//------------------------------// // Love Lesson // Story: The lovely life of Emerald Isle // by SweetyBelleluvsu //------------------------------// Emerald was terrified. She was staring at the black figure in front of her; she did not know what to expect. It was just... standing there. Finally, after what felt like forever, it spoke. "Are you ok Emerald?" The figure asked. For some reason, that voice sounded familiar to Emerald. Then she saw the figure lift up an arm, if it was an arm; and it made a weird snapping sound. Then, a wave of light flashed over the figure and it was no longer the dark, black figure. "Chaos?" Emerald asked as she looked at the chaotic being, "Chaos, what are you doing here?" "I'm here on behalf of princess Twilight Sparkle." Chaos said as he straitened his posture and held his head high. "You here what for who now?" Emerald asked. "I am here on some business for Twilight Sparkle." Chaos said as he faced Silver Nugget, who was wide eyed in shock at the sight of him, "Tell me, young filly, what business do you have to try and harm this filly?" "What's it to you?" Silver said as she looked suspiciously at Chaos, "Why do you even care about that mistake?" With that remark, Chaos turned all black and his eyes went blood red. "How dare you!" Chaos yelled in a royal Canterlot voice, "How dare you call this filly a mistake! What gives you the right to call her that?! Tell me, and make it snappy!" Silver was shaking in fear; but after a few seconds she regained her posture. "What gives YOU the right to even yell at me? You are just a simple little waif who is trying to gain power." "Oh, come on," Chaos said as a grin came on his face, "I thought you liked it when we did that at home S. G.!" "How dare you call me that?!" Silver said in pure rage, "You will never call me that again! Only my family may call me that!" "Fine," Chaos said. With a flash of light, similar to the one Emerald had seen, he was now a back colt with a green mane. "Artifact?" Silver said, "Ancient Artifact, is that really you? I had no idea you could do that!" "Now see here cuz," Chaos said as he turned back to his original form, "Don't ever call emerald a mistake again! Understood?" "Yes sir," Silver said reluctantly, "But why are you even here? I thought you would still be in Canterlot." "Nah," Chaos said as he put a hoof around Silver's shoulder, "I asked mom if I could come here to school with my friends and she said yes! Isn't it great? I get to spend some time with my favorite cousin!" "I'm your only cousin," Silver said, "Class will be starting soon, got to go!" And with that, Silver ran toward the school to get to her class. "What," Emerald said as she stared at where Silver just was, "just happened?" "Oh, I just had a talk with my cousin," Chaos said as he walked toward Emerald, "That's all!" "But," Emerald stammered, "How did you- what did she- HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" Chaos just chuckled. "It's a little thing called, family tradition. In our family, the kids are taught that if they are told to something by a cousin or sibling older than they are, they are to do it, and do it fast." "Wow," Emerald said as she thought about this, "So, what cousin is older than you?" Chaos laughed. "Nopony, I'm the oldest cousin and then there is Silver. So far, we are the only ones." "Wow," Emerald said, "Sounds like you two like each other a lot." "Like is not the word to describe our bond," Chaos said, "I would say love; for some reason, we just connect. Whenever we are together at a family gathering, we are inseparable. I think it's like you and that Feline filly you keep talking about. You both love each other; but it's not the kind of best friend love, it's the family love that keeps you together. Without the family love, what point would there be to love at all? Best friend love doesn't always last forever; you may think that you will be friends forever, but your friendship just fades away. That is one problem with best friend love; you never fully expect that you will ever part ways, but it really does happen. "But," Emerald asked as she looked at him, "What if we are best friends that are fully prepared to move on? Like, we know that someday, we might not be best friends and maybe even forget the other exists." "That is just love," Chaos said as he put is talon on her shoulder, "Not best friend love or family love, that's just normal love." "How do you know all of this anyways?" Emerald asked with a curious look on her face. "You are asking the nephew of the princess of love," Chaos said with a bored expression on his face, "I get a lecture about love almost every time I see her!" Emerald giggled. "That sound like fun. Who wouldn't want that?" Emerald joked, "Just kidding, but still, it sounds really neat!" "Yep," Chaos said, "I guess it's neat." "Well, we had better get to our class," Emerald said as she walked alongside Chaos," Let's get going or we will be late." As Emerald and Chaos walked toward the schoolhouse, they had no idea that they were being watched... by a dragon.