The Only Desire

"Shhh... Keep dreaming my child. Your dreams will come true if you will fight for them. I know you can do everything you want... I have to go now. Sleep well!"

"No, please! Mother! I don't want you to go. Stay with me a little more."

"I'm sorry, Desire... but I can't..." The voice said while it got quieter and quieter.

I woke up. It was noon already. I was shocked that I could sleep that much because I usually can't sleep more than seven hours. I was dreaming about my mother. She was so beautiful and lovely when she was alive. I really miss my parents. We had such a great time together, and I would do everything to live those moments again. I went to the window of my house and looked out.

"I love you, mom and dad" I thought "I wish we could've spend more time together" And then I sighed.

My life was never quite simple, yet I've tried not to lose my happiness and friendliness. I'm a very friendly pony, and I'm good at many things, but unfortunately, my destiny wasn't known at that time. I was searching for something... for something that means everything in the life of each and every pony of Equestria — a special talent. My cutie mark was not showing much. But seriously, what could a skein mean?

Yes, my cutie mark is a skein. I was quite a bit different than the other ponies because I've got my cutie mark right when I was born.

I found my happiness in my friends. They helped me every time I needed, and I did the same to them. I couldn't live without them. But seeing my parents again would have been made me much happier. They were the best parents I could have ever asked for. I felt so broken and empty when I lost them. If my friends weren't here, I would be a lonely, forgotten mare with a pointless life. I don't have any brother or sister, although I'd wished I could have a little brother.

That one day was very different. Not only because I dreamed about my parents again, but I felt that something wrong is going to happen. I hoped it was only a wrong foreboding. Celestia's beautiful sun shone as it used to, nature was also usual, yet I knew something bad is near, and it's hunting me like a wolf hunts a deer. I was feeling uncomfortable, but it might have been because of my dream. Although I didn't understand what's happening — it wasn't the first time I dreamed about my parents.

"Hello there, Desire!" Twinkleshine said and waved to me. Her face was like she is up to prepare something great for today.

"Hi, Twinkleshine! You seem jubilant today. What's up?" I asked her and forgot about the worries I had before. Like I said, my friends always make me feel better.

"I'm very excited to tell you that Twilight will come to Canterlot today!" She said and indeed seemed to be very excited and happy because of the news. And I felt the same way because it was the first time I had the chance to meet the Princess of Friendship. I have only seen her in pictures before, but never met her personally.

"That's great news! I'm honored to meet the Princess." I said. It sounded like the completely unexpected beginning of a new experience, a new adventure.

"You know, I was knocking at your door earlier this morning, but you haven't answered. I hoped that everything is alright," Twinkleshine said and looked a bit worried.

"Yeah, sorry. I was oversleeping today, and I must not have heard your knocking. I'm so sorry," I said and felt a bit ashamed.

"Come on, Desire! You have nothing to be sorry about!" Twinkleshine said. "I'm happy to know that you're alright!" She continued and smiled at me. I felt a bit emotioned. Twinkleshine was my best friend.

"Thank you, Twinkleshine!" I said, but she looked like she hasn't understood what I meant.

"For what?" She asked directly.

"For being such a good friend." I've said and shed some tears of joy. Then we went closer and gave ourselves a friendly hug. "You and all of my friends mean the world to me. I have nopony but you, and I don't know how to thank you all for being my friends," I continued and shed more tears.

"We're always here to you, Desire. That's what friends are for. And a strong friendship like ours can defeat any obstacle," Twinkleshine said with a power of determination and encouragement. I was sure that nothing will go wrong if I have my friends by my side.

"So... When will Twilight arrive?" I asked and tried to withhold my feelings.

"Well, she could be here anytime! Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will also come here!" Twinkleshine said, and she was even more excited than before.

"Whoa..." I had no words. After a few seconds, I finally found the correct ones. "I can't believe it. Will I have the chance to meet all the princesses at the same time? This must be a dream."

"It isn't, silly filly!" She said and laughed.

"I hope it isn't," I said and felt even more determined than ever. My mom always told me to follow my dreams, so I will always proceed that way.

We went to meet with Moon Dancer, Minuette, and Lemon Hearts so that we could welcome Twilight and the princesses together. I was happier than ever. We went to a restaurant to eat something. Minuette was looking out to the window, to check if Twilight has arrived.

After many minutes spent together, talking about mareish things, Minuette finally noticed Twilight coming to the town.

"She's coming!" She exclaimed, and we all ran out from the restaurant.

At that moment, I wasn't completely sure what have I felt. I was excited at the first time, but after that, I felt like I'm not ready to meet Twilight yet. What if something will go wrong? I had so many thoughts while I was running, but in the end, I've decided not to stress the situation, because stress is just another reason of wrong things.

I was finally there, face to face with the Princess of Friendship. I wasn't worried anymore, and I acted as my real self.

"My name is Desire Redskein. It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness!" I said and bent down.

"You don't need to be that respectful," She said and smiled. "We're now new friends, after all!"

"I'm so happy to meet you, Princess," I said, but I was still quite a bit shy.

"Just call me Twilight, okay?" She asked, and I bowed. I was pretty nervous. Even if I felt ready right before being in front of Twilight, I've lost my courage quickly when it came to talking to her. It just disappeared suddenly, like something I couldn't control. "Tell me more about you," she continued, and I wasn't sure what should I tell her.

"I live alone in a small house from Canterlot, and I'm usually helping my friends whenever I can. I still don't know what my special talent is, and my cutie mark is also not telling me much," I said and sighed. Twilight looked at me with a compassioned look, but then I continued to speak. "But... not having my parents and special talent doesn't mean that I have nopony. I'm happy to have my great friends who are the best friends ever."

"I can't agree more! They have always been great friends, and even if I left them, they didn't forget me," Twilight said and winked to her friends.

"Desire is also a great friend, just like you!" Minuette said to Twilight and I was a bit... well... bashful. "We're waiting for Princess Celestia and Princess Luna now," she continued.

"Oh, right. They should be there soon," Twilight said and started to think. I wasn't sure what is she thinking about, but she kept looking at me, so I knew it was something related to me. "We could ask for Princess Celestia's help to find your destiny," she said and kept looking at me, and I was just staring at her with huge eyes, not knowing what to reply. "What are you good at, anyway?" She asked.

"Well, I'm good at baking, writing, selling, even at accounting, yet I don't know what is destined to me," I replied. I hoped I wasn't too boastful — yes, I'm good at many things but saying it out loud was never my goal.

"Look, the princesses are coming!" Lemon Hearts said and looked to the flying princesses whose landing had just started.

"Welcome, Your Highnesses!" Twinkleshine said. "It's an honor to see you again!" She continued respectfully and looked happy at Princess Celestia.

"It's great that we can meet with all of you, and I'm happy that Twilight invited me to discuss some solutions here," she replied and smiled as a good ruler shall do.

"Princess!" Twilight said and went to Princess Celestia. "There is somepony who can't find her special talent, and her cutie mark is also not telling many details. Could we do anything to help her discover it?" She asked and pointed to me while I was blushing. Are the princesses really talking about ME? I could've never imagined this.

"Oh, that's Desire. She was a wonderful student of mine. Well, all I can say is that the destiny will call each pony as the time flies. We can only encourage them," Princess Celestia replied. "But this is how the things are supposed to work, so you have nothing to be worried about," I understood this and nodded. "I'm sure you will find your unique talent. Sooner or later, each pony will find it. There isn't such thing as a pony not to have a special talent," she said, and I felt better and stronger than before. "Now my sister and I need to talk to Twilight about some things that are going on in Equestria." She looked quite worried when she said this.

"Is everything alright, Princess?" I asked kindly. I was sure that something isn't right.

"I don't want to get any you into this issue; we can't risk anything," she replied. At that moment, I was sure that my suspicions were right. I knew that something wrong would happen today right after I woke up. This reply wasn't enough for me.

"Why or what would you risk?" I asked with a serious looking.

"We just don't want to imply any of you in this situation. Your security is important, and that's why we will handle the situation somehow," she said, but she looked very concerned. I was sure that Equestria is facing a big problem.

"Please! I had a foreboding today, and I want to know why are you so worried. I know something bad is happening," I continued. One of my properties is that if I want to know something, I want to have all the details, especially when it's something that can affect me or any of my friends.

"Should we tell them?" The princess looked at her sister and Twilight, who nodded approvingly. "Alright. We have some problems. Abomineigh, a very powerful mare is about to take over Equestria and make everypony her slaves. Her power is immense: it's even stronger than Nightmare Moon's and King Sombra's might at the same time. Her power increases by each and every magic drained. We need to find a way to destroy her before she drains the magic of all of us," she said, and I was very scared. Not because I could lose my magic, but because I could lose something that means much more: my home and my friends.

"How did she come here?" I asked.

"Abomineigh was the first villain we, princesses, had to defeat. It was a very long time ago when she dominated over Equestria. Even our power couldn't stop her. But we've found the Mayhem Crystal where we have closed her forever. Now, somepony stole the crystal from the castle and tried to acquire power from it. Unfortunately, that somepony didn't know what was in the crystal and freed Abomineigh. She was closed there for thousands of ages," Princess Celestia replied. "We've found that somepony with all of his magic drained. That somepony was King Sombra's brother, most probably. At least, he looked pretty similar to Sombra."

"I hope you will find a solution before it's too late," I said with a trembling voice.

"It's already too late!" A loud voice was speaking and laughed wickedly. It was Abomineigh! She was a dark gray colored mare with black stripes, fire-red eyes and an enormous sharp horn.

"Oh no! Abomineigh is here!" We all yelled and ran from the place. Twinkleshine's leg was stuck in the hole of a log, and she couldn't run anymore. I noticed this and ran to escape her.

The three princesses united their might and tried to defeat the powerful villain. The rays coming from the horn of the princesses were crossing and forming a huge one, aiming to be stronger than Abomineigh's. Her ray was the scariest one I've ever seen. It was white and contoured with a thick black colored border.

Both sides were fighting roughly, but in a fraction of second, both rays were shattering and felt toward Twinkleshine. I was lucky to arrive there before the ray would've reached her. I pushed her away from the way of the ray, and it hit me instead of her.

I remember nothing from that moment. At that moment, I only knew that I completely vanished from Equestria. I was in a dark place, where I saw nothing. "No! Where am I? What happened to me?" My thoughts started to come. I've lost my powers continuously. I have reached to that point when I haven't only seen nothing, but I also begun to don't feel anything. I thought I've stopped to exist... forever.