Quiet Ocarina awoke to find herself in her bed.
“Wha?!”
She shot up and looked at her body. Nothing was different. No new scars. Everything seemed to be in place. Except for one thing. A few drops of blood were spattered on her chest. She looked to the floor to find it had a small trail leading to the bathroom. She left her bed and walked towards the small room. Ocarina slowly opened the door to find that the room was crimson. no other color could be seen. She touched the floor with a hoof and looked. The color had transferred to her hoof. She looked back down. A white silhouette of her hoofprint had also transferred to the floor. Ocarina quickly made it to the sink and turned on the water. The ceramic bowl returned to it’s pearly white.
Quiet Ocarina heard a knock on her bedroom door.
“Rina, are you there?” Octavia said quietly.
“Leave me alone!!!” The blue mare screamed.
“Okay, just come down when you’re ready.” The older mare said softly.
Ocarina ran up to the door and put her ear to it. The sound of hooves going down stairs could be heard.
She quickly went back into the bathroom and began to wash away all the red that coated it.
The bathroom had finally returned to it’s original color. Quiet Ocarina found that the window was a little jammed. She got the window open eventually. She looked down to find that there were a few claw marks stabbed into the wall. It was a good thing that this side of the house faced the Everfree Forest.
“Did somepony, or something climb the wall?” Quiet Ocarina whispered.
She looked up to find that there were no other claw marks. They ended at her window. She slowly walked away from the window and towards her bedroom door. She walked into the living room, where her ‘mother’ sat on the couch. She was watching the The morning news.
“A bright cylinder of cyan light shot out of an alleyway early this morning at around twelve thirty.” A news mare said to the camera. “The cause of the light is still to be determined, but what some ponies said they found at the scene after the light had faded was very shocking”
The screen changed to one of the newscasters on scene.
“I’m standing here right in front of the police line the Ponyville Police Department had set up when they arrived on the scene.” The stallion said, “Be warned that some of the things they found across this line may not be suited for young viewers.”
A picture of the alleyway was shown. Both mares gasped at what they saw. A large amount of blood was smeared throughout the alleyway, while different body parts were strewn about.
“As you can see, somepony had managed to tear three other ponies apart with ease.” The Stallion continued, “Hold on a minute... It seems that one of our reporters has gotten an interview with one of the officers on scene.”
The screen changed again to a brown stallion with a pair of aviator shades and a police cap .
“It seems that there were three different ponies here judging by the amount of parts. They confronted something in this alleyway, thinking they were safe, but they were sadly mistaken.
Octavia turned off the Television with the click of the remote.
“So...” She said, “How are you doing?”
“...Better...” Ocarina said.
“Rina, I did what I did only to protect you.” Octavia said softly.
“...I know.” The mare said, tears welling up in her eyes.
“You can go out, if you want to.” The gray mare said, nudging her daughter.
“Thanks.” Ocarina said as she ran and hugged her mother.
“It’s okay” Octavia said, running her hooves through her mane.
Ocarina got out of the hug and walked towards the door.
“Oh, and Ocarina?” Octavia said.
“Yeah?”
“Rain Whisper came over earlier and said to meet her at her Treehouse.”
“Oh, okay.”
Ocarina walked out the door and slowly walked towards treehouse.
When Ocarina arrived she could hear Rain Whisper talking from the inside.
“No, you can’t drink with me, you’re a fucking banana!” Rain shouted, laughing uncontrollably after she spoke.
“Ummmmmm... Am I interrupting something?” Quiet Ocarina asked.
“Oh!” Rain Whisper said, wobbling over to Oca after throwing the banana out of a window. “Oca! I’m soooooo glad you could join us!”
“And what am I joining exactly?” Ocarina asked, “Are you drunk?”
“What?! I’m not...” Rain Whisper trailed off, staring directly into Ocarina’s eyes without blinking.
“Okay, Tipsy Tina, what do you want?” She asked, “I’ve got a few things to do.”
“I- um...” Rain Whisper looked at Ocarina like she was irritated, then tackled her down and pinned her hooves down.
“What are you doing?” Ocarina asked, narrowing her eyes.
Rain Whisper leaned down and gave Ocarina a small peck on the lips, then leaned back up with a grin.
“No, just.. No.” Ocarina sighed.
“What’s wrong?” Rain asked, the smell of strong alcohol was in her breath.
“Let’s just say I don’t roll that way.” Ocarina said.
Tears invaded Rain Whispers eyes and she fell down onto Ocarina, crying uncontrollably.
“Hey it’s alright.” Ocarina said, hugging the mare, “We can still be friends.”
“B-but the banana broke the turkey chandelier!” Rain cried, falling off of her friend.
“Umm.. Want to take another go at that sentence?” The Blue mare asked.
“No...” Rain Whisper said, covering up with a blanket and using Quiet Ocarina’s chest as a pillow. “I’m so sleepy...”
“...Rain?”
The mare had already fallen asleep on Quiet Ocarina, mumbling gibberish in her sleep.
“Oh you’ve gotta be-” Ocarina rolled her eyes, “You’re going home right now.”
Ocarina slowly moved out from under Rain Whisper.
Rain Whisper’s eyes flew open, they were bloodshot and panicked.
She gripped her temples and rocked her head back and forth. Her tail spontaneously caught on fire and light blue electricity coursed visibly through her front hooves, discharging off and striking the walls a few times before her body fell limp again and she fell back into a deep slumber.
Ocarina poked Rain Whisper with her front hoof to see if she was really asleep, which she was. Ocarina picked up Rain Whisper and placed her on her back. She dragged the sleeping mare back to Rain Whisper's house and knocked on the door.
“Come in.” Mirage’s voice called.
“My hooves are kinda full.” She said, “Can you get the door?”
Purple electricity seemed to encase the door as it opened, when the door was fully opened it revealed a half red and half purple Mirage that seemed to be floating in a meditating position.
“Yes Ocarina?” He asked, never opening his eyes.
“Ya don’t even have the decency to look at me when I carry your daughter?” Ocarina said, narrowing her eyes.
He opened his eyes and Rain Whisper levitated off of Ocarina’s back, landing softly in front of her father.
“What happened?”
“The banana broke the turkey chandelier.” Ocarina sighed.
“Come again?”
“She got drunk, pinned me, and kissed me.” Ocarina said as she entered the house and sat down.
“I trust that you didn’t do anything else?” He asked, returning to his normal color and approaching his daughter, giving her a look over.
“No, I raped her... Twice.” Ocarina said, voice dripping with sarcasm.
Mirage laughed, “Yeah, I thought about that much.”
“I brought her right home.” Ocarina said, giggling.
“Hmm... Vinyl taught me how to do this once...” He said, trying to remember something. “Oh, that right.”
Quiet Ocarina tilted her head.
Mirage quickly brought his hoof down on Rain Whisper’s stomach, then quickly slapped her across the face when she jolted upright.
“Wha?!” Rain Whisper said, looking around. “What happened?”
“I’ll explain that to you during the training that you missed this morning.” Mirage said, looking at his daughter with a scolding glare.
“Oh... damn dad, I’m sorry.” Rain tried to apologize.
“Sorry isn’t going to help you do two-hundred push-ups is it?” Mirage asked.
“Well, if she said it loud enough it would propel her upward and make-” Ocarina started.
“I’m not in the mood.” Mirage said, “But thank you for bringing her here anyways.”
“You’re welcome. Now, I’ve kind of got something to do.” Ocarina said as she walked to the door.
Rain Whisper walked out the back door to the backyard with her father, who was very irritated.
When the two reached the backyard, Mirage immediately made her do the push-ups, he knew she could usually do fifty strong on normal days, but she had alcohol in her system and could barely pull off ten before being worn out.
“Come on, push!” Mirage shouted.
“Dad... I’m tired.” Rain Whisper whined.
“I don’t care if you’re tired!” Mirage shouted. “My dad didn’t-”
Mirage stopped, like something had caught in his throat. He stood there for a second, looking down at his hungover and tired out daughter, tears filled his eyes in a few seconds, then he picked her up, hugging her tightly.
“I’m sorry, I can’t do-”
“It doesn’t matter.” Mirage interrupted, “I love you no matter what.”
“Dad-”
“Go catch up to Ocarina, try to have some fun instead of staying back here all day.” Mirage said.
Rain Whisper pulled away from him and went for the door.
“Thanks, dad.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Her father said.
Cyburst awoke to find a warm body next to him. He looked over to see Roseluck sleeping soundly beside him. He looked around the room to find it was brightly furnished. The wallpaper was a dark pink, while the floor was a reddish color. He looked straight ahead to see that the Television was on. The daily news report was on.
“Breaking News!” One of the casters said, “And that’s why I’m still chewing my bagel.”
“It seems that somepony has sent in footage of the light cylinder that had appeared early this morning.” The newscaster next to him said.
The screen switched to some pegasi doing tricks in the air. The camera seemed to be a rather nice one, being that the quality was rather clear. Suddenly, A Cyan light shot out from across the city, ascending into the heavens.
“...Wait a second...” Phoenix thought, “...No...”
“What is it?” Cyburst asked.
“...That light...” Phoenix replied, “It’s almost like.”
“...It’s almost like a BeastOver...”