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// 3- The horrible truth 
// Story: Princess Skyla's backstory (The origin of Princess Cadence) 
// by Mi Amore Skylenza 
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"I come from...
Lynxia"
Twilight and Starlight stared at her, wide-eyed.
"THE KINGDOM OF THE LYNXES!!?" They squealed.

"Yeah..." Skyla responded, a bit confused about their reaction.

"Lynxia is the biggest feline kingdoms!"Twilight gasped.

"It's also one of the most powerful kingdoms."Said Starlight.

"Wait. If you're from a feline kingdom, why are you an alicorn, Darling?" Asked Rarity. Skyla gulped, afraid of their reactions after. She lit her horn and a blinding pink light wrapped her. All covered their eyes. When the light dissipated, A pink, yellow, and purple lynx stood right in front of them.

"I am half-Lynx, half-pony." Everypony's jaw dropped.

"H-How...?" Stammered AJ.

"My mother is a pegasus while my father is the King of the Lynx."

"But, that means Cadence is a lynx too."Assumed Twilight.

"That's where you are wrong. My parents gave birth to three children. Me, Cadence, and our brother, Ceres. Cadence carried my mother's blood, my brother carried my dad's, and I carried both." All gave an "oh!" in realization. Skyla changed back. Then, Rainbow remembered something.
"On the train, you said someone is looking for you. Who is it?" Skyla bit her bottom lip. She knew she promised to tell her once they arrived. And as a Lynx princess, she had to keep her promise. Law says that if a lynx royalty does not keep a promise, they will have to suffer the wrath of the ancestors. Loyalty is one of the most important things in the Lynx kingdom. But if she told them, she will have to suffer the wrath of somelynx.

"Alright. Even, though I will have to suffer the wrath of a very short-tempered Lynx. But, I promised Dash to tell you when we are here and I'm not willing to break a lynxian rule." They raised a brow at her. She just ignored them.

"You see, if a lynx princess doesn't find a mate at the age of 16, the King will have to choose for them. That happened to me since I have a very specific taste for boys. My dad chose the son of his best friend. His name was Eros. When I met him, we got along but a few months later, he became more abusive. At first, it was just a few slaps. 


Hey Eros, you ok?" I asked. He just ignored me and went on.
"Eros!"I called sternly. He growled but didn't say anything.
"EROS!" His eye twitched but decided to answer.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!?" I was shocked. He never yelled at me. 
"Um, nevermind..." Angry, he slapped me hard with his paw leaving a red bruise.


 I teared up since I still felt the pain of that slap. Fluttershy noticed and put her hoof on my shoulder to comfort me. I smiled a bit and continued.


I heard some steps. Thinking it was Eros, I hid quickly, not wanting to get another scar.
"Skyla? It's me." I sighed. It was just mother.
"Skyla, my lil' cub. Why are you hiding?"
"No reason, mother."
"I don't think so. So you better tell your mama what is going on."
"Do not worry, mother. I'm absolutely fine." Queen Sky Crystal was a bit skeptical, but shrugged it off. That is until she saw something that made her gasp. A bandage right on her beloved daughter's belly, me. Me being her favorite, she immediately reacted.
"Skylenza, why do you have a bandage?" Sh*t. The full name.
"I fell down."
"And then, you're gonna say that you accidentally cut yourself with a knife when I ask about the bandage on your paw?" Ugh, why does she have to know me so much.
"Um..."
"C'mon baby, you can tell mommy everything."
"It's just that... Eros has been... abusing me for a while..."
"What!? That little bi-"
"Mother"
"Right. I’m sorry, dear. Do you happen to know why is he like that?”
“That’s the problem. I don’t even know why is he doing that.”
“Did you at least ask him?”
“I tried to. But, in response, he scratched me on the belly with his claws.”
“That explains the bandage. Why don’t you tell your father?”
“No I can’t! I can’t let Dad down. He already had a hard time finding a mate for me. And being ungrateful is the last thing I wanna do right now.”
“Skyla, he’s your father. And I know that he always puts his family first. He’ll do what he can to at least stop you from getting scars with that jerk.”
“I know mom, but-“
“No buts. We’re going to your father, right now. Whether you like it or not.”
“Fine...”
We went to the throne room where Dad was talking to a few counselors. When we arrived, the counselors bowed to us and Dad dismissed them.
“Crystal? Skyla? What brings you here?”
“Show him, Skyla.”
I was in my alicorn form at that time. I spread my right wing to reveal the bandage I had. Immediately, my dad’s pupils shrunk and turned red. That, was a bad sign.
“Who...Who did this.”
I was too scared to say anything. My dad could burst out in anger at any time. My mom answered in my place.
“None other than the lynx you betrothed to her.”
“Eros? Why would he do such a thing!?”
“We don’t know either.”
“Well, this can’t continue. She’ll die at this rate.”
“Don’t exaggerate, dad. I’m fine.”
“You say that, but you’re not.”
“Ugh, and even if I wasn’t fine, what would you anyway. You can’t arrest your own best friend’s son.”
“You have a point. But still, I have to do something.”
“Excuse me to interrupt you two. I think I have a solution.”
“What is it, Crystal?”
“Yeah mom, what do you have in mind?”
“Well, as you both know, I am still in contact with Cadence. And we know she’s in a good place right now.”
I knew immediately what she wanted to say.
“You can’t possibly insinuate that I should run away to Cadence’s kingdom.”
I couldn’t go there. I had to stay here at Lynxia.
“Well, your mom’s idea isn’t that bad. Maybe that’s the best thing we can do.”
“Not you too, dad. I can’t go there. I’m going to be 25 soon. I’m going to be crowned queen of Lynxia. I’m the heir, I can’t run away. Even if it was for a little while, that would be a bad example.”
“Ceres can take your place. At least until you can come back. If you can.”
“What about Eros, huh? If he learns that I ran away, he’ll attack every single one of you. The people I care. Look, I made a promise to you that I’d be a true leader for the Kingdom. And running away will mean breaking that promise. A true leader never runs away from their problems.”
“A true leader looks out to his people. If anything happens to you, no one can take care of the people. This is not just for your protection, but also the people’s, Skyla.”
I sighed. My dad was right. As the law says, they’d have to retire when the heir is 25. And retiring means giving every ounce of power they have to the next ruler. Yet, if something happens to me, the whole kingdom would be in chaos without a ruler since my little brother was only 21. And Cadence had her own kingdom, now. Though I didn’t want to leave, I knew deep down it was the best thing to do.
“Fine... But I’m gonna miss you so much...”
“We will miss you too, darling. Don’t worry, we’ll come visit when we can.”
“Oh, and I need a map.”
My dad used his magic to make a map, a saddlebag full of provisions and clothes and a locket appear. I recognized that locket. It was the one my childhood best friend gave me. Inside was the picture of my family on one side and one the other my best friend and me.
“Take this locket with you. It’ll be a good memory of us.”
I hugged both of them since it may be a while since I’ll see them again. Just then, Ceres arrived.
“I saw dad’s signal. What’s wrong? Who’s going on a trip?”
“Your sister is going to move out and go to Cadence.”
“Wait, what? Why? What about Eros?”
“In fact, he is the reason I’m going, Ceres.”
“Why? What did he do?”
“We’ll give you a full story later. For now, say goodbye to your sister.”
He approached and hugged me.
“So I’m gonna be an only child, now? That sucks, Sky, you know.”
“It’s just until we can clear things with Eros. Just promise me to be good and protect our parents for me, ok?”
“Fine, I promise.”
We had a family group hug and I used a portal to go discreetly far away from the Kingdom. I waved them goodbye before entering the portal.

 “That’s what happened. And now, I’m here. Staying with you guys.”
Everyone was dumbfounded by her story. It was so tragic, considering she had to leave her family just because of an abusive fiancé. Suddenly, they all stood up and hugged her as a sign of comfort.
“It’s okay, Skyla. From now on, you can stay here with us.”
“Twilight’s right. Now, you have us. You don’t have to worry about any creature bothering you.” Confirmed Rarity.
“And we will never leave you.” Said Applejack
“Yes, we’ll always be your awesome friends!” Bragged Rainbow as always.
“You can always count on us for anything” Added Fluttershy.
“We’re always gonna make you smile!!!” Squealed Pinkie.
Skyla was shocked. Apart from her parents and best friend, who disappeared years ago, she never got this much attention. She had very few true friends since she was a princess. Most people liked her for her power and riches.
“You know what, I do miss my family. But I think I’ll love it here.” She said with a smile.