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Lucifer's Mercy
Part One
Chapter One
Jewel in the Crown
Personal log, Feb 12, 2017
Oh man, it sure is nice to finally settle down. Of course it's almost the famous Hearts and Hooves day, and I'm alone. But hey, I'm in bloody Ponyville now! And from what I've heard, it's the friendliest little town in all of Equestria. How hard could it be to find a filly friend in this community? I really don't think a journal is the best significant other for a creature like me. One can only hope this town was the right choice for me.
-End of log entry
My name is Sky Chaser. I'm a drifter, well I was. Until I found that at the elderly age of twenty one, I should settle down, maybe even start a family. But first, I needed a job. And what better job could there be for a Pegasus like myself other than weather patrol. Now I know what you're thinking, why would I settle in a home in Ponyville if I'm going to work for weather patrol? Well to be honest, I really don't feel quite as comfortable living hundreds of feet up. It's not that I'm scared of heights or anything. I can handle it when I'm wide awake, but there is no way I'll be able to sleep at night knowing the clouds might implode or something. Well none the less, it's always been my dream to fly high in the sky; moving the clouds with nothing but my bear hooves. Ah it makes me tingle just imagining it. But now I'm just thinking out loud. I'll just go ahead and begin this story at the time of my interview.
It was a dark and stormy night, although we were above the clouds so it didn't really matter. And it was actually like four o'clock in the afternoon. Anyways, I trotted confidently into Cloudsdale city hall where I was greeted by the friendliest of ponies. Then this sweetie little secretary directed me to one of the office's. I waited there for only a few minutes, but I was so excited, it felt like hours. Suddenly, this big, mean mother hubber, staring at some forms or something, walks in and sits at his desk. Of course, I nearly shat my pants when this guy put his papers down and looked at me. But I held my confidence and held out my hoof to greet him before saying, "Good afternoon sir, my name is-"
"Yeah, yeah. I know who you are." the stallion said impatiently. "Now tell me, why should I let you be on Cloudsdales very own weather patrol?"
I suddenly got nervous, but I wasn't about to let that stop me from getting my dream job. I just simply pointed at my cutie mark and said, "Do you see this? Who else in Equestria has a cutie mark as cool as a tornado in the shape of a lightning bolt on their flank?"
"Hmm… that is interesting. It says here that your birth place was in Manehattan. Now I'm not sure they have the best track record for flyers."
"Oh sir, you obviously have no idea how good a flyer I am. Just look at these beauties.!" I said as I ejected my wings, a little bit too fast. A little bit too stupid. As soon as I did, papers from all over the office went flying all over the place. The stallion just looked at me like I was skum.
"Get the fuck out of my office, sir!"
There were no words in the English language that could begin to express how I felt at that moment. "I'm sorry, I, I-" I tried to say but it was futile. My childhood dream was crushed. But look, I was in my twenties. I wasn't about to cry about it. Until I walked out of the office of course. As I discharged the building, all I could see were the happy faces of other Pegasi souring above my head. It was then, I had no idea what had come over me. I just closed my eyes and jumped right over the edge of Cloudsdale. As I plunged violently towards the ground, as I heard the harsh wind blast by my ears, I realized something. Holy shit! What the hell am I doing? I immediately regained control of my decent and landed safely on the ground. I was so dumbstruck by the events that just occurred, I vowed not to tell anypony. And with that I went home, pretty POed if you ask me.
Anyways, as I approached my door, I was surprised to see my brother, Triton, just standing there, waiting for me. None the less, I couldn't help but have a huge smile creep its way across my face. He was my twin, unbelievably. He was a unicorn. Not to mention scared of heights. His cutie mark was a constellation, surprising right? Anyhoo, when he looked up and saw me coming, he shouted, "Ah, Glad to see you could make it. So did you get the job, chase?"
I felt another pit in my stomach before saying, "No, Triton, I didn't." I paused for a moment. "But live and let live, ya know?" He just gave me an awkward look and said nothing. Gotta love the brotherly solace that comes with families. "So Triton, how's your work in Fillydelphia comin'? You discover some planets or somethin'?"
He gave me a very sharp look. "Man, why did you have to wanna be a part of weather patrol? You woulda' mada a brilliant astronomer."
"You know, space just never really was my thing. I prefer to fly under an atmosphere if you catch my drift."
"Whatever man."
"Triton, why are you here?"
"Well I was in town and I just thought that I could stop by my old brother's house and see how his magic studies are doing."
"Well if you must know-" Let me just stop myself right there. Now I know what you're probably thinking. "What the fuck! This guys a Pegasus! He can't do magic! Troll, troll, troll!" Yeah, I would be too if, well… I didn't know something about magic that others didn't. Let's just continue where we left off shall we? "They're better than ever."
"Splendid, and I also thought that, maybe… if it isn't too much trouble… you could give me some tips on how to improve my own power." Triton finished sounding sort of embarrassed for asking a Pegasus to help him with his magic.
"Hmm… I don't see why not. What the hay, come on it!"
And so that's what happened. But let me tell you something, I have to be the best damn magical Pegasus in all of Equestria. High praise indeed… yeah that was a lie. I'm the only one. Surprise, surprise. Well there's a reason for that. And only one. Celestia. Well if you don't know who she is, she is the one who runs this… utopia. You hear that? That's me patronizing you. Any ways, what's the key thing to remember for such a roll? Don't tell ponies shit! Don't ask, don't tell, you know what I'm sayin'? Any hooves, have you ever wondered, what is magic? Why are unicorns the only life form able to use it? Those were the questions I asked as a colt in elementary school. And… that's why I didn't get a very good diploma. But that doesn't make me stupid! If anything, I'm the smartest being in existence. So yeah, magic, ponies might think, is sent out from the aperture of the unicorn's horn to actually interact with objects. Well they're wrong! Look at the space between your eyes and the screen that this story is being displayed on. There are about… seventy trillion intelligent little nano bots that use the power of gravity manipulation to transport items from one place to another. Pretty ingenious if you ask me. But this might not really be relevant, but anytime you see a pony using magic to eat, please tell them that they're costing hundreds upon thousands of bits by ingesting the bots. Well anyways, you're probably shouting at the screen at the top of your lungs, "How are you using magic if you're not a bloody unicorn?" Well I'll tell you. Have you ever noticed strange things like how it seems, when one pony starts singing about random shit like how he or she just saw a bug or something, soon everypony in Ponyville starts singing the correct lyrics and already knows the choreography? Or maybe how some ponies have a name correspond with their cutie mark? Simple. It seems that ponies, at their current stage of evolution, have a low level telepathic field that most of them aren't even aware of. Well it's that small ability that allows us to communicate with these microscopic machines. Now it does take practice (and I mean a lot of practice) to interact with the nano bots. Unicorns start young so they never really have to worry about the amount of concentration that it really takes. It's kind of like trying to drive a stick shift, whatever that is. But the point is eventually, it becomes nothing more than second nature. Of course, I couldn't really tell anypony my discovery. I could have been exiled, maybe even killed. Well now that I just gave you a fuckin' science lesson, let's get back to this so called, "story."
"I keep telling you Triton; don't concentrate on the center of the object. If you focus your energy around the apple, you should have much better control." And thank Celestia that after saying that for a good hour and a half, it finally clicked. It's not that my brother wasn't good with magic, it's just… everypony in Equestria seemed to be better.
"Phew, what a workout." My brother said wiping sweat from his forehead.
"Yeah." I said sarcastically.
"Well I should probably be getting back to the hotel. I'm getting pretty sleepy." Triton said followed by a yawn.
"No problem brother. You rest up now, okay?"
"Alright Chase, I'll see you again some other time."
"Take care." I said shutting the door behind him. I was alone. All of a sudden, I don't know what came over me. I just felt this rage inside of me that caused me to cry uncontrollably. I guess losing dream job hit me harder than I previously thought. But something eventually snapped me out of it. I heard a knock on the door right before somepony left me a letter. I read it.
12th February, 2017
To every pony!
Dear reader
Don't miss it! Hearts and Hooves shindig at the pinkie house, AKA, sugar cube corner! Will have food, drinks, and be lots and lots of fun! Be there around 5pm! Be there or be square!
Sincerely
Pinkamena Diane Pie
Now as generic as this invitation was, it still warmed my heart to know someone in this town cares about the new guy.