Twilight - Day 3
Well, this isn't something I thought I'd be writing in, but they found me out and there's no point in trying to be hidden now. Rarity did a very clever move by using Basak's fire breath to transfer a message to the Princess, making her think it was me. I'm more surprised I didn't think about using either of the drakes' dragon abilities in the first place, it could've made traveling to and from Princess Celestia every few days unnecessary. She is definitely a lot more intelligent than I give her credit . . . Oh, but where was I?
You see, it wasn't just my idea about the whole hiding part: Princess Celestia and Luna told me it would be wise to not reveal two dragons while one was missing. None of us understand the power of the Duality Gem, where it came from, who found it, and why it seemed to draw Spike into itself. I try to not think about him all the time, but ever since he disappeared I was so jumbled and lost with everything. I kept thinking how I didn't do the best job as a friend in including him, everything I did wrong, how he was too kind to me, and generally how unfair we were to him while he was so nice in return, all for him to be gone suddenly.
I was so sad with myself that I tried to replicate the ability of the Duality Gem in hopes to find a reversal in the form of a potion. Basak was too quick for me to try though, it was probably for the best that he did and confiscated my work. There is no telling what I would try again were I alone. So where does this lead me? Well, (as the two drakes told me after the events transpired) I was now in one of the most uncomfortable moments in Golden Oaks Library I've ever experienced. An awkward, silent standstill stood for about ten seconds before Kolec took the first shot at talking.
"Why were you crying?" he asked. "You know that me and Basak are always here for you for everything you need. Based on how the girls did everything in their power to catch you, I'm willing to bet they also will help when you need it. We will always be there for you." He definitely knew how to use his words, because he actually made me smile a little bit, albeit mostly a sad grin.
It was hard to come up with the proper response. On one hand I needed to keep my composure as much as possible, but on the other hand the stress of trying to figure out this case is wearing me down day by day. Although the tears from the encounter with Basak faded, the thought of Spike not here flew back to me and a few drops went down my cheek.
"I . . . feel like I've lost Spike forever. I have been trying e-everything to b-bring him back day by day, but to no avail---I don't know if he's gone or not and it's not an easy thought to deal with for me, he's practically my brother." Every sentence was filled with sniffles, chocked up talking, and whimpering, but it wasn't fake. I cried nearly every day after Spike was lost to the Duality Gem and the two new dragons came along as a constant reminder, almost as a mocking jest by the gem if it were sentient.
The girls laid close to me for comfort, but it wasn't of much help. They constantly said the typical sympathetic banter you'd be used to hearing after any sad incident in your life. I wanted them to help me feel better, but nothing worked by them. They knew well, of course, but they didn't understand the situation like I did. Nothing can make you feel worse when people are desperately trying to help you, but they can't no matter how hard they try.
Kolec, idly standing nearby, walked in front of my and ducked down. "Twilight, I know you are hurting, and you have every right to be, but . . ." he looked down with an uneasy posture and face, "Spike is going to end up okay. Maybe I mean nothing to you, but I know for sure that everything will turn out as it should for Spike. I just know there's a connection between me and him, I can sense it."
My tears stopped as I heard this, while my mouth slowly gaped open. Could he really sense Spike? How can he? Did I cause him to feel unwanted in the world? my mind swirled in thought, contemplating how this could be. I got up from the floor and looked at him carefully, "Is it true you are a part of Spike? Just a cut out section of some of his characteristics? You'd know better than any one else who were involved."
Kolec didn't answer immediately, he looked down with a flustered face, putting his claw to his chin. He rose his face once more and said, "No comment."
"What? No comment!? What does that even mean?! Are you trying to hide something from us?! What would you have to hide and why?!" I quickly got angry. Maybe it was unjustified, but I couldn't help but lash out at an answer that makes more questions than it solves. Kolec didn't seem fazed by it though, he kept a stern poker face the entire time. That really irked me, but considering his lack of knowing me extremely well, getting through to him was likely impossible at this point. I sighed heavily, but he actually began without me asking again.
"I'm not one hundred percent positive of any theory you and the Princesses thought up. That's all I can possibly answer truthfully." Kolec yawned and stretched in place, looking at the clock above my desk. "Woah, I'm gonna get to bed, getting too late for my liking. Don't be up all night discussing please, you can do that tomorrow." Before he began to make his retreat upstairs, he beckoned toward Pinkie, "Hey, let's hang out again soon, it's nice to be active instead of laying about inside all day."
"Y-yeah, no problem Kolec!" Pinkie said as he already made it upstairs, but his head came out for a brief moment to give a slow wave, then leaving the light.
I look back up at the staircase both of the dragons ascended and I finally realized something about myself: I have been unfair to Kolec and Basak. It was risky, while I was forcing them inside, to allow myself to let them have their own hobbies, interests, and their own time to spend. I felt if I could've just found the solution quickly and bring Spike back, I shouldn't give them false hope. Yes, if it weren't obvious, I do believe that Spike was simply split into two different drakes, I can't see many other outcomes that make much sense of the situation than that explanation, but even if this assertion is correct, then I still shouldn't be controlling their lives. As I just mentioned, I think Spike is split, and if Spike still remains within them, I know he wouldn't want himself to be of no use to fixing the situation.
I've been so stuck with the thought that I lost Spike that I have not been giving these drakes the chance to truly live their lives. That changes now.
" Wait! Come back down for one second!" I shouted towards the top of the stairs to get both of their attentions, if I could.
"Huh?" Kolec's voice was faintly heard from the top, while his steps got louder. He and Basak walked down toward the middle of the stairs, and stopped.
"Well? Did you have to tell us something Twilight?" asked Basak, in a surprisingly calm tone, with no clear annoyance or anything apparent in his composure. I'm used to him being more irritated by me trying to talk to him, but he didn't even have a single gram of attitude towards me at all. It's . . . kind of nice, and familiar.
I looked up at both of them with a short smile and softly said, "You can start leaving the treehouse from now on . . . and I'm sorry for keeping you shut out from the world, you don't deserve that. From now on, you can do your own thing, and I won't have any problems with it. I promise." The last couple of words came out faintly, but everybody in the room could hear it.
Kolec and Basak looked at each other with surprised disbelief, I could tell they didn't know how to take the news. "Really?!" they both asked with wide eyes as they clung onto the railing.
"Really," I quickly replied with a wider grin. "Anything you've been wanting to do, within reason, you can do it. There is no point in holding you back from now on, it's your lives."
The two drakes looked at one another once more and, I think they nodded in agreement before looking back at us.
"Could we go to Canterlot?"