Will 'O' Wisp

by Doublesims

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Dark
Length: 6221

Willow is a pony who has her cutie mark but doesn't know what exactly what her talent is.

Willow is a pony who needs friends, and a little bit of help. Living by your self has it's tole, Willow a semi young Alicorn has only one friend to turn to when her past attempt's of trying to get her talent under control come back to haunt her. But her friend can't help her. So her friend takes her to one of her friends to help. But can she help her if she has know idea what the Will 'O' Wisp are.

Willow is going for a fun wild ride to get her talent under control and even get some friends.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-11-08 08:47:27 UTC

Reawakening

Chapter 1: Reawakening

I walk down the path towards, my home down by the banks of the river runs clear. I hear kids laughing, I smile to myself remembering I’m not the only-pony who lives in the Ever-free forest well she not really a pony she is a zebra. Everypony around here knows her name but mine not many ponies know. The fillies I here laughing are what Zecora call the three Cutie Mark Crusaders.

Wait laughter. Look around I can hear them but can’t see them. If they see me they’ll tell the other ponies in Ponyville. I take to the sky not too high to be seen by a Pegasus but just over the tree line so I can’t be seen from the ground

I think I should explain something here and now.  I’m not an Earth Pony or a Unicorn you may think of me as a Pegasus but I am not. I am an Alicorn yes the Princesses aren’t the only ones I was only a month old when they moved from the castle here in the Everfree. My name is Willow I have lived here all my life; I’m younger than the royal sisters but older than Princess Cadance.

“Girls please this is not a place, for young fillies to play” said a voice that was fill of riddles and wisdom but the waring behind the words was fierce and not one to go against. I look down though the leaves and branches, I can see orange, yellow and white fillies look back at Zecora her eyes scanning the area for danger, or so the fillies will think. In real she is looking for me, she knows I head home at this time.

“You see somethin’ Zecora?” asked the yellow filly with apple red mane.

“I do Sweet Apple Bloom” Zecora was sending me a message as well as trying to get the kids back to safety “the sun is low; the animals of the dark are coming out.”

“I’m with Zecora let’s go. Any way my sister will be worried if I get back and it’s dark.” Said the white unicorn filly.

“Now who’s the chicken?” asked the orange filly

“Sweetie Bell, Scooterloo. I do not like to see a fight, now let go out of sight.” With that Zecora left with Apple Bloom at her tale, with a quick remark that will get her in trouble one day.

“Sweetie Bell is not the Chicken for she has no wings like you Scooterloo”

As they leave I come down to land, I look towards the moving bushes as the two other fillies try to catch up to their friend.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Bell and Scooterloo; I will remember those names. I look down at my cutie mark three small figures that look like a dragon, a bird of some kind and a pony just their heads but you can only see that if you take a close look. They all looks like they are made with a green flame which from distains look like three odd shaped balls of green flame. It’s time for the will ‘o wisps to awaken but first I need to have a talk to a friend. I walk with a little more energy than I did before, I was so happy I decide to wake one little wisp. Closed my eyes and pictured the smallest thing I can imagine. A parasprite came to mind; I smile not putting too much magic into the wisp. I heard a cheeky giggle I open my eyes to see a parasprite. It was just like my cutie mark as in it was made out of green flam. I watch it fly off, as I walk towards my home.

As I reach the weeping willows that hide my house from praying eyes I look over where the wisp is fly though the branches of the trees the flame already dyeing I haven’t waken a will ‘o’ wisp in a long time.

“More power to make them survive longer, that’s what they need” I say to myself sighing I duck under the hanging branches. My house was well in a way like the library is in Ponyvile my house is inside the willow tree.  I walk through the door with my head low as I hear the wisp scream the fire has left it, it has died.

“Oh what have I done, I’ll make it all happen again, no not again I’ll… flaming hay” I forgot my own fire it was only glowing red coals now I use a cures I hear from the apple orchid not too far from the forest “Horse-apples I forgot” I sigh “I’ll just rug up I won’t be sung as a bug in a rug, but I will be a little warmer if I keep the coals alive.” I talk to myself a lot just to keep my mind on check.

I take a piece of damper with me as well a charcoal penicil and a piece of paper. “I’ll need some help. I don’t like to lose what I have again… not again”

I write as I eat:

Zecora

I need some advice, I have not used my talent in a long time, for the last time I did. I hurt a lot of ponies but it’s time for ponies to know of the Will ‘O’ Wisps. I can reawaken them for I put them to sleep when I found out I was hurting ponies please you are the only one I can talk to for you have heard of the Will ‘O’ Wisp.

Willow.

I focus on Zecora’s home and see in my mind’s eye the letter flying under her door on to her table. I open my eyes to see the letter is nowhere to been seen I know where it is going Zecora’s.

I sigh “I will see her tomorrow” I down the pencil and look over to the mirror she got me I see a  Alicorn with light tea green fur with light red mane and tale with a light orange strip. I sigh; living a lonely life had it tole on a pony I like to talk to ponies but I have a secret I have keep to myself for too long I head to bed knowing I will be telling some-zebra about my talent or secret as I like to see it.

Talking to a Friend

Chapter 2: Talking to a Friend

I walk down the path that both me and Zecora use quite a lot to get around the Ever-free without running into trouble, either side of the path poison-joke was blooming. I smiled as a memory came back to me from past decades; silly a little filly and some young colts, they were brave at  heart, or so they thought, they come in to the forest believing they will get there cutie marks studying the wild-life in the forest they have been told to fear all their life. One liked the blue of the poison-joke’s flower and got him and his friends coved in the pollen, it took a week and a bit to find the cure.  Zecora has told me of some mares who went through the poison-joke flowing her and a filly. I didn’t get to see them but I did see the results with the young fillies and the colts in decades past. I giggled at the memory.

Zecora looked up from her garden bed when she heard my giggle.

“Willow my dear, your letter came with fight and fear, tell me what the matter is dear” she always tries to make her words rhyme in time.

“I’ll tell you dear friend but it’s a story on my cutie mark and a little after”

Zecora nods and motion me to sit down as she sits down herself.

I sigh as I begin

“It was a time when the royal sisters were separated, The Mare in the Moon wasn’t that new I was and there was a farm on the edge on the Ever-free forest. I was lonely with no to talk to or play with so I tried to make animals that I could play with and talk with. I was more surprised than anything when a bird similar to a phoenix being that it was on fire but it was green that’s when I got my cutie mark, I had found out I can make creatures out of green flame. I could make fillies and colts, birds and well anything small but they were not alive, and from a distance they look like balls of light.

“Over time Ponyville was made by a the family at the farm which has become an orchid with Zap-apples trees but I was still lonely so I put all of my energy in to one wisp in to a Will ’O’ Wisp that looked like a green phoenix, to make it more alive to keep me company, but as I did that I didn’t know that I was wakening others. I did find out eventual but then it was too late the screaming of dying wisps was terrorising the newly furbished Ponyville.  Ponies were leaving for they were afraid of the ‘spirits of the forest’. For I am self-taught in magic I did the only thing I could think I was capful of; killing the flame in all of the Will ‘O’ Wisp, I have never made another wisp… until last night.”

“If you think it was your fault, you a silly as the three fillies.” I simile as I figure out who she is talking about the Cutie Mark Crusaders.    “Well you are my cronies, and I know some ponies, which can help with your problem”

I giggled at the last bit “not all of that rhymed”

“I know”

“So… Who can help me?” I ask kind of sheepish

“A unicorn, a mare who’s talent is magic.”

I stiffen a giggle “What like Star Swirl the Bearded?”

It was Zecora’s time giggle “She did dress up as that stallion, on Nightmare Night.” I gave a small smile “I need to go in to town in the morrow. I suggest you come with me to the narrow, to see if you can get some help for your sorrows.”    I look at her trying to diverge her rhyming, ‘she need to go in to town tomorrow and she is say I should come so with her so I can get some help’

“But I have both wings and a horn only the princesses are the known Alicorns”

“You can were my cloak” she sighed “but that will not cloak that you are new”

“What wrong with being new?” I ask not seeing where she is going with this.

“Pinkie Pie, she likes any excuse to though a party and you are not the party type.”

Oh yes the party pony I forgot about her “Oh boy.”

“You still want, to do this?”

I look down “If I don’t I may lose control again and I don’t want to go through it again, not again”

“Good”

I spent the rest of the day with my friend, talking, joking and working together when we were finished I was going to walk home in the dark until Zecora suggested I stay at her house for the night.

A New Friend (I think)

Chapter 3: A New Friend (I think).

We enter the village while it’s still asleep it was the only thing we both could think of to doge the pink mare. I was wearing the cloak over to cover my back and wings and the hood was up covering my face in shadows, in the morning light. Some shops were only just opening their doors to the passing ponies. Then I see her, pink mare practical full of energy you can feel it flowing off her. Luckily for us she was heading the other way, away from the main part of town towards the apple orchid.  We both heave a sigh of relief as she leaves the village. I look around for the first time in my life I am some were else then the ever-free. The town was bright and colourful; nothing like the city ever-free was before the royal sisters left to make Canterlot but still a site to see. The building that Pinkie Pie came out off look like a big cake, another building looked like jester’s hat. It was a nice town and it could be like this if I didn’t kill off the Will ‘O’ Wisps.

“Willow my dear, we’re all most there.”  I look up at my friend. We both have learnt so much from each other. We both live in the Ever-Free for different points. Mine I have lived there all my life hers because it’s more natural than the rest of Equestria and naturally close to her home land. And now I have a problem that she can’t help me with but in a way she is. Zecora stop so suddenly I almost keep walking. She had her head on the side like she was listen to some thing, then it come to my own ears

“Spike! Spike. Oh good your up.”  Said a young mare, I look towards the voice hoping I get to see the mare. The library was in front of us it was one of the tallest buildings there; well it’s not really a building but a tree. Zecora had told me about it but to see it with your own eyes is better than being told about it. With one quick look at me Zecora went up and knocked on the door.

The door was opened by a sleepy eyed dragon, a purple and green baby dragon, and the first thing I noticed was it had no wings.

“Hello Spike. Can Twilight talk?”  Cool, Spike is the dragon. Who had a dragon? I ask myself then almost hoof planted my face. Derp. Zecora told me, Twilight has a dragon as her assistant.

“Twilight Zecora’s here and she has somepony with her” Spike called to a pile of books.

“I’ll be there in a sec” said the pile of books, as more books were thrown on top. No the voice came from behind the pile of books.

Spike sighed. “Come in Zecora and um…”

“Willow” Zecora answered short and simple.

“And I’m the one who needs” Stupid. Stupid me I should of stayed quite. He is going to notice I’m different. He raised an eyebrow. “… Um … I need help”

“What with? Astronomy, Psychology, literacy…”   I looked over to the pile of books as a lavender clouded mare popped her head over the pile.  “Spike you didn’t tell me she a unicorn”

Not exactly I thought, I look down “my talent’s magic” I mumbled.

“My friend is very talent, her trouble is her gift”

Twilight looked a Zecora with misunderstanding first then knowledge. She looked down at Spike “Spike can you pleases take Willow to my study, I need to have a word with Zecora”

The purple dragon looked up at the lavender head before it diapered behind the pile of books again, he let out a sigh as he touched my left foreleg “Come with me if you please miss Willow”

I looked over to Zecora with worry, she smiled and gave me a nod of encouragement.

“No need to yelp, for you need some help”

I look back down to Spike he gave me a smile that was full of cheek and warmth.

“If it helps my bark is worse than my bite” he said with as much cheek and warmth as his smile that I found myself smile back.

I found strength from it to make myself talk “Lead the way and it’s just Willow”

As I followed Spike up the stairs I got I glimpse of the mare of the library. She had a lavender coat, her mane and tale was an indigo with a two colour stipe though them. The stipe was a dark violet and magenta. Her Cutie Mark was a six point magenta star with a white six point star behind it and five smaller white six point stars around the main one.  For some reason I have seen it before but where or it means something important and I should know what it symbolizes.  I put the idea to the back of my mind as we walk into a cosy but messy study there were book piled up on all sorts of things.  The dragon sighed as he picked up a few book and put them back onto the shelf. I picked up a few with my magic and pasted them to him. He gave me a look of confusion.

“What I can’t help?” I asked.

He shook his head as to clear the cobwebs of thought “no... I mean yes, I was just surprised that’s all… I mean I don’t know you and you don’t know me but you still took it to yourself to help me”

“You looked like you could uses some help, and I like to make some more friends for Zecora is my only friend” I said as I looked down at the oak floor, oak has a different grain pattern than weeping willow I notices.

“Thank you, and if it all the same to you, with that act of kindness I consider you as a friend.”

Meeting New Ponies

Chapter 5: Meeting New Ponies

“I told you they scream” I sadly said as I helped Twilight up.

“Do they all scream like that?” she asked as she shook her head with one hoof agenised it.

“Only if they touch sun light” Sun light… the door “Spike” I said as I run over to the door to check on him, I can hear Twilight quickly follow me as I stop. “Spike, Spike. Oh please be ok.” I look down at the purple dragon, as a pink blur grasped my attention.

“Twilight I heard a scream is everything ok?”  Said a pink mare, which just came out of the blur, with energy of importance. Her eye caught me sanding over Spike “You!” she pointed at me like she has seen a ghost “You hurt him. You…” she started to come towards I backed up as she did, I hit the wall and the first thing that came to my head fly out of here but I know if I did I blow my cover. So I just cried and fell to the floor I don’t like ponies yelling at me when I didn’t mean to do thing.

“I didn’t did I?” I said though my tears “I didn’t mean to hurt anypony, not last time and not this time… not again”

“You didn’t hurt me just my ears are ringing,” Spike voice broke through my crying. I got a look around the pink mare and saw Spike sitting up with a claw against and the other holding him up. “Pinkie stop scaring my friend”

“Oh she your friend, I didn’t know that. I guess that’s why she reacted like that for friends don’t like hurting friends. Is she from Canterlot? of couse she is for I have never seen her in Ponyvile and I know everypony in Ponyvile. Oh I should though a party one of my ‘Welcome-to-ponyvile’ parties….” She kept talking but I stop listing for she said party. Oh no she is the pony that Zecora tried to make me avoid.

“Twilight, you here?” Came a voice that came from downstairs

“Coming” Twilight yelled back she looked back at Pinkie Pie.

“Oh that will be Rainbow Dash I saw her coming here when I …” Pinkie followed Twilight out of the room.

I walked over to Spike he looked up I smiled sadly “I’m sorry I did tell Twilight that the wisps don’t like sun light, but I forgot to tell you they scream when they die, and that dragons are more sensitive to noise then ponies.”   He looked at me with an eyebrow razed “Sorry, you probably have vertigo.”

“Maybe, if I knew what vertigo is?” He replied.

“You feel dizzy and you can’t stand up without falling over, and there is ringing in your ears.”

“Ok then yes, I want to see what the others are up to, I can normally hear them, but…”

“With the ringing you can’t. Need some help?”

He nodded I used my magic to sit him on my back he griped my mane to hold one “You ok?”

“Fine… it just…”

“What?”

He whispered “It just that I can feel you have wings.”

I sigh I kinder knew this will happen “I will tell the others in my own time, so please not tell the others.”

“I promise” he said. “No I Pinkie Promise” he did something with his hands before ending up with one of his hands on his eye. I raised an eyebrow but took it meant something important so I just nodded.

I walked through the door to see the pink mare looking at Spike not me, “Forever” was all she said before disappearing in to a basket on the floor of the bedroom we were in.

“How?” I asked

“Don’t think do much in to what Pinkie dose.” He replied

We walk to the top of the stirs to see the scene below us.   Twilight was talking to a white unicorn and a cyan Pegasus with rainbow mane. “Who are they?” I asked.

“Rarity is the beautiful unicorn” said Spike with a hit of admiration “and the Pegasus is Rainbow Dash” his tone changed when he talked about Rainbow, it become drier.

The door opened and Zecora was standing there.

“Twilight I heard a scream of fight, did something touch the light.”

“Yep it did” I said from the top of the stirs.

“Now who are you?” asked the white unicorn Rarity

“And why is Spike on your back?” asked the Pegasus Rainbow Dash.

“Spike has vertigo and I’m Willow.”

“Vert-what now?” Asked Rainbow

“Vertigo is dizziness and ringing ears” Twilight said with a knowing voice.

“Oohh that doesn’t sound too good.” Said Pinkie from the pile of book.

“I just hope that the scream wasn’t heard at ‘Sweet Apple Acers’.” I said changing the subject.

“Why?” asked Rainbow and Twilight, as Pinkie and Rarity looked confused, Zecora just looked up with knowledge.

I sigh as I realize that Twilight never got to read the book she asked Spike to get. With a small thought I bought the book from where Spike dropped it in the study. I flicked thought until I found the chapter about “The Spirits of the Forest”, and sent it down to Twilight.

Twilight read though it and her eyes widened. “It says the spirits scream kinder like your wisps.”

I nod “Did you read who wrote that chapter?”  I ask

“Wait, how do you know what’s in the book have you read it before?” asked Rainbow I nod but Zecora was the one who spoke.

“I have this book, but not the same look.”

“What?”

“I think what Zecora is saying, is she has a different version of the book, and I think Willow has read it” Rarity answered Rainbow as I nodded

“The chapter is written by Granny Smith.” Said Twilight with surprise.

Me talking… um

Chapter 6: Me talking… um

“Willow dear, why don’t you come down and talk, you seem to know more than you’re letting on” Said Rarity very nicely. I smile and look back at Spike.

“I’m just waiting for the moment to pass.”

“What are you…” Rainbow never got to finish her question for Pinkie cut over her and Spike pulled my mane he was holding on to.

“Ooh. Look Spike has turned green.”  I quickly look around and see a bucket with a mop, I use my magic to take out the water and mop and quickly fly the bucket over to Spike, which he grapes with his other hand and puked up his stomach. I sigh as I make the water disport over the flowers outside. “I’ll be back in a bit.”

I walked back in to Twilight bedroom trying not to jolt Spike too much. I placed him in to the basket, and trotted into the bathroom to get some towels. I returned with three and a smaller bucket, I replaced Spike’s blanket with one towel and with the other two I placed over the edge of the basket and on the floor under the new smaller bucket. I clean out the bigger bucket just as a green flash of light came. I flicked around to see a scroll lying near the bucket. Spike was sitting up he gave me a weak smile.

“Can you give it to Twilight?” he asked I smiled I picked it up with my magic and head towards the door

“Just get some sleep, you’ll feel better after some sleep” I smiled even bigger as he fell back on to his pillow.

I was back at the top of the stairs Zecora had left and it hadn’t surprised me, she did say she had things to do.  The girls were talking to themselves and hadn’t noticed me; I rolled my eyes as I jump of the edge of the landing. I flipped forward once before landing on my feet. I used the momentum to keep the cloak covering my wings.

“Wow that was so cool, even if you didn’t have wings, how did you do that?” Said Rainbow Dash I could tell she was impressed.

“Living in the Everfree you do have to come up with ways to get around.” I replied “Oh and Spike asked if I could give this to you.”  As I made the scroll come into their view.

Twilight took over with her magic to read it as Rarity made a face of disgust I had to giggle “He didn’t get any puke on it.”

I look around I haven’t been around other ponies for such a long time I was feeling edgy, two unicorns and one Pegasus, but there was no Earth Ponies, wait there was a pink one before where did… oh no do not tell me she is setting up a party for me.

Twilight sighed “She says she only heard of the Will ‘O’ Wisp once and they were described as ghostly lights seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. It resembles a flickering lamp and is said to recede if approached, drawing travellers from the safe paths.”

I flicked over to her. “Is that all?” I know that’s not all Zecora has a book and they were described simular but there was something else I can’t quite remember.

“That’s all the princess says about the Will ‘O’ Wisps. There is a foot note for Spike but that’s it.” Said Twilight she looked up and made eye contacted “Why do you know something?”

“Z…um Zecora I think knows of the Will ‘O’ Wisp from her home land.”

“Darling you okay you look nerves.” I look to the white unicorn.

“Pink pony…Parties… um I don’t…” Ar horseapples, screw it. “This is the first time I’ve been around other ponies”

“You’re worried about Pinkie Pie’s Welcoming-Party?” asked the Rainbow, I nodded all I wanted was to fly out there, but I did was cover my face more with the hood on the cloak.

“OOKKAAYY Wow, you should meet Fluttershy” was all she said to my reaction.

“Rainbow dear I can see where Willow is coming from” Rarity was saying I had my head in shadows now. “Now Willow why don’t we let Twilight study, and when she is finished she’ll help you, but I can help you relax”

“What?” I ask

“Rainbow why don’t you go find Pinkie Pie and tell her after Willow gains conference we can though a party for her then.”

“What?” I ask again

“I’ll try Rarity.” Rainbow said before flying off what was left was a rainbow blur.

“Now Willow dear, I insist you come with me to the spa to relax.”

Pinkie, Me and Spike

Chapter 7: Pinkie, Me and Spike

I bit of talking, and debating, I finely got Rarity to change her mind on taking me to the spa. She could see that I was uncomfortable with the idea, and took that into account. I was now looking after Spike as Twilight studied to help me. She said we need to know what the Will ‘O’ Wisps are before we do anything else.

I know she won’t find much more that she has already found out from the princesses and the chapter written by Granny Smith, I quite surprised that not half the town came to see what screamed. Spike had fallen asleep by now but he had herded what Rarity and I were talking about and he knew why I won’t to go to the spa.

My wings, if there was a way to hide them so I could go I would go, but alas I don’t know how. Now that I think about it, a spa treat would do wonders.

I was thinking about this when the door opened.

“Twilight said you were up here” the bubbly voice broke my train of thought, and it was none other than Pinkie Pie.

“Oh, Hi Pinkie, you mind keeping your voice down Spike is asleep.”

“Okey-dokey-lokey” she said before flopping down next to me on Twilight’s bed.  “Look I’m sorry.”

“What? What do you have to be sorry for?” I ask.

“For upsetting you, I should have seen that you were uncomfortable but I just saw you as a new pony that I need to become friends with for I’m friends with eveypony in Ponyvile and a new pony means a new friend and I love making friends and making a new friend or any friend upset isn't fun and I should know, me and the other girls upset Twilight one time, but I saw you as a Alicorn that isn't a princess and I just thought a party would cheer you up for there is something that is  bothering you. I can just tell by looking at you…” I had to stop here; one she was getting too loud and two; I think she said I was an Alicorn. Three; I don’t think she had taken a breath of air since she started.

“Whoa, stop, reverse a bit and slow down so I can understand.”

Pinkie put her head on the side “What bit?”

“I thought you said I was like the princesses.”

“Oh yeah, I said I saw that you are an Alicorn.”

“But I never said I was.”

“That’s true but I can see you are.”

“What do you mean can see that I am.”

“Oh I can tell what a pony is all about and what they are hiding if they are hiding something also what they have inside of themselves most of the time by just looking at them.”

“What… How… But that doesn't make any sense.”

“Don’t try to work it out Twilight tried to and went crazy trying.” We both looked down to see Spike lifting his head to see us better.

“Oh yeah that’s when I had a doozy.”

“What?” I ask

“Pinkie sense.” Spike replied.

“What?” I ask again

“You’ll find out, it’s hard to explain.”

“Okay then.” I said back slowly

“Why don’t you want the others to know that you’re an Alicorn?” asked Pinkie getting back on right topic.

“Because they live for a long time and… well let’s say I’m not as old as the princesses and I have memories of the Everfree City as well as the forest. I’m not quite shore why I have lived this long.”

“You’re different and you’re afraid what others will do.” Spike said with a hit of sadness “I… well in the city I was like that” he sighed “but ponies aren't like that here.”

“Still I can help shake the felling that being here is bad.”

“Oh don’t be silly, you’re not bad just lost.” Pinkie said bubbly

“Lost?”

“Yep, hey I know what will cheer you up. What if Spike and I give you a tour of Ponyvile ending at Sugar Cube Corner? And we can show you everything.” She gave me the biggest smile and pleading eyes.

I smiled back “Fine but tomorrow and you have to promise that you’ll let me tell the other when I’m ready and until then it’s a secret.”

“Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Said Pinkie and by the end her hoof was covering her eye.

“Why do ponies keep doing that?” I ask.

“OH it’s a Pinkie Pie promise. And you can’t break one no matter what and if you do it’s the fastest way to lose a friend forever” She said “now it’s your turn. You pinkie promise you’ll come and do the tour?”

I tilted my head on the side “I would if I know what I was doing.”

“I’ll teach you.” Pinkie was like a young filly showing her best friend a new trick. “Ready?”

I nod.

“Okay it’s; Cross my heart” when she said ‘cross my heart’ that’s was she did she crossed the place where her heart is. “Hope to fly” with those words she flapped her forelegs like they were her wings (or a pair of wings). “Stick a cupcake in my eye” and her hoof was on her eye, and I got it; her hoof had an imaginary cupcake in it. So you crossed your heart flapped your wings and stuck a (imaginary) cupcake in your eye.

“Okay I got now.”

“Ssssoooo?”

I sigh “I Pinkie Pie promise I’ll come and do the tour with you two tomorrow.” And I crossed my heart flapped my wings and stuck a (imaginary) cupcake in my eye.

“Oh wow your wings are so pretty, you shouldn't hide them” I look down at Spike just in time to see him blush.

First Mistake

Chapter 4: First Mistake

Spike and I talked a little about ourselves but I did leave out that I’m a Alicorn but I did tell him I’m from the ever-free and I could tell he wasn’t telling me everything ether but he did tell me that Twilight hatched him, so we talked to kill sometime before Twilight came up.

“Hay, Twilight you won’t believe where Willow lives” Spike said cheerily when he saw her, I rolled my eye what was I expecting he was a child after all.

“The Ever-Free Forest Zecora told me.” She said with a knowing voice.

“What else did she tell you?” I asked I was suddenly afraid

“Just something about Will ‘O’ wisps” she said, I giggled a bit at her first time saying Will ‘O’ Wisp

“It’s Will ‘O’ Wisp or Will ‘O’ the Wisp” I replied “and it what I need help with, I can wake them but I lost control last time I did”

“Wake them, with your magic?” she asked, I nodded and looked down where my cutie mark is but could see for the cloak “It’s my talent” I replied

Twilight was mumbling to herself “Will ‘O’ Wisp where have I heard of it before?”  I looked down at Spike and he shrugged his shoulders “Spike” he snapped his head towards Twilight “Can you find me that book on Ponyvile’s myths and legends and can you send a letter to the princess”

“Saying what?” asked Spike

“To ask if she has heard of the Will ‘O’ Wisp and say if for a pony I’m helping”

“Oh for Willow” he said before running out of the room. This isn’t going to well for my liking the princess is bound to know who I am after the first run in with the Will ‘O’ Wisp.

“Well Willow” Twilight said to gain my attention “Can you show me what you can already do?”

I sigh “I can but the scream when they die and they don’t like the sun light” I said as I shut all the curtains and the door with my sight forest green magic.

“They scream?” she asked as I shut my eyes I just nodded. She sighed “you came to me for help I need to see what you can already do.” I smiled at that part and focussed on the parasprite i conjured  last night but changed it a bit so it wasn’t the same one

“Not again never…” I mumbled before I realized I was saying it out loud.

“What?” asked Twilight “Oh”   I open my eyes to see a green flaming parasprite Will ‘O’ Wisp flying around the room.   “Are they all like that?”

“No this one is just a parasprite, my favoured is a phoenix.”

“A phoenix” she asked, she was starting to sound worried. I nodded before adding that the bigger one are the ones that I have trouble with, and I don’t know exactly what they are.

“I found it!” Spike’s voice broke the silence that followed my statement we both turned our heads towards the door as he opened it letting sun light hit the Will ‘O’ Wisp. “No” I yell as I was throwing myself on the floor and covering my ears with my hooves, just before a terrified and blood crudely scream filled the air.