//------------------------------// // The Pegasus, the Unicorn, and the Razor. // Story: Octavia and the Alicorn's peace. // by FoxofRarity //------------------------------// Octavia and The Alicorn’s Peace By.FoxofRarity Chapter.3 Disclaimer- I go into way more detail of the father instead of the mother. My little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. "I should of never offered them the two choices, what was I thinking? Perhaps I'm too soft or it must be the morals good dearest Celestia thought me." The horn of the Alicorn starts to glow as he lightly touches both Rarity and Rainbow Dash on the foreheads , causing them to both sync with his mind and at same time talk to him through their minds. “Now let me tell you my origins…” Gold Sky tells both mares in his mind. “Two hundred and thirty seven years ago a young Unicorn mare and a Pegasus stallion met and fell in love, their names were Sylvia and Silver Wind. Let me start with the Unicorn first; Sylvia had an extreme mastery of magic, Princess Celestia or as I call her Guardian Aunt took it upon herself to personally teach mommy and…” “WAIT!” Yell both Rainbow Dash and Rarity in their minds. “You call your mother, mommy still?” Rarity exclaims with the most confused face. “That is so CUTE! I want to cuddle you now!” Rainbow Dash yell with the most affectionate face Rarity ever saw. “Yeah interrupting is very unladylike you know and if you want to squeeze me I actually won’t mind. But FIRST let me continue!” The Alicorn roars. “Guardian Aunt mentored mommy, she was proud to be her mentor… but most of all Princess Celestia saw mommy as her best friend.” The Alicorn smiles a bit when he started to remember how his mother always told him that the Princess and she will have camp outs in the palace, and roast marshmallows by the fireplace much to the palace guards’ dismay who always ended up eating most of them. Gold Sky look at the mares whose eyes are closed as he showed them the memories, causing faces of amazement and intrigue to form and disappear. “AHH A DRAGON!” Cries Rainbow Dash with fear in her voice causing her body muscles to stiffen and fall down on her side. “Well I think that memory came too soon.” The Alicorn said while hiding a smile on his lips. “Now changing stories to Daddy and DON”T EVEN THINK OF INTERRUPTING… because this part is very important!” Growls the Alicorn in his mind causing Rarity to shutter a little bit. “He was born in Cloudsdale to a sick father and a mother who was waiting to become a widow, she tried her best to make sure daddy got to spend as much time as he can with his father but after five months… he died.” Gold Sky snorts some air out of nostrils when Rarity and Rainbow Dash saw his mental interpretation of his daddy’s sadness. The Alicorn continue. “Daddy became a stallion right there on the spot when his father stroked his mane for the last time, kissed him on the forehead one last time,. The dying father plucked a feather from his wing to give to daddy, and then finally let out his last breath as his eyes closed for the last time with no intention of ever opening again. Daddy hugged his father for the last time then he left his father’s side to go sob in his room, he hugged the feather tight for it's the only thing he has from his father.Suddenly he looked out his room window and saw a royal guard fly by so…” Rainbow Dash raises her hoof to ask a question, Gold Sky stops to give her a stern look but then he chuckled and turned his stern look into a soft smile. “Yes Rainbow Dash. You have a question you want to ask?” . Rainbow Dash then thought a little bit, which is now to Gold Sky’s dismay. But his remembrance of his immortally reminds him of his long patience and while everything else doesn’t last forever he and Princess Celestia do. “Oh got it, were the Wonderbolts around the time of your daddy when he… well… you know.” Rainbow Dash sweats profusely as she tries hard to find the right words. Unfortunately her efforts fall short resulting in seeing a hoof raised in front of her eyes. Rainbow Dash took the action on cue and apologizes. Gold Sky then resumes telling the history of his parents. “He waited until after the funeral pyre of his father to tell his mother that he wants to be a Royal guard for Princess Celestia, his mother asked him why and he just told her he has no future with father gone. Daddy choose to carve his life in stone and told his mother good bye.” The Alicorn pause to take a breath and a sip of cold tea. “He walked out of his mother’s home taking only with him a picture of him with his mother and the feather his father gave him. He sheds only one tear as he ignored the cries of his mother asking him not to leave despite assuring her he will visit her during his off time in training." *Sigh* "The son left the mother to erase one pain while unintentionally creating a new one... daddy became a Razor… he left behind all his emotions at Cloudsdale while keeping one emotion which was love for safekeeping.” Rarity raises her hoof causing the Alicorn to lay his teal colored eyes on her and blink. “So your daddy left his mother at such a young age to go to Canterlot to become an Royal guard? What happened to his mother after he left?” Gold Sky thought a little as he dug into his mind, the two mares noticed how his mind took the shape of a vast galaxy with voices, sounds, music, and images all spinning around the glowing center of the Alicorn’s spirit. One image in particular caught the eye of Rarity it was one of Octavia, but it location is what puzzled Rarity because it's in a cluster of cherished memories near the glowing center of Gold Sky’s spirit. “Ah yes found it. Daddy’s mother was deeply saddened but was not able to shed any tears but only gave daddy her blessing and one last hug, she knew she could not stop him. She just asked the Great Spirit to watch over her son and to remind him of his promise to always visit her during his off time in training. She knew her son will keep his word, even when he found out she remarried three years later. But the Pegasus she married never got any sort of acknowledgement or affection from daddy. He's the Razor to all with the exception to his mother.” Gold Sky took another sip from his cold tea and resumed. “Daddy arrived at Canterlot to sign up at the barracks.Surprised to hear a really young voice, the master of guard raises his eyebrow when he looked over the table to take a look at daddy who was still a young Pegasus colt.” Rainbow Dash suddenly sneezed startling Gold Sky but rapidly got a hold of himself. “Ahem, well the master of the guard decided to take daddy to Princess Celestia, to have her decide whether to have a Pegasus this young join and train to become an royal guard. As daddy was brought forth to the Princess he was amazed by her presence and even more amazed when the Princess approached him to inspect him not physically but mentally. The Princess ordered the master of the guard to step back, as her horn glowed and with gentle delicateness placed her horn on his head to read his inner qualities, mentality, and memories. But what she found was that his mind was well advanced for a colt his age, his emotions were missing with the exception of love, but the one thing that shocked her core was his repetition of the death of his father serving as some kind motivation for his will to make him stay one with the Razor…” Suddenly hard knocking is heard from the front entrance of Rarity’s boutique startling Gold Sky once more. But this time he broke the connections of the three minds, and a sharp pain is delivered to Gold Sky as he did his best to keep himself from shouting in pain. He feels his head burn in searing pain. Rarity and Rainbow Dash see Gold Sky drop to his side groaning as his horn glows keeping the two mares put with an immobilization spell. Finally after what seemed a couple of minutes the knocking ceased, Gold Sky got back up to his hoofs spat some saliva into Rarity’s trash can while rubbing his head with his left hoof. Panting a bit he lets Rarity and Rainbow Dash free from his immobilization spell. After the pain in his head subsided he again motioned for both mares to get within arm’s reach of him. “Where were we…?” The Alicorn asks. Rarity asks Gold Sky if it was a good idea to start again since he felt great pain when they’re minds disconnected by accident, but the Alicorn assures her that pain is nothing but a drop of Dragon’s blood. Confused at what the Alicorn just said they still lower their heads so he can sync with their minds. *** Meanwhile a young purple dragon is running into a library which happened to also be a tree, he approaches a lavender colored Unicorn mare who has her nose buried in a book about a form of magic she plans to master. “Uhh Twilight.” The young dragon bashfully says to the mare, hoping she will not get annoyed since he's interrupted her studying. “Yes Spike what’s wrong?” Twilight Sparkle asks in a loving voice that causes Spike to let out a puff of white air. “I went to Rarity’s boutique but the front door was locked tight and also all the curtains were down so I couldn’t peek inside. Then when I knocked nopony answered.” Twilight’s left eyebrow raised in utter confusion for she knew a lot about her dear friend Rarity and of course this event is yelling out of character for Rarity. She decided to investigate this peculiar turn of events right after she reads four and half chapters of a book called the Ins and outs of shape shifting including sex, voice, etc. No really etc! “Hehe I wonder if I can get Spike with a good prank if I can shape shift into Rarity?” Twilight thought to herself while devilishly smiling at the same time. *** Back at the Boutique the Alicorn is back telling his history to the Unicorn and Pegasus mares and yet something inside told him the entity that was knocking at the door will be back, so he had to skip a few parts about daddy. “Princess Celestia decided to take him in and have him trained as an Elite Commando guard; her dictation surprised the master of the guard who told her there was no such unit. But she looked at him and then at the colt and emotionlessly replied to the master that there is now, and when his training is complete he shall be by the Princess’s side. The master of the guard just bowed before the Princess and decided to take it upon himself to teach the young Pegasus everything he knew along with paying some kind Griffon Assassins to train him too. Within four years he has nerves of steel. And being the first Elite Commando guard serving directly as Princess Celestia’s personal guard, but more importantly his methods were somewhat… how you say uhh… unorthodox.” “Like how so?” Pipes Rainbow Dash. “Well one day a deranged Pegasus came to kill Princess Celestia... well tried, she said that the voices in her head were threatening to kill her family unless she went and stabbed the Princess in the heart. I still don’t know how she made it past all the guards stationed in the palace corridors… but when she made it to the throne room she immediately charged towards the Princess with a dagger shining in her mouth. But then before she knew it she's lying the ground with a hoof pressed hard on her neck, she looked up to see a gray Pegasus with cold eyes breathing out steam from his nostrils telling her not to move. But again the voices spoke to her and she let out a blood curling scream that caused daddy to cover his ears, but managed to hit the crazed Pegasus in the face causing her head to fall back and lose the dagger. Daddy then took the dagger and plunged it through both her wings. And on the second wing he twisted the dagger and told her to scream at that, she could not scream however… the pain was too great so she past out.” Rarity face displays utter terror as she saw Gold Sky’s mental interpretation, Rainbow Dash shuttered at seeing the dagger plunge through the crazed mare’s wings. But the part that horrified them the most was the emotionless face of the gray Pegasus commando as he took the dagger out from the wing, threw it by the mare, and stomped his hoof on the wound to wake her up. Princess Celestia was not surprised by his actions, but this was not the first time the elite commando guard took his duty to unorthodox territory. Gold Sky decided he's not going to tell them about the four merc unicorns, rouge griffon, zebra warrior exile, the earth pony twins, and a fellow royal guard suffering from high stress… all of which fell to Silver Wind. The Alicorn wings spread out a bit for he's was getting to the part where he knew the mares are waiting for to see in his mind. “Princess Celestia received many complaints from the master of the guard about Silver Wind’s bloody record and also told the Princess he was becoming afraid of Silver Wind. But the Princess reminded the master of the guard even through Silver Wind may take his duty to the extreme he will not harm anypony who is not a threat to her and himself. A Razor may have no emotions but he will protect me no matter what and any other pony in harm’s way.” With that the Alicorn pauses to ask Rarity for water since the tea is making him thirsty. "Of course darling." She went and brought him some. After taking a few gulps he felt his heart beat go deeper and slower, he took a moment to look at both Rarity and Rainbow Dash. Rarity was the one he knew he could trust in due time, while Rainbow Dash will be more than persistent in wanting to race against him since she saw his wings. But the one thing he looked in both of them were their eye color; Rarity’s eye color a saturation mix of sky and dark blue, while Rainbow Dash’s eye color that of a strong rose color. But none were the same as Octavia’s eye color which started to swirl around his glowing center. “Why? I barely know her.” Gold Sky said out loud. “Know who? Hmmmm.” Rainbow Dash asks as she pressed her face close to Gold Sky. “It is none of your concern… well unless you are of any use in helping me. But overall it is none of your concern.” Gold Sky coldly replies as he swept his left wing over Rainbow Dash ruffling her mane. “Now let us continue.” With that his horn and eyes glow once more. “Of course the complaints became too much for the Princess to bear, so reluctantly Princess Celestia sent an attendant to Silver Wind’s quarters. Which at the time he was looking at his father’s feather while drinking some pear brew a fellow Pegasus in his unit made, when the attendant came and told him that the Princess wishes to see him to discuss an important issue. The attendant swore she almost saw the commando leader smile when he placed the feather back in his bedside locker, got up, donned his golden armor that had the Princess's Cutie mark with two wings underneath on the crest of the breastplate, and followed the attendant to the Princess’s throne room. Upon entering the room he bowed down before Princess Celestia, got up and asked the Princess what the issue she wishes to discuss. Princess Celestia cleared her throat and started to explain to Silver Wind… Ok you know what let my mind tell you.” Gold Sky closed his eyes as the trio start to hear the gentle and strong voice of Princess Celestia along the with the emotionless voice of Gold Sky’s father; but also found themselves seeing the memory as if they were there. “Silver Wind I wish to discuss this important topic with you because… well you will not be very pleased in the end.” Princess Celestia said. “Your majesty I will do anything you request, your wish is my command Princess so what is it you want to tell me so I may serve my Princess.” The gray Pegasus emotionlessly but yet peacefully declares to Princess Celestia. “I-I am reassigning you. You will no longer be my personal guard; I will now be guarded by two Pegasuses you’ve masterly trained from your unit.” Silver Wind stares at the Princess Celestia in almost disbelief but then went back to his emotionless state. “Your majesty I am aware about your humor and I am honored to be used in one your practical jokes…” “Silver Wind!” Princess Celestia cuts the Pegasus in mid sentence. “I am not joking Silver Wind… I am assigning you to be the personal guard of my best student who shows great potential in mastering magic. I know you will get upset but I am doing this for your own good.” The Princess declares while spreading her wings to their full length. Silver Wind’s mind barely registers what the Princess told him, but he couldn’t believe it. “Princess… y-you are not seri…why! WHY PRINCESS!” Roars Silver Wind at Princess Celestia causing her eyes to widen at the sudden swift departure of Silver Wind’s emotionless state. “I have always been your personal guard!; I took great pride knowing no matter what, I will always know you can rely on me to give up my life in order to ensure your safety.” Silver Wind yells while trying his best not to lose his composure. “Why do you want to take this away from me your majesty, I made myself cold in order to kill without feeling any regret! Why do you do this to me your majesty!? I-I… huh?” And then suddenly he felt something run down his right cheek. He touches his right cheek to catch whatever it was then when he looked… he saw it was a tear. He then turned to the Princess who's approaching him, and sat down next to the frowning elite commando guard who let s more tears. “Silver Wind I know this gives you great pain… but I see in you not an emotionless Pegasus.” The Princess then wrapx a wing around him to make him open up more to her so she can help him. “You are a Pegasus with one emotion in him, but that one emotion you kept is the most powerful. You are crying because you feel love at knowing you keep me safe, you see me as a reason to keep going every day. And if your father was still alive today he will be very proud to have you as a son.” When Silver Wind heard what she said he just dove into her arms to hug her, he's never been spoken to like that with such words from the Princess, who spoke to him not as his ruler but more like a mother figure. Princess Celestia for the first time do not know what to do since the only other pony to hug her is Princess Luna but she felt pleased to know how touched Silver Wind is. So she allows him to hug her. After some time Silver Wind pulls away from Princess Celestia and bows down before the Princess. “I will do as you say your majesty. I will protect your student with my life… no matter the cost.” The Pegasus speaks with the voice of no emotion, causing Princess Celestia to frown a bit, for she thought she made progress with Silver Wind but is proved ultimately wrong. As Silver Wind got up to walk out of the throne room he stops to turn around to look at the Princess. “Your Majesty I don’t think I’ll be needing this anymore.” And with that Silver Wind took off his golden armor and helmet and left it at Princess Celestia’s hooves. “I will make my own armor for me and the rest of the unit since we are the Elite Commando guard , the color of the armor will be silver. This will mark a new era in my duty but I will still have your mark on the crest of the breastplate.” But then the Pegasus looks into the Princess’s eyes. “Thank you Princess.” Those words were let out in a voice of great passion and sincerity. Gold Sky then opens his eyes as the visualization fades away from his and the mare’s minds. Suddenly.“What is my purpose Rarity and Rainbow Dash? I have asked myself that question many times, and not even Princess Celestia can provide me with a sufficient answer.” He says out loud making the Unicorn and Pegasus to look at each other dumbfounded. “Well I know my purpose is to be awesome and make sonic rainbooms and Rarity’s to make fancy outfits with gems on them and become famous. Yours on the other hand ehhh could be that you become a cold, nerve of steel commando like your father.” Rainbow Dash insensitively tells Gold Sky which is sometimes common thing of her to do. “Rainbow Dash! That is very cold of you to say that to Gold Sky!” Rarity growls… using the same growl she used when she was provoked by the Great and Powerful Trixie. Rainbow Dash ears droop as she turned to Gold Sky whose eyes glow softly. “Let’s finish this. And know this Rainbow Dash! I am nothing like my daddy’s former self I will again take both of you to the memory… like I said you shall see my life through your own eyes.” Gold Sky voices in an almost sad tone. Rarity and Rainbow Dash find themselves along with Gold Sky outside of the living quarters of Sylvia with Silver Wind in his new shining silver armor standing guard outside the door. “This is the part both of you were waiting to see no?” Gold Sky whispers to both mares, Rarity nods and Rainbow Dash elbows Gold Sky on his flank. “Silver Wind please come here I need you right now.” Calls Sylvia. The gray Pegasus proceeds in going in and bowing down before Sylvia, causing her to wince. “What is it that you need mi lady? I will be more than happy to assist you.” The emotionless Pegasus said to his new assignment with a tinkle of pride in the mix. “I will like for you to join me for tea, and before you can protest I am giving you an order and not giving you a question.” Beams Sylvia. Especially when she saw Silver Wind’s face starting to shake a little bit. “Of course mi lady I will be happy to join you.” Silver Wind almost in full composure replies.. He waltzes over to the table and sat down on a cushion whiles Sylvia pours tea unto his cup along with placing a straw in it since he's a Pegasus. “So Silver Wind since Princess Celestia told me that you are always going to be by my side at all times, I decided to take the liberty to move your belongings to the guest room across the hall from my room. Along with that I plan to get to know everything about my personal guard, so don’t be surprised when I ask you to tell me a bit about yourself.” Sylva seriously lays out the words before Silver Wind. Because if there was one thing that Sylva could do that Silver Wind can do is match his seriousness, given she knows how to reflect a pony’s seriousness back at them. But this Pegasus was a whole different ball game. He's not serious by choice but is serious upon the fact that he is a Razor and also able use deadly force whenever necessary without hesitating and having no remorse once the deed is done. “So mi lady…” Silver Wind is surprisingly the first one to break the brief silence to ask Sylvia a question. “Why are you are the Princess favorite student?” He asks. “Well… I am more than just a favorite of Princess Celestia Silver Wind. I see her as my best friend and she sees me the same way too. I guess what she needs is a friend… Oh I almost forgot, you will come with me to a in-castle camp out. I think you will enjoy it, and I am also sure the Princess won’t mind.” Says the graceful Unicorn "Whoa! Hold that thought mi lady I may be your personal guard but I will not attend these camp outs. Besides didn’t you say you are her best friend? I was only her personal guard, and not her friend like you are Syl…” “The Princess requested your presence.” Cutting the Pegasus’s sentence with hers. “Oh… Well I guess that changes things then. Uhh should I go in armor or just go in my helmet? I really do not know what to wear.” The Pegasus’s voice conveys a new tone… nervousness. “I think you should come without your armor. I’ve never seen a guard without his armor, but you are no guard if I am not mistaken but an Elite Commando guard.” Suddenly the voices of the Pegasus and Unicorn became high pitched and their speech is going at a pace of an allegro violin concerto. “Whoa whats going on?” Rainbow Dash asks in wonder. “I am only speeding up the memory.” The Alicorn calmly replies. When Rarity asked why he's doing this, he said when he heard the knocking earlier that caused him to disconnect and give him pain. The entity that was knocking left after a few minutes, but something told Gold Sky that entity will be back so that is why he was skipping some parts of his memories. “Ah yes the camp out, this ought to be good.” Gold Sky cheerfully said. “I still don’t know how you talked me into this Mi Lady, and isn’t this kind of too feminine for a stallion like me? And I feel weird without my armor.” Sliver Wind asked in a most displeased voice. Sylvia chuckled a bit before she answered back. “No Silver Wind,and last time I checked camp outs are not too feminine all right. Oh and please stop calling me Mi Lady, call me by name from now on got it?” “Of course… you’re NAMES.” Silver Wind mocks to Sylvia causing her to throw a cushion at the Pegasus which is caught the instant she let her magic release it. “Oh yeah I forgot about you’re reflexes.” Sylvia expresses embarrassingly. “Well you’re not the first one, like the crazed Pegasus, Zebra exile, the four Unicorn mercs, and so on… umm I take you don’t want to talk about it?” “No I’m good.” Replies the mare. Then both of them hear the sound of steps approaching the camping site in the palace. “Princess Celestia is here. YAY time to have fun!! Trust me Silver Wind if you weren't so serious tonight I can assure that you will have the best night ever!” Sylvia ecstatically squeals. “Humph, I find that hard to believe mi la… err Sylvia.”Replies the Pegasus. “We’ll see about that Silver Wind and I’ll hold your word on it.” A voice rang out from the darkness causing Silver Wind to look at Sylvia who simply shrugged, then from the shadows emerges Princess Celestia. Upon seeing her Silver Wind bows down low before the white Alicorn. “Really Silver Wind?" *Sigh* Princess Celestia’s voice became the most unrecognizable thing in all of Equestria when heard by Rarity and Rainbow Dash. It's the sound of aggravation mixed with wariness of time and duty. “Silver Wind… in this event we are having I am not your Princess. But I am something that can help you.” The Princess declared with the same motherly tone that caused Silver Wind to break down a little bit before her, many days ago. “I am your friend Silver Wind well in fact both of us are you friends, we just can’t see a Pegasus like you live their life tied only to their duty. Silver Wind I understand the death of your father shattered you severely but still that is no reason to use his death to make yourself into something soulless… please Sliver Wind let me eer I mean us help you. That one emotion you have kept use it! Use it to save yourself. Don’t let pain linger in you Silver Wind because I too feel pain every time I raise the moon… my dear sister Luna. I-I… Princess Luna my sister I miss her so much!” Princess Celestia turns her back toward Silver Wind and Sylvia and start to take deep breaths “Silver Wind were these your father’s last words…” Princess Celestia asks as her horn glows and start to repeat the same last words Silver Wind’s father said to him from his death bed. “You will fly far my dear Silver Wind but I will never leave you even with my death. You shall make my strength your own; I shall see you live your life through your eyes my son… the son becomes the father…” “And the father the son.” Silver Wind finishes the sentence. “The son becomes the father and the father the son.” Sliver Wind looks into the fireplace. He knew Princess Celestia will always feel great pain every night she raises the moon, while the words of his father resonate inside of him. This was not what his father wanted him to become… he's misusing the strength of his father, Princess Celestia truly wants to help him only she can save him from what he has become. Slowly the Pegasus faces Sylvia and the Princess accepting he's feeling something different in his heart, a sensation slowly rising to his head triggering him to remember how his father stroked his mane for the last time. Silver Wind’s voice changed… and for the first time in his life he speaks with fear. “Save me Princess Celestia. Save me Sylvia.” --- Ch4 “Retribution... descendant of the fallen dragon” Fearfully the Alicorn backs away from the young purple dragon standing next to Twilight Sparkle. Arthur's note- I am working on Ch.4 since I've got 1/10 of it done before I had it encrypted. I am also working on ch.3 of Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust.