Ugh… my head. Whatever sparkle butt did was one heck of a head rush. I think this is the closest to a hangover I’ll likely have. I stirred around a bit and managed to stand. I was on stone bricks… behind bars? Am I in a prison cell? I shook off my dizziness and walked over to them. There were two of those pegasus guards from the show on both ends of the cell. “Uh? Where am I?”
“Canterlot dungeon.” One of them answered. “You are awaiting your trial and test results, chaos spawn.”
Harsh. “How did I get here?”
“After the elements of harmony used the memory spell and it failed, the put you away and found the real element of loyalty. Since you didn’t disappear after Discord was returned to stone, the princess wanted to find out what you are.” The other guard finished.
“So I’m on trial and in jail for just existing? That’s bullshit!”
The seems a bit taken back at that word. I rolled my eyes and went onto the wood and hay bed in the corner. Great… this better be either a messed up dream, or reality… Sandra… please keep your promise somehow…
After what felt like a few hours a guard came and opened the cell, escorting me to a large room where they put cuffs attached to chains on a chair on me. I uncomfortably sat in the chair with the chains on me and after a bit… Rainbow Dash walked in. “Wow, you look good.” SHe said with a grin.
“Bit me.”
“Look, whatever you are. I’m here cause you look like me. Twi went through some books and as at first she thought you were something called a changeling, but a revealing spell that was in the book failed, so what are you?”
“Like I told them before that sparkle butt gave me a magic hangover, I’m Donovin, or Sound Dash… As for what I am... All I know is that about two months ago I woke up looking like you in every way.”
“So you just, turned into me without a reason?”
“Yeah. Was scared at first and readjustment was… long, but I somehow made a friend and she helped me out.” By instinct I reached up to my mane to feel the ribbon…. “W- where’s my ribbon?!”
“That thing that was in your mane?” I nodded. “Twi has it. Fell off you when the guards took you.”
“I need that ribbon!”
“Chill out, you look 20% cooler without it.”
“Screw you, that’s all I have left of my home, of my friend!”
SHe winced and backed up. “Wow, alright. Sorry. I didn’t know, I’ll try and see if I can get it back to you before the trial, alright?”
I calmed down a little. “Fine. When is this trial anyway?”
“Later today. While you were out Princess Luna looked through your mind and is telling Celestia about it.”
“She went through my mind? Talk about invasion of personal space.”
“Well, I gotta go. I’ll try and get your ribbon back before the trial. Later… Sound Dash, right?”
“I rolled my eyes. “Sure.”
Rainbow kept her promise as not long after I was sent to my cell, a guard came by and gave me my ribbon. It was the hour of the trial, if you could call it that anyway. It was just the mane six, the princesses, and me in the throne room. “We have reached a verdict.” Princess Luna said. “You, Donovin, were a sad, broke, isolated child who didn’t even know what a mothers love, let alone a hug, was,” Wow, she did look through my memories. “Your recent memories add up exactly with what Rainbow Dash said you told her. As such, we are assuming that you somehow turned into Rainbow Dash due to Discord’s actions, and we believe it is he who might have brought you here as well.”
“Because of this,” Celestia spoke. “We have decided that any charges of impersonation, or the accusations of you being something DIscord made you to throw off the elements have been dropped, and you are going to be taken under the care of the elements of harmony, and Rainbow Dash will be your caretaker until you have fully adjusted.”
… What? “So, you’re just putting me into some kinda make-shift dimensional displacement rehabilitation program?” I asked.
“That’s… the jist of it really.”
“Wow… So you put the living skittle bag as my caretaker?”
“You look just like me!” Rainbow protested.
“Til I dye my hair.” I replied turning to look at Celestia. “You sure about her?”
“Rainbow may be impulsive, but she is legal age, and even though you are the same age as her physically, your memories reveal you to still be a minor. We believe it best since you two are the same physically, you might adopt a sister like bond.”
… She’s a hope filled idiot… “Fine…” I say, knowing this is not gonna go well. I’ve never been parented in my whole life… so this is gonna end badly very quick…
WIth the trial over we went to Ponyville. Soon as the train stopped Pinkie jumped off, probably to throw me a party, and everyone else went their separate ways. Rainbow flew me up to her house, which was… bigger, than the show made it out to be. “So this is the home of the Dash… Dashes…. Eh, we’ll work on that later.”
I rolled my eyes as I walked in.I climbed on the couch and just laid there. “So, what now?”
“We Uh… Um...Uhh…” Rainbow was struggling to think of something. THe obvious answer would be ‘rest a bit’ or ‘go shopping for some things for me’ or something like that. If video games don’t exist here I’m throwing a tantrum solely to piss her off… good God I already sound like a spoiled rotten kid… “I guess you just wait here while I get a quick snack for us eat, then I’ll give you a tour of the town.”
“Sure.” I said as she flew out the door. Parenting rule number one, don’t leave an emotionally unstable child alone… ever. I sighed as I took a nap. I wonder when and if I should say anything when she does this? Nah, might be funny.
How’s the missing child case going?
No leads, no clues, no nothing! It’s like he vanished off the face of the earth!
I know you know him when you worked for his family Sandra, but this is going nowhere. It’s been a month already, his neglectful parents are in jail for their lack of proper parenting and negligence… he might be gone.
I’m not accepting that.
I’m still surprised the kid left you a will.
I didn’t even know he made one…
So, what you gonna do with that much money? Retire tomorrow?
Build the home I promised him… and find him before it’s done.
If you say so, that still leaves the majority of his family fortune for you.
It’s his money, other than what I’m using the build our home, i’m not touching a penny once the house is fixed, not until I find him so we can use it to have fun and make memories.
You act like he’s your kid.
You didn’t see how broken he was. I’m the only person he trusts and he vanishes overnight. I promised to always be with him… I’m not breaking it.