A silver mare sat upon a low cloud, perhaps naught but a meter off the ground. Her white mane and tail sparkles in the setting sun contrasting that of her black stripe that is down the middle of her mane and tail. She yawns as the day had been an interesting one. She helped Applejack gather apples, watched Rainbow Dash practice and helped Fluttershy with the animals. She smiles as she watches the ponies busy about in Ponyville. She lays down and looks up at the beginning night. “Luna makes such beautiful nights.” Flyer Cloud smiles and yawns. She stretches one of her wings and uses the levitation spell to put the cloud in her saddle bags. She began trotting back to her home enjoying the sky still. She looked at her house which is a large white manor that rose only two stories but is still large. It is in the same manner as many homes in Canterlot. She trots into the manor and shuts the door. She sits in the middle of the foyer looking at the staircases on each side of the main center hall. A large crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling in the middle directly above where Flyer sat now. The door opens with a slight creak and Flyer turns to see a golden stallion with red eyes. Flyer smiles upon seeing him feeling a small flutter in her heart upon seeing Arcus. She does have a small crush on him.
“Hello Flyer.” Arcus smiles at her. They are friends despite him working as an inventor at the Weather Factory which Flyer owns alongside her parents.
“Hello Arcus! What’s up?”
“Came to check on you. I mean you broke your wing.” Flyer looks away a bit embarrassed. “And to ask you a question.” She looks at Arcus confused. “I know it’s a painful subject but could you tell me your story about that kingdom?” Flyer sighs and looks out the nearby window. Then she begins her story.
I was born to the ice mare Crystal and commander of the royal guard Serrated Blade. This was actually a really weird because Blade ,as he preferred to be called, was not my father he was rather my step father. My real father was the king of the kingdom I was born into. Kryis was his name but I’ll talk more about him later. First the day my life started downhill.
It was almost like any other day as I was with my mother in the kitchen watching her make beautiful ice sculptures. I was only a year old foal but being the foal of a being of ice and of pure forces I grew rather fast. “Wow mommy that looks so beautiful I wish I could make things as beautiful as you.” My mother smiled the way she did her icy blue coat shining in the light coming from the windows. Her face was the kind that had been through a lot and you could tell but still had that kind beauty that never fades. Her smile was like seeing the sun on a cloudy day. It was the thing I loved more then anything else as she was the parent I saw all the time. Blade was always at work and only came after it was my bed time. My mother’s mane glittered like ice in the sun as the light shined on her mane of a darker blue color.
“Oh you. Its nothing really just a little sculpture of my little filly.” I giggled at this and smiled happily. “And you will be able to do this if your abilities develop…..which should be soon.”
“I hope so mommy! I wanna grow up to make pretty things and be as beautiful as you!” My mother smiled at me softly and gave me a quick nuzzle. Then the door slammed open the wood of the door almost sounding like it cracked and splintered and my mother looked very worried.
“Sweetie go to your room it sounds like your father is back from work.” I looked worried as I slowly moved away from her but she stopped me. “Here sweetie take this,” she handed me the ice crystal necklace she had around her neck at all times. It was her most prized possession other then me. I looked at her very worried and hugged her tight.
“I love you mommy….I love you so much mommy.” She nuzzled me softly and I nuzzled back tears falling as the force of the door scared me some.
“I love you too sweetie now go.” She trotted into the next room and I slipped into the air ducts and watched them talk. “Now Blade please calm down its not your fault! It was before I even met you!”
“You think I care! You went and bucked the king?! Flyer isn’t my foal! I want her out of this house! If she isn’t out of the house by tomorrow I’m going to kill her!” I whimpered silently at his rage. Me not his filly? But if not his then who? I didn’t know who the king was at the time so I didn’t know what that meant.
“Blade! That is too harsh she’s just a filly! Calm down! You’ll not lay a harmful hoof on her!” I watched in fear as Blade punched my mother hard and I could of sworn I heard a crack. He drew the sword he had on him all the time and stabbed it right through her chest. I watched in silent horror as my mother was killed right in front of my eyes. I started to tear up and ran out and hugged her body crying.
“NO! Mommy! Wake up!” I looked into her closed eyes and I stroked her blood coated mane crying. “No mommy wake up. Wake up mommy!” I was too young to understand what had happened to her so I kept this up while Blade watched in silence.
“She’s dead now shut up and get out of here.”
“NO! I’m never leaving my mommy!” He brought up his sword and knocked me away from the body and looked at me as I slammed into the wall groaning. A spear fell near me. The spear was one that Blade kept on the wall as a trophy from his last war. He came closer to me his brown coat a dull color other then where it was stained with the blood of my mother. The fresh blood coated his chest and up to his head where his blood red eyes were focused intently on me his sword raised over his tan mane. He started bringing the sword down on me and I reacted and grabbed the spear lifting it up barely as it was too heavy for my little filly body. I managed to raise it just enough as I heard a grunt and the clatter of his sword. When I let go of the spear it didn’t fall and I followed it into his now very blood stained chest. This time of his own blood as I had raised the spear up enough that he became impaled on it. His blood spurted out around the blade of the spear. His eyes glazed over as he fell over and hit the ground with a thud. I stood there mortified at what just happened. I still didn’t quite understand but I understood that he wanted to hurt me and I acted. I ran back to my mother and cried until the guards came and took Blade’s body and they tried to take my mother’s but I wouldn’t let them I wouldn’t let go of her body as I cried. After I cried myself to sleep on her, her soft icy blue coat acting like a pillow, they picked me up off her and took her away to bury her. Once I woke up I found myself at the orphanage. I didn’t spend much time there as I ran away not ten minutes after waking up. I ran back home and there were guards blocking the way in.
“Hey its that filly….” The younger of the two, who seemed only a few years older then me, said to the other, “I’ll handle this.” He trotted over to me and crouched down and laid a gentle hoof on me. “I’ll take you to your mother just hop on my back sweetie.” I was a little hesitant but I got on his back and he went to the graveyard. He helped me off and put me by my mother’s grave. “I’m sorry little one but she’s no longer here.”
“My mommy would never leave me.” I stared at the grave stone with her name. It read, “Crystal Ice. Beloved mother and wife”. “She would never leave me……”
“She didn’t want to little one she didn’t want to. She obviously loved you very much.” I started crying on her grave her necklace laying in front of me now. The guard watched with a look that I’ll never forget. He looked at me with the kind of sympathy that can only stem from experience. He lightly rubbed my back hoping to calm me down but didn’t last very long.
“ Step aside. Let me see what I can do.” A voice came from behind that was calm and gentle like a summer’s breeze. I turned to be met by a stallion who’s coat was such a dark black that it seemed blacker then black. His mane matched his coat except for the green stripe right down the middle. “Hello little one do you know who I am?” I shook my head and he laid down in front of me. “My name is Kryis what is yours?”
“F-Flyer” I was scared of him because he had the horn of a unicorn and the wings of a pegasus. He smiled at me very warmly.
“Hello Flyer.” He looked at my neck and saw the necklace that my mother gave me. Its sapphire crystal shone in the light of the sun. “I see you have Crystal’s necklace.”
“Y-you knew my mommy?” He smiled.
“Yes I….I am afraid I am partly to blame for getting her killed though.” He stood up and looked down at her grave. I swore I saw a tear fall down his face as he looked at the grave. “I loved your mother more then anything else in the world. Your father didn’t like that and hated that I had a foal with her.
“I have a sibling?” He shook his head and looked to the sky. His emerald green eyes shone in the light and they had a small mist of tears showing up.
“No young one…..you are my foal. We are both to blame for the death of your mother. I am sorry.” Kryis laid down and looked into the dirt sadly. “But I will rectify it by bringing you to the castle and raising you myself. If you will allow me.”
“Would my mommy agree?” He just nodded and looked at me waiting for an answer. “Ok I guess….” Kryis hugged me gently knowing how I felt. I hugged back and we sat there embracing each other for some time in silent sadness as the guard who brought me there just stood there.
“Titan take Flyer to the castle I wish to spend a little more time at the grave alone.”
“No I….I don’t want to leave my mommy…..not yet please don’t make me leave.” Titan who was the guard there just stood there and nodded at me. I slipped out of Kryis’ embrace and laid on the grave, sniffling. I laid there for at least an hour before bursting into tears as Kryis and Titan watched me. I eventually cried myself to sleep and Kryis picked me up and carried me to the castle. I woke half-way there just in time to see the castle. It rose up about 10 stories and seemed to be made of pure ebony as the blackness shone in the setting sun. There were ponies in golden armor trotting back in forth patrolling the walls. I actually forgot about the loss of my mother for a moment at the beauty of the black castle. The drawbridge was of a hard wood that was of cross grain construction. There was a spinning and loosening of a chain as the drawbridge fell with a loud thud that scared me to where I hid behind Kryis’ neck shaking. As we walked into the castle the inside was a complete opposite of the outside. The first was just a hall way that had crystal chandeliers all along the domed roof. They all had glittering red crystals where the would be candles. The walls seemed to a pure white sparkling stone that gave off a small sense of calm and royalty at the same time. There were decorations such as gold shields with a coat of arms of a black and green stripe down the middle of a light blue background. There were suits of armor with swords and spears and I started tearing up upon seeing these remembering when I killed blade and my mom was killed.
“Because you are my filly you will be spending much time behind that door there,” Kryis pointed with a hoof towards the large door at the end of the hall, “with me. And when you are not with me you will be with Titan here as I am assigning him as your personal bodyguard. You will have classes of sorts. You will go to a pony to learn how to act royally and you will learn weaponry as well because if you take my place you need to know these things.”
“I don’t want to be a princess….I just wanna be Flyer.” Kryis smiled and we approached the door. The door was much taller then Kryis was. It stood at least 10 feet tall and was decorated with a relief of what appeared to be Kryis. Majority of the door seemed to be made of pure gold except for the tiny details such as the little orbs surrounding Kryis which were a dark blue and a blood red. The relief of Kryis had his colors and were really were exactly to how he looked. “Pretty!” Kryis chuckled and opened the door which lead to the long hallway with a room at the end that is the throne room. Along the walls there were more items but there were a lot of pedestals empty. “Why are there empty thingies?”
“Well I shall explain very soon,” Kryis sat me down beside the throne and sat at the throne himself and looked about the hall. I looked up above the throne to see a spot that had an area that could be used for arrows but I had no idea what they would be for at the time. “Well you see these items in here are all great powerful items that are made by my parents every so often.”
“Who is your mommy and daddy?” Kryis looked up and tapped his head thinking.
“You know, I have no idea how to explain this because I’m not exactly of natural birth. My parents are forces that control this world. Ill explain when your older so that I can be sure that you will understand. But I digress. We should begin with the lessons as soon as we can so that you can be done and do what you want more.” Titan stood up straight. “Titan take her to Crimson let us see how she can deal with that for now if things go bad report to me. After that take her to the room next door to mine and stand guard. You know what to do.” Titan nodded and gently nudged me to stand which I did very reluctantly. He continued to nudge me away until I finally started walking on my own without needing a nudge.
“I understand that you want to be with your new father but if you want to make him proud this is a way to do it.” We got to a room where there was banging on the other side of the door. I whimpered and resisted going any more. “There’s nothing bad on the other side…..well there are weapons but do not worry you’ll be safe.” He opened the door and nudged me in gently and I looked around. The room was a makeshift forge with anvils and a single furnace in the corner the rest of the room appeared to be the barracks. Titan took me outside the back door to a room that was a training area. There were dummies in the upper left corner, a place to fix the weapons in the bottom left corner which was directly left of me. Then to the direct right there was a red pony waiting there with a small sword, bow, and spear. Titan began to nudge me towards the pony so I didn’t get a chance to see the other corner or in the middle.
“So….this is Kryis’ welp? Hmph and the one that killed General Blade? Yea right more like she tripped him so he impaled himself or he was so embarrassed by this little welp calling him daddy that he ran himself on the spear.”
“Now now Crimson you and I both know what happened Blade killed his wife and went to kill Flyer but she managed to lift a spear and impale him you know that.” The red pony who I assumed was Crimson knocked a full sized spear near me.
“Fine if she could do it then, then let her do it now!” He snarled at me. “Go on welp pick up the bucking spear!” I whimpered and tried to pick up the spear but couldn’t get it more then an inch off the ground. “I said pick up the bucking spear!” I kept trying to pick it up but couldn’t manage to get it any higher. The next thing I knew my face was stinging and I had dirt in my mouth. I sat up and started coughing up dirt and blood. Crimson had punched me. “Stupid little welp! You can’t pick up a spear your not worth my time! Get this whore’s welp out of my presence!”
“How dare you speak ill of Crystal! She was a wonderful mare that brought the king happiness!”
“She was a whore!” The next thing I saw was Titan hitting the ground blood flowing from his nostrils. I finally got a good look at him. His coat was a dark blue and his mane was reversed of that. I was sure that on a normal day his coat and mane would shine much like my mother’s would. But as of now it was caked in dirt and some caked in blood. He shakily stood up and looked at Crimson with an anger that was very obvious. He never got to act.
I was angered myself as I considered Titan a friend and I couldn’t tell what Crimson’s words meant but I knew they were bad so I had grabbed the spear again and lifted it all the way up and moved it towards him. There was the clink of metal that made everyone in the courtyard turn their head towards us. Crimson looked surprised and looked down at me. “The little welp got me….how?” I had managed to jam the spear into his chest but didn’t hit anything vital to kill him. He crumpled passing out from the wound. Titan looked at me surprised as the spear had slid out and I couldn’t hold it up more then an inch again all the strength I had felt from the anger vanishing. Titan picked me up and put me on his back and ran back to Kryis.
Kryis was standing there looking at a dark blue shield that seemed to shine even though no light shone on it. The torches were lit but they weren’t before and there was no smell of oil anywhere. Kryis turned around and looked over at us. “Well that was rather quick. How did it go ?Great? I would assume so seeing how your back already.” Titan looked at me a bit worried then at Kryis.
“Uh well your highness you see….”
“I stabbed the meanie with a pokey stick.” Kryis looked at me for a moment before bursting out laughing. He started laughing so hard he fell on his back kicking his hind hooves up in the air. Titan looked amazed.
“S-sir?!” He seemed amazed that Kryis had started laughing so hard and fell on his back. I tilted my head and looked at Kryis. After some time he stood back up and wiped a tear from his eye.
“That was just so funny!” He chuckled some more and sighed happily. “Ahh stabbed the meanie with a pokey stick.” He help back laughing this time. “Titan show Flyer to her room please.” As Titan took me out of the room Kryis repeated what I said and started laughing hysterically again. Titan only got to the door before it was blown open suddenly. I flew off his back and slammed against a pedestal with a force that would kill a normal pony. But then again I guess I wasn’t exactly normal. Three ponies walked in wielding swords.
“Alright!” The leader of the three spoke. “Where’s the one who killed Blade?!” I whimpered in pain and they turned to me. “There she is get her boys.” The other two slowly came over holding their swords ready to kill me. They didn’t get very far. Kryis had seen this and got up and ran over about the time the two started to move. He rammed full force into one slamming him into the wall causing a loud cracking noise as the ponies spine and ribs broke stabbing into his lungs and heart and killing him instantly. The other quickly moved at him and he simply kicked his legs back slamming into the ponies jaw instantly shattering the bone and sending the pony flying and cracking against the wall not far from me. The pony’s sword clattered against the ground next to me. The leader pony kicked Kryis knocking him against the wall to which Kryis groaned some and spun right into another kick which made him slam his head against the wall with a resounding crack. Kryis slumped down against the wall and the leader turned to me a crazed glint in his eye. He never expected the little filly he was here to kill would be able to do what I did. Filled with anger from seeing what he did to Kryis I had grabbed the sword and threw it at him. When he turned he saw the blade coming at him and ducked chuckling. “Missed me ya li-,” by the time he started talking I was running at him and I jumped on his face at little and flipped over grabbing the blade by the plain hilt and bouncing off the wall falling with it point first towards his body my weight adding a little more speed to the fall. He never got a chance to follow my movements as moments later the sword slammed into his chest splattering blood over the white floors and green carpet in the middle of the hall. The pony let out one more groan before dying and sliding down the sword and falling to the side. I was still on the handle and rolled away from this and Kryis stood looking at me in utter amazement. The wall where his head hit had cracked and cratered greatly.
“Well….now we know who you take after I guess.” He was in utter amazement at the fact a one year old filly was able to grab a sword made for a full grown stallion, throw it, flip off a pony’s face, grab it, and impale it into the pony. “Well….I don’t know what to say really…Titan are you alright?”
Titan groaned and stood up some. “Yes sir. I was knocked out by the hit though…I’ll be fine sir.”
“Good good Titan. Take Flyer back to her room as I clean this mess up.” Titan nodded and picked me up and started walking to my room. I sat on his back still a bit surprised at what happened and confused. He laid me into my bed at my room and I shook my head and looked around. The room was actually made for a little filly. The room was mostly a light pink almost white. I sighed and hugged Titan tightly to his surprise.
“Uh Flyer please let go. I need to get to my post.” I let go and laid down and cuddled my pillow lightly shaking lightly. Titan sighed and laid a gently hoof on my back and softly hummed. I began to drift off and Titan left the room once I had stopped shaking.
Hours later I snapped awake and looked out the window. The moon was full and shining through my window lightning the room up. The room had a ghastly look about it now in the light of the moon. I went to the window and looked out and down. I had a great view of the courtyard which was lit by the torches and the plants had a odd look to them. They swayed in the wind as it blew, half lit half dark and casting long shadows on opposite walls. There were plants of all types from dandelions to tulips. The wind blew through them making the shadows seem to dance. In this kingdom the wind was its own force and blew on its own. I turned around and went to the door. I peeked out the door to see a sleeping Titan next to the door in the torch lit stone hall way. I slipped out and went to the main lobby of the castle where I first came into the castle. I sighed and slinked along the halls of the castle just walking for the sake of walking. I got to the throne room and there was now just a simple wooden door. I walked past it and kept going and begun to near the kitchen as the throne room kitchen and barracks were all in a “u” shape around the middle of the castle. There was a clatter and a pony yelled at me from behind.
“Who are you! What are you doing here without an escort! Are you a thei-”
“She was looking for me and because I was not in the throne room she thought maybe I would be in the kitchen.” Kryis walked up beside this guard. “She is my daughter after all.” I giggled as the guard lost some of the coloration in his face after Kryis had said this. “Dismissed.” The pony saluted and walked off muttering and Kryis looked at me. “Now what are you doing here little one?”
“I-I couldn’t sleep so I went out walking.”
“How did you get past Titan or convince him to not get him to escort you?”
“Um…..he….is asleep.’ Kryis laughed and put a hoof on me and nudged me back the way I came from.
“Go back to your room little one I’ll send a cook with some warm milk and cookies to help you sleep.” I smiled wide and began heading that way. I didn’t get very far as I stopped at the plain wooden door. I looked at it and thought it was rather plain. I thought about decorating it but I didn’t have anything to make it with so I slinked back to my room.
The next day Titan took me to the barracks again but this time he took me to another spot in there. “Now then I will be training you instead of Crimson after…..yesterday’s incident.” He chuckled and pulled out a small knife and hoofed it to me. “I woke up early enough yesterday to see you kill that one pony. Despite that I want to start small with a knife. Now watch me.” He pulled out a knife and held it in his mouth and attacked a dummy. I watched very intently wanting to learn this even though I have no idea why I want to. “Now do you think you can do that?” I nodded and copied him perfectly. Once I finished the same combo he did I looked at him to see if I did good but he just looked shocked. “Starting to think that you don’t really need a teacher to fight you just need to watch them.
“Why do I have to learn to fight Titan?”
“I honestly don’t know I’m just following orders. If it were up to me I would teach you still anyway so you could protect yourself. Of course this may be the reasoning behind training you in the first place. You are a princess so you need to learn to protect yourself in case you have no guards around or they have been killed you still have a chance of protecting yourself.” He sighed. “I wish I didn’t have to tell you these things because your so young but I cannot avoid it I am sorry.” I hugged his leg.
“It’s ok Titan.”
“Your speech is pretty good how can you speak so…..perfect?” He chuckled. “It’s kind of odd.”
“My…..mommy taught me.”
“Oh I’m sorry.” He nudged me off his leg. “Lets get back to training it’ll last all day.” And then we did what he said we trained all day. It was fun as we tried different combos and tricks all of which I mastered. I even did a few things even Titan, as good as he was, couldn’t do. I managed to hit a dummy with a thrown knife, run up to it and jump onto the knife, pulled out another knife jammed it into the head, grabbed the first knife and flipped over the dummy slamming the knife into the back of the neck and I looked at Titan to see what he thought. “Whoa…..geez Flyer you are pretty good. Better then the best knight here.” I smiled bright at this praise as it reminded me of my mother when she would praise me for doing things good. Titan looked up at the sky and sighed. “Darn its time to stop sorry Flyer.” I looked sad and he sighed, picked me up and took me back to my room. This night was a repeat of the previous night and I snuck out but this time with my knife. This time I was going to decorate that door that was so plain. I got to the door and begun to carve a picture in the door. It was a very simple, poorly drawn me and I looked at it for a while thinking it was missing something. I then began to carve another pony into it and tried to make it look like Kryis and I giggled.
“That’s better. It has daddy!” I called him daddy because he was more of my dad then Blade had been he already protected me twice and Blade tried to kill me.
“Defacing royal property eh?” It was another guard. “I’m going to have to take you to the dungeon now.”
“No your not. She is with me.” Kryis walked up beside me. “Dismissed.” The pony walked away and he looked at me. “You really must stop getting in trouble little one.” He smiled and nuzzled me gently. “But I am glad that you consider me your father. That means a lot to me. I have watched you from a far but I stayed away to keep things safe for you. I do love you because you are my daughter.” He smiled at me and I hugged him tightly giggling. After I let go I looked at the door again and tapped my head just like he usually does. He chuckled and watched me.
“It’s missing one more thing.” I started to move the knife but Kryis took it.
“That’s enough defacing for tonight. From you anyway.” He took the knife using his magic and carved a heart in between my drawings. “A heart to show the love of a father and daughter.” I smiled at him and hugged him again. He took me back to my room and instead of laying me down like Titan does he laid with me and slept that night with me. It was one of the best nights I ever had.
The next week Titan woke me up and smiled down at me as I yawned waking up. I got up and grabbed my knife but Titan gently pushed it back down. “You won’t be needing that today. It took some time but we finally got your other classes set up so now you’ll have me, and your princess class,” he chuckled, “or rather your manner classes.” I giggled and hopped on his back and he walked out the room and headed the other way then the way we normally go. “Now you’ll have Ms. Silver in the morning and me in the afternoon after lunch.” I nodded. “Your awfully quiet today Flyer are you ok?”
“yes Titan.” I yawned. “Just tired…” We walked in the room and there was a pink pony with a silver mane waiting at a small table waiting for us.
“Flyer this is Silver she will be teaching you…how to be a princess?” The pink pony nodded.
“Just put her down and stand outside the door young colt. I will teach her with the speed at which she wishes to move at.” Titan put me down and nudged me towards her and I sat at the table. “Thank you Titan now please leave.” Titan left and she looked down at me. We begun the lesson with table manners which took a little for me to get mostly because I knew table manners it was just the way she wanted me to do them I didn’t want to sit perfectly straight and keep my chin up more. Instead I just dove right into the food and started devouring the food just to make her mad. Around the time to leave the table, my coat, my mane, and some of the floor was covered in food. Silver was hotly frustrated and stormed out almost hitting Titan with the door. “I give up! That filly cannot be taught anything!” She stormed away very angrily and I skipped out giggling.
“Flyer what did you do?” He chuckled. “Unteachable? That doesn’t seem like you at all. I taught you to fight within a moment. How can she say unteachable?” I giggled again and he laughed seeing the food in my coat now. “I see you messed with her eh? Nice not many ponies like her but sadly we’re all stuck with her.”
“Oh wells. Time for you to teach me?” He nodded, “Yay!” I hopped on his back and hugged him. “To the training room!” He laughed and started walking there.
Over the next few years things were pretty much the same. Every day I would go and bug Silver sometimes I would actually do what I was supposed to but sometimes, this was much more common, I would do random things that were usually the opposite of what she was trying to teach just to mess with her. Three years later I walked into the training room, no longer being guarded by Titan but I still trained with him, and I smiled upon seeing him. “Hi Titan!”
“Hey there sis.” He chuckled and flipped out his sword. We had developed a brother-sister relationship over the time and referred to each other as such. “Time to train?” I nodded and smiled ready to finally best him in a sparring match.
“Not today Titan,” Kryis walked up grinning slightly. Both me and Titan looked at him confused. “Today is the day we coronate our princess here.” The guards who had gathered around to see the daily sparring between me and Titan started cheering. The fact Kryis had said that meant I finally passed my tests to being a princess. Titan smiled at me but only for a second. I groaned.
“Come on Dad do I really have to skip sparring to do that boring ceremony? I hate all that fancy stuff.”
“Come on Flyer it won’t take but an hour at most. We have everything set up all we have to do is have you walk out on the balcony say hi to everypony sit there and wave while they cheer then go back in after some time. Its not that hard.” I grumbled and Titan laughed and gave me a gentle nudge.
“Come on sis you get to pick your permanent guard today too. Of course we all know who it’s going to be.”
“Yes we do,” I smirked at him, “It’s going to be ol’ Leroy over there!” I pointed at a pony who was playing checkers with a guard. He wasn’t a guard at all as he was covered in dirt and smelled of plants.
“Oh yes Ol’ Leroy the gardener is the most perfect choice his job has the word guard sound in it!” Titan laughed and Kryis stood there confused and somewhat shocked.
“Flyer what do you-”
“Oh Dad calm down it’s a joke. I’m picking Titan obviously it’s just a joke between me and Titan.” Kryis chuckled and shook his head at the joke. I sighed and looked at Titan. “Guess I better go do this…..really don’t want to but I don’t have much choice huh?”
“Nope.” Titan chuckled and Kryis started leaving stopping shortly to make sure I was following, which I wasn’t but after he stopped and Titan started following I followed him. I sighed and looked at the décor of the halls as we headed for the throne room. I knew what the ceremony would consist of. it would start in the throne room and be a small ceremony with the castle staff and random ponies Dad let in. I would get crowned then but shortly after that I would go to the balcony and stand there waving at the other ponies there so they can see me and know I’m their princess. It may last only bout an hour or so but I knew it would last so much longer to me. We got to the simple wooden door that I had carved a small picture in three years before. I smiled as I remembered the day that Kryis announced that it would be the permanent door and not to be decorated anymore then how it already was. We walked through and there was two crowds of ponies on each side of the main walk way that began to cheer as I walked in. I walked slow and looked around but not at the ponies but rather at the items that Kryis had put on the walls in recent time. There was a sword that I broke fighting with Titan one day that he had repaired with a lightning crystal. Though I still don’t understand the crystal stuff the castle uses quite yet but I know that each crystal was imbued with magic and had the properties of the elements of the magic in it. I still needed the class about that but Titan was the teacher of that and I was told it would be a while before I could learn that.
“Alright,” Kryis spoke when we got to the throne, “time to crown you, my daughter.” The crowd seemed a little nervous for some reason. He lifted a small tiara, that would fit me, with magic and placed it on my head. I turned to the crowd and the began to cheer. “Now Flyer, my daughter, who will be your personal body guard?”
“Titan shall be my guard.”
“Titan do you swear to protect Flyer, your princess, with your life and will never allow any harm to come to her?”
“I swear on my life no harm will come to Princess Flyer while under my charge.” Kryis nodded and the crowd cheered even louder. I sighed slightly and gave them a small smile. I looked at Titan and he nudged me to the balcony. I walked over to the balcony pausing in the doorway.
“Titan….I really do not want to do this…” I looked at him and he gave me a small comforting smile.
“I’m right here sis go on I’ll be right beside you the whole time.” I sighed but couldn’t help but to smile. I walked out onto the balcony and waved slightly. The crowd below cheered. I examined the group of ponies and was pretty amazed by what I saw. I had been around the nearby area quite a lot and I noticed a lot of ponies that lived at least a few hours away from the city. I was amazed they came here just to see me be crowned even though they didn’t even see me get crowned personally. I felt bad for some of them and I looked at Titan. He looked back at me and realized what I was about to do. “Don’t sis. Do not do what your thin-” I didn’t let him finish as I jumped off the balcony spreading my wings and flying over the crowd landing on the other side of the crowd and turned to be met by the wave of ponies coming up to me. I smiled and shook many of their hooves, hugged a few foals, and smiled at all of them. Kryis had come out when Titan started talking and looked down astonished. He was an informal king but even he wouldn’t go and do what I was doing right now. According to Titan the royal family stays away from the masses, but I went down and talked to some of the ponies I knew personally and pretty much destroyed that rule. Not to mention I hadn’t had much in the way of flying lessons and I just flew from the castle to the other side of a mass of ponies at least a few thousand ponies. Kryis looked down amazed as did Titan. Titan was also a Pegasus but he was not that great of a flyer but he was about a year older and couldn’t do what I just did. In this time the royal family didn’t have to worry about flying as much as current ponies. After the masses had their fill of seeing me which I did try to say hi to every pony there I walked into the main hall of the castle and both my dad and Titan came running up to me and looked at me amazed.
“Flyer…..h-how did you do that? There is no way a Pegasus of your age with the amount of flying training you’ve had, which I admit is very low and I think what only a lesson I believe, could of done that.”
“I just knew what to do Dad that’s just it I just knew what to do. I just knew how to do this and I seemed pretty good.” I jumped up spread my wings and did a loop. I smiled at them floating in the air surprising them at the fact I was doing that. “It’s just what I’m good at it seems Dad.” There was a light flash and both of their eyes were drawn to where the flash came from, which was my flank. I followed their gaze and giggled and did more loops. I had gotten my cutie mark and I landed. “It’s official! Flying is my talent!” I smiled bright looking at my cutie mark. It was a pair of wings. I smiled at both Dad and Titan.
“Well sis your pretty lucky I still haven’t gotten mine yet. Yet yours was so simple its in your name.” He chuckles lightly. Flyer’s talent is being the best flyer!” I giggled and looked at Dad. He smiled and nodded before walking off.
“Well maybe I can teach you about flying Titan while you teach me about crystals and such…also I want to learn how to shoot a bow.”
“Um well ya see about the bow I don’t know how to teach you that if you notice all the archers in the castle are unicorns and can shoot them that way. I’m a Pegasus so I don’t have that magic ability to pick it up and shoot it.”
“Well can you get me a bow so I can learn?” He nodded with a small sigh. “Goodie now then lets go get it!” He sighed and started for the armory.
“What made you want to learn to shoot the bow?”
“Really I have no idea I mean I like fighting with swords and daggers and knives but it just seems fun to shoot the bow.”
“Well alright sis. Well we are going to get the bow now see if you can discover a way to shoot the bow.” We walked into the armory and he lead me to the bows and I looked at them thinking. A moment later a unicorn with a brown coat and mane came over and looked at us.
“What’s a couple pegasi doing here by the bows?”
“I wanna learn how to shoot the bow. It looks like fun.”
“You realize you’re a Pegasus right? That would be very hard to do.”
“I don’t care.” I shake my head. “I still want to learn it can’t be that hard I guess.” He shook his head and looked me over.
“Alright grab that one,” he pointed to a bow that was made of oak and polished a darker brown, “and follow me.” He started walking towards the range and I grabbed the bow and slipped it over my head and followed him. When we got there he looked at me slightly impressed. “Well you figured out a way to carry the bow at least. Might be all you can do.” He levitated an arrow over and placed it in the quiver that was stuck in the ground. “Now lets see if you can shoot it.” I looked at the arrow and the bow thinking for a moment. Titan looked anxious and around at the unicorns who had stopped shooting to watch a Pegasus shoot a bow.
“Maybe we should go sis this isn’t a good idea.”
“No Titan I’m doing this.” I grabbed the arrow in my mouth and nocked it, holding the bow along my left hoof. I curled my hoof around the middle of the bow just under where the arrow rest was and I wrapped my other hoof around the string just under the arrow standing on my hind hooves. I pulled the arrow back lifting the bow up to bring it so that when I look straight down the shaft of the arrow it was in the center of the target and I let the string go. All of the ponies there looked at me amazed at what was going on. Their eyes followed the arrow as it hit dead center of the target and I jumped and squeed. “I hit it!”
“Well I’ll be…she hit the target…she shot the bow without magic…wow…” The unicorn looked amazed at what just happened. “Ya think her special talent would be archery.”
“Nope its flying it seems course ya know ponies can have multiple talents. It’s highly rare for them to but still it is possible no?” Titan looked at him.
“Yes but…very rare.”
“Well she is the daughter of our king and an ice goddess so she isn’t exactly common in the first place.”
“Wait she’s the princess? Where’s her tiara?”
“On her he-” Titan looked at me and noticed I didn’t have it on. “Sis where’s your tiara?”
“Oh I didn’t want to wear it so I put it in your bag.” Titan turned around and opened his bag to see the tiara in there.
“Flyer…” He chuckled and shook his head. The unicorn put more arrows in the quiver and looked at me.
“Try that again Princess.” I took another arrow and did the same process from before hitting just left of where I hit before. “Empty the quiver lets see if you can keep this up please.” I kept shooting the bow till I was down to one arrow. Which was only a minute or two later. The bulls eye was full of arrows by now. “Last one cmon shoot it.”
“I’d love to but my hoof hurts.” I laid the bow down and rubbed my hoof. “That bow isn’t designed for holding comfort.” He nodded.
“This is true…tell you what fire this last arrow and come back in about a week and I’ll have you a bow just for this I just need to see the stance one more time sorry.” I nodded picked the bow back up and fired the last arrow hitting just off the bulls eye and I put the bow down.
“Ow…maybe make it out of a smoother wood next time?”
“Hmm I have an idea for a bow but never got the chance to make it. I’ll see what I can do princess.” I nodded and turned to leave with Titan. He stood there awestruck at the fact I’ve outperformed him twice in one day in two different areas. I nudged him as I walked by and he shook his head and turned to follow. After some time he finally spoke.
“Wow…sis you shoot a bow perfectly! I mean your a Pegasus! We should go tell your dad!”
“I don’t know Titan,” I yawned, “I’m actually kind of tired from shooting that bow. It was tiring.” He nodded.
“Your room then?” I nodded and giggled slightly heading for my room.
“Just try not to fall asleep on guard duty this time.” He grumbled and shook his head. I giggled at him and went in my room. I yawned and curled up on my bed drifting off to sleep. It was rare my naps produced dreams. And this was no real exception but they rarely produce nightmares as well. I dreamt of that night may mother was killed in very vivid reality to the point I started to actually cry. Titan heard me and rushed into the room and shook me awake. “NO MOMMY!” I sat up quickly and looked around panting and my fur glistened with sweat.
“Flyer its just a dream calm down...I know its hard loosing your mother but…I’m here…” He hugged me tight and close. I continued to cry into his chest. His coat was soft and fluffy much like a pillow. In no time I had fallen back asleep partially due to the exhaustion from shooting the bow partially from crying myself to sleep. He held me the entire time I slept even though he passed out shortly after he never let go. He stayed there for me the entire time never letting me go. I didn’t dream this time around but I was ok with that. I had Titan there and I’d rather not dream then dream of that night again.
When I woke Titan was snoring behind me and the door creaked open. Titan jumped up and stood at attention as I yawned and slowly rolled over to see who it was. It was my dad and he looked at me. “I do hate to ask you to do this but you have to come with me to interrogate a changeling. I do so hate those things. So annoying, now if they’d stop making fun of me perhaps it’d be a different story.” I sighed and got up and followed him groggily. I didn’t want to do it but I didn’t have much of a choice really. When we got there he opened the door for me and motioned me and Titan in but I held up a hoof.
“Titan stay here please. I’ll do this myself. Don’t complain please…” I walked in and there was a changeling playing with a ball in the corner. I was a little startled to see him as I have never seen a changeling before. He was black as night with a solid blue eye color. I stood in the middle of the room watching him for a while until he turned around and his little insect wings fluttered. “Um hi. I’m Flyer what’s your name?” He looked at me saying nothing. “Can you speak?” Still nothing. “You know it’s hard to have a conversation when only one person is talking.” He still said nothing. “Well…it seemed like you were having fun with that ball. Can I play with you?” He looked shocked a little and bounced it to me. I kicked it so it’d bounce off the wall and bounce to him. He stopped it and looked at me. “Come on it’s simple just kick the ball against the wall to me its fun and can get really fast the longer you go!” He kicked it and it bounced back and I hit it back causing this to go on for some time. It eventually got to the point where it was almost constant kicking of the ball and running back and forth to hit it. I dove for it as he had kicked it and it bounced wide and I missed making it bounce off the floor and out the tiny window behind us. We sat there in silence for a bit before busting out laughing. I laid on the floor laughing with him for sometime as Titan and Kryis watched confused on what I was doing.
“What is she doing? She’s playing with him instead of interrogating him.” Titan said shaking his head.
“Hmmm interesting.”
“Probics is the name.” I looked at the changeling upside down as he spoke. “I came to judge if you were a threat but your obviously not.” He chuckled and smiled. “If you can get that king to let me go I’ll be sure to tell my queen that so there’s no war between us.”
“Ok! And maybe you can come play again?”
“ Maybe!’’ I trotted out of the room and look at my dad.
“Well Daddy?” He looked at me still seeming like he was thinking.
“How did you get him to talk?”
“I just wanted to play with him. I wasn’t even trying to get information out of him. I saw he had a ball and I wanted to play.” I tilted my head. “Mommy always said to befriend everypony and everything. Because then if I befriend them it means I’m nice to them and they’ll be nice to me.” He smiled at me and Titan looked at me.
“Then why did you stab Crimson?”
“She also said that if someone hurts your friends you hurt them back then later apologize, explain, and make friends!” They looked at each other then me and Dad shook his head laughing. “Oh by the way dad you still owe me an explanation of who your parents are.” He looked at me a little amazed.
“You still remember that? Well that should be rather simple to explain now.” He looked up. “Lets do this outside.” He turned and walked outside to a small hill about a mile from the castle. He looked up at the clear sky and smiled. “The pegasi cleared the sky pretty well.” I looked at him impatiently. “Alright alright.” He smiled at me. “You remind me so much of your mother. You look much like her too.” I glared at him.
“Stop changing the subject…”
“Ok ok. Look my birth is rather complicated because unlike you I was not born from a mare and a stallion. I was formed from a place that had concentrated chaotic and harmonic energy. It eventually condensed into me and I was born. So I am a force of chaos and harmony at the exact same time. Much like those dracquuones are sprits of chaos I am as well but I am also of harmony…so that means that you too are a spirit of those.”
“But…how?”
“Well I am those forces condensed into a form and given consciousness. Your mother was harmony condensed put into ice and made into a pony. So you are mostly harmonic energy but you are also like me and your mother. You have powers like your mother but as for what they are I do not know. They will most likely be of pure harmonic in nature such as ice.”
“Pure harmonic in nature? What would be pure chaotic?”
“That would be discord and forces like that you would be more like the wind,” as if on cue it blew, “that is a harmonic chaotic type element. It can assist as it makes the pegasi’s job of moving the clouds easier, helps the pegasi fly and many other things dealing with pegasi mostly. But then there’s the destructive nature of the element. It can cause crops to be destroyed and many other thing which you have noticed I’m sure.” I nodded. “Your mother was an ice goddess but without her I have had to take control of the winter season. The pegasi have begun working on a way to create snow and ice but as to how to make it for the winter time their unsure. I tasked them with coming up with a place that can produce any weather so that if we loose another goddess or god we will not suffer any seasonal loss. My subjects love the changing seasons and were they to lose them I fear what would happen. I would not wish my subjects to be sad ever.” He looked back at the town that surrounded the castle. “I do everything I can to please them and I seem to be doing a good job but I still have a bad feeling that something is amiss.”
‘Oh Daddy it’s nothing probably. I mean your right they do love the seasons and such but they love you too. They always talk great about you! I haven’t heard any thing bad about you from anypony. Besides those who don’t like me because I killed Blade.”
“Well they have a good reason for that he was a pretty influential general.” He chuckled. “But that’s what he gets for killing Crystal and trying to kill you.” He sighed and looked up at the sky sitting down. “I’m thinking of putting you in his position after you have earned it in time.”
“Anything else you want to tell me about me or what I have to do?”
“Well you will have to get married to a stallion of high position.” I sighed. “Of course due to some rules you will stay above them ranking wise.”
“Can I go practice my bow now dad? You done with me?”
“Yes go on with Ti-” He paused for a second and looked at me. “Wait bow? Daughter you’re a Pegasus how could you possibly use a bow?”
“Well sir perhaps you should come with us and watch?”
“I think I will Titan.” We started walking to the target range and Dad tried to figure out how I shot a bow. When we got there the archers bowed as he came by but those who saw me came up and gave me a hoofshake before they noticed him and bowed. “They don’t bow to you daughter. Why is that?”
“I’m friends with them all. I don’t see them as people who owe me loyalty because of my crown. I want them to love me for me not some princess they owe their loyalty to because of the fact their a princess. See the way I see it the more I get to know them personally then they want to be my friend!”
“You are quite concerned with friends Flyer.”
“Well you can never have too many friends!” We get to the range and the unicorn from before is there and he had a metal bow strung across his chest.
“Hello Princess Flyer. I have your special bow ready for you.” He takes the bow off and holds it up with magic. It looked like the metal that swords have but with a silver inlay that ran along the bow in a sort of wind looking design. The string appeared to be a metal too. “It’s a special alloy of metal that is stronger then any sword and can fire an arrow farther and faster then the wooden bows we use normally. This is extremely hard to make and I only made this one. I planned to give it to the best archer I’ve ever seen and Princess that is you. You’re a Pegasus who is just as good as any unicorn here. It is my gift to you.” He held it out and I took it.
“What’s with the design though?”
“Well archers rely on the wind and thus it is our most important element this bow is a way of respecting the wind and allowing us to shoot straighter. Or that’s the idea I don’t know if it really works that way though but it looks good on it doesn’t it?”
“Yes where are the arrows?” He gave me a quiver and I put it on and walked up to the line. “Well lets test it out as well as show my dad how I shoot a bow.” I stood shakily on my hind hooves and drew an arrow, nocked it, and held the bow. “Hey it feels better on the hoof holding it. What’d you do?”
“I made it so it curves with the hoof to make it feel much better while holding it.”
“Oh thank you.” I drew the arrow back and fired the arrow hitting the edge of the bulls eye.
“Well I’ll be…she can shoot a bow without magic.” I kept at this eventually getting to my last arrow.
“Hey dad? How would I find out my powers?”
“Same as your cutie mark as it is part of your cutie mark.” I nodded and got the last arrow ready. As I drew back the door behind us slammed open and I released the arrow hitting the post.
“Oh Princess! King! I am sorry to interrupt but your presence is required in the town center there is a problem that is…needs you two.” The guard salutes and runs back out.
“Grab your arrows and come daughter.” I got the arrows and followed. When we got to the town center there were two ponies sword fighting angrily.
“What’s going on!?” I looked at them and the loud crowd. “How do we stop that?” The bigger of the two gets his sword knocked out of his mouth and knocked down. I watched in horror as I saw my mom and Blade again in this scene and time seemed to slow down. The smaller one started to bring the sword down in slow-mo and I reacted to this. I wasn’t about to have a repeat of my mothers death happen in front of me if I could help it. I pulled out my bow nocked an arrow and shot it at the pony. Time sped back up and there was a small breeze as the arrow slammed into the sword knocking it away from the pony. “STOP!” Every pony instantly got quite and looked at me as I stood there panting holding my bow. “That’s enough you won there’s no need to kill him! Move on! Killing solves nothing except bringing regret to the killers life! Just stop!” They stood there still in shock. I wasn’t sure if they were shocked at how I was reacting to this, the fact I showed up, the fact I shot the sword away, shot the bow, or all of the above. The began to filter away except for the two fighters. “You two…go…” I looked to Dad. “Build something that requires you two to work together. Please just make up, be friends trust me you don’t want to kill somepony. It’ll haunt you for the rest of your life.” They looked at me and nodded slowly. Everypony knew I had killed Blade but I didn’t care. I remember that day too well and I hated it and still regret that it ever had to happen. “Never fight somepony who your mad at find the problem and talk it out. Make friends that way you’ll have them around when you really need them for support.” I smiled softly. “Friends are what makes everyday special. They provide you the strength you need to face any fear and face any obstacle. As long as you have friends you are as powerful as your friendship. Friendship is why I’m able to do a lot of what I do you see. Titan here is my friend and I’m not afraid to say this nor embarrassed. Three years ago I dreamt of the night my mother was killed and it is my worst possible fear as of now. Still is truthfully. But I woke up that night crying, shaking, alone, and afraid. Yes your princess feels fear like you do. But Titan heard me and came in he laid with me in bed and held me and was there. He is my friend and he was there for me when I needed a friend most. I slept soundly after that but that’s beside the point.” I smiled. “Now what was this little quarrel over anyway?”
“I was selling him a bow but as you know non unicorns have to pay a higher amount for a bow,” the bigger one stepped forward and was speaking, “I told him this and he said it was for his wife who was a unicorn.” The smaller one who was a Pegasus stepped forward.
“She is! I swear to you princess she is a unicorn who has been wanting a bow for her birthday for a while now. I asked how much it was and they told me the unicorn price which I managed to save up over the years. It took me a long time to get enough but I finally did and I was here in town when I decided to buy it for her. He told me that other ponies have to pay more but it was for a unicorn! I worked my flank off to get the money for it and her birthday is tomorrow!” He fell crying. “I just wanted to get my wife the present she really wants. I fought because…because…I was defending my wife’s honor…” I looked at the pony with a small smile.
“Surely you could make a deal? You have the unicorn price but how much more is the extra charge?”
“One hundred extra your majesty.”
“And what do you and your wife do?”
“We make bread actually your majesty. I know it’s odd a Pegasus and unicorn making bread but it’s something we enjoy to do together. We own a little shop out west of here near the Pegasus capital.”
“Blacksmith surely you could use some extra bread?”
“Of course but that village is known for it’s amazing bread!”
“That’s our bakery that makes that bread.” He kicks at the ground. “Hey I have an idea how bout you come to dinner with me tonight and I’ll give you the money for the bow and you can have two loafs free of charge!”
“Make it three loafs and you get the bow free.”
“Deal!” They turned and began to trot off after the smith got the bow.
“Well done daughter.” Dad walked up behind me and patted my back. “Very well done. You handled that better then I expected actually I didn’t expect you to handle it. But still well done.” He watched them walk away. “Were you serious about that friendship thing?”
“Yea I was because think about it. The Pegasus is a bread maker thus he needs knives and such to make the bread correct?” Dad nodded. “Well blacksmiths make the blades needed for baking so by them being friends the blacksmith can make him the tools the smith gets bread instead of pay so the smith doesn’t go hungry and the baker keeps his business running.”
“Well…and you thought of all that in the short time you dealt with them?”
“Nope just now.” He chuckled. “But honestly the way I see it, based on what Silver told me, royalty needs the loyalty of their subjects. Well what better way to make a pony like you and want to be loyal to you then to actually get to know them and become friends with them.”
“Well then daughter. You have definitely picked a very new method of getting loyalty. But that is a very good idea though I try but I still have to uphold myself away from them to create the sense I need. I think it might be better they have you be their link to the royalty instead of me. It works better because if they love you they may want you to rule but if you say you trust and love me then they trust you enough they’ll take your word. I hope…it’s a big risk for me to think this will work but it will allow me do more as a leader.” He smiled at me. “In other words your to be the face of royalty anyway! Does that make you happy?”
“Would Mom be proud of me?” I looked at him.
“Why don’t we go ask her ourselves?” He nudged me to follow him and I did. We went back to the hill and he took off and I looked at Titan.
“Can you fly?”
“Not really…not very good anyway.” He took off wobbly and then slowly flew and I flew up with him and stayed over him.
“I’ll go tell dad.” I flew off and came back shortly with him.
“Sorry Titan I forgot you couldn’t fly that well.”
“It’s ok my king.” We flew for a while before getting to a cave somewhere north of the castle.
“Here we are.” Dad trotted into the cave and I followed wondering where we were going. I didn’t ask because I knew he would just say I’d have to wait and find out in a moment. The deeper we went the colder it got. I wasn’t phased too much it was chilly but it never got that cold to me. Titan started shivering as he walked and Dad seemed fine but once ice started to show up he started slightly shivering. I thought he was just trying to be tough in front of me.
“S-s-s-s-so cold.” Titan was shivering real bad.
“Were almost there Titan.” Dad kept walking until we reached a pond that wasn’t frozen. I looked over it in amazement. It was in a frozen cave but wasn’t frozen over. I touched it and it rippled like any other pond and was actually pretty cold.
“How is this possible? This is amazing!.” Of course it was amazing looking around it too which just added to the pond. The ice seemed to shine of its own light casting a beautiful rainbow of colors all around us. I couldn’t help but smile and actually feel safe and happy. Like I was around my mom. I looked back at the pond and finally realized why it looked so beautiful. It was as if it was liquid ice. Not water but literally ice that is a liquid as it shone and had a crystal look to it.
“I am glad you like it daughter. It took a lot of work.” I looked around as those words were spoken by a voice as soft as a winter’s breeze and sweeter then the feeling of a warm sun on a cold wintery day.
“M-mom?”
“Yes it is me Fly.” The water of the pond swirled and formed the shape of a pony which froze over and walked over to us. “I’m so happy to see you again.”
“B-but how?”
“It’s something my line deals with. Those with elements become part of that element when we die. We can construct a new body if we so wish but it’s hard work and requires some sacrifice of another pony. Which is why I will never do it.”
“Sacrifice? What kind of sacrifice?”
“Their life. Which again is why I will never do it but,” the ice pony cracks, “I did learn another method though it is not a real body and still made of ice.” The ice starts falling off leaving a mare with a coat of ice blue with a slightly darker shade of that as her mane. It sparkled as if being shone on by a light but not as much as if the sun shone on it. The mare lifted her head and opened her eyes and I gasped. Her eyes were an icy blue that held deep love for what she saw with them. I started to cry right there on the spot. She trotted to me and held me close in a tight embrace. I was still a small filly so she picked me up and held me there letting me cry and bury my face in her neck and shoulder.
“Mommy!” I cried for a while hugging her. I got to see my mother again and it was too much. I still loved her more then anything else in the world. “I’ve missed you so much mommy.”
“And I’ve missed you my little filly.” She nuzzled me lightly like she used to. “My you’ve grown haven’t you?”
“Yeps! And I can fly!”
“That’s great!” She smiled at me and gave me a small kiss on the forehead. “I really have missed you sweetie. Where-” She stops as she notices the tiara. “A tiara? Who gave you-” She turned and saw Dad. “Kryis?! Wha-what? Did you give her this?“
“Yes I did after your death I took Flyer to the castle and decided to raise her myself. I felt it was the lest I could do for you Crystal.”
“That was very nice of you Kryis but I didn’t want her to become a princess…” She sighed. “I wanted her to be raised like a normal filly not a princess…”
“Don’t worry mommy I’m still your little filly!” I smiled at her. “I’m not much of a princess anyway. I’ve made lots of friends in the village. I even stopped a fight today!”
“You did? How?”
“Well I took my bow and shot the sword away from one then I told them not to do that and explained why! Then they made a deal and walked off together now friends!”
“You made two fighting ponies…become friends?”
“Yes I did! And also during my coranaoti-” I couldn’t say the word at all.
“Coronation.” Titan stepped in and helped me say it.
“Yea that I think I was supposed to just wave and say hi and stuffs but instead I flew down and greeted everypony personally and said hi and actually made it worth their time to come out!”
“Well…” Mom looked shocked and amazed. “I…don’t know what to say. That’s just amazing, I mean I’ve seen other ponies that have become princesses and they all became little brats before their coronation and even worse after so. The fact you went down and interacted with them is amazing. Were there farm ponies? You know usually have mud and dirt on them?”
“Yeps and I made sure to talk extra to them because they came the farthest. I asked everypony for their name and shook their hoof and tried to make as many friends as I could!”
“Well I’m proud of you my little filly. You’re staying you despite your title.”
“I don’t care that I’m a princess. No pony should be mean to another pony. Not like Blade was to you mommy. No pony should be like that.” Crystal smiled lightly and nuzzled me once again.
“I wish I could do more for you sweetie…wait do you still have my necklace?” I nodded and puffed my chest out so the crystal would bounce up and she could see it. “Well then,” she ran a hoof along my cheek, “if you ever need to talk to mommy just whisper into the crystal and I’ll hear you. Then we can talk and you can always tell me about the amazing things you’ve done that day.” She smiled but I only half smiled. “What’s wrong sweetie I thought that would make you happy?” She stroked my mane softly.
“It does but…what if I need a hug or get a booboo or…-”
“You mean what if your lonely and want to see me?” I nodded looking down. “Well if you can find a way to get a single piece of ice into your room and tell me I can make it so that anytime you need me you can just go to the ice and I’ll be there anytime you need me.” She smiled. “Does that work my little filly?” I nodded and hugged her tight crying happily. We continued to embrace for a while the cold air not even bothering me because even though my mom was made of ice right now, her fur was still as soft and warm as when she was alive three years ago. I continued to hold the embrace nuzzling into her fur because I missed her so much over the past three years that I cried myself to sleep not over the nightmare or that night but just simply because I missed her. And now that she was back I didn’t want to let her go ever again. I didn’t want to lose my mommy again.
“Mommy? When you made pretty statues…so long ago…you made them of ice right?” She nodded. “Couldn’t you give me a statue of you for the ice thing?”
“Hmm…well that works actually sweetie…in fact do you still have the necklace I gave you?” I spun it around so that the charm isn’t on my back but rather on my chest. I had been wearing it everyday since that night usually the charm on my back. “The charm is made of ice so as long as you have that I will never be away from you my little filly.” I smiled and hugged her tighter nuzzling her neck. She giggled lightly and nuzzled me a little before nudging me very softly off her. “Now go home sweetie…I’ll be there tonight to help you sleep and to spend a night with my little filly…something that I wish I could of done years ago. I wish I had been able to do this years ago but I now I’m going to make up those years the best I can.” I smiled and nodded turning and looking at Titan.
“Carry me please?” He sighed but hid a small smile turning around and lowering himself a little and I trotted over hopping on his back and laying there with a small yawn. I was asleep before we even got halfway through the cave.
When I woke up again I looked straight into my moms icy blue eyes and I smiled slightly. “Wakey wakey sleepy head.” I yawned and sat up looking around and rubbing my eyes. “It’s only been an hour so don’t worry your father teleported you and…Titan was it? Well he sent you and that nice colt here.” I tilted my head at her. “He must be strong to carry you though he’s only, a year older then you right sweetie?” I nodded at her and yawned again.
“Titan is my bodyguard so of course he’s strong. He also trained me with weapons that he could. Plus he looks pretty good too.”
“Oh? You think he’s pretty cute eh?” She giggles a little and starts singing, “someponys got a crush.” I blushed at the little song she kept singing.
“Mommy!!! Shush!! He might hear you!”
“Oh so you do have a crush on him?” I blushed a little more and looked at my pillow which I grabbed and hugged. I then nodded hiding my face a little. She smiled and lowered her voice. “Aww that’s so cute my little filly has a crush on a colt!” I blushed even deeper and Titan popped his head in.
“Oh Ms. Crystal your in here. I was wondering who Flyer was talking to. I am sorry but next time could I get a warning at least for the first few weeks till I can recognize your voice ma’am?”
“Oh of course young colt I am sorry for worrying you but I’m sure you understand why I was so eager to talk to my daughter!” She smiled at him and tilted her head slightly.
“Of course ma’am you do have a great daughter there.” Mom looked at me and nuzzled me.
“Stay here for a second sweetie I’m going to have a small conversation with Titan.” She trotted out with him and I looked around and snuck over to the door putting my ear on the door. “Do you like my daughter?”
“Where is this coming from ma’am?”
“I’m just curious a mothers intuition if you will.”
“Well she is a great filly. But it doesn’t matter if I have feelings for your daughter or not I’m her bodyguard and she’s a princess. Were two totally different areas so it wouldn’t matter.”
“That sounds a lot like a grown up there,” I imagined she was ruffling his mane there, “but you realize by social standards I’m lower then you and Kryis is way above you. Love doesn’t care about age, gender or social class. Love is simply the great emotion you may feel for another despite anything about each other that could be an obstacle. Besides I have heard of what Flyer did at her coronation and that fight. Flyer isn’t a princess Titan. She may be physically and have the social status of a princess but she is in her heart the same pony she always will be. She is Flyer and no pony else. She isn’t princess Flyer or goddess Flyer or anything else she is herself and always will be.”
“I know that ma’am…and honestly yes your daughter means a lot to me. I just…am afraid of admitting it to her and being rejected or anything else.” I heard my mom giggle.
“Well you never know what she may do. She is her fathers foal.”
“So are you saying I may have a chance with her ma’am?” My mom didn’t say anything but I heard their hooves move slightly and I moved back to my bed. A second later they came in and my mom smiled.
“Well sweetie I need to go for a moment but I will be back soon.” She froze, literally, and then shattered.
“That…is weird.” I said laying down.
“Um…Princess…”
“Stop do not call me princess Titan you know better then that we’re friends and I prefer it when you don’t call me princess.” He nodded.
“Sorry Flyer I get stuck on formalities you know that.” I giggled lightly and he stepped a little closer. “Um well still I have a question for you…”
“Oh?” I tilted my head looking at him. “What bout? If it’s to teach you to shoot the bow don’t ask its complicated even for me.” I giggled.
“It has nothing to do with you really teaching me anything.” He trotted closer standing in front of me. “I know were young but…I mean…you are cute,” I blushed, “and….well…I uh….” He sighed and looked me in the eyes and I looked back into his steel grey eyes. “I um…have a crush on you Flyer.” He kicked at the ground looking around.
“Oh my um…” I blushed and looked around thinking. A moment later I jumped on him and hugged him. “Same thing!” He blushed lightly and hugged back.
“Not sure what to make of this right now but…oh well who cares eh?” I giggled and sat back on my bed yawning. “You should get to sleep you have a court hearing tomorrow that you have to run with your father.”
“Awww…I hate those!!”
“We all do. Now go to sleep Flyer I’ll see you in the morning.” I sighed and laid down falling asleep in no time.
The next morning I woke up to Titan gently shaking me. “Come on Flyer wake up. Time to wake.” I yawned and looked at him. I started to mess with my mane to fix it. After a bit of messing with my mane I finally fixed it enough that I hopped on Titan’s back. He walked to the throne room and I hopped off sitting in the little throne Dad had set up next to his just for me. I sat there and yawned rubbing my eyes.
“It’s too early daddy.”
“Yes it is even for me.” The throne room door opened and in came some guards followed by a pony in chains. I recognized one of the guards as the guard who caught me the day I carved the picture into the door. They threw the pony down so he is laying on his front half with his lower half sticking in the air.
“Your highness this pony is here under the charge of theft.”
“Yea so what?! My town was attacked and we have nothing! We applied for aid months ago and haven’t received a single thing!” The pony flailed and after a second stood. “I will not deny stealing but it was to feed my family!”
“Hmm I see…alright let him off with a warning and set him up with a supply wagon and an escort back to his town. Should he be lying give him the thief penalty if not come back.” The guards nodded and they released the pony and walked off with him. Then another group of the same configuration of ponies came in. “And his crime?”
“He is charged with assault of his neighbor. The pony was not badly beaten though.”
“He never introduced himself and then he steals from me! It was justified.”
“Flyer you take this.” Dad looked at me and yawned. “You need the practice.”
“Well I say no real punishment get the neighbor lock them in a room together and make them talk to understand the situation and become friends!” The guards looked at each other then Dad.
“You heard the filly go do that.” They turned and walked off wondering what he was thinking. “Well that’s really it for today, no more cases that I know of. Very interesting method of dealing with that case though daughter.”
“I agree.” My mom appeared in the room and sat down in front of us. “Very interesting. It was a good method though we need more punishments like that going on.”
“I agree Crystal but…you know how things must be.” My mom nodded.
“May I take Flyer for the day? I have missed my little filly.” Dad started to nod but then looked at me.
“She’s a big filly she can make her own decisions on this.” I nodded and hopped down to my mom and hugged her.
“I’d love to!” Mom smiled and picked me up putting me on her back and started out of the throne room. “Where are we going mommy?”
“Remember that one field where I took you to play for hours?” I jumped happy on her back. “Hehe, calm down my little angel remember this isn’t my real body its still ice.” I stopped.
“Sorry mommy…wait by that field do you mean the one with all the ice that you made so many pretty statues?” She nodded and I smiled. “Yay! I love that field.” I hugged her neck and nuzzled it.
“As do I Flyer. But anyway I heard you can shoot a bow pretty well may I see that?”
“If we get my bow of course Mommy! Anything for you.” With that she headed for my room her hooves creating a clopping sound throughout the empty halls. “Why does Daddy have so many empty things in the throne room?”
“You mean the artifact holders? Their designed to be able to hold the most powerful elements in the world made by the forces of harmony and chaos. See those forces are your father’s parents as he was formed from the forces when they came together. I’m sure the reason he hasn’t told you is because he doesn’t quite understand it himself. Nopony does.” She laughed. “I mean if we understood that then where would the mysticism of it be? It’s really complicated but don’t worry it wont make any problems.” She nuzzled me. “I know what I’m saying makes little sense but as I said its…complicated.”
“So…my grandparents are forces?” She nodded. “And they make items that are super powerful that anypony could get their hooves on?” Another nod. “I’m hungry.”
“Well it’s a good thing I brought a picnic!” She moved her wing and showed the picnic basket under it and she set it down on the ground. I smiled and hopped up and down excitedly as she opened it and hoofed me a sandwich. I took it and devoured it in seconds. “Well I guess you haven’t lost that huge appetite of yours my little filly.” Mom giggled and gave me more all of which I devoured within seconds. After a while of eating I had a slightly distended belly from all the food. “All full?” I nodded lazily then rolled onto my hooves and burped loudly my stomach going back to how it was before.
“I’m hungry again.” We both burst into laughing over that. I started running around her laughing before running straight into her leg to knock her down. I then hugged her and nuzzled her. “I love you mommy.”
“I love you too my little filly.” She nuzzled me and ruffled my mane and I giggled. We laid for a while in the grass looking up at the sky. “The clouds are so pretty….I also heard they were comfortable but I never got a chance to lay on one.”
“Go get one Flyer go on.” I looked at her then at a cloud.
