//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: sibling love // Story: Bia Brandy's Origin // by ShinxX //------------------------------// “Cmon, Niridia! Keep up!” Bia Brandy ran around the field of crops dragging a plow behind her. The black, hole riddled changeling that she called sister was behind her, dragging her own plow, but going much slower. “Huff… I-I'm trying, Bia!” Niridia called out, panting at every step. Though her slim, scrawny body was probably not the best for farming, Bia insisted she help so they could spend more time together, which Niridia loved to do. It had been nearly 15 years since Niridia and Bia Brandy were brought together as sisters. They spent so much time with each other. They were practically inseparable. Even though Niridia wasn't too fond of the farm work, she was willing to go through it all to be with Bia. Bia finally reached the end of the field and came to a halt, waiting for her sister. Niridia panted as she practically crawled to the end, plopping down when she finished. “How.. do.. huff… you do.. that..” Niridia said in between breaths. Bia stood next to her, offering a hoof to help her up. “Well, ya don't pull plows like that by reading books n’ picking flowers.” Brandy pulled Niridia back to her hooves and let the changeling lean on her. “Heh, you know I don't like doing heavy pulling.” “Yeah, but yah do it fer me!” Bia nuzzled the changeling. That made a pink flower fall from Niridia’s ear. “Eep!” Bia scrambled to catch it, but wouldn't have gotten there. To her relief, the flower started floating with a green aura around it. It floated back to Niridia's ear, revealing she was using her magic to catch it. “Oh thank Celestia fer that! Where’d ya learn that?” Bia asked. “Learned it by reading books and picking flowers.” She said with a smirk. “Ya learned a spell just for the flower I gave ya?” “Heh, you think I wouldn't have a precaution in case it fell? It means too much to just let it fall.” Niridia smiled looking up at the flower, remembering the day Brandy had first put it on her head. Seven years ago: The family had taken its first trip to town since Niridia and Brandy came along. Both were filled with excitement as they finally got to see other ponies besides their family. When they got to town, there seemed to be a sort of negativity in the air wherever they went that felt directed towards Niridia. Many ponies gave her looks of anger and hate, making Niridia feel awful about herself and who she was. Somepony even said that ‘someone should kill that thing!’ When they got home, she lost it, running straight to her room, leaving a river of tears in her trail. Bia felt so bad for her sister. She needed to do something more. Her parents and Bia’s words weren't enough to cheer the harassed changeling up. She went out into the field to find something she had wanted to give her sister for a while. Fifteen minutes later and the changeling was still balling out crying. Bia knocked on the door before entering. “Hey, sis?” Bia walked in carefully. “Go away, Bia! You don't want to be close to a stupid changeling like me!” She yelled, covering her head trying to hide her face. “But yer not a stupid changeling. Yer mah sister shangeling. Big difference.” “Not very.. I'm a changeling. I'm evil, like those ponies said.” “Sis.. yer not evil. If yah were, yah wouldn't be livin here.” Bia walked over to the bed and sat next to her sister. “Look, some ponies may think yer evil, ugly or any of those nasty things yah heard, but their opinion don't matter. Mama and paw paw see yah as beautiful. I see yah as beautiful. Yer sweet, kind, and overall fun to be ‘round. I love ya, sis. An’ if ya need help seein it yerself, then here.” Bia pulled out a pink flower and stuck it inbetween Niridia's ear and head. Niridia’s jaw dropped as she saw what flower it was. “That.. that's a..” “A nerida. I found seeds fer em in a paper mama and paw paw brought home one day, an’ I asked if we could get some fer yah.” She pointed to the flower, “this ones been growin fer a while now. I've been waiting to give it to yah.” Niridia kept crying, but it seemed as though the pain and sadness faded from the tears. Instead, love filled the changeling. She smiled sweetly and wiped away her refs and hugged her sister. “Oh sis… I love you so much. Thank you.” “I love yah too, sis.” Now: “Aw, sis, I didn't know it meant that much to yah.” Brandy said. “It does, I even looked up an enchantment spell to make the flower live as long as I do.” Niridia explained. “All that work for a flower. Yer weird, sis. But I like weird.” “Hehe, same to you, sis.” The two sisters hugged and Niridia peeked her head up. “Wait, that reminds me of something. Come with me, Bia!” Niridia dragged the sweaty zebra back to the house and into the changelings room. When they got there, Niridia started digging through her closet. “Watcha lookin fer, sis?” “This,” Niridia lifted a small, white box with her magic and placed it on her bed next to where Bia Brandy was standing. Brandy tilted her head in curiosity before Niridia continued, “I never did repay you for your thoughtfulness, so I got you something from town.. after I disguised myself. Open it.” Brandy obliged and pushed the lid off the box with her snout. She gasped at what was inside. A bright pink bandana laid in front of her inside the box. “Niridia..” “D-do you like it? I know you sometimes complain about the sun on your neck and-” “Sis.. it's perfect.” Bia picked up the bandana and tied it around her neck, the triangle facing down on her throat. She smiled and hugged the black changeling, “Thank you, sis. I love it.” Niridia smiled and hugged her back, smiling with tears forming in her eyes. “I'm glad.. you're the best sister I could ever ask for, Bia.” “Same to you. Ah don't know what ah’d do without yah.”