//------------------------------// // Breaking The News // Story: Forgotten Memories // by ShadowVoltstreaker //------------------------------// ~Equestria, 2 Days Later~ Soulflight’s POV “Come on Soul, hurry up and ask Rarity to be your Marefriend, I mean, do you see that look she gives you? She’s just waiting for you to ask!” Hottrot said as we were walking to Sugarcube Corner for some sweets. “You can’t just ‘Ask’ a mare like that… Besides, I want her to be comfortable around the real me, instead of that act I put on around her.” “Have you seen how they all act? I wouldn’t be surprised if she was putting on an act herself.” He nudged me in the side. “If she was acting… then she would remind me more of her…” “Well that was pretty much the whole reason you wanted to move away from Manehattan isn’t it? Besides I’m sure that she would want you to move on.” I looked at Hottrot and saw he had a wide smile, I knew he was trying to help, so I gave back a smile of my own. “Yeah… alright, I’ll ask her to be my marefriend tonight.” He slapped me on the back and shouted, “That’s the spirit! Now I’ll meet you there, I wanna have some alone time with Pinkie if you know what I mean.” He winked at me. “Dude I don’t need to hear that.” “What? I just have a list of pranks to show her about later, what’d you think I meant?” he asked innocently. “Oh… I thought you were talking about doing… that.” “Oh geez no!” he walked a little faster and looked back at me, “that comes later.” He winked and teleported out of sight. I could feel my eye twitch as I was bombarded with mental images, “Oh dear sweet Celestia make them stop!” I shouted as I held my hooves to my head. Later that day I asked Rarity out on a date, I didn’t want to just go any old place though… so I had an idea, one that required help from Hottrot. I didn’t tell Rarity where we were going to eat, only that she should wear something she’d like to be seen in. I threw on a black suit and tie and flew over to Rarity’s boutique. I did a quick check on my clothes and then knocked on the door. “Just a moment.” I heard Rarity say from behind the door. A while later she opened the door and I saw her, she was wearing a beautiful long violet dress with a light pink rim at the bottom and middle, inside the pink were embroidered gems of different colors but similar sizes. I just stood there, staring at her and her dress for who knows how long. She said… something, and waved her hoof in front of my face, even though I didn’t hear her I could tell what she said. Blinking a few times I say, “H-huh? Sorry, I was just…” “I take it that you like my dress?” “I like more than that…” I accidentally said out loud and I immediately put my hoof over my mouth. “S-shall we get going?” I said to change the subject. “All right.” She replied and shut the door. “So where is this place that you were taking me Soulflight?” Rarity asked me. I looked at her and smiled, “Well if we went there on hoof it would take a few days, and if we went there by train it would take a few hours. I’ll let you think about that for a while.” That riddle should hold her off long enough for us to get to where Hottrot is. “A riddle? I hope you aren’t trying to buy some time darling…” Well now she knows what I’m doing… “There is a possibility that I am trying to buy some time while we go to our ride.” “Our ride?” she asked, “Do you mean a chariot?” “Not at all. If it were a chariot then it’d take at least an hour.” I could see Hottrot in the distance waving his hoof at us, “Ah here we are.” “Now will you tell me where it is that we are going?” “Why tell you when I can show you? Hottrot, if you would do the honors.” He saluted me and said, “You got it.” his horn shone and in a quick flash we were out of Ponyville and outside of the most prestigious restaurant in Canterlot. Le Royale. Rarity instantly squeeled, “You got us a reservation here? At this restaurant that is almost always full? However did you do it?” “Let’s just say that I knew I couldn’t take you just anywhere.” “Oh but what of my mane? And my tail!” I put my wing around her and said, “Rarity, you’re beautiful, stunning even, so much so that I could barely even approach you, let alone talk to you. And from what I can see of your mane and tail… they’re in high quality condition.” She looked at me for a moment, then turned away blushing. “My my it seems somepony has a bit of a silver tongue.” “They don’t call me Soulflight the Silver Tongue for nothing. Now, shall we go inside?” “Yes. I believe we should.” Rarity said. I went and held the door open for her to enter, “And a gentlecolt as well.” As soon as she was inside I looked at Hottrot, he mouthed the words ‘Good Luck’ and teleported away. Turning back to the inside of Le Royale I say, “Thanks buddy…” and run inside to catch Rarity. Later That Night We stayed at Le Royale, ate, talked, and laughed. After eating we were both sitting there, she was admiring all the decorations on the wall while I ended up smiling and watching her, “she has such beautiful eyes… I should probably stop staring though before she notices.” I then decided it was time to tell her while the check was on the way. “Rarity?” I said to get her attention. “Yes? What is it Soul?” she replied and looked at me. I took a deep breath and said, “I’d be honored if I could call you my marefriend.” She blinked a few times before turning away. She started to shuffle a little in her seat, I thought “she might be considering leaving, afterall I did just ask that kinda out of the blue… should I have waited afterall?” I hit myself in the head a few times and mouthed the word “Idiot!” A moment later she faced me again, she was blushing, and smiling profusely. “I thought you’d never ask!” she shouted and glomped me from across the table. Outside Rarity’s Boutique/Home I forgot that Hottrot was kinda our ride back, so when she asked how we were getting back I panicked and said, “I’ll fly us there.” She was actually really light, so besides her almost strangling me, it was a wonderful end to the day. “I had a great time tonight Soulflight.” Rarity said as soon as we reached her home. “And I’d love to do this again sometime.” “So would I.” I smiled. She then quickly leaned in and planted a kiss on my cheek, I held the spot where she kissed me and stare at her, blushing. She walked towards the door and opened it with her magic. As soon as she was inside she turned her head towards me, “There’ll be more where that came from, if you play your cards correctly Soul.” She winked, and shut the door. I stood there, mouth agape, standing on three hooves. My mind was racing! But I quickly snapped out of it, put my hoof on the ground and smiled, “Well then. Looks like somepony is rather… freaky?” I chuckled and flew home, unable to wait for the next day. 2 Days later “Soul wake up!” I heard Hottrot shout in my ear, but I was really tired. So I just moved the blanket back over my face and went back to sleep, well I tried to, but the blanket was yanked off of me, and I was picked up in what I assumed to be Hottrot’s magic. “ok…” I mumbled, “What is so important that you had to wake me up this early?” by now we were well out of the house and on the path to the library if I remember correctly. “I’d say something smart but this isn’t the time! Princess Luna and Celestia are at the Libaray and they requested an audience with the girls! And Pinkie and rarity insisted that we come as well!” he explained. “Wait, the Princess Luna and Celestia?” I said with disbelief. The magic around me dropped so I quickly spread my wings and began flying. “Yes! Now hurry up, I’ll meet you there!” Hottrot said, the his horn shone, and he was gone. I flew as fast as I could and finally arrived at the Library. I slowed myself down, and landed, then ran into the library. And, true to his word, all 6 girls were here, including five more. Two of the five being both Pony Princesses, one being Hottrot who was beside Pinkie, another being a pure white Pegasus with a gold mane/tail with blue highlights, and the other being a green Pegasus with a light blue mane/tail. I shut the door and trotted up next to Rarity and kneeled to both Princesses who both told me that I may rise. Celestia then said, “I would like to thank you all for coming on such short notice.” In a soothing voice. She looked to Luna and nodded her head. Luna then looked to us and said, “We have… some rather unfortunate news.” She said in a soft yet commanding voice. “what is it?” Twilight asked worriedly. “it concerns Vague Blaze, Flutter Night, Crossback, Solar, Shadow Storm, and Fortune Caster.” Luna finally said, causing the room to go silent. If I remember correctly, those were the names of the colts that everypony is dating.. “w-what happened to them? Are they in some sort of danger?” Hottrot finally spoke, dispelling the silence. Luna simply nodded and said, “As I did the night they arrived on Earth, myself and Lucinda traveled into Blaze’s dreams. He was standing beside himself, talking back and forth to himself. Though normally this wouldn’t be strange, he was talking to his human self while in his pony form. Or so we thought.” She took a pause then began again, “It was actually the other way around. And not only was all of this occurring, when we approached him and asked what he was doing, he acted as if this was the first he’d seen of us.” She took another pause to clear her throat, “We thought he was playing a joke, but he was serious. He knew of me somehow, but had no idea who Lucinda was.” Her gaze shifted to the ground for a moment before she began speaking again, “Furthermore, when I asked him why he and the others hadn’t yet returned home he responded with, 'Home? I’m asleep in my room right now. So I am home. And what do you mean any of you?” The green Pegasus then stepped forward and said, “I’ll continue… from here.” Luna nodded and allowed her to begin. “I told him of their life here in Equestria… but he simply laughed and said “Sally, this isn’t funny anymore.” Then a woman with black hair appeared in front of Blaze. I couldn’t hear what she said, but Blaze just kept shaking his head and saying “No way” and after she pointed towards us, she vanished and Blaze continued to go on about how it’s crazy to think that he’d ever lived… in Equestria.” She paused, “Luna then told him to search for the letter that we gave him on the first night. And we left…” when she finished she began breathing heavily and Luna put a wing over her. Rainbow stepped forward, slowly, but gradually, and said between breaths, “T-they’ll be back though… right? T-they’ve got to…” her wings fell to her side and I could see tears start to build up in her eyes. Not long after, Everypony in the room, beside myself and Hottrot were crying. Even the princesses had tears flowing out their eyes. I didn’t know much about the other guys, but from what I can tell, the girls loved them very deeply, and they loved the girls. I moved over and held onto Rarity, Twilight, and Applejack while Hottrot held Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rainbow. Luna was comforting the green Pegasus while Celestia did the same to the white Pegasus. As they were crying I couldn’t help but feel anger, anger towards the guys who left all these mares here. “You all had better come back. Or I’ll find a way to drag you back here myself.”