The Life of a Pony Named Soul Melody

I slowly get out of bed and look through Mocha's guest room window. The town is still loud and happy like always, except, as I move my eyesight down, I see guards from the palace talking with Scythea.

With my hair still a mess, I slowly go down stairs limping a bit. I go to the front door and open it just enough for me to hear them,

"When you found Ms. Soul in the castle, was there any sign of another pony there?"

"Not really, the vines were under some dark magic though."

"SOUL!"

I jump and fall out of the café and onto the ground on my wing..in front of everypony.

"Ow...!"

Scythea looks down at me with a stern look. As I catch his stare and our eyes look right at each other, I start to blush, I shake my head and try to stand up quickly but I end up falling on to him, he catches me with his wing and quickly puts me to my feet.

"Um..heh, sorry-"

"Be more careful next time. You're not always gonna have people to catch you when you fall."

Without the slightest smile he lightly pushes me towards Mocha,

"Soul Melody, you must've lost your marbles! Going out and walking in the condition you're in? Soul, you need rest-"

"I'm..I'm fine..!"

Both Scythea and Mocha look at me dumbfounded,

"Soul, look I don't know you that well. But I know you well enough to force you to go back into the café and rest."

Mocha smiles,

"Thank you for the second voiced opinion in this, come on Soul."

"But-"

"Nope, lets go."

Mocha starts to lightly nudge me in her café, I look back at Scythea who stares at me blankly, sighs a bit ruffly, and turns around to the guards. I lightly mumble,

"....dammit.."

"What was that?"

"Hm?! Oh, nothing!"

I laugh lightly and smile nervously. Why am I acting so strange around him..he's just another colt..

"Soul~?"

"Huh?"

"Who are ya thinking about?"

I look at Mocha a bit confused and I tilt my head.

"You're blushing pretty deeply, who are you thinking about?"

"I am..?"

"Yes you are~!"

"Uh..heh.."

"You'll tell me at some point, alright, you're wounds. Sit down, time to fix you up."

Her horn glows and levitates some medical supplies over. As she looks at them she seems really down, she sighs,

"We've gotta get some help with these.."

She lights up a bit and goes to grab Valerium.

"Soul, this is gonna hurt a bit but it'll stop the-"

"Nope! Not getting bitten by you! I thank you for the nice thought, but I'm not doing it!"

Mocha grumbles,

"Fine, then here."

She sits me down and gives me a coffee that has a numbing potion in it. She grins and fixes my wounds, she finally gets to my wing.

"Oh no.."

"What?"

"Valerium come look at this.."

"What are you guys talking about?"

Valerium and Mocha both discuss quietly about whatever is wrong with my wing, no one is answering me so I speak up,

"What is wrong with it!"

They both jump a bit and look at me,

"We need to go and see Twilight and all of the other princesses."

"What-"

"Let's go, now."

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Mocha frantically knocks on the gigantic doors. Twilight opens them,

"Mocha?"

"Soul's got something on her wing!"

"Is it serious?"

"We wouldn't be here if it wasn't Twilight."

"Hm..okay, come in, quickly."

Valerium helps me quickly get in the castle while Mocha and Twilight speed ahead to the main room.

"What is happening..?"

He sighs,

"You have a mark on your wing, what it could represent it's very dangerous, that's why we're here. To make sure the exact details of what it is. Now, go to Mocha, she will do a way better job than me at taking care of you."

He gives me a tuff nudge through the opening, Twilight runs over and grabs me,

"Do you feel light headed or like you're going to collapse?"

"Light headed yeah, why?"

"Oh, to make sure your still stable."

"Still stable?"

"Mhm..now, wing. Up."

I lift up my wing the best I can,

"Perfect, alright let me look at this.."

She gets super close to my wing and touched something with a valve that feels like a knife,

"Ow..!"

Twilight looks up at me and straight into my eyes,

"That's why you didn't get crystallized like the rest of Crystal City.."

"What are you talking about Twi...? You're scaring me.."

"How long have you had this slash type branding on your wing?"

I look under why wing and see the branding.

"Oh, that. I've had that since I was a filly."

"Do you remember getting it?"

"No, I just remember having a blackout and waking up with it. I just thought it was a scar from the uprising wood in my old home..why?"

She sighs roughly, looks over at Mocha and Valerium, she nods and Mocha looks like she's about to get super upset.

"What's wrong Mocha?"

"You..that branding you have, it was made by Sombra. There's a way to get it off, but we have to go deep into the jungle, and we will meet a sorcerer of black and white. But we can't do it alone. We need muscle, Valeruim is gonna have to stay at the café due to....reasons..but it'll be me, Soul and then one more.."

"...Scythea."

"Hm? That colt who helped you?"

"Yeah, he's really smart and strong, he could help us if he wanted to."

Twilight looks up with a smile,

"That's Flash's friend! He didn't join the palace guards, but when he visits, he sometimes practice with Flash. He would be perfect for it."

Mocha nods,

"Twi, do you know where we can find him?"

"He lives at the edge of PonyVille on a large hill top, his house is near the edge, so be careful."