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// 3 Midnight wings 
// Story: Magics life 
// by MagicBlood 
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	Winter slowly trots home from running away blood dripping down her cheeks after about 10 minutes of walking she makes it home. she knocks on the door to the house her cheeks and a bit of her neck covered in blood hoping her dad will answer. about 30 seconds later there is a click and sniffling at the door followed by a reply.

        "Y-yes? W-who is it," Magic asks cracking the door open enough to peek out. Looking at the height of a grown stallion he doesn't see anypony so he begins to close the door only to be stopped by a faint scared voice.

        “D-daddy? I’m back home and, im sorry for running off.” Winter lightly puts her hoof through the crack in the door and onto her fathers leg. she looks up at him with her bloody face.

        “WINTER," Magic yells as he quickly opens the door and picks Winter up pulling her into a tight hug not noticing her being bloody. “Don't ever scare me like that again. I thought I lost you,” he says as he tears up

        “I'm so sorry daddy!” Winter starts to cry into the hug “Dad i need to talk to you though. I did something” She says pulling away from the hug to show Magic her face.

        “H-huh? What are you talking ab…” Magic sees the blood on her face and neck. “Oh Celestia. What happened to you,” he asks setting her on his back before closing the door and goes to the restroom to clean her up.

        “This stuff came from somepony else. I think he called himself Lightning Rider and it came from here,” Winter says pointing to her neck. Magic looked horrified after hearing what she had to say.

        “Oh no do you remember where it happened,” he asks in a more panicked tone as he starts to run out the house following her every direction to the dead body of the late Pegasus, Lightning Rider. “Oh my.” Magic exclaims with great fear as he starts to pick up the dead pegasus with his magic.

        “Daddy where we taking him?” Winter asks Magic while laying down on his back not knowing what’s going on. “Well sweetie im taking you home then im gonna take him to his home so he can rest,” he replies with a slightly worried tone.

        Magic starts to quietly trot home avoiding everypony that may be out at this time of night. Upon arriving at home he puts Winter in the house and tells her to not let anypony in, soon afterwards he starts to trot out further into the Everfree with the already slow decaying Pegasus being carried by magic using a levitation spell and a shovel he had strapped to his side. He went about a league into the Forest and after he picked a good spot and started digging.

        A half-hour passes and he could be seen, if anypony was around, which there wasn’t which he was grateful for, walking home with a matted coat by both blood, which could be barely seen, and dirt. After he reached home, he put the shovel back in its spot, and took a bath to get his coat clean of both substances that were there.

        After a hour of scrubbing and soap bubbles all the blood and dirt was out of his coat and was no longer matted. He picked up a towel and proceeded to dry himself. After he was dry he proceeded to Winters room to tell her good night.

        “Winter you still up?” Magic asks as he pokes his head into her room only to see her staring out her window into Luna’s wonderful night. “Yeah dad I’m still up,” she replies not really paying attention. “Are you ok sweetie? Do you wanna ask me something or are you just worried,” He quickly replies trotting up to her bedside and sitting next to her.

        “Daddy have you ever felt like you’re not the pony you think you are,” Winter looks at him with a slightly worried look. “What ever do you mean sweetie?” He puts a hoof around her and pulls her close trying to comfort her.

        “I mean i don’t feel like a winter storm i feel like a….a M-midnight Wings.” she stutters lightly, memories of what she did returning to her still unsure if it was right or wrong. “Well would you rather be called Midnight wings?” he lightly rubs her mane. “Yes daddy i would,” she turns around and hugs him.

“Its time for bed baby girl,” Magic kisses her forehead and and puts her under the covers “night daddy i love you,” Winter says hugging Magics neck “and i love you to ,” he says as he trotts out the room closing the door and trotts into his room to sleep.