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Meet the Mane Six

"Shiny, I have bad news about Flurry Heart." Cadence said as she hastily galloped towards her husband before taking deep breaths to recover stamina. "She... she's been..." Cadence began breathing in and out deeply. Shining Armor was starting to get scared. What was wrong with their little girl?

"Tell me, what was wrong. Is she hurt? Is she sick? What is it?" Shining Armor said as he grabbed Cadence. "Please tell me our little girl is okay!" He didn't notice he was crushing his wife before she chocked. "Heh, sorry." He said nervously as he let his grip go, giving enough time for Cadence to finally catch her breath.

"Physically, she is okay, but mentally, it's another story. When I came to wake her up, she was a bit groggy, and when I asked about her nightmare said she and I quote"I was this wee little disfigured pinkish horse thing, and I had purple hair with this..." and also said she was in a glittering rock room." Cadence explained. "At first, I thought she was joking, but when she looked up to me, she began screaming. She looked at herself, and she panicked, and her magic went out of whack and erected a barrier around her." The pink alicorn of love thought back to the moment. "So, I teleported to the other side and sang her two lullabies. That calmed her down, but unfortunately, it was only for a little bit. She kept on rambling about how she was not supposed to be here and that this was not supposed to be real."

"Oh no, this is terrible, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!?" Shining Armor yelled out as he pulled Cadence into yet another death hug. "PLEASE TELL ME THAT SHE DID NOT HURT HERSELF! IS THERE A SIGN!" He looked to see Cadence before releasing her from his grasp again. "Sorry, I was a bit worried about our daughter."

"I can't blame you, this is pretty dire." Cadence said before realizing that there were other people who could help Flurry with her condition. "But fortunately, we aren't alone. Sunburst is here, and Twilight and her friends are coming over to visit her. Maybe they can help."

"You're right, Caddy. We are not alone. There are other ponies out there that we know." It has been six long years since their little daughter has been born, and five years since the Pillars and Styagin have returned from limbo, Starswirl could be really helpful with the situation, assuming he has seen someone with Flurry's condition. Hopefully, this wasn't a major case, but the results say otherwise. Celestia and Luna had lived for over a thousand years, so they had tons of experience with the strange and unusual. "I wonder what happened that made her this way. Hopefully, she had managed to calm down by now. In the end, I'm sure that nothing is going to wind up wrong."

"This is wrong! This is all just wrong!" I screamed, banging my hooves at the door. Not only was I a horse, but I lacked the familiar feeling between my legs, leaving an empty space. "I wish it was a dream, but this is just NOT IT!" I said, the last two words almost shook the ground. When I shouted, I was knocked back, and met with a huge amount of pain. The lines were drawn, and the picture was finished, and then I realized it was not a dream at all. I looked at the room, and saw the same bright pink bed I woke up in to see that odd, pink, witchcraft-using, hair-brushing horned pegasus, or was she a winged unicorn, I can't tell. I curled up into fetal position with a stuffed snail. "It's gonna be okay, Mr. Snailston. It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay..." I chanted. I don't know why I was talking to a stuffed animal, or why I'm calling it "Mr Snailston" of all names, but I guess it has something to do with me being a child. But it didn't change the fact that nearly everything in this room brought completely unfamiliar memories into my mind, memories that were not mine.

I was about to collapse before my inner solider mentally slapped me. "Alright, get it together, Darrach. You cannot quit right now." I said, closing me eyes and letting the rush of familiar memories, MY memories, flow in. I looked at what was known to me. I went to fight for my family in a war at my home country in Scandinavia, but after that, everything was just a blur, just a hazy void. There was nothing that lead a clue to why I was a disfigured horse, there is nothing that makes sense as to why I am here. I started to panic before I realized that it wasn't to late. "Keep it, together, Darrach. Whatever has happened has to have a cause, right?" I tried to put the pieces together, but my thoughts were interrupted when the sound of the doors opening filled my ears. "Oh no, not you again." I said as I looked to see the familiar horse, but she wasn't alone. I saw six other horses, two with only wings, one with only a horn, two that had none, and one with both.

"Hi, Flurry! I missed you." the pink horse with a dark pink mane said, making a smile, while I hate to admit it, looked very cute. "But why in Celestia's name would you call yourself Darrach?" My blood ran cold. The heard every word I said!?

"Please, don't hurt me!" I yelled before running into the wall. "Ow! My nose!" I snuffed while holding my snout. Curse all these childlike instincts. They told me to go near the pink horned pegasus, or winged unicorn. Of course, my mind was strong enough to fight that, but unfortunately, it numbed my knowledge of stealth, and the quickest way of quote on quote disappearing was hiding under the bed. "Why am I a pegasus all of the sudden?" I whispered to myself, being careful not to let anyone hear me. "First she appears and now I have to deal with six more of them? This is the worst day of my life..." I waited for them to get away before a set of two eyes looked at me. "Gah!" I yelped, getting out of the bed to see that pink-maned pink horse, looking at me with her bright blue eyes.

"That's not my name, Flurry. I'm Pinkie Pie. Surely you remember me?" the one who called herself Pinkie Pie said as she squirmed her way out from under the bed. That was impossible, they couldn't have been able to go under there. It was not very nice, but at least it could hold my current while I'm in crawling position. I continued hyperventilating, trying to process how the heck that horse managed to do that.

"I don't know you! None of you look familiar to me!" I yelled as I attempted to run from Pinkie and the rest of them, only to bump to the pink horse I had met before. "Hey, put me down! Put me down!" I said as she picked my squirming body up with her front hooves and looked at me. I squirmed, I wriggled, I thrashed, but she kept holding on to me. One of the many things being a child does. But, my energy was spent, and I slumped in exhaustion. "I will not let... you..." I couldn't say any more as I tried to catch my breath.

"Cadence, what's wrong with Flurry?" the purple one asked the pony that was currently holding me.

"I do not know, Twilight, but she's been acting weird ever since she woke up this morning, even panicking about her own reflection and talking about how she shouldn't be here. Thank goodness her magic didn't act up this time." the tall pink pony, apparently called Cadence, said before I heard the purple one, Twilight, speak.

"Well, I think I may have a spell for that." Twilight said as he horn was enveloped in a magenta aura.

"Wait, what are you doing?" I asked, trying to escape Cadence's grip.

"Twilight, I might have to agree with Flurry-"

"MY NAME IS NOT FLURRY!" I screamed, sending a shockwave that knocked them all back. "Whoops, sorry." I said involuntarily. True, I've shouted out loud before, but knocking people back is new, but that golden aura. I quickly shook my head and regained my composure. "I am Darach Meldrak Obenhjerthe, first of my name, clansman of the Meldrak household, and a profound solider! Can't you see that this is NOT ME!" I explained before panting. At first, I heard some snickers like they didn't believe me, but then the orange one spoke

"Ah don't sense any lyin' from her." the orange one said. A name pulled up for each one, and the name that was pulled up for her was APPLEJACK. I don't know why I'm calling them that or how those names popped into my head, but that was like no accent I've ever heard in my life. She was an orange horse with a blond mane and some kind of brown hat on her head. My focus then turned to her.

"See, wait, are you making fun of me? It's true! This is not my body!" I yelled out once more before panting and collapsing onto my belly, already exhausted from what had happened just now. That was when I heard a loud rumble coming from my empty tummy. Great, now I'm sounding like one. I didn't look in the mirror, but I bet I was an absolute mess.

"Um, Princess Cadence. What do we do now?" the voice of the yellow one, FLUTTERSHY, squeaked to whom I would assume was Cadence. "Twilight, is there a spell that can tell us what happened with her?" Fluttershy asked. Seriously, their names are ridiculous. Pinkiebow, Flutterdash, who even set up the naming system? I had my eyes closed, but I could see a magenta light shining through my eyelids, and covered them with my hooves. What is happening to me? I wanted to run away, but I was too exhausted. The light grew brighter, and I felt a light tap on my forehead. My movements halted as we went through as everything went all... fuzzy, before I blacked out.

Flurry Heart's memories were projected by Twilight's spell, as they looked upon everything. This was indeed Flurry, but these memories were not like her's, but of something else. "Is that... a human?" Twilight asked as she looked at the strange bipedal creature in armor, which was fighting members of its own kind. These humans had extremely small eyes and were on a set hue, had smaller heads and shorter legs.

"I think so, but, why on Equestria would my daughter have memories of killing in her?" Cadence asked in a horrified manner. "This is not like Flurry Heart to do such a thing!"

"Technically, the spell says these are Flurry's memories, but at the same time, they're not." Twilight said. If anyone were to be blamed for giving her this spell, it would be Starswirl. Ever since he returned from limbo, she couldn't help but squeal when a new spell was being revealed to her.

"What do you mean, darling?" Rarity asked as they looked at the 'screen' in front of them. They had watched the memories of the creature from his childhood to adulthood. Twilight couldn't help but squeal in excitement as her expression slowly morphed into a wide smile just like that of Pinkie's.

"What I mean is that Flurry Heart had a past life!" Twilight said in excitement. Sure, she felt bad about Flurry, but she was so excited that she got to discover something that she never saw before. "None of the volunteers whom I cast that spell on had this, not even me. But Flurry Heart does!" Cadence knew about Twilight's will to study, and even she had to admit that was groundbreaking. But, Twilight's expression began to sadden. "But why is that persona in control and not that of classic Flurry Heart? I've got the feeling that I'm never get to see the Flurry Heart I know again!" Twilight said as she sobbed into Cadence's coat, letting out a fall of tears like one would in a cartoon.

"Um, look!" Rainbow Dash said as they saw Darach ride on his horse through the woodland, only for a snake to appear and startle it. Brunjahk, as he was called, threw the soilder off his back and ran the other way, over him, causing every conscious being to gasp as the memories transitioned to that of Flurry's. "That, that's not possible. It could not be!"

Twilight was sad that Darach had to die so young, and by his own horse. Ironically, ponies looked a lot like horses and were even part of the same family. "It's, so sad. What should we do?" Twilight asked as the memories began showcasing what happened TODAY. Their thoughts were interrupted by a groan.

"Ugh, my head." Flurry/Darach said. "That... was unenjoyable." she admitted. Seeing her life flash before her eyes once again, not her life as Flurry Heart, but as Darach Meldrak Obenhjerthe. "I'm... dead!" Flurry said as she came into a realization after the spell was performed. A million questions once again rushed through her mind. It was kind of ironic to begin with, but it all went together so nicely. She didn't know why, but she felt a sense of acceptance. But also a feeling of sadness as tears began to flow from her eyes. "Why did this happen to me!?" the filly cried, knowing that she wouldn't be able to see her original family anymore. Any further protests were cute when a certain pink alicorn immediately grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. This time, Flurry didn't struggle or protest.

"You poor, poor, soul. Don't worry, I'll somehow make this up to you." Cadence said as she nuzzled Darach. She went in and nuzzled back, but this time, she didn't resist as the last tears were shed. "I don't care that you were a soilder. You cared about your family as much as I care about you." Both the rational and childlike parts of her brain knew that there was truth in the pink alicorn's voice. "However, in this life, you are my daughter, and I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy." Cadence cooed as the filly laughed, letting in that childish glee, causing the Mane Six, including Rainbow, to daw in response. But that was all interrupted when a growling came from Flurry/Darach's stomach.

"I think all of this made me hungry." Flurry/Darach stated as she got up. She had figured out why she was a strange horse to begin with, and everything worked out so well. Without Twilight's spell, she might've never been able to continue. For starters, a quick bite to eat. "Well, aside from the change in gender, this is better than what I had expected." she admitted as she got up, only to fail again, noting that she should learn how to learn how to master quadrupedal locomotion if she had to go anywhere else.

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