The Three Souls

Chapter Three

Terra’s eyes slowly opened, viewing a white world around him. Where was he? It wasn’t the stone house he and melded out of the stone on his world. It was pearly, and eerie, with no noise beside his breathe. He rolled his head slowly, his vision blurring for a moment as he did so, looking up towards the ceiling, or what he hoped was the ceiling. It was white and nondescript as the wall, and far taller then he imagined it too be. He began to raise form the bed, or what he assumed to be a bed, only to be forces back down by pain from his back.

Now he started to remember. The attempt to take off with his new wings, how he failed miserably at that flight, how he could have killed himself and Discord. How his uncle was going to scold him when he came to see him.

He has seen Celestia cry, and he hated it. Sure he had attempted flight before, with many different means before but this was the first time EVER he had nearly killed himself with the attempt, and how it was the first time he ever seen her cry. He never wanted to see it happen again. Ever.

He looked slowly around now, trying not to blur his vision at all with quick turns of the head or spins of his eyes. It was painful to even move his head, and it was heavier than normal. He guessed that was normal, since he figured the magik had feedback up his spine and scrambled his sense.

Carefully his eyes looked down towards the end of his bed and a doorway appeared in his sights, door open. The door was predictably white, with the handle being a dark metallic black, with an icon of a blackened skull hanging from the door.

It was his uncle’s home. Thanatos domain of power, where he knew everything he touched could be changed to what he wanted. He had heard his older sister talk about it several times before. He always wondered what it was like. Now he was lying in a bed, pain shooting through him whenever he tried to move to get up.

He just laid there, eyes looking forward at the ceiling. What else was able to do? Get up and go see his uncle? This was his first time in the home, so even if he could get up, he wouldn’t know where to go to find him. Call out? What were the odds of someone being close enough to hear him, some 1-in-a-number above ten?

He sighed quietly, before trying again to sit up, getting to a near sitting position, before his muscles and nerves finally forced him down. He grunted, frustrated he couldn’t get up to look around for a batter idea on what this room was. For all he could tell it was a large room with just a bed in it. He finally groaned out loudly before slamming his hooves into the bed on either side of his body, causing him to wince in pain form the bounce cause by the motion. He sighed and looked down again towards the door. He stared at it, for what seemed like days on end, before he fell back into slumber.

He awoke later, from a nudge of a familiar paw on his shoulder.

“Terra?” the voice asked out load, barely above a whispered. Terra slowly opened his eyes and looked beside him, seeing Discord.

“Hey.... Discord...” he replied to him, make the creature smile happily, his toothy grin filling his mouth from ear to ear.

“Your awake finally... that’s good. I was starting to get worried about how much you were sleeping... So was Tia,” he commented eyes gleaming with happiness. Terra groaned gently, rolling his head to lying so he could look straight up at the roof again.

“How... how long was I... out for?” he proceeded to ask, seeing Discord frown at him gently.

“A good week, bro. You been just... lying there eyes closed and...” he said, surprisingly weak for the draconequus. Terra smiled softly, trying to sit up once more, this time being stopped by Discord, “Oh no you don’t Nov, your to stay laying down to your wounds fully heal. Your uncles orders.”

He nodded, laying there. He had a long time ahead of him.

Two Weeks Later.

Terra stared at the roof, sighing loudly. He had another few days in bed before he could get back up and start tinkering again. Even though he had a lot of time to think of new projects and items to make. He gave a long and drawn out sigh before sitting up, wincing slightly as a rare shot of pain came in.

“Ow... sat up too quickly...” he said, rubbing his bandages. He sighed gently looking around the room. Sketches, designs and drawings littered the floor around the bed, making him think he should probably clean up soon. His parents were suppose to be arriving soon, tomorrow he believed he had heard his uncle comment.

He moved some papers on the small desk next to the bed and grabbed a new piece of paper as well as other several others. All the sheets were to his next set of wings, each different and possible answers to is problem. Gem for the feathers while the stone made the wing main structure, while the point that connected to his back had a gem-stone to absorb any back lash or magikal feedback from his wings. That was pretty much what back fired on his back last time, too much energy being spun threw the systems of the wings, which had no other way out but his spine. He had been lucky, as his uncle explained, if he had attempted to fly off and away from the patio, then he would have crashed and recived a larger and stronger magikal feedback and it would have killed him instantly.

He was happy he was lucky too, and thanked whatever made him not go and make the first attempt of flight as a complete launch.

He sighed softly, grinning as he started to design new stuff for the wings, thinking a lighter stone would be better. It would be, but meant that he lost strength and stability, so he was going to have to figure out how to balance it out, which meant more possibilities of it failing mid-flight. And that was something didn’t want happening, especially with early flights when he was learning how to fly with his parents and sisters.

He began to think of Luna. Who was she, and was she like Celestia? Was she polite and kind, rude and brash, shy and distant? Would she like painting, the sky, reading, playing, or would she be a young little studying machine.

Poof.

His ears perked up at that sound, looking around the room with a worried look taking to his face as there was a very high possibility on someone in the room with him now.

‘Okay so there’s a poof in the room, and it sounded really close. Strong, magik current came from outside, so it’s not me accidentally discharging a piece of paper like I did last week when I lifted one up. The poof was a teleportation poof...’ he thought to himself slowly looking around the room. There were really possibilities of him getting hurt or worse, and he now moved his ears slowly, aim and directing them to see where somepony was.

Then came a very gentle whimper. It was exceptionally soft, but it was also extremely close.

‘Okay there was a whimper. Really close, and it sounded like it was right... under...’ he thought. He looked to the edge of his bed, and softly moved to the edge of the bed, grunting as he leaned over and looked under.

There was a pale blue alicorn, her teal eyes locked with his hazel one. First thought, on her mind, which was easily read by how she squeaked with the appearance of the new face, was just complete and immobilizing fear. She looked at him and he looked at her before moving back up and sitting on top of his bed.

‘Okay... so there is a filly sitting under my bed... and I don’t know why...’ he thought, slightly panicked. He looked at the door, just to see Celestia and Discord arrive there panting.

“Have you seen anything out of the ordinary fly or run past here? Mom and Dad showed up and I scared Luna away,” she said between breathes. Terra thought for a moment and shook his head no.

“Nope. Not seen a thing other then my new sketches,” he said, before both nodded and took off running aimlessly around for her. Terra sat there for a good two minutes making sure they weren’t coming back to check on him for some reason or another before he leaned over the bed again and looked at the filly again, with a plastered grin on his face.

“Hello Luna. Its call clear now so you can come on up and say hi if you want,” Terra said smiling. She blinked several times at him, then her horn glowed with a gentle and strong blue light, and with a loud poof she popped up on the floor looking at him.

He sat back and smiled, patting the end of the bed for her to sit on so she could be comfortable, which she complied with, sitting softly on the end of the bunk. Terra smiled at his sister, realizing that she may not know who he was yet.

“W-Who are you?” she asked, almost appearing smaller as she spoke, trying to hide away from Terra.

“Oh my name is of no concern right now Luna,” he said waving a hoof at her, “I know who you are with great ease don’t I?” he said with a soft chuckle. She looked at him, scared and confused.

“I-I-I’m sorry... I didn’t mean to disturb you...” she said eyes looking at the ground. Terra smiled sweetly at his little sis.

“My, my Luna, relax, your with good company right now,” he said, floating up some designs to his left looking at them, then back at his current design, sketching in a new idea for it, “I won’t hurt you, you shouldn’t be scared of someone who save you from Celestia.”

“You know who my elder sister is?” she asked looking at him, soft voice gentle and sweet.

“Well of course,” he said rolling his eyes gently, “She’s bugged my quite often in fact. She can be annoying indeed...”

“Ya... I had literally walked in thru the portal and... I was tackled hugged... and I don’t know... I just panicked and teleported...” she said, “She’s... so forward and quick to get in your face. You know what I’m talking about right?” she asked eyes locking on him as her hooves planted in the bed fabric. He looked up at her and grinned.

“Yes... but she loves you. She is your older sister and she has never met you before... so you have to understand her enthusiasm. Right?”

Terra’s point was firm and thought out well which made Luna stop and look at the ground, sighing ever so softly.

“Ya... your right... she’s my big sister, and I’ve only met her just today and I fled from her. What kinda sibling am I?” she asked, looking ever so sad.

“A normal one?” Terra retorted with a chuckle. With that Luna laughed softly, her smile also appearing. Both were lovely, her laugh light and soft to the ear while her smile was more of a gentle and lovely grin.

‘Okay she’s gently, shy and polite. I like her more than Celestia already,’ he said smiling back at her.

“I guess you’re right. So what’s with all the drawings of wings? You’re an Alicorn so you can fly so why need more wings?” she asked, lifting up two of the older designs then looked quite interesting at the time. Terra smiled and twisted his body a little, showing is small weak and pathetic wings.

“Too small, and they have the possibility of breaking should I even attempt to fly with them,” he commented, before returning his body straight towards her again. She nodded looking at his body with pondering eyes, before looking forward.

“That means you can’t go flying or into space right?” was the next question she asked, sounding depressed, “What kinda life is that? Stuck on a rock or have to be magikally towed by someone else and taken were ever they want to go.”

“Being stuck on the rock has its advantages. Though I don’t know what they are yet...” Terra said smiling.

“There you are!!” Celestia’s voice echoed out, Discord standing beside her. Luna head shook over panicked look on her face. Terra saw her horn glow and he stopped her from transporting away, his horn glowing gently. She became more panicked as the two appoarched the bed, before she moved and hid behind Terra.

“Don’t come any closer! O-O-Or this n-n-nice colt with h-h-hurt you!” she threated, Terra looking at her with a little be of a surprised look on his face.

“Will I now?”

“Will you now Lil’ Novae? Would a little brother actually believe that he could hurt me now?” Celestia respond sitting next to the bed, grinning stupidly. Luna eyes shrunk and looked at Terra.

“Little... brother?” she asked him. He just gave a simple nod. Celestia chuckled at her expression and smiled.

“That is a big brother to you little Luna,” she said smiling genuinely. Terra chuckled and looked back at his papers and smiling at the thought that she was no prettified by the thought that she was in the room with her siblings.

“O-Okay... so... I have a hyperactive and overly-active sister with a straight-forward crafter for a brother?” Luna finally said. Terra nodded softly, moving some papers to the side.

“It’s nice to meet you too Luna, shy as you are, and you’re welcome for me keeping you company while you hid from Celestia,” he said. Luna just sat there while the other two, both of which just smiled at her, before Terra looked at Luna with a grin.

“Welcome to this crazy family.”