//------------------------------// // Generals // Story: General // by Mademoiselle Noir //------------------------------// "Chryssi, you're a general now. Compliments of Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, And Princess Celestia." Clarity says pulling back from my embrace. I'm happy but I have to tell her the awful news. "My mother is dead." I say, tears in my eyes. "You found your real mother? That's amazing! Except that she's dead and all." She says. "She visited me a few times, and didn't know I could hear and see. She said, "my daughter, I love you." One day she said she was going to die. I wished I could hug her, but I couldn't. My mother is Chrysalis, and my father is Discord." I found a lump in my throat forming. '' That's really sad Chryssi, but I bet she knows you miss her and love her. I understand that feeling of losing a parent." "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE TWO SETS OF PARENTS! YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN PERFECT! I HAD TO LIVE ON THE STREETS, AND WHEN I FINALLY FOUND MY DAD, HE WAS EVIL. I WAS EVIL WITH HIM, SO THAT I COULD BE WITH MY REAL DAD. BUT HE'S DEAD TOO. DO YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO FIND OUT YOU'RE ADOPTED, GO AND LOOK FOR YOUR REAL PARENTS, FIND ONE OF THEM, ONLY TO BE TURNED TO STONE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS? AND WHEN YOU FINALLY GET OUT, YOUR ONLY OTHER PARENT DIES? YOU PROBABLY DON'T BECAUSE EVERYTHING BAD HAPPENS TO ME!" I yell, a sudden sense of anger filling me like fire. "I don't Chryssi. But I do know what it's like to love you." Illusion says. "Aww. Did you hear that Chryssi? He loves you!" Clarity exclaims. "I wish I had a relationship like you two." "Clarity, you'll find the one, I promise. If you don't, I'll pay you 50 bits." I say, smiling and blushing. "Yeah, I'm with Chryssi. You'll find the one, and he will be perfect." Illusion says, smiling also. "Well, if I don't, you owe me 50 bits." Clarity says, laughing. I laugh too. Illusion laughs too. A perfect end to a perfect day.