//------------------------------// // Memories // Story: Midnight's wish // by Sugarcube66 //------------------------------// About three days passed for the Friendship Castle residents, Night hadn't gone back to school even with the knowledge that Diamond Tiara wouldn't be there. Instead, she had locked herself in Twilight and her's bedroom and was concealed in her thoughts, the only time she really came out was to eat or sleep. The incident had brought back memories that she didn't want to see ever again, memories of her mother and father and her past before coming to Twilight. They now constantly flashed through her mind without her being able to stop it, and tears tended to roll down her face when she saw them. The small filly was jolted from her thoughts by a knock and a voice that she was familiar with . ''It's lunch time so I thought that you might be hungry so I brought you some soup and bread.'' Night turned to look at the door to see Twilight, she sadly frowned at the worried expression that was written on Twilight's face. She didn't want Twilight worrying about her, but the only way that the worrying would stop would be if the memories would stop flashing through her mind or if she told Twilight about them. The filly nodded, and so Twilight came over with the tray of food. The mare sat down on the bed next to the small white filly who simply looked down. Twilight placed the tray in front of the filly, who silently began eating. The alicorn frowned, Night wasn't like this before the incident. What had happened ''Night, is something wrong?'' ''N-no.....'' mumbled the filly who gritted her teeth. She had lied straight through her teeth and the stutter showed it. ''Then why did you lock yourself in here, alone?'' Night didn't answer, only adding to Twilight's worry. ''D...did a memory from your past come to the surface?'' Night flinched, the mare was right. Twilight frowned to herself, the filly had finally found happiness but was now trapped by her memories, memories that she had to suffer to get. ''Why don't you tell me about them, it will help to get them off your chest.'' Night frowned, should she tell Twilight to true extent of her past. About her mother, her father and her sister? She was so conflicted that she didn't know. Her past frightened her to talk about but she trusted her adoptive mother but she didn't really wanted the mane 6 and Nyx knowing, she didn't know what to do at all. She then thought of something. ''If.......you tell...nopony...not even Nyx.........then I'll tell you....'' ''I don't know if I can promise that, Night. For starters, Nyx is your sister even if you're not blood related and she worries about you greatly. So if I can at least tell her, then I can promise it.'' Night thought about it for some time, before she gently sighed and mumbled. ''Alright......you can tell....her...but only her.....'' Twilight nodded in agreement, and waited for Night to continue. Midnight sighed before speaking. ''Well....it all started....almost ten years ago....on the 17 of November........'' Flashback, almost ten years prior. November 17. A female unicorn was screaming in agony, as her husband held her hoof. The mare was pregnant and about to have a twins, and she wasn't in the best of moods at all. The stallion winced a little as his wife gripped more tightly on her hoof. The mare then screamed ''Gets these fucking foals out of me, doctor.'' ''The first foal is almost out, Miss Sunrise Wish.'' said the doctor. ''Just one more push should do it.'' Sunrise glared at the doctor, seemly saying he was the one who put her through this but she did what she was told and the baby was born. A infant covered in brown fur and had a bush of red hair, and a unicorn horn lit on it's head. When it opens it eyes, it had it's father's blue eyes making the foal a perfect doppelganger of it's father. The doctor smiled and said. ''This one is a filly. Now just push a little more, the second foal shouldn't be too far off.'' The mare once again glared at the doctor, but keep pushing and using breathing techniques that she had been told. The second foal was soon born, this one coated in white fur and had a beautiful mane of violet, lavender and pink and processed her mother's golden eyes. But to the mare, the filly's appearance was crushed by the sight of the filly's back, a pair of feathery things were there. The doctor smiled, not noticing the mare's frown. ''Well, looks like you have had two fillies, one unicorn and one pegasus. You must be proud, Miss Sunrise Wish and Mr Brave. Now may I ask for their names.'' ''Well, earlier in my wife's pregnancy we agreed that I would name the second foal and she would do the first so, Sweetie Pie, what's the little unicorn's name gonna be.'' said Mr Brave, with a proud smile. ''Midday Wish.'' answered the panting but slightly angry mare. ''And the little pegasus will be named Midnight Wish, she's cute.'' ''Now, Mr Brave. I'm pretty certain that the Wish family is made up of only unicorn so I'll ask you this, is there any relatives of yours who are pegasi. ''As a matter of fact, I do. It's my mother.'' ''Well, thank you because that'll explain your youngest's wings.'' A faint grumble was heard, the new found mother looked annoyed as she had to feed both of the foals when she clearly didn't like the pegasus filly. ''...That was just the beginning of it...papa always adored me....and Midday.....but mother.....'' spoke Midnight, gently as she received a shocked expression from Twilight. Flashback, 5 years prior. In Midnight's pov I was only five when it started, though even before then mother would throw insults and various other bad words at me. Midday got everything from her, my sister couldn't do anything in mother's eyes. Me, I was left in the dirt. Though, I had papa who loved me for who was was, not what I was. ''Papa, why does mama only treat sis with kind and warmth.'' I asked, to my papa one day. ''I'm not entire sure, sweetheart. My opinion on it is that your mother didn't want a pegasus, only a unicorn like me, your sister and your mother.'' ''...But why wouldn't she want a pegasus?'' ''Well, one day when I was talking to her. She said that she only wanted a unicorn because she could teach her or him magic like the magic she uses.'' ''Why can't pegasi use magic?'' I asked. ''Well, you don't have a horn so you can't focus your magic like unicorns can.'' ''But if I can use magic, I'll make mama impressed and make her happy.'' ''You have magic, just not unicorn magic.'' said my papa, with a smile. ''What do you mean?'' ''You'll understand one day.'' Papa smiled, before he pushed me off his lap and walked off. I frowned, what did he mean. Wait, I'm certain that I still have it. I bolted upstairs to to my attic of my bedroom, I dipped my head into the toy truck and pulled out a toy wand, that was blue with a bow. ''Good, I still have it.'' Twirling around, I waved the wand. Sparkles erupted from it, unexpectedly and my toys that was scattered around the room began levitating and they then floated into the toy truck. I smiled, I did it! I can use magic, the wand then glowed itself and changed into a real magicians wand that the magicians used in the cartoon series that me and sis watched but kept it's color and bow. I kept practicing for hours, and eventually a glow covered my flank. I gasped, and soon a image of my wand and a bunch of sparkles appeared on my flank. My cutie mark! This was my talent!? ''Yippee, wait till mama sees this!'' I bolted downstairs, carrying my wand. I passed papa, who looked shocked but I didn't stop. I soon bumped into my mother who was walking with sis. The mare looked down at me with shock written in her eyes but it soon changed into anger. ''May I ask why are you running, Midnight Wish?'' ''Mama! Mama! Mama! I got my cutie mark!'' I yelled, at the top of my lungs. I showed her the mark that had recently appeared on my flank. ''What's the point in a cutie mark related to magic, if you have no magical skills.'' said mother, harshly. ''But mama.....I used magic!'' ''Sure, you did.'' Mother then did something unexpected, she slammed me much to my father's, who had just got there, and my sister's shock. ''I'll not have a liar being my daughter.'' She then continued her insults and beatings, at least till papa pulled her off my bruise covered body. Sis helped me up, asking gently. ''Midnight, you alright.'' ''I'm f-fine....Midday........'' And with that, I walked up to my bedroom hiding my tears behind my bangs. ''A-after...that....incident....most of my speech ended up with.......stutter in them....'' said Midnight, gently as she recalled the events of her past. ''But you had a kind and loving father, didn't you?'' ''Only for a while......'' The filly stopped speaking, and didn't even think about her past. ''O-one....night....I came home from my former school and....mother had cooked. She made me.....eat it.....it tasted like rotten beef.....and it smelt horrible like the time I had burnt myself......And there was red hair in it.......and after that day, papa.....he didn't return'' Twilight hugged the filly, who silently began crying before she spoke the last part. ''I-I....t-think.....she cooked....papa.....'' ''Is that all?'' asked Twilight, knowing the answer. ''No......after that, mama continued to beat me and starve me.....but....one day....'' Flashback, a few months prior. Still Midnight's pov. I was alone in my room, when suddenly the door slammed open. I gasped and saw mother with my dull eyes. She had a piece of iron in her hooves that had oven mitts covering them. I didn't like the look of this, mother wearing oven mitts and holding a piece of probably hot iron, not good. ''Well, I had enough of raising you for the last nine fucking years. About time, I get rid of you.'' I gasped in horror, as the hot iron hit my side and dig it. The iron charred my skin, and created a small yet deep hole in my side. Blood leaked from it as my eyes went wide, filled with horror. I didn't even think about what I did next. I gritted hold of the iron, although it burnt me, I wasn't bothered. I then hit my mother on the head with the iron, and continued to beat her for everything she gave me. Blood leaked from her burnt wounds but I wasn't fussed at least till. ''Midnight, stop!'' I jolted back to reality and gasped in horror, as I looked at my mother's now dead figure. I panted and screamed out loud. Midday came over to me and managed to calm me down. I continued panting, but I was a little calmer now than I was before. Sis frowned as she hugged me, tears rolling down her face. ''Lets go, we can't stay here. Somepony will find out.'' ''I....can't.....'' ''Shh it's alright, I understand. But where's Midday right now?'' asked Twilight gently, as she hugged her adoptive daughter. ''I....don't really....know.....we got separated shortly after making it to Ponyville, she could be anywhere.....'' cried Midnight. ''Well, you told me what she looks like. Maybe I can find her for you, I'll take time but I'll try if you want me to.'' Midnight didn't answer, just nodded into her adoptive mother's chest as she continued crying, her memories overwhelming her. The small filly even fainted eventually, with tears still rolling down her face. Twilight frowned, but put the now sleeping filly to bed hoping that she wouldn't have a nightmare. She turned and then whispered. ''I have to find Midday......Night just isn't all that happy without her....''