Hey everypony. This is like the longest freaking chapter i have ever written. I hope you all enjoy it. Anyway, this was really fun to write and i hope you all enjoy it. Also, it is finals week so dont be expecting a chapter out anytime soon. The next time i will get a chapter out will probably be in like a week and a half or maybe longer. Until then, enjoy and always remember to make smart decisions. Be safe everypony. -Asianpon3-
Chapter 4
Two Days After The Abduction
"Where... where am I?" I asked, a scared tone prevalent in my voice.
"You need not worry young one, we mean you no harm." A stallion retorted, sitting in front of me with his back turned. I looked around at my surroundings and noticed that I was in a lavishly decorated room. Another moment went by before I heard hoofsteps. A large brown unicorn pony in a full suit walked into the room and straight up to me.
"Ah, so this is the creature I have recently seen. Yes, he is everything I expected. He will make a great addition to my collection." The pony said, walking towards the stallion in front of me.
"Sir if I may. I would like to discuss a certain matter with you." The stallion asked, having the unicorn look up at him.
"Yes, yes, about your pay. I will have some pony deliver it quickly, just as I promised." The unicorn responded, turning his attention back to me.
"Sir, that is not what I wanted to mention. It seems that the primary caretakers of this young creature are the Elements of Harmony." The unicorn froze in place as he heard this information.
"What did you say?" the Unicorn asked, shocked and upset.
"It seems that this young creature belongs to the Elements of Harmony sir. I just thought I should let you know." The large stallion stated, getting up from his spot on the floor and walking towards the door.
"Wait." The unicorn called out to the stallion. The large stallion turned around and waited for a response.
"If this creature belongs to the Elements of Harmony, then he is too much of a risk for me to have." The unicorn stated.
"Sir, with all due respect, what would you like me to do? I have fulfilled my part of the contract. There is nothing more I need to do." The stallion said, about to walk out through the door.
"Wait. I change my mind. Take this creature some place far away from here. If anypony found out about this, I will be ruined and put in chains." The stallion turned around and sat down in front of the door with an emotionless face.
"And how much will this contract be worth?" he asked, keeping his emotionless face.
"I will pay you double, just get this creature out of here and make sure nopony he knows will ever find him again." The stallion nodded his head as he approached me.
"Yes Mr. Silvervein. Nopony will ever see this creature again." The stallion stated, picking me up off the ground and walking towards the door. With a final nod, I found myself confused and once again, moving to an unknown destination.
Several Hours Later
"I want to go home." I said, riding on the back of one of the stallions. The unicorn leading the group turned around to face me but continued to walk.
"I'm sorry young one, but we cannot take you home. You know too much." He said, before turning straight ahead again and continued to walk.
"But I miss my family. I miss my mom. I just want to go home," I said, almost pleading with them.
"I'm sorry, but we can't." the unicorn stated again, but didn't turn around to respond.
"How much further brother?" the earth pony carrying me asked.
"Just a little further. Our contact should be close." The unicorn answered.
"Any sign of him from up there?" the unicorn asked his brother Pegasus.
"Yes, about two hundred yards ahead. I see him there," the Pegasus said, flying towards the ground to walk with his brothers.
A few more minutes passed and the three stallions soon came upon a small wagon with a lantern hanging from the top of it. As they approached they were met with the sight of a dark grey earth pony holding a whip in his hoof. The brothers stopped in front of the wagon and the dark grey earth pony approached them.
"Ah, you must be the three I was expecting. Very good, now if you would be so kind as to show me what you have to offer." The pony sleazily asked. The unicorn nodded his head and levitated me in front of the grey earth pony.
"Oh yes, he will do just fine." The grey earth pony said, still looking curiously at me.
"How much do you want for him?" the grey pony asked.
"Nothing." The unicorn said, causing the grey pony to smile in joy.
"Well isn't it my lucky day." He said, trying to grab me.
"Get away from me," I said, kicking him in hoof and causing him to let out a little grunt of pain.
"Why you little brat," the grey pony said, raising his whip into and about to strike. My eyes widened as the grey pony's hoof was stopped before whipping me. The grey pony looked at the unicorn that had stopped his hoof.
"You may have him for free, but under the condition that no harm will come to him." The unicorn said, letting go of the grey pony's hoof. The grey pony mumbled something under his breath but nodded.
"Fine." He said, grabbing me violently and placing me in the back of the wagon. He then secured a shackle to my leg so that I couldn't escape. The grey pony then moved towards the front of the wagon and began to pull it until it was no longer in view of the three stallions.
"Brother, I can't help but feel guilt about this." The Pegasus said, standing next to the unicorn.
"Let's just collect our pay and go." The unicorn said, heading back towards town. The other two brothers looked at each before quickly following their oldest brother towards town.
Crystal Mines
"Get out here you little brat." The grey pony yelled. He grabbed me by the wrist and flung me to the ground. I quickly looked back at him with tears in my eyes.
"Oh you gonna cry about it little colt. Ha, you won't last a week here." He said, before grabbing me off the ground and dragging me towards the entrance of the mines.
"Where are we going?" I asked, getting a dirty look from the grey pony.
"You're new home colt. Enjoy." He said, flinging me to the ground. I laid on the ground for a moments, tears flowing from my eyes before I felt a soft hoof on my shoulder. I looked up towards a white earth pony with a dull blue mane.
"Hey there young one. What is your name?" he asked, helping me up to my feet.
"My... my name is Midnight." I said, unsure and slightly confused about what was going on.
"Midnight you say. I see, that a very nice name." he said, a gentle smile on his face.
"Where... where is my mom." I asked, causing the white stallion to be slightly shocked.
"I'm... I'm sorry Midnight but your mom isn't here." He softly spoke, gentleness in his voice. My eyes began to water as I began to cry again.
"I want my mom." I said, through tears of fear.
"I know you do Midnight. And I'm sorry that she isn't here. How about we get you some food. You must be hungry." The stallion said, causing me to nod my head, while rubbing tears out of my eyes.
We walked a few minutes until we came to a large wooden structure. It appeared to be a barracks of sorts for the workers that worked in the mines. Attached to the barracks was a bathhouse and kitchen. We walked inside the main room and towards a small table near the kitchen.
"Just wait right here Midnight, I will be back out in a second." The stallion said, walking back into the kitchen. I quickly scanned the room I was in. It was a large kitchen area that had around ten or tables with a bar and wooden barrels for storage. I continued to look around noticed that most of ponies eyes were staring at me. I felt uneasy and tried to hide my head through my arms on the table. Another minute or passed before the white stallion came back out with a half loaf of bread.
"I'm sorry Midnight, but this is all I can find at the moment." He said, hoofing it to me. I greedily took the loaf of bread and began to vigorously eat through it. This elicited a laugh from the stallion.
"Haha, you have a growing appetite I see." The stallion said, sitting next to me. I almost finished the half loaf of bread before I stopped. I looked at the last piece I had in my hand and then towards the stallion. I smiled and held out my hand offering him the last piece.
"Thank you Midnight." The stallion exclaimed, taking the bread and eating it. I smiled as he finished the piece of bread.
"Your welcome Mr. uh?" I stopped not knowing his name.
"My name is Strong Hoof, though I'm not as strong as I used to be." He said with a little laughter. I smiled at him and then became very curious.
"Mr. Strong Hoof, what is this place?" I asked. He the quickly responded,
"This here is Crystal cave. It is one of many caves that Mr. Silvervein owns. Basically we are slaves here who work without pay. We have all been captured and forced to work in these mines of his. Since he is so rich, he buys off ponies that do any type of snooping that my threaten him. And for those who can't be bought off, he captures them and sends them to one of his mines to become a slave as well." Strong Hoof finished. I was left speechless at this.
"That is so mean. Why doesn't any pony stand up to him?" I asked. Strong Hoof let out another laugh.
"We have tried many times Midnight. But every time we try, we are always stopped. Most of us have lost the will to fight against the ponies in charge."
"What if I help?" I asked. Strong Hoof laughed and patted me on the head.
"I could never ask you to put yourself into a situation like that, especially because of how young you are." He said.
"Hey, I'm eight years old." I said, causing him to laugh again.
"Well you certainly have the fighting spirit. Maybe, just maybe you can help, but not right now. First we need to get you settled in." Strong Hoof said, raising from his seat and moving towards the barracks. I quickly followed him to the barracks and was sent into a room that had a small single bed in it and a very small nightstand on the side with a candle lit.
"This will be your room Midnight. I'm sorry if it's not really much, but this is all we have. I will be here in the morning to check up on you. If you need anything, bathroom is down that way and I'm only a few doors down. I will see you in the morning Midnight." He said, shutting the door and leaving me alone in my new room. I slowly walked over towards my new bed and looked down at it. It had old covers on a worn out mattress. I slowly got under the covers and rested my head on the weak-supporting pillow. More tears came to my eyes I began to really grasp the reality of the situation I was in. I reached on my chest opened the golden locket with the picture of my family and me at the zoo. I began to cry and held the locket close to my chest. It was the first night I had cried myself to sleep and I would have many nights after that as well.
Ten Years Later
"Make this easier on yourself Midnight and just tell us what you took." A stallion with a whip said. I stood my ground and didn't say anything.
"Suit yourself. This is much more fun anyway." The stallion said, whipping me on my back. All the workers gathered around to see what the commotion was about. The stallion continued to whip my back as I leaned up against a log protruding from the ground. With each lash, my knees started to give and I could myself become weaker and weaker. With their final lash I collapsed to the ground and didn't get back up. The stallions with the whips laughed with one another as they walked away from me. I soon stumbled to my feet and made my way to towards the barracks. As I stepped in I saw Strong Hoof sitting in the corner of room, sipping mead from his mug. I slowly approached him and sat down at the table. He looked at me and nodded his head.
"I assume you got it?" he asked. I smiled slightly as I pulled out a small silver key from my worn pocket.
"Yeah, I got it." I said, a pleased expression on Strong Hoof's face.
"Very good. This was the last piece we needed." He said. I laughed a little and then winced in pain at my back.
"Midnight, get yourself to the bathhouse and relax a little. You earned it." He said. With a nod of my head I stood up from the table and made my way into the bathhouse. As I entered the bathhouse I noticed that nopony was there. I quickly removed my torn shirt and my frayed pants. I entered the hot water with only my cloth boxers on. The first few feet weren't bad, but as soon as my first lash reached the water, I reared back in pain. I decided to bite the bullet and just dive my entire body under the water. As soon I dived under the water, I resurfaced and let out a deafening howl of pain. I grabbed onto the side of the bathhouse wall and slammed my fist down a few times as I waited for the pain to subside. I closed my eyes and continued to wait. A few minutes went by before I heard the door to the bathhouse open. I didn't pay any attention to it and heard a pony enter the water. I still held my eyes shut as I continued to wait for all of the pain to subside. Another moment or so went by before I heard the sound of wading water getting closer to me. I then felt the soft touch of a hoof run down my back at where my lashes were. I winced a little from the pain but soon found myself being hugged from my backside. I ignored the burning sensation running through my back as I lowered my head onto my hands. I soon felt soft kisses placing themselves down my back, missing all of my lashes. I turned around to find a beautiful light blue mare with a pink mane and tail in front of me. I smiled as she continued to place kisses on my chest. She then looked at me in the eyes and sighed.
"Midnight, how many lashes did they give you this time?" she asked, slowly wrapping her hooves around me. I smiled and answered her question.
"I don't know. Only about fifteen or so, not too bad." I said, causing her to stare at me in shock.
"Not too bad? That is the most lashes they have given you at one time." She said, causing me to smile.
"True, but it was worth it though. We finally got the last piece we needed." I said, causing her to look at me with curiosity.
"You mean... we are almost free?" she asked, as I pulled her into a tight hug.
"Yes, Star Gazer. We are almost out of this hellhole. Then we can finally live normal lives... well at least what I consider normal anyway." I said, a laugh eliciting itself from Star.
"I'm glad. We have been here too long." She said, resting her head on my chest. I smiled and rubbed a hand through her wet mane again.
"I know we have, just a little bit longer Star." I said. Star released me from her grasp and smiled.
"Alright. I will be waiting in our room when you are done. Hurry though, I need to tend to those wounds as fast as possible." She said, exiting the bathhouse and leaving me alone with my thoughts. I rested my body on the edge of the bathhouse again. I looked at my chest and then the golden locket that dangled beneath it. I took the locket in my hand and opened it.
"Mom, soon. I will see you all again soon." I said, closing the locket in my fist before getting out of the water. I then made my way to my room where Star Gazer was waiting. I smiled and lay down on the doublewide bed. Star Gazer took a bottle of healing medicine and began to drizzle it on my back and lashes. I flinched at how cold the medicine was, but quickly relaxed as Star began to massage the medicine into my back. Luckily the medicine didn't burn. Though my back was tender and sore, I still enjoyed the soothing touch of Star running her hooves along my back. After about twenty minutes she stopped and I turned around and pulled her into a hug. I began to nuzzle her neck with my face, which caused her to giggle with joy.
"Midnight, stop it. That tickles." She said, causing me to stop and just hold her close to me.
"Tomorrow Star. Tomorrow we will finally be out of here. We will finally be able to have a normal life, to reconnect with our loved ones." I said, before regretting what I said.
"Sorry Star, I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories." I said, holding her close to my bare chest.
"It's alright Midnight. I know you didn't mean too and besides. You are my loved one and I have you here all to myself." She said. I smiled and kissed the tip of her muzzle.
"And what do you plan on doing with me all by yourself?" I asked, sarcasm in my voice. She smiled and planted a few kisses on my neck before whispering into my ear.
"Anything you want Midnight." She said seductively, sending shivers down my spine.
"Well honestly, I just want to cuddle you."
"Ok Midnight." She said, lying down next to me as I place my arms around her waist.
"I love you Star." I said, kissing her back a few times.
"I love you too Midnight." She said, blowing out the candle as we both fell fast asleep in each other's embrace.
Next Day 2:00pm
"Remember the plan?" Strong Hoof asked. I gave a nod of my head and stood up from where I was sitting.
"I will be the distraction, just get everypony to safety."
"Midnight, you know you might not make it out of this?" Strong Hoof said, causing me to smile.
"That is a risk I am willing to take. Just promise me that you and every other pony will make it out safely." Strong Hoof nodded his head and put a hoof on my shoulder.
"It has been an honor to know you Midnight." He said, before walking past me and towards the door, a slight laugh as he exited. I looked towards the table and realized there was a small wooden box on it. Before I could call back to Strong Hoof he was already gone. Curiosity got the better of me as I opened the box. Nestled inside the box was some sort of metal rectangular object. I slowly took the object out of the box and examined it. It fit perfectly in the palm of my hand and on the front of it, was a design of a small dragon. I slowly began to examine the rest of the object before I found something scribed into the object.
I couldn't make out what the writing said, but continued to stare at the metal object before placing it into my pocket.
"I hope this thing is a good luck charm. I'm definitely going to need it." I then began to walk out of the room and out of the barracks.
Ten Minutes Later
"Alright, let's see here. This little thing goes right here and this part goes right there and done." I said, taking a step back from a large barrel propped up against a solid wooden gate. I took a few steps back and stopped at the tip of the fuse.
"Well, Celestia have mercy on us if this doesn't work." I quickly pulled out a flint and tender and struck the tip of the fuse a few times. After the third strike, the fuse sparked and quickly began to burn. I quickly ran behind cover and within a few seconds a loud explosion shook the area. Debris littered the area and a massive hole was now visible in the solid wooden fence.
"That surely must have gotten their attention." I said, running through the blown out wall. A siren began to sound and I began to hear hoofsteps quickly approaching my location. I smiled as I continued to run further into the mines, guard ponies quickly in pursuit. I continued to run until I came to a dead end. I turned around and watched as several guard ponies approached me. They stopped and smirked as they one of them approached me.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Somepony here is trying to escape." He said, laughing as he took another step forward.
"So you thought you could get away from us did you. You thought that you could just run on out of here and be free. Ha, you really are pathetic." I smiled at this guard's little speech.
"Who said I was trying to run from you. I just needed to buy a little time." I said, cocking a nasty grin as another loud explosion could be heard.
"What in the hay was that?" one of the guards asked. I began to laugh and point in the complete opposite direction of where we were.
"That is the sound of everypony escaping to their freedom. You really are stupid, falling for the bait like that." The guard reared his head back around and took a step closer.
"I don't care if everypony in this mine is gone. I'm going to torture you and kill you with my own bare hooves." He said, pulling out a metal cupping and placing it on the bottom of his front hoof.
"What the hell is that?" I asked, only to have the pony lunge at me and connect his hoof into my stomach. I couldn't move as a sense of pain filtered through my body.
"Ha. Hope you liked that. There is plenty more of that to come before I'm done with you." He said, starting to pound me with his hooves. The other guards soon joined in and began to beat me with their hooves. I let out coughs of blood as I was continuously beaten. I gripped the locket I had and held onto it for dear life. A guard noticed this and tried to pry it away from my hands. I held onto it in a death clutch and refused to let go.
"You slimy colts are not taken this away from me." I yelled. I received many blows to the face and reluctantly lost my grip on the locket. A guard took this as his opportunity to pull with all his might and break the locket free from my grasp and chest. I started to thrash and flail about, howling like a rabid animal.
"Give that back. You fucking give that back now." I yelled. The guard smiled and opened the locket.
"Aw, look. It's a picture of his little family. How sweet." He said, some of the other guards were snickering as they held my body in place. The guard holding the locket strolled up to me and held the open locket in front of my face.
"This will be the last image you see before you die. I hope you are ready." He said, closing the locket and stuffing it into his pocket. I growled and continued to thrash about like a rabid animal.
"I'm going to fucking kill you." I yelled, receiving another beat down by all of the guards. The guards continued to beat me and the only thing on my mind was that locket.
"Mom. Just wait a little longer. A little longer." I yelled mentally. A faint glow began to expose itself from my pocket as the small metallic object from earlier began to glow. I continued to thrash about and focused on the locket.
"Give me strength. Give me the power I need to get back what it rightfully mine." I yelled. The light began to intensify and all the guards beating me quickly drew away. I lay on the ground, clutching my fist as I started to weakly stand up from the ground.
"You have no idea what it is like to be separated from your loved ones. You have no idea what kind of hell I have been through. I will make you pay though. I will make you all pay for what you have done. I am going to make you all suffer the way I suffered." I yelled, my voice starting to growl and my eyes turning red. The light intensified one last time, blinding everypony around us. As the glow passed I began to move my right arm and realized that there was something attached to it. It was metallic and seemed to be an armor of sorts. Its sleek, blood red appearance shimmered in the faint light given off by the lanterns used to light the mine. An oval yellow crystal was centered near the top base of my wrist and with its translucent appearance, a small flame danced lively inside. The other guards took defensive positions and began to attack. They attack relentlessly, but were met with swift defeat from my new power. My right arm was glowing faint red with an aura twisting from all around myself. I then started to slowly stroll towards the last guard, the same one who had my locket in his hoof. The guard froze in fear and forcefully threw the locket at me. I caught it in my left hand and before the guard had time to run away, I grabbed him by his tail and pulled him towards me. I looked down at the locket and then back at the guard. He was shaking and cowering in fear. After placing the locket around my neck I smiled and brought my right arm down onto the guards back leg. It broke as he let out a deafening scream. I then threw him against the wall of the cave and walked over to him. I got down to where we were eye level and stared blankly at his face.
"If you ever threaten me or my family ever again, I will not hesitate to kill you." I said, before standing up and walking away. The red armor that covered my arm disappeared and I casually walked through the remains of the mine, wondering what had just happened.
Outside The Mine (Forty Five Minutes Later)
I quickly ran towards the exit of the mine and within a few seconds, was standing in broad daylight. As my eyes quickly adjusted, I looked around to see ponies cheering and hugging each other. A smile spread across my face as I walked up to Strong Hoof. He turned his head and our eyes met. I could tell something wasn't right the moment we made eye contact. His eyes were filled with some sort of regret or guilt. He pulled me into a hug and I stood there motionless, not sure of what to do.
"I'm so sorry." He said. I pulled away from the hug and looked at him with a serious face.
"What happened?" I asked, serious and nervous at the same time. He turned his head away from me again and sighed.
"It's Star Gazer Midnight." His voice was low and shaky. My palms began to sweat as I looked around the crowd of ponies and didn't see her.
"What happened, where is she?" I yelled, starting to get even more anxious and nervous. Strong Hoof just shook his head.
"Midnight, I'm so sorry. There was nothing we could do. She... she is gone." Strong Hoof said, looking at me with sorrowful eyes. My eyes began to tear up and I slowly clutched my fist. All was silent for a few minutes before I spoke up in a shaky voice.
"How... how did she die?" I asked, my voice trembling slightly.
"She was shot with an arrow trying to protect a few young foals. We didn't meet heavy resistance, as most of the guards followed you. But, we still met some of them who just had time to arm themselves." Strong Hoof placed a hoof on my shoulder.
"Midnight, if there is anything I can do, please let me..." he was stopped by me slowly walking away from him.
"Midnight, where are you going?" he asked. I turned my head around just enough for him to see the side of my face.
"I'm going to go pay Mr. Silvervein a visit." I said, walking along a dirt road, towards what I thought was Canterlot.
Silvervein's Mansion
"What the hell do you mean they got away?" Silvervein angrily yelled. A messenger cowered at the loud voice and took a few steps back.
"Just get out of my sight. I don't want to ever see you again." He bellowed, causing the messenger to scamper out the door. The unicorn sighed and walked over to his cabinet. He pulled out a glass container and began to pour scotch into a small glass. He set the glass down and began to drink.
"Ten years and you are still just the way I remember." A voice called out from the dark. Silvervein quickly turned around and stared into the darkness.
"Who said that?" the unicorn shouted angrily into the dark. He was met with silence and then a small laughter.
"I'm surprised you don't remember me. I remember you. I remember that you were the cause of all my suffering for the last ten years." A figure stepped out from the shadows to reveal itself to the unicorn.
"You... no, it can't be you." The unicorn yelled, stepping backwards and stumbling over his two back hooves. He fell to the ground as I slowly approached him.
"You have put me through so much pain these past ten years. I have never forgiven you for that. You have taken everything away from me, my life, my family, my lover." I spoke the few last words in a whisper.
"I'm going to fucking kill you." I yelled. A blinding light filled the room and when it cleared, my arm was wrapped in the same blood red armor that I had when fighting the guards in Crystal Mine. The unicorn stared at me in shock as I reared back my right arm. I slammed it into his body and he was sent flying across the room and into a bookcase. The bookcase was completely destroyed on impact. I slowly walked towards the unicorn who was staring up at me with fear in his eyes.
"Any last words before I end your pathetic life?" I asked, distaste filling my mouth when I asked.
"Please, I'm sorry. Maybe we can work out a deal, you know. How many bits would it take to forget about this whole thing?" he tried to bargain. I lifted him up with my left hand and reared my right hand back. I was about to strike him down when all of a sudden I heard a voice echo in my head.
"Midnight, what are you doing. I raised you better than this. This is not what I want for you." The voice of Twilight echoed in my head. I stood there for a minute, holding the unicorn in my left while trying to control my shaking right arm. I then slowly began to release Silvervein as he fell to the floor in front of me. I looked down at him and kneed him in the face. He let out a scream of pain as I bent down and grabbed his throat with my left hand. I slowly undid my locket from around my neck and opened it. I stared at it for a moment and then turned it around to face him.
"Look long and hard at this picture. These ponies are the reason why you are not fucking dead right now. If I had it my way, you would be slowly tortured and then I would kill you. But I was raised better than that; and you have these ponies to thank for sparing your life. You took everything away from me so it is only right to return the favor." I said, rearing my right arm back and smashing it into the unicorn's horn. It shattered into a hundred pieces as he began to roll on the ground in pain. His screams echoed the empty house and I slowly stood up from where I was.
"Now you will always remember." I said, walking towards the door and then opening it. I turned back to see the unicorn still doubled over and screaming in pain. I then walked out the door with a small smile on my face.
Ponyville (Two Days Later)
"I'm going to the market Spike do you need anything?" Twilight asked. Spike was sitting on the tidying up the library and looked back towards Twilight.
"No Twilight, I'm good." Spike said, Twilight giving him a smile before walking out the door.
Ponyville Market
Twilight began to walk through the market, admiring all the stalls and shops. She came towards a fruit stand and smiled as she pulled an apple off. She looked up at the vendor and smiled.
"Hey Applejack. How much for a few apples?" she asked. Applejack laughed and tipped her hat.
"How many times do I have to tell you Twilight, it's free for you." She said, Twilight laughing and placing a few apples in her saddlebag.
"I know A.J. but I always feel bad about it." Twilight said. Applejack smiled at her comment.
"Think nothing of it Twi. You know as much as me that you helped save my flank during apple-bucking season. It's the least I can do for you." Twilight smiled and nodded her head.
"Well thank you Applejack. I really appreciate it." Applejack smiled and tipped her hat towards Twilight. Twilight then began to trot to another stall. She stopped at a stall that sold an assortment of vegetables. She began to browse their selection and smiled as she came upon a stack of leeks.
"Excuse me, but how much are these?" Twilight asked. The mare behind the counter smiled.
"They are two bits a leek or a three bits for five." The white Pegasus behind the counter said. Twilight smiled and placed five bits on the counter. She then began to levitate the leeks into her saddlebag. She was almost done levitating the last leek into her bag when she began to turn around. Twilight's hold on the leek stopped and the leek fell to the floor. Twilight stared in shock as a hooded figure, walking on two legs, stopped a few feet away from her. Twilight didn't know what think; she was in such a state of shock that she stood still with her mouth agape. The hooded figure began to undo his hood as more and more ponies gathered around and watched the scene unfold. Twilight feel on her back side as she clearly saw the face of the creature. It looked like Midnight, but only older.
"Midnight?" Twilight asked through her speechlessness. The creature undid something around his neck and began to walk forward. He was only a foot away from Twilight as he knelt down and took her hoof. He then placed the small trinket in her hoof and Twilight gazed at it. She instantly recognized it and quickly opened it. Inside was the same picture she had placed there, so many years ago. Twilight's eyes shot back and they made eye contact.
"Midnight?" she asked through her shaky voice. (First P.O.V. change to Midnight). I smiled and pulled her into a hug.
"Mom, I'm home." I said. I could hear gasps from the crowd and felt the tears that Twilight was crying.
"Yes Midnight. You are home now. My little colt is home." She said through her tears of joy, as everypony watched the heartfelt scene unfold in the middle of the market.