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A huge flash filled the endless black void. When the light cleared a new object floated in the darkness. A large portal stood present next to a floating filly. Nyx flipped and turned in dizziness pushing her hooves up against her temples. When she stopped turning she shook her head and looked around. Only darkness.
“Hello?” Nyx called, but only her own echo answered in the distance, “Hello?!” she called again. Suddenly she started turning again. Stupid zero gravity. She flailed her hooves in vain to try to get herself to stay at rest. With her magic she pulled off her vest and used her wings to steady herself. Well in the almost losing balance every 4 seconds way. She did a quick overview of her surroundings and decided something.
“Well I have no idea where I am.” She said blankly with a look of disinterest, “What is this place? Doesn’t look like the afterlife to me.” Nyx turned her head back towards the portal. “I wonder if Mom knows?” she asked herself. Suddenly she froze. She thought she heard something. She craned her neck to the opposite direction of the mirror portal, and listened. She floated silently for several moments before slowly turning her head back toward the portal. Then she heard it again. Her eyes widened and she snapped her head back towards the opposite direction. “Crying?” she thought. She listened to the crying a bit longer, “Is anypony out there!?” Nopony answered.
“Please… help…” a small voice echoed. Nyx did not hesitate, but sprang into action, doing what she needed to do.
“Hold on! I’m on my way!” she yelled in the darkness. Nyx pushed away from the mirror and began failingly pushing herself forward before using her wings. “Need. To. Get. Rainbow’s. Help. Learning. How. To. Fly. Mom’s. Lessons. are… never mind.” She thought while gliding in the direction of the crying. After what felt like hours of moving through the expansive darkness she stopped when she saw a shape. It appeared to be a light blue pony off in the distance. “Who could that be?” Nyx thought.
“Hello!?” she yelled with a hoof up to her muzzle. No response, just more crying. Nyx wouldn’t blame the pony, being stuck in a place like this. Nyx pushed onwards. The closer she got the farther and farther she got from the portal. Soon she was about 50 meters away from the pony and the portal was lost from sight. Nyx could tell more about the other pony now. She was a Pegasus filly about her age with a pale blue coat and curly bluish-white mane. She couldn’t quite see her face but Nyx knew there would be tears there. Nyx continued on towards the filly.
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Nyx stopped right behind the filly and looked at her seeing tear bubbles just float away. Nyx took in a deep breath and built up some courage.
“Uh… hello?” Nyx asked. The filly gasped and turned around towards Nyx, fear in her face as she heard the unexpected voice. “Can just one pony not- ugh -never mind. Hi! I’m Nyx!” Nyx raised her hoof in a hoof shake manner. The other filly continued to look in Nyx’s direction unsure on what to do. She snorted in several times and wiped her tears. Hesitantly she lifted her hoof up to Nyx.
“I’m… Snowdrop ” she said looking down at the mention of her name. Nyx raised an eyebrow through her glasses.
“What did you say?” she asked. The filly almost pulled back her hoof.
“I said I’m…Snowdrop" she said again.
“I can’t hear you!” Nyx said in a sing-song voice.
The filly giggled. “I’m…Snowdrop” she said. Nyx raised an eyebrow. Again.
“Snowdrop? Where have I… never mind. Listen, where are we?” Nyx asked. Tears began to form on Snowdrop’s eyes again. Nyx began panicking. “Please don’t cry!” Nyx held one hoof in the other but that only caused her to float off slightly. Snowdrop wiped her face with her front hoof.
“No-no it’s… fine” Snowdrop said looking down now. She sniffled up her tears and said, “I think it’s time I stopped… c-crying”. Nyx looked at her with concern, Snowdrop smile warmly. “This is the place my mom used to call Limbo. Nyx listened intently. “It is said to be the place between the Fields and Tartarus; just some leftover void…” Snowdrop dropped back into her depression.
Nyx looked deeply into Snowdrop’s morose face before smiling. “Hey, cheer up! I know the way out of here! Come on there’s a portal not far from he-“. Before Nyx could finish her sentence Snowdrop snapped her head up.
“You know a way out!?” Snowdrop asked exitedly. Nyx was about to nod but decided not to.
“Yeah... It’s just a little while down that w-“. Nyx was cut off as Snowdrop somehow managed to jump and grab onto Nyx’s body in a tight hug causing Nyx to blush profoundly. “Wh-What are you-“. Nyx sighed and decided not to further question Snowdrop’s actions. No she was rather content with just attempting to “swim” back to the portal. After a few moments of swinging her hooves Nyx sighed. “Hey um Snowdrop…”
Snowdrop peeked her head over Nyx’s. “Yes?”
“Could you um… get off my back for a second? I need to get something.”
Snowdrop was confused for a moment, “Alright” Snowdrop proceeded to let go of Nyx’s back. Nyx pulled off her vest which she had put back on earlier. A small hum of magic could be heard.
Snowdrop blinked several times. “Oh so you’re a unicorn?”
Nyx rolled her eyes slightly. “Kinda...”. Nyx unfolded her wings and flapped them several times.
Snowdrop gasped. “Wings? And a horn? Are you-“
“An alicorn? Yeah. I was kinda trying to keep that part secret.” Nyx said in an embarrassed fashion. She took a hold of Snowdrop’s hoof albeit with a little surprise from the hoof holdee.
“Are you related to the princesses? How long have I been gone?” asked Snowdrop.
Nyx cringed a little. “I’m related to a princess. Kinda.”-Nyx began gliding towards the general direction of the portal-“As for how long you’ve been gone, I don’t know really. When did you, uh… die?”
Snowdrop’s face tightened a bit but she didn’t show signs of crying. Nyx spoke up. “It’s ok you don’t have to tell-“.
“No- no I’m fine” said Snowdrop albeit a little quieter, “I… died a few years after Luna… became her.” Nyx stopped suddenly startling Snowdrop.
“You we’re there when Luna became Nightmare Moon! That was over-!“ Nyx caught her words before they left her mouth, “Uh…”-Nyx racked her mind-”10 years ago”.
Snowdrop almost looked relieved. “Only ten years ago? It feels like I’ve been here for almost a thousand!”
“It’s been more than that Snowdrop” thought Nyx as she went gliding in the direction of the portal, “I better keep that a secret for now.”
“How were things while I’ve been gone? Has uh… Luna came back?”
Nyx frowned. “Uh… yeah. She’s back.”
Snowdrop smiled, “Good.” Nyx felt weird. Envious almost. She shook it off as the place messing with her head. The portal soon reached her sight.
“Hey I can see the portal up ahead!” said Nyx. Snowdrop squeezed Nyx’s hoof… somehow. “Ask Mom how hooves work.” She muttered.
Snowdrop giggled. “Why do you do that?”
Nyx turned her head towards Snowdrop. “Do what?”
She giggled again this time causing Nyx to blush. “Talking to yourself.”
Nyx felt slightly embarrassed. “Was I saying that out loud?”
“Yeah.” Snowdrop replied. Silence separated the two for several seconds. “So where do you come from Nyx?”
Nyx hesitated for a second. “I was raised in Ponyville. I live with my mom, Twilight and my brother, Spike at the Ponyville library.”
“Ponyville? Where's that?” she replied.
“She really did live that long ago. Almost everypony knows Ponyville. Most of the food for Canterlot comes from there!” Nyx thought. She saw the portal a good 50 meters away which made her smile.
“There it is Snowdrop! The way home!” Snowdrop gripped Nyx’s hoof again.
“Home…” Snowdrop said. Nyx stopped just short of the portal and stuck a hoof in to check it’s… portalness. When she was satisfied she grabbed Snowdrop’s hoof and pulled her near the portal, she then put herself halfway through.
“Come on Snowdrop” said Nyx. Snowdrop smiled and lifted her hoof; Years of isolation was about to end in one swift le-.
“DING!” The noise rang out as Snowdrop’s hoof came in contact with the portal, like a rock on glass would. Snowdrop lifted her hoof and touched another part of the portal, the same solid glass feeling. Snowdrop backed away from the mirror slightly. (Well as well as someone in zero gravity could back up)
“No…” said the pain stricken Snowdrop, a single tear rolling down her cheek.
Nyx began panicking. “Wait! Snowdrop we can fix this! I’ll just get the princesses or something. We can still get you out!” Snowdrop didn’t listen. Snowdrop just floated there staring into what she believed was going to be means of her salvation. Instead it was just a taunt from real life, she should have known she couldn't get out this easily. Nyx sat halfway through the portal panicking. All of a sudden an idea came to Nyx. She realized what she had to do. Nyx turned towards the portal before looking back a Snowdrop.
“I’ll be back. Even if I have to go through Tartarus and back, I will be back”. Nyx then dived into the portal fully. A flash of light filled the void taking the portal with it when it dissipated. An echo rang out.
“I promise…”
All that remained was a crying blue filly.