An Interesting New Life

Chapter Three : Two Years Later - Part 2 : Learning to Read, Speak, and Write
By : The Eternal Star

Another year has passed since I was born into this world, during which I spent most of my time practicing my walking and hooves coordination whenever my family members wasn't looking.

By now I had perfected my hoof coordination which allowed me to easily gallop up and down the stairs without my mind directly controlling its movement like before, this is very useful since it means I can focus my effort on other important things and gather the necessary equipment by 'borrowing' it from my family members.

Since I can now walk with my hooves just fine, I'm going to focus my effort on other important abilities I need to learn as soon as possible: reading this world language, training my mouth to speak again, and writing this world language.

However, I think in the coming years it's gonna be harder and harder for me to slip out and learn more important abilities on my own without my mother's knowing since my frequent walking practice hadn't gone fully unnoticed.

Several times in the past, Mother had said to Dad that she heard frequent unknown hoof steps in the house even though Ethern was in school while I was still in my foal cage. Most of these unknown hoof steps were coming from the second floor and she had tried several times to catch whoever was making the hoof steps, but as soon as she went on searching the origins of the hoof steps, it quickly disappeared.

She said that she was afraid that whoever was making the unknown hoof steps was targeting her foals Ethern and Critic with Critic being its main target since the hoofsteps sound most of the time appeared close to her foal cage.

My father after listening to mother's worry, ensured and promised her that he would try to be more often at home so that in case whoever is making this unknown hoofstep decided to attack, he would be able to quickly intercept it and protect his family.

And I must say Dad stayed true to his promise, as ever since then my father has begun to stay more frequently in the house, only leaving the house for at max a week before returning in. This would make my future attempt at slipping out considerably harder as I not only have to factor my mother and my brother, but also factoring my father who whenever he stays in the house, would occasionally check every room for any sign of abnormality.

But anyway enough about that, because another year has passed I have gathered another batch of information, half of it was about the world around me while the other half is about Alicorns. The information I gathered this time is quite interesting in regard to the world I now live in and its Alicorn inhabitants which have another distinction than the Alicorns- or ponies -showed in the show.

The first is, that the monetary system of this world is unique as it uses several different types of coins that are made of the following metals and gems: copper, bronze, silver, gold, diamond, and emerald.

The different types of coins have a hierarchy with copper being the lowest and emerald being the highest, the ratio of how much each type of coin is worth is one hundred to one, for example, one hundred copper coins worth one bronze coin while one hundred bronze coins worth one silver coin etcetera.

Not only that, but each type of coin has numbers on them that indicate how much they are worth which if you ask me. Is a very efficient type of currency since coins are durable and long-lasting compared to paper, yet they have numbers plastered on each side of the coin indicating how much the coin is worth, this number would make counting money when making a purchase a much easier process.

The numbers that can appear on each side of the coins are the following: one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred. This way of numbering is quite efficient as it means you would have big and low number value coins when making a purchase that's expensive but have small numbers such as one hundred fifty-two copper for a set of copper front hooves armor.

The second is, that this planet is named Equinera with its land divided into four huge continents divided by a wide and deep ocean. The first continent is named Alerzia and it was the second largest continent on this planet, the land of the continent is divided between two empires and that is the Blitzigh Empire on the northern and western side, and the Ertorika Empire on the southern and eastern side.

The Blitzigh Empire is the home country of the Lightning and Blitz Alicorns and is led by an Emperor named Voltimus, this type of Alicorn was known to be the fastest and most competitive one among all types of Alicorns. The Ertorika Empire is the home country of the Earth and Rock Alicorns and is led by an Emperor named Torium, this type of Alicorn was known to be the most durable of all types of Alicorns.

The next continent is the Kasarin which is the smallest continent out of all of the continents, although please note that the term 'smallest' is more like they are the smallest of all of the continents and not because it was small. This continent is the size of the entire land of Russia combined with Alaska, so again the world's smallest is more because they are the smallest continent on this planet, not because they are small.

But anyway, the Kasarin land is divided between another two empires and this time it's the Lierena Empire and the Darion Empire. The Lierena Empire controlled the west side of the continent while the Darion Empire controlled the east side of it.

The Lierena Empire is the home country of the Light and Aethern Alicorns while the Darion Empire is the home country of the Darkness and Corruption Alicorns. Both empires are led by an Empress, with Empress Lunixia for the Light and Aether Alicorns and Empress Tenoxum for the Darkness and Corruption Alicorns.

The Light and Aether Alicorns are known for their preference for cleanness and peace alongside their strong belief that the unity of Alicornkind will bring eternal prosperity, they are kindest and are willing to forgive even the most immoral, sadistic, and straight-out evil mistakes in the past but never forget them.

The Darkness and Corruption Alicorns are known for their preference for quiet and calm environments, they also most of the time stay out of sight of other's Alicorn and try to not be the center of attention whenever possible unless it is required or forced. They are secretive and aren't afraid to use under-hoofed or a bit sinister methods to achieve their goal.

The next continent is the Nofila and it was the second smallest continent on the planet right before the continent of Kasarin, the land of Nofial continent is divided between two empires that are as different as winter and spring- the Aquarice Empire led by Empress Glaciera and the Falaze Empire lead by Empress Flamnis.

The eastern and northern sides of this continent are always snowing as it was the territory of the Aquarice Empire. In contrast, the western and southern sides always had bright warm days of spring if not desert scorching-heat as it was the territory of the Falaze Empire.

Alicorns-wise, the Aquarice Empire is the home country of the Water and Ice Alicorns who are known to be cold, blunt, and relentless in pursuit of knowledge and discovery of the world, making these types of Alicorns mostly scholars, researchers, and inventors.

While Falaze Empire is the home country of Fire and Blaze Alicorns who are the exact opposite of Water and Ice Alicorns personality-wise. They are warm, understanding, and relentless in pursuit of might and prowess, making these types of Alicorns mostly rangers, warriors, and protectors.

The last continent is the Orwind which is the biggest continent out of all continents on this planet alongside happens to be the continent I currently live in, the land of this continent is divided between the Forcinetic Empire led by Empress Kinersia, and the Storempest Empire lead by Empress Eurustifon. The northern side of the continent is the territory of the Storempest Empire while the Southern one is the territory of the Forcinetic Empire.

Alicorns-wise, the Forcinetic Empire is the home country of the Force or Telekinetic Alicorns who are known for their friendly and cheery attitude, they are known to be the ones usually making the first move in both friendship and relationships.

The Storempest Empire is the home country of the Wind and Typhoons Alicorns who are known for their active and ever-so-curious personality, making them usually the ones questioning a lot whenever a discovery or invention is made.

The third is, that all Alicorns in this world have fangs, and yes, the kind of fangs that would allow you to tear and eat meat. This discovery had been more of a long time now since I had discovered it on my fourth day in this world, but I didn't mention it because I wanted to do more observations to truly see if all of this world's Alicorns have fangs and are able to eat meat.

Alongside see if Mother would read me more about Alicorn biologies to confirm if all Alicorns in this world have fangs and are able to eat meat, and well apparently they did have fangs and they could eat meat. I must say, this one discovery made me have an actual smile when I concluded my year-long observations.

This means I wouldn't be limited to only just eating fruits and vegetables like what I had expected at first but is also allowed to eat the mouth-watering food that is meat as I never liked vegetables much compared and the thought that I won't be forced to become a vegan certainly is a pleasant one- no offense to vegan people/ponies.

The last and the most interesting information, since I had gathered this information through my observation of this world rather than any information mother read for me from books. It appears that in this world Alicorns didn't and mostly likely couldn't have a cutie mark.

By now, I had seen time and time again that this world Alicorn's flanks were blanks without any kind of symbols or images on them. This was again another distinction that made this world of Alicorn feel different yet familiar since there's no magical mark that showed Alicorns what they excel or specialize at.

They had to figure out their talent the way humans do- by trying it right away, which means they would most likely have to learn several skills before they finally found what they were best at. I like this kind of system since it forces an Alicorn to broaden his/her search for talent.

But anyway, since I had listed all of this information and perfected my walking over the year. I can finally begin the process of learning the next skill on my to-do list, learn how to read, speak, and write.

Hence that's how I find myself standing right before one of the bookshelves in the living room, currently, I am looking at some of the books on the bookshelf, and to my right hoof that has been raised to my chest level several times the past few minutes.

I'm wondering how I could grab one of the books on the bookshelf with my hoof since, well, if you didn't notice Alicorns- or ponies in general -hooves are just one single blunt body part which has very little if basically no grip-power, unlike human hands which have fingers that can move independently and separately, making them have the grip-power to grab onto things.

I don't have to worry about time much since last I checked right now it's around eight in the morning and if I remember Mother's schedule correctly, at this time until around twelve mid-day, if she wasn't bringing me with her to her lab to read on some books, then she was in her lab doing her real experiment if any bright light I can see through the windows of the lab were any guess.

My brother Ethern at this time would have already been in his Combat Academy training to become a protector, so I wouldn't have to worry about him catching me in the act. My father is out on another quest and has been so for three days if we count today.

So I wouldn't need to worry about my experienced and hardened protector father who undoubtedly has a lot of experience in dealing with stealthy and/or hidden enemies, checking every meter of the house for the source of the 'unknown' hoof steps.

While I was thinking in my mind about how I could grab books from the bookshelf with my hoof, I recall a wise saying that comes from a wise man: Just Do It! I then moved my hoof onto one of the books and pulled. Look and behold, now there's a book in my hoof that just stays there completely ignoring gravity or other logical reason. I guess the magic of Alicorns includes their hooves too as otherwise I wouldn't understand how I was able to pick a book with my hoof.

After a minute of just staring at the book in my hoof, my mind finally clicked and I got into a sitting while ensuring that my tail was out of the way so I didn't accidentally sit on it. After that I held the book with both of my front hooves as I looked at the cover of it which is a picture of a white-black Alicorn with a pure brown background and on top of it must be the title of the book.

I opened the book with my right hoof to see the first page was just the blurred version of the cover, I moved another few pages until I saw a page that only had a single number in it which was one. I moved to another page and was presented with the image of one Ice Alicorn stallion and one Water Alicorn mare with their background to be frozen forest with snow on its leaves,

Huh, after further examination I realized that this book must have been detailing every type of Alicorn as the next three pages judging by what I could make of the words in the paragraphs of it.

After those three pages, I was greeted by another image of Alicorns this time one Typhoon Alicorn mare and one Wind Alicorn stallion. Their background is a few cloudhouses and them standing on a cloud floor, below and on the next few pages are similar to the previous one only this it's about Fire and Blaze Alicorns.

This book could prove to be useful if I were able to read any words in it, so I put the book on the table behind me so that I could read it later on and my attention was now back on the bookshelf.

My focus now is to search foal books, or more specifically foal books that were designed to help parents teach their foals how to read and speak, I'm sure one of the books on this bookshelf has it since my mother seemed to be the prepared and planned type of parent.

'If I'm lucky, this is gonna take a few minutes. If I'm unlucky, this may take half an hour or more. Note to self: learn how to cast magic next as having telekinesis and pulling multiple books out at once is gonna be useful in a situation like this, and probably many other situations'I thought in my mind as I sighed in annoyance and began the grueling process of pulling the books from the bookshelf to see if it could teach me how to read and speak.

It took me about forty minutes and more than five dozen books before I finally found the book I was looking for, I'm sure this book could teach me how to read and speak as I see the covert art of is of an Ice Alicorn mother sitting with her foal directly in front of her as she floated the book in her magic and pointed at one of the letters in the pages.

Above the image is the title of the book, which I still couldn't read, but judging by the four huge symbols that eerily resembled the first four letters of the alphabet, I'm guessing it was ABCD.

Anyway, after I grabbed the book from the bookshelf, I walked to one of the sofas in the living room and climbed it before proceeding to sit on it. It was at this point that I realized just how small I was since it required me to climb the sofa before I could sit on it when my parent and brother were able to do so easily without having to jump, climb, or otherwise require additional effort to sit on it.

After that, I opened the books and was greeted with the first page showing two letters, one of them was much bigger than the other. This letter is undoubtedly capitalized A alongside normal a, but the way they look kinda looked similar yet at the same time different than the kind of a I was used to.

The capitalized A has a straight curved line on the left but the line on the right looks halfway to eight if you draw it from up, alongside the straight horizontal line in the middle of it instead of staying in between the two vertical lines, it went through the left line with the length of the piercing to be the same length as the line in between.

If the capitalized A is weird, the normal a is slightly less weird as it uses the normal a you would normally see on electronic devices when typing but now it has two changes that make it look quite different.

The change is a very noticeable one and that being instead of the normal c looking like line, it now has a candy cane looking like one as the top line pierced the straight vertical line with the line that was piercing connected in a smoothly curved way similar to half-shaped heart symbol to the low-tip of the vertical line.

I know that what I was saying is weird and confusing, but that's exactly how I saw the capitalized A and normal a looked on the page. It took my mind about two minutes to properly analyze and process the very weird yet unique way this Alicorn has of writing this letter.

' If the first letter of the alphabet is already this unique, then how unique is the rest of the alphabet later gonna get? It's gonna take quite a while for me to fully adjust to this new form of alphabet and writing, I guess I should start reading each of the words I thought in my mind as I shook my head a few times before began trying my best to say the letter.

Two hours had passed since I began learning to read this world's letters and training my mouth to be able to speak, it was quite a success when it came to learning to read this world's letters even though they had some differences. It looked just similar enough to my old-world letters that I was able to recognize any letters or words I read in just half an hour of learning.

However, there are problems when it comes to training my mouth to be able to speak again. The biggest one is a problem that is quite similar to when I first walked with my hooves for the first time, my speech quickly began to degrade as soon as my mind wasn't directly controlling the movement and coordination of my lips, jaw. and tongue.

This makes me feel quite annoyed as of course, speaking would also require quick and precise coordination similar to walking with hooves, only this time the body part in question is the one responsible for the ability to speak.

It took me more than one and half an hour until I was able to somewhat speak without my brain having to constantly coordinate its movement, I was able to say words now but it was slow and often accompanied by stuttering.

Currently, I was still sitting on the sofa but this time I had both of my front hooves holding the book I had first pulled out of the bookshelf and had images of each type of Alicorns and their explanation. I was reading the title of the book which is 'The Wonders of Alicornkind' and tried to speak it out loud, "T-the... W-won... d-ders... o-of... A-a... l-li... c-corns... k-kind"

That's exactly how I was speaking right now after less than two hours of training, it's not what I wanted but then again I can only accomplish so much in just less than two hours worth of training.

But If I was to guess, the more I speak with my lips the better they are gonna get hence why I cursed my inability to speak properly out loud and not in my mind, "D-damn... i-it... m-my... s-speech... i-is... s-still... f-fuck... k-king... s-slow... I-I... a-al... s-so... s-stut... t-ter... t-too.

B-but... I-I... s-sup... p-pose, t-the... m-more... I-I... u-used... i-it, t-the... b-betet... t-ter... I-I... w-will... g-get. N-now... t-that... I-I... w-was... a-able... t-to... r-read... a-and... s-some... w-what... s-speak, I-I... g-guess... i-it's... t-time... f-for... m-me... t-to... l-learn... h-how... t-to... w-write... n-next". I then picked the foal book on the table with my right hoof and held it over my chest alongside 'The Wonders of Alicornkind' book alongside keeping it there with my left hoof crossed over my chest.

I get out of the sofa before walking to the stairs using my three remaining hoofs slowly to keep my balance, after that, I begin making my way up the stairs to go to my brother's room to find and 'borrow' some writing utensils for me to be able to write and papers for me to train my writing on.

When I was halfway up the stairs, however, I heard the sound of the door of the house alongside the steady beats of hoof steps that were undoubtedly from my mother.

'Fuck, Mother come back earlier than I predicted, I must not let her see me walking up the stairs' I thought in my mind as I quickly rush up the stairs by galloping, just as I reach the top however.

My right hoof slipped and I fell to the ground with a loud thud as my grip on the book I hold over my chest went loose and slipped out of my grip. My mother must have heard my fall as she shouted, "Who's There?!" before she quickly burst through the door and galloped her way to the stairs.

I quickly shook my head to wave off the headache I was feeling at the moment, then I grabbed the two books that had fallen out of my grip with my hoof before placing them in my mouth as I went on full sprint when I heard mother quickly galloping her way up the stairs.

I managed to slip through the door of my parent room and sprint toward my foal cage as I heard mother reach the top of the stairs and make her way fast toward the room I was in, I then climbed my way up the foal cage and when I reached the top, I quickly jumped onto my foal bed and hide the book under my pillow before quickly lay down on my back just in time as mother burst through the door.

I then began acting like I was just sleeping before I was woken up by the loud sound of Mother bursting through the door. I jerked my head in a fake surprise, my eyes looking at Mother as I tilted my head. She scanned the room for a minute or two before she walked to my cage and looked at my still laying form before she said "What the? I'm pretty sure I just heard somepony falling and galloping just moments ago"

My mother then enveloped me in her magic as she brought me close to her face before inspecting my body, she spun me around a few times before she stopped and looked at me in the eyes as she asked "My little filly, Critic. Did you hear anything falling or see something coming into this room before Mom does?"

At this, I just tilted my head further to make her perceive me as to not understand what she just said. Upon seeing that I had tilted my head further to the right, she brought me down with her magic back to my foal bed.

She then sighed in relief and worry as she said, "Well, at least I know you are okay my filly. Mommy here is sorry for disturbing your sleep again, but there is something in our house that makes me worried that it might come to harm you and your brother"

After she put me back in my foal bed, she turned around and walked out of the room. But not before giving one last scan at the whole room before closing the door, and I was alone in my foal bed with only my thoughts keeping me company. I waited for a minute or two before I let out a sigh that I didn't realize I was holding again before I thought.

' I almost got caught again, were it not for the fact that I reacted fast enough and my hooves coordination has been trained and perfected- the one where I walked with only my three hooves doesn't count as a mistake since it would be hard for anypony if they were to try it -I would have been caught and have to explain to my mother why does her youngest foal suddenly able to walk perfectly while also carrying books with her.

Although I must say the circumstances are similar to when I was almost caught by my mother when I first trained my hooves by walking up and down the stairs, only this time mother is gonna be more cautious and watchful than before since she believed that there must be a malevolent being intruding in our house'.

I looked at the door where Mother had walked out just minutes ago for a few seconds before I quickly sat up and gathered the book I had hidden under my pillow and brought it onto the bed. I glanced at the two books a few times before I decided to put 'The Wonders of Alicornkind' book back under my pillow as I wanted to improve my ability to speak and understand this world's letters more as I was still confused at few, particularly uniquely written letters.

'I guess it would be a few hours before I could slip out again, might as well use that time to improve my ability to speak and read this world's letters rather than just laying in here waiting' I thought in my mind as I began reading the foal book once more.

A few hours have passed since I was almost caught by my mother again, during which I had managed to progressively increase my ability to read and speak to the point that I no longer stutter whenever I tried to speak like what I was doing right now, "The... Wonders... of... Alicorn... kind". My speech was still slow, but at least I no longer spoke in syllables and wasn't stuttering anymore.

Anyway, I think now is the perfect time for me to slip out again as now it's half an hour before four PM after I read the clock above the door. If I remember it correctly it was at this time when she would start watering and tending her plants outside the house and judging by the sound of water dropping outside the house even though it wasn't raining.

Yeah, she's currently watering and tending to her plants right now. My brother had a few hours earlier come back into the house and placed his training gears in the armory, and his saddlebags in his room, before going down to the dining table to eat his lunch.

However, my brother after he finished eating his lunch, asked mother if he could play with his friends outside in the parks. My mother said ok but told him that he needed to come back before five PM, which meant I had about one and a half an hour before he would be back.

I then placed 'The Wonders of Alicornkind' book back under the pillow, before I slipped the foal book out of the cage using one of the holes in the fences. After the book has slipped out, I start climbing up my foal cage before climbing down to the ground after I reach the top. I grabbed the foal book on the floor with my right hoof before holding it on my chest with my left hoof crossed over it.

I walked slowly out of the room and slipped through the door, right now I planned to go to my brother's room so I could 'borrow' some of his writing utensils alongside one or two blank books so I could practice my writing. I passed the stairs and opened the door before walking in, my brother's room looked similar to my parent's bedroom, only it had some differences.

The first is, instead of one huge master bed, there are two medium-sized beds with each bed having a desk on each of its side. The bed is separated from each other by a distance of a few meters, with the one on the right colored blue crossed red while the one on the left colored pink crossed violet. No doubt when I had grown out of my foal cage, I would be placed in the same room as him.

In front of the middle walls of the room is a crystal table with chairs and double-stacked cabinets on each of its sides, I'm guessing this is where my brother would store his school equipment. I walked over to the double cabinet on the left side of the chair, I pulled the first drawer from below and its inside revealed to be a few bottles of ink and feathers alongside a few blank books beside it.

I stared at the contents of the drawer for a minute as I wondered why of all times It would be this one where I found the things I was looking for on the first try before my mind came up with nothing and I just shrugged as it was better to not question. I carefully placed the book I was holding on my chest to the ground before I grabbed one of the ink bottles alongside one of the quills.

I then set the ink bottle and quil down before I sit on the ground, I opened the ink bottle before I picked up the quill and dipped the end tip into the ink for a few seconds, before pulling it back out. I opened the blank book cover and I saw what would be the perfect ground for me to train my writing on, a fully blank page. I moved the quill in my hoof to the book as I began writing the first letter of the alphabet.

Using a quill to write is a challenge of its own, I must write the part of the letter from above if it was vertically, or from left it was horizontally to ensure that the ink is distributed evenly. Not only that, but I must write it with the tip of the quill slightly curved to the left while at the same time not pressing too hard as it otherwise would break.

After spending about a minute trying to write the capital A letter, I had finally managed a somewhat decent-looking capital A letter of this world. However, the supposedly straight curved line is a bit wavery while the supposedly half-eight line is more straighter than I would like.

But then again, rarely any first try would be perfect and I think it reasonable to believe as time passed on and I trained more and more, I would completely be able to write this more symbolized version of alphabet letters as easily as I write the original one.

"This... is... decent... enough... I... guess, less... than... what... I... wanted. But... I... suppose... that... within... time... I... would... be... able... to... write... this... easily." I said before I began writing the next letter of this world version of the alphabet, this is harder than I thought it would be.

Another hour had passed since I began my writing training, I had progressed quite a bit since now I can bind a few letters into one single short word in just under a minute. Although, it would still be a long way before I could write sentences or paragraphs, I at least now can write multiple words in just a few minutes.

As I was writing my next word though, I heard the sound of the door down below the stairs opening slowly and my eyes widened as mother once again, finished her work earlier than I expected.

I quickly closed the ink bottle and placed it back into the drawer before closing it, I then grabbed the book and put it in my mouth as I galloped my way out of my brother's room and went straight toward my parent's bedroom. After I passed the stairs, I heard Mother quicken her pace as she had no doubt heard the sound of my hooves galloping.

Just as I was about to enter my parent's bedroom though, I was looking back at the stairs and did not realize that I was running straight to the crystal door as my head bumped quite hard against it with a loud thunk which resulted in quite a lot of pain in my right part of the head alongside my vision slightly unfocused.

However, I had no time to rest as I soon heard Mother shout "Stop right there!" before she went on full gallop up the stairs and headed toward my location, I shook off my head a few times before I slipped through the gap on the door and shut it close. This gave me an extra few precious seconds which I spent by running straight to my foal cage and climbing it up before I jumped onto the bed and hid the book in my mouth under the pillows, before laying on the bed on my back.

Right after that, the door to my parent's room burst open as Mother entered the room with an angry expression on her face and her horn glowing bright with magic in preparation to cast spells. She looked at the entirety of the room for a few seconds before she went straight to my foal cage and enveloped me in her magic as she brought me close to her face.

This time instead of using my usual disguise as her foal who had just awoken from her sleep, my head and body shivered in fake fear as my eyes widened in fake terror alongside breathing erratically before I looked at my mother's eyes with a hopeful look as my hooves moved in a vain attempt to try to get closer to her.

I do this to make her perceive me as feeling fear and terror at what had just entered the room alongside hoping that my mother would be able to protect me as I tried to get closer to her.

My disguise worked as Mother hugged me to her chest with her wings, she reassured me by gently caressing my back with her wings my eyes began to water in a fake cry as I began to sob, before Mother said in a sorrowful and reassuring voice, "Oh my filly Critic, what had you just seen that entered this room? It really must have terrified you so much, don't worry my filly, your mother is here to protect you"

She continued to hug me to her chest and caressed my back with her wings for the next few minutes until my fake soft cry and sob subsided, at which she put me back on my foal cage with a sorrowful look on her face. Before it changed into anger and determination as she said in a furious tone "Huh, whoever is causing these unknown hoof steps had started to act and now it starts by haunting my filly Critic. I will ensure that whoever is doing this will pay in blood and soul for that!"

She then looked at my foal cage as her horn lit up for a few seconds before it subsided, soon enough a two-stacked blue shield materialized around my cage before it fully encased my foal cage and I inside it. Mother had a satisfied smile on her face as she said "This shield will prevent anything from trying to harm you my filly, if something tried to break the shield, the alarm would go off and it would alert me that you are in danger.

Now, my filly Critic, I'm sorry that I couldn't be with you in this room any longer. I need to call your father as he is the expert when it comes to this kind of thing, until your father returns, this shield will keep active unless I am the one to dispel it or your father is home. Stay safe my filly."

My mother then walked out of the room, but not before making one last glance at the whole room and my foal cage. After she had walked outside, I had finally comprehended what had just happened as I thought 'Did I just make my future attempt at slipping out even harder now?'