Chapter 46, Starting to Heal
Bright Steel and Flying Hope got ready for their trip to the Crystal Empire. The day of the Equestria Games has finally arrived! He had only heard stories about these games from traveling ponies back in Minus and now he was going to watch them in person. This trip promised to be amazing. Well… not counting the fact he had to sit in the royal seats. He really didn’t want to do that, mainly because Flying Hope would not be by his side. Since they were not technically married yet, she couldn’t sit next to him for not being royalty. Yeah... sometimes, rules sucks! But there was another reason he didn’t want to be these too; He had to see, maybe even sit next to, his mother.
Truth be told, he wasn’t exactly furious with her, but it’s not like he was craving to speak to her yet. The trust in her was not completely healed yet, but he really needed that passport for Scootaloo.
“Gee, Aunt Luna, you know I love you to pieces, but you can be a real pain in the flank when you want to.” Bright though while he and Flying Hope were leaving the house and making their way to the train station. Flying noticed Bright’s serious mood.
“Are you alright, Bright?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah! I’m, fine love, thanks. It’s just...”
“You’re still thinking what you’re going to do about your mother, aren’t you?”
“Mmm, more or less. I’ll expect it’ll be pretty awkward once I’m there.”
“I disagree. I think it can be a good opportunity for a mother and son to reconcile... don’t you think?”
“...Maybe.”
“’Maybe’?”
“I’m sorry, Flying, but you know as well as I do that I’m still not ready to forgive her. I need more time.”
Flying Hope sighed in annoyance. “I know. But, still, It would be nice if you at least talk to her. You know you want to.”
“We’ll see what happens.”
Flying nodded and, alongside Bright, they continued on their path to the train station.
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Once inside the train, the couple visited the competitors’ cart. All of Ponyville’s athlete who are going to participate in the games were present, including the CMC. As they greeted each other, the CMC almost spent their whole trip talking with Flying Hope. She, of course, was more than happy to answer any question they have about her life as a model. Bright couldn’t help but smile at the display. Meanwhile, he took the opportunity to tell Rainbow Dash about what he has planned for Scootaloo. As her sister figure, he thought she had to right to know.
“So... do you think this gryphon can help her?”
“It’s too soon to be sure, Rainbow. All we can do is hope for the best.”
“I hope so too, Bright. When do you plan to tell her about this trip to Minus?”
“After the games. Right now, she needs to stay focus for her routine for the games.”
“I guess you’re right.”
Bright could notice Rainbow’s worried expression. It was no surprise. After literally being turned down by 5 individual doctors, it was clearly she had lost all hope to help out her biggest fan. Bright simply smiled at her. It was really nice to see how much she cared for the little pegasus. No matter how tough she wanted to show, Rainbow had a loving and caring heart. Bright instinctively hugged her. She was a little surprised at first, but soon understood his action. She just let herself free and returned the hug. No words were necessary. They just hugged silently and hoped for the best for Scootaloo.
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As they finally arrived at Crystal Empire, everypony proceeded to go check in at their hotel. The Mane 6, the CMC and, of course, Bright and Flying Hope had a suite waiting for them in the Crystal Castle. Once there, they were greeted by Shining Armor and Cadence. As always, Twilight and Cadence did their special greeting.
“Jeez, someday I definitely have to tell them they are way too old for that now.” Bright thought, but deep inside, he knew it was very cute watching them do that.
After greeting them, Cadence ran to Bright and immediately hugged him tightly.
“Oh, my dear cousin, it is so good to see you again! We haven’t meet since... you know.”
Bright returned the hug and smiled at his dear cousin.
“Yeah... I know, Cadence and I’m sorry. But I promise to visit you more often.”
“I’ll hold you to that, Bright, and I see... you and my aunt are still...”
“Yeah, it’s been a little hard, but...”
Cadence covered Bright’s mouth with her hoof. While smiling, she said:
“You don’t need to say anything else, Bright. Remember, I’m the Princess of Love. I can feel that your heart is still suffering, but you still feel a lot of love for her. You just need to give it more time to heal.”
Bright hold Cadence’s hoof. “Thanks, Cadence. You always know what to say, don’t you?”
“As your big sister figure, you know as well as I do that it’s my job to have the answers you need.”
They kissed each other’s forehead and Bright proceeded to greet Shining Armor, who was also glad to see him. Everypony proceeded to meet the rest of the Princesses in the Castle’s Dinning room. All of them were surprised to see that the rulers of Equestria had already arrived. Bright, on the other hand, was not so surprised.
“Aunt Luna... you deviant pony” he thought.
They entered the room and as Cadence said, his mom and aunt were already there.
“Hello, everypony, Spike... Bright.” Celestia said, a little worried when she said her son’s name.
Everypony returned the greeting gesture and bowed, even Bright. Celestia didn’t like seeing him showing such formalities. He knew he didn’t have to do it. All of them took their seats around the large table and waited for the food to be served. Even though Celestia did her best to keep the seat next to her free, Bright didn’t even bother to search for it. He and Flying Hope took seats next to Luna instead. Everypony looked at the scene with sad eyes, but no one dared to say anything. Twilight decided to take the seat that was intended for Bright, but not before giving an angry glare to the human. He just rolled his eyes and ignored her.
Nopony said anything during the dinner. Once he finished his food, Bright stood up, thanked the staff for the food and left the room, not minding all the angry eyes set on him by everypony present. Flying Hope followed him a second after. While walking through the hall, Flying turned to look at Bright.
“You can be a real jerk when you want to.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“She is suffering. I hope you know that too.”
“I surely do, but, believe it or not, I’m not exactly confortable right now so I guess we’re even.”
“Hmm… so what’s the plan? Ignore her for the entirety of trip and the games?”
“Yeah, pretty much. I know is not my best plan, but it works for me. See you later”
Bright said that and jumped through the next window he saw and flew away really fast. He really wasn’t in the mood to get scolded by his fiancé.
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Bright landed on his room’s balcony. Once inside, he rested on the bed for a good nice sleep.
“How can you ever understand Flying? Your mother never lied to you like mine did. She even let you know about my existence way before everypony else. That’s real trust. She could’ve kept my existence a secret from you, but she didn’t.”
Bright thought and proceeded to finally go to the land of dreams where he was sure another scolding was waiting for him by his Aunt Luna, but he was wrong. Luna didn’t even show up in his dream this time. He guessed maybe she didn’t want to interfere anymore.
The next morning, Bright woke up alone in his room. He sighed.
“Hmm… it seems Flying Hope didn’t come to bed last night... it seems I won’t get any sugar during my stay here.” Bright said to himself and chuckled. Everypony was taking his mom’s side. He didn’t care very much about that and proceeded to get ready to go to the coliseum.
He put on his normal clothes and exited the room. He wasn’t really surprised to see that everypony had already left to the stadium. Even his fiancé.
“Gee, now they’re giving me the silent treatment? Are you guys kids or what?”
Bright went straight to the kitchen and fixed himself some breakfast. He silently ate alone in the dining room. When he finished, he walked to the stadium. On his way there, he was greeted by many crystal ponies and he greeted them back. They were really nice. He passed next to Spike’s crystal statue and stared at it for a few seconds.
“Well, I’ll be… so you really became a hero, huh? I’m proud of you Spike... even if nopony here knows that it was me and Rainbow who bought you the time you needed.”
Bright thought for a moment. He shook his head to banish that thought. On the inside, he was glad that nopony even know what he did. He definitely wouldn’t like that kind of attention on him.
Bright finally arrived at the stadium and began searching for his seat. It wasn’t really that hard to find. The rulers’ section was pretty easy to recognize. 5 thrones on the top and many luxury seats for mayors and governors. He recognize Mayor Mare and Blueblood. There were some ponies he hadn’t met before, not that he cared so much to be honest. He noticed the stadium was already full. This event was really important to Equestria. All the cheering, flags and signs raised to support their favourite factions. Bright couldn’t help to smile. It kinda felt like the Minotaurs’ wrestling events he used to attend with Mr. Onyx, Jilt and Margaret when he was a kid.
“Hmm… Mr. Onyx would’ve loved to see this.” he thought, a little sad. He noted that next time he would definitely bring Mr Jilt and Margaret to the games. That way all his family would be reunited.
“What would they think if they know about me and my mother’s relation right now? Would hey even agree with me? Or they would scold me? What would Mr. Onyx think?”
Not feeling very excited anymore, Bright walked to his seat. When he got there, the four Princesses immediately spotted him. Everypony had different expressions; Cadence showed a mix between anger and sadness, Luna’s showed concern, still the two princesses smiled at him. They were not enjoying the silent treatment, though. Twilight, however, was not trying to hide her pissed off eyes to him. The last one was Celestia. Her eyes showed pure sadness but she still managed to pull a smile when she saw him.
“Uhh...Hi, Bright... look... I saved you a seat next to me... if you want.”
Bright looked at the throne next to his mother’s, with his personal logo on it. He could just ignore it and search for a regular seat, but he wasn’t in the mood to show more disappointment to his friends and family.
“...Thanks... mother.”
Bright proceeded to sit next to Celestia, much to her and everypony’s surprise. Even to Flying Hope and the Mane 6, who were watching the scene from their seats, they couldn’t help but smile and hope for the best between mother and son.
After that, the games started. They were everything he was told; every event was unique and awesome. The break time was pretty interesting too. Spike, trying to sing the Cloudsdale anthem, was very funny, but still... it was kind of awkward. It was like if he didn’t know the song’s lyrics. After that, the games continued. Ponyville’s teams were doing pretty good. Dash’s team managed to get silver medals. Everything was going very well until the last event. A pony accidentally shot an ice arrow to a nearby cloud in the sky, turning it into an ice cloud that started to grow and threatening to crush everypony in the field. Since the magic block spell was still on, there was not way the unicorns or alicorns present could do anything to stop it. Without thinking twice, he summoned his axe, but stopped when he saw Spike using his flames to melt the huge cloud.
“Wow... that little dragon can really be awesome when he wants to.” Bright said and chuckled.
The event continued afterwards. Spike used his fire to ignite the fireworks in the closing ceremony. He had to admit it was beautiful. His focus was interrupted when he felt something warm holding his hand, when he saw what it was, he saw it was his mother’s hoof without it’s regalia. He raised his head and saw his mother looked at him with happy eyes and a warm smile.
“Thank you, Bright. You don’t know how happy you’ve made me by being here with me today. I love you so much.”
Bright’s eyes widened while he blushed. He was stunned. It was really a rare case since he didn’t know how to react. He disconnected his hand from her hoof and stood up, not saying a single word. He started to walk away until he heard:
“Bright, I...I know I screw up. I know I lost your trust, but, please... believe me when I say that I’m very sorry and I regret what I did. I just want us to go back to the way we were... I miss you so much! Please! Just tell me, what do I have to do to gain your trust again? I’ll do anything, I swear! Just say it!”
Bright remained there for a moment, not saying anything. Celestia was about to talk again when he finally spoke.
“I... I don’t know... I really don’t know, okay? I... also want us to go back the way we were, but, to be honest... I don’t know if we’ll be able to.”
After hearing that, Celestia lowered her head, she was about to cry when:
“But I’ve been wrong before... many times.”
He turned to see his mother with watering eyes.
“I need a little more time to clear my thoughts, but... I promised that after I finished my business in Minus... we will talk this through, okay? Just you and me... mother and son... is that alright for you... mother?”
Celestia looked at her son with widened eyes, tears coming out every second. A warm smile adorned her muzzle. It was a torture to hold back hugging her son and never let him go.
“Ye... yes, my son. It’s alright with me.”
Bright nodded and turned to see his Aunt.
“I will come by later to your room to conclude our agreement, Aunt Luna.”
Luna, who was so happy to see the advance her sister and nephew did, only nodded. Bright nodded back and walked to the exit. Once they were alone, the three princesses hugged Celestia who still was crying, but, this time... they were tears of joy.
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I love this chapter a lot keep uploading more chapters to this awesome story I'll b waiting my friend
If this takes place during Season 4 Episode 24 then.....Tirek
Finally... Sheesh. No, not saying either side is right, but they really needed to get to this point. Arguments in families are common, but talk (or even yell, as the case my be) it out, not let it fester in the dark.
Great as always.
"Bright please How thick headed can you be i Know celestia lied but please"
7711639 It wasn't just the fact that she lied, it was what she lied about that sparked this animosity. Keeping his origins a secret like that was a rather large betrayal, and if I was in his shoes then at the end of the chapter when she said "What do I need to do?" I probably would have just said "Time" and walked off.
Then again I'm not only the type who places more stock in bonds forged over time than those forged by blood alone -and as such would be thinking 'do you know me so little that you honestly believe I would ever choose them over you?'- I'm also the type who takes bad/unpleasant news soooo much better if you just come out and say it, rather than dance around the issue. I especially don't take well to secrets that are directly related to me.
7711765 same
Awesome chapter)
Props to the artist. That dude can draw. Can't wait for more.
7713389 I'm glad you like my art.
7728732 No prob dude. Can't wait to see more art of yours.
7728816 If you wanna see more, check out my DeviantArt page.
7730094 I will do that.
7738002 I know, but It will change. oops, spoilers.
7740120 Thanks.
7807349 Thanks for the advice and I'm really sorry, I couldnt get an editor until the story was very advanced. I can asure you it gets better.
Plz moooooooore
Here's to hoping more chapters come soon
This story was amazing to read, even if there were a lot of errors, no complaints. If you want, I could help you with editing your past chapters, but only if you want to. I could fix the errors I've read throughout the story, so it can be a lot better.
I also have a story similar to this, mostly the first season's plot. It's titled The Equestrian Dragon: Moon Light, and can be found on Fanfiction.net. There's a big differences between our stories, though, as mine is more focused on magical dragons from our planet, Earth, instead on ponies for the most part of the plotline in the story, but the dragons are from an alternative Planet Earth and is in no influences with other ones.
Another difference is that I'll be having a "trial" in my story, which will be the longest in the second season. I'll not spoil what it's about, however.
That'll be all for now,
Keep on writing.
~Dawn Darkness
8149470 Oy vey, that's embarrassing. I'm not that bothered, anyway; these are written on my phone.
Doesn't adress my point though.
Edit: Sorry, I feel I need to clarify. I'm not saying the author should stop writing. That's not my point. I'm just pointing out the issues in this story; I feel that I need to be somewhat harsh, otherwise it has less of an impact. I see so many stories on this site that are absolutely horrible, and still receive either blind praise or extremely cushioned criticism. I'm not a fan of the authors who saturate the market with trash, and make no effort to improve. I don't see the point in cushioning my criticisms when this site is so filled with poorly-written, unimaginative garbage.
Whew! Finally caught up! Say, that axe that Bright has... It reminds me one of Astalos' Switch Axe weapons. The only difference, sword morph.
Anyway, I enjoy your fanfic bro. Cant wait what will happen next!
neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
When can we get a new chapter.