//------------------------------// // For Whom The Angel Weeps // Story: The Weeping Angel // by Max Caulfield //------------------------------// Chapter 7 - For Whom The Angel Weeps "Eris, have you completed your task?" a motherly voice asked. "Nope- just came back for my keys" she replied sarcastically. I heard a groan, and male voice spoke up. "Did you or didn't you?" "Yeah, I did. Jeez, don't get your tail in a knot..." Eris muttered. "Honestly Eris, sometimes I wonder why we put up with you" "If I may, where is our guest?" said the motherly voice. Eris floated out of the room, and took me by the arm. "Well? Come on then, everypony's waiting for you!" she said, pulling me into the room. "I-In th-there? B-b-but..." "Ah, come on- you'll like 'em" Eris insisted. "Alright! Alright!" I said, shaking her off of me. Her feet lifted off the ground and flew back into the room. I hesitantly followed her, and saw several other equines in the room. All of them were seated in chairs positioned in a half-circle, the tallest pony sitting in the center, she was bright yellow- and had horn and wings just like Luna, Celestia, and Gray. Her mane and tail were white, almost making me blind by looking at her. "Um, hello?" I said. "Greetings" she replied, "Can I assume you are the one we are looking for?" 'What?' "That...er, depends..." I stated. Yellow turned her head to an earth pony mare. "Are you sure this is her, Time?" "I am certain, there is no mistaking it" she said with a little edge in her voice. "If you are sure" She turned back to me. The guard's expression hardened, and he lowered his spear. "Perhaps we should talk more in private" she said "the rest of you are dismissed for the evening" The other ponies seated in the room nodded, and stood up to leave- they proceeded out of the room single file, trotting off to...somewhere. I opened my mouth to speak, and she quickly silenced me. "That means you too, Eris" ,she smirked. "Curses, foiled again..." The air rippled, and Eris faded into existence. I jumped at her sudden appearance, making her laugh. She straightened her vest, and walked out. "Come, child, we have much to discuss" she said, walking out of the room "L-l-like what?" I asked, following her "As I said before, you do not belong in this world; needless to say, we are doing our best to return you" "Not that I don't appreciate it, but what about...this?" I asked, indicating myself "I can't even move without someone seeing me! Even if you did send me back, what would I go back as?" She looked at me for a few moments, and her ears slapped against her head "I hadn't thought of that...I'm terribly sorry, if our search is all for naught, then you are truly stranded..." She trotted into a large, ornate room, and motioned for me to follow. We were quickly settled in, the queen laying on her bed, and me sitting a few feet from her. "...but you're still trying, right?" I asked. "We're doing the best we can, but..." The statement went unfinished as I felt tears well up in my eyes. "This just had to happen to me" I muttered "Someone else couldn't have just..." "I know..." she muttered. "No, you don't, when have you ever lost everyone and everything close to you?" I sniffled. "Have no chance of accomplishing your dreams, all because you were ripped away from your own planet?" The tears were flowing freely now. "Why did any of this have to happen to me? Why was I even brought here?" I offered little resistance as her fore-hooves pulled me to her chest, wrapping her wings around me, and held me close. "Shh, shh, it's alright child, everything is okay" she cooed. "N-no i-i-it's no-not" "Just let it out, I'm right here..." she said. It was probably the most pathetic sight she'd ever seen, but I didn't care- I needed to vent, and lashing out at someone else down the line the longer I waited wasn't on my agenda. "You are wrong, I do know what it's like to lose loved ones- it's painful, I know, but time heals all wounds..." "Thank *hic* you..." I said as I wiped some tears for my face. "There's no need to thank me" she whispered, still hugging me tightly, "Are you feeling better?" "Yes, *hic* I th-think so" We sat in that position for a few more minutes, and I pulled away. "So...how did I get here?" I asked, rubbing leftover tears out of my eyes "There lies the bulk of our problem, nopony seems to know how or why" she admitted sheepishly. "Though, where am I now?" I asked. "You are in the 'Eternal Dimension of the Gods'. Time named it.." she replied. "I wonder if the jump from this height would kill me..." I sighed, looking out the window. "I hope you are using sarcasm" she warned. "Very strange, indeed, perhaps Time or Space will know- I'll have to remember to ask them later..." She snapped herself out of her thoughts and looked to me. "Oh well, enough of that for now; I will give you time to rest" she said, standing up "Can I expect you for the evening meal?" "Um, yes, I'll be there" She nodded and walked to the door. "One more thing, if you need anything, just ask one of the guards" I nodded, and she finally left the room. The door closed, and I finally collapsed onto the bed. X X X X X X X POV Eris "You may reveal yourself now" Golden Ray said casually. "How long have you known?" Eris asked, standing upside-down on the ceiling, "By the way, you don't mind if I leave footprints up here, do you?" "One of these days, Eris..." "So, how's the kid?" I asked. "You should know, you were listening the entire time" she annoingly answered. "Yeah, but I wanna hear you tell it." I replied. "Eris, I am warning you right now, she is very vulnerable- I don't want to see her mind in a worse state than it already is-" "It was one time! One time!" I screamed. "Regardless, this is your only warning" she scolded. "I know, I know" I said dismissively She teleported to the floor as the alicorn walked down the hall, she cracked the door open and peeked inside- the 'human' was curled up in a ball, weeping. 'Damn, kid- you really are broken...' X X X X X X X I floated through the halls of the castle, idly splashing mustaches on all of the paintings. I stopped through, when I saw the used-to-be-human. "Hey sport, what's up?" I asked, throwing the paintbrush like a dart. The paintbrush flew down the hall and exploded when it made contact with a painting. She didn’t even flinch, she just looked up- and locked eyes with me. 'Jeez, her eyes are redder than mine...' I thought. "How're you doing?" I asked. "Fine..." she mumbled. "So, ah, anything you want to know?" I offered. The girl looked thoughtful for a moment before answering. "Why are you the only other human I've met here?" she firmly asked. "Well...see...the thing about that is, I'm not a human" I quietly answered. "Then what are you?" she asked. "I don't think you're ready to handle it...maybe later..." 'You owe me one for this, Goldie' "Yeah, I think that's best..." "You, um, want to talk about it?" "...not right now, thank you" "Alright, I guess I'll be on my way then" "Wait, uh, actually- there is one thing..." "Yeah?" "How can I move? How can I talk?" "I think you know the answer to that, you see- the vocal chords vibrate, causing-" "No..." she sighed "In...Equestria? Yeah, I think that's it...anyway, back in Equestria, I couldn't move or anything while someone was watching me, why doesn't that work here?" "The application of a little chaos magic, is all" "But what about physics? How does it work?" "Physics? Ha! Physics run in terror at the mere thought of me, flailing its arms and screaming!" "How does it work, then?" "Think of it, and it happens- easy, get it?" "Uh, I think so?" "Close enough" I shrugged, "Hey, I got something that'll cheer you up- c'mere" She walked closer, and I took her by the shoulder- she shrieked as we teleported to the highest spire of the castle. "You can open your eyes" I said, letting go of her. "N-n-no!" "It's perfectly safe, see?" To prove my point, I stamped my foot on the ground repeatedly. A nearby section of the wall collapsed, causing her to squeak as she curled up into a ball and clutched her head. "Are you okay?" I asked, kneeling down. "I j-j-just want all of th-this to e-end" "It will kid, I know for a fact Goldie is trying her hardest" The winged-human continued to sob as I helped her to her feet. "Um...there there?" What? Give me a break! I'm not used to this touchy-feely stuff "Th-thank you, I th-think I'll be f-fine" "You know why I brought you up here?" "N-no, wh-why?" "The view from up here is incredible" I admitted. She gasped as she looked out of the window. "I know, right?" "Do you come up here a lot?" "Not often, no" "I, just can't believe this- it's so beautiful, surreal even" "Hey, uh, sorry for, y'know, scaring you like that" "It's alright, thank you though, this is amazing" "No problem...Ooh, it's almost time for dinner! You want to teleport down there?" "Um, no thank you, I think I'll take the stairs" "Eh, your loss" I snapped my fingers, and teleported to the dining room. "There you are, Chaos" Time said, already seated with Harmony and Space. "For the last time, my name is Eris" I huffed, crossing my arms. "I can't fathom why you insist on keeping that form" "It's for the sake of our ‘guest’" "Since when were you one to consider somepony else's welfare?" Time asked. "I could ask you the same thing" I shot back "Not all of us can be as...frivolous with our power as you are" "Just because I have a little fun doesn't mean I'm irresponsible; and haven't you and Space made a few mistakes too?" "A few hiccups here and there, but nothing near the trouble you've given us" "Exactly, so don't be so quick to judge" Time's expression hardened as Good and Evil trotted into the room Good was a pegasus with a pure white coat, her cutie mark of a white cloud with a smiley face the halo floating above her head adding to the shine of her coat. Evil was a pegasus as well, save for his appearance being the exact opposite of her, his red coat and black mane accentuated his horned head and standard demon-tail. "And where have you two been?" I smirked "Having a conversation about our 'guest'" Evil said, rolling his eyes. "Don't say it like that, she's nice" Good insisted "You think everything and everypony is 'nice'" "Oh, I've been meaning to ask, what exactly is she?" I asked, "Humans don't have wings" "She is a Weeping Pegasus" Time answered "Or- at least a variation of it" "What are Weeping Pegasi?" I asked, mildly interested. "Vile creatures that feed on time energy" "Really?" Good asked, "she doesn't seem that mean" "That is what bothers me" Time answered, "the fact that she can speak of her own accord is doing nothing to ease my fears" "Well you know, I think-" Space shut her mouth as the winged-human herself walked into the room. "Let's eat, shall we?"