Octavia's Encounter

On a stormy night, Octavia was on her house practicing her chello as she would usually do every day. As Octavia practice she was blinded by an intense light. She got scared for a second and stopped playing her cello. Octavia, seconds later hears a loud thump out of her house. She jumped from her chair, frightened, she went toward one of the windows in front of her house. She came in shock when she noticed a gray Pegasus with a black mane and a bag around him outside of her house, unconscious. She rapidly went toward his aid. She went outside and grabbed him the best she could and pulled him inside of her house. Octavia looks at the unconscious Pegasus and notices that he was un-injured. She gives a soft sigh. She took him up to her room. She puts the unconscious Pegasus on her bed and covered him with a blanket. She pulled a chair near her bed and sits there, waiting for him to wake up.

Octavia didn't noticed, but she fell asleep waiting for the Pegasus to wake up. She looked at her bed and the Pegasus wasn't there anymore. She jumped from her chair, looking at her surroundings, searching for the mysterious Pegasus. She ran through her house trying to find him. She went to her backyard to find out that the Colt was there, looking at the flowers she had planted there. Octavia sighs briefly and approached him.

"Hello, are you feeling well today?" She asked a bit timidly

"Yes, thank you for taking care of me…" He responded

Octavia was relived and smiled "It was nothing. May I ask for your name?"

The Pegasus looks to the ground "I wish I could tell you, I can't remember my name…"

Octavia gasped "What do you mean?"

"I can't remember who I am, or where I came from, or even if I have a family or friends"

"You have amnesia."

"I guess…"

"Then what can I call you?"

"Mh… I don't know…"

Octavia looks at his cutie mark and notice that it was a violin with a few stars flying around it, and she whispered to herself "constellations"…

"Mh… How about Cosmo?"

The Pegasus raises his head "…I like that name."

Octavia smiled "Ok then Cosmo, since you don't even have a place to stay, how about if you live here with me?"

Cosmo tilts his head in questioning "Really? I could live here with you?"

Octavia nods "Sure, I have plenty of room here, and you don't really have a place to stay."

"Good point."

"So then, It's settled, you will stay here."

"Thanks for your hospitality."

Octavia blushes "It's quite alright . For now come on."

"Mh? Where are we going?"

"I'm taking you to our little village, PonyVille."

"Oh ok…"

Octavia lead the way towards Pony Ville, showing Cosmo everything during the way. From Sweet Apple Acres, to the city hall, the park and Sugar Cube Corner and everything else along the way. Cosmo's belly rumbles and he blushes, he hasn't eaten anything since… Well he can't remember now does he…

Octavia giggles "Ok well let's get something to eat."

Cosmo still blushing "Thanks."

Octavia lead Cosmo to a little bakery, she proceeded to buy some muffins with coffee and sat down on a little table to enjoy there snack.

Cosmo takes a bit of the muffin "So, Octavia, what is it that you do for a living?"

Octavia takes a sip from her coffee" Well I play the chello, and I play classical music where needed."

"That's pretty nice, I hope I can listen to you playing soon" smiles and takes another bite of the muffin and sips from his coffee

"Sure." she thinks to herself "… Say your cutie mark is a violin, maybe you use to play the violin."

"I haven't really given it much thought, I think I do, maybe…"

"Well don't worry, Hopefully you will get your memory back and we shall see if you can remember if you did."

"Thanks." He smiles

Octavia and Cosmo finished talking and decided to head back to Octavia's house. While walking near the park, Cosmo felt like if something was pulling him, like if it was calling him… It was the Everfree Forest. Cosmo blanked out and started walking toward the forest. Octavia tried to intervene, but it was hopeless, Cosmo was already inside the forest walking in a straight path, like if he knew where he was heading. Octavia shivered and followed him trough the forest, trying to snap him out of what was controlling him.

"Cosmo? Where are you going? Its dangerous to be in the Everfree forest."

"I… I can't explain it…but I feel like there's something pulling me in deeper…"

"No! We need to head back now!"

Cosmo tried fighting what was controlling him. He managed to free himself from the calling and started heading back with Octavia, but as soon as that happened a manticore grabbed Octavia from the back and flew up into the sky. She screamed and bucked as hard as she could but the manticore didn't let go. Cosmo flied up to help her, but he got attacked by surprise by the manticore's tail and was thrown back to the ground. The manticore flew deeper into the forest, Cosmo tried to fly after him, but he couldn't because the fall broke his right wing. In his injured state, he ran as fast as possible trying to catch up to the manticore, which had stopped inside an old castle. Cosmo went inside the castle running when he felt that the voice that was calling him earlier stopped him from advancing and made him head to one of the rooms on the side of the castle. He tried fighting it but it was no use, he was already inside the room. In the middle of the room was a crystal sphere in an altar. The voice inside his head said "touch it and see what happens". He did what the voice said, he touched the crystal sphere. His eyes widen up and went blank. Parts of his memory were starting to regain itself. He remembers that he was part of a music group, well know from where he was, and was separated from his group in order to serve his king. He was trained to fight, taught in the ways of a warrior and was capable of wielding a sword. He was sent to do a mission but after that, his memories stopped and he went back to his normal state. As soon as he let go of the crystal sphere, he heard Octavia's screams and went running toward the upper part of the castle where she was being held by the manticore. As he ran to help her he grabbed a sword that he saw on the ground. He broke down the door and rushed in. He screamed "Let go of her!" The manticore got distracted looking at Cosmo and Octavia bucked the manticore's face, in pain the manticore let's go of Octavia and she rushed to Cosmo's back. The manticore rushes towards Cosmo to attack with his huge claws but Cosmo blocked the attack with his sword while yelling at the huge beast "I don't want to fight you!" But the manticore attacked Cosmo with a tail sweep. Cosmo jumped over his tail and slashed his tail in half. The manticore screeched in pain. Cosmo grabbed Octavia and carried her all the way back toward PonyVille. Thankfully the manticore was still in pain and never actually followed them back.

"Are you injured? Ngh!" Grabs his wing in pain

"Just a few scratches…"she gasps "Cosmo your wing! Its broken!"

"Ngh, Yeah, I better head to the hospital."

"Right!"

Octavia and Cosmo went to the hospital. Cosmo had to get a cast for his damaged wing.

"I'm sorry this happened to you Cosmo"

"Don't worry, this wasn't your fault" Said Cosmo with a reassuring smile

"…Ok"

"Well let's head to your house"

Octavia nods. It was already night. After leaving to the hospital, they finally headed back to Octavia's house. Cosmo sat on one of the sofas in the living room while Octavia made some tea. She then headed to the living room.

"Here you go" Octavia gives Cosmo a teacup

"Thanks" He takes a sip of his tea "Hey Octavia, you know that I told you that I couldn't control my body when I was walking through the EverFree Forest.

"Yeah, What about it?" Octavia asked

"Well as soon as I got to the ancient castle to save you, the same feeling went trough my body, I couldn't control myself, my body walked to a room where a sphere was placed on an altar. A voice inside my head told me touched it and I actually regained some of my memory."

"Really" She was surprised in hearing this "So what do you remember?" She finishes her tea

"Well, I remembered that I use to play in a music group, like you said about my cutie mark, I do play the violin, But one day the King required to recruit men to fight in his army, I was one of them… But I can't remember If I do have a family or my real name…" He sighs

"I'm sure you will be able to remember." She said smiling

"Hmm, I got a question, Is this land controlled by a King?

"No, Princess Celestia controls Equestria."

"Then where did I came from" Cosmo thinks to himself while finishing his tea

"It's ok Cosmo, C'mon, let me take you to the guest room, which is now your room."

Cosmo nodded and followed the mare upstairs.

"This room is nice! Cosmo looked at the huge room with a musical note rug and a bed with musical noted on the sheets.

Octavia smiled "I hope you like it"

"Thanks, You're too sweet" He hugged Octavia

Octavia blushed "Thanks, well night Cosmo" She leaves the colt with a kiss on the check and she heads toward her room.

Cosmo blushed and smiled a bit "Night" Whispers softly and heads to his new room