10 - The//Fall
The hustle and bustle of midday Ponyvile was quite the spectacle. My previous ventures must've been during the dull moments of the day. I was happy for once that I was riding on Fluttershy’s back, as I feel I would’ve been trampled otherwise.
Fluttershy was very good at keeping me on her back; whether it was instinct or experience, I didn’t know. She had her wings slightly folded upwards, so that I couldn’t roll off her back. And she walked impressively carefully.
We turned down a less populated street, and Fluttershy gave a sigh of relief. "Are you okay, Mellow?"
I hummed, "Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?"
She continued onward, "I didn’t know if you’d be okay with crowds. I’m sorry, I didn’t expect it to be so busy."
I giggled and hugged the back of her neck. "I felt just fine, especially with you with me."
I could tell she was blushing as she started acting shy, but it wasn’t long before something else happened. Some light blue pony with a rainbow mane swooped down from up high, making Fluttershy jump with a small squeak.
"Hey Flutters," she said, still flying right above the ground.
"Rainbow!" Fluttershy said exasperatedly, "Why do you always have to scare me?"
"It’s not on purpose!" She replied with crossed arms. Her eyes drifted up to me, and she raised an eyebrow. "What’s another kirin doing here in Ponyville?"
Fluttershy sighed, "Rainbow Dash, this is Mellow Spark. He’s… part of a cultural exchange with the kirins."
Rainbow Dash shrugged, "That’s cool, I guess; I’ve seen a few living around here, honestly. I just wanted to snoop."
Fluttershy smiled, "He’s never had any sort of sweets before; I’m taking him to Sugarcube Corner. Do you want to come?"
Rainbow Dash groaned and put a hoof to her forehead, "I wish! I’m stuck on weather duty today, farmers are complaining about the lack of rain!"
"You can control the weather?" I asked in awe.
Rainbow Dash smirked and spread her wings outward in a showy way. "Yep! The best of us pegasus can make whatever weather we want!"
"That’s so cool!" I said slowly, "Can I control the weather too?"
I felt Fluttershy tense up under me, and Rainbow looked at me with squinted eyes and said, "I’m sorry, bud, I think you’re more suited for magic. But who knows, maybe you’ll be a powerful enough magic user someday to make your own storms!"
Oh, right. She doesn't know I have wings, and she isn’t supposed to know.
"Anyways, I’m off. You guys have an extra cupcake for me! Also, sick cloak, kid." Rainbow said before rocketing off, leaving a trail of rainbows.
Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief. I felt guilty for making her worry, so I lowered myself onto her back. "I’m sorry, Fluttershy."
She slowly brought me off her back and placed me in front of herself. When she raised her hoof, I don’t know why, but I immediately recoiled towards the floor and closed my eyes. I opened my eyes quickly afterwards, realizing that Fluttershy would obviously never hurt me.
When I opened my eyes, she was already bringing me towards her chest, "Oh, sweetie, I’d never hurt you. You did nothing wrong, Mellow." She said, rubbing small circles on my back.
"I-I know." I said shakily, "It's a force of habit, s-sorry."
She nuzzled me again, "You don’t have to apologize; everything’s alright."
After a few moments, she slowly picked me up and put me on her back again. I hummed, "It was a stupid question anyway; I almost caused a bunch of trouble for you."
She shook her head, "N-No, you’re okay!" She turned and nuzzled my face one last time, "It’s a good question. I wonder if a kirin with wings can control clouds too."
I giggled, "I could make… like a cloud house!"
Fluttershy laughed and continued walking. "You know, we actually have those! Rainbow lives in one. And there’s a whole city called Cloudsdale in the clouds."
"Wow!" I expressed with wonder. A cloud city? That sounded like a fairytale! "Miss Fluttershy, I want to go there!"
"Maybe someday," she replied.
"This is crazy, this has to be a nightmare." Twilight said hastily, pacing back and forth in her library.
She looked down at the letter she’d just read for the hundredth time, hoping, begging for her to have missed the part where it’s all a prank.
Dear Princess Twilight,
Terribly sorry for such an urgent message. But as the closest acting authority to the issue, it had to be done. The two princesses have gone missing. Their train did not arrive at their nearest station on schedule. And upon investigating the track the princesses were taking, we can only deduce that the entire train has completely vanished, along with all of its passengers. At best, we can keep the press off this for a few days, but soon questions will be asked. I request your aid in locating the missing ponies. This is a potentially dire situation; if both princesses aren’t found, there will be mass panic.
Sincerely, Mayor Mare.
Twilight scanned it again, and again, and again. Yet the words didn’t change; the request for help was still there.
Other than the initial panic, the most pressing problem was that Twilight had no clue why. There was no explanation for the disappearance; there was no trace of their whereabouts.
The second problem was that she was stuck in Ponyville. She already had a stressful enough matter to take care of. The random kirin alicorn.
The more she thought about it, the more she didn’t understand. The princesses disappear right as a new alicorn shows up? It was too confusing and perfect. She briefly thought about whether Mellow was being truthful about who he was; maybe he knew something that-
No, she cut out that line of thought.
The more she paced, the more her nerves rose, until Spike brought her out of it. "Twilight, the more you pace, the less we know about what’s going on."
She stopped and nodded at him, "You’re right; I need to contact everyone else. And then we can investigate."
"But they don’t know about Mellow." Spike said with raised brows. "And Fluttershy is taking care of him right now."
Twilight wanted to yell in anger; for a moment, she wished the kirin hadn’t shown up at all. But she took a deep breath, realizing this wouldn’t help anybody.
"How does a train just disappear?" Twilight ranted as she began pacing again.
"Discord?" Spike asked with a shrug.
Twilight shook her head, "It isn’t him. He’d make a show out of it if he had."
Starlight walked into the library at that moment, "Figured anything out?"
Twilight slowly shook her head as Starlight put a hoof to her chin in thought. "Well," she began slowly, "should we contact Princess Cadence?"
Twilight sighed, "I did yesterday about Mellow and haven’t heard back yet. I guess… it couldn’t hurt. She may already know."
Starlight shrugged, "It’s worth a shot. Especially if you haven’t heard back. If she’s missing, then something is definitely up."
Twilight nodded, turning to Spike, who already had a paper ready.
I recognized where I was, mostly because of the intensely familiar scent of sweet things I could never even dream of. And not long after, the sight of the colorful building came into view. Fluttershy stopped just short of walking in and addressed me quietly: "Mellow, there’s a mare in here named Pinkie Pie. She’s very energetic and extremely unpredictable, but I promise she’s very nice."
"It’s okay," I said with confidence. "I’ve met eccentric people before."
Fluttershy hummed worriedly, "It’s almost a bit more than… eccentric."
I rubbed against the back of her head, "I’ll be okay."
She sighed, "If you say so, just tell me if it’s too much."
I nodded, even out of her view, and we took steps into the bakery.
I was immediately assaulted with smells, and I had to manually make sure my mouth was closed so I wouldn’t drool at them. Everywhere I looked, there was something I wanted to try; it all just looked so tasty.
We approached the counter, and Fluttershy called out, "Hello, Pinkie."
I tilted my head curiously, as I didn’t see anybody. But nearly instantly, the pink pony shot up from behind the counter with a loud, "Howdy-do Fluttershy!"
I yelped and fell backwards on Fluttershy’s back. Which caused her to instantly pick me up in a panic, "O-Oh, Mellow!"
I held my hoof up, "My heart… was not ready…" I said between heavy breaths.
In Fluttershy’s panic, Pinkie Pie put her front hooves on the counter to look over and gasped. "Oh my gosh! Is that a brand new, super awesome kirin friend?" she said in excitement.
After reassuring Fluttershy that I was alright for the hundredth time, she turned to meet Pinkie’s curious gaze. "Yes, uhm… This is Mellow Spark. He’s part of a cultural exchange with the kirins, so he’ll be staying for a couple of days."
Pinkie giggled to herself, "That’s good enough for me."
"Pinkie, no surprise party." Fluttershy said with a stern gaze.
"Aww… You ruined the surprise part! Why not?" Pinkie said as her mane seemed to droop a little.
"Well," Fluttershy said, growing nervous again.
I spoke up for her: "I hate surprises."
"Whaaat?! Why?" Pinkie said this in complete disbelief.
I wasn’t actually lying. I did hate surprises almost entirely. But that was due to most ‘surprises’ I’ve endured, being a new and more intense type of ‘training’. I’d grown to expect that when someone wanted to surprise me, they wanted to hurt me.
I shrugged at her question, however. "They make me pass out."
Fluttershy looked down at me in worry, but I kept a stoic facade. Once again, I wasn’t technically lying. I’d always pass out whenever my master had a new ‘surprise’ for me. And wake up in the mud hours later, inches from death, in a pool of my own blood.
A cold shudder went down my spine, and I felt myself shrink. For a moment, I caught a wisp of flame on my hoof.
All of it evaporated with Fluttershy’s touch. The feeling of her hoof on my mane was enough to make me feel like crying. But I held it in for the moment; now wasn’t the time to have a breakdown.
Fluttershy picked me up and placed me on her back, and I quickly nestled my face in the back of her neck. "Sorry, Pinkie, he’s really nervous around new people as well. I just don’t think it’s a good idea."
Pinkie hummed, "Okay, I understand. What about just a regular party?"
"No,"
"What about just a party of people he knows?"
Fluttershy hesitated for a moment, and let out a sad response, "He just got here, Pinkie. He doesn’t have many friends." She tried to say it quietly, but I still heard it.
Pinkie sounded much sadder than before. "Okay… What can I get for you, Fluttershy?" I noticed a few ponies get in line behind Fluttershy. They giggled at my display of shyness; I only gave them a small wave.
"He’s never had sweets of any kind before." Fluttershy started, "What would you recommend?"
"NEVER HAD SWEETS BEFORE?!" Pinkie said, practically shaking the building. She quickly left her spot at the counter, zipping around so fast I couldn’t keep track of her. Finally, she got back with a tray of what had to be two dozen different sweets. All cut into sizable portions for the both of us.
"Try these, all of these!" She practically commanded.
Fluttershy stuttered nervously, "O-Oh, thank you. How much do I owe you?"
"Nothing! Just tell me what Mellow thinks! I can’t wait to see his face!" She replied.
Fluttershy smiled, "Well, thank you, Pinkie. I’ll be sure to do that."
Fluttershy picked up the tray in her mouth before walking precariously over to a booth seat by the window. I hopped off her back and onto the seat as she settled in next to me. I had to admit that I was feeling a bit impatient as I stared at all the treats in front of me. My eyes lit up like stars in wonder.
Fluttershy giggled, "Try whatever you like. But eat slowly! And don’t eat too much. You’ll feel sick later. Okay?"
"Okay!" I chirped happily as I picked up something called a cupcake.
I took my first bite carefully, and I almost felt like my mouth exploded due to the sugary sweetness of it. It wasn’t just sweet; it tasted like something else that I’d never tasted in my life. I heard a giggle, and then the sound of a flash and a machine.
I turned my head to see Fluttershy giggling into her hooves, with Pinkie holding some device. After a few seconds, the device spit out a piece of paper with me on it: "A perfect picture!" Pinkie announced, placing it on the table.
I leaned over; there were bits of the cupcake all over my face, and the expression of me taking my first bite. I couldn’t help but laugh a bit along with Fluttershy. Pinkie quickly disappeared into the bakery again, and Fluttershy held a napkin to my face and cleaned it off.
After that, I tried everything on the table. Muffins, donuts, truffles, cookies—by the end, I felt like I was a completely new person. And to be honest, I might as well have been. Because as soon as we finished, I couldn’t help but move my legs in a jittery fashion, and I had a hard time keeping still.
Fluttershy briefly left to leave our tray on the counter before coming back to me, "Ready to go, Mellow?"
"Sure, where to next?" I asked as I hopped between two hooves.
She smiled, "It looks like you need to lose some energy. Wanna go to the park?"
I hopped off the seat and ran a circle around her, "Yeah! What’s a park?"
She began walking for the door, and I eagerly followed, "Oh, you’ll see."
The park was fun. It had slides, swings, and other questionably safe things to play on. I loved it—or at least, my hyperactive body loved it. There were other foals around the playground, but most seemed to be lost in their own world. I knew I couldn’t even try to make friends, so I kept to myself as well. Fluttershy was sitting on a bench nearby, but she seemed caught up in a conversation with some other mare.
After playing for a while, I began to feel a little bit sick. I think I actually ended up eating too much of those sweets, at least for my first time ever eating them. And playing around wasn’t helping my stomach. I scanned the area around me for a bathroom and noticed a large building with signs indicating males and females.
I began walking towards it and looked back at Fluttershy. I should’ve probably told her, but she was having such a nice conversation, it seemed. I could do this on my own; it would be fine.
After finding the bathroom and thankfully not losing my stomach, but taking care of other business. I walked out of the building feeling much better, but before I could make my way back to the playground, two ponies stepped into my path. I fell back onto my rump with a squeak, and I rubbed my head as I looked up at them. "S-Sorry." I muttered.
They both had wide smiles and friendly faces. One was a smaller violet unicorn with an icy blue mane and a light blue cloak on her back; she seemed younger than most mares I’ve met. The other was a much larger brown stallion pegasus with silver hair and a black cloak. He had a scar over his mouth, but otherwise he had a friendly smile. "Oh, no worries, young one." The stallion said.
I stood up and nodded, attempting to walk past them, but the stallion blocked my path a bit. "You’re awfully young to be out by yourself. Is your momma nearby?"
I looked up with a bit of curiosity. I guess it was odd that I’d gone off by myself. "Um, I’m here with someone. They’re just sitting over there by the park." I said quietly.
The violet mare spoke cheerily, "I like your cloak! It looks cool."
I smiled slightly, "Thanks, I like yours too."
"We don’t see many kirin around here," the stallion began. "I find your nirik forms absolutely fascinating. Would you mind showing me?"
"N-No!" I said quickly, backing up a few steps, "I-I mean, I can’t control it yet."
I almost caught a hint of annoyance crossing his face as he let off a laugh. "Oh, don’t you worry, a foal’s nirik form is super easy to suppress."
"Is it now?" I asked with a small, fake smile. I was now looking over to Fluttershy to see if she had noticed my absence. I didn’t know why, but I felt myself growing a bit uneasy.
The mare stepped forward a bit, "It’s just that we really wanted to see it. I know a place where you won’t burn anything in nirik form. Want to come see it with us?"
I huffed and stepped a few more paces back; something in me was screaming at me, and I really didn’t like the feeling. "I-I think I need to go now."
I began walking away with my eyes locked on them. The stallion seemed angry as he took a step forward, but the mare held him back. Soon they disappeared behind a building again. What was that all about?
I looked down at my hooves and saw that I was leaving scorched footsteps in the grass. I took a few deep breaths, but it wasn’t helping, and tears started brimming in my eyes. Something deep inside me was telling me I was unsafe, and I couldn’t calm it down either. "Fluttershy!" I called when I got close enough.
"Oh, Mellow. Are you having fun?" When she saw me, she immediately became worried.
I was crying as I held my hooves up, which were simmering with blue flames on the end. "I-I can’t… I can’t stop it."
She nodded and looked around nervously. Some of the mares in the area looked at us like they’d seen a ghost, some pulling their children away from me and closer to themselves. Fluttershy’s first instinct was to pick me up, but she quickly realized the problem with that.
The fire was still crawling up my arm, especially with everyone’s eyes on me, looking at me like I was going to hurt them. Fluttershy was frozen; she didn’t know what to do either.
I remembered flashes of my fire in the forest. Except it wasn’t the forest; it was Ponyville and all of its residents on fire. Which made me remember my home and my parents. All of the panic of the situation got to me, and I ran.
I left Fluttershy and ran towards the only person who could handle my destructive power. I ran towards the crystal tree, even as the flames continued to threaten to overtake my body. Everyone shot worried or scared glances at me as I ran through town. I nearly tripped a few times, and dodging the various ponies was also hard.
Eventually I ran up the golden steps and burst through the doorway. "Twilight!" I called out.
Almost immediately, I heard a poof, and Twilight appeared right in front of me. "M-Mellow? What happened?"
My fire was now up to my chest, as I hysterically dropped to the floor and cried. "Please, please, turn it off! I can’t make it go away!"
"Okay! Okay." She said quickly, "First, I need you to calm down for me."
"I can’t!" I cried as a new wave of tears left my eyes.
"Well, how do you usually calm yourself down?" Twilight asked worriedly.
"I don’t know!" I walked closer to Twilight and held my hoof out, but she took a few steps back with what seemed like fear. I retracted my hoof in horror; of course she didn’t want to be near me.
The only thing I thought of was Lovelight. She was the only one who had ever made me calm down when going nirik. She still treated me like normal, even while I was on fire. I don’t know what she did to make me feel better. Breathing wasn’t working, and more flashes of people screaming in fire filled my mind. Tears came flooding out of my eyes; uncontrollable emotions flooded.
Of course, I was stupid. Leaving my old world and becoming a new species. And thinking that anybody would ever see me the same as themselves. I was always going to be a freak. Always that weird one with horrible powers that you just try to forget. Throw me in a dungeon, tell me to leave—anything would be better than pretending to be my friend.
I felt the rest of my fire rush up my body with a heat wave, Twilight quickly bubbled me and held me suspended in the air. The fire rushed outward in a heat wave but was blocked by the bubble, thankfully.
Suddenly, Fluttershy burst through the door. "Mellow! Are you-" She saw me bubbled, and gasped.
"Fluttershy, what happened?" Twilight asked with a hint of annoyance.
She stuttered sadly, "I-I don’t know! We were at the park, and he started crying. Everyone l-looked at us, and I couldn’t-"
"You went to the park!?" Twilight asked in disbelief. "You know he can’t control his nirik form or his magic. Why would you take him there?"
This was all my fault. They were good friends, and I was making them hate each other. Why would everything just be better if I disappeared? I really wanted to right now.
Fluttershy defended herself even as she retracted into her mane. "H-He needed to lose some energy. I took him to Sugarcube Corner; he’d never had sweets before…"
"And you just let him eat whatever he wanted?" Twilight said, placing a hoof against her face.
I curled up inside the bubble. I wanted someone to come and get rid of me. To make all the yelling stop. I covered my ears and tried to drown out the noise.
Twilight groaned, "First, the princesses train is missing. I have to teach Mellow how to control his magic, and now I also have to figure out how to help him control his nirik. And now I’m going to have dozens of ponies knocking at my door, asking questions!"
"The princesses are missing?" Fluttershy asked incredulously.
Twilight groaned, "Yes! And I’d like to do something about it. But Mellow-"
Fluttershy stamped her hoof, "But Mellow what? You just want to treat him like a slave, the exact thing we’re supposed to be doing the opposite of!"
"I don’t have a choice!" Twilight yelled, "I understand he’s just a colt. But we have more pressing issues!"
Fluttershy grew angry for the first time I’d ever seen, "Twilight, think about how he feels!"
"I’ve tried!" she cried desperately.
"No, you haven’t! You’ve only made him feel worse!"
Twilight shook her head, letting the anger get to her. "I just don’t know what to do! We don’t even know anything about him, Fluttershy!"
I held my breath as my heart raced. Please stop yelling over me. Please make it stop.
At all the shouting, Starlight entered the main hall. "Is everything okay?" Though they ignored her to continue arguing.
"Y-You need to help me figure it out, then! We’re supposed to be doing this together!" Fluttershy offered with tears in her eyes.
"With the princesses missing, I can’t be bothered! He almost hurt ponies in that park. What if he had burned someone? Then what would we do?" Twilight said in an exhausted voice.
"W-Why are you acting like this, Twilight?" Fluttershy quietly asked.
"Because he’s dangerous, Fluttershy!"
…
…
..There it is.
"Listen to yourself!" Starlight said angrily. "I won’t act like I know what’s going on, but that’s ridiculous, Twilight!"
Twilight finally showed her true colors, just like everyone else did. I laughed; it really was funny to me. I had actually gotten close to thinking this place couldn’t be that bad. What a joke.
I couldn’t help it; my laughter made everyone stop and look at me.
I locked eyes with Twilight and mumbled angrily. I knew it was childish, but who cares anymore? "I hate you."
Twilight tilted her head nervously. "E-Excuse me?"
My fire, which was at first only a wisp of flame, burst out of me. My eyes shone brightly for a second as I stood up in the bubble, and the fire whipped around my body in an inferno. I gave into the growing burning feeling in my chest, which made me way angrier, close to the angriest I’d ever felt before in my life. Then I yelled.
"I hate you!"
Almost immediately, my eyes widened as I realized what I’d done. I had just told a princess that I hated her. I’d held my tongue all my life; why had I done it this time?
Fluttershy and Starlight gasped at my statement. But it wasn’t their reaction that caught my attention. It was the door flying open at that exact moment, and the pony who stepped into the castle was an extremely angry Lovelight. There was a rage on her face that even made Twilight shrivel a bit as she recoiled.
The door slammed close behind her, and she practically demanded an answer. "What’s going on here?"
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"I don't care if I loose my job over this. But you are unfit to deal with this colt! Princess twilight!" Probably a quote from lovelight.
What are you talking about art seems pretty fine to me. I thought Pinkie Pie was going to be the one to set him off. Looks like we had a couple foul Nappers at the park.
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She is unfit. All she can see is the possible danger of fire and uncontrollable magic and the fact he is alicorn. Lovelight should be in charge of him considering fluttershy is trying but she doesn't know how to calm him down when he starts getting an anxiety attack which activates his fire. Fluttershy started on the right hoof but she doesn't have any knowledge about calming anxiety attacks. Lovelight has dealt with all sorts of feelings being a nurse and has form a bond with him because she chose to put him first. Twilight needs to focus on one thing at a time. Help the kid deal with his issues without burning the town.
You meant Rainbow Dash there not Shy
Poor Mellow. Flurry was in a somewhat similar situation being unable to fully control her magic in season 6. I know Twilight is stressing out, but how can she take it out on Mellow like that? The Poor Colt is completely lost and barely has anyone to turn too! The surger probably isn't helping either with his emotional energy outburst.
I hate it when chapters end on cliffhangers darn it!
Mamas here kickass and chew bubblegum, and she’s all out of gum
I think Twilight is over stressing this out then normally? Like the sister’s disappearance is a pretty normal occurrence that she would get use to which the colt is mentally unstable and hurt that he really needs certain ponies who worked on those fields to treat him while Twilight isn’t the best but I would assume she would be studying 📚 books about how to care for him?
I wonder if those two ponies are from this “Master” and oh boy Mama Love is angry
pretty sure this is supposed to be Rainbow
My first reaction to seeing the name of this chapter: *grabs popcorn* "This is gonna be good." And you did not disappoint.
Welp, guess I was wrong about the number of hooves, though. It was only 3, but I guess third time is the charm. 4, maybe, but since this is in the same scene, I'll count it as one. Dangit Twilight.
To be honest I was hoping she could turn it around, but kinda expected this outcome, or at least something similar from the first interview.
The Pinkie intro went better than I expected, honestly. It helps that Pinkie is one of the most earnest characters I've seen in anything ever. Same with the Rainbow intro, though it was weird to see her being conscientious of time and not off napping somewhere.
Just need to meet Applejack and Rarity and we've got the entire crew! Though if that's happening now is... questionable at best with the new animosity between Mellow and Twilight.
I wasn't expecting the princesses' train to be missing here, did I miss something in a previous chapter? And if Cadance hasn't responded yet to news of this nature (sister in law watching out for a child), something may have happened to her and Shining Armor as well. So Twilight may be the last Alicorn standing, which is a thought that shouldn't be as terrifying as it suddenly is.
Also, Yay, Lovelight's back! Hopefully the impending verbal beat down doesn't set off Twi's own 'nirik mode.' Hopefully Starlight has the presence of mind to move Mellow somewhere else beforehand, else there is a risk of him not trusting Lovelight anymore if he sees/hears her go off on Twilight. She can probably maintain that shield as well as Twilight could, if maybe not for quite as long, since she's been shown to be more or less Twilight's equal in magic. Either way, this might end with the Friendship Castle in flames.
In any case, Twilight's fitness as a foster parent should be seriously called into question. Yes, these are extraordinary circumstances, but even before the situation evolved she was not doing well.
Gonna be an unpopular take, but Fluttershy isnt exactly blameless here either. She probably shouldn't have let him eat the entire sample platter, and definitely should have not let him out of her sight at the park. Freezing up was also likely the worst thing she could have done (and exactly what she got on Twilight's case about earlier), though to be fair, I'm not sure what else she could have done. Now Mellow knows that she can't be relied upon for emotional support 100%. Perhaps I'm being unrealistic, but this is not a good look for her.
Hopefully Celestia learns something from this when she gets back. Just because Twilight is her favorite, doesn't mean she's a good option to turn to for every situation. Pretty sure Foster can't deny that this is an unfitting environment for Mellow now. As the social worker assigned to this case, her word should carry some weight, even against Celestia's command that he stay at the Friendship Castle with Twilight.
Not sure where the "slave" comment came from. Wasn't Twilight against Mellow even helping with the dishes? Unless you're referring to her attitude that he should be kept sequestered in the Friendship Castle until the Sisters arrive?
Personally I'm hoping for Mellow to stay with Lovelight, but there are a couple of issues with that, given Celestia's decree and the presence of those two mysteriously sinister ponies from the park.
Anyway, before I ramble on too much, great chapter, and I'm looking forward to the next one! They just get better! Keep up the great work!
I'm pretty scared about some of these developments. They waylaid the train with both Celestia and Luna? Does Twilight have the device to help control the sun and moon here? If not, eternal day it is. Then there is that unicorn mare and pegasus stallion. I'm hoping they are some rogue faction in Equestria and they don't originate from Mellow's world. But I fear they do. For them to just casually jump worlds, change forms, have enough control and power over their magic to take an entire train with two alicorns inside? That's some terrifying power. Enough that I feel that the mane 6 wouldn't be prepared to deal with them and would require Mellow to somehow help. In that situation it would more than likely require him to experience trauma to tap into his magic to help. That sounds genuinely awful and hope I'm wrong about some or all of that.
And through all of that I worry about Lovelight. I'm glad she's shown up, but with that unicorn and pegasus obviously going to cause trouble for Mellow, I don't want her to be collateral damage. If something were to happen to her, I can't even imagine the fallout from that. Flygon, you got me stressin.
Wow! Those are some powerful kidnappers. And yeah, Twilight, you really screwed the pooch there and Spike isn't happy. Neither is anyone else but that's to be expected.
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Wait what's this about Spike? I'm not seeing anything in the chapter. Am I blind?
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It was a joke you didn't get.
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Fair enough.
I like Mellow's nirik form and the blue fire is a nice touch
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i agree
great chapter
Yay love light is back, hopefully she can fix this and get him away from twi. Her OCD and lack of empathy that has showed here a there in the show is really clear here.
Love the chapter can’t wait for the next!
Honestly Twilight is in the right completely in this case sure the way she's going about it is something that is causing problems but the kid almost burned down a forest and can't control his new form of magic having a focus for his anger surprisingly is something good it allowed him to start to control his flame sure his anger got the better of him here but I can see the right in both sides of the confrontation
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It hasn't been anger up till but fear he has major anxiety issues and the first time he was being attacked and the second time a couple of creepy adults were trying to get him. And because of his past experiences he has a lot of guilt and anxiety issues from then.
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True but having a point to focus on is more what I meant plus the fact that he's feeling anger is something that he should feel I understand Twilight side just as much too since this isn't the first time she's had to deal with running the country on her own Tirek remember? Also the incident with the plunder Vines is a big thing too. Still I can guess that the guy who talk to him did it on purpose to get him to go and do something I have a feeling he is connected to the kid's old world.
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True that this is a big responsibility for her and unfortunately Celestia been neglecting that area of her education but Celestia last instruction were to remember friendship and she keeps putting power and status above that with him. He barely knows her and almost every time they have met she focused on the wrong things.
The forest was awful but he was being attacked by timber wolves who thought he make a nice meal. I don't know if those creepy adults are connected with his past or not but they weren't planning anything good for him considering they sounded like every story you hear about stranger danger .
She needs to calm down and stop taking it out on him because he burnt the forest. Nobody got hurt so worrying about might have beens will not make anything better.
First hand him over to starlight who probably gets negative emotions better than twilight being an ex villain. . Then send discord to see if he can find any clues to what happened plus it will give him a chance to make you for the last time he was supposed to take care of someone and didn't. Fluttershy should get tips on how deal with anxiety issues and his flaming up every time his fear goes up. Lovelight should be in charge of him though because he trust her the most. Meanwhile twilight should go to the canterlot castle and she about seeing what she can do there to keep things calm.
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The creepy adults were probably the same ones from the last chapter which means I have a feeling they either found out about the kid or knew that he was showing up at some point.
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I don't know but when someone starts sounding like the person in all those stranger danger stories they are definitely not someone who I would trust.
Well, this is quite an interesting story so far! And we have plot that thickens and thickens... Looking forward for more!
Poor Twilight is overwhelmed and in panic. Gosh, you and your friends are way more dangerous together : )
Never argue in front of your kids, folks.
holy shit of looks could kill
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Doesn't work on me I've seen Fluttershy stare and that didn't work on me either
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Whatever helps you seelp at night.
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... I've never seelped before. Is that a new thing?
Aoeayy if a a red flag when two strange adults ( who we saw last chapter) are trying to lure a minor away from their guardians at a play ground…and him getting mad this kid does not want to get in his white van, I mean go wherever, is another big red flag
Also Twilight is really bad at this. Arguing in front of kids is never good gif them also I get her perspective ( he cannot control his magic and can sort of catch on fire and other stuff so accidents can ensure) but saying stuff likr that the kid is dangerous in front of them is horrible. It stays with a child and sends the wrong message ( and the rest of what str said as well as arguing did not help. No wonder this poor kid lashed out at her)
Twilight has the emotional awareness of a moron. Celestia really screwed up giving her guardian ship of a child; at least Fluttershy is here.
To be fair, it’s perfectly in character for Celestia to leave stuff to Twilight to deal with because “ teach students a lesson”, massive threat putting lives at risk or some villain wrecking habit ( and other consequences of Twilight fails) be damned. Why solve a threat yourself with her god like power when she can do nothing to hood her student figures it out? I am sure nothing can go wrong.
In this case it’s a matter of letting an abused kid with uncontrolled but powerful destructive magic In the care of a a person with no emotional awareness. Yeah sure, why not? (Sarcasm) stuff like this happens
Maybe adopt Mallow herself and use her wisdom to help him or give him to someone else? Again at least Fluttershy is here to balance things out but Twilight is not a good choice of guardian; Celestia ignored the emotional well being of this kid to teach Twilight more lessons
Don’t get me wrong; all of this is 100% in character for everyone involved. Guess I will see next chapter how love light handles this