The Alicorn Prince
What are you afraid of?
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I looked at Twilight with rage seething through my body. I don't know if she was scared or trying to think of something, or both. They are afraid of me, and I want to keep it like that. I'm just trying to distance myself from them to keep my goal in my mind. To find a way back home. After a few moments of silence we heard a knock on the door and saw it open to reveal the night princess, Luna.
"Tia, I hope this is good. I was just having a good dream." She groaned from lack of sleep, I knew she didn't sleep much because she had bags under her eyes.
"Luna," Celestia started, "I wouldn't have awoken you if it wasn't important. This stallion is unlike anypony we have ever seen. I just need you to look through his mind."
I was actually kinda scared from that. I have SO many secrets that I wish to keep to myself, I couldn't let them see through my mind. 'Think fast Eppley.' I thought to myself before I tried to run for the door. I failed because I tripped over myself. I tried to get back up and failed, I tried again and again but failed. As if I forgot how to walk. They must've noticed this because I heard a tomboyish laughter.
"OH MY GOSH! HE FORGOT HOW TO WALK!!" Rainbow exclaimed while laughing and fell to the floor. As soon as she hit the ground I felt my cheeks heat up from embarrassment. Why was I blushing? How could I forget how to walk? My thoughts were soon interrupted by the voice of Applejack.
"Rainbow. Ah know he's been a jerk to all of us, but him forgettin' how ta walk is nothin to laugh about." She said to the laughing rainbow pony. I then felt something nice on my back and immediately knew that it was my wings. I tried to flap them, but nothing happened. I tried again, but nothing moved. I tried to focus all of my energy into them which in turn caused beads of sweat to run down my face and stung my eyes in the process. I did that for what felt like hours, which in reality it was a few minutes, and didn't even get a twitch from them. I sighed in defeat and knew that I had to accept defeat. I looked at the two princesses who looked back at me in sorrow before Celestia's horn glowed gold and I felt myself get off of the ground and into one of the chairs again.
"T-t-thanks." I mumbled quietly so nobody could've heard me. She smiled and made her way over to me.
"What is wrong Orion?" She asked in the motherly tone that God gave her.
"I-I don't know. One minute I'm able to do everything fine, then the next I'm lying on the floor." I said as I felt heat go to my cheeks agin from the embarrassment. She noticed this but left it alone for now.
"Tell me, what emotion were you feeling?" She asked while taking a seat next to me.
"Do I really have to answer? I was angry, pissed off." I replied with my anger coming back. She either didn't notice or didn't care as she nodded before thinking for a moment. After a few seconds she spoke.
"Your magic must have been dormant from your birth until after we first met. When I was just a filly, I've read that certain emotions unlock dormant magic, causing the pony who unlocked them to use their full extent of power. Your anger must've unlocked your magic, and now that you have been using it to walk, fly, and use spells, your magic is unusable until you learn to control it." She explained to me.
"So my anger was the whole reason on how I managed to do those things?" I asked to which her reply was a nod.
"That, and another emotion would've made you lose your ability. Why were you trying to run away?" She asked causing me to be a bit uncomfortable. I looked around the room to see that they had the same question plastered on their faces.
"I-I was afraid." I mumbled so low that they couldn't hear me.
"I'm sorry Orion, but what did you say?" Twilight asked
"I was afraid." I mumbled again but this time a little louder, but not by much.
"Could you please repeat that darling and speak up?" Rarity asked.
"I was afraid." I repeated loud enough so they could hear me, but rainbow had other plans.
"What?" She asked as if she just wanted to hear that again.
"I WAS AFRAID!" I yelled as I slammed my hooves on the table causing all of them to jump. "How many times do I have to repeat myself?" I asked with venom in my voice.
After I finished yelling, I was met with dizziness and felt my eyes get heavier by the second before I blacked out.
(Celestia POV)
I saw him having another outburst of rage so I used my magic to put him to sleep. Everypony else in the room looked at me with shocked expressions. "He needed to calm down." I said simply causing them to all nod. I looked at the element of loyalty with a disappointed face. "Why did you do that Rainbow Dash?" I asked her and saw her shrug.
"I just wanted to milk it." She replied while crossing her forelegs. I shook my head in disappointment then looked to my sister.
"Luna, could you please look through his memories?" I asked in which she nodded and her horn began to glow. She pointed it at his head and touch it. The moment she did that she recoiled and backed up.
"I saw his memories. They were...............well horrible would be and understatement." She said causing all of us to gasp.
"What happened?" I asked before I looked to the sleeping stallion.
"He's not a pony, he's from a different world. A world similar to Sunset Shimmers, but it’s different. There are good ones, like his country’s first leader who fought for freedom, along with others. One even ended slavery.” She started causing us to smile a bit. But now his kind is horrible. They thrive for violence, some would kill just for the fun of it. It's as if their world is a planet sized Everfree forest. And his kind are basically the complete opposite of the elements of harmony. There are those who are greedy instead of generous, they deceive instead of tell the truth, they only laugh at the misery of others, they are selfish instead of loyal, they are nowhere near kind, and there is absolutely NO magic. I saw a memory of something he learned in history. Apparently there was a single um.....man, I think that’s what the gender term is for males, who killed millions of others because his country lost a war, and started another war. Terrorists crashed some flying machines into twin towers and killed a lot of innocents. Even now in his time period there are leaders of country's who are starting another war, and Orion wanted nothing to do with it." She finished causing the elements of harmony to gasp and look at Orion with sorrow all over their faces. Fluttershy was even on the verge of tears before she went up to him and hugged him.
I looked at my sister to see tears forming on her face as she looked at him. I then think to myself. 'If what Luna says is true, then his kind may pose a great threat to Equestria, but he seems different from what she told us. Maybe there is good in him.' I thought as I looked at him before I finally spoke.
"He needs guidance." I said causing them all to look at me. "He lived in a world that was filled with evil. Maybe we can have him change if he's with us. For now, he will stay with you Twilight." I finished and got a nod from her in reply.
"You've got it Celestia, we'll be sure to try to have him change." She replied with a look of determination.
"Good, now Luna and I must go, we have royal duties to attend to." I said using my magic to teleport us back to our castle in Canterlot. After I used my magic to make sure the coast was clear, I looked to my sister. "Luna, what else did you find in his mind?" I asked seriously.
Author's Note
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I want you guys to know that I won't be active as much for a while because school starts up tomorrow morning where I am. Anyway, I also have another story that is currently being worked on where I am stuck in Equestria with Sunset Shimmer. So if you're looking forward to seeing that, then follow me and if you want to read the chapters of this story as soon as it comes out, then track this story, add it to favorites, whatever you want to do. Anyway leave a comment as your opinion are greatly appreciated and if you just want to talk then PM me, and I will talk to you all later.
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