Frozen Moon

Chapter 1: Vengeance

It was a cold winter evening. You were walking through the streets of Detrot, going home after having worked a long shift at a local restaurant as a waiter. Your boss almost fired you today because you spilled hot soup over a costumer after somepony shoved his chair back and hit you, making you fall over. Luckily, he promised, after a free meal and a V.I.P treatment, that he wouldn’t sue the restaurant or you. But you had to pay with your salary, and the food costed more than half what you earned. You were used to living with only a few bits to spare, but this month would be particularly hard to overcome, and not to forget the money that son of a bitch 'step father' drank away.

As you were deep in thought of the disappointments of today, you accidentally missed your turn and walked in the wrong direction. You found yourself in the ‘bad’ neighborhood. You look around and realized where you were. You decide that the best option is to go back the way you came as fast as possible.

As you turned around there were three earth pony stallions standing behind you. They were eagerly glaring you, especially your bag of bits strapped at your sides which only contained half of your salary due to the events of today. You were in dying need of the money to sustain you and your sister; you couldn’t just let them take it.

'Not that way!’ you thought, and stepped a few paces back. The stallions closed in step by step. You were ready to sprint off, right before realizing that you are a Pegasus, and had wings. You gave yourself a mental kick for being so stupid, and opened your wings.

One of the three stallions brought his hoof to his mouth gave a sharp whistle, followed by the sounds of wing beats. "Why does this always happen to me?" You sighed at the sight of two Pegasai shooting up in the sky.

"Give us the bits and you are free to leave unharmed!" The pony who had whistled said. ‘Probably the leader,' you thought.

"P-please let me go, I need the money for my family," you said to the earth pony.

"Yeah, sure you do, but we want to go to the pub!" He said with a snicker.

You looked at the two Pegasai and realized that you could easily out fly them. "Ugh, I wanted to walk home today!" You sighed and took off.

The two Pegasai immediately started the chase, and as expected, you were way much faster. As you kept making distance you could hear them swear at you in annoyance, which brought a smile on your face.

After a few minutes of flying, you started your descent, and landed in front of an old apartment building. You folded your wings and walked inside the building. You were worried about your little sister, your always drunk step father would pick her up from school, seeing as you didn’t have the time for it since you were working. You stopped at the fifth floor and took out your keys from your saddlebags and opened the door of the apartment.

"Star, I’m home!" You call as you walked, and you closed and locked the door behind you.

"Star?" You call again with a tint of concern in your voice after not getting a response from her. Usually as soon as you walked in, she tackled you with a huge hug.

A loud snoring came from couch. You walked towards the sound to investigate it, but you already knew what you were going to walk in to. You found an dark brown earthpony stallion fast asleep on the couch, lying on his back, covered in empty liquor bottles. You growl angrily and bucked him, causing him to shoot up and spastically wave his hooves around.

"No I haven’t been drinking, pony police mister!" He babbled and fell back asleep.

"Ugh, wake up, you useless piece of shit!" You shouted and bucked him again. "Did you pick Star up from school?"

The stallion peeped one of his eyes open and looked at you. "W-what, oh yeah sure," he mumbled and turned around in a more comfortable position, trying to nap again.

You bucked him again. "Where is she then!?!?" You shouted at him. The kick caused him to grimace, but he turned around and was now facing you.

He smacked you across the face with his right front hoof. "Listen here, you little worm! If you kick me one more time…" he stopped to think. "Then I’ll do… stuff that’s painful… and such!"

You feel a little stream of blood running over your cheek where he had struck you. You punch him back and place your hoof on his throat, pinning him down on the couch. 'How much I would like to push through right now,’ you thought but didn’t do it.

"I’m not gonna ask you again… where is she?" you demand calmly while glaring at him. ‘Why does this feel like an interrogation?’ You thought and forced yourself not to smile at the silly thought.

"S-she’s just showering, she got in a fight or something!" He stuttered between gasps of breath.

You let him go and walked towards the bathroom, indeed you heard the shower running. You sighed and turned around, and a hoof connected once again with your face. As you were stunned, your stepfather pinned you down on the floor. He unfolded one of your wings and started to bend it in a wrong direction. You didn't notice the shower stop running.

"Say 'I'm sorry, daddy, for hurting you'!" He commanded.

"You are not my father, you useless filth," you replied with your face on the floor while being held down by the fat stallion.

"You are a bad colt, aren’t you?" He mocked as he applied more pressure on your wing. "Say 'sorry' to daddy!"

You started to struggle against his grip and noticed that the simple struggle made it hard for him to keep you in place. You tried to get up with all your might. You slowly rose from your hooves and he let go from his grapple hold. You bucked him again, causing him to stumble on his hooves.

Your rage took over as you attacked him, giving him a hard right in his face. The pony in front of you stumbled again and collapsed, barely able to keep his eyes focused. You made another hard blow, this time against the right temple of his head. He was still conscious and was looking around the room vaguely. You place another punch in his face, busting his upper lip. Another hit, this one aimed directly on his left eye.

Another blow, and another, and another. You lifted your hoof to make another fierce blow, as you want to bring it down you found that it is held back. You looked at your hoof, it was covered in a white magical aura as it was in blood. Furiously you look back over your shoulder, directly into two bright green eyes that could melt glaciers. The eyes of your sister.

"Please stop," She said, and she started to sob at the sight of you in such a rage.

"S-Star...I-I" you stutter, the whole situation became suddenly real.

"Why do you two always have to fight?!?!" She shouted and ran away to her room.

You wiped of your hoof on the carpet, next to other stains of Celestia knows what. You climbed to your hooves and walked to Star's room, and there she was sitting on her bed.

Tears were running over her light pink cheeks, causing your heart to break. You walked up to her and sat next to her on the bed. You pulled her in a hug, but she pushed you away, and looked at you in disgust.

"You know that mom never had wanted any of this!" She shouted, causing you to recoil. "I am fourteen years old, and you are almost twenty! Learn to behave for Luna’s sake! What the hay is wrong with you?" She yelled and glared deep into your eyes, hurting your soul.

"Make that little bitch shut the fuck up!" The earthpony mumbled from across the hallway.

A pot with a wilted flower in it levitated flew towards the sound covered in a  with a white aura, and shattered against the stallion's head.

"Fucking hell!!! Right against my nose!" He yelped almost like a filly.

"I’m sorry Star, something just snapped… I just can’t stand that piece of sh-’’ you stopped, as you didn’t want to swear in front of your little sister.

"I know, but that’s not the reason to kill him…" She whispered and wiped the tears off her face.

"I didn’t want to kill him..." you stopped to think. "I just wanted to beat the living crap out of him!" You said in defense.

"Yeah, sure, for my standards it’s the same thing, but sure, if you want to think like that be my guest!" She said simply and walked away towards the small kitchen.

You looked back to the out stallion who was rolling on the floor with his hooves covering his face. You picked him up and tossed him on the couch. You snorted and walked to the kitchen after your sister who was already preparing the simple salad you two had to share. She turned her head and looked at you when you walked into the kitchen, and she gave you a small smile.

"Those were some good punches though!" She giggled and continued with cutting vegetables

You replied with a simple chuckle and walked towards the kitchen table. You took off your saddlebags and threw them in the corner of the kitchen

"So Star… I heard you have been in a fight?" You asked, and looked at her with a smile.

You noticed her shock and panic slightly. "Oh really? M-must be those rumors again!" She said and continued.

"Yeah... sure thing… rumors. Right. The last time they turned out not to be a rumor… remember?" you stated in a parenting tone.

"Hmm oh yeah." She turned around and set two plates with a simple salad on it on the table. "This is all we had, tomorrow you have to do some grocery shopping."

"Star… what happened at school today?" You asked concerned.

"I-I… Thunder, I do not want to talk about it!" She whispered in response and lowered her head. "Just eat please!"

"Star is everything okay? I’m your big brother. You can tell me everything!" You said and reached a hoof out to lift her chin up.

"I-it’s nothing" She said and lowered her head again, and pushed your hoof away.

"There is clearly something wrong," you said and tried to make eye contact. "Please Star tell me, I only want to help you."

"Fine, there was this stallion who touched my… umm private areas, and I bucked his teeth out"

‘’what did he touch?’’ you asked in a serious voice and looked angrily.

She sighed, "My rump, horn, lower belly, and, uh, er, my... vagina."  She said with a blush, and looked away from you.

"Who did this?" You demanded, infuriated.

"S-some senior, please don’t do anything!" she begged you.

"Those scumbags deserve their balls to be cut off!" You shout and hit the table.

"P-please, Thunder don’t, I’m begging you! Remember the last time?" She whispered and looked at you with teary eyes. "It was only this once, they aren’t allowed to come close to me ever again!"

You sigh, "If it happens again you’ll tell me and then I will get them! Understand, no matter if you have to change school again!" You said and received a small nod.

You gave her a peck on her forehead and wiped her tears away. "Come on sis, lets finish up and go to bed, we both had a rough day."

"You mean the fight with the lazy fart or something else?" She asked curiously.

"Almost got robbed again, luckily I flew fast enough" You responded and took another bite from your salad.

"Why is it that trouble always revolves around you?" she asked with a giggle to your misfortune.

You give her a simple stare and stuck your tongue out towards her, causing her to giggle even harder. "I also spilled some soup over a customer, which costed me big time. We have to take it easy this month, sis"

She looked at you with a concerned face. "Oh," she said and looked at the last bits of food on her plate in concern. "Guess we’ll have to take it slow on the food then?"

You lifted up her head again and stared in her eyes. "You mature way too fast," you say with a sigh. "I want us to get out this dump so that you can have a future…"

"I know," she said with a smile and walked up to you. She gave you a kiss on your cheek. "Goodnight Thunder. Love you."

"Goodnight Star. Love you too," you reply and looked as she walks out of the kitchen.

You sighed. ‘How much I would like to get out of this dump.’ But there simply wasn’t enough money, you were just barely able to pay the rent for this place. You were so short on money that you couldn’t even provide enough food for you both.

You realized that you have been in thought for almost an hour, calculating how to get through the month with only half your salary and about the well being of Star.

You decided to go to bed and think about it in the morning, as you walked from the kitchen you found your step father fast asleep. Not that he would remember anything of his beating in the morning beside the bruises.

You glanced at your hooves followed by your light blue coat, still covered a bit in dried blood and food stains from working. You decided to take a quick shower before going to bed.

You trot in the bathroom and step in the shower and choose to take a nice cold shower, it would calm you down better and it would cost less bits than a hot shower would.

After you were done showering you dried yourself off quickly and went to your bedroom. As soon as you reached your bed you let yourself fall down on it. Sleep didn’t come easy, for your mind was too busy with planning the next day. After what felt like an eternity you finally felt sleep creeping and putting you in a light slumber, every little sound of the city waking you up.

It has been months since you had a good night sleep, ever since your mother died you were always worrying about money and Star… especially Star.

You shot up in your bed and looked at the digital clock on your nightstand. ‘1:28 PM,’ it showed. You jumped out of your bed and quickly fixed your dark purple mane in front of the mirror, it was a complete mess after a sleepless night. You dashed off into the kitchen and looked for something to eat.

"Uh… what are you doing?" Star asks you while you were rumbling through the cabinets in the kitchen.

‘’I’m late for work!’’ you almost yelped, ‘’fine, than nothing to eat’’

"It's Saturday… you know that, right?" Star asked with a giggle, causing you to stop in place and face hoof.

‘I am way too stressed,’ you think to yourself and slump towards the kitchen table.

"I just wanted to come and bring you some coffee, but now that you are here..." she shoved a mug with the black deliciousness in it towards you.

"Thanks Star," you mumble and take a sip form the hot liquid. "Did that useless mutt wake up yet?" You ask.

"What do you think?" She asks sarcastically, but with a giggle.

"Guess that’s a no," you respond with a sigh. "So what do you want to do today?"

"Well… seeing how I bucked out a pervert's teeth, I think I will complete the extra work they gave me as punishment," she said and sighed.

"Why do it? He harassed you!" You responded angrily.

Star looked down to the table and blushed. "Yeah… well, he shouldn’t touch me. I warned him three times." She said almost silently. "And I didn’t quite leave it with one kick."

"Well, well, what did you do to this poor colt, then?" you asked and leaned over the table towards her.

"I busted one of his… you know... thingies," she said and blushed.

"How the hay did you do that?" you responded confused.

"He touched my rump after the thousand time I told him to stop, then he turned around to brag to his little friends about how cool he was and such… and then I kicked, and struck his jewels," she said with a bright blush, and you grimaced at the thought.

"What about his teeth then?" you asked

"I wasn’t done with him yet," she said. "As he fell down I charged him and punched his teeth in!"

"Must be a family temper!" you said with a chuckle. "Guess you will stay at home, then.

"Yup," she said a bit crestfallen.

"It’s okay," you say and ruffle her mane, receiving an irritated groan. "Besides, I have to do some groceries anyway so I guess I’ll leave you alone with your work." You said with a chuckle.

"Just go already!" She muttered and stuck her tongue out at you

You laughed and took your saddlebags from the corner of the kitchen and trotted to the main room of the apartment, to no surprise there is a fat, drunk, earthpony still sleeping on the couch. You shrugged it off. ‘As long as his fat ass doesn’t annoy me,’ you thought and walked out of the door.

You walked through the ‘normal’ neighborhood, with that you meant the few streets in the city with the fewest number of crimes. You were heading to one shop in particular, here is where you always went for your groceries.

The shop was ran by a old unicorn couple, the only few people who remembered you and your mother. You always got a family discount and sometimes even some stuff for free. They probably knew about your financial problems, but you didn’t care, food was food and you needed it.

You reached the shop and walked inside. "Hello and welcome to Un… oh hello, Thunder. Long time no see!" the old mare said to you as you walked inside.

"Hi there, Mrs. Shine," you say to the old mare with a smile. "Indeed it has been too long, but I simply didn’t have any bits for…" you were saying as she interrupted you.

"Nonsense, you know we will always be there for you and that angel of a sister of yours," she said in a mothering tone.

"Th-thank you, ma’am!" you responded with a smile. "Why are you always so nice to us?" you asked with a chuckle and already knowing the answer. Your mother always took you to this store, and Mrs Shine always gave him candy. For a minute, you were lost in the memories of when your mother was alive, and when your step-father wasn't such a useless, ugly, fuck.

The old mare gave you a warm smile and led you to the counter of the small shop. "What can I do for you today son?" she asked, still wearing the same smile.

You looked over the counter at the products. "Some lettuce, beans, carrots, and apples. I like apples," you said as if you were a foal again.

The mare chuckled and started packing the groceries in a bag and hoofed it to you. "Here you go, that will be three bits."

You gasped, "B-but… this thing is heavy," you said as you placed the bag in one of your saddlebags.

"Three bits, or take it for free," she says with a smile. "Your choice’’

"Th-thank you ma’am," you said and placed five bits on the counter.

She sighed and placed some more apples on the counter. "Take them, too," she almost demanded. "The youngsters of today don’t know how to count anymore."

You blushed and put the apples in your bag as well. "Thank you," you said very sincerely.

The mare chuckled, "Have a nice day, boy!" she said now with a satisfied smile as you left the shop.

As you walked out, you saw Mr. Shine. He tipped his hat to you, and a smile crossed his face. It was slightly mischievous, but you thought you were just imagining it. Little did you know, he put the five bits back in your saddlebags.

After a few minutes of walking, you were almost back home, and to your surprise no one had bothered you on the way towards the shop as well as the way from the shop back home. ‘Maybe today won’t be so bad after all,’ you thought and felt a little bit at peace to your own surprise.

You reached the old apartment building and walked inside while whistling a song. ‘Talking to Mrs. Shine always cheers me up,’ you thought as you trotted to your door.

"Star I’m back," you say cheerfully. "Guess what Mrs. Shine gave me!" No response.

You walked into the kitchen and found a piece of paper on the floor, and you looked at it. ‘Must be her assignment,’ you thought. You looked at the last line and saw that the words abruptly stop and ended in a cranky line.

You were getting suspicious and walked down the small corridor of the apartment and knocked on the bathroom door. "Star are you in th…" you stopped as you heard a muffled yelp and rumbling of a struggle coming from the other side of the apartment.

You quickly ran to the kitchen and took the biggest knife you could find in your rush, you slowly walked towards the door of the room of your step father, the room where the sounds were coming from.

"No one can hear you," a voice said from the room in a sick snicker. "And where is that brother of yours now?"

"GET OFF ME!!!" Star yelped in terror.

"Shut up and lie still!" the voice commanded.

You bursted through the door and were shocked at what you saw: your step father was lying on top of Star with a sick grin on his face and a fully erected penis swinging about, full intention of raping your little sister.

Your vision blurred in hatred, you could only focus on the stallion and think about how to make him suffer. You shot forward and rammed him with all your might, and he shot back and crashed hard against the wall. His penis was flopping around as he stood dazed against the wall.

You gave him a head-butt and placed the knife against his throat. "Star… pack your stuff we are leaving," you hissed, causing him to chuckle.

"Finally the place for myself," he said mockingly.

You gave him another head-butt and pressed the knife harder against his throat. "You think this is funny? You think you will get away with this?" you said while glaring at him.

"Kinda! What are you going to do, beat me up? Report me to the police? Ooh are you going to kill me?" He asked with a chuckle.

Star was still lying in shock on the bed "Star leave… now!" you shouted. "Pack your things and get ready to go. Pack warm!"

Star got up from the bed and was shaking on her legs. She found her balance and walked out of the room. She was quietly whining, and the sound of your little sister in pain made you even more furious.

The earthpony looked after her and looked clearly at her rump, and not at her cutie mark. He made a little kissing sound, probably just to make you even more angry, well it was working.

"So what now, slit my thr-" the stallion was interrupted as you pushed the knife closer to his throat, already a little bit of blood streamed from it.

"Shut up," you hissed. "You useless freeloading fuck! I never knew what my mother saw in you. You are only a leach, A USELESS, FUCKING, ANNOYING, LEECH!"

"Guess why?" he asked with a snicker, and pointed at his now only half erected penis. "She sure loved it!" he let out a howl of laughter.

You have never been this furious; your mind was only focused on making him suffer. You pulled away the knife from his throat and punched him in his face.

"You see? I knew it! You are weak, just like your father," he taunted.

You spun around and punched him again in his face, his head bashed against the wall. You grabbed his dick with your left hoof and brought the knife in your right hoof down, cutting it clean of and causing him to scream out in pain.

"Who is weak now, filly?" you shouted as you threw the penis aside and plunged the knife in his stomach, and drew it from the right to the left.

A wave of blood and organs streamed out of his belly, he desperately tried to keep them in. "You sick fuck, fuck fuck fuck fu-" he stopped as you cut his tongue out of his mouth and replace the swearing with a gurgling sound.

"DO NOT swear if Star is home, I told you many many times!" you said and inspected the knife. "Any last words?" you asked calmly as if you had done it a thousand times, which you did in your dreams.

"FUGGGCCCCHHH GGGGHHHHUUUU!!!" he gurgled.

"Okay, bye bye!" you said with a smile as you slit his throat. A fountain of hot crimson covered you. You stepped back to admire your work, and you couldn’t help but feel somewhat proud of what you have just done.

But only for a split second, realization kicked in. "W-what have I done? How do I get away with this?" you asked yourself in horror, when it struck you. You placed the knife in the hooves of the now dead pony.

"STAR, LOOK AT THE DOOR, AND DO NOT TURN AROUND!" you shouted through the apartment.

"O-okay. W-what have you done?" she asked quietly.

You stepped out of the room, closed and locked the door behind you. You shoved the key towards where the body was supposed to be. You quickly ran across the room in the bathroom and jumped under the shower.

After a few minutes, the blood was all gone, but you still felt dirty. ‘Why did it feel good?’ you thought in guilt. "I’m sorry mother," you said quietly.

You dried yourself of and walked out of the bathroom, and you noticed the blood trail that had dripped off of you, and that Star wasn’t in front of the door.

"Star, where are you?" you shouted in panic, then you saw her walk out of her room with some other things she couldn’t leave behind.

"Star!" you said loudly, drawing her attention. "Wait by the door!" you ordered her.

You walked to the liquor cabinet, and to your surprise there were still some bottles of the good stuff left. You took five bottles out and placed two of them in the few bags you were taking with you, because the other three were used for other reasons.

You walked to the curtains and ripped three rags from them and tucked in each of the bottles on a rag, then you walked to the kitchen and took a lighter from the drawers. You also opened all of the pits on the stove and the oven.

You took the bottles and lit the rags, you threw one of the bottles towards the bedrooms, one in the corridor and one in the main room.

"Come on Star. Let’s get out of here," you said and took the bags and Star on your back.

You reached the main floor of the building and walked outside, and you adjusted the bags and made sure that they were properly attached.

"Okay, Star. We are going to fly for a little while okay?" you asked with a hint of concern in your tone.

You felt her hold you tightly. "Get us the hell out of here..." she said, barely audible.

You took off and flew towards the sunset into the cold winter air, away from all the problems of the city and the murder you just committed.

"Star, are you okay?" you asked after a few minutes of flying.

"Did you kill him?" she responded quietly.

"W-well… um…" you stuttered.

"Yes or no?" she said just loud enough to hear above the howling winds.

"You saw the blood trail… didn’t you?" you asked.

"Yes or no?" she demanded again.

"Okay… yes! Yes I killed him!" you respond ashamed "And the worst is that I enjoyed it, I enjoyed seeing his intestines, I enjoyed seeing him suffer, I enjoyed killing him!" you blurted out and felt tears starting to well up in your eyes.

She lowered her head again, held you closer and nuzzled your mane. "Me too" she whispered.

After few hours of flying you were exhausted and decided to land in a little patch of trees. Star had fallen asleep during the flight while you covered her from the winds. Luckily she was just a small young mare which made her easy to carry and gave her enough room to find a comfortable position.

When you were thinking this you thought about the times when she was a foal, she always loved sleeping on your back or on your wing. As she grew older she often slept under your wing, even at this age she often snuggled up to you.

It struck you, you suddenly knew why you enjoyed killing him. He was hurting the one thing you love in this world, the one thing you care for. ‘Nopony will hurt her,’ was the last promise you made to your mother, minutes before she passed away. You just kept your promise, except for the whole murder thing the idea made it feel… right.

You started your descent towards the few trees. "Star, wake up. We’re landing, I can’t go on anymore." you said and nudged her. Her head peeped up and she yawned, she grabbed you tight and embraced herself for the landing.

Star jumped off your back into the thick snow, causing her to yelp and desperately try to get back up on your back. You chuckled at the sight and received and annoyed glare from the filly.

She ran towards a tree where there was snow underneath and shook the snow of her coat. "That... was not... funny…" she said in annoyance.

In the time she was shaking off the snow you already walked next to her and placed the saddlebags down on the ground underneath the tree.

Star looked around the pitch-black area. "What time is it?" she asked

"I don’t know, and honestly don’t care… I’m exhausted!" you said and let out a long sigh. "And I’m freezing my ba- ears off!" you corrected yourself, causing her to giggle.

"So do you know where we are?" she asked.

"I have no idea…" you said and looked around the few trees. "But we surely made some distance!"

You slumped under a tree and let yourself fall down. "I only want a break and to close my eyes a few hours," you said and yawned. You lifted up you wing. "Come here. I’ll keep you warm," you said and tapped the ground under your wing.

Star walked towards the bags and took and blanket out then towards you. She covered you with the blanket and placed herself beside you, she cuddled up against you and yawned again.

'So what’s the plan?' she asked.

'Well, I hope my plan worked, and the kill looked like and suicide, and make them think that we are dead. And for the rest I guess just make some distance… right?" you responded.

"Okay, and what about the food?" she said through another yawn and snuggled closer to you.

"I think we have enough for a day or three, maybe four. After that we need to find a town," you responded.

"And somewhere stay? I don’t think sleeping outside in the winter will be such a good idea." another question from the filly.

"I don’t know, we are fugitives you know… well I am. At least if my plan didn’t work." you mumbled the last part.

"No, we are both, do you really think that if he had his way with me I wouldn’t do the same while he was asleep?" she muttered.

"Okay…" you said a bit confused. "But we have to stay together, I will never let anypony hurt you again." you said and nuzzled her mane.

"You are the best brother, you know that?" she whispered.

"W-what?" you remark with eyes widened. "I just brutally killed somepony, I probably burned down a whole apartment building, hell, maybe even blew it up. And brought you here to the middle of nowhere outside in the winter!" you say even more confused.

"I know," she said simply. "Goodnight Thunder. I love you."

"I love you too, Star. Goodnight sis"

She snuggled up closer under your wing and closed her eyes, after a few minutes she was breathing slowly which indicated that she was asleep. A few minutes after you also felt sleep taking you away.

Mrs. Shine was fretful. Sirens were blasting all over. She wanted to visit Thunder and Star, but instead found a burning apartment. She immediately got help, but soon after, the building exploded. 'I have to believe that they are still alive, and that they got away from that cruel bastard of a step-father.' She prayed to Celestia. She had just received news that the drunken stallion had set fire to the apartment, then killed himself. There were no signs of the two ponies she cared about so much. Mr. Shine trotted up to her.

"Don't worry, sweetie. Thunder has wings. He could've flown far away by now." The wise old stallion always had a way of knowing things.

''I love you too Star. Goodnight sis''

She snuggled up closer under your wing and closed her eyes, after a few minutes she was breathing slowly which indicated that she was asleep. A few minutes after you also felt sleep taking you away.

Meanwhile in the city of Detrot, Mrs. Shine was fretful. Sirens were blasting all over the streets. She wanted to visit Thunder and Star, but instead found a burning apartment. She watched the building being consumed by flames, 'I have to believe that they are still alive, and that they got away from this' She prayed to Celestia. There was still no clear data about what had caused the fire and the explosion. The flames were still too thick for any fireponies to go inside and they were still to busy evacuating the building, luckily they were able to contain the fire on only one floor. The only known victims by now were the ponies who were still in the apartment were the fire had started.

She lowered herself to her haunches and was sobbing quietly, she didn't notice a stallion walk up next to her.

He sat down next to the mare, placed a foreleg around her and pulled her in a hug "Don't worry, sweetie. Thunder has strong wings and is a smart colt. He probably has flown far away from this mess already." The wise old stallion always had a way of knowing things.

the mare tilted her head up slightly and looked her husband in the eyes with a smile, ''yeah, you are probably right as always'' she said and nuzzled the unicorn in front of her.

over the shoulder of his wife he had a worried expression on his face, 'probably' he thought.