//------------------------------// // Flashback // Story: Equestrian Lifestyle // by Bronze_drake //------------------------------// Beep.Beep.Beep...Beep.Beep.Bee-Smack... I slammed the palms of my hand on the alarm clock, putting a stop to the racket. Shifting around in bed so the sun wasn't directly in my face, I got out of bed and head to the large bathroom to get ready for the day. Knock.Knock.Knock Only to turn back around and head to my bedroom door. I open the door to reveal my equally tired brother and my overly excited sister. "...Sup." I finally spoke after a minute of silence. My brother just yawns and nods his head to me, while my sister goes on and on about why she's so excited and telling me I better get washed up so we can go to the library for some reason I cant remember. "Sis, I was about to get in the shower before ya got here," I explain to her pointing to my dresser showing my clothes and towel. "I told you so." My brother says in his half sleep state. "Jacob, can you meet us at the library?" I nod, " Yeah I'll see you 30 minutes." With that my siblings take their leave and I close the door to my room and head to the bathroom. The bathroom was large. The tub was the size of a hot tub, and over the pearl white sink was a body length mirror. The bathroom was fit for royalty, ironic seeing as I lived in a castle with my sister Twilight, and brother Spike. Looking at myself in the mirror I see a 4'3" male with dark blueish hair with light purple mixed, my hair was off to the side showing the side of my head that was cut into a fade (My sister says I shouldn't have cut the side of my 'beautiful' hair, apparently). I also had dark purple eyes and pale skin. I took off my clothes, showing my skinny body and a scar in a shape of an X on the center of my chest. Turning the shower on, I stepped in letting out a sigh as the stream of water cascaded down my body. As I washed I unconsciously rubbed my wrist that had scars on them that looked like something was wrapped up tightly around them. I blocked the memory of what happened to me that day, hearing my heartbeat pick up. While trying to calm down, my heart started to sound like it was making a rhythm so I started to listen to it. I start to get into it and started to sing In the middle of the song, I was drying myself off. Getting dressed in black jeans, white t-shirt, and a button up long sleeve blue and white plaid shirt. I walked to the door as I was finishing up singing. Just as I finished up the song I opened the door...When I opened the door, I saw that I had drawn a crowd. There were maids, castle staffs, and even a few guards. Leaning against the door frame I spoke. "How you doin?" When I finished the question, they all scrambled back to whatever they were doing. I just chuckled, shrugging off the reaction I had received, and made my way over to the castle library. Walking down the large halls, I passed many things such as suits of armor, paintings, and pictures. One picture, in particular, made me stop in my tracks. The picture held four people. A tall woman with pure white skin and an Aurora-like hair that looked like it flowed in the wind. Next, was a girl with a small rhinestone on her forehead, showing that she's a Unicorn blood, had straight violet hair with a pink strip in it, and lastly were two boys the same height and were wearing the same clothes. They were wearing a white t-shirt and black cargo shorts. One had green and purple spiked hair while the other had dark blue and purple hair also spiked up. Looking at this picture makes me remember how we all first met... FLASHBACK-11 years ago I woke up slowly to the sound of a beeping sound and tried to open my eyes but closed them quickly because of the light directly in my face. Trying again after a minute, I open my eyes slowly and saw I was in a white room, laying on the bed facing the window. I turned to my right and saw a machine that was constantly beeping, I looked to my left hearing the door open and saw two women, a girl, and a boy that looked my age.They looked worried for some reason, and I have no clue to whats worrying them. Not paying attention to them, I looked at myself seeing what the damage was this time. I looked down at my chest and stomach and see them wrapped in bandages, I then looked at my right arm that was wrapped in a caste. I tried to figure out what happened to me and about 2 minutes of thinking to myself, I started to get flashes of images. One image showed a metal bed with four metal straps on all four corners of the bed, the second image was a silver metal table next to the bed. It had various objects on the table, like a scalpel, a magnifying glass, and etc. Finally, I had gotten an image of a man with a lab coat, messed up hair, and a crazed smile. Unknown to me, my heart rate spiked and there was frantic beeping from the heart monitor. The group eyed me with concern as I relived every moment being cut opened, poked, prodded, and basically being a lab rat for a year at my so-called foster parent... I flinched back when I felt a hand grab my shoulder. I moved away from whoever touched me and looked, it was a green and purple haired boy from earlier, he looked hurt when I moved away from him. I could care less though, I don't trust him or anyone in this room for that matter. And speaking of a room where am I? It looks so clean and new. It was a nice change of view from what I used to see on a daily basis... "Hey calm down man, I'm not gonna hurt you." The boy said reassuringly. "..." I didn't say a word, I just sat there looking at him expectantly, waiting for him to attack but nothing came. He just sat there looking at me with concern. After about 10 minutes of silence, I decided to speak... "W-who are y-you people...W-what do you w-want from me?" I asked still hesitant to trust them, my throat was sore and scratchy, which made talking harder. Hearing this, the tall woman levitated a cup of water to me and I thanked her for. The tall woman spoke, "My name is Princess Celestia and her name"-she points at a girl with violet hair with a pink strip in it-"is Twilight Sparkle, and the boy near you"-she then pointed to the boy with green-purple hair-"is Spike Draco." I perked up at Spike's last name, it sounded familiar, but I then frown at Celestia's royal title. They seemed to notice my sudden change in demeanor and decided to ask what the matter was. I simply said... "I don't trust royalty." They seemed very much surprised that I didn't trust royalty, as they stared at me with wide eyes and jaws dropped. But it seemed to have gotten to Celestia saddened and even more concerned, and just as she was about to say something Spike spoke up. "Why don't you trust royalty." He asked with confusion. "Because they're the reason I didn't have a better life." They didn't say anything, so I continued, "*sigh* One day when I was 6 years old, and living in a crumby orphanage where they do nothing but beat us and make us do work every hour of the day, that day they had us washing every corner of the place because it was royal inspection or whatever. And after an hour of cleaning, some prince came into the place hardly doing any inspecting and the workers were kissing up to him. While we looked at them from the background, the prince looked back at us with the look of disgust and indignation. None of the other orphans noticed but me, I ignored it though. I saw it as a chance to get out of that horrible place. I thought telling an authority figure would help, so ignoring the workers, I rushed up to him and started to beg and plead for him to help us or at least send guards down here to investigate...But you know what he did?" I asked and they shook their head, not saying a word. "He just stood there with an amused expression on his face." They looked at me in shock, "What was his name?" Twilight asked she looked like she knew who it was. I put my good hand under my chin in thought, "I think his name's...Blueblood, and let me tell you he has issues." I finished. I was suddenly hugged from my side. I looked at who was hugging me and was surprised to see Celestia, she had tears running down her cheeks. "I'm so so sorry," she whispered. My eyes widened, maybe all royals aren't snooty and uptight.I slowly wrap my arms around her excepting her apology. Something confuses me though. "Why are you apologizing to me for?" I asked. "I'm apologizing because it was my fault for sending him down there, he told me everything was fine but I guess he was lying to his own Aunt." She explained. I was speechless, I pulled back out of the hug and looked in her eyes that was showing sympathy, sadness, regret, and heartache. "I...Forgive you." I croaked out, I never saw any emotion on anyone else except the orphans or victims. The workers always had these emotionless looks on their face it looked almost passive or cold-blooded look. After some time we eventually calmed down to talk, well for them to talk, I just lay there listening in or looking out the window. 'I wonder if my sister made it out of that place was in, now that I think about it the other people in that place should have been found...So why are the three still in my room?' "Hey," They turned to me. "Not that I don't like the company, but why are you still here?" I asked. "What do you mean?" Spike asked. "I mean, what are you guys still doing here? Aren't you going to check if the others are okay?" I asked. They looked uneasy when I mentioned the other foster kids. I started to get a bad feeling in my stomach as I waited for someone to explain to me what in the hay was going on. I looked at Twilight and she had tears running down her cheeks. I turned to spike and he looked away from my gaze, and I finally looked at Celestia who was now interested in the floor tiles, she had tears flowing from her eyes. They didn't say anything, but I got my answer. "They're dead... Aren't they?" I asked I had no emotion in my voice or face what so ever. This surprised everybody in the room, I didn't want to show weakness so I blocked every emotion to try and escape from me. They hesitated again. That's all I needed for my answer. "I see..." I slowly got up from the bed, ignoring the pain in my arms and chest, and slowly walked over to the window. I looked out the window to see the view of Cantorlot and its nobles. Some were looking up at me with disgust, 'Psh, they don't know anything.' I thought with a grimace. 'They just want the disgusting freak to go away so badly...' "So be it." By the time I whispered out those words, I had already climbed on the window ledge ready to jump. I had forgotten who was in the room with me by the sound of several footsteps behind me, running towards me but I could care less. I didn't turn around though all I did... was jump. Time seemed to slow to a snail's pace as I jumped while looking down at the nobles and they look up at me. They had the looks of satisfaction written on their faces that made me more frustrated. Not like I could do anything anyway, I had just taken my own life, so I just closed my eyes and wait to be sent to Tartarus for committing a sin. I couldn't care though because to me this was the escape or I guess a vacation compared to my life. Tartarus seems way better anyway... I kept my eyes closed waiting for my end. I waited and waited and waited but nothing happened. I opened my eyes and saw I was just hanging in mid-air though I felt something wrapped around my ankle as I kept hanging in mid-air. I heard someone grunt and start pulling me up, I looked at the hand and followed it up the arm only too see... "Spike... let go..." I spoke, barely up to a whisper. He either didn't hear me or listen because the only answer I received was getting pulled up. All I did was want him to let go, so I started struggling. The others must have seen him struggle to hold on to me, it is the only reason why I heard them rush over to Spike and help him pull me up. I knew they wouldn't let up so I just hung there until they finally had me inside the room. I lean up against the wall finding it hard for me to stand and slumped down to the floor. I put my knees on my chest and bury my face in my knees. So many emotions welled up inside, blocked, or ignored burst through their metaphorical gates. I'm trying to keep whatever's left of my sanity together, it works if only just barely. "D-dude..." Spike was the first to speak, "that was totally not cool." There was a silence that hung in the room. No one dared to speak, fearing what might happen next. Even the Princess hadn't spoken herself. This time it was Twilight that spoke, "Why?" I turned to her, she had tears in her eyes, "There are other ways around this then suicide, so why?" "...It was the easy way out of this hellhole of a life." I laughed hoarsely, "Hay, might be better in Tartarus than this godforsaken planet. AM I RIGHT?!?" "..." "..." "..." No one said a single word. 'This couldn't get any worse than this.' I thought. Until... "What about your family man?" Spike asked. I didn't say a single word, having enough of this day already. "What about them?" I asked with little to no emotion. They were surprised I asked this without any hint of guilt, compassion, or worry. They probably didn't think a 10-year-old could think like I do. "What do you mean,'what about them?' there probably worried sick about you!" Twilight and the Princess seemed surprised at this transaction but I felt nothing at this moment. The two didn't get into this spectacle with Spike and me but looked like they'd jump in if needed. I looked at Spike with hollowed eyes, "What.About.Them." I emphasized my question to a poke on his chest as we were up in each other faces, glaring at each other. "They're probably out there worried sick about," he poked me in the chest. "It's a feeling you know, an emotion. I bet they miss you, sad about you, and love-" I snapped. "I HATE THAT WORD." All eyes were on me now, I didn't notice before but I had tackled Spike to the floor in my moment of anger. "What point is that word if you've got no one else to share that love with!" They had tears in their eyes now. I continued. "They're all gone! I have no one else. I don't have a mom, dad, my sister, my brother." I was getting quieter as I talked as the realization hit me, "...My family is gone..." The air was still but I didn't care, I got off the floor and to my hospital bed and sat down. It was deadly silent. I don't think they expected any of this, shit I didn't expect it myself. But the next question Spike asked threw me off... "...How?" I turned to him and stare at him for a while, trying to find something. What that 'something' might be I don't know. Though something about him feels...familiar. I smile at this. I started to explain, "I know I HAD a family but most of them are either dead, lost, or forgotten. Before it was just me, mom, dad, my sister, and my brother. I don't know much because at the time I and my brother were still eggs, but my sister was a hatchling so I'll just tell you from here perspective, sound good?" They nodded. "My sister told me that mom and dad had to get away from a place called DRAKON KHOLKIKOS"-the Princess looked shocked and even hopeful-"because there were people there that didn't like our lineage very much. Supposedly while my dad, mom, and sister were having dinner and me and my brother's eggs were by a fireplace, our doors were busted in and people rushed carrying blunt objects, knives, and guns. They wanted to be rid of us, to exterminate our lineage from existence. And since we were the last living beings of said existence, they thought it'd be easy for themselves to just steal our lives and be on with their life." The Princess, Twilight, and Spike looked horrified- "but at the last minute, dad told my mother and sister to take us and run while he held them off and meet us at the borders to escape with us. But...He never came." I paused. "They waited at the borders for hours but he never came, so assuming the worst they left before we were all caught. My sister told me since our mother was friends with a ruler of the country, said we'd be safe there so my mother and sister who was still carrying me and my brother, trekked onward to some castle. As soon as we were there we got settled in and we lived in safety for a while, things never did die down. The third month of living there was peaceful and quiet, I and my brother were going to hatch that day, and my mother, the ruler, and my sister were watching as our eggs begun to shake and quiver. Then everything went to complete shit. My sister told me that the windows had blown in, and some of the people from the place we used to live at had found us. They never gave up trying to find us...My mother and the ruler defended us, while my sister had grabbed me and my brother's eggs and ran out the room. She had a plan to get us to safety, it was a simple plan but a plan none the less, she told me that while living in the castle that she had found hiding places while playing hide and seek with either the ruler or mother. Her plan was to hide me and my brother in separate places, making it harder to find us, and to hide as well. It worked for the most part. First, she hid my brother's egg in one of the cabinet's in the kitchen that had cleaning supplies. She hid him there so there wouldn't be a mix-up of what's food and what's not." I looked around the room again and saw that the Princess and Spike had tears in their eyes and looked at each other before looking at me with what looked like hope. Twilight just had a blank look on her face, like she was in thought. I decided to ignore it for now and continue with my story. "Anyway, my sister ran down the hall carrying my egg and ran into one of the maid's room and was ready to hide me under the bed but someone started banging on the door. My sister was panicking by the time the third bang on the door came, so as a last-ditch effort she hid under the door with me and kept quiet as best she could...It wasn't enough." I had no emotion in my voice now. "The door was busted into and we were captured...M-my sister said she s-saw mom and the ruler on their knees and were whispering to each other. She looked at my sister and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry' and the next thing my sister saw was my mother... getting her head chopped off... and the ruler getting knocked out." At this point, I was breaking down, but I wasn't the only one. Twilight had tears streaming down her cheeks, while Celestia and Spike were crying harder. All of a sudden, Spike and Celestia lunged at me, and I covered myself out of reflex from being hit all the time. But all that did happen was two arms being wrapped around me. It was unexpecting in a way I didn't understand at all. I ignored and continued speaking, "My sister told me that she went berserk and the last thing she remembered was waking up with my egg next to her inside an orphanage. You already know what happened in the orphanage so I'll skip that part. A couple month passes and I and my sister get adopted. I thought we were going to have a normal life for now on. I was wrong. The man was a scientist and he likes to experiment, with what you ask. With us. He cut us open, he breaks our bones, and we were glad that we weren't injected like the others. They were injected with this type of disease that turns you into mindless drones. He wouldn't stop calling the ones injected, sleeper agents. I'm guessing since I'm here now that my sisters plan to get help worked but she would've givin' a sign telling me she still was alive. She's either laying low for awhile or she couldn't reach me...I don't have anyone right now." It was silent for a while until... "But what about your brother, is he still alive or not?" I winced when Twilight asked me this and she seemed to notice it, "S-sorry I didn't mean-" I held my hand up, effectively cutting her off, "It's fine, I'll explain, my sister told me that I shouldn't have even hatched yet." They looked confused except for Celestia.(Twilight took out a notebook and pencil from out of nowhere for some odd reason) I continued, "She said that the reason I shouldn't have hatched was that when my mother was...killed, my and my brother's connection broke from her and attached to each other to lived. And we were essentially frozen in time until either we make a new connection with another family member that is of age, or someone uses magic to hatch us and since I and my brother were connected we would hatch at the same time." It was silent again and everyone had surprised looks on their faces. They were staring at me. Again. "What?" I asked. This time it's Celestia who speaks, "If you don't mind I'd like to ask a few important questions..." She said with a faraway look in her eyes, and I think a tear. I shrugged seeing no problem with it. She said, "Okay the first question, when were you born?" I looked at her weirdly but answered anyway. "July 8, 2000." Spike looked shocked but stayed silent. She continued, "What is your sister's name?" "Her name's Barb," I said still wondering what this was all about. She started to break down, "What's your m-mother's name?" "Amethyst, why are you-," I was cut off with another question. "What's your fathers' name?" "...His name is Quartz..." I answered with trepidation. I looked around the room avoiding eye contact. Twilight looked both confused and concerned, but Spike was shaking like a leaf, gripping his arms as he looked at me with sorrow, hope, and surprise. "Okay," I looked back at Celestia. "W-what's your name?" Just then I realized through this whole ordeal, I had not once mentioned my name. This was a simple question, yet it still gave me pause, I answered anyway... "...It's Jacob, Jacob Draqo..." To Be Continued... OK just to clear up things, yes Jacob is my OC and yes his thoughts are BLUE but I need more ideas for this story so if any of you could help out I'd appreciate it I will make sure you get the credit you deserve. Also, I need an OC design if there is anyone out there who can help. He should have dark blue eyes, and dark blue and purple . I don't actually care about clothes so I don't really care what you make just make it badass. And with that, I need to go so I bid you adieu. PEACE!!!