//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: The Six New Alicorns // by twilightsparkleisbestpony //------------------------------// Chapter 4 A/N: Well, this is chapter four, and it is not quite as good as the others. I'm sorry I couldn't update recently, I had to go to my cousin's baby shower, three states away. Needless to say, I couldn't write. But I'm back now, so yay. Yeah, here you go... Ow! My back hurts! Oh that's right... Well, time to get out of bed. Ruby Gleam woke up on the morning of her eighteenth birthday, expecting feathered alicorn wings to appear on her back, like had happened to Lilac. She was not expecting what was really there. She rolled out of her bed, and walked over to her mirror, and on her back were two wings; err, two DRAGON wings. Her eyes widened to unimaginable measures. "Mu-mu-mu-MOTHER!!!!! Rarity and Spike ran in the room, and Amethyst Shine woke up, startled. Rarity caught sight of her daughter and fainted on the spot. Amethyst just stood in shock. Spike caught Rarity, and his beam of pride stretched from ear to ear. Soon, everypony else filtered in, and their reactions were pretty similar to Amethyst's. Spike was still beaming. After a while, Celestia broke the silence. "Wasn't expecting that!" Everypony shot daggers at her. "What? I wasn't!" (I'll say it again: trolololol) Everypony face hoofed. As the day progressed, Ruby became more and more adapted to her wings, and their abnormalities. The webs seemed to fascinate her, but not as much as they fascinated Twilight, and she spent most of the day studying them. It annoyed Ruby to no end. "Aunt Twilight, can I please go sleep now?" It was eleven that night, and Twilight still hadn't released her from her lab that she'd put in the castle when she first moved in. "Sorry! This is just so interesting! My question though, is if you would have grown them anyway without all of this, so I've been studying the history of Kirin, but you and Amethyst are only the ninth and tenth in existence! It's so interesting!" "That's great, but can I sleep? Please? It's late and I've had a long day. My back hurts and I just want some sleep!" "Of course. Goodnight Ruby." "Night aunt Twilight." When Ruby Gleam got back to her room, she heard a gentle sobbing. She opened the door to see Amethyst crying in her bed. Ruby walked over to her little sister and wrapped a foreleg around her. "What's wrong?" Amethyst wiped the tears from her eyes. "It's not fair, you get to be special, you get to fly, and I'm just a plain, ugly, hybrid." "Hey! That's not true. You're special. There are so few of us, that you should feel nothing but special. You're unique. You're beautiful! And, this is what Twilight and I were going over just now. We were wondering if I would have grown wings anyway, and if you will. And there's no need to feel alone, because I will always be here for you!" "I love you Ruby." "I love you too squirt, and if there's anything you need, just ask, okay?" Amethyst snuggled against her big sister. "Okay. There is one thing." "What is it?" "I need to know something." "What is it?" "Why do you have to do this?' Amethyst looked up at her with large, watery eyes. "Because I love you, and I love mom, and dad. And because I care for all of Equestria. And because It needs me." Ruby sniffled as she explained the situation. "But why you?" "Because of Luna, and Celestia, and Discord." "Huh?" "Over a thousand years ago, Discord put a spell on Luna, which made her turn evil and want the night to last forever. Celestia had to seal her away in the moon for a thousand years, and when she escaped, Mom, and aunt Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, and Pinkie had to become friends in order to wield the elements of Harmony in order to stop her and turn her back into good. Then, since all of us were born, we have to stop the bad ponies because we are a part of them. That's why." "Oh. Please be careful though." "We will. And I promise, I will come back to you." "How much longer until the bad pony comes?" "Two years. The day after Seed turns eighteen." "Hey sis?" "Yeah?" "You look silly with those dragon wings!" Amethyst started laughing and Ruby started with her. They fell on the bed in a fit of chuckles, until Dash yelled from the next room over. "KEEP IT DOWN!" "Sorry Dash!" The girls continued to giggle softly for a few minutes, before falling asleep. A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, I got distracted cause I was writing this while watching Big Bang Theory. I'm such a dork. Don't blame me for the short chapter, blame Jim Parson's hilarity. I love all of you guys!