A/N: Okay, so the age is pretty much in human years. I think that they could live as long as us. I mean look at them, they are magical ponies that are awesome! Why wouldn't they live as long as us. And the mane six haven't even aged in the show, except from the first few episodes from the first season. Anyway, to the story!
Sapphire watched as the trees moved by slowly. They seemed to be getting slightly thinner and sunlight could be seen. "Are you sure that we are going to the Everfree Castle? It looks like we are going somewhere else…" She trailed off, memories of her past springing to her mind.
"Yeah, we're almost there. Trust me." Blitz said, not looking back. "We are getting close to where I was going to take you." She said.
"Wait, I thought you said-" Sapphire stopped, seeing a wide field before a series of buildings and a lone cottage surrounded by trees. "Wait a minute… Did you really take me back to Ponyville!? I thought I could trust you!" Sapphire roared.
"And you can. I asked a few ponies if they knew who you were and not one of them said anything that leads to any suspicion that they know you." Blitz said. She then grabbed Sapphire by the hoof.
Sapphire was surprised at first, then she sighed and she knew that she couldn't fight it. She wasn't strong enough. "You know, for a mare, you have a rather strong grip." She said, trying to pull her hoof away without prevail.
"Thanks. I try to make sure that I don't lose ponies." Blitz said, slightly chuckling and smiling. She made it to the lone cottage and stopped. "I'll be right back. Stay here." She said, walking into the cottage.
Sapphire felt the desire to flee, yet fear of the villagers in Ponyville kept her in place. She stared longingly into the town's square and sighed. She wanted to go back, back to where her life was nice and easy, but it wasn't possible. It was in the past now. The desire to run away forever again was slowly growing and almost became enough before Blitz came back.
After about five minutes, Blitz came back, accompanied by a yellow Pegasus who had a pink mane and three pink butterflies for a cutie mark. Sapphire sighed and she looked to the two pegasi. "Who is this?" She asked, a slight hostile tone creeping into her voice.
"Calm down. Her name is Fluttershy. She wouldn't even hurt a fly. She isn't going to hurt you, nor is she going to tell that you are here." Blitz said. "She doesn't even know who you are." She finished.
"I'd like to go back in… Uh, i-if that's okay with you…" the timid Pegasus hid her face behind her mane.
"Can we come in?" Blitz asked. She moved Fluttershy's mane so that she could see her face and smiled a soft smile.
"I-I guess that'd be okay… As long as you don't scare the animals…" Fluttershy's soft tone was hardly audible to Sapphire.
"I don't know if I want to go in. I just want to go home." Sapphire said, still rather angry that Blitz had lied to her.
"Oh come on, maybe we can have some tea and something to eat." Blitz said, looking at her with pleading eyes.
Sapphire whined, then sighed. She loved tea. She was also rather hungry from not eating that morning. "Fine, I'll come in, but I am not going to stay for long." Sapphire said, stepping up to the two.
"Good, I don't need much time." Blitz said, smiling and following Fluttershy into the cottage.
Wait, what? Don't need much time? What does she mean? Could she- Sapphire's thoughts were cut off by Blitz's voice. The words almost sounded ominous to her, but she dismissed it quickly. Blitz didn't seem like one of those kinds of ponies.
"What are you waiting for, a blizzard? Come on." Blitz asked, going back into the cottage.
Sapphire followed into the cottage and she was rather surprised at how roomy it was. There were animals all over the place though. "What's with all the animals?" She asked.
"Oh, I take care of them from the harsh weather and the cruel world outside." Fluttershy said, happy to share her work and life.
"Heh, tell me about it." Sapphire mumbled under her breath. She sighed and sat on a nearby chair.
"What was that?" Blitz asked.
"Nothing." Sapphire said.
"Okay, well I wanted to talk about Ponyville and how great it is." Blitz said, sitting on the chair, looking to Fluttershy.
"Oh, it's a really great place!" Fluttershy announced, rather loud for herself. "Oh, uh… Sorry, that was too loud…" She shrunk into the couch.
"Oh, so you brought me in here to talk about Ponyville? I don't want to talk about Ponyville. Last time I saw it before now, I was next to a burning tower and I was being exiled." Sapphire said.
That was enough to bring Fluttershy's attention to the topic. "Oh my. Was anypony hurt? What happened? That is… If you don't mind telling me…" She asked.
"I could tell you, but…" Sapphire started, then stopped as she saw Fluttershy's look of interest and pleading. "Fine. I'll tell you." Sapphire groaned. She sat up in her chair and looked to Blitz, who seemed to be paying attention fairly well. "It was just like any other day, except I took my father's dark magic book." She started.
"Oh my… Did you ask?" Fluttershy interrupted.
"No, of course not. Anyway, I took his book and my sister and I left for school. We had made it about halfway there when my friend had caught up with us. She had brought a very saddening message. My parents had died in a house fire." Sapphire said, hearing Fluttershy again.
"Oh no… I'm so sorry…" She said, tears coming to her eyes already.
Sapphire let Fluttershy wipe her tears away before she continued. "My sister and I were going to go back, but the smoke had confirmed it. My parents were dead." A sniffle came from Fluttershy's direction. "We decided to go to school anyway and the same messenger had already beat us there. They relayed the message to Cheerilee and the class had decided to be nice to me that day. My teacher and friend Applejack had decided to try to comfort me. I had completely blown the words off and listened to the lesson. Applejack had made plans with me for after school. We didn't hang out; as I was too busy trying to find a place to live." Fluttershy had cut in again.
"Did you find a place to live? I-if you don't mind me asking…" Fluttershy asked.
"Getting there." Sapphire said, looking at her like she was a kill-joy.
"Oh, sorry." Fluttershy said, leaning forward to listen more intently.
"Anyway, I had eventually found a vacant windmill with nopony in it and it was still in okay conditions. My friend had come up to me and told me that there was to be a storm that day. I had gone to Applejack's to get a few blankets and pillows. She happily obliged." Sapphire paused. "I never got to repay her…" She added. "Anyway, I was studying my book when the lightning had struck the windmill and it caught fire at the base, trapping my sister and I in the windmill. The windmill started to burn quickly and I was almost crushed by falling, burning wood. I escaped out the window, but my sister wasn't as lucky. I had to run to the other side to find her. I had kicked in the window and found my sister. She was starting to burn. A rafter had fallen on her and she had almost been crushed. Her back had been hit and I thought I heard it break. There was too much adrenaline going through her body to have felt it. She came to my window through my instructions. I could see that she was in pure agony. I had to do something, so I pulled her up and said my final words. I then started to cast a spell that I had read. Then that was it. Ruby was gone. I had killed my sister." Sapphire said, barely keeping from bawling.
Fluttershy flew over to the unicorn and put a hoof on her back, rubbing it up and down. "There, there, it's okay. It's over now… There's nothing that can be done. You can't change the past, so live for the future." Fluttershy said, pulling her into a hug.
Sapphire wrapped her hooves around Fluttershy and held her tightly. Blitz smile at this and nodded.
"So, do you have anything else you want to talk about?" Blitz asked.
"N-no… Nothing." Sapphire stated, her voice shaky. She had to admit, she felt better now that she got that off her chest.
Fluttershy held Sapphire for a few more minutes before letting go. "Are you going to be okay?" She asked, taking a step back, as to not suffocate the mare.
"Yeah… I think I'll be fine. Thank you, Fluttershy. And thank you, Blitz. I think… I think that I will be able to face ponyville now…" Sapphire said. A smile began to come to her. The first one in three years that was completely real. She then got out of the chair, leading herself to the door.
Blitz got up too, following Sapphire to the door. "See ya Fluttershy, and thank you for the help." She said as she turned and smiled. She then closed the door as she moved into the open air and sunlight. "So, where are you going to go first?" She asked Sapphire.
"Somepony very special to me helped me three years ago, and I plan to see her, whether she hates me or not. I owe her." Sapphire said, making her way down to the wooden bridge already.
"Well who is it?" Blitz asked.
Sapphire stopped, as if she was trying to remember or contemplating whether or not she should tell Blitz. "Why don't you just find out when we get there?" She asked. She didn't even know that Blitz knew her. Then again, she is a very big part of Ponyville. Who wouldn't know her?
"Fine… I guess I can wait." Blitz grumbled. She was never a patient pony. She felt like she just wanted to speed off to ask everypony in town who was Sapphire's friend, but the loyalty to her friend kept her there. She followed after Sapphire to find out who it was, then stopped when they came to a white gate leading down a trail into a large amount of apple trees and a large red barn house.
"Here we are." Sapphire said, stepping onto the dirt.
"Wait, Applejack?" Blitz asked, as if frozen into place. She didn't move, just a wide-eyed expression replaced her smile.
Sapphire looked her over. She wasn't going to move. She in fact was slowly inching away. "Blitz, what's wrong?" She asked, real concern entering her voice.