All the mares had gathered in Twilight’s library. Fully waiting the explanation from the new sisters of Ponyville. The pink unicorn was simply playing with a yellow baby dragon. The purple pegasus hovered over them all along with a cyan rainbow manned pegasus. Finally, a unicorn filly waited by her older sister.
Twilight looked angrily at the sisters. She knew Authora had the strange magical energy from the forest those days ago. They would start explaining tonight.
Dash and Rarity were both a little shocked to be there. They were both having some alone time with Flutterwing and Pipsqueak when Twilight appeared and demanded that all four come to the library. She also got Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
What shocked the Bearers was he little yellow dragon they first saw when they entered the library. Flutterwing ran up to Dandelion while Pipsqueak hid back in shame.
But now here they were, all gathered to hear how they found a dragon and got into Equestria.
Twilight cleared her throat, finally gaining the attention of Authora.
‘Um, ok. So, where do I begin?' Authora thought. Her horn began to glow white, telling her sister where to start.
Flutterwing continued hovering in the air space of the library.
“Thanks Thora. A few years back Mom and Dad decided to take Authora and me on a trek to Dragon Territory.” All in the room gasped, minus the three ponies huddled together on floor below Flutterwing.
“Dragon Territory? You went into Dragon Territory and came out with a Dragon Egg?” Twilight said, stunned.
Authora nodded. Her horn glowed white. Her thoughts quickly filled the minds of everypony and dragon.
‘Mom thought it would be a good idea to keep us on the straight and narrow. During our LAST visit, we ran across an abandoned nest. It was about a big as this house, if my memory is correct. Not a single egg there, until Dad used a dust clearing spell to reveal this little cutie.’ Authora gently nudged Dandelion, getting a small giggle from the yellow dragon. ‘I took one look and knew I would be taking her home. I begged Mom and Dad to let me take her home. She was an egg for three week, plus five for the journey back, before I had an outburst and busted the egg wide open.’ Laughs came from Authora and Flutterwing. ‘Dad was sure that my cutie mark would be in something like motherhood with how I took care of Little Dandelion. Even the occasional gem finding spell to get her something to eat.’
“Mom was FURIOUS when we found out that dragons ate. She really liked that necklace.” Flutterwing laughed. She was sure their mother would burst into flames she was so angry.
‘But, like I told Fluttershy, Pipsqueak had just been enrolled inside Magic Kindergarten. She had been there a whole hour before she came running into the house crying her eyes out. Saying everypony called her a ‘blank flank’ and a ‘no-talent’. When I told Mom and Dad about this, they said that maybe if she had spent more time searching for a cutie mark than playing with squirrels and fighting with her sisters, adopted or otherwise, then she would have a cutie mark.’ Flutterwing interrupted her sister, being filled with anger
“They blamed Pipsqueak for not getting a cutie mark. Like it was her fault. So we yelled at our parents. Or at least I did, Thora was making sure Dandelion didn’t hear her when she would begin to yell. We told our parents that they needed to learn that maybe if they stopped going out and doing some lame adventure to raise their 10-year-old filly who was just going into school, the pegasus daughter and the eldest who was raising a baby dragon!" Flutterwing yelled.
The entire room became quiet. Shocked by the sudden outburst of Flutterwing, even Authora and Pipsqueak. She had been changed to her original color during the story telling.
Dandelion walked up to Twilight.
“Mommy, Auntie Fluttew and Auntie Pipsqueak wanted to go on a twip without Gwandma and Gwandpa. I was kinda sad to leave but Mommy told me that the place we wewe (Author’s Note- pronounced 'were' but in a child-like voice) going had nice ponies who liked dwagons. But when you found my mommy you seemed weally weally mad at Mommy. Did Mommy do something wong?” She asked.
Twilight looked at her friends, mostly for some help answering this question. They all sat there in a moment
“That’s sooooooooo sad.” Pinkie Pie said. The four nodded with Pinkie’s statement.
“Yer Ma and Pa just let cha go like that?” Applejack asked. Once again the sisters nodded.
“My poor dears, that sounds terrible, you are all so young!” Rarity exclaimed.
“So your parents tried to blame Pipsqueak? If I had bee there I’d give them somepony to blame.” Rainbow Dash said proudly.
As much as the story touched Twilight, she was still confused on some details.
“If all of that is true then what happened by the Everfree Forest a few nights ago? How did you learn that spell to put your thoughts in my head? Tell us that Authora?” Twilight asked angrily.
The dark pink unicorn looked at her sister’s, then to the small dragon her dark brown tail was wrapped around. Taking a deep breathe, her horn glowed again.
‘To put it simple Ms. Sparkle.’ Authora didn’t know why she referred to Twilight like that, but it seemed fun to. ‘We were running kinda fast. We had already run out of town by the time a police pony nearly caught up with us. I did something that, looking back, was stupid. I teleported us out of there.’ Twilight gasped.
“You did what?”
“What did she do?” Fluttershy asked.
“She said she teleported all four of them.” Only Spike seemed phased by this.
“So, what’s that got to do with anything?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Because Dash, the only ponies I know that are able to do that and not pass out for a month are me and Princess Celestia.” This got the others to freak out a little
Flutterwing lowered herself by her sister, eyeing her warily.
Authora knew what she was doing seemed wrong, but seeing how it was the only thing they could do without being sent back they had no choice but to lie to them.
‘It helped that Pipsqueak was having a power surge. It seemed strange for her to be having one at such an age but I didn’t care so long as she didn’t have to go back to that awful place.’ Authora explained. ‘It wasn’t til we found out we where did I notice something was wrong.’
“What else could’ve happened to...” Twilight asked as the answer became clear to her. It was still unclear to the others.
“What happened Sugarcube?” Applejack asked. Tears slowly streamed down Authora’s face. Pipsqueak, who had somehow been silently watching, spoke.
“Thora lost her voice. The combined power of her magic and my power surge burned it out.” Rarity made a dramatic faint.
“So that’s what happened to your voice.” Pinkie Pie said.
With their questions satisfied, the Bearers just sat or hovered where they were. Authora silently cried, missing her voice but knowing she lost it for the greater good.
It was late at night. Flutterwing was off to Dash’s house, she had decided to sleep in a cloud house for she had never done it before, Pipsqueak and Dandelion were asleep in the spare bedroom Twilight had. Authora was left with her thoughts,
She was surprised that they could create such a creative back-story for themselves. It sounded way better than the truth.
Back home, on Earth, a madman had stalked Abigail. He could send Blue Jays to see where she was and if it was something he wanted her doing. Abigail first thought him a friend, someone to trust, but after she found her father...lying in a pool of his own blood and him standing over her father holding knife. She began fearing for the lives of her family and herself.
She had heard a legend years back. It said every thousand year a star the shape of a heart would fall from the sky, if you made a wish on it then it would come true.
Just before her sisters and Dandelion were taken by this man, she wished on the star to take her and her sister someplace safe. A place where he couldn’t find them. A place where he couldn’t hurt her little Dandelion.
The last thing Abigail saw as she was being hurled into the new universe was her old friend, covered in her mother’s blood and yelling for her that he would always find her. Whether she liked it or not.
Abigail was finally safe here in Equestria. The place almost screamed love and care. She missed her parents too. Hating how she couldn’t grieve over her mother or that she lied to her family about her being dead. Abigail wanted to give her sisters some hope about her though.
Her last conscious thought was how long she could keep both secrets before they crashed down on top of her.