//------------------------------// // Taken ( To be revised) // Story: Day to day // by Elderly //------------------------------// Ice Drop stood next to the princess of the night as she was once again showing him what he could not show himself. The star room was seeded with stars and galaxies. This time though, they seemed to be darker. It was like the the stars were telling him that everything comes to an end. Maybe some things much sooner than others. While others, much longer. Life isn't long compared to time itself. Ones life should be treated as the most delicate of things and the most fragile items of existence. The area in front of Ice Drop opened into a column of color. " Ice Drop. What I have for you here, is your home as it is today." The house was still empty. Yet, the building was different. New furnishing had been put in the home and different items scattered the floor. The walls were the same pale blue color as they had always been but different portraits lined them. "Whats happened to this place since i've left?" His words were stifled as to him, the furnishings were like disrespect for those who are gone. " Ponies have lived here. Ponies have left here too. Nopony ever stays here long. " Luna stared down at Ice Drop. It was clear why. Nopony would ever want to live in such a confined space. Only eight rooms to the whole house. Ice Drops mind went to what he had left behind. All his friends and family. Everything that he had ever know was left years ago. " Whats happened to all my friends?" His stare trailed off to the door." Do any of them still live here?" " Not many of them. Most of them moved away to another town when you left." Luna closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on her thoughts." You family vanished in a matter of days. You mom dies first off," her words made Ice Drop flinch but she kept on speaking without a second thought. " Then you disappear without telling anypony where your going and you dad goes after you. You're the last one in your family to carry your own last name. Say something were to happen to you, your name would be gone. That is, assuming that you don't have foals of your own by that time." Ice absorbed everything, not completely understanding what she meant by 'Say something were to happen to you' and ' carrying on your family name'. " Which one is still here? " He mentally scrolled through the list of friends he had from those years. " Milky Way is still here." Everything stopped there. His thoughts zoomed to his memories of him. He was the one pony in the whole town had small Spirals in his coat. Whenever he would stand over an amount of water, his coat would reflect it into several small shapes onto any nearby surface. He was also much older than Ice Drop. Milky Way was probably nearing the age of fourteen or fifteen by now. " Can we go see him?" " I'm sorry Ice Drop. But that simply cannot happen just yet. This is also where you must wake up from this dream." Ice backed up as if he was in fear. " I don't want to leave yet. " "Im sorry. But you cannot stay here any longer." With that, a flash erupted causing temporary blindness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five years later Ice Drop found himself back in his bed. Next him, he found a small sleeping bag with and sleeping pony inside. Of course Scootaloo would be in here with him. The three visitors had never left the house and had decided to spend the night with them. Ditzy must be with Cotten, Dinky with Sugar, and Scootaloo was clearly in the same room with Ice. Ditzy and Cotten had broken up after an accident that led to them getting extremely mad at each other. Scootaloo and him never got any closer to each other after either after their previous relationship. They were indeed good friends. She was just a little to... unfragile for him. The two did get along well though. They had had many sleepovers together and often found themselves getting in large amounts of trouble together. Scootaloo had gotten her cutie mark while performing dare devil tricks at the skate park that had just been built a few years back. It was a wheel with flames coming out behind it. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were also close friends of his and had gotten their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle found that her cutie mark was a large note to symbolize her singing, Applebloom had a heart shaped apple to show they she was very caring of her apples. Together, the four of them would go out and have fun together. Sometimes, they excluded Ice Drop from there activities with good reason. And if the reason was good enough, Scootaloo too because of her boyish behavior. Today though, they were doing something special. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were going to teach him how to talk to a filly. Or arguably a mare depending on how you see age. He had never been one to talk smoothly. Whenever he talked to another filly, he would always stumble on his own words or say something stupid. He looked out the window to see the time. It was about six in the morning so it would be a few hours till everyone would be up, so in the meantime, he may as well have a talk with Scootaloo about how they were going to go about teaching him. It was then that the door opened slowly. It didn't even make a sound as it traveled to it's destination beside the inner wall. Behind it, was none other then the mare that he had meet in all of his dreams, Princess Luna. She was the first to speak of the two. "Ice Drop." She was giving him a strong glare. Something she must have picked up over the years of being royalty. She coughed a little. " Sorry. Ice Drop." This time, her voice was much more soothing. Almost like a moms. " I believe it is time for you to go home now. You have spent enough time here as it is. And you need to show your family that you are safe." She almost looked sad to say it. All other words that he had planned on saying left his thoughts and were replaced by new ones. " But I have family here now Luna. And Cotten can just take a break off of work and fly there to tell them i'm ok." " I understand why you don't want to leave your new home young one. And I understand that you have made connections here, but you have family back where you used to live and they need the peace of mind. That is why i'm sending you home Ice. I'm sorry to do this after you have been here so long, but this is what needs to happen, and it is for the best. However, we should move to the front room to discuss this. We don't want to wake up this young filly." He had no problem with moving to the front room of his home. His home. Here was the home of most all of his good memories. This was the home where he had made friends on his own. To him, this was home. He had spent his life growing close to the ponies here. He had so much built for him, so much remember. And so many ponies to This was the home in which he lived and in which his caretaker raised him. This was also the home where he felt loved and cared for. This was the one place that he felt excepted by other ponies. But this most of all was the home he knew he would always be welcome . But now, this was the home that he would be torn away from.This will now be the home he no longer knows. They were now in the living room. " I'm sorry Ice Drop. But this can't be your home anymore." She held her stern look. " I cannot allow you to live here any longer." Ice raised his voice to her. " Why isn't it Princess! Why can't I live here with the ponies that I love!" " Keep you voice down. I cannot allow you to live here because this is not where you belong." " Then why would you wait so long to take me away! Why not take me when I didn't feel like I belonged! I would have been happy to go then!" " That is because you belonged to more ponies than you would think. Now we must be going." Ice Drops voiced dimmed. " I'm not going any where Luna. This is my home now." He could see Luna's horn start to glow. " I'm sorry to have to do this but this is my only option with you." She then cast a spell while he was standing in place. " If this is how it must be, this is how I will take you like this." With that, she levitated them outside. There, she found her carriage which was still latched onto the two guards. She sat him on it facing the house. " It's time to say good bye Ice Drop." She then faced the guards. " Lets go." As his home faded from his view, he thought of all the things he will miss because of Luna taking him. He would miss Cotten Candy, and he would miss Sugar. He would also miss Scootaloo and all the nights they spent together. Helping each other. His room was barely able to be made out. He could see the small figurines on his window seal. He could also see his bed through the window. What caught his eye was what was next to his bed. He could see Scootaloo looking through the window. She was watching him fly away. Leaving her behind. All she could see, was him leaving her behind. She didn't know that he couldn't resist. She didn't know that he was being taken against his will. She just thought that he was leaving her behind. She still has his coat though. Now all she has to do is look in the pocket. Maybe, she will find something more valuable than anything else. He stood in the same position that the Princess had left him. Unable to turn around or look away. " You're know you're taking me from more than even I realize Luna don't you?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " What was in the pocket Daddy?" Ice Drops colt spoke up. " I don't remember what I left for her. But i'm sure she still has it." Ice let off a small smile. " Now. It's time for you to go to bed." You start school tomorrow." The colt didn't sound happy with the answer but grunted in acceptance anyways. " It's time for daddy to go to bed too." He soon found himself in his room on the bed. Beside him lay a picture from when he was young. He held it above him so he could see it better. He found himself starring at a picture of when Scootaloo first ever flew by herself. " I hope you know that I didn't leave you behind. And that I will never leave you in my past.