Rebellious Spirit

Adventurous, traveler, and quite-medieval family, The Sword Family. They’ve been to many unknown places in Equestria along with the other adventurers and travelers. Also famous for treasure hunting, they’ve gave five ancient non-Equestria treasures to the famous museum in Fillydelphia, three from last year and two from two years ago.

One fact about this family is that they possess the so-called Stand. A fighting spirit of the one who has enough strength (both physically and mentally) to possesses it. However, it is impossible to be seen by non Stand user.

The family lives near the coast of Fillydelphia, it’s very peaceful and they can get to the nearest port in no time. Beside, the view is beautiful and very guaranteed to take a break from reality.

The second child and son, Darah, is a pretty active family member. Since the day he discovered his Stand ability, he is motivated to be as strong as his big brother and parents, and at the same time supporting his sister, Clash.

At early morning, the sound for breaking woods can be heard as Darah is practicing. His determination is way bigger than his brother’s Stand power.

“Urraaaaaargh!”

The screams, breaks, and punches are heard by everypony in the house. Darah always practices hard in the early morning. He screams louder as he unleashes his Stand, Sweet Death and attacks the targets.

“C’mon!” Darah says as he starts to move very agile and quickly.

His sister, Clash gets awake by Darah’s screams. Knowing that his brother, Darah is practicing, she brings him a couple of bottles of water. Somehow, Darah doesn’t realize that Clash is there. She then proceeds to sits under a tree and watches his brother practicing, she eventually falls asleep.

As Darah turns around agily, he finally notices that Clash is sleeping. He stops his practice for a while and gently bringing her back to her bed, deciding to be quieter.

“Sorry for the inconvenience, sister. Have a nice sleep.” Darah kisses Clash’s forehead and goes back to the side yard.

“I need to be faster with my Stand. The family’s speciality!” Darah motivates himself as he continues to practice. As he tries to be quieter he is more focused, thus increases his and his Stand’s precision. Darah is on fire right now.

He pushes himself to the limit. Now Darah is more agile and has better precision than before. He catches his breath before walking around for cooling down. Suddenly a flame appears in front of him, forming up a unicorn mare.

“Hard practice again, honey? You woke up the entire house. Even your dad woke up for a second before sleeping back.” Pierce giggles as she tries to keep her eyes open.

“Aww, sorry about that.” Darah smiles nervously.

“Don’t apologize, keep practicing.” Pierce smiles. “Just try to not wake us up.”

“Hahaha, I’ll practice in the field then.” Darah turns around, heading to the field.

After thirty minutes of practicing in the field, Darah goes back and eating breakfast with his family. At afternoon, he and his family are going to Thrylos Vivlio. Before going on an adventure, they always read a book or more, mostly about legends and folklores.

In the middle of the trip, Darah gets uneasy as the car’s radio plays a song that triggers his psychotic personality.

“Gah, forget it.” Darah lets out a sigh.

“Don’t worry, Darah. I felt it too. Still learning tho.” Clash tries to cheer Darah.

“Hehe, thanks, sis.” Darah’s compliments makes Clash blushes in happiness.

The street is not-so-crowded, probably because most ponies are currently working. The family finally arrive at Thrylos Vivlio, their most reliable library in Fillydelphia.

“Alright boys and girls, we have arrived!” Sling says as he drops Pierce, Dikarb, Darah, and Clash then parks the car near the library.

Thrylos Vivlio is famous for its collection of legendary, folklore, history, and many more books. The Sword Family is one if its loyal customers.

“Good afternoon, young stallion. What can I get for you?” A mare greets him with a warm smile.

“Any of our usual books, please.” Darah looks around for any book that interests him.

“Coming up!” The mare leaves Darah, allowing him to search on his own.

There are many books that get his attention but the family only gets the best one. Thus, Darah only borrow one, even then he only reads it. The mare returns, bringing five books.

“Sorry, sir. But these are the only ones we thought are the best.”

“That’s okay.” Darah picks one that interests him the most. “I’ll take this one.”

“Thank you.” She smiles then returns the rest of the books.

“Wish I could help you….”

Darah goes to the cashier, the waiting line is not long so he should be able to buy a drink later since he has been thirsty looking for a book for the family’s next adventure. Darah pays 70 bits for the books he borrows.

As soon as Darah leaves the cashier, Clash runs to him and drags him somewhere in a rush.

“Easy!”

“You’ll like it, brother!” Clash says excitedly.

They ends in a section full of ancient Equestrian books, exactly what they need. Their brother, Dikarb is already there, choosing which books to borrows.

“This section, of course, Darah. Of course….” Darah sighs as he stare at the shelves.

“Ah, there you guys, now help me. Remember, something new,” Dikarb says as his siblings starts searching.

“The Tale of Ulatumian. Brother! I think you may be interested in this one.”

“Oh really?” Dikarb walks to Darah and looks at the book.

“Hmm, not bad.” Dikarb reads the description behind the book.

“An ancient underground city...blah blah blah. We’ve been to many places, including the cave city of Mağara. Meh, I’m not interested in it.” Dikarb puts the book back on the shelf.

Darah finds another book and shows it to Dikarb.

“The Sky Oasis…no. Sparkle! Are there any good books in here?”

Searching for more, he finally sees a book that catches his attention.

“The Light and Dark. I’ll take it, I guess.” Dikarb puts the book into the bag the pays it at the nearest cashier.

After borrowing the books they wanted, they buy soft drinks and rest in the front yard while waiting for their parents.

“Hey uh, Clash. Uh...what book did you borrow?” Dikarb asks question to Clash to make himself doesn’t get bored.

“Almost had one, but mom told us to save the money, right? So yeah, it's about a band, anyway.” Clash smirks.

As Darah walks in circle, Pierce and Sling come. Pierce is bringing a medium-sized plastic bag, she seems to bought some supplies for their travel.

“Got anything? By the way, Clash, help your mom, please,” Sling stops to talk with Dikarb and Darah.

“Not really, dad. Only got these two, technically three but the third one is because I just wanna read it.” Darah gives one book to Sling.

Sling giggles from Darah’s desire to read. At the same time, Sling reads the first book's title and description, “Nature Fog Town, a floating town that has many expert herbal doctors and has earned its reputation for being one of the best medical knowledge (especially in herbal medic) in the world of medic.

Despite being Cloudsdale-like, the town architectures have built roads for any creatures to walk on, so no fear of falling down hundreds of meters above the ground.” Sling laughs.

“Exactly! What about the other one?”

Darah gives the book that Dikarb borrows to Sling.

“Alright, what is this? The Light and The Dark.”

“Just a story, I guess.”

Sling reads the book a bit, “Hmm, not bad.”

Breaking their time, Clash shouts from the car, “Guys, let’s go home!”

“Ohoho, right. Let’s go, boys. Coming up!”

The family goes home, the soft instruments playing on the car radio makes the childrens of Sling and Pierce falls asleep. Pierce sighs and smiles, she turns her head to Sling.

“Have you bought the tickets, honey?”

“Of course, I have!” Sling laughs softly to not awake his childrens. “Five tickets, Almania, even the hotel.”

Pierce lets out a happy giggles, “Perfect.” Pierce rests a hoof on Sling’s shoulder.

Sling smiles, “All we need to do is prepare. Also the ship will sail at this week’s Friday.”

“That’s two days from now. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, sweetie.”

Suddenly, a motorcycle passes the family’s car at high speed.

Sling sighs, “Ponies these days, for the sakes of the princesses…”

“Whatever,” Pierce says.

Sling continues to drive his family home.

[End of Chapter 1]