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Post by Nightbow on Jan 28, 2013 15:25:51 GMT -5
[47th of Summer. Lily Lightly cont. from Facade. She's spent the night in Neighathorn Tower.] Last night had been the worst night of Lily's life. And she had thought she knew all the while what bad meant, having once felt so different from the other unicorns and running away from home. But her friends had helped her realise in the end how silly she she had been, and everything had turned out okay. She had returned home. Now she had nowhere to go. Spike had not been of much help when she came with Fluttershy to the library, and by the time Twilight showed up Lily had been so exhausted she had already fallen asleep in one of the guest rooms. When the little unicorn woke up, none of the ponies from last night were around to help her either. Lily Lightly didn't like it here. Why where the ponies so preoccupied, anyway? Busy little bees they were, and none of them could tell her how to get back home. Why these silly little ponies didn't even know what Unicornia was! Not even the unicorns did! She sat down by the pond and cast a look upon her reflection. She had never seen a pony so miserable. Lily was suddenly certain that her horn would never light up from joy ever again! And never was such a long time. Big teardrops splashed down onto the water's surface, distorting the image of what must have been the loneliest unicorn in the world. Lily cried loudly.
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Post by Becka on Feb 18, 2013 11:53:34 GMT -5
A loud cry woke Fennec as he lay propped against a tree, one hoof one the hilt of his sword. He sat and bared his teeth against the noise, but it was no war cry. A colorful mare sat by the pond, crying into her reflection. And no wonder - she was afflicted by one of those large growths on her forehead.
Fennec stood. He didn't want to frighten the mare, but it was obvious she hadn't known someone else was in the park. Although he was just as lost as she he cleared his throat and spoke.
"Hello? Are you ok?"
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Post by Nightbow on Mar 2, 2013 7:12:26 GMT -5
Lily had not seen Fennec upon entering the park, but now that he seemingly had appeared out of nowhere instead of being startled, she accepted his natural presence. She actually remembered catching a glimpse of him in the assemblage last night when everything was scary and confusing. He was a strange character, smelling of moss. He must live here.
"... I'm not very well," replied Lily with a sigh. It sounded weird for some reason. 'Okay.' How was one if one was 'okay'? If it was like she felt when she was in Unicornia, it was nothing like this. "I don't think I'm okay." Her eyes wandered from the foliage not of quite as explosive colour as back home, to the cumulus clouds overhead sailing across a sky not really as blue as she remembered.
She elaborated. "I don't know how things are here. It is ... alike, yet different. It's not home. It's nothing like home." She couldn't really pinpoint why, but something was evidently wrong. This place reminded her of something unreal. Something you saw in your dreams, something that went awake when you woke up. It was as if she had forgotten that Fennec stood there. Her words sounded foreign, speaking a language she could hardly herself interpret. "This time I must really be lost," she concluded. She continued her train of thought. This wasn't a dream, as she had already awoken. Or was she trapped in a dream that would go away? She shook her head, hurting with thought. Something as abstract had never crossed her mind before.
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Post by Becka on Mar 4, 2013 12:47:31 GMT -5
It is ... alike, yet different. It's not home. It's nothing like home.
That was the perfect way to describe it, Fennec thought. This little pony must also be lost like him. And then she said as much, so he sat next to her.
"I'm lost too, lass. I do not like this strange, colorful forest where ponies live inside the trees and mingle with the Faye as if it were normal. There is nothing at all normal about this place."
He adverted his eyes from the growth on her head, which he realized belatedly he'd been staring at. It looked like a formidable weapon, should she choose to use it. He kept one hoof casually next to the hilt of his sword.
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Post by Nightbow on Mar 6, 2013 6:55:18 GMT -5
To Lily's comfort the big stallion sat down with her, but his gaze unnerved her. It was her horn he had fixed his gaze upon and she raised her hoof ever so slightly, ready to hide it from his sight. She would never really get over that feeling of being different from the other unicorns even after they assured her that it only made her special. But on the other hoof, this pony was different, too.
"I do not like this strange, colorful forest where ponies live inside the trees and mingle with the Faye as if it were normal. There is nothing at all normal about this place."
If Fennec hadn't confused her so with his description of the city, Lily might have blurted out laughing right there and then. He was different in a funny way - why Lily could almost understand now why the other unicorns found her light-up horn so intriguing! "Hah," she smiled, and the lingering hoof touched her lips. "You're special," she said politely. "You're not from here either," she concluded. "And you can't be from where I come from either, for our forests are even more colourful," she informed him disappointedly, completely bypassing the fact that Fennec took buildings for trees. Though it was true - her world was a splash of colour (with sprinkles and rainbows on top of it) and just by looking at the Crystal Rainbow Castle the stallion would probably have developed some sort of eye-related disorder.
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Post by Becka on Mar 6, 2013 15:51:58 GMT -5
[lol! An eye-related disorder! Awesome.]
The thought that a forest could be even more colorful made Fennec's head hurt. The innocence of this pony reminded him of his daughter - the tiny Faye filly who he could neither fear nor hurt, because she was his. It made his heart ache to be home. Surely his family would be worried, and the herd even moreso. Fennec's absence was the perfect opportunity for the stallion who constantly challenged him for power to take over.
A deep scowl marred Fennec's features as he thought of that. He had to get home.
"I suppose if you knew how to leave this place I wouldn't have found you crying next to a pond, huh? There must be somepony who can help us."
[Edited to fix the weird symbols that somehow appeared overnight]
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Post by Nightbow on Mar 7, 2013 8:38:49 GMT -5
"I don't know ... I don't think so ..." She replied, shaking her head. Her smile faded and her forelock veiled her face as she lowered it to the ground again. She remembered the evening before. A terrifying evening indeed.
"The ponies here are ... strange." In Lily brewed an emotion that had never come to her before. A feeling of helplessness, but more in an angry way than in a sad way. The unicorn didn't have an impolite word in her vocabulary, but even so she couldn't be angry at Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy or Spike. They did their best to help her after all, and had made sure that she was put to bed - Fluttershy had even sung her a lullaby. "I met some of the smartest ponies I've ever met yesterday, and they still couldn't help me. They had never heard of Unicornia, and none of the books in their library said anything about it either. They did have maps though!" She threw out her hooves in front of herself. Lily didn't understand, and it made her all flustered.
"You haven't heard of it, have you?" She asked, jerking her head to one side in order for the mane to fall back out of her eyes.
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Post by Becka on Mar 8, 2013 15:40:14 GMT -5
[Sorry, I keep forgetting which threads I haven't replied to.]
Fennec could only stare as the filly talked of things he had no notion of. Books, library, maps… Unicornia. He had no idea what she was getting so flustered about.
"No lass, I'm afraid I've never heard of any of those things." She seemed to know more than he did about...well, everything, so he decided to hazard a question of his own. "I don't suppose you've heard of the Plain of Dreams? That's where my herd lives, and I need to return. I have two little fillies waiting for me, as well as their mother."
He'd been gone far too long already - what must his family think? The herd? Did they think him dead? He dearly hoped not.
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Post by Nightbow on Mar 11, 2013 3:18:36 GMT -5
"I miss my friends," concurred the sighing Lily Lightly.
Lily couldn't thoroughly sympathise with Fennec. He had a family? Not a sibling, friend or a cousin, but children and their mother? Now this was rare. In the parallel world that was Lily's home, the shift of generations was a big happening. Something that occurred twice in a pony's lifetime, the first time right over their heads. The ponies there mature late in life and thus become parents at an old age. Forced to leave the new generation behind, the youth rarely grasp the concept of death. And like so Lily's parents had been almost forgotten, all ponies of Unicorna where of the same age as Lily, and she had grown up with them. In a sense, they were family.
"I haven't heard of the Plain of Dreams either." What came to Lily's mind was the Greener-Than-Green Meadow that was located outside Ponyville where her non-unicorn friends lived, but that couldn't be it. The world was a big place. Was there a possibility that the citizens of Unicornia, Whinnyapolis and the Plain of Dreams had just never crossed paths?
The little unicorn shook her head. They must really, really be lost. "I don't know how to find home again," Lily said, trembling a little. "But I'll help you. If you'll help me?"
[Oh, don't worry! I just only got better from my insane cold.]
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Post by Becka on Mar 14, 2013 10:52:06 GMT -5
Fennec's oversized ears sank when Lily said she'd never heard of the Plain of Dreams. How in Gaia was he supposed to get home if no one knew where home was?
"Of course I'll help you, lass, although I've no idea where to start. We need to find the head stallion of this herd."
He'd already seen so many more ponies in this forest than he'd ever seen before. Why, they must number more than the Obsidian herd! How did they manage to find food for all of them? This little grassy spot was the first bit of open space he'd seen that wasn't all hard rock. And what kind of trees grew straight out of rock? Giant, colorful ones, he supposed.
With a sigh, Fennec stood. He looked down at the young mare then stuck his hoof out to help her up as well.
"I'm Fennec Odion, lass. And what might your name be?"
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Post by Nightbow on Mar 15, 2013 8:36:40 GMT -5
Lily thought about Fennec's words as she allowed the stallion to help her off of the ground. As she rose, hoof locked in his, she felt as if though a promise had been made. Their deal was sealed.
"My name is Lily Lightly," she replied. "Pleased to meet you." Her smile turned into a frown. "Did you mean ... we need to find the Princess?" The unicorn felt uncertain about Fennec's plan. The ponies here were very nice to her, but could the leader of this people - supposedly a princess - really truly help them? Lily herself was considered a princess in way, but the only special thing about her was the light-up horn. On the other hoof, the princess of this land's castle might possess another kind of power.
Looking up at Neighathorn Tower, taller than even the Crystal Rainbow Castle, Lily pointed at it and said. "That's the biggest building I have ever seen. It must be important. Maybe we could look there?"
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Post by Becka on Mar 28, 2013 15:23:17 GMT -5
"Lily Lightly, that's a very pretty name." He smiled as he helped her stand, but it quickly turned to a frown as she mentioned a "princess". He didn't know what that was. Perhaps it was what these ponies called their head stallion.
As she looked up at the giant tree next to them he followed her gaze, still marveling that a tree could grow so tall. Lily called it a building tree, and even she looked impressed by its height.
"Yes, I suppose we could start there," he said, although he wasn't sure he wanted to go into one of these building trees. What if it was a trap? How was one to get out if they were attacked inside the building tree? He made sure his sword was loosened in it's scabbard and nodded to her.
"Follow me, lass...Lily. I remember seeing a hole where we can enter the tree."
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Post by Becka on Jul 25, 2013 10:42:58 GMT -5
[Luna and Tornado entering from A Breath of Fresh Air: eventidemlprpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=feathermur&action=display&thread=172&page=2] The walk back to the Tower was mostly silent as Luna thought on their dire situation and how she would break the news to her sister. To break the news in person would be best, but leaving Whinnyopolis when Eclipse was so near was a bad idea. She couldn't leave the town vulnerable to the dark queen. As they neared the Tower, Luna saw yet another stallion who looked as if he didn't belong. His colors were muted and he carried a sword at his side. With him was a lavender unicorn who looked quite overwhelmed. More Rift ponies? She walked past them as the guards bowed, "Princess Luna." She nodded to them and glanced back at the two possible Rift ponies. The brown one didn't seem to register anything at the name.
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