//------------------------------// // The mysterious filly // Story: When WIll You Come Home? // by _twilightprincess_ //------------------------------// The Mysterious Filly  Why, that filly was Amethyst Star! Derpy could recognize her from school. Neither one of them approached each other, they were both equally shy. However, this one time, Amethyst forgot her shyness and tan up to Derpy to help her.   “H-Hi!” Derpy said, stuttering.   “Hi! So, umm, are you fine?”   “Uh… yeah!” Amethyst helped Derpy off the ground. “So, um, do you like, wanna play?”   “Sure!” Amethyst gave her a smile. She was always the cheerful kinds. Like that one pony that comes up to you and helps you out, but also would hesitate approachingyou any other time because of her shyness.   They played all day and had loads of fun. Derpy finally was happy. She knew Amethyst wouldn’t leave her, unlike her past “friends”.   At school, they were inseperable. At first, Amethyst was a little shy and hesitant, but one day, in the playground, Derpy did something Amethyst would never forget:   It was a simple Thursday. Derpy and Amethyst were at the playground. They were playing peacefully, not disturbing anyone else, really. But then, a couple of older students came by the two. Their eyes were giving them a mean look at first, then the tallest one, a pink pegasus with a blue mane, gave a look, a strange look, to another Pegasus. This Pegasus was white and het a yellow mane, but the sun shone its rays upon it, making it golden; she understood “the look” and used her wings to propel some sand from the sandbox Amethyst and Derpy were playing in, into their faces. Quite the cliché, really. But it wasn’t only sand. The pegasus’ wings flapped hard and proppled a bunch of tiny rocks as well. Derpy was fortunate enough to see the attack coming and covered her eyes with her hooves. However, Amethyst wasn’t lucky enough, she didn’t cover her eyes, but rather opened them wide open, not knowing what to expect. Tiny rocks and sand flew at a high speed and cut through the air, using Amethyst’s eyes as a coushin, and as the color faded a bit from her eyes, something even more unfortunate happened.   The white Pegasus had been hovering at about 4 feet off the ground, but suddenly came down with a loud *THUMP* and accompanied by many more rocks and sand. Derpy knew what she had to do. Mere seconds before the impact with the ground, derpy flew close to her friend’s eyes, shielding them. The rocks hit her body, but caused no more than some scratches.   Derpy turned her gaze to her friend, who was in shock and pain from the impact, observing her wounds. The color in her eyes faded a shade, but nothing more than that. Quickly, she turned to the older ponies.   “Why d’you have to do that? Did we bug you? Were we in your way? DID YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THAT?! HUH?! You kno’ what?! You are just a bunch of meanie-heads!”   “…Sorry”   Just then, a teacher came to see what discord was between the two groups.   “What has happened?!” The teacher turned to Amethyst, who was now crying. “Get her to the nurse’s office NOW” Then, a couple of taller stallions escorted her to the nurse’s office. “And you two, just so you know, if you didn’t cause any damage you’re getting detention, if you caused temporary damage you’ll get a two-day suspension, and if you caused permanent eye damage that is incurable, you are OUT of this school!” “Also, Derpy, you were very brave to stand up for your friend and protect her.”   The two fillies now completely trusted each other and protected each other. They were truly best friends.   As the years gone by, many they both achieved many accomplishments, some of which were getting their cutie marks.   The first to get her cutie mark was Amethyst, and it consisted of three gems, the meaning of it is Amethyst’s ability to turn regular stones into gems.   The day she got her cutie mark was a boring day. Like, very boring day. SO boring Derpy decided to see how many pencils she could stack on a toad. That is when Amethyst levitated a random rock to examine it, hoping, in one way or another, that the rock had entertainment value. Just as she was levitating it, she felt something strange happening….to the rock. Amethyst did something she never did before, using two spells at once. One spell was a levitating spell, to (of course) levitate the stone, while the other spell was…she didn’t know what spell it was, she had no idea what spell it was, no really. Whatever spell it was, it was a strange one for sure. One that made you feel like you were surrounded by the unknown force of raw magic, and that feeling meant only one thing. The magic that corresponds to your cutie mark always feels different than other magic that is because it IS different magic. It’s a form of magic that not even the greatest alicorns cam feel outside of their cutie mark magic. It’s a personal magic, a magic crafted in the souls of ponies long before they discover it, a magic that is unchiseled until the very day they find their destiny. And Amethyst was feeling that magic. She knew what it had to be, but she didn’t tell Derpy about it, they were both pretty quiet most of the time. And , before she knew it, A mark appeared on her flank just as soon as the rock turned into an amethyst.   “I did it, Derpy.”   “Did what?” Derpy turned around, causing her pencil-jenga-on-top-of-a-toad collapsed. “Amethyst, I didn’t see any gemstones ‘round here, so why are you holding one?”    “IT’S MY SPECIAL TALENT!!!!!!” She said (loudly really) as she jumped around and Derpy watched in awe.   “That’s gre-OH HORSEAPPL---“Just as Derpy was congratulating her friend on her biggest achievement yet, she tripped on some rocks nearby and fell on top of the toad used as a Jenga support and sent both of them into the deep water. Derpy then opened her eyes wide as she saw something glowing. In front of her were glowing bubbles and they seemingly copied themselves onto her flank as well, “Huh?”