Avenging Love

I look out of the crystal window upon the ponies below. They wander around the sweet little town, not knowing that they may soon be driven into poverty and dept. Somepony needs to save them. Somepony. I watch as they chat with friends and laugh with family. Right now I wish I could be them. I wish I could walk the grounds without a giant weight on my shoulder. A massive heavy weight. No stress. Just smiles and laughter. Or maybe that’s just how I see them through the window of depression I’m looking through. Maybe they are wishing that they could stop smiling plastic smiles. Stop laughing stiff laughs. Maybe they wish they could be me.

The sun falls behind the mountains, leaving the sky a dark lustrous purple. After looking out the window for practically all day, I swing the blinds closed and lay on my bed. My room is clean, neat, and organized, like always. Heavenly was never like that. She was a bit of a slob. Heavenly always seemed to be doing something new. Some creative little project. It seemed like she was trying to accomplish every single do it yourself project before… before she… died. I stuff my head into my pillow and let out a sob. “It should have been me.” I whisper. Maybe it sounded like a cliché, but it was true. I don’t deserve any of this. The kingdom. The money. I didn’t even deserve her.

Suddenly I hear a knock on the door. I pull my head out from the pillow and stare at the entrance. A couple seconds later it opens revealing a stallion wearing golden armor. He is carrying a tray of a porcelain bowl of soup and a cup of tea. He looks directly into my eyes before pulling his gaze away from my tear stained face. The soldier sets down the food directly in front of him and slowly walks away, closing the door behind him.

I stare at the food deciding whether to eat it or not. I want to starve. Cripple up and die. But I am so hungry. And the hay soup looks delicious. I slowly trot up to the soup and take in the scent. It smells luxurious! Of course it would though. It was obviously cooked by Sugar Spice. I sip some tea and take a spoonful of the soup. Magnificent! Then I smile, which is very rare from the experiences this week. Then I hear somepony talking from outside in the hallway.

“How did she look?” Cristal Glitz asks wirily. Her voice slightly shaking.

“She looked… fine.” Fine? No I was not fine. I was crying into a pillow. And right now I’m… smiling. No this isn’t right. I’m smiling. What kind of evil pony am I. Where is the grief? Where did it go?

“Really? Because Viridian wants to see her. You think she’d handle it?”

“Possibly. I guess it’s up to her.” The unicorn answered.

“Your right Hex. Thank you.

Hex hesitated. “Your, uh… welcome.

Hex ambles away from the room as if he never wants to visit again. I don’t really blame him though. As suspected, a few seconds later, I hear a light knock on the door.

“Yes.” I call acting as if I hadn’t heard their conversation.

“How are you feeling?” I stop at this question. Do I want to see her? What if I start crying? I wouldn’t be a very good role model as Heavenly Love told me too. But being locked in my room, ignoring them as if they don’t exist. Am I good role model then?

“I’m… alright.” I say only loud enough for her to hear.

“Well that’s good. I was wondering…” She pauses for a brief second before rushing her tense question. “Would you like to see the girls?” She lets out a deep breath she had been holding. Obviously she wants my answer to be a yes. The girls were probably grieving too. Something we really needed to do was have a long talk. The girls were damaged and they need me to fix them.

“Yes. Yes I would.” I open the door to a nervously smiling Crystal Glitz.

“Come with me.” She said leading me to the girls’ bedroom as if I didn’t know where it was.

Their room wasn’t very far from mine or Heavenly’s. We wanted to make sure they were always available. Not just for their case, but ours too. It felt as if the walk was asking forever though. My brain pondering with questions if this was a good or bad idea. I attempted to push the thoughts out of my mind, but every time one disappeared, another one came to fill its place. What if their angry. What if they really didn’t want to see me? What if they are in a worse condition then I am? These questions are going to be answered by the opening of the door. As we approach the entrance, I notice the door is opened slightly. They were expecting me. Or at least Viridian was. That doesn’t surprise me. She’s always had the most hope of the bunch.

Crystal rushes to the door and knocks. I hear a voice say something from behind it. Something like, “come in” or “it’s open”. I’m not positive though. Crystal pushed open the door, blinding me with pastel colors. The entrance led to Viridian’s side of the room. To the left was Divine Show’s and to the right was Virtues Ace’s. Their rooms have always been a bit darker then Viridian’s.

I enter the room, but Crystal stays behind. She wants to give us our privacy probably. Viridian sits at her desk drawing a picture. Her art was beautiful and often meaningful. It made you feel expressive when you saw it. Viridian put down her pencil and turned around. The look on her face almost made me cry. Her eyes are puffy and red. Her brown main is knotted and unkempt. Yet, she is smiling.

“Lovely!” She yells running up to me and burying her face in my long main. “I love you. I love you.” She repeats over and over as she chokes down sobs. Then she looks up at me. “I never got to tell her. She didn’t know I loved her. I took her for granted. I’m so sorry.” She says stuffing her snout back into my mane. She was crying now. Out of instinct I sat down and hugged her.

“She knew that you loved her so much. You didn’t need to tell her. She knew.” Viridian deeply looked at me with her big hopeful eyes.

“Really?”

“Of course. And she loved you too with all of her heart. She never doubted that you didn’t love her back.” Where were these words coming from? How could I say these things? How did I absolutely know they were true? I didn’t have any kind of research of them. I just knew.

Viridian hugged me tighter. “I miss her so much. Please. Bring her back.” I start tearing up at the thought. Why can’t I bring her back? What is the point of levitating objects when I can’t even get my own sister back? Magic was useless in this case. All we could do was sit in the castle and grieve until we’re over her. No. I don’t want that. I will not stand for that.

“I wish I could, but I can’t. It’s impossible. The only thing we can do is try to make her proud.” Proud. No that is not exactly my plan. She probably won’t even love me after this, but this is the only thing that will satisfy me. It may not be what she wants, but it’s the right thing. And now there is no one to stop me.

While walking down the hallway, Crystal Glitz acknowledges me for being so good with the girls. That obviously means she was watching and completely invading our privacy. But right now, I’m willing to let that slide. As we approach my door I thank Crystal for her accompaniment and trot into my room. When I hear her hoof steps reach the maids dorm, I go to my tall bookcase and look for what I need.

“The History of Saddle Brooke. The aerodynamics of pegasus wings. Diary. Diary. Diary. Ahh Subpoena charms.” I quickly fiddle through the book looking for the page on magic impermeable rings. This was how he stopped me before. I wasn’t making that mistake again. I analyze the repeating symbols. I close my eyes and focus on each one deeply. Suddenly, my horn turned a burning white as a shining ring was summoned. Then my eyes open and everything is back to normal. Except of course for the purple ring was now lying on the floor. I levitate it and place it over my horn. Now I am practically invincible. This ring gives me the power to repel signals that infiltrate my magic. I am ready. Tonight, I will avenge Heavenly Love. Tonight the pony will die. Tonight I change from Lovely Light. Because tonight… there is no love.