{Rainbow Dash}
“When are you going to start talking to Zach again?” Loyalty said with an irritated sound in its voice.
It had been a couple of days after the horrible incident with what happened to Oliver, I had finally cooled off. I bit the inside of my cheek because at this point, Loyalty had been talking loud in my head. Loyalty got on my nerves when it did that. Loyalty had made it a point to shout loud especially when I dreamed about something. Thankfully when Loyalty talked in my head it sent flashbacks of when Oliver and I had gotten together.
“How did you find out his codename?” I asked.
“Just because I’m a stone,” said Loyalty, “doesn’t mean I can’t hear! And I do believe your codename is Sadie?”
“Yes that’s correct,” I said, “you know what’s funny, Loyalty?”
“What is?” Loyalty said, sounding intrigued.
“Discord said the same thing about being a stone when we first met the guy!” I chuckled.
“Yeah you’re right,” Loyalty said, “but he is coming around the corner and if you don’t talk to him, I’ll keep shouting in your heads until you two start talking to each other again!”
“‘You’re just as persistent as Zach was when I first met him!” I said.
The last thing Loyalty did when Oliver came around the corner it laughed as hard as it could. Loyalty was correct about Oliver coming closer to where I stood.
Oliver paused when he saw me and he looked like he wasn’t sure he should just walk the other way or not. To help him make up his mind I paused myself and started to say hi and that’s when he smiled at me.
“You’re talking to me again huh?” Oliver said after he raised an eyebrow.
I wasn’t sure of what to say next but I forced myself to look at him.
“Listen Sadie,” said Oliver, “I am-”
I didn’t let him say the word sorry when I hugged him and kissed him.
“I told you we weren’t breaking up,” I said, “I just needed some space for a little bit. If there’s anyone I’m not going to talk to for weeks it would be Abigail.”
Oliver felt the need to hold me tighter after I said that. I didn’t realize that Gilda was standing behind me until Oliver did that. I heard Gilda laughing so hard and when I heard her I turned around and glared at her.
“Ha, ha,” Gilda said as if she were a two year old in a sing-song voice, “I couldn’t wait to say I told you so Zach, but I told you so!”
“I thought I told you not to come around me right now!” I snapped.
“Oh what are you gonna do about it?” Gilda and she made it a point to stick out her tongue when she said that. That brought my anger to boiling point.
“You are acting like a child right now,” I said, “I wouldn’t mind using you as a punching bag!”
“Oh I’m so scared, Loyalty!” Gilda said with sarcasm.
“That’s it! I’m tired of being called that stupid pet name!” I snarled.
It looked like Gilda looked just as angry as me but instead of saying another snappy remark we were about ready to come to blows. Just when we were about ready to fight each other when Oliver grabbed my arms and held them behind my back. It just so happened that Emily had come around the corner and saw what was getting ready to happen. She grabbed Gilda's arm and held them behind her back.
“Geez,” said Oliver, “I know you two hate each other right now, but I think it’s time you two kiss and make up!”
“I totally agree with Zach on that one!” Emily said.
Emily and Oliver were trying their best to keep us from fighting but it looked like soon we were going to break free of them and start our fight right then and right there.
“There’s no way I’m kissing Abigail!” I snapped. “I’d rather kill her instead!”
“The same goes for me!” Gilda snapped. “Besides, she'd probably taste horrible anyway!”
“And I’m not a dancer, I'm on the security team!” I growled. “And my name is not Loyalty! It’s Sadie you idiot!”
“What’s up with the pet name?” Emily asked. “I’ve heard Sadie being called that at work a couple of times.”
“It’s a long story,” I said, “Abigail’s the one that started it!”
“I don’t think being called Loyalty is a bad thing,” said Emily, “actually I think it’s very noble that your friends would give you that type of nickname! No wonder why other people have feelings for you besides Luke!”
“If we have another Roman situation, so help me!” I growled.
“No,” said Emily, “he’s not stupid like Roman and everyone knows you’re with Zach and since you’re already everyone respects that. Even Abigail knows that!”
“Excuse me?” Gilda said. “Sadie and I were just best friends, and nothing more than that!”
“Uh-huh,” Oliver teased, “sure you aren't! You were the one that gave Sadie the pet name in the first place! If I didn’t know any better I’d say you two dated each other!”
“Yeah right!” I snapped. “If we dated each other, I think I would’ve remembered it!”
Emily tilted her head, “What is she talking about Zach?”
“Sadie had an accident a couple of years ago,” Oliver lied, “and she lost most of her memory because of it.”
“Oh,” said Emily, “sorry about that Sadie.”
As if on cue Diamond Tiara and Agent Rarity came around the corner.
“What’s going on?” Diamond Tiara said.
“Why does it look like Abigail and Sadie are getting ready to beat the crap out of each other?” Agent Rarity said.
“Does this have something to do with the whole Roman situation by chance?” Diamond Tiara said.
“Sadie told Abigail that because she saw it she should’ve stepped in to help,” explained Oliver, “and Sadie is still mad at her for that and Abigail just decided to add fuel to the fire by acting like a two year old!”
“Hey, I wasn’t doing that and you know it!” Gilda snapped.
“And sticking your tongue out at her wasn’t acting like a two year old how?” Oliver said.
“Uh you guys,” said Emily, “as you can see these two are pretty strong and we could use some help separating them!”
Finally Diamond Tiara and Agent Rarity pushed us back from each other and Diamond Tiara had no trouble holding me back and Agent Rarity along with Emily had no trouble holding Gilda back from me.
“I swear if you come around me and call me Loyalty one more time…” I said. “You know what? I changed my mind! Consider our friendship over!”
“Fine!” Gilda snapped at me.
“Fine!” I fired back at her.
After that Gilda and I parted ways, Oliver and I went back to my room while Gilda went back to hers. It didn't bother me that I ended Gilda and mine's friendship for the time being.
* * *
{Jude}
It was the day before I was going to be summoned for the Feeding Ritual again. For some reason Servant Ivy had decided to come to work today. Usually she has one other servant to take over taking care of her duties for the day. I had no idea why but it always happened today when she did that. Why Servant Ivy decided to come into work I didn’t know.
Servant Ivy seemed fine at first but then she passed out right in front of me and I caught her and held her in my lap. I wondered if it had something to do with the Feeding Ritual and I panicked at the thought that she might have to do it too.
The Feeding Ritual was painful and not pleasant because one would think after getting fed by AI that the ruler would become stronger after it. That wasn’t the case at all. Every time it was done whoever went through with it, wound up in pain and defenseless afterwards. Because Servant Ivy seemed as weak as I would be after it. The thought still made me panic.
I still felt panicked about what might’ve happened to Servant Ivy when I heard First Mother clear her throat. When I saw her I glared at her this time because I wasn’t in the mood to be teased by her. When First Mother saw me holding Servant Ivy in my arms she had a wicked smile on her face and I didn’t like that look at all.
First Mother smiled at me and put her hands on her hips. “My, my Lord Jude! I didn’t know you had a liking for one of your servants! I’m glad I picked her as your number one servant. I say she’s a perfect match for you!”
I bit the inside of my cheek and I really didn’t want to talk to First Mother at the moment. But there was no way that I would ever talk back to her. First Mother actually scared me silly just like Firewall Eli was afraid of me.
“In case you’re wondering Lord Jude,” First Mother smiled wickedly. “Yes she does have to do the Feeding Ritual too. AI also needs to feed her! Your top three servants have to eat, you know!”
“What!” I gasped. I went from panicked at this moment to pissed off next.
“You shouldn’t look at me like Lord Jude,” scolded First Mother, “and your servant's Feeding Ritual doesn't last as long as yours does. The Feeding Ritual for them only lasts for four hours while yours lasts for fifteen hours. Which is why you are out of commission for more than a day. In any case boy, I have to attend to other matters for the day, I will summon you first thing in the morning! You two have fun together.”
When First Mother walked away, her cackles echoed in my head and I could feel her evilness cause my blood to freeze.
* * *
Because of what happened with Servant Ivy concerned me, I took her and gently put her in her bed. When Servant Ivy woke up with a look of surprise to see me sitting by her bedside. I don't blame her because I don't normally do this.
“Uh...Lord Jude?” Servant Ivy said.
Once I saw Servant Ivy was awake I felt relieved. “Servant Ivy, I’m glad you’re awake. Why did you come into work if you just did the Feeding Ritual?”
Servant Ivy shrugged. “I guess I was just being stubborn today. That was my fault…”
I smiled at her because I can be just as stubborn too sometimes. Of course I guessed that I probably got my stubbornness from Rainbow Dash. Looking at the video of her last fight with Firewall Eli she really didn’t care about her safety at all in a fight. I felt the same way about doing my job as ruler of AI. I would do this job of keeping AI running down to my very last breath. After doing the Feeding Ritual myself, I’d rather go back to work than rest. Knowing Rainbow Dash she’d rather fly again even if she was hurt. I got snapped out of my thoughts when Servant Ivy tapped me on the shoulder.
“Lord Jude?” Servant Ivy said. I could tell by the look on her face that she was panicked because she pointed at the time and it was fifteen minutes before I was to be summoned for me to do the Feeding Ritual next.
* * *
True to her word First Mother summoned me for my Feeding Ritual and as I followed her to the feeding chamber as usual I worried about Rainbow Dash and how she was doing after getting hit by the Copper. I seriously hoped that she was recovering from it and not dying so I made up my mind to contact the head of my seeker's and ask him to keep on the lookout for her. That’s what I kept thinking about the whole time I was in the feeding chamber.
The Feeding Ritual felt like another way for First Mother to use to torture me. What happened during the Feeding Ritual is AI would send power to me that would go through my whole body. The power was of the life forces of every single creature that was inside of AI. But this time I wasn’t bothered by the pain as much as I worried about Rainbow Dash especially after she got hit by the Copper. I also knew that First Mother would add on to the torture by say something to the effect of how much she hated Rainbow Dash. But this time I wasn’t gonna stand for it! After the Feeding Ritual was finished, I was determined to not let First Mother annoy me so much this time.
As usual First Mother would make me look her in the eye. As she smiled wickedly at me, I knew what she was going to say next. “You want to know something boy?”
“Don’t you dare First Mother!” I snarled. “Not this time! I already know my history!”
“If you should be calling anyone mother it should be me!” First Mother snarled at me and then she glared at me and this time I returned the favor.
“If I didn’t know any better,” I sneered, “you’re jealous that Rainbow Dash was the one that gave birth to me and not you!”
“You might be right about that one boy!” First Mother barked. “You seem like you’re developing thicker skin finally. Although you’re still worried about keeping your vessel Rainbow Dash alive! Don’t worry you will have to kill her one of these days and I can’t wait until that happens!”
“Of course you do you witch!” I snapped.
First Mother returned to giving me a wicked smile. “Oh well, witch or not, I still created you and for some reason you’re actually growing a heart. Since you’re so bound and determined to stay awake just to argue with me, I’ll just have to find another way to torture you! And I guess I’ll have to force you to sleep! I want to make sure you hear this before you pass out. Servant Charlie?”
“Yes, your highness?” Servant Charlie said.
“I know you usually take care of Lord Jude after the Feeding Ritual,” said First Mother, “send in Servant Ivy to do it instead!”
“No you didn’t you little…” I started to say. I didn’t get to finish what I started to say when First Mother forced me to fall asleep.
* * *
{Rainbow Dash}
I’m getting really tired of these stupid flying memories they’re driving me nuts! I don’t know what’s worse, the memories or Gilda! She's just pissed that our friendship is over now and with good reason!
I had another memory of me flying for some reason only this time Gilda and I were racing each other. How that memory decided to have that one pop up I have no idea why. Right when I was about to win the race I got yanked out of my sleep.
When I woke up I looked down to see Oliver had tied me to that bed by my ankle with a rope. I guess me yanking the rope as I sleepwalked woke up Oliver and he was smiling at me to see I had fallen over thanks to being yanked out of my sleep by the rope.
“I’m getting really sick and tired of these stupid flying memories!” I growled. “I mean seriously, for some reason my brain decides to taunt me by flying memories! Ugh! And guess what flying memory I was dreaming about this time?”
Oliver smiled. “I have no idea but I think the answer is going to be very entertaining.”
“I was racing Abigail, of all the things that I could’ve been dreaming about, it just had to be that!” I answered.
Oliver did find the answer entertaining as he couldn't help but have a laugh at my expense.
“Knock it off!” I said. “And why am I tied to the bed by my ankle?”
Oliver stopped laughing and answered my question. “Because you’re not running into a wall again I got something to say about it!”
“I would say stop being overprotective, but this time I guess I need to be protected.”
“Maybe you and Abigail should try and reconcile your friendship?” Oliver suggested.
“I don’t think that’s going to happen at the moment,” I said, “and if I could get rid of that pet name Loyalty that would be great!”
“Yeah when we weren’t speaking to each other,” said Oliver, “I heard Loyalty’s voice shouting in my head a lot, what was that all about?”
“Loyalty told me that it has something to do with protecting true love or something like that,” I said, “it seems to think that we are each other’s true love for some reason.”
Oliver started laughing again, and I wanted to slap him just to get him to stop.
“I’m not that funny,” I snapped, “stop laughing already!”
“I’m not laughing at you this time,” said Oliver, “I’m laughing at Loyalty! Although it might be correct since Samantha saw us being together in our future.”
“Yeah,” I said, “and Loyalty said the same thing! I guess that confirmed it. I could do without people like Luke gawking at me when I walk by!”
“I don’t blame them!” Oliver said with a smile. “You’re a looker whether you’re in pony form or human form. I couldn’t help but admire your beauty the first time I saw you!”
“Is that why you started having feelings for me?” I asked.
“That was part of it,” said Oliver, “but then your personality came into play. You were loyal to your friends even when you were inside! How you stayed loyal to someone like Clara is beyond me but you weren’t aware that you were doing this but you were even loyal to me and I was the main one that got on your nerves!”
“You can say that again!” Oliver just can’t help but laugh at every other thing that I said and I have no idea why I’m so funny to people! “I would say that’s not funny, but probably make you laugh even harder and you are! I would appreciate it if you stop laughing at my so-called jokes!”
“Actually you should record what you say sometimes, you would be able to do a whole stand up comedy routine just on that alone!” Oliver teased.
“No I’m not doing that anymore unless you pay me!”
Of course I just had to say something funny, I still wonder when I am going to get paid for doing stand up comedy! Maybe that should be my side job in case this agent for the Sixth thing doesn’t work out. I’m glad my friendship with Gilda is over with for the time being!
“I know one thing for sure that’s definitely not funny?”
“What’s that?” Oliver replied.
“I’m not going to be friends with Abigail for as long as possible!” I growled.
Oliver stopped laughing and didn't say a word.
Good, he finally stopped laughing! Hopefully I can keep it that way...