//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 Mini-Chapter // Story: Guidance // by DJ-Photonix //------------------------------// Rarity couldn't help herself. The robe that belonged to Phoenix sat on her table, like a table cloth. The table was large, but he was the size of Celestia, if not bigger. Phoenix came through a portal from Neigherland, but the robe was small, as if he grew. Looking to her left, then her right, Rarity used her magic to grab some thread over from her box of asorted threads. First red, then orange, lastly yellow floated over to her. Next she grabbed her needle, trying the thread into a small loop at the top. Her blue eyes stared into the robe, as it gave off feelings. For no reason to her she felt a tear run down her face, as if she felt a great sadness. As if her heart broke a dozen times over like glass breaking. She turned away from the robe, wiping her tears away. That's when Sweete Belle walked into the room, humming the Cutie Mark Crucader's theme song. Sweete looked at her sister, seeing that she was just getting over from crying. Then saw that there was a needle floating next to her. "Did you poke yourself?" She asked. Rarity shook her head. "No, just go on. I'm busy repairing prince Phoenix's robe." "Can I help?" "N-no, go play with your friends." Rarity said turning back to the robe. Her horn glowed brighter, and brighter. She focused on the feeling, then closed her eyes. After feeling a tight pull on her body, she opened her eyes, and saw she was no longer in Equestria. She knew though she was in a room. Chairs sat in front of tables, a fire was going in a fire place lighting the room, Torches lined two halls that went to her left, and in front of her. "Hello?!" She called, walking forward. "Anypony here?" She asked. For the moment it seemed like nopony was there until she saw a door open behind her. Three large bodies, all standing on two legs, and not four, walked past her. They went right though Rarity which only made her even more confused than she already was. She followed the three who wore crowns atop their heads. One was made of branches, next to that was a crown made of ice that didn't seem to melt, lastly the crown that was made of feathers. Each of them nearly running if for the fact they were walking very fast, as if they were angered by something. They stopped standing in in front of a door. "We do this because it is forbidden, not for any other reason." Said the one wearing the branches. "We do this because we have no other option. It was an order from the Gray." The one with the ice crown said. "Excuse me but could you-" "Three...two...one!" They blasted the door down, shattering into wooden splinters, and wooden dust. Two inside the room jumped from their bed, just waking from the shock. "What are you doing here?!" The one without a crown shouted. "It's still night! We don't talk till day!" "We know about her!" The earth one said. "We know she's mortal! And you know it's forbidden!" "What of it? Shouldn't I have the right to love her!?" He asked, as a robe flashed around his body. Rarity's eyes grew wide in shock. The robe was exactly what she was trying to fix. "You know we're not allowed to marry mortals!" The ice said, Rarity was starting to figure that the females were air, and water. The male, the one wearing the branch crown. Suddenly the ground shook as the male elected his hands up, then toward the other. Vines shot from the ground, and launched the other male into his bed, where the vines held him down. His hands, on fire trying to burn the vines. While he was doing this, the female that was standing next the man, that's now on the bed, was held in midair by the female with the feather crown. Her hand was holding up from across the room. The women started to cry. "Phoenix!" She shouted. "Please help me!" "I'm trying my love!" He replied the vine nearly half way gone. The male walked over to the woman as vines grabbed her limbs. "The only way to stop this is death, and because we love you brother,we shall spare you." He said. Then he clapped, then opened his hands out to his sides, and female was ripped apart, limb by limb. Rarity watched in horror as the female screamed, lashing out in pain, and agony. Streams of tears flowed down her face, as Rarity finally figured out why she felt such powerful sadness. The female was barely alive, blood flowing out of the little stubs of flesh. The male on the bed finnished, and jumped out of the bed right as the other ripped off the females head. The male dropped to the floor, looking at the remaining headless body, crying. His tears hit the floor with a sizzle each time one it it. Looking up, anger and sadness in his eyes he burned the male in front of him alive. Then he grabbed the neck of the other, and pulled out her windpipe. Lastly he looked at the last one who stood, ready to fight. "Too late..." He said, sticking her head into a pale holding a red liquid, most likely red wine. After a moment the body stopped moving, and became limp. Four dead bodies lay around the male who dropped to the floor again, crying shouting only one thing. "Kaytala!" Rarity blinked, and found herself back in her boutique. She looked at the robe, then saw it was gone. Behind her she saw as she turned around was Phoenix who had the robe on. "When-?" "A minute ago when I felt that a memory spell was used on me." "So it was you..." She said. "You are truely sorry for what you did...right?" "Every night that memory haunts me. I wish my siblings weren't so foolish." He replied. Twilight walked into the room, and wrapped her hoof around Phoenix 's leg. Rarity saw this, and smiled. "Forgive, and forget. That's what my mom used to say." Rarity said. "And you've already got her back. Just had to cross to a new home. You can talk to me whenever you like." "Love too." Twilight smiled. "Yeah." Phoenix added.