//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Remember Me // by Agent Everfree //------------------------------// Remember me "Some think that if you are able to take the life of an evil creature you’re showing courage, but true courage is for not taking a life but when to spare one." Chapter 3 More moons had passed since I had yelled at the purple creature. I still did not know what she was, but she will most likely tell others like her that I lived within the forest but like those before; they can come. I will not hide in fear; but stand, like a true worrier. It would be welcome, as even the natives of the wood have stopped coming to challenge me, so it seems I have but one victory on this day - but it still bothers me that I had shouted at the only one who could tell me who I was. I would have gone to the stripey creature that was with the other one, but I feel that I would get the same response that I got from the purple one. I got up from my nest and left the tree to return to the lake. If I intended to live I still needed food. Stopping at the lake, I took a deep breath and jumped in. Being in the water was very pleasant; the cool feeling around me and being able to move around with ease, maybe not as well as a fish, but well enough - and speaking of fish. There was small school of fish just waiting to be mine. Using my tail to push me forward and reach the group; taking a bite out of one, then quickly swimming back to the surface. I dropped the fish on the edge of the lake, then returned to the water to keep up the hunt. I kept this up until I had about ten fish in total, which would last me a few days. I picked my catch up with my magic and walked back to the nest. As I walked back there was a different scent in the air; like a flower, and it was coming from my nest. I picked up the pace and stayed close to the shadows. When I arrived home I planned to crush anything stupid enough to come to my home, but what I found was not a local of the forest. It was the purple one. Why was she here? Did she plan to kill me? Or do something else with me? What? After the way I shouted at her, it came as no surprise that she wished to remove a threat -and if it's a fight she wanted that’s what she would get. I dropped my fish, walked out of the bushes, and crouched down ready for combat. "What are you doing here?" I asked. She jumped and turned to face me. "Oh! There you are! I've been looking for you for some time now." She said, with a small smile. To say I was confused was an understatement. Why would she come looking for me since she clearly had no wish to be anywhere near me. "Why were you looking for me?" I asked. I needed answers. "Well, after we met last time, I ran home, with many questions of why you seemed so confused as to why I called you a Changeling, or why you’re even in this forest." She said and then looked behind to see my nest. "But by the looks of it, you're not just in the forest. You’re staying here... Why?" She questioned. I stood back up, seeing as she seemed to be planning to attack, and walked past her to my nest. "This is my home - has been for many moons, ever since I was small." I told her. I couldn't place why I was telling her this, I barely knew her, but then again; how was I to get to know her if I pushed her away. "Your home? Have you been here since the invasion failed?" She asked. Invasion? What was she talking about? Were my kind involved in some kind of war? "I have an understanding of this invasion." I told her. Each time I ask something, more questions rise up - This was getting nowhere fast. "Wait... If you have no idea about the invasion and this is your home... How long have you been here?" She too seemed to be having the same problem as I did; getting more and more questions. "I've lived in these woods by myself for many moons now; ever since I was young and small" I told her, remembering my first breath after finding that I had not died in the river. "Many moons? I would guess you're talking about days - and if you were really young like a foal, then... Oh Celestia, you really don't know what you are. Come to think of it - You don't look like any other changeling I've seen before" She said. "Well, I would like to know more about myself... If you could tell me" I asked. A light seemed to twinkle in her eyes and a smile grew on her face at the idea. "That's an idea - You could come with me to Ponyville, and we could teach each other a few things! There is so much we can learn from you... and of course what you can learn to. Oh this going to be great!" She was getting very excited about all this, and I would be lying if I didn't say the idea of learning new things about my kind was exciting too, and what other things she could tell me. "Oh right - I need to introduce myself. My name is Twilight Sparkle. And your name is?" My name? I never had a name. Of all the things to happen in my life I never thought to name myself. "I...I don't have name..." I told her. The confusion was back on her face; but then melted away to a look of understanding. "You have been in the Everfree forest for a long time, huh?" So that was the name of this place. Well, I'm already learning. "Well, we can think about names later, but before that, lets get back to my house. This may feel a little weird." She then closed her eyes as her horn lit up. I was about to ask what she was doing, but before I knew it... There was a flash; and we were gone.