abronymouse

back to the G1 ponies. Gem-eyed origins edition :3

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“Thank you Gusty,” Masquerade says. “I will play the part of the King from here.”

Gusty nods, hoofs the rope over to Masquerade, who ties it round her neck, and returns to her log-seat.

Masquerade’s expression shifts as she scowls angrily at Paradise.

“H-how could you do this to us!?” she squeaks as Mousefur. But Masquerade, as the treacherous ‘King’ does not respond.

Paradise pulls on the rope to draw Masquerade forward.

Masquerade mimes a struggle as she is drawn towards the white pegasus. She whirls her head around, as if she is trying to avoid the gaze of the other.

As the golden gem-eyed pegasus is is drawn all the way up to Paradise she calms, raises her head and then turns to the audience, who gasp as they see her normally sparkling emerald eyes go strangely blank.

“Her twinkle!?” they gasp in unison.

Danny looks bemused. “What do you mean? ‘Her twinkle?’” he asks Galaxy, whose own gemmed eyes are unusual cloudy.

The normally sprightly pony seems suddenly enervated, as if the cloud in her eyes had spread to her voice.

“When we joined the herd, our gems were dark like that because we had been kept underground by an evil wizard,” Galaxy intones, almost mechanically.

The unicorn shakes her head, and the cloud seems to be dispelled, the ruby becoming a quiet furnace as the coals effervesce within. “We couldn’t see very well and couldn’t escape until we harnessed the light in our eyes – our ‘twinkle’.”

Galaxy frowns at the memory.