//------------------------------// // The Family (Part 3 of 5) // Story: The Rainboom Thieves // by KingJoltik //------------------------------// “Wait a minute, are you saying you're going to tell us every moment since you left us?” asked Shining. “What? No!” said Twilight with an annoyed face. “I'm just going to tell you the most important parts. Trust me, a lot of my life had been walking around Equestria and not much happening despite the traveling.” “Oh, okay.” “Just let her tell us son.” said Night Light as he glared at Shining. “Sorry.” “Its fine brother.” said Twilight as she stretched her hooves. “Now, where was I...ah yes. It started when mom and dad told me I couldn't go to the school and took my books away from me. However, they didn't know I had hidden a book in my room. That night I began reading the book, which was about magic by the way, and then suddenly my cutie mark appeared!” “Really?!” “Yes, I was so surprised by it. However, I was just a filly and I didn't understand what the mark meant so...with my filly mind, I thought it meant that I was destined to study magic for the rest of my life. At that moment, I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to run away and learn more and more about magic. So, I put the money I kept all this time in my bag along with the book and my doll, Smarty Pants.” “You're old doll...” “Yeah...I then went out the window and headed to the train station. There, a found a couple of train attendants and guards arguing. While they argued I sneaked onto the train. I hid myself inside the train and before I knew it, I was in Fillydelphia. That's when things started to go bad for me.” “That quickly?” “Yep...it all started there in Fillydelphia. What happened there was my first taste of what Equestria was really like.” “What happened?” “I lost Smarty Pants.” The Past... Filly Twilight sneaked out of the train and went down the streets of Fillydelphia. She was immediately enamored by the city. She had seen the castle of Canterlot and tall buildings there but this city was completely different. Twilight went down street after street, trying to absorb all she was seeing. “Unbelievable!” said Twilight to her doll poking out of her bag. “Look at this place Smarty Pants!” Then she went down an alleyway, trying to find the city library. There, as she walked down the alleyway, she found herself surrounded by three ponies. “What do you want?” asked Twilight as the three earth ponies approached her. They gave huge grins as they got closer and closer to Twilight. “Oh we don't want much.” said one pony. “Just something we know ya have.” “Yeah, we don't want much.” said another. “We just want yer money.” Then one of the ponies pulled out a knife. “Where's yer parents kid?” “Um...” said Twilight as she began to shiver. “I...” “They ain't here, are they?” said one pony with a huge grin. “Good.” POW! One of the ponies with Twilight in the back of the head and Twilight immediately hit the concrete. “Ugh!” The two other ponies grabbed her bag and immediately started searching through it. “NO!” yelled Twilight as one of the ponies kept her pinned to the ground. “DON'T!” “Stay down little brat!” said the pony above her. “Hey look at this!” said one pony as he took Smarty Pants out. “Hey! Let go of Smarty Pants!” yelled Twilight as tears began to well up in her eyes. “Oh this?” said the pony as he dangled the doll in front of Twilight. He then grabbed both sides of the doll and ripped it in half. RIP! “Heh heh heh, here ya go kid.” laughed the pony as he threw the torn doll at Twilight's face. Twilight stared at the doll as the ponies stood there and took her money that was in her bag. Twilight didn't hear what else the ponies said or what they were doing. She just laid there in shock as the ponies just stood there and laughed at her. Then, something came over her. Her mind went blank and her eyes went white. Her horn began to glow until magic exploded out of her horn. BOOM! The magic blasted the entire alleyway, slamming the three ponies into the wall. Then it was over, Twilight got up, scratching her head. “Oooohhhh...what happened?” said Twilight as she looked around. She then looked at the now pile of fluff that was Smarty Pants and said, “Smarty Pants...I'm so sorry this happened to you...” Twilight then looked around the alleyway and saw the now knocked out ponies. “Did I...do all this...wow...” The Present... “After that, I put the money they had stolen from me back into my bag and left the alleyway. Smarty Pants was torn to pieces so I left him there. Now that I think about it...that was probably the first hint that I was the Element of Magic...” said Twilight as she stretched herself in the chair she was sitting in. “Oh Twilight...” said Twilight Velvet. “You loved that doll...” “Yeah...I did...” said Twilight as one tear slowly came out of her eye. “But that's the past...I can't change that...” “Twilight...” said Cadacne as she put her hooves over her mouth. “Don't say something like that...” “It's fine Cadance.” said Twilight. “That happened years ago, okay? Besides, that was nothing compared to what happened next.” “Next?” “Yes...first, I left Fillydelphia later that day. I haven't returned to that city since.” “Because of what happened?” “That and there's nothing there for me anyways. Now, after that I sneaked onto another train with little problems. However, I fell asleep while I was hiding and ended up in a very different city from Fillydelphia.” “Where did you end up at?” “Las Pegasus.” “LAS PEGASUS?!” yelled Shining in surprise. “Of all cities, you ended up there?!” “Yep.” said Twilight, her face showing no emotions. “Las Pegasus.” “What happened there?” asked Cadance with a face filled with worry. “Let's just say, thanks to my time there...I saw the true hidden nature of Equestria.”