"The truth?... "
Stormy mind was still buzzing about his little brother words, what truth, does it had to do something with the Princess condition when she was being treated on this hospital?, ever since she read that medical report about her, she was acting like if she wanted to contain or deal with something alone. The Door with Luna Cutie mark on it was closed and only Mistshine had the key… behind that door, Luna was fighting, with all her strength against Nightmare Moon, against her own past, the image of all her anger, hate and despair was in front of her, Luna kept using the rusty pipe, but Nightmare only dodge the attack, Luna was open for a attack, thing that Nightmare didn't waist time and launched a magical blast to the princess, as she screamed from direct hit she took, Stormy mind and heart skipped a beat, he looked at his brother…
"Mistshine, please I need the Key! " Stormy was getting worried about the princess
" Sorry mister… but you are not ready yet to face the truth " Said Mistshine, walking with the key to the director office
"P-please…. Brother don't go "Stormy started to cry
Mistshine ignored the tears of his big bro and opened the door to the director office, the strange thing was, that the door did not closed, like if he wanted to search something there, Stormy, before following his brother, took another look on the door that leads toward the princess and prayed for her return, as he entered the director office the door closed, Stormy used his illumination spell, he was able to see again in the dark, but the strange thing was, Mistshine was nowhere in the office, and there was no other exit, he couldn't just disappear into thin air, he is not a unicorn to learn the teleport spell, but there was something on the director table… it was the Fluttershy doll, used as paperweight, holding down what it looks like a videotape?, there was a label on the tape, it reads " play me ", Stormy looked at a TV that was near the office, it had a VHS recorder connected, Stormy pressed the button, by miracle it worked, and placed the tape… the beginning of the video was emitting static, after a while the video cleared up, and showed the Director office… the office showed a very damaged state… and screams could be heard on the background., the doctor Butterscotch started to spoke.
"There is nothing else we could do Princess… your sister condition cannot be reversed unless a huge amount of magic is required, princess…. Why didn't you came and visited your sister for once time at least? " The doctor looked sad and scared as he continued " Why did you abandon your only sister?, the only possible way to keep her conscious was, to always have somepony next to her, due to medical reasons, the pony that was keeping her company grew sick and we had to intervene… please Celestia…forgive us… for not being able to - "
The video then shows the door busting in flames, as a semi-corrupted Luna jumped towards the Doctor as the video started to again, lose the image and going into static, some images where flashing on the screen, the doctor screaming in agony as Luna's mane was breaking his bones, the nurse ponies running, only to be caught by the princess… but what it was worse, was, that she was transforming more and more into Nightmare moon, during all of this, that was the last image, Nightmare moon, stepping as hard as possible on the camera, as the video ended and ejected the tape.
Stormy was speechless… by the looks of it, the princess, the mare he loved… killed all those ponies 1000 years ago?, that can't be true!, his heart said, but his mind was conflicted, telling him " she killed them " , Stormy put his hooves on his head, trying to clear his mind, the screams of the patients and doctors still rang on his brain. If Luna did killed all those pony, why is not written on the Equestrian History?, even if Celestia wanted to keep that part hidden, there could not be any way in Equestria that would remain hidden forever… but… there was something on the video that it was off… there was no blood, usually if you kill somepony, the blood will stay on your hooves, and the walls would be splattered if the victim was crushed, that leads Stormy to think that maybe, when she became nightmare, she was trying to ask for help, but her actions turned into fear and chaos, maybe… she didn't kill all those ponies?, he took out his ocarina, before his mind drove him insane and played the Unicorn's path, the song effects covered all the room, and revealed it's true looks, it was black, and burned, most of the books in the bookshelf where illegible and the TV was broken, but there was something in the bookshelf that caught Stormy attention… it was a very old newspaper clip, it was legible enough to read, stormy sat on the old chair that the doctor used.
"Lunar Implosion on Canterlot Hospital " It read the title " a fire was reported on Canterlot hospital, the cause of the explosion was a huge burst of fire magic, there are several ponies injured, but fortunately… " Stormy smile grew " no tragic victims " but as quickly as the smile appeared on his face, it disappeared when he read the last lines of the report " only one pony resulted with several fractures, and provable will be unable to walk again, the victim name was…. Doctor Butterscotch, the one responsible of taking care of Princess Luna… which current location is unknown "
"This newspaper… "Stormy said as he read the date "is from 1000 years ago, when Luna was banished" Stormy mind processed the information quickly " Luna is blaming herself of what happened to Butterscotch, and she is thinking that if… "
Stormy froze… he was a very smart one… and he could feel the fear Luna was feeling, trying to contain that part of herself, her guilt, pain and suffering, he will not let Luna to face those things alone, Stormy turned back to the door to return to the examination room, even if he have to take the door down, he will help Luna, as soon as he placed a hoof on the doorknob, a soft " yay " was heard, The effects of the unicorn path had already ended, Stormy saw on the desk that the Fluttershy doll had the key with Luna cutie mark, as Stormy picked up the key, the doll slowly crumble into dust, it was not the original, Stormy exited the director office and used the Key on the marked door, the door opened, just to be received by a huge amount of purple mist.
Below, The princess was fighting the Black Alicorn, also know as Nightmare Moon, each magic blast she launched, it passed right thought her, but Luna has gone the worst part, her wings where already wounded, and her legs showed several cuts, The Black Alicorn on the other hand, didn't looked harmed at all… Stormy yelled the princess name, coming down on a nearby ladder, drawing both mares attention, the Black Alicorn changed target and launched herself to Stormy
"Stormy, behind you! " Luna yelled, launching another magical blast at the creature
"I noticed! " Stormy jumped dodging the creature attack; he used a teleport Spell to come near the princess
"Having that little colt won't help you… you will accept your fate, and is to be alone, the daylight is not needed "The Black Alicorn replied appearing before them
"You are wrong!" Luna said holding her hooves on her head, trying to make the enemy influence out of her mind
"Luna… "Stormy took out his ocarina again, playing it in the middle of the battle leaves him very opened "I will play the Unicorn Path, when you have the change, attack her "Stormy said to the princess
" Stormy… I " Luna wanted to apologize for her previous behavior, but she was interrupted by Stormy
" I already know Luna… I trust you with my life " Said stormy with a smile " and I will always be there for you, no matter what happens "
Stormy knew the risk of playing the song in the middle of a heated battle, but he needed to do this, as he played the ocarina, the magical effects of the song became notorious over Nightmare Moon, and Luna was able to see the true form of her attacker, her body was the same from Luna's nightmares, her coat color was a very dark violet, almost next to black, just that she had her eyes missing, and had multiple dark red areas on her body, indicating bloodstains, she had a broken green with blue armor, helmet included, but weird enough, it had skeletal design, her mane and tail where grey colored with white sparks, but her mouth had fangs, her cutie mark was a Red full moon with grey clouds surrounding it, but, the Black Alicorn Ribs where exposed and they where sharp, and her wings, capable of flight, didn't had many advantage, since, they looked like a bunch of feathers where missing, Luna shot a magic blast at her, and it did hit her this time, the ancient song was making her vulnerable, the Black Alicorn started to bleed it's black blood on the fence floor
"Luna, don't waist time!" Stormy mentioned, keeping the ancient song effect active
" oh no you don't " The Black Alicorn instantly used a fire magic
The fire surrounded Stormy, he tried to exit the fire ring but the flames grew higher each time he tries to jump, if he cancel the ancient song to get out using the teleport spell, the Black Alicorn will have the advantage, the fence below Stormy´s hooves started to grow hot, the creature using her dark magic made a translucent bubble that held the stallion trapped inside with the fire, Stormy could not break from the inside, he tried to put out the flames with his raincoat, but his raincoat caught the fire, the air inside the little bubble was starting to lose oxygen, Stormy manage to pull out the flames from his raincoat, but continue to concentrate on keeping the magic going
" auch auch, this is hot! " Stormy said, keeping the effect going
"im coming! " Luna changed direction to the bubble
"Luna forget it!, this is a distraction, notice how my magic wasn't blocked? " Stormy said coughing a little
Luna launched to attack the bubble, ignoring Stormy request to attack the creature, The Black Alicorn took advantage of this and flew towards the princess, she used her exposed ribs to injure Luna's wings, the princess felt a penetrating pain circulating on her body, she could not fly or even hover with both wings damaged, time was getting short, as the air in the bubble started to run low, and it was filling completely with smoke, Stormy lay on the ground, trying to breathe as little as necessary, he remembered the Song of Time he found in the archives, but if Luna is not next to him, she will be affected, Stormy could only watch as the princess was fighting… Luna was getting worried, watching stormy body grew weak to both, the magic exhaustion and the lack of air, she changed the things a little bit, and used her pipe as a boomerang, the creature obviously dodged the attack, but noticed the steel pipe was coming back, but towards the bubble, as she Flew as fast as possible to stop it, Luna saw her perfect chance, using her magic, she made the pipe froze in mid air, and heads towards the Black Alicorn, the creature noticing this, tried to change direction, but the pipe stabbed her in her torso, where the exposed ribs where, the creature let out a distorted scream, as she caught a little blood, Luna shoot a magical bullet towards the bubble, making it break, the smoke disappeared quickly and Stormy was recovering, the fire itself, without being contained, could not cause suffocation, but it could cause burns, Luna used a teleporting spell to take him out of the fire ring, it worked. Since stormy was keeping the effect on with his magic, the black alicorn was suffering the pain from her wound
"Looks our roles… "Stormy cough a little, getting more air each time he opened his mouth " has been reversed since we met, right princess? "
"you may say that, but we will discuss that later " Luna was smiling but also exhausted but the use of constant magic blast on the Black Alicorn
"I…..h…..a….ven´t…. died….. you….. will….ne…ver….get rid of ME…. IM… YOU….YOU ARE….ME! "
Those words came from the creature, it still had Luna pipe on her torso, making her lungs fill with blood, and her heart was stabbed, Stormy and Luna didn't hesitated and launched to attack her, Stormy gave Noirstar´s Sword to Luna, as he bucked with his back hooves the Black Alicorn on her face, making her lose balance, Luna then pierced again the Alicorn exposed part with such strength, the handle of the sword even got inside her wicked heart, and the blade exited on the back of their foe, also Luna's horn got nailed on the creature throat, the black blood of Alicorn stained Luna's hooves and part of her mane, Stormy stopped the song effects, and when it ended… the creature was still as she was… just that her blood turned red… Stormy placed a hoof on Luna's shoulder, as both saw that the creature breathing was no longer coming from it
"You are right….. About being part of me"Luna said, accepting that fact, but also taking out the sword and pipe from the corpse "but unlike you…. Im not alone "
The creature hit the floor hard… Luna still without looking to Stormy, returned the sword to him, he placed it on his back, since the steel pipe was already in his saddlebags, he was still surprised they where able to carry so many things, maybe thanks to the spell he used on said bags, Luna kept looking at the lifeless corpse of the creature… she walked towards the mirror, only to find her reflection, looking normal, but sad, as she was right now…
"but what if it is true?... if I became her again? " Luna questioned
"You won't "Stormy replied, coming closer to the princess
"But " she tried to think on the future, but Stormy placed a hoof kindly in her mouth to interrupt her
"You won't, I know it… and I will be by your side "Stormy said, smiling to the princess
He learned a few things from Pinkie Pie, especially when somepony need to be treated with kindness and care, but also, she taught Stormy to how to make things better with a smile, Luna looked confused as how her companion approached the corpse of the Black Alicorn, and with his magic moved the jaws of this one as in a puppet display.
"Oh hey Luna just for you to know, I will keep myself sleep, because im lazy and I don´t want to have my flank kicked by a crazy stallion with mental issues " Said Stormy, trying to imitate the Black Alicorn voice
"Pfffff…." Luna put a hoof in her mouth trying to contain the laughter form that display
"also… I forgot the cake for the occasion silly me " Stormy said, dropping the corpse
"Hahahahaha! " Luna laughed, making her felt relieved
" hehehe" Stormy moved to a side, and from out of nowhere, he took a Pony Skull, and made a made it talk with his magic, saying something like " look at me, im Miss Bones, say hi kids "
"hahaha, stop it" Luna laughed again
Their laughs cut short, as the skull bit stormy hoof, Stormy lose concentration of his magic, and let the skull drop on the floor, that's when he saw how the skull was picked up by a hoof, he turned around and he found the skull belonged to the Skeletal mare, the same one that had stolen his sword, but there was something different, she didn't have flesh on the wings anymore, they looked torn apart from her , instead, only the skeleton was, her cutie mark, and flesh on her body persisted, her front and back hooves also looked like bones, as soon as she placed her skull back in place, the flesh covered it… returning her angered look, her eyes… where all black, no red dot or anything, she raised Stormy´s sword, Luna used his magic to pull him out of the sword reach
" What the- , is she the creature that stole your sword?" Luna asked
"yep" Stormy confirmed, taking out Noirstar sword
"you-…cannot….escape….your….sins…." The Skeletal Mare said, launching herself
Being a Pegasus, she had speed, but that is the thing, if she is missing the feathers, why on in Equestria is she able to fly?, Luna took out her rusty pipe, to defend herself, but one powerful blow, from Stormy Sword, manage to broke it, Luna was opened for a attack, The Skeletal Mare Tried to bite her, Stormy shoot a magic Blast to it, the creature hit the mirror on the room, making it shatter, the pieces of the mirror felt on the creature flesh, Luna and Stormy took this opportunity to go up on the stairs, and exit through the door, as the door closed, Stormy used his last bit of magic to take down a closed filled with out of date medicines to block the path, both ponies ran, when they got to the reception, it did look normal, like if killing the Black Alicorn returned the hospital to it's previous state, but the strange thing was… the door to the main exit was changed, it had a different design, when Luna and Stormy opened it, they was a very potent light, that made both close their eyes
Once the light started to subside, Stormy and Luna saw that they where no longer in Canterlot, there was way too many buildings and the street was not natural, it had too much concrete, also, they where able to see the Statue of Friendship of the horizon, Luna tried to open the door that leads to the hospital, trying to see if that would send them back to Canterlot, but the doorknob felt, it was broken, a nearby map give stormy the hints he needed to figure out where he was, his mind froze as he saw the name
"Stormy… are you ok?, where are we? " Luna asked
"We… are in Manehatten " Stormy said, a little sadness could be heard from his voice
Stormy stored the map on his saddlebags, Luna noticed this, why Stormy wouldn't be happy about being in his hometown?, Stormy noticed the big building… commercial stores… even libraries and restaurants… the radio didn't took long to start emitting a sound, Both ponies took a look around and they noticed several Ceiling Fillies on the rooftops, they used the power lines, Stormy ran again, Luna followed him, Stormy looked a little afraid, as he ran, several voices sounded in his head, the creatures reached quickly, Stormy was out of magic, so does the princess, besides, she couldn't fly, her wings where still wounded and she haven't treated them, Stormy used the sword on the creatures, didn't take long for them to fall on the ground… blood from the creatures splattered stormy hooves, he tried to make it go away from his coat, Luna, sawing her stallion state, she hit him with her hoof on his face, making that hit come into his senses
"Stormy, calm down, you are getting me worried, ever since we came here, you have been acting strange, what the hay is wrong with you?! " Luna was getting angry, awaiting response
"Princess…. Im…. im sorry " Stormy apologized " is just… that this town, my hometown, bring many memories… most of them, are bad…. "
"I understand…. But acting like that will be very reckless, you know this place, is there is a place we can rest for a moment? "Luna said, her wounds where starting to affect her already
" mmmm…well, there… "Stormy remembered something "There is my home… " Stormy remembered the way from his home…
"guide me there " Luna said
As Stormy and Luna walked towards Stormy´s Fillyhood house, it started to rain… without any Pegasus intervention, using the map, Stormy manage to get to the street that leads towards his house… but the road was blocked, it was destroyed, just like in Canterlot, they tried to find a alternative route… the was one, passing through a commercial center… it was able to be recognized because it had a giant horseshoe on the roof, once they manage to enter from the main doors, all the placed looked empty, it may take a while to reach their destination, Luna sit on a nearby bench, tired of all the running so far… her body could not resist anymore, her wounds started to tired her, Stormy sat next to her and searched on her saddlebags for something to cure her, he found the bandages, and carefully extended the princess wings, she was getting used to being patched up by a stallion, but more importantly, by a former Lunar Guard, Stormy wasn't too wounded, he carefully placed the bandages on the princess wings, he tighten up a little to stop the bleeding, Luna was blushing, since her wings wasn't the only place she had cuts, as Stormy started to cover her wounds, he took out his sword and stored it on Luna saddlebag, a few minutes passed, and Luna was patched up already… she would have problems walking until she the wounds close. Since she already lost some blood on the way there
"Thanks…." Luna said, a little blushed " guess you retook you role as guardian? " she giggled a little
"hehehe, what kind of stallion would I be if I let you wounded? " Stormy got down from the bench and sat on the floor for Luna to climb on " come on, I will carry you over, until you get some rest "
"I appreciate the offer, but I can walk on my own " Luna said coming down from the bench
The adrenaline rush from before made the princess don't feel pain, but as soon as she placed a hoof on the floor, reality kicked in, she was not in conditions to run… or walk for that matter… she just had defeated the Black Alicorn after all, and her wounds are still fresh, Stormy placed her on his back, keeping her secure, he took a bite from one of the green apples he had, making him recover enough magic to make sure Luna could be on Stormy back without falling, Luna on the other hoof, took a drink from the energy drink… she felt better, but the taste of the drink, was not top quality, either way, she rested a while, as Stormy walked, trying to find the exit to the alleys.
It was really strange that there was no monsters on such a big place, anypony in that kind of hell will be praying to Celestia to do not find a creature, but the place was deserted from both… creatures and ponies, Stormy noticed on one of the stores, a music shop to be exact, 3 book of harmony pages, he won the lottery, as he entered the Store with Luna on his back, he noticed the 3 pages… one reads " Pegasus Storms " which allows to make it rain, since the clouds will generate above the user or target, the larger the cloud, the bigger the magic required, careful with lighting bolts though, the other was called " Equestria Soul ", It was a joyful song that revitalized anypony in close range, if used on a earth pony, their stamina will recover, if used on a pegasus, their tiredness will go and speed will increase for a short time, and used on a unicorn, it will recover all his magic, he could use it to recover the princess, Luna indicated, seeing the page, that it will require little magic, and with one green apple, Stormy have half capability, he was thinking of eating his last apple, but the princess, strangely enough, stop him… saying that is better to save it in emergency, and same thing with the song, the last song was called " Minuet of Everfree " and according to the princess, is one of the few dangerous songs on the book, since it allows to control plants and nature, but if the users mind is not concentrated or the magic is too weak, the plants could attack the user instead. Stormy did not tried any songs but he restored the pages on the book and place it on his saddlebags.
"Eleven pages to go "Stormy said, leaving the store
"How come the book is missing pages?, I remember that it was whole on the Royal Treasury " Luna stated, revealing some details about the book
"I don´t know, I found It on the library… only the winds of friendship song was there…wait… the book was in the Royal Treasury? " Stormy was surprised, since the Treasury 1000 yeas ago, was located on the Old Castle in the middle of the Everfree Forest
" yes…the book was created by Starwhirl the Bearded most faithful student descendant, Clover The Clever VII " Luna mentioned, as if she was present on the creation of the book "
" I see… so is very ancient… is a surprise it still works, did you and Celestia already born by then? " Stormy asked the princess "
"Of course, but I had like 4 years that time, Clover the Clever VII died of old age, creating that book " Luna replied, remembering the time she was able to see that old pony when she was just a little filly princess
"mmmm…. Well, this book has been very helpful, so I think is worth the try to return it to its original state " Stormy said exiting the music store
Stormy took the steel pipe just in case he had to fight a monster, Luna was already recovering a little strength and her wounds started to close… is amazing to him, how quickly Luna was recovering, Stormy got to the first floor of the mall, in there, was a exit to the alleys, but it was locked with a key, both ponies only sighted as they searched for the key, Stormy used the elevator to go directly to the offices department, since there was where the Manager of the mall was, Luna asked him, how did he know?, but he replied that she was right in something, Manehatten was his hometown, so he knows it like his back hoof, when they got up… the radio emitted static, stormy wanted to avoid fighting, due to the reason he have Luna on his back, but the princess also took out Noirstar sword, indicating she still had some magic left to still wield the weapons, Stormy looked up, no monsters on the roof, besides the door was broken, but there was also no monster on front, back or the sides… once he entered the manager office, he saw a new monster… it was a mare… perfectly formed…it was a beautiful display, but the skin was made of plastic, that mare was carrying over a rusty steel pipe, it had purple coat, but red mane and tail, she had the eyes and mouth covered up with a bandage, preventing her to see or scream, but could hear everything very well… it was a visible Earth pony… also, she seems to be wearing a bracelet and damaged clothes, her cutie mark was a lipstick but behind it a sad pony silhouette, Stormy by some reason, seemed to be attached by that creature…, and the creature didn't made things easy for him either, since she was walking on a very seductive way towards him, and strangely enough, she looked like a totally normal pony. From the Princess Point of view, she knew it was a monster, since the Bandages where bloodstained, like if she was crying tears of blood, also she had some scars on the visible parts of her body, but from Stormy point of view, it was if he was looking to another survivor, Luna tried to make Stormy reason, but the mare was clearly taking advantage of the situation, and hit Stormy with the steel pipe, that was enough to make him wake up, the creature attacked again, Stormy blocked it's attack with his steel pipe, Luna saw her opening and attacked the creature, that is then the things changed, each hit, made the creatures skin to break, revealing underneath coat-less flesh and part of a bone, the creature used its steel pipe to attack again, but this time, Stormy hit her face with the pipe, when he raised his hoof with the pipe, the creature used her back hooves to attack, hitting stormy on his face, he was taking quite a lot of damage, since earth ponies are know for their stamina and strength, the creature tried to jump towards Stormy, that's when both saw their opportunity and attacked at the same time, Luna stabbed the sword on the creature chest, a crack was heard when that happened, Stormy hit the creature with a horizontal attack, hitting it on the neck, another crack was heard, indicating that the " plastic " skin broke on her neck, and furthermore… breaking it, the creature felt on the floor and Stormy tried to finish it… but he looked at the bracelet the creature had… that made him stop completely… Luna saw this… and stabbed the creature with the sword… Stormy felt dizzy and had to sit on the floor for a while, Luna took from the corpse of the creature, her bracelet, the princess could felt magic coming from it…
"That mare…. i….i believe I saw her somewhere " Stormy said, shaking his head, like if he had the migraine from the century
"This bracelet…is a forbidden relic…." Luna said as she saw each detail of the object
"Forbidden Relic? " Stormy said confused
" yes… this is called; Deep Ambition bracelet " Luna's knowledge indentified the ancient relic quickly " is a magic bracelet that allow the user to be irresistible to the opposite gender " Luna continued " but it also makes the user to become more sexually aggressive and greedy, all their desires will come to light, the user is not able to take the bracelet out himself"
" Sexual desires?... but… if those came to light, won't that make the user lonely, seeing that the user is acting way too seductive " Stormy said… as if he was remembering something
" yes… it does… most ponies would not want to find those kind of things in public, Still the user has control over their desires and when to express them.. but not over their actions " Luna responded "for example, the user could control his/her sexual fantasies, but not the way she or he dresses " she continued " this thing was supposed to be on the bottom of the Neighagra Falls, why is it here? "
Stormy felt like if he knew the bracelet from before, he took the relic to see it for a moment… then… like if it was a heavy bell or something, both ponies felt a strong pain in their heads, as if the object made a sound that goes straight to their brains, Stormy passed out on the floor, and Luna also passed out on his back, everything faded to black… when he woke up, everything was different, he was no longer on the Commercial Center, he was in a elementary school, he saw the name of the school from the window he was in, it reads
" Manehatten university? How did I get here… Luna? "
he took a moment to see his back, but Luna was not with him, he was very confused and worried for the princess, there was something he noticed… he was in the old university from Manehatten, he tried to talk to the teacher, but his hoof didn't touch her, as if he was a ghost, he then noticed a little filly entering the classroom, it was a little mare, exactly as the monster he encountered before, but there was something different in her, something that let the stallion know that, it was not the Plastic Mare, her eyes, her cyan eyes where filled with kindness but her mouth and attitude reflected greed and pride, also her coat was red color, and her mane and tail where purple with a shade of pink, also a pink bowtie was on the end of her tail, also, her cutie mark was different, it was a lipstick lips, with the $ symbol on them, Stormy jaw nearly dropped as he saw himself sitting on the desk near the window, all the colts tried to ask the little filly out, the reason… it was heart and hooves day, the teacher spoke…
"Alright boys and girls, today we have a new class mate in our class today… she is Miss Redhoof, she is the daughter of the Mayor Goldenscroll, so try to behave " the teacher introduced to the new classmate
"nice to meet you Redhoof " all the boys welcomed her
"the daughter of the mayor eh?" Said the Little Stormy
"hmph… thanks… I guess… " she replied a little shy but mean
The Stormy sitting on his desk, was a little older that the one he had previously saw on his apartment house in Canterlot, the mare was almost the same age as him, and by some reason, they are the only " ghost " in color, all the other ones are grey colored, Stormy came closer to the mare as if he remembered from someplace…Redhoof passed right through him and sat down on the desk near his younger self, at that age… he remembered that his little bro Mistshine was in the kindergarten section…
"Hi… Im Stormy Brave " the little stormy replied
"Redhoof…" the mayor daughter replied
All the ghost disappeared, quickly as they came, Stormy had chance to check the classroom he was.. all the desk had dust on them, indicating the state of decay in each one, the teacher desk was opened and Stormy found a notebook, in it, Redhoof Grades where recorded, a little genius she was… but Stormy eyes grew wide when he checked his saddlebags, All their contents are gone!, as he saw on the window, he saw a red pony with a bag, on the bag, the ocarina shape could be seen, that pony had all his items!, he tried to exit the room, but it was locked from the outside… " Perfect… "he said in his mind, he checked another desk, the one where his ghost was, he found there a little knife, then, he checked Redhoof desk, he found a lilac purple ribbon there, why a lilac purple ribbon?, either way, he stored both things on his saddlebags, there was a second door next to the blackboard, it leads towards another classroom, he was able to open it, the other classroom was more empty, the blackboard was erased, and the door leading towards the passageway, once there, he saw the red pony trotting towards the first floor, when Stormy followed her, the stairs towards the first floor was blocked by fallen desk, cardboard boxes and cabinets, he could not go from there, so he had to search for another route, he started to search on the 2F for another way down, he knew he was on the second floor because, he was able to see the big tree that was on the middle of the first floor courtyard, there was a map, placed on the closed door that leads towards the classroom he was before, he could use it to see specific places, as he saw the map, there was a place that caught his attention, it was the cargo elevator, it leads towards the storage and the hallway of the first floor, he set his mind of trying to find out why he is seeing those ghost, could be memories from his own past?, speaking of which, he saw the Red pony ghost entering the elevator, Stormy ran and opened their steel doors, the pony was not there, there was 3 floors on the elevator, he pressed the first one, and the elevator took him to the chosen floor, once there, he noticed a lipstick mark on one of the walls
" wait… is that red pony…. No… Redhoof? "
He sure couldn't forget the specific rosemary lipstick she always use, and turned on the corner where the lipstick mark was, he reached to the door leading to the courtyard, as he looked at the lock, it was chained up, and the lock required a key, when he was about to leave to search for the key, he saw ad heard voices coming form the courtyard, he took a look and saw the red pony, Redhoof, being bullied by other ponies, she was wearing a seductive attire, but most importantly… her left hoof had the Deep Ambition bracelet
"get away bitch! " a older unicorn said, throwing stones at Redhoof
"no… stop, im not a bitch" Redhoof said, shielding herself the best she could behind the tree, her blue dress was starting to get dirty
"Then explain those clothes, admit it!, you are just seducing young colts! " said a pegasus mare. Yelling at her
" auch! " a stone hit Redhoof on her forehead " whoa! " she then was hold on "
" All your girls " said a unicorn using a paralysis spell, it was a big unicorn but with manners of a stick" make sure she learn her lesson about proper attire for a mayor descendant! "
"Please… help! " Redhoof plead for help
Stormy tuned his head away when he saw the younger mares and some colts that didn't felt under her seductive looks, throw stones at her with more strength, Stormy tried to intervene and launched a magical bullet between the bars, he was crying… as if that mare was part of his past, as a matter of fact, he started to remember her…then… he did remembered that scene in particular, when she was bullied, he came to her aid, the magical bullet stormy launched before, passed right through them, he cursed by not having the key, but then… he saw something, a counter spell for the paralysis, then a shield spell, the same spell he used on the Princess when he was on Canterlot Castle, but how?, he just learned the spell during this nightmare!, as he saw the tree, in one of the branches, there was his younger self, he let a smile, as his young image launched a fire spell, separating the bullies
"Leave her alone already!, are you by any chance better than her by doing this? " Young Stormy said, defending the earth pony
" did you felt under her enchantment?, she is a earth pony, she can't make magic, neither seduce colts so easy! " said a unicorn mare, her cutie mark was a book with a light bulb
"no, and you want to know why? " Young Stormy said, stepping out of the fire ring he created, he had a look that will scare most ponies " because you can't judge another pony for how they dress, or how they act, is the heart inside what counts, know I will ask nicely one more time… leave her alone "
A earth pony that Young Stormy had ignored, buck him on the face, making lose concentration of his spell, when the fire extinguish, he tried to go to the red mare, but Young Stormy, who clearly had a piss off look on his face, pull him from his tail and using his levitation spell, he send him flying towards the bullies, they quickly ran afterwards… then all the ghost, including Redhoof and his younger self, disappeared… on the tree, there was the bag with all his items…
" Redhoof…. Now I remember…. Those where….. my memories of her… why…. Why in Equestria is this happening? " Stormy put his hooves on his head, more confused that ever " does this means everything here is just a dream?, I could have hit my head pretty hard on one sword training and im a coma or something "
As soon as he said coma… he remembered his brother condition… he hit himself with his hoof, calling himself "stupid, stupid pony!, what kind of brother you are?!, there is no way you are in a coma!, if you where, who would take care of him?!, who will protect him?! " he got himself up… looking at a sigh on the tree, still with tears in his eyes. The sigh on the tree was too far away to read, since he was on the first floor now, he could start searching for the key, most of the doors however, where damaged, they had cuts, or they where blocked by furniture, as he walked, he reflected upon the ghost appearances… could those ghost be memories he lost?, or he had finally gone crazy due to the events that have been happening recently?, either way, he had to recovered his items, he checked the bathroom of the first floor, as soon as he placed one hoof inside… he felt something cold, he looked down, and the bathroom was flooded, the water was enough to cover his horseshoes, he could felt like if there was something bad there… but he went in anyway. The radio emitted a little static, alerting Stormy and placing him on guard stance, armed with the knife, he opened every door that leads to a toilet, but there was nothing… his answer came up, when he saw his reflection on the bathroom mirror, there was a pony crying on the last toilet, far from the door, Stormy could only see him using the mirror, so he used his magic to pull out the mirror and came closer to the crying pony.
" hey… kiddo…. Are you alright? "
The pony did not replied, it was a earth pony, but as soon as Stormy placed a hoof on him to try to reason with him, the pony jumped and despise being a foal, he manage to threw Stormy to the floor, he got up really quick and look again with the mirror, the earth pony was no longer there, but there was something on the toilet seat, Stormy levitated it, and took a look, it was a key to a classroom, it read " Classroom 3-D ", the kinder garden classrooms?, why there?, the Classrooms where separated by floor number so if it reads 3-D it is the forth classroom in the third floor. He exited the bathroom, and walked towards the elevator, the fact that there was no monsters made him at least fell some sort of relief, besides his only weapon is a knife that could break if it was used with too much strength, he did check the other classrooms on the first floor, but besides destroyed desk, and a weird smell of blood in the air, there was nothing out of place, he entered the elevator and pushed the little button with a 3 in it, using his magic, the elevator moved towards the Third Floor, once there, he checked the classrooms, most of them had little blocks or letters like ABC stuck on the walls, also, childish drawings where there, in one of the rooms however, Stormy found something out of place, it was one of the Harmony Pages, along with a drawing, made by a little colt, the drawing was 2 ponies, in the middle of a big heart, both ponies seems to be holding hooves, as in the left side, there was one black pony smiling, for some reason, that black pony made stormy felt uneasy, he then read the harmony page he found, it reads " Earth Pony Ballad "
" lets see… this song is filled with the passion and dedication of the earth ponies, it allow the user ( as long as he isn't a Earth pony ) , have more physical strength and stamina, just like if they where a combination of Earth Pony and the current race, but keep in mind that as long as the effect is in place, the user will be unable to use magic if he is a unicorn " the song description revealed the details about the spell " so… in other words, I will be more resistant to attacks and deals more damage, but I will lose the possibility of use magic for a while… not the best option if Im alone " Stormy replied to himself
He stored both, the page and the drawing in his saddlebags and continues searching the classrooms, there was one thing in another room that caught the stallion attention, there was a shower in the middle of the classroom, the door of the classroom reads " pony anatomy ", when he checked the shower, there was dry blood on the wall, but there was a Fluttershy doll on the base of the shower, the same doll that Mistshine always hold when he got into comatose state, Stormy picked up, it was dirty but it still made it's soft "yay" sound when pressed, Stormy opened the shower to try to clean it up, but that is when he felt a sticky substance exiting the hose, he turned around, and it was blood!, he freaked out, so much he hugged the doll tightly, he hit the wall with his plot, but he felt it moving, he turned around to see, and it was the plastic mare, she was there, the blood from the shower was going down the drain, as the mare was trying to bit Stormy´s neck, he used his horn to pierce her throat, a crack was head on the creature, Stormy quickly took out the knife and stabbed the creature on her torso to get her off, it did work, but the plastic mare was making now a noise, not fully recognizable, due to her mouth bandage, but from the sounds of it, it looks like crying?, he attacked with the knife once more on her torso, and found out something he missed before, since she was using clothes, the only weak point of that creature was the torso and belly, those parts, covered by the clothes, are soft, normal in some way, the creature stop moving as soon as Stormy used his knife on that weak spot, but sadly for him, the knife broke, do to the strength he used, now he was unarmed, he quickly exited the room and took the Fluttershy doll with him. His mind was already starting to shatter in pieces, he finally reached the 3-D classroom, and used the key he found before, the door opened without any problems, once inside… he found nothing else but ghosts, not the usual foals ghost, they where police colts and teacher, there was only one foal there, himself, crying, but he had multiple cuts and wounds in his body, not too serious, and, there was one little colt that was being taken by the hospital, stormy looked at that foal, and he saw on his hoof, the Fluttershy doll, he felt a cold fear, running on his spine, the door closed, the ghost seems to be having a discussion about something.
"How could this happen?... where did you find him? " the teacher asked Young Stormy
"here… he was not moving!, just crawling, im telling you!, I saw him!, a black colt!, he did this to my brother! " Young Stormy kept crying
"You are the only one here little one, how are we so sure that you didn't do this to your brother? " one of the police colts ask the crying colt
"what in Equestria are you saying!?" Young Stormy voice changed to a angry, yet sad voice " how do you dare thinking for a second that I did this to my little brother!? " his anger was starting to affect him seriously
"Really agent Keeneye?, that's was uncalled for " one of the Police colts said to his companion
"im just saying officer Silverbadge, the was the only one here right? " Keeneye replied
" No…" Young Stormy replied "there was other pony, one I saw leaving, the one that made me this Scars and attacked my brother! " he raised his voice, still sounding sad
"Give me the name son "Silverbadge asked
"you will never believe me…im sure ha had bought you too " Young Stormy now sounded ever more sad
"Kid, trust me… I will find the truth, tell me the name, please " Keeneye asked Young Stormy one more time
"HE IS BLACKHORN!, THE MAYOR OLDER SON! " Young Stormy finally snapped, revealing the name, screaming to the top of his lungs
An awkward silence filled the room, Stormy… seeing his ghost reaction… couldn't hold it anymore… as he remembered, that name… a name that he was sure ha had forgotten, he hugged again the Fluttershy doll tightly, as he remembered his first encounter with that pony