The Only Truth

Chapter 3 [Original Ending]: The Truth Ends in Fire

I eventually fell asleep, and my mind was filled with the images of the chest. I awoke in the morning, my mind set on one goal. I was going to unleash my fury as slowly as possible, drain it out onto Twilight, make her feel my hurt, too. I got up and looked to Twilight's bed, finding it empty. I immediately went downstairs and into the kitchen, where Twilight sat with Spike at the table.

"Good morning, Cherish," she said happily.

"Good morning, Mom," I said, beginning to let my fury out.

A flicker of panic crossed Twilight's eyes, which was enough for me to continue.

"Don't you usually take a shower before you eat?" Twilight asked.

"Yes," I replied. "But today is different then any other day."

"How so?" Twilight asked, gulping.

"Today is the day you tell me the truth," I said plainly. "Why you gave me away, then got me back."

Twilight sighed, then looked at Spike.

"You can go," she told him.

Spike left without a complaint. I watched him leave, then turned to Twilight.

"Well?" I asked angrily.

"Because I needed to," she said, pain and sadness in her eyes.

"BECAUSE WHY!?" I yelled loudly.

"Y-You were a-," she began to say, choking up. "You were an accident, you were not meant to be."

"What?" I asked. "So, who's the Dad? What lucky stallion got you?"

"No stallion," she replied. "You were an accident, like I said. But, you were a magical accident. I miscast a spell, and we never learned of the effects until I became pregnant."

I was shocked. I was just a mistake. Just a magical mistake that wasn't meant to be. I turned my face away and let a tear roll down my face.

"Why did you give me away?" I asked.

"Spike and I couldn't afford a child," Twilight replied. "All the parent help centers around Equetria had closed because of these times of prosperity. And, one main thing; I was having to pay money for an old debt that I never paid off. I just couldn't keep a child, I just couldn't afford it, no matter what path I took."

I was angry. Now, not as much at Twilight, but still plenty pissed. I just wanted to hurt her, to let her feel my pain. And that's exactly what I did. I felt my magic flow out of me as I closed my eyes, my blind rage becoming a weapon. I heard a body slam into the wall, and I ran from the library, my mind cluttered with the truth.

I shivered in the cold morning, and began to wander the streets. I walked all day, staying away from public areas, preferring my solitude over any company. It was late afternoon when I decided to stop, and I walked into a dirt-filled alley by Sugarcube Corner. I curled up and began to look at the sky, the sunset sending ripples of color across the sky. I fell asleep as drops of rain began to fall from the sky.

I awoke with a sneeze. It was incredibly cold, and I coughed. I was going to get a cold from being out here as the rain began pouring down hard on Ponyville. I walked to the front of Sugarcube Corner and saw it wasn't open yet, so I stood under the awning out front. As I sat there and thought about yesterday, I heard hoofsteps approach.

I looked up and saw Zoom approaching me. She held out a hoof, and I accepted it. She began to fly up to Cloudsdale, while I Teleported up. She took me to her house that she still shared with Rainbow Dash. I walked in with her and looked around at the familiar sight of my friend's shared house. My eyes settled on the two ponies in the center of the room, Rainbow Dash and... TWIIGHT.

"Why in the hell are you here?" I asked.

"Calm down," she said. "Zoom needs to know the truth too."

"What?" Zoom asked.

"Twilight's my mom," I said before anypony else could.

"Huh?" Zoom said. "She's... YOUR mom? Your idol just happened to be your mom? Then why aren't you happy?"

"She left me in that orphanage for sixteen years! Why in the hell would I be happy?!" I yelled.

I looked to Twilight and saw that she was pacing, and also limping. I knew it was most likely my angry outburst if magic that had done that. I didn't care, though. She deserved every ounce of pain. Twilight looked at me sadly.

"You've changed so much in one day," she said.

"And why would I not have changed?" I said.

"Not that way," Twilight said. "You've never used that much magic in your life before. You've never been able to let out your anger before have you?"

That was it for me. Just hearing her talk was enough to make me angrier. I left the house, fuming. I Teleported to a store in Ponyville and bought some matches. I then went straight to the Everfree Forest and went to the main clearing down the path. I sat in the middle of the clearing, contemplating my thoughts for a while. I made up my mind. I didn't want to live my life knowing that I had been abandoned only to be picked back up. I pulled a match from the box. I struck the match and threw it to the edge of the clearing, a fire beginning to burn in my heart and in the forest.

The fire now surrounded the clearing, allowing no escape. The smoke began to overcome the oxygen in the air, and I coughed. I wanted this. I wanted to no longer face the truth. I just wanted to die. Suddenly, something appeared in my mind.

Twilight was crying as Ponyville began to burn from the fire I started. The ponies who would lose so much from me. I looked around the clearing and another thought entered my head. The thought that I was more than just some magical mistake that didn't have a life. I was something that had a life. I could become something more, a scientist, a magician, anything.

"No!" I yelled. "I know what I want! It's not this!"

I tried to cast an aqua spell, but the smoke and lack of oxygen was preventing me from focusing. The fire grew ever larger, and ever closer to me. A tear rolled down my cheek, and sobs began to rack my body. It was too late. I had doomed myself to death. The fire enveloped me, and the burning took me.

This next section is third- person.

Zoom looked to the picture of Cherish on her nightstand next to her bed. It had been a year since the day she had killed herself, and some of the damage the fire she started caused was still around. All of Ponyville had nearly burned down when she had done that, but the fireponies had stopped it before it destryed everything.

Zoom looked at the picture of her and Rainbow Dash. She remembered what Rainbow Dash had told her the night Cherish had died.

"I am your mother," she had said.

Zoom had been happy to hear that her idol was too her mom, but she was still hurt that she had done the same thing to her as Twilight had done to Cherish. Twilight had a permanent limp from Cherish, and her and Zoom's hearts still hurt from that day.

Twilight had been a recluse for weeks after the incident, and even now she didn't come out of her library often. Twilight always spoke about how good a magical accident Cherish was, and Zoom agreed. It was impossible to  hate each other when they were family. Rainbow Dash and Zoom, Twilight and Cherish. Mother and daughter.

THE END.