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// A fresh start, new faces, old faces. 
// Story: The Twin Apples. 
// by Sylif Daring Doo 
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____*Sarah's dream.*____

Luna was honestly surprised, she had a hard time believing Sarah's words, but she had heard them with her own ears, and since she could tell whether or not somepony was lying in dreams, she knew that the young mare was not lying, she took a deep breath as she thought on this. 'It has been many years since I last encountered one with such a situation, I do not believe I can help this mare on my own, but I shall try.' She thought before looking at Sarah.

"Listen young one, i have not had to speak with one with your.....condition, for a very long time, as such, my experience with such matters is dulled, but one thing I know is that you mustn't bottle this up, if you do, you will be overwhelmed with grief, eventually leading to you wanting to take your own life." She started calmly.

Sarah began pacing around, she glanced at Luna. "So uh.....what do you recommend I do?" She asked.

Luna took a deep breath and looked at Sarah. "Have you spoken to the anypony about this?" She wondered.

Sarah chuckled disturbingly as she paced. "I've already spent almost twenty years of my life in jail, I'm in no hurry to go back." She replied calmly.

Luna nodded. "Very well....oh, forgive me, I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Luna, lunar princess of Equestria." She said.

Sarah chuckled and shook her head. "It's nice to meet you, my name is Sarah Apple, Ponyville branch." She replied.

Luna thought the name a moment before looking at Sarah curiously. "Your one of Applejack's relatives are you not?" She asked.

Sarah nodded. "Yea, but anyway, back to business.....you were saying?" She inquired.

Luna sighed. "Then all I can say is this......you must face what troubles you and overcome it, or you will hurt not only yourself, but those that care for you, trust me, I know what that is like." She said.

Sarah then watched as Luna floated off into the night. "Trust your friends and family, they shall help you how they can, but you alone must face your fears." She said before vanishing.

Sarah looked around and sighed, the demons were gone, and she was alone, she shook her head and looked at the moon, or more specifically, the stars, she let a small smile appear on her face when she looked across the sky, looking at the stars always helped her to calm down and cheer up.

Sarah closed her eyes and hummed, she had no tune in particular to hum along too, but she didn't care, it helped her feel normal again.

______*Sweet Apple Acres, 7:21 AM*______

Sarah awoke to the annoying roosters call, she groaned and tried to cover her ears first with her hooves, then her pillow, it didn't work.

Sarah grumbled as she reluctantly left the comfort of her old bed, but just as she got off it, the bed rumbled and springs shot up out of it.

Sarah blinked as she watched the bed get torn apart by the rusted springs. "Ok, glad I got off it." She muttered.

The door opened and Big Macintosh entered the room. "What happened?" He asked.

Sarah motioned to the bed, Big Mac sighed and shook his head. "Well, time to get a new one." He said quietly.

Sarah nodded. "Eeyup." She said in agreement.

Sarah went to the bathroom and after she was done, she headed into her room and grabbed her necklace, after securing it, she slipped her jacket on and headed downstairs.

Downstairs, everyone was still a bit groggy, but Granny Smith and Applejack were busy with breakfast as Big Mac got the table ready.

Apple Bloom was busy helping Big Mac with the silverware, leaving Sarah to her own devices, she smiled a little, nineteen years ago, this was how they did things, though back then, her dad was already working on the trees.

Sarah rubbed her eyes and looked around, the house was practically the same as she remembered, there were some more pictures, but that was to be expected, she didn't see any of the old ones however, this may have put a frown on her face, but she understood why that was.

Sarah soon spotted a broom and dustpan, she looked at her big brother. "Hey Mac, has the floor been swept yet?" She asked.

"Nnope." He answered simply.

Sarah then walked over and began to sweep, it was the least she could do, after all, she didn't know if they changed where things were in the past years.

This was a tradition for their family, you want to eat? You have to work, it was as old as the Apple Family itself, and one it seemed, that none of them were willing to let die.

After a while, the floors of the kitchen, dining room, living room, and main room were completely swept, and just as she put the broom and dustpan away, breakfast was.....almost done. 

"Wow, that didn't take as long as it used too." She said to herself.

Big Mac nodded. "Eeyup." He said.

Sarah found herself extremely bored, this was not good, she then headed outside and looked around, all of the trees in the nearby vicinity were clean of apples, and everything at the front was done, she sighed and looked over at the barn, from what she could see, there was nothing left outside of it, she then walked back inside, and just as she entered, she saw that breakfast was now done. 

"Hey Sarah, come give me a hoof with this would you?" Applejack asked as Granny walked in to take a seat.

Sarah headed to the kitchen and grabbed the last bit of food, as she went to enter the dining room, she heard Applejack talk. "And don't go doing what you used to do, I'm finally used to NOT guarding my food like a wolf." She whispered.

"I would NEVER." Sarah replied, faking being insulted.

After they were ready, they began to eat breakfast, Sarah had just began to eat when Apple Bloom started to talk. "So uh, Applejack, anything interesting happen while I was gone?" She asked.

Applejack shook her head. "Not really, it was pretty much the same old routine." She replied.

Apparently, this caused some silence, but Apple Bloom seemed intent on talking. "So Sarah, can I ask you something?"

Sarah nodded. "Go ahead." She replied.

Apple Bloom blinked and then a few seconds later, spoke. "What was the most embarrassing thing AJ ever did?" She asked deviously.

Sarah almost broke into laughter, only the eggs in her throat prevented her, Applejack however almost spit out her water, while Big Mac just gave a small smirk.

Granny Smith even seemed to be amused by this.

"Please don't do it." Applejack said.

Sarah swallowed and then chuckled. "Ok, listen carefully." She started.

Applejack just tried to cover her ears.

Apple Bloom seemed to be listening intently. 

"I once caught Applejack slow dancing with an invisible partner, and the best part was that she didn't even notice until mom and dad saw her, by then me and Big Mac had been watching for five minutes." She said.

Apple Bloom suppressed the urge to laugh but couldn't hide the grin.

Big Mac simply continued eating, but the memory still made him laugh quietly.

Applejack shook her head. "Nope, nope nope, nope, nope, nope, this isn't happening." She told herself.

It took a little bit, but eventually breakfast was over, and they started to put things away as well as put the dirty dishes in the sink.

Sarah immediately took the job of dish washer, when asked why by Apple Bloom, Sarah replied that she always washed them years ago.

While Sarah wasn't attached to the past, she wanted to remember the good times they had, also, she had a devious plan that she never got to enact upon AJ. 

"I'm going to head outside and get to work, Big Mac, can you walk Apple Bloom to school later?" Applejack asked.

"Eeyup." Replied the stallion.

It took a while, but once the dishes were done, Sarah headed outside after drying her hooves, she then headed for the western field to begin working.

It wasn't hard to find Applejack in the fields, just follow the sound of hooves slamming against a tree.

Sarah began to work by placing baskets and kicking the trees, she wasn't the strongest at this kind of work, but it was honest work, and she wouldn't trade it for anything.

A few hours later, Sarah and Applejack managed to clear the trees out, Applejack sighed in relief and wiped her brow. "You know, I have to say it, you being back, it's a huge help." She said.

Sarah nodded. "Yep, it's good to be back." She replied.

The two sisters then saw the rest of the trees, Sarah blinked at how many there were. "Wow, you guys really DID expand." She said.

Applejack nodded. "Yep, it's going to be hard to deal with all of that, but between you me and Big Mac, we should be fine." She said with confidence.

Sarah then walked over to a tree and sat down. "You know, I have to say it, but we might need some help with this, there are an awful lot of trees." She suggested.

"You know how I feel about getting help for something I can do." Applejack replied.

Sarah shook her head. "Then how about this, if one of us gets hurt, we ask for help, we don't try to be stubborn, alright?" She asked.

Applejack groaned, she then sighed and looked at her sister. "Fine, but ONLY if one of us gets hurt." She replied firmly.

"I can work with that." Sarah said before standing, she then started to carry baskets back.

______*later that day, Ponyville, 12:00 AM*______

Sarah walked through the town and looked around, trying to get to know the new layout of the town, she had already found the Golden Oaks by complete accident.

She had a discussion with Twilight for a short while, but she soon left and began to explore some more.

Sarah soon stumbled upon a strange building, it stood out from the rest of the town, she noticed that a stallion had walked out with a suit and said goodbye to Rarity in the doorway. 'Must be her boutique' She thought as she kept walking.

Sarah eventually found herself itching for a flight, she stopped walking and rolled her eyes as she watched some Pegasi fly past, she flew up and took a breath, she winced a little bit as an old sore flared up at that moment, once she was just above the houses, she flew off in a random direction, she eventually found a sweet shop, a general store, and a woodshop, curious, Sarah flew down to check it out.

Sarah did have a small hobby, it wasn't big, but she didn't mind, she enjoyed Collecting wooden figures, in fact, she had found a bunch of wooden chess pieces in an old box. 

She browsed the shop for a while, trying to see if they had what she needed, but they didn't, she walked out and started to fly off once again, not fast, but instead at a leisurely pace.

Sarah spotted Pinkie talking with Fluttershy, she noticed Mr. Cake walking with his wife, she even spotted Rainbow Dash trying to sneak up on her. "What's up Dash?" She asked.

Rainbow sighed and flew up next to Sarah. "Eh, I'm on lunch break, finished my lunch, had a few minutes, noticed you flying by, felt like prancing." She explained.

Sarah then began flying backwards as she talked with Rainbow. "More like failing, when you try to sneak up on someone, try not to snicker." She suggested.

Rainbow thought on that as she flew. "Good point." She said.

"Unless the prank is to make someone think they are being pranked, then it's totally alright." Sarah added.

"I have to try that sometime." Rainbow replied.

Sarah smirked. "Not on me, believe me, It doesn't faze me anymore." She said as she straightened herself to fly with Rainbow.

The two flew in silence for a while, until Sarah spoke up. "Hey Dash." She started.

"What?" Rainbow replied.

"Out of curiosity, do you have someone special?" She asked.

Rainbow blinked and looked forward, she thought on this a while and eventually shrugged. "I guess." She said.

"Oh, I see, you have your eye on someone, but they don't?" She wondered.

Rainbow shook her head. "No, it isn't like that." She replied.

Sarah thought a while, then spoke again. "Female?" She asked.

Rainbow's head snapped to look at Sarah. "I won't judge if it is, my first love was female." Sarah added.

After a bit, Rainbow spoke again. "Yea, female, but that isn't the issue." She said.

Sarah waited as Rainbow sighed and looked at her. "Can you keep this between us?" The Pegasus asked, when Sarah nodded, she continued. "The truth is, I'm not sure where we stand in our relationship, I don't know if it's just physical, or a friend zone thing." She replied.

Sarah looked and noticed some clouds nearby, and gestured to them, once the two were on the clouds, Rainbow continued. "There's more to it, but it isn't my place to say." She said.

Sarah nodded. "Ok, then let's work with what we can, how do you feel with her?" She asked.

Rainbow sighed and sat down, she looked up at the clear blue sky. "Happy, excited, eager." She replied.

Sarah chuckled. "Alright, what do you like about her?" She asked.

Rainbow smiled. "She's caring, she's brave, she's smart, loyal.........she's also very annoying." She said happily.

Sarah suppressed a laugh. "One of the reasons you like her is that she annoys you?" She asked.

Rainbow looked at Sarah and nodded. "Yep, she drives me up the wall, but I wouldn't trade that for anything." She replied.

Sarah sat down and rested her head on the cloud. "Do you know how she feels?" She asked.

Rainbow shook her head. "No idea, she hasn't said anything." She said.

Sarah looked up. "What's her name? If I might ask." She said.

Rainbow smiled. "Minutte." She said, her wings immediately shooting open. "Well, I better get going, the weather isn't going to manage itself you know!' She said before flying off.

Sarah rolled her eyes at the Pegasus' antics, she then got up and started to fly home for the day.

______*a few weeks later*______

Sarah was walking through town, just happy to take a breather from all of the excitement, yesterday, Applejack had told her about the whole fiasco with the Grand Galloping Gala tickets, Sarah couldn't breath for five minutes because of it, she had also heard about the Canterlot Royal Wedding going south in a hurry, but she was glad it worked out in the end.

While she regretted not being able to spend more time here in Ponyville, she wasn't going to let that keep her down, in fact, she saw it as a way to make fun of her sister and get away with it.

Sarah had just passed Bon Bon's sweet shop when she felt a drop of water hit her head, she blinked and looked up, the sky had suddenly filled with storm clouds and it was lightly raining, she sighed and started to walk back.

'Of all times to not wear my jacket,' She mumbled.

Sarah had to pick up her pace as the rain began to worsen, as she passed a house, she heard a voice. "You might want to find shelter quickly, or at least go faster." It said.

The voice was definitely male, but young, she looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a Pegasus colt with strangely colored red fur and mismatched eyes, one was red, one was green, he was leaning on a cart and was standing on his hind legs, he had a strange harness on him, and was wearing a belt that had a sheathe for a dagger.

"So should you." Sarah replied calmly.

The colt chuckled. "Na, rain doesn't bother me, I don't get sick, but you do I'm guessing, see you around." He said before flying off.

Sarah was perplexed, that was an odd encounter, for more reasons than one, firstly, he was oddly calm, and he seemed to be looking straight through her.

The other thing that was weird, was the fact that he was flying incredibly fast, faster than Rainbow Dash, and faster than Sarah, he also seemed to be exuding a strange aura about him.

While Sarah didn't mention it to anyone, she had the uncanny ability to read auras from a distance, not emotional auras, but magical ones, and the one that kid was giving off, was strange, at first it would appear to be a normal Pegasus aura, but when she looked deeper, she found traces of unicorn, and even the aura of madness, which she only saw one time, from an insane unicorn that she found a few minutes before the train ride to Ponyville.

Sarah shook her head, not willing to dwell on it, she charged to the farm, eager to get home.

After a while of running, the rain was very bad, and lightning began to strike, she panted as she gazed at the farmhouse, she took a breath and grasped her necklace, it was soaked, and slippery, but the chain was still good, she then began running again, eager to beat the storm.

However, luck would not be with Sarah today, for as she neared the house, lightning struck......right on her, sending so much thunder through her system, it caused her to black out instantly.

______*Unknown*______

Sarah groaned, she did not feel well, she couldn't feel her arms or legs, and she had an enormous headache, she opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness, she tried to move her left arm, but found herself unable to do so, she heard movement nearby and spoke. "H-h-hey, c-can I g-g-get s-some help?" She said, her voice very jittery.

"Good to you awake, you alright Sarah?" Asked a familiar voice.

Sarah was still unable to see, so she decided to guess. "AJ?" She asked.

"Yea, it's me." Replied the voice.

"W-w-where a-a-am I?" She asked.

"Uh, your home, you know, Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack said.

Sarah blinked and soon she could see nothing but blurs, but it was better than nothing. "W-w-what h-h-happened?" She asked.

"I don't know, when I saw you, you were unconscious outside, Big Mac an me rushed out and brought you in." Applejack replied.

Sarah closed her eyes and winced as pain shot through her legs. "W-w-well, I, I can.....f-f-feel p-p-pain again." She said.

A few minutes later, Applejack sighed. "Sarah, I uh, I have some bad news." She said.

Sarah opened her eyes, her vision was much clearer now, but it was still very blurry. "W-what?" She asked.

Applejack grabbed something and held it in front of Sarah.

Sarah let a tear drop, while she could barely see, she could still make out her necklace, it was completely ruined, the chain was almost completely melted, and the music note was broken in half. "A-at, a-at l-least, it, w-was j-j-just a n-n-necklace." She said shakily

Applejack placed a hoof on her sisters shoulder. "Get some rest Sarah, you need it." She said before walking away.

Sarah tried to sleep, but for at least fifteen minutes, all she could think about was what had happened, both in the past, and recently, she winced as the pain in her wings returned, she eventually managed to fall asleep, but it took about an hour.

_____*the next day, 2:10 PM*_____

Big Mac had a good life, he lived in a good house, with an honest job, he had a fantastic family and a stable future, he also now had Sarah back in his life, so in his opinion, he had it good.

However, there were downsides, he lived in a town where the most ridiculous things happened practically weekly, he had a little sister that drove him insane half the time, though he would never show it, he also had the stress of taking care of most of the Apple farming along with the carrot farm.

It was stressful, to say the least.

Thankfully, Applejack still found time to tend to the animals, and was still able to do some applebucking when she wasn't taking care of Sarah.

So as he headed downstairs, he wasn't expecting to see his now Pegasus sister walking around shakily. "Ya shouldn't be moving." He said.

Sarah winced and looked at Big Mac. "Sorry, I just don't like being the one who's stuck in here while everyone else does work." She said.

Big Mac pointed at the couch and Sarah begrudgingly headed back, it took a while, and some help from the older brother, but Sarah was eventually on the couch once again. "Thanks Mac." She said.

Big Mac nodded as he started to head outside. 'That filly is going to be the death of me.' He said to himself.

_____*in town*_____

Applejack had just dropped Apple Bloom off at school and was now walking with her friend and rival, Rainbow Dash and her apparently psychotic friend Storm. "I don't know what ah'm gonna do with her Rainbow, I'm glad she's back, but she keeps getting herself into worse and worse situations." She said.

"Your telling me, she almost ruined Pinkie's surprise party for Lyra." Rainbow replied.

"Maybe you should talk to her about her.....habits." Storm suggested as he walked.

"What are you talking about?" Applejack asked.

Storm shrugged. "I've been keeping my eyes open since I got here, and when I suggested that she go find shelter for the storm, she looked at me like I was insane......not that she's wrong." He admitted.

Applejack blinked and kept on walking. "I'll.....keep that in mind." She said finally.

Storm then turned and looked at the two. "Anyway, I have to get going, you two stay safe." He said before flying off at an almost unnoticeable speed.

"I'll never understand how he flies that fast." Rainbow muttered.

"So, have you been alright Rainbow?.....you've been exhausted for the past month." Applejack asked.

Rainbow sighed and stopped walking. "Sarah has been drilling me on flight, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but she apparently knows a lot more about flying then me." She said.

Applejack chuckled. "Yea, when she gets into something, she doesn't stop learning how to do it until she masters it." She replied.

Rainbow stretched her wings out a little and winced a little, they were apparently still sore. "If she did these exercises all the time, it's no wonder she can fly so well." She said. "Not even Flight camp was this bad." She added.

"Are you sure you don't have Pegasus ancestors?" Rainbow asked. 

Applejack nodded. "That I know of? No, maybe somewhere in the distant family, but none in our bloodline." She replied.

Rainbow and Applejack walked together for a while before they had to split up.

______*Hours later.*______

Apple Bloom was concerned, mostly aggravated, but concerned, normally, things were mostly quiet at home, it was her place to calm down and enjoy her life, however, with Sarah recovering from the lightning bolt that struck her, Applejack and Granny Smith had to devote a good amount of time to taking care of her, and with Big Mac doing most of the work outside, this left Apple Bloom working very hard with very small breaks.

Thankfully, Applejack managed to get a doctor to come by, and he said that Sarah would be alright to walk tomorrow, but she wouldn't be able to do too much heavy lifting with her strength so low.

If there was a major upside to being a Pegasus, Apple Bloom thought, it was that they recovered quickly.

Dinner was quiet that night, as nopony had anything to say, nothing of interest anyway,

If there was anything of interest said that night, it was that Applejack asked Sarah to take Apple Bloom to school next Monday.

Sarah was perplexed, or at least, that's the expression that Applebloom saw at any rate. "Uh.....ok?" Sarah had replied.

Apple Bloom was confused, not only would it be strange to have the sister she never knew take her to school, it was also strange since she normally walked to school on her own.

______*two days later*______

Sarah walked through the orchard of apple trees as she carried two baskets of apples back to the barn, she was much stronger now and could walk just fine, but she still wasn't capable of applebucking just yet, which was fine by her, she had learned to enjoy what she had back in prison.

Thankfully, to ease her mind, Applejack had told her that she had gotten rid of the 'shotgun' as the note called it, saying that it would cause more harm than good.

Sarah was relieved to have that thing gone, she didn't know what it could do, but she didn't want to find out, especially if she had another.......episode.

Sarah shivered at the thought of it, the memory still burned fresh in her mind, the blood, the bone, the tears, the screams, and worst of all.

.....her victims face, it was one of pure horror, pain, and shock, but the eyes told a much different story.

While the face screamed fear, the eyes were excited......eager even, which was the most disturbing part.

When Sarah reached the barn and set down the baskets, she looked up at the small window in the upper level of the barn, and then.....the memory returned to life.

Sarah's eyes widened as the blood drained from her face, the memory was of the barn on fire, she heard panicking and looked around, her breath shortened, and she found herself hard pressed to breathe.

She saw three fillies trapped inside the barn, the roof had collapsed onto the entrance, and was blocking them from escaping.

Sarah immediately recognized these faces, herself, Applejack.......and Hilde, her breathing was getting more rapid and more faint, and she could tell she was close to passing out.

As the fire raged in the barn Sarah watched as her younger self, AJ, and Hilde tried everything to escape.

Sarah suddenly felt an immense pounding in her head followed by a screech, she clutched her head in pain and screamed as it worsened.

And soon, just like that, it was over.

Sarah was now breathing shakily as she clutched her head, she had fallen down at some point, but she couldn't remember it, she could feel the sweat on her fur, and she could also feel her heart throbbing.

Sarah huddled next to a hay bale, and there she sat, she could still feel a portion of the throbbing, but as she sat there curled into a ball, she found herself unconsciously repeating two words.

"Not again, not again, not again." She repeated.

........That wasn't the right memory.

_____*years ago.*______

Sarah and Applejack ran through the fields, playing tag with Hilde, their best friend, Hilde was a unicorn, the first in the Apple family.....at least from her branch of the family, she had blue fur, blue hair, and bright green eyes, her cutie mark was that of a raindrop falling onto a leaf.

Hilde was it, and was trying frantically to catch one of the two.

They were tired, but they were happy.

It wasn't long however until an older earth pony stallion with brown fur and hair stepped out of the house, he spotted Sarah nearby, hiding behind a crate. "Sarah!" He called out.

Sarah looked at him in disbelief. "You just gave me away!" She accused.

The stallion rolled his yellow eyes and spoke. "Get your sister and your cousin, lunch is almost ready." He said.

Sarah grinned. "Sure thing uncle Spud!" She then jumped out from her hiding spot, ran over to the fence and jumped over it and into the fields, intent on finding the others quickly.

Uncle Spud chuckled and walked inside.

Sarah eventually found the her sister and cousin chasing each other around the field. "Hey!" She called out.

The two quickly stopped and looked at Sarah. "What?" Applejack asked.

"Uncle Spud said lunch is almost done, and to get to the house!" Sarah replied.

The three quickly ran to the house, eager to eat after so much running.

The trio quickly got inside, they saw that lunch was in fact done, and they were already passing it out, they saw that Macintosh was eating his lunch already, and they now understood why he refused to go out and play this time, Hilde's step mom was the cook, and she was fantastic at it.

After eating, Sarah went out to the barn to go grab something, she had gotten a gift for Hilde, and was hoping she would like it, she went up to her secret hiding place, after making sure nopony was there, she quickly dug up what she was looking for, a small locket, it had a hammer on one side, and an apple from another.

Sarah knew that Hilde came from the northern branch of the family, very distant, and very tough, they were a warrior culture, and in the tundra they lived in, they had to be, Sarah hoped that Hilde would like this as a reminder of Home.

But just as she got the dirt back in place, she heard glass break, she looked around and her eyes widened, the lantern that had fallen was lit, and had caught fire on several hay bales and slowly began to engulf the wood, she quickly ran at the entrance but the roof collapsed, blocking her path, she yelped as her leg was burned from a random spark, it had caught fire, but she managed to put it out.

As the fire began to spread, Sarah did the only thing she could......she screamed for help.

______*the present*______

Sarah shivered as she sat, she clutched her head in pain and the world distorted around her, nothing making sense until she heard a growing screech, she glances around and soon saw something horrifying, a young mare, walking toward her slowing, blood covered her, she was pale, her eyes glowing white and her neck showed visible signs of strangulation.

Sarah's eyes widened and she flinched away from it. 

Eventually, the mare lunged at Sarah, screeching three words. "YOU DID THIS!" She screeched.

Sarah shut her eyes and held her head as tears formed, her heart rate increasing and breathing speeding up once again.

"Don't make me relive that, don't make me relive that, don't make me relive that." 

When Sarah's eyes finally opened, she spoke seven words in a dark tone, the seven words that had burned themselves into her mind. "Stop squirming, it makes it hard TO KILL YOU." 

"You have that problem too huh?" Spoke a voice.

Sarah gasped and shot up, and she saw a face she wasn't expecting.

"You?.....who are you, what are you talking about?" Sarah asked quickly.

The voice belonged to a young colt, with a discolored red coat, dark red, dark green, black and even gray hair, one Dark blood red eye, and one forest green eye, his mark, a dark gray cloud on fire. "My name is Storm, and believe me, you aren't the only one to relive painful memories." He said cryptically. 

Sarah backed up a little, not because she was scared of this colt, but because she was cautious, both for herself, and him, the aura around him screamed pain, suffering and death, but his eyes betrayed no emotion, aside from once that she herself had once, a desire to kill.

She was unnerved, but she managed to talk. "This is my business." She said.

"Not if you go on a killing spree it isn't." Storm said.

Storm leaned up against the door. "As much as I don't care about this town, I still have business here for a while, and I can't go through with that if everyone is dead, understand?" He asked.

Sarah had no reason to trust this colt, but hearing him out may prove helpful. "What do you want?" She asked.

"For right now, let's just say that our interests align, you want to go back to a normal life, but your past haunting you is preventing that, I have business that needs to done carefully, and you going psychotic won't help, in short, I'll help you deal with your past, but you will owe me a favor." He said.

Sarah could sense no deception from Storm, but she also couldn't detect much emotion aside from rage, but that was barely noticeable.

"Fine.....you have a deal, but don't try anything funny." She said.

Storm nodded. "Ok then, I need to get ready, I'll be here tomorrow with Dash when I'm ready." He turned around and started walking, but just before he opened his wings, he looked at Sarah. "Before I go, I think you should know......the first step to stopping the visons, is acceptance, but it's usually the hardest step, and for good reason." He said before flying off.

Sarah let out a sigh of relief, she fell to the ground again and this time, laid flat on the ground as she stared at the ceiling, she let a tear out as more painful memories returned. "I'm sorry." She said quietly