Oddball

by The Infinity Doctor

Chapter 6

After leaving Sweet Apple Acres, Mirror and I wandered around town for a few hours and found ourselves in a large building where most of the ponies in town were gathered for this celebration that Twilight mare was fretting over earlier.

"Citizens of Ponyville- I give you, Princess Celestia!" a tan mare with a white mane announced

The curtains on the balcony opened to reveal-

Nothing, no-one(pony?)
'Isn't the princess supposed to be there?'

A midnight-black pony with a pair of wings and a horn wearing armor appeared on the balcony

The first thing I noticed about her wasn't her harsh, draconic glare, or the fangs that showed when she gave an evil grin, it was the amount of emotional turmoil that was radiating off of her

-Malice

-Hate

-Rage

...longing?

Mirror shivered from her perch on my back as she saw the alicorn
I took that as my chance to sneak out of the building, just as a rainbow-maned pegasus shouted something to the alicorn

"Alright, we need to get out of here, like now" I said to myself
Ponies around town were already beginning to panic, running here and there
"Forest" Mirror said
'That might be our best choice, I heard someone say that forest is dangerous at best, no-one would follow us in there'
Then I looked to Mirror
'But then, I'd be putting her in danger, but we'd probably be safer in there rather than face that alicorn'

I hesitantly walked into the forest, it was steadily getting darker the deeper we went
"This place isn't so bad" I said

Once we were a safe distance from Ponyville, I turned into my human/changeling form

"Okay, we should be fine for now" I said
Mirror nodded and trotted beside me as we came across a river
"Should be simple enough, we can just fly across"
I picked up Mirror and lifted off the ground, flying across the river only took a few minutes and soon we were on the other side.

We didn't get much farther than that, soon stopping right after we cleared the riverbank

"Now what manner of creature are you?"

I looked around the forest and didn't see anyone around, save for Mirror

"Both wings and horn? Perhaps you are Alicorn, such as I"
'It can't be'
"I demand you tell me what you are"
"I'm not even sure what I am"
"Insolent little foal! Do you not realize who I am?"
"I do not"
"I am the bringer of eternal night- NIGHTMARE MOON!"
"Oh no..."
"I will be sure to take care of you, later" She hissed "Right now, I must take care of the Elements"
'Elements? What elements?'

"I can feel your pain, Miss Moon" I said, suprising her "You don't feel loved, all you ever wanted was to feel the joy of your subjects, like your sister- who might she be by the way?"

She glared at me before she turned into some sort of ethereal smoke and flew off

'I have a very, very, bad feeling about this'

X X X X X X X

We followed the trail that Nightmare left, leading us to an ancient castle deeper in the woods

"Be very quiet" I whispered to Mirror
She nodded as she and I tip-toed(hooved?) to one of the broken windows of the castle

Twilight, Applejack, and four other ponies I'd never seen before were wearing necklaces that were actually glowing- the glow transformed into a rainbow and shot towards Nightmare Moon, it wrapped around her as she screamed.

The beam dissipated, leaving a smaller, navy blue alicorn in Nightmare Moon's place
'Wait...who's that?' I wondered to myself
A short while later, a flash of light eminated from the room and a taller, white alicorn appeared
'Is that the princess?'

The blue alicorn trotted to the white one

"I'm so sorry, sister" she said
They hugged as Twilight and the five mares watched

'Well...that happened...' I thought, turning away from the window
I returned to pony-form and picked up Mirror
"Let's head back to Ponyville, okay?"
"Okay"

We made the journey back to town, Twilight's group beat us there and found a celebration in progress

'I think I'm going to like it here'

X X X X X X X

*Knock Knock Knock*
"What is this sound I hear? Somepony knocking at my door, I fear" A voice said, opening the door
"Good evening, miss" I said
"You ponies have come to visit me? What may I ask has made you brave the Everfree?"
"My sister and I have been traveling, I humbly ask if we might be able to stay here...I could do chores for you"
"I would more than welcome the both of you into my modest home, as for your offer- I do need a specific tome"
"A book? Sure, what is it?" I asked, trotting in and setting down Mirror "This is a wonderful home, thank you for this"

"T'was no trouble, your thanks are quite welcome, would you mind telling why you and your sibling have no home?"
"Fire, big fire- we lived in Canterlot, thought we might try living here"

She nodded sadly and gently nuzzled Mirror

"May I ask who I have the pleasure of meeting? I believe we didn't have a proper greeting"
"I'm Silent Night, and this is my sister Mira"
"My name is Zecora, Mira and Silent, might I say you seem very pliant"
"Er...thank you? Now...about your book?"
"Ah, the book I require has the necessary script, for a certain potion I may have flipped"
"Is it at the library in Ponyville?"
"Your assumption is correct, and your sibling I will protect"
"Thank you Zecora, for everything"
I turned to Mirror
"You be good for Zecora, okay?"
She nodded

I gave her a quick hug and left the hut

X X X X X X X

'Finally, the library' I thought, opening the door
"Oh, hello Silent" Twilight said "I haven't seen you in a while"
"Good to see you too, Twilight- I'm looking for a book on potion-making"
"Oh yeah? What for?"
"Just curious, I guess"
"So where's Mira?" she asked, pulling a few books off the shelves
"She's staying with a friend, I'm just running a few errands"
"Well then, here you are" she said, floating two or three books to me
"Thank you" I said, taking them
"See you again"
"Bye"
I walked out of the library with the potion books, and was soon back on the path to Zecora's hut.

X X X X X X X H

"Zecora- I'm back" I called, walking into the hut

Mirror was sitting on the floor, sucking on a bottle of nectar

"Where did you get that?" I asked
"She got that herself, don't worry yourself silly, but I'll admit that she is a smart little filly"
"Where did she get it from?"
"She plucked it from your bag, without so much as a snag"

"Sorry about that" I said to Mirror "Guess I should have fed you before I left"
"S'alright"

I took the bottle and put it back in my backpack

"What is that concoction she does drink? I've never seen anything like it, I do not think"
"It's a uh, 'special' formula"
"I shall ask you again, when you aren't such a hen, right now my potion I must mend, and to your sibling I think you must tend"
"I do, don't I?"
I picked up Mirror and curled up with her on the floor

The sound of the crackling fire soothed Mirror as she relaxed and fell asleep

Author's Note:

Hope you liked it, please don't forget to leave your comments and questions

Comments

[Panther Passing Across]

It is interesting, but you should get a proof reader, maybe.

[Thecoolguy1239]

I still love it, keep up the great work!

[jardex22]

It is interesting, but I'm confused on how much of Equestria Sam knows about. He knew about Queen Chrysalis, so he must be somewhat familiar with the universe (unless Changelings exist in some other form of Fiction in Sam's World), but apparently knew nothing of Nightmare Moon or the events of the first episode, which he would have realized he was a part of when NM appeared at Town Hall. Other then that, nice work.

[The Infinity Doctor]

3734540 He didn't know about Chrysalis until after she revealed herself

[tsaukpaetra]

So many plot points we're missing here....