The Alicorn Prince

by Rightben370

Darkness Rises

A shadow rose from rest I can't believe this. it thought how could my own brother go against me. it moved to look through the ruins of the castle Soon my lord very very soon, I will let you continue your genius. prayed the shadow to a massive constellation in the night sky.

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In Canterlot I.Q. went through every day with dread and misery over his lost parents. Today was no different, he walked through the halls with his head down and eyes closed until the one pony he thought would rather make fun of him than comfort him, tried to, Blue Moon had always bullied him for his lack of a cutie mark but today when he tried to be a friend, I.Q. snapped. "Hey I...." I.Q slammed him against a locker with his magic before he could finish his sentence,
"Why do you constantly harass me just because I have no cutie mark, the only reason I don't and you do is because of stupid fate, so why..WHY do you enjoy my misery." the entire hallway stopped and looked at the scene while I.Q. had been engulfed in rage and his horn stopped glowing its usual green but turned a sickly purple with spots of black flashing on and off, "I'm sorry I didn't mean any of it." apologized Blue Moon, after that I.Q. had broke down and started sobbing, a few hours later I.Q. had found he was expelled from school and the two foster parents were not at all disappointed,
"You didn't need them anyways we could just hire the best tutor in Canterlot." bragged Jetset,
"What how are you so calm about this I really hurt Blue Moon."
"You sure did and I'm proud of how your magic is so powerful." complimented Upper Crest, I.Q. didn't know what to think why aren't they mad at me? I.Q. decided to go to his temporary bedroom as he heard a knock at his window,
"I.Q. you in there?" it was his pegasus friend Neon Circuits with his oh so familiar black mane, gray coat, and red eyes.
"Neo. it is so great to see you again." they haven't been in contact with each other since before the two creatures attacked Equestria.
"I've been trying to find you but you weren't at your house so I tried to find your brother and he told me you were here." Neo explained,
"well its great to see you again." Downstairs Jetset and Upper Crest started walking up the stairs and found the source of a voice they were hearing. "Oh, hi Jetset, Upper Crest."
"What is that Pegasus doing here." asked Jetset furiously disregarding I.Q.'s greeting,
"This is my friend Neo, Neo these are the ponies that are taking care of me until I get word from my brother."
"What brother, you are our son and an only child with no friends that aren't like you." Upper Crest scolded,
"What are you talking about you aren't my actual parents just a temporary foster care, this is the only friend I have, and I clearly have a brother."
"No you don't, that Pegasus is nothing but a brute savage and so is this brother you are talking about we are the only true family that you will ever have." claimed Jetset, Neo would've flown right up to them and snap if I.Q. hadn't stopped him,
"My brother is a great soldier and Neo is an even greater friend than who you would want me to befriend and my parents were thousands of times better parents than either of you could hope to be." as he went into the topic of his parents he started to choke up in between words, he started to walk out and down the stairs when Jetset asked,
"And where do you think you're going?" I.Q. replied with a single word,
"home" and before either of them could respond he was out the door heading where he said he would go.

~~~

I.Q. and Neo arrived at I.Q.'s old home in a few moments and walked right in.
"this sure brings back memories huh I.Q?"
"Yeah if only one wasn't so tragic." replied I.Q.
"I.Q. I know how you feel..." before he could finish his sentence I.Q. interrupted
"HOW, how could you know how it feels to lose both of your parents in front of you and end up with two insane foster parents that hate everyone you know and love."
"I'm sorry I.Q. I should've chosen my words better."
"no I'm sorry I've been under a lot of stress and I shouldn't have taken it out on you." after both of their apologies they went up to his old bedroom and looked through his collections of graphic novels and novels alike when I.Q. came across something interesting, "Neo come look at this, the definition for discord 'a term describing disharmony' that was the name of one of the creatures that attacked my parents I wonder if 'tirek' is in here." after searching through neither of them could find anything in his history books or dictionaries,
"I.Q."
"Yeah Neo." I.Q. put down his dictionary and walked over to him,
"Look at this, 'the age of disharmony'" Neo advertised,
"I remember learning about this in school it may not have been a subject but I still learned it, there was an odd creature that was the...spirit of disharmony" realized I.Q, "but what was its species it was far away from anything resembling a pony."
"here it is, a draconekoos?"
"no a draconequus." I.Q. corrected, once that got out of the way they started a short casual catch-up conversation before going their separate ways. Once I.Q. got back to his foster home he went upstairs without a word and went to sleep awaiting another day.