A Mistake at a Glance

[GreenBirdie]

Dream hadn't cowered. He performed in battle, he performed in life, he performed to those he needed to in order to survive in the past-


And he performed now.


He wasn't paying any attention to the others. A stoic gaze was on his face, the near-perfect mask, as he continued his work. He wasn't going to let Maelstrom go. Using a spell, he forced active spells on Maelstrom to be dispelled, and then Maelstrom fastly shrunk back to his regular, small, colt size. His face was empty, his eyes unfocused. "Clear!" He shouted again, a stronger lightning bolt shooting from his horn to Maelstrom's frail body. He began compressing his chest.

 

[twilight sparkle]

The princesses watched in horror then twilight said"where's angelic?!" She quickly followed a trail of blood to find angelic hiding in her office unconscious from blood loss and trauma from being slammed so many times. She had multiple fractures in her skull and some cracked ribs, her wings were in bad shape.

 

[GreenBirdie]

"COME ON! IF YOU DIE, I'LL KILL YOU!" Sayer shouted, an even stronger bolt shooting out. His body rised a few inches then slammed back down from the lightning's force. He gave moore chest compressions. "MAELSTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" He shouted, a giant lightning bolt shooting out, frying the fur where he was impacted for a few inches. Maelstrom jumped. "Ah!" He shouted, weak. "Huzzah! He lives!" Luna shouted in her Royal Canterlot voice.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Twilight galloped past with a beat up angelic. She laid her down gently and called a nurse crying. Angelic laid there unconscious, lost to the world. She was quickly treated the best she could be treated by the medical staff. Angelic was put on life support and her family and friends were very worried.

 

[GreenBirdie]

(Timeskip to later, I guess...)


Maelstrom had gotten better fast. His condition wasn't very bad, aside from the heart stoppage, and all that was needed was to bandage his backhoof. He sat on top of Sayer, and Sayer and Luna stood next to each other, Twilight and Celestia on the other side. Oh, stallion... I'll never be able to apologize to her if she dies! And it's all because of me... Thought Maelstrom.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic was in a coma for days which turned into weeks. Not a change,not one twitch, just the same beeps of the machines and the sound of her breathing. Komo and yami refused to leave her side. Her loyal pets made sure no one was able to harm her in any way.

 

[GreenBirdie]

Maelstrom paid attention to his studies, and his studies only. Dream worked double with him, giving him things to do, and Princess Luna helped him, and had Shining Armour taken military control for now. The only breaks they had were for the essentials: Bathroom, eatting, and sleep, or in Luna's case, to spend the night watching over the stars, and speak with Dream. The bond they had grew more and more...


Behind their backs, Maelstrom was learning things by himself.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Amgelic's hoof twitched. She opened her eyes weakly looking around. Angelic sat up with a wince coughing and took the breathing tunes and iv drip out. She had to get out of here. Angelic staggered out and a nurse quickly tried to stop her but angelic trotted right past her. She wasn't needed and she could feel it. Angelic sighed softly and made it to her room slowly. She placed her crown down and looked at herself in the mirror. Her mane had grown longer and she had bags under her eyes. Her eyes lost their joyful glow. Angelic sighed and looked at her pets sadly."let's go...a princess of peace...no.. A weakling like me isn't needed...I have no right to be called a princess. A princess will do what she has to to protect her subjects. A princess puts others before herself. A princess is strong. A princess will stand up for what she believes in. She doesn't show her fear. She fights until she can fight no more... " she cut her mane to its normal length and went to bathe before packing up. Angelic looked at her wings and sighed softly trotting out after putting on a shrawl. Yami and komo followed her quickly. A tear hit the rug before angelic took off with her pets.

 

[GreenBirdie]

Princess Luna smiled and laughed. "Fool-knight! You have no way to trick me!" She pointed at the chessboard. "Huzzah! It is time for my celebration!" Luna got up, and did a little dance. Sayer laughed. "Oh, really? Would you kindly turn your attention to the board again?" He said, after moving a piece of his. The king she had was trapped in a guard of her own pieces. Checkmate. "Sorcery! You couldn't have won fairly!" She shouted, pouting. He just smiled, and laughed. "I do believe my victory was won. Hence, you saying it yourself."


Princess Luna growled playfully, and pounced on him. The two struggled for dominance, as they rolled around in a circle, giggling and laughing. Luna had come out on top. "Huzzah! Your foolish strength has been beaten! I claim your title! I am the new Centurion!" She shouted, lifting a hoof up into the air. He used that to his advantage, flipping her over. "Am I the new princess?" He asked. The two laughed and giggled.


Luna kissed his cheek. "Oh, your jests are marvelous. Perhaps you should be the royal jester, instead?" He grinned. She got off of him, and he climbed to his hooves. Somepony knocked on the door. "The princess! She's awake!"

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic looked back at the castle then kept trotting through the forest her head low. She sighed an smiled softly petting komo and yami. Not like anyone really cared anyway. In her room was a scroll tied with her favorite scrunchie along with her horse shoes, her crown, and royal necklace. And her photo album which held many memories. The room looked a if it hadn't been touched, it was cleaned by some maids.the bed in the nursing room was empty the gown on the floor.

 

[GreenBirdie]

Dream was on land, as he was the only unicorn skillfully capable of exploring forests without dying by the animals, or starving. Luna, however, had decided to stay with him, as one with power can be beaten by many. Celestia and Twilight flew in the skies, for an aerial view.


Luna and Dream stood incredibly close together as they searched the forest, not scared, but merely not wanting to lose the other in the dark. The dark was as scary as it was beautiful.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic galloped on and she sighed softly. She picked up her pets putting them on her back and climbed up a hill. Angelic looked at the horizon for a split second and back at her home before taking off with yami and komo. They got quite a good distance. Angelic found a cave for them to rest in. She sat on her haunches and fed her pets and gave them some water. Then laid down after covering them with her shrawl. Angelic closed her eyes wrapping her wings around herself and fell asleep.

 

[GreenBirdie]

Everypony has been searching for an hour. No breaks. As the hour ended, Dream sighed. "This is pointless. We should cast a shield a giant distance around Fillydelphia, so she can't escape." Luna glanced at him. "Pray tell, what if thee mare we search for is past our barrier?" "Then we'll merely keep extending, until we can't no more. At the point, it'll only be a few miles from Ponyville, and Angelic knows she can't properly get resources out of the wild safely, so she'll try to sneak around town."


Combining both of their magical abilities, they cast a large shield, the diameter around 20 miles.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic slept on. She woke later after she had rested up enough. Angelic stood and stretched popping her back ignoring her growling stomach. She smiled petting komo and yami then trotted out to get a drink from the river near by. After she drank her fill she sat down and ate an apple from her satchel. Angelic trotted back to the cave. She grabbed her stuff and helped her pets onto her back smiling at them. Angelic started off again her ears flat.

 

[GreenBirdie]

Celestia and Twilight had an uneventful search. They went back to Fillydelphia to rest their wings. As Luna and Dream explored, Dream's personal dilemma had re-entered his mind. "Luna?" He asked, causing her to turn her head. "Why was I the pony picked to be your guard?" She smiled. "Well, to be honest to thee, I didn't very well need thee. But... We were lonely. Tia went to sleep, and I merely dream-walked a little if we felt tired." Luna was still learning to use I properly; she still slipped sometimes.


"But... thou were an excellent source of entertainment, at first. I merely believed that thee were a jester, but thy dueling abilities rivals even mine. Thou became a way I couldst enjoyed an art; dueling. Then, thou revealed your abilities to understand mine intentions and mine conflicts." She shuffled her hooves a bit, taking a deep breath. "We... I... wish to reveal intentions later."

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic smiled sadly at her pets. She hugged them tight kissing their foreheads. Angelic found them new homes with some families in town after wiping their memory of her. A few tears hit the ground under her.

 

[GreenBirdie]

As the sun was setting again, the pair made their trip back to Fillydelphia. "Hey, Luna, she dreams, right?" She tilted her head. "Angelic?" He nodded. "Yes, she dreams still." He smiled brightly. "Why don't you dreamwalk and see if any of her dreams have her somewhere not in Fillydelphia? It probably won't do much but it'd help."

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic started on her way back to the forest but ran into some random stallion. They lAnded in an awkward position and angelic's hood flew back.

 

[GreenBirdie]

He groaned, muttering about how life simply couldn't get better, but he remained motionless, only looking at her, his eyes akin to a deer caught in headlights.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic gasped quickly pulling her hood on. Then tried to get from under him quickly biting her lip.

 

[GreenBirdie]

He shook his head feverantly. "Woah! What're YOU doing here?" He asked, tighting his hold on her.

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic struggled and said"l-let go please!" She didn't want to use any magic just in case some pony was tracing her magic.

 

[GreenBirdie]

He shook his head. "But why? Aren't you, oh, I don't know, missing? Or did you run away?"

 

[twilight sparkle]

Angelic looked away from him."..just get off..."she whispered."I'm not needed here.."

 

[GreenBirdie]

"Hah! Please!" He said, laughing. "Like that's very likely. Miss, while I know you're a princess and stuff and I don't mean to be rude about it, but are you only saying that because some stallion- or mare, I don't discriminate- dumped you?"