The Day My Life Began

The Crystal Empire: Featuring Raspberry

The train ride was much shorter than I thought. It was just under four hours.

It had been an interesting few weeks to say the least. I had gone back Home once things had settled. School had been fairly boring for the most part, thankfully Care and Maddie were around so I could have fun.

Things were going great...until I ended up in Bride of Chucky. Darcy had managed to bring herself back to life, don't know how. I had managed to get pretty far along before she showed up.

I winced, a hoof reaching for my shoulder blade. A new scar sat there, a result of dying again. That's where I got all of my scars, dying always leaves a mark.

There was a sort of healed bullet wound on the side of my head, hidden by hair, and a bullet wound right beneath my heart. I had a stab wound right next to my belly button, and at the base of my spine.

There were some incidences where I was poisoned, so I don't know where those scars go. I think there was a mark at my heel, from someone slicing it open. That one hurt, a lot.

Darcy had some too, though not all from dying. One was on her back, at her spine, where she was hit by a sword. Another was on her wrists from one of those Saw games she played. The scar on her forehead though was just an accident, a car crash when she was eight. She survived, but she's had that scar ever since.

It was my fault, of course, her dying. I shoved her into a fan, I shot her just last week, I should have been paying more attention during that crash. All of her deaths could have been prevented if I tried harder.

Well, except one. That one was actually kinda funny. She drowned in cream cheese. You heard me, drowned in cream cheese.

Finally, I noticed I arrived at the Crystal Empire Palace.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" I cheered, galloping over towards the doors. "What's up Mia?!" I shouted up to her.

The pink princess waved at me, a kind smile on her face. "Auntie asked me to help watch over the Crystal Empire, Raspberry!"

I trotted up to her side, taking a good look at the Crystal Palace. "Woah. This place is shiny."

You would think the light shining on the palace would reflect onto you, but it didn't. It was almost like the crystals in the palace were absorbing the heat, the same way insulation does. This actually looked amazing. It kind of reminded me of the Diamond Castle, but more crystals.

I made my way under the archway, standing pretty close to where the Crystal Heart was supposed to be. My plan for that was simple. Twilight had to face her fear in order to get the Crystal Heart, but Spike didn't have to. He could still be there, so as to take the credit for when he saves the Crystal Empire.

As soon as I conquered the Fear Door, I would run back to the Palace under the guise of checking on the others. That, and it would give me an excuse to compose myself when my fear came. I had a good idea of what it was, and I might need a bit of time for that. Once I made back up to the Palace I would take over for Cadence, build up a love shield so she could be a bit stronger when she saved Spike.

It had to be Twilight who got back the Crystal Heart.

Then, I would sing the song and everything would be alright.

Did I just jinx myself?

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Cadence

Raspberry and I were laughing happily as we walked towards my new throne room.

"I still can't believe it." She laughed. "Celly just gave you a throne room! The best gift I ever got from my aunt was a stuffed cat."