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"This is me speaking"

'I'm thinking...I'm thinking'

Patrick

The awkward silence that had fallen after introducing myself had lasted minutes. The filly was terrified of me, that much was curtain, but it seemed that she was too scared to move or run away. So she sat there, staring into my eye sockets, almost daring me to prove that I was the monster she thought I was.

'This is going to be a long day.'

I straitened my back, and coughed into my hand. This snapped the filly into attention, one that would make any drill sergeant proud.

I nodded my head towards her, "This is where you say what your name is."

The filly turned towards Moondancer, seemingly asking for her approval.

Moon nodded her head and the filly turned back towards me.

"I...It's Scootaloo."

"Um. That's a nice name. I'm glad to see you up and about, despite someone" I turned my sight towards Moondancer "telling me she would keep you in bed."

"I never said that." Moon said, sitting down and crossing her hoofs " and it wasn't my fault you picked the ONE TREE" she put her hoof up, "that can be seen from our bedroom to sit under." A fierce frown grew on her face "And what was that about letting Spirit eat ice cream for breakfast?"

I rolled my head slightly to replace my eyes "Just for today. Besides, it all turns into pure magic anyway."

"Aaag" she loudly sighed while standing up "You always pull the Lich card. 'It's not like impaling does anything to her. Her lungs don't work so she can't technically drown.' "

I shrugged my shoulders. "She can't."

"That's great!" she said, putting her hoofs on her head "But that doesn't mean it doesn't stress me right out!"

I was about to argue when I heard giggling. We turned towards Scootaloo and saw her trying and failing to contain her laughter.

I looked back at Moondancer. "Why don't you go check on Spirit and yell at her a bit. I'll talk to our guest"

Moon gave me one last glare before turning around and walking back into the house.

I went back to the tree and sat down, and waited for Scootaloo to finish.

'I might be in the dog house tonight but at least it seems to have broken the ice a bit.'

She eventually stopped laughing and sat down in front of me. While she still looked a little weary, she seemed to be a bit more comfortable with my appearance.

"Well," I said "now that we're alone, do you have any questions?"

"Umm...Where are we?"

"Under the Everfree forest, in a cave I modified."

Scootaloo looked around, her eyes full of childlike wonder.

"This is a cave?!"

"Yep. I created an Artificial sun," which I pointed at. Her eyes were first glued to my boney finger but her attention was consumed by the object" and grew all the plants around there. The river and lake" point "comes from an underground river and all the animals down here have become part of the ecosystem."

"Wow. Ahhh...Where's the exit?"

"There are some small openings and a few large vents for air but there's no quote 'door' out of here."

Scootaloo started to look afraid, but I quick calmed her mind.

"That's mostly because Moondancer, Spirit and myself can just teleport out. A large door would just attract attention."

"Ohhhhhhhh. Does that mean you'll take me home?"

"Yes I will..." A large smile grew on her face "...but only after I ask you a few questions myself." and the smile disappeared.

"Questions?"

"Yes. Now I know you have a few yourself, so how about we play a game."

"A game?" she said, tilting her head "How do we play?"

"Well, I'll ask a question and you have to answer trustfully and then you ask one and I'll answer trustfully. And we each get one veto answer, but only one."

"Veto?"

"Means you can skip the question being asked."

"Oh. Ok!"

"Alright. Now I'll go first: 'how are you feeling?' "

"Alright I guess. A little sore but good."

"So 7.5 out of 10."

"Yeah. Ok my turn : 'what are you?' "

"Well I used to be human..." her eyes lit up a bit. 'seems she's heard of us before.' "But now I'm a Lich."

"What's a Lich?"

"Ah." I said, lifting up a finger "It's not your turn."

She pouted but didn't argue.

"OK."

"Alright, now I know you live in Ponyville but do you like it there?"

"Yeah, It's great! My best friends live there and so does Rainbow Dash!"

"The Element of Loyalty?"

"Yeah! She even made me her sister! It's so cool."

A smile nearly spilt her face in two.

'So that crosses any siblings off the list.'

"Well, I'm glad you like it there."

"My turn! What's a Lich?"

"Well, I'll try to be as unnerdy as possible," She giggled "but I'll explain it. Now when a pony dies, their soul leaves their body. Right?"

"Right."

"Now a Lich is a being who has tied his or her soul to an object instead of their physical body, so we can live on even when our body dies."

"Wow."

"But our physical body still rots away." I opened my robes a bit, giving Scootaloo a view of my ribs " So even though I'm 'alive', my body is now just a skeleton."

"That's weird."

"Tell me about it. Now..." I paused to think about how I can word this " you've seen my family, what's yours look like."

She looked down, her face losing some of its glow.

"I...My moms ...g..gone, but my dad..." she stopped and started to rub her hoof.

"Do you want to use your veto?"

"Yes please."

"Ok."

'And there it is."

After about a minute of silence Scootaloo looked back at me.

"How long have you lived here?"

"Well, I've lived in here for about 500 years, but I've been walking around Equestria for about 3000 years."

"Ohh! You're so old! Hahaha!"

"Yeah, yeah. Yuk it up."

I got her attention and asked my final question. "Now Scootaloo. What were you doing in the Everfree forest that late at night?"

"Ahhhh..." Her eyes wondered, lookind at anything but me.

"I need you to be honest with me Scootaloo. The injury you had was really bad, and I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. So please answer me Scoots; Why were you out there at that hour?"

"I got kicked out."

"Sorry but you're going to have to speak up."

"I got Kicked out, OK!"

There were tears starting to fall down her face, but she had an angry look on her face.

She wiped her eyes and spoke up. "My dad kicked me out. He...he said got sick of looking at me."

" 'looking at you'? "

" I can't fly," She looked at her wings, which were still under the bandages. "no matter how hard I try. I just can't. And because mom was a great flyer, dad says I wasted moms sacrifice. And...and" She started to cry harder. "he says I should have died in stand."

I pulled her into a hug before she could protest. She cried even harder now, but returned the hug.

"It's going to be ok Scootaloo."

"You can't tell anypony." she said, pulling any from the hug. "Please."

"Ok, I won't. my lips are sealed."

She started giggling, despite the tears still in her eyes.

"What's so funny?"

"You don't have lips silly."

"Well, look whose so smart." She jumped away, a smile on her face.

"I can take you home, but do you want to stay for lunch?"

"Yes."

"Yes what?"

She rolled her eyes "Yes please."

She ran back to the house, and ran inside.

'I said that I wouldn't say thing. but I never said that I wouldn't do anything.'

Scootaloo

We had to wait a while before lunch but the fruit salad was awesome. I even got to meet Spirit who was even more nervous than me.

We sat next to each other at the table, telling stories about ourselves

"...and the doctors keep saying things like "bleed out" and "possible permanent damage". *Pssh*, what do they know?"

"I didn't know that trying to get a "rose picking cutie mark" could be so dangerous."

After, Pat healed the rest of me and removed my bandages, so that the ponies of Ponyville didn't get suspicious. I felt great, but I had to go home afterward. After saying goodbye (and having Spirit cry while giving me a hug), Pat teleported us to the edge of the Everfree. I said goodbye and walked back to Ponyville.

When I got to the market I ran into Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.

"Scootaloo!"

"Oh. Hey guys. How's it going?"

"Never mind us, where were you this morning?"

"Yeah, we looked 'verywhere."

"Oh...I just went for a walk in the Whitetail forest. I just need some time alone to think, yeah know."

"Yeah, I think Rarity does the same, expect she just lays on her back and stares into space while eating ice cream." Sweetie Belle said, re-enacting the scene for us.

Me and Applebloom shared a look but shrugged it off.

5 hours later

It had gotten dark and I was heading home. I opened the door and walked in, being as quite as I can. However, as I was walking past the living room I was caught by my father.

"Where were you this morning?"

I stopped and looked; he was in his chair, drinking but he hasn't stood up yet.

"I...went for a walk. I was out anyway so I..."

He got up, throwing the bottle at my head. I ducked it without thinking about it.

'I think doing our Cutie mark adventures finally paid off.'

By the time I looked up he was already in front of me.

"You little shit!" He said, right before he back-hoofed me.

I slid on the floor, and before I could get back up he was in front of me again.

"What do you mean 'you were out.'!?"

"I...I..." I said, tears starting to run down my face. "I mean..."

"What was it you MEANT to say!"

"I...I meant; I ran away last night...bu...but I learned my lesson and came home."

"Of course you did. "

He stared at me, focusing on my nose, before slamming his hoof into it.

My nose shattered under the force and started to bleed. I cried out in pain as he hit me and curdled up in a ball, holding my nose as the tears mixed with the blood.

"Good," he said, as I heard him take a few steps "and here I was thinking I didn't do a good enough job last night. Go to bed. I'm sick of looking at you."

I slowly dragged myself upstairs to my bedroom. I started to cry harder as I got into bed.

'Goodnight Applebloom. Goodnight Sweetie Belle. Goodnight Rainbow Dash. Goodnight Patrick...sorry you wasted your magic healing me. Goodnight dad...'

I looked up at the stars once more before closing my eyes.

"Goodnight mom."

Patrick

"I'm going to kill him."

I was staring through the window of Scootaloo's house, watching the scene play out before me. And as horrible as it sounds, I was expecting this. There was nothing I would like more then to rip that bastard apart, piece by piece, and take Scootaloo away from here. But that would led to questions, and the last thing my family needs is to be on the radar, especially now with that princess living here.

'But how am I going to get Scootaloo out of here?'

Leaving hints to different ponies could work, but if he is a 'respected' member of the community, then it could just get covered up.

'Just like that Cidna Mine mission in Skyrim. Come on Patrick think...use that un-existent brain of yours.'

That's when it came to me...video games. The Ponies of this world knew nothing about video games or movies...or memes.

'Hehehehe. I wonder what Slender Man would do if he were here.'

I turned back towards the window, seeing the that waste of organic material. A plan of action slowly making its way through my mind.

'You're a dead m...pony buster.'

The Ponies of this world said that they perfected peace, while the Griffions bust how they mastered War. But Humans had mastered and perfected something a long time ago:

Cruelty.

'And by the end of this...

Luna

"I'll tear your soul from your screaming body."

"AAAHH!"

I sat up, sweating. Somepony...no, something was just plotting murder. But that thought, it was strong enough to intrude into the dream realm. Only beings of terrible power have been able to have waking thoughts enter my realm. Whatever it was, it would be a deadly foe, and I somehow knew this power.

'But from where?'

"Luna? Is everything alright?"

I looked to my left, there was Celestia, looked worried. I looked around and remembered that I was at a council meeting. I guess I had fallen asleep...again.

"No," I said my sister "I had a terrible dream. Something dangerous is here sister. It's in Equestria."

"What is? Do you know where?"

"I...I don't know sister. But it's powerful, and ancient. More so then you or I Tia, I could feel the age on it."

Tia looked worried as the council began to talk amount themselves.

She looked back at me and said "I'll write to Twilight and Cadence right away."

Hey everyone, Firstly I would like to sorry for the lateness of this chapter. School and life have been tiring and with writing multiple essays, the last thing I wanted to do is write some more. But here I am, refreshed and ready to work.

Now for those of you who read my crossover, I want you to know that its not on hiatus, it's just that writing it takes a bit more work then my lich story and its chapters are about 4 to 5 times longer, but the beta outline for it is done and I'll start working on it soon.

Hope you enjoyed it and that it hits you right in the feels. Have a great day.

P.S. My 'editor' worries that Patrick's response is a little extreme. And he's right. Patrick won't (most likely) kill him, he's just angry and, in the heat of the moment, said what he feels like doing. too bad that's the only part Luna caught. This won't end badly