Candela

Candela stopped. Why? Why did this have to happen? What went wrong? "Yes. Yes, I- I will walk with you." She returned to Princess Luna's side, hanging her head. Inside, her heart ached. It ached for her home. Her family. Equestria. "Oh, how I wish it could have been easier for us.'

Candela looked down. "I- He- River Side was the best brother a younger sister could have. And to think that I might never see him again..." and for the first time in many years, she felt something. Something she had not felt ever since her siblings moved away. Something Candela wished she would never feel again. Loneliness. Pure, deep loneliness. Loneliness tends to strike at the worst possible time; a time when you cannot take anymore. Candela had managed to keep herself distracted ever since this apocalypse struck. Candela had hidden from a horrible truth; in her own little sanctuary. That sanctuary was crumbling. The black void of reality was crushing Candela from the inside. Princess Luna smashed Candela's shield into shards and rubbed salt in the wound. Candela wanted to scream. This reality... it was too much. A tear dropped from Candela's eye, followed by another. She turned, and with a great effort, a few words escaped her mouth: "I will just go and follow the other group." Her eyes, which were always a bright, optimistic green, lost their shine. Her life, full of happiness and meaning, lost its worth. Nothing could prepare her for the void she was forced into.

Candela smiled slightly and looked down at the young filly. "Oh. I remember, you had daughters." She held out her hoof. "My name is Candela." She reached out and stroked Melody's mane, and turned back to Princess Luna. "You might know my mother and father, we live on an estate outside of C- Canterlot. And my older brother, Riv- River Side, is in the Royal Guard..." Her voice trailed off as memories of her family briefly flashed through her head. Candela avoided using past tense to mislead herself about this... cataclysm. To make it seem as if she could return home to her mother and father, and Alice, River Side, and Daisy. But she would never return home. Her family was gone. Forever.

You would hear me with my flute, playing away or My Little Pony or you would see my little brother running around or complaining that he wants to watch Spongebob, then my sister would sigh and reluctantly watch it with him.

Candela bowed. "I- I woke in Ponyville, and since then I have been- following your group. And these two fillies, they seem to be close to you. Very close. I- I was just curious, you do not have to answer." Candela lowered her gaze as she saw the black stallion that had scared her before. So much carried weapons. They seemed uncivilized. Her brother River Side denied the spear that was offered to him. He used magic, and even then only in defense. He never harmed a living creature without reason.

Are you in one? No, not at all. Do you want one? Once again, not at all. How do you feel around other couples? I feel happy for them! How many have you had? Absolutely none. <><><><><><><><><> You can say I am rather solitary when it comes to relationships. The closest I have ever gotten is with Starbound, and even then we are still just friends.

I am not sure if Hasbro would be very accepting of how he looks.

Some people just have trouble understanding others different from them. But do not let that affect you!

"No- I am fine. I- I would like to speak with Princess Luna. If- if you could bring me to her, that is." Candela gathered herself and took a few steps forward, lowering her gaze. "My name is C- Candela. Nice to meet you, Grell." Candela stepped out of the water gingerly, abd stepped to Grell's side.

A nice yellow skirt! Yesterday I was wearing a black skirt and a white shirt!

Candela backed away deeper into the water, lowering her head. "Oh, I am so very sorry. I- I did not mean to interfere. I was just-" Candela could not bear to tell a lie, and her parents had ingrained it into her over the years. "I- I was just- watching." Candela backed away farther, her golden mane and tail were soiled.

Yes, horse racing is wrong, very wrong. Many horses are just not meant to work that hard, and their hearts give out as a result of sheer weakness. Honestly, I have not heard of people killing the horses if they lose, but that might very well be true.

Candela heard the snap of branches and shrieked; the sound seemed to have come from not far to the right of her. The noise rang out and struck the clearing, the group would have almost certainly heard the loud, high-pitched noise. Candela's horn shimmered and she teleported into shallow swamp water accidently, right behind the group. "Oh, no."

Candela hid. She hid like her life depended on it; it might as well have been. She saw Princess Luna and the strange dragon-pony talking, but they were both... strange. The dark one was looking into Princess Luna's eyes very closely, gazing into them, as if he was in quite a romantic mood. But that was impossible for such a serious and dark stallion, and Candela retreated further before she could observe more. Instead she watched the small group in the battlefield; the one with the scared little filly. She watched attentively. The branches and leaves of the bush were rather uncomfortable, and it was a vast effort to avoid sliding into the foul swamp water. A branch, seared by the explosion, fell to the ground behind her and Candela stifled a scream.

(I am deeply, deeply sorry, but I seem to have forgotten that Candela is a unicorn and that I seemed to have hinted that she was flying in the last two posts. Please ignore that.) Candela shrieked and teleported away from this strange stallion, far away in another bush, where he couldn't find her. She didn't want to be found; her fear was much to great. (No, please let Candela stay hidden!)

Candela had been watching from the canopy, covering her face with her hooves when the Alpha exploded. She knew that the gas would combust and explode, but she still was not quite prepared for the sheer intensity. She was on the verge of tears when she saw what had happened to Princess Luna and the fillies, and breathed a sigh of relief when they were alright again. Still, she did not come out of hiding, as her shyness and fear that something was still waiting to attack prevented her from doing so. Instead, she observed the fillies closely. The older one seemed annoyed and in pain, and the younger ones was ion the verge of tears. Candela whispered to herself. "No, little filly. Please do not cry."

Candela hid among the trees, careful not to take a step she could regret. She had woken up at the ruins of the Ponyville Library; she had been there to accept some books to take back to her library in Canterlot. Since then Candela had been wandering through Equestria, following the scars left in the land because of numerous battles. Somepony is very powerful, she had included, as she neared Froggy Bottom Bog. The noise of the battle attracted her to this particular place, and upon seeing the pure intensity and danger of this battle, went into hiding, only occasionally stealing quick glances. It appeared the Princess Luna and two very strange fillies were here, along with others who were also locked into battle. She ducked as the dragon flew above her. She had seen the transformation of the stallion into a dragon, that frightened her in many ways. But Princess Luna had no wings, that was strange. Very, very strange. Hopefully the battle would end soon; Candela just could not run away. She feared that something would find her. It was best to stay here, where whatever Princess Luna was fighting would stay distracted. But she also felt an obligation to protect one of the fillies; the one hiding under Princess Luna. While the other one seemed confident, this one seemed so helpless. Lost.

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