It was a peaceful, yet boring day, as usual. Without much happening, Our protagonists were continuing their daily routine of building their treehouse. Though, with the previous one destroyed halfway, they had to start from scratch.

*Thud*

With a sharp breath, Remedy wiped some sweat off his forehead as he stuck in one more nail into the floor.

"Alright, this should be more than enough for us. Got room for guests too." Remedy called out to Moon before taking a sip of cold tea.

"Yep, the stairs look fine too." Moon said back and stood next to Remedy.

"How's your leg doing?"

"A lot better than before." She calmly said and took a seat.

Remedy sat down and peeled away the white bandage over her leg. The heavy scent of alcohol entered his nose as he revealed the injury.

"Well, I'd say you don't need the bandage anymore. This'll leave quite a big scar though." With that, he bundled up the bandage with a slightly damp cotton ball.

"Eh, it's fine. I don't care about that stuff anyway."

"As long as you're happy, right?"

"Yeah."

*BOOM*

A sudden heavy pressure enveloped both of them, causing them to hunch down as they were forced to the floor. The wood creaked under the pressure as the area seemed to fill itself with magic. Hundreds, thousands of tiny balls of glowing balls fill the area, turning the forest a light green color for a few seconds.

"Agh."

"What the fuck?"

They couldn't do anything against the pressure currently as Remedy felt something go wrong.

Something was watching him, a familiar feeling of being observed as he tried to look back at it. With veins protruding from how hard he tried, he managed to lift his head slightly above the floor and turn it sideways as he caught a glance.

And what he saw shocked him.

"Who are you?" He mumbled to the entity.

As two eyes peered down, full of cold judgement and an undying fury that was barely concealed. As Remedy kept staring, his body slowly seemed to weaken, yet he slowly rose. His veins twitched, his eyes were wide with the light green color. His muscles were tense as it clearly struggled to not burst.

Under such pressure, his consciousness seemed to slowly fade away as he was almost entranced. Yet, under that influence, his mouth seemed to open the tiniest bit before closing down.

"GAH!" Remedy woke up as he almost collapsed again.

With a clearer mind and a bleeding tongue, he looked to Moon, who was struggling to even stay awake.

"WHO ARE YOU! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" He yelled out as he glared back at those eyes.

Then finally, they closed as the pressure disappeared.

"Ugh." Moon groaned as she stayed down.

Remedy quickly stood up as he searched the area, waiting for some kind of attack.

"What the fuck." Moon opened her eyes and laid on her back whilst holding her head. "What was that?"

Seconds slowly passed as Remedy kept looking everywhere with a sharp glare. Moon sobered up as she felt the intense bloodlust Remedy was emitting. She felt tingles around her skin, a creepy sense crawling her back as she prepared to fight. She'd done this enough times to know when something is about to attack.

"See anything?" She asked.

"Nothing." Remedy answered swiftly.

Gulping a small amount of saliva pooling in her mouth, Moon was apprehensive for an attack to come. Nothing happened after the wyvern attack, so she was worried for the worst to come.

"Do you know anypony powerful that has light green eyes." Remedy asked.

"I have. It's when I first came here." She replied quickly.

After that short exchange, silence returned to their camp as the two slowly let their guards down. With nothing happening for hours, they eventually climbed down.

"So, what do you think that is?" Moon asked as her eyes still nervously went from shadow to shadow, careful of any opponents.

"I can't say. I haven't seen anything like that before." Remedy replied whilst sprinkling some salt onto a salad. "You got a guess?"

"I'd say it's whatever that's been keeping us here." She added and took a bowl of fish salad Remedy gave her.

"Makes sense." He sat next to her with a bowl of vegetables. "It's worrying that this thing seems to know my past entirely, probably yours too."

"I'm more worried about how we're gonna kill it."

"Hmm."

They sat there in complete silence, the lit fire being the only sound that comforted them. Not having an appetite, both of them just sat in awkward silence, just stirring their meals with thoughts.

"How did you and Princess Luna meet?" Remedy suddenly broke the silence.

"What?"

"You and Princess Luna, how did you two meet?"

"You're still calling her 'princess'?"

"I'm not close enough with her to be casual." He said as he finally put a piece of cabbage in his mouth.

"I guess." She sighed as she combed through her memories. "Well, I didn't really meet her, more like stalked her for a few weeks before finally revealing myself."

Remedy raised an eyebrow in thought before asking. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you know how the Nocturnals were suffering because there was too much sun?"

"I, eventually came to that conclusion, yes."

"Well, the short answer is that she owes me her life." Remedy froze at that answer, not entirely knowing how to take that.

"What?"

"Yeah, it's hard to believe, but that's what happened." She said before finally starting her dinner.

Remedy kept staring at her in slight disbelief. Moon tried to ignore him, but eventually looked back at him.

"Seriously?" She asked.

"It has taken a lot of my interest."

"Ugh, for fuck's sake. Fine, but you're gonna tell me shit about yourself after this." Moon relented.

"Alright." Remedy immediately accepted.

"Wait, really?" Moon was surprised to hear him accept.

"Sure, story for story."

Moon stared at him with suspicion. "You better not tell me some boring ass shit that's not even relevant." She warned.

"I won't, you have my word."

She kept staring for a while, before finally sighing. "Well, what happened was, that I'd been watching her for a few weeks at that point. And as I was thinking about how I should talk to her, she went into battle."

"Battle?" Remedy muttered to himself.

"Yeah, it was against some guy I didn't know about. He was definitely out of control though. I remember slavery, murder, war, all that bad stuff. His spells felt familiar though." Moon explained with a slight frown. "Really disgusting guy."

"Familiar? How?"

"Well, it was kind of Nocturnal magic, just, watered down a lot. A lot weaker, and barely any way to use it for day to day stuff. Pretty sure he couldn't even control it properly. I mean, he was using a lot of crystal magic though, so maybe it just felt weaker because he tried to make a new type of magic, or something."

"That so?" He said in a sort of empty voice.

"Yeah. Anyways, Luna and Celestia were fighting that guy for, honestly I don't remember. Didn't really care about that guy." She failed to notice. "But, shit was he strong. He took both Luna and Celestia on at once, and won. He knocked out Celestia and was about to kill Luna. That, is when I came in. Had a little conversation with Luna, lent her quite a bit of my power, then, I think you can guess what came out of that." She finished in a slightly boastful manner.

Though, not getting an answer, she turned to Remedy to see why.

"What, happened after that."

Moon was confused, but had a look realization before continuing. "Well, I fucked him up. Then, he took the whole place with him. And, that's about it. After that, was just me and Luna talking with each other at about every opportunity."

"I see, it wouldn't have mattered." Remedy muttered to himself with the tiniest of relief.

After that, they didn't speak. A heavy mood dampened the conversation as Moon slowly built up the courage to ask.

"If you want, you can delay the story." She said.

"I-yeah, yeah, it's fine, it's just, bad memories is all." He said as he kept looking to the ground. "Why don't you go to sleep first, I'll be on the guard for another attack tonight."

Moon had a worried stare for a few moments, before giving a silent sigh. "Alright, but try to get some rest yourself alright?"

"Alright. And thanks."

"It's fine. It's what friends are for."

Night came fast for the two. With no more work being done, the two silently finished their meals before Moon headed to sleep. Though, it was painfully obvious she couldn't.

*Sigh*

"Can't sleep?" Remedy asked.

"No. Not after whatever that was." She complained as she sat up. "What are you doing, by the way?"

"Oh, this?" He held up a half finished wooden figure. "Just something to calm me down a bit, and, to make sure I don't forget those days."

"Huh, sounds like a good way to let it bother you for life." She said and moved to sit next to Remedy in front of the fire.

He softly chuckled in response. "Maybe." He says before continuing to carve the figure.

"So, who is it?" Moon asked as she observed the figure interestedly.

"Him? He, used to be a hero, then I thought of him as a villain. In the end, he was just a victim." He spoke somberly.

"A victim huh? He looks pretty big compared to his head."

"It's because he used to wear armor. He was in the royal guard, but I could never remember him with his helmet on."

"Who was he?"

"Like I said, just a victim. I can never remember him."

"He sounds a lot more important than just a victim."

Remedy paused as he stared at Moon.

"Sorry, I shouldn't pry." She apologized.

"It's fine, I promised."

"You don't have to."

"Yeah, but I should. Even if it's just to take some weight off my chest." He took in a deep breath as he closed his eyes. "It was the day that the last Crystal Faire was being celebrated."

It was a beautiful day, as usual in the kingdom. Foals crying for both their parents and for laughter. The adults were joyfully going on with their jobs. The markets were bustling with activity. Suffice to say, all were happily enjoying their lives.

*Creak*

And one little colt stepped into his home.

"Hey, mom?" He asked as he stepped into the kitchen.

His steps rather frantic, his expression uneasy.

"Oh!" A yellow furred mare let out a surprised sound. "You're back early. I thought you were going to play with your friends today, since you asked for that bag of bits and all." She spoke softly as she put the newspaper down.

"Uh, that, yeah." He said in a nervous way.

"What's wrong honey? Are you alright?" She was worried as she quickly stood up to grab him.

"Um, when's dad coming home?"

"He'll be home as usual, what's wrong?"

"It's just, I feel like something bad is gonna happen." He spoke nervously.

"Aw, are you worried about your dad?" She cooed.

"Yeah?"

She gave a few chuckles in return.

"Come on, why don't you sit down. Lunch is about to be finished, how about I make you that tea you really liked?" She suggested as she placed him on the kitchen chair.

"Y-yeah, sounds great." He accepted as he ignored the tingling sensation in his stomach.

"My little pony, don't you worry about your dad, alright? He's gonna be just fine." She comforted him with a hug.

"Yeah, he will be. I was just, worrying over nothing."

She finally let him go with a soft laugh. Seeing her starting a new brew of tea, the colt took off his backpack to bring out his homework. As peace settled into their home, that invading sense of uneasiness came back. Unable to entirely shake it off, the colt just focused on his homework as he thanked his mother for getting him tea. The mother just silently staring with affection.

"So, how was your day today?" The mother asked.

"Huh? Oh, today. It was fine, math class was a bit boring though."

"Oh, then, did you see the stalls for the faire? What were they selling?"

"Hmm." He scratched his chin as he tried to sort out his blurry memories of the day. "Um, what they normally sell? It was as loud as every year." He answered casually.

"Then I guess it'll be as grand as usual huh?"

"Yeah, I think so."

After that exchange, they stayed silent again as the colt continued his homework.

Thought, as time went on, the mother started to notice something wrong. This didn't go unnoticed by the colt.

"That's odd." She finally commented.

"Uh, mom? What's wrong?"

"Well, if it's as loud as usual, we should be able to hear it from here." She said in a confused tone before looking out the window. "What the?" She mumbled.

Unable to douse his worry, the colt quickly climber to the kitchen stand to look out the window too. "Is that, Sir Sombra?"

"I think he is." She replied as she looked for more details. "What are those guards wearing? It's a bit too, dark, for the faire isn't it?" As she continued to mumble, her eyes suddenly widened in full shock.

"Wow, are they making new armor for the royal guards? They're pretty cool." The colt commented without much thought before he suddenly felt himself being pulled. "WOAH!"

His vision was blurred, but quickly changed to the outside as he now found himself grabbing on from his mother's neck.

"Mom!? Where are we going?" He asked as he quickly balanced himself.

"Don't worry honey! We're just getting some ice cream!" She said an obvious lie as she sprinted down the alley.

There were ponies in their way, some running as well, others just coming out of their houses or minding their own business without much thought.

As the colt's mind raced to come up with an answer as to why this was happening, his ears jolted up as he finally heard it.

"RUN!" The shrill screaming of others.

Chaos seemed to suddenly surround him as he looked around. Unable to process it, he just shut his eyes as held on for dear life. Screaming and shouting filled his ears. A constant trembling that shook his body. And a terrible feeling covering every last part of his soul.

With one final impact, he saw himself in a building. His mother put him down on the floor and pulled the rug away, revealing a trap door.

"Here, go through this. At the end, you'll see snow. Just keep going forwards, and you'll reach Equestria." His mother calmly explained as all the chaos started to come closer.

"Wait, mom. No, come with me. Let's go together." He tried to talk back.

"Hey, hey. Listen, honey." She spoke softly and hugged him as tears started to form. "Please, for your mother, live. I'll watch over you." She whispered as she placed him down. "Now go." She said and closed the door as he heard the rug cover it back up.

*Bang*

There were a bunch of banging and thudding as it slowly disappeared. And one final thud that landed on top of the trapdoor.

Fearing the worst, the colt suppressed his doubts and continued on forward.

Breathing heavily, tears streamed down his face as he kept running and running. His lungs burned and his vision blurred. In the end, he slowed down. Unable to keep up, he stopped for a minute to catch his breath.

Then, before he knew it, everything turned dark.

"-home." His mind was fuzzy as he couldn't comprehend what he was hearing. "-ant my mommy." Slowly, his mind woke up as he jolted awake. Breathing heavily as he sat up as fast as he could.

"Ugh." He groaned as a sudden headache assaulted him.

"MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS!" A loud yelling of a fellow colt only worsened his migraine.

*Crying*

"It hurts!"

"I'm hungry!"

"Why are you doing this?!"

He got up and slowly opened his eyes. Stone, and metal bars. A series of purple torches lighting up the area.

"What? What is this?" He was confused as he looked through the bars.

There were many colts and fillies alike, more than his young mind could count. At the end of the hallway of cells, a pair of guards with spears in their hooves were standing. Completely unbothered by the screaming foals.

His breathing was slowly getting stronger as his ears were staring to ring. An annoying pain assaulting his head. And then, right as he was about to snap.

"Hey, don't." He heard another voice.

Quickly turning around as he sobered up, he saw another colt. A pegasus.

"You'll just get tired if you yell like those guys." He said in a defeated voice.

"What?" He couldn't understand it.

"I'm telling you, save your energy. It's the exact same as getting into a competition." He said coldly.

"Wait, no. Who even-wait. Silent Gust?"

"Huh? You know me?"

"Yeah, I'm Floral Green. I was in the Junior Equestria Games with you, though, you won. Pretty much everypony knows you. You're the super fast guy that won the race." He said with recognition.

"Oh, that? Right, I kind of forget that sometimes." He said with a bitter smile. "Well, it doesn't matter anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"The Crystal Empire fell."

"Huh." The colt was chocked to his core as his face blanked.

It was just too much for one as young as him.

"Sir Sombra, or is it King now. He killed Princess Amore and claimed himself ruler."

"Oh." With that, they sat there.

Not another word was spoken as they rested in silence, the countless other foals still screaming and shouting until nightfall. Only then, did the two of them wake.

"We should try." One whispered.

"What's our chance?" The other whispered back.

"It's higher than living here."

"Why not just wait for the Princesses to come rescue us?"

"What's the chance of us still being alive when they come here?"

"Right."

*Clang*

One of the guards hit the bars with his spear as he turned to them with a questioning glare.

"Buzz off."

"Jerk." The two told the guard with an annoyed glance.

As the guard kept standing there with a glare, Gust rushed to the bars, and with a slam, glared straight at his face. "Traitor."

"He's not wrong, you know? You're nothing but a pile of beans." The other glared as he stood up to the guard.

Without any reaction, the guard walked away to stand at his post.

"You get it?" Floral whispered to Gust.

"Yeah." He replied and secretly showed a pair of keys.

"Alright, we'll wait for an opportunity." He said as he took one key and put it his mouth, under his tongue. "Egh, metal."

"I know," Gust replied and put the other key under his tongue.

They put the empty key chain in a dark corner, away from the lit torches as they sat there.

"It's night, should be close by now."

As the two patiently waited whilst leaning against the bars, the occasional guard coming to peer at the cells before moving onto the next one.

And it finally happened.

The pair of guards walked away.

In an instant, the two spat their keys out and unlocked their cell. Frantically running around, they opened every cell one by one, waking the foals inside.

"Come on, wake up! We can get out of here!" They ushered as the foals woke up, and started to gather at the entrance.

Those cowardly couldn't stand the thought of being stuck alone as they forced themselves to follow with teary eyes.

"Guards!" A filly yelled in fear.

"HAH!" Another colt, a rather buff one for his age, threw a lit torch at the guards, momentarily blinding them.

"NOW!" Floral yelled in command as the ones at the front charged at them.

With the waves of foals crashing against them, one of the guards stood in front with his spear as the other lit up his horn. Though, with only one weapon, the spear was useless. Though, a small wall of crystal was formed in that instant, leaving the one with the spear against the wave.

"NOOOO! HEART!" A terrified shriek rang out.

Until, Floral suddenly scaled the wall and with a shout, crashed into the unicorn.

"Gah!" With another shout, blood splattered the walls as Floral stood up whilst heavily breathing.

"Floral!" Gust followed suit and stood next to him. "Are you alright?"

There was no response as Floral continued to hyperventilate.

"Floral!" Gust shook him.

The other foals were slowly scaling the crystal wall, some helping those who couldn't

"Come on. We have to get out of here." Gust stared at his eyes, successfully waking him up.

"I-uh, alright." Slowly calming down, Floral stared down at the guard, and took out the metal object from his neck.

A broken key.

"Alright." He calmed himself with a sharp breath. "Come on guys! We can make it!"

Rallying the others, they marched forward. Running as fast they could, they kept running, eventually reaching stairs. They kept rushing, breaking through the doors and grabbing whatever they could to be used as weapons.

Though, they couldn't find the exit.

Eventually, there came more guards.

"RUSH THEM!" One of the foals roared out as they attacked just as they had done.

The guards formed a line with spears pointed at them, yet they didn't care as the foals rushed forwards with all their might.

"AHH!" A pegasus flew up a bit as they were the first to crash in, barely dodging the spear as he broke the line.

Chaos followed as those who stood behind the line tried to stab him, yet were stopped by the others rushing in, interrupting their attacks as spells flew overhead. Yet those were quickly suppressed as more and more broke through. Blood painted the floor and walls as lives were lost. Those who could picked up the spears and used them against the guards as they tried to ignore the death of their friends and push through.

"We're almost out!" One of the foals shouted in excitement.

And they pushed through one more door.

Though, what greeted them was just a room.

"What?"

"Where are we?"

"Are we out yet?"

Questions arose from the crowd as they all slowly turned hectic, noticing something was wrong.

"It has been quite interesting." Suddenly, an amused voice rang out, drowning the voices of the others.

And there he stood.

"YOU! GRAHH!" The rather buff foal from earlier shouted and ran at the owner of the voice.

Crystals shot out from the ground, instantly capturing the foal.

The others lost hope as they stared at the ashen colored king stood tall. An amused smirk on his face as guards suddenly poured out from the door they came in through.

"Floral." Gust suddenly whispered.

"Yeah?" Floral whispered back.

"The window."

"What about it?"

"Run at it on three, and jump at the end."

But, before they could do anything, a wall of crystal stood in their path.

"You two, quite impressive. You managed to rally this many, and still lost." Sombra stepped forward with that awful grin of his.

The two stepped back in fear. Floral seemed terrified as he hugged Gust. Stepping back once more, Floral threw a cell key at Sombra. Yet it was stopped an inch before his eyes as he inspected it.

Sombra only gave a mocking laughter before leaving through the door. The guards shackled the foals one by one by their necks as they dragged away.

Yet, the two were separated from the others.

"Where are you taking us?!" Floral shouted as they were forcefully dragged through hallways upon hallways.

The two slowly quietened down as they noticed the hallways becoming more and more fancy. Shiny things decorated the walls and ceilings with ruined paintings hanging from the walls.

"Princess Amore's portraits." Floral mumbled as they went on their way.

They soon reached their destination as the guards left them. A gigantic door was opened as they were pushed in before the doors closed.

"Welcome." Sombra said sarcastically as he sat pridefully on the throne. "I'll have to thank you. Amore was way too easy to kill, so I was beginning to think that this was too boring. But you two have given me quite the entertainment for my first day as king."

"Shut up, you shard of ice!" Floral shouted.

"Ooh." Sombra only laughed in response. "Such profanity. Where did you learn such a disrespectful line?"

Gust thumped on the floor once.

"Your mom." Floral replied while gaining a nervous smirk. "No guards with us here? You really think you can fight the Princesses if they come here?"

"Oh, a comedian huh?" Sombra was unfazed. "Well, she died when I was little. So I don't see how that can work." He couldn't care less. "And yes, the Royal Sisters. They won't be much trouble, this is my domain after all."

Gust thumped once more and flinched.

"Well, enough about that. I want to give a proposal. As much as I'd like to just put a helmet on you two, I like your wits. So how about you two work for me? I can give you everything you want. Money, fame, your own mansion even. How about that? Pretty generous no?" He had a full grin as he held up the still intact key thrown at him. "I mean, you managed to steal this right under these mindless morons. Granted, those were just normal civilians, but it's still quite a feat."

"Only if I don't have to go to school anymore." Floral added with a smirk.

"School?" Sombra asked intrigued.

"Math is boring." Floral said.

Sombra full on laughed as he covered his eyes. Fully amused from how daring Floral was.

Gust thumped one more time.

Sombra was still laughing as he wiped a tear from his eye. "You're quite daring." He finally said as he looked back at Floral.

Only to find him gone.

Floral jumped, shattering through glass as he started to free fall. Gust was right above as he took out the broken key from his mouth, bleeding as he accidentally cut his tongue.

"Hurry!" Floral screamed.

"Shut up!" Gust yelled back as he stuck the key into his collar.

Tweaking it in all directions, the ground seemed to come ever closer.

"GUST!"

*Clank*

And with it, the collar came off as Gust quickly grabbed Floral from his hooves. Groaning as he fully spread his wings, he struggled as they glided over the city. Now ruined as the barrier that protected it gone. Thousands of purple torches lit around the empire to drive the snow away.

Gust maneuvered around the air as countless spears came from both the ground and from behind them, barely missing.

"YOU WON'T GET FAR!" Sombra yelled from his castle, his voice echoing throughout the entire empire.

"Floral! We won't make it!" Gust yelled.

"Uh, THERE! That green house!" Floral yelled back.

"Which one!"

"The one on Ruby Street!"

Hearing it, Gust fixed his posture as they gained more speed. Starting to go much farther than the guards chasing after them, Gust spread his wings to the max as their descent was slowed by the tiniest bit.

"Gah!" Gust yelled out in pain as they rolled over the ground.

"Gust!" Floral acted quickly as he grabbed Gust and put his broken leg over his shoulder. "Come on! Just a bit more!" He yelled and pushed through a door.

Finding himself in the familiar building, he tried to ignore the bloody stench in the room as he pulled the trapdoor open. Then he felt an impact.

"Guh." Knocked to the ground, he opened his blurry eyes before they widened significantly. "GUST!"

Gust, had been grabbed by the neck and lifted to the air as a guard held him up.

"Let go of him!" Floral yelled in anger and charged straight at him.

As he reached, Floral threw a punch, yet the guard barely flinched as he felt like he hit a wall. Gust was struggling to stay conscious as his feet swung everywhere. Floraly kept trying to punch him, after that didn't work, he kept punching the hooves that held Gust.

Yet, as luck would have it, Gust managed to kick the guard's chin.

The guard let go of Gust as he grabbed his neck, having a hard time breathing as he made coarse sounds.

"Floral! His neck!" Gust yelled.

Floral instantly knew what to do. Jumping at the opportunity, he rammed into the guard. Although the guard was unfazed, he let go of his neck and tried to grab Floral. He retaliated by biting into his neck.

The guard was trying to rip him off, yet Floral tightened his jaw as he started to sense a metallic taste in his mouth. As he kept struggling, a yell came from outside.

"ONCE I GET A HOLD OF YOU! YOU'LL KNOW TO FEAR WHAT IS WORSE THAN DEATH!"

And then, the guard finally pried Floral off.

As he landed hard on the floor, Floral was slightly dizzy before shaking it off. He noticed something. The guard, was blue.

"Floral! You have to get out of here!" Gust screamed at him.

"Wha-what happened! The guard!" He stood up immediately and looked at the guard.

He was holding his neck as blood continued to spill out like a fountain. His helmet unbuckled as his face was tense in concentration to not let any more go out.

"FLORAL!" He was shaken out of his stupor by Gust shaking him.

"Huh? Yeah?"

"Sombra's here! You have to leave! Hurry!"

"What? What about you?"

"I can't. I'll only slow you down."

"No, you can't. We'll just leave. We only have to get to the end of this tunnel." Floral was starting to breathe heavily.

"Hey, hey. Floral, listen. I only knew you for a day, but you're a good friend. You even got you cutie mark because of today." Floral looked at his flank, just now noticing the flower that appeared. "So, if no, when you make it out. Try tasting that whiskey thing the adults drink, alright? For me." Gust said to him seriously.

Floral stood for a few seconds, before finally nodding with a teary smile. "Promise."

Gust smiled brightly with a chuckle. "Now go." He pushed him weakly with one hoof.

Floral, with a teary face, opened the trap door and jumped down. Never looking back as he sprinted forward with what he could.

YOU'RE A FOOL, CHILD! YOU WON'T SURVIVE THE FROZEN DESERT!" He heard that shout before disappearing into the darkness.

"And that's what happened. In just half a day, I lost my whole life." Remedy spoke somberly as he blew at his now finished figure.

Moon was just sitting there in shock.

Before she could say anything, Remedy put his knife over the figure's neck, and slowly pushed down as he took a small chunk out. Then he threw it into the fire.

"So, who was it? The figure." She asked.

"My dad." He said as a single drop of tear traveled down his face.

"Remedy. I'm, I'm sorry." She finally said.

"Don't. It's something I've lived past." He said calmly. "Now sleep. I have a feeling something will happen tomorrow."

"I. Alright. Good night, Remedy."

"Good night, Moon." Remedy said as he turned to Moon. "And, thanks. For listening."

Moon looked back without an expression, before finally sighing. "It's fine. You can always talk to me if you need to."

Remedy took a few moments to consider. "Yeah, it's what friends are for. Right?"

"Yeah. It's what friends are for." She said with a smile.

Author's Note

Hello and good morning/afternoon/evening people!

I hope you found this chapter interesting. I really wanna think that I shocked you all with this one. So, if you want to, please leave a comment about what you thought of this part of Remedy's story. I really like reading about what you guys have to say.

So, and as always.

Thank thou for using thine time for this tale this simple bard has spoken.

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