I was moving, sweeping my brush from left to right as I cleaned up at the end of the day. I was working in a bar after all, so it was bound to get messy from time to time. I looked at the floor as it did nothing, I was hoping that all of it would just, I don't know, jump into the bin for me. I stared at a single piece of rubbish on the floor and tried to move it with my horn… nothing!
I was a Unicorn stallion that couldn't perform the simple act of using my horn to magically lift something… I could not remember the word for it.
"What did they call it? Telecommunicate! No. Telephone! Nah. Ah! Telekinesis! That's the one I meant." I stated quietly to myself. I looked up at the clock as it struck 2am. I was the last person at the bar and so I had to take some responsibilities and lock up after the place was spotless from top to bottom.
I looked back at my brush and pushed it across the floor, creating a soft scratching noise that penetrated my over sensitive ears. It was a loud day at the bar earlier, back when everypony was watching the hoofball game. There were cheers as many ponies cheered out for the Canterlot team. From what I heard of it, they were quite good!
I spent another 20 minutes sweeping the floor with the wooden broom before putting it back in the side storage room before locking the door to the storage room and going to the counter. I grabbed the rag I normally used with a hoof and wiped of the counter to make it look significantly better than it was. I then deposited the rag in a bucket and walked to the door. I opened it to let myself out before closing it behind me with a firm 'Click' and locking the door before checking that it was locked shut.
I began to stroll home, amongst the harshly dark moonlight. It was a beautiful night. Princess Luna was doing a very good job as I could see. I looked up and saw the most beautiful sight that I had ever seen. The light of the crystallized moon shone down and littered my head with little reflected rewards that brightened me as a whole. I looked back down at the roads as faint lights dimmed my pathway to make it easier to see. These dim lights were the lampposts. They were bright enough to capture the area below them like sunlight. I had a feeling that Princess Celestia was behind the mechanical devices, but that was just a suspicion.
I continued to walk down the road until I saw some ponies sitting on the walls. They were wearing dark clothes of the blue and black nature. I could also make out some purples there too. I guessed that it was just a bunch of ponies enjoying the night, but I always had suspicions when it came to the night. I usually walked home late at night and I had even had some ponies try to mug me. At that first moment, I was a little scared, but had nothing on me at the time. They eventually allowed me to leave because they 'wasted their time on me'. I kept my eyes on the group as the looked at a slightly younger mare that was heading in their direction. I definitely had my suspicions caught when I saw that the mare walking past the group was holding some items in a bag, which I noticed… and so did a couple of stallions as they locked onto the bag and began to follow. I didn't dare waste time walking this direction, so I slowly turned until i was walking towards the mare with the bag.
I continued to walk at the same pace, as the mare quickly spotted two of the stallions pursuing her and began to speed up to a trot. She looked behind her again and saw the stallions close the distance instantly and stopped her in her tracks. They looked at the bag that the mare was holding more closely, admiring the craftsmanship of the bag. It was a posh bag, and they knew it.
"What's in the bag!" One of the stallions questioned with anger in his eyes. The mare didn't answer, to scared to react at the time. She just stood her ground.
"Leave her alone Tremor!" Commanded one of the mares that was in the group. From what I could make out, she was the only pony in the group that was wearing purple. She wore a purple hoodie with short dark blue tights. I would have noticed more things that she was wearing, if I wasn't trying to help the scared mare from getting mugged or robbed. I closed the distance before bringing out a knife with my forhoof and placing the handle in my mouth.
"I would leave her alone if I was you!" I stated with a little rage as I mumbled the words past the handle that was in my mouth. The stallion turned to look at me and froze. His face went from anger, to fear in all of two seconds. The mare that called out the stallions name came to stand beside me. I slowly backed away from her as I turned to her, slowly breathing lightly through the piece in my mouth. I didn't want to trust anypony, apart from the mare that was being robbed. I could feel all eyes on me right now and saw the rest of the group come over. They stood next to the mare in the purple and looked at the stallions that were In front of the mare being robbed.
"I… I have to do this Nightshine. I… I just need to!" He mumbled at her with both sorrow and fear rattling his voice. The other stallion looked at me and then took a step back.
"We talked about this Tremor, just relax and let the mare go…" Nightshine said before Tremor tried to grab the bag from the unaware mare. He grasped the bag from the mare's grip and made off with it. The mare followed him as fast as she could and so did the group. I placed my blade back in the custom made holder on my side and gave chase.
They were fast, but not as fast as the Unicorn that couldn't use magic. I caught up to them within seconds and past the group. The stallion in front of me must have regretted his action in an instant as I tackled him and brought me and him both crashing down onto the floor.
"Get off me!" Tremor shouted as loud as he could. I slipped my hoof over his muzzle and looked him dead in the eyes.
"Your lucky that you got friends here mister. If you didn't you would be going to a special place that ponies like you are meant to go. Now quiet!" I whispered furiously into his ear. I could see his eyes close as he stopped struggling to get me off him. I slowly raised up onto my hooves and then grabbed the bag and brought it back to the mare.
"Thank you so much… umm." She stated clearly with a little confusion in her voice.
"Oh sorry! The name's Mist!" I announced, as I did a little bow to the mare.
"Blossom." She replied. I looked down the alleyway that we were in that lead to the road.
"Do u want me to accompany you to your destination?" I asked, not really caring about the response.
She looked confused and then shook her head. "Nah! I live just around the corner. I should be fine." She proudly promoted. She grabbed her bag with her magic and then brought out some bits. "20 bits for your help!" She stated before gave me the bits. I caught them with my mouth and hooves as she gingerly dropped the rest below me. "Are you not able to use your horn or something?" She asked, curious about my non working horn. I nodded and dropped the bits in my mouth to the floor. With that, she quickly scampered off and into the darkness.
"Tremor! What were you thinking!" Stated Nightshine from behind me. I gathered the bits and placed them in a little bag for better storage. I turned to see Nightshine gleaming at Tremor with anger in her eyes. The other ponies in the group looked on in a mixture of emotions, ranging from scared to worried to anger.
"What did I do wrong Nightshine! I need all the bits I can get around here!" He said with a blinding rage as he got to his hooves and move towards her.
"What did you do? You just tried to rob somepony! Is that not bad to you? Last time I came out to see you, you almost killed somepony over some seats at the movie theater!" She said with a roar gradually growing in each breath.
"Calm down! You ain't my mum! For Celestia's sake are you an idiot? I bring you out her as a mare friend and all you do is tell me how to live my life." He states getting closer to the group. "This is the reason that I slept with…" He laughed just before he got cut off.
"What?" Nightshine questioned, hoping the thing he said was not true. Tears beginning to form at the corners of her eyes.
"Yeah! Get all sad and cry why don't you! I slept with this beautiful mare right here. Hoof in hoof… I loved it, all of it!" He stated grimly as he lifted his hoof to wrap it around another mare and watched the dam that was going to break inside of Nightshine.
I drew back out my knife and looked at Tremor and the rest of the group. "Get out of here… I don't take kindly to you lot now. You got five seconds before I chase you and try to stain this thing as much as I can with you!" I stated in a controlled stern voice that sent fear into them all as I pointed at the knife now in my muzzle.
"Nightshine, I don't want anything to do with you. Don't ever speak to me again!" Tremor stated before running down the opposite direction. The group of ponies shortly followed him and walked away as fast as they could, without looking scared.
All that remained was me and Nightshine. I dropped the knife back into the holder and looked at the mare. She was in tears and I could hear the faint sniffles as she tried to replace the emotions that were coming out of her with actions to try to forget them.
"Hey, Nightshine is it?" I asked, being careful not to hurt her anymore than she was. She looked at me and nodded.
"Yep! The pony that can't do anything right!" She stated loudly. I slowly walked up to her and sat down, so that I was close to her.
"Why would he do that? It was a stupid thing to do!" I said with frustration. Nightshine didn't say anything. "I know the feeling of what you just experienced and I know it hurts, a lot, but your a strong mare. From what I've seen anyway!" I stated proudly which perked her up ever so slightly. I noticed this and smiled at her when she looked at me. "I'm sorry that that pony was an idiot and made the wrong choices, you were right and he was wrong. He missed out on somepony truly remarkable!" I charmed, which made her smile more before she looked up at the sky. I could still see tears in her eyes and hoped that she would feel better looking up at the sky.
I turned to see Nightshine looking at me with a little smile, while tears were still making themselves known around her eyes.
"It ends with me getting cheated on… great! H...have you had this happen before… umm M...Mist?" She said with worry in her tone and sadness in her eyes. I looked up at the sky and stood up.
"Yeah! It was my first mare friend that I truly loved, or at least I thought I did. We went to the Gala together with her friends. It was a blast of a time, I could assure you. Anyways, after that, she… she said that some stallion rutted her without her consent… Then she tells me about it and said that she wanted a break…" I stated before I felt a cold hoove rub my shoulder. I looked at Nightshine and she was looking worse as I told her the sad story.
"Please… continue!" She stated as she rubbed my shoulder with her soft hoof. I sat down on the floor and she followed my movements and sat down too.
"After she told me about having a break, I was mortified, but also a little bit sceptical of her decision. She left me when she would have needed me the most. About a week later, after my depression started to disappear, I get told that my previous mare friend was rutting another stallion from her friends and then they show me… The video that shows my mare friend kissing another stallion on the video. I looked at the date that the video was created on and nearly dropped the device. It was the day after the Gala and turns out that the stallion that rutted her, did have consent, she was at his house, in his bed…" I stated with tears forming at the corners of my eyes, like Nightshine's had.
"Wow…" Nightshine muttered under her breath and began to feel bad for me. She kept looking at me and then back up at the sky. I just began to lie down on my stomach and look down at the floor.
Suddenly, a crack of thunder shook my ear as lightning blinded my vision. I tried to cover my still very sensitive ears as the loud bangs and flashes crashed closer and closer. I put my hooves over my ears and closed my eyes, still feeling the tears in my eyes as they began to stream done the side of my cheeks.
"Mist! It's ok!" Nightshine convinced me, but it didn't work. All of the anger and sorrow that I had in my life flooded out onto the floor."Hey Mist? Please look at me! She asked lightly, trying not to startle or disturb me. I slowly turned around and looked into Nightshine's eyes.
Her pupils were just thin black slits that pierced her eyes like a wound from a sharp thin object. This made me aware that she was a Bat pony. She was also the first Bat pony that I had ever met or seen.
"Oh… y...your a Bat pony?" I asked with hesitation lingering in my voice. She nodded and looked up at the sky again as a crack of thunder hit mine and Nightshine's ears repeatedly. She covered her ears this time as the thunder was even now too much for her to handle. I began to raise myself up and could see that she followed. "So… you want me to walk you home?" I stated giving Nightshine a little smile. She nodded and turned.
"My house is this way!" She announced for beginning to run into the darkness.
"Walk… not run!" I commanded with a chuckle. She looked back at me and got out of a certain stance and began walking slowly, allowing me to catch up.
We crossed dimly lit lights again that guided us both to Nightshine's house. She stumble over as she got within range of the grass of her small garden. She laid down for a small window of time and then got to her hooves again.
"I am really sorry about tonight Nightshine!" I stated calmly, ears splayed back. She looked at me before giving my cheek a quick peck, which made me blush deeply. I looked at her with a shocked expression as she smiled in delight.
"Don't worry about it, if Tremor can love another pony, then so can I!" She proudly said, allowing a faint blush appear on her cheeks.
"Look, my boss is taking me to a festival tomorrow and is allowing me to bring one friend with me. You wanna join me tomorrow?" I asked with a deep smile. She got closer to me and smiled.
"Sure Mist! I would love to!" She stated with another amused look before planting her muzzle to mine for a short and brief kiss. My eyes went wide and I could see her wings spread wide from the contact. She broke the kiss and gasped for breath. "You wanna come in or?" She asked, hoping that I would say yes. I shook my head.
"I would love to Nightshine, I would, but I got to get to work early and open up the place before making sure the staff are ok and then I come and pick you up and take you to the festival." I stated calmly. She nodded in acknowledgment and the grabbed my hoof. I looked back up into her crimson eyes as she stated the final sentence of the night.
"Ok then, see you tomorrow and hope we can keep this going!" She whispered into my ear as she let go of my hoof. She smiled at the sentence before letting me go and going inside her home. She watched as I turned around and began to trot happily home, knowing full well that I might have a date tomorrow.
Life was going to get a whole lot more fun I thought.