I woke up the next morning, feeling refreshed and ready to move with the day. I left my home and walked around town, I spotted Twilight and Spike on a small hill, Twilight seemed to be practising with a new spell.

"Morning you two, are you busy?" I asked.

"A little, Twilight's working on a combo spell." Spike explained.

She made a suit appear on Spike, followed by turning the stick into a fancy cane and Spike admired himself.

"Eyes over here, Spike." Twilight said

"Uhh, sorry" Spike answered as Twilight began to turn a rock above Spike's head into a hat.

"For this to work, it's crucial that we keep our concentration un-"

We then heard a "Oooh!" which distracted me and the rock landed on Spike's head, causing him to fall in a daze.

"Spike!" Twilight yelled, "This magic needs our full attention to make it happen, there's no other way."

"I can't help it, look."

Spike pointed us to see Pinkie acting very cautious and odd today, switching to many hiding places.

Twilight sighed, "Never mind her, she's just being Pinkie Pie."

"Super extra Pinkie Pie today." Spike added.

I walked over to see Pinkie and seeing her tail shivering.

"Hmmm, twitchy, twitchy, twitch." Pinkie said to herself.

"Ohhh, you're having one of those superstitious days again?" I asked her.

"I am...wait a minute, how do you know?"

"You had one a long time ago before, it was that week after I moved here." I reminded her.

"Oh yes, you're right."

Twilight and Spike then came up beside me, "Pinkie Pie, what in the wide, wide world of Equestria are you up to?" she asked.

"Oh it's my tail, it's my tail, it's like twitching twitching." she replied showing her tail right in Twilight's face before moving away. "And you know what that means?"

"Actually, Pinkie, I haven't the slightest idea." Twilight said who was unsure.

"The twitching means my pinkie sense is telling me that something's gonna start falling." Pinkie explained in her random way, "You should better duck for cover."

"Oh Pinkie, it's not gonna rain. When's there barely even a cloud-"

Suddenly, a frog came by and crashed on Twilight's face which cut her off.

"Wow, talk about getting kissed by a Prince!" I exclaimed, performing my rimshot moment again.

The frog croaked.

"He just said, nice catch in frog," Pinkie translated.

"Ohhh, I'm so so sorry." a voice said, we looked up and it was Fluttershy with a wagon full of frogs....she must be desperate for a coltfriend.

"You okay, Twilight Sparkle? I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting overpopulated. What with the frogs all hopping into each other. So I decided to fly as many as I can over to froggy bottom farm."

"Of course you did." Twilight muttered.

"Bye bye." Fluttershy said as she flew onwards with her frogs.

"Uhh Twilight, you've got a little something on your face, there." Pinkie pointed.

"Really, did your pinkie sense tell you that, too?"

"Nah, I could just see it." Pinkie then trotted off.

Twilight grumbled and then shook the frog off her face.

Suddenly, Spike burped out a letter.

"A letter from the Princess?" I asked surprisingly.

"What could it be about?" Twilight wondered.

Spike then read out the letter, "My faithful alicorn, Bond Racer, you are hereby requested to meet me at Canterlot Castle, there is an urgent matter that needs your assistance. Princess Celestia."

"A meeting with me? Well this is a surprise." I said.

"We'll be fine in case you're wondering." Twilight assured.

"Oh right, well just don't let it get to you too much if Pinkie's twitchy behaviour carries on, I'll be back soon." I said as I began to fly.

"See you then, Bond. Come on Spike, let's continue our practice session where there is a little less commotion." Twilight said as they walked off.

I flew into the sky and on my way to Canterlot, I landed down to just outside the castle, where there were two guards on standby.

"We are here to escort you to the Princess." one of them said as they walked along with me inside. We then arrived at a large doorway which led to the throne room where the Princess was seated, obviously waiting for me and another Pony that was nearby.

"Bond Racer is here to see you." one of the guards spoke.

"Thank you, you may now leave us." Celestia responded.

"Yes, your highness."

The guards left the throne room, closing the door behind me.

I walked down the throne room, closer to the Princess and I bowed in her presence.

"Hello Bond Racer, I am pleased you could be here today." Celestia greeted.

"It is a pleasure to see you, Princess. What did you wanted to see me for?"

"I summoned you here because I believe you may be able to help out with great importance."

"And who might that be?"

"Your sister, Sweet Chocolate." she pointed to my Sister who was looking at the stained pictures before turning towards me.

"Well hi again bro!" she greeted.

"Sister, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"I came by to see how you were doing." my sister replied before her mood suddenly changed, "However, I also have sad news."

I began to feel concerned, "What's it about?" I asked, preparing for the worst.

"You remember our auntie who used to look after us when we were little?"

"Of course I do, you mentioned about it when I was visiting Las Pegasus."

"Well...a friend of hers sent me a letter to tell us that...she...passed away...yesterday morning." she sniffed.

I gasped and felt as if I had just got kicked right in the horseshoes, I was distraught to hear the news.

"Our auntie, the one who gave us faith when our parents couldn't...is gone?" I asked, trying not to cry.

"Yes..." she began to cry and so did I, we walked closer to each other before moving in with a sister/brother hug, sharing our tears together.

"I am very sorry to hear your loss, you two. But you must stay strong because as I am aware, you are the only two who can carry on the family name." Celestia intervened.

We pulled out of the hug and my Sister nodded, "You're right, Princess."

"However, that is only half of the discussion. I believe there is a story that you, Bond, have not yet told. The events that led you from Fillydelphia to Ponyville in the first place."

"Of course, I never got to hear what happened to you in the years after I left home." Sweet Chocolate agreed.

"I guess I should explain why I came here in the first place." I sighed.

My sister had wiped her tears away and she sat down to listen.

"When you left our parents years ago, things were quiet for a while and our Mum and Dad were always happy, they watched me grow up and finding out how I did at School. It seemed like it was going to be all very well...until one fateful night where it turned incredibly sour." I then took a deep breath and carried on. "It was the Fillydelphia state talent show at the school that night, all of us had separate big parts to act on. Our parents were in the audience, watching it from the beginning. When my part began, I was quite nervous as my role was about being funny and entertaining, which is why I tend to spurt out random stuff, but I pulled it off in the end. When my part was finished, I got a huge applause and I looked around to see that our parents weren't there. So after the show, I went looking for them, I had snuck out of the building and went around until I found them in alleyway a short walk away from the school...cornered by a gang of pony mobsters." I started to get emotional at this point, remembering the events that followed. "They wanted all their money that we had saved up for my future studies...when they both refused...their mob leader sang a disturbing short musical song...and...and...pulled out a gun with unicorn magic...and fired it...at our Dad. I had to look away, hearing our mother scream so loud...b-before...another gunshot went off."

I began to cry at this point, but Celestia had brought in a box of tissues to help clean my tears away, my sister said nothing so far.

"I screamed at the mobs for killing our parents, they saw me and looked like they were about to kill me as well...until a bright light from above suddenly appeared, blinding the killers, giving me a chance to escape. I then discovered that I was able to fly now, so zooming back to our family home, I took whatever I could, galloped over to our auntie's house and telling her that I needed to get out of Fillydelphia as quick as possible. She took me to the train station, gave me a bag of bits and wished me luck, I boarded the train and I didn't care where I was going. I wanted to get out of there..." I paused for a moment, trying to calm down. "...when it was the next day, I found myself in Ponyville. There was an empty home up for sale just by the entrance to the town, so I went straight to the Town Hall and to my surprise, Princess Celestia was there with Mayor Mare, I asked for a home and with the princess's blessing, I was able to move into the new home. It was quite empty at first, but when I unpacked what I took, it began to look and feel like a new home."

I had stopped crying then and was able to finish the rest of the story with comfort.

"So that's all there is to it, ever since that night, I've hated musicals with a passion and it's why you never see me when somepony starts singing with background music. Although the day before, I did listen to one pony singing, so it was a start I guess."

I took another deep breath as I finished my story, my sister began to cry again.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that, bro. If I had known, I would've kept you safe from those mobsters." she cried, hugging me again.

"It's alright, sister, there was nothing we could've done to save our parents. But things have turned out for the better since leaving Fillydelphia. I have made the best friends ever and also become one of the elements of harmony, being the element of faith is something to be proud of." I said whilst beginning to smile.

"It is indeed and you should be very proud of how far you've come, since that day you arrived in Ponyville." Celestia said.

"As I am too, bro."

"Thanks sister."

We shared another quick hug.

"Well, I've gotta go back to Las Pegasus, I hope one day, we'll meet again on happier terms." Sweet Chocolate said.

"I have faith that we will, sister." I replied. "I shall head back to Ponyville as well."

"Very well, you may both leave the castle. But remember, whatever was said in this room will never leave this place. I will make it my duty to keep this conversation a secret between all three of us." Celestia stated.

"Thank you Princess, I feel like a lot of weight has been lifted off me." Sweet said.

"Same here, thank you again, Princess." I agreed.

"It's no problem at all, I will see you soon, Bond."

After waving to my sister and the princess, I exited the throne room and then left the castle and began flying back to Ponyville. I felt so much better after letting out my dark past and all of a sudden, I didn't seem to mind musicals...guess a bit of Rarity's persuasion is rubbing off on me, hehe. It was sunset as soon as I landed down in the middle of town and I found Spike.

"Hey Bond, good thing you're here." Spike said.

"Oh hey Spike, what is it?" I asked.

"Rainbow Dash said that an event is going to take place at Cloudsdale tomorrow and she wants as much support as possible."

"Well, since I can fly, I'll be sure to be there for her and Fluttershy too."

"But what about the rest of the girls?" he asked with concern.

Spike had a good point, since the other four couldn't fly.

"I'm sure Twilight will find a way."

"Maybe, catch you around." Spike said as he walked off.

"Same to you." I replied as I walked back to my house.

Walking into my home, I didn't wanna do anything else except getting into bed as I was quite tired with today's events. It was a quite a contrast, seeing Pinkie going all twitchy to discussing my past to my Sister and the Princess which kinda gave me a lot of relief. I could now finally move on and perhaps start to enjoy musicals too, but right now, one step at a time is all I want... Next Chapter: Sonic Rainboom Estimated time remaining: 26 Hours, 17 Minutes