The Abandoned One

by AbbaieTwinkle

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Sad, Tragedy
Length: 3066

Fluttershy tells her five best buddies one of the most darkest secrets she knows: Her childhood. What happened to Fluttershy when she was younger? Who are her parents? Why is she nervous to talk about it?? Read to find out.

When it's Fluttershy's turn to tell everyone about her life, she shares the dark secrets of her childhood. Her friends are shocked when they hear it.

Cover art by: AbbaieTwinkle

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-05-26 19:23:42 UTC

The Abandoned One

    "It was late at midnight, and I just had finished taking my bath. My mother was brushing my hair and it started to thunder.

    "EEP" I yelled. I hid behind my mother, shaking.

She calmed me down by singing a song to me. My father sat down with us next to the fireplace and we just sat there, quiet, peaceful, and smiling. The next morning, my mother and father left the house. When they came back I was curious.

    "Mother and Father? Where did you go?"

They didn't answer. They smiled and loved on me but in their eyes I could tell something had happened.

I went to bed and I was falling asleep but then I heard a noise. It sounded like....crying... I went upstairs to see what was going on. I peeked into the door and to my surprise, father was weeping and mother was crying. I went into the room and the crying stopped. They just smiled and sniffled. I asked them again what was wrong. They just patted my head and gave me hugs and kisses but I still knew something was wrong in their eyes.

The next morning they woke me up at exactly 2:30 in the morning. They told me to go spend time with them. I had no idea what was going to happen in the next 6 hours. They went on a walk with me, telling me how much they loved me. They bought me some candies and cakes, buying the toys I had always wanted. It was about 6:45 and the sun was rising. We were heading home, and once we got to the front door, mother and father handed me a blue box. They told me not to open it until I was older.

My Aunts moved in that morning. They had no idea what was going on either. But father and mother left that very morning. Mother and father had been gone for 5 years. I wish they never would have left, because my aunts were mean. They weren't even mean they were cruel, selfish, evil, foul ponies. They barely fed me, they beat me for doing things wrong, they punished me for things I couldn't control, it was just so s-"

Fluttershy stopped her story and started to cry. Everypony was shocked at what they were hearing. Pinkie hugged Fluttershy, trying her best to make her happy.

    "Fluttershy, you really don't have to continue your story if it bothers you, we can talk about something else."

The girls all agreed.

    "No. I need to get this out. If I don't say something now, it will probably bother me for the rest of my life. Besides, you guys really need to know."

The girls looked at each other and shrugged with a look on their face that said,

     "Well, if you insist..." Fluttershy continued her story.

    "I was tired of being mistreated, so I spoke up. I told them to stop doing what they were doing to me. They got so angry when I said this, they kicked me out my own house! Hours later they let me back in. I slowly walked into my room and ate the few scraps that I had saved. My aunts left the house and they told me that they would be back. They lied. I was left alone in the little house. 4 years went by, and thankfully, I was still alive. I was trying my hardest to survive. After a long winter, the spring came. I was playing with the dolls that my parents had given me when I noticed something: the little box that I hadn't touched in 7 years.

I was scared. I didn't know if I should open it, or should I leave it for another 4 years. I had made up my mind. I walked across the wide room and went to my bookshelf. I flew to the very top, and took the box. I flew back down and looked at, laying on my bed. I just looked at it. I didn't know what was going to be inside. I blew the dust off, and carefully opened the box.

I looked inside, and I saw a letter. I picked it up, and on it, the title had said: The Truth.

The Truth

    " I sat down and read the letter. And because I read it so many times, I accidentally memorized it. This is what it said."

      "Dearest Fluttershy,

By the time you read this, we will be gone forever, or, if things turn out better, we will still be with you, and we will look back at this moment and laugh. But if not, we...well I, your mother made a huge mistake before were first born. I had an affair with another pony. His name was Bronze Shimmer. We fell in love, and we got carried away. A few weeks later, I got married to your father, and I had no idea what was coming ahead. Months after our marriage, I  became pregnant with you. I told your father what had happened, and he was shocked. Even though he forgave me, things got worse. You became five months old when we got the mail. Bronze had heard about your birth, and he threatened to murder you if we didn't give up our marriage. I was scared. I didn't know what to do. I told him that I would give up my life to save you. Your father said the same for me. He have us five years to decide. Soon our time was up. That is why we left dear. We needed you to know what happened, that is why we wrote this letter. Hopefully things will change and we will still be together."

Hope to see you again someday

Your parents.

                                Fluttershy continued her story, but she blinked her eyes, trying to keep her tears back. " I read the story over and over again, hoping and praying that I was seeing wrong, and everything was okay. I stopped after reading the letter over and over again. I was crying, my heart broken, i just wanted to curl up in a ball and die. After a few minutes of crying, I decided to do something. I decided to go see for myself, if my parents were really dead. I went on an adventure.

Visiting Sunset

    Fluttershy fainted. She mumbled dizzily, "Sunset Shimmer is my sister....she's my sister....my sister is Sunset Shimmer...Sunset Shimmer is a sister of Fluttershy..."

    Rainbow Dash yelled at Fluttershy. "FLUTTERSHY SNAP OUT OF IT!"

    Rainbow slapped Fluttershy's face. Fluttershy cried out a quick "EEP!" and jumped to the top of the ceiling, hitting her head. Everypony face-hoofed themselves.

    Pinkie Pie jumped up and down excitedly. "That means that I have even MORE ponies to celebrate with! I can't wait to meet her!"

     Fluttershy jumped up and look at Pinkie. "Wait! No. We can't go see her. No..yes! It's a really bad idea! Yes..no! We should not go see her. She's evil! Evil I tell you!"

    Twilight rolled her eyes. "Fluttershy, your overreacting! Sunset Shimmer learned her lesson 10 months ago, and she came back to Ponyville 5 months ago. I've heard more ponies are becoming her friend now, so I think it would be fine to go visit her at least for a few minutes. You know, for family bondage?"

    Fluttershy disappointingly nodded her head. The group left the library and went from pony to pony asking them if they knew where Sunset Shimmer was. They ran around ponyville for hours and hours, searching for her. When they thought hope was lost and there was no other choice but to give up, Cloudchaser told them that she had just walked home from the street market. She gave them the address and they ran off to her house.

   As they reached their destination, Twilight was just about to knock on the door when Rainbow Dash rammed herself into the door, breaking it in half. There inside stood a teenage mare who was shocked and stunned at what happened. Suddenly, Rainbow flew and pinned her down to the floor. The mare cried out as Rainbow stood on top of her.

    Rainbow spoke loudly, "HEY, ARE YOU SUNSET SHIMMER?"

    The young pony stuttered in a very scared way. "P-please d-don't h-h-hurt me! I didn't do a-anything I s-s-swear!!"

    Rainbow looked closer at her. "ANSWER MY QUESTION!"

    She nodded her head. Frightened by Rainbow's strong approach, the young mare started to sob.

    Twilight angrily cried out. "Rainbow Dash!" She pulled Rainbow's ear with her magic, bringing her to her side. "That was very rude, the way you barged in her house like that!"

    Rainbow squirmed around. "Okay! Okay! I'm sorry. Just let go of my ear!"

    Twilight let go of Rainbow's ear. Rainbow fell to the ground, smack on the face. Twilight walked over to Sunset Shimmer and helped her up.

    "Sorry about the mess Sunset, Rainbow Dash will pay for your door. Won't you Dash?"

    Rainbow grumbled disappointingly. Sunset sat everypony down on her sofa and offered them some hot cocoa. Twilight explained why they had come to her house. Sunset's expression when she finished talking was un-explainable. She asked them if it was a joke, and they all shook their heads. There was an awkward silence for a while. Finally Sunset Shimmer said something.

    "Um, but how is this possible? I'm so confused."  she said.

    "Well, maybe if Fluttershy continues her story, you'll understand." Pinkie Pie suggested.

    Everypony nodded their heads in agreement of the idea. So Fluttershy continued her story.

    "Now where were we? Oh right, yes. Sunset had let me into her home. Her mom and dad were away, so it was just her and I. We played for a while, just like two little girls would. We made a mess with paint and food so we hurried to the bathroom and filled the tub with 5 bottles of bubble bath soap and filled it with water. But that only caused a bigger mess. Bubbles filled up the whole bathroom, and believe me, the bathroom's size from what I remember was huge! Suddenly we heard the door close in the living room. I flew to the door and opened it slowly. Bubbles flew from the room and all over the carpet. A young mare stood there with her cell phone staring at our mess all over the place. Then she saw us. We stayed quiet for a while expecting her to burst out in flames. But instead, she just giggled and helped us get bubbles, paint, and food off our faces."

    Fluttershy looked over to her side and saw the giggling face of Sunset Shimmer. "I remember everything that happened. It's just so funny to think about how silly we were to put that much soap in the water."

    The girls found themselves watching the two ponies laughing with each other about their past. All they could do was smiles and enjoy watching them have fun.

    Sunset finally calmed down and stopped laughing. "Oh, right, continue your story."

    Fluttershy didn't hesitate to start. "The mare was actually Sunset's mom. I don't recall her name, but she was kind enough to clean our faces off and not yell at us. She helped us wipe the mess off the carpet and the walls, and clean up all the bubbles from the soap. Of course, she asked me my name, but I was too shy to reply. Sunset answered for me. Sunset's mom just smiled and went to fix a proper meal for us. We sat on the couch and watched our cartoons. That's when Sunset's dad, Bronze Shimmer came in.

    He came in and was talking with his wife. He walked in the living room and sat down with us.

     "Hey Sunset, what's up?" He greeted to his daughter.

     "Watching cartoons with Fluttershy of course." Sunset replied.

     He looked at me and just smiled. "Hey Fluttershy, a friend of Sunset I suppose?"

    I turned around and watched TV again.

    "She's shy, dad" Sunset spoke for me again.

    We played the rest of the day. I ate with their small family and I had fun with their pets. It was getting late and I got my bags and left their home. They all waved goodbye and told me to come back again tomorrow. They closed the door and I smiled and started to walk off. Then I realized, I had forgotten the only reason I had visited them. I had too much fun and got side tracked. My only option was to come back the next day. While thinking of a plan to get my parents back in the kindest way possible, I flew to one of my best friend's houses in Cloudsdale: Rainbow Dash."

    Then all of a sudden Rainbow got a certain look on her face that said "Oh no, that part is coming up."

    "Um, I gotta go. I have a evening shift to do. I'll pay for that door Sunset. Sorry about that." She flew out the back door and closed it with a slam.

    "What's gotten into her?" Applejack asked

    Everypony shrugged.

    Fluttershy looked down at the floor. "Oh, I knew she run out the door at this part of the story. She regrets ever doing it, and hates it when I talk about it."

    "What do you mean darling?" Rarity questioned.

     Fluttershy replied sadly. "Well, okay, let me tell you..I mean...if you don't mind. I just feel bad about Rainbow..."

Storytime

It was early in the morning in Ponyville and all the ponies where preparing for the arrival of Princess Twilight Sparkle. It had been months since Twilight had visited her friends and family there. Everypony was very excited and could not wait until she  got there, especially her five best buddies.

    "Here she comes!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

The ponies cheered as she rode down in her chariot. As she stepped out, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity pushed through the crowd and gave Twilight a huge hug. Fluttershy started to cry.

    "We missed you so much! We thought you would never come back." Fluttershy cried even harder.

Twilight patted Fluttershy's head and lovingly replied,

    "Why would you think that Fluttershy? I would never leave Ponyville and not come back to see my friends!"

Twilight and her friends walked around Ponyville while Twilight greeted all her other friends that were around. It started to rain, and it was getting dark, so the six friends headed to the library, where they found Spike who was cleaning and dusting.

    "Spike!" Twilight called.

Spike stopped his doings and looked behind him. He had a big grin on his face when he ran to Twilight and gave her a hug. The group all sat down and started to talk.

    "Lets tell each other about our lives!" Rainbow Dash suggested.

Everyone thought it was a great idea and decided to choose who should go first.

Rarity replied "Since Rainbow came up with the idea, lets let her choose."

Everypony nodded their heads in agreement and looked at Rainbow. Rainbow Dash took a while to decide, but she announced her decision after a few minutes.

    "I choose...Fluttershy!"

The five ponies and one dragon looked over at at Fluttershy. Fluttershy had a worried look on her face. She started to stutter,

    "Uh...no thanks I'm good...uh...Pinkie Pie how about you go!"

     Twilight insisted, "Come on Fluttershy! We want to know, please? I think it might be interesting!"

The group of ponies pleaded over Fluttershy trying their best to convince her to tell them.

     "Tell us! Tells us!" They chanted. "Tell us! Tell us!" They pleaded.

Fluttershy finally made up her mind and replied to them in a sad tone,

    "Okaaay...."

    "YAAY" The group exclaimed!

Fluttershy added a comment, "I will tell you about my life but later you will regret ever asking."

Everypony had a puzzled look on their faces. Fluttershy started her story,

"Ok this is how it goes..."

The Not So Long Adventure

    "I packed my bags with the items I loved and needed the most, and I left the house. I didn't get very far, because I didn't know where I was going. I should have made a plan. But anyway, I kept walking and walking, until I realized, I needed a place to sleep. I looked around, the only safe spot to sleep was on a doormat next to someone's home. I thought to myself,

    "I'm sure they wouldn't notice if I leave before they wake up."

    So, I took out my blanket from my saddle bag and fell asleep there. It became morning (but I didn't notice it) and a pony came out, I didn't recall his name, but I know that he was very welcoming. He let me into his home and gave me some breakfast. It was delicious well, as I remember. He let me stay for a couple of weeks.

    It was very kind of him. When I left the stallion's home, I continued on my adventure. I went to several ponies houses, asking them if they knew my parents or somepony named Bronze Shimmer. Everypony said no and continued their doings. I knocked on the last door in Ponyville. When the door opened, I saw a yellow pony with red hair. She was about a few years younger than I, but she was still young.

    "Do you know anyone named Bronze Shimmer?" I asked.

    I was thinking she would say no , but to my surprise she said something other than yes, she said

    "Yeah, he's my dad!"

    I was surprised! She invited me inside. She told me her name was Sunset Shimmer and-"

   Twilight interrupted, "Sorry for interrupting Fluttershy, but did you just say her name was Sunset Shimmer, her dad was Bronze Shimmer, and he had an affair with your mom?"

    Fluttershy just calmly replied, "Exactly! Why do you ask?"

    Twilight responded, " Well, do notice that Sunset Shimmer is the pony who stole my crown and led me into the human world, and Sunset Shimmer in your story is the pony who is the daughter of the pony who had an affair with your mom...so

that kinda means that-"

    Fluttershy gasped. "It means that Sunset Shimmer.....IS MY SISTER?!?!"

   The girls gasped. Fluttershy fainted.