DarkPriestess66: If you want perfection? I suggest getting off the Internet and reading the bible. Because the Savior is the only perfect person.
"He's here! Lily! Take Harry and Michi! Now run!"
Michi tossed and turned in her bed, the words echoing in her memory.
With an eerie flash of green light, Lily's mortal body falling to the carpeted floor.
Michi awoke from her nightmare, tears flowing down from her eyes and into her muzzle. She reached for her pillow and hugged it tight, sobbing into it trying not to be loud enough to attract attention.
"Princess Michi?" she heard from the doorway "Are you ok? I thought I heard you crying," the voice asked her. "Are you ok, my little pony?" she felt the mattress dip as a heavier body sat at the edge of the bed.
Michi sniffed but didn't answer.
"Princess, you know you can trust one of the guard, you can tell me anything that's bothering you. I will always listen to you, no matter what, just please don't hold it in. Please let me help you," the voice requests. All of the day and night guard shifts were ordered to be there if the Princess decided to talk about what happened. The guards assigned to the Royal Nursery had younger siblings or relatives.
"Flash of green light, mommy not moving." Michi answered the question, "tried not to listen, bad human, very bad."
The guard disobeyed protocol and pulled the Princess to him. "It's ok, little one, I'm here to help you."
Michi felt the guard pony rubbing her mane and back, trying to gently sooth her.
Michi sniffed again, but said nothing.
"Princess, do you want me to stay in here to guard you?" the guard pony asks,
Michi shook her head; she wouldn't know how she won the hearts of the guards by her ability to make even the most stoic of the guards to smile as she passed by.
"Are you sure? It won't bother me at all," he asked with a concerned look in his eyes. "I only hope that the pain that you're feeling goes away."
Michi looked up at the guard with green eyes that seemed to glow in the dark. Her eyes told the truth, but those words passing her lips would never happen.
The next morning, Michi awoke early, and witnessed an event that was truly amazing: Celestia raising the sun. Normally, Michi slept through such a feat.
As she looked at the sunrise, Cadence walked up to her cousin. "It's amazing to watch, is it not?" she asked with a smile and a soft voice as to not scare the little filly.
Michi nodded enthusiastically. "Yes."
"Well, how about we go get something to eat, then we can go walking around town for a little while. Does sound okay to you?" The older mare asked her.
"Food is good, but Spitfire is coming for me." Michi responded; her wings fluttered at the thought of her first flying lesson.
"That's alright, we can go after your lessons, and maybe we could meet up with the other foal I watch as well." Cadence replied.
"Sure, but first…" Michi blushed and ran to her own private bathroom. Once she was decent, her mane and tail brushed by one of the maids, she and Cadence left her room.
As they made their way to the private dining hall, they saw Harry trying to crawl out of his chair, as the maid had her back turned to him.
Michi trotted up and stood up on her hind legs, "You sit back down."
Harry shook his head and tried harder to get out. "No food, want play!" He wiggled all the more.
Michi tried hard to think what her parents had done when Harry acted up. "Alright, let's play." She covered her muzzle with her right front leg. "Where's Michi?"
"Michi, Michi" he giggled touching his hooves to her foreleg.
Michi lowered her foreleg "Here I am!"
Harry giggled at her. "Michi again, Michi again!" The little colt asked, bouncing in his chair.
Michi repeated her phrase and continued to play peek-a-boo with her brother until the food arrived.
As the food was severed, Harry looked at his sister and said, "eat now." He giggled at his sister.
"Yes, you eat now." Michi replied, going back to all fours, before she really hurt herself.
Harry giggled and clapped his hooves in joy at the food. Just then Celestia walked in to the room. "Hello, my little ponies, is everypony doing well?"
Michi nodded as she sat in her seat.
Harry giggled and reached his hooves over to the older alicorn. "Tia, Tia, play now!" He seemed to ask.
Michi rolled her eyes, and all but bolted her meal. She nearly choked as a consequence.
"Dear, slow down. Why the big rush? The food is not going anywhere," Celestia giggled at the young mare.
"Spitfire." Was all Michi would say in answer.
"Don't worry, dear, Spitfire is not going to start without you. " She smiled at the filly's excitement.
The Michi finished, and hoped down from her seat. She gave her brother a kiss on his muzzle, and then cantered out of the room.
A few hours later, a happy and tiered Michi walked into the palace, ready to eat lunch and go to see the new town she'll live in. Michi was also ready to meet this foal her cousin watches over as well.
Michi trotted after her cousin. "Are we there yet?"
"No, but soon her house is just up the road." Cadence smiles at Michi, happy to see her new cousin so happy.
The reason that Michi was smiling, was that she really made progress with her wings; she managed to stay aloft for a solid ten minutes.
"Well, here we are, Michi. This is the home of the filly I foal-sit for! Let me introduce you two." Cadence told Michi as she opened the door.
As they walked into the home, Michi heard a familiar voice. "Cadence, you're here! Yay!" A little purple unicorn ran down the stairs, clearly elated.
"Twilight, you're the foal that Cadence sits for?" Michi asks, blinking in surprise.