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// Chapter 3: Rememberance 
// Story: Nero's Life Redux 
// by TheAnimalisticBrony 
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	Jane and Nero were on their way to Ponyville when on the way Nero found a mailbox., this mailbox stood out to me because it had two beamed eighth notes and a treble clef symbol on it. As Nero was staring at the mailbox somepony, other than Jane, spoke to her.
“Um, excuse me, Miss, is everything alright?” Nero turned to her side and saw a grey earth pony with velvet eyes, a dark mane and tail, and a pink bow tie.
“Sorry, it’s just… um, is this your mailbox?” The mare snickered and nodded
“Yes, the two cutie marks were Vinyl’s idea.”
“Vinyl...” That name make Nero freeze. Nero had not heard that name since the orphanage. “As in Vinyl Scratch?” The mare nodded “Does she live with you!?” The mare backed up a little then Jane stepped forward.
“Sorry… um, what’s your name?”
“Octavia Melody.”
“Sorry Miss Melody, it’s just she hasn’t seen Vinyl since they were both in the orphanage.”
“Wait, your name wouldn’t happen to be Nero would it?” Nero nodded “So you’re the mare Vinyl talked about so much.” Nero smiled “Well, a friend of Vinyl is a friend of mine. Would you like to come in?” Nero looked at Jane then Jane smiled and looked at Octavia.
“We would love to Miss Melody.”
“Please, just Octavia.” Jane and Nero followed Octavia to a small little house they were next to.
“So Octavia, how did you meet Vinyl?”
“Well her, adopted, parents didn’t really treat her well. And I found her on the street messing with a can, I told my parents about it and well… let’s just say that’s the reason I moved out.” Jane looked at Nero who was very excited about seeing Vinyl
“Well, you two have had a… interesting life so far.” Octavia nodded. When they entered the house Octavia jestered for Jane and Nero to enter and then once they were both in she shut the door behind them.
“Vinyl!” Octavia yelled
“If this is about the whole carrot stall incident, I wasn’t there!” Octavia had a weird look on her face
“What? No!”
“Oh… forget I said anything.”
“Vinyl, I found somepony, somepony you know!” There was silence then some hoofsteps. And then in came Vinyl, a white unicorn with Crimson eyes and an electric blue mane and tail.
“Octy, I know lots of ponies you gotta be-” Once Vinyl saw Nero she froze “-specific...” Nero walked over to Vinyl. “Wow… you’re, different”
“Age, will do that to you Vinyl.”
“Nero, wow I...” Vinyl looked at Jane “Who are you?”
“I’m Jane, I adopted Nero. I also have a family member at the orphanage you two went to, but let’s not talk here. Shall we find some seats and I tell you about me and Nero’s lovely time together.” The four walked into the living room and Jane started her little story. “Well, like I said, I have a family member that works at the orphanage. These two know her as Nurse Care.” Vinyl went wide eyed
“You’re Care’s sister?” Jane nodded
“Indeed, her name is Sarah and she told me about Nero, she told me how she loves reading and is a very smart mare. So when Sarah told me how poor Nero hadn’t been adopted, I came by and now she’s my adopted daughter. I learned a lot about Nero, she showed me her love for music and the supernatural. Well I say supernatural, but really I mean magic, alternate universes, angels and demons, and anything mythological.” Jane looked at Nero and pulled her in for a hug “She’s been a great addition to my life and I never regret anything… but” As soon as Jane said but the smile on Octavia and Vinyl’s faces faded. “Right now, is kind of a weird time. I’m taking Nero to Ponyville because she needs a safe place to go. As she is being tracked by something very dangerous. We don’t know what it is but I am for sure the thing tracking her had some assistance in that fire that killed Nero’s family.”
“Wow,” Vinyl said “That sucks, if there is anything we can do. Let us know.” Nero smiled
“I really wish there was something you could do, but this entity following me, seems to have power beyond anything we’ve ever seen before. Once I get to Ponyville, I’ll be safe.” Vinyl smiled
“Well, I’ll meet you there I guess. Me and Octy were thinking of buying a place down there, cause sompony we know who really cares about us is there and she wants us to go there.”
“Sounds good, come on Jane we got a long road ahead of us.” Nero gave Vinyl and Octavia a hug and Jane thanked them for their time. The two walked out and resumed their journey…


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Ponyville, a peaceful town filled with hard working ponies and, of course, home of the Elements of Harmony. Nero got a good look at the town before Jane showed Nero were they would be.
“Well, it’s still here.”
“Jane what’s this place?”
“This is my literal home away from home.” Jane opened the door “I have the paperwork for this house still so nopony can take this place without my authorization.” Nero walked in and looked around “So...” Jane levitated some papers over to Nero “Here’s my authorization.” Nero looked at the papers
“What? You’re giving this house… to me!?” Jane nodded “Does that mean you’re leaving me here.”
“Nero, I can’t stay, the thing that’s following you has my scent, and it thinks you’re always with me, so if I stay in Manehatten, I can distract whatever it is and give you time...”
“Time for what?” Jane chuckled
“That, you have to find out. You know this place use to belong to your parents, they then gave the papers to me and told me to give ‘em to you.” Jane hugged Nero “I’m sorry I can’t stay, my paths my own, I can’t help you walk yours, if I am having trouble walking my own.” Jane kissed Nero on the forehead and walked out of the house. Nero was now alone. Jane had given Nero a house of her own and left her here with no advice on where to go.
“Why can’t anypony stay?” Nero sat down on the floor and her necklace, changed colors… it changed to black and white “Wait...” Nero turned around and saw nothing. “Yin? Yang? You two here?” Nero walked around the house looking for them. When she check the downstairs Nero walked upstairs and searched two of the three rooms upstairs, the last room was the master bedroom, aka Nero’s new room when she got to the door and opened it she heard voices. When the door was fully opened Nero saw two ghostly figures, one was a black unicorn and the other was a white Pegasus, the white pegasus was listening to the black unicorn.
“...I mean I guess I could see how an evil entity could stand out here, but I still think-” Nero cleared her throat and the ghostly ponies went silent then they turned around and walked away from the window they were looking out of and over to Nero.
“Seems you two are still here. And you two actually have bodies.”
“It would seem that way, by the way, why didn’t you stay with those two mares a little while longer? Octavia and Vinyl was it?”
“Wait, you were there!?”
“Well no...” Yang said
“We were in limbo, but we were in a reflected version of this world.” Nero glanced back and forth at the two “Yeah, when we’re are here with you we are basically in this world, but in Limbo.” Nero rolled her eyes
“‘Cause that makes since...” Nero walked over to the window in her new room and looked at the new town she lived in. “This place… it seems...”
“Dangerous?”
“Covered up?” Nero turned around
“Dangerous? Covered up? What do you two mean by that?” Yin and Yang both walked up next to Nero
“It seems, there is more to this town than meets the eye Nero.”
“Yes, me and Yin feel a disturbing presence in this town, not evil, but definitely something to worry about.” Nero began walking around her new room as Yin and Yang continued talking “I would guess that it’s just some criminals and bad things that go around every town. But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t let our gua-”
“Guys?” Yin and Yang turned towards Nero. She was standing next to a medium sized chest that was in her closet. “This is from my parents… more specifically my dad...” Yin and Yang walked over to Nero and the box she found. On top of the chest was a folded note that read ‘This is for your safety Nero - Love your Father’ and an indent in the box that was shaped like the crystal attached to Nero’s necklace. Nero looked at Yin and Yang and the just shrugged. Nero places her necklace inside the indent and the chest opened up. And what Nero, Yin, and Yang saw inside shocked them. Inside was a highly modified revolver… and another note that read.


Limbo’s Moon
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