The Life of a Pony Named Soul Melody

"Mel~"

I squirm and flip over.

"Mel~!"

I flip over again and try to shake off this random stupid voice.

"MEL!"

"The fu-"

I catch my tongue and take a deep breath. I look over to see Rarity,

"Ugh, what do you want Rarity?"

I try to put on a happy tone for the thick headed- I mean...for the beautiful pony who awoke me from my precious slumber.

"I've come to give you a sweet morning wake up and to take you to a surprise!"

"Huh? Surprise..?"

"Yes dear, now hurry up and out of bed, we have a long day ahead of us!"

Her horn glows as she pulls off my blankets with one good pull,

"Hey!"

"Come on Melly, get out of bed."

I roll my eyes lightly and jump out of bed. I quickly brush my hair, mainly because this perfected pony of sorts observes my every move without giving a second thought to the world around her. As I give a last stroke to my mane I give myself a mental pep-talk.

"Alright Soul, new day, new ponies. You're gonna be fine, you look great, now go break a leg..DON'T FORGET TO KEEP A SMILE!!"

I turn around and look at Rarity,

"Okay sweetheart, follow me~"

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We approach a big building, with a witch hat type top to its roof.

"Welcome to my humble abode Melly."

She opens the door to a large boutique full of makeup, dresses, sewing machines, and basically everything to make you look like a fashionista.

"Your surprise is rightttttttt,"

She grabs me and puts me onto a chair in front of the mirror,

"here!"

"Erm.."

"I'm going to give you a little....lift.."

"Lift? What do you mean by that?"

"You'll see soon sweetie~!"

A hair brush, makeup, measuring ribbons and fabrics levitate over to us,

"Oh no."

"Time for your surprise Melly Belly!"

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She turns my chair around so I face the mirror,

"TA-Da! You look marvelous sweetie, just absolutely spectacular!"

She didn't do much to my hair except make sure my bangs couldn't be in my face, she gave me eye liner to 'make my eyes pop', and then she fitted me for a dress with a tiny hat with a bow on it.

"Uhm..."

"Oh dear, I forgot your blind here let me explain what you-"

"I'm not blind!"

"That's not what your eyes say."

"Well my eyes are wrong...got it?"

She looks a bit surprised at my snap but just nods,

"Right..okay."

"Sorry.."

"No it's perfectly okay sweetheart,"

she clears her throat,

"okay, so-"

A pony with a hat like Galaxy's charges through the doors.

"Rarity! What did you do to Apple Bloom?!"

"Oh, excuse me sweetie."

She smiles at me and turns around to face the charging pony,

"Apple Jack, darling, I simply gave Apple Bloom a hair product that-"

"That ruined my sister's hair! Apple Bloom, get in here!"

Apple Bloom walks into the salon area slowly, her hair was a big frizzy mess, she had this ginormous bow stuffed in her button patterned satchel.

"Oh my, Apple Bloom dear, did you leave it in too long..?"

"Yes m'a'm, for about a minute or so longer..I thought it would make my hair softer."

Rarity laughs but quickly stops as she catches Apple Jack's death glare.

"Ahem, Apple Bloom dear, just wash it out and your hair shall go back to normal~"

"Thank you m'a'm!"

She gallops quickly out of the shop and just leaves her older sister behind. Apple Jack looked over at me and smiles nervously,

"Oh my, hello there, sorry about all of this commotion,"

She trots over and puts out a hoof,

"my name is Apple Jack!"

I smile a bit and shake her hoof,

"It's nice to meet you Apple Jack, I'm Soul Melody."

"That's a fancy name sugar cube! I'm sorry for leaving as soon as we got to finally meet each other, but I must go and finish up gathering some apples off my family's farm. I'll see y'all later!"

With a skip in her step she walks out of Rarity's place and I wipe off all of the makeup and the clothing, but I leave my hair be, I kinda like it...uh, I mean..crap, oh well.

I look around for Rarity but she is no where to be seen. I quickly write a thank you note and trot off into town square. As I walk around aimlessly, I find this beaten down road, I decide to follow it.

As I still trek the trail, it becomes darker and pretty cold. By the time I can't see PonyVille anymore, and I'm surrounded by woods of darkness, it's sundown. Almost completely night.

Suddenly, just a mile or so after entering this black woods type area, I see a old and falling apart stone brick castle. I quietly enter it, not knowing what could be in there. Vines hang from the ceiling and moss covers the broken corners. SNAP! I freeze and look around frantically. I see nothing and continue to walk deeper into the castle.

A laugh echoes and I start to pick up my pace until I find a stair case, it's all broken and too unstable for any pony to attempt using.

"Hello there."

I quickly turn around and see a tall colt in a caped hood. His eyes were covered and only tips of his hair can be seen other than his mouth. He steps a bit into the moonlight, his skin is a dark grey and his hooves have black vine type patterns that glow with magic. I step back a bit,

"No need to be afraid child."

I get my wings ready to fly out but I keep staring directly at the shady figure, he smirks deviously,

"Oh planning on getting out, there's no reason to."

Black vines come out of the ground and grab my hooves and puncture my wings which causes me to scream in pain. I look over at them, their bleeding a bit and cannot be moved with out knife stabbing pain.

"What do you want.."

"Oh, the lass does speak."

I sigh and try to move but the vines become tighter,

"Don't move, it only makes it worse~"

"What. Do. You. Want."

"So demanding, just like your mother."

My eyes widen a bit,

"What do you know about my mom?"

"More than you'll ever know."

I grit my teeth and hold back my anger.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be going. But don't worry, we'll see each other very soon. Farewell dear child."

He disappears in a cloud of black poof. I try to get out of the vine's grasp but they only continue to get stronger and painful. I can't think of anything else to do but yell for help.

"Anyone! Please! Help me!"

No one comes. I try to move again with more force, but the vines won't budge and just continue to get stronger, one whips one of my wings. A tear tempts a fall as I look back, my wing is completely covered in a black liquid. I soon collapse to the ground, with the last bit of power I have, I try one more time for a call for help,

"Help me.."

But my supposedly strong and loud call turned into a whispered whimper.

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After a few minutes, the vines released themselves off of me but they surrounded me instead, making sure I couldn't go anywhere and no one could come in.

The sound of steps echo, I try to perk up and make some noise but the vines grab me and hold me down. With a very crackly voice, I try to make words, but all that comes out is a sound.

"Hello? Who's there?"

A strong voice echoes through out my area. Some of the vines disappear and go to the sound. Sounds of clashing metal and then a final blast of what seemed to be a magic blast ends their fight. A tall alicorn comes galloping in and sees the vines that surround me,

"Stupid vines."

The vines blast away which just leaves me, I look up at the colt.

"Holy..hold on.."

He lifts me up the best he could with his wings and hooves, he carefully puts one of my wings in his back and I squelch in pain. Magic comes out of his horn and a magic cloud appears, as best as he could, he put me on it. It was soft and it didn't hurt me to lay on. He walks in front of the cloud and looks at me,

"Hey there. You're gonna be okay, but I'm gonna need you to answer me okay?"

I nod,

"Okay, what's your name?"

"S.."

"Come on, you can do it."

"S-Soul M-Melody.."

He smiles,

"Hey Melody, I'm Scythea."

I try to sit up a bit but I clench.

"Hey shhh, no no, lay back down, we're gonna get out of here."

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"SOUL!"

Mocha runs to the side of the cloud looking very worried,

"What happened?!"

"I found her surrounded by these possessed vines, they got her pretty badly.."

She turns around and looks at Scythea,

"Thank you."

Valerium helps me get off the cloud and Mocha starts to rush me in her café. I look back slightly at Scythea. He gave a reassuring smile and waved good bye.