Memories of The Amulet

by SprocketProductions


Preparation

I watched as Metalwing packed up many items, like we were going on a trip. I didn't know what to do in order to help, so I ended up just watching him pack. Yeah, there's love right there, your husband starts to pack up and what's your job? You watch him, and stand around, and look pretty, I guess. Metalwing moved back into view wearing his guard armor and holding some light bronze armor. Another flash was triggered, this one caused me to collapse.

I saw several things, including a large Phoenix, a young pony, and Killer. An ethereal figure flashed as well, and it sounded like it said something, though I couldn't tell what. Finally, I saw myself, only on a computer screen, and through the eyes of something fleshy. I wasn't moving in the flash, not even my blowing scarf was moving, I wondered if the fleshy thing drew me on the computer.

I flashed back to the present and saw the armor sitting sideways, along with everything. Wait, no I'm the one who was sideways. I calmly stood up and looked around a bit.

"Another flash?" Asked Metalwing.

I nodded as I put on my bronze armor.

Metalwing looked me over, "You almost look back to normal."

"What are we doing today?" I asked.

He answered, "Today, we're going to do some walking around Ponyville. We'll leave at sunset."

"But where are we leaving to?" I questioned.

He replied, "Wherever your memories take us."

With that, we walked out of the house with the bags still inside. I casually took Metalwing's helmet off and set it down on one of the chairs. I didn't think anypony should mistake him for an acting member of the royal guard. Metalwing smirked a bit at me. I shrugged at him and a bluish green pony with a lyre cutie mark saw us while walking by. She made a confused face at us emoting to each other. I saw her and quietly laughed a bit, causing Metalwing to turn and look to see. The pony decided to keep on walking instead of engaging.

We set off into Sugarcube Corner and walked into the cake shop. An excited pink pony looked at us.

She gasped loudly, "Sprocket! Metalwing! Are you here to buy a cake? Or a pie? Or a cupcake? Or a muffin? Or lots of cupcakes? Or lots of muffins?"

"How about a couple blueberry muffins? Sprocket? Does that sound like a good breakfast?" Asked Metalwing.

I was silently staring curiously at The pony.

Metalwing looked confused, "Having another flash?"

"No, and that's the weird part... I feel like I should know this pony..." I answered.

The pink pony looked extremely disappointed, "You mean... you don't know me? I made your wedding cake..."

"Pinkie, she didn't mean it. She's just had a lot of memory loss and hardly remembers anything from her life lately..." Metalwing comforted Pinkie.

I had a momentary flash, "Pinkie Pie! Your name is Pinkie Pie!"

"Oh my Celestia you do know me!!!" Pinkie made a sound that could only be described as a squee.

I felt her hug me, "Oh, hugging... we're hugging now, okay..."

Metalwing laughed as I awkwardly returned the hug. She went back behind the counter and retrieved two warm blueberry muffins, telling us that these were on the house. We thanked her and made our way out of the shop and started eating our muffins.

"These are awesome!" I exclaimed, causing a few other ponies to glance at me and then back at the shop.

Metalwing nodded, his mouth still full. We walked down the street and into a magic shop with numerous decorative looking items.

the clerk was turned around, "Welcome to Books, Blights, and Broomsticks, home of any magic item you need and a lot more you don't. Care to look at our newest item? It's a replica of the amulet used to-" the clerk turned around and looked at us, "Oh my Celestia... you're the one who the real thing belongs to..."

"That's what I keep hearing." I replied.

He looked confused, "So you are or you're not?"

"After defeating the mech, she lost nearly all of her memories. She gets flashes, but nothing other than that." Metalwing explained.

I looked around, "So where's the replica?"

The clerk gestured at the back wall with several thick gold necklaces looking exactly the same with large blue gems in them, looking similar to the elements of harmony, pre-Tirek.

"Those look nothing like the amulet. I get flashes of the actual thing all the time and they don't look like that." I said.

The clerk looked at me, "Well, it's not like I've seen it before. What does it look like?"

"It's a pendant on a thin silver chain, and its metal part is a silver double helix. The gem is a blue spherical one held by the silver structure." I told him.

His eyes widened, "That came through about a month ago. I sold it to an alicorn, mostly brown, a lot of scars..."

"You're kidding." Metalwing said in disbelief.

The clerk shook his head.

I spoke up again, "I've been getting flashes of that pony. His name is Killer. Apparently he took the amulet a while back. We couldn't get the authorities to find him, guess he's good at hiding."

The clerk looked at us silently as we walked out. He obviously knew nothing about where Killer was or how to stop him, but we did at least know where he got the amulet. For the rest of the day, that's all I could think about, how Killer got his hooves on my amulet. Now, we had to figure out where he was. I had never seen him around Ponyville and in my flashes and nightmares he had been in Canterlot, so I was probably going to tell Metalwing that it was where we were going. As the sun drew closer to setting, we made our way back home to grab our bag, afterward making our way to the train station and setting off for Canterlot. As it got darker, I fell asleep on Metalwing's shoulder, and had my first real night's sleep I could remember.