Loyalty

The rain pounded against the windows of a majestic cloud home. The lights were out but the sounds of shaking told otherwise. Under her covers lied a cyan filly with a flowing rainbow mane. Each crash of lightning caused a jump in the blankets that was covering the young Pegasus. Her personality may have been confident and outgoing, but when it came to the littlest things, she was shy and fearful. Her only defense against the torrent of rain that was crashing against the window was a blanket that provided a false sense of security. The shaking continued for a good thirty minutes when she heard a slamming of a door. A usual occurrence, but each time seemed harder than the last. Dad is probably home.

The cyan pony was used to her father staying out late at night, coming back tipsy as a unicorn. While it first shocked her when he first came home in this state, she has lately settled into this as a requirement of the night. Another slamming door was heard. Mother... She heard the sound of her parents speaking, a hint of anger and fury in her mothers voice, while her father drunk as a sailor. The conversation quickly arose into an argument, one with power in her voice, the other slurring but nonetheless still putting up a fair fight. The volume quickly escalated to the point at which the doors began to shake. These arguments may have been common, this one seemed to be the most rage worthy. Each yell caused a chill to run through the filly's back as if it were a lightning bolt was traveling through her, like the one on her flank. Another flash of lightning sent the filly through the roof. At this scream, the two yelling parents became silent. The mare heard footsteps coming quickly up the stairs. She was taken from her fearful state when she heard the door of her cloud room open up. There stood her mother, Starlight. She was a white mare with a purple mane. Her eyes were a shade of red not unlike the ones that grew on the earth below. She noticed that her little Dashie was shaking uncontrollably. She had only seen her shake this bad one other time in her life; the day she found out her daddy was filing for divorce. She could not comprehend why they were splitting up. Her reasoning was that it may have been her fault. Perhaps she was just a bad filly who angered her parents so much that they couldn't take it any more.

Starlight moved in closer to the rainbow maned Pegasus, holding her tight next to her chest. As quickly as she became close to Dash, she heard a shout come through the hallway. "I'M OUT OF HERE YOU BITCH!" The door slammed quickly after that and heard the sound of a bang that only a Pegasus taking off could make.

"Is daddy coming back?" the filly asked with watery eyes that caused her mother to tense up. She began to feel uneasy at the realization that she may never see her father again. The rainbow mare only got the response of a nod as she drifted back off to sleep.

The morning dew arose to tease Rainbow Dash awake. She slowly got out of her bed and walked over to the kitchen, trying as hard as possible not to make any noise. Dash began to make herself some breakfast, the usual toast and cereal. As she dropped the bread into the toaster, she began to make herself some cereal. She grabbed the cereal and milk like any other morning. As she put down the two ingredients, she grabbed a bowl with her mouth. As she lifted it out of the cabinet, she felt the bowl begin to slip. Within seconds, the cloudy floor became dented, and a sickeningly loud CRACK was made as the bowl made contact with the ground. The pony looked down, freaking about how her mother would murder her. But something she noticed immediately was that there was no stir coming from the bedroom. Usually when she broke something (she wasn't called Rainbow Crash for nothin!) her mother would be instantly out of her room. This morning, no sound. Sensing that something may have been different, she crept into her mothers room. As she slowly opened the door, the bed of her mothers slowly came into view.....without her mother in it. All that was there was a crumbled up piece of paper that had what appeared to be her mothers mouthwriting. She picked up the note and read:

My dearest Rainbow Dash:

I am extremely sorry, but I went looking for your father. He was waiting not too far from our home as if he were expecting me. He said that our marriage was on the line of a string and that you were causing him too much pain. I don't mean to seem so blunt about everything, but the truth is what is most important now. Now listen Rainbow. You will be sent to an orphanage that I have seen as absolutely delightful while we wait in Las Pegasus for you to become even more mature. Don't be angry with your father. He needs some time to himself. I don't want him out of my life. I am sorry for doing this but I have left you something that will help you remember us. It is a picture of all three of us together on our vacation to Canterlot! Remember that our love knows no bounds. Rainbow Dash. Do what I couldn't do. Be strong for me. Be strong even when the times at the orphanage may be rough. Do not worry about us or your future. You are a strong mare and I look forward to you being in the Wonderbolts. I love you Rainbow Dash. More than you love the Wonderbolts. If I could I would be there in ten seconds flat.

With love for our little Wonderbolt

Silverlight Dash