.
"What's the matter ... Matter... Matter...."
"Is she okay ... Kay... Kay...?!"
Then their voices started to sound all slurry and mixed up and I couldn't understand.
"Fey don fin shee faykrin, maaaaybe wey shudd geter doc tor."
Suddenly everything went silent. It was like I had been put inside a room with no windows and no light, and everypony had just left me there all alone. It was really scary. I was terrified. Then, out of nowhere came this massive flash of light! When I opened my eyes I was back in Manehatten, but it seemed... Different.
I was stood inside the small park where I first met Babs Seed. I looked around. It seemed just like I had remembered it, the swings, the slide, the bench, everything. Then I spotted her, Babs Seed. I couldn't believe my eyes, it was really her! I rushed over to her.
"Babs, it's me, you wouldn't believe what a time I had back in Ponyville!"
But Babs just completely ignored me and carried on playing.
"Oh, you heard about that task that the pink pony set for me then. I guess I must have failed. That would explain why you're ignoring me anyway. Strange, I don't even remember what happened that day. In fact, I can't even remember how I got here!"
But she still didn't do anything, she just carried on like I wasn't even there. At that moment another filly came wondering over. I recognised her but I couldn't think where from. She was wearing a hat and a cloak, just like I did when I used to live in Manehatten. She was white, she had no cutie mark and she had a silver mane and tail.
Then it hit me. This filly WAS me. But how? How could I be stood just a few meters away at the same time as I was stood right next to Babs Seed?! It made my head hurt just thinking about it. Then the other me stopped at the other side of Babs Seed and said,
"Um, excuse me, could you maybe help me, I'm trying to get on the swing but I can't reach, can you help me get on?"
These words were familiar. They went around and around in my head until everything was clear. This is what I had said to Babs the first time we had met. It was like I was watching my own past before my eyes.
Then came another bright flash of light. I wasn't in the park anymore. I was at home. I was sat in my bedroom, trying and trying to lift up my hat with my horn. But it was no use. No matter how hard I tried, the most I could get was a tiny spark. I was nowhere near ready to lift a hat. Then came a knock at the door. I quickly put on my hat and cloak and rushed downstairs to answer it. It was Babs Seed.
"Hi." She said to me. "You said I should come round, that you had something important to say."
I grabbed her hoof and pulled her inside, closing the door behind us.
"Wow!" She cried. "I didn't expect that, what's the rush?"
I took a deep breathe.
"Promise me you won't tell."
"Tell what?" Babs asked curiously.
"Tell my secret." I said, as though it was obvious.
"What secret?"
"The secret that I'm about to tell you."
"Which is?"
I sighed. Before then, I'd never shared my secret with anypony. But Babs seemed different. Like she knew how to keep a secret, possibly she kept one herself. But I could guarantee that whatever her secret was, mine was a bigger secret. My secret was bigger and better than anypony's. That's why I had to keep it. But for the first time ever, I was about to share it. I took of my cloak.
"Wow, you're a Pegasus!" Babs exclaimed.
"Not just that." I said, taking off my hat to reveal my horn.
Babs Seed gasped.
"An alicorn?!" She gushed excitedly. "I've never seen a REAL alicorn before!"
"Shhhh!" I pleaded. "If anypony hears you I don't know what will happen, I've never told anypony that I'm an alicorn before. Alicorns don't really come to Manehatten, if they see me they'll think I'm a freak!"
"Relax, we're inside, nopony can hear us, besides, I'm sure they wouldn't think you're a freak, I don't think you're a freak."
"I suppose your right. Thanks."
I paused. This was because Babs was looking right at me.
"What's up?" I asked her.
"Well, don't you think we're getting a little carried away? You've invited me around to your house, told me your biggest secret, and you haven't even told me your name."
This made me feel really uncomfortable. Both watching it and being there at the time. I had never liked telling people my name. I avoided telling people my name. I didn't really have any nicknames either. Well, not any nice ones.
Another flash came. I was stood in the park again, but this time Babs was nowhere to be seen. I was wearing my cloak and hat as usual to cover my horn and wings. There was girls crowded around me.
"What kind of a name is that?!"
I gulped. I knew exactly what this moment was. I can remember it clearly, not that I want to.
"Princess! Seriously?! Your name is Princess?! Who in Equestria would call their filly Princess?! It's such a stupid name! Why did your parents call you that anyway? You're nothing like a Princess! If I had to give you a name, I'd call you LOSER!"
The word loser was now weaving it's way through my mind. I couldn't handle it. A final flash came and I was in a new place. But I couldn't remember it. The light was blinding. I squinted hard to see. I didn't know where I was, it seemed like... A hospital?!
Author's Note
I hope that this chapter was better than the last two. I know that I had a lot of people saying that my OC is boring, so I just hope that this chapter was more interesting. I hope that you all like my characters name. If you haven't guessed already then she was named because she was an alicorn. Please let me know what you think. Was this better than the last chapters? I hope that you liked it.
At first, I couldn't tell what was going on. I was laid in a hospital bed with the rest of the cutie mark crusaders staring back at me.
"She's awake! She's awake!" Cried Sweetie Belle.
"Oh thank goodness!" Apple Bloom chimed. "Ya were really worrying us! Ya kept saying things like 'Princess' and 'alicorn', you were even shouting 'Babs Seed'!"
"Oh." I sighed.
Then I looked around a little more. Yep, it was defiantly a hospital, no doubts about that. The beds, the curtains, the window, the lights; there was nothing in here to suggest that this wasn't a hospital, but how did I get here? I had to know!
"How did I even manage to get into hospital anyway? I can't remember a thing!"
The three of them looked at each other. Scootaloo sighed and began to clear her throat.
"A'hem. Well... Strangely enough it was actually Diamond Tiara who brought you here. We must have been so caught up arguing that we didn't even realise that you had gone. So in the end I just gave up and told them that it was the same pony I went to the sisterhooves social with last year, because they both know I went with Rainbow Dash, and she is the most awesome pony ever!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle glared at her. "Yeah, right. Well, when these two finally figured out who I was going with, we turned to you to ask who you were going with."
Sweetie Belle joined in.
"But you were GONE!"
Then Apple Bloom spoke up.
"We looked everywhere for ya, we really did! But it was too late, ya see, Dimond Tiara came over. We all knew that this was NOT the right time, but she seemed to know EXACTLY what was going on, it was like she was psychic!"
Sweetie Belle stuck her nose in the air and started to do a weird voice, which I'm guessing was supposed to be Diamond Tiara.
"Looking for your little alicorn BABY friend?! Well, too bad! I asked her to prove to me that she was really an alicorn, but she couldn't even do a simple task. All I asked was for her to use her magic to transport her to the top of a building and then fly back down again, easy! But then she got all panicky like 'Oh no, I'm not a REAL alicorn, I'm just a fake, I can't do this! I'm going to fail!' And then she just fell on the floor, clearly pretending to faint, but Silver Spoon just INSISTED that we took her to hospital!"
Sweetie Belle stopped, it was clear that she had only just realised that we were all staring at her. Her face went as red as a tomato.
"Well... Um... I think she said something like that."
Then it went really quiet, you could hear a pin drop. It was awkward, somepony had to say something, luckily, somepony did, Apple Bloom.
"Yeah, well, we hope that y'all okay, we're sorry for arguing like that, we really are, maybe if we hadn't of been arguing in the first place, ya wouldn't have felt the need to go running off like that, then you wouldn't have bumped into Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and you wouldn't have felt pressured to do their stupid task, and..."
She looked at the others for support.
"I think what Apple Bloom is trying to say is that we're sorry." Said Scootaloo, putting her head down.
"It's okay." I told them. "Really."
Then a nurse walked in.
"Visiting time is over girls. Let her get some rest, she should be able to come home in the morning."
The three smiled and walked out. I waved a hoof at them as they went.
So, the pink pony's called Diamond Tiara, huh? Well, I wonder how she'll feel without her diamond tiara. There's nothing like sweet, sweet revenge!
Author's Note
I'm hoping that this chapter may have given away a little more about her personality. I know that the last chapter gave you an insight into her past, but I want to show the different sides to her personality. I'm hoping that in the next chapter you'll get to see her more sinister side. I don't know what you'll think about this chapter, especially the end. I hope that you'll like it, it's not exactly the usual kind of ending I would have.
I had a strange dream last night. I was walking down the street when I bumped into Diamond Tiara and her little sidekick, Silver Spoon. I told them exactly what I thought of them and I laughed. Then I took that little tiara right off Diamond Tiara's head and threw it in the bin. Everyone I knew started to gather around her.
"Why do they call you Diamond Tiara anyway?" Scootaloo sneered. "Your name means nothing when you're not actually wearing it!"
Everypony started laughing. Everypony except Diamond Tiara.
"Silver Spoon? How could you? You're supposed to be my friend! Stop it! I'll tell, I'll tell Miss Cheerilee, I'll tell my daddy! Stop it! Stop laughing at me!"
But this only made us all laugh harder.
All of a sudden a blinding light came from above.
"Do you really think this is the right thing to do?" A booming voice came.
Everypony turned and ran, but I froze, it was as though I was glued to the spot, I couldn't move.
"Well, do you?" The voice came again.
Another alicorn darted through the sky before landing right before me. She had long, flowing hair, a deep blue and sparkly. She was a lot taller than most other ponies and her cutie mark... The moon. Oh my goodness. I couldn't believe my eyes. Could it be? No, it couldn't possibly be... But it was.
"P-Princess Luna?" I questioned.
"Indeed." She replied.
I was star struck. I didn't know what to do. I'd always looked up to Princess Luna, she was my idol, and here she was in person, standing right before my eyes. Should I bow down to her? Is it too late? Maybe I should show her how much I appreciate her, but how? If I was to tell her everything I knew about her she might think I'm just some creep. But if I didn't do something then she might think that I just don't care. So I just winged it. I began to bow down, but then I quickly changed my mind and got back up again. I decided that maybe I should say something instead.
"Oh, Princess Luna, it's you, it's really you, I know so much about you, well, I don't know THAT much, I'm not a creep, but I do know a lot about you and..."
Princess Luna gently put a hoof up to to my mouth, ushering me to stop talking.
"I know very well of this. However, that is not the reason I entered your dreams tonight. The real reason is that I think you may be about to make a huge mistake."
I was puzzled. What mistake? I wasn't going to make a mistake. What was she talking about? Maybe she was supposed to enter somepony else's dream, but got mine by mistake. See, she was the only one making mistakes, not me! Princess Luna looked at me.
"Do you really not know?"
I shook my head. I didn't have a clue!
"The maybe I can remind you."
Princess Luna tapped a hoof hard on the ground. The whole street disappeared into the night and was soon replaced by a house, unfamiliar to me.
"I still don't understand." I told her.
"This is the house of Diamond Tiara, follow me." She instructed.
I followed her up a rather large staircase, into a bedroom, and inside the a bed lay Diamond Tiara herself.
"Why have you taken me here?" I asked.
"This is Diamond Tiaras house, this is her bedroom, look, she even wears her tiara whilst she's asleep."
"Yeah, I can see that."
"I thought you wanted revenge." Teased Princess Luna.
"I do want revenge, SHE'S the one that gave me that stupid task which lead to me being in hospital! And her little companion, Silver Spoon should get her fair share in it too!"
"Well then, what are you waiting for? I've shown you where she lives, which bedroom is hers, all you would need to do is go there and take it, take her prized tiara, and see what the consequences are!"
At that moment I woke up. Right now, I wanted revenge more than anything. Before, I wanted ponies to love me. Then I wanted them to just like me, that would be enough. But now, what I want more than anything... Is revenge.
I crept out of my bed and tippy-hoofed down the corridor. A doctor came out of one of the rooms and asked me what I was doing, so I told him I was just going to the bathroom, so he walked off. I managed to get out of the hospital with no distractions after that. Once I got out, I ran. I knew exactly where I was going. Diamond Tiara's house! I knew exactly where it was, all thanks to Princess Luna. I tried hard to open the door, but somepony had locked it! I walked around the back of the house to see if anypony had been foolish enough to leave open a window. I was out of luck. It seemed like I would never get my revenge, but then I noticed something... The house had a side door.
As I walked out the house, I felt a sense of accomplishment and pride. But after that came another feeling, a sick feeling. What should I do now?
Author's Note
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. HOPEFULLY this gives you a little more insight into Princess's character. Please, please, please like this if you enjoyed it because at the moment this story has got more dislikes than actual likes.
I left the house with the tiara proudly sat on my head. I had put it on to make it easier to carry, but as I walked back to the hospital it was just a constant reminder that I had just invaded the house of Diamond Tiara, AND stolen what is possibly her most valuable and prized possession. But there was no turning back now. If I went back in there I might wake her up, and then she'd catch me in the act, and she might think that I was trying to steal it, even though I would be trying to put it back, and then she'd get her daddy, and he'd probably shout at me, then he would call the police or something, and I would never be able to see any of my friends again, not that they'd want to see me, nopony would still want to be friends with someone if they thought they were a thief!
I took some time to breathe.
I guess there really was no turning back. But, what was I going to do? Everypony here seemed to recognise Diamond Tiara's, well, tiara, so if they saw me wearing it then they they'd know that I'd taken it from her. I could hand it in, pretending I'd just found it lying around.... Wait! Lying around, that's it! I could just leave it lying around! Oh. But, I suppose it wouldn't exactly be sweet, sweet revenge if I left her precious tiara somewhere where she could easily find it. I may not be stupid enough to keep it, but I still want my revenge... So I guess I'll just have to HIDE IT instead! Picture it, it shall be great, Diamond Tiara, frantically looking everywhere for her so special little hat, she'd probably get grounded for months just for loosing it, and nopony would know where it was! Nopony, except me!
The plan was genius! Except for one minor detail... Where was I going to hide it?!
After a while, I finally decided that it would probably just be best if I took it back to the hospital with me, hide it underneath my pillow, and get some sleep. After all, I had been up for most of the night!
In the morning I was discharged, as promised, from the hospital, so I was deemed safe to go back to school.
When I got to school a flash of pink charged towards me, so fast it almost knocked me off my hooves! I got up, confused and dazed. It was Diamond Tiara. But what did she want?
"My tiara!" She demanded, as if in reply. "Give me MY tiara, little alicorn, I KNOW you have it!"
Oh no. Her tiara was missing, I had presumed that all that was a dream, I thought that I'd never ever be brave enough to ACTUALLY steal her tiara! But I must have done... I wasn't dreaming! Oh, but that means that I must have left it back at the hospital, it must still be underneath my pillow...........
Diamond Tiara was clearly oblivious to my inside breakdown. "Well, where is it?! Do you understand how cross my mother was when she saw me not wearing it? Do you realise how mad she'll be with me if I don't bring it back home tonight? No, you don't! Bet we'll just say this, she'll be a grey, very a grey, but not just with me, with YOU!"
I was confused. Very confused.
"H-how did you.....?"
"How did I know it was you?!" Diamond Tiara snapped, before flicking her hair. "Well, I thought it was obvious! You're the only alicorn in the class, it's clear that you want to be a princess, you couldn't have a crown, so you just thought that my tiara would have to do, didn't you?! Oh, who am I kidding?! OF COURSE YOU DID! Now, GIVE ME MY TIARA!"
I looked, sheepishly at my hooves.
"What's the matter? Didn't you expect me to figure it out?! You thought that because YOU'RE an alicorn, YOU are smarter than everypony else! Is that what you think?! Well, IS IT?!"
I took a deep breathe.
" Actually, Diamond Tiara, I didn't steal your tiara because I want to be a princess, in fact, I don't want to be a princess at all, but unfortunately, Princess is my name, so I'm going to have to live with it!"
Diamond Tiara's jaw dropped, but I didn't care, I just carried on.
"The real reason why I stole your precious tiara was to get my revenge, you're the one that told me to use my magic to transport myself to the top of a building, and then fly back down again. I had a panic attack because of you, and you didn't do anything, you just stood and watched whilst I freaked out, and then I fainted, in front of ALL THOSE PONIES! How embarrassing! Then I had to go to hospital, and it's all because of YOU! Oh, and also, I don't THINK I'm smarter than anypony else, but I KNOW I'm a whole lot smarter than YOU!"
By now, loads of ponies had gathered around. They were all watching, open mouthed. But, unfortunately, they had also attracted the attention of my new teacher, Miss Cheerilee.
Uh-oh! This wasn't good!
Author's Note
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, as always. If you spot any mistakes, don't feel afraid to point them out. I hope that my story is getting better. I also hope that in the next chapter you shall find out a whole lot more about my OC, hopefully.
"Girls!" Miss Cheerilee cried.
Me and Dimond Tiara looked up in shock.
"This is not the kind of behaviour I expect from you." She traced her eyes over both of us as she said this, carefully taking in the looks of pure shock written all over our faces.
"As punishment I expect to see 100 things about yourselves on my desk by tomorrow morning. You shall then read it out loud to the whole class."
Wow. This was harsh. I know that I wanted to get revenge on Dimond Tiara for landing me in hospital, but even I thought this was a step too far, especially since the punishment was for the both of us, all I had done was give Dimond Tiara a taste of her own medicine, what's the harm in that?! But it was clear that Miss Cheerilee wasn't going to change her mind, so as soon as school was over I got started on my list.
The first thing that you should know about me is that my name is Princess. I've never really liked my name, this is because I was bullied because of my name when I was a lot younger, ponies used to say to me that I didn't deserve my name, that I'd never be a princess in a million years, that a mule would have more of a chance of becoming a princess then I did, so as I grew older I tended not to tell ponies my name, I avoided the topic.
Before I came to Ponyville I lived in Manehatten.
When I lived in Manehatten, I was scared of how ponies would react to an alicorn like me, so I hid my wings and horn by wearing a cloak and trinity hat.
In Manehatten, my best friend was a pony called Babs Seed, she was the only pony that I ever told about me being an alicorn because I felt as though she was the only pony I could trust. When I first found out that I was moving to Ponyville, I was really nervous, so I told Babs Seed and she calmed me down, telling me that everypony would love me, just the way I am.
I've always admired Princess Luna. This is because she is a naturally born alicorn, like me, and before she came back as Nightmare Moon, nopony even knew that there was another Princess, and nopony really knows me either, except for Babs Seed, maybe.
I only moved to Ponyville after an accident in Manehatten, in which my identity as another alicorn was revealed.
When I was younger, my magic was extremely weak, all the unicorns that I knew used to be able to move things easily with their horn, and others could even do basic level magic tricks, but I could only just manage a small spark.
I don't normally talk about what happened in Manehatten, but I think that you should know; I was in the park where I normally met up with Babs Seed, but she was running late. Then suddenly I heard her shouting for help. When I had been practicing on my own, I had only managed the smallest of all sparks, but now my friend was in danger, and I needed to get there for her as soon as possible, so I took off my cloak and trinity hat and used all the strength I had to power my horn. It was a struggle, but I finally managed to use my magic to teleport to Babs Seed. She was surrounded by all the same ponies that had said all those nasty things about my name, and I wasn't going to let them get away with it! I flapped my wings as hard as I could, thrusting me up into the air. The girls watched in astonishment as I summoned all my magic and in one mighty blast, I turned them all into ginger bread ponies, just because it was the first thing I could think of. I swooped back down, my outbursts of magic had left me tired and exhausted, I fell flat on the pavement gasping for air. Babs laughed at my ginger bread ponies, I guess that they're not that scary when they've been covered in frosting! But, now that I had made my point, it was time to turn them back to normal. This was a problem. I had used most of my energy just teleporting there, but then I had also turned them into ginger bread ponies, I was completely drained. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't turn them back to normal. I thought that they were going to stay like that forever, but luckily there was now a rather large group of ponies that had came to watch this dramatic scene, thinking that it was probably just some kind of street play. One of them must have figured out that something was wrong because suddenly gasps started coming from the audience like dominoes. Then, out of nowhere, a brown coloured stallion stepped out from the crowd, a unicorn! This was a massive relief, he seemed to know what he was doing at least. He whisked up a massive spell, carrying the ginger bread ponies above our heads, before changing them all back into normal ponies again, and gently lowering them to the ground. The crowd cheered. The girls just stared at me at first, but then they soon run off, shivering. I was still dazed by the fact that I had managed to teleport there AND turn those ponies into ginger bread ponies, but then I noticed that everypony was looking at me and whispering. Everypony knew now that I was an alicorn. No alicorns live in Manehatten, so I decided to move to Ponyville where Twilight Sparkle lives, simply because she is an alicorn now, so I figured that the ponies here would be used to alicorns and would just accept me for who I am, like Babs had told me.
I have a strange obsession with ginger bread. I don't know why, but I just love it! My mum used to work at a bakery, so I guess that I just kind of, grew up with it.
Both my parents are Pegasus ponies, but for some reason I'm an alicorn. Nopony knows how I got to be an alicorn, or why I'm an alicorn, but I am an alicorn, hence the name Princess.
I hate flying. I'm actually really good at flying, my mum and dad both wanted me to be a wonderbolt, but the problem is I just hate it! I'm terrified of heights and I can't stand being up in the air, drawing attention to myself, everypony staring at me, seeing that I am an alicorn. Even if I was to wear a hat, it may blow off in a breeze, and then everypony would know that I'm an alicorn. I suppose that this doesn't matter anymore, everypony knows that I'm an alicorn now, but I'm still scared of heights and that will never change!
I don't have my cutie mark yet.
I haven't been able to use my magic ever since the incident in Manehatten, but I so hope that I shall be able to someday, so I guess that for now I'll just have to keep trying.
My favourite colour is blue.
I have a pet goldfish called Bubbles.
My mums cutie mark is a ginger bread pony... Yet another reason why I love them so much!
I have an older sister that lives in CloudsDale. Her name is Lightning Strike, her cutie mark is a cloud spilt in half by a bolt of lightning. She is a Pegasus, just like the rest of my family.
My dads cutie mark is a pair of wings with a cloud in the middle.
My mum has a pink coat and a silver mane and tail. My dad has a white coat with a purple mane and tail. My sister has a pink coat with a purple mane and tail.
My first words were 'Ginger bread.'
I am allergic to pineapple.
In my life time I have made 362 ginger bread ponies and counting.
I get really easily paranoid. I know it's not a very nice thing to have on the list, but it's true.
When I was a baby, I apparently painted myself pink to look like mummy!
I have 25 spell books, even though I'm not that great at magic.
When I was packing for Ponyville, the first thing I put in my suitcase was some ginger bread!
My hair is naturally curly.
I once put a collar around Bubbles' tank and took him for a walk.
I write to my sister every week.
I really want to visit my sister, but because I'm scared of heights, I'm terrified of going to CloudsDale to see her.
Luckily, I can still see my sister because she comes to visit us at least once a month.
I used to be the smartest pony in my class, but then I got scared that ponies would think that I was a nerd, so I cut down on my revision time.
I have never performed in a single play in my entire life, I would like to, but I don't like drawing attention to myself, so I don't.
My dream is to become a poet, and preform my best work to Princess Luna.
I love poetry, it's possibly my favourite pass time.
The first poem I ever wrote was about ginger bread.
My favourite time of the year is winter because I adore snow. It's also the best time for me personally because I can play hide and seek with my friends and they shall never find me because I can lay on the floor and my white coat blends in with the snow.
I read a book every night.
My parents used to think that because I was good at flying I would also be good other sports, so they entered me into every single athletics team they could think of, but I came last in all of them.
Despite my favourite colour being blue, everything inside my bedroom is pink, even my books!
The only thing in my bedroom that is not pink is Bubbles' tank, and Bubbles himself.
I haven't played a video game in years, this is because every time I start playing a video game, I just can't stop! Once, I played a video game for 2 days running without taking a break. My dad had to prize me apart from my controller.
Before I met Babs Seed, my only friend was Bubbles.
I have a pair of pink reading glasses, but I tend not to use them in public, even though I really should.
I once won 100 ginger bread ponies as part of a competition, delicious!
I have a brother that I have never met before, so I don't really know much about him, other then he ran away when he was just a colt and ponies have been unable to track him down.
We light a candle for my brother each year, hoping that he shall come home someday.
Even though I'm allergic to it, I love the smell of pineapple.
I can balance a pen on my muzzle.
I have only ever been invited to two birthday parties, my sister's and Babs Seed's.
I am EXTREMELY ticklish! I once had a tickle fight against a pony 2 years younger than me, and they won. I was out within the first 30 seconds.
The only smell I love more than pineapple is ginger bread!
Ginger bread is the only thing I've ever managed to successfully bake.
I can't stand photos of myself so I try to avoid cameras.
I invented tickle fights before I realised just how ticklish I was.
When I was younger, I asked my mum if I could marry a ginger bread pony. That didn't go down well.
I painted an entire book shelf all by myself!
When I am bored, I write stories to as well as poems.
I once won an award for 'most creative poem'. This was for a poem I had written about goldfish.
My tail and mane used to be really long, but I kept tripping up over them so I had them cut short.
Everypony in my family has got blue eyes, including me.
I have written 12 poems about ginger bread, 33 poems about goldfish and 62 in total.
I love to sing, but I'm not very good at it.
I once dressed as a ginger bread pony for nightmare night.
The following year I dressed as a goldfish.
I have kept a diary ever since I could write.
The first diary entry I ever wrote was about ginger bread.
Bubbles was given to me as a reward from my parents for winning a baking competition, the same one as which I won 100 ginger bread ponies.
My sister has a pet cloud called 'Ginger Bread'. She told me that she named it to remind her of me, because I love ginger bread so much.
My sister thinks that a cloud is suitable for a pet, even though I've told her several times that it's not.
Neither of my parents have a pet.
Although I really love ginger bread, I also love lots of other tasty treats, my second favourite treat, obviously after ginger bread, are cupcakes.
I love brain teasers.
Even though I hate flying , I love playing on the swings at the park because I can hold on which makes me feel safe.
The first friend I made in Ponyville was AppleBloom.
My friends are Babs Seed, AppleBloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Bubbles and my sister.
I have not ate a single piece of ginger bread since I came to Ponyville.
I am now a cutie mark crusader.
Apparently, I'm competing in the sisterhooves social, even though I barely know what it is.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon asked me to teleport to the top of a building and fly back down again, which gave me a massive panic attack because I can't teleport and even if I could I'm scared of heights. This got me so freaked out that I fainted, resulting in me getting into hospital!
When I was unconscious after I had fainted, I had several flashbacks to times from my past. Including meeting Babs Seed.
I awoke in hospital, greeted by Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.
The following night I had a dream about revenge, in which I met my idol, Princess Luna!
I stole Diamond Tiara's tiara, not because I want to be a princess, which I don't, but simply because I wanted revenge for her landing me in hospital!
I don't want to be a princess, ponies only think that because I'm an alicorn.
I hid Diamond Tiara's tiara underneath my pillow at the hospital, but I left it there by mistake and now I can't get it back.
I hate Diamond Tiara and I shall never forgive her for getting me into hospital. I hate Silver Spoon too, but she doesn't bug me as much as Diamond Tiara, I just wish she wouldn't go along with everything that Diamond Tiara says, that's all.
I still want to get my revenge on Silver Spoon, though it won't be as harsh as Diamond Tiara's.
I moved to Ponyville because they already have an alicorn so I thought I might fit in, but I haven't seen the princess at all.
I have eaten 9 cupcakes since I moved to Ponyville.
I love to watch plays and imagine myself in them.
I don't like rain, in fact, I hate it, this is because whenever my mane and tail get wet, they spring back to their normal curly state which takes me FOREVER to straighten again!
I only have one picture of my brother. Unfortunately, it's not that clear, but you can still make out his blue eyes and wide smile.
When I was younger, I wanted to become a detective so that I could track down my brother, but unfortunately, I'm no good at that kind of thing.
I polish my hooves every weekend.
Apparently, my brother used to like ginger bread just as much as I do, if not even more. Now THAT is impossible!
I love ice cream in the summer, but nowhere near as much as I love ginger bread!
I have got a cloud shaped locket that has a picture of my sister inside, it means everything to me, more than ginger bread.
I am so tired of writing, my hoof aches, I love writing, but not this much!
I'm going to get some ginger bread!
Phew! That took almost ALL night! But now I had to read it to the ENTIRE class! I was shaking. I couldn't do it. Some of those things were personal. Oh, why did I write them?! It was too late to cross them out, I didn't have enough time to write in some new answers, I was tired and I wanted to eat some ginger bread and go to bed. What was I going to do NOW?!
Author's Note
This chapter took me ages to write! Thinking of 100 random facts about my OC is actually a lot harder than it looks, but I still had a lot of fun making up crazy things! Don't even ask about the ginger bread, it's the first thing I could think of...
I'm not sure if I actually managed 100 or 99 but STILL!!!
I haven't had time to check it through properly, so I'm relying on all the nit-Pickers out there to let me know if I've put some facts twice or possibly contradicted something I've already said. I know you won't let me down! I will check through this properly when I get the chance though.
Okay, I hope that you enjoyed this. Please give it a thumbs up if you like it, it really helps.
The Corn
I arrived at school quivering violently. What would ponies think of me after I had read my list to them ALL?! Would they ever be able to like me after that?! Only time would tell. I walked into class nervously, I took my seat next to AppleBloom, but today I wasn't going to talk to her, why would anypony want to talk to me after all this?! Miss Cheerilee began to speak. I held my breathe.
"Good morning class. I hope that you are all very excited for our two guest speakers today. Diamond Tiara, Princess, are you ready?"
I wanted to scream aloud 'NO!' But I felt as though I couldn't, like there was something pulling me back. She had said my name too, which didn't make it much better. Diamond Tiara excitedly put a hoof in the air.
"Miss Cheerilee, IM going FIRST!"
Phew! At least this would buy me some time. Hopefully, she'll take so long telling everypony her 100 facts that there simply won't be time for mine! Genius! But wait, what if this was revenge? She could be trying to get revenge for my revenge on her! She could have written lots and lots of horrible things about me, made them all up, maybe I should have gone first, that would have stopped her! But I hadn't, so now I had to just sit and watch. Luckily, Diamond Tiara's 100 facts were mostly about how rich she is and how she's better than everypony else. Ha! She says that nopony likes a wanna-be Princess, but she's the one that goes around wearing a tiara on her head claiming she's better than everypony else. But now, it was MY turn!
I shuffled to the front of the classroom holding my piece of paper in my mouth. A Colt shouted at me from the back of the classroom;
"Why don't ya just use your horn? Isn't that what it's there for?!"
This sent Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon into a snigger, which was quickly defused by a knowing glance from Miss Cheerilee. Although, inside my head they were still sniggering, the whole class was, I knew it was just my imagination, but the harder I tried to calm myself the louder the sniggers came from inside of my head, suddenly turning into giggles and then fits of hysterical laughter. It was as though everypony in my class had just jumped inside of my head and took control of my thoughts and were not going to stop until total domination had taken place.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
I counted to ten. I took a deep breathe. The voices slowed and faded leaving me standing back in the real world. A class full of faces were staring back at me. I placed my paper on the floor and began to read my list.
The more I read, the more I relaxed, I gained confidence, now I was in full flow and I wasn't going to stop until I had read my entire list!
Several minuets later it was over. I had done it! I had read my list to the whole entire class! I couldn't believe it, I DID IT! I took a step back to finally take a look at my classmates.
Oh no, this wasn't good. Or was it? I couldn't tell. Everypony was staring at me. Some ponies laughed, and a few were clapping, but then they slowed and stopped. There was even a small filly positioned towards the back of the classroom with a tear in her eye, but I couldn't tell if that was a good sign or a bad sign. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara's mouths hung open in shock. I looked over at AppleBloom for support, but she just covered her face with her hoofs, maybe Sweetie Belle could help, but she just looked over to Scootaloo who shrugged. The room suddenly fell deathly silent.
It seemed like ages before Miss Cheerilee spoke up.
"Well, that was certainly... Interesting. I know that I shouldn't let you go early, but, I guess, you may now go to play. Break time."
I wasn't sure wether she liked it or not, wether she was mad at me or if she was going to give me a gold star, I just couldn't tell. All the fillies and colts in my class darted for the door as fast as they could. I raced behind them, trying to catch up. As I walked into the playground everypony went into a whisper. I looked around, I suddenly spotted the rest of the cutie mark crusaders behind a bench and went over to join them. But, before I could get anywhere near my path was blocked by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. I was just about to tell them to go away when Diamond Tiara began to ~~talk~~ whine.
"How dare you!" She shot. "How DARE you?!"
"How dare I what?!" I spluttered.
"You know what!" She cried. "Making out as though everything was OUR fault in front of the ENTIRE class! I could have done just the same to you, but I chose not to, you are lucky Princess , trust me NEXT TIME I'm going ta GET YOU! Just you watch!"
Silver Spoon joined in.
"You want to get revenge, on me? But I've done nothing wrong! I even took you to hospital after you practically fainted on me! I could have just left you there! Well, I should have done!"
By this point she was almost in tears. Was I actually starting to feel sorry for this monster? No! I couldn't, that would be letting her win, HER, the same girl that tasked me to use my magic to teleport to the top of a building and fly down, the same pony that made me have a panic attack in the middle of the streets... With everypony watching! I wasn't going to give in that easily!
"For your information, I didn't PRACTICALLY faint, I DID faint! There's a difference! And, the only reason why I fainted in the first place was because you asked me to use my magic, and teleport, and fly. I'm TERRIFIED of heights!"
Silver Spoon looked shocked. But then she re-composed herself before stating:
"Well, I didn't know that then."
And walking off with Diamond Tiara.
I wasn't sure if I wanted to see the cutie mark crusaders anymore. I just wanted to be left alone.
The rest of the day just seemed to drown on, forever and ever, but finally the moment arrived when we were free to go home and do what we want. I was the last to leave. I didn't want anyone to see me. I just wanted to be by myself. I walked slowly home, trying to think of a new poem I could write. But then, all that peacefulness and tranquility was broken and shattered into pieces!
"DIAMOND TIARA!" Came a booming voice. "DIAMOND TIARA, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU THAT YOU SIMPLY MUST WEAR YOUR TIARA AT ALL TIMES! WHERE IS IT?!"
I peered around the corner to see a frightened looking Diamond Tiara alongside a pointed-nosed mare. Okay, this was getting weird, first I started to feel sorry for Silver Spoon, but now DIAMOND TIARA?! What was happening to me?! I didn't like this! I didn't like this at all! Who in Equestria feels sorry for Silver Spoon, let alone DIAMOND TIARA?! I needed to do something, but what?! I could try getting her tiara back, I don't really know if it shall work or not, but it's worth a try. I figured that if I got it back, then Diamond Tiara's pointy nosed mother would have no reason to shout at her, then I wouldn't feel sorry for her and everything would go back to normal.
The only problem was, her tiara was in the hospital, how would I get it back? I had no idea. I needed a plan! But first, I needed some ginger bread.
I thought about heading home to eat my ginger bread in the comfort of my bedroom but this was a situation that required fleshly baked ginger bread, and thanks to word of mouth I knew that the perfect place to go was a bakery named 'Sugarcube Corner'. The door swung open to allow in the sweet smell of freshly baked goods to find its way to me. I sniffed the air with delight, taking in every last trail of scent the shop left behind. A pink pony with a balloon cutie mark and a tangled mane and tail suddenly caught sight of me, and before I knew it, she had bounded up to me and was questioning me at top speed.
"Are you the new pony that just arrived in Ponyville? Who am I kidding, of course you are! I don't know any other alicorns that live in Ponyville, well, apart from Twilight, but she used to be a unicorn so she doesn't count! Or at least I don't think that counts.... Would you say that counts? Oh well, it doesn't matter, my name's Pinkie Pie, well, actually it's Pinkamena Diane Pie, but I let my friends call me Pinkie Pie, and I'm friends with everypony, so pretty much everyone I know calls me Pinkie Pie, although, sometimes they call me just Pinkie, you can call me that too! You're name's Princess, right?! Well, I hope it is, because that's what I wrote on all of your 'Welcome To Ponyville' party banners! Oops, did I just say that out loud?! Well, I wasn't supposed to, it WAS going to be a SUPRISE, but oh well, you won't tell Princess, will you? Oh, you are Princess, whoops, could you maybe just pretend you never heard that for me?! Wait... Did you hear me say that??? You better not have done!"
To which my reaction was;
"What?! I'm sorry, I don't understand, could you... Erm... Rephrase that, maybe?"
Pinkie Pie sighed.
"My names Pinkie Pie, but you can call me Pinkie, I think you're name is Princess, and you're new here, right? Well, that's good, it's nice to meet you. What can I get you?"
After Pinkie's big welcome speech I had completely forgotten what I had came for, so now that I was being asked, 'What can I get you?', I was completely confused, and this must have been evident because now Pinkie was trying to explain.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did I loose you there? I have a habit of doing that! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, what can I get you? We have cookies, cake, sweets... All sorts of things! I'd recommend the cookies... And the cakes... And the sweets... Actually, I would recommend everything here, seriously, have you tasted this stuff? It's delicious!!!! No, it's fantastically tasty, it's... It's... Tastyious! Ha ha... I just made a new word! Tastyious! I have to write that down..."
Then she stopped and looked up at me.
"So, what would you like?"
"Oh, I'd like some ginger bread, please." I replied, still slightly dazed.
"Of course!" She chimed before bounding off to go and fetch some ginger bread.
I took a deep breathe, that's one pony-and-a-half! Phew! She sure could talk fast! Within less than one minuet she came bouncing back up to me again, carrying a box on her back.
"That shall be three bits please!"
I handed her my money and she gave me my ginger bread in return, she waved a hoof as I left and I smiled back, carefully caring the box of ginger bread on my back. I walked out of the shop, still looking over at the peculiar pony standing, waving at me, when all of a sudden she began to quiver and shake violently. I'd never seen anything like it before. What was happening?! I had no idea...
"DOOZEY!!!" She shouted.
Everyone gasped and hid underneath tables and shelves and anything they could think of. I didn't know what was going on, I didn't know what to to, how to react, I thought that she would never stop shaking, I ran to get help. But that was the problem... As soon as I turned to run I came face to face with Diamond Tiara. She frightened the life out of me, she gave me a jump, so bad that I tossed the ginger bread off my back and straight, high into the air. I looked up in desperation and shock, but there was nothing I could do to stop the the ginger bread from falling... Three bits and a whole box of tastyious-ness, would soon be down the drain. But then, right there, the strangest thing happened. A sudden flash of pink and purple whizzed by, taking the ginger bread with it. I had no idea what it was, but I had this strange feeling of deja-vu, like I'd experienced this before, but how could I? I wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but this was getting weird.
By now, Pinkie had stopped shaking and SugarCube Corner was under pure relief. But, there was still a problem. That THING had ran off with MY GINGER BREAD!!!!!! It was a thief! How dare it?! Whatever it was! Oh, and Diamond Tiara was also still stood there shouting at me about something or another, but I was far too busy trying to figure out what that thing was, (and more importantly, what it was doing with my ginger bread), to be bothered about what silly little ponies like Diamond Tiara had to say!
Author's Note
Okay, I know I haven't updated this in a while because of school and other stories and stuff, but here you go, I hope you enjoy, and I also hope this makes sense. Enjoy! PS: I'm not really sure if I got the accents on deja-vu, I did type it with the accents but they don't show up on my computer so I don't know if they will on yours. Sorry about that.
SUPRISE!!!!
I didn't care for Diamond Tiara or whatever stupid little thing she had to say, all I cared for right then was, guess what... MY GINGERBREAD!!! I mean, who wouldn't? So I barged past Diamond Tiara, (like any normal pony would), and I started chasing the flash of pink down the street.
"HAY!!! MY GINGERBREAD!!! NO PONY STEALS MY GINGERBREAD... NOPONY!!!"
I shouted as loud as I could whilst still chasing the figure. It was strange how familiar this all seemed though, I just couldn't put my hoof on it... But I didn't have time to think, partly because the thing had MY gingerbread and partly because Diamond Tiara was now chasing ME down the street shouting,
"COME BACK!!! WAS YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! I WANT MY TIARA BACK, PRINCESS!!! IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT BACK THEN YOU'RE DEAD!!! "
It was at this point that the figure in front of me came to an almost complete stop, it placed my gingerbread on top of a peculiarly low cloud and then turned and looked Diamond Tiara dead in the eye.
That frizzy purple mess of hair. Those pure blue icy eyes. Those perfectly polished hooves. I knew who this was. How could I have NOT recognised her.... HOW DID I NOT RECOGNISE MY OWN SISTER?! Oh yeah, I knew why, I was more concerned about my gingerbread...
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!"
My sister shouted right to Diamond Tiara's face.
"I said that if she doesn't give me MY tiara back then she is DEAD!"
Diamond Tiara sneered.
"She is MY sister! And I KNOW that she would never do such a thing and I don't like the way you're speaking to her so I suggest you either apologise to her or leave right now before things turn nasty."
Diamond Tiara looked a little taken back but finally decided to say,
"You CLEARLY don't know her as well as you think! She even admitted to stealing my tiara AND she said she hid it underneath her pillow in the hospital!!!"
I was shocked. How did she know where the tiara was? I was pretty sure that I didn't tell her that... Had I forgotten about telling her? Had she secretly found the tiara under the pillow and decided not to tell me just so that she'd have a reason to hate me even more? I had so much I wanted to say, but my sister spoke first.
"WHAT?! THAT'S NOT TRUE!!! HOW WOULD SHE EVEN GET TO A HOSPITAL TO HIDE IT THERE ANYWAY?!"
Oh no. She didn't know! I was going to tell her in my next letter but now she was here and she didn't know! This was terrible... What was I supposed to do? What else COULD I do except let it all unfold in front of me...
"SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU?! OH, THIS IS PRICELESS! WHAT KIND OF SISTER DOESN'T TELL THE OTHER ONE WHEN THEY FAINT... UNLESS OF COURSE THEY WERE FAKING...."
"FAINTED?!" Then she turned to me, "FAINTED?! YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU FAINTED! WHEN... HOW... WHY?!?!"
I was going to answer but Diamond Tiara cut in,
"I TOLD YOU, SHE WAS FAKING!"
Lightning, (my sister), just glared at her.
"You. Are. Really. Getting. On. My. Nerves. Now."
"TOO BAD!" Diamond Tiara shot, but this was too far for my sister who started to charge at her. I had no time to think, I grabbed the nearest cloud with my magic and tossed it in between the two of them to stop the fight. Gingerbread scattered everywhere and for a few minuets we all just stood still in absolute shock. I was shocked because my magic had worked, MY MAGIC HAD WORKED!!! But why... HOW?!?! The last time it had ever worked was back in Manehatten when I was trying to defend Babs... Why had it suddenly started working again now??? I think my sister was probably shocked because I'd let all my gingerbread just crumble onto the floor, and as for Diamond Tiara, well, she was probably surprised that I actually stopped my sister from attacking her. The silence seemed to go on forever until I finally conjured up enough courage to speak.
"So... Uh... Lightining.... What, um, brought you to Ponyville?"
"Oh... Well, um... actually, I was.... Uh..... Coming for the um.... Sisterhooves Social?"
"Oh. OK...".
Things were awkward like this for a while. None of us really knew what to say. Diamond Tiara just stood there watching the two of us talk, still completely dazed by what had just happened, and I have to say, I can't blame her...
After a while though, me and Lightning Strike decided to go back to my house so that we could talk properly. She bought me a new batch of gingerbread on the way home as we talked, it seemed to help...
Author's Note
This is just another short chapter for the story. I AM SO SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG WAIT!!! I hope that you enjoy and yeah.... Feel free to leave a (nice) comment or a rate. THANKS FOR READING, AND THATNKS FOR WAITING!!! A new chapter will be added soon, I Pinkie Promise!!! Also, I shall try to make corrections to this story as I have noticed quite a few mistakes, but if I don't notice, please don't hesitate to point them out, I don't mind... Really....
Me and my sister talked on the way home. A lot.
"So, were you ever gonna tell me that you fainted or not?"
"Yes, I was, honestly."
"Really? When?"
"In my next letter to you."
"You should have written about it in your LAST letter to me!"
"I couldn't have done! It only happened a few days ago! I wrote my last letter before it happened!"
"A few days ago?! Why didn't you write to me again as soon as it happened?!"
"I didn't have time!"
"What do you mean you didn't have time?! What could you have possibly of been doing that was more important than telling your OWN SISTER that you FAINTED?!"
At this point I went deadly silent.
"Oh... I see... Was it true? About what that dim-witted pink no-life said about you stealing her tiara?"
I must admit, I laughed a bit at my sister's names for Diamond Tiara, but I quickly realised that it was not the time and I stopped laughing.
"Uhm, well, yes. It is but..."
"But what?! You fainted AND you stole her tiara?! You've only been in Ponyville for a few days and you've already gone crackers! Whatever's next, Princess?!"
I just looked at the ground shamefully. Those words hurt. 'You've already gone crackers'. Even my own sister thought I was crazy. She didn't notice my pain, she just carried on.
"Was that the reason why you didn't have time to write to me?! Was it?! You didn't tell me that you fainted because you were out stealing somepony's tiara?! Was that really your reason?!"
A lump formed in my throat. My sister was ashamed of me. I'd let her down. I was a terrible sister and a terrible pony. Tears welled in my eyes.
"Li-Stri, please... I'm sorry... I didn't mean... Please." (Li-Stri is my nickname for her. Pretty simple really, just short for Lightning Strike.) She turned and looked at me.
"Cess', it's okay, I just want answers, I don't want to make you sad. Please don't cry, I love you Cess', you're the only sister I've got and I really just don't want to see you turn into a crazy pony, that's all."
That's the thing about my sister; she's so forgiving. No matter what I do or how angry she is, if she see's me getting the slightest bit upset, she'll forgive me in an instant. Mum says it's because of my brother running away. She thinks that because she's already had one sibling run away, she can't bare the thought of having another one run away, so she'll do whatever she can to keep me at home, forgiving me for anything and everything I do. I never met my brother. He ran away just a month before I was born, but apparently him and my sister were very close. According to mum, they used to do everything together. I find it weird thinking about my brother becuase I don't even know what he look's like. I mean, I have a photo, but it's faded and torn and in bad condition. All I know is that he has blue eyes. That's all. Blue eyes. Of all the stallions in Equestria with blue eyes, how am I supposed to know if I ever meet him? I could have already met him and I wouldn't even know. Blue eyes. That's all I know. My sister never ever talks about him and I've never dared to ask about him because I knew they were very close and I didn't want to upset her by reminding her of him running away. As for my parents, well, whenever I've asked them they've said that he was close to my sister, but if I asked any more than that they would say that I was not old enough to understand and leave it at that.
My sister caught me in my daydream.
"What you thinking about, Cess?" She asked in attempt to change the subject.
I spoke without thinking, "Our brother" I said.
My sister stopped dead in her tracks. She looked as if she'd seen a ghost, all pale and ill-looking.
"What?" She squeaked.
"Oh, uh, nothing." I said quickly trying to move on.
"No, go on, it's okay, tell me." Her eyes were wide and she was searching me for something, but I couldn't quite tell what.
"Oh, well I was just thinking about our brother, that's all."
"Why?!" She demanded.
"Oh um, I don't know, I just was."
"No tell me why" she pressed.
"Oh well it's just becuse you're so forgiving and mum always said that it's because you don't want to lose me like you lost-"
"Don't say it!"
"Say what?"
"You KNOW what!"
"No, I don't know what, and you're really scaring me now, what's wrong?"
"LIAR! You know EXACTLY what!"
" I don't, I promise you Li-Stri! Please, just tell me what's going on!"
"AND DON'T CALL ME LI-STRI!"
"But I've always called you Li-Stri!"
"HE ALWAYS CALLED ME LI-STRI!"
Tears were streaming down her face.
"He... He called me Li-Stri... It was his name for me... " She paused for a moment and shook her head "Urgh, look at me, I'm a mess. Can we talk about something else now Cess'?"
"Oh, um, sure. So, err, Sisterhooves Social?"
"Oh, yeah, Sisterhooves Social, of course. So, uh, got any idea how it works?"
The rest of the conversation went on like this and our brother was never mentioned again, but all through our chat all I could think about was him. What did he look like? Why did he run away? What is everyone not telling me? Why is my sister so sensitive about him? Where is he? What is he doing right now? I had so many questions... I needed answers.
The next day I got up extra early to go and find Twilight. She has a library and maybe she'd be able to find something about my brother. It was clear that my sister and my parents weren't going to give me answers, so if I wanted them, I would have to find them myself. I searched for hours. Every shelf, high and low. Eventually PinkiePie turned up to talk to Twilight and she found what I was looking for straight away. I have no idea how she did that, but she did, and I had no time to question it. My heart was thumping as I unravelled the paper. I didn't think I would find much. My whole life, everything about my brother, apart from his eye colour, had been a mystery to me. I had gotten used to the feeling of not knowing. I was prepared for the papers to be ripped or smudged or crinkled so that I couldn't read the writing and so that it would continue to be a mystery to me. But the writing was fine. And ther, in clear writing, was my all my brother's information. His name, his pony type, the colour of his coat etc... But there was one thing that I didn't prepare myself for. The papers said...
Adopted.
Author's Note
WOW! Thank's for waiting everyone, I hope this was worth the wait! I'm sorry that it's not too long but I've been VERY busy at the moment and I really didn't want to keep you waiting any longer! I've been writing this for over a year now, and I must say, I think that I've improved a lot over time with my spelling and grammar, and just general knowledge of the fandom (not sure whether or not you'll agree). But anyway, I'd like to give you all my thanks for reading, and please, let me know if you spot any mistakes, let me know if you liked it, let me know if you didn't like it... Just let me know things, basically! I always read your comments, I may reply to them a lot later than they were posted but I do still care about what you have to say. I try to take every comment into account with what I'm writing, and so if you have any preferances ad to what yo'd like to see in the story next, tell me, because I might actually write it in! As always, I hope you all liked it, and if you did, please could you leave it a like, it would be much apprechiated. And if you didn't like it, please could you leave a comment so that I know what went wrong and aim to improve it in the next chapter.
This chapter I hope brought a bit more drama into it and you can see her relationship with her sister.
The Corn.
When the meeting was finally over I headed for the door, but the three fillies stopped me in my tracks, completely blocking my path.
"Where are you going?" Sweetie Belle cried. "We've only just finished our meeting, and now that you're now a cutie mark crusader, you can join us preparing for the sisterhooves social!"
I'd only just moved to Ponyville, I had no idea what a 'sisterhooves social' was, even if there was one back in Manehatten, I'd never heard of it, now I was expected to prepare for one with these three fillies that I'd only just met!
"Um, what's a sisterhooves social?" I asked, nervously. The three fillies gasped.
"Babs never told ya bout' the sisterhooves social?!" Apple Bloom cried.
"N-no?" I stammered.
"You sure about that?" Said the orange pony. Funny how I'd been there for what seemed like forever, and yet I still failed to remember her name. But I suppose that doesn't really matter, and neither did it right then. Nopony knows my name either... Yet.
Where was I? Ahh, yes, the orange pony said;
"You sure about that?" Apple Bloom shot her a dirty look.
"What?!" The orange pony shot back. Apple Bloom rolled her eyes, then she looked back at me.
"Never mind her, the sisterhooves social is when sisters get together to compete in games and have fun! Ah'm competing with Applejack, Sweetie Belle here is competing with her sister , Rarity, an Scootaloo is competing with... Wait, who are ya competing with?" Everyone turned to the orange pony, finally, I knew her name! Scootaloo! Scootaloo looked up and smiled smugly.
"Oh, nopony... Only the most awesome pony in the whole of Equestria!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other.
"Fluttershy?" Sweetie Belle questioned.
"No!" Cried Scootaloo.
"Pinkie Pie?" Asked Apple Bloom.
"No, she's the best flyer in Ponyville." Scootaloo hinted.
"Twilight Sparkle?" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle both said together.
"No, no ,no ,no ,no!" Scootaloo shouted.
I used this opportunity to leave. They were all so caught up trying to figure out who this awesome pony was that they didn't even notice that I was gone!
On the way home I bumped into the pink pony from my class, quite literally, I almost knocked her flying!
"Hay, watch it!" She whined before looking up to see who I was. Her friend sneered.
" Well, won't you look at that?! It's that wanna-be new kid!" The pink pony laughed at this remark before joining in for herself.
"Why you running so fast, newbie?! You just can't wait to get away from those cutie mark cry-babies, can you?!" She glanced over at her friend before continuing, "I'm just glad that I've got my cutie mark! I'd hate to know that I wasn't special, it must be sooo embarrassing!"
I didn't know what to do. Part of what she was saying was true, I don't have my cutie mark, but it doesn't mean I'm not special! I couldn't let her get away with this, I had to do something! But what? I did the first thing I could think of, say something.
"Well, I'm more special then the likes of YOU! It's not everypony that gets to be an alicorn!" I would have carried on, but the pink pony interrupted me.
"And that's another thing! Not only are you a blank flank, but an alicorn too? It must be really hard for you, drawing attention to yourself, well, with being an alicorn and all, and yet, not having any special talents to show off. That's REALLY unfortunate!"
I didn't know what to say to that. Was she trying to wind me up, or was she actually feeling sorry for me? I just didn't know anymore. So I just told the truth.
"Actually, I quite like being an alicorn, it means that everypony likes me. Everypony loves an alicorn."
"You really believe that?!" The pink pony snapped, " I'll tell you what everypony likes, a PRINCESS, not some princess wanna-be that has clearly had some kind of magic spell put on her to make her an alicorn! Nopony likes a show off, NOPONY!"
So that's what they think of me, I thought. That I'm just some fake. I'm not really an alicorn and that I'm desperate to be a princess. That I had a spell put on me to give me a horn and wings. That I'm just some unwanted wanna-be with no special talents. But none of that's true, I'm not a fake, I've always been an alicorn, I'm not desperate to be a princess, and I've never even been near a magic spell! Although, it's true I don't have a cutie mark, so maybe it's true that I'm unwanted, maybe all the ponies in Ponyville only care for ponies WITH a cutie mark! But, they do seem to care for alicorns, so maybe if I could prove that I'm not a fake, then ponies would love me, like I thought they would.
"I am a real alicorn." I proclaimed. The pink pony and her friend just looked at each other.
"Prove it!"
"Well, I have an idea, but it's probably too babyish for you!" I was determined to prove myself.
"Name it!" I cried.
Author's Note
Hi, I haven't had time to check for any mistakes today, so if I have please let me know, (sorry, I know I'm being lazy, but I know how much people love to not pick.) I hope you enjoyed this chapter. How do you think she will prove herself? I'd love to here what you think, so, comment! (Please).
