Lost and Found.by Sugarcube66ChaptersWanderersAftermathScarredPastRecoveryWanderersTwilight and Sunset walked through the streets of Canterlot, it was a glistening bright day with everybody out, enjoying the peaceful warmth of the summer's day. Twilight, having come from her world to have a date with Sunset, was happy as could be. She leaned on her girlfriend's shoulder, as Sunset gave her a peaceful smile. ''Sunset, I'm so happy that Celestia gave me a break today.'' Twilight whispered, closing her eyes as Sunset leaned in and gently kissed the purple girl's forehead. The latter girl's blushed brightly, looking around before reaching up to the taller girl and kissing her lips. Sunset was a little surprised by the adorkable, shy girl's sudden assertiveness but soon melted right into the kiss. The orange girl put her hands on her girlfriend's shoulder, to deepen the kiss. The two girls kissed for a little while longer, but suddenly Sunset pulled away. Twilight was caught off guard, and decided to follow Sunset's eyes as they trail into a nearby alleyway. In the alleyway was a couple of figures, but it was too dark to recognize what the figures were and in some sense, the lack of knowledge made it unclear. ''What....'' Sunset suddenly let go of Twilight's shoulder and bolted into the neighboring alleyway, to see what the figures were. Twilight, unable to process that Sunset had ran off, looked around for a few seconds before stepping, slowly but surely, towards the alleyway. She finally worked the courage and ran in only to gasp at the sight; Sunset was holding a sleeping baby, stroking her fingers through the fuzzy hair that were built up on the infant's head while laying down next to her was a badly injured, unconscious little girl. Sunset's eyes were misted with sadness as Twilight slowly pulled the injured girl's head onto her lap. The purple haired girl quickly examined the child, noticing blood weeping from the girl's side and from under her skirt. ''We have to take her to the hospital!'' Sunset instantly nodded, as she got the unconscious girl onto her back, while Twilight took the infant into her own arms. She didn't care if the blood ran through her back, as long as they got to the hospital with enough time to help the children. Twilight was in just as much distress as she held the infant close. While the baby wasn't bleeding, they was badly malnourished, which was the cause of Twilight's personal distress, that and of course, the older child's injuries. While running, Twilight decided to calm herself down by taking in the children's appearance; the infant asleep in her arms was wearing a white onesie that covered the child's pale pink skin that was many shades lighter then Pinkie Pie and Cadance. The fuzz of hair that sprouted on the baby's head was a mist of red and purple while the sleeping child's eyes were a complete mystery, as least for a few minutes before the azure orbs opened as the infant began to cry out for food. While calming the infant down, whispering that food was coming, Twilight's eyes trailed along the older child's body. She looked about the age of the human crusaders with a body of dark gray, almost black, ruined by the glistening trails of blood. The child's hair was a long, tangled mass of regal purple that glimmered in the light of the sun. And she wore a purple vest top and black trousers, but both were stained with streaks of red. Tears filled Twilight's eyes, as her thoughts were invaded by persisted images of her own daughter in this situation as the older child looked identical to her young daughter, Nyx. With the exception of a teal headband that Nyx adored wearing, and the child's eyes; which had briefly opened to reveal the same bright turquoise but with a different appearance; see, Nyx's eyes looked like that of a dragon, but with pale turquoise whites, this child didn't have those eyes. But as the hospital came into view, Twilight's thoughts managed to rid themselves of the awful and tear jerking images as she began to cry out of hope for the children. There was hope now and she wasn't going to let some images stop her from seeing that the two children were brought to health and that their past would be discovered. As now, two questions filled Twilight's mind; who were these kids? Why were they in a alleyway, one being injured? Sunset was quick to explain where she had discovered the children and that she wasn't sure on who they were to the patient doctors, as they checked over the infant. The child had been discovered to be a baby girl; that weighed 4.2 pounds. Which caused quick concern to Twilight and Sunset, as the child was severely underweight and might not even survive. The doctor instantly put the young baby on a drip to stabilize her before turning to the worried couple. ''The drip will stabilize her, but she's gonna have to be under strict care for a few days; but all the nurses are busy. Miss Sparkle, Miss Shimmer, would it be alright for you to take her in for a few days and follow the feeding program. In 5 days, I want to at least have her at 4.5 pounds.'' He then sighed, as the two girls nodded in understanding, before continuing. ''As for the older child; she will be out of surgery in a few hours and will be strictly watched; since we don't know her legal guardians, we have placed you two as her guardians within the hospital, so that you can be kept up to date on her care; since you will be looking after her sister for a little while.'' Twilight was the first to speak, as Sunset was still getting over her shock and upset. She stood and said gently. ''We'll be happy to look after the little one for a few days, doctor. Please take care of her older sister.'' The doctor smiled, as he told her to let the baby off the drip in a hour, then come to him to tell them that they were heading home, as he gave her a slip with the details for the baby's feeding program. After the doctor left them alone, she turned to Sunset, with a few fresh tears dripping down her cheeks. ''They'll be okay, right?'' ''We can only hope they'll be,...their so young and yet so full of pain and anguish. Why would anyone just ignore a pair of innocent children?'' whispered Sunset, as Twilight sat down and hugged her, as the two wept slightly for the pair of children, who weren't even theirs. AftermathAn hour later, Twilight slowly took the little baby off the drip and lifted her up into a sitting position, holding her arms to keep the sleeping child up, to check her over with the signs showing to be on the good side. The child's pink skin had brightened up a lot, and even seemed to be on the same shade spectrum as Cadance's coat, but still brighter by a few colors. She gently picked the baby up and began to snuggle the little girl, who smiled gently despite her sleeping form. She smiled at the bright smile that crossed the baby's face. She carried the child to her seat, where Sunset was looking down at her hands, thinking hardly. Twilight sat down, laying the baby in her left arm, while she gently touched Sunset, who gasped out and looked at her girlfriend with shock. ''Why are you spacing out, Sunset?'' Twilight asked slowly, as she placed her right arm under the child's bum and began to rock it. ''Just thinking; why are these children so sad.............I mean, the older sibling was clearly attacked just prior to when we arrived....and the younger in malnourished. Wait a second....'' mumbled Sunset, as she looked at the baby's fuzzy two-toned hair and skin tone. ''They look nothing alike...so are they siblings?'' ''Maybe not, when the older sibling wakes, I'll ask the doctor to preform a DNA test.'' said Twilight, as she gently passed the baby to Sunset. ''I wonder what their names are, we can't keep calling them 'older sibling', 'younger sibling' or 'child' and 'baby'....'' She leaned on Sunset's shoulder, frowning a little as she looked at the baby. They couldn't exactly ask the baby, for obvious reasons and the older child was still unconscious, even though she was now out of surgery. ''Yeah..., it's sad.'' mumbled Sunset, as she leaned on Twilight's resting head, as a tear rolled down her cheek and onto the baby's face, causing her to awaken and cry out. Sunset gasped out and began to fumble around, not used to babies. ''What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do!?...I never dealt with a baby before!'' ''Give her here.'' Twilight said, calmly. Sunset nodded, with panic in her eyes, giving the crying baby to her girlfriend, who gently began rocking the baby. She took a deep breath and began singing the short lullaby that Fluttershy had taught her a month prior to calm Flurry Heart down when she wouldn't fall to sleep. ''Hush now, quiet now. It's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now. It's time to go to bed...'' She slowly stopped singing, as the infant fell to sleep. ''Whoa...'' mumbled Sunset, before picking up a bit of a voice. ''How...did you? Do you happen to know a infant in Equestria?'' Twilight smiled at her girlfriend, as she rested the infant back in her arms. ''I happen to, my brother recently had a baby girl and because I'm her aunt, I often go over to the empire to foalsit her for them as she's a bit powerful with her magic and flight, even though it has calmed down since when she was less then a week old.'' Sunset nodded, before a thought went through her mind due to what Twilight had said, magic and flight. It made it sound like Twilight's niece was a alicorn, but that was impossible, Sunset's beliefs and thoughts told her but she had to make sure. ''Magic and flight?...........Your niece wouldn't happen to be a alicorn, would she?'' ''She is. My sister-in-law is a alicorn, and so somehow, her genes were passed onto my niece, Flurry Heart. Being an alicorn newborn, her magic and flight are both more powerful then that of a newborn unicorn and pegasus, like Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake. Though she isn't the only young alicorn that I know...'' Sunset blinked, but decided not to question what the last part meant. Instead, she decided to ask about the cake twins. ''...So the cake twins are fraternal twins in their races as well?...But, I would have thought Mr and Mrs Cake were Earth Ponies....judging by the way they act; earth ponies tend to be down to earth and focused, with the exception of Pinkie Pie. Pegasus tend to be active and sporty, with Fluttershy being the exception to that one and unicorns tend to more mature and studious. So it is easy to tell the type of pony they are, even in the human world. With the obvious exceptions.'' ''They are.'' Twilight giggled, especially when Sunset's perplexed face appeared in her view, as she thought about what Sunset said about the pony races in the human world, it did make sense as even in Equestria, the races were stereotyped like that. ''There's unicorn and pegasus blood in their genes that were somehow passed to the cake twins, and they are powerful for infants...Pinkie says she has a lot of trouble foalsitting them, especially the first time she foalsat them.'' ''I can just imagine.'' Sunset giggled, she thought about what her own parents told her prior to her leaving Equestria that she once made herself invisible as a foal, and ran around the house and garden, and nobody could find her, even her twin brother, who was weaker at magic. She quickly told Twilight the story, while stroking the baby's hair with her fingers. Twilight smiled, glad that her girlfriend managed to cheer up. She got up, causing the baby to stir slightly but fall straight back to sleep, much to their relief. She then spoke softly to not reawaken the sleeping infant, as she walked towards the door.''Well, we should head to the doctor and sign out. It's been a long day, but before we do, how about we check to see if we can visit the little one before we head back to your apartment.'' Sunset nodded in agreement, she too wanted to see if the little child was alright, especially because of how severe her wounds were when they discovered her. The condition of the child worried her greatly and just looking into Twilight's eyes showed the exact same feeling was running through her girlfriend's mind, but with a little extra that Sunset couldn't put her finger onto. The two girls walked out of the little room, to look for the doctor that had checked the small infant over and eventually came across him. He smiled at them and said gently, as to not upset the baby again. ''Are you here to sign out?'' ''Yes, and no.'' stated Twilight, slowly. ''We want to ask if we could see her older sister, even if it's just a quick peek. We just want to know that she's okay.'' The doctor nodded, with a display of sadness on his face. ''She's not awake, so I can't let you stay long but as long as you are quiet, I can let you have 5 minutes to see her. If she wakes up though, I'll let you have longer, but she'll have a headache due to hitting her head on the pavement when she was attacked.'' The girlfriends nodded, and the baby seemed to wake and nod with them for that moment. The doctor let them across the hall towards the left part of the building, where the little child slept. They walked into a room, which was lit only by a small candle resting on a nightstand. The dark skinned child was sleeping sound, but with her face creased with pain and perhaps fear from the nightmare she was clearly having. ''The poor thing...'' whispered Twilight, feeling sorrow for the child that looked so alike to her very own daughter. She walked over and gently stroked the child's now neater locks. ''I hope you awaken soon, sweetie...maybe then we'll discover more about you...and the infant.'' She smiled a little when she noticed the child relax, like the dream had faded; but gasped when the child's turquoise eyes weakly fluttered opened. Painfully, the little one sat up and stared directly at the two, as well as at her 'baby sister', blinking before weakly grasping out. ''...Wh-where am I....? W-who a-are you and why d-do you h-have a h-hold of D-Drweam...Chaser....'' Her voice was so raspy and weak that it was hard for the couple to make out what she was saying, besides a couple of the words; but they both knew what she meant. The little one was obviously not trusting of adults; especially after what she said next. ''G-give her to me!'' ScarredWith the little girl awake, and now cradling Dream Chaser, who was the baby. Even though she was tickling the baby's belly, she was keeping a keen eye on the teenagers in the room, like she didn't want them coming any nearer then they already was to her. She growled a little. ''Who are you!? Why are you crowding around me!? WHY DID YOU HAVE A HOLD OF DREAM!'' She screamed out, unable to control her emotions, as tears began to slide down her cheeks, falling off her redden nose, as she didn't take her glaring turquoise eyes off the girls. Sunset looked at Twilight, sadly and her girlfriend nodded. The purple haired girl looked once at the 'clone' of her child, as she took one worry filled step towards the child, who snarled at her. Twilight sighed as she gently spoke to the angry child. ''My name is Twilight Sparkle, and this here is Sunset Shimmer, my girlfriend. We found you injured in a alleyway, with Dream Chaser. We instantly took you here, as you were badly injured and Dream was...or is, severely malnourished.'' ''But why did you have a hold of her?!'' cried the little one, refusing the git the gist of what Twilight was saying. ''Because the doctor asked me and Twilight to look after her as the nurses couldn't take care of the poor infant, and he also feared what your reaction would be if a complete stranger were, to say, breast feed her. With us being teens, we can't lactate to feed her that way so there won't be too much connection made.'' said Sunset, as she sat down on the child's bed, looking at the dark skinned child's eyes. ''Now, may I ask for your name? Unless you want to be called 'child' for the rest of the night or even week.'' The child stared straight into Sunset's eyes for a bit, before sighing. ''Nyx...my name is Nyx.'' The name broke Twilight's concentration on the child's eyes. The name proved her theory about the child, Nyx was the human counterpart of her adoptive daughter, but then who was the pony counterpart of Dream Chaser, she didn't recognize the child from Ponyville or Canterlot, even though she knew the human world was. at least, about a year behind, as from what she had heard from the human Twilight, human Cadance and Shining Armor weren't even married. Well, it didn't matter much. What matter was discovering what Nyx knew about the attack and why she was in the alleyway, with a newborn infant at that. Twilight decided to ask what she needed to know, even though she understood that Nyx probably wouldn't answer her. ''Nyx, I know this bit might make you unsettled but I want to ask you, why were you in that alleyway; where are your parents?'' ''Do. Not. Mention. That. Word. Around. Me!'' growled Nyx, clearly not liking the sound of the word 'parents'. Maybe something had happened, and if so, that just made Twilight even more curious and concerned for her daughter's counterpart's history. The black skinned child calmed, yet was still glaring at Twilight. ''My history is none of your concern, you know my name now. Get out the hell out of this room!'' The scream caused a issue though; Dream's eyes instantly shot open and filled with tears, as her mouth opened wide as she cried loudly. The cry caught Nyx off guard but she was quick to begin rocking the little baby. ''Shh, it's okay, it's okay. Dreamy. I didn't mean to yell around you, big sis is just a little upset.'' She continued to rock the child, and began speaking with a soft tone to her usual raspy growls. ''My little Dream, calm and sleep. This isn't your fault, all you need to do is settle and make people feel better with your strength.'' The baby grabbed at Nyx's hand before turning over, into her chest, yawning and falling into a long deep sleep. Nyx smiled gently, as she began singing, using the same soft voice that she used before as the lyrics came out of her throat, true to her emotions. ''Hush and sleep....hush now, little baby, it's time for you to go to bed, to your warm resting place......mama and papa are dreaming......, and now it's your turn, hush now.....my little Dream.'' Twilight and Sunset could only watch with shock, the usually annoyed purple haired child had, some how, managed to calm down the baby after scaring her. It was definitely a surprise, since she had not spoken prior to that without one yell in her sentence. The little girl looked up from the baby, her eyes meeting their shocked expressions. She smirked a little. ''What, you didn't assume I would yell at her would you? Sorry to burst your bubble, but I've been looking after Dream for about a month now after I discovered her, laying in a dumpster, where her parents had abandoned her. And lets say, it wasn't a pretty sight for a child of my age to see.'' This brought a choked gasp to Twilight's throat. It was shocking, the older child had obviously gone through some abuse by the way she acted towards adults, or even teenagers and the baby was abandoned. ''So...you found her abandoned...when did this happen and what exactly transpired, Nyx?'' ''...Like I said, about a month or so ago when it was raining due to the April Showers. It was late and I had been rummaging through bins to find something to eat, and when I looked through the particular one, I saw her.....I won't go into detail but it wasn't pleasant.'' Twilight shook her head. She knew it weren't going to be easy to get information out of the black skinned little girl, but she had to try. ''Nyx, I understand you don't trust me and I can clearly see as to why that is, but please, tell us the whole story. We won't hurt you for it, we just need to know. No little girl should be out there on her own, when she could have a family to look after her.'' Nyx looked down, whimpering under her breath. She stared at Dream for a bit before looking back at Twilight and Sunset. Twilight was correct, she didn't trust them but at the same time, Twilight made a valid point that no little girl should be out on the streets with no parental supervision. ''F-fine, I'll tell you the whole s-story. Pay attention, I'm not gonna repeat myself......'' PastOn the last snowy day of March, a baby girl was born, near the Everfree border, to a couple, who never wanted kids, but forget to use protection. The child was named Nyx after the night that she was born under, but she was never given the light that the moon offered as her parents hated her. Whenever they could, they would abuse or take advantage of the child; a task came out, it'd be Nyx's. No matter how hard it was and that included illegally buying alcohol. As she began to grow, Nyx's black coat and purple mane lost their shimmers and her turquoise whites became their natural color. After turning 6 years old, her parents decided they had enough of abusing the child and locked her away in a cupboard like bedroom in the attic of their moderately modern and rich house. It became her room for 2 years, never seeing the outside world, never being allowed to speak. Nyx almost became mute due to not speaking for those 2 years, but she would talk whenever her parents weren't in to keep a hold of it. But on her eighth birthday, Nyx had enough. The starvation and mistreatment had finally got to it and she managed to unlock her bedroom door, she went into the kitchen and grabbed a rather sharp knife and waited for her parents return on the bottom steps of the stairs that faced the dark brown, blue tinted door. The door finally creaked open and Nyx stood, coming face to face with her so called parents. They saw her and slapped her, yelling out. ''WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR ROOM. GET BACK UP THERE, YOU UNGRATEFUL WELT.'' As her father kicked the life out of his child, Nyx's anger and frustration only grew, especially after her mother's rather hurtful comment. She gripped the knife and lashed out. Blood filled her eyes as the lifeless bodies of her murdered parents drop to the floor before her. The blood ran towards her feet, dying the muddy socks in a sea of redness. She panted out, the sight before her horrific. As the corpses of her parents bled out, Nyx ran for her life, fearing the worst; that the police would come and take her to an orphanage. She ran and ran, even after she ran out of energy, she continued to run until her legs gave themselves out. It was snowing, like it had been on the day of her birth. But all it did was make her life even more depressing. She still had hold of the bloody knife and when she saw it, her pupil's shrank to a thin slit as she threw knife as far away as her little arms would let her. She fell to the ground, her clothes drenched with her parents' blood, and her body underneath covered in bruises upon bruises as well as many cuts and wounds, some weeping at the movement the little girl was making, as crystal tears filled her eyes. ''..W-why did....'' She shook her head, as her eyes sprang back to normal. ''No, I shouldn't be like this. They weren't treating me like their child!'' She stood slowly and picked up the knife, cleaning it onto a nearby building. ''This'll come in help later....'' She made the blood, she cleaned onto the wall,. form a message saying 'I hate adults'. She began smirking before slowly stepping through the snow, footsteps trailed behind her, yet clearing up with single flakes of snow. It helped because it would mean nobody would discover her for a few months at least, perhaps a year or two if she was really lucky. ''This won't be too bad..at least I've got something for protection....and I could always steal from dustbins and shops to keep myself alive...as for clothing, I could always trick somebody using my cuteness....'' And that is exactly what she did, for just over 2 years, Nyx went from town to town, stealing and living off the streets. Narrowly escaping every time the police came close to discovering her hideouts, she finally made it to Canterlot, two years later. It was April and she had never been in Canterlot prior to this. Canterlot was different to the other towns she lived and escaped from, it felt magically and what happened there was unique. Wandering through the alleyways, Nyx was attempting to find food, finally feeding a half-rotten piece of pizza to snack on. She couldn't complain, even if it cause her to get ill. It was something to keep her alive and that was it. Suddenly, the silence of the night was cut right through by weak, muffled cries and whimpers. ''Muh-ma......waa-waa...'' The dark skinned girl turned to a large dustbin, that stood out among the trash bins. As the rain fell over her body, making purple worms crawl over her face, Nyx step forward and with some effort, pushed the lid upwards only to gasp at the sight. In the blackness of the dustbin laid a infant, tatted in a broken hospital gown with cuts covering her pale pink coat, it was actually hard to tell what was coat and what was blood, as everything was caked in blood. Next to the baby was a can, will spilling juice, the child's lips reaching to try and take a drink from the can, with little success as it's body squirmed and wiggled. Her visible eye was blackened with a weeping cut just below it. The pink baby's nose was clearing bleeding and just below her hairline, a thin line of blood flowed down. Nyx could also clearly see the infant's ribs, it was that skinny. A lump formed in Nyx's throat, as tears filled her eyes. Tears that hadn't shed once since she killed her parents. This baby, so young, so weak, had suffered a similar sort of thing, yet worse in a way. At least her parents never abandoned her, she abandoned them. Reaching into the bin, the black skinned child slowly picked up the baby, afraid of potentially hurting her more. The tears that threatened to fall finally beat her and she wept for the infant. ''I'm so sorry this happened to you......you poor little thing....Dream Chaser, I won't let this happen to you again.'' Nyx's eyes changed to slits as she made her promise to the infant, she was angry that anyone would leave a baby, and it fueled her hatred towards adults more. A month passed after Nyx started looking at the infant, discovering that Dream was about 2 or 3 months old as she would often shuffle bum after the older child, if she was left on the ground. Nyx loved the little baby like she was a baby sister, but knew it wouldn't work. It was hard enough keeping herself alive, but now with a infant as well. But one day, that all changed when a gang of teenagers walked into the alleyway, finding the two children. The older boys smirked, seeing the kids as pray. Nyx instantly grabbed her knife and stood in front of the child she saw as a sister. She weren't gonna let them hurt Dream, even if it cost her own life. The fight broke out quickly, Nyx using her knife to defend herself but getting beat in the process. Her hair began ragged and lifeless as Dream cried out in shock and worry for her 'older sister' and care taker. Nyx snarled at the older boys and spoke quietly. ''I don't care what you do to me, just don't hurt her!'' ''Oh, we won't.'' smirked the oldest of the boys as he pulled out a dagger and threw it straight at Dream and he began laughing like it was some kind of joke but when a cry of pain and another of sadness filled the air, he knew the dagger's target had changed and his suspicions had been proven when he saw the older child, laying on the ground, bleeding from a knife wound on the side of her body, the dagger resting on the floor with the black skinned child's blood on it. He smirked again and called to his friends, all of them walking off and leaving the children to death since they knew a infant wouldn't survive without help. Nyx weakly looked at Dream, before coughing up a little blood. ''...D-don't worry, Dream...y-you'll be fine. I promise....'' More clotted blood escaped her lips, as her vision faded away; just as a blurry fiery figure began running towards them, with a panicked expression. ''....So there...you have it...'' mumbled the present day Nyx, as she cradled Dream in her arms. She was crying heavily as Twilight tried to give as much comfort to the broken child as she could, with fury boiled within her. Who would do something like this to two harmless children, even if they didn't want kids. Sunset put a hand on the weeping child's shoulder and said gently. ''Do not worry, Nyx. We'll never let this happen to you again. You don't have to suffer no more.'' Twilight nodded in agreement, as tears ran down her own face. ''We'll look after both you and Dream, as soon as your wounds have fully healed that is.'' Recovery''So, Nyx. How are you feeling now?'' asked Sunset, who was leaning at the bottom of the black child's bed, as the child was gently rocking Dream. Nyx looked at the lone girl, thinking back to herself, had it only been a week since she despised them. Yes, a whole week had passed since the day Twilight and Sunset discovered the small child in the dark alleyway. Nyx was finding it very hard to believe that two teenagers, the same age as her brutal attackers, would be helping and caring for her. But, either way, she still had to answer Sunset's quite blunt question. ''Um...yea, Miss Shimmer. I'm feeling better, the wound is no longer hurting and the doctors are even starting to get me out of bed, to do some exercises so my legs don't start to waste away.'' Nyx's mind then thought of something else, and she simply spoke her mind. ''Um, if you don't mind me asking; where Miss Sparkle today?'' Sunset smiled gently; and softly spoke. ''She went home for the day; saying she wanted to spend time with her assistant and family. Not that I blame her; I wish to return home sometimes...'' She shook her head gently. ''Enough on that, you don't need to know anything about me till we start to get better along.'' The flame haired girl walked to the top of the bed and gently hugged Nyx. ''They said you're being released tomorrow, then your coming home with me and Twilight to mine. You get to spend some time with us and Dream, before we have to choose what to do with you two. And so we need your opinion on us, in a common ground; not as people who helped you get better, but as people you been living with and know better.'' Nyx nodded, with a faint blush and smile on her face. She already knew her option in the deepest craven of her head; but of course, it needed proving so Sunset was correct on the matter. She just decided to melt into the hug, as a small tear droplet fell down her cheek. Should she tell Sunset what she thought already, or should it wait. 'This is what you waited for since childhood; Nyx! Don't screw your chances. You could finally have a loving family, for both you and Dream. No more pain, no more hatred and definitely no more of that split personality.' A voice inside her head began to say. Nyx blinked at 'split personality', well it was true. She could be nervous and kind at times and very aggressive at others, each of which was usually displayed by the appearance of her pupil. 'But..' Nyx started to reply to the voice. 'What if they end up like my parents......what then, will I just spiral worse and worse into this corrupted state of mind. I don't want that!....I-I..d-don't want that to happen.' Unaware of it, tears began to flow from her now dagger looking eyes. Sunset, however, noticed and came to intimidate concern. ''Hey, are you alright? Does it hurt!?'' She said, trying to calm the sobbing purple haired child down with noted little success. Nyx was in her own world, devoid of Sunset or her worry filled voice. ''Nyx, oy. Wake up!'' Finally Nyx's eyes shook open even more, as she panted out; tears spilling from her eyes as she collapsed into Sunset's arms. She mumbled out, sobbing at every turn as her voice hiccuped. ''I'm so-sorry...Sunset. I-I can't control my emo-emotions......'' She calmed a little, still sobbing and hiccuping harshly though. ''....I keep thinking, what if I came to l-love you...but then you left me. I know I should not be thinking these....things......but my head won't stop......I'm scared, even if I don't want to be!'' Sunset slowly rubbed the child's back, drawing small circles in a way to calm her down, mumbling a couple of comforting things before gently speaking out. ''It's alright, sweetie. Nobody will blame you for thinking these things, after everything you been through. Shh, calm down. Whoever did these things to you were evil, plain and simple.....I know what's it's like to be evil, but I can promise you that I never want to relive those feelings of pain, hatred, loss and malice. And I'm sure you wouldn't, right Nyx?'' Nyx looked up at the tanned girl, sobbing slowly before nodding. ''N-no....I never want to relive the day I killed my parents.....those feelings of murder and hatred overcame me and the instant they did, I I....'' She weren't able to finish, and decided to just lay in Sunset's arms. Her tears started to run dry as Sunset gently smiled and brought her in tighter. ''S-Sunset, i-if....I said I wanted you to adopt me......would you really? Be true to your heart. Please, I just need to know....am I just a child you pity or...am I a child you actually fully care about, even if I've been aggressive and rude...'' ''Of course I care about you, Nyx. Your sweet and while, yes, I do pity you but only because I believe no child should go through what you went through in your life, it's very unfair. I went through a lot of hardship as a fil-child and I don't want anybody else to go through the same pain that I did.'' ''Y-you went through pain as well?'' whispered Nyx, looking at the older girl with her still redden turquoise eyes. ''Well....it's a very long story, Nyx and I would prefer if Twilight was with us and besides, it'll feel wrong to me, for you to know one of my secrets, when I don't really know much about you.'' Nyx nodded slowly in agreement, it was right; nobody should reveal secrets prior to knowing the person better and now thinking about it, her asking definitely felt incorrect and kinda mean. ''I'm sorry for asking........I'll wait to find out.'' The dark skinned child whispered. She gently pulled herself out of the embrace and looked down at Dream, beginning to smile gently. ''Besides, I need to be happy for Dream. Can't always be upset when there's a baby around, she'll just pick up my sadness even though she's young.'' Sunset nodded and smiled, gently. ''Well, I'm gonna take my leave now.'' She said, as she gently removed Dream from the 10 year old's hands. ''You need to calm down and I'm getting tired, besides visiting hour is almost up. Well, see you tomorrow, Nyxie.'' Nyx blushed, saying see ya slowly, as she watched Sunset and Dream leave. It suddenly became all lonely as she pulled her knees to her chest as her tears began to flow once more, out of uncertainty and fear. ''I hope Sunset is correct about this......''
WanderersTwilight and Sunset walked through the streets of Canterlot, it was a glistening bright day with everybody out, enjoying the peaceful warmth of the summer's day. Twilight, having come from her world to have a date with Sunset, was happy as could be. She leaned on her girlfriend's shoulder, as Sunset gave her a peaceful smile. ''Sunset, I'm so happy that Celestia gave me a break today.'' Twilight whispered, closing her eyes as Sunset leaned in and gently kissed the purple girl's forehead. The latter girl's blushed brightly, looking around before reaching up to the taller girl and kissing her lips. Sunset was a little surprised by the adorkable, shy girl's sudden assertiveness but soon melted right into the kiss. The orange girl put her hands on her girlfriend's shoulder, to deepen the kiss. The two girls kissed for a little while longer, but suddenly Sunset pulled away. Twilight was caught off guard, and decided to follow Sunset's eyes as they trail into a nearby alleyway. In the alleyway was a couple of figures, but it was too dark to recognize what the figures were and in some sense, the lack of knowledge made it unclear. ''What....'' Sunset suddenly let go of Twilight's shoulder and bolted into the neighboring alleyway, to see what the figures were. Twilight, unable to process that Sunset had ran off, looked around for a few seconds before stepping, slowly but surely, towards the alleyway. She finally worked the courage and ran in only to gasp at the sight; Sunset was holding a sleeping baby, stroking her fingers through the fuzzy hair that were built up on the infant's head while laying down next to her was a badly injured, unconscious little girl. Sunset's eyes were misted with sadness as Twilight slowly pulled the injured girl's head onto her lap. The purple haired girl quickly examined the child, noticing blood weeping from the girl's side and from under her skirt. ''We have to take her to the hospital!'' Sunset instantly nodded, as she got the unconscious girl onto her back, while Twilight took the infant into her own arms. She didn't care if the blood ran through her back, as long as they got to the hospital with enough time to help the children. Twilight was in just as much distress as she held the infant close. While the baby wasn't bleeding, they was badly malnourished, which was the cause of Twilight's personal distress, that and of course, the older child's injuries. While running, Twilight decided to calm herself down by taking in the children's appearance; the infant asleep in her arms was wearing a white onesie that covered the child's pale pink skin that was many shades lighter then Pinkie Pie and Cadance. The fuzz of hair that sprouted on the baby's head was a mist of red and purple while the sleeping child's eyes were a complete mystery, as least for a few minutes before the azure orbs opened as the infant began to cry out for food. While calming the infant down, whispering that food was coming, Twilight's eyes trailed along the older child's body. She looked about the age of the human crusaders with a body of dark gray, almost black, ruined by the glistening trails of blood. The child's hair was a long, tangled mass of regal purple that glimmered in the light of the sun. And she wore a purple vest top and black trousers, but both were stained with streaks of red. Tears filled Twilight's eyes, as her thoughts were invaded by persisted images of her own daughter in this situation as the older child looked identical to her young daughter, Nyx. With the exception of a teal headband that Nyx adored wearing, and the child's eyes; which had briefly opened to reveal the same bright turquoise but with a different appearance; see, Nyx's eyes looked like that of a dragon, but with pale turquoise whites, this child didn't have those eyes. But as the hospital came into view, Twilight's thoughts managed to rid themselves of the awful and tear jerking images as she began to cry out of hope for the children. There was hope now and she wasn't going to let some images stop her from seeing that the two children were brought to health and that their past would be discovered. As now, two questions filled Twilight's mind; who were these kids? Why were they in a alleyway, one being injured? Sunset was quick to explain where she had discovered the children and that she wasn't sure on who they were to the patient doctors, as they checked over the infant. The child had been discovered to be a baby girl; that weighed 4.2 pounds. Which caused quick concern to Twilight and Sunset, as the child was severely underweight and might not even survive. The doctor instantly put the young baby on a drip to stabilize her before turning to the worried couple. ''The drip will stabilize her, but she's gonna have to be under strict care for a few days; but all the nurses are busy. Miss Sparkle, Miss Shimmer, would it be alright for you to take her in for a few days and follow the feeding program. In 5 days, I want to at least have her at 4.5 pounds.'' He then sighed, as the two girls nodded in understanding, before continuing. ''As for the older child; she will be out of surgery in a few hours and will be strictly watched; since we don't know her legal guardians, we have placed you two as her guardians within the hospital, so that you can be kept up to date on her care; since you will be looking after her sister for a little while.'' Twilight was the first to speak, as Sunset was still getting over her shock and upset. She stood and said gently. ''We'll be happy to look after the little one for a few days, doctor. Please take care of her older sister.'' The doctor smiled, as he told her to let the baby off the drip in a hour, then come to him to tell them that they were heading home, as he gave her a slip with the details for the baby's feeding program. After the doctor left them alone, she turned to Sunset, with a few fresh tears dripping down her cheeks. ''They'll be okay, right?'' ''We can only hope they'll be,...their so young and yet so full of pain and anguish. Why would anyone just ignore a pair of innocent children?'' whispered Sunset, as Twilight sat down and hugged her, as the two wept slightly for the pair of children, who weren't even theirs.
AftermathAn hour later, Twilight slowly took the little baby off the drip and lifted her up into a sitting position, holding her arms to keep the sleeping child up, to check her over with the signs showing to be on the good side. The child's pink skin had brightened up a lot, and even seemed to be on the same shade spectrum as Cadance's coat, but still brighter by a few colors. She gently picked the baby up and began to snuggle the little girl, who smiled gently despite her sleeping form. She smiled at the bright smile that crossed the baby's face. She carried the child to her seat, where Sunset was looking down at her hands, thinking hardly. Twilight sat down, laying the baby in her left arm, while she gently touched Sunset, who gasped out and looked at her girlfriend with shock. ''Why are you spacing out, Sunset?'' Twilight asked slowly, as she placed her right arm under the child's bum and began to rock it. ''Just thinking; why are these children so sad.............I mean, the older sibling was clearly attacked just prior to when we arrived....and the younger in malnourished. Wait a second....'' mumbled Sunset, as she looked at the baby's fuzzy two-toned hair and skin tone. ''They look nothing alike...so are they siblings?'' ''Maybe not, when the older sibling wakes, I'll ask the doctor to preform a DNA test.'' said Twilight, as she gently passed the baby to Sunset. ''I wonder what their names are, we can't keep calling them 'older sibling', 'younger sibling' or 'child' and 'baby'....'' She leaned on Sunset's shoulder, frowning a little as she looked at the baby. They couldn't exactly ask the baby, for obvious reasons and the older child was still unconscious, even though she was now out of surgery. ''Yeah..., it's sad.'' mumbled Sunset, as she leaned on Twilight's resting head, as a tear rolled down her cheek and onto the baby's face, causing her to awaken and cry out. Sunset gasped out and began to fumble around, not used to babies. ''What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do!?...I never dealt with a baby before!'' ''Give her here.'' Twilight said, calmly. Sunset nodded, with panic in her eyes, giving the crying baby to her girlfriend, who gently began rocking the baby. She took a deep breath and began singing the short lullaby that Fluttershy had taught her a month prior to calm Flurry Heart down when she wouldn't fall to sleep. ''Hush now, quiet now. It's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now. It's time to go to bed...'' She slowly stopped singing, as the infant fell to sleep. ''Whoa...'' mumbled Sunset, before picking up a bit of a voice. ''How...did you? Do you happen to know a infant in Equestria?'' Twilight smiled at her girlfriend, as she rested the infant back in her arms. ''I happen to, my brother recently had a baby girl and because I'm her aunt, I often go over to the empire to foalsit her for them as she's a bit powerful with her magic and flight, even though it has calmed down since when she was less then a week old.'' Sunset nodded, before a thought went through her mind due to what Twilight had said, magic and flight. It made it sound like Twilight's niece was a alicorn, but that was impossible, Sunset's beliefs and thoughts told her but she had to make sure. ''Magic and flight?...........Your niece wouldn't happen to be a alicorn, would she?'' ''She is. My sister-in-law is a alicorn, and so somehow, her genes were passed onto my niece, Flurry Heart. Being an alicorn newborn, her magic and flight are both more powerful then that of a newborn unicorn and pegasus, like Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake. Though she isn't the only young alicorn that I know...'' Sunset blinked, but decided not to question what the last part meant. Instead, she decided to ask about the cake twins. ''...So the cake twins are fraternal twins in their races as well?...But, I would have thought Mr and Mrs Cake were Earth Ponies....judging by the way they act; earth ponies tend to be down to earth and focused, with the exception of Pinkie Pie. Pegasus tend to be active and sporty, with Fluttershy being the exception to that one and unicorns tend to more mature and studious. So it is easy to tell the type of pony they are, even in the human world. With the obvious exceptions.'' ''They are.'' Twilight giggled, especially when Sunset's perplexed face appeared in her view, as she thought about what Sunset said about the pony races in the human world, it did make sense as even in Equestria, the races were stereotyped like that. ''There's unicorn and pegasus blood in their genes that were somehow passed to the cake twins, and they are powerful for infants...Pinkie says she has a lot of trouble foalsitting them, especially the first time she foalsat them.'' ''I can just imagine.'' Sunset giggled, she thought about what her own parents told her prior to her leaving Equestria that she once made herself invisible as a foal, and ran around the house and garden, and nobody could find her, even her twin brother, who was weaker at magic. She quickly told Twilight the story, while stroking the baby's hair with her fingers. Twilight smiled, glad that her girlfriend managed to cheer up. She got up, causing the baby to stir slightly but fall straight back to sleep, much to their relief. She then spoke softly to not reawaken the sleeping infant, as she walked towards the door.''Well, we should head to the doctor and sign out. It's been a long day, but before we do, how about we check to see if we can visit the little one before we head back to your apartment.'' Sunset nodded in agreement, she too wanted to see if the little child was alright, especially because of how severe her wounds were when they discovered her. The condition of the child worried her greatly and just looking into Twilight's eyes showed the exact same feeling was running through her girlfriend's mind, but with a little extra that Sunset couldn't put her finger onto. The two girls walked out of the little room, to look for the doctor that had checked the small infant over and eventually came across him. He smiled at them and said gently, as to not upset the baby again. ''Are you here to sign out?'' ''Yes, and no.'' stated Twilight, slowly. ''We want to ask if we could see her older sister, even if it's just a quick peek. We just want to know that she's okay.'' The doctor nodded, with a display of sadness on his face. ''She's not awake, so I can't let you stay long but as long as you are quiet, I can let you have 5 minutes to see her. If she wakes up though, I'll let you have longer, but she'll have a headache due to hitting her head on the pavement when she was attacked.'' The girlfriends nodded, and the baby seemed to wake and nod with them for that moment. The doctor let them across the hall towards the left part of the building, where the little child slept. They walked into a room, which was lit only by a small candle resting on a nightstand. The dark skinned child was sleeping sound, but with her face creased with pain and perhaps fear from the nightmare she was clearly having. ''The poor thing...'' whispered Twilight, feeling sorrow for the child that looked so alike to her very own daughter. She walked over and gently stroked the child's now neater locks. ''I hope you awaken soon, sweetie...maybe then we'll discover more about you...and the infant.'' She smiled a little when she noticed the child relax, like the dream had faded; but gasped when the child's turquoise eyes weakly fluttered opened. Painfully, the little one sat up and stared directly at the two, as well as at her 'baby sister', blinking before weakly grasping out. ''...Wh-where am I....? W-who a-are you and why d-do you h-have a h-hold of D-Drweam...Chaser....'' Her voice was so raspy and weak that it was hard for the couple to make out what she was saying, besides a couple of the words; but they both knew what she meant. The little one was obviously not trusting of adults; especially after what she said next. ''G-give her to me!''
ScarredWith the little girl awake, and now cradling Dream Chaser, who was the baby. Even though she was tickling the baby's belly, she was keeping a keen eye on the teenagers in the room, like she didn't want them coming any nearer then they already was to her. She growled a little. ''Who are you!? Why are you crowding around me!? WHY DID YOU HAVE A HOLD OF DREAM!'' She screamed out, unable to control her emotions, as tears began to slide down her cheeks, falling off her redden nose, as she didn't take her glaring turquoise eyes off the girls. Sunset looked at Twilight, sadly and her girlfriend nodded. The purple haired girl looked once at the 'clone' of her child, as she took one worry filled step towards the child, who snarled at her. Twilight sighed as she gently spoke to the angry child. ''My name is Twilight Sparkle, and this here is Sunset Shimmer, my girlfriend. We found you injured in a alleyway, with Dream Chaser. We instantly took you here, as you were badly injured and Dream was...or is, severely malnourished.'' ''But why did you have a hold of her?!'' cried the little one, refusing the git the gist of what Twilight was saying. ''Because the doctor asked me and Twilight to look after her as the nurses couldn't take care of the poor infant, and he also feared what your reaction would be if a complete stranger were, to say, breast feed her. With us being teens, we can't lactate to feed her that way so there won't be too much connection made.'' said Sunset, as she sat down on the child's bed, looking at the dark skinned child's eyes. ''Now, may I ask for your name? Unless you want to be called 'child' for the rest of the night or even week.'' The child stared straight into Sunset's eyes for a bit, before sighing. ''Nyx...my name is Nyx.'' The name broke Twilight's concentration on the child's eyes. The name proved her theory about the child, Nyx was the human counterpart of her adoptive daughter, but then who was the pony counterpart of Dream Chaser, she didn't recognize the child from Ponyville or Canterlot, even though she knew the human world was. at least, about a year behind, as from what she had heard from the human Twilight, human Cadance and Shining Armor weren't even married. Well, it didn't matter much. What matter was discovering what Nyx knew about the attack and why she was in the alleyway, with a newborn infant at that. Twilight decided to ask what she needed to know, even though she understood that Nyx probably wouldn't answer her. ''Nyx, I know this bit might make you unsettled but I want to ask you, why were you in that alleyway; where are your parents?'' ''Do. Not. Mention. That. Word. Around. Me!'' growled Nyx, clearly not liking the sound of the word 'parents'. Maybe something had happened, and if so, that just made Twilight even more curious and concerned for her daughter's counterpart's history. The black skinned child calmed, yet was still glaring at Twilight. ''My history is none of your concern, you know my name now. Get out the hell out of this room!'' The scream caused a issue though; Dream's eyes instantly shot open and filled with tears, as her mouth opened wide as she cried loudly. The cry caught Nyx off guard but she was quick to begin rocking the little baby. ''Shh, it's okay, it's okay. Dreamy. I didn't mean to yell around you, big sis is just a little upset.'' She continued to rock the child, and began speaking with a soft tone to her usual raspy growls. ''My little Dream, calm and sleep. This isn't your fault, all you need to do is settle and make people feel better with your strength.'' The baby grabbed at Nyx's hand before turning over, into her chest, yawning and falling into a long deep sleep. Nyx smiled gently, as she began singing, using the same soft voice that she used before as the lyrics came out of her throat, true to her emotions. ''Hush and sleep....hush now, little baby, it's time for you to go to bed, to your warm resting place......mama and papa are dreaming......, and now it's your turn, hush now.....my little Dream.'' Twilight and Sunset could only watch with shock, the usually annoyed purple haired child had, some how, managed to calm down the baby after scaring her. It was definitely a surprise, since she had not spoken prior to that without one yell in her sentence. The little girl looked up from the baby, her eyes meeting their shocked expressions. She smirked a little. ''What, you didn't assume I would yell at her would you? Sorry to burst your bubble, but I've been looking after Dream for about a month now after I discovered her, laying in a dumpster, where her parents had abandoned her. And lets say, it wasn't a pretty sight for a child of my age to see.'' This brought a choked gasp to Twilight's throat. It was shocking, the older child had obviously gone through some abuse by the way she acted towards adults, or even teenagers and the baby was abandoned. ''So...you found her abandoned...when did this happen and what exactly transpired, Nyx?'' ''...Like I said, about a month or so ago when it was raining due to the April Showers. It was late and I had been rummaging through bins to find something to eat, and when I looked through the particular one, I saw her.....I won't go into detail but it wasn't pleasant.'' Twilight shook her head. She knew it weren't going to be easy to get information out of the black skinned little girl, but she had to try. ''Nyx, I understand you don't trust me and I can clearly see as to why that is, but please, tell us the whole story. We won't hurt you for it, we just need to know. No little girl should be out there on her own, when she could have a family to look after her.'' Nyx looked down, whimpering under her breath. She stared at Dream for a bit before looking back at Twilight and Sunset. Twilight was correct, she didn't trust them but at the same time, Twilight made a valid point that no little girl should be out on the streets with no parental supervision. ''F-fine, I'll tell you the whole s-story. Pay attention, I'm not gonna repeat myself......''
PastOn the last snowy day of March, a baby girl was born, near the Everfree border, to a couple, who never wanted kids, but forget to use protection. The child was named Nyx after the night that she was born under, but she was never given the light that the moon offered as her parents hated her. Whenever they could, they would abuse or take advantage of the child; a task came out, it'd be Nyx's. No matter how hard it was and that included illegally buying alcohol. As she began to grow, Nyx's black coat and purple mane lost their shimmers and her turquoise whites became their natural color. After turning 6 years old, her parents decided they had enough of abusing the child and locked her away in a cupboard like bedroom in the attic of their moderately modern and rich house. It became her room for 2 years, never seeing the outside world, never being allowed to speak. Nyx almost became mute due to not speaking for those 2 years, but she would talk whenever her parents weren't in to keep a hold of it. But on her eighth birthday, Nyx had enough. The starvation and mistreatment had finally got to it and she managed to unlock her bedroom door, she went into the kitchen and grabbed a rather sharp knife and waited for her parents return on the bottom steps of the stairs that faced the dark brown, blue tinted door. The door finally creaked open and Nyx stood, coming face to face with her so called parents. They saw her and slapped her, yelling out. ''WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR ROOM. GET BACK UP THERE, YOU UNGRATEFUL WELT.'' As her father kicked the life out of his child, Nyx's anger and frustration only grew, especially after her mother's rather hurtful comment. She gripped the knife and lashed out. Blood filled her eyes as the lifeless bodies of her murdered parents drop to the floor before her. The blood ran towards her feet, dying the muddy socks in a sea of redness. She panted out, the sight before her horrific. As the corpses of her parents bled out, Nyx ran for her life, fearing the worst; that the police would come and take her to an orphanage. She ran and ran, even after she ran out of energy, she continued to run until her legs gave themselves out. It was snowing, like it had been on the day of her birth. But all it did was make her life even more depressing. She still had hold of the bloody knife and when she saw it, her pupil's shrank to a thin slit as she threw knife as far away as her little arms would let her. She fell to the ground, her clothes drenched with her parents' blood, and her body underneath covered in bruises upon bruises as well as many cuts and wounds, some weeping at the movement the little girl was making, as crystal tears filled her eyes. ''..W-why did....'' She shook her head, as her eyes sprang back to normal. ''No, I shouldn't be like this. They weren't treating me like their child!'' She stood slowly and picked up the knife, cleaning it onto a nearby building. ''This'll come in help later....'' She made the blood, she cleaned onto the wall,. form a message saying 'I hate adults'. She began smirking before slowly stepping through the snow, footsteps trailed behind her, yet clearing up with single flakes of snow. It helped because it would mean nobody would discover her for a few months at least, perhaps a year or two if she was really lucky. ''This won't be too bad..at least I've got something for protection....and I could always steal from dustbins and shops to keep myself alive...as for clothing, I could always trick somebody using my cuteness....'' And that is exactly what she did, for just over 2 years, Nyx went from town to town, stealing and living off the streets. Narrowly escaping every time the police came close to discovering her hideouts, she finally made it to Canterlot, two years later. It was April and she had never been in Canterlot prior to this. Canterlot was different to the other towns she lived and escaped from, it felt magically and what happened there was unique. Wandering through the alleyways, Nyx was attempting to find food, finally feeding a half-rotten piece of pizza to snack on. She couldn't complain, even if it cause her to get ill. It was something to keep her alive and that was it. Suddenly, the silence of the night was cut right through by weak, muffled cries and whimpers. ''Muh-ma......waa-waa...'' The dark skinned girl turned to a large dustbin, that stood out among the trash bins. As the rain fell over her body, making purple worms crawl over her face, Nyx step forward and with some effort, pushed the lid upwards only to gasp at the sight. In the blackness of the dustbin laid a infant, tatted in a broken hospital gown with cuts covering her pale pink coat, it was actually hard to tell what was coat and what was blood, as everything was caked in blood. Next to the baby was a can, will spilling juice, the child's lips reaching to try and take a drink from the can, with little success as it's body squirmed and wiggled. Her visible eye was blackened with a weeping cut just below it. The pink baby's nose was clearing bleeding and just below her hairline, a thin line of blood flowed down. Nyx could also clearly see the infant's ribs, it was that skinny. A lump formed in Nyx's throat, as tears filled her eyes. Tears that hadn't shed once since she killed her parents. This baby, so young, so weak, had suffered a similar sort of thing, yet worse in a way. At least her parents never abandoned her, she abandoned them. Reaching into the bin, the black skinned child slowly picked up the baby, afraid of potentially hurting her more. The tears that threatened to fall finally beat her and she wept for the infant. ''I'm so sorry this happened to you......you poor little thing....Dream Chaser, I won't let this happen to you again.'' Nyx's eyes changed to slits as she made her promise to the infant, she was angry that anyone would leave a baby, and it fueled her hatred towards adults more. A month passed after Nyx started looking at the infant, discovering that Dream was about 2 or 3 months old as she would often shuffle bum after the older child, if she was left on the ground. Nyx loved the little baby like she was a baby sister, but knew it wouldn't work. It was hard enough keeping herself alive, but now with a infant as well. But one day, that all changed when a gang of teenagers walked into the alleyway, finding the two children. The older boys smirked, seeing the kids as pray. Nyx instantly grabbed her knife and stood in front of the child she saw as a sister. She weren't gonna let them hurt Dream, even if it cost her own life. The fight broke out quickly, Nyx using her knife to defend herself but getting beat in the process. Her hair began ragged and lifeless as Dream cried out in shock and worry for her 'older sister' and care taker. Nyx snarled at the older boys and spoke quietly. ''I don't care what you do to me, just don't hurt her!'' ''Oh, we won't.'' smirked the oldest of the boys as he pulled out a dagger and threw it straight at Dream and he began laughing like it was some kind of joke but when a cry of pain and another of sadness filled the air, he knew the dagger's target had changed and his suspicions had been proven when he saw the older child, laying on the ground, bleeding from a knife wound on the side of her body, the dagger resting on the floor with the black skinned child's blood on it. He smirked again and called to his friends, all of them walking off and leaving the children to death since they knew a infant wouldn't survive without help. Nyx weakly looked at Dream, before coughing up a little blood. ''...D-don't worry, Dream...y-you'll be fine. I promise....'' More clotted blood escaped her lips, as her vision faded away; just as a blurry fiery figure began running towards them, with a panicked expression. ''....So there...you have it...'' mumbled the present day Nyx, as she cradled Dream in her arms. She was crying heavily as Twilight tried to give as much comfort to the broken child as she could, with fury boiled within her. Who would do something like this to two harmless children, even if they didn't want kids. Sunset put a hand on the weeping child's shoulder and said gently. ''Do not worry, Nyx. We'll never let this happen to you again. You don't have to suffer no more.'' Twilight nodded in agreement, as tears ran down her own face. ''We'll look after both you and Dream, as soon as your wounds have fully healed that is.''
Recovery''So, Nyx. How are you feeling now?'' asked Sunset, who was leaning at the bottom of the black child's bed, as the child was gently rocking Dream. Nyx looked at the lone girl, thinking back to herself, had it only been a week since she despised them. Yes, a whole week had passed since the day Twilight and Sunset discovered the small child in the dark alleyway. Nyx was finding it very hard to believe that two teenagers, the same age as her brutal attackers, would be helping and caring for her. But, either way, she still had to answer Sunset's quite blunt question. ''Um...yea, Miss Shimmer. I'm feeling better, the wound is no longer hurting and the doctors are even starting to get me out of bed, to do some exercises so my legs don't start to waste away.'' Nyx's mind then thought of something else, and she simply spoke her mind. ''Um, if you don't mind me asking; where Miss Sparkle today?'' Sunset smiled gently; and softly spoke. ''She went home for the day; saying she wanted to spend time with her assistant and family. Not that I blame her; I wish to return home sometimes...'' She shook her head gently. ''Enough on that, you don't need to know anything about me till we start to get better along.'' The flame haired girl walked to the top of the bed and gently hugged Nyx. ''They said you're being released tomorrow, then your coming home with me and Twilight to mine. You get to spend some time with us and Dream, before we have to choose what to do with you two. And so we need your opinion on us, in a common ground; not as people who helped you get better, but as people you been living with and know better.'' Nyx nodded, with a faint blush and smile on her face. She already knew her option in the deepest craven of her head; but of course, it needed proving so Sunset was correct on the matter. She just decided to melt into the hug, as a small tear droplet fell down her cheek. Should she tell Sunset what she thought already, or should it wait. 'This is what you waited for since childhood; Nyx! Don't screw your chances. You could finally have a loving family, for both you and Dream. No more pain, no more hatred and definitely no more of that split personality.' A voice inside her head began to say. Nyx blinked at 'split personality', well it was true. She could be nervous and kind at times and very aggressive at others, each of which was usually displayed by the appearance of her pupil. 'But..' Nyx started to reply to the voice. 'What if they end up like my parents......what then, will I just spiral worse and worse into this corrupted state of mind. I don't want that!....I-I..d-don't want that to happen.' Unaware of it, tears began to flow from her now dagger looking eyes. Sunset, however, noticed and came to intimidate concern. ''Hey, are you alright? Does it hurt!?'' She said, trying to calm the sobbing purple haired child down with noted little success. Nyx was in her own world, devoid of Sunset or her worry filled voice. ''Nyx, oy. Wake up!'' Finally Nyx's eyes shook open even more, as she panted out; tears spilling from her eyes as she collapsed into Sunset's arms. She mumbled out, sobbing at every turn as her voice hiccuped. ''I'm so-sorry...Sunset. I-I can't control my emo-emotions......'' She calmed a little, still sobbing and hiccuping harshly though. ''....I keep thinking, what if I came to l-love you...but then you left me. I know I should not be thinking these....things......but my head won't stop......I'm scared, even if I don't want to be!'' Sunset slowly rubbed the child's back, drawing small circles in a way to calm her down, mumbling a couple of comforting things before gently speaking out. ''It's alright, sweetie. Nobody will blame you for thinking these things, after everything you been through. Shh, calm down. Whoever did these things to you were evil, plain and simple.....I know what's it's like to be evil, but I can promise you that I never want to relive those feelings of pain, hatred, loss and malice. And I'm sure you wouldn't, right Nyx?'' Nyx looked up at the tanned girl, sobbing slowly before nodding. ''N-no....I never want to relive the day I killed my parents.....those feelings of murder and hatred overcame me and the instant they did, I I....'' She weren't able to finish, and decided to just lay in Sunset's arms. Her tears started to run dry as Sunset gently smiled and brought her in tighter. ''S-Sunset, i-if....I said I wanted you to adopt me......would you really? Be true to your heart. Please, I just need to know....am I just a child you pity or...am I a child you actually fully care about, even if I've been aggressive and rude...'' ''Of course I care about you, Nyx. Your sweet and while, yes, I do pity you but only because I believe no child should go through what you went through in your life, it's very unfair. I went through a lot of hardship as a fil-child and I don't want anybody else to go through the same pain that I did.'' ''Y-you went through pain as well?'' whispered Nyx, looking at the older girl with her still redden turquoise eyes. ''Well....it's a very long story, Nyx and I would prefer if Twilight was with us and besides, it'll feel wrong to me, for you to know one of my secrets, when I don't really know much about you.'' Nyx nodded slowly in agreement, it was right; nobody should reveal secrets prior to knowing the person better and now thinking about it, her asking definitely felt incorrect and kinda mean. ''I'm sorry for asking........I'll wait to find out.'' The dark skinned child whispered. She gently pulled herself out of the embrace and looked down at Dream, beginning to smile gently. ''Besides, I need to be happy for Dream. Can't always be upset when there's a baby around, she'll just pick up my sadness even though she's young.'' Sunset nodded and smiled, gently. ''Well, I'm gonna take my leave now.'' She said, as she gently removed Dream from the 10 year old's hands. ''You need to calm down and I'm getting tired, besides visiting hour is almost up. Well, see you tomorrow, Nyxie.'' Nyx blushed, saying see ya slowly, as she watched Sunset and Dream leave. It suddenly became all lonely as she pulled her knees to her chest as her tears began to flow once more, out of uncertainty and fear. ''I hope Sunset is correct about this......''
