The kitchen room of Fluttershy’s cottage was silent today, since the dissapearance of Winter, the two shy ponies realised how empty their home felt, even with the animals running and eating it felt too quiet to them.
``So sweetie how your day at school been?`` Fluttershy ask with a force smile trying to put a little of life over their dinner. Meek Sky took a bite of her daffodil and daisy sandwich before responding.
``It’s been...Nice``
``Meek Sky don’t talk while you’re eating.`` Fluttershy scold her daughter , in responce the ear of the filly drop down and she took a guilty look. ``Now tell me how it really been.`` The filly gulp down the piece of sandwich she had in her mouth before answering.
``Well everypony are so used to see me with Winter Song that when she wasn’t there they all look at me worriedly and began to whisper to each other.`` Fluttershy knowing all too well how awful it was being the center of attention from her time as a model look in sympathy at Meek Sky.
``Don’t worry I’m sure Winter will come back soon and everything will become like before.`` These words where the same she tried to tell herself since her little filly disapear and she hoped it would reasure Meek Sky more than it did for her, unfortunately it had no such effect.
Fluttershy felt a small thing hitting on her hoof under the table, she look down only to see her loyal pet Angel bunny. ``Oh Angel, I promised I would feed you after dinner.`` The bunny quickly shook his head before puffing up his chest and began to play a imaginary violin.
It took a second to the butter yellow mare to understand what he tried to say. ``Oh! Sonata is here? Why didn’t you say so?`` She ask with a smile, a distraction from this empty house was everything her and her daughter need right now.
She trot to the door and great the griffin before he could even knock at the door. ``Hello Sonata, what are you doing here? I heard you had join the Peacemakers.`` The griffin nod.
``I just come back from my first mission, it’s been a lot more eventfull than expected, anyway our mission was to find the source of a magical disturbance from a cave not too far away of Fillydelphia.`` Fluttershy nod politely not so sure why he would tell her all of this.
``Well, it’s turn out the disturbance was a soul catcher and you will never guess who was inside of it.`` Before the mare could guess the ex musician whistle loudly. The sound was followed by the rustle of the bushes.
``Surprise! Are you happy to see me mom?!`` I ask with a excited grin. I had except she would be happy, but instead mom was crying. ``Mom why are you crying? I’m sorry I fight in the tower okay, please don’t be sad I know I’m a bad daughter.`` What I got in responce was a crushing bone hug.
``Don’t ever say that Winter! You’re the best daughter I could ask for even through you’re a little stupid sometimes.`` She half laugh between sobs.
``Hey! I take offense to that!`` Little hoofsteps was heard from the kitchen and I saw a familiar midnight blue Unicorn.
``Winter?! Sis is that you? You’re really at home!`` My little sister gallop before joining us in our hug. Sonata stared awkwardly away as we had our family moment.
``Well I guess I have to go back reporting to the princesses and all that and someone will have calm Star Swirl down, he was not too happy that his great discovery turn out to be a lost filly.`` He began to unfurl his wings to take off in the sky.
``Wait! Sonata I just wanted to say... Thank you for bringing Winter Song back home.`` Fluttershy said tears still rolling down her cheeks.
``It’s the least I could do for the family of my best pony friend, Dream would kick my ass if he knew I let you or your daughters in danger.`` He chuckle quietly looking at me for a moment before taking off in direction of Canterlot.
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After they celebrate the return of me, Fluttershy made me a sandwich, well not really my favorite meal but it was good. Mom always been a great cook, so much that sometime I wonder if she got the right cutie mark.
After I finish my lunch I notice Fluttershy look at me strangely, I follow her eyes and notice she was starring at my new pendant. As she notice I spot her starring she stop to look at it. ``Winter sweetie, why do you have a soul catcher on you?`` She ask worriedly.
I look at the gem my mother was talking about. ``Oh, that... It’s a long story, you know when I disapeared in that tower?``The mother nod remembering all too well when she trhough she had lost her daughter. ``Well, when I got the element of kindness you appear and said you want to-``
``Wait I never appear in the tower you’re sure you weren’t dreaming?`` Mom interrupt me as she look at me strangely.
``I’m sure you were here! Or at least something that look like you, anyway you- I mean she send me someplace ‘safe’ to protect the balance of harmony or something like that.`` Before I could continue my story mom interupt me again.
``So she send you into a soul catcher?! This is the opposite of safe, if nothing else it’s was the most dangerous place to send you!`` I wince at her tone.
``Well she didn’t exactly send me into a catcher, I got into it myself.`` Her eyes widden before she put her hooves on me.
``Why in the world would you put yourself in danger like that Winter?!``
``Like I said it’s a long story, anyway the element of kindness transport me into a safe place, but the only problem is that she could only transport me to another bearer of kindness than you, Please don’t be mad for the next part... It’s may be possible that the element of kindness send me into the Gaia branch.``
Fluttershy mouth drop at the new, ``My element send you into a world of the mortals!? But she should know it’s illegal for us to go into the other branch! What if the coucil find about this? Don’t worry honey we will find a way, I know we could change of world! We will be on the move see all sort of animals and the coucil will never find us!`` Fluttershy’s eyes twitch as she speak her plan, I had see Twilight do that in some ocassion and seeing the same thing on my mother freak me out.
Sure mom don’t have the powerfull magic Twilight have but she’s certainly not somepony you want to mess with when she have a breakdown. ``Calm down mom! The coucil shouldn’t find out! That one of the reason why I was in a catcher my magic is a lot less noticable in this, but there another reason.
When I was in this world I found something powerfull that could bring me back, I also think it was the reason the element of kindness chose to put me in this world, what I found was a shard of life, which I keep in this soul catcher t’ill I can send it to Author.`` I heard a thud and look down to see that my mother had faint at the revelation of me having one of the most powerfull object existing in the world.
``Winter? What happened to mom?`` Meek Sky ask as she poke her head from the door.
``I think she’s just worried, like usual.`` I sigh shooking my head, in the corner of my eye I saw Angel bunny glaring dagger at me but I ignore him calling for the animals me and Meek Sky help our mother in her bed.
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A single stallion calmly trot in the empty streets of Manehattan, he stop in his steps when another stallion pop into existence. ``Yo Disco dude! Long time no see man, so why did you want to meet in this hole?``
``I told you my name is Discord! Anyway the reason I call you here is because a source of mine told me that they saw you kill some ponies, which in case you forgot break the most important rule we had set for this game.`` The disguised draconesus glare at the vampony.
``Oh come on dude, you can’t trust everything your sources says, they probably saw me killing a few players or something and through they were actual ponies, some of them through it would be funny to bitch on me, I show them that I was not just a pussy they could push around.``
``Stop lying to me Titiritero, they saw you absorbing their spiritual energy, no player have sparks because they are just piles of data connected to a brain. Due to the proof of your trahison in our plan, I have to banish you from our project to rule Equestria, nothing personal.``
The vampony relax expression change to a cruel grin as Discord finish to talk. ``Discord, you really think you can get rid of me so easily? You should have learn a lot more about me before you release me from my prison, but like all the villain of Equestria you where a arrogant fool who through he could win everything.``
Discord didn’t like this shift of mood not one bit, he stomp a hoof on the ground to cast a spell in the direction of the vampony, he was surprise when nothing happened. ``What? Impossible not even the alicorns can resist my spells!``
``Of course it’s possible Discord, the power of the shard of lifes don’t have any effect on the deads, you should know that, but like always you through your powers had no weakness.`` He lift a hoof in the air and in a instent his army of ghouls cornered the disguised draconesus.
``You know what is the difference between you and me Discord? You have much more power than me that I can’t deny, but you are weak psychologically, I never understood how the ponies could threat you as a tyrant when you never could kill any of your precious ponies you pretend to hate.
Even when they are in this state of mindless monsters you aren’t able to destroy them because of this weakness, that why you don’t deserve Equestria, a ruler must do hard choice and you don’t have the guts to execute them.``
All at once the ghouls open their mouths wide and began to suck in the air, the magic of Discord was rapidly being sucked by the abominations, the disguised draconesus fough the urge to sleep as more of his energy was drain from him. With all his might he stomp his hoof another time and he teleport himself as far away he could.
Titiritero was not disapointed in this, in fact he expect Discord would have teleport way sooner than this. ``With all the energy my ghouls have absorbed I will take the throne from the two alicorns bitches and once again I will rule, but this time it will be the ponies, compared to the griffins it will be a piece of cake!`` He grin as he look in direction of Canterlot.