The Brotherhooves

In a small room, was lying the unicorn on a bed without waking yet. Several moments had passed until the unicorn started to open one of his eyes gently, but to seeing that he was in a room quickly opened both eyes and began to look around.

He realized that he was lying on a single bed on one side of the room, and bedside of it was a small table that above it was a small bowl with water and a cloth. Also in the room it could find a small closet and above it on the wall hung a steel sword, and alongside of the small closet was the room's door.

"Wh-Where the hell am I?" the unicorn asked to himself. "Ugh! The last thing that I remember was... being under the storm, escaping... from a lion"

Suddenly he began to hear hoovesteps moving toward the room where he was. The hoovesteps were heard more and more closer, and the unicorn began to doubt who it was that was there.

Among the door appears a dark gray unicorn. His mane was black and his eyes blue sapphire-colored, and apparently he had a scar on his left eye caused by a sharp object.

"Hey!, apparently you woke up after sleeping for several days" said the gray unicorn to see awake the injured pony.

"What? where am I?" asked the injured unicorn confused.

"You are in my home, I found you four days ago between the edge of the meadow and the forest that is near here under heavy storm, and apparently you were attacked by an animal in the forest" the gray unicorn said after approaching to Orion.

"Yeah... I... I was attacked by... a lion..." the injured unicorn said as he tried to sit up in bed. It can hear his whining of pain to move.

"Wow. Apparently you still have energy to sit up" said the unicorn surprised

The injured unicorn gave a smile and then look to the gray unicorn "Well... let's say that I still have a little"

"Well... I'm glad that it is." said the gray unicorn with a smile "Hey... what's your name colt?"

"My name is Orion"

"Well... It's nice to meet you , Orion. Now tell me, what were you doing in the forest?"

"Well... I..."

"Tell me the truth" said the unicorn seriously

"I was looking for a haven in which to spend the night there and then continue with my trip" Orion said indifferently.

"And why were you looking for shelter in the woods? You don't have home?" the gray unicorn asked confused.

"No. I have no home. I left it long time ago to start my life as a nomad"

"Well... that it explains everything"

Suddenly, Orion starts to feel a sharp pain in his back, then directed one of his front hooves to his back and realizes that he has a bandage around from his belly to his back. Orion felt a chill when he noticed that he had a bandage on his back, his breathing began to shake and his heart began to beat louder, pounding his chest as if to pop out

"It hurts a lot right? You're lucky that your wings are well, if not you had never been able to fly again" the gray unicorn said as he look the bandage back of Orion

Orion said nothing, only stayed sat in the bed very nervous, his breathing was even more frequent and his heart beat faster, but he tried to hide his nerves to not alert the unicorn, but the unicorn already realized that something bothering him.

"Hey colt, are you okay? I see you a little nervous, as if something bothers you" said the unicorn a little confused

"No, I-It's n-nothing"

"Nothing hm?. Come on, tell me the truth. What worries you both Orion?. Since you saw that you had a bandage on your back started to get nervous"

"It's n-nothing. Listen, I think I have to leave" said Orion as he tried to get out of bed

"Wow. wow!!. Where do you think you are going? You are wounded from head to toe" said the unicorn while stopped Orion so that him doesn't come down from the bed

"Sorry, but I have to follow my way" still insisted Orion to leave

"Of course not, you're going to stay here until you recover" said the unicorn firmly

"Listen, I don't want to be rude but if you not let me go through the good, I'll have to do it by force"

"Hmhm. You want to do it by force? so as you are?. You are unarmed, your sword and dagger are in my smithy, and here behind me there is a sword, are you sure you want to do by force?" said the unicorn pointing to the side of the door where it was hung on the wall a steel sword.

"Worth a try" joked Orion

"Haha!. Stop talking nonsense and stay in bed.

Hey, you want something to eat? having slept so long I think it left you hungry" said the unicorn while he headed for the door of the room

"Alright!, I think I'm a little hungry"

"Ok. try to not move around much, if not then you'll feel much pain"

"Hmhm. Ok!"

The unicorn began to leave the room to go get some snacks to eat, but then Orion screamed apparently alarmed the unicorn

"Hey wait!" shouted out Orion

"What's wrong Orion?" said the unicorn confused

"You didn't told me what's your name"

"Oh!, that manners of mine. My name is Meissa"

Orion didn't say anything, just gave a smile and nodded. Meissa left the room and headed for one of the closets that was near the front door of the house and there grabbed a dark brown leather coat and left the house to the town that was nearby.

Hearing the door close, again his breathing started to become agitated and nervous. "Oh men!, what the hell do I do now? He already know what I really am" he told to himself directing his front hooves on his head.

"I have to get out of here quickly" he said as he tried to get out of bed. But every little move that he made, it did stop for the pain from the wound in his back. Slowly he give every move to get out of bed, it can hear his moaning in pain with every movement that he did until to stand up. But he could keep stand up only for a few moments, since he had no strength to keep stand up and ended falling to the ground.

"Ugh! Damn, I'm very hurt to remain standing up" he said trying to get up of the ground. Suddenly Orion sees the sword in which it was hung on the wall above of the closet and he begins to confused.

"Why he didn't kill me when I was helpless? I don't understand, he have a sword hanging there and he did nothing" he said to himself confused. "From the ponies previously that discovered that I was a alicorn, they wanted to torture and/or kill me" Several thoughts flowed in Orion's head wondering why the unicorn Meissa didn't kill him when he had the chance.

-Sigh- "I don't know if trust him, but...". He takes a deep breath and try to get back up again.

Outside of the Meissa's cottage, the same Meissa was walking along the small road leading to his cottage, it was in the plain, not far from the border between the forest and plain.

Meissa carried a small bag of corn cookies freshly made. While Meissa was approaching to his cottage, sprang a thought in his head. "Why that pony was so worried and nervous when he noticed that he had a bandage on his back? It's a little strange" Meissa began to doubt the reaction of Orion previously.

But after a few minutes, Meissa had come to his cottage. "Orion!. I'm back!, and I brought some corn cookies freshly made" Meissa said as he opened the door, entering to the cottage.

Meissa headed for the room where Orion was and apparently surprised that he was still there lying in bed recovering.

"Wow, I thought that to when I return you would not be"

"I don't think this wound on my back let me go far"

"Hmhm. Hey, here I brought some to you" said Meissa giving the bag with cookies to Orion "I brought some corn cookies freshly made by the best cook in the town near of here"

"Wow, thanks Meissa" said Orion with a smile as he pulled off the bag a corn cookie still hot.

"No problem" said Meissa with a smile.

"Wanna eat?" said Orion returning the bag to Meissa to accompany him

"Alright, I'll eat a cookie" Meissa said as he pulled off the bag a cookie and then taking a bite "Hmhm apparently Mrs. Grape never fails to make these cookies so rich"

"They are very delicious" said Orion while carrying another corn cookie into his mouth

"Hey, I want you to tell me something Orion, and I want you to tell me the truth. Why when you realized that you had a bandage on your back and when I mentioned about your wings, you started to get very nervous?. Tell me the truth, I just want to know"

Orion took a deep breath, grabbed the bag containing snacks and set it on the bedside table that was next to the bed "The problem is really what I am. I'm a alicorn"

"And what it is the problem that you're a alicorn?"

"Everything. I have been tortured, wanted to hunt me, also insulted me of being a disgrace to the other ponies. Since I became a alicorn, my life changed forever"

"Why did they do that?"

"For being a disgrace to the gods, as the alicorn race is a royal race and seeing an outlaw as I, they see me as a disgrace. E-Everypony judge me by my appearance rather than actually a-am" told Orion while his voice was becoming more brittle

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"How what the hell I'm talking about ?" he snorted "For any damn place that I go, I have to be hiding in the shadows for anyone to see that I'm really an alicorn, order to survive I have to go town to town and steal some food, I have to sleep in caves or in the woods, I have to be a thousand eyes to that no wild animal or creature doesn't eat me or kill me." he said as his voice becoming more brittle.

I'm not from here, from this realm. I am from Equestria, I'm from a small town called Tall Tale, until even my own people rejected me and they wanted to exile, and my brother died defending them to they not exiled me. I lost my brother by this fucking shit of being alicorn, he was all I had left of my family.

My father died in battle when attacked by other town. My mother died poisoned by a damn pony which had fallen in love of him a few years after the death of my father and that pony was a damn abuser of mares which enjoyed torturing them and play with them. I am under a curse, everything bad has to happen to me. You have no idea what it is to lose everything that I loved, and when I mean everything is everything!"

"You're wrong" said Meissa quietly and brittle "I lost who I most loved, I lost my lover.

She was the only one who understood my madness and always when I most needed her. My parents at birth left me in a orphanage of ponies, I never know how is the love of a mother for her child or even that of a father. My whole life was cold, I was never happy, and always were times I wanted to kill myself. But that all changed when I met her.

When I was in the forest where I found you near of the meadow, I was looking for some special plants. All seemed quiet, it was a beautiful day like any other, but after spending a long time in the forest, I found a pony fainted on the floor . Immediately I went to see what had caused it, and I noticed she had eaten Belladonna, a perennial plant which has a little sweet but very toxic seed that could kill you quickly.

She was about fifteen meters from the plant belladonna, and apparently not long past of that she had eaten the seeds so I decided to take her to my cottage here and treat it that the toxin not to be continue making effect. Then had passed three days she awoke, she was very confused and in shock by toxins, sometimes she distrusted when I offered something to eat or drink, but then it was gaining confidence. In a short time we became very good friends, he was always by my side to support me in my difficult times or to get me a smile. But then one day the people here heard about was a bat pony and then the people warned me to be a bat pony was dangerous, I told them to stop talking nonsense but never heard me.

One day in the evening I was in one of the creek on the outskirts of the forest, Giennah was in my cottage sleeping because she had a busy day helping with ironworks and in my little garden, everything seemed quiet, it was a beautiful starry night, but I decided to go back to the cottage to not leave her much time to Giennah but when I reached the door of the cottage it was destroyed, apparently somepony had entered, then quickly I entered the cottage to see if Giennah was fine, but apparently were still inside the invaders, suddenly I heard the screaming of Giennah, my heart stopped dead, I was so scared of that she had been hurt or worse, I went quickly here in this room where Giennah was asleep, but when I arrived here, here was three hooded ponies surrounding to Giennah, she was cornered against the wall.

I didn't hesitated to attack the invaders, even though these were armed I attacked them. While I tried to get them off her, I told her to run out of the cottage, when she saw the opportunity began to run toward the door of the room, but then one of the ponies that I was holding slipped to stop to Giennah. Its caught her with his magic, I realized it was a unicorn, then unicorn hooded takes a dagger from his coat and try to stab to Giennah.

When I realized that it drew its dagger to kill her, I undertook a spell that sent flying to the two ponies above me and quickly made my way over to where Giennah was to save her, but when I got her out of there, the unicorn left me this wound in my left eye. Then that he left me this wound I was lost, not knowing where he was... I had blurred vision... I was dragging on the floor... but then mercilessly the unicorn with his magic grabbed me by each of my limbs and cornered me against the wall, but that was not the worst, when I looked up I saw that the other two hooded ponies were grinding to blows to Giennah, I c-could hear her c-cries... of agony.

M-My heart was falling apart upon hearing her c-cries... but then the unicorn grabbed its dagger and... and... embedded it right in the h-heart of G-Giennah. Her screams stopped is dry and not hear anything... there was a deep silence. When the unicorn drew his dagger to the heart of Giennah he addressed to me and then with the handle of its dagger it hits me in the head, fainted me.

The next day I woke up on the floor, after of the blow I wasn't remember what happened that night, but when I looked up I saw Giennah lying on the floor... then I remembered what happened that night. I was destroyed... I couldn't tell her how much I l-loved her... I was completely in love with her and... and those ponies snatched her to me. Until today I never felt such a strong love for someone."

Orion was completely silent to hear that, he felt a lump in my throat, he was totally ashamed of what he previously said "I... I d-don't know what to say, I'm sorry for my address to you for that way, I put all my bitterness against you and you didn't have the fault"

"It's okay, I get to imagine the bitterness that you have for your past misfortunes"

"Yes I know, but I want to forget all the misfortunes that happened to me. Every time I remember some of them I cannot take my mind fresh and clear to continue"

"It goes without renouncing the past to enter the future. Changing things is not necessary to lose them. And do not forsake the memory of the journey. This does not delay our career, but directs; who forgets the starting point easily lose the goal"

Orion didn't said anything, just gave a big smile to hear the praise of Meissa

"Orion, I know you've been through many situations you don't want to name for the issue that you are a alicorn, but let me tell you, the issue that you are a alicorn not make you a bad pony, you are unique and that's what that makes it special, I recently that I met you but I know you can see in your eyes you're not a bad pony, you're a pure heart, you have no thirst for revenge. Any pony can say whatever they want about you, but they only see what ignorance allows them, and that you do not have to bother, because YOU will put your own rules in your life and your goals"

"Thanks Meissa, that made me feel a little better" said Orion with a big smile

"Better so!, hey what if we leave the past in the past and now we focus on the present, are you going to eat that's left of those cookies?"

"Haha!, take, it's all yours" said Orion while leading the bag with cookies to Meissa "It seems that you were hungry after all" joked Orion

"Yeah, after a hard work today, I think I deserve to eat something" also joked Meissa.

"So ... you're a blacksmith?" said Orion indifferently.

"Yup!" Meissa said between bites.

"Well... I think that my sword and my dagger need a little fix. So... you could help me with that?"

Meissa after his bites, swallows his cookie and then gives a smile "Of course!"

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