'PINKIE! GAH!' I screamed in my thoughts as I saw the invisible pink pony zoom from shop to shop and pressing her face against the glass while ogling all the products and people. While it was kinda cute and adorable to witness and I knew that no body here could see her, it still made me nervous to have her out of reach and knowing her anything could happen. But that was not the only thing making me uneasy while I swiveled my head around and looking at all the new things that just seemed to pop up all over.
“Adrian? Is everything alright?” I heard Cadence quietly ask, a new rule I imposed to them since Pinkie kept screaming with excitement and I was already getting odd looks without a faceless voice talking nonstop around me. I was kinda used to it by now because before I left my height would always make me the center of attention in town.
“Yeah, guess time away from here has made me forgetful cause I don't recognize half of these places and not just the new ones from the Festival” I quietly whispered back. I took another look around and I must of look worried because next thing I knew I felt a slight pressure leaning against my leg and looking down I saw that Cadence was walking next to me and was leaning against me with a smile on her face. I smiled back and quickly pet her head before continuing forward.
Rainbow had decided to stick to the ground after flying around for five minutes and complained that the air above stinks, for the time being I simply shrugged it off, not wanting to explain the damage we humans have done to our home. But anyway, she had found a new way to have fun by fully utilizing her invisibility by slightly hovering in front of a random human and started making funny faces at them. I almost busted out laughing when she gave a business guy in a suit a raspberry and he flinched and started looking around for the source of the sound and spit.
I had to restrain Pinkie a little bit when she zipped across the street, totaling ignoring the cars and people and even causing a few people to trip over her tail. So after she zipped back over to us I told her to at least stay somewhat in reach and on the same side of the street, she instantly agreed before zooming to the next shop in front of us. I let out a mental sigh but also a grateful one for Cadences magic working here on Earth or else this would be a very weird trip.
Then again I'm surprised by myself that I have not freaked out yet at the fact that I have returned home, even if only for a day. But I suppose I'm not all that surprised because I did not have a lot to return back to I suppose, was I always this depressing? Deciding not to dwell on those thoughts, I shook my head and saw that we were getting close to the street we needed to turn to and once we were I told them all to turn left and that my house was at the end of this street.
The moment I took my first step onto the street I was hit with a wave of nostalgia and was grateful for it as everything looked the same as I remembered it last. Taking a look around I saw that the street was empty for the moment and took a chance to speak to the girls without looking like I was crazy and talking to the wind. “I have so many things to show you girls! And I have to be sure to bring some stuff back for everyone back in Equestria. Definitely books for Twilight, perhaps some apple recipes for Applejack, need to find my music for Vinyl, lets see. What else?” I asked out loud.
“Well you don't have to worry about space since I can use my magic to store as much as you want” Cadence informed me.
“Perfect! Well that takes one thing off my mind, cause it was going to be hard to choose what to take or leave behind” I told her in return.
“Yo Adrian! What is up with this snow?” Rainbow asked.
“What do you mean?” I confusingly said.
“I mean how is it snowing? I don't see any pegasi up there making any!” she said.
“Well it does it naturally. Nature controls how the weather and seasons come and go here on Earth” I told her and when I did she had a look of absolute shock.
“WHAT?!? How do your people stay alive then? What if you need rain or sun or something?!” Rainbow asked.
“We just have to wait and hope I suppose, we do have people who can guess at what the weather will bring in on a daily basis and it also depends on where you live. Some places get more rain than others or are just naturally more humid and dry” I explained.
“Wow, are you sure chaos magic isn't at work?” Rainbow asked.
I gave a chuckle at this “I am sure, nature is pretty chaotic but can also be beautiful as well” I replied with. I took a quick look around and saw we were pretty close to my house so I started to quicken my steps almost to a full out run until I saw the edge of my house then I came to a full stop and thrusted out my hands to present my home “And I present to you ladies, my humble abode!” I announced to them.
I saw the three of them stare at my house and only Pinkie was smiling while the other two simply looked on and said nothing, that is until Rainbow said “Nothing too special” in a very nonchalant voice.
I glared at her with an annoyed look on my face “Well IM SO SORRY that I don't live in a Crystal Castle, or in a cloud house, or even in a gingerbread house!” I spilled out before I turned around to cross my arms and flared my nostrils.
“Rainbow Dash! That was not very nice, now you go apologize to him right now!” I heard Cadence sternly say but I heard Rainbow give out an annoyed huff of air before the sound of flapping wings closed in on me. I felt a hoof touch my shoulder.
“Sorry Adrian” was all Rainbow said. I gently pushed her hoof off of my shoulder and took a few steps away from here and let out an audible hmph. “Hey, what gives?”
“I am upset with you Rainbow, here I am finally showing you my home and the first thing you say? 'Nothing too special'.” I bluntly told her.
“O-oh. Yeah, guess that was kinda rude” she said with a nervous chuckle. I did not respond and simply stood there in silence with my back to her. I heard the familiar sound of flapping wings but this time I felt her land against my back with her hooves draping over my shoulder and her head resting on my right shoulder. “I really am sorry, didn't mean to upset you big guy”
I only responded with silence and I slightly turned my head away from hers and I heard her give a quiet sigh “Will you forgive me if I tell you a secret?” she asked and at this I turned my head back to her and looked at her. “W-w-w-well, my secret is.......is.........that I sort of might possibly kinda like your.......ear.......scratches” Rainbow nervously stuttered out and I could feel her face heat up and it was at this moment did I finally give up my facade and let out a hearty laugh while I reached up with my right hand and gave her ear a scratch.
“Well, I suppose I can forgive you” I told her with a smile while I continued to scratch her ear and just for a moment or two I heard give out a content sigh and I felt her nuzzle my cheek for a split second before she catapulted off of me and fly into the air. I was about to say something when I saw Pinkie curiously looking behind me and started walking.
“Hey Adrian, why do you have pictures of yourself sitting here?” Pinkie asked. Pictures? What pictures? I had a confused look on my face when I turned around and when I did I saw that sitting all around my front steps were multiple and different pictures of me and I could also see a few flowers scattered about, almost like a shrine.
“What in the world is going on?” I asked out loud as I took a few steps forward and looked around and after a quick search I saw a newspaper clipping tucked in one of the picture frames, so I gently plucked it out and unfolded it and started to read it to myself.
“Adrian? What it is your reading there?” Cadence asked me but I did not hear her and in a few moments I found myself shaking as a chill coursed through my body and that is when the three girls gasp in surprise. “Adrian?! What's wrong? Adrian?”
“I......I have to go” was all I said before I took off running in a certain direction.
“Whoa! We gotta catch him! Come on Pinkie!” Rainbow yelled out as the two of them started to chase after me and Cadence was about to join them before she noticed the newspaper clipping float in front of her and land on the ground. Using her magic she picked it up and straightened it out and began to read it.
“Oh no” Cadence silently whispered to herself before joining the chase.
Speed, that is all I cared about as I willed my legs to move faster and faster to get where I needed to go. Nothing else mattered, not even the fact that I was going so fast that I created a barrier of snow around me and if someone stood to close I slightly blew them away but only by a foot or two. The vortex I created also shielded myself so no one could see what exactly it was that flew by them, they only saw a barrier of snow bombarding them.
I did not care about what obstacles lay before me because I knew the path here by heart, which is sometimes the only strength I found to get me here before in the past to see her. Soon enough I came upon the black gates and found myself slowing down to a slow walk and finally forcing my body to stop just before the imposing gates. Searching inside of myself I found a small bit of strength and will to take the first step inside.
Letting my heart guide me through the many rows and columns in dead silence I eventually found my way a spot I have visited many before but now a new addition lay just to the left and upon inspecting it and fully realizing the truth that lay before me I fell to my knees and stared at the object with a blank and emotionless face.
---------- 5 minutes later, Cemetery Entrance ----------
This is bad, this is very very bad! I've got to find him before something bad happens! I hope nothing bad happens at all but hearing this kinda news would be devastating! I hope that Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were able to keep track of him as well and followed him here. Using my magic to sense him tracks I gently pushed against the open black gates to the cemetery and saw hundreds of tombstones filling the rows of the snow covered land. I took a step forward and heard the crunch of snow beneath my hoof and saw another round hoof print imbedded in the snow, so Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are here.
Remaining silent as I trekked through the snow covered graves, I wove through the different sized graves and occasionally read the names that decorated them. Judging from the date I found on the paper most of these humans died a long time ago but as I got closer to Adrian I saw the dates become more and more recent. Suddenly around the corner I heard two sets of gasps, picking up the pace I hurried over to the source of the noise and found that both Rainbow and Pinkie held their hooves up to their mouths and stared in disbelief at a certain tombstone that Adrian was also staring at.
I slowly walked up to them and I followed their gaze and even though I had read on the piece of paper, it was still shocking to see and I could feel a jolt of pain squeeze my heart. On the gray stone it read “R.I.P – Adrian Corvinus Frost – A giant amongst friends that held the world in his giant heart. May your kindness reach out to others and lead them to smile, forever and always” I could not help but shed a tear after reading such a beautiful thing but it was also painful to read, knowing that the world thought Adrian was dead when he was alive and well. But now he can't come back to this world even if he wanted to, he has no home and his past life is now dead. This dreadful feeling inside of me caused me to weep even more for him.
But during my weeping I heard Adrian shift in the snow as he slid to the next grave over but instead of looking distraught he put on a smile while his face became glistened with tears from his eyes. Whos grave was that? He did not cry for his own grave. The other girls seemed to notice this as well and soon us three surrounded him and for some reason I found myself reading the grave out loud “R.I.P – Vivian Marie Frost – Mother to all and mother to one, may she find peace knowing her son carries on her soul and helps bring kindness back to the world she loved so much”
I let out a gasp, oh no. Was this.....his mother? I felt my legs tremble a little but I forced myself to remain standing as I made my way over to him and draped my wing over his back and leaned against his side and taking up my initiative Rainbow used her own wing to cover his other side and hugged his arm while Pinkie gently walked into this lap and leaned against his chest while she let out a few sniffles. What surprised me though was that I felt his arm move under my wing and he wrapped it around and hugged me.
“Hey mom, I'm back. Sorry to have worried you for a little bit. But I wanted to let you know that I am alive and doing well. As you can see I made myself some new friends, though not ones that you probably would of ever imagined” Adrian silently said as he fought back his tears and his voice slightly trembled.
“I ended up in another world called Equus and landed in a place called Equestria and that is where I met these three and my many other friends. I even met royalty and even they are my friends. One of them is right here actually, on my left is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, ruler of the Crystal Empire. Though she prefers to be called Cadence and loves to hug and squeeze me and calls me cute non-stop” he said and gave a weak laugh but I ended up smiling a little and gave his side a quick nuzzle.
“On my right is their worlds most awesome and gravity defying pegasus they have ever known and her name is Rainbow Dash. She can be a bit brash at times and prefers to act before thinking but she has a good heart and in the end will always do what is right, even if it means doing something silly” Adrian said and I could hear him ruffle her mane a little but she only gave a silent giggle in response before sniffling.
“And last but certainly not least is Equestria very own super duper party pony named Pinkie Pie. No words can really describe her crazy and mind blowing antics but she is always around to make any pony and in my case, any human smile and feel warm inside, especially her baked goods. Also currently the two of us are the King and Queen of the dance floor at a night club, another thing you probably never expected from me” he said with another weak laugh as he held back his tears.
“But due to unexplained circumstances I ended up falling into well and traveled to their world and to me I was there for about three weeks when I found a temporary way back for one day. But when I got back and went to the your house I had discovered that on Earth I have been gone for over a year and was thought dead to all due to me falling into the well. Due to the well being connected to many other piping leading to the great lakes, they tried their best to search for my body but could not find it and pronounced me dead”
“So as soon as I found that out I came to see you to let you know that your little boy was alive and now I can do magic! I just keep on surprising you eh mom?” Adrian said but he stopped and took a few breaths and let loose a few tears but I used my other wing to reach around and wipe them off, he turned his head to me and smiled before turning back to his mother.
“I have been wanting to see you for a while though because I have been having nightmares involving you lately and I am scared of them and what they mean and what they have to do with you. I keep on seeing you burn and haunt me and your burning skeleton stares at me and blames me for killing you” he abruptly ended as his body trembled while his eyes poured out his fears. All three of us wrapped our hooves around him and tried out best to warm him up and comfort him.
“An-and I also have to apologize to you girls as well” Adrian suddenly said which caught all of our attention. Why is he apologizing to us? “It seems like lately I have been making you girls sad and I hate seeing you all sad instead of being cuddly” he said to me “awesome” to Rainbow “and poofy” to Pinkie. “So for that I am so sorry” I finally said as he used his arms to hold us close.
“You have nothing to be sorry about silly!” Pinkie said with a happy tone “Friends are there for you for the good and bad times. And besides, we got to meet your mom. Hi Adrians mom!” I couldn't help but laugh a little as I found myself waving a hoof at the grave.
“You raised a fine son, I am a lucky mare to have found a super cute and cuddly human such as him” I told his mom before I snuggled up with Adrian a bit more, just before he let out a groan.
“Cadence, not in front of my mom! Geez” he said with a slight blush on his face. Oh my goodness he is adorable! Squee! I squeezed him a little more but not just because of his cute reaction but for being strong and for being able to react normally like that during this stressful time. Whoever wrote that phrase on his gravestone knew him well, he does have a giant heart.
“You don't have to worry about a thing ma'am! With me, the awesome and amazing Rainbow Dash at his side, he won't ever be lonely or bored!” Rainbow boasted with pride and though Adrians arm was mostly hidden I could see a bit of movement happening before I saw his hand resting on her head and his fingers started to scratch her ear. And for a moment or two I saw her make a blissful face as she blushed and hugged his arm a little tighter. AWWWWWW! SHE IS SO CUTE! He definitely has added her to his Ear Scratched collection!
After letting a few more tears fall and a quick laugh Adrian finally spoke up again “So there you have it mom, I hope that proves to you that I am in capable hands. Well, capable hooves in their case. OH and I also have a pet! Her name is Artemis and she is a magical creature that is like a wolf but made out of wood and is called a timberwolf. And yes I fully realize the irony of that name mother, don't you worry about that” he added a short little laugh.
He took a deep breath as he seemed to collect his thought before he turned to us “Hey girls, can I have a moment alone to say my goodbyes?” he asked us and we all nodded yes and slowly took our leave but stayed close. As we were leaving I took a quick glance at the grave next to his mothers and the name seemed familiar somehow.
---------- Vivians Grave ----------
After the girls left I turned back to my mothers grave and gave it a warm smile as I remembered all the good things about her “I won't be able to come and see you for a while mom, so I wanted to tell you that I miss you a lot and I will always love you” I gingerly said. After taking another quick look to make sure the girls were gone I leaned in a bit closer.
“I have one last thing to surprise you about but I think I finally found a girl I love back in Equestria. I am still worried about a lot of things about us being two different species and I fear for her future...... but....but I think I am willing to give it a chance. I just hope you don't think less of me for wanting to date a pony but she is intelligent and kind and very pretty. I just hope I can make her happy” I nervously said and my voice shook a little but casting that aside I stood up and took one last look at my moms grave and letting a few tears fall I gave it a big toothy smile.
“I love you mom, goodbye” I solemnly declared and took a few moments for myself and shed a few tears. I felt much better after letting my emotions go, I cleaned up my face before I took one final look at both my mothers grave then my own grave. I suppose in the end it is fitting because this worlds Adrian no longer existed in a sense. So as I walked away from my grave, I was also saying goodbye to my old life on Earth and walked forward to embrace my new life on Equestria.
I looked up ahead and saw the three girls waiting for me with warm smiles on their faces, so I decided to join them and smiled just as big and began the long walk back home.
---------- 15 Minutes Later ----------
Phew, that was a longer walk back then I remembered. Well it would have been shorter but I decided that we needed to take the long way around when we arrived back into town and they were cleaning up my little mess I made when I blew past, didn't realize how fast I could run now thanks to my magic. Have to remember that. But once we found a safe route back we eventually found our way back to my house and thankfully no one found the spare key I had hidden. Once I retrieved the key I went to the back door as to not disturb the shrine out front, thankfully everything still worked fine and I invited my guests inside.
“I'm home” I said out loud, some habits are hard to break I suppose. I took one glance around and much to my relief no one has touched anything inside, so I can easily find and gather whatever I want. “Hey Cadence, how much time do we have til we return?” I asked.
Cadence lifted a hoof up to her chin and began to think “Well, give or take few minutes I would roughly say twenty-one hours” she informed me.
“Perfect, well first thing we should do is go around and close all the blinds and make sure all the doors are locked so you guys can walk around without worry” I told them and much to my amazement I merely blinked and saw all the blinds closed and heard the click of the locks. Another blink later and all three were sitting in front of me with grins on their faces. “I will never understand how you ponies do the impossible” Darn magical ponies.
Taking one last glance to make sure everything was good I gave Cadence my nod of approval and a few moments and a spell later all three ponies were visible while Cadence let out a breath of relief “Phew, holding a spell for that long was starting to tire me out” she said.
“Well, make yourselves at home!” I told them and they all scattered to the four winds of my two story house. I simply shook my head and laughed then I shuddered at the thought of having the CMC here, the house would be a smoldering heap by the time we left. Probably. Hmmm, I wonder if the electricity is still running. Pffff, probably not. Stuff like that only happens in the movies. Still I went to the kitchen and hit the wall switch and was greeted.......with nothing. Shocker.
OH! Speaking of shocking, maybe I could use my lightning magic to charge the house or something. Magic solves everything! So I walked to the nearest power outlet and summoning my magic I thought of the lowest voltage spell and fed it into the outlet, so far nothing so every ten seconds I upped the spell strength and after the fifth try I saw the lights start to flicker on. Strengthening the spell one more time I let the magic flow into the socket for a long while and soon enough the lights came to life! I threw my arms in the air and grinned, magic rules!
I waited for about a minute to see if the lights stayed on and giving the electricity the ok I went over to the TV and turned it on, huzzah for basic cable. “WHOA! Whats that?!” I heard Rainbows voice appear out of nowhere as she appeared right next to me.
“Oh, um, well this is called a Television or TV and it is a device that allows you to watch.....um.....lets see. I guess the best term would be moving pictures of plays or sports or anything people want to view and watch” I explained to her. To best demonstrate I switched it over to ESPN and it was showcasing the top one hundred sport plays and it was currently on number eighty eight.
“This is ESPN, short for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. This shows highlights of most or all sport games around the world” I explained but I think Rainbow was not hearing anything since her eyes were as big as saucer plates and I think a bit of drool was coming out. Well, that is one pony taken care of but I still got her attention by standing in front of the TV real quick.
“Ok, before you watch any more I want to show you how to work the remote in case you want to watch something else. Just press this button labeled 'Guide'” I pressed it “it will show you all the channels you can watch, so you can browse and see what catches your attention. Got it?” I asked and Rainbow smiled and nodded her head. She grabbed it and tested out pressing the button a few times. I also showed her the power and volume button.
I began to walk away when I heard the channel change and the announcer said “Welcome back to ESPN8, the ocho!” NO, NO, NO. I walked back over and changed it back.
“Alright, let me rephrase. Anything BUT that, trust me” I sternly told her and she gave me a whatever look and simply scrolled through the channels again. Well, one pony down, two to go I suppose. Now, where did they go? I started to search when I heard some rummaging down the hall, so I walked down and eventually found them both in my room. They were huddled together so I could not see what they were looking at.
“Oh, hey Adrian! Why do you have a book about naked humans?” Pinkie innocently asked. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! OH SWEET CELESTIA NO! I quickly jumped over them and snatched it from their prying hooves and proceeded to push them out and slammed the door behind them.
“NO GIRLS IN MY ROOM!” I embarrassingly shouted out with a red face. On the other side I heard the pair of them giggle their butts off before walking off. OMG, the first girls I have in my house in a long time and they find my secret stash. Just fantastic. Going through my room and finding anything I don't want them to see I bundled them together and put them in a bag and labeled it as 'PRIVATE – DO NOT TOUCH'.
Once that was done I opened my door back up but no pony was there waiting, thank goodness. So with that, I decided to gather all my stuff and place it in piles according to the group like books, clothing, etc. This is going to take a while.
---------- 3 Hours Later ----------
UGH. I never realized I had so much stuff, well only forty five percent was mine and the other fifty five was my moms and just general household stuff. The one good thing we had was three huge medieval looking chests that we found at garage sales and markets that we used for extra junk or decoration. So I placed all my stuff I wanted to bring inside, so books, clothes, some electronics, photos, and other miscellaneous stuff that I like and want to bring and stuffed all three and made them full.
So books for Twilight, some recipe books and farming books and tools for Applejack, animal care books, an old animal calender, and an encyclopedia about all the worlds animals for Fluttershy, fashion magazines, clothing, and jewelry for Rarity, any and all sports equipment and gear for Rainbow, and other recipe books and a joke book for Pinkie. Geez, a lot of books. My phone with all my music, pics, and videos was up front, guess it fell out during the fall so I plugged it in to charge so I could hopefully show Vinyl my music collection.
Lets see, for the CMC I can bring them the Guinness Book Of Records so they can try some of them out, should be funny. But they can share the same stuff I gave their big sisters, so they are good but I have a few tricks up my sleeve as a personal gift. For Luna, a book on star gazing and astronomy. Lets see, I can give Celestia I could give her my special laser pointer that comes with different colors and shapes, might seem childish but she would get a kick out of it, better warn her to keep it out of Rainbow and Pinkies hooves though.
Now, what for Derpy? I need to give her something special but I am not sure what. Hmmmm, what would be good? That is when I felt a pressure on my back and soon a pair of hooves made their way around my neck “What are you thinking about?” Cadence asked.
“Just thinking about my gift for Derpy, I want it to be special but I don't know what she would like” I told her. She giggled a little in response.
“I don't think she will really care what you get her, because of the simple fact that you thought of her and gave her a present from you. At least that is my opinion” she said.
“Awe jeez Cadence, I know your the princess of love but sometimes your a bit too sappy” I jokingly said.
“You know you love it” she evilly grinned back at me before she snuck a kiss on my cheek.
I puffed my cheek and pretended to pout “Just because your right doesn't mean I have to agree with you” I defiantly said. This action made her giggle even more and she hugged my neck a bit more and nuzzled me. My reply was to sarcastically roll my eyes as I reached up with my hand and scratched her ear which made her melt.
“Hmmmmmm, I love your ear scratches. But if you really want to wow her then you could give her this” she said and out of nowhere I saw something coated in her magic float over to me and using my other hand I reached out to grab it when she let it go. It was a silver necklace that had some cool designs and patterns etched into the woven strands of metal that circled the frame and right in the middle was a pretty yellow gem that seemed to glow in the light.
“Oh wow, I have not seen this in a long time. It was my grandmothers gift from my grandfather. I pardon you for digging through my stuff this time because it is perfect. Thank you Cadence” I said to her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek which made her blush a little as she smiled.
“Oh if only I had not married Shining then I could of swooped you off and have you all to myself” Cadence said in a dramatic tone.
I only rolled my eyes again and was going to say something before I heard my stomach growl a little “Guess I should get some food ready....... hey Cadence” I slyly asked.
“Yes Adrian?” Cadence responded with.
“Have you ever had a pizza?” I asked as I began to think of my devious scheme.
---------- 30 Minutes Later ----------
I walked back into the house carrying three boxes of pizza and two two liters of soda and little snacks. I got a meat lovers for myself and got two different kinds of vegi pizza for the girls. I told them to wait on the couch in the living room while I prepared the plates and drinks. Once that was done I set up dinner trays for them before giving them their food, the three looked at it weirdly. “This looks kinda funny” Rainbow said.
“Maybe so but it is really good, trust me” I said to them.
“Okie dokies then!” Pinkie excitingly said as she picked up her slice and took a huge bite. The moment it did her eyes seemed to explode “Oh tese ish rally gurd!” she said with her mouth full. Rainbow and Cadence picked up their own slices and tasted it and appeared to like it since they quickly took more bites and soon enough all three asked for more. So using an extra tray I set it up and placed both boxes up on it and let them have it and before I finished my third slice the three of them devoured both boxes.
“I take it you three liked it?” I asked and got three satisfied nods and Pinkie smiled with cheese covering most of her teeth, I simply shook my head with a smile of my own. “Well if you still have a little room I brought some snacks as well” I said as I reached into the bag and pulled out three different kinds. I tossed Rainbow a bag of skittles, to Pinkie I tossed over Gummi Worms, and I gave Cadence a pack of M&Ms.
“Look Dashie! They match your mane!” Pinkie teasingly said before breaking out into laughter. Said Rainbow colored mare glared at me and while maintaining eye contact she brought up a few and ate them.
“Whoa! Their actually kinda good” Rainbow said in a surprised tone. Pinkie was using her mane to pick up the worms and flinging them into the air in order to catch them in her mouth, she looked at me and with stuffed cheeks smiled a bit. Oh goodness gravy she is ridiculous. Cadence was also popping them into her mouth and had a satisfied look on her face.
“These are delectable!” Cadence quickly said before popping a few more into her mouth. Once they were all full up on food I cleaned up and threw everything away.
“Alright, I am going to take one last look around the house to see if I missed packing anything” I told them and the next ten minutes or so went by fast and I came back empty handed cause the rest was stuff I didn't need or want to bring. That was when I noticed the picture hanging on the wall by the door, can't believe I almost forgot that! So I walked over and gently retrieved it before I looked at it and smiled at my mothers picture.
“You almost ready to go big guy?” Rainbow asked as she hovered by my shoulder. I brought the picture down to my side and held it tightly before I looked around at my house one last time. Letting out a sad breath I turned back to Rainbow and nodded.
“Yeah, lets go home” I proudly said.
“Alright, now lets go stand next to your chests and I will cast the spell. Ok good, we all ready?” Cadence asked and we all nodded our heads. Next I saw was Cadence closing her eyes while her horn began to glow and I saw the blue box shaped spell surround us and just before I felt it start to take us I looked back to the front door and smiled.
“Goodbye” I silently said before we were teleported and the house was now empty.
---------- Equestria, Royal Castle, Throne Room ----------
THUNK
“Ow” I groaned out loud as my face was being squished against the ground while having three ponies dog piled on my back who were groaning and grunting as well. Ugh, this spell needs some serious work done on it. I picked up my head a bit and before resting my cheek against the floor and I saw that my three chests were also stacked on top of each other, glad they didn't fall on top of us. That is when I heard two sets of giggling coming closer.
“It appears that we might need to work out the kinks of the spell a little more” Celestia said in a light voice. So glad she noticed. Then I saw her long horn glow and all the weight on my back disappeared, so I slowly got up and cracked my back. “Um, Pinkie Pie. What do you have in your mane?”
We all turned around to look at Pinkie and there sticking out of her mane was my picture frame, Celestia used her magic to pick it up and hovered it over to her and her sister to look at. Luna was the first to look up at me and had a slightly worried look on her face “Adrian? Who is this?” she asked.
I walked up to them “This is my mother, Vivian” I told them. Luna took another glance at the picture then looked at me again.
“Adrian, your mothers picture look like the creature in your nightmares” I heard Lunas voice in my head but her lips did not move, telepathy?
“Um hello? Can you hear me?” I asked in my head.
“Yes we can” she replied back
“Huh, cool. But back to your question. Yes, my mother is the thing from my nightmares. I was going to tell you eventually but the topic was painful to talk about” I told her.
“We understand and know that we will always be here when you are ready to talk about it, oh and one last thing Adrian” Luna said.
“Yes Luna?” I said.
“Did you bring us a gift?” Luna cutely asked and her face pouted a little.
“Yes Luna, I brought everyone a gift but that will be for later. I am feeling a little tired” I informed her as I wobbled a bit. Luna quickly trotted over to me and gave me a hug.
“Yes, big spells like that can sometimes tire out the ones it is used on. Though I am surprised that you came back so soon though” Celestia said.
“Yeah, I originally planned on using the full day but after discovering a bit of bad news I decided to end it a little early” I explained.
“What sort of ill news our dear Adrian?” Luna worryingly asked.
“Tomorrow, I will tell you tomorrow because that will lead to a long story” I told them.
“We understand, I will summon someone to come and help move your chests to your room for tonight. I can't wait to see what gift you brought us!” Celestia excitingly said with a silly smile on her face. I let out a little chuckle before I heard the doors open behind us and in walked three guards who were all unicorns and using their magic they easily lifted the chests in the air and started to walk out, taking my leave I followed them and wished everyone a good night though Pinkie and Rainbow started following me and told me their rooms were next to me. So we all told the princess good night and departed the throne room.
---------- Back Inside The Throne Room ----------
I waved Adrian and the girls goodbye and once I heard the door click close I turned around to talk to Celestia but she beat me to it “So Cadence, how was your trip?” she asked me.
“It was really fun but also kinda sad but I will let Adrian explain everything tomorrow. It would be better to have him talk about it” I explained.
“Oh dear, I am worried about what this bad news is now. But I suppose I shall have to wait” Celestia said.
“However there is one thing I would like to ask you about” I said.
“Oh? And what might that be?” Celestia replied with.
I thought back to the cemetery but I had to say something else for now as to not inform them of his mothers death, so I took a moment to think before saying “Well when I was looking at the names of his family, there was a name that stuck out and grabbed my attention because it seemed familiar. Does the name Sunset Shimmer ring a bell to you Celestia?”