//------------------------------// // Belief in Acceptance. // Story: Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust. // by FoxofRarity //------------------------------// Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust. By.FoxofRarity Chapter.33 Disclaimer- Announcement at end of story. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. Lauren arrived at the secluded spot where Gold Sky was. “Strange he was supposed to be here, ah, probably he’s walking among the fruit trees.” The prediction of the Archangel proved to be correct because Gold Sky wandered through the land of every fruit tree known to ponies. He wanted to try every fruit especially the sweet smelling peaches and the fuzzy but yummy kiwis. So Gold Sky’s horn glowed in getting a grapefruit size peach, he marveled at its huge size. Slowly he sank his teeth into the soft skin. Its sweet juices flowed into his mouth causing Gold Sky’s pupils to dilate and become the size of a shiny bit. “Oh sweet goodness!! I have never tasted anything so uhhhh, oh heavenly!” Gold Sky fell to his back to enjoy his sweet treat. Lauren flew above the land of the fruit trees. “Hmmm, he could be anywhere eating. I better start by looking into the pear tree section, because if I remember right he really likes pears.” Gold Sky spat out the peach seed, he got back up on his feet to try the fruit of another fruit tree. He looked around until one tree in particular caught his eye; it was located in what seemed like an oval shape clearing in which this tree stood in the center. Happy as a colt in a candy store, Gold Sky trotted over to the tree, however, before getting to the tree a King Cobra slithered in front him. It raised its body a few feet to give Gold Sky a smile before going on its merry way. “Ok that was cute.” Gold Sky arrived at the tree. He saw its fruit were golden apples. Something of which he heard of in the legends the Griffons spoke of. Gold Sky’s horn glowed in getting a golden apple. “It looks nice. Smells nice, so I wonder if it’ll taste nice.” “He’s not here. Where can he be?” Lauren flew back up to continue her search. Gold Sky bit the apple immediately its taste sent shockwaves running down his spine. “This…apple…is…DELICIOUS!!!!” Gold Sky shouted!! “MORE, MORE, MORE!!” He picked more of the golden apples. After a couple of minutes Lauren finally spotted Gold Sky lying on his back with a bulging belly near the Tree of Life. “Uh oh!” She said to herself. “Oooh, the Heavenly Paradise may not be my paradise but the food makes up for it. I feel that I’ll be full for a year. Huh?” Gold Sky heard wings flapping near him, he looked to see that it’s Lauren. “Gold Sky, did you just eat from the Tree of Life?” Lauren asked in a semi nervous voice. “Man, those apples were delici…wait…did you just say the Tree of Life!" Gold Sky's pupils shrunk to black dots. "What’s going to happen to me!!? Uh should I make myself vomit!?” Gold Sky started to stick his hoof down his throat until Lauren stopped him. “No that won’t be necessary, Gold Sky you can take your hoof out of your mouth now.” Lauren’s horn glowed. She scanned every one of Gold Sky’s systems to see if the apples from the Tree of Life had any effect on him, fortunately no changes took place in his body…or in this case his spirit. “The fruit from the Tree of Life will only have an effect on him if he’s alive back on Earth.” Lauren told herself. “So nothing crazy is going to happen to me?” Lauren shook her head. “So Gold Sky I see you’ve been exploring the land of the fruit trees, you got hungry no?” “Yup I got hungry, but I’m still amazed how there’s so many kinds of fruit trees here. I bet it will take me years to try every fruit.” Gold Sky rubbed his bulging belly. “Well Gold Sky, these are all the fruit trees on Earth. Of course most of them are not within reach of Equestria because of geographical locations. Anyway I want to take you somewhere.” Lauren sat down next to Gold Sky. “Umm… I plan to continue trying out every fruit here…” Lauren raised a hoof which prompted him to stop. “Gold Sky, the Great Spirit told me you felt that you were becoming a bother to me because you’ve been by my side for so long. But in reality I don’t mind at all if you’re always with me, I like having you around because since you retained most of your memory it still allows you to always have that explorative curiosity in you. And besides you need somepony to comfort you whenever your nightmares come about and also because you see me as a maternal figure. So what do you say? You want to come with me.” Lauren smiled warmly at Gold Sky. Gold Sky got up to sit on his rump, he felt touched at knowing Lauren wants to help him and doesn’t mind being seen as a maternal figure. “Where will you be taking me?” He asked. “It will be a surprise.” Lauren said in a voice of mystery. She placed a wing over him and teleported to the Great Cloud plains of the heavenly paradise. “Wow! I’ve been on Cloudsdale before, but I never seen miles and miles of clouds stretching as far as the eye can see!” Gold Sky felt his stomach go empty. He fell on his back and just started to roll around on the clouds. Feeling the puffy softness run through his wings, tickle his skin, and cushioning his body finally caused a smile to form on his lips for the first time since arriving at the heavenly paradise. “Oh yeah, this feels soooooooo goooooood! This is so much better than rolling around in the grass. I could do this all day! Ho, ho, ho!” Gold Sky kept on rolling around. Lauren smiled at seeing Gold Sky becoming happy. Suddenly Gold Sky felt something telling him that he’s acting childish before the Archangel. He stopped rolling about and got up on all fours with a look of embarrassment. “Sorry about that Lauren, I didn’t mean to act all childish.” Gold Sky scratched the cloud with a hoof as he hung his head low. “There’s no need to apologize Gold Sky so relax and stretch your leg muscles.” Lauren popped her joints as she stretched her muscles. “Why?” Gold Sky asked. “Because we’ll going to have ourselves a little race, that is if you’re up to it though. Besides if I recall you did break the sound barrier once.” Lauren finished up by popping her neck. Gold Sky remembered that event, he couldn’t do that at all even if wanted to because he isn’t allowed to break pony limits. Only Celestia, Luna, and Cadance are allowed. “I Only did that after I prayed to Yahshuah to give me the strength to save Octavia.” Amazingly Gold Sky felt no rising sadness occurring inside of him, he only felt acceptance of knowing he’ll be here forever. Lauren took notice in this. “I never thought acceptance will enter his heart and mind so quickly, I guess the dream he had along with his conversation with the Great Spirit showed him the meaning of his new immortality here. He doesn’t want to see Octavia much. It figures the less he sees her, the less he thinks of her. But until the end of her five and half month pregnancy then I’ll see if acceptance really planted itself in him.” “You’ll going to do it again Gold Sky, you’re going to run fast and once you accomplish that I will make you ran faster than light.” Lauren beamed a proud smile because after all she enjoys traveling faster than the speed of light. Gold Sky’s jaw dropped in total disbelief. “That’s IMPOSSIBLE! I was only able to run fast because the son helped me and that was when I was about to feel my heart burst! But go faster than light!!? That’s…something only you, the Father, and the Son can do. My body can’t break pony limits!” Gold Sky hopped his explanation will make Lauren slap him on the shoulder to tell him she’s only joking or to clarify her intentions. “Gold Sky you do realize that you answered your own question at the end of your explanation. Your body is one with the Earth remember. The body cannot break limits but the spirit can.” Lauren laid a hoof on Gold Sky’s right shoulder, she didn’t want to remind him of his new physical state but he had doubt growing inside him. “Oh…” “Ready?” Asked the Archangel. “I can do this because Lauren is right. I don’t have a body anymore… no more scars…no wedding band…no limits...I miss my wedding band.” Gold Sky took a deep breath as his lips formed a confident smile. “I’m ready.” Lauren’s horn glowed. “Time for him to see his past. But will he dare to believe that he still has a reason to see.” Both Alicorns got into starting position. Streams of breath fumed out from their nostrils. “On your mark…get set….GO!” Lauren shouted. Both Alicorns dashed forward. Trails of cloud formed behind them, Gold Sky felt how different this is then when he ran back on earth. His heart rate stayed the same and he didn’t need to pant. “Feels weird doesn’t it! Come on keep up!” Lauren increased her distance from Gold Sky. Gold Sky smiled ear to ear, he ran faster decreasing the distance between him and Lauren. Lauren turned to see Gold Sky catching up to her so playfully she tickled the back of his left ear with her wing. “HAHAHAH Tickles!” Laughed Gold Sky. “Faster!” Lauren yelled. “C’mon you can do it, I know you can!” Gold Sky lowered his head a bit to decrease the wind resistance attacking him. “Hear her voice.” Lauren released Gold Sky’s voluntary mental control of his memories to allow his past to be shown before him. “Gold Sky, we are always going to be one through sickness and through hell I will always love you as my beloved wedded husband.” *Gasp* Gold Sky’s eyes shot open wide. “Gold Sky, I’m your daddy Silver Wind! Daaaaady, not mommy. Daaaady. Your mommy is Sylvia. So you can call her mommy. Now come here my son, I love you very much!” Gold Sky’s eyes became pink as if tears were forming in his eyes. “Go Gold Sky my end has finally come and thank you letting me join you in your journey.” “Ruby…” Gold Sky breathed out. Lauren saw his legs moving faster to where one’s mortal eyes cannot distinguish one from the other. “Hey I don’t say this often but you know what, you’re not much of a dweeb like the rest of those lame ponies…th-th-th-thank you for helping me when I broke my arm and wing. Thank you.” “Oh Gilda.” The clarity around him began to distort. “He’s doing it. The more he sees the faster he’ll go.” Lauren whispered to herself. “Phew, it’s a good thing you’re here to help me with the furniture delivery, because most of the time I just don’t what went wrong.” “Derpy.” “You are who you are Gold Sky and nothing can ever change that. Octavia finally has complete knowledge of what you really are. She may be hurt that you kept the truth of being an alicorn from her but she loves you just as much as you love her. So cheer up Gold Sky you know it’s rude to be downcast before a Princess.” “LUNA!” Gold Sky growled. The Prantdtl-Glauert singularity began to from around Gold Sky’s body, Lauren spotted the cone of condensed water moisture becoming apparent. “Feel the last of your pain, just below the dawn of breaking the last limit.” Lauren loves when this happens. “You will not be alone dear young colt; I will take care of you. I will love you just like your parents loved you and I will teach anything you want to know. Come, let me take you to your new home…to a new beginning.” “Celestia…mother who I abandoned.” *BOOM* “YOU’RE DOING IT GOLD SKY! YOU’RE DOING IT!” Lauren yelled gleefully. Gold Sky snapped out of the perception. “Ah ha hahaha I’m doing it! I just broke the sound barrier! This is awesome!!!” “You can say that again!” Said Lauren as she ran next to him but instead of running normally she was running in full reverse. “WHOA!! How can you run in reverse at this speed!?” “Because I can. Now let’s go for the speed of light! You think you can handle it, Gold Sky?” Lauren jumped to spin back to normal running position. “LET’S DO IT!” Gold Sky looked over to Lauren, he admired her red hair and mane. She is so kind to be spending so much time with him and allowing him to see her as a maternal figure. It’s almost like she is a mother to everypony. “So how do I know when we reached the speed of light?” Gold Sky asked. “Oh you’ll see when we reach it.” She said affectionately . On cue his memories flowed to his eyes. “Gold Sky, you are very close to me and Sweetie Belle, she almost sees you as a brother just like me. I have givin much thought to this request I am going to ask you. *Deep breath.* You want to be part of the family? You, me, and Sweetie Belle…I your sister and you our brother.” “Rarity, my dear sister.” “Gold Sky, in case you haven’t realized but now that we’re going faster than the speed of sound and approaching light speed, you just went past Max Q, you know the speed your physical body can handle.” Lauren explained. Gold Sky pushed himself. “I can do this, I want to experience what Lauren experiences.” “You are the perfect stallion for my daughter, love her with all your heart because she is all I have left in this world. Protect her just like I have…I know you will do everything I ask because you gave her your heart. I have raised my dearest Octavia from the minute she was to born to now in which my final moments will prevent me from walking her down the aisle; I lived just long enough to know that my daughter will marry a good stallion. I can die a happy death seeing that she will be loved…forever, I’m proud to call you my son in law. Thank you.” “Octavia’s father.” Rings of glowing energy flashed around Lauren and Gold Sky. “Faster!” Groaned Gold Sky to himself. “AHAHAHAHA TICKLES!” Lauren tickled Gold Sky behind the ear again. “You’re doing it!” Suddenly long streaks of flashing energy flew past them, the clouds below their hoofs began to shape of a tunnel. “This is it, the last memory in which everything will piece together in his mind.” “Octavia…good bye.” Gold Sky felt his heart embracing the truth of his new living reality, he didn’t want to at first but dead is dead and life is life. “I will always love you even when deaths do us part. You are my heart, you are my pulse, Octavia.” Long lines of glowing energy flew from the tips of Gold Sky’s wings. He let them loose to feel every detail of what’s yet to come. “We’re almost there Gold Sky, so open your eyes wide to witness hyperspace!” Lauren voiced ecstatically. “WAIT!! We’re going to space! But we’ll still here in the heavenly paradise?” Lauren chuckled. “Don’t worry we’re not going to space. When we reach the speed of light we enter a singularity called hyperspace because of our astonishing velocity.” “WOHA I THINK I SEE IT!!!!” Spots of glowing energy shined in front of them. “Now I know why Lauren calls it hyperspace, the glowing spots of energy look like stars.” The spots of energy became long while a rising whistling pitch entered his ears. “This is light speed.” The Archangel whispered into Gold Sky’s ears. *Shroom!* “This is incredible, if only Twilight was here to be witness this. I never dreamed of ever experiencing something like this…” The light from the blue tunnel mesmerized Gold Sky. Looking down to see his moving legs fed his amazement. Within the tunnel images of his life played. The love of his parents, Celestia taking him in with love, the children of the rouge clan, Ruby’s death, killing the mother dragon, rescuing the young griffon children from the fascists, seeing Octavia for the first time, meeting Pinkie Pie, meeting Rarity, meeting Rainbow Dash, foul sitting the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and his wedding. His Beginning…his Middle…and his End. “My new beginning…I accept it with my heart.” Gold Sky whispered to himself. Lauren placed a wing over Gold Sky, he turned to her. From the look on her face he decided it’s time to stop. Both Alicorns slid on the clouds as they stopped running. Gold Sky let out a long breath at coming to a full complete stop, this is something he can see himself doing often. “Now that was fun! Say you want to see the galaxy in which earth is located in?” “Of course, Lauren.” Gold Sky replied. So both of them teleported to space, to be among the stars, comets, and nebulas. Gold Sky became speechless at the beautiful sight before him, the spinning mass of stars and dust took every word out of his mind. Lauren pointed her horn at a nearby star, turning it into a cloud of which she and Gold Sky can sit on to enjoy watching the glorious galaxy. “Come, sit. It’s more enjoyable like this.” Lauren suggested. So Gold Sky sat down next to Lauren. Next thing he knew she lifted up a wing. His lips perked into a soft grin. This is exactly the same way Princess Celestia took him under her wing when he was a small foal. He moved closer to Lauren to be under her caring wing. She covered him. Gold Sky placed his head on her shoulder. At peace for the first time now he just needed to tell Lauren something. “Lauren, can I tell you something?” “What is it Gold Sky?” “I think as time goes on I will be telling you this often, but you’ve done so much for me. You took me to see my wife many times, you allowed me to sleep under your wing, and you comforted me so many times with your wisdom.” Gold Sky’s voice began to crack. “I can’t thank you enough for all you done for me, nothing I can do or say will ever repay your kindness, thank you, Lauren. Thank you, so much. Thank you.” Gold Sky smiled his best smile at Lauren. Lauren gently kissed him on the forehead. “There is no need to thank me, I am glad to help you. I will always be here for you no matter what. I’m very proud of you…you finally moved on.” Gold Sky rested his head back on her shoulder, it will take him awhile but he will eventually call the heavenly paradise, home. Thanks to Lauren. *** In the palace gardens, Iron Cloud removed his helmet and carefully placed it near a cast iron bowl that sat on a pedestal. He reached with his hoof to get a dagger from within a secret compartment in his armor. The dagger is forged from the lightest of metals,Titanium. But strengthened with the most dangerous element, Uranium. The Ponies of the Wind. Iron Cloud read from the inscription forged on his dagger. He sliced off a long sliver of his hair and he also shaved off some fur from his coat. He placed dead grass into the bowl. He grabbed two flint rocks. He struck them against one another to ignite the grass. The grass ignited. Iron Cloud looked up to the sky chanting in his native tongue, he then grabbed his hair and fur. He threw it into the fire watching the flames rise up to the sky. A tear ran down from his left eye. Fleur-de-Lis came into palace gardens, she spotted Iron Cloud doing whatever he’s doing so she decided to come down to ask him what’s he’s doing. As she got closer she caught ear of his chanting. “What is he saying?” Fleur asked herself. Iron Cloud’s ear twitched. He stopped chanting, placed his helmet back on, and turned to make eye contact with the elegant mare. “I see curiosity brought you here Priva…wow! You look really nice in your armor!” Fleur blushed lightly. “Thank you, Corporal Iron Cloud. But if you don’t mind me asking why are you chanting in some strange language in front of a small fire.” Iron Cloud sighed. “Private Fleur, I will be referring you by your name, ok. So I expect you to do the same for me, is that clear?” “Yes sir! EER I mean yes, Iron Cloud.” “Good, good. Now please take a seat on the bench so I can start telling why I’m doing this.” Iron Cloud placed a cushion on Fleur’s part of the bench so she can be comfortable. Iron Cloud Cleared his throat. “I’m sure Delta Scorch or Helo Fox briefed you on our past mission in which resulted in Flying Havoc getting mortally wounded.” Fleur nodded. “It’s just so sad that Gold Sky had to die, I was very eager to a form a friendship with him and I don’t want to think about his wife.” Fleur said in a sad tone. Iron Cloud placed his dagger back in its sheath. “No it is not sad Fleur. It is agonizing. You see I come from the Native Equestrian tribe known as the Chero. My tribe was majestic with great knowledge and power, however over the years many from the tribe began to leave to explore the world and most of them never came back, pretty soon my tribe’s identity and pride disappeared. I felt many from the tribe becoming one with the Earth which signifies that they had died and to make things worse none of them had descendants to carry on the blood of the tribe. After my parents died, I thought that I was the last of my tribe, the last of the Chero. Until Gold Sky came into the picture, you see his father Silver Wind was the first Elite Commando guard and by chance a Chero too. I got really glad at knowing that Gold Sky is an immortal Chero, I became relieved that through me and him the Chero will not become extinct.” Iron Cloud stopped right there to gain much needed composure. “Regretfully, there came that fateful order from Princess Luna, I couldn’t believe she’ll give an order like that. I didn’t want to be part of that mission but I had no choice. I did all I can to avoid direct combat with him but he still managed to engage me and knock me out. Ironically, from my point of view I seemed to have taken the least punishment from Gold Sky…” Iron Cloud’s eyes began to water up. Fleur placed a hoof on his shoulder to calm him down. “When I recovered…all I can see is his wife with her face being covered by her mane. Her arms sparkled a bit. He really did die and became one with the Earth just like his and my ancestors. Right there is when I felt my heart crying because now I am truly the last of the Chero. I could have a child but the fate of my tribe will be unknown after that. Gold Sky…the last of my kin. Born before I was. Even though I didn’t kill him, I still feel responsible for his death. I have no kin, no future for my once great tribe and no mare with the qualities I desire.” Iron Cloud noticed a small handkerchief being levitated next to him. “Thank you, Fleur.” He took the handkerchief to wipe the tears from his eyes. “Oh!” Iron Cloud noticed the small fire in the cast iron beginning to die down. He quickly stood in front of the fire without his helmet and finished his chanting. He fanned some of the smoke to his face and shot out his wings as he gave a mighty shout to his tribe, ancestors, parents, and his last kin. Iron Cloud placed his helmet back on and sat back down next to Fleur. “Those words you were saying, what do they mean?” Fleur asked. Iron Cloud shook his head. “I’m sorry Fleur but I cannot tell you the meaning of my Native tongue, nopony from outside of the tribe will ever understand the Voice of the Wind. Our language belongs to my tribe alone and through our sworn allegiance we will never share it with anypony else. I hope you don’t take this the wrong way Fleur but being the last of my tribe, well, just puts so much on my shoulders.” “I understand Iron Cloud, I’m sorry if I offended you in anyway. However, you said that you can’t find a mare with the qualities you seek, so if you don’t mind me asking, can you please tell me the qualities you seek in a mare?” Fleur asked while using her feminine charm on him. “I want to be with a mare that’s majestic, strong, loving, and kind, but more importantly what I seek the most in a mare is intelligence. So much intelligence to share and provide to anypony who desires to listen to every word that comes out of her mouth. You see my mother had such intelligence that any question I asked her she will answer without a second’s hesitation, it amazed me that I could practically learn everything that I needed to learn from her. And on a side note every mare of the tribe was required to be educated, so the tribe can prosper.” Without warning Iron Cloud threw off his helmet. “I asked myself why I continue being a commando when I helped kill my last living kin. Looking at this armor reminds of the last elder who gave me his blessing before dying. He also gave me my dagger that was forged from the rarest metals and cooled down with his blood. *sigh* I am the last one…so I better honor my tribe by wearing this armor. Anyway I’m done here. Fleur can we please keep what we discussed between ourselves?” Fleur levitated Iron Cloud’s helmet and placed it back on his head. “I Pinkie Pie promise to never breathe a word of what we just talked about, Iron Cloud. Say you want to join me and Fancypants for a bite? He’ll be delighted to meet you.” Fleur asked as she used her magic adjust his helmet. Iron Cloud smiled. “I’ll be more than happy to join you and your husband. Thank you for the kind offer.” But before leaving the gardens with Fleur, Iron Cloud turned back to take one last look at small cast iron bowl. “I’m sorry mother, I’m sorry father, for killing my kin.” Both ponies left the gardens. Meanwhile on the other hand or hoof, Fleur had some thoughts going through her head regarding Iron Cloud’s dilemma on finding a mare with every quality he desires. Iron Cloud is a handsome Pegasus, full of honor, tightly bonded to his tribe, and humble. Fleur’s left eyebrow went up when the solution to Iron Cloud’s problem presented itself. “I think I finally found the perfect mare for Cor, err I mean Iron Cloud, she has every quality he desires plus intelligence. Just have to pay the Ponyville School a visit first.” *** The door bell for the Sugarcube Corner rung joyfully for Rarity, Mr. Cake came out from the kitchen to greet his customer. “Hello there Ms. Rarity, will you like for me to show to your sit?” Rarity nodded. “Right this way please.” Mr. Cake pulled the chair back so Rarity can sit. “Here’s the menu, call me when you’re ready to order.” “Mr. Cake is Pinkie Pie here?” Asked the white mare. “Oh yes she’s here, I’ll tell her you want to talk to her.” “Thank you, Mr. Cake.” “Of course.” Mr. Cake tipped his hat to Rarity. Rarity looked at the menu, so many choices to choose from but to her it didn’t matter because in the end whatever she chose will fill her stomach. “I guess a marzipan pie with some Mountain Zero sounds delightful.” Rarity lowered her menu. To her surprise Pinkie was hiding behind it. “Hi!” “Hello Pinkie, I take you’re having an excellent day.” Rarity flatly voiced. Pinkie suddenly popped up behind Rarity’s shoulder. “Yup, I’m having a perfectly happy day. Like cracking open eggs into cake batter, hmmm, doesn’t that sound yummy because it sure does to me.” Pinkie licked her chops with her rather long tongue “How quant.” Rarity thought. After some time of licking her chops, Pinkie took a seat across from Rarity to make her apology. “Rarity, I want to apologize for making you cry. I didn’t mean to hurt you at all, I just freaked out at seeing you nuzzle Rainbow Dash.” Pinkie waited for Rarity’s response. Rarity didn’t care what Pinkie had to say, she already forgave Pinkie after giving Rainbow her blessing. “It’s all right Pinkie. You acted that way because you’re you and will always be that way. So I accept your apology. Now, anything else you want to say.” Pinkie moved her head up and down with a huge smile on her face. “Ironically, the thought of mare being with a mare will always disgust me. BUT! Seeing you and Rainbow together just seems so cute!!” With whatever mysterious powers she may have Pinkie popped up next to Rarity. “Uhh…thanks?” Was all Rarity could come up with for moment. “So…he-he-he, for how long have you and Rainbow Dash been together?” Pinkie pressed her face pretty close to Rarity. “What?” “Ah c’mon Rarity, from the way you were nuzzling Rainbow Dashie it looks like both of you been together from some time now. Is she a good kisser, do both of you sleep in the same bed together, and do both of you take showers together!?” Pinkie really got curious about what mares do to one another, she really wanted to know about the affection side of all of it and not about the love making because once when she was hosting a party she accidently walked in on Trixie and DJ Pon-3 doing the hell out of each other in her room…on Pinkie’s own bed…awkward… so Pinkie got so enraged that she grabbed both mares, used her mysterious powers to jump up and land down inside a dark cave and jumped back up to land back down in her room. DJ Pon-3 made it back to Ponyville but when somepony asked about Trixie the unicorn mare rolled up into a ball and say that Trixie was an organ donor. While saying it was hunger, hunger, hunger. “I-I, we, me and Rainbow, uhhhh, are not really together, Pinkie. Rainbow and I are just best friends; sure don’t get me wrong she’s really beautiful and s-s-she is a…” Rarity remembered Rainbow’s kiss, it had love in it. More love than anything Applejack ever gave her since they started dating two years ago. “She’s a wonderful kisser, but I’m not with Rainbow, Pinkie. We are not a couple just best friends.” Rarity explained. “Hmmmmm? So you and Rainbow are not going out. *Sigh* Rarity look, I am against mares being with mares okay, that sort of thing I find it completely unordinary and just plain creepy. But you’re my friend and we spent a lot of time together. Remember that time when we were stuck in the desert, such fun I had with you!!” Pinkie giggled loudly. “Yeah, fun…fun.” Rarity muttered. What’s unordinary is the fact that Pinkie can talk about hush, hush issues before switching to something unimportant and laughing at the end. “Both of you are complete opposites, you know that. Rainbow is very adventures while you’re reserved. She dives in, you ask questions first. You take your time in everything while she doesn’t like to wait. She’s loyal and will stick by you. You are generous and will give and not expect anything in return. And this one trait in which I think make you complete opposites, you’re very feminine and Rainbow is not…not one bit.” Rarity’s horn glowed as she wrote down her order on a piece of paper and levitated it to the kitchen for Mr. Cake to read. She can hear him making her meal. “Pinkie, are you done yet? You already apologized and for the last time I am not Rainbow’s marefriend. Let me eat in peace. Oh! If you see Spike can you please tell him to come over to the boutique.” Rarity didn’t want to talk to Pinkie anymore, she just wanted to satisfy her stomach. “Oh, okie loki, Rarity, I’ll get out of your hair so you can eat. Bye!” With that Pinkie hopped out of Rarity’s field of view and landed inside her room. Pinkie opened up a drawer in her desk to get two envelopes. She placed the two reservation tickets inside, licked the flap, and wrote down For Rarity & For Rainbow Dash. “Rarity may say that she and Rainbow are not dating, but I don’t believe her. This hotel suite idea will be the perfect opportunity for both of them to enjoy intimate time together.” Pinkie headed downstairs to tell Mr. Cake that she will be making a quick visit to Twilight and will also take Zecora along too, since she need’s Twilight’s help. Pinkie took a quick glance at Rarity. “I just don’t know why but Rarity and Rainbow Dash are just so beautiful together I do hope they get married.” Mr. Cake nodded at Pinkie, allowing her to take Zecora to go see Twilight. Rarity looked at her food. She then looked at the empty chair that stood on the other side of the table she sat in. “If only my Spikey-Wikey was here with me… I love him so much.” Rarity became torn apart. Spike or Applejack. *** *Stomach growl* “I see you’re hungry again Octavia.” Princess Celestia voiced. “I’m not hungry, she’s hungry your majesty.” Octavia turned away from Celestia and took a few paces away from her to stand in front of a mirror. Octavia looked at Celestia through her reflection. “Celli, you want to know why I screamed this morning.” Octavia asked. “Of course.” Octavia pointed at the mirror. Celestia started at the mirror with her head slightly tilting. “The mirror frightened you?” “No.” Replied Octavia. “Your reflection?” Octavia nodded. “When I looked into the mirror I did not see myself, ok, maybe I did see myself, but with wings and a horn. Wings and a horn. Total disbelief over took me, I reached up to touch my horn. When my hoof touched the tip a little white spark to flew out which caused my wings to flap a couple of times. Celli do you know the meaning of what I saw.” Octavia felt Celestia place a hoof on her shoulder. Celestia pondered, this is something she never heard of this before. How can Octavia have wings and a horn in her reflection but yet not be physically manifested on her body. “I’m afraid I don’t know Octavia.” Celestia responded. Octavia went on. “I remembered Gold Sky’s last memory, he used his magic to give me wings so both of us can fly together in the night sky.” Celestia thought for a moment, if she wanted to help Octavia she needed to first comfort her. One thought came through. Celestia read in a book about using old childhood dreams to comfort morning ponies. Celestia secretly entered Octavia’s mind some nights ago when she was asleep. Octavia was raised by a single father. She loved him dearly more than she did her mother because she wasn’t always around. Celestia found out why Octavia didn’t think about her mother and will be in a bad mood when Mother’s day came around. When Octavia was just a young foal, her father took her to Canterlot to visit mother because she’s a talented singer. So when Octavia and her father made it to auditorium a stage hand showed them where her mother was. Both walked in to find mother cheating with another stallion. Octavia despised her mother for doing that to her father and severed every connection she had with her. Octavia never saw her mother ever again. Celestia found what she wanted to find. Octavia’s father treated her like a Princess. A small childhood fantasy most young fillies will have before maturing. Celestia looked at the crest around her neck, her golden horseshoes, and lastly her crown. Celestia’s horn glowed. Her magic levitated her crown off her head and with turtle paced gentleness softly placed the crown on Octavia’s head. Octavia looked up at feeling the crown on her head. “Your majesty! Why did you place your crown on me!?” Octavia asked with rising uneasiness. “Because you are a strong mare and every strong mare is a princess wouldn’t you say?” Celestia beamed radiantly. Her horn glowed again, she removed her crest and placed it on Octavia. The gray mare looked into the mirror. Celestia’s reflection disappeared and became replaced with her father. Who gave her a smile that only fathers can give to their daughters. Octavia reached out with her hoof to touch the mirror. “You’re my dear little Princess Octavia and nothing and I mean nothing will ever take that away from me.” The words from Octavia’s father rang in her mind. “Good memories from the past can help you in unexpected ways. You want to let go of Gold Sky so you can move on. But at the same time you don’t want to. Octavia, I was once in your place. Happily married to a wonderful stallion. I loved him very much, but on one important factor, I couldn’t be a mother, you see my husband Starswirl the Bearded was infertile so we couldn't have any children. Now this is where we have common ground, Starswirl died...he died. But I prayed and the Great Spirit answered my prayer and resurrected him with fifth-teen more years of life, so I can learn to let go. I learned that love can sometimes give you great pain, like what you're going through right now. Love is something I wish I could understand but I can't. Only Cadance understands it to a much better degree than I do, so if you want I can ask her to come talk to you so she can answer whatever question you have." Celestia adjusted the crown on Octavia's head. "You really are your father's Princess." Celestia said in a very motherly tone. Octavia turned to Celestia, she approached Celestia and wrapped her arms around Celestia's neck . "Thank you." Octavia tenderly very, very tenderly nuzzled Celestia's cheek. Celestia blushed. "Uh, you want to go eat at that nice restaurant near the palace?" Offered Princess Celestia. Octavia's hug became tighter. "Sure. After that can we do a little bit of shopping?" The white Alicorn curled her lips a bit in thought. "I guess we could do that but if you don't mind me asking what will you be shopping for?" Octavia placed her lips close to Celestia's ears. "Gold Sky's, little princess needs a crib." --- Readers, I have good and bad news. Good news is that I finally got a permanent work schedule, however, the bad news is that my schedule will no longer allow me to post new chapters on Sunday. New chapters will now be posted any day of the week. I will also add that Nightmare Moon will not write any more chapters until her writer's block goes away and from the looks of it. It may take awhile. But I will try my ultimate best not to keep you waiting much for the new chapters.