The things I put up with...

Author's note:

Chapters aren't flowing as well as i had hoped but I do know where i want to go with it... I promise that i will get them flowing better.

Chapter 7
The will to go on

The soft voice in your ear was very familiar. Turning quickly you don't see anypony there. Fluttershy was by the cottage and to far away to whisper in your ear. Turning back you see Rainbow, jaw agape, pointing off in the distance. Following her hoof you look at the distance. A silloutte of a pony was there and soon vanished as if it was just a meriarge.

"Did you see her?" Rainbow asked. Her jaw slacked back down and hung there for a while. "You could see right through her!" You look at her funny. 'What did she mean did I see her? Who?'

"See? Through? I don't think you saw a pony, there Rainbow." She looked at you and gawked at you. Her face showed pure awe. If you could judge things by faces hers screamed truth. There was something genuine about her expression.

"You saw the pony on the hill?" You look at her, you don't know what you saw. The figure sure seemed pony like but it didn't move. It had vanished out of thin air so you didn't think it was real.

"I saw something black on the hill... I don't know if it was a pony or not." Rainbow slapped you hard across the face. You pulled a hoof up to your sore cheek. She stares at you sternly.

"That! That pony on the hill was behind you a mear second before you turned! You can't explain that." She said poking you in the chest. The whisper returned to your ear just slightly this time but you made it out clearly. Refusing it's seductive sound you try to block it out only to have it return louder than ever. The whisper called to you, by name. Looking around again you couldn't see a possible way for somepony to get close to you. The only cover was the tree Dash was up against. You scratched you ears trying to get rid of the call. Rainbow watched you intently.

"What's wrong?" She asked with guenuine concern. You realize how rediculous you probably look to her. Scratching your ears and mumbling to yourself that it's not real.

"I keep hearing this whisper..." Rainbow looked at you with extreme curiousity.

"I'm gonna go get Fluttershy. She could probably help you." As she got up and walked towards the yellow mare the whispers grew more insistant. 'Come, please' the voice in your head begged. 'Come, please'. You felt yourself being draw towards the forrest in the distance. The voice nagged at you. 'Hurry, quick!' You spot a shimmer in the direction you felt the pull from. 'This is some weird ass shit...' you thought as you began your trip to the forrest.

As you drew closer you felt the tug increase in strength. You knew this was what it wanted. Closing the gap between you and the tree line you grew angry. 'What is this thing that beckonds me into a deadly stretch of woods?' You realize the irony of that thought as you push through the trees. 'Getting close.' The tub was very strong now. 'Closer, please!' The voice was more distinct but you still refused to believe it. Breaking into a sprint you rush through the forrest.

You jump over some brush to find yourself in a clearing. The tugging and whispers had stopped. Looking around you could see nothing, just an empty little clearing. You noice it is almost perfectly round with a few rocks almost positioned as a seat. You stroll over to the rocks and plant your rump waiting for the voice to show itself. After a few minutes of nothing you became very impatient. Standing up you look around. This wasn't what you had expected at all. To be rushed to a meeting spot and then have to wait yourself just because the whisperer was a scaredy filly.

"Well, you dragged my ass here the least you could do is show yourself!" You yelled out to the woods. Walking into the middle of the clearing. Perking your ears to try and hear any more of the persistent whispers that had contacted you so far away. Who was the mystery mare that Rainbow said was behind you at that certain moment. You sit down and put your face into your hooves. 'The voice was almost like...' Your thought was cut short by another whisper but stronger and more defined. Looking around your with wide eyes, your jaw dropped just barely as you spot the pony sitting on the rocks.

Sitting there perfectly still sat a light blue mare. Her mane was a darker shade of blue with a white whisp runnig down the middle of it. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of magenta you had ever seen, sparkling almost as if stars themselfs had come together to form her eyes. Your jaw smacks the floor as you look at the mare before you. You could clearly see through her and her mane and tail seemed to suspend and wave in a non-existant wind. Your mouth moves trying to form words. You had to speak with her but your body just wouldn't do it. You breathe in deeply, sucking in all the air you could. Releasing the air you spoke with a shakey voice.

"W... W... Windy?" You stutter trying to compose yourself. "Wha... How... Why are you here?" The blue mare didn't answer you but instead beckond you closer y raising a hoof and moving it toward her. You hesitated at first. The mare insisted with the silent hoof, beckoning you closer. With every ounce of courage you could muster you take a shakey step towards her. Slowly but surely you inch closer to her. She motions you to stop and stands up on the rock. Lifting her head to the sky she stares into the wide open spaces above. You eyes follow her gaze into a blinding light.

You open your eyes to see the clearing but the trees were gone and nothing but a black wall faced you. Looking out in all direction you notice the further away from you the darker it got. You turn back to the stones. Windy was not there! Frantically your gaze searches the blackness. Every inch of it didn't house the blue mare. Turning back to the rocks you spot Windy. She smiled at you and stepped down off of the stones. Advancing towards you she checked every inch of your body. Walking all the way around with her mental checklist you wait for her to do or say something. She finally returned to stand in front of you. Her mouth opened and out flowed multiple voices but most strongly heard was hers.

"You seem to be taking this rather well." Your jaw just seemed not to want to fit in it's proper place today, hanging free as could be. Her hoof comes under your chin and pushesit back up into the proper postition. Her hoof felt solid but at the same time was watery almost like a fine mist. "I have some news for you." Your brain was struggling to comprehend what was going on. "The coriour sent to you was misinformed, severly I'm afraid. As you can tell I no longer live among you." You begin to piece her words together slowly.

"So the estate isn't burnt to the ground?" You ask thinking that the wrong information.

She spoke slower now getting your full attention to her words. "I'm sorry to say but that was true." She paused waiting for your response. After a few moments she walked over to a tree where a bird sat. She lifted a hoof up and let the creature perch on it.

"Then what did he get wrong?" You said very dumbfounded. You couldn't have heard wrong from a pony who's job is to tell people exactly what they are told. Then again you had scared the living shit out of his poor soul.

"The estate is gone, and a few of us rest in the stars but which of us is what you should know." Again a pause as she ran her other hoof down her feathered friend. She stared at you with her magenta eyes, not breaking contact what so ever. Not even to blink!

"Who died exactly?" She smilied at this comment. Shaking her head slowly she let the bird fly off into the dark. A small giggle excaped her lips. She obviously found something funny about this situation. You sertainly didn't no mater how many jokes you could make.

"Well, you know of one for sure..." A silent sigh escaped her lips. You couldn't hear it, but she made it obvious she was quite annoyed. "But just in case you don't understand I'll tell you..." You motion with your hoof to go on. She doesn't of course.

"You seem to become worse than Amy..." Windy smiled at the remark. She had time to play her stupid game. You didn't really feel it neccisary.

"Our mother had perished first having been in the room the fire had started..." Pausing for a short break she let a small smile break her lips."I soon burned after..." The smile was stained on her lips now. This made you feel very uncomfortable. You shifted from hoof to hoof waiting for her to continue. "Both our brothers sleeping soundly in their room. They didn't hear the silent death coming..." A frown finally ran across her face. You still didn't feel to good about this situation she had forced you into. "And as for our dear sister..." She was killing you with the breaks in her speech. 'Why can't she just go on uninterrupted?' "She still breathes..." Was her continuing statement. "Albiet barely..." The pause was much shorter this time. "You must help her..." She began to fade away with the last of her words being said. You grew frantic. 'Why is she leaving me?!? Where is our sister?!?'

"Wait! Where is she!?!?" You screamed desprately. You jumped to her slowly fading body passing right through it and landing on the ground just behind her. Turning around on your back you scream at your fading sister. "Where!?! Windy! Where?!?" You began to weap. Your sister was alive, but barely breathing as Windy had said. You had to find her. She was the real reason the family had gotten along. She was the reason you had survived through father's brutal behavoir. She of all the ponies in all of Equestria was your life line. You thought back to Fluttershy. 'I can have the love i always wished for with Fluttershy. Or I can have the love given to me by birth right.' You thought it over. 'Why couldn't I have both?' You had to get to your sister fast. 'Open your eyes dumbass!' You scolded yourself for crying in the open. 'Knock it off!'

You open your eyes to find the clearing back to normal. You sat there crying for some sign, a prayer on a whim. You heard a soft whisper in your head again. 'Look to the left of the box.' You close your eyes to determine what she had meant.

'The left of the box?' It didn't make sence to you. That could be anywhere. You mind races for a second. 'Wait... I'n overthinking this... I need to get to my house!' Getting up and bolting back through the forrest you heard your name in the distance. Following the voices to guide you back to Fluttershy's cottage. Bursting from the last line of trees you stop to catch your breath.

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash ran to you. Fluttershy spoke first. "Are you okay?" Rainbow soon followed.

"Yeah, we were worried when we didn't find you next to the tree. We saw your prints leading off to Everfree but we didn't go in searching."

"I.. I.. I have..." You tried to speak between gasps for air. Fluttershy insited you wait till you caught your breath again. "I have to get back to my estate!" You began walking towards Fluttershy's house.

"Why? What is there? Didn't it burn down?" Rainbow bombarded you with questions. You answer each one in line.

"Long story. My sister. Yes." Grabbing a few supplies you grab a saddle bag to put them all in. After packing all of the things you would need you marched out the door.

Author's note:

Sorry if this chapter kinda dragged on... I pomised I'd make the chapters slow down and progress more slowly... It isn't working out to well I'm afraid...