//------------------------------// // Pain // Story: Forgotten Colt // by Inhumanity //------------------------------// 2 HOURS LATER Luna had finally stopped quivering and talking silently but told Celestia she did not remember at all doing any of it. “Sister as far as we know we just remember blacking out at the hospital and waking up in are bed with you snuggling up to us.” “Are you sure?” Celestia said with confusion “Yes sister, we do not know what you mean by we were crying out about being cold and lonely. Is this some type of joke Celestia because it’s not funny.” Luna said looking at her sister as they walked down the hallway to the throne room. “No sister, but let us speak about it later I was told Blueblood was here with his…friend.” Celestia said trying to but the right words for the colt. Celestia and Luna walked in silence until they reached the throne room. The door was slightly ajar and both of them could hear voices inside. “Why the hell did you bring me here?!” the voice Celestia was almost unsure of until the next voice spoke up. “You need to apologize to Princess Luna for almost killing her.” Celestia new the voice instantly being that she had known him his whole life. Both princesses looked through the crack in the door to see Blueblood looking at something that both princesses could not see. “Is she dead?” “No Wolf, she is not.” “Better luck next time I say.” Both princesses were appalled by who Blueblood was talking to. He was talking casually about killing one of the Princesses of Equestia as though it was game to him. Both Princesses were shocked by the next statement. “Don’t you think we should open the door so the two outside can hear us a little better?” The doors glowed a soft blue and opened slowly revealing two princesses with ears to the door that was not there anymore. Both recovered quickly but not before Blueblood could let out a chuckle. “Well I guess this time it’s you listening outside the door and me inside it having the conversation, isn’t it Celestia?” Blueblood said while snickering Neither Princess responded due to them both looking at the guest Blueblood brought with him. The colt looked back but one of eyes was covered by a patch that was bright red. “Hello whores” Both princesses glared at the colt and Luna was the first to respond. “What did you call us?” “I called you a slut. You should know your own job now shouldn't you.” The colt said as though he was talking to a child. Luna was so taken back by his blunt answer that she did not notice the colt walk around her and to the doors. “Wolf, where are you going?” Blueblood said annoyed The Colt looked back while still walking “Getting the hell out of dodge. Got a problem with that” “Yay, I do.” Blueblood took a couple steps to the colt. “Well what do you want me to do Blue balls.” The colt said taking a couple steps to Blueblood. Luna and Celestia, not expecting the joke, snickered using their wings to hide it. Blueblood ignored there silent laughter and said to the colt “Apologize to the princess.” The colt stared right into the eyes of Blueblood for a couple minutes before looking over at Luna. Luna was not expecting what came next. “Sorry for not killing you. I’ll do better next time.” The colt turned to the doors and walked toward them with the decision to leave. “Wait” Everyone turned to look at Celestia who was standing there with a stock expression looking at the colt. The colt turned to look at her with boredom clearly sprayed across his face. “What? You want me to apologize too?” Celestia did nothing at first but then asked him two simple requests “Why do you hate us and where are your other appendages?” The colts face went to shock to anger then taking a deep breath in looked at Celestia with a cold expression. “How about we talk about this over a cup of tea and crumpets or better yet cake since you love that so much fatty.” The Princesses and the colt were sitting at a rectangular table with both representatives sitting on opposite ends. Blueblood had left saying he needed to do something and would post guards to not let anyone in. “Ok, were all here, let me take this off and we can begin.” The colt said reaching up to his eye that was covered. Both Princesses flinched when he tore off the bandage and blood leak out of his closed eye. The colt used a napkin on the table to clean up the blood around his eye and then placed the napkin on the table slowly opening his eye. The eye was still bloodshot but did not hold in the anger as it did before. “That’s better, so then what where your questions again?” the colt said throwing the bandage to the ground with a splat. “Why do you dislike us and” Luna tried saying but could not help but gag at the bandage. “Why are you missing appendages?” Celestia finished for her. The colt looked at the two Princesses with a blank look until his mouth curled in to a smile. “Well were going have to start on the day I was born. Also some advice I will give is that an Alicorn in the womb matures very quickly. By the time they care conceived they have the brain capacity of a five year old. But I am sure you already know this correct?” both Princesses nodded “Well then let’s begin.” FLASHBACK “It’s a colt!” The doctor yelled joyously “YAY!” screamed a white fur stallion with a golden mane. “Ahh- let me-wheeze - see him.” A yellow furred mare with light blue hair said. The doctor gave the small colt to the parents and walked to the back of the room to give them space. The parents looked at the child and then looked at each other. “It’s a beautiful boy, honey.” The father said giving his wife a peck on the cheeks. “Yes he is a beautiful uni…” the mother was unable to finish her statement before two wings sprouted from the so called unicorn. “-corn.” The room was silent until a loud pitched scream filled the air. “KEEP IT AWAY! KEEP THAT EVIL MONSTER AWAY!” the mother screamed throwing her son across the room. Before the child could hit anything the doctor caught it with its magic and pulled it in close to sooth it from crying. “KILL IT! DON’T LET IT LIVE!” the father screamed at the doctor. “WHY WOULD I KILL AN INNOCENT CHILD!” the doctor yelled with a voice that was pair with the royal voice. Both parents looked at the doctor as though he just asked the most stupidest question in the world. “Doctor that… thing looks nothing like us and looks more similar to Nightmare Moon and we all know what happened then.” “The Nightmare Moon incident happened two nights before my birth.” “So what!? It may not look like you but it is still your child!” The doctor said glaring at the two. “DOCTOR IF ANYTHING THAT IS THE REANCARNATION OF NIGHMARE MOON AND WE DEMAND YOU REMOVE IT FROM THIS WORLD!” Screamed the mother “NO!!! I WILL NOT KILL AN INNOCENT CHILD AND AS OF RIGHT NOW YOU TO ARE TO LEAVE THIS HOSTPITAL WITHOUT YOUR CHILD!” The doctor yelled teleporting the two out of his sight but not before hearing the father say. “That child will die!” TWO DAYS LATER The doctor lay on the ground with his blood pooling out of him in front on the hospital surrounded by angry ponies of all colors and shapes. “Finally that Doctor is dead. Now, we can rid the world of this evil.” A white furred stallion came out of the crowd holding a black object. The stallion through the object to the ground and a high pitched screamed filled the air. The black object was in fact an Alicorn foal that was slightly bleeding. The ponies surrounding the child and those who could see it looked away due to either the reasons of pity or disgust. The white stallion pulled out a knife that resembled a large butcher knife and scalpel. A yellow furred unicorn mare came out of the crown and picked up the child and laid it across the ground on its stomach. The white stallion looked over at the unicorn and smiled. “Hey honey, are you ready to rid the world of a menace?” The unicorn smiled and nuzzled her husband as though he just asked her if she would like sugar in her coffee or not. The unicorn looked at the colt that lay on the ground with her magic and smiled a very disturbed smile. “Yes sweetie” The stallion moved away from his wife and moved to the child bringing the knife with him in his hoof. Once the stallion stood above the child he looked over to his wife and told her to lift the wings up in a tone that would have reminded someone of a pony placing an order to waitress. The mare did as he asked and the stallion looked back at the child. Moving the knife to the base of the wings that meet with the back he gently placed the sharp edge of the knife against it. A cold breeze flew above Canterlot , but went unnoticed by the scream of a foal being tortured. Both wings were cut have way through before hitting bone then ripped out. The stallion was now standing above the foal that was unable to move do to the unicorn. The stallion looked at the child with an almost bored expression before stating “The horn goes next” Many of the ponies who were there in the beginning left due to not wanting to listen to a foals screams or cries, but many were still there with either a smile or look of glee in their eyes. The stallion bulled a hacksaw apparently out of the air itself before lowering it to the base of the horn of the foal. Both Princesses sat there with looks of disgust, horror and tears. Luna was the first one to start crying after hearing about the parents wanting to get kill the child only because he resembled Nightmare moon. Then when they got to the part of the torture Celestia burst out with tears. The colt sat in the seat he had been sitting in since the beginning of the story with an annoyed look. “Can you please stop crying so I can finish the story.” Both princesses kept crying as though they did not hear the colt. So the colt just sat there looking at the two. Just staring… “Oh god this is boring!” The colt said silently to himself looking around the room spotting the guard that was stationed in the room. The colt got up from his seat going unnoticed by the sisters who were still holding each other and weeping. Walking over to the guard the guard and noticed a few odd things about him. First off the guard eyes were closed and he could hear a slight snoring noise coming from him. It was then that the colt understood that the guard had fallen asleep standing at attention. The colt sighed and nudged the guards’ ankle startling him awake. “Whoa?” The guard said looking around before noticing the colt standing in front of him. “Yes?” the guard said giving the colt a smile. The colt stared at the guard with a level gaze before saying “When was the last time you slept.” The guard seemed startled by the statement before giving a smile and saying “Well that’s not a problem you should be worrying about son.” They both stared at each other before the colt spoke up again “You are relieved from duty and will go back to the barracks to sleep. Is that understood?” The guard was surprised again by the colt statements before recovering and saying “I can’t do that…” The rest of what the guard was going to say died in his throat as he gazed at the colt. The look the colt was giving him was the same that his commanding officer gave him during his training to become a guard. “Is that understood.” It was not a question as in more of a statement or demand. Out of reflex the guards hoof flung to his forehead with speed that would have made any guard jealous before slamming it in to his head with a clang due to the gold helmet and yelling “YES SIR!” The guard did an about face that if you watched without blinking would melt your eyes from its perfection and left the room taking the other guard that was posted outside with him who was equally tired and was swaying back and forth. The colt closed the door and look back at the Princesses who had both stopped crying and were looking at him with amazement. “What?” The colt said lifting an eyebrow Both Princesses continued to look at him then at each other both with mouths agape. Celestia shook her head and looked at the colt “How did you do that?” “Do what?” the colt said confused as he got back in his seat. “How did you make my guards leave?” “If you let me continue the story you might know.” Celestia and Luna nodded their heads and the colt let out a sigh. “Ok, so let’s speed it up a bit. I was tortured and my horn and wings removed by my parents.” The colt said as though he was listing off a grocery list making both princesses flinch. “So I got away due to one of nurses in the hospital calling the guard. The guards arrived just as my father was about to kill me and a spear lodged in to his skull.” The colt said giving a smile which made both Princesses feel uneasy. “So my mother went crazy and attacked the guards which in turn made them kill her. While the guards were distracted by my parents the rest slipped away into the night while I lay on the ground to die. Well that was until someone picked me up with their magic and carried me away. At that point I did not care if I died or lived I just wanted the pain to stop and I passed out. I awoke in a small cottage with bandages covering my whole body and I saw some milk in a cup that was on a stool next to my bed. I grabbed the cup in my hooves but you have to remember I was only two days old. I dropped the cup before it could even get two inches above the stool and it crashed to the floor spilling everywhere. I stared at the spill for I don’t know how long but I remembered what happened before I passed out. I could not take it and cried. I cried and wailed in that bed until the door opened but still I cried. I felt hooves holding me close but I still cried. I felt a calm heart beat and steady breathing, but still I cried. It was not till I heard a voice that I stopped crying.” “Quiet little one. There is no need to be sad you are safe.” “I looked up to see a mare with a bright pink mane and light red fur. Her eyes reminded me now of a warm clean meadow; of a warm breeze in an arctic wasteland. Her name was Ruby Shy, but I called her mother.” The colt said giving a smile. Celestia sat there trying to remember where she heard that name before, but before she could the colt started up again. “She had a husband as well, but I can not recall his name. All day she stayed by my side as I cried my eyes out and when I could not cry anymore she cried for me. We stayed in that bed for what felt like days but it later years she told me it was only an afternoon.” “I spent three years there learning about ponies and other things never allowed to leave my home. Until one night…” Spark was about to go on with his story but something interrupted him. It was more like someone then something and even then it was somepony then someone. A pink somepony… a very likely to die in the next five minutes pink pony…. “Hey Celestia! I have to tell you wonderful news about Shining Arm……” Silence befell the room as Cadence saw not only the other princesses but a small familiar colt giving here a glare with the intensity of a thousand suns. “Hello, Do I know you?” said Cadence said with curiosity not noticing the glare. Wolf just stared at the pink alicorn with a look of indifference but he quickly moved his hoof to his right eye; then seconds later using the other hoof to cover his left eye. Celestia, Luna, and Cadence all stared at the young colt not understanding what he was doing until Celestia remembered Blue Bloods warning. “Cadence, Leave the room this instant!” Celestia yelled using her RCV. Cadence looked at Celestia surprised that her aunt would use the royal voice on her but understood as soon as the Wolf set his eyes back toward her. Both eyes were pure blood red as though all the veins inside of his eyes exploded with two tiny black dots were his irises should have been both looking as though they were the deepest pit of darkness itself. Cadence stared at the colt with a look of confusion that turned to pure terror once she looked in to his eyes. Cadence stood there in shock unable to move or even to breathe as the colt stared her down. Slowly Wolf’s Mouth turned in to a smile showing all of his teeth and each one sharper then any blade ever conceived. The look in his eyes showed of something that would give even discord a reason to take a step back in hesitation. “Hello Candy. How’s the husband doing?” Cadence stood there mouth agape and tears running down her face unable to speak as he got out of his seat. Both Celestia and Luna looked at each other confused before both catching site of Wolf as he walked toward Cadence each catching site a wicked smile on his face. Without thinking both Princesses horned started to glow about to intercept the small colt before any harm came to the younger princess when they noticed something strange. The colt was not walking toward the Princess as much as walking around her yet still giving that eerie smile. Once Wolf was to the side of Cadence the smile he was wearing turned to a frown as his eyes turned to normal he looked toward the door, but before reaching the door he said one more thing. “I die a little inside each time you replace me.” The doors closed slowly as Wolf left the room and as the two doors met the Princess of love started to weep on the ground. Both the sun and the moon stood confused and worried how such a colt could have such an impact in their niece to make her cry just by saying a simple quote, then growing more nervous as they both thought what this simple child had gone through to make him like this.