Heartfinder (MLP Fan Fiction)

Two's a crowd

“And then you were like, Moonlight wanted peace for everyone. And he was like, oh yay, but Dumbo was like, no man, Batwings are totally selfish,” Northern Lights narrated to Blooming Rose.

“How are you doing that?” she asked.

“Doing what?”

“Making them lift and fly like that every time you talk. You lift up the twigs by just looking at them.”

He tilted his head and gathered his eyebrows. “What do you mean? It is just basic telekinesis. I’m not even very good. I mean my dad, one time he lifted up this huge rock during a cave in and…and.”

“It’s okay. I know you miss him,” she comforted. “I understand more than you know,” she added softly.

“What do you mean?”

“What?”

“You said you understand more than I know. What do you mean?”

“I…um… just meant that… I feel sorry for you. That’s all.” He heard me? What other secret powers does he have? What if he finds out-

“Are you hiding something from me Blooming Rose?” he asked.

“Wh-what makes you think that?”

“You just seem really jumpy. I’m worried about you.”

Blooming Rose turned her face towards the fading sunrise. “I’m fine. I’m…just recovering you know.”

“Oh. Okay then,” he said softly. “Are you sure that’s all?”

“Of course,” she lied. “What else could there be?” There’s everything that it could be. Oh Cutedrop.

“Blooming Rose?”

“What?”

“Who’s Cutedrop?”

She flung her head back. “What?” she demanded.

“I just wanted to know-“

“Have you been looking into my dreams? I told you to never do that.”

“I just-“

“I can’t believe you betrayed me, after everything. No, wait. I can believe you would do this. Sneaking into my dreams is just what I expected from you. You are just a stupid Batwing.”

“Blooming Rose, I just was-“

“You just what?”

He turned his head up to look her in the eyes. “I was just worried. I wanted to make everything okay with you. I heard you screaming in your sleep, and I realized I had been selfish. I’ve been making everything about how I got banished and didn’t ask how you left. I saw how you struggled with missing her-“

“Of course I struggled with missing her,” she shouted, tears dripping off her cheeks. “I will always miss her. I will never see her again, even if I give the hearts to her so she can live-“

“You what?”

Blooming Rose’s heart filled with dread. “I just…she will-“

“I thought you were going to bring Queen Luna. That was what this was all about. You…you were going to make everything right.”

“Northern Lights, I-“

“Don’t you know how long we have waited for this? How much we have given?”

“I just-“

“We have waited thousands of years for you, watching, waiting, and you want to turn around and give that all away?”

“But I-“

“I saved you. I thought you were the Blessed One, the Great Adventurer. I will never see my family again, because I saved you. And you lied to me…” he said, tears slipping off his cheeks. “You lied to me.”

“Please understand, I needed-“

“No.” he shouted. “I don’t understand. I can’t believe anyone would ever do that, even the Nightmare Moon Cult. You are worse than Celestia.”

“Northern Lights, please-“

“I hate you. I never want to ever see you again.”

With that Northern Lights flew into the approaching darkness.

What have I done? She thought as Northern Lights slipped away into the night. What have I done?