//------------------------------// // Relationships // Story: My New Life // by Ark125 //------------------------------// My New Life Chapter 35 - Relationships I woke up to the sound of wind howling and thunder crackling. I had been in this cave for a little over two weeks now, not once moving more than a few feet at a time. Terra wouldn't let me strain myself. Every night, he would be right there waiting for me to wake up. But tonight was different, instead of him, it was Bubbles staring at me. "Good evening Bubbles. Where is Terra?" I asked the lizard. He pointed at the entrance of the cave with his tail. "Thank you." I patted the lizard on the head and stood up on my three good legs, the cloak falling to the side. I walked towards the entrance with some difficulty and found Terra standing outside. It was raining and he stood out there with his left hand stretched out in front of him. Funny thing is I did not see the glimmer of his silver brace but instead saw something black shimmer on his wrist. "Terra. You should come inside. You are going to catch a cold." I said, but he could not hear me above the wind. He suddenly raised his left arm in the air and a bolt of lightning came down to greet him. "Terra!" I yelled as I began to walk outside to his motionless body. But I was stopped by a sudden pain in my leg. I looked down and saw Bubbles standing in my way, ready to whip me again with his long tail. "He's in trouble! We need to help him." Bubbles just shook his head and pointed with his tail. I looked at where he pointed and saw that Terra was already up. He had his hands in his pockets and his head was down. He kicked at a rock and sighed. He leaned over and picked up his bracer and put it back onto his forearm, shifting it as he slid it on. He turned and started to walk back. As he got closer to the cave entrance, I could hear him mumbling. " Once he was back in the cave, he saw me and smiled. "Hey there pretty lady. What are you doing up? You still have a bad leg." He tussled my mane and then reached down to let Bubbles crawl up his arm. He then helped me over to the spot where I had been laying upon a pile leaves. Once he got me settled, he walked across the cave, leaving a puddle every time he took a step, and finally slumped against the wall next to the fire. I was still shocked as to what I had just witnessed. "What were you trying to do out there?" I said in a quiet tone. He stuck a finger in his ear and shook it, I assumed to try to get water out of his ear. "What did you say? I still have some ringing in my ears." "Why did you try to get hit by lightning?" I said in a harsh tone. "Hey, I didn't try. I did get struck by lightning." He said with a smile. "What is so great about that?" He frowned and turned his head down. "Not much, since it didn't do anything." He mumbled. "What do you mean?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it." He looked back at me and smiled. "Hey, why don't we have some food?" He stood up, still soaking wet, and let Bubbles down. "Stay here and keep her company. I'll be right back." He walked off into the back of the cave. I looked at Bubbles who looked at me. "What is wrong with him?" Bubbles seemed to just shrug. He then yawned and curled up into a ball. He quickly fell asleep. "Some guard he is, huh?" Terra said, walking back with some lettuce and such. He gave me most of it to me and kept a single leaf of lettuce for himself. "Yes, quite a lazy lizard." I said. "No doubt. But he is a great friend." Terra slid his hand along the spines of Bubbles back. "How did you two meet?" I asked. "I found him in the midst of some larger predators. He was badly injured and was unable to fight. So I fended them off and took him into my care. We have been best friends ever since." "I see. And exactly, why were you thrown into the Pit?" He tensed up a bit and then slowly relaxed. "I was no longer needed by the changelings, so they threw me in here as if I were trash." "But what did they need a human for?" He sighed. "I don't want to talk about it." "But..." I tried to say, but he held up his hand. "I won't tell you, at least right now. So don't push the subject any further." I nodded. "Alright." We sat in silence for a while, listening to the sound of the rain and thunder echo off the walls. "I love the rain. It is just so rejuvenating." He finally said. "Indeed. I like to think it washes away the bad things in the world." He nodded. "It would be wonderful." "Me and my husband would just sit and listen to the rain like this." "Minus the cave and injuries of course." He chuckled. "Yes." I said in a sad tone. "Tell me. What happened to your husband?" He asked. I nearly choked on the piece of lettuce I was chewing. "What?" "What happened to your husband?" He said again. I began to cry a little. "I... I killed him." "You killed him?" I nodded, tears falling freely now. "I didn't know it was him. I thought it was merely the wendigo trying to lure me into a false sense of security." "Yeah, those wendigos can be quite tricky." Terra said. I continued to cry quietly. "Your husband must have been a great pony." I nodded. "He was the best." "But I am sure he wouldn't want to see you cry." "You are right. He hated to see others cry." I wiped away my tears. "And I know that he would forgive you if he had the chance." "You think so?" I sniffled. "I know so. Who couldn't forgive such a beautiful pony?" He handed me a leaf, into which I blew my nose. I then threw it into the fire. "Thanks." "No problem." We continued to sit there for a while, waiting for the rain to stop. "Did you feel that earlier?" Kron asked. "Yes Kron. I believe he was trying to escape." Fire shot out of the floor. "Whoa, calm down. Even if he escapes, he can't hide from us." "You are right. I just have to focus on our ultimate goal." The pony smiled.