False Traitor, True Hero
Chapter 2: Chapter 1
Previous Chapter Next ChapterFootsteps echo throughout the castle's hall as Terra sprints past guards and other inhabitants of King Czar's small palace. She reaches his quarters and barges in through its double doors. King Czar, a tall, gray-haired aging ruler, with his horn glistening in the candle light, jumps in surprise in his chair.
"Czar, sir, Broad has gone missing!!"
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"I-is he alright?"
"Ah dunno..."
"I hope so...he was in pretty bad shape when I found him though..."
Hushed, worried voices are spoken all around you. You were laying in something soft, and you felt very warm. The smell of animals, not a pungent odor, but the pleasant scent of nature, lingers in the air. Curious as to where you are, you crack open one eye, then the other. You are laying in a twin-sized bed, and six people are surrounding you, staring at you. They are all girls; each looks to be fairly young. A mature-looking purple-haired girl speaks up as she sees your eyes open.
"Look! He's up!"
"Are you alright, sugarcube?" Another girl asks. She has a heavy southern accent, and wears a cowboy hat, and has on a simple white T-shirt and jeans. She has long braided blond hair, and a splash of freckles on each cheek.
"You've been out for almost the entire night, we were afraid you'd never wake up," adds a small, bookish girl with long, straight dark hair, with one pink highlight. She is clad in all purple; a purple blouse, purple pants, and a catty-cornered purple belt, and has a purple horn, reflecting light from a fireplace somewhere out of view.
"E-er...I guess..." You speak up, your voice cracked and dry.
"Hold on, lemme get you some water," a rainbow-haired girl said as she left the bedside. Your eyes follow her until she passed behind one of the girls who was a couple steps back from the rest. She had long, light pink hair that obscured her face a bit, as if she was hiding behind it. When you look at her, she blushes and looks down, studying the floor.
"Forgive her, she's just really shy," said the mature-looking girl. She also had a horn, not as magnificent as the bookish looking one's horn.
"W-what happened?" You manage to utter.
The bookish one steps closer to you, and explains.
"Fluttershy, the girl over there," She points to the pink-haired, blushing girl, "found you on the path that leads to her cottage, here. You were badly injured, a couple hits to the head, and a lot of gashes and cuts on your chest and arms." She points to your right arm. "That one was really bad. It reached your muscle; you were lucky I could repair it as well as I did."
"You..." You look at your arm, and look back up at her. "You fixed me up? You're a doctor?"
She shakes her head. "I'm not, I'm just really skilled at a lot of magic...tomorrow, we'll get a real doctor over here. In the meantime, you'll just have to rest here."
The rainbow haired girl comes back with a glass of water. "Here ya go, sit up so you won't spill it." You sit up as she handed you the glass. You bring it to your lips and take a sip. It is amazing; the water cleanses out any dryness in your throat. You gulp down the rest as if you haven't had a drink in years.
The hyper looking girl with poofy pink hair to your left finally spoke. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie, but you can just call me Pinkie!" Her hyper aura is cute, dangerously close to adorable. "That's Rarity," She points to the mature-looking girl, "That's Twilight Sparkle, but everyone just calls her Twilight," She points to the purple obsessed bookish girl, and she waves modestly, "That's Applejack," She gestures over to the southern belle accented girl to her right, "That's Rainbow Dash, but most people just call her Dash," She points to the rainbow haired girl that just handed you the glass of water, and she replies, "I'm the most coolest, badass pegasus you'll ever meet!" Pinkie points over to Fluttershy and chimes in, "And as Twilight said earlier, that's Fluttershy! She's really shy, so please be patient with her, she means no harm."
Fluttershy blushed a darker pink and said softly, "O-Oh, no, I couldn't harm anything, w-well except that one time...oh w-wait I didn't mean..." She hides her face behind a rosy-pink curl and blushed a deep red. You can't help but smile at her shyness, it is very adorable, but you get rid of the smile, because you look sort of creepy, staring at her with a grin on your face.
"What's your name?" Pinkie asks, tilting her head slightly, like a dog. You open your mouth to say something, but you stop. The hell? Your name doesn't come to your head. You tried to remember your name, but to no avail. Come to think of it, you can't remember a thing! Not your age, not your height, not a single thing.
There was a silence, and everyone looks at you with concern. After staring at the covers for a long time, you say it.
"I... can't remember..."
"W-what?" Rainbow Dash asks, "You can't remember? What, did you get amnesia or something?"
"It's not just that...I can't remember anything..."
"This'll be a pain..." Twilight says, lowering her head.
"Sorry..." You stammer out. You feel bad for being an inconvenience to the people who saved your life.
"No, don't feel sorry," Twilight sighs, "It's not your fault you developed amnesia. I guess one of the knocks to your head hit hard enough to cause brain damage."
"I guess, but I still feel kinda bad," you sigh as you massage your aching forehead.
As you caress your head, a thought rises in your head. It isn't something too pertinent, but it's been bothering you.
"So, you found me cut up a lot, right?"
Fluttershy lowers her head and blushes, so Twilight takes the liberty of answering your questions. "Yes. Why?"
"Well, if my chest was as diced up as you say, then, how come my clothes are in one piece?" You are wearing a plain, baggy white T-shirt and sweatpants that are quite intact. You look around the room, and notice that there are only the six girls and yourself there. No other men. "D-did one of you...change m-me?" You stammer out, your face getting red. The others' faces grow red as well.
This isn't looking too well for you.
"You didn't see a-anything, did you?" Fluttershy squeaks and hides her face, which is bright red, with her hands. Applejack, not a shade lighter of Fluttershy's blush, is scratching the back of her neck and chuckling nervously. Dash is staring at the ground, blushing as well, and is kicking at the ground lightly. Twilight and Rarity glance at each other, and Pinkie, bless her, breaks the silence.
"Are you kidding? Of COURSE we saw it!" She chirps, not looking embarrassed in the slightest.
Tick, tick, tick, ding.
"W...wh...WHAT!?" You shout, blushing a deep red, sinking in your covers. You feel as if all sense of privacy was out the window.
"P-PINKIE!!" Everyone shouts at her in unison. Fluttershy got even redder and looks like she is about to faint.
"What?" She asks innocently.
"YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING!!" Dash yells at her while simultaneously throwing a pillow at her. She notices you staring at her in shock, and began to stutter something illegible.
"W-well...er..." You are at a loss for words. All of your embarrassment coalesced into a physical entity, and has a death grip on you vocal chords.
"I don't see what the big problem is..." Pinkie Pie huffed. You assumed that she was oblivious to the thought of privacy.
Deciding it was best to change the subject as fast as possible, you ask the group a question
"U-uhm, what time did you guys find me? You said I'd been out for almost the entire night."
"Oh, er, around...10:30, was it?" Twilight thought. She'd almost instantly forgot about the previous complete corrosion of your privacy.
"Uhhm, y-yeah, I-I think so," Rainbow Dash stuttered. It was obvious she was still shaken. Fluttershy hasn't even budged, for she now covered her face completely with her hair, and was studying the floor.
"Ah think that it's about a lil after 5:00 in the mornin, now," Applejack said.
"Well, I'd better go, Spike is probably worried, I've been gone for a while. Bye, er," She pauses.
"You ok?" You ask, concerned.
"Yeah, just, I don't know what to call you."
"Maybe if we wait a while, he'll remember," Rarity says.
"Yeah, maybe," You say. Out of nowhere, you yawn, feeling the exhaustion set back into your bones.
"You should get some rest, you'll need it," Applejack tells you.
"N-nah, I'm fi...'m fine..." You slink under the covers and close your eyes, completely forgetting and not caring about what had happened moments ago.
Applejack chuckles, "What did ah tell ya? Welp, Ah'll be headin' out now. Bah, Fluttershy," You hear her say as she walks out. A pause, you guess everyone waved, and then you hear Dash speak up.
"Well, I'll be going too, bye stranger," she says to you as you hear her walk away.
You mutter out a "Bye" before she leaves. Only Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rarity are left, that is until Rarity says her goodbyes, and leaves.
"W-well, um...I, I guess we'll just...um..." Her voice fades as your consciousness does the same.
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