Our Soul Friendships

Incision - Part 2

Motion Reflux had entered a new land that was unknown to him and to Equestria, as he flew forward he noticed the land changing from a lush green to a pale white and he figured that he was nearly there. The seasons magically begun to change before his eyes from a wonderous summer to a foggy and cold winter, the degrees shifted from a warm embrace to a cold whisp and within sight he could see the large walls of what seemed to be a large town. He pressed further and could notice the walls were made of a magically strong stone that was covered by thin whisks of snow. As he made he got closer the fog spread apart to reveal towers that led into the sky as well as spotting platforms at different elevations connected by spiraling bridges.

Woah... was all he could think. His gaze shifted to grey guards covered in a reflective silver armor protecting a closed wooden gate that provided as the entrance to this sky city. He walked up to the guards and noticed they were both unicorns which was strange to him as the guards he's seen are mostly pegasi. The two guards shifted their sights towards to unknown blue stallion standing at the front gate of the city, one of them steps forward and shouts "Halt! Who are you and what is your business?"

He looked at the guard that had spoken and said in a shaky tone, "Uh... my name's Motion Reflux, I come from the land of Equestria under task of Princess Celestia..". The other guard spoke, "We don't allow citizens of Equestria into Skyfell, turn back and leave the way you came." then the guard whom stood ahead stepped back into his spot and they both stood at the gate.

The gates swung open and a large pearl-white pegasus mare stood behind it. She gave her guards an angry stare but then smiled, "Welcome, Motion Reflux.". She had a metal device strapped onto her body, a large glowing tube on each side in a horizontal position. In a sudden movement, Motion Reflux had been engulfed by a shimmering white aura and picked up off the ground by the mare, her mechanical device glowing the same color. Wa- was all he could think as the large mare pulled him into the city.

"Welcome, to the city of Skyfell!" she exclaimed as the gates closed behind them, the city close up revealing many large pillars extending high into the sky as bridges connected back and forth in twists and spirals as well as inclines and declines. She continued levitating him until they reached the main castle which stood upon the ground it was built upon, then letting him go of her magical grip on him infront of her throne as she flew onto and sat upon it.

She smirked, "I had been contacted by an old friend of mine and she told me to allow you special access into my city, but at due price of course". Her eyes were as blue as the sky but her stare is, as piercing as the freezing cold to Motion Reflux as she smiled and said those words. "Tell you what.." she paused for a moment, waving her hoof and rolling her head, "...the price is that you'll have to do some small jobs and tasks for me while you are in my city!" she giggled somewhat cutely, covering her mouth with her hoof while doing so.

What have I gotten myself into...? he thought to himself but remembered he still had his task to complete as well, she did only tell him small jobs and tasks so they shouldn't stray him from his original ideal task assigned to him. He nodded, "Alright; do you have anything you want me to do right now, Princess?" he paused and asked a second question, "Also if I may ask, what's your name?"

She trotted up to him patted his head with her hoof, "My name is Snowfall" she walked around him, her face becoming serious as she continued "...and yes, talk to the Commandant of the Guard and he'll brief you in on your first job." then she flew upwards past a vertical door into her own quarters. Motion Reflux nodded, turning his attention to finding the Commandant but in a good stroke of luck, a guard had already waiting for him at the castle doors.

The guard saluted as Motion Reflux approached and said, "Commandant's waiting for you outside, sir!". "Eh... at ease?" said Motion Reflux and the guard then planted his hoof back down and stood like a living statue, he walked passed the guard and through the door.

The blissful snow continued to fall as the wind spread its coat over the land; the snow had been seen as mystical and magical yet destructive and destroying. A solid white pegasus with a fiery detailed mane that protruded out of his steel golden-outlined helmet stood by a frozen fountain that had stand in the middle of the park right outside of the main castle.

Motion Reflux trotted up to him and greeted him, "Hello! You must be the Commandant?" and the white pegasus nodded, "The princess has notified me to brief you on your assigned task." He hovered and stamped over his head, "There has been a string of disappearances in the Northern District of Skyfell, locally named Tower One and we need you to find out where the victims are and who is behind it." He landed behind him and continued, "I warn you, not many people here in Skyfell like Equestrian citizens like you." he quickly jumped into the air and flew off.

Motion Reflux trotted away after hearing his task so he can find his way to the Northern District. Taking his time walking he looked up to see the fog clearing away and could see many pegasi soaring and flying across platforms yet staying within the boundaries of the city. All his thoughts resinded to seeing the sign above the door that had shown the number one. Here it is... the Northern District. he thought to himself as he spread apart his wings and jumped into the air; he begun to soar upward into the sky along the tower, passing by many bridges and flying pegasi until he landed at a nearby platform.

The first thing he noticed were earth ponies and unicorns talking to each other, one of them looked over at him with a face of disgust and then they all dispersed. Other groups dispersed as well so in the end, Motion Reflux was alone on the pearl platform that used to be full of life. He looked around confused, How could he even find a friend if everypony already hates him? He looked around once more and spotted a radiant yellow pegasus leaning over the railing on the edge, gazing at the snow. Her attention immediately turned to him; her stare as hateful as the grudging darkness that clouded his mind. She had a bright pink mane with a shocks of what seemed to be a darker shade of her manes original color. Her eyes were a bright red and the cutie mark she bore was a butterfly with a strike of lightning from a white cloud.

"Go away, you're not wanted here." is all she said as she turned back her attention to the snow that continued to fall. He approached slowly, his loyalty to making atleast one friend in this crazy city was still overpowering his common sense to follow what she says, "Uhm... what's your name?"

Silence...

In one swift motion she turned, a knife-like device that was connected to the rear of her right forehoof extended out from a sheath hidden on the back side of her right foreleg. The sharp end of the sharp steel knife was held right between his eyes, only making contact with the fur there.

"Tell me why you're even trying to talk to me, pitful soul." her eyes made contact with his, the sharp stare as deadly as the knife she held against him. He was shaking slightly from the danger right in his face, his thoughts scrambled to make up a reason as he blurted out and stuttered, "D-Do you know anything a-about the re-recent dis-disa-", she interrupted him "Disappearances?" she retracted the knife back and stood properly.

"Yes, I do know and infact everypony in the Northern District knows; but why should I tell a disgusting waste of flesh like you the knowledge I contain?" she turned and whipped him with her tail right in his face, "Don't ever talk to me again, you worthless pegasus." she spread her wings and took flight to a higher platform.

He couldn't even speak, she put him down on everything and said all of her lines without even a bit of emotion. He tapped his chin with a hoof, figuring that there's something more to her. His thoughts drifted off to his sense of motion, he could feel her shiver when she said that everypony in the Northern District knows, so he figured that could've been an entire lie in itself.

Maybe I can still complete Princess Snowfall's task first... he figured as he spread his wings and jumped off the edge, taking flight once more to the higher platform. As he flew upward, another flying pegasus bumped into him and almost made him fall right down to the ground but he managed to keep on course to the next platform above.

The tower seemed to reach past the sky and platforms ranging from parks to homes kept circling up higher and higher. He landed on the platform and noticed that everypony had already left when he arrived, except for the same pegasus that stood a tree length across from him.

She had a look of anger on her face as she store at him, seemingly ready to strike at any moment. The bright yellow pegasus took a step forward, her wings slowly spreading so she can make a quick dash towards the annoying blue pegasus in front of her. "Tell me why haven't you left yet." she stated as she continued to take steps towards him; he said to her with a smirk since this time he knew what to say, "You still haven't told me your name."

"Swiftshock" she said.

"I'm Motion Reflux" he said.

She held out her right forehoof to the side and extended the steel knife hidden behind it and began running towards him. He spread his wings and was about to jump over her but in quick reaction she closed her wings, a ripple of extraordinary energy originating from her shot out in all directions and flashing right through walls and objects, as well as ponies.

He tried to jump and takeoff into the air but he wings wouldn't catch air anymore and he fell right back down on his plot, getting a knife held up at his neck in an instant. "Having trouble flying?" she smirked, her piercing red eyes connecting to his as he couldn't move in fear of having his throat slashed open.

Pegasi began to fall out of the sky in slowed motion around them as he replied, "W-What did you do?" he tried to move but she held the knife even closer and said, "Don't try to move, I only just disabled your flight and everypony elses as well." she giggled aggressively, "I didn't use my whole power so it should only affect a few pegasi."

He looked up in disbelief and she put her muzzle near his ear and whispered, "Yes, I did lie about everypony knowing about the disappearances but I still won't give you any of my knowledge of them." she took a step back, retracting the knife back into its sheath and spreading her wings in one swift motion, the wave moving backwards and flight returning to all the pegasi in the immediate vicinity.

Motion Reflux flapped his wings a few times and hovered, sighing in belief that he could fly again. She turned towards a large mansion that sat on the platform and trotted towards it, "Leave now, insignifcant colt; You're not welcome here." she walked through the open gates which closed behind her and vanished into the mansion.

He sat there, dumbfounded and confused about what had just transpired. He was about to fly off until he noticed a dark shaded purple unicorn sitting right by a corner of the platform. She looked like had been crying for quite some time now and so he tried approaching her. She noticed him walking towards her and in immediate action she stood and her horn shimmered a twilit shine. She ran forward and her body began to disappear like she was teleporting away, but instead of a flash of light for a teleport she looked as if she was crossing into an invisible tear in space. A purple trail of stars flowed across the sky magically showing her path as she transported elsewhere in Skyfell.

He watched as this all happened and didn't understand how it did happen in the first place; but he shrugged it off and jumped off the edge, spreading his wings and taking flight back down to the ground-level of Skyfell where the main castle stood.

As he made his way into the castle, Princess Snowfall was sitting upon her throne within the main hall. "Hm? Why are you back so soon, Motion?" she toyingly smiled. He looked at her and asked, "I have a few questions about one of your citizens." she looked at him and he said, "Do you know anything about the pegasus Swiftshock?"

Princess Snowfall giggled and said, "Do you have a crush on her or something?" she smiled happily and gave him the information.

She cleared her throat and began to speak, "Yes I do know her, I know all my subjects within Skyfell. She was born within a rich family in the Northern District and was pampered with everything she wanted. Later in her life she developed a disorder with her personality and became very aggressive towards others. Her parents died a few years afterwards after a small fight within the family because of her; she did this by grafting together a piece of crude technology that she connected to her foreleg that extended out a sharp piece of steel which she had used to slice up her own parents."

Princess Snowfall closed her eyes, "She brutally tortured them until they died by first tying them in their sleep and taking an assortment of crude sharp steel objects she created by herself. She didn't get what she wanted so she tore open her own mothers belly with a claw and disemboweled her mothers own organs as her father watched in pain. Then she unsheathed her crude knife and slashed at her fathers whole body over a hundred times, the final blow being her slicing his throat open."

Princess Snowfall sighed, "We captured her and held her within a cell for days on end, giving her treatments, therapy and special care until she was fixed but in the end we could only help her keep it under control for only a short time and we couldn't fix her aggresiveness."

He listened to the whole speech, his face in shock the whole time. The room darkened as night already began to fall upon the city and the princess asked, "Is that all you needed to know?". Motion Reflux could only nod and then she said, "It's getting late so I must go rest; There is a room settled up for you in the left wing over there." she pointed with a hoof and then jumped over him, "Good Night, Motion Reflux. May your dreams be pleasant." she giggled weakly as she flew up into her room on the top floor.

He sighed, listening to the story really dampened the mood as he trotted over to his room in the left wing of the castle. He arrived and entered; the room was just like any other room in the castle, there was stone walling and it had a dresser, mirror, a few lights that were switched off and a table with a chair. There was one window looking outside but it was covered by the curtains right now but the only difference this room had is that the bed was made of a soft blanket of clouds.

She must've had this made for me while I was away. he brushed his hoof along the cloud bed, Might as well use it he thought as he hopped onto the bed and laid in it. It was soft, plush and gentle like the clouds he usually slept on in Equestria. Confirming this, he nuzzled into his pillow and yawned; he was sleepy and he knew it so he shut his eyes and fell into a hasty sleep.

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He seemed to be in a white voided room once more, a lifeless incoherent place that he doesn't like the feel of. He couldn't even think to himself, or his thoughts would be echoed through the dream. He couldn't feel emotion or it would be doubled or tripled. He couldn't move, his motion was being held back. He couldn't force things to happen or else he gets a force of a dropping anvil smacking his gut. He couldn't see properly, his vision was blurred.

Before in Equestria, the dream was tame and listened to him; Now his dream goes against him and keeps him in stasis until he awakes the next morning, he just sat there... Motionless

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Hoofsteps.

He was already asleep and couldn't see a shadowy figure of a pony walking into his room. The pony brushed her hoof against his mane and sat on the bed beside where he lay. It seemed that she just got up and left the room, closing the door silently behind her to not wake the sleeping colt.