Chapters A Lightning Storm Written By: BlackMirage & TheHighlander
Mirage:
As I walked through the town square towards the castle, Where Princess Celestia would be waiting to give me my punishment, I saw a few ponies eyeing me some in disgust, some in fear. I had been trying a new trick over the city and it... kind of backfired, when I got flying fast enough I curved up, went in a loop, flipped over onto my back and started to build electricity, I let it cover my mane and tail I could see the purple glow coming from it and started to hear the pops and crackles of electricity over the constant sound of rushing wind in my ears, I was so full of pride I closed my eyes I didn't realize I hadn't flown far enough from the ground and my mane started to brush the tops of buildings setting them on fire and discharging any electronics in them.
That's why I'm on my way to be punished... a million punishments popped into my mind,
"what if Celestia throws me in the dungeon? "
"what if she "disposes" of me? "
"what if she put a spell on my wings so I can never fly again? "
I began to panic from the bombardment of thoughts in my mind, my heart started to beat faster, my breathing quickened and I started to look around, trying to find somewhere to escape from everything in my mind. I finally calmed down, Celestia would never think of doing any of those cruel punishments. especially to me, I finally ended up at the front door of the castle and knocked... no answer, I raised one eyebrow and knocked again... still no answer, the thought of her not being here annoyed me so i repeatedly banged on the door until she opened up.
"I said I'd be here in a second" Celestia said with a frown,
"How was i supposed to hear you through this big door?" I said frowning back, I always had been a smartflank, even to the princess, she had raised me since I was a colt. I lived in the castle and was very grateful to her but she had started to try to be something to me that she wasn't, a mother
Celestia glared down at me, "Maybe if you stopped knocking every two seconds you would"
I just flipped my mane to the side, rolled my eyes and said, "Sure, whatever"
"Come inside" she said, trying her hardest not to strangle me, I knew she wanted to, every time she saw me i was either in trouble or was just ignoring her as I went to my room inside the castle.
"Okay" I said
We walked inside through the castle as she lead me to my room, when we stopped at the door she opened it up and stepped inside, I followed close behind.
"Sit" she said in her normal, calm voice
I obeyed and took a seat on my bed, looked up to her and swallowed
"Now Mirage" she said, "You know your not supposed to be flying in Canterlot without my permission, true?"
"Yeah, So what?" I asked,
"Your supposed to obey me" she said frowning, "and you chose not to"
"I'm a Pegasus! I cant just stay grounded forever!" I said loudly,
"I know Mirage" she said still in her calm voice,
"Then why wont you let me fly?!" I said, almost yelling now
"Because it's too dangerous" she said,
"So... now you think I'm dangerous?" I asked,
"That's not what I said" she said looking around,
"But It's what you think" I said "Well, thanks Celestia but I think I didn't do THAT on purpose" I said pointing out the window,
"I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU SAFE YOU LITTLE BRAT!!!" She screamed
The hostility frightened me, Celestia had never yelled at me, I had aggravated her hundreds of times but she never yelled.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WOU-" she stopped "do you know what I would do if something happened to you?" she asked
"What? I asked in a quiet voice, regretting everything I had ever said that hurt her,
"I would be breaking my promise with your mother" she said,
She was the only pony that ever knew my mother.
"I promised her that i would keep you safe" She said,
"why didn't you just give me to an orphanage?" I asked
"Because, I knew there was something was special about you... you do represent the element of electricity after all..." she said in a quiet voice
"I'm sorry" I said, looking at the floor
"What?" she had never heard me say those two words
"I'm sorry" I repeated
"I am sorry as well" she said
"you have nothing to be sorry about, you've taken care of me for so long... and I haven't given you any kind of love back" I said with tears coming to my eyes
"I love you" she said
"I love you too" I said looking up at her with teary eyes
We both walked to each other and embraced for about a minute before she let me go,
"Mirage I'm sending you away" she said, tearing up herself
"W...what?" I said with a tear rolling down my cheek
"Your going away for awhile" she said, "I have to remain focused here, and with you always getting into trouble... I just can't have you breaking my focus"
I looked at her with those same hate filled eyes "Fine... Good"
"Don't you want to know where your going?" she asked,
"Sure" I said, looking away from her now
"A little town called... Ponyville" she said
"Wait, you mean the town where you sent Twilight Sparkle?" I asked, thinking of the Lavender pony that always had her nose in a book
"Yes that's the one" she said,
"I don't really have any friends there except for her" I said, looking down and scraping my hoof against the marble floor
"you don't have any friends here except for her, and now that she's been gone for awhile you don't really know anypony" she said, "I'd think she'd be pleasantly surprised"
"I guess your right" I said smiling
The next thing I knew I was on a train heading to Ponyville, I had packed things up and already been set up a cloud house above the Everfree forest, the first thing to do was to meet up with a mare named Rainbow Dash for my new weather job, I was told she wouldn't be hard to find because she had a Rainbow mane.
I was told to go off on my own from then, which meant I would probably go see Twilight then try to make friends with anypony else I could.
I was snapped out of my thinking to the train stopping and calling out where we were, Ponyville.
As I trotted away from the train and into Ponyville, straining from the weight of my bags the first thing I did was fly straight to my house, as I observed it from the outside the clouds that made the house were black, I could sense electricity surging from the inside,
"Just my type" I said aloud,
When I put my hooves on the cloud the electricity pumped through my veins, causing me to moan in satisfaction, the electricity felt good, I hadn't felt this way since I had accidentally stepped on Canterlots main power source and drained all the electricity from it causing a city-wide blackout, I laughed at the memory and went inside. Inside of the house was much more enthralling, the black clouds felt like they had more electricity in them and the decor was a lot of things that made me think of home, a bunch of electrical generators were in the walls recharging the clouds that I stepped on little by little. I noticed that they made a quiet humming noise the other decorations were pictures of me, Canterlot and Celestia. My hooves were now tingling which meant I was probably full of electricity and couldn't take in much more but my body decided to take in more, sending purple colored electrical discharges throughout the house I finally forced my body to stop trying to take in electricity and headed to my bedroom. It was quiet different from the other rooms in the house, the clouds were white instead of black and instead of generators everywhere there were dressers, a closet, a bed and a nightstand with a picture of Me, Celestia and Luna Huddled together, all smiling towards the camera.
Luna... Celestia's little sister, I had always had more fun with her than Celestia I always thought her to be a big sister other than an aunt to me, we played pranks on ponies to get a good laugh, we argued about random things, we would even pull pranks on Celestia when we got the chance, only to get scolded by her, she always was on her "Royal Princessy Duties" as Luna would call them, even though she, herself was a princess. I had once begged her to go to Ponyville on a Nightmare Night, even though Celestia would have never let me go I thought Luna could change her mind, I wished I had been able to go but I wasn't.
I finally decided it was time to go so I dropped off my things and decided to take a quick fly over the Everfree forest, I got down low enough to reach out and feel the lush, green leaves on the trees. Next I curved quickly up quickly and inhaled the warm, crisp air which quickly got colder due to me not paying attention to my altitude, I found myself above the clouds. The feeling of being alone soothed me,
"I could stay up here all day if I wanted " I thought, in a calm state of mind
My instincts quickly chimed in making me think I was being observed by somepony.
I looked around and saw a cloud shaking ever so slightly,
"Hello?" I called out, "Is anypony there?"
"Nope!" a voice called out from behind the cloud
I raised one eyebrow and flew behind the cloud,
"Hey there!" the cyan mare said,
"Were you following me?" I asked
"Of course not!" she said,
"Your a bad liar" I said,
"I'm not lying!" she said with a smile,
I studied the mare from head to hoof, taking notice at the rainbow mane and the big rose eyes
"Are you Rainbow Dash?" I asked, stupidly
She hopped up, "The One and Only!" she said, "Why? you heard of me?"
"Of course, your the Captain of the weather team!" I replied
"And the fastest flyer in all of Equestria!" she said, bullishly
"Oh really?" I asked,
She looked at me, as if I had just challenged her
"You think you can keep up?" she asked,
"I think I could manage" I said, "I have trained with the Wonderbolts a few times"
"WHAT?!" she said, her pupils shrinking "ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"
While she was bouncing in place I couldn't help but ask, "Whats the big deal?"
She grabbed me by the sides of my face, "Whats the big deal?" she asked, "The big deal is that YOU trained with THE Wonderbolts"
I removed her hooves from my face, "So?"
She looked at me with a confused look, "Do you even know who the Wonderbolts are?" she asked,
"Yeah, they preform aerial acrobatics and demonstrations they are also THE fastest fliers in Equestria" I said, "I don't see why, I can keep up just fine"
I thought back on that day, Spitfire had invited me to come watch one of their practice sessions, but quickly escalated into me training with them, my first thought when flying beside them was the dark clouds that trailed behind them, filled with electricity, but quickly realized they could not manipulate the electricity as I could, and also realized that they only left a CLOUD where I left a trail of pure, purple electricity.
"Who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked, snapping me back to reality
I extended my hoof towards hers, "The names Mirage" I said
"Rainbow Dash" she said in reply, as she went to shake my hoof
When our hooves touched she jumped back, "Ouch!" she said, rubbing her hoof, "Why'd you do that?" she asked, surprised
"Oh, my bad" I said "are you okay?"
"How'd you do that?" she asked,
I had forgotten to tell her that I represented the element of electricity,
"Oh, uh... I have... like... a power...." I stuttered
She looked at me confused, "What do you mean?"
"It's a long story..." I said, trying to avoid the subject
"I have time" she said, crouching down onto the cloud she had been standing on,
I knew I couldn't get away without telling her so I shrugged and went into detail "every one hundred years 6 ponies are born with the power to use one of the worlds 6 elements to their own disposal, three Pegasi two Earth ponies and an Alicorn, No unicorns because that would just fall under their category of "Magic ", the Alicorn is usually born with it, where we have to find out in our lives, I was gifted with, The Element Of Electricity, The other five are, Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit and the rarest, Space/Time" I explained
"Oh and I'm a Unicorn" she mocked,
I frowned, "You don't believe me?"
"How could I?" she said,
"If you weren't going to believe me, why'd you ask in the first place?" I asked,
"Duh, because you shocked me!" she said,
"How could I have done that?" I asked, smiling
"Static Electricity" she said,
She was smart, but wrong, So I poked her on the side
"Ouch!" she yelped,
"How about that?" I asked,
"Coincidence" she said,
I poked her again,
Rainbow Dash:
"Ouch!" I shrieked for the second time,
"That?" Mirage asked,
I rubbed my side, "I still don't believe you" I said,
He frowned and flew up into the sky about 50 hooves up, he looked like he was standing on his hind legs, he exhaled deeply and raised his hooves
"This should be interesting " I thought as I lounged on the cloud I was on
The clouds above got dark, the birds soft melody silenced and I watched in amazement.
He closed his eyes and dropped his hooves, everything stopped, Purple colored lightning surged from the clouds around him, striking him all over his body, I saw his muscles tense, he curled into a ball and tucked his wings in when he came out of the ball his eyes were glowing a bright purple. As fast as it all happened it stopped, the lightning dissipated, the clouds returned to their normal color and he dropped to the onto the cloud below, lifelessly.
I rushed over to him, "Are you okay?" I asked, seeing electricity flicker from his body, also noticing a quiet hum get a little louder,
"I'm Fine, but you might want to back away" he said, in a quiet voice, the now loud hum making his words almost inaudible
I didn't argue, witnessing what happened just now, I didn't know what he was capable of so I flew back and watched from behind a cloud.
His body began to spasm, his head jerked back and forth, his hooves shaking uncontrollably, his mane sticking straight up and his tail in a swaying motion, the humming now a deafening squeal this went on for a few seconds until his body came to a complete stop in perfect unison with the sound stopping.
I stuck my head up from the cloud, "Why did I need to back away from tha-" my voice was cut off by a shock wave leaving his body, it blew my mane back and threw me a few more hooves backwards onto my back.
After a few moments I sat up to find him stumbling while trying to walk over towards me, his mane and tail steaming while electricity visibly surged throughout his body,
"What the hay was all that about?" I asked,
"That... Young lady" he stopped and put one of his hooves on his head and cringed, like he had a headache, "Was the element of electricity!" he said, smiling triumphantly while wobbling back and forth, like a vase that was about to fall off of a table.
"Are you okay?" I asked
His big, purple eyes widened, "I think I might... need to go to the hospital" he said as he fell over, his eyes closing when he connected with the ground.
Applejack:
The constant beep of the machine hooked up to the unknown Stallion, Twilight flipping through dozens of books, looking for answers, Rarity pacing back and forth, Fluttershy hiding behind the chairs, and Rainbow Dash trying to explain who and what he was, Too much going on at once
"I already told you, He controlled the weather!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed
"Most Pegasi can do that Rainbow" Twilight said,
"Not like tapping the clouds, like summoning them!" she argued
"That's impossible!" Twilight argued back, "My book says it right here-"
"Stop looking in your stupid books and open your eyes!" Rainbow yelled
"Maybe if you got your head out of the clouds for once you would figure it out!" Twilight screamed in reply,
"Maybe if you got your head out of a book for once you would figure it out!" Rainbow shouted,
"Oh c'mon y'all!" I yelled, getting their attention
"Applejack just stay out of th-" Twilight tried
"I aint gonna sit back and watch you two bicker and fight all day about something she saw!" I yelled, pointing at Rainbow Dash
"Ha, see Twilight? she knows I'm right and is taking my side!" Rainbow Laughed,
"And you have no room ta talk Rainbow!" I said, "How could any of us believe something as preposterous as that?"
"Ha!" Twilight laughed back at Rainbow Dash
"Now, if either one of you can prove yer point, We'll just go with what you say" I said,
"It's against physics!" Twilight said,
"I watched him do it!" Rainbow said, a little louder
"My books say it's Impossible!, Books don't lie!" Twilight said, With elevated volume
"He touched me on the side and it shocked me!" Rainbow argued, looking over at Twilight,
"Static electricity" Twilight said to Rainbow, looking towards her,
"That's what I thought!" Rainbow yelled,
Rainbow turned back to me, "He flew up into the air, Raised his hooves, dropped them and BOOM!" she said, "all the lightning from the black clouds above him struck him and he fell to the clouds below him!"
The two continued to fight and I finally gave up, I couldn't stop them no matter what,
"What's everypony arguing about?" a voice said from across the room,
Everypony looked over to the stallion, who had now sat up in the bed and was rubbing his eyes.
"Mirage!" Rainbow Dash yelped, speeding off towards the pony
"Wha- What?" He asked being thrown off of the bed by Rainbow,
"Show them the electric stuff!" Rainbow said, walking past him, leaving him on his haunches,
"But-" He was cut off by Rainbow speaking,
"Go on!" she said,
He lifted up one of his hooves and closed his eyes, after a few seconds he started to sweat, the tip up his hoof started to glow and a little ball of purple lightning started to form in his hoof.
"How-" Twilight asked,
"I told you!" Rainbow yelled, pointing at Twilight
He opened his eyes,
"I would.... Make it larger but... I'm really drained..." He said
"Does anypony have any electrical appliances?" Rainbow asked,
No pony heard her they were all to busy staring at the Pony who just made a ball of lightning out of nothing, as was I.
"Aha!" Rainbow yelled,
when I looked over to her she strapping a pair of defibrillators around her hooves, Mirage hadn't noticed from his concentration on the little purple glow coming from his hoof.
"Rainbow, uh... that might be a 'lil much don't ya think?" I asked,
"Nah this stallion can take anything!" she said, turning the defibrillators up to max power
"How long have you even known this stallion?" I asked doubting her knowing anything about him,
"Eh, 30 minutes?" she said smiling,
"30 minutes... wow" I said,
"He'll be fine" she said, the machines were humming from the amount of power surging through them,
As she trotted behind him and put them up to his back I had to ask,
"Yer gonna hit him in the back with those things?" I asked, raising an eyebrow
"He'll be fine" she said, pressing the defibrillators against his back
Mirage:
The surge in my back burned as it made connection with my spine, making it feel like it just exploded the sensation continued to through all my organs and to my hoof. The once little ball grew to the size of me and almost brushed up against the ponies standing in front of me, but luckily I raised my other hoof, stopped the growth of the ball and managed to condense it and completely absorb it before falling onto my back, oh Celestia it felt good to have a little energy back.
The other ponies stood in silence, nothing moved, all I could hear was my rapid breathing. We sat there for at least a minute before Rainbow Dash finally broke the silence,
"huh, that kinda hurt" she said, before jumping up, "I TOLD YOU TWILIGHT!!!" she yelled, the sudden volume change hurting my head,
"How-" The familiar lavender mare asked,
"That was awesome Mirage!" Rainbow yelled, her voice echoing throughout my eardrums
"Wait- Mirage?" The lavender mare asked,
She peered over my body and looked me in the eyes, It was Twilight, how could I forget those purple eyes, The Princess used to call me her brother from are almost matching eyes, hers were just a little bit darker though
"Hey Twilight" I said,
"Mirage?! how can you- how are you- why are you-" She rambled,
"It'd be nice if you spoke in a straight sentence" I said,
"How did you get here?!" she asked loudly,
"The Princess sent me here for screwing around too much in Canterlot" I said
"How did you do that?!" she asked, gesturing at the damage
"After you left I figured out what my Cutie mark meant and I think you got the message pretty well" I said, "Can I get up now?"
After helping me up I brushed off my mane and sides,
"Wait a sec Twilight, You know this stallion?" Rainbow asked,
"Know him?" Twilight asked, "This was the only good friend I had at Canterlot!" she said,
"Well were ya ever gonna tell us about him?" A Orange mare with a cowpony hat asked Twilight,
"Well, yeah, I didn't know how to" Twilight said, "How about I Introduce you now!"
The orange pony rolled her eyes, "Alright" she said,
"Mirage, this is, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, I think you've already met Rainbow Dash, and..." She ran her hoof along the line of ponies that stood before me, all of them having there certain qualities, Pinkie Pie was full pink with 3 balloons as her cutie mark, she was bouncing up and down with a huge grin across her face.
Rarity looked like one of those mares that would flip out from walking on dirt, She was a pale white with a purple mane, 3 diamonds as a cutie mark, not surprising.
Applejack looked about opposite of Rarity she looked like a real working pony, Orange coat, hay straw yellow mane wrapped in a braid, cowpony hat, she had a farmers accent her cutie mark was 3 red apples in a triangular formation.
Twilight had stopped when her hoof was on a mare hiding behind a chair,
"and that's Fluttershy" she said, with a sigh
She peeked over the top of the chair saw me and bolted back down,
"I've got this" Rainbow Dash said as she trotted past me and Twilight,
She had gone behind the chair and started whispering to Fluttershy, after a few minutes they came out, she wouldn't look me in the eye no matter what.
She had a yellow coat and a flowing pink mane, I looked for her cutie mark but noticed her wings first, they were smaller than mine and Dash's they didn't even look like they were capable of lifting her, her cutie mark was made up of three pink winged butterfly's.
"Hello" I said to her, trying to get her to look at me
"um... h-" the last word was inaudible
"Sorry, I didn't catch that last part"
"hi..." she said, almost inaudible
"I'm Mirage" I said, extending a hoof and smiling, "What's your name?" I asked, already knowing but wanting her to at least talk to me,
"I'm... Fluttershy..." she said, her voice sounding like a whisper that was quieter than a whisper at the end of her talking,
"um... okaaaay..." I said looking to the other ponies,
"She talks more when ya get ta know her" Applejack said, raising her hoof "Pleased to meet ya Mirage"
"Pleased to meet you too" I said shaking her hoof,
"Oh darling those colors are fantastic!" Rarity piped in "Did you recolor them yourself?"
"Nah, I was born like this" I said,
"Really? that color is very rare!" she said, pointing the black in my mane
"Really?" I asked,
"Oh yes black is a very rare color" she said, smiling while admiring the color,
"But why is it in such a ruffled mess?" she asked, the smile instantly forming into a frown
"Oh I always keep it like this" I said, eyeing my mane that she was poking at,
"Enough about your mane! My turn!!!" Pinkie said smashing Rarity out of the way
"Hey hey hey!" Pinkie said, her face getting inches away from mine, I could feel her warm breath against mine as she got closer looking right into my eyes, her mane brushed my snout when she turned around, it smelled like... cotton candy, I backed away when her tail had smacked me across the face, embarrassed,
"whats your favorite thing to do Mr. Mirage?"
"uh... I enjoy music and... I dunno flying?" I said, trying to find words
"That's cool! I like to..." she began,
she went through the longest list of things that anypony could ever dream of before Twilight me pulled away from her
"Okay Pinkie I think that's enough" Twilight said,
"awwwww" Pinkie said, "I wasn't even halfway through!"
"What happened here?!" A voice said,
We all looked over to see a doctor standing in the doorway, his mouth agape
I looked around at the mess I made In the room and turned back to him,
"It's a long story"
Mirage:
It felt good to get out of the hospital and do my own thing, It was around Midnight and everypony had gone to sleep, Funny, Celestia gives me a bed even though I have Insomnia... Probably just to rest on.
At least I thought everypony was asleep,
Electronic Music blared from a small building close to The Library, my mind craved the sound, the bass, the beat, everything.
When I reached the building there was a long line of ponies standing outside, entering one by one, some exited looking very drunk,
It's a club I thought, smiling
"Hey! is that the pony I think it is?" A familiar voice shouted over the music and crowd outside of the club
when I turned around A pale mare with a dual colored electric mane and violet glasses walked towards me with a big grin,
"Vinyl!" I asked hugging the old friend, "What are you doing here?" I asked,
"I'm preforming here tonight! and, I live here!" she said, "What are you doing here momma's boy? she teased, she called me "momma's boy" because of the princess always watching over me like I was her child,
"I got sent here from Canterlot because I'm dangerous" I said, with a angry tone
"Aw sweet!" she said, "Ya still draining power from major cities?" she asked,
"I just lit a couple trees on fire" I said, "Accidentally"
"Sure, sure ya did" she said grinning, "you wanna come help me with the turn tables?" she asked,
"I'm not that good Vinyl" I said,
"Your the only one that can keep up with this" she said, putting her hoof on her chest
"Sure" I said,
"We're doing the one we did on Nightmare Night in Canterlot!" she said,
I remembered what to do perfectly, the time to turn, which way to turn, flipping switches, Piece of Cake.
"fine" I said, acting like I didn't want to
"Yes!" she shrieked,
We put on a great show! her fans loved it, I tried to put all the attention towards her, but she directed attention towards me, we ended up both getting the spotlight then she asked me if I wanted to have a drink, I refused but she ended up making me, telling me that I deserved at least one, Yeah, one turned into five and five turned into ten, we ended up having a shot competition, downing as much as we could until we got into the past drunk state, we were bucked up and we talked in slurs I could barely remember what happened.
"Dude, dude, dude" she said, giggling for no reason
"Wha?" I said, swaying back and forth
"You know what would...." she was giggling again, "what would really screw with their minds?" she said,
"What?!" I said, my eyes getting serious, at least I think it was serious...
"If we just, like, started making out for like, no reason!" she said,
"Dude!" I said, "that totally would!"
"I know! that's what I said!" she said, laughing uncontrollably
and with that she took her glasses off, leaped on top of me, tackling me out of my chair and smothering my lips with her own, our tongues wrestling for dominance of the others mouth, taste of alcohol spreading in each others mouths, for a moment I realized what I was doing and apparently she did too because we both pulled away and looked at each other in the eye, I smiled first being completely aware of what was going on, I really did like, no love her from the beginning she was beautiful, her magenta eyes blinked and she blushed, and returned the smile, we both wanted this we just needed someone else to explain it for us, in this case, our drunk selves.
She bent down and kissed me, not out of drunkenness, out of love.
Vinyl Scratch:
When I woke up, I felt comforted, even with the terrible, pounding headache. I tried to get up but was pulled back into my bed, I pulled up the blankets and saw two hooves wrapped around the lower part of my chest, they were only inches above my breasts, I felt a sensation between my haunches but quickly turned over to face him so he didn't notice. I almost laughed when I saw him with my glasses on, when I took them off of him and levitated them onto my nightstand with my horn and noticed his eyes were starting to open up.
"Hey there momma's boy" I said, quietly
"Morning" he said, smiling and opening up his eyes
"You get any sleep?" I asked
"Nah" he said,
"Do you remember anything about last night?" I asked,
"A little"
"Like what?" I asked, hoping he remembered me kissing him,
"The show, us going to the bar, the crowd..." he listed,
"oh..." I said disappointed,
I'll just have to ask him then... but, how?
"...and you kissing me," he said ending the list
"Mirage..." I said, "Do you like me?" I asked, not being able to hide myself blushing
"Of course I like you, your the coolest mare in the world!" he said,
"No, I mean like, LIKE, LIKE me" I said, my face feeling like it was on fire,
He looked at me right in the eye, the purple in his eyes looked like they were sparking,
"How couldn't I? he asked,
I still thought he meant like a friend, "No, I mean-"
"I like you more than a friend Vinyl" he said, cutting me off
Did I just hear that?
"Really? I asked,
"More like a marefriend" he said,
Butterfly's exploded in my stomach,
He really likes me! I thought as he stroked my mane,
"Do you like me the same way?" he asked blushing,
I leaned over and gave him a long kiss, then backed away
"Does that answer your question?" I asked, trying to put a seductive look in my eyes
"Yup"
I scooted over to him and put my head on his shoulder, closed my eyes and snuggled up with him, his body heat was soothing, along with him stroking my mane, It felt amazing, I had never been in a relationship before, was this how it was supposed to feel?
"Uh, guys?" Someone said from the door
I turned around quickly and saw Octavia watching us,
"What have you guys been doing?" she asked, looking at me narrow eyed
"This isn't what it looks like Octavia!" I said panicking,
"Yeah, I'll be the judge of that... Who is he?" she asked, pointing at Mirage
"A friend" I said, swallowing hard, If there was one one person who didn't need to know about my love life it was her.
"He looks like more than a friend to me" she said,
"He is more than a friend!" I said defending him, he was also looking at Octavia, but hadn't said anything
"When did you get a roommate?" He asked,
"awhile ago" I said,
"How long has he been your friend and how long has he been your coltfriend? she asked,
"He's been my friend for half of my life jerk!" I screamed, "and we've only been dating for like a minute!"
"Girls, calm down" Mirage tried to say,
"Well that's quite a few steps for only dating for a minute!" Octavia said,
I knew what she meant and just like that, I snapped.
"We didn't have sex!" I yelled, "and even if I did what could you do about it?"
"I could kick him out! It's my house too!"
"GIRLS!" Mirage yelled,
Me and Octavia turned to listen to the stallion,
"Octavia we haven't done anything wrong, honest, We have been friends forever and I had never shared my real feelings with her" he said,
"and I had the same problem, I had those feelings but couldn't find out how to tell him" I admitted,
"So what changed?" she asked,
Oops
"Well... we... Got a little drunk" I said, slowly
"Did you ever think that you might not have had these feelings before you got drunk?" She asked,
"For Celestia's sake Octavia!" I said, "I know my feelings"
"Where did he even come from?" She asked, glaring at him
"He's Celestia's Son!" I said with a grin,
"What?" she said amazed "Really?"
"Not completely, I'm adopted, My mother had left me under her care" Mirage said,
"No wonder, your obviously trouble" she said,
"Hey!" I yelled at her,
Mirage must have taken that the worst way because he had his eyes closed while looking towards the ground, with a look of sadness on his face,
I put my hoof on his shoulder, "It's okay"
I glared at Octavia, and mouthed the word "Really?"
When I looked back at Mirage the Sadness had disappeared and been replaced by Anger,
"Hey, hey, It's okay she didn't mean it" I said to him,
Mirage:
"I'm Not Afraid Of The Dark Mommy" I said to my mother, she had looked down at me, I was still a Filly, we were looking at a black door
"He's in there Mirage" she said, in a scared voice,
"I'm Not Afraid Of The Dark"
"I am the darkness Mirage" The door said,
Vinyl Scratch:
Purple electricity built around his body and he levitated into the air without his wings, A low growl emanated from his mouth, His eyes opened revealing them to be blood red instead of the normal purple, his lightning now taking the color of his eyes, along with any purple color on his body, I've seen him do something like this before but never changing his color, he'd been in numerous fights over me being insulted, but never himself, but no pony had ever insulted him about his mother, it was just plain wrong.
He backed up and went for a dash towards Octavia, who was still in the doorway staring up at Mirage. I caught him with my magic and started to sap his energy like I had done twice before, the first time was challenging but the second was easy, this was something else, this wasn't Mirage this was a beast that was locked down deep inside but was finally let out, it was his father, I had heard numerous stories about him and how he tried to kill Mirage's mother while giving birth because he was so close to his destiny, The legend also said that he had possessed his only son with his soul, and he was unleashed, just like that.
He was incredibly strong, with so much power that he inched closer and closer towards Octavia, who stood watching in horror, Mirage's color started to come back in the tail but I needed to move faster, He was close to Octavia, I focused all of my magic on Mirage seeing the color return in his eyes relived me, his mane, tail, Electricity, and mind turned back to normal.
"What the?" he said, seeing himself levitating off of the ground
"Oh my bad" I said as I put him on the ground and let him go
"Sorry Octavia" he said, seeing her facial expression and walking out of the room
"Wha?" Octavia said, shaking
I walked over to Octavia, "Don't EVER speak of his mother again got it?"
She nodded her head in reply, still shocked at what just happened
"Good" I said, as chased after Mirage
"And he just flew off" I had finished explaining what happened to Mirage to Rainbow Dash, "Could you give me a lift?"
"Yeah sure... but you wont be able to walk on the clouds of his house" she said,
"I cast a cloud walking spell" I said, feeling prepared
"Alright then" Rainbow said, "Off to the house!"
As we ascended into the air I thought about what he could do, I was worried for him and Rainbow Dash must have noticed,
"Hey cheer up! I'm sure he'll be fine!" she shouted over the wind,
"I hope so..." I mumbled
"So, you guys are dating?" Rainbow asked,
"Yeah since this morning" I said
"That's great Vinyl!" Rainbow said enthusiastically, "How is he?"
"What do you mean?" I asked,
"What do you like about him?" she said,
"Well... we've been friends for as long as I can remember, he has great taste in music and he'd always stick up for me, he isn't afraid to get his hooves dirty" I said, "and... his eyes"
"What about his eyes?" she asked,
"I dunno, they've always looked special in someway, that was the first thing that I noticed about him"
"hmm" Rainbow said, "What kinda music does he like?"
"Like, Dubstep and Electro" I said, "Why are you asking all these questions?"
"Oh, no reason" Rainbow said, "Just, uh... curious"
"Are you sure-"
"We're here!" Rainbow yelled,
The house was made of black, thunderclouds, we heard shattering and smashing from inside of the house so we knocked on the door loudly,
"Go away!" Mirage yelled from inside
"Mirage! It's me!" I yelled, "Please open the door!"
Silence
"I'm Breaking it down" I said to Rainbow Dash,
"What? really?" She gasped,
"Yup" I said ramming my body into the door,
It flung open and I landed on the cloud with a poof
When I got to my hooves I saw what used to be a house, smashed glass on the ground, dressers flipped over a couch ripped to pieces, We ran into his bedroom to witness him punching a window out,
"Mirage!" I yelled, tackling him to the ground pinning him down,
"Don't get near me! I'm a MONSTER!!!" He cried out, tears streaming down his face,
It hurt to see him like this, it felt like we'd been dating since we met, I couldn't stand to see him hurt
"You are NOT a monster Mirage" I said,
"Than what am i?" He asked, looking up with teary eyes
"...Your Mine..." I said as I nuzzled his neck,
"I just tried to attack your roommate! why would you want me as a coltfriend anymore?" he said sadly,
"It wasn't your fault!" I said, angrily
"But it was still me!" he said, "I cant put up a fight against my father!"
"Yes you can!" I yelled at him,
"Rainbow can you leave us alone for a minute?" I asked, turning towards her
"Yeah, sure" she said, as she walked out of the room,
I turned my attention back to Mirage who was staring up at me,
"Now, c'mere" I said as I leaned down kissing him,
I stayed there for a long time, I didn't really want it to end, I was starting my own tears now, they fell onto his cheeks from mine,
"don't cry" he said, "it's okay... shh shh shh..."
His arms were wrapped around me, one hoof of his was bleeding, I could feel it on my back, we weren't kissing anymore just holding each other, my head resting on his shoulder, this stallion that I had right here, was the kindest pony I had ever met, he wasn't going to let go, we flew back to the house with me in his arms, Rainbow Dash had followed making sure we could both make it, after we got inside I positioned myself differently, now with my legs wrapped around his stomach my arms around his neck, my chin resting on his shoulder and my eyes closed, he managed to walk on just his hind hooves through the house, I saw Octavia sitting in a chair reading the newspaper, she flicked it down to see us, she smiled and nodded her head up and down, I smiled at this, she approved of him, out of fear? I don't know.
Night Flash:
The two were really going at it, they were unmistakably drunk, they had been laughing at random for a few minutes then they were on top of each other making out, I wasn't staring, I had just been right next to them at the bar and happened to hear everything.
"You know them?" the bartender asked, cleaning a mug
"Nah, I guess I was just lucky enough to sit down next to 'em" I said, sarcastically
"Their bill would have been huge, but they did play tonight, so I said it was on the house... That was a mistake" He said chuckling
I didn't say anything, just laughed back.
"Why are you here?" he asked after a few minutes, "don't see many Alicorns in Ponyville"
"Well, I'm supposed to be looking after him" I said, Pointing at the drunk Mirage, "Celestia doesn't trust him to be alone"
"I wonder why" the bartender said, looking over at the two, who were finally getting up, lips still locked.
"I'm gonna follow 'em" I said, paying my bill
"See ya around" he said,
Mirage and Vinyl were swaying back and forth as they walked out, finally breaking apart I had known Vinyl's name only because I had been watching over Mirage since he was a colt and he had become friends with Vinyl before he had gotten his cutie mark, they had an unbreakable friendship, always sticking up for each other, partying together, one time Vinyl had broken something of Celestia's during a "secret" party at the castle and took the blame for it. They had hugged, danced together, they had slept in the same bed numerous times, I had to watch over them when they did things like that, to make sure that things didn't get out of hoof, but this time things went farther out of hoof than ever before, he was old enough for alcohol, sex and everything else but had never done anything like that, unless you count tonight.
We had only met once, at a Nightmare Night in Canterlot when he played the same song that he played tonight with Vinyl, It had been quick but clearly awkward for me, I was never supposed to tell him about me watching over him,
"Hey Mr. Alicorn!" he yelled over the music,
"huh?" I asked, not knowing it was him talking to me
"Why aren't you dancing?" he asked, "Do you not like the music"
I had turned and noticed it was him, I started fumbling over my words,
"Oh!, uh... it's not the music... it's um... I'm not that great of a dancer" I said, facehoofing afterwards for my stupidity
"Oh come on! your immortal, you've had to have learned some moves in time" he said,
"I may be immortal, but haven't danced since... my wedding" I said, turning around
"Oh?" he said, "Your married?"
I faced him again feeling the pain building up inside,
"Not anymore" I said, my voice cracking at the end from tears ready to build,
his permanent smile faded, and he gasped
"I'm sorry I didn't mean-"
"It's fine" I said, cutting him off
"just try to have fun" he said, trying to cheer me up
he finally went back to the stage with Vinyl and turned the bass up, completely drowning out the crowds cheers,
My wife, Blossom Cheer had passed a few years ago, she had grown old and I had barely changed, I had come home early one day from work and found her in bed, already gone. It was my fault, I should have been there for her, not at work, she had wanted me to stay that day and I didn't, I cared more for myself than her, I promised to be with this kid until the end, I had known his mother and his father, I had protected him when Blackblood had tried to kill him and turn him into a Vampony, all without him knowing, I was his shadow.
I was following them down the road, watching Vinyl leaning up against him and kissing him every few seconds, him returning the favor by nuzzling and kissing her back, the eventually got to a house and went inside, I had no intention of following them inside so I just returned to the hotel in Ponyville.
I sat down on the firm couch, hovering a quill and scroll towards me, I had wrote down the events of tonight and was ready to send it, the letter told of the club, him getting drunk, Vinyl with him, them walking home, everything. Celestia would want to know about this, but, I couldn't help but feel... guilty, I men how would you like to report on someones personal life?
Nothing Happened Tonight I thought as I bunched up the paper.
Mirage:
I was sleeping for once, my Insomnia would give up when I slept with Vinyl, letting me go into a dream world. the only bad thing was I could only dream one thing, and it got worse each time,
"I'm not afraid of the dark mommy" I said,
"He's in there Mirage" my mother said,
that black door stared back without eyes, piercing my very soul, I knew what was in there, who was in there.
"I am the Darkness Mirage" the door said,
The door slowly creaked open,
"Mirage?"
The door was almost halfway opened,
"Mirage"
The door was opened, red eyes glowed from the back of the dark room,
"MIRAGE!"
"Hello Son"
I was jerked from my Nightmare by Vinyl punching me in the stomach, I sat straight up and felt hot tears ran down my cheeks.
"Sorry" Vinyl said,
When I looked over to the source of her voice, all I saw were the glint of her eyes in the moonlight, It wasn't even near sunrise.
"Thanks" I said, wiping my eyes,
"Will you be okay for the rest of the night?" she said, yawning
"No" I said, glumly "You can just go back to sleep"
"No way" she said, rolling on top of me,
"What are you doing?" I asked,
"Making you feel better" She said, running her hoof down my side, I could feel her cotton stockings
A low moan escaped as she rubbed up and down against me,
"Ohhh" she said, "You like that?"
she flicked on the lamp on her nightstand, causing a dim light to Illuminate our faces, she looked beautiful, her big magenta eyes with a seductive look in them, she was slightly blushing from her movement against me,
she had spread her legs and I started to feel wetness between haunches,
"seems like your enjoying it a little more" I said, grinning
"We'll see" she said,
Almost instantly after she said that, she rubbed her slit over my enlarging dick from the base to the tip, causing me to shriek rather loudly, when I thought she was going to put it in she pulled away,
She's teasing me! I thought,
"Shh... You don't wanna wake up Octavia" she said,
she mimicked her last movement, sending a chill up my spine, I fought back yelling, just moaned in ecstasy
"I think I'm winning" she said giggling,
she went for the same movement again but I held her flanks, kind of slapping them, not knowing what I had done until moments after,
"Sorry!" I said, "I didn't mean to hit you"
She turned around and looked at her flank, then looked back, grinning seductively
"Do it again" she said,
I didn't argue, just raised my right hoof and brought it down softly on her flank,
"Harder" she said,
again, I raised my hoof and brought it down harder onto her flank making her shake a bit
"Harder" she repeated,
I brought down my hoof again, not hurting her but making her release a moan,
"Mmmm..." she said, "again"
"I don't want to hurt you" I said, thinking I could hurt her
"I said... again"
I brought down my hoof with the same power as the last
"Ohhh!" she yelped,
I flipped her over on her back, making me be on top
"My turn to tease you" I said, grinning
I rubbed my colthood against her slit, up and down, making her moan,
"Stop" she said, still grinning
but I knew better, she teases me, I tease her, so I carried on
She pushed against my chest, moaning loudly as she did, her slit was soaked with her own juices I knew she was close,
"Sweet Celestia! I- I'm going to cum!" she cried,
I got off of her, not wanting her to cum already,
She climbed on me, rubbing her hoof up and down on my part, rubbing my balls as well.
She scooted down, and stuck out her tongue licking me from the base up to the tip, she eventually put her mouth around the tip, going in a slow up and down rhythm on it,
"Ahhh...." I moaned,
She continued for a few minutes then got off, a strand of saliva between her lips and my rock hard rod,
"How about..." she started before leaning up and kissing me for a few seconds, "We take this to the next level?"
I understood and lowered her down onto me,
"Tell me if it hurts too much okay?" I said,
I slid into her slowly, seeing her wince every couple seconds,
"You okay?" I asked, about halfway in
"I'm fine..." she said, "just do this"
she sat down fast, causing me to go all the way in, and making her scream
"Why'd you do that?" I asked,
"I hate being teased" she said, breathing heavily,
I started a slow rhythm with her, up and down, up and down, she was biting her bottom lip, letting her mane cover her face. I started to go faster, making her rock back and forth, she ended up giving me a break and moved herself up and down on me, moaning to the rhythm,
"This is better than ANY toy" Vinyl exclaimed,
"I bet" I said, trying to contain myself
She continued for a long time, slowing down and speeding up every few minutes
"Vinyl" I said, "I- I'm going to cum"
"Me too" she said, breathing heavily
"Like now!" I yelled, thinking she would want to take me out
"Then do it!" she yelped, taking me in balls deep and stopping
I let out a long loud moan as I climaxed inside of her, she was next, I took myself out and put her flanks on my upper chest, licking her slit, she yelped as she climaxed showering me with her juices. she fell onto her back and took a moment to breathe, her juice tasted like cinnamon, I licked what I could and swallowed a little in my mouth, she sat up, leaned down to me and licked some off of my cheek and kissed me, our tongues wrestling each other, the juices of hers mixed in our mouths until we finally broke apart.
She lay on top of me, breathing in and out, almost panting, same with myself only me on the bottom.
"That was..." she broke the silence, "Amazing"
"You were amazing" I said,
"No, you were" She argued,
I had no intention to argue, she was already dozing and I was tired, so I shut my eyes, and heard the lamp click off.
Mirage:
Crimson blood pooled on the ground below me, My blood, a burning sensation in my neck and the world spinning around me. Eyes drooping, this was it, this was the end of my story, I lay there imagining a chapter of a book written first in ink, then transition into blood, I felt cold, like I was in a refrigerator, a locked refrigerator. I could see Vinyl in the distance, running towards me, her glasses still on, I couldn't leave her... not like this
The world seemed to go dark then light back up, every time the lights would come on my vision would get blurrier.
"Mirage!" Vinyl said, I could barely hear her
"I'm gone now Vinyl" I thought as I saw her beautiful face, this may be the last time to see it.
"Goodbye Vinyl" This wasn't me thinking anymore, it was my father, and... something else, somepony else
"Stop It" I argued with them through my thoughts
"It's only a matter of time Mirage" My father thought,
"You are infected, and almost dead" The other thought,
"I'll be fine... I cant leave Vinyl" I thought,
"Why so she leaves you later?" My father thought,
"She will only cause you more pain" The other thought,
"This is the easy way out Mirage" My father thought,
"Fuck the easy way out Dad!" I screamed at him In thought,
"Your choice Mirage, You live and get hurt worse or You come with us... and wait for your daughter" My father thought, he was the only on replying now,
"My... My what?" I thought,
"Your daughter, Vinyl is pregnant... I can smell it" he thought, "You know you cant handle those kinds of responsibilities... Your the same as me"
"I am NOTHING like you!" I thought, "Bring me back now!"
"We Warned You" they said in unison
3 Hours Earlier...
We were playing in the club tonight, making beats for a rapper that had come here on his tour, being the only nightclub in Ponyville we got him to play here, me and Vinyl were on the turntables moving dials and spinning records while he rhymed, we had gotten to know him pretty well before the show, learning all about his tour and why he rapped the way he did.
"So Blackblood... what got you into music?" Vinyl asked the unicorn, he was a lot younger than us but was probably better than me and Vinyl combined on the mic
"Actually, as cheesy as it may sound I watched you two preform on Nightmare Night in Canterlot" He said, blushing
Me and Vinyls Jaws dropped, "You were there?" I asked,
"Yup" he said, smiling
"That's crazy!" Vinyl said, "So we like, inspired you?"
"Well... yeah" he said, looking unsure,
"Good for you kid!" Vinyl said, patting him on the back
"Now about you two..." He started "Are you like, brother and sister or something?"
"What?" we said together
"Well, you do having matching manes" he said,
"No, no, no" we said together again,
we looked at each other and she gestured for me to talk,
"She's my Marefriend" I said,
"Oh!" he said, looking surprised, "Um, so I guess you would mind if I..." he trailed off,
"If you what?" I said, expecting nothing
But he leaned in and kissed Vinyl on the lips then ran out onto stage, the crowd cheering as he did,
"What the hay was that?!" I yelled, steaming
"Oh?" she said, "Is somepony jealous?" she asked grinning at me,
her eyes just completely shut off my anger, "No because that pony cant do this whenever he wants"
"Wha?-" she said before getting cut off by my lips, she went all in for the kiss using her tongue and all, before I pulled her away,
"Let's get out there" I said, patting her flank
"Aight" she said, sliding her glasses on
When we walked out the cloud roared, me now becoming part of her main act, we walked up to the turntables and started.
after the concert me and Vinyl escaped from the crowd and went outside to get home,
"I'm gonna talk to Blackblood for a minute" I said, "You head home"
"Cool" she said, nuzzling me, "See ya there"
She trotted off and I turned back to the club, seeing Blackblood in front of the door, Staring
"Woah!" I shrieked, startled
"What do you need to talk to me about?" he said, In an annoyed tone
"Vinyl" I said, frowning
"What about her?" He asked, grinning
"This isn't a game Blackblood" I said, "You cant just go around kissing someponys Marefriend... That's not right"
"It sure did feel right" he said walking towards me with an aggressive look in his eyes
I stood my ground, watching the young Stallions Dark blue mane become darker, along with his Dark blue body
"What are you doing?" I asked,
"Taking out the trash..." He said,
I started to walk towards him, meeting him face to face
His eyes turned red and a smile grew on his face revealing two razor sharp fangs dripping black fluid,
"What the..." I said, as he chuckled, and tackled me
"Die!" he yelled, dashing in to bite me, I managed to put my right hoof in front of him causing him to bite down on that instead, his fangs piercing my fur and skin, making it go numb, instantly
"Gaah!" I yelled, feeling the pain
He rolled me over, onto my stomach, and felt air rush past us two and his needle like fangs burrowing themselves into my neck, he left them there for a few seconds, lapping up my blood and replacing it with something... new.
and just like that, he was gone, leaving me there gasping for air and coughing up my own blood.
Crimson blood pooled on the ground below me, My blood, a burning sensation in my neck and the world spinning around me. Eyes drooping, this was it, this was the end of my story, I lay there imagining a chapter of a book written first in ink, then transition into blood, I felt cold, like I was in a refrigerator, a locked refrigerator. I could see Vinyl in the distance, running towards me, her glasses still on, I couldn't leave her... not like this
The world seemed to go dark then light back up, every time the lights would come on my vision would get blurrier.
"Mirage!" Vinyl said, I could barely hear her
"I'm gone now Vinyl" I thought as I saw her beautiful face, this may be the last time to see it.
"Goodbye Vinyl" This wasn't me thinking anymore, it was my father, and... something else, somepony else.
Vinyl Scratch:
I rushed him to the Hospital as fast as I could, the rain pouring down on us, my hooves splashing in the mud I ran through Ponyville.
"HELP!!!" I yelled as I busted through the hospital doors,
The ponies looked up glumly, but saw me and him and rushed to our aid, slamming him down onto a bed and rolling him into a nearby room, I ran after him, but was blocked by two doctors at the doors,
"Only his family can see him right now" The stallion blocking the right door said,
"But... I am his family!" I shouted, trying to push past
"Oh?" the mare on the left said, "Are you his sister, or wife?" she asked,
"Uh, Yeah! I'm his wife!" I said, Lying
"We're going to need confirmation of-"
"I'm just his Marefriend..." I said with a sigh, cutting her off
"Then you may not enter" She said, "I'm sorry miss"
"I'm the only family he has!" I shouted, "For Celestia's sake let me in!"
"Why don't you get his mother and father and come-"
"They are both dead!" I yelled, tears streaming down my cheeks
They looked shocked and stepped out of my way
I barged in through the doors, seeing him lying motionless on a bed, eyes opened, his pupils darting around,
"Mirage!" I said as I ran to his side accidentally grabbing his hurt hoof,
"Vinyl?" he asked, weakly, his purple eyes widening when he saw me
"I'm here" I said, tears welling up in my eyes
"Don't cry" he said, "Don't you dare cry for me"
"I'm sorry" I said, "It should have been me"
"No" he said, "It must have happened for a reason"
"The reason was me leaving you alone" I said,
"Don't talk like that!" he shouted,
The sudden hostility frightened me, he had never yelled at me out of anger
"What's wrong?" I asked, narrowing my eyes
"Nothing" he said, rolling over,
I walked to the side he was facing and saw his eyes, they weren't the normal purple, they were black, pitch black
"Your eyes..." I said, reaching over to touch his face
he smacked my hand down, glaring at me, with those emotionless eyes
"Don't touch me!" he yelled,
"What's your problem Mirage?" I asked, tears starting to fall from my eyes
"Who the hay is Mirage?" he asked, looking right at me
"What?" I asked, "You're Mirage!" I shouted, closing my eyes letting the tears run free
"Vinyl?" he asked, emotion returning to his voice
I opened my eyes, revealing his purple saucer eyes looking at me
"Why are you crying?" he asked
"Your eyes..." I repeated putting my hoof to his face, expecting him to bat it away like last time but he welcomed it.
"What about them?" he asked, smiling
"They... change..." I said, looking down at his smile, seeing two sharp teeth sticking out like a sore hoof
"You have fangs!" I said, holding his mouth opened
"Yeah So what?" that emotionless voice was back, I let him close his mouth and looked at his eyes, seeing the two black ones,
"Mirage wake up" I said,
"Who the hay is-"
I didn't let it finish I just slapped it across the face, he blinked revealing Mirage's eyes again
"Whew" I said,
"Why'd you do that?" he asked, rubbing his cheek
"You keep changing back and forth" I said,
"What do you mean?" He asked
"You keep turning into... somepony else"
"He bit me..." Mirage said, drooping his eyes in shame
"Who?" I asked,
"Blackblood, He was a Vampony" He said,
"So does that mean..." I said, knowing the inevitable
He put his hoof in his mouth and felt around, poking where his fangs were,
"Yeah..." He said, Tearing up
"Don't cry" I said, Holding him
"I'm weak" he said,
"No your not" I said, still embracing him
"But-"
"You're not weak Mirage... you'll get back at him" I said
"If I ever get my hooves on him again..." He started
"I know" I said,
"Mirage..." a voice said
I turned my head to see Celestia standing at the foot of his bed, with tears in her eyes
"I'm so sorry" she said, joining the embrace, making it more or less awkward
"Celestia..." he said,
"Yes?" she said, backing up,
"I'm... a..." he trailed off, and ended up just showing his teeth,
"I know..." she said, letting a single tear run down her cheek
"Do you remember Vinyl?" he asked, gesturing to me
"How could I forget?" she said, smiling, "I heard about you two from Rainbow Dash"
"Oh..." I said, remembering all of Rainbow's questions the day before.
"and... I have very grave news" she said, Tears running down her cheeks, flowing freely
Mirage and I looked up at her, interested
"The Lunar Republic has Declared war on The Solar Empire"
End Of Book One