Leisha stared at the doughnut and her stomach rumbled for the delicious pastry. She grabbed it quickly, and started to swallow it quickly. The taste overflowed her taste buds, and she smiled as she chewed. It was ten thousand times better then what she was being fed. She closed her eyes in sweet bliss, her mind letting go of Delilah for the time being. She finished it, and smiled, looking out of her metal bars. Pearl was sitting there smiling, and finally said,
"Glad your feeling better." He smiled, and then his smile turned to a frown. He pulled his chair up to Leisha's cage door, and leaned forward looking at her. "Can I trust you not to run if I let you out to stretch your legs in this room?" He asked, staring at Leisha. She nodded, and looked at him sincerely. He unlocked her cage, and moved back. She carefully took a step crawled out of her cage, and stood on her legs for the first time in months. She wobbled, and started to fall. Pearl caught her quickly, and stood her up. "Be careful." He whispered, and stood close in case she were to fall again. She moved her hooves cautiously, and took a step forward. She wobbled again, but regained her balance. She started to trot in circles around the room, and that eventually progressed into a gallop. She smiled as the feeling came once again to her hooves, and she started to fly as well. Her wings unfolded into their full wingspan, then started to beat. She flew through the air, and grinned, landing beside Pearl. He smiled at her, and pointed to a second seat in the room. She took a seat in it, and sat across from her.
"So... Who was this... Delilah you were talking about in your sleep?" Pearl asked, stirring a spoon in his coffee. Leisha looked at him, and the tears threatened to spill again. She swallowed them back down, and looked at him.
"A old friend's daughter..." She whispered.
"But he is dead." He said, staring back at her.
"Yeah..." She twirled her hoof on the table sadly.
"Well... If you don't mind me asking, where is she now?" Pearl asked, looking at Leisha with concern.
"I-I don't know... She was living with me in the castle and then sorta... Disappeared just a few hours before you guys took me away." She whispered, hoping her Delilah was alright. Maybe she was taking over the kingdom while she was gone to keep it in its best condition. Pearl sighed, and a door slammed from just outside the room.
"Get back in your cage. Hurry. Before Silver gets in here." He pushed Leisha into her cage quickly, even though she refused. "Stop refusing!!" He growled, and pushed her in finally, locking the door. He sat back down, and watched as Silver barged into the room with anger on his face.
"The king is not very happy with us." He growled, looking at Leisha. "You know, you caused all of our hard work to go to waste. He won't pay us because you decided to ruin everything!" He said, kicking Leisha's cage. "She somehow got a hold of her kingdom and told them she was kidnapped. Now they are sending troops towards us!" He yelled, smashing his sword into the desk. "How did you do it huh? How did you get a hold of your kingdom?" He asked, his anger overflowing.
"I didn't." She growled, and turned away from him. Somepony must of seen her being kidnapped and ran to the real protectors of the kingdom. Maybe it was Delilah.
Silver screamed, flew out the door in a anger explosion. She heard him screaming and smashing stuff in the other room, screaming stuff like, "I'm never gonna be able to overthrow the king with nothing!" and, "Stupid mare had to get in my way!" Over and over again. Pearl eventually walked out of the room to go talk to him, and they trotted outside. Leisha heard peace and quiet once more, and she yawned. Being able to run around exhausted her, and so she laid her head down and fell asleep.
"Leisha!" A voice said, shaking Leisha's tired body. "Come on, wake up!" The voice said, and Leisha woke up groggily.
"What?" She asked, blinking the sleep from her eyes. Delilah smiled at her, and jumped up and down. "What are you so happy about?" She smiled, sitting up and stretching. Her covers were scattered all around the bed. Must have been a rough night of sleeping for me. Leisha thought, and then looked back at Delilah.
"I made you something in the garden!" She squeed, and took off towards the garden. Leisha followed her, and trotted into the gardens. The smell of the dawn breeze made Leisha smiled. The smell of flowers and the water swam through the air.
"What?" Leisha smiled as she walked up to the filly.
"See? I made it just for you." A butterfly with silver wings and sapphire details. Leisha gasped, staring at the butterfly. It shined in the morning light, and Delilah held it up to Leisha with a giant grin on her face. "Do you like it?"
"I love it, baby girl." It had been weeks since Delilah's father passed, and Delilah insisted on Leisha calling her 'baby girl' or 'my little filly.' and such. Leisha took the butterfly, and Delilah's flank shimmered lightly. Leshia looked at it, and the gem butterfly appeared on her flank. Delilah gasped, and looked at Leisha.
"I got my cutie mark mommy!!" She screamed, and hugged Leisha.
Leisha gasped and smiled at the little filly.
"And it is just like yours!" She smiled, looking at Leisha's cutie mark. Leisha nodded.
"Yes it is Delilah." Leisha smiled, and nuzzled her.