Chapter 15: Zecora
Ember and I were settling in nicely. I converted my parents' room into a room of my own and my old room to Ember's room. He enjoyed the new house and he enjoyed Ponyville. He had new ponies to talk to and lots of the town's ponies were very friendly to him, especially Applejack's younger sister, I believe her name is Apple Bloom. While Ember adventured through Ponyville, I studied black magic, but one day I decided it was time for Ember to meet Zecora.
"Ember!" I called.
"Yes Aura? Do you need something?" He asked.
"No, I was wondering if you wanted to meet my old friend, Zecora." I responded.
"Sure." He said. I smiled widely and packed a few things in my bag, mostly thing I had collected in Canterlot that I didn't need or want anymore that Zecora might like. I lead Ember through the Everfree forest. He was terrified, but I was able to keep him calm just by promising that there is nothing in the Forest that I couldn't take on. When I found Zecora's hut, I knocked on the door. She opened the door.
"Oh what a surprise to see you Aura Bliss,
What brings you back to this place?" She asked.
"I had gotten back from Canterlot a few days ago, and I thought I should visit you again." I said.
"It's nice to see you too,
But who is with you?" She asked.
"Oh, this is my personal assistant and friend, Ember."
"I am glad you came back with Aura,
My name is Zecora." She introduced to Ember.
"Nice to meet you too, Zecora." Ember said. Zecora stepped to the side.
"If you would,
Why don't come in and out of the cold." Zecora offered.
"Thank you, we brought you some books from Canterlot." I said and emptied my saddle bag and piled them on the table.
"Why do you live in this terrifying forest?" Ember asked.
"It's only scary
If you don't know how to parry." Zecora responded.
"What?"
"If you can't protect yourself that is the only time that the forest is dangerous." I explained. Ember nodded. I turned back to Zecora. "Can I tell you something secret?" I asked.
"If it's noteworthy,
I am trustworthy." Zecora promised.
"Well, in Canterlot, I met with Discord quite often, and I learned that I am a chaos bringer. From there, I mastered the chaos magic and now I am learning dark magic." I explained.
"You learned from that Discord phony?
I must tell everypony!" Zecora explained.
"No! Zecora! No! I thought I could trust you!" I yelled. Ember looked terrified. "Ember, stay at the house until I return." I demanded and teleported him home. I used some of my magic to restrain Zecora. "I really don't want to do this." I said and formed a knife from other objects around me and picked it up in my normal magic once I was done.
"No, Aura! Don't!
I won't tell anypony, I won't!" She cried. I had enough, I could deal with her. My head began to swim. I was a little shaky, but I still managed to drive the knife into her chest. I stared at her dead body.
"Oh no... What have I done?" I asked frightened. I looked at the knife for a moment. The knife was dripping with blood. I lifted it up slowly and let a drop of blood land on my tongue. I realized what I had done and made the knife disappear and I carefully cleaned up all traces of my magic. I left the hut and returned home in a hurry, daring not to use my magic and I covered my tracks home. When I finally got home, I rested easy. Nopony really knew where my house was, except of few ponies. My house was now getting engulfed by the forest, its magic had expanded since I left, but it shouldn't destroy my house.
"Aura, what did you do?" Ember asked.
"Nothing." I hissed.
"Well, are you hurt?" Ember asked.
"Why would you say that?" I asked.
"There's blood on your coat." He said. I looked down.
"No, I'm not hurt." I said softly. "I had to." I said and let myself cry.
"Wait, did you kill that zebra?" Ember asked with extreme worry. I nodded.
"If this is your life then..." Ember started and suddenly stopped talking.
"Then what?" I asked. "What's wrong?" I asked again.
"You're cutie mark." Ember said.
"What about it?" I asked and turned to see my cutie mark. I screamed. It had changed. It was once a five pointed star with five six pointed stars around it, now it was a six pointed start with six six pointed stars around it with some blood on the bottom on. The blood on the star "dripped" slightly down my flank. I cried out. This doesn't happen very often. I now couldn't go out in public with my cutie mark showing. Ember was able to calm down before I did.
"Go and take a shower and try to calm down. We'll figure this all out soon." Ember said. I nodded and went to wash the blood off my coat and soon I returned to Ember and sat down, admiring my new cutie mark. Now that I had thought about it, I started to like it.
"What do you think it means?" Ember asked.
"Well, I did kill Zecora, and I tasted her blood." I said.
"You..." Ember stared. "Never mind. As I was saying before I noticed your new cutie mark, I will support you in everything you do. Even if it involves... Well you know." Ember said. I smiled.
"Thank you." I said. "Let's get some sleep." I said. Ember nodded and we went to bed and got our rest.
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