Author's Note

Quick note: This chapter takes place in the memory of Cream, but still she narrorates it somewhat. I decided to write it this way since it would show Creams personality and Flare's better. Thank you for reading

-Syo

Chapter 7: Memories and Faked Promises

"It starts off with a baby pegasus being born...." Cream started.....

A baby pegasus was born into the world, her coat was a white and she had the powers of a unicorn. She was born to a pegasus and a unicorn. Inheriting the power from her mother, she had the ability to levitate objects with the most basic of magic. Even though she was a pegasus the doctors were still confused on how she has magic and deemed it a birth defect. So her parents decided to send her to a foal care, one to help and train unicorns magic for unstable ponies. Even though she wasn't a unicorn or didn't have unstable magic it was for her to better her skill.

So they sent her off to a place unknown, the big city of Manehatten to live with a family of unicorns who had twins whom also had no control of their magic.

One cute unicorn named Cream Glow and one brute and copy cat unicorn Flare Glow. The pegasus who had magic was named Devlin Syo. Cream, Flare, and Devlin all got along well, Flare and Devlin got along the best.

On days where Flare would be bullied she'd be defended by Devlin, her elder twin ignored her and focused on her work so both fillies decided to make deals and promises to each other.

"I promise to keep you safe and help you, and I vow to show you all the kindness I have in my heart for you!" the pegasus bowed to Flare.

Flare on the other hand blushed, "Aww." She smiled, "I promise to love you forever!"

Both fillies caught in their own fantasy world. They saw it as, the real world didn't want rejects, so they didn't want the world. Of course they still learned magic and how to best use their, Devlin only knew how to use levitation magic and to release bursts of magic, but it required a cool-down period that equaled to at least a week. While Flare learned how to use magic that mostly revolved around certain spells.

But their magical differences didn't matter to them, they just wanted to be with each other forever.

One fateful day Flare came up with an idea. The raced around the house carrying a spell book searching for Devlin. Noticing the pegasus sleeping she woke her up in a quick haste. "Get up! I have something I wanna try out!" She shook her best friend. The pegasus made some grumbles and flapped her wings a quick way of telling Flare she was awake.

"Great!" Flare sat down on the floor and opened her book. "It's a spell that binds magic! It says it's a spell meant for two unicorns or more with a powerful bond! It says that once used both ponies will be connected together by souls and magic, so our magic spells can mix together you'll be able to learn more spells!" Flare clapped her hooves together.

Devlin wore an uneasy look. "I'm not sure, I'm not a unicorn Flare. It might fail and who know's what might happen..." she looked down. The red tip of her mane fell in front of her eye.

Unlike Devlin who was concerned, Flare just laughed. "Don't worry, I promise you'll be fine! Let's try it!" Devlin sighed and complied with Flare, getting off the bed and onto the floor. The two fillies looked over the spell book and got the gist of the spell.

"We just have to take a piece of us and fuse it together in a spell?" Devlin read aloud. Looking over the spell making sure that they didn't miss a single thing.

Flare nodded in confidence. She spit on the floor and smiled cheeky. "Ehehe! You're turn!" Devlin rolled her eyes and turned to the side of the bed, on the table was a pair of scissors, she picked them up with her magic and sliced the tip of her red bangs off and laid it where Flare had spit.

The two stood up and stood across from each other. Flare's horn began illuminating a pink light around the pieces and Devlin's right eye began to glow a strong purple hue also lighting around the pieces.

Their lights began mixing together, and so did the objects, the two fills wore a pained look on their faces as the process was difficult and grueling. Their pieces were in the air surrounded by the fused magical lights. "Now!" Flare shouted at Devlin.

Devlin released a burst of magical energy almost equal to size of a baby foal. The magic surrounded the two mares before a blast of light overcame their vision.

Collapsed on the floor the first pony two wake up was Devlin. Looking at her hooves, instead of the regular bits of red she saw in front of her eyes instead was a blue tip. "Is- is this from Flare's DNA?" she muttered, approaching Flare shaking the small filly lightly. Flare moved slowly, but enough to reveal a light red marking on her head. It wasn't anything exactly but it was just a marking.

"D-did it work?" Flare got up slowly. Her eyes burning a bit from the light. Her eyes drawn to her friends blue tipped mane instead of her regular red tipped mane. She instantly began laughing and smiling. "It's worked! I'm so glad it worked!" jumping up and down, she touched Devlin's mane. "It's beautiful."

The fillies spent the rest of the day running around laughing and looking at their new look, testing out their magic. Days, passed and they spent each day the same. Playing and training.

Eventually the two fillies were sent to school, Flare and Devlin had attended classes together despite Devlin was a pegasus. The teacher said it was just a mix up even though it wasn't the truth.

One day though, Flare came home with tears in her indigo eyes. Devlin ran over to her best friend and wrapped her wing around her. "What's wrong Flare?" she asked, concern and worry over taking her.

Flare's eyes drawn to the ground. "It was horrible... A bunch of colts from magic class were mocking you. They called you a freak of nature." she wiped her tears away. "When I told them to quit it, they starting teasing me..." Flare made a hiccup noise from her tears. "I'm sorry, I'm crying..."

Devlin patted her with her wing. "Calm down. I'll go talk to them. Stay here, and smile for me." She turned to leave but Flare grabbed her hoof. The pegasus laughed a bit. "If this world is vile and it becomes your foe.." she started. "I wish for you to remember this, I'll always protect you and I'll do what you'd like me to do, after all we're bonded by magic and souls." Devlin kissed Flare's forehead and Flare blushed lightly. "Smile for me, and I'll make everything fine. You'll go to school with a very happy heart and everything will be harmonized."

Flare let go slowly and Devlin flew off to the school grounds where she knew the colts would be. While she was gone, Flare was just quiet, awaiting for her friend to return. Hours had passed, within that time both Flare's parents returned home and even Cream arrived home. Devlin never did though. It was nearly time for dinner and Flare panicked entirely. But, Devlin finally returned home.

"Where have you been?!" Flare shouted, her eyes lightly watering.

Then Mr. Glow walked in the room. "Devlin we've been worried, where did you go off to?!" He asked stern.

Devlin looked away, "I went for a flight. I need to focus of flying as well as magic." She answered.

"Just don't be out for a late time. Today we'll let you off with this warning." He sighed, turning and walking into the kitchen.

Flare looked concerned. "Devlin... You're eyes look tired, what did you do?"

Devlin shook her head in response, "Nothing... I protected you..." Devlin's eyes were grayed a bit and she slowly made her way upstairs. "I'm not eating tonight.." She said as she shut the door to her room behind her.

Flare had a worried look on her face but ignored it. After all, they were forever bonded... They wouldn't lie to each other. "Goodnight..." Flare smiled looking up at Devlin, her eyes tear a bit. "Thank you."

After dinner, Flare simply goes to bed. Passing by Devlin's room, instead of knocking and seeing if she was fine, Flare just walked past not saying a single thing. Going into her sisters room and taking the bed to the left of the room, curling up alone in bed in the dark. Flare had something inside her that made her feel guilt. Cream wouldn't care though, she's too busy for school. Silently weeping in the darkness Flare forced herself to sleep.

That night, Flare heard things as if it was a nightmare. It started off with Cream getting out of bed to answer their fathers call. Then it followed a scream of Devlin's name. Then the door was shut from Flare's room preventing her from seeing the silhouettes in the hallway moving around. The unease of the unknown filled her, curious she went outside her room and saw something she didn't wanna see.

"What... what's going on..." Flare asked leaving the room, seeing everypony in her household. Her father worn a stern look and her mother wore a fearful look. Her sister had a smirk with a suitcase filled with what seemed like clothing. Beside her was Devlin? Devlin held a book and a suitcase filled with clothes. "What's going on?" she asked again. Her mom looked down, her eyes looked down. "W-what's happening? Where's everyone?!"

Her father sighed. "Flare. Devlin is leaving for Canterlot tonight with Cream. We were told by the parents of the colts in you're magic class that she injured them! May you please explain why she went there? Devlin said she was just having a violent urges. That's why we are sending her away with Cream. Do you know know why she went back to school?" Mr. Glow asked Flare, a fire in his eyes.

"I left on my own wishes, sir. Flare came home to no one. Why must you question her?" Devlin asked, "That's a stupid thing to do, to doubt one's daughter makes me believe you aren't a smart stallion."

Mr. Glow gritted his teeth a bit. "Fine." He muttered, turning around. "I'm gonna call a cab pony. You say you're goodbyes." He leaves the room, Cream and Mrs. Glow follow after him leaving Devlin and Flare all alone.

"What did you do?!" Flare rushed over to Devlin and got in her face, "What happened?!" she panicked. "Devl-"

Devlin cut her off. "I go by Syo now alright." she sighed, wrapping her wings around Flare. "I'm not going to see you for a long, long time. So I'm sorry. When I went to the school the colts were refusing to comply and decided to hit me with magic so I did the same except I aimed for their foreleg's and ended up spraining them."

Devlin felt something cold hit her wing. It was tears? Flare's eyes filled with tears and they began flooding. "W-why wouldn't you tell me?! I thought you trusted me! We're bonded..." she cried.

Sighing, the pegasus let go of the unicorn. "When you're older, come visit me. I'll welcome you with open hooves." Devlin walked away. Not saying a goodbye, she picked up her luggage and her book and left. Flare sat there all alone, in tears.

After that day, she didn't see Syo for seven years. When she moved to Canterlot finally, she was simply greeted by Syo who was working the shop and Cream who had to leave for Manehatten to open another shop. She put Flare in charge of the storage facility and Syo in charge of everything else.

Whenever Flare attempted to talk with Syo she was ignored entirely. Syo wished not to speak while working. Flare on the other hoof was filled with rage. She was simply being stupid. Because, Syo loves her. Their bonded forever.