Chapters It was a bright morning in Equestria that day. Speda wished she could see it. She was locked up in her cell, waiting for her daily meal, which was the only bright anything in her existence since she was born in this Celestia forsaken cult.
Speda tossed a rock at the wall with her magic, and watched as it clattered back down, but never shattered no matter how hard she threw it. Would be a good weapon, if she could sharpen it. Maybe to end her suffering. But she couldn't force herself to do it.
Now one would think it's a horrible thing for a filly at her age to be thinking such things, but living here, you'd get used to cursing, and having darker thoughts than normal with the way she was raised. She never really understood why she was born the way she was, being a pegasus who could use magic was unheard of, unless one was an Alicorn, but she didn't have a horn at all. It was her eyes from where she possessed magic.
And since she was born in a cult devoted to Nightmare Moon, they were indeed surprised, and intrigued by her existence, so they decided to... 'train' her in the use of powerful magic. They'd taken a multitude of blood samples, and many worse things. How many times she wished she could curl up and die, or do worse things to them, there was no number to explain how many times she thought that.
The cell door opened as a few ponies walked in, one unicorn and two earth pony stallions dressed in the dark robes of their dark mistress of the night, which she found herself disgusted by its existence, but felt something unfamiliar everytime she heard of Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna. And it wasn't discomfort. She felt comforted, and lately she's been having hope for something brighter. Maybe some pony would save her.
But for now that would have to wait. She was brought back to the grueling torturous 'training'. Tick. Tock.
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She's weak. Weak from the pain. Weak from the insults. Her tears have long since dried on her cheeks. She's nine now. Almost ten. Ten long, grueling years of pain and torture. She isn't sure if there is a bright side anymore. She got to see the outside, but not for very long. They're at a cave where almost no pony would be able to see anything, unless one went out of their way.
Her throat is hoarse from all the screaming. Would anypony hear her? Would anypony care? She doesn't know anymore. Tick. Tock.
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She broke. All around her are the flayed and torn bodies of the ponies who hurt her. Blood soaked in her own bleeding hooves from where they cut into her. Her tears separated the blood coating her face. Her eyes seemed to glow in to grim room, from where she was chained. It was her eleventh birthday today. She collapsed to the floor soon after, with the faint sounds of yelling ponies and a soft motherly sounding voice called her to her dreams.
She felt at peace. Happy even. But she would never forget her years living in the Cult. And if anything was to go by, her new cutie mark would remind her every waking minute of every day after she wakes up. Her waiting is over.
Author's Note
This is my attempt at a better fleshed out story than my other one. Of course this is just the Prologue to the real story, this is how her life was meant to start.
Comment what you think dear readers, Speda Hooves signing off for Chapter One
Speda sat up in her dream, expecting the horrors to come to haunt her for what she's done, and was ready to blast them away, but then she felt a large pair of midnight colored wings wrap around her in a soothing manner.
She's never felt this kind of comfort before, that she nearly cried again, out of longing for more. She bawled her eyes out hard, harder than she's ever done in the waking realm, and all she heard was the calming motherly reassuring voice, and that made her cry even more. Eventually, she just sniffled as she rested against the giant of a pony, who started brushing her mane.
Speda couldn't help herself, and purred almost cat like, but backed away, knowing she didn't deserve this kindness. The numbness in her heart was almost gone, but the self hatred she now felt for what she's done was almost unbearable, and being happy with another pony almost felt wrong. Instead, she looked at her savior, of her sanity at least, and asked the one question she wanted to ask.
"Who are you?", The cyan pegasus croaked, still having a somewhat sore throat from the crying. The large pony, no, Alicorn now that she looked and saw the large wings, and tall horn. She seemed to have guessed who it was from just this. "Are you Princess Luna? Or... Nightmare Moon?"
Speda looked into the Alicorn's eyes, and saw almost a thousand years worth of pain in them, and so she huddled closer to her, as she listened.
Luna, or Nightmare Moon, whomever the spirit was that was in the Alicorn's body's heart thudded to a slight stop in surprise. She smiled, and teared up, thinking all those years ago when she was just like that for their dear sister. She missed those days, when she didn't know war, didn't know selfishness. But at the same time she was a little thankful that she lived through it. She came to a decision.
"No. And yes. I am... A mix of the two. I'm Luna Moon. But you can call me mother.", Both Spirits inside of the Alicorn agreed at once for this decision, as Speda looked up.
"Mother...?", Speda, after having never learning of the meaning of love, let alone familial love, didn't understand at first. She thought about the pony who birthed her from the cult, who had died after giving birth to her, she didn't know what to think.
Luna Moon, sensing this, hugged her close, and nuzzled her head. "A mother means someone who loves you unconditionally, and wouldn't ever harm you. Someone who wants the best for you. Will you accept us as your mother?" They asked.
Speda heard this, and thought about it. She smiled, and threw herself against Luna Moon. "YES! Yes I do accept you as mother!", Speda, now knowing what that longing was from years ago, understood it now. She wasn't alone anymore. She never will be. At least when she is in her dreams, cuz she remembered that Nightmare Moon was still supposed to be trapped in the moon for at least another eight or nine years.
Speda looked back up at Luna Moon, with slight despair. "Will I see you again Mother. After I wake?", She asked with tears in her eyes.
Luna Moon, smiled sadly. "in your dreams, for a time my dear. You will have to wait for my return, on the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. Then we can be a real family. Okay, my Princess?", Luna Moon said in a soothing voice, that Speda couldn't keep her eyes open after she was done speaking. Soon she would wake up. She didn't know what she was going to do.
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As all good things must come to an end, that's exactly what she did. Though, she wasn't alone now. She was surrounded by several ponies, one in particular looked important. She almost looked exactly like Luna Moon, just in an alternate color.
When the Alicorn saw she was awake, she headed towards her. Almost on instinct, Speda spoke in a hoarse voice, now feeling cleaner than she's ever been, but still felt the wetness of past tears.
"Princess Celestia",? Speda asked in a question, like she wasn't sure if she got the name right. The princess seemed to smile a bit.
"Yes my little pony. It seems to appear that I might have been a bit late on the rescue she wished for, haven't I Luna?", Speda heard her almost whisper that last part.
"Are you mother's sister?" It was a simple question, but it seemed to have alarmed every pony, Celestia herself included.
"Depends on who your mother is, my dear pony. What is her name?", Celestia asked a little cautiously.
Speda seemed to concentrate a bit so she specified things correctly. "Well... My biological mother... She died giving birth to me, and I was born in the cult. After...... After I broke....... And the mean ponies were gone.... She spoke to me. But she wasn't anything at all like the stories I heard about. She was kind. And.... ", Speda seemed to concentrate alot on this word. "Loving. She said she'd be my mother, if I accepted her. And I do! I really, really do. She was the one.... The only bright thing in the past that kept me going. I knew somepony would save me. And while you did physically, she saved me emotionally. I am so thankful to mother for saving me.", Speda said through tears, and a large smile. And Celestia seemed to notice, she looked almost like a younger Luna, with slightly different colors, and then she noticed the mystical glow coming from her eyes.
Celestia, while she didn't lose composer often, choked up hard at the mention of her sister. It's nearly been a thousand years, and she tried not to think about it too much, lest she'd fall into depression. But this one filly, one so young who did things no pony should have to do at any time, connected with her sister from across planets. She'd have to keep a close eye on her until Luna got back.
"Can you tell me anything about her, young one? Did.... Did she say anything about me?", Celestia asked, still a little shaken, having hope again.
Speda smiled wide at this, the tears from before starting to dry against her cheeks. "Yeah! They miss you. Alot. They are regretful because of things gone wrong, but she's kinda glad things happened like that." Speda was about to speak more, but saw the confusion evident on Celestia's face. "She told me her name is Luna Moon, and that she was a sort of mix of the two Souls, Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon. She referred to themselves as they. At least that what I got from listening. I'm gonna talk some more with her tonight, when I sleep!", Speda said in a happier voice, now that she is safe, and has something to look forward to.
Speda knew she had to make a choices regarding where she'd be living, considering she, a filly so young has already killed more ponies than an average royal guard would have killed in his entire life. She knew this. Celestia must also know this, cuz her royal guard certainly did what with them treating her like a monster. A murderer. While she was young and naive in some things, she wasn't so dense as to not think there wouldn't be any consequences.
But she wouldn't change anything. She hated to admit it, but she believed maybe they happened for a reason. What she didn't expect was for Princess Celestia to give her a chance to live out a normal life. With somepony else who might take care of her, like a normal family. And she agreed she wanted to try. And try, they did.
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It was two years, and ninety seven families later they realized no pony wanted an anomaly in their family. Certainly not a dangerous killer. No matter how small or innocent she appeared to be, everypony, including Speda herself, knew what she was capable of as a young filly. They were all terrified to think what would happen when she was fully grown, and if she was in complete control of her powers.
Many ponies voiced their opinions to the Princess quite loudly, and Celestia, as kind as she may be, was starting to crumble after every insult thrown Speda's way, but not in anger at Speda, she was getting angry at the selfishness of the Nobles of Canterlot. Nopony cared about what she went through. Nopony. But Speda accepted this without a second thought. She accepted she was different than others, so much so that she forgot that kindness can be found in the unlikeliest of places, and she was proven that when she saw a pegasus filly the same age as her had fallen to Equuis. She was a lightly beige colored pegasus with a pink mane, and the widest eyes she's ever seen, that just reflected her kindness. She also got to see the rainboom of legends, wash over the lands, starting from Cloudsdale.
After the pegasus had landed on the ground of Equuis, Speda, who was watching from afar, saw the pegasus filly cry. As she was about to fly in and try to comfort her, she was stopped, as she saw all the woodland animals surround the filly, who in turn looked at all of them in slight fear at first, but then started to grow curious. After the rainboom had officially washed over, the beige pegasus was beaming in happiness, being hugged by a certain baby bunny and a few other animals, not noticing a three butterfly mark on her flanks appear.
Speda felt she shouldn't intervene in on the happy moment, so she smiled sadly, and flew off in the opposite direction, coming back to Canterlot, specifically the gardens. And she sat in front of a certain statue, that she's always been interested in ever since she saw it. She felt no fear towards it, either, even after hearing all the stories about it. Or him, as she liked to think, thinking he was more kind than some ponies in this age, even if she had not gotten to hear him speak, or do the things he was meant to do. It was in his nature, but she felt he didn't have to be evil. She felt he deserved a second chance, almost everypony did.
.... Except maybe for herself. She still doesn't know if she can forgive herself for what she did, and if things get worse in her dreams, to the point that her mother might not be able to push the nightmares out, she doesn't know what she'd do. She laid back against the statue and cried softly so no pony would hear her.
It took no longer than a few moments to realize she wasn't exactly alone anymore, since she could practically sense Discord's conscious state appear before her again, and after wiping her tears off, she patted the statue. She knew there was good in that spirit somewhere, but she knew she wouldn't be able to bring that out from the chaotic spirit herself. That was a job for a pony who would connect more deeply with him, and so she smiled sadly.
"I won't be returning to this garden for a long while, Discord. Yes, I know what you are. I know who you are. And I hope you find that somepony who'll get you, and understand you, rather than judge you for the bad things you've done in the past. Thank you for being 'here' while I was. Aside from mother, you are pretty much the only creature that could care to listen to me, even if they were forced to be here cased in stone, you could have let yourself sleep while I was here, but you didn't. So, I'm thankful.", She said, and hugged the base of the statue with tears still in her eyes. She felt a slight, tiny tug at the magic around her, and found a small miscolored flower purchased in her mane, letting her know he answered her with the best of his ability. It was the kindest, most personal thing anypony has done for her, and she was grateful for it.
With a small thank you, Speda left the gardens, and Canterlot in general, not bothering Celestia, now that she was old enough to fly by herself. She headed towards a town in the middle of nowhere, a small, but kind looking countryside, right outside the Everfree forest, called Ponyville.
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It's been another year, as Speda stretched on her small cot in the town's orphanage, and she decided that today would be the day she'd go for Celestia's gifted school for Unicorns, knowing it would be slightly weird for a pegasus to show up, but was confident in her magical abilities, especially her levitation magic, and could feel she could lift a house, if she strained herself for a few years.
. . . So maybe she wasn't as strong as she hoped to be, but that's why she applied, and got accepted almost immediately by her surogate aunt. She was pretty grateful towards her already, she just added a favor in mind for Celestia later on.
As Speda got her things ready, stepping outside to go, she bumped into a cyan colored mare, just like her, but with a rainbow colored mane, and bright magenta eyes, she stumbled to the ground, with a slight blush on her face.
Speda didn't quite know what the constant embarrassed voice inside herself wanted to say, because the mare turned to her with a slight glare, but it softened after she got a good look at her.
"What, never seen a flier as fast as me before, or are you interested in what you're see'in?" The mare asked in a strange squeaky voice, that made Speda chuckle a bit, blushing quite obviously, but the rainbow maned mare caught that, and smirked. "I know I'm hot and everything, but you might need to close that mouth of yours before a breezy gets caught in it." Wow that mare could flirt. In a weird way, but she felt that was just her. This was a first for Speda, but she wasn't that clueless, seeing all this, but she decided to ignore that bit.
"Oh hello, I'm sorry I bumped into you. I was on my way to Canterlot. I need to get into Celestia's gifted school for Unicorns.", Speda said, not really minding the looks of the ponies around them, sinc she was used to them, but after a year, she was a normal sight to see for the populace. She almost didn't exactly explain why she would be.
The rainbow-maned mare raised an eyebrow at Speda, seeing her wings, eyes slightly going wide at the sight of her scars. While Speda was wearing clothes that would seem not needed for other ponies, she had on a hoody, and some sweat pants that covered her other scars, so they'd only see the ones on her wings.
"While I would question a pegasus going to a school meant for Unicorns, you seem... Quite magical yourself. Would you like to train with me after you're finished, egghead? I've got time later today.", She asked Speda, who seemed to blank, at being asked to do something with anypony. She smiled a little. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
"I would love to, but what would we be training for? I'll be back this evening , so that should be plenty of time, right?", She asked, as the other pegasus smiled.
"Training to be a Wonderbolts of course! The fastest fliers in all of Equestria! I will definitely make it in, or my name isn't Rainbow Dash!", The mare pronounced, flying and twirling very quickly into the air, not noticing a certain pink flash on the ground straight towards her, and Speda.
Author's Note
There are certain elements that will come into play. I hope everypony likes the chapter, and comment what they think.
By the way, if anypony questions why Speda is still the way she is, nopony gets over a trauma like that, and doesn't remember it for years, if not their entire lives regretting what they did, even if it was out of their control, or they did what let them survive, they'll still regret doing it. Even if they know, nothing would have helped them. In this case, Speda will always have a self hate in herself. It won't be easy to overcome that part of her.
Anywho, I hope y'all enjoyed, sorry for the long wait
Speda Hooves couldn't think anything as a pink flash tackled her to the floor, and as she took in the looks of a very pink, smiling pony above her, she couldn't help but stare at her.
"Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, I knew, I just knew I felt somepony arrive a year ago, but I could never tell where, and oh my gosh your eyes are so pretty, why are they glowing, hey why are you wearing clothes like that, what's your cutie mark, is it something cool, are you a spy, I've always wanted to be a spy-" the pink pony was finally silenced as two pairs of wings were in front of her mouth. Speda was amazed she could understand every word the pink pony said, and was quite amused at how said pony was acting, and strangely felt almost, if not as attracted to the pink pony as she felt for Rainbow Dash. But they were just crushes, she knew, most likely nothing would happen
As Speda got up, she heard the pink pony start muttering under her breath in a soft rhythm like she was singing, but too quiet for anypony else to hear, and Speda caught the words 'I'm the pink pony', and 'The real Pink Pony', and unknowingly she started bobbing her head to the beat, causing Rainbow Dash to look at her in a slight weird way, like she didn't hear what Speda was hearing. Speda saw the pink pony smile, and wink at her, and assumed that maybe she was just close enough to hear her, even if Rainbow Dash appeared to be closer.
Other than that, the Pink Pony gave Speda a paper that said 'One free muffin at Sugar Cube Corner, signed by Pinkamena Diane Pie, aka The Real Pink Pony'. After that, said Pink Pony sped down the road in what she assumed is Sugar Cube Corner's direction.
Speda smiled and chuckled for all that she was worth, this was one of the few times her smiles were genuine, and it was very bright. She turned back to Rainbow Dash, and held her hoof out to the Rainbow maned pony.
"My name is Speda Hooves, by the way. It was a pleasure to meet you. I gotta go now though, so I'll see you this evening.", Speda said after Rainbow Dash shook her hoof, and used her magic to grab her bag from the floor, while flying up to the air, then started flying towards Canterlot.
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Speda popped her back, and stretched her wings. She packed her things, which now consisted of several books that wouldn't fit in her bag, which had several more books already in it, and they were pretty heavy, given all the exhausting training with her eyes. If she didn't do the training all day, she would have been able to float them no problem, but she kept wanting to carry heavier, and heavier things for long periods of time, while flying around at the same time. She was indeed exhausted, but she was pretty exited for the dat- not a date with Rainbow Dash after she got home.
When she arrived, she put her stuff up into her personal locker at the hoof of her bed, and after that, she flew outside ready to look for the Rainbow-maned gal, only to find her sleeping on a cloud up above the Orphanage. While she wanted to immediately join her, she was hungry, and she thought back to that Pink Pony's slip from earlier.
"A free muffin hmm. Pinkamena Diane Pie, that's her name. Yep, I've decided I'll use the slip now!" Speda said, but not loud enough to wake the sleeping pegasus on top of the cloud. Speda started to glide down, looking for the food store place called Sugar Cube Corner, and when she found it, her stomach growled in hunger even more so, as she drooled a little at the sight of the building. It all looked delicious.
"Aww, you're supposed to use that after your and Dashie's date! That way we can have one our selves!", Came a teasing voice to the right, and Speda nearly leapt out of her skin, not completely hearing that certain Pink Pony from before.
"How did you know I was already here?", Speda asked in a bit of fright, but the silly Pink Pony just smiled.
"My Pinkie-sense!", pronounced the energetic pony, now walking ahead of Speda with a not so hidden sway to her hips, clearly teasing the pegasus pony. Speda, too confused to focus on that glorious sight, just shook her head, and tried to catch up to Pinkie Pie.
"What's this 'Pinkie-sense', Pinkie Pie?", She asked, and Pinkie's grin grew wider. Like she was happy she got to talk about the strange things about her to a new pony. Like she was doing now. "It alerts me to when something dangerous will happen, or let's me know when new ponies arrive in town! But it never specifies the location, but I just figured with a town as small as ours, I'd be quick to find them. Guess I was wrong about that, huh?"
Speda sort of understood, and shook her head at the crazyness of it all, but with a smile. A real one again. Pinkie Pie seemed to be exceptionally happy if everypony around her was happy.
What Speda didn't know was that Pinkie Pie was quickly catching on to her inner feelings, and was feeling her pain. And that hurt Pinkie Pie in a way nothing has in a long time. She turned towards Speda, and asked her the question.
"Hey.. Are you okay, Speda?", The question caught Speda off-gaurd. Of course she was okay. On the outside. On the inside however, there were always those raging feelings, sadness most prominent in them. And Speda knew it. But she chose to push those feelings down, or ignore them till she had to deal with them at night. When mother came, and protected her from the horribleness of her mind.
Speda, now thinking about it, she hadn't tried dealing with her inner-thoughts since three months ago. And as Speda was thinking about all the horrible things, all the way back to incedent zero, Pinkie was feeling the inner turmoil, and she felt all the pain from her. Without a second thought, the filly enclosed her fore-hooves around Speda, with her mane down in a sad like state, and teared up. This brought Speda out of her thoughts, and blush a little at the gesture, but she teared up as well, till they were both streaming tears, Pinkie from just feeling the amounts of years of pain put on her, and Speda from having to re-live a little of her past. Speda hugged Pinkie one more time, and wiped her tears away, then she smiled as best she could at Pinkie.
"I'm fine now, cuz of you. Thank you. May I get that muffin now? I'm still terribly hungry", Speda said, trying to get past her thoughts for now. And Pinkie Pie nodded, taking her by the hoof to the back of the place, and would prepare to make a special muffin of Speda's preferred choice.
Speda chose a mix of Chocolate Chip, bacon covered muffin, and while some ponies would raise an eye to that, it was completely normal for Pegasus ponies to eat meat in some of their meals, and she loved bacon especially. Pinkie didn't mind at all. In fact, she was about to make one for herself to try, but Speda said they can share hers. Pinkie grinned a lot at that, and Speda felt the teasing coming before she spoke, but she didn't mind, considering things.
As Speda chomped one side, Pinkie bit into the other, and she nearly choked at the wonderful taste, she's never tasted before, and so far Pinkie Liked.
Author's Note
Whelp, this is chapter four already. What do y'all think so far?
For those who will ask, as I've stated before, my changes will affect the story as a whole, so something even as minor as a flower will be extremely important later down the line.
Hope you enjoyed!
Speda grinned as she saw Pinkie's expression of pure bliss at the taste of the mix of sweet chocolate, crispy bacon, and of course the muffin itself. Speda was surprised that Pinkie actually got it down without problems, cuz while some ponies other than a pegasus can eat meat, too much wouldn't be good for them.
As she went in to take another bite, Pinkie did the same, and their lips meet for a brief few seconds, but to Speda it was amazing, and her face lit up in a red blush. She was nervous as well, but the pink pony didn't seem to notice they did anything.
After that, Speda gave the rest of the muffin to Pinkie, and she was delighted, and smiled thankfully at Speda, whilst Speda gave her a hug that explained more than words ever could.
"I've got to go now Pinkie Pie, got some training with Rainbow Dash to do, I just hope she's been asleep all this time, and that I haven't kept her waiting. Bye for now!", Speda said as she flew back in the direction of Rainbow Dash, and found said pegasus indeed awake, but with a grin, like she knew something happened.
"How was that kiss with Pinkie Pie for ya, Egghead. Was it good~?", Rainbow asked in her teasing manner, and then laughed like it was the best thing she's heard all day, but that just made Speda go dark crimson in color, and she started babbling nonsense.
"Ah, Im just messing with you, no need to get embarrassed. Now, as Pinkie said before, our 'date' will commence now! Think what you want whether it is a date or not~ Gotta catch me if you want a real one!", The cyan pegasus yelled as she flew almost as fast as a speeding jet into the air.
Speda, who was still a mumbling mess, with her face as red as a ruby, flew after the rainbow-maned pegasus, as quick as she could, but she wasn't nearly as fast as the other. She felt discouraged by this, and tried harder, kicking into speeds she didn't know she was capable of, but still wasn't quick enough to catch up. She still tried though, Rainbow Dash caught this,and grinned.
"If you wanna catch me, you're going to need to fly faster than that. I'll give you a time limit! Six months of training, and if you're fast enough then, I'll go to the movies with you, fair enough? GO!", The pegasus screamed and flew of again, leaving Speda in the dust. This would be discouraging.
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After Speda and Rainbow Dash got back to the ground, one panting hard, while the other strutted around in pride, they said their goodbye's, and Speda went back into the Orphanage to catch up with the rest of her classmates, reading as many books as she could in one night.
It wasn't long before it was after two in the morning, that Speda passed out, and found herself in her dreams again, feeling the comforting feeling of her mother again. Speda beamed at Luna Moon, and threw her hooves around the mare.
"Mom! I met two ponies today, and they were so nice! A... And more than that..", Speda said with the blush from before appearing on her face again, and Luna Moon got a small teasing grin on her face. One Speda was quickly starting to recognize, and despise altogether.
"It seems that you found out about the joys of romantic feelings, hmm? Now we have got to meet these ponies when we arrive in three years.", Her mother said with a smile, and Speda grumbled a bit, but smiled realizing it was almost time for her Mom to return to Equuis, and she couldn't wait.
Speda sat up in her mother's embrace, and asked her the few questions that were on her mind. "Hey Mom? While I know we aren't biologically related, do you think you can help me learn some more magic, or at least something that might help me increase my speed? I want to be fast so I can..... Do something.. for somepony. And no, I don't want to cheat, I just want a good training program for it!", The cyan pegasus exclaimed, as Luna Moon smiled once more.
"Well there are some things that you can do, but first you must tell me who this is for.", Luna Moon said, and Speda knew she was in for a load of more teasing.
"Her name is Rainbow Dash. She has the most beautiful mane I've ever seen, and her eyes are like magenta colored pools. I don't know what to think about her except that she is one of the most beautiful mares I've ever met. There is one other that is equally beautiful, but she isn't the reason for me wanting to train, that would be Rainbow Dash.", Speda told her mother, not really minding if she teased her anymore, but was still expecting it.
"Well, then we guess we have a lot of work to do if you wanna be able to take her on that date then, don't we, my Princess~", Luna Moon spoke, and Speda smiled, and hugged her.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! Can we get started right now?", Speda asked, but frowned as she felt herself get sleepy, meaning she'd be waking soon.
"Not now my little pony, but tomorrow, you will, yes. I hope you have a wonderful time, my Princess, and I hope no harm befalls you until we get back. I will give you the knowledge on what to do, but then we must part. I won't be coming back to your dreams tonight, or any other night until the Summer Sun Celebration. I love you, my Princess", Luna Moon hugged Speda, and while Speda heard what she said, she started feeling numb. She didn't know she wouldn't be able to see her again for a while, and that made her cry, hugging her mom tight, even as she felt the information being flowed into her mind, and her vision darkened, until she was asleep again.
It's been three months since Speda had started the vigorous training, not only for her wing exercise, but her magical prowess as well. She missed her mother dearly, but now understood why. She had to rest for a long while, to even have the energy to stand when she'd return.
Speda's body was quite athletic now, almost as much as Rainbow Dash herself, but Speda wasn't going to settle for half way. She sped through the air, quite quicker than she's ever been , and landed at Sugar Cub Corner, seeing her favorite pink pony, and smiled brightly at her as she landed. The pink pony did the same in return.
"Good morning Speda! I'm almost on break, would you like to share a muffin with me again?", Asked the pink party mare, and Speda chuckled.
"While I would absolutely love to Pinkie, I don't think you should eat so much meat, considering you are an Earth Pony, too much might be bad for you", Speda said, but the pink pony just laughed.
"Awww, well I'm happy you're so worried for me, but it's okay, I learned to limit my meat consumption over the course of the month, I'm safe to eat some for a while. Well, come on in, find a booth, I'll be with you shortly", The pink pony said in a relaxed manner, and trotted off behind the counter, while Speda sat in a booth close to the corner of the building.
It was a few minutes before Pinkie Pie sat in front of her, with a plate of Chocolate stuffed, maple drizzled, bacon covered muffins, hot from the oven. Speda drooled, as well as Pinkie Pie, and they all but stuffed one muffin into their mouths, before moaning in bliss.
While some raised their eyes at the noise, there was a few chuckles coming from a rainbow-maned individual who came over to their table, and saw the concoction.
"Dang Pinkie, I didn't know you made these, let alone eat them. Where'd you hear about it?", Rainbow dash asked, as Speda let her in on her side, while the Pink Pony just smiled, and pointed with her hoof at Speda.
"The first day we met, she asked me to make one, and when I went to make one for myself to try it, she offered to share, and it was amazing, so I decided to make it our daily breakfast together. You're free to have one, Dashie.", Pinkie said and Speda burst out laughing.
"'Dashie', huh? That's a cute nickname~", Speda teased with a grin, as Rainbow Dash started stuttering and blushing profusely in large embarrassment. Speda stated giggling a lot like the Pink Pony in front of her, and then they heard a small voice next to them.
Speda recognized the pale beige colored pegasus from that day, almost three years ago. And she seemed just as shy before, she still contained those kind eyes.
"C... Can I join you, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash? A... And who's this?", The pegasus asked, extremely quietly, but she managed to hear every word, and so she smiled brightly at her.
"My name's Speda Hooves, it's nice to meet you. What's your name?", Speda asked, and the pegasus eeped, and mumbled even quieter than before, but she still heard what she said.
"M... My name is F... Fluttershy. I...it's nice to m... Meet you too.", said the pegasus, and as Pinkie scooted out so Fluttershy could get in, Speda and Fluttershy shook hooves, although the beige colored pegasus was quite reluctant, and Speda understood that she was just exceedingly shy, which as normal for some ponies.
Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, and Speda almost finished their muffins, while Fluttershy looked slightly interested, she didn't know if she could push herself to eat anything that had meat in it. Which was okay with her, even if she felt a bit left out, until that is when Speda took off a piece of hers and gave it to her, and Fluttershy smiled a bit, accepting it, decided she'd be a bit adventurous, and took a bite out of it.
There was a loud girly moan of bliss from her, that everypony was extremely surprised Fluttershy could even be that loud. And everypony other than the three sitting there, blanched at the fact that Fluttershy, the Animal lover, ate meat, and loved it. There was chaos in the ponies minds that were there.
Author's Note
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, this is Chapter 5 (already? And so many words? Who is this person, and who did they replace before all this) it's still, me, I'm just more motivated with this story
After saying goodbye to her two crushes, and the shy pegasus, Speda flew towards the local apple farm, Sweet Apple Acres. She wanted to get a job, so she'd have bits to use for other things, and she wanted to keep in shape.
She arrived at the farm, and saw three ponies out in the fields, and one elderly pony at the house near the farm. She approached the Elderly mare first, and used her magic to take a drink from her canteen she got as one of her gifts from her last birthday, from her Aunt Celestia.
"Hello, miss? I wanted to apply for a day job here, if that's alright?", Speda asked, and the Elderly Mare looked at her, like she was looking at her very soul, and after a while, she smiled.
"You seem to have a good heart. Of course you can. Think you can arrive here early in the morning? You'll have enough time to get breakfast of course, and you'll be able to leave at lunch. As long as that's okay with your schedule, Miss Hooves, I presume?", The Elderly Mare said, and while Speda was surprised that she knew her name, she was indeed able to fit that into her schedule, considering her school just sent her books to study, and specific magics to practice.
"Yes, of course! But may I ask how you know my name? I never said.", She spoke to the elderly mare, and said elderly mare just gave her a kind smile.
"I recognized you from town, you usually pass our shop all the time heading towards that Sugar Cube Corner place in the mornings. And my grand-daughter's friends, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash talk about you quite alot. Ah to be young and in love again~", The elderly mare swooned, embarrassing Speda further, and this further made the elderly mare grin.
"My name is Granny Apple Smith, and you can start working today if yer up for it", Granny said, and Speda, now knowing her name, shook her head yes, clearly ready to start anyways.
"Yes, ma'am-", Speda was was about to say, but Granny interrupted her, putting up a hoof to her mouth, and gave her a stern, but kind look.
"Now there won't be any of this ma'am business either, you work here, you're family, got that? From now on, just call me Granny", Granny said, and Speda listened, smiling at the fact that she'd be treated like a family member, even if she wasn't.
"Yes, Granny. I'll do my best, and I'll not let you down!", Speda said, with a small salute, and that made Granny giggle a bit.
"Good! Now to introduce you to the family! APPLE JACK, BIG MACINTOSH, APPLEBLOOM, GET OVER HERE!", Yelled the elderly pony, and Speda had to cover her ears a bit from how loud the frail, but strong pony could be, and soon the ponies from earlier appeared shortly.
The first pony was an orange colored earth pony mare, with a blonde mane, she donned a cowgirl hat, and on her face were freckles just like Speda's own, and on her flanks were a triangular formation of apples as her cutie-mark.
The second pony was an earth pony stallion, who was red in color, with a bright orange mane, cut short, and on his flanks were the cutie-mark of a big green apple, showing the inside.
The third, and last pony was an earth pony filly, who was darker beige colored, with a bright red mane, and a magenta colored bow. On her flanks however there was no cutie-mark, because the filly just hadn't earned it yet.
"I would like you all to meet Miss Hooves here, who will be joining us from now on in the mornings. I do hope you treat her like you would family, cuz as you all know-", the Elderly mare began, being interrupted by the orange mare.
"Anypony who works at the Apple family farm, is family, no exceptions. Of course we know Granny. Would you like me to show her around the farm so she can get started?", Apple Jack asked.
As Granny was about to speak, Applebloom spoke of in a loud, squeaky voice. Speda winced a bit at the noise before the speech, but the pain went away slowly.
"Woah, your eyes are so pretty! Are they always supposed to glow like that? What's your cutie-mark? Is it cool? Is it a secret? Why are you wearing clothes like that? Are you-", Applebloom was about to continue her millions of questions, when Granny put a hoof up to her mouth.
"Now, I think she'd love to answer your questions Applebloom, but she's got work to get started on, and so do the rest of you. Applejack, after you show her around the farm, take her with you to buck some apples as her first job.", Granny said in an authoritive manner, which made them all straighten up, and head back to finish what they were doing aside from Applejack.
"I hope you'll excuse Applebloom for her personal questions, but you can't blame her for being curious, heck, I'm curious about you too, from what Rainbow and Pinkie have been saying all about ya", Applejack said as they said their goodbye's for a few hours to Granny, and started walking around the farm. It took no less than five minutes to get to the middle of it, finding the reddest most juiciest looking apples, and Applejack turned to put some baskets underneath them.
"Oh no, I don't mind really. She couldn't have known that it was personal, so no harm, no foul. If I may be curious for a second, what DID they say about me to you?", Speda asked a little nervously, as she saw Applejack rear up on her front legs, and kick out at the tree with her hind legs, making all the apples fall neatly into the baskets, impressing her beyond all belief.
"Well, I can't lie and say they didn't say anything provocative, but I won't tell you what it was, yer going to have to work fer that. Either that, or they tell you themselves, it's not my place to say. Now why don't you try what I did, but with none of your magic, that'd be cheating", Applejack said, and at this, Speda chuckled.
"Oh I know, I won't. Don't think I'm precise enough with my magic to do so anyways, I'd probably just rip the whole tree out, and I don't want that to happen. So, like this?", Speda said as after all the baskets were placed, she backpedaled toward the tree, and readied up.
"Yes, exactly like that, but loosen your posture up, or you'll break something. There ya go, now tighten up those flanks of yours, and strike as hard as you can!", Applejack said in encouragement, as Speda reared up, and striked the tree as hard as she could, and about half of the apples fell from the tree. Which made Applejack whistle.
"Whooooweee! Not bad, I nearly broke my hind leg when I first hit an apple tree! Great job!", Applejack smiled at Speda, and kicked the tree on the other side, knocking the rest of the apples off. Speda was surprised at the fact she did pretty well. But not good enough.
"Well, that's something I can work on right? How many trees do we do a day, by the way?", Speda asked, and Applejack, who had already emptied the contents in the baskets to a carriage behind them, was already getting ready for the next tree.
"About two hundred trees a day! Then we gotta get working on the fields, and after that, the house will be cleaned so we can have a nice lunch! After that, I'm sure you'll be able to continue your training with Rainbow. Let's get back to it!", Applejack pronounced as Speda's jaw nearly hit the floor, but she asked for it, so she'll do it.
"Uhm, do you have any bandages for legs? I'm gonna take off the clothes so they aren't messed up by the end of the day.", Speda asked nervously.
"What's wrong with your legs?", Applejack asked as she turned around, and nearly shrieked seeing so many scars on Speda's front hooves, as Speda took off her jacket, letting it lay on her back. "R... Right! I'll be right back, why don't you get started on some trees!", Applejack said as she sped off toward the house, and Granny.
Speda did just that as her pants now lay on her bare back, and as she reared up to buck another tree, she heard a chirp that sounded bird-like, but more angelic than anything she's ever heard of before. She spotted the birds that made the sounds, and saw they were Phoenixes, quite beautiful in their orange flare.
She went to a different tree, and bucked that one since it didn't have any animals in it, and again, half the apples fell. She went to buck again, but heard a soft cough, turned around and saw Granny, and Applejack, with two large bandages on hoof, and Speda saw the pained look on Granny's muzzle.
"Sweetheart are you.... Okay? Do they hurt ya still? How did you get them?', Granny asked her, and Speda felt touched, so she smiled.
"It's okay, Granny. I've had these since I was young. Something happened, and for several years of my life I was trapped, but I'm okay now. Nothing else to it. Can you stand back while I wrap these? I don't want the kid to see these.", Speda said, as she used her magic to wrap her legs all at the same time, and soon they were covered completely till it reached underneath her cutie-mark.
The two apple relatives still thought about the pain Speda must've went through at such a young age to have her legs like that, so Granny pulled her into a hug, which felt nice for Speda.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine! Now can we get back to bucking apples? Be careful with that tree though, there are a family of Phoenixes, I don't want them to get hurt.", Speda said as she walked off, her clothes now on a fence. Applejack smiled, and followed Speda, ready to help if she needs it.
It was at lunch when Speda finally saw Applebloom and Big Macintosh again, her muscles spasming a bit, and with her clothes on her back.
Applebloom was the first see Speda coming, and noticing her cutie-mark, Applebloom gasped loudly, making Big Macintosh flinch for a second.
"Oh my gosh, your cutie-mark is so cool! How'd you get it? Did you practice demonic magic, is that how your eyes are glowing, are you-", Applebloom was about to continue with her rant of questions again , when Granny appeared out of the house with a look that silenced the filly.
"Are you alright dear, your hooves must be aching from all that work. Come inside, we'll fix you up a feast.", Granny spoke, and Speda, smiling, followed, as did the rest inside.
Author's Note
If there are any questions, comment below. Also, it seems things are turning out okay for our pegasus protagonist, I hope you all liked the chapter, as much as I did writing it hehe.
After about ten-fifteen minutes, there was a feast indeed, as Speda was fed many products with the use of apples in them, and soon, she was so full she couldn't walk.
It took a bit for her to rest, until she decided she needed to go back to Ponyville for her daily training with Rainbow Dash. Speda thanked Granny, received a hug, and promised Applebloom she would tell her how she got her cutie-mark, at least with a lie mixed in, so she didn't horrify the filly.
It took Speda twenty minutes to walk to Ponyville, now feeling better, when she noticed she forgot to put her clothes back on but it was too late for that, as up came a rainbow and pink blur, her crushes standing side by side in front of her, and their looks changed pretty drastically when they saw what she had on.
Pinkie's face displayed a look of horror, seeing the beginnings, the tops of her scar-ridden hooves, to the bottoms of her fore-hooves. Rainbow's face displayed a similar look, as she took in the shape her wings were in. They may not be torn anymore, but they showed they were in the past.
What Speda wouldn't give to go back and redress herself, but she couldn't. She sighed, and looked away, waiting to hear the disgusted groans, or even shrieks of horror, but nothing came. Except the sounds of crying mares. And soon, Speda was yanked into their hooves, being hugged for all she was worth and more, as Speda couldn't say anything, feeling horrible she made them cry.
"We.... We know you said you had a bad fillyhood, but we didn't think it was as bad as this shows, Speda. Why didn't you say anything? Who did this to you?", Rainbow spoke up first, and Pinkie brought up the second.
"Y.. y.. your hooves. Your wings. How could they do this to a filly so young? I.. I hope they burn. I hope they rot and burn in whatever hell they are in.", Pinkie was so upset, her hair dropped, became a dark pink, and her eyes held anger like no other has possessed in Equuis in a long time.
Speda just hugged them both tighter, and Pinkie sobbed, hugging as gently as she could, while Rainbow just hugged Speda tighter, and soon they both calmed enough to speak clearly.
"It's okay, Pinkie, Dashie. I'm fine. It was a long time ago, I got over it... A bit. But you two made my life brighter, and so it doesn't matter as much to me anymore. You don't need to worry about me. Or them for that matter. They're dead. They can't do anything to anypony anymore, and that's good enough for me. Thank you for caring so much, and I'm sorry I didn't say, or do anything about it before.", Speda said, hugging the two once more, and pulled back, but before she could, she was kissed on the cheek by both mares who still had teary eyes, and both still couldn't take their eyes away from Speda's scarred body.
"We are going to skip training today. We are going to hang with Pinkie, Fluttershy, and we are going to have some ice cream. Then after that, we are going to the doctors. You can't say no, either.", Rainbow Dash said, a firm stance, and Speda didn't say no.
Pinkie stood up, and picked up Speda's clothes off the ground, laying them on her own back, while Speda was walked to Fluttershy's cottage to pick her up on their way, Rainbow Dash ahead of her, Pinkie behind her.
Once they knocked on the door, the door swung open a crack, and then it opened a bit wider as Fluttershy poked her head out, seeing Speda's form, she gasped loudly. Fluttershy rushed out of her cottage, and looked Speda over as she unraveled the cloth wrap that concealed all the scars underneath, and even through Pinkie and Rainbow knew she was scarred, they still winced at the amount, even as Fluttershy gasped in disbelief.
"Fluttershy, these scars of mine are old, so there's no need to get worked up. Some doctor up in Canterlot couldn't heal me, so he told me I'd have these the rest of my life. That's kinda the reason I wear clothes in general, since I didn't want to worry everypony-", Speda was interrupted as Fluttershy, for all she was worth, didn't act very shy in this moment.
"I don't care who told you they were un-healable, I will find a way! Even if it takes me years, I don't want you to live your entire life being afraid to go outside without a covering, hiding everything you are, your cutie-mark especially. Everypony should know you are the only pegasus who can use magic in the world, the only one who is so determined to have a normal life. I wish I could be more assertive to other ponies, but it's difficult to do so, but with you, you helped me be like this! So, if this is within my power to help, I will!", Fluttershy said , more normal than anypony has ever heard her be before, with a almost unwaverable kindness showing clearly in her eyes.
Speda smiled, with tears welling up, so touched, that when she heard the word Determined, she felt a click in her heart, or something deeper inside.
She didn't pay attention to it, as she, Rainbow, Pinkie, and now Fluttershy walked together to Sugarcube Corner. Speda didn't pay attention to the looks of horror thrown her way. She was too happy, surrounded by those who cared for her, she didn't notice she was being called by name, until Granny, Applejack, Applebloom, and even Big Macntosh walked in, and sat in the booth next to theirs, and then they started asking Speda about them, now that all of them had seen all of the scars present on Speda's body.
Speda told them everything, from her birth, and the tragedy of her biological mother, to the end of her suffering. The day she murdered twenty eight ponies, at the age of eleven. She waited for the gasps of horror at what she'd done, waited for the rejections of the only ponies who treated her like she WAS a family member to them, to turn her away, fire her, and her two crushes to hate her. But none of her nightmares happened. She was hugged, and consoled. They didn't hate her. She was still surrounded by her loved ones. And that made her cry the most, in joy, pure joy at not being rejected again.
The ponies outside heard her story. They couldnt believe what they were hearing, how this young pegasus filly was tortured, abused, and scarred in the way she was, in more ways than one. There were some who pitied her. Some ponies felt horrible for how they whispered about the orphan. There were also some who wished they could do something for her.
It was a few hours of them eating ice cream, and crying, as Speda told more things about her life. She left out the part of her being a princess bit, and the fact that her aunt was Celestia, but aside from that, she mentioned everything. From being rejected ninety seven times of getting the chance to be adopted, all because of her eyes, and her history. Many were astonished that she wasn't adopted yet, but she said she was fine on her own now. Soon she'll be able to buy her own house, and there won't be a need to burden a family with another mouth to feed.
The Apples were about to say something, when Speda informed them they were best thing she had to having a family, and she was thankful enough on that part alone, which calmed the tension between everypony at the sight of her being happy again.
Soon after that, Speda, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Fluttershy were on the way to the hospital, and as they arrived, a white mare with a pink mane answered, glancing at Speda's condition.
It took a few hours of constant trying, but the best they could do was heal Speda's smaller scars in her wings, and a few on her hooves, but it was something, and Speda was too happy to notice the frustration on everyponies faces as they left the hospital. Pinkie spoke up.
"Speda, why are you so happy already? They aren't all gone. I don't know if we can get rid of the rest.", Pinkie said, with a furrowed brow, her mane nearly drooping again, but floofed up as Speda spoke in return.
"Because while it may be disappointing to y'all, it feels just.... Amazing for my wings to be unrestrained of the pain if I moved them wrong, with a chance of ripping up an old scar, and making a new wound. It's cuz of you three that I don't have to worry about it. So thank you Pinkie. Thank you Rainbow. Thank you Fluttershy. I wish mom could see me now", Speda said with happy tears flowing again. The three mares in front of her sighed, then smiled as well.
"Well, if you're happy Speda, then I guess we will have to be as well. Just tell us if something big like this happens again, okay? We will always be here for you.", Pinkie said, smiling, and then she kissed Speda's forehead. Speda smiled back at that, blushing a bit, as Rainbow Dash approached her as well.
Rainbow Dash kissed Speda on the cheek, making her blush more in embarrassment. Fluttershy and Speda hugged, mutually feeling awkward at the prospect of if they kissed as well, but neither liked each other in that way.
Soon they arrived at Fluttershy's cottage, and as they were getting ready to leave, Fluttershy waved goodbye for the day.
"I mean what I said, Speda. You can count on the day when your hooves will have no scars at all. Okay? You just have to be patient for it!", Fluttershy yelled, and Speda smiled.
"I'll count on it!", Speda yelled back, as they crossed the bridge back into Ponyville. They kept trotting along in silence, Speda thinking, and then stopped. She was going to ask them the question.
Author's Note
Chapter 7! Whew! I'm on a train of thought that just ain't stopping! Well, as you can see-
Speda, Pinkie and Rainbow were still on their way back home. Pinkie and Rainbow insisted on walking with her to the orphanage.
Speda still hadn't asked the question. She made up a small lie before, but, now she felt she couldn't do it. She was too.... scared to push further. It's only been a few months since she met them. So...
She wouldn't say. Not for a while at least. As they approached the orphanage, Speda felt lonely, thinking about how she'd go to sleep alone. Wake up alone. She's terrified of her nightmares. She thought about how her mother would be able to deflect the nightmares from her. But Luna Moon was busy getting her own sleep. And Speda understood she had to handle this on her own.
"I'll see you two in the morning, okay? Goodnight-", Speda was about to walk in, when Pinkie grabbed her hoof.
"You're doing something on your own again. Aren't you?", Pinkie asked, and was rewarded with a guilty look from Speda. "Tell us what it is, so we can help you, Speda.", Pinkie said with an authouritive tone, and so Speda told them about her dream problem. And even told them about how her mom helped her with them, but didn't say who she was, so they didn't know that at least.
Pinkie thought about it, then came up with a good idea. She talked with Rainbow about it, and they came to an agreement, then Pinkie grabbed Speda, while Rainbow went in and grabbed all of her things, which was a pitiful amount. Speda was about to ask what they were doing, when they started pulling her along to somewhere she knew well.
"Why are you taking me to Sugarcube Corner again? We dont need to eat.", Speda said, and it was when they were heading toward the stairs that led to Pinkie's room she got the hint. "Wait, wait, what? Pinkie, Dashie, what-", Speda was interrupted as she was silenced by Rainbow Dash.
"If you are going to try and control your own dreams, you're going to need a better place to sleep than that cot, and I don't want you hurting yourself in the process, so this was the best possible choice. Pinkie and I agreed on it. Now get in that bed, and get some good sleep!", Rainbow Dash almost yelled, as she practically threw her on Pinkie's bed, and both the mares joined her, cuddling up to her, which made Speda blush, but internally scream out of happiness. She calmed herself, as best she could as she was wrapped in their hooves, and the blanket fell over them.
It took about twenty minutes before Speda woke up in her dream world, and almost immediately was attacked by the rising darkness and blood of the cultists, and all the rejections coming at her all at once, staggering her, as if it was a physical force.
She heard the past screams of her abusers. She heard the constant horrified no's from the ponies of Canterlot, Fillydelphia, and more kept piling up. All this happened in a instant within her mind.
Speda tried to get back up, but the darkness was back on her in an instant, badgering her hard, and as she screamed in agony, a feeling surged up within her very being. The word 'Determination' yelled in her soul, the words Stay Determined! yelled in her mind, and on instinct, Speda pulled at a space on her hips, and a red glowing blade floated next to her. The very air around her swirled, while around the being of darkness, the air was still.
Speda charged forward, even as several of her scars opened up to years of pain and torture, reminding her of everything, she stepped through it all, and slashed at the being, which caused it to stagger backwards, screaming as loud as a hurricane. That might have just been frustration. But Speda didn't care anymore. She would get through this, she WOULD surpass her darkness, she WOULD SURPASS HER FEAR!
Without a glance, Speda was quick as a bullet, her eyes flashed a bright blue, eyes flowing more than they ever did, as several small pentagrams appeared around her body, sending blue, glowing sword-like projectiles into the darkness, even as her own red blade stabbed into the being, and soon the being lashed back at her, this time stabbing it's dark tendrils into Speda's open wounds. Speda screamed louder than she did at the Cultist's hooves. Her throat felt like it tore itself from the inside.
Again, the pain flooded her senses, causing her to stagger to the ground. She struggled against the force of darkness, even as her hooves gave out under her, and more scars opened up, darker slashes appearing in various places.
Speda, in a last ditch effort, summoned all her pentagrams into one, and positioned it above the dark being. It looked up, but it was too late, as it was speared straight through the middle, with a large dark blue blade. Speda defeated it, at least for a while. But she knew this wouldn't be the last of it. It would be stronger the next time, and she was afraid of what it would do to her mind.
She broke down there, letting out her pain, again, but feeling better than she did before, without the burden of her dreams haunting her forever, she'd cherish this time she has before the next attack. The towering blade dissipated, revealing nothing in it's place, except for a small imprint of a pony-like figure.
It took a few moments for Speda to calm herself enough to fall into her dream sleep again, and awaken in the waking world.
It was morning when Speda woke, eyes streaming with tears still, but she kept quiet, not wanting to wake the two below her.
After an hour, with time to clean herself up, the two woke, yawning. They noticed Speda's slumped form, on the edge of Pinkie's bed, and they both leaped at her in an embrace.
"Did you.. beat it?", Rainbow asked. Speda looked at her, and smiled sadly, and when Rainbow was gonna slump down, Speda spoke.
"For now... But I know it will be back. It will be stronger, and it was already strong as it is. I don't know if I'll be able to defeat it next time.... But... Something happened to me while I was fighting it.", Speda said, and explained everything. The two were surprised at what she could do. But Speda couldn't do it in the waking world. Not yet at least.
The three cuddled together for a few more hours comforting the wounded pegasus, and soon, they walked down from Pinkie's room, and down into the kitchen. There was a surprised looking couple, the owners of the place, but their looks softened at looking at Speda, and they started whipping up something for her, and the rest to eat.
"Speda, we heard your story. And we just want to say we are so sorry you had to go through that-", the couple were interested as the pegasus hugged the two, and pulled away from them with a happy grin.
"It's okay. As I said before, it was a long time ago, you don't need to pity me. From now on, I will be a new Speda Hooves!", Speda declared, with a determined look on her face that oddly suited her, and the two were so focused on that, that the two didn't notice Speda walking with Pinkie and Rainbow out the door eating what they made them, yelling thank you back their way.
Speda waved hello to the towns-ponies as she passed by them, and they waved in return. The two on either side of her smiled, happy that she is feeling better than she did in a long time. Pinkie was interested in who Speda kept calling mom, cause she remembers Speda saying her biological mother died when she was born.
Pinkie filed that into questions for later, as she was losing pace with Speda and Rainbow, and on her way while following them, she felt a few tugs from her tail, a flinch from her hoof, and her mane shook. A new pony moved to Ponyville.
Author's Note
This should clear up what SOUL Speda has, regarding the Power of the SOUL book.
Can any of you guess who this new pony is? Enter your questions down below in the comments, I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter
A Rare Incident (A bit of 18+)
Speda was surprised as Pinkie Pie zoomed past them, and soon there was only a pink blur ahead of them. She looked back at Rainbow, who in turn looked at her.
They both flew after the pink mare, and found her after a bit throwing a welcome party to white unicorn mare, and her little sister.
Rainbow was amused greatly, while Speda raised an eye, having forgotten Pinkie did this alot. And she was about to ask Rainbow a question, when she heard a posh voice exclaim.
"Oh my stars! What's- why would you wear so much Black?! such a horrendous color all by its self. I- I mean, sorry, it's just you could look so much more than what that is.", The white mare said, and Speda was highly offended since black was her favorite color, but she didn't say anything as the mare took out a tape measure out from seemingly nowhere, and started measuring her right then and there.
"Uh.... What's your name?", Speda asked uncomfortably, as the tape-measure wrapped around her legs, wings, her backside, and her mane and tail, which made her shiver a bit.
"Oh, my name is Rarity Adora Belle, it's very nice to meet you- hey, can you take these off, I need a proper measuring, if I'm gonna make you a decent dress.", Speda giggled nervously.
"Uh... Dress? I don't do dresses?", Speda said trying to get her point across but the white mare didn't budge, and she walked while measuring Speda all the way to a new building.
"Nonsense Dahling, everypony can look absolutely fabulous in dresses, in fact, I insist on you being my first project in Ponyville! Sweetie, go pick a room and decorate, I've got a job to do.", Rarity said, and Speda looked at the two other mares for help, but they grinned, and sat back, watching her be stood up and stripped of her clothes. While Rarity paused for a good minute at the sight of the scars adorning the pegasus's body, she continued with her measuring.
It was a few minutes before she heard the questions from the Unicorn. Standard questions. The Unicorn seemed clueless on her identity which relieved Speda a bit, though as she delved into talking about her scars and how she got them, Rarity continued to grow a mixture of shock, anger, horror, curiosity, and wonder.
Rarity had used a so-called Fainting Couch every single time when it came to the mentioning of the cultists, and their works, even more so when she learned of their demise. This continued, and then when Speda used her magic to actually be able to drink some cider Rainbow had brought in, Rarity stopped everything, with wide eyes.
"You can use magic???!", Screamed the unicorn in disbelief, and Speda sweatdropped a bit, as she remembered that that was the biggest shock, and anomaly for other ponies when regarding her.
"Yes..? I guess I should have mentioned that before, would have explained why the cultists did what they did, though I'm sure they would have done things anyway even if it wasn't me with my conditions. How much longer should this take? I mean, I'm awful grateful, for you wanting to make me a dress I mean, but I want to get back into the habit of working with the Apple Family.", Speda said, and Rarity, who was slack-jawed while looking at her, stammered to reply.
"I... I'm so sorry, I wasn't thinking about that. I'll have it done in no time now. How do you feel about stars, aside from your Cutie-mark.", Rarity asked, still somewhat uncomfortable about how the pegasus got that cutie-mark.
"Well, I actually really like the stars themselves. Even though they may be thought of as horrible beings of bad omens, and what-not. I've always been really interested in them, and since astronomy is another type of magic, I'm studying up on it.", Speda said with a small smile, and Rarity, who was holding the measuring tape, clicked it, and as it all retracted into the tiny box, she pulled out some other things, a mannequin, and a smaller measuring tape.
"Now, while this is an embarrassing part of the process, I need you to present your nethers for me, so I may measure that correctly, and get your exact measurements.", Rarity said with a blush creeping across her muzzle. Rainbow Dash was starting to die of laughter, Pinkie started snickering, and Speda just had a blank look on her face.
"Care to run that by me again?", Speda asked, with a small blush of her own. Present her nethers? Doesn't that mean..?
"Your backside, ass, whatever you want to call it, I just need to measure that region as well, along with what's back there.. ", Rarity said, as her face heated up even more out of embarrassment.
"Oh. Uhm. I don't think that's necessary, are you sure you need that-", Speda asked, but was interrupted as Pinkie jumped up, with one hoof in the air, and they both looked at her.
"I can help with that! It doesn't necessarily have to be you who measures those regions, right Rarity? I will gladly help in that part!", Pinkie said with an amused grin.
"Well, no, you are right Pinkie Pie. Alright, just take these, and try to get the exact measurements, no matter what you have to do.", Rarity said, and Pinkie nodded. Speda gulped, preparing for the worst.
Pinkie grabbed hold of Speda, carrying her to Rarity's room, while Rarity and Dashie followed, one extremely amused, the other waiting for the measurements.
As they got there, Pinkie used the measuring tape, pulling Speda's tail back, and Speda yelped as it was laid across her lower lips, but she couldn't do anything about it, as Pinkie was on top of her.
Before anyone could say anything, Pinkie went a little too far, and spread her lower lips, causing Rarity to gain a huge darkened blush, and Rainbow to stop laughing. Speda couldn't hold her excitement in, as she moaned a bit.
Time passed, and Speda became a soft moaning mess, as Pinkie handed the soaked measuring tapes back to Rarity, who had a massive nosebleed, and Rainbow had a wing boner.
"Is that good enough Rarity?", Pinkie asked with a wide grin on her face. Rarity blushed even harder as she had her lips around something that was covered in Mare juices. She forgot she had her magic to carry it.
"T... Thank you Pinkie, but you... You didn't have to go so far. But, t... Thank you again. I'll go get these situated for Speda's dress, stockings, and panties. Rainbow Dash, can you help me?", Rarity asked, placing the measuring tapes in her back, as she trotted towards her office, and got started.
Back with Speda, she was trying to get herself up, on her shaky hind legs which were a little soaked from earlier, but she managed.
"From now on, Pinkie, you will not be doing my measuring at all, unless being given express permission! Now where's the bathroom, I need to shower....", Speda said, peeved from the events, even as Pinkie bounced happily next to her, not bothering to wash her hooves. Not yet at least.
Rarity was extremely efficient as she knitted one of her most beautiful dresses yet, starting with a black base, and leading to a dark blue centerpiece, then flaking it with stars, and a pentagram pendent in the center of the chest. She worked on the panties and stockings, which were black as well, and to top it off, she put a silver wreath as a crown, with large stars at the top of it.
She didn't know where she got some of her inspiration, but looking in Speda's eyes earlier, she could practically see a galaxy of stars, and something even deeper than that. She heard shower turn on from above, telling her where Speda, and possibly Pinkie was at the moment.
She covered the dress and the rest of the contents with a sheet, then she waited. Rainbow Dash was still ogling Speda's dress in her mind, wondering how a mess of cloth could be transformed into something that beautiful.
And soon, the two Mares, Speda and Pinkie, came down the steps, completely clean, and Speda with an annoyed expression, but she stopped as she looked at Rarity, whose expression was pure excitement.
"Are you ready to veiw the most beautiful dress I have ever made? Are you?", Rarity asked, in a higher voice than she intended to.
With Speda, she was anxious about it being just a pink dress, and while she liked Pinkie Pie, she would never want to wear a speck of pink. She would be shocked in a minute.
"Yes? I'm ready. Where is it?", Speda asked, and Rarity got ready to reveal it. Speda almost smiled as she felt the excitement radiating of the white mare.
"Get ready to be blown away, Speda Hooves, in three! Two! One!", And she yanked the sheet away, which Speda didn't see yet as Pinkie jumped in front of her, gasping loudly.
Author's Note
Yeah, I'm not good at writing these situations, so I don't blame you all if y'all don't like this part of it.
I do like how I ended things though! This dress will eventually be Speda's Gala dress. Woohoo!
But anywho, Things will be spicing up here soon, things will get changed, things will be more dangerous! I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter, cuz me? I didn't except for the parts that weren't Nsfw. But I tried my best.
