It Is Always Best Forgotten

Exploding visions of bright gold swirled in the empty blackness of the colt's head. The golden streams and swirls subsided into the grassy greens of his home. His vision was strange, everything outlined in faint but noticeable white glow. Everything was so vivid. He could feel the softness of the grass at his hooftips. The leaves slowly swaying with the gentle breeze, the sound so smooth and comforting, it left him at awe as he prospected the beauty. The slow chirping of the summer rattling bugs making a harmony of peace.

A small light at the corner of his eye had gotten his attention. He glanced over at a white mare with a bright crimson mane(his sister); she lowered her head to examine some flowers behind the neat stone pavement. Suddenly without warning, she sprang back up and looked directly at him, as if frightened, the mare started galloping away. The colt tried yelling to stop as he chased after her, but no words were even spoken, there was no sound other than that of the breeze running through the leaves and the Cicadas, the rattling bugs.

They approached an eerie dark forest, and the mare disappeared into it, the glow still noticeable until the last trace of her was gone. He ran into the forest, still determined to catch the mare. A loud maniacal laughter echoed through the forest, forcing the colt to stop at his hoofs. A shiver ran down his spine, two large green eyes stared at him through the darkness, the pupil resembling that of something unholy, like a cat, except fiercer and more vicious, full of anger and hatred. Black fog rose at his feet, and as if a vortex, it spun around him, closer and closer. Fear and desperation forced the pony to jerk back only to be trapped within the spiraling darkness. He cowered in fear, shaking, hoping for dear life that it would all just end.

As the darkness closed in onto him, a light illuminated from him, a strange white light so powerful and bright, it tore right through the black fog, and it backed away as if in fear of him. A gentle and worried voice called to him, and a yellow light mixed with a bit of pink took place of the black all around him. The voice spoke again, a smooth gentle lullaby, calming and beautiful.

~ Hush now, Quiet now
It's time to lay your sleepy head
Hush now, Quiet now
It's time to go to bed

Drifting, off to sleep
Leave exciting' day behind you!
Drifting, off to sleep
Let the joy of dream land find you... ~

The voice echoed, still clearly visible even after it had ended. He felt oddly at peace, and so he was.

The light hurt his eyes, all he could see was blurry outlines of everything, and it took him a while to regain full vision. He analyzed a room. A brightly decorated room, with all sorts' things, like bird houses, animal feed, pink butterflies decorating the outlines of the walls. He tried moving, his body ached with unbearable pains, so he stopped the moment he even tried. He looked around a bit more and realized he was laying down on a couch, like one that his father had bought from one of his trips to town, although they weren't allowed to go, the stallion always made sure to bring something special with him. He smiled sadly at this memory. He quickly turned to realize that another pony was sleeping right beside him. It was a yellow-coated pony with pink mane that flowed silkily and nicely curving to the side of her. He had no words to speak, nor thoughts to think. This was his first ever encounter with another pony other than his dad and sister. He stared at the mare for quite a while, still sleeping.

'Wow, she's an angel.' Illuminous thought to himself as he studied the mare before him. She was hunched over, her head in between her hoofs, her body going down to the ground. It seemed that this pony exhausted herself and ended up sleeping on the couch, taking care of him maybe? He felt gauges strapping across his abdomen and many other sorts of band aids covering the sharp pains from the night before. Her face was right in front of his, and he found himself staring even more at her beauty.

The mare slowly woke up, analyzing the scenery just like he did, Illuminous could only but stare. After she snapped out of her momentary sleep deprived state, she focused on the colt before her. She smiled widely and gave a sigh of relief.

"I'm so glad you woke up, I was getting very worried I-I...." her voice trailed off as she saw the colt staring at her eyes, at awe and admiration.

The mare blushed, unable to continue what she had to say, they both stared into each other's eyes, and what seemed like forever, the two just stood gazing at each other.

Illuminous felt his cheeks turn warmer and warmer, he didn't understand this feeling. It was brand new to him, he had only known the comfort of his father and sister, but this was something new... he had no way of explaining it. All he could think of was that it felt nice, being so close to her, like in his dream before, that voice, it was her. He felt so at peace staring into her beautiful emerald green eyes, and so.... he could not explain it.

The never ending moment between the two ponies broke as soon as a white rabbit strolled onto view and hopped on the chest of Illuminous, the colt gasped in pain.

The yellow mare suddenly alarmed, nudged the rabbit out of the way. "Angel! That is not good, please treat him kindly, he is badly hurt." she said in a scolding-like manner to the rabbit, and turned to face Illuminous. "I'm so sorry, are you okay?" she said with worry.

Illuminous only turned to stare at her again and nodded very slightly, still unsure of what to say.

The rabbit known as angel just sighed. Jumped onto the cabinet of the kitchen, and took out a long carrot, then proceeded to walk back up the stairs to go sleep.

This gave the yellow mare an idea.

"Oh! You must be hungry. I-I'll make you something to eat right away, rest easily." she eagerly said.

To his surprise, the yellow pony sprang two wide and majestic yellow wings, and glided over to the kitchen with ease, he was more than astonished. Mesmerized, or captivated by her both grace and beauty. He had so many questions, so many things to ask and tell the mare, but he couldn't even do a simple nod for a reply. He had never seen another pony before, let alone a Pegasus pony.

The mare returned with a soup filled with carrots and lettuce, appreciatively, he didn't hesitate to eat, and even though he hadn't felt the hunger before, it seemed quite obvious and apparent. His stomach began rumbling and aching with pains. It was delicious, tangy and sweet, with the rich taste of the carrots, it was amazingly good.

After he finished eating, he noticed the yellow Pegasus staring at him again, her eyes full of wonder and curiosity.

"So uh... what's your name? I mean, if it's okay with you, if you want to tell me and all" she said in a low voice, rubbing her hoof onto the ground, shyly wondering.

She quickly interrupted, "Oh my, I haven't even told you mine, how rude of me. My name is Fluttershy."

Could Illuminous get more captivated already?

"I'm Illuminous" he said quietly in a shy whispering voice.

"That's a really good name, your parents must have been really good!" she said even more curious.

That snapped Illuminous into reality, his mother... his father.... his sister.... they were all...

Pain filled the colt's heart as he fought back tears that will never subside, he had failed his father... and in vain he.... a tear ran down his cheek.

Fluttershy was at an odd disposition "I'm sorry I didn't mean to.... I'm really sorry." she said trying to fix whatever wrong she might have caused.

Illuminous shacked his head, "It's okay... it's just that, my mother gave me that name, I never met her, and I only knew about her from my dad, he said that my mom called me that, because she found hope from me, the light that guided her. But....."

He sadly shook his head, told her what had happened to his mother.

Fluttershy had no idea what to do in this sort of situation, she'd never been in something like this, she nuzzled onto him and hugged him, like what she would normally do when an animal friend was sad or upset. This only made her blush even more but she felt more obliged to do so and felt a strong sense of pity for him that she paid no mind to it.

Illuminous enjoyed the hug, it was the first time he had ever received one, from someone he hardly knew, but somehow felt deep abiding connections to.

Illuminous spoke gentle soft and quiet words into Fluttershy's ear while she hugged him, "Thank you." He said, smilingly sadly.

Fluttershy turned deep red, she wasn't used to being this close to a colt before, she had problems even being around other mares, let alone a strange colt she had saved from the Everfree forest. This sparked her interest a little.

"You were badly injured, bleeding and wounded, scratched and bruised from everywhere back in the Everfree forest, I had to take you in, you're lucky you even survived, but... what happened?" she asked staring at Illumious's bright yellow eyes.

Pain stricken, the colt recalled past events, down to the starting peaceful morning, and to even the events of his father... Fluttershy was horrified, and felt even more pity. He had lost both his father and his little sister within the day. When he was done explaining, she didn't even know what to respond to him, but finally grabbed his hoof with both of her own and looked straight at his eyes.

"Well whatever happens, you'll always have me."

He slept comfortably that night, aside Fluttershy in a comfortable bed, the couch was nice but at his condition, not good enough to aid his struggle to get better, you could imagine the pain for Illuminous as he got up, sore from everywhere. Although he faced the other way, he could feel the small panting breaths of the yellow mare, warm and comforting, onto his back, he turned to see her. There were still so many things in his mind that didn't make sense. He could think clearly, just by looking at her, he thought about his father... what had happened? A day ago he came to us with promises of Canterlot the next moment he's.... And who was that pony... the one that took his sister. So much that he wanted to know. And he focused back on Fluttershy; she was innocent, loving and caring. He wasn't sure exactly what he felt, but surely he felt happy just being around her. He was never thought this concept. Illuminous had no idea about love, but if this is how the feeling was, he'd wish it upon a million stars. As for Fluttershy, he was still confused, unsure of what to say to her, it was like a race, a race to tell her, it seems like worthless futile efforts, because if he gets too close to the finish line, it's like you get warped back to the beginning. She was kind, and pretty, cute, and beautiful. Yet he still lies unsure of anything.

As if by telepathy, Fluttershy woke up, sleepy and rubbing her eyes, and turned to face his gaze. Another moment, beneath the moonlight, it was still too strange for him, he broke the gaze by looking to the moon, which Fluttershy also turned to see. The Pegasus nudge herself closer to Illuminous, unsure, the colt felt his cheeks get warm, then warmer as she nuzzled herself under his chin. (Imagine the confusion on poor Illuminous.)

"My sister would call me Illy, short for Illuminous, I wouldn't mind if you'd call me that." he spoke in a quiet whisper into her ear, her backed turned to him.

"W-w-well okay t-then," she whispered back and giggled a bit.

"You know, you heal quickly, much faster than anypony I've seen, the first day I took you in I called in a doctor, he said you had a near to fatal wound. But apparently you healed faster than it could have been deadly. "She said, clearly with admiration in her voice.

"There was never a time I'd gotten injured, except for an incident that happened, where a large boulder nearly fell on me, but dad held it on his back, protecting me." he tried sounding reasonable.

"Oh well then, you must be really special then." she smiled warmly at him, making him blush yet again.

He placed his forehead to hers and they blushed, as if in synchronization, they looked away, said their goodnight sleep, and dreamed.

Surprisingly he slept peaceful that night, memories in regard to all the good things in his life. Grateful to Fluttershy with all his life, he said thank you once more, and before he drifted to sleep, a question still remained on his head. What if the pony from before comes for Fluttershy too? No he muttered to himself.

I'll protect her, even if the cost is my life.

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(Author's Note: This goes out to the people specifically concerned about Fluttershy's affection toward Illuminous, and Illuminous' thoughts on it. All I have to say is.... calm down my fellow bronies, you'll find out sooner or later. For now, keep waiting. If you liked the story enough to get past the 1st chapter to read the 2nd, I appreciate it. If you like it, rate it, It would help me out a lot.

If your still concerned about it and don't fully understand what I'm getting to is that, later things will be revealed, keep on reading because there is just a major shift in the force. :T Allons-Y!

Also, all throughout this story I kept hearing that song. "Your too, shy shy, hush hush quiet now." I don't know the name of it and well darn I wish somebody could tell me. x3 )