Family of Another Originby Castok the Shadow
Chapters
Daddy's here
This place is so Goddamn cold! Who could possibly live in this weather?! It's been four straight days seen I left the confront of the forest and now wished that I used my 'monster name' to gain more passages then just walking onto the frozen king's alleyway! But my travel will been done shortly... I hope.
I wore my warmest clothes to my travel to her home. By warmest I meant my original clothes plus some animal furs that I hunted for. I'm not making the same mistakes the Nazis did when they invaded Russia. I wore dozens of fur. From bunnies to large wolves, I hunted them down for their fur. I used to hate hunting fur but it's even that or freeze to death. My choice was clear as this frozen wasteland!
Soon I heard cheers coming from up a tall hill. I doubled my walking and reached to the top of the hill, ducking down to make sure no one could see me. When I reached to the top of the hill, I was meet with bright light and colourful crystals houses and castle. If it wasn't for the sun's light that brighten the snows two days ago, I think I could gotten my eyes blinded. I brought out my telescope that I 'borrowed' from a pony hunter and looked though it.
The whole city was flooded by ponies, shining and normal ones. They were laughing and chatting while the little ones played with small games and other activities. There were not a lot of guards then I was prepared to faced because this place was called The Crystal Empire and I know very well what an empire is, so why are there not a lot of guards? Typical ponies...Typical ponies. I searched the city though my telescope and found some thing very interesting. In the middle of the castle was a heart. This heart was almost like the colour of my rose. Blue but a bit lighter and more...Well crystal. But even from this far away I could felt some kind of feeling, a present from this heart. Was it-NO! Its only hers feeling. But damn was it close. Suddenly, sounds of trumpets was heard. This startle me and I looked to where those trumpets. I found four of those crystal ponies blowing the instruments and one normal pony standing in front of them. He was yellow with a blue mane and waring golden armour. I don't like that one, don't know why but I do. He said something but I was too far to hear it. Soon the others began to move closer to the castle. Gathering like maggots to a trash. Out of the castle came two Alicorns. One was blue and the other was white. Their manes were flowing and had beauty colours. Their voices though were much more powerful.
"Good evening, everypony!" The blue one boosted. "Today is a time to rejoice and celebrate for a new member of the royal family has been born!"
"Everypony!" The white one said with a motherly tone. "Please make a warm welcome to Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armour and their foal, Princess Skyla!" My heart missed a beat when the white one mentioned her name. They stepped aside and letted her, her husband and their child. The city was cheering and stamping their hooves on the ground like they were clapping. I focused my telescope some more and try and get a better image. As softy as they could, they came out of the shadows. My wonder for who she married has finally shown his face. I snarled angrily, for the one she married...Was that boy on that day! She would married the one she stayed with and caused me this much pain and suffering while also being hunted down like some animal for many years?! This boy doesn't not deserve her! I looked at her, Cadence. Her present and her feeling was slowly creeping into my heart and soul. But I could only felt betrayal and sorrow and loss. Although the true feeling was somewhere down there, its just I cannot feel it anymore. They walked up and looked down at their crowd of ponies all cheering for their child birth. I tried to see the child, but it was covered in blankets. I could only see its light pink horn coming out of the blanket. So small and yet I felt no love for it and no reason to care. That's why I'm here. I looked at Cadence. But she wasn't looking at the baby. Instead...She was looking straight at me. I jumped and ducked down from her stare. She couldn't see me, could see? No. Unless she had super visions then its impossible for her to see me this far away from the city. I looked back though the telescope and saw her looking down at the child with the largest smile sense...sense. Is this what she felt around me or was I imagining that? ARH! The past stays in the past. And soon, so shall mine. Cadence and the boy when back inside along with the other Alicorns.
I put the telescope back into my bag and watched the rest of the city celebrating the day of the new royal baby. I watched them all play, chat and laugh with each other. Its like those years ago in the woods with Cadence. Those were the years...those years. The city was too full and I would be spotted easily by the guards or any other. Perhaps under the cover of night I could make it to the castle undetected by any ponies. So I headed down from the hill and went to find a place to rest till night fall. Somewhere warm and not cold like this wasteland. I found a cave not so far from the city and decided that's the place to rest and gain more strength for the little surprise.
She'll be very surprise...Very indeed.
Night has fallen and things were going to plan. Spilling though the defences was easy. Like I said before, there wasn't a lot of guards and they were only patrolling the roads and streets, not the alleyways or on top of houses. Some guards they are.
Soon I reached to the castle. Though the entrance is blocked by a dozen of guards, all with watchful eyes. So much for that. Where to go now? I looked at the castle to see if there is another way in. Then I remembered. There was that entrance at the top of the castle that they shown the baby. That's not guarded nor would it. Perfect. I went around the watchful guards and reached the opposite side of the castle wall. I looked up to see how I can get up there. To my surprise, this castle is truly made of crystals. There was bits of crystals sticking out like those rock climbing wall for kids. I smiled at this discovery. The surprise will begin.
I began to climb the wall by grabbing those crystal that was out of place. It was cold but it didn't stopped me for continuing my surprise. Damn, this castle is huge. Lucky her. The was long and boring. Sometime I looked at the city and see its beauty and wonder. But soon enough, I'd reached to the where Cadence shown this Skyla to the city. I climbed over and landed in front of the doorway to what I think is her room. There was a bed large enough to hold two people in, so this must be her bed. Next to it was a small cot with many small details on it. But no one is there, so they must be somewhere in the castle. I began to walk inside of the room and searched around it. They got a lot of presents and lots of cards saying stuff like well done it's an filly, that sort of stuff. Seriously there's a hold area just for these things. It's very strange.
Suddenly the door began to open slowly. I jumped and ran outside and hided myself behind a wall leading to her room. I poked my head out to see who was coming in to the room. Out from the door was Cadence and that boy Shining Armour with the baby in Cadence's right hoof. The baby was asleep, being putted into the cot to rest. Cadence placed the baby into the cot and kissed the baby on the cheek. She smiled for a while until see look outside. I pulled my head back so she wouldn't see me. I heard hoofsteps coming closer to me. No! I must not be seen. I held my breath and hoped she doesn't see me. Luckily, she stopped only a foot away from seeing me, I could just see her nose and horn coming though but that was it.
"Cadence" Came Shining Armour's voice. "What is it? Is something wrong?" I almost snarled at his care for her. He cause this to happened and now look at what he has done!
"It's nothing, honey" Cadence replied. I nearly throw up from his nickname. "It's just...It's been ten years since he ran away and I thought he would come and see Skyla or even me for once." She...She still care?
"I know, Cady" Shining said pitifully. He has no right to call her that! "But if it makes you feel any better, there's reports on a creature known as 'The Anghenfil' has been very common in the Everfree forest with the same details as him, perhaps he's still out there in the forest and Luna has found a dream were you were in with a strange creature. It could be him still, just out in the forest somewhere" Reports? What reports? And who's this 'Luna'?
"I still wish he was here for one day" Cadence answered with a sigh. She stood there for a few seconds before heading inside. "Lets leave Skyla here and see to that our guests return to their chambers" I heard an agreeable hum from the boy and they both walked out to the door, leaving the room to Skyla...And me. I poked my head out again to see if they were still there only to see the room empty. I then entered the room and headed towards the cot where Skyla laid. I brought out my woodsmen's axe that was on my back out and placed it in my hands. Time for the little surprise now. I reached up to the cot and got a perfect image of this baby.
She was light pink with lavender and yellow mane. She was laying down on a blueish sheet and under a purplish cover. She wore a little crown on her head that looked almost like Cadence's one. I looked at her for a little while at how she brought so much joy in Cadence's life. Skyla must be her whole world...Now for the little surprise. I raised my axe up in the air and before I could make the surprise. Skyla gave me a surprise. She opened her eyes and stared straight into my eyes. I frozen still, she looked into my eyes and I looked in hers. She has my eyes, light bluish eyes like mine. I didn't see the boy's eyes so my thought was that he had those eyes and so Skyla will have them as well. But it just crept on me all of a sudden. Soon she began to giggled, she was giggling at me and had her hooves up to grab me. I stared at her as I lowered my axe and placed it on my back. I then leaned down and let Skyla hold my left hand. She grabbed it as she giggled happily. I was still in shock from this. But at the same time...Glad? I couldn't described it but it seem as if fate held something else and didn't wanted this surprise. As she giggled. I chuckled for the first time for a long while. I haven't felt this sense...sense...Time for another surprise. I slowly and gently lifted Skyla out of her cot and rapped the cover around her only letting her face shown while the rest was covered in the cover. I looked at her as she was slowly going back to sleep.
"Don't you worry, Skyla" I whispered as I grinned happily and somewhat sinisterly. "Daddy's here" I kissed her on her forehead and began to walk towards my exit as softly as I could be. I was just about to leaped down and land on the building under us before the door opened again. I stopped in my tracks and turned my head slowly to see whom it was. I heard a gasp of dread and shock as I found who it was. Why her go course. She looked at with in fright and I to her in delight as I smiled at her. I letted her see Skyla in my hand and chuckled some more when she saw her.
"Your wish is granted" I said while chuckling. As soon as I said that I taken out a potion that was made by a 'neutral ally' and jumped. When I jumped out, I threw the potion down on the ground where a portal opened to where I wanted to go. I went though the portal and quickly spun around so my back was facing the portal because it was placed on one of my home's wall so I would of landed on my face if I didn't spun around. I landed on my feet and looked back at the portal. I saw Cadence catching up and so I clicked my fingers so the portal could close and reopened somewhere else. The portal disappeared, leaving only a chuckling me and a sleeping Skyla alone in my home. I looked down at Skyla and smiled.
"Welcome home" I whispered gladly.
Two days later
It's been two days since The Anghenfil kidnapped princess Skyla, and Equestria and The Crystal Empire were searching everywhere for them. They searched high and low, from city to city and still they couldn't find them. However, Shining Armour sent his best men to search through the Everfree forest. He'd now relying heavily on his men's reports and princess Luna, searching through the dream realm for that dream where Cadence was with something like The Anghenfil.
Cadence however, was in an emotional state. As everyone was looking for the princess and The Anghenfil, Cadence spent most of her time in her room, looking at Skyla's cot or spending time with her sister-in-law and aunties. She wanted her daughter back, but she also wanted him as well. Why did he took Skyla? What does he want? And what happened to him? Cadence believed that The Anghenfil wouldn't do this willingly and he too is a victim as well. She only told a certain amount of ponies who's The Anghenfil is and how she knows him. Other then that, it's unknown who stolen Skyla to the publics. Only the royals and her sister-in-law's friends knows.
Right now, everyone was in the crystal throne. Cadence sat on her throne with her head low while Twilight tried to comfort her. While Twilight's friends were all there as well, they really didn't talked to anyone apart from themselves. Not because they don't want too, but they don't know what to say to something like this. Celestia was also by Cadence's side while her sister, along with Shining Armour, was out trying to find The Anghenfil. Luna had none stopped searching for that dream and she could almost feel the dream ever closer the harder she tried. It has been a hard time for all, no one has really rested since the kidnap and none are willing to stop till they find Skyla and The Anghenfil.
Soon enough. The door that enters the throne room opened to reviled Shining Armour in his royal captain armour. Of all the people determined to get Skyla back, her father was at the top of the list. Ever resting, barely eating and never giving up until he has Skyla in his arms again or The Anghenfil brought to justice. Yet even for what that creature has done, Shining knew him from what his wife has told him and he knew how important The Anghenfil was to her past so he will bring him to justice, but not rough or aggressive because of Cadence's background with him. Everyone's head turned to Shining in hopes that he had some good news. Sadly...
"Nothing" Shining said in defeat. "The reposts as nothing out of the normal or any hint of him or Skyla of their way about"
"It's alright Shining" Twilight said with pitiful smile. "We'll find them, he can't hide forever now and he may forget something that'll give us a glue to his location"
Cadence shook her head. "That wouldn't work, his whole life was in those woods and he knows how to camouflage his surroundings. Everyday in those woods, ponies would come and go, and he would make sure that all of his tracks, items and his very self disappear like he never existed"
"We must not give up hope now" Celestia spoke with her motherly voice. "If what you say is true about him, then he may return with Skyla because of the goodness in him. From what you said about him, he would never bring harm to you or anyone close to you"
"Which is why I think he's not doing this willingly, a lot could happened to him throughout those years, alone, cold and scared" Cadence's eyes welled up with tears and placed her front hooves over her eyes. "For goodness sake, I think he's beyond scared. He must be terrified and thanks to his horrid nickname 'The Anghenfil', he probably never had a warm meal or the warmth of a cosy fire or..." She couldn't go on. She cried and cried. Her daughter has been taken away from her, her closest friend is the kidnapper and now they are all alone in the open world, being hunted down. Twilight, along with Celestia, placed a wing around her as the rest watched with sadden looks on their faces. Such a horrid feeling for one to take alone.
But from out of nowhere. The princess of the night appeared with the biggest smile on her face.
"Everyone" Luna called for everyone's attention. "Good news, I found the dream"
Before anyone could look or say anything back. Cadence's head shot up and she rushed towards her aunty. "You have!? Are you sure?!"
"Indeed I have" Luna replied with pride. "It was at the far edges of the dream realm but I have finally found it. Once he fall asleep again, you and me can enter his dream and in front him"
Cadence's eyes widened in joy and she hugged Luna with all of her strength. "Oh thank you, thank you!" She yelled in happiness. She then let go of her aunty and both of them walked down the hallway to get ready to meet him again from ten years apart.
'Jorge, I want to know why' She thought as she walked with her aunty.
'Oh my God, does she not shut up?!' Jorge thought while he blasted his head on a nearby wall. From the last two days. He had been hunted down twenty-four seven none stop, his food supplies were getting low and now his newly guest won't stop crying. He thought it would be a breeze, but he did not know that a having a child wouldn't be.
Growly, Jorge headed towards Skyla's room and opened the door. Jorge's home was merely a ruin building close to where the Castle of the Two Sisters was. In his time in the forest, he had to fix every single cracks and holes in the building by placing some flat rocks and leafs on the ground, walls and roof. It may not be the perfect nor the prettiest home, but it is his home. Now, it's noisy home.
Skyla's room was originally his and still is. But he had to steal a cot from the local baby shop which he nearly got caught by the local guards, but luckily he got away and hide his tracks. Skyla still had her blanket that Jorge stolen from her original cot and was now kicking it around as she cried.
Jorge reached towards the cot and picked up the baby.
"What is it now, girl?" Jorge growled as he hold Skyla out, arms wide out and was holding her as if he had no idea what she was. "You cry when you're hungry, you cry when you want to go and now you're crying from what? What's wrong!?" Jorge then brought Skyla closer to his face and started to analysis what's making her cry. As he did that, Skyla stopped crying for a bit and looked at Jorge's scruffy bread. She then reached out and touched it, making Jorge stop for a monument and looked into Skyla's eyes. As she played with his bread, Jorge looked deep into her eyes. Her eyes, looked like his and it brought peace for Jorge. He knew that he has no relation to her. But yet, Skyla's eyes looked almost, no, completely like his and it didn't creep him out at all. Instead, it makes Jorge smile.
"I guess you just want someone to play with, eh?" Jorge chuckled as Skyla played with his fuzzy bread. She giggled as it tickled her front hooves. "You're just like your mother, wanting to know what the hell I am" Jorge sighed, remembering his time with Cadence in the woods. All those good time... All gone and stuck in the past. Yet it still hurts like a hornet sting, you'll never forget the pain.
Suddenly, sounds of flying wings, insect wings were heard not so far away. By the sounds of it, there was no more then a dozen of them. Jorge's eyes widened for a second before he put Skyla back into her cot and put his finger over his mouth to tell her to be quiet. As if she knew what that means, Skyla started to close her eyes and slowly went to sleep. Jorge quietly exited the room and headed to where the sounds of the insect wings was heard. From his room, he past through the small hallway, entered the just fixed living room and reached the door, which he opened with confidence.
Outside was Jorge's neutral ally. A queen of the changelings; Queen Chrysalis.
She stood there with two bodyguards and behind her was three drones carrying wagons of supplies. Queen Chrysalis gave a toothy grin at Jorge.
"Ah, Anghenfil" Chrysalis said, showing her fangs. "How is my strange, helpful assistant?" She didn't knew about Jorge's real name cause he didn't tell her. He just told her his nickname instead.
"Disappointed that it took you this long" Jorge grunted as he headed towards the wagons. He reached to one of them and looked at the changeling that was pulling it. He snorted and the changeling quickly unattached himself from the wagon and hided behind another. Chrysalis shook her head and waved one of her front hooves aside, telling the bodyguards and the drones to leave her alone with Jorge. As the changelings started to walked away from them. Chrysalis spoke again.
"So, ain't you going to invite me to your little home?"
"If I was, we wouldn't be talking here, won't we?" Jorge questioned Chrysalis's intelligence as he looked through one of the wagon to check that everything was there.
"Come come, Anghenfil" Chrysalis giggled as she walked closer to Jorge, placing a hoof on his shoulder. "Is that the way you talk to the pony that has helped you all those years?" The words she said lifted Jorge's head, with eyes widened. He was having a flashback, a very common flashback. His pupils shrunken and his hearing slowly died out. All he could hear was two echoey voices.
'Do you see me as a friend?'
'Maybe more?'
Luckily, before more could happened. He shook his head and was back to his normal self, though it hurt him a little.
"No" Jorge quickly answered the queen's question. "They normally stab you in the heart and run off for some random boy on the street" He then moved away from Chrysalis's hoof on his shoulder and headed to the other two wagons, mainly to do what her did in the last one.
"Ah yes, her..." Chrysalis snarled, remembering her defeat at the wedding. "Speaking about that, heard anything useful, Anghenfil?"
"Not from the information you gave me, I heard nothing important so far" He turned to face Chrysalis. "Why, have you?"
"As a matter of fact I do" She grinned again, showing once more her fangs. "I heard that she has given birth to a healthy young foal"
Jorge's reaction was quick. She knew, but Jorge can hide his emotions from her and can easily improvise quickly.
"What?!" Jorge shouted in pretend anger. "Not only does she get married and have a castle of her own, now she has a child and it is the offspring of the boy that made all this?!"
"I knew that would tick you off"
"Tick off is the not even the word I would use to describe it!" Jorge walked away from the second wagon and checked on the last wagon. "You better have some good news as well"
"Not really, I'm afraid" Chrysalis simply said. "Just to give you your supplies as promised and I'll be seeing you around sometime" She stamped one of her hooves and the changelings, along with her, began to fly away from Jorge. However, as the changelings were flying. Their queen stopped halfway and turned around to face Jorge below. "Now that you mention it, there is some good news." She yelled down at Jorge. "The bargain is still on, just add the little foal in it"
"What?" Jorge roared in disbelief at to what the queen just said. "You want me to go ba...beyond the safety of the forest and head all the way to that frozen wasteland, to simply give weak points for you in return for her and that brat? You want me to freeze to death?"
"Just think about, I'll return someday, that'll give you sometime to make a choice"
After she said those words. Chrysalis returned to her subjects and flew away into the distance, leaving Jorge to his thoughts.
'God damnit! How am I gonna keep Skyla quiet when miss buggy returns?! Jorge shouted in his head as he brought the supplies in his home. One by one, all of his supplies or food, water and equipments were in his home. It was long and boring, but it was wroth it because he doesn't need to go out tonight or tomorrow. He yawned and slowly went to his room. 'I'm in a mess now, Equestria is looking everywhere for me and I got to make a choice now thanks to our bargain' Jorge made it to his room and looked at his couch. He didn't had a bed, but he had some blankets and pillows so he wasn't complaining. Jorge sat on his couch and was about to lay down when...
*crying*
"Mother..." Jorge growled as he brought one of his pillows and covered his face to yell in. Once he finished yelling, he dropped his pillow and walked up to Skyla's cot, which he then processed to pick her up. "What is it? What is it?" He said as he hold her in his arms. "You hungry? You thirsty? You need to go? You..." Jorge would continue. But he heard no more crying from Skyla, nor any movement. Jorge looked down to see why she stopped crying and moving. Skyla, as peaceful as she could be, was nestled in Jorge's arms. She was already fast asleep and the only reason why she was crying, was because she wanted someone to keep her safe and warm in their arms. That someone was none other then Jorge. Jorge smiled and chuckled to himself. "you clever girl"
Jorge decided to not put her back in her cot. Instead he walked back to his couch, picked up the pillow on the floor and lay down on the couch. He made sure that Skyla wouldn't fell off in the night, so he placed her on his chest and pulled the blanket over themselves. Skyla's head rested on where Jorge's heart would be, listening to the soft sounds of the heart's beats.
Jorge stared at her for a short while before himself started to slowly close his eyes. Slowly drifting to sleep.
"Goodnight, Skyla" Jorge whispered to her softly.
The Dreamly Reunion
Cadance and Luna has entered the dream realm. It was almost like they were in a tornado, filled with tiny orbs that were all the dreams from Equestria. Some were larger then others, some were more brighter while others were more calmer then the rest. But tonight, the two Alicorns was searching for one particular dream. The dream of Skyla's kidnapper, the dream of Cadance's lost friend.
The dream of Jorge.
As Cadance's eyes were being dazzled by how many dream orbs there was. Luna was using her magic to find Jorge's dream orb where last saw it. Soon enough. A larger, blackish blue orb floated down from the top of the dream tornado. Jorge's orb dwarfed the other orbs and what was strange about his blackish blue orb, was how different it was and how calm it is.
Cadance turned to face her aunt and in turn, Jorge's orb.
"Is that his dream?" Cadance asked with a bit of worry from how larger and more sinister it was compair to the others.
"More of a nightmare, but yes this his orb" Cadance's aunt explained.
"Nightmare?"
"Yes, Cadance. Whoever has a nightmare or a bad dream. Their dream orb grows bigger and change into a berserking terror orb. Yet, it seems that Jorge's orb doesn't act like the others"
Cadance lifted an eyebrow to what Luna said. "How so?"
"Well for one" Luna countiued explaining. "The orb wouldn't obey me and would go on a rampage across the dream realm. Second, the orb seems to be in a state of confusion. It knows that Jorge is having a nightmare, but whatever he is dreaming right now, the orb doesn't feel any fear nor any desire to wake up" Luna looked at Cadance. "For the first time, in all my years of dealing with terror orbs, it comes to me in hopes of knowing why his dreamer is not trying to wake up"
Cadance looked at Jorge's terror orb. Luna is right. Just by looking at it, she could feel a sence of confusion coming from the orb.
"Well guessing and just standing around isn't going to give us answers" Cadance said with a sigh. "Can you get us into his 'nightmare' aunty?"
Luna nodded as she glowed her horn. The orb then transformed into a pale door and opened itself for the Alicorns to enter.
The two princesses then walked in and entered Jorge's dream.
'It's...It's exactly like the last time' Cadence thought with a face that showed surprise, lost and... good memories. Once the two Alicorns entered Jorge's dream, they were in the same woods he used to live in before that fateful day. It looked like a perfect image. However, it was more dull and had a foggy feeling around the princesses, as if they were being watched or more better description. Being skulked.
But they pressed on. Cadence was so close to finally come face to face with her childhood friend that has been separated for ten years and there nothing, anything that will stop her.
As they walked through Jorge's dream looking for him. Cadence also looked at all the places they used to play at. She remembered playing chess under the shade of the trees, the same trees they used to play hide and seek in. Cadence remembered everything. Even the dreadful, fateful day. Where she last saw Jorge... Jumping off the walls as he was being chased by the guards.
'Oh Jorge, what happened to you?'
Cadence's train of thought ended when they heard a sound coming from the distance, a sound that she hasn't heard in years and yet she knows it all too well.
Jorge's and her laughter.
Cadence, along with her auntie, walked quietly though the bushes to see where the laughters were come from. What they saw was a young Cadence, playing with her best friend as they ran around an oak tree, trying to tackle each other to the ground. Cadence couldn't help but smile at the scene, it brought back memories, good and bad ones. Soon, the young Jorge got the chance to tackle young Cadence down onto the ground, both laughing cheerfully.
"I can see why you are friends with him" Luna said with a giggle. "You two are perfect together, like two peas in a pot"
Cadence knew that Luna was saying they were made to be friends. But for some reason, it sounded like she was saying that she and Jorge were met to be...
"Well this was fun" Young Cadence said with a smile as Jorge helped her up. "But I need to be heading home for it's getting late"
"Of course" Jorge nodded. "Same time tomorrow?"
"I would love that"
She then headed off into the distance as she and Jorge waved goodbye to each other. As soon as the alicorn disappeared, another figure jumped out from a tree with a woodsmen' axe in both of his hands. Before the young Jorge could turn around, the figure charged straight at the boy and stabbed him in the back, making young Jorge to burst into tiny shards. The shards then floated into the air and disappear into thin air.
Cadence and Luna, with their mouths wide open, saw who it was that held the woodsmen' axe.
Cadence's long lost friend.
Jorge.
"You stupid kid!" Jorge yelled, throwing his axe to the side as he fell to his knees and punched the ground where his younger self stood. "You should of known this is what you get when you deal with a princess!" He continued to punch the ground for a few more seconds before stopping to catch his breath. Cadence could feel his emotions coming out of him. Pain, anger, regret and more she could feel from him.
How much suffering has he been though?" Cadence thought sadly as she looked at her human companion, on his knees looking at the ground. She couldn't stand it anymore as she slowly walked out of the bushes and into the open while her aunt watched carefully to see what's going to happen between the two.
She was only a few feet away from him before he looked up and glared straight into Cadence's eyes, causing both of them to gasp in shock. Jorge got up from his knees and stood up to his full height, dwarfing the princess of love as her horn only reached to his chest. Jorge then narrowed his eyes as Cadence looked at him with a pitiful smile.
"You couldn't wait to see me like this, couldn't you?" Jorge said venomously at his only friend.
"Jorge..." Cadence whispered as tears of joy came out of her eyes and flowed down on her cheeks. "It's so good to see you again after ten years apart"
Jorge folded his arms across his chest. "I'm afraid the feeling isn't Mutual"
Those words was like daggers to Cadence's heart. "Wh-what why?"
"You know exactly why" Jorge repiled as he went to pick up his axe off the ground. "Or do you some fresh air to remind you?"
"Jorge, that day torn me apart" Cadence tried to reason with her friend. "The day you left my life was the worse thing in my childhood. You, my best friend, being chased by the Royal Guards throughout the streets of Canterlot like an animal was torture"
"Did your boyfriend liked the show?"
"What?"
"The one that placed his filthy seed in you!" Jorge yelled at her. "Your knight in shining armour, the one you spent the day with whilst I was being chased!"
Cadence's eyes widened again from his outburst. He was talking about her husband. "Shining Armour? I was just hanging out with him for a day"
"While holding hooves, laughing and smiling to each other like couples should!? That's more of a date than just a hanging out, Cadence!" Jorge, now holding his axe over his shoulder, walked back towards Cadence. "You barely knew him and if you didn't have that little 'hanging out' thing, that little royal chase of mine would never of happened!"
Things were getting out of hand and Cadence needed to know where Skyla is. "Jorge, where did you take Skyla?"
"Somewhere far from that frozen wasteland you called home"
"Please Jorge. Give back Skyla and come back with me, we can start over again, be with us again just old times and we can live happily together again"
Jorge's narrowed eyes slowly relaxed, it did sound good. No longer needed to fight off creatures of the Everfree, no longer needed to hide behind the shadows of trees and no longer need to fear about being caught by monster hunters ever again. But then her remembered something wrong about it.
"Living with you? And the brat you called a husband!?" Jorge said viciously. "Do you think that I'll get out from the crime of kidnapping? Do you think that your subjects would accept me? And better yet, why would I live with the fact that you, my only friend, is married to the one who started this and has placed his filthy seed in you that created the child you called Skyla into this world!" He then turned around and walked away from wide, tearful eyes Cadence to herself. As Jorge walked away from her, he was slowly disappearing because he was beginning to wake up. But before he did, he turned his head to say to Cadence.
"That child does not deserve him or you and that's why I've taken her away from you"
And like that, Jorge faded away from the dream world as both Cadence and Luna woke up too. Cadence lifted up her head off her pillow and cried quietly.
"What happened to you Jorge and who made you like this?" She cried before she stopped and realised something. "Someone's controlling you.... And I know exactly who it is"