//------------------------------// // But Nobody Wants to Know Him // Story: From Earth to Equus: An Utterly Impossible Oddesy // by CarmenColor //------------------------------// My delayed return to the school was rather spectacular. The setting sun cast rainbows off my prismatic wings, and added more colors to the deepening sunset. I must say it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Something clicked in my head. For a second I felt like I'd seen this before, but I shook my head. No way. No sunset on Earth could be as gorgeous as the one I saw right now. I touched down on the ground in front of the school. It was completely bare. There was no one around. I heard laughter far off and spotted a group of pegasi stretching their new wings. I smiled and walked into the school, hoping to find someone inside. I checked every room. No one. Not a soul. I went back outside and wandered the streets in the growing twilight. For some odd reason, we still had electricity. Don't ask me why, I've absolutely no clue, but I was glad for it. It kept the street lights on. Someone touched down behind me, and I just barely registered the nearly silent rustle of feathers. I turned around and stared into a pair of deep blue eyes. It was Chance. I sighed, trying not to show the fear in my own eyes, though it was hard. My eyes always seemed to look scared. I don't know why. "What're you doing out here? What took you so long?" he asked, "I've been so excited about what happened today, but no one else understands yet so I was waiting for you." He turned to the side, and I saw the whispy white marks on his flank. They looked like wind. "I got my cutie mark...wow, that sounds girly..." I laughed. "You're the winds, Chance. Just like Celestia and Luna are the sun and moon." The realization hit me like a slap to the face. "And...and I'm the rainbows." He looked at me. "What?" I showed him my no longer blank flank. He grinned for a minute, but then his smile faded. "Wait, did you say, like Celestia and Luna?" I nodded. "We're royalty, Chance. BUCKING ROYALTY!" I blushed at my language. I'd never sworn before. Not out loud. "All of us. All six." Chance cocked his head. "What are the others?" He asked, but I didn't know the answer. It wasn't their time yet. I would be soon. And then they'd have to face Celestia. "If I'm right, we'll know soon enough. Oh, Chance...how are we supposed to be royals? We're just kids! Not to mention that I've never acted like a princess in my entire life. Not even at Halloween...well, I suppose I should call it Nightmare Night." "You think I want to be royalty? No way! Sure, I mean, here it's got some perks. In our case immortality and praise, but what in the hoof are we even supposed to do? I've never been close to being royalty!" I sighed. "Closer than I ever was." He gave me a questioning look. "Chance, you're talking to the lonely farmgirl who only ever had a few friends in her entire life, and a lot of the time, they moved away." He looked at me, confused yet pityingly. It was true, I only ever had a few true friends, and it was true that they did tend to move away. Zachary, one of my first ever crushes, moved away in third grade. I was devastated. Then, later that same year, another friend, Chelbie, moved away later that year, but she did move back about a year ago in eighth grade. Finally, not even a month ago, one of my best friends, Krysha, moved away too. I barely even got to say goodbye. "I...I never realized that, Carmen. I thought you had quite a few friends. I mean, your smart and hard working and stuff, so I don't see why they wouldn't want to be your friends." I sighed again. "I wish everypony thought the way you do, but they don't. In fact, I never would've expected something like that from you. You hang out with a lot of the people that don't like me." I smiled sheepishly. "The only reason I thought to turn you into an alicorn was because I knew you'd seen the show so I figured you'd like it." Lies! Lies! Lies lies lies! Granted, I did think he'd like it, but the real reason I did it was because...well...I had...taken a fancy to him... I blushed under the light of a street lamp. I had a crush on him. I always had since I first saw him. He was just...so...cute. I don't know, maybe it was just his hair, I had always had a thing for curls, and it shows, but I really did have an honest to Celestia crush on this boy, er colt...stallion? Ugh, I could never remember the specifics like that. "Looks like there's a crowd here to meet you..." I looked up. There was indeed a small crowd, containing a few teachers even, here in front of us. They must have heard us talking. "Wow, Carmen! You are so pretty! And I heard that you're a princess! Wow!" The crowd gathered around me. I shrank down, my face growing hot with embarrassment. Little pony girls, fillies, were gazing at me in awe. "You know, he's a Prince." I pointed a hoof at Chance. They didn't even notice. They were too busy staring at my wings, which had fallen out of place and now clearly showed through. I raised them up and beat down hard, rocketing into the sky. I heard groans and 'aww'ing as I flew away, landing safely on a cloud. I saw the mob disband, heading back for home. Why did they crowd me and not Chance? I felt the soft, comforting cloud below me, and lowered myself onto it. It was surprisingly warm, and it was so fluffy that I just wanted to lay there forever. I snuggled into the puffy warmth and closed my eyes, half asleep already. A whispering voice floated through my head. "She's getting reacquainted with the clouds already. Oh, mother, soon Luna and I will not be so alone." It sounded like Celestia, but the words didn't make sense to me. Mother? Did Celestia even have a mother? What did she mean alone? They were never alone. They had all of Equestria. "Sister? What are you doing here so late?" That was Luna. "Oh, sister, what are you hiding from me?" I blocked out the rest of their words, I was too tired to listen, but if I had only stayed awake a little longer, I would have learned of my destiny. Of my place in Equestria. But to do so would've been my end. For the corruption of such words would have led me to greater evil than even Nightmare Moon...but that is not a part of this story. That does not happen. Sleep is bliss, especially after what happened today. I slept for a very long time. Celestia's Sun was already high in the sky when I awoke. I had completely forgotten about the conversation I had overheard the night before. I looked at the sky with a determined look on my face. I had decided, in my sleep I guess, that I was going to test my cutie mark. I was going to make some rainbows.