Unseen

Being invisible is not something fun. And trust me, I should know. I was an invisble...ee? Invisiblette? Uh, is there even a term for that? Hmm, I guess not. Anyway. I am Sun Bolt, and this is my story.

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It was a dark and stormy night. Well, er, it was actually a clear night. I got up in the middle of the night, feeling a strange pulling. A deep instinct that I have had for as long as I could remember told me I should go to the window. Since following my special 6th sense usually resulted in good things happening, I followed it. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening, but my 6th sense still tugged at the window. I stayed there for a few minutes, but still. Nothing seemed out of place. Then, I noticed it. A large figure was standing there. Just standing, looking straight at me. Now, everypony in cities like Manehattan would be quite creeped out by this, but you have to remember, this was Ponyville, and things like this happened pretty often. I stood there for a few minutes, after which my 6th sense stopped. There was still that strange pulling that I experienced when I woke up. I decided to ignore it, and went back to bed.

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    The same old deal. Wake up, brush teeth, eat breakfast. This was my daily routine. I lived alone in my house on the ground. I am a pegasus, but I find the ground calming, away from all the helter-skelter of Cloudsdale. That day was seemingly normal, the strange incident at night in the back of my mind.

    After getting ready, I flew up to Cloudsdale to begin my work at the cloud factory. I went past my boss' room at the front of the area.  Cloud Chase was a very pleasant pony, everybody liked him. He usually greeted everyone as they came to work, but when I passed him, he didn't say anything. Had I done something wrong? I cautiously said, "Hey, Cloud Chaser." He looked up and replied, "Hey, Sun Bolt." I sighed in relief. His voice didn't have a sharp edge to it. He wasn't angry. He looked around the room, and questioned, "...Where are you?"

    "Right here." I smiled and waved a hoof. "Uh... I don't see you." I realized, when I waved my hoof, I couldn't see it.

    "Uh, Cloud, can I take the day off?"

    "Sure! Um, wherever you are." Cloud Chaser didn't seem fazed by the fact that I was supposedly invisible. Remember, this is Ponyville. I raced back home, and sat down. I looked around at my room. Suddenly, I gasped. My greatest treasure, a green and blue amulet with a rune-like mark on it, found in the the depths of Everfree  Forest, was pulsating with light. I quickly grabbed it. It was freezing cold. I dropped it in surprise, but it didn't fall to the  floor. It stood there, suspended in mid-air. I fearfully scrambled back towards the wall behind me. The amulet hovered towards me. In my panic, I didn't notice the dark figure from the night before observing through the window. All this time, a wind was blowing around the amulet, creating a  whirlwind around it. Suddenly, the whirlwind stopped, the amulet stopped glowing, and it bonked to the floor, unmoving. I cautiously approached it, and it spoke.

"Owwww..."

    I jumped back in surprise. It rose again, however, not pulsating nor generating a whirlwind.

    "Uh, hello? Is this thing on?" A few bonking sounds. I shakily replied. "Um, yeah. I... I think so..." The voice was somewhat reminiscent of Princess Luna, although somewhat gentler. I cautiously inquired, "Who... are you? And... uh... what are you doing in my amulet?" As I look back now, that sentence sounded quite odd.

    "Well, I kind of have a problem."

    "I bet your problem is nowhere as near as big as my problem. I'm invisible!"

    "If you call having your family separated completely  'not a big problem,' then sure."

    "Uhhhhh..."

    I raised a hoof , forgetting I was invisible. "Why me though? I'm nothing special..."

    "Yes, you are, Sun Bolt. Have you ever questioned your past? About your parents? Why you have your 6th sense? Where you got your cutie mark?" I looked at my flank. My cutie mark was a strange one, what looked like a multicolored tornado.

    I looked up again. "So, let me get this straight. You stalk me?" If the pony behind the voice wasn't embodying an amulet, it would have most certainly facehoofed. "No."

    "Why are you here?"

    "I have come to tell you about your past. "

    "And why do you know about my past?"

    "Because I am your sister. Your older sister."

    "But, I don't have a sister!"

    "Can you really prove that? Can you even remember your parents or family at all?"

    "...Well... No."

    "You know that birthmark on the bottom of your left hoof?" That birthmark was a very special thing, it was what reacted when my 6th sense perked up. "I have it too."

Just to make sure it was not a lucky guess, I questioned, "What is it shaped like?" Without a hesitation, she replied, "A triangle with a star in it." I realized at this moment, I would have use the exact same wording if I had been asked that question. "Who does this amulet belong to?"

    A silence.

    "... It belongs to our mother... She is lost."

    Confused on what that meant, I inquired, "What do you mean lost? Like... Dead?"

    "I don't know. In a... struggle... we had, we lost both you, and Mom... She could be dead, but she is the bravest and most persistent pony anyone has ever seen. It's extremely unlikely. When I found out you had the amulet, I took advantage of it. Think about it... a star in space is disintegrating right now. I'm literally burning up a star... Just to talk to you."

    "Can I talk to you in person? Like, not through a weird floating amulet?"

    "I thought you would ask that. I have actually made preparations. Princess Celestia has sent a carriage and it should arrive in a few minutes."

    "Princess Celestia?"

    "Well, yeah. I'm childhood friends with Twilight Sparkle."

    "You really have it good, don't you?"

    "With some things, yeah."

    I looked outside. Princess Celestia's carriage was just landing. "Well, the carriage is here... Oh! By the way, what's your name?"

    "Star Beam."

    "Okay. I will see you in a bit...?"

    The amulet dropped to the floor with a clatter. I picked it up and put it on its stand. I got all my stuff ready, along with a large supply of sushi, and got into the carriage. Apparently, the carriage ponies had not been notified that I was invisible. I cleared my throat, and they took off.