Split Fate
Cloudsdale, Equestria
Chapter 1: Candy Floss
It was a normal sunny day in the land of Equestria. Fellow Pegasus pony, Candy Floss, had just moved into her new house from her previous location. Cloudsdale.
Being a Pegasi herself, she wanted to take a shot at some flying lessons but changed her mind soon after she had moved in. Seeing how well the other Pegasus ponies flew there and all.
After she had finished unpacking her things, she was greeted by the Pegasi who lived next door. One of them, "Dromeda" caught her attention.. Not because of his appearance, but the way he spoke and acted.. He seemed.. Different amongst the others. She observed him from a distance, noticing his dark grey skin, bright yellow eyes and crescent cutie mark. He also dressed differently compared to the others.
Candy approached him. "Not from around here are you?"
He looked over at her and gave her a friendly smile. "Nah.. Moved here quite a little while ago.. How could you tell?"
"Well, I guess its because everypony seems.. Too normal.. And nice. Not to be rude, but you look like the odd one out in these parts."
He chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I get that a lot. Its no trouble." He looked over Candy Floss, she too seemed different from the other ponies. He noticed her light pink skin and pink striped mane, her eyes is what caught most of his attention, bright Cyan Blue.
"My name's Dromeda, what about yours?" He gestured toward her.
"Candy. Candy Floss." She smiled.
Later on, they continued their conversation and he offered her a walk around the town.
Minutes pass and Dromeda had asked her what she wanted to do as soon as she got here, she told him she wanted to try out flying lessons but told herself not to.
He seemed confused. "Why don't you want to try flying lessons?"
Candy rubbed her hoof in disappointment. "I guess its just because I am no better than other ponies. But it's fine."
Dromeda looked at her and then ahead of them, he started trotting towards the area. Candy looked confused but followed behind him anyways.
Dromeda stopped over the edge of the cloud they stood on, overlooking the fields below. He turned to her.
She froze. "..What..?" Candy looked at him and at the edge, she still seemed confused.
Dromeda stretched out his wings and arched his back upward. "I'll help you with the lessons!"
Candy shaked her head side-to-side. "Nonono.. Were not jumping right..?" She stood on the edge and kept her balance, she felt a tiny bit queasy.
Dromeda stared at her. "..Nono, were not jumping. Were flying!"
Candy gulped and felt nervous, she spread her wings and trembled as she did so. "I..I'm not sure I can do this..-" she was too reluctant to leap off.
"You're a Pegasus right? You'll be fine!" Dromeda leaped off and flew outward, turning back around and staying in midair. "Now you try!" He gestured her to come to him.
Candy stood still with her wings still spread out, she was shaking at this point. She finally had the courage to take one step off the cloud frantically flapping her wings as quick as she could.
Dromeda nodded. "..That's it.. That's IT.. Just don't look down!" He noted.
Candy kept her eyes shut with her hooves and jumped off the cloud, she flew downwards without realizing and hovered in place.
Confused, Dromeda flew after her and stayed near her. "You can't fly without seeing where you're going silly." He moved her hooves away from her face.
It was then she realized that they were miles and miles away from the land below. She quivered and stopped flapping her wings in a panic, she started to fall downwards as she started screaming in fear and flailing her hooves crazily.
Dromeda perked his ears upwards in shock and flew after her, seeing the approaching ground before them.
Panicked some more, she quickly covered her eyes again and tried to avoid seeing the ground.
Dromeda fly near and kept his distance, keeping up with her. "..CANDY. ITS OKAY.. JUST OPEN UP YOUR WINGS AND PULL UP..!"
Candy shouted, still frightful of the situation. "..I CAN'T.. DO IT!"
Dromeda got near her just in case. "..IT'LL BE OKAY.. TRUST ME! PULL UP WHEN I SAY.."
Candy slowly removed one of her hooves from her face and took a peek at the ground almost nearly approaching them.
"1."
"2."
"3!"
Candy jolted and quickly removed both of her hooves from her face, she pulled out her wings and swung them with force, propelling her from hitting the ground. Dromeda did the same.
Candy flinched in pain as she slowly lowered herself onto the ground.
Dromeda flew down with her and landed on the ground, walking up to her. "Are you okay?"
Candy balanced herself on the ground and repeated stretching her wings out. "Y..Yeah, I'm fine.. My wings are strained a little.."
Dromeda sighed in disappointment. "I'm so sorry.. I didn't mean for you to experience this.. Its my fault.." He felt guilty.
Candy put her hoof on his shoulder and gave him a friendly smile. "It isn't your fault, I just need to practice some more. Thanks for helping though." She turned around and looked back, she saw Ponyville.
Dromeda sighed and felt a bit of relief, he looked toward Ponyville as well and took steps forward. "Well, if you're still willing to continue the tour then our next stop is Ponyville."
"Yeah, lets go!" Candy felt a bit better and rested her wings on her sides, she followed behind him and looked around. She saw a collection of different colored ponies, different markings, accessories, and mane styles. "Oooh."
Dromeda cleared his throat. "As you can see, Equestria has a number of unique and diverse ponies" Dromeda spoke as he continued the tour, Candy followed behind and observed in curiosity at all the ponies without being too obvious.
"Some of them different than others in many ways, whether it'd be personalities, race, and way of style."
"Hmm.. So.. Why are we down here in Ponyville and not in Cloudsdale?" She gestured over toward the two towns.
"I need to talk to somepony real quick, after that we'll head over to Canterlot, capital of Equestria and home of very powerful unicorns."
Candy snickered to herself being amused by the way Dromeda was touring. "You sound like you're advertising Equestria."
They both laughed at the statement.
"Well I am the tour guide, what else can I say?" Dromeda chuckled and gave her a grin.
They approached one of the houses, Dromeda had opened the front door and entered greeting somepony inside. Candy was hesitant and stood outside, feeling she'd intrude.
Dromeda walked back to the door and looked over at Candy. "Aren't you coming in?"
She shook her head 'No'. "I was told its rude to enter one's house hold."
Dromeda gave her a look of confusion. "Why would your parents tell you something like that?"
She looked down at the ground with a little frown. "I wasn't raised by my parents.. I was raised in a Foster Care before I moved away."
He paused. "Oh- ..I'm sorry, did your parents-" He got cut off by the pony inside approaching him.
"Hey, you coming inside or what..?" It was a male voice.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a bit" Dromeda responded, still eager to find out what happened with her parents.
Candy insisted on going with what the pony said, trying to avoid more questions. "Look Dromeda, I'll be fine.. Lets just head inside, we don't wanna keep him waiting."
Dromeda looked at her wanting to ask more but instead respected her wishes. The two entered the house and was greeted by a light green colored pony. He had a red and white striped manestyle and wore a scarf around his neck.
"Well, hello there!" The pony smiled.
Dromeda introduced him to her. "Peppermint, this is Candy Floss. Candy Floss, Peppermint."
"She's now in Cloudsdale and I was just giving her a tour around the areas." Dromeda said.
Candy stayed silent, glancing at Peppermint most of the time. She looked at his colorful eyes, a hint of Blue and Red. She felt bashful in his presence.
Peppermint looked over at Candy and reached out his hoof. "Its nice to meet you Candy."
She stared at him for a moment and at his hoof, she was slowly processing the situation. "-OH! Sorry heheh.. Nice to meet you too." She shook his hoof with hers, she felt a little embarrassed.
"We used to be neighbors, we got split up a long while ago, he's a very good friend of mine." Dromeda said smiling.
They went to the living room and sat on the couches.
"Yeah, he used to be a little runt. And now he LOVES to brag about his height.. Right Dromeda?" Peppermint nudged Dromeda and they both laughed. Candy chuckled along.
"I'm just reminding you who's taller" Dromeda said smiling. "Anywho, we still going to the Everfree forest.?"
Candy raised her ears and looked over at them.
Peppermint nodded. "Yeah sure, if you're up for it"
Dromeda faced Candy. "Wanna join us?"
Candy snapped back to reality and quickly nodded. "YEAH, Yeah.. Sure! I have nothing else to do." She seemed to have been thinking about the forest.. It had a deep connection with her, it reminded her about her past.
Dromeda felt excitement. "Then its settled! We'll meet at sundown!"
Peppermint agreed and so did Candy.
Soon after, theybsaid their farewells and parted ways. The duo headed back to Cloudsdale.
"Is the tour over?" Candy said teasingly.
Dromeda scuffed. "Oh trust me, its only just started."
They headed back to their houses and got ready. Candy put on her clothes and unpacked some more afterward, while Dromeda ate and took a quick nap.
At sundown, Candy went up to Dromeda's door and knocked. "Dromeda, you ready? Its sundown!"
He opened the door and adjusted the goggles he had put on. "Yup." He looked at Candy and at her getup. "..You sure you want to go to the Everfree forest dressed like that?" He indicated her outfit.
She looked down at it and back at him. "Well, yeah. I guess."
"So, you sure you're ready to go?" Dromeda asked as he shut his front door.
She nodded and looked up at the sky, she remembered about the forest once more. She didn't feel confident about going there again. Alone at least.
"..I suppose so." She said in an unsure tone.
"Hey, cheer up. I got your back, no matter what happens." He smiled, and so did she.
Candy nodded and smiled back. "Alright."
Both ventured forth towards the Everfree forest.. The deep connection from a troubled pony.. With a troubled past.
Thanks for reading hope you enjoy ;)
Edited by: Misticalcreations237
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