Rekindled Embers

by applezombi

Interlude: ???

The page is blank except for two sentences.

There used to be more. I had more. Then I sold them. For…

For…

I don’t remember.

But those two sentences are always there.

It’s my fault she’s missing.

It’s my fault she’s dead.

Other words float around. Redemption. Restitution. Forgiveness. But for a long time, only those two sentences were on the page.

How long?

Minutes, maybe. Or longer? I don’t know. I can’t remember. I sold that for…

…something.

But now there’s more words on the page. I didn’t put them there. Names. She is Rarity. I used to know that. Now I know it again.

I know my name, too. It’s…

I'm sure it was...

I remember Sunburst. The little foal isn’t Sunburst. But he is? I don’t know.

Not-Sunburst’s father tells me we’re going to see Rarity.

I see the pain in his eyes of every pony he’s had to hurt. Ponies shouldn’t kill ponies.

We’re on a boat. Sometimes I forget why. I’m filling the page with more sentences, but sometimes they disappear. Not those two, though.

It’s my fault she’s missing.

It’s my fault she’s dead.

I talk to Sunburst every day. Wait, no. Not-Sunburst. When he speaks, it stays on the page longer. He doesn’t say much, he’s just a foal. He’s so sweet and curious, though. He thinks I’ve been hurt, and he wants to find out how, so he can fix it.

How do I remember that?

We’re going to see her. Rarity. She’s alive. Not-Sunburst’s father says so. I don’t know what I’ll do when I see her. I found her place. Stayed there for a few days. Years? I don’t know. I kept something for her, but now it belongs to…

Lofty Tale. I remember that sometimes, before it leaves the page too. Lofty Tale, his marefriend Topaz, and his son True. Not-Sunburst.

Remembering hurts. Sometimes it’s better to have nothing on the page. Sometimes I wish I could erase everything. Even those two sentences.

But I can. I know I can. Once I meet Rarity. Once I know she’s safe, that sentence can go away. It can be erased.

That just leaves her.

It’s my fault she’s dead. But I can erase her sentence too. Somepony was working on it. There’s a book.

It’s in my hoofwriting. I don’t remember.

But in the book there are spells. Looking at the spells hurts. I can’t remember why, but I can feel it. It hurts me. Shames me. I used one of them to…

…it broke me once.

But if I give the spells to them, they can undo things. Maybe. Erase the sentence.

Only, one of them is going to have to die if I do.

I don’t care. I’m tired.

Comments

[Seizure Specialist]

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[Sensible Clutter]

LOVE this

experimental narration is so fun

[Oberth Effect]

Only, one of them is going to have to die if I do.

Well that's not ominous at all.

Unless they manage to get Brightblade to cast it for them. But that'd be a little too convenient.

[Danger Noodle]

Soooo... Rarity is the only one with the power and doesn't have an element. She also has access to the book and the ability to understand it.

I'm guessing Rarity is the one who will die by the time this story is over.

[Thranx]

Hmm... I wonder who she is. It's obvious that she is Rarity. So, my only guess is that she is Sunset because it's mentioned that Sunset was replaced by a changeling before she was executed circa 1000 years ago. Possibly she's alive because perhaps the mirror might have some time dilation thing that is far behind Equestria or that she ascended to alicornhood. But, Starlight says that she's dead. Maybe Starlight didn't know that she was replaced by a changeling and avoided execution or maybe she really is dead possibly due to age.

Hmm, curiouser and curiouser.

[Schwabauer]

Lofty Tale. I remember that sometimes, before it leaves the page too. Lofty Tale, his marefriend Topaz, and his son True. Not-Sunburst.

11004851
I think the passage above illustrates who not-sunburst is.

[Thranx]

11005022
Ah right, might've missed that part. Thanks for explaining to me.

[Backlash91]

Oooooohh be careful starlight...