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My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Three. A Rocky Start.
Location Unknown, Date Unknown, Time Unknown.
A large swirling Vortex opened up as '642', '644', the twelve wagons and the brake van rolled out the other side, the momentum they built up slowly subsided as they approached flat terrain, the train squeaked to a halt as David looked around, he was no longer in Cumbria or North Yorkshire or England for that fact. His radio was playing static, he pulled out his phone. He opened Google maps and tried to find where he was, the landmass his phone showed he was on looked nothing like any land mass he'd seen in an atlas, it looked like someone took the British Isles, North America and Japan, put them in a blender and poured the resulting mess onto a flat surface.
''Well, let's see what town is nearby so i can ask for directions.'' He said to himself, he zoomed on his location and found out that he was a few miles west of a market town called 'Ponyville'. ''Well, let's get this done.'' He added, moving the throttle forward into notch four, the engines begin to move forward, David kept the speed below 40 mph as the train moved across the snow covered land, the place looked like a wasteland, their were no trees, no life. Nothing. The snow pelted the rails as '642's snowplow cut through the snow drifts like a hot knife through butter, the brake pipes and coupling chains were frozen and covered in ice and snow, icicles hung off the buckeye couplings between '642' and '644'. The horn echoed through the blizzard as the train approached the first landmark, which was a curve that went up a slope and to the left, surrounded by large pine trees that we also covered in snow and ice that made them sparkle as the sun broke through the cloud cover.
''What's with the weather today. Make up your mind, is it sunny or snowy?'' He said as he slowly applied the brakes, despite the fact that the train was going slow enough to tackle the curve was ease, but David didn't want to run the risk of the train slipping on the icy rails and falling off the track and down the embankment, especially in weather like this, who knows how long he would be stuck there until someone comes along and finds the wreck. The fog cleared as the train approached the top of the slope, the track straightened out as it crossed a small viaduct, that was wide enough to support two tracks. The viaduct crossed a small, frozen stream, a deer stepped onto its icy surface. The track groaned under the train's weight, the track began to head down hill will turning back east, the train slowly crawled down the slope that was surrounded by a forest.
Meanwhile six ponies were running through the forest, being chased by a large wolf made of oak and birch wood.
''This is so much fun!'' Said another pony, she was an earth pony and her name was Pinkie Pie, she bounced up and down as the timber wolf chased close behind.
''Rainbow!'' Twilight said, the wolf let go of Rainbow and growled at her, it opened its jaw, allowing the pegasus to see the three sets of razor sharp teeth that lined its mouth, it moved its mouth towards her head, the rails began to vibrate and shake, Rainbow turned her head right and saw nothing but when she turned her head left, she looked on in horror as the headlights of a train rounded around the bend, the train sped up and blasted its horn, causing Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and the Alpha Timberwolf to looked down the line.
The sun was still shining as '642' rounded the bend as it descended the slope, David looked ahead and saw a large wolf, that was almost the height of the train, on the tracks and ready to attack something, ''Oh hell no!'' He said, he moved the throttle into notch eight, the train began speed up, he blasted the horn, the wolf looked at the train.
The Alpha Timberwolf opened its jaw and prepared to attack her again, she looked at it again before looking back at the train as it was now only a 25 meters away and closing in fast, she leaped clear of the track only seconds before the train got to her. The train plowed into the wolf causing David to smash his left shoulder and right knee on the control panel, the wolf's wooden body splintered, it cried in pain as the wooden parts were mince under the wheels, Rarity covered Fluttershy's ear with her hooves to drown out the cries of the wolf as the wheels torn it limb from limb. Twilight and the others watched in shock as the brake van rolled past, leaving a trail of shredded wood and dust in its wake.
David looked out the window and saw the dust cloud behind him, ''Hell yeah!'' He said, before holding his knee in pain, ''I think my knee is busted.'' He said to himself, the train track began to climb down hill again, and under a large stone bridge.
Just outside of the small market town of Ponyville, sat a small, two platform, railway station. The platform were just long enough for a four carriage passenger train, the mainline curved south on the west end of the platform and curved north on the east end, just south of the station, sat a small four track yard. The yard housed a small turntable, which was big enough for a tank engine, that connected a small, two track, engine shed, the yard also had a water tower and a coal filling station. Just a 100 meters west of the station was a junction that connected the mainline with a branch line, a crossing, called farmer's crossing, marked the start and end of the branch line.
A large stallion, that was pulling a cart full of hay, was about to crossover the crossing, he was an earth pony, his coat was a brilliant amaranth with light yellowish grey hooves, his mane and tail were a brilliant orange, his eyes were a moderate sap green and his name was Big McIntosh or Big Mac for short.''Eeyup.'' he said to a small filly, she was also an earth pony, her coat was a pale, light grayish olive, her mane and tail were a brilliant amarnth with a light brilliant crimson bow, her eyes were a brilliant gamboge and her name was Apple Bloom. Big Mac pulled the cart up and over the tracks until it half way, a loud snap rang out from until the cart as the the axles broke in half, causing the cart to drop onto the tracks, ''Nope.'' He added, grunting as he tried to pull the cart.
''It could be worse.'' Apple Bloom said, looking at the twisted and bend metal axle, ''I mean, there could be a train coming...'' She said before the crossing warning lights began to flash, the warning lights were met with a ringing sound as two barriers, one on each side, began to descend and block the crossing, Big Mac looked angrily at her.
David held in knee as the train begin to climb up hill, but the time track was in an mirrored 'S' shape, turn south first for half the slope and then turn back east for the rest of it, the throttle was still at max power, making the slope seem like nothing to the heavy train. He looked up as the line of tree, that blocked his left view of the land, disappeared, he looked on in horror as he saw a cart on the track, ''Oh my god!'' He said, he slammed the brakes on hard, sparks showered out from under '642' and '644', he pulled down the horn lever, give a long blast of the horn.
Big Mac and Apple Bloom leapt clear and braced for impact, as did the signalman. David pulled down the horn lever again, giving and short blast of the horn, followed by a long blast, he too braced for impact. The train smashed straight into the cart, damaging '642's handrails and ditch lights, the cart sprayed wood and hay everywhere.
Rainbow and the others looked up as they heard the three blasts of the horn, followed by a loud, explosion like sound.
'642' groans as it slowly came to a stop, her ditch lights flickered as the wires sparked and hissed, the brakes were red hot, they smoked as David moved the throttle to idle and the reverser into neutral. He looked out the window and looked at the smoking wheels, he sighed, placing the air brake into the 'application' position, the needles moved over, adjusting to mark the correct psi reading on the panel. He stood up slowly, his right knee crunching in pain, causing him to raise his leg in the air. He sighed, limping over to the shut off switch, the engines hum faded as he grabbed a fire extinguisher and limped his way out the cab. The damaged handrails scraped against the frozen door as it was forced open, a cold blast of air sent a chill straight to David's core, making him shiver, he limped down the step and onto the untouched snow, it crunched under him.
''Sorry girl.'' David said, patting the side of his now crippled engine, he looked at the wheels, most of the brake blocks were burned out or severely damaged, but a few were unharmed. He took his hand out of his glove and placed it on the brake block, it was warm but not hot enough to burn him. He sighed in relief as there was no need for the extinguisher. He was snapped out of his thoughts by a whistle, he looked over to see a black tank engine pulling up behind his train, ''Is that a Fowler 3F Jinty?'' He said, confused, he put his hand into his jacket pocket and pulled out the sheets of paper for the wagons he picked up, check their destinations, all of which had 'Ponyville' written on it. He rolled his eyes before looking at a signal box, it too had 'Ponyville' written on it, he sighed before walking up to the gap between '644' and the milk tankers, he uncoupled the engine.
He just finished putting the chain from the milk tanker onto its hook when he heard what sounded like someone walking in heavy boots, he looked down between the six axles and saw four twine coloured hooves moving towards him, he leaped out from the gap and came face to face with a mare, she was an earth pony and her name was Dusty Trail. David stumbled back, falling against '644's ditch light, ''Jesus Christ!'' He said, grabbing the handrail.
''Oh, i see you've uncoupled the wagons.'' Dusty said, she waved at the Jinty, it blew its whistle before backing away, pulling the wagons along with it, ''Oh and yes, it is a Fowler 3F Jinty, number '47500' with...'' She added, ''BR late crest?'' David said, she nodded.
David shook his head, ''hey! Do you know where Canterlot is?'' He shouted, Dusty turned around and pointed behind him, he turned around and saw a large castle, ringed by city, hang on the side of a mountain.
David looked at the double train railway line that twisted up the mountain and towards the city, he was surprised at how the city and castle seemed to define gravity and hanged off the mountain. He slowly made his way back to the cab of '642', he heard the snow crunch behind him, he turned and saw a female blue pegasus, clearly out of breath or in pain, standing behind him, ''Um are you ok miss?'' He asked, concern filling his voice, she squeaked when he spoke.
End of Chapter Three.
Author's Note
The follow youtube link is to a clip from an old 1999 movie where WestRail 642 and 644 come from and shows has fast the train hitting the cart would of looked like (train hits and knocks away a derail-er)
Horn Railway Crossing Sound (UK Based)
Jinty
Dusty Trail
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Four. Canterlot.
February 14th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 8:15 am.
Rainbow finally awoke after what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a few minutes, she slowly opened her eyes and slowly looked around, the place was very dusty and covered in cobwebs, she looked down at her, that was now cleaned up and covered in a bandage.
''Where am i?'' Rainbow said, slowly standing up, taking in more of her surroundings, there was a black chair, leather possibly, there was a cardboard box full of photo album, sketch pads and a very old guitar, she moved over to the box and looked inside, finding a broken picture frame, missing the glass, that still had a photo inside, she picked it up slowly, trying her best not to damage it. She pulled it free from the frame and looked at it in detail, 'Christmas 1997, David and Candy' was written on the bottom, she gasped when she looked at the photo, dropping it.
''What the?'' She said, backing up against the bulkhead of the cab, her head knocked against a handle, she fell backwards as the rear right cab door opened behind her, she fell onto the right walkway, ''Ouch.'' She groaned, rubbing her head.
''I.. Um... Did i imagine that pegasus?'' He said, scratching his head, he put one mug down and put the other in a cup holder, he sat down in his chair after shutting the open door, he drank from the mug that he placed in the holder and closed his eyes, he head rested against the back of the chair. He sighed as he was deep in thought.
Rainbow limped across the train track and towards her friends, ''Rainbow!'' Twilight shouted as the pegasus limped over to them, ''Thank heavens your alright.'' She added, nuzzling Rainbow's cheek, she looked down at Rainbow's hoof.
David put his left leg up on the control panel, pulling up his trouser leg, showing his knee was cut and breeding, he sighed, leaning over and pulling out a few plasters from a box, he placed them along his cuts before pulling his trouser leg back down, he began to drink from his mug again when there was a knock on the front door, he rose from his chair and made his way to the door. He opened the door to see Dusty standing their, she was gently kicking the floor with her hoof.
''I will be soon, but first i'm gonna rest, I've been driving since midnight.'' David said, yawning, ''Why do you ask?'' He added, stretching his arm.
''Sure, i'll take them, just let me know if they are needed, Ok?'' David said, yawning loudly, he looked over her shoulder to see a black British Railway Standard Class 9F thundering past, pulling a long line of HAA hoppers full of coal, they had a dirty silver livery with red framework.
February 14th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 8:15 pm.
Night soon fell over the small town of Ponyville, the full moon casted its pale white light on the town and the surrounding terrain. Mist began to roll in, covering the ground in a think sheet of white, the area was so quiet, you could hear an ant yawn, the silence was soon broken by the sound of an engine starting up, the darkness was chased away as a pair of headlights lit up. David yawned as he hopped down from '642', the thick frog was at knee height. He looked back as Dusty's Jinty pushed the coaches gently up with coupling distance of '644', the coaches stopped, they sat cold and dark as the Jinty was uncoupled from the rear coach, the maroon paint was dimly lit by the moon's glow.
David looked down at the MK1's coupling, it, much like his Class 19's had a knuckle couple that could be lowered to use a hook instead, accompanying the coupling was a set up of dual brakes, consisting of vacuum and air brakes and a steam heat pipe, on each side of the gangways were RCH jumper cables and below the right buffer was a ETH cable and dummy socket while below the left buffer was the receiving socket for the ETH cable from '644', David moved over to the coupling and raised both knuckle couplers and locked them in place. He yawned some more as he pulled the locking bar down, opening the knuckle of '644', luckily the coach's knuckle was already open, he connected the air brakes and ETH cables together.
He looked up at the stars, the thousands of white specks twinkled and danced on the endless ocean of darkness, there wasn't a cloud to block the beautiful night sky, he sighed as a blast of cold air blew against him, ''This is the only thing i missed back when i use to live in London.'' He said to himself as he looked up at the stars, as he breathed out, he could see his breath in the cold night air. The wind picked up, making the nearby fir and pine trees rustle in the breeze, he turned north and looked over at the city on the mountain, the lights sparkled and flickered in the distances, he then turned south and looked at the ocean that the surface reflected the moon like a mirror, the ocean brought a cold breeze inland.
David stepped into '642's cab and slowly back the train up until he heard the clicking sound of the knuckle coupler closing and locking. He looked up at the ETH control screen, a light was flashing below the 7.9'' screen, 'ETH cable connected. Push ON button when ready.' flashed above the screen, he pushed the ON button, the screen flickered to life, it began to display the current coaches temperatures at -2°C as well as displaying carriage lighting and recommended radiator temperature. He pushed two icons on the screen, one was red and marked 'Carriage Lights OFF' once pressed, the icon changed to green and was now marked, 'Carriage Lights ON'. The second icon was also red but was marked, 'Carriage Radiators OFF' once pressed, the icon also changed to green and was now marked 'Carriage Radiators ON'.
As David waited for the all clear, he checked on his control panel screen, it displayed fuel levels, sand levels, current train length at 152.37 meters and current time.
The snow crunched under Dusty's hooves as she walked along the ballast, she gently held the map in her mouth, she hopped up onto the front of '642' and knocked on the door, the metal door was cold to the touch, the grey paint work was covered in frost, ice and snow., The ice cracked as the door opened, David looked down at her and smiled.
David, now confused, sat back down in his chair, the brake released with a hiss, the throttle moved into notch one, the wheels slowly began to move forward, gripping to the rails.
February 14th 2015, Canterlot, Equestria. 9:05 pm.
''Canterlot! The city that never sleeps! What a town!'' A stallion royal guard said, his nose taking a breath of the air.
'642' crawled along as it rolled into the south station yard, the remaining brake blocks slowing the train down as it came to a stop on a long siding, the engine hummed quietly, David put the reverser into neutral, he turned off the ETH control screen, the carriage lights flickered off and radiators began to cool down, he sighed as he stepped out of the cab, a piece of paper in his hand.
Canterlot railway station, known by locals as Canterlot Citadel station was the main railway station and the hub for most of the Equestrian railway, the station had eight platforms with platform one being bi-directional, platform three being northbound with platform four being south bound, the rest of the platforms were bay platforms with platforms two, five and six being used by south bound traffic and platforms seven and eight being used by northbound traffic. The station was built as a replica of the Carlisle Citadel railway station of what it looked like in the late 50's, early 60's.
WestRail '642' stopped outside of the south station yard's engine sheds and office, David left the cab, the snow crunched under his feet as he made his way to the office, he looked at the back of the picture.
'Dear David.
Greeting from Equestria, hope you are well, things over here are a bit hectic, what with Christmas right around the corner and with me moving to my new home of the Crystal Empire, Hope to see you and the family soon.
Love Candy
P.S if you're in the area, look me up or my husband, S.....'
The rest of the note was smudged and torn, he sighed as he slipped it into his pocket as he opened the door of the rundown yard office, the door creaked and moaned as he opened it. Despite its outward appearance, the inside of the office looked like it was just refurbished, he looked around the building, there were three desks, the first one had a slow spinning fan, the second one was empty and the third one was full of paperwork, a female pegasus sat behind it, looking very tired, she yawned, her eyes struggling to stay open, David cleared his throat, startling the pegasus.
''Um can i help you sir.'' She said, trying not to yawn, her sleepy eyes tried to stay open.
The pegasus walked back over to David and weakly smiled, ''Thank you for bring them up.'' She said, yawning, ''I think i need to go the bed and stay there.'' She added, turning away.
End of Chapter Four.
Author's Note
BR MK 1Brake Standard Corridor (BSK) Second Open (SO) Restaurant Miniature Buffet (RMB) First Corridor (FK) Brake First Corridor (BFK) Brake Gangwayed (BG)
You can find out more about the BR MK 1 HERE
Coal TrainBritish Railway Standard Class 9F HAA Hopper
You can find out more about the British Railway Standard Class 9F HERE HERE
Canterlot CitadelBases
You can find out more about the Carlisle Citadel HERE
SECR H ClassLocomotive
You can find out more about the H Class HERE
Chapter #6: Heart of Flurry
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Six. Heart of Flurry.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 7:51 am.
Cadence jumped down from her crystal throne and ran over to her human brother and placed her hoof under his chin and made him look at her, she looked into his eyes and smiled before hugging him. A faint tear escaped her eye and slid down her cheek, her horn lit up with a light blue hue, the hoof cuffs slipped off David's wrists. Midnight was displeased and yanked David away from Cadence.
''You humans are all the same, lying, pathetic and war hungry. Our empress would never hang out wi-!'' Was all Midnight was able to say punched in the face by Cadence, David ducked out of the way.
''I thought you were dead.'' Cadence said, crying into his should, ''We all thought you were dead!'' She added, now screaming into his shoulder, he wrapped his arm around her.
''What are you doing?'' David said as he feet were dragged along the crystal floor, ''Also, how do you walk on this floor on bare hooves?'' He added, wincing at the thought of walking on ice cold crystal flooring without anything warm on your feet or hooves.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 8:00 am.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the castle, inside a bedroom was a teenage pony, she was a pegasus, she sat on the floor watching a small, toy train go around a large model train layout, the toy engine was an LBSCR A1 'Terrier' class in Southern Railway green with 'Port Hope' in the side tanks in white, a number '2705' and the name 'Jewel' in yellow just below the 'Port Hope'. The little engine was pulling two Ex-LMS 12T steel vans, two Ex-PO 8 Plank open wagons and a Southern Railway Pillbox brake van in chocolate brown with 'Crystal' on the side. She smiled as be brought the train to a stop below a coal stage and imagined the wagons being loaded with coal.
Flurry Heart heard some voices on the other side of her door, she turned to see her door handle turn around, the door slowly swung open. Her mother stepped through the doorway and smiled.
''Well. How do i say this.... You have an uncle.'' Cadence said, Flurry laughed like crazy.
Flurry looked at Cadence and then David, then back to Cadence, ''This is a joke right?'' She said, not wanting to believe that a human was her uncle.
July 25th 1974, Upperby Park, Upperby, Carlisle, United Kingdom. 12:00 pm.
The summer sun was beating down over Upperby, a small suburb just south of the City of Carlisle. A young boy, no older than 5 years old was walking along a gravel path that ran by a pond in the local park, he was bounding a football along the ground, when a gust of wind blew it into the water, he went over to the edge and looked down, the water was only a few inches deep, he looked around, seeing no one around, he stepped into the water and walked over to his ball. ''David! What are you doing?'' He heard his dad shout from the path, he heard the splash as he father stepped into the water after him, David quickly picked up his ball and turned to his father.
''I was just getting my ball.'' David said, looking at his father, who just smiled warmly. ''Come on, let's get out of the water.'' His father said helping David up onto the path before climbing out himself, they walked along the path, going to towards a picnic area that David's mother and sister were waiting. As they walked, the cloud overhead turned grey almost instantly. 'What the?'' His father said, all his years as pilot, he'd never seen weather change like this that quickly, a bolt of lightning hit ground in front of them, a white orbit like shape appeared as the lightning disappeared.
A pony like figure appeared from the orb, it looked very weak and was bleeding heavy, David and his father ran over to the creature, it was a female, her left ear was gashed open, blood leaked from the mouth and nose and she was holding a bundle of blankets. David looked at its back to see bloody stumps on the back, ''Dad.'' He said, getting his father's attention, his father looked at the stumps, marking where wings her once located. ''But that's impossible...'' His father said, looking over the creature, ''What is an native Equusling doing here?'' He added, picking her up, ''David! Come with me!'' His father asked, they ran to the car, a dark blue Ford Orion, David opened the backseat passenger doors, allowing his father to place the creature inside.
The pony was a pegasus, her coat was a very pale vermilion, her mane and tail were a gradient of brilliant raspberry to moderate cobalt blue, her eyes were a brilliant amber. ''Miss, do you know where you are?'' His father asked the former pegasus, but all she was repeating was the word 'Sombra'. ''Miss, what's your name?'' David said, trying to take the blankets from her, she held them tight, ''Its ok, i wont hurt you, i just need them to make you comfortable.'' He added, she looked at him, she loosened her grip on the the bundle. David began to unwrap them but stopped when he felt them wriggling, he slowly unwrapped them when a small pink wing appeared.
David almost dropped the blankets in surprise but held them tight, he slowly uncovered the face of a tiny pink pegasus wearing a romper suit, embroidered with the words 'Mi Amore Cadenza' on the chest, the pegasus foal opened her purple eyes and smiled, making giggles sounds. David's father looked over at the foal. ''My name is Empress Amore of the Crystal Empire.'' The bleeding pony said, coughing some more, ''At least i was the Empress.'' She added, trying to look at her severed wings. ''Who did this to you.'' David's Father said, his voice sounding angry, Amore coughed some more. ''My student, Sombra.'' Amore said as she began to come in and out unconsciousness, ''Please, take care of Cadence.'' She weakly added, raising her hoof at the tiny pink foal, Amore closed her eyes as she took her last breath, Cadence began to whimper and cry as Amore's hoof fell limp against the back seat of the car.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 8:10 am.
Flurry Heart looked at her mother, who had tears in her eyes, Flurry then looked at the David, who was on the brink of tears. Flurry though over the previous statement.
''I have an uncle...'' Flurry whimpered, then it hit her, ''I have an uncle!'' She added, flapping her wings, dragging David around like a toy.
Cadence walked down the corridor and entered her study, closing the door behind her, she pulled out a pen and a sheet of paper from the top drawer, laying the paper out on the desk, she wrote the following:
'Dear Twilight.
I am writing to you because i have an important guest at the Crystal Empire and i'd like you and your Friends to make HIM feel welcome here. Enclosed with this letter are bits, enough to pay for six first class tickets for the CEE train from the Canterlot Citadel station to the Arctic Crystal station.
Empress Cadence.'
Cadence placed her pen down as she attached the letter to a sack of gold bits, in a flash of blue, the bag and the letter disappeared.
''And last but not least, my most favorite train i've got, my CEE model.'' Flurry said, dragging David over to the only shelve in her room. Upon the shelve sat an e300.
February 15th 2015, Ponyville Castle, Ponyville. 8:11 am.
Purple claws scratched against the tiled floors of the castle, The being was a small dragon, his scales were a light mulberry with a light spring budish gray underbelly, his ears were a light lime green, his spikes were a moderate harlequin, his eyes were a moderate pistachio and his name was Spike.
''Spike, go get the others, now!'' Twilight commanded him, he nodded before running out the thrown room and towards the castle doors.
'Dear Cadence.
I have received your letter and me and my friends will be there as soon as possible.
Twilight Sparkle.'
She rolled up the paper into a scroll and sent it on its way as Spike returned with Twilight's friends in tow.
End of Chapter Six.
Author's Note
LB&SCR A1 'Terrier' 'Jewel'Jewel Ex-LMS 12T steel vans Ex-PO 8 Plank open wagons Crystal Crystal
You can find out more about the LB&SCR A1 'Terrier' HERE HERE HERE HERE
CEE e300/Class 373/TGV TMSTBases
You can find out more about the e300/Class 373/TGV TMST HERE
Chapter #7: Journey to The Crystal Empire
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Seven. Journey to The Crystal Empire.
February 15th 2015, Canterlot Citadel, Canterlot. 9:30 am.
''Wow, i can't how grand this station has become since was it was renovated!'' Rarity said is awe as the glass roof of Canterlot Citadel sparkled in the morning sun, the snow had stopped falling.
The train pulled up to the platform and stopped, its brakes squeaked, the sound of its whirring electric motors quieted down, leaving only a hum. The doors slid open with a a click, the guard stepped out the first class coach.
While Twilight sat down, Spike went to the buffet coach and brought seven hot cocoas and a book titled 'The History of the CEE and Fleet'.
The guard blew his whistle, the doors slide shut with a beep, the train blasted it horn, it electric motor began to hum to life as the train began to roll out the platform. The train was a Class 373 EMU which was laid out with.
''Next stop, Manehattan!'' The guard announced on the PA system as the CEE rolled past the Canterlot Citadel signal box, it sneaking onto the northbound, four track mainline.
February 15th 2015, Equestrian Countryside, Equestria. 10:45 am.
A high pitched horn broke through the silence of the snow covered countryside as the CEE rushed past a farmyard, heading north towards Manehattan, at 140 miles per hour. The mainline was split into six four track with the electrified lines on the left side and the non powered lines on the right. On the Canterlot bound track of the non powered track was an InterCity 125 in InterCity Executive livery, it was going at 125 miles per hour. The two trains blew horns as they past with a speed difference of 55 miles per hour, as the CEE passed the IC 125, it blasted the diesel powered train with snow.
February 15th 2015, New Harbour Bay Bridge, Manehattan. 12:21 pm.
The crystal blue water of Manhattan's Harbour Bay twinkled and sparkled in the midday sun as the CEE crossed the New Harbour Bay Bridge. The bridge had recently been built, the two line on the ocean side had over head cable will the two on the city side were now the 'classic' lines and ran across the original bridge. The new bridge was a 'Through Arch Bridge, the steel was painted blue while the bridge ends were a mixture of brown and red brick work.
''So Twilight, what does Cadence need us for?'' Pinkie asked, Twilight shrugged, ''But Twilight, you know everything about everything.'' Pinkie added, Twilight rolled her eyes.
Rainbow approached the counter in the buffet coach, a chocolate bar in hoof, she placed it on the counter along with some bits and waited for the staff to serve her. A staff member appeared from the area behind the counter.
''Lightning Dust, is that you?'' Rainbow asked in surprise, the other mare nodded, Rainbow gasped more.''No one have seen you since the Wonderbolt Academy.'' She added, ''Where did you go?'' Rainbow asked Lightning Dust.
Lighting Dust sighed, she pulled out a post it note and a pen and wrote something down and gave it to Rainbow.
February 15th 2015, Northern Manehattan, Manehattan. 12:30 pm.
The CEE snaked it way from the heavily clustered city and towards the arctic and the Crystal Empire.
The screech of brakes. The rumble of rails. The blast of a horn. The sound of an explosion. The sounds faded as images appeared, the first one begin that of a collapsing viaduct, it faded into an image of a funnel with smoke pouring from it, that too faded into an image that was three large wheels pounding the rails, they were connected with a metal rod, the chuffing sound of a two cylinder steam engine. A whistle screeched out.
Rainbow awoke with sweat dripping from her forehead, she looked at her surrounding and found herself back in the cab of '642', but it looked different, it looked new, brand new in fact, she walked towards the windows and saw that her and the class 19 were in a factory alongside three other class 19's, all four were in the undercoat grey. Three men were talking. A calendar behind them read, 14th June, 1974
Rainbow awoke, she looked around, finding herself back on board the CEE as it began to pass the suburbs of the Crystal Empire. Rainbow looked over at her friends, they were all asleep in there seats, she walked over to them and nudged them one by one.
Arctic Crystal Station was the terminal station for the Arctic line and the biggest, the station had six platforms. The station was built as a replica of the Charing Cross railway station in London. The CEE pulling in on platform one, stopping just in front of the buffers with a meter to spare, everyone who got on at Canterlot and Manehattan got off and everyone who were going to Manehattan or Canterlot boarded. The mares and Spike walked through the station entrance as the CEE's destination board changed from 'Crystal Empire - Arctic Crystal' to 'Canterlot Citadel'.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 4:45 pm.
The sun began to sit jump above the horizon as Spike and the others made it to the palace, two royal crystal guard stood my the door.
The group approached the throne room and stepped inside where they met Cadence, Flurry, Shining Armour and a strange creature.
End of Chapter Seven.
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Chapter #8: Visions of The Past
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Eight. Visions of The Past.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 4:55 pm.
''You!'' Rainbow shouted, storming over to the human and looked into eyes, ''How dare you!'' She added, glaring at him.
''Anyway, I'm Rainbow Dash, and they are my friends, Twilight Sparkle, her assistant Spike, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Applejack.'' Rainbow said, pointing a hoof and the six figures behind her. David waved at them slightly. Fluttershy hid behind AJ and was shaking. Flurry Heart broke the silence.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 5:55 pm.
David wondered the palace, trying to find the exit after sneaking out the dining hall, he looked at the stained glass windows, they depicted mayor events in the history of The Crystal Empire, from when it was founded up until the Equestria Games. Two window caught his eye, one was depicting Cadence in a sword fight with a black unicorn that had a red horn and wearing silver armor and the other window depicted a purple and green dragon with the crystal heart above them, the heart was surrounded with blue that was emitting from ponies around it.
David placed his hand the window that had a black unicorn, his eyes snapped open as they began to glow white, he looked around as everything went black, the electric lights were replaced with burned out candles.
''Sombra, for the last time! I will leave my husband for you!'' David heard a pegasus shout, she was wearing a royal cloak and a crown, ''Now, if you excuse me, i have to go and play with my daughter.'' The pegasus added, walking away from a black unicorn.
David saw a weakened Amore running through the blizzard, clutching a tiny foal wrapped in blankets.
David looked around and found himself back in the throne room of the palace, the floor was soaking in blood.
The throne room changed into to the balcony of the palace. Sombra and Ruby were circling each other, the pegasus was missing most of his left wing. Most of the palace was ablaze, charring the once white crystal into a black hulk, Sombra leapt over Ruby who tried to cut the unicorn but missed, Sombra landed and stabbed Ruby through through the throat, he then twisted his sword, breaking the blade. Ruby fell to the floor, blood leaking from his wounds, he struggled to breath as his heart stopped. Sombra laughed as he kicked Ruby's body of the palace and watched it fall into the flames below. David went to punch Sombra but he went straight through the unicorn. Sombra's eyes began to glow red with purple mist escaping them.
David looked around as he was now at the base of the palace, he saw a line of humans in chains, their were also some crystal ponies and foals, also in chains
David looked through his teary eyes and found himself at the top of the palace, he saw Sombra carrying something in his magical grip, it was the crystal heart but it look grey, Sombra dropped the heart on the center of the floor and walked away, the heart floated back up, a visible cracked appeared on its surface.
David opened his eyes, finding himself laying on the floor of the hallway, he looked at his hand before trying to get up.
The wind howled as David and Flurry appeared at the top of the palace, Flurry's mane fluttered in the wind, they turned around to see Sombra and Cadence in a sword fight and Sombra looked like he was about to lose.
The top of the palace was now ringed with blue flames.
''Your making a mistake, i'll give you anything. Money, fame, riches, infinite power, your own country! Please! No!'' Sombra wailed in pain as he body began to glitch and twitch, ''What's happening to me?!'' He added before shouted a distorted message as he body flickered between his unicorn form, shadow form and his umbra form.
''David? Are you ok?'' David heard Cadence shout as she ran over to him and helped him up before helping Flurry up.
''I'm sorry i wasn't there for you.'' He sobbed into her neck, ''I'm the worst brother ever.'' He added, hearing this made Cadence's heartbreak, she welled up.
End of Chapter Eight.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Nine. Sneak Away.
February 16th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 12:25 am.
David was laying in his bed looking up at the ceiling, the full moon barely glowing through the crystal walls, casting the room in a dark blue glow, he sat up and looked at his bare chest, it had scratches and scars across it. He got out of bed and put his tattered shirt and jacket on, he looked over at the dresser, a pen and some blank paper were neatly placed on it. He stepped over to the dresser, grabbing a blank sheet of paper and the pen, he wrote down a letter and folding it and wrote 'Dear Cadence' on the front before placing in back on the dresser. He put his shoes on and walked out the room and down the hall, towards the palace entrance.
Flurry Heart was asleep in her bed when she heard footsteps pass her door, she quitely hopped out of bed and opened her door, she saw David walk down the hall and towards the palace doors.
Her light magentaish gray hooves land on the freshly laid snow, she looked up at the palace one last time.
Without warning he started to trash the room, he flipped the bed over on its side, smashing the desk into pieces and shattering the mirror, once he was finished, he grabbed Flurry Heart's mane brush and pulled out her hair from it and scattered the hair across the floor and moved some shattered desk around, making it look like a struggle had broken out.
February 16th 2015, Lower Crystal Square TMD, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 1:35 am.
The snow blasted David as he got back to '642', he opened the cab door and stepped inside the ice cold cab, Flurry Heart snuck into cab and hid under the sink in the small kitchen in the nose. David started the engines, the cab lighting flickered on, as did the headlights, David then left the cab and turned the tail lamps on, the blizzard deafened out the sound of the engines as he got back into the cab and sat in his seat, looking at the palace and sighed. He moved the throttle into notch two and released the brakes, the class 19's start moving along the siding and towards a balloon loop to turn around and head back south.
February 16th 2015, Arctic North, Equestrian Border. 3:05 am.
'642' crested the hill and rattled along the level stretch of track, the blizzard died down as the train crossed over the border and into Equestria, David moved the throttle into notch eight, the lights of The Crystal Empire faded away in the distance, the now calmer snow of Equestria pelted the rails as the bright headlights lit the path as the train started to head down hill, twisting through the mountain range of northern Equestria. David found it hard to keep awake as his train headed towards Ponyville. Flurry Heart had fallen asleep.
February 16th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 6:00 am.
Cadence woke up before everyone else did, she hoped out of bed and skipped to the kitchen, she found Arctic Lily preparing breakfast, the maid placed a plate of toast onto a tray and was about to take it when Cadence smiled at her.
Cadence walked along the hall and knocked on David's door and waited for him to open the door, after no response she knocked again and waited again, once again, no reply.
'Dear Cadence.
Thank you for your hospitality, but i can't stay here with you and your family, i just don't feel needed here. I'll be returning to Port Hope. Good Bye.
David.'
Tears stained Cadence's cheek as she read the letter again and again. She looked at the bottom of the letter and weakly smiled.
Cadence ran into the thrashed and saw Midnight Blaze laying on the floor, she froze in place as Shining pushed her aside and shook Midnight awake.
End of Chapter Nine.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Ten. Discovery.
Shining Armor glares at Cadence, the pink alicorn could sense the fire in her husband's eyes, she frowned.
''Ok Midnight, tell us what happened.'' Shining said, Midnight gulped, ''Well, go on then, tell us.'' Shining added.
''Hey? Where did Cadence go?'' Twilight asked, noticing a lack of pink alicorn in Flurry's room.
February 16th 2015, Arctic Crystal Station, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 6:20 am.
Cadence stormed over to the private platform at Arctic Crystal Station, sitting at the platform was a shortened version of the CEE, but unlike the CEE, it was painted crystalline blue and was a diesel-electric hybrid, giving it the ability to travel over sections of track that weren't powered.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 11:55 am.
'642' and '644' snaked off the mainline and into the yard, '47500' sat on a siding in front of the coal stage. The class 19 was brought to a stop along side the tank engine. Dusty was sitting on the running board, drinking soup from a mug, the diesels shut down with a mumble, Dusty noticed them and waved as David exited the cab, the freshly laid snow crunched under his feet. Flurry Heart awoke, still under the sink, she wriggled out and quietly opened the kitchen door and looked around, the train was silent. She cracked the door open and quickly escaped and flew into town.
David put his hands into his pockets, he felt the map inside and pulled it out.
Dusty hopped into '47500's cab, David followed her into the cab, she released the brakes and moved the regulator forward a bit, steam poured out from under the wheels as the steam engine moved forward.
The Jinty chuffed along the line as it climbed the incline of the branchline, Dusty moved the regulator back a bit, slowing '47500' down as they approached the spot where a junction should be.
The Jinty slowed down, the brakes squeaked as it came to a stop just in front of a rusty point lever, Dusty hopped out the cab and walked over to the lever, nearly slipping on the ice on a few occasions. She wrapped her hooves around the lever arm and with all her strength, she threw the lever over, the clicking and movement of rusty metal rang out, she brushed the snow off the rails using her tail, the point blades had moved over, the line was now opened towards rusty rails. The mare carefully made her way back to the engine, David held out his hand to her and pulled her back into the cab, she blushed at his touch but quickly shook it off. The regulator mover forward slightly, giving Jinty just enough speed to traverse the points.
The train stopped, just clearing the points, David got out this time, he walked over to the points and, with little effort, threw the lever back into its previous position. He got back to the cab, Dusty gave him one oil lamp painted eggshell white and two other oil lamps painted a reddish pink, he put the white lamp central lamp iron on the front running board, he lit the lamp, it began to glow a yellowish white. He walked to the rear of the engine and placed the red lamps of the outer lamp irons and lit them, they began to glow red. He got back into the cab and Dusty started to move the engine.
Twigs snapped and buckled under the weight of the little steam train as it creeped along the rusty rails, a second set of points appeared as a second line connected on to the rusty line and jointing the line back onto the other branchline from western end. Bushes and shrubbery scraped the undercarriage of '47500' as The Everfree forest tree branches hung over the line, blocking out the sky, causing the forest became dull the further they drove him.
A shape appeared ahead, the headlamp barely lighting it, the Jinty stopped just in front of the object, David leaned out of the cab and looked that the object, it appeared to be a Great Western Railway built 20t toad brake van. He hopped down and grabbed his phone from his pocket, he turned on the flashlight app and used it to look around. The brakevan had faded paint grey paintwork with white handrails, the grey paint was flaking away at the bottom of the brakevan, rotten wood and rusty screws appeared where the paint has fallen away, Dusty joined him and looked beyond the brakevan, a coach appeared from the darkness. Dusty nudged David, he looked at coach. The pair walked toward the coach.
The coach had faded blue and light grey paintwork, much like the brakevan, the paint has flaked away where the coach met its frame, allowing rust to shine through, the coach had two large doors, one at one end and another at the other end, this was the same for the other side, 'Royal Mail' was painted on the side is white, it too had flaked, mostly, away. David noticed a second coach appear, it was identical to the first coach but had three doors on each side. A third coach appeared from the darkness as well, it was identical to the other two but only had two doors on one side.
''What is this? These looks like TPO's.'' Dusty asked in awe, David grabbed the front most door of the leading coach and forced it open, air rushed inside, he hopped up into the TPO and helped Dusty in, the two looked around. Dusty walked around the coach, she heard something crunch under her hoof, she looked down and saw bones, she looked up and came face to face with a skeleton, she let out an ear piercing scream, alerting David, he spun around and saw the skeleton, he then saw two, then three, then four. He counted nine skeletons, all of which were wearing British clothing from the 1950s, David saw something goldish reflecting against the light from his phone, he looked down at a small crate and opened it, his jaw dropped when he saw what the contents were, bars of gold.
Dusty opened a sack and found what looked like bits, she dragged the heavy sack over to him, he looked in the sack.
He shone his phone on the tender, a faded British Railway logo appeared on the rusty object.
'4F'
'43999'
End of Chapter Ten.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Eleven. Fowler 4F.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 12:30 pm.
David looked at the number on the cabside as the pieces fell into place. This engine, this Fowler 4F was 43999. The same engine that was part of the robbery of the four banks of the Four Kingdoms of The United Kingdom. He placed his hand on the cabside. Dusty lent out, over the cabside and looked down.
David noticed that '43999's front buffer beam was crushed and buckled but still, by some luck, had the buffers, vacuum pipe and the screw link coupling intact.
The leaves in the trees rustled as a nearby robin tweeted, '47500' hissed slightly as her safety valves popped, releasing some steam out the brass valves. The Everfree Forest was eerily quiet with the exceptions of a woodpecker pecking at a nearby tree trunk.
The green frog dissipated as David flashed his phone on '43999's front buffer beam and quickly drew a rough sketch of the beam, he noted that pieces of broken wood was caught in the screw link and the vacuum pipe.
David looked around the cab, like the buffer beam, he drew a rough sketch of the cab, noting on the drawing that the regulator was closed and the cutoff was in the neutral position. The needle in the boiler pressure gauge was at 0 psi and the glass plate covering the gauge was cracked. He turned to the brake pressure gauge, the glass plate covering it was completely gone, leaving sharp and broken glass around the gauge there were two needles on the gauge, one black and one red. The black needle was scratched and bent slightly, it was pointing far to the left, hovering over the 0 psi mark. The red needle was worse for wear, missing most of its paint and rusted, it was pointing to the right, hovering over the 120 psi mark.
David looked down at the brake lever, it was swung over to the right as far as it could go, it was currently in the handle off position, he placed his hand on the handle of the lever, he was about to try and move the brake lever when. ''What are you doing?'' He heard Dusty say behind him.
Dusty climbed up onto the tender and looked into the bunker where coal was, or should be, she was confused to see the bunker was lacking coal, David followed her and he too looked into the bunker.
''That would explain it.'' David said, he too noticed the open cap, he helped Dusty down, the two climbed out the cab and walked over to the gap between the tender and the first TPO. David helped Dusty up onto the tender, she found a stone resting near the open hole for the water tank, she picked it up and dropped it into the tank, instead of hearing a splash, she heard the sound of stone hitting metal.
Dusty crawled under '43999', wriggling between the valve gear and the track, once she was directly under the crankshafts, she flipped over onto her back and looked up, the crankshafts was only a few inches from her face.
Dusty wriggled around some more, trying to get a good look at the six bearings on the six axles.
End of Chapter Eleven.
Chapter #12: Ghosts of The Past
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twelve. Ghosts of The Past.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 13:30 p m.
Dusty forced the gangway door between the first and second TPO open, the door groaned as it slid open, throwing dust everywhere. Dusty coughed and waved her hooves around. The coach was empty, much to the dismay of both her and David.
Dusty looked around the third coach, she reared back when she saw more skeletons, unlike the ones in the first carriage, these ones were dressed in Royal Mail uniforms and British Railways crew uniform.
The two walked back along the length of the train, David hopped down from the open side door on the old mail sorting carriage, he helped Dusty down onto the overgrown track bed.
Dusty went and coupled up '47500' to the brake van, she expected to see vacuum brake pipes, but the brake van didn't have any.
A hissing noise began to fill David's ears, he looked up and saw the black psi needle twitch before moving to the right, the red needle twitch as well, moving left, he watched in awe for the next few minutes as air filled the brake line for the first time in over fifty-five years. The brakes released, throwing dust from under the wheels. David was surprised when '43999' started to roll forward due to slack between all the couplings, '43999' stopped rolling when the slack between the Jinty and the brake van tightened. '47500' was now the only thing holding the whole train in place.
'47500' rolled backwards for only a few feet before the wheels started slipping, sparks began flying from under the tank as the Lancashire built steam engine struggled to pull the train, things got worse when the train began to roll forward, dragging the tank engine with it. Dusty put sand down but it had little effect. David, noticing something was wrong, quickly slammed the brakes on, bringing the train to a stop, Dusty quickly shut off the regulator, '47500's wheel quickly stopped spinning.
The two walked towards the coach, Dusty was trembling, David looked nervous. They looked in through the still open door on the TPO, they saw skeletons standing up, mucus, rotting flesh and the clothes fell away from the corpses. Dusty went to scream but David stopped her from doing so, but the skeletons turned and looked at them, one of them screeched.
''Go back to Ponyville! Go back and get my diesels! Get help!'' David said, a skeleton peered around the corner, its bony hand snapped at them.
Dusty quickly climbed up into the cab as more skeletons chased her, she pulled the cylinder drain lever. Steam sprayed out from the cylinders, blinding the skeletons in hot steam. The tank engine rolled backward, just fast enough to get away, but slow enough to not jump the tracks. The engine burst out the clearing, Dusty slowed '47500' down and jumped out the cab and ran ahead, she threw the point lever over, the point blades moved just as the tank engine past, Dusty climbed back on.
February 16th 2008, Ponyville, Equestria. 13:39 pm.
The shortened CEE rolled into Ponyville, stopping in the yard, Cadence and the others got off the train and ran towards the town.
Before Celestia could respond, a high pitched shriek of a whistle echoed around, they looked at a small steam engine racing into the yard, sparks sprayed from the wheels as it sharply braked, backing up against the class 19's, Dusty jumped down and scrambled for the couplings. She folded the knuckle couple on the leading diesel down and quickly connected the screw link coupling and vacuum brake pipes, she was in too much of a rush to pull the buffers out, she quickly hopped back into the cab of the steam engine
David was able to break free from the skeletons grip and ran into the TPO, slamming the door shut, the skeletons clawed at the door. He looked down at the floor and saw a Type 56 AK47 laying on the floor, he picked it up, accidentally pulling the trigger, causing it to fire, blasting a small hole through the ceiling. He didn't bother question how or why it was still working. The monsters forced the door open.
''Did you just say David?'' Cadence asked, Dusty struggled to escape, biting her lip.
Flurry Heart walked out of a nearby cafe, a box of donuts sticking out her saddle bag, she overheard voices coming from the yard, she looked up and saw her mother, her father and the others in the yard. Flurry attempted to quietly back away but was stopped by a pink blur appearing out of thin air.
''Flurry Heart!'' Cadence shouted, Flurry looked down at her mother, she smiled innocently as she was engulfed in a light blue aura and brought down to ground level.
''We've got to go!'' Dusty shouted, everyone, minus Flurry Heart, remembered what was happening, the ponies in town began to hear the distance screeches and gun fire and began to run in terror.
End of Chapter Twelve.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Thirteen. Rescue.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 13:40 pm.
David fired the Type 56 AK47, the bullets ripped through the skulls of the skeletons, their eyes were ablaze with a deep green flame, brighter green mist escaped the eye sockets, the same coloured mist flowed through the rib cages. One skeleton roared as a bullet exploded through the skull, shattering the bone into millions of pieces.
David fell to the ground, a sharp pain running through his ankle. He caused even more pain as he struggled to stand up, causing him to limp as he struggled to find a suitable hiding spot. He crawled under the first TPO, cutting his head as he squeezed under the rusting chassie, David gritted his teeth in pain as he rested his back against the bogey of the coach, his jacket sleeve was soaked in blood, dripping onto the few pieces of snow under the wagon. He watched as a skeleton slowly marched past his hiding spot, he tightly held the large opening on his arm, blood seeped through his fingers, gritting his teeth in pain.
David slowly moved out from under the carriage, he couldn't see or hear the skeletons anywhere, he slowly looked left and right before fully emerging from under the coach, he leaned against the carriage shell, the snowflakes settling on his head and shoulder, he looked down and found a tree branch and picked it, using it as a makeshift walking stick. He felt weak as he slowly walked towards '43999's cab, grunting with every painful step. The fresh snow crunched under his foot as the stick dug into the ground, his bleeding arm dropped blood with each step, he dragged his hand along the carriage body, leaving a bloody handprint on the side. Twigs snapped behind him as he limped towards the rusting locomotive, the roaring wind masking the snaps.
David stopped when he felt a presence behind him, he turned around, only to see nothing but the fast falling snow, he turned back around but froze when he felt something land on his shoulder, he looked over and saw mucus dripping down, followed by another drop. He looked up, coming face to face with skeletons, there eye sockets glowing green, one jumped down and knocked David backwards, landing near '43999's tender, it snapped the branch in the process. Another skeleton appeared and clawed at David, leaving five deep gash marks on his chest before uppercutting him, sending him backwards some more. David dragged himself into the cab of '43999', grabbing the fireman shovel to protect himself. The skeletons let out an ear piercing scream as they closed in on the cab, David rose of the cab floor, leaning against the rusting regulator, blood dripping from his chest and arm onto the cab floor. One on the bony creatures jumped down into the cab, getting a swift hit with the shovel blade to the skull, knocking the head into the forest. The metal blade of the shovel was now dented and bent, another skeleton jumped down and attacked David, dodging the shovel swings in the process. David tried swinging at it, missing and heading the cab, the blade broke off and bounced off into the the forest as well.
'47500's six drive wheels pounded the rails as it topped out at 40 mph, it raced along the branch line, dragging the currently off class 19's. Dusty fully opened the regulator as the tank engine climbed up the incline, Cadence leaned out the cab side, the others were on the forward running board for '642'
David backed away as the rest of the skeletons surrounded him, his escape was blocked by a large tree trunk, one jumped at him, pinning him down.
A blinding flash of blue erupted from the pile, sending pieces of bone everywhere, Cadence swung her swords as more skeletons charged back at her, slicing them in half from head to toe. She kept slicing and dicing until she was surrounded by small pieces of bones.
''I've been through worse.'' He wheezed out, hiding a chuckle under his breath as he staggered to his feet, his ankle crunched under his weight, sending a shockwave of pain up his leg, he bit his lip as he placed his hand on tree trunk. Cadence was glaring at him as he stood up, he looked at her, feeling the heat in her eyes, ''What? I told you i'm fine.'' He said, Cadence continued to glare at him, her nose scrunched up even more.
''Oh my gosh!'' Flurry Heart shouted, breaking the silence, she quickly buzzed around the train, taking in every detail of the aging railway stock, she flew around the cab of '43999' babbling complete nonsense..
Cadence turned her head away from her brother, she shut her eyes, forcing herself not to cry, after all the stupid things her brother had done, this took the biscuit, she was so mad at him, yet also pleased that he wasn't dead. She had bottled up her sadness since she had heard David had ran away, she bit the inside of her cheek so hard, she could taste the iron in her blood.
Twilight's horn lit up, the magenta glow of her magical aura casting a dull glow in the surrounding area, her mane and tail fluttered with every step the alicorn took as the strong winds of the blizzard were weakened to nothing more than a breeze inside the haunted forest, the roar of the wind outside was deafened by the trees and undergrowth. The mare stopped as she felt a rat scurry across her hoof, she flinched her hoof back, losing her footing and hitting her head on the side of the first TPO's front buffer beam, she fell between the tender and the coach. The mare grabbed the rusting screw link coupling with her hoof, she expected to feel the the cold touch of the rusting steel but instead, felt the touch of something else. It was cold but felt organic, almost like it was once part of a living being, a being now long since dead and scattered to the winds. She inspected the object, finding that it was once a hand and lower arm, the skin had tightened, showing all the features of the bone below, she looked down at the torn flesh, the broken bone's razor sharp edges clearly showing that it was violently torn away from a body. She stopped her inspection when she heard Cadence shouting.
''David! Why did you leave in the middle of the night!'' Cadence shouted at David, tears still streaming from her eyes, she punched him in the chest, perhaps too hard, but at this point she was letting her true emotions control her every motion. David said nothing, he just stood there, staring into her ice blue eyes, ''Tell me.'' She said, he did nothing, just continued to stare, ''Tell me!'' She roared, everything went silent, like all sound in the world was muted.
''A flash drive? Really?'' Cadence said, she was about to explode with anger, she felt like she would explode with such force, that it could rival the world's most powerful nuclear bomb, her eye twitched as she tried to keep her anger under control.
The pink mare just stared at him, she didn't know where to start, her jaw was hanging low, her wings were touching the snow covered ballast.
''David.'' Dusty said, walking up behind the human, he looked at the earth pony, ''Are we gonna get '43999' out of here of what?'' She added, placing a hoof on his shoulder, '47500's safety valves popped again, sending scorching steam into the cold air.
The tank continued to slowly back up, '644' began to emerge from the forest as the tank slowly started to clear the top of the triangle junction, Dusty slowly applied the brakes, dumping some of the air before leaving them in the running position. The brake shoes moved over and made contact with the wheels, '47500' slowed to a stop, '644's nose was directly facing towards Ponyville. Dusty climbed down from the jinty's cab, she uncoupled the tank engine from the leading diesel locomotive, the brake pipes were released with a hiss, the maroon paint work of the rear buffer beam was chipped away as the heavy screw link coupler swung down. Dusty climbed back up into '47500's cab as David towards '642', the earth mare moved the reverser into the forward position and released the brakes, the tank engine slowly rolled ahead, crossing back over the points at the tip of the triangle junction. The steam locomotive stopped, just clearing the points. Dusty leaned out the cab, she was about to jump down to switch the points, but as she did so, the points lever was engulfed with a light blue hue, the lever moved over, the tracks switched over, opening access to the left side of the triangle.
Dusty looked up and saw Cadence's horn glowing, the empress nodded, Dusty nodded it back, setting the tank engine into reverse and releasing the brakes, '47500' rolled backwards, clearing the points once again as it braked to a stop, Cadence closed the points, giving the class 19's access to the fowler now.
David climbed up onto '642's front running board and entered the cab. He walked over to the rear bulkhead, looked at the start/shut-off switch and turned it to the left. The class 19s roared to life, exhaust bellowing from the roof grills, the remaining ditch lamp flickered to life alongside the headlights. The air brakes released with a hiss as David moved the reverser into the forward position, moving the throttle into notch one. '642' jerked to a rolling start s the rails sunk into the ground under the weight of the locomotives, Dusty blew '47500's whistle as the diesel rumbled past, crossing over the points and descending into the darkness of the Everfree Forest. Tree branches scraped the roof and windows of both '642' and '644' as the two got closer to the Fowler, the rusting rails creaked as the class 19's rolled along the old spur line, David slowed the train down as the brake van came into view, the brake shoes locked against the wheels, the train squeaked to the stop, the buffers pressing against the brake vans buffers, he put the train into idle before leaving the cab.
Rainbow had been exploring the second TPO, she approached the gangway door between that TPO and the third one, as the mare went to open the door, she found it to be locked.
''What is that smell?" Rainbow said, trying not breathe through her nose in a bid to not inhale what smelled like a rotting corpse left in the sun for a week, Applejack approached the pile slowly, the floorboards creaking as her orange hoofs made contact with the aging pine wood.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack hopped down from the open door on the first TPO. The two walked back towards the brake van along the track bed, the ballast crunching under their hoods, Rainbow ran ahead. David stepped down from '642' and walked over to the coupler, stepping under the buffers and grabbing the chain screw link coupler of the brake van, gripping the rusting iron and lifting it up, he felt a hoof brush against his hand as the chain was lowered around '642's hook. David looked down and saw Rainbow's hoof resting on his hand.
''Release the brakes when i blow the horn ok?'' David said, Rainbow nodded, running towards the fowler and climbing into the cab. David rolled his eyes and walked past '642' and towards '644', climbing up the front steps of the running board and entering the cab, he sat down in the driver's seat, the hum of the idling engines was the only sound heard from the cab, he flicked the switches on the control panel, the headlights and ditch lamps flickering to life, his cold fingers gripped around the lever of the horn and pulled it down, sending a long blast echoing through the forest. Rainbow heard the horn blast echoing around, her hoof wrapped around the brake lever, she closed her eyes as the world around felt like it was in slow motion. She could hear her heartbeat and breathing, she opened her eyes and pulled the lever.
The brakes released with a hiss, air flowing back into the brake line. The brake psi gauge needles twitching and moving around as the brake shoes released from the wheels, '43999' rolled forward down the slip before stopping, being stopped by the braking power of both '642' and '644'. David felt the jerk as '43999' dragged the two class 19's backward a few inches, friction stopping it, he pushed the sanding button, dropping sand onto the tracks. He moved the reverser into forward position as the other ponies boarded the brake van, the throttled moved into notch one as the class 19's brakes released. Very slowly, the two diesels began to pulling the train away, the weeds that had grown around '43999's drive wheels broke away from the metal.
Unbeknownst to those aboard the brake van, a small object stuck to the undercarriage of the first TPO began to flash a red light, emitting a beeping.
End of Chapter Thirteen.
Author's Note
This chapter is dedicated to my cat Tilly who died during the production of this part.
Chapter #14: Aftermath & Recovery
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Fourteen. Aftermath & Recovery.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 14:10 pm.
With one final roar of the engines, '644', '642' and '47500' brought '43999' to the top of the slope. The train slowly trundled over the level crossing, snaking over the main line and entering the yard. '644' ran over a set catch points with a click-clack. David gave a short blast of the horn, slowly decreasing the throttle and applying the brakes. Dusty and '47500' was all the way at the back of the train, coupled to '43999' due to the need for the braking power of the 4f and its three coaches. She replied to the horn with a quick sharp blast of the whistle, she eased up on the regulator and applied the rearward brakes. The mix-matched train eased into the yard with the occasional flange squeal. As the consist began to brake to a halt, '642's fuel tank began to slowly leak, the thick black liquid inside trickling onto the ballast. Dull white smoke began to bellow from under the axles of '644' as the brake shoe pressed hard against the wheels.
Cadence sighed heavily and placed her head on the rear wall of the brakevan. Shining saw the look plastered on her face, he walked over and placed a hoof on her shoulder.
Dusty shut off '47500's regulator, the tank engine released steam from its safety valves. The earth mare put the reverser into the neutral position, jumping down from the cab after dampening the hot coals in the firebox. The pony climbed up onto '43999's running board, wrapping her hoof around the clock hand like locking keys on the smoke box door and forcefully turned them until they became loose enough to freely spin around. The door slowly creaked open, long burnt ash was frozen solid against the sides of the smoke box.
David looked around, breathing slowly as he released his grip on the brake lever. His hands trembling as they fell to each side of the chair he sat in. He sat there for what felt like hours before sitting up, looking back out the window, sighting the toad stationed behind '642'. The man slowly rose from his chair, knees clicking as he stood up fully. He limped over to the back of the cab, the engine cutting off with a splutter and a flick of the switch. David staggered to the front of the cab and swung the nose door open as the wind picked up, sending snowflakes into his face and hair with soft snow crunching under his boots as he climbed down from the locomotive. David watched as the ponies began to climb down from the western Brake van. His eyes fixed on the lavender alicorn; Twilight he assumed. The two locked eyes as the princess nodded at him. David sat on the middle step of '644', Twilight trotting over to him.
Dusty's hooves wrapped around the chain, coal poured from the coal tower into '43999's tender. Clouds of coal dust enveloped the crisp air around the mare, causing her to cough and wheeze as Flurry Heart, Celestia and Luna disembarked from the train. The pegasus duchess sighed, strolling ahead of the alicorns, the larger of the two planting her lily white wing on Flurry's shoulder.
''Flurry Heart dearest. We only want to ask why you left in the middle of the night, nothing else.'' Luna said in a calm and collected voice, placing a blue fetlock covered hoof on Flurry's shoulder.
End of Chapter Fourteen.
Chapter #15: Family Bonds: Part I
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Fifteen. Family Bonds Part I.
February 16th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 22:00 pm.
"Thank you for letting us stay here the night Twilight." Cadence said as she walked into the bedroom with her mane wrapped in a towel.
"What. A. Day." The empress finished drying herself off and threw the towel aside. She slid off of her bed and then bent over, grabbing her hind leg and pulling it up behind her head. Her hip joint clicked. She proceeded to do the same with the other leg, groaning as her joints clicked again.
"What is that for?" Twilight pointed at the necklace. "Is it a good luck charm?"Ok Cadence , She thought, no more lying . She placed her hoof on the pendant and let out another sigh, "Ok Twilight, I'll tell you. But please, don't question anything until after I finished, got it?" Cadence looked at her fellow Alicorn who nodded in reply.
"Before I became your foal sitter, I gave birth to a daughter, a Pegasus, I named her Shooting Star. She..." Cadence paused, sighing again, "She was a stillborn Twilight. This necklace has a locket with the only picture of my baby girl." Cadence levitated the locket over to Twilight, opening it in the process, revealing a picture of a barely 16 year old Cadence looking visibly tired with a tiny baby that looked exactly like her in her arms, "The only other ponies to know about her other then you, is Shining, who got me this necklace, so I could take her everywhere with me so she was never forgotten," She paused again, "and Celestia, who was with me when I went into labour. This was why every January 30th I wasn't available to foal sit you, I would be at her grave reading her a story and tell her how much I miss her. Something I do even to this day." Cadence began to tremble as she fought back the tears that started to form at the corners of her eyes, "Shooting Star is the sole reason why I was so protective of Flurry Heart, because I-." She blew her nose, now crying, "Because didn't want to lose her like I lost Shooting Star." Twilight moved closer, embracing Cadence in a tight hug. "You know, she'd be 24 now." Cadence looked through her watery eyes, blowing into a tissue. The two pulled away from each other, "Thank you for listening Twilight, now you know why I carry this necklace with me everywhere."
"Don't mind if I take another look at the photo do you?" Twilight politely asked, Cadence nodded. She opened the locket and placed it in Twilight's hoof for the purple mare to inspect., "She looks so much like you, like you and her were clone.... No offence." Cadence gently chuckled at that fact.
"No, it wasn't just that, it was because I'd had of tell them the father's species." Cadence looked out the corner of her eyes, checking to see if the bedroom door was still closed, luckily it was, "Twilight, do you remember when I told you I grew up in Port Hope?" She asked the fellow pony.
"See, this was why I refused to go to the hospital." Cadence started pacing back and forth, "This speciesism ponies have against humans. It honestly sickens me, it sometimes makes me wish I stayed in Port Hope." Twilight placed a wing on Cadences shoulder.
"Ok, I understand, but why your brother? I admit he does have a charm about him but again, why him." Twilight questioned as her eyes continued to track Cadence as she paced around.
"Wait, 45 minutes?! Sweet Celestia, I didn't know humans had that much stamina." Twilight said, trying not to bit her lip in sudden arousal.
"Ok Cadence I understand your reasons but why didn't you tell him about Shooting Star?" Twilight asked, placing a hoof on Cadences leg.
"I'm scared that he'll close himself out to me, I'm his sister for fuck sack, imagine me saying 'Oh David, remember when we fucked, well you got me pregnant and I lost our baby.' I think it wouldn't go down well with him." Cadence stood up and looked in the mirror opposite the bed. "I'm scared he'll run off again for another 16 years. I wouldn't be able to handle that, not again." She closed her eyes, remembering the pain she felt in her heart when her sister told her that they found David's car burnt out while wrapped around a tree.
"Ok Cadence, listen to me, you should tell David everything, then, take it from there, got it?" Twilight said as she grabbed Cadences face.
End of Chapter Fifteen.
Chapter #16: Pancake Talk
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Sixteen. Pancake Talk.
February 17th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 07:00 am.
Twilight awoke to the smell of food cooking in the kitchen, she slowly sat up in her bed as the sun barely poked above the horizon, "Oh Spike. That's smells delicious." She said, pulling off the covers.
As the pair got closer to the kitchen, they began to hear what sounded like music and someone singing alone.
"Cadence. That wasn't funny!" Twilight screamed, trembling slightly as she still clung to Pastel Pen
Cadence's horn lit up as she moved the frying pan off of the stove, she grabbed a spatula and gently pried the pancake off the bottom of the frying pan and flipped it over, the side now facing up was partly burnt.
"So then, what was it like to grow up with a human family?" Pastel asked Cadence, taking another bite from a pancake, Twilight got up from her seat and over to the sink and got herself a cup of water, "What did you and your brother get up to?" Pastel asked, Twilight spat out her drink, coughing hard in the process.
"Um, sorry, Pastel. What was your question?" Cadence asked, while cutting one of her pancakes into easy to chew pieces.
"Cadence, forgive me for asking, but did you ever eat meat while you were living with humans?" Twilight finally spoke, drinking some juice.
"Why? What happened?" Pastel put her plate in the sink and began cleaning it, "Did he take money from you or something?" She added.
"You slept with you brother?!" Applejack shouted with disgust in her tone of voice, "Why would you do that?! How could you do that?!" The farm pony snarled like a lion about to attack.
"Flurry! Come back!" Cadence was about to chase after her daughter, but found her exit blocked by a enraged Applejack and a furious Rarity, "Let me through!" She shouted, Applejack refused to budge, "Let. Me. Through." Cadence's horn let up as she prepared to fight her way through.
Cadence, Applejack and Rarity all awkwardly stared at each other, Pastel Pen coughed.
"Wait? You didn't have friends?" Pastel asked with concern, "But, you're you! Everyone loves you!" Cadence looked at her, wiping away a stray tear.
"You don't even know the half of it." Came Cadence's muffled voice from under all the feathers, followed by another sob.
"What do you mean dearie?" Rarity calmly spoke, Cadence sighed and removed her soaked wings from her face.
"Are you ever going to tell him? About the baby i mean." Fluttershy said, placing down some tea cups. Cadence's horn weakly lit up, her aura embracing the lily pink cup, she brought it to her face and gently took a sip of the hot liquid.
"That a girl!" Pastel cheered, whistling in the process, Cadence turned around.
End of Chapter Sixteen.
Chapter #18: A Fractured Bond. Part I
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Eighteen. A Fractured Bond Part I.
February 17th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 11:45 am.
Cadence's private train slowly rolled into Ponyville yard, snaking onto a siding adjacent to '43999'. The Electro-diesel multiple unit gently braked to a stop. Rain ran down the windows as the doors opened onto the small staff halt.
"Well alright, but before you go, can i be honest with you?" David asked, Cadence smiled and a nodded, "Well you see, i kind of had a hunch you were pregnant but i never thought much about it."
Cadence arrived back at the castle a few minutes later, it was a welcome sight as she run up the steps. She paused, looking over to right at Twilight's School For Friendship. Cadence remembered the day Flurry Heart had started attendance, she was so proud of her little girl that day. The school had closed for the winter and was due to open next week, meaning Cadence wouldn't see Flurry for another six weeks until the spring half term. She had to talk to Flurry Heart, now or never. Cadence threw the doors open, unzipping her hoodie and tossing it to the side. She shook herself off before trotting towards Flurry Hearts room. The long corridor felt unwelcoming, barely decorated, the few decorations consisted of mostly pointed plants and the odd coffee table with a picture frame taking place at the centre. Cadence sighed as words of what she was going to say to her daughter filled her mind. At last, she reached the end of the corridor. She passed through the opens doors, seeing that the kitchen lights were still on.
As Cadence passed the kitchen, she saw Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie staring coldly at her. She walked down the corridor, Cadence thought she heard Pinkie Pie talking.
Cadence stood outside Flurry Hearts room. She took a deep breath and opened the door. Cadence was surprised to see the room devoid of her daughter, she sat on the springy bed and waited for Flurry Heart to appear. The door that led to the ensuite bathroom opened and out came Flurry Heart dripping wet, draped in a towel, she froze when she saw Cadence sitting on the bed.
"S-s-so...." Flurry stuttered nervously, Does she think she's in trouble? Cadence thought, looking at how terrified her daughter looked, Did i scare her? Oh no, did i raise my voice again? Cadence's mind raced at a thousand miles a second, "So.... you and my uncle had a fling??" Flurry broke through Cadence's trail of thought.
"Ok ok, i'll tell you everything." Cadence said, picking up a mane brush, Flurry turned her back to her mother as Cadence proceeded to brush her mane, "Well, it all started a week after my fifteenth birthday..."
Cadence awoke feeling rather hot and sweaty. She looked over at her bedroom windows, expecting them to be closed, thus explaining why she felt so hot, to her surprise, they were wide open with a strong breeze blowing through. "Why am i so fucking hot?!" She screamed into her pillow, throwing off her sheet as she left her bed. Cadence pulled the large fan from her wardrobe. She placed it right next to her bed, plugging it in and setting it to full. She pulled down her shorts, flinging them to the side. She wriggled out from her t-shirt as it clung to her sweaty back, she tossed it over the bed knob. Wearing nothing but her white panties, she threw herself onto her bed, laying on her chest. The young Pegasus's wings unfolded at her sides as the breeze rushed over her damp feathers. She felt a chill run down her spine, the fan cooling her back. "That's much better..." She said as she succumbed gently to slumber.
Cadence woke nearly an hour later, panting and sweating as she struggled to get out of bed, the sheet sticking to her. "What the hell is going on with me today?" She questioned herself as she pulled a towel from her wardrobe, draping it over her back. Cadence slipped her panties off as she opened her bedroom door, she quickly ran across the hallway and into the bathroom before anyone could she her. Her hooves clip-clopped against the tiles as she slide open the glass shower door. She turned the cold tap, wincing as the ice cold water landed on her back. "This'll cool me down for sure." She said to herself, grabbing a shampoo bottle from the window sills. She shut the shower door, placing the bottle on the shelf next to the shower gel. Her messy mane stuck to her wet fur, water trickling down her face. Cadence ran her hooves through her mane, making sure every inch of her elegant locks were wet. She lent over and and grabbed the shampoo bottle, flicking the cap and smelt it. "Ooooh! Strawberry and Mint!" She squealed in delight, squeezing out some of the syrup like substance onto her hoof. She rubbed in the shampoo while placing down the bottle, she ran her hooves vigorously through her mane, every inch of her extremely long mane slowly being engulfed in bubbles.
Cadence emerged from the shower a few minutes later, quietly sneaking into her room unnoticed. She slipped into her slippers as she shut her bedroom door behind her. The mattress sunk down with a squeak as her rump made contact with the silky fabric. She stretched out her legs, drying herself off with a large cotton towel. Cadence made sure she was completely, making her way over to the chest of draws. She pulled out a pair of panties, pulling them up and over her flank, her tail popping out through the hole cut in the back. She trotted over to the wardrobe and pulled out a blue shirt and a red one, looking in the mirror, making a choice on which one to wear. "I think blue suits me today." She said, removing the chosen item from the hanger, her wings popping out of the custom made clothing as she pulled it over her torso. Cadence put on a matching pair of shorts, tying them up tightly.
As Cadence began brushing her mane, she once again felt herself burning up again despite sitting right next to the fan. "Oh! You gotta be fucking kidding me!" She screamed in anger, no idea why she kept feeling hot, "How can i STILL be hot?!" She threw herself onto her back, punching her pillow in frustration, "Unless.... No. Can't be, i can't have a fever, i would of gotten chills and i would be arching." She questioned herself, placing a hoof on her chin, "Although, i wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion." She looked over at the clock sitting on the bedside cabinet, "David would be up right now..." She frowned, remembering the fight she had with her brother the night before. Cadence groaned as she sat up right, slipping off the bed and exiting her room.
Cadence trotted down the stairs and turned left into the kitchen, she rummaged through the draws for a thermometer, but came up empty hoofed. "Looks like i'll have to ask David to check my forehead...." She paused, "But what if he's still mad at me?" She questioned herself. "I'm not mad at you." Cadence jumped in fright at the voice behind her, she looked down from her hiding spot above the refrigerator to see it was David. "You're not?" She leaned her head over the edge. "No i'm not." David said, raising a hand to her cheek, "Now, get down please.", He added, raising both arms. Cadence wriggled over the edge, David catching her, his hands gripping around her waist. Cadence smiled as she felt her hooves touch the floor. "Thank you sir David! You have saved your princess from the evil Fridg Rator!" She chuckled while faking a royal voice.
"What are you doing up at this time anyway?" David asked the teenager before him, causing her to frown. "I couldn't sleep." She moaned, "I think i have a fever. David, can you feel my forehead?" She said, her hoof lifting her fringe from her head. "Sure." He replied, placing his palm flat on her head, he frowned, "You're not even hot." He added, this confused Cadence even more. "Are you sure i'm not a little hot?" She raised an eyebrow, putting his hand back onto her forehead. "No, you're barely warm." Cadence frowned even more. "This doesn't make any sense." She replied, placing a hoof on her head in annoyance. David put his hand to his chin, "Tell you what, you go into the front room and i'll fix us up some breakfast, then we can talk about what's going on." He suggested, Cadence nodded eagerly, quickly trotted down the hallway. David simply shook his head and chuckled.
David returned from the kitchen some time later carrying a tray with two plates and two glasses, he sat the tray down on the carpet between the sofa and the TV. "Hope you're hungry." He said, turning around only to see Cadence laying on her belly on the armchair, preening her wings, "Well then looks like more pancakes for me." He smirked. Cadence looked up mid preen, her tongue sticking out slightly. "Did you say pancakes?" Cadence spoke, spitting out a feather. She quickly scuttled off the chair and sat next to David, eating the stack of deliciousness before her. "So... What's the matter?" David said, wrapping one arm around Cadence, making her blush. She looked up at him and smiled. "Well... I woke up feeling like i was burning from the inside. I thought it was my room but even with the the strong breeze blowing in from the bay and the fan, i was still roasting! I even had an ice cold shower for fuck sake! And even that didn't work!" She ranted, pausing to take to drink from her glass, "I honestly have no idea what to do!" She slammed the glass down.
"Hmmm." David let out while in thought, "Doesn't sound like a fever or any illness i've heard of." He added, this caused Cadence to pout, her ears fell flat against her head. "Well that doesn't help my situation in the slightest." She crossed her front hooves in disappointment. "Tell you what." David said, "I have to drop some books off that the library, you're welcome to join me. We could have a look through the science books and see what matches up with that you told me." He added. "Ok..." Cadence slowly nodded, finishing the late of the pancakes. A few minutes later, the pair were walking up to David's car, Cadence opened the passenger side door and sat down in the seat and shut the door, strapping herself in as David sat down in the drivers seat. "Ready to go?" He said, placing a carrier bag of books in the footwell on Cadence's side. His sister nodded glumly, "Rightio." He said, turning the key, the engine roared to life as he strapped himself in. The ex-rally car hummed out the driveway, barreling down the road.
Before long, Cadence and David arrived at the library. Cadence grabbed the handle of the bag in her mouth as she stepped out the car, closing the door behind her, David followed suit, locking the car with a buzz. He took the back from her as she sprinted up the steps. "Come on David!" She impatiently stomped her hooves on the concrete steps. "I'm coming." He said, quickly walking up the steps, "I just had to double check i locked the car." He added, stopping at the top of the stairs, Cadence sat at his feet, looking up at him and frowning, "What?" He asked her, she continued to frown. "I really want to find out what's happening to me!" She raised her voice, David held his hands out in defense. "Hey hey hey, no need to shout." He said walking past her and opening the Library door, "You coming or what?" He asked, Cadence stood up and followed him, the door slowly closing behind them.
David approached the returns box and put the books inside, Cadence rushed past him, running towards the biology section, her hooves sliding on the laminate floor as she turned the corner. David calmy tracing the young pegasus steps through the building, finding her surrounded by science books. "No, no, no, no. Argh!" She slammed her hoof down on the table before repeatedly hitting her head on the oak surface, "This. Is. Hopeless!" She said, rubbing her now sore head as David stopped behind her. "It's not hopeless." David said, placing a hand on her shoulder, "You just need to know where to look." He added, spotting a computer out the corner of his eye, "Hey, why don't you go on that computer while i put these back." He suggested, picking up all the books Cadence had got out and placing them onto the correct shelf while she slowly trotted over to the computer, sitting down at the desk. She looked over at the people on the overside of the desk typing away at the other computers, she looked behind her, seeing people reading books at desks. "Scooch over then." Cadence was startled, turning her head around in surprise, to her relief it was just David, She moved her chair over, allowing him to place a chair in front of the computer.
"Right then." David said, sitting down next to his adoptive sister, she look at him, her mane covering her right eyes, she batted it away, "So, you tell me what you were or still are feeling and i'll type it on here and we'll see what comes up." He said, turning to her. She smiled nervously, looking down at her shirt, the dolphin made from sequins sparkled in the light emitting from the computer screen, "So, you ready?" David asked her, she nodded. "Well, i firstly felt like burning up from the inside." She said, David typing down hot flush, "I was also feeling slightly aroused." The keyboard tapped with every keystroke, "And..." Her face went red. "And what?" David turned to her, she took a hard gulp, she gestured him to bring his ear closer, she whispered into it, David blushed, "I see..." He stuttered, quickly typing down what she said, "Ok, according to his, you are in estrus." "What?" Cadence asked in confusion, she had never heard this word before, even in science class. "You're in heat." He added, she raised her eyebrow, now even more confused, "You're in season, you know? Like a dog or cat." She let out a gasped, she now understood completely.
"So then." Cadence looked at the screen, "Does it say how i stop it?" She asked, trying to use the mouse with her hoof. "It says here that there are two ways to combat a mare in heat, option A is to keep her isolated from any stallions for the 4 days under the estrus ends or B is to breed her." David said, looking at the screen. Both his and Cadence's faces squished together. "Breed? Like what?" Cadenced asked with confusion. "You know..." He said, looking left and right, "Have sex." He whispered, both his and Cadence's faces went red. They pulled away from each other awkwardly, she turned her ice blue eyes away from him. "We should be getting home." Cadence said, stuttering like mad. She nervously rubbed the back of her neck. "Yeah..." David said, closing the internet program before getting up from the desk.
The pair left the library some time later, David pulled out his car keys with a clink, he looked down at Cadence, she had been surprisingly quiet since discovering she was in heat. "You ok?" He asked her, she looked up and smiled weakly. "I'm fine, just thinking, that's all." Cadence waved her hoof as David unlocked the car, she opened the door and back down in the seat, shutting the door before buckling herself in. "Thinking about what?" David asked said as he sat down in the car, turning the key in the ignition. This question brought a blush to Cadence's face. "None of your business!" She shouted, David just shrugged as he brought the car out the parking bay, unknowing of a plan Cadence was slowly hatching to put an end to the burning sensation she felt every second.
They soon arrived home, as David's car pulled in to the driveway, they both saw Jessica and their mother putting bags into the other car. "Looks like they're getting ready for the big monthly shopping trip to Nord Bridge." David said, turning the car's engine off. They stepped out the car, walking towards the other two. "Oh there you too are." Rose said, shutting the car boot, "So, where did you two go off to.?" She raised an eyebrow. "I went to the library to drop of the books Jess had took out, and Cadence asked to come with me." David said, Cadence sighed quietly in relief. "I see." His mother replied, "Well, me and Jess are about to leave for Nord Bridge, you want to come with us." She said, Cadence's eyes widen, now was her only chance. "No. David said he'd help me put some stuff into the loft" Cadence blurted out, pushing David towards the front door. "Oh, oh ok." Rose said as Jess got in the car, she looked at her watch, "We should be back by about 1:30 - 2:00." She added, opening the car door, "Be good you too!" She said, getting in the car.
Cadence waved to them as the car rolled out the driveway. "Have fun!" Cadence said as the car rolled down the road, she shut the front door, "Good, i thought they'd never leave!" She purred, forcing her mouth onto David's. He pushed her off, wiping his lips. "Cadence! What the hell are you doing?!" He shouted, she frowned at him, slamming her rump down on the carpet. "Fuck me David~" She lustfully said, pulling off her shirt, exposing her fluffy pink chest, "Fuck my pink pony pussy." She started to undo her shorts. "Let me stop you right there. No. I am your brother and even if i wasn't, you're 15, it's statutory rape, even if it's consensual." He added, throwing her shirt back at her. He frowned at her as she pulled her shorts off, flinging them at him, her crotch was soaking wet with a sticky trail running down her thighs. "I want your cock inside me. My body yearns for it. I need it!" She screamed, turning her rump to him, her white panties were soaked, "You can smell my scent can't you? It's intoxication isn't it? Go on. I won't bite." She purred, her wings folding .
She let a squeak when she felt his hands wrap around her waist, "Good lad." She said before seeing him walk past her, "HEY!" She screamed, chasing him, "I want you to pop my cherry!" She shouted, flailing her hooves around. "No you don't." David said, causing her to frown, "Hey, why would you me to do it anyway? I'm not a jock, i'm not some badass. I'm not anything worth paying attention too." He said, walking up the stairs, "I'll speak to you once you've calmed down." He added, shutting his bedroom door behind him. "I will get your cock in me." She put her shorts back on, "If its the last thing i do." She grabbed her shirt.
David sat in his room, trying to listen to music for the past hour, Cadence had sat outside his room repeatedly asking for him to fuck her, to which he'd always reply with no. He paused the music, expecting to still hear her at the door begging, but to his surprise it was silent. "Hmm, must of got bored of asking. Good. That means i can go at get something to eat." He said, putting down his pencil. He walked over to the door and opened it looking left and right. "Please?" He heard her ask, looking down, he saw her sitting like a cat, her tail curled around her. "No!" David slammed the door in her face, she frowned.
David quietly snuck out his room sometime later, he quickly made his way into the kitchen. He make himself a simple cheese sandwich, he made his way to to the front room, sitting down on the arm chair. "Sandwich. Moist and delicious." He said, taking a bit from it as he looked out the window, watching the beach. "You wanna know what else is moist and delicious?" Cadence appeared behind the chair, nibbling on David's neck, "Why don't you follow me to my room and find out?" He stood up in surprise "That's it!" David shouted, grabbing his slipper and throwing it at Cadence, hitting her square in the face, she fell back onto the sofa, acting like she was shot, "Grow up." He groaned, she sat up and frowned. "Well excuse me~" She said, wrapping her tail around his waist as she stood up on her hind legs, "But i want you inside me~" She purred, stretching up her neck to trying and lock her lips with his, he pushed her down. "No way Cadence. We are not having sex. End of discussion!" He raised his voice, looking down sternly at her. "Oh... I see..." She looked down before standing back on all fours, she turned away from, "If that's what you really want. I'll leave you be. I'll just go back to my room, alone, and lay on my empty bed." She sniffed, trying her best not to cry. David just watched her leave, slumping on the armchair, he held his head into his hand.
It had been nearly an hour since David last saw Cadence, he hadn't seen or even heard her all during that time. He walked up the stairs, where he heard sobbing coming from her room. "Cadence? Are you ok?" David asked, trying to open the door but was stopped by something heavy behind it, "Cadence, open the door." He jiggled the handle. "No..." She sobbed into her legs as she sat behind the door, "Go away!" She screamed, hitting the door in anger. "Cadence..." David said, sitting down on his side of the door, "Look, i'm sorry i shouted at you. You know we can't have sex even if your weren't my sister, you know the law." He said, resting his head on the oak door. "I know, but we aren't related biologically." She said, sniffing, "And all the girls at school brag about have sex, even the ones younger than me..." She said, hiding her face in her wings, "Please David, i want it..." She added, crying again on the last part. Hearing this broke his heart, he was meant to look out for his sister, it was his duty to make her happy, even if it means doing the wrong things for the right reasons.
"Ok... i'll do it." He said, he heard Cadence, sniffle, "Just please stop crying." He added, placing his hand on the door. "What did you say?" She weakly said through the tears as she looked up, her eyes were red and sore from crying. "I'll have sex with you." He said, "Now please open the-" He fell over as the door opening behind him, he ended up on the floor looking up at her, "Hi." He smile nervously. "Hey~" She said, leaning down and nuzzling his cheek with her muzzle, she licked him slightly in the process, "Do you really mean it?" She asked. "Yes, if it makes you happy." He said, nodding slightly as he sat up, Cadence let out a squeal before hugging him tightly. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" She squeezed him tightly, releasing him, she locked her lips with his before dragging him into her room fully, gently kicking the door shut behind her. She flew over to the window, shutting it and closing the curtains, "Now then. Where were we~" She purred, throwing David onto her bed.
She turned away from him, making sure her rump was in his line of sight as she pulled down her shorts, kicking them off her leg, she then pulled off her white panties, flinging them onto the bed post. Her marehood was now on full display, allowing David to see it in all its glory. She turned back around, she leant down and wriggled her rump in the air before pouncing.
"And we then did it for close to an hour." Cadence concluded as she finished brushing the back of Flurry's mane.
End of Chapter Eighteen.
Chapter #19: A Fractured Bond. Part II
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Nineteen. A Fractured Bond Part II.
Cadence placed the brush back down on the mattress as she tied a bow into Flurry's tail.
David awoke fairly early one morning, he groaned as he sat up in his bed. He slowly got off the bed and walked over to his window, opening the curtain. He wiped at the fogged up glass, seeing it had snowed during the night. David turned and looked at the clock on the bedside cabinet. "5:30? Is that all?" He said to himself quietly as he walked over to the calendar hanging next to his wardrobe, marking off today's date, "December 11th. Mum's birthday." He sighed, he had very few memories of his real mother, she having died not long after he and Jess were born. David put on his slippers and quietly left his room, making his way down the stairs, boiling himself some water as he made a cup of tea. He sat down in the arm chair, looking out the window, only to see the streetlights of the town below and the distance lights of a ship at sea "The roads are clear thankfully." He quietly spoke, take a sip of the hot drink, it warmed his insides.
Some time later, David had returned to his room and got dressed. He made his way back down stairs and towards the front door, he opened it, getting a blast of arctic like air. He slowly made his way over to his car, wiping snow off of the windscreen, he unlocked the car, quickly got in. The engined started with a roar, he turned on the heater and the radio. "Next stop, Upperby." He said, backing out onto the road.
"Cadence! Time for school!" Rose shouted up the stairs, the young pegasus let out a yawn as she threw off the covers, shivering slightly as she trotted to the bathroom for her morning shower, she placed her towel on the toilet lid and striped down into nothing, she smiled when she saw her wet crotch, remembering how the night before, she and David had a quickie on the armchair when everyone else was asleep. Cadence let out a moan as the warm water splashed down her thighs, she was still feeling rather horny from the night before. She returned from the shower a few minutes later but instead of heading to her room, she trotted into David's room. "Oh David~" She sang, flicking on the bedroom light, "I need some person assist...ance..." She said, stopping when she saw his bed empty, "Oh come on!" She moaned, leaving his room and angrily trotting to her own. Cadence came down stairs sometime later and some cereal, she sat down in at the table and ate, still annoyed that David wasn't in to give her some 'assistance'. She watched Rose hoovering the carpet, she sighed deeply as she finished her breakfast, walking back to the kitchen and washing up her bowl. Cadence grabbed her hoodie and school bag and left the house, the snow crunching under hooves as she walked along the road.
"God damn its cold!" She said as the school gates came into view, "Where was David this morning?" She said under her breath as she was swallowed amongst the crowd of students. As she headed for the Year 11 section of the building, she passed some girls talking. "Did you see Cadence?" One of the girls said "Yeah, what a joke, no date for the prom. She might as well not show up." "Yeah, she's just pathetic." The girl's friend nudged her as she spotted Cadence behind them, her ears drooped in sadness as the two girls stared coldly as her as she passed by. Cadence sat down in the Year 11 Recreation, placing her face into her hooves, she shook her head as other students slowly filtered into the room, all sitting in their own little groups. "The sooner this day's over, the sooner i can go home." She said as the bell rang and everyone went to first classes.
It was approaching lunchtime, and Cadence was bored out of her mind in History, just doodling in the book as the PA System beeped to life. "Attention all students. Due to a snow storm due to hit at 1:30 this afternoon, we will be closing the school at lunchtime. All students will be allowed to have lunch here before going home should they choose too." The headmaster said, the speaker fell silent. The entire class cheered as the bell rang, all rushing out the room, Cadence slowly followed behind, her bag slumped over her back as she trotted to the canteen. Most of the students had already left the school by the time Cadence entered the canteen, meaning she didn't need to wait in a queue. "Hello Cadence." Said the school cook as he appeared from the walk in freezer. "Hey Louis...." Cadence sighed, leaning on the serving tray rail. "What's gotcha down my little pony?" He said, leaning on the counter. "Its David...." She sighed, resting her head on her hoof. "Why, whats my friend been saying?" Louis said, leaning closer, "Do i need to crack a skull?" He said darkly.
Cadence's eyes widened, she held her hooves out, "What? No!" She said defensively, "Nothing like that!." She added, Louis just chuckled. "But seriously, what's happening?" Louis asked. "Well..." Cadence sighed, "Remember when me and David told you what we do in secret?" She added, Louis nodded, "Well. I don't want it to be a casual thing anymore. I want something more." She said, looking down at her hooves. "You mean you want to be David's girlfriend?" Louis asked, Cadence nodded, "Then why don't you just tell him how you feel?" He replied. "I.... tried too..." Cadence let out a deep sigh, "He wasn't indoors this morning..." She added glumly. "Well, what you need to do is tell him how you feel the moment you two are alone, got it?" Louis replied as the other cook appeared from the storage room, "What would you like today." Louis said, gesturing to the cook behind him, Cadence nodded.
"Can i get a pizza to go?" She asked. "Certainly, but we only have sharing bases today. Will that be ok" Louis replied, pointing to the shelf with bases on display. "That'll do fine, i can just warm up the rest later." She said, pulling out her purse from her back. "Stuffed crust?" Louis added, Cadence nodded, "Well, you're in luck, we have one mozzarella stuffed crust left." Cadence smiled, "So, what toppings?" Louis asked. "Tomato puree on the base, cheese and sweetcorn, oh, and can their be a lot of cheese please?" Cadence smiled, Louis just nodded. "Of course you can." Louis replied as the other cook returned to the storage room, "That'll be £2.99 please." "You serious?" Cadence raised an eyebrow. "Mates rates my dear." He replied, Cadence placed the money on the counter, "Thank you, it'll be done in a few minutes, i'll call you over once it's ready, alright?" He smiled, Cadence trotted over to one of the tables and pulled out her diary and she started to doodle her and David with hearts surrounding them.
Before long, Cadence receives her pizza and she was now on the final leg of her walk home. The snow crunching under her weight as she opened the front gate, to her surprise, there were no cars parked in the driveway. She opened the front door. "Hello?!" She shouted, no one replied, "Looks like i'm home alone for now." She said, pulling the large pizza box from her school bag, she threw her back and coat on the sofa and sat down on the floor. As she opened the box, her nose was met by the heavenly smell. "Louis may be a weirdo, but he makes a damn fine pizza." She pulled out a slide, the gooey cheese stringing as she brought the slice to her mouth, taking a bite as she heard someone pull into the driveway. "Hello?" She heard David shout as the front door open, Cadence's heart fluttered as she raced to the front door. "Babe!" She shouted, tackling him and passionately kissing him, "I missed you this morning~" She winked at him, "Let's make up for lost time~" She purred, kissing his neck. "Cadence..." David groaned, trying not to moan as he felt her nibbling on his ear, "We can't do this anymore!" He shouted, Cadence flinched back at the sudden outburst.
"Cadence. We can't have sex again." He said, sitting up, Cadence scoffed, waving a hoof. "Of course we can have sex again. We are home alone." She said, her tail wrapping around David's neck seemingly of its own accord, "I missed our morning quickie because you weren't indoors." She added, wrapping her hooves around his neck. "No Cadence, we can't." David pushed her off, "Don't you remember what Jessica said when she caught us last night." He continued, sitting down on the sofa. Cadence's face fell in disappointment. "She... said she'd tell mum and dad if she caught us again..." She sighed in sadness, her lip quivered, "But... We can do it right now. No one is here but-" David put a finger to her lip. "Cadence... I don't want to run the risk. What if mum or Jess were to walk in right now." David calmly said, "You understand?" He added, Cadence nodded glumly. "Is it my fault?" She asked, tears filling the corners of her eyes, "What did i do wrong..." She hid her face into her wings. "Cadence. It's not your fault." He placed his hand under her chin, "And you didn't do anything wrong, you are a fine young lady, you'll make a man happy. Trust me on that." He kissed her forehead, she smiled slightly before turning away. "I.... Need to be alone for awhile.." She picked up the pizza box and quickly ran to her room and slammed the door, she proceeded to cry her eyes out into her pillow.
David and Cadence didn't speak to each other for the rest of the day, nor the next day for that matter. Cadence woke up feeling like crap, she weakly looked up at her alarm clock, she was surprised by the time, this was the first time she woke up an hour before her alarm. Cadence struggled to even move from her bed, she felt drained, she felt like she had been drained of her colours. She slowly left her room and made her way down stairs, she paused on the bottom step when she saw David moving around the kitchen with a mug of tea. Cadence felt like running back to her room and hiding forever, she breathed deeply. "David..." She said weakly, causing him to turn around, "Hi..." She sighed, looking down at her pink hooves. "Hi..." David said, placing the mug down on the counter, "I thought you weren't gonna talk to me ever again. Look Cadence, i enjoyed the sex we had. But we had to stop." "I know." "Do you." "Yes."
David and Cadence sat down on the sofa, the Christmas tree lights lighting up their faces in an array of colour. "So...." David placed his hands together, "Got a date for the prom?" He broke the awkward silence between them. "No..." Cadence sighed, shaking her head, "I might not even bother going." She looked down, the flashing lights reflecting in her eyes. "No, you have to go." He said, "You'll regret it if you dont." He placed his hand on her chin, making her look up at him. "But i don't have a date for it though." She moaned, "I'll be a laughing stock if i turn up on my own." She hid her face in her wings. "You don't need a date for the prom." David sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, "Hell, both me and Jess went to the prom without dates, no one laughed at us at all." His thumb ran down her soft cheek, "Have you asked everyone?" He added, Cadence shook her head. "Well, you have that rich kid, Lucas i think his name is, i haven't asked him yet, i doubt he'll take a low life like me." She sighed, she let out a sharp yelp and rubbed the back of her now sore head. "Don't talk about yourself like that." David said, retracting his hand and placing it on the arm of the sofa, "Look, ask him today, and even if he says no, you can still go the to prom." He added. "Ok..." Cadence nodded, before letting out a yawn as they heard Rose getting up.
It was approaching half 3 in the afternoon, the sun was setting behind the hill that Port Hope was built around. David was laying on the sofa, having fallen asleep just before 2 o'clock. He let out a sharp groan as he felt his chest being compressed, he opened his eyes, only to see Cadence sitting on him, her tail wagging like a dog. "Can i help you?" He said, rubbing his eyes, letting out a yawn. "Guess what?" She said, edging closer to his face. "What?" "I got a date for the prom." She smiled proudly, hugging him extremely tight. "Yay..." David wheezed, forgetting that Cadence was strong for a teenager, "Let go, i cant breath."
It was finally Friday night, the night of the prom and Cadence was a nervous wreck. "Hows does my dress look? Is my makeup on correctly? Does this dress make me look fat?" She panicked, pacing up and down next to her chest of draws, David sat on her bed, trying to comb her mane. "Cadence. Relax, you look fine." He said, trying his best to calm her down, "Now sit still, i need to finish combing your mane." He added, Cadence sat down on the bed and turned her back to David, she closed her eyes in bless as she felt the comb making its way along her long mane. Cadence started to hum to herself as David tied her mane into a bun. David turned the young pony to the mirror, "You look just like a princess." He said, Cadence gasped in surprise, she looked gorgeous. "David.... You made me look gorgeous." She gasped, "I love it!" She smiled, kissing his cheek as a sign of thank you, she quickly skipped from her room. "You were always gorgeous...." He said quietly, slowly following her, not knowing she had heard him.
The pair sat in David's car, waiting for the traffic lights to go green. Cadence looked down, doubt had slowly started to fill her mind. The light went green, the car roared away, Cadence looked out the window as they travelled down the fairly calm high street, the Christmas light strung up between the shops twinkled in the cloudless sky. "David...." Cadence turned too him, "I heard what you said. Was i always gorgeous?" She asked, David looked away from her, she placed a wing on his chin, making him look at her, "Please tell me." She asked again. "Yes...." David slowly nodded, "You were... you are gorgeous, if i wasn't your brother and younger, i'd gladly date you." His face turned away in shame, Cadence blushed as the car pulled up outside the school. "David... I did-" A loud tapping interrupted her, she looked over to see it was Lucas dressed in a blue suit, he opened the door and helped Cadence out. "Cadence, i'll pick you up after the prom ok?" David said, Lucas leaned. "She'll be staying at mine tonight." He said, quiet rudely, Cadence gave a look of disgust as Lucas threw a large amount of money at David's face. In anger, David slammed the door shut and revved the engine, the car skidded out the down the road, leaving the smell of burning rubber in the air. Cadence turned away from Lucas and huffed, trotting towards where the prom was happening.
Cadence stepped into the sports hall, her ears were filled with music. Most of, if not all of year 11 was here, she walked over to the table with food and drink on, grabbing a plate and two slices of pizza, she walked over to the stage and sat down on it, taking a bite of pizza. "Hey Cadence!" She heard Louis shout over the music. "Oh, hey Louis." She paused, "Wait? Louis?!" She shouted over the music, "What are you doing here?!" She hugged him. "I'm covering for the DJ, he had a family emergency or something. I'm only here until Mr. Norris gets here." Louis said, "Well, i best get back to DJing." Louis walked back over to the turntables.
Cadence looked up at the clock that hung above the hall, she'd been at the prom for barely an hour and not once had Lucas came over to her and asked her to dance. All Cadence did was ferry between the stage and the food table with plates of pizza. Cadence was contemplating leaving the prom, but stopped her line of thought as Lucas finally walked over, she let out a smile that quickly faded as he walked past her and up onto the stage. He grabbed a hands free microphone, placing it over his ear, making sure it was near his mouth as he stepped out onto the stage, the music dying down. "Ladies and gentlemen, can i have your attention please?" He spoke into the mic, "As you know, my family has been sponsoring this prom since 1946. But today i'd like to announce that my family are now the number 1 sponsor for the school!" He added, most of the students cheered, "Now then, enjoy your night!" He said before walking off stage. He ignored Cadence and walked towards the double doors that lead to the sports field.
"Hey Lucas." Said one of the other rich as Lucas grabbed a cigarette from his jacket and lighting it. "Jonathan." Lucas said, lighting Jonathan's cigarette, "Are Marcus and Andrew here yet?" He asked, taking a long inhale of smoke. "Here they come now." Jonathan said as two more well dressed boys approached from the car park. "Hello Lucas." Marcus said, lighting his cigarette, "I see you brought that pony as a date." He took a puff.
Louis held the headset closer to his ear as he heard Lucas talking about Cadence. "So then, whatcha gonna do to her?" He heard Andrew speak, the mic picking up everything, "What devious plan do you have." Louis switched the mic relay into the speaker. "Once the party's over, i'm gonna get her into the limo and put these in her drink." The sound of a bottle of pills rattled in the background, "Then once she's out, we all have out turn with her." Cadence's pupils shrunk, "Once we had our fun, we stripe her clothes off, shave her, clip her wings and tie her up in field where she belongs- Oh shit the mic is still on!" The mic cut off as Lucas quickly ran up on stage, only to be tripped over by Louis, the pill bottle bounced out of his pocket, stopping at Cadence's hoof. "Flunitrazepam." Cadence read the label, "You were gonna roofie me?" She shouted, Lucas just smirked. "So what?" He stood back up, "If you haven't noticed, my family holds a great deal of power in this fucking town. They'd just pay off the police and clear my name." He got right up in her face, "So try me bitch." He spat at her. Cadence wiped her eye and punched Lucas square in the mouth, he fell backwards off the stage, smashing through a table. She shook her hoof in pain, "I'm going home." She stepped off the stage, "Where i belong." She grabbed her purse and walked out the sports hall, leaving a stunned crowd being as the door slammed shut.
Cadence trotted down the school steps, tears filling her eyes. In anger, she punched a lamp post, leaving a large dent in its metal frame. Cadence looked up through her watery eyes at her home just behind the treeline, she was tempted to go straight home, but she needed time to think, deciding to instead walk the long way home.
Cadence slowly trotted along the beachfront promenade, the full moon casting the entire town in a lunar white glow. She sat down on a bench overlooking the beach, the moon reflecting off the calm water of the north sea. The silhouette of the wreck of the S.S. Mi Amore blocked out part of the moon. The lights from distance ships on the horizon twinkled like stars. "I'm such a fucking fool." She hid her face in her hooves, "I was so stupid to think anyone one loved me except...." She paused, remembering what David had told her earlier, "I am gorgeous..." Then it clicked, "David loves me!" She shouted, saying that made her feel warm, "I gotta tell him how i feel." She shot off the bench, running as fast as her hooves carry her, her dress fluttering like a cape behind her. She skidded as she turned the corner and ran along the road, she galloped faster as her house appeared in the distance.
David let out a sigh as he sat in his empty home. He looked up at the clock, seeing that it was barely 9:15 pm. "Might as well go to bed, Cadence is spending the night with that Lucas..." He said sadly, "Wish i told her how i felt." He sighed, rubbing his eyes tiredly. He was about to get up when he heard the doorbell ring, followed by rapid knocks. He quickly walked to the door and opened it, he was surprised to see a frantic Cadence, her lip quivered. "I'm so sorry!" She shouted, tackling him and burying her face into his neck, "I should of seen the signs before. I love you David Wyne!" She kicked the front door shut with her hoof. David staggered slightly from the force of Cadence lunging at him. "Cadence. What are you doing here?" He stuttered, "You should be at the prom with.... Lucas...." He trailed off sadly, removing the mare from him, he sat down on the sofa. Cadence frowned, trotting over to him and sitting next to him, her ice cold fur rubbing up against his arm.
"Lucas... Was a fucking jerk! First off, he was rude to you, then he was ignoring me, and then i heard him planning to fucking drug me!" She seethed with rage as she paced around the room "Hold up." David stood up, "That little prick was planning to do what?!" David shouted, his voice full of rage, "I’ll kill him! He bolted for the front door, only to be stopped by Cadence. "David! Stop." She roared, "I've already dealt with him." She showed him her slightly bruised hoof, "Plus, he forgot his mic was on, so the whole prom heard his plan..." Cadence looked away. "Ok ok..." David breathed deeply, slowly calming himself down, "So... what now?" He asked the mare before him, she smiled. "Why don't we have a little prom here, just me and you?" She twirled around like a princess, David nodded, this brought a smile to the mare's face. "I don't see why not." David shrugged, "Shall i order some foo-" "PIZZA!" Cadence cut him off, shouting like an excited child. "Lucas threw like £300 at me, he's paying for this." David smiled, Cadence chuckled.
David grunted as he moved the sofa and armchair right up against the wall, allowing space for Cadence to dance. As he wiped his forehead, he heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it!" Cadence shouted, sprinting past the front room door and opening the front door. David sat down on the leather sofa, panting as he heard the door slam, "Pizza's here!" She called out, placing the four boxes of pizza on the coffee table, she ran over to the boombox and pressed play. "Come on and dance with me!" She shouted, holding out her hoof. "Nah. I can't dance, i have two left feet." He shook his head, Cadence rolled her eyes and pulled him off the sofa. "I literally have two left feet, and if i can dance, so can you." She said, standing on her hind legs and wrapping her hooves around his back, making him blush lightly, she smiled, rested her head on his chest. "I love you Cadence..." He mumbled under his breath, her ears twitched, she looked up in surprise, causing her to low her balance and falling over, dragging David down with her, he landed on top of her.
"Cadence, you are alright?" He asked with concern, he tried to get off her, only to find her legs locked around him. "I'm fine babe." Cadence said, wrapping her hooves around his neck and kissing him, "David. Do you love me? And no, i don't mean as in brotherly love, i mean love love." She cooed, kissing him again. "Yes Cadence." He said shyly, "I am in love with you, i have been since November, but i never had the nerve to tell in case you rej-" She kissed him again. "Oh David~" She purred, pulling away, "I love you too!" She cried with happiness, she wrapping her arms around him tightly, rolling him over, now she was on top, "I want you to be my boyfriend." She said, hiding her face in embarrassment. David parted her wings and gave her a kiss, "Is that a yes?" She blushed, David nodded, Cadence beamed from ear to ear. The pair passionately kissed as a sign of their new found relationship, they rolled over again, Cadence now under David again.
Cadence let out a moan as she felt David's fingers slowly running down her chest and over her belly, she bit her lips as she felt them brush over her erect teats, "Oh... My..." She squealed in arousal, her wings stretching out. She gasped when she felt his fingers gently entered her marehood, spreading it open. "N-n-n-o..." She winced, David stopped almost instantly, he retracted his sticky fingers from her panties, "N-n-n-ot here...." She stuttered, wrapping her hooves around his neck, "Lets take this to your room~" She whispered into his ear, nibbling on his neck. David scooped her up in his arms, carrying her bridle up the stairs.
David threw Cadence down on his bed and gently started kissing her chest, slowly working his way down to her belly. "Oh David~" She purred as he worked is way lower to her panties, "Pull them off~" She said with lust, he obliged, gently pulling her white panties up off her legs, throwing them to the side. He softly kissed her leg, gently caressing her soft fur. She moaned in delight as he gently squeezed her flank, now kissing her thigh, "David.... Lick me, please..." She stuttered between moans, he winked and worked his way lower, kissing her opening.
"Mom! Too much information!" Flurry Heart covered her ears in disgust, Cadence grabbed Flurry Heart in a headlock and ruffled up her mane, "Mom, stop!" Flurry chuckled, "I'm ticklish!" She wriggled like a worm on a hook. Cadence froze when her hoof ran over a telltale lump on Flurry Hearts head, "Mom?" Flurry asked in concern.
"Mom..." Flurry said in shock, "Why didn't you tell me?" Her voice crept up in tone.
End of Chapter Nineteen.
Chapter #20: A Fractured Bond. Part III
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty. A Fractured Bond Part III.
"Mom, who the fuck is Shooting Star?!" Flurry shouted, Cadence let out a gasped shock, she had unknowingly put herself in it
Flurry took a step back, she had never seen her mother this angry in her life and she genuinely felt scared.
Flurry Heart wondered the castle, "Mom!" She called out, opening the mop cupboard and closing it, "Mom!" She opened a door, only to close it after seeing Spike and Twilight in a compromising position.
Flurry Heart opened the door to the huge library, peeking inside, spotting an object covered in a blanket on one of the sofas. Flurry Heart closed the door behind her and quietly trotted over to the blanket and sat down on the floor in front of the sofa.
Flurry pulled the blanket off Cadence and hopped up onto the sofa, wriggling until she was wrapped in Cadence's wings.
"David was her dad, wasn't he?" Flurry raised an eyebrow, Cadence nodded, "Thought so.... Does he know?" Cadence nodded again, "So is that why David wasn't around for years?" Flurry asked.
"Does my dad know?"
"Mom, how far pregnant were you when you went into labor?" Cadence paused and took a hard gulp
David rolled over in bed, expecting his arm to land on the chest of the beautiful mare he called his girlfriend, instead, his arm landed on the mattress. "Cadence?..." He mumbled, lifting his head and seeing the lack of the sexy pink pegasus. He sat up and yawned, stretching as he threw off the sheet and climbed out of bed. He walked over to the window and opened the curtain and threw the window open. David lifted his arm up, getting a sniff of his armpit, "I smell disgusting.... I better take a shower." He said to himself, thinking about where Cadence had gone off too, "Maybe she's downstairs watching cartoon." He added, grabbing his towel from the wardrobe and leaving his room, to his surprise, he didn't hear the tv on downstairs, "Perhaps she's gone down to the beach today. Good, that means i can be alone for awhile." He added, remembering how Cadence had ran him sore from the endless sex this week while Rose and Jess were visiting family in London.
David shut the bathroom door, not bothering to lock it. He slide the shower door open turning the taps on before taking all his clothes, tossing them aside. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, he flexed slightly before sighing and stepping into the shower. "Why hello handsome~" David heard Cadence purr as she lent into the bathroom, she shut the door behind her and locked it, quickly pulling off her loss fitting t shirt. "Cadence?!" David said with embarrassment, quickly covering his manhood in reaction. "You don't need to hide it babe, i've seen it all before~" She striped off all her clothes, without saying another word, she climbed into the shower and gently started licking the tip of his dick, "Lets wake him up shall we?" She gently kissed the shaft, wrapping her tongue around it.
"Mom?" Flurry waved her hoof in front of Cadence's face "You ok?" She added, Cadence blinked and shook her head.
End of Chapter Twenty.
Chapter #21: Breaking The Rules
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty One. Breaking The Rules.
David sat in the cab of his locomotive, he and Dusty had called in quits for the day as the ice in '43999's smoke box refusing to melt despite everything they did, she said she'd have to get Spike to try melt it with his fire breath. David let out a sigh as he rested his head on the control console, gently flicking a pencil up and down. The only sound present to him was the rain trickling down the metal shell of the ageing diesel and the squeak of the window wiper. His eyes focused on the overflowing box that sat below the conductor's seat. He slowly sat down on the floor, dragging the box over to himself. The world slowly ticked away as he looked through all the little trinkets he found over the years.
The clouds slowly dissipated, allowing light from the full moon to shine through the windows of the dimly lit cab as David sat on the floor, flicking through old magazines. As he placed one of the magazines back in the box, he heard three knocks on the thin metal door in the nose. David stood up and gently limped down the steps and forced the stiff door open, to his surprise, he saw Cadence pulling down her hood.
Cadence sat down next to him and frowned, "David... You can't keep living like this." She pointed at the mold on the walls, "That isn't good for your health." She placed her hoof in his hand, "Please David... Please come and live me with, forget what Shining says, i can deal with him." Her voice cracked as she begged him.
Cadence placed her hoof under his chin, pressing her forehead against his.
David quickly backed away, instantly regretting that decision.
David sat back up, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, bringing her into an embrace.
"Why don't you just divorce his ass?" David said, running his finger through her mane, scratching behind her ear.
"David~" Cadence sang slightly, "Take off your shirt please~" She nibbled his neck in arousal.
The pair fell back onto the makeshift bed. Cadence kissed him passionately.
"What was that?" David said as he looked at her with a funny look.Oh David~ "
End of Chapter Twenty One.
Chapter #22: Café De La Réunion
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty Two. Café De La Réunion.
David awoke to the sound of birds tweeting outside, he rolled over to see a sleeping Cadence alongside him. He smiled at how she was somehow able to sleep with easy while her legs and wings were spread out in painful looking positions, he gently leaned over and kissed her forehead, causing a smile to cross her face before snuggling into his chest. He gently sat up, careful not to wake her, as he sat up, he noticed she was wearing his shirt. David quietly stood up and tiptoed around the sleeping beauty and down the steps leading from the cab to the small kitchen.
Cadence slowly opened her eyes to the sound of a spoon hitting the sides of a mug, she slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes while yawning.
"You're wrong." She mumbled, David looked at her, "There is someone who loves you.
Twilight threw the door open, nearly pulling it off its hinges.
"I wouldn't needed to of slept with... this hunk of a man." Cadence said, trying not drool while thinking able what she and David did last night, "I would've needed to sleep with him if YOUR brother wasn't a cheating scumbag!" She poked Twilight in the chest sharply.
Cadence rested her head on the tabletop, watching as waitresses trotted past her with serving trays for other tables, she let out a sigh as she remembered seeing Shining kissing her maid.
Cadence looked up as she heard a pony trotting towards her, she eyed them up as they sat down in the chair opposite her, she rubbed her eyes and blinked twice, the pony seemed oddly familiar to her.
"Its a.... it's a long story..." Cadence headbutted the table.
"What's wrong?" The alicorn cocked her head.
"I know what it's like to lose someone..." Cadence said, looking down at the table.
"How do you know my birth name?!" Glimmering shouted as rain began to fall, Cadence froze on the spot, tears and rain drops trickled down her face, she turned to face the mare.
To Be Continued.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty Three. Baby Girl.
"What did you say?" Glimmering said, rain trickling down her face as she stared at Cadence, the alicorn mare just stood still, her mane clinging to her wet fur.
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Glimmering frowned, rain trickling down her coat.
Glimmering stared that the aged photo, sliding a hoof into her pocket, she pulled out her own photograph. She looked at both photos.
"Mom, were you raped? Is that why you give me up?" Shooting looked down at her hooves as she sat on a bench.
"What do you mean?" Shooting Star cocked her.
Cadence pulled away from Shooting Star before grabbing her head in pain.
"Your highness, Empress Cadence is at the castle gates, she demands an audience with you immediately." A royal guard spoke calmly as he stood before Queen Celestia in the throne room.
Shooting Star slowly trotted up to Cadence, pulling down her hoodie. Celestia dropped her tea cup, the china object shattering into pieces on the floor.
Cadence sat upright in the hospital bed looking down at the sleeping foal in her arms. "No matter what happens next little one, I'll always protect you." Cadence smiled, kissing the tiny foal on the forehead and getting a yawn in response. Cadence cuddled her baby as a single tear of joy escaping her eye, "My little Shooting Star, my little bundle of joy, I love you so much." Cadence snuggled her daughter gently and she slid down into a lying position. She gently placed Shooting Star into the cot next to her bed, the foal stirring in slumber as Cadence's eyes caught a glimpse of the slowly rising sun.
Cadence's head snapped to the door as it opened, she smiled slightly as Celestia walked in. "Hi Celestia." Cadence tiredly smiled, a smile that soon dissipated when Celestia stayed silent, slowly continued to walk over to Shooting Star's cot, "Please don't wake her." Cadence said, leaning over the cot defensively. Celestia continued to move towards the sleeping foal, "I'm warning you, back off." She growled, her motherly instinct kicking in. She ignited her horn, only to find her magic flicking, "I-I'm too weak." Cadence struggled to cast a spell. "I'm sorry little one." Celestia's horn lit up, knocking Cadence back, "This is for your own good." Celestia casted a spell at Cadence's head. As Cadence began to black out, she saw Celestia leaving the room with a screaming Shooting Star.
"You took my baby, erased my memories of being pregnant, told me she was a stillbirth and for what?!" Cadence shouted "My own good?!" Small black crystals began to form around her.
"What did you do to him?!" Cadence punched Celestia's chest as tears welled up in her eyes.
"You can start by giving everyone's memories back." Shooting Star spoke up, "I know it's possible since the only books in my orphanage were spell books."
Shooting Star mindlessly stirred her tea as trees whizzed by the window, she rested her chin on the table top as the interconnecting door slid open.
Cadence and Shooting opened their sandwich packets, Shooting took a bite of her sandwich as Cadence levitated the tattered shoe box over to the table.
"Shining, calm down." Twilight spoke softly, placing a hoof on her brother's shoulder.
Shining Armor approached David, taking note of the fact the human was busy chiseling the ice from the smokebox of the steam locomotive that had been dragged from the Everfree Forest a few days ago.
David weakly watched Shining trot away from, he so wanted to just threw a few punches at Shining during the very one sided fight but knew doing so would just make things worse for himself, as far as most ponies would care, he was just a random savage human relying solely on animalistic tendencies and besides, Shining is royalty, surely throwing a punch at a member of royalty is a crime punishable by death right? David turned around, slowly limping back towards '642' due to his artificial foot getting damaged during Shining's attack. He grabbed the first set of handrails he saw, pulling himself up onto the rear platform of the brakevan instead, letting himself inside the cabin at the front of the vehicle, slamming the door behind him as his back slid down the door.
"I'm so done." David said, whizzing as he felt the old flash drive in his pocket, he pulled it out in his fist and threw it against the opposite wall in anguish as the voices got closer.
To Be Continued.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty Four. Broken.
Cadence looked down at Shooting Star as she rested her head against her mother's side, Cadence smiled and gently placed a kiss on her sleeping daughter's forehead as the train slowly made its way down the mountain.
The train gently came to a stop at the platform, the doors sliding open with a hiss. Ponies spilled onto the platform, Cadence and Shooting Star gently stepped off the train amid the hustle and bustle of the station. The pair trotted along the platform as the train doors closed with a whine.
"I was...." Cadence sighed, "I was his foster sibling." She looked down in shame.
"David?" Cadence called out as she approached the brakevan's rear platform, "David? You here baby?" She called out again, stepping up onto '642's front platform, opening the cab door, "David, where are you? I've got someone I'd like you to meet." She shouted into the empty cab.
"Before we head to Princess Twilight's castle, can we make a stop by my caravan?" Shooting Star said, looking at Cadence out of the corner of her eye as the pair trotted through the centre of town.
The pair weaved through the busy market, getting a few confused looks from the market goers.
Cadence followed her up the steps, one snapping under her hoof.
"What do you mean? Weren't you adopted?" Cadence spoke, her face forming an expression of confusion
Cadence stepped out of the caravan, she looked down at Shooting Star strapping the harness to herself. Cadence jumped down from the caravan.
David stood on a small stone arch bridge that connected both halves of Ponyville. He had a single arm in his jacket against his sore ribs, they were still throbbing in pain after Shining Armor had kicked him. His other arm was at his side, the flash drive gently swinging in the breeze from its chain. The water flowing below was calm like glass.
"Room for one more?" David heard someone speak, he looked up to see a pinkish-purple unicorn mare with eggshell blue markings running from her chin up to her horn and round the back of her head, her ears were white topped, she had white sock like markings on the lower part of her legs with freckles on her knees and cheeks.
"Are you ok?" Starlight asked with slight concern in her voice as she looked at the pained human.
To Be Continued.
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Twenty Five. Statues.
February 18th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 12:45 pm.
"And that's everything that happened right up until I sat on that bridge." David said as Starlight wiped away the last of the dried blood from his cheek.
"You know, I've been sitting here for the past hour or so telling you my life story, but what about you?" David responded, rubbing his imaginary facial hair.
The door unlocked with a dull clunk, Starlight pulled on the handle, letting the large door swing open. Starlight stood on the doorstep as David turned around to look at her.
"Shining, please tell me I misheard that?!" Twilight shouted in a hushed tone.
"Well here we are." Cadence smiled as she unhitched herself from Shooting Star's trailer.
As David went to walk away, he felt the need to look back at the now locked door. He slowly turned around just as Starlight's tail disappeared into the inky darkness of the entrance. Turning on his heel, he made his way towards the town centre. Soon enough, he found himself in a large park. He placed his hands into his pockets as he sat down on a bench overlooking a fountain, birds gently chirped in the trees as he leaned back, looking up towards the winter sky. Letting out a sigh, David looked back down at the fountain, noting the statues placed around the park. Most of the statues were pretty mundane but clearly well kept, one statue however, stood out the most. Despite it being at the far end of the park, he could tell it was larger than the others and was overgrown with vines and other vegetation. Lifting himself off the bench, he made a b-line straight for the large statue. The ice on the ground crunching under his large boots.
David came to a stop a few feet from the statue, he looked it up and down. The first thing he noticed was that instead of having a single pony or other creature, it had three. One being what appeared to be a child, no, a filly clearly distressed, the other was a centaur looking like it was cowering in fear. The last creature being some kind of pony-insect hybrid, perhaps no bigger than Celestia lunging out towards them with a look of attack on its face. He knelt down to get a closer look at the overgrown plaque affixed to the base the statue was mounted on.
"Bewitching Bell?" David looked down at her as she stood back upright, "Who's Grogar?" He asked some more
"To be quite honest, I'm not sure. But a friend of mine, Discord, said that they had managed to figure out the spell, they gave themselves what was left of Grogar's magic, before stealing Discord's. They made their way to Canterlot, stealing the magic from the Pillars of Equestria on the way. They then attacked Canterlot castle, blasting the castle to ruin. I barely escaped while Discord, the Princess and my friends stayed behind to hold them off. But they were overwhelmed just as i left.."
"So, are they doomed to remain in this state for the rest of time?" David responded, looking perplexed, both hands on his legs.
"So, what was all that about?" Cadence asked Shining, awkwardly smiling as he poured another bottle of ale into his mug.
"Cadence! You're back!" Spike shouted happily before looking down at Shining Armour as he stumbled back onto his hooves, rubbing his jaw in the process. "Whoa, I didn't know you had an identical twin, Cadence." The tall drake added, shaking the other mare's hoof.
"So, you're telling me that Discord thought Fluttershy wanted a normal afternoon tea and nearly caused himself to fade from existence?" David asked Twilight in bemusement as they walked up the steps to her castle.
Shooting Star turned back to face both her parents and smiled. She quickly trotted over and sat in front of her father, tears in her eyes.
To Be Continued.
Author's Note
Im sorry for the over a year delay, honestly i was struggling with what to do with this one, plus, work has been a pain in the ass
Author's Note
All Characters unless stated otherwise, belong to there respected owners.
Chapter #1: The Robbery
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter One. The Robbery .
January 8th 1959, Bank of England, London, United Kingdom. 12:39 pm.
''Stop them!'' A man cried, blowing a whistle as three men hopped into a black van before speeding off down the road followed by three Police cars.
''Osip, this is Iron Red, we're on are way.'' Vlad said, speaking into a microphone, ''Prep the Fowler.'' He added, the radar dish beeped as the signal was transmitted, ''Ok, Iron Red.'' Osip replied on the other end, ''The Fowler's boiler will be at pressure when you arrive, Iron Hawk out.'' Osip added, the signal shut down as the van sped through the city, trying to escape the Police cars as they sped through the streets of London, dodging other cars and people in the process, ''Vlad, where is the rendezvous point?'' Dimitri asked as the van sped into the borough of Camden, ''Well we're to meet Osip and the others at Skipton, but I got us a space on a Leeds bound goods train, we can then drive from the Leeds Hunslet Yard to Skipton.'' Vlad replied, the van sped over the Regent's Canal, ''We're meeting up with the goods train at Kings Cross Goods Yard.'' He added as the Police cars began to fall behind, as they thought they were in the clear, the back window got shot out, ''Christ!'' Borya said as he tried to avoid the bullets.
''We're almost there!'' Vlad said as the van passed a sign saying 'Kings Cross Goods Yard - Next Right.'.
The van stopped by the goods train, ''Quick! Load the money and gold onto the train, I'll hold them off!'' Dimitri said, picking up a Type 56 AK47 and a handful of F1 grenades, ''This is for Mother Russia!'' He added, pulling the pin from a grenade and throwing at the police, it bounced along the ground and rolled under a Police car, ''Grenade!'' Shouted an officer, they jumped away as the grenade and the car explodes, the car bounced up from the force of the explosion, Dimitri then fired the AK 47 at the Police, ''Give Stalin my regards.'' He added, throwing another grenade at the Police causing another car to blow up, killing two Police officers in the process.
''Oh right!'' They all said, high fiving each other as a second tanker explodes, killing the remaining Police officers, ''Argh!'' Borya yelped in pain as a piece of shrapnel shot through his leg, he placed his hand over the hole as they moved into the cabin of the brake van, Vlad lit an oil lamp to light up the cabin, the men sat down on the floor, ''Borya, are you alright?'' Vlad asked, Borya nodded, ''It's just a flesh wound.'' Borya chuckled, looking at his bleeding leg, Dimitri ripped off part of his coat and wrapped it around Borya's leg as a snowstorm outside began to form outside.
January 8th 1959, Hunslet, Leeds, United Kingdom. 17:09 pm.
The snow storm raged on outside as the goods train finally pulled into the Leeds Hunslet Yard, ''Guys, we're here.'' Borya said, nudging Vlad and Dimitri as the train came to a stop, they got up and yawned as Borya opened the cabin door causing a blast of cold air to rush inside. ''Ok, I'll get us a car or a van, you guys unload the gold and money.'' Vlad said, running off into the storm, Dimitri and Borya opened the door of the rear most van and started to unload the gold and money as quickly as possible. They finished just as Vlad arrived with a van, they smiled as he stepped out, ''Well, what do you think?'' Vlad asked as he opened the back doors of the van.
They hopped into the ran and sped off as Police sirens played through the snow, ''How far to Skipton?'' Borya said as he drove the van along the road.
January 8th 1959, Skipton, United Kingdom. 18:10 pm.
Osip paced up and down as the Fowler's safety valve popped, he looked up at the Fowler's number '43999' the numbers were written in a faded white.
The Fowler gave two sharp blasts of its whistle before slowly rolling out of Skipton and onto the mainline. The train turned right as it went over the point.
January 8th 1959, Garsdale, United Kingdom. 19:20 pm.
The snow storm began to pick up as the Fowler and its line coaches made its way through the Yorkshire dale of Dent Head, the storm sent blasts of cold air around the engine, covering the front in a blanket of snow.
Up ahead a signal man stood on watch waiting for a delayed express train to come past, he looked down the and saw a train coming towards the signal box, he took note of the headcode.
Osip climbed up onto the tender, he walked along to the gap between the tender and the first coach, he looked down at the brake pipes and stepped down onto one of the steps on the tender, but the step was covered in ice, his foot slipped, he tried to grab something but alas it was late. He fell between the gap, he grabbed onto the screw link coupling but the force of the train ripped his arm off, leaving it hanging off the coupling as his body was torn to shreds by the wheels of the train.
Dimitri and the other felt the TPO jerk up, Vlad shot up and ran to the gangway door and saw Osip's arm hanging off the coupling, he looked up as the driver and fireman jumped clear, leaving the train a runaway.
The tunnel began to light up as the headlamps on the Fowler got closer, but then a large crack appeared in the space around the tunnel mouth, it ripped open causing the train to go through it, it snapped shut not long after. The train never came out the other end of the tunnel.
???
A blizzard was raging as a large crack appeared in the air above a rusty and overgrown train track, the crack ripped open as the Fowler shot out followed by the TPOs and the brake van.
They looked up as lights from a town appeared through the snow, the train jerked to the left as it went over a set of points, the town darted to the right as the Fowler headed towards a forest.
A pair of green eyes watched them through the trees, a green acid like liquid leaked out of its mouth and landed on a rock, melting it, it moved its paw onto a twig, making it snap.
''Christ!'' Dimitri said as two more wolves appeared from the trees, they leapt at him and Vlad and ripped them apart, leaving Borya alone.
End of Chapter One.
Chapter #5: The Crystal Empire
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Five. The Crystal Empire.
February 15th 2015, Arctic North, Equestrian Border. 5:00 am.
The winds howled across the snow covered waste land as a heavy amount snow fell, an Arctic fox carried her cub into her burrow. The humming of a engine began to radiate in the air. A snowplow pushed the snow away from the train track as a train made its way north, it was running light engine. It was covered ice and snow, ice hung off of the coupling, brake pipes and handrails.
The snow began to clear as the engines crested the top of the hills, the track leveled out for a mile or two before descending back to sea level. Just about half way between the two slopes sat a large, 150 meter long siding, just adjacent to the junction for the siding sat a small signal box, it was no bigger than a 12 ton box van, the box sat alone along the long stretch line with only a cottage for company. The pony manning the signal waved as '642' and '644' slowly rattled past, he looked down at his hot cocoa as the vibrations from the train made ripples in the liquid, he smiled as he went back to control the section of line.
David looked at his fuel gauge, '45%' it read, displaying the combined fuel readings of both '642' and '644', he yawned as the train approached the downhill slope, he looked over to the right and saw the lights of a city a few miles away.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, Crystal Plaza, The Crystal Empire. 6:00 am.
The Crystal Palace was peaceful at dawn, the light of the barely risen sun shone through the stain glass windows, lighting the halls in a colorful glow. The first of the morning rounds started as an alarm clock beeped in a bedroom chamber, a large pink hoof moved out from under a bed sheet and pressed the snooze button, hoping to get more sleep as a maid walked into the chamber and opened the curtains, the owner of the pink hoof hid under the sheets, shielding theirs eyes from the blinding lights.
Cadence was an Alicorn, although she wasn't born a Alicorn but born as a Pegasus and earned her Alicorn status. Her ear twitched as Arctic Lily brushed the Empresses mane.
February 15th 2015, Lower Crystal Square TMD, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 6:30 am.
'642' pulled up along the diesel filling station of the Lower Crystal Square's TMD, the yard was empty except for one or two coaches and an old, rusty brake van. David stepped down from '642' and expected to hear the sound of snow and ice crunch beneath him, but instead he heard what sounded like the sound of someone stepping onto a thick slab of glass, he looked down at the 'ground', it looked like a giant stain glass window, he leaned down and tapped it.
David waited for half an hour until the fuel tanks were fuel of diesel, he put the hoses back on the pumps and shut the filling caps, he made his way back over to '642's cab. He sat down at his seat, looked at the picture of him and his family on Christmas Day 1997, he smiled slightly as he remembered that day, but his smiled soon fated when he remembered what happened in the weeks that followed Christmas.
January 8th 1998, Location: Top Secret, United Kingdom. 12:30 pm.
Loud warning sounds rang out through the halls as a man in his late 40s ran along the hall, pulling his 28 year old son up to a safe room.. ''Dad! What's happening?'' The young man said as he was dragged along behind his father. ''I don't know David, i don't know.'' His father said as they approached a door with a number code lock, the older man punched in the code, making the door slide open. David's father pushed him into the room and stood in front of the door, he leaned down to his son and handed him a flash drive. ''David, my son. I want you to take the S.P.R.I.N.G.Trap virus and destroy it, i don't care how you do it, just destroy it. Do it for me please.'' David's father said, looking into his son's blue eyes, David nodded as his father slid the door back and locked it before destroying the number pad.
''David Wyne Sr.!'' A man shouted as David Sr. turned around, ''Where is the S.P.R.I.N.G.Trap virus?!'' The man added, pulling out a MP-443 Grach Semi-automatic pistol with his metal left arm. ''I'll never tell you, Phantom!'' David Sr. said, pulling out a Browning Hi-Power Semi-automatic pistol, he pulled the trigger, shooting Phantom in the left side of his head, hitting his left eye, Phantom screamed in pain, he too pulled the trigger, getting a lucky shot on David Sr.'s chest, he fell to the floor as Phantom walked over to him and clocked his gun and aimed it at David Sr.'s head. ''Now tell me, where is the S.P.R.I.N.G.Trap virus?'' Phantom said, his finger wrapping around the trigger, his eye was gushing blood. ''I'll... never... tell... you.'' David Sr. said, spitting out blood, Phantom smiled. ''To bad... You would of made a great scientist for the second Soviet Union.'' Phantom said, looking at the scientist, he pulled the trigger.
*BANG!*
David shook back his thoughts as he caught something shining in his eyes, he looked over in the city and saw a castle, no a palace! He looked at the Eiffel Tower like structure made of pure crystal standing in the center of the city, he stood up from his seat and walked over to the cab bulkhead, he locked the cab's rear doors and shut off the engines before moving back over to his seat, he pulled out the picture of him and 'Candy' as he made his away down the front steps and onto the front of '642', he climbed off her and onto the crystal like surface, he turned and walked towards the inner city, begin followed by two royal crystal guard, one was a mare, the other was a stallion.
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 7:30 am.
David stood at the base of The Crystal Palace, he looked behind him and saw the two guards that had been following him since leaving the Lower Crystal Square TMD, one or two crystal ponies looked at him and waved.
The heart began to spin as the ground began to glow white-blue hue, all the ponies turned Crystally , the palace flashed white as a loud bang was heard, followed by a blue-ish ring as auroras erupted from the of the tallest point and spread across the blue morning sky, partly covering up the moon that was still in the sky along side the rising sun, he pulled out his phone and took a picture of the auroras. The male guard walked forward while the female one looked on.
Solar Flare ran in front of Midnight and blocked his path, but to no avail, he pushes her aside and approached the human and smacked him on the back of the leg, knocking him over, he locked one of the cuffs around the human's wrist. Solar Flare and the other royal guards watched in horror as their superior officer attacked the human for no reason.
''No! Not my knee! Not my Knee!'' David scream
*SMACK*
''Ouch! My fucking knee!''
February 15th 2015, The Crystal Palace, Los Cristales, The Crystal Empire. 7:50 am.
Empress Cadence sat in the throne room, sorting out some paperwork, when she heard the doors to the room fling open and saw Shining Armor's second in command, Midnight Blaze march in, dragging a human behind him.
David looked up and weakly smiled at the pink alicorn, a bit of blood leaked out of his split lip.
End of Chapter Five.
Author's Note
TMD - Traction Maintenance Depot
Chapter #17: Family Bonds: Part II
My Little Pony: Origins.
Chapter Seventeen. Family Bonds Part II.
February 17th 2015, Ponyville, Equestria. 07:45 am.
Cadence trotted through the very quiet Ponyville high street, she smiled as she passed a small cafe, waving at the staff who were setting up for the day ahead. The mild breeze blew through her feathers as she paced along, the slowly melting snow sloshing under her hooves. She stopped and looked up at the sky, it was cast over with nearly black clouds.
"I'm Cadenza Mi Amore Wyne Sparkle, or Cadence for short." Cadence said proudly, before remembering the mare's name, "Starlight Glimmer? OH! You were Celestia's former student weren't you?" She added, Starlight nodded furiously, "It's finally nice to meet you." Cadence clapped her hooves together.
David climbed up onto '43999's running board with a grunt, the cold night had left a thin layer of ice. As he stood on the locomotive's running board, he looked around, taking in the stunning scenery, he felt the cold air blowing through his hair.
David suddenly let out a sharp grunt when he felt something wrap around his waist.
David forced the nose door open and stepped inside. "Welcome to my office." He chuckled slightly. Cadence let out a horrified gasp when she saw the state of the inside. A makeshift bed sat on the floor made from old blankets, cobwebs clung to the corners of the roof and mold was present at most of the windows.
Cadence gently raised her head, her ice blue eyes looking into David's dull blue eyes. She smiled slightly.
"David...." Cadence gasped, "What did they do to you?" She cried, tears running down her cheeks.
"David...." Cadence signed, placing a hoof on his cheek, stroking his skin, "Why didn't you tell me?" She sternly asked him, he looking down.
Cadence took a sharp gulp, "You're right." Cadence paused, taking in a sharp inhale of air, "I need to tell you something." She paused again, looked at him but before she could say anymore, she found David's finger on her mouth.
Dear the Wyne Family.
I regret to inform you that Cadence gave birth to a stillborn foal today at 6:35 am, who she's named Shooting Star, Cadence is currently resting. She was refusing to let the doctors examine her, we had to tranquilize her just to take the baby away to determine the causes of the stillbirth. She was also refusing to tell us who the father is. Please, one of you must get here as fast as you can.
Yours truly.
Queen Celestia.
The letter dropped to the floor. Cadence trusted Celestia. She made Celestia promise not to tell anyone while she was in labor. Cadence slammed her rum down on the chair in anger.
"Cadence..." David paused as he placed the first aid box back in its place, "Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?" He asked, his voice full of sadness.
"Do you know what caused her to be stillborn?" David asked, he looked like he was about to cry.Surely , she thought, Surely he'd want to see a picture of our daughter , her mind said to her. David turned away from her and grabbed piece of paper from the sunblind that hung above the windshield.
"Was she buried?" David asked quietly.
David looked out the window as trees passed by. Cadence sat a few seats down the length of the coach. She had offered him a seat next to her but be refused, choosing instead to sit alone. Cadence lent over, looking at how glum he appeared. She left her seat and trotted towards the gangway. David heard the interconnecting doors slide open and close, he looked down at the table in front of him, running his finger in a circle. David rested his head on the window as the interconnecting doors opened again.
"What if?" David said to himself, his warm breath fogging up the glass.
"What do you think would of happened?" David looked out the window as the train began to pass the Canterlot Suburbs.
Cadence removed her hoof from David's lips and without warning, locked her lips with his. David pushed her away.
"Your highness, we have arrived in Canterlot Citadel." A voice broke over the intercom.Thank fuck for that guard , David thought as he quickly made a run for the carriage door, stepping out on to the platform.So close , She thought, sliding off the table. Cadence calmly made her way to her private washroom, she opened up the cabinet and pulled out a small plastic bottle of pills.
Cadence lead David through a small graveyard, towards a line of hedges.
The two walked along a narrow cobble path lined with red and white roses. They walked along the path for what felt like minutes before the two came across a small-ish headstone at the base of a large rose bush.
Shooting Lilian Star. January 30, 1991. Born without breath, not without love.
"Hey Shooting Star, it's me, your daddy." David said, Cadence rested her head on his lap, "I never got a chance to meet you in person. I'm sorry baby." His voice filling with sadness as he placed his hand on the headstone, wiping away some moss "I'm so sorry." He sobbed loudly, "Cadence. I'm sorry you had to go through this alone. I'm sorry i did this to you." He added, looking down at Cadence.
The two continued to sit by the grave amongst the flowers.
The pair laid on the grass for an hour, sleeping. David had taken off his jacket and used it as a makeshift pillow, Cadence just slept with her head still on his chest.
End of Chapter Seventeen.
