The Alicorn Who Knew Nothing

The Alicorn Who Knew Nothing

Chapter 4

From The Ashes

“I…But...How…When?” Circus stammered from the doorway.

Ridge’s compose was losing focus with each passing second.

“I’m sorry so so so so sorry circus. Please please please don’t tell anypony!”

After several minutes of just gawking at Ridge’s wings, circus finally began to come back down to equestria.

“H..Have you been like this forever?” circus choked out from his confused brain.

“No..Not that I know of…at least as long as i can remember.” Ridge said meekly.

“And just how long is that hmmm? Just what else are you lying to me about.” Said circus with just a hint of hurt in his voice.

Ridge then proceeded to back away from circus, toward the corner of the bathroom.

“Do you even have ponyneighsia, or are you lying about that too!”

At this point ridge had backed as far away from circus as the suddenly cramped bathroom would allow him. He had turned his head away from circus so he wouldn’t have to see the betrayed look on his face.

“I…I…I don’t know w..what to tell you C..Circus.”

“So you are lying to me about the  ponyneighsia! I should go get the doctors and have them through you out right now!”

“I didn’t lie about that…” Ridge quietly said.

Ridge turned toward the nurse that was currently berating him and tried to plead his case to the once friendly pony.

“I did have that accident, and I did get ponyneighsia from it! The reason I didn’t tell anypony about my wings was that I was afraid that the princesses would find out, and they would proceed to banish me! All I want is to get my memory back and to try and figure this out!” With his outburst over Ridge slumped into the pony’s shoulder and let loose a torrent of tears that he had been holding in ever since the accident.

After seeing Ridge crumble and start crying on his shoulder, Circus had lost all of the anger he held toward the once pony now Alicorn in an instant.

“A..Are you still scared that they will still find out?”

The only coherent sound he heard come from his friend was a short

“yesh..” before Ridge was once again wracked with sobs.

“shhhh.. It’s going to be alright, just calm down.” Ridge did his very best at attempting to calm down his friend but he soon decided the best thing he could do was just be there and hold him in a small hug.

Over the next several minutes Ridge began to calm down enough to where he could complete a sentence and backed away from circus and began to stare down at the floor.

“T..Thanks for that, I’ve just been so scared over the past few days and I really needed to let that out.”

“Hey look at me buddy” Circus asked his friend.

Slowly he looked into Circus’s eyes and saw a longing to help him.

“I will always be here for you buddy, and you can take that to the bank.”

The second Ridge had heard the words uttered he knew instantly that they were true, and once again wrapped his hooves around Circus’s neck and happily exclaimed.

“I think this is the begging to a beautiful friendship.”

After letting go of his neck Ridge then began to hoof at the tile wondering one question that still was on his mind.

“But, I still have one question though?” Ridge had been wondering this for just a few moments and decided to ask Circus now instead of hiding it and asking later.

“Yea, what is it?”

“Do you know anyone with the initials T.S.”

“Uh..Tom Sawneiyer?” Circus Joked.

“Oh…” Ridge said knowing his friend had only been kidding, but he was still disappointed nonetheless.

“Hey, its Manehatten there is bound to be someone with those initials out there someplace.”

“Maybe…But there is only one pony I’m looking for.”

“Hey was that what was in that locket you got?” Circus asked.

“W..W..What!? How d..did you know about that!” Ridge was surprised that circus had known about what was inside the locket, but then again he decided that it was not a good idea to keep secrets from Him anymore.

“Y..Yea it was a picture of a mare, with the initials of T.S. on it.” Ridge said as a blush started to form on his face.

“Well well well, seems like we got a loverpony over here, Maybe we could get that picture down to the local newspaper and have a flyer made up for her.” Circus said with the gears in his mind turning over, as to how he could help out Ridge with his mystery mare.

“No..No..No..No” Ridge immediately began to panic at the thought of putting flyers up across town.

“Okay…Just chill Jeez we can just ask a pony or two at the local library, how’s that for a start.”

“I..I think I can live with that for now.” Ridge began to blush again at the thought of his panic. Why was this one mare causing this to happen to him.

“Well if we are going to get down to the library before dark there are a few things I have to get for you now.” Ridge said this with a devilish smile.

Ridge saw circus and his smile, and knew immediately that it was not going to be anything good.

“W..What?”

But before he could get a response Circus had already bounded out of the room toward parts unknown.

“Oh..Celestia! What now.”

After about an hour or so sitting on his bed he heard ridge trot down the hall towards his room.

“Ridge I’m back, Did you miss me?”

“Uh..if you mean fearing your return with my entire being, then yeppers I sure did miss you Circus bunches and bunches.”

“Oh Hardy har har. Princess Celestia called, she wants her corniness back.” After circus had said that to Ridge he slowly set two grocery bags down on the bed next to him and just stared waiting for him to ask.

“Ugh…okay I’ll bite, what did you buy?” Ridge said as flatly as he could.

“Nuh uh, I Didn’t buy these I brought these things over from my other job.”

“Okay…Then what did you bring over here from your other job?”

“Why don’t you open them for your Ponyself.” Circus was positively beaming about his gifts. So after Ridge rolled his eyes in annoyance he reached his hoof into the bag and pulled out its contents.

“Another blanket?” Ridge asked in confusion.

“Look at it closer.” Circus said in annoyance.

Ridge grumbled in annoyance, but proceeded to look at the blanket again anyway.

“What am I supposed to be looking for again?”

Circus inwardly face-hooved.

“It’s an exact color match to your coat, stupid. I had it specially made several years ago, It’s a magical cloak that seamlessly blends into the wearers coat. You wear it and presto, no more obvious wings. But that normally would leave you looking like a humpback, soooooooo that’s what the second bag is for…”

Ridge did not like the way he had said that. Knowing that it was better to get it over with, He went ahead and lifted the item out of the second bag.

“NO!!!! I WILL NOT WEAR THAT!”

It was a saddle.

“Oh, Come on… why not?” Circus was growing very tired of Ridge’s debates.

“It will make people think I am a coltcuddler! A saddle shows that you want someone to ride you!” Ridge argued.

“Look we both know that you are not a coltcuddler. But, this is the only option we have.”

“But, Saddle!!!” Ridge was to the point that he was pleading.

“Enough, You’re going to wear it and you’re going to like it. End of discussion!” Circus wanted to get a move on if he wanted to get to the library tonight before it closed.

“…Fine I’ll wear it, but it doesn’t go any farther than a disguise. GOT IT?”

“Yes, Yes now get it together, we have to go now if were going to make it in time.”

With the surprise gift session over, Ridge was pulled from the bed toward the bathroom to get ready for their late night excursion.

“Don’t forget anything at all. You got all the books we have to return right? Got you locket, and your blanket? You ready yet? When are you going to be done?” Circus was positively bouncing around the room.

“Dude calm your ponyself, why are you acting like your about to explode?” Ever since Ridge had gotten ready Circus had been acting like a hyper active foal who had just been given the key to the candy store.

“I..I just want to get done with the library.” Ridge knew Circus was lying, but if he wanted to get this done and over with he knew he should just go along with it for now.

“Okay, Okay, let’s leave then Mr. Eager Manticore.”

They both walked briskly toward the elevator, Ridge doing his best with his still bandaged hoof.

“Gosh Circus slowdown will you. I’m still hurt you know!”

“Oh..Sorry Ridge I wasn’t paying attention.”

“Thank you.”

The ride down in the elevator had been a swift and quiet one, and as the doors opened on the first floor Circus Bounded ahead toward the front counter quickly yelling back over his shoulder toward Ridge.

“I just gotta sign a few papers so you can leave the hospital.”

As Circus reached the counter he saw that his supervisor was working the late shift once again.

“Working late again Dorris?”

“No, the mare who usually works the counter called in for the night.”

“Oh my, is she okay?” Circus asked with a worried expression.

“Yea, her filly is sick tonight so she had to stay home and watch her.”

“Aw, well we should send her some daisy’s as a get well soon snack.”

“Yea, the office has already beat you to that bucko, they already sent some this morning.”

“Well at least someone besides me has a heart, in this hospital.” Circus said with confidence.

With their idle chit chat over Dorris began to gather Ridge’s necessary paperwork so he could be discharged from the hospital.

“You Don’t have to do this you know Circus?” Dorris was beginning to wonder why her coworker was being so generous toward a totally strange Unicorn who had no memory and no way to support his ponyself.

“The guys upstairs were going to write him off as another non-pay and send him down to the farm!” Circus slightly snapped, but immediately realized that this was his boss he was speaking to.

“Sorry Dorris, I am just tired of seeing them do that to ponies  who don’t deserve it.”

“Well you ask me Circus, you’re a saint for doing this.”

“We shall see who the saint is after I get his bill.” Said Circus.

“Plus I have a special feeling about this Ali…Unicorn” Circus barley caught himself in time, he almost blew his whole cover.

“I’m sorry what Circus? I didn’t hear you this dang phone won’t stop ringing.”

“Nothing have a good night Dorris.”

“You too.” said Dorris with a wave of her hoof.

After Circus met up with Ridge by the front entrance they both trotted out the front entrance into the cool night air.

“who was that?” asked Ridge.

“Just my boss praising me for saving a life earlier.”

“Oh cool. Maybe you can tell me about it later.”

“..yea, maybe someday.” Circus said under his breath.

“Do what, speak up man?” Ridge asked.

“Nevermind, Its not important. Where is that library again?” Circus sadi changing the subject.

“Look forward hay for brains.” Ridge had almost forgotten how weird his friend had been acting today…almost.

“Oh…okay. Let’s go” Ridge Said.

"sure thing there Mr. Coltcuddler." Circus said with a smile.

"I told you NO"

And with that they both Trotted across the street toward the Manehatten Main Library.