My Little Pony Family Is Loveby RikiBladeChaptersMLP FIL Chapter 1 part 1Chapter 1 part 2Chapter 2 part 1Chapter 2 part 2MLP FIL Chapter 1 part 1Thundering hooves seemed to almost drown out the thunder as a unicorn filly zigzagged through the tangled unforgiving forest. Her long light blue, yellow striped hair stuck to her pastel pink coat, coated with mud and sweat. Her wild purple eyes kept looking in front of her, and then back, and then in front. Her breath hitched and grew shallower and heavier as her movements grew slower and slower, and then she tripped. In a flurry of movement the unicorn tumbled down a hill and landed with a thud. Heavy breaths and shaking hooves, she struggled to stand. As she turned to look as saw a manticore hammer down the hill, eyes wild and claws bared. The filly’s eyes widened as the cold, unforgiving, horrible truth destroyed her very soul and her hope. She was going to die, she was going to die a horrible, bloody, painful death. She had used all her energy, she was out alone in the woods and no one could save her. She was a goner, as the manticore raised its paw and struck down. Blood covered the ground like a red reminder of death. The manticore was gone, apparently a filly was meant to die bleeding. The unicorn lay there ripped and bloody, the light her in her eyes faded as the blood pooled around her more and more. ‘Why aren’t I dead?’ she thought, ‘I should be dead, Ive been ripped apart and yet Im still breathing. Just let me die. I don`t want to be in pain anymore!’ then something flashed in her mind. Large waves of blood, stormy skies. Rocks and pools of blood and guts. White tiles splattered with blood. Rapid waves. A speeding train. Forest greens and rocks. Sandy ruins. They all sprinted through her mind as she felt numb and then. She heard the chirps of birds. As she opened her eyes weakly sunlight stung her eyes. “What…?” she mumbled, as she shakily stood up, the ground around her was covered in flowers and grass, she was in what seemed to be a meadow. “What… happened?” she looked around, no blood. Was, was she dead? The unicorn lifted a hoof up, and slapped herself in the face. “OW!” she yelped, nope, she wasn’t dead. Then, what happened, she was in one piece, what where those images, why was she alive, where was she? Questions ran through her head, making it spin. “Nugh… t-too many questions, I’m so confused! I want to go home!” she whined. “Hey! Are you ok?” the filly turned around to find a young colt standing next to her, looking worried. He had pure snow white hair, a coat to match and bright red eyes. “Well?” He pried. “Are you?” “U-uh… I think so…” She answered. “I heard screaming in the forest over there.” The albino colt pointed to a forest just in eyesight. “I went on my way to look and I got here just now and now I see you! You look kinda roughed up! What happened?” the white colt bombarded her with questions. “a-ah, Im fine. I… I really dont want to talk about it.” The filly mumbled. “Oh… Ok then! Well I` m Specialty! Who are you?” he asked. “O-oh. Im…. Im Star Shower, but you can call me Star…” she murmured quietly. “That`s a really pretty name!” Specialty said, smiling happily. “Where do you live Star? We should get you home!” “A-ah I live in… Canterlot….” Star Shower answered faintly. “Oh cool! I live there too! Come on! I`ll take you home!” the young colt said, patting Star Shower on the back. “Come on!” he started walking off, slowly, so that the filly could follow. Star scrambled to follow Specialty in a frenzied fear of being alone again. Suddenly Specialty took in a dig deep breath. Oh Dear Star Shower don`t you see?~ Traveling`s easy, as least for me~ But dont you worry, Dont you fret~ Specialtys goanna show you where its at!~ Traveling’s best when it`s will a buddy!~ Cause when you`re alone it makes your heart~ MUDDY!!!~ With a friend, they chase the sadness away!~ HEY!~ They turn that mud into a tree!~ “A Tree?” YES!~ A TREE!~ But Specialty I don’t see what you mean!~ How can mud turn into a tree?~ Also, Why are we singing???~ “Because silly! Singing makes things go by faster! I mean look, we`re already at your house!” “WHAT?!” Night had just slipped into the sky as the two foals stood at Star Showers doorstep. Star looked at Specialty, then at the door, then at Specialty. “Wha-? How? Did you?” Stars questions flooded out of her mouth. “Well, I`ll see you later Star! Bye!” Specialty said, waving enthusiastically as he ran off. After Star watched him go, she sighed deeply and went to open the door. As the morning sun lazily sat in the middle of the sky, Star was losing her mind from boredom. Her parents,-Grapeberry Shower and Meteor Shower- had grounded her for going into the forest and being gone for so long. Star had not told them about the manticore. As she lay on her bed, bored out of her mind, she heard a knock at the door down stairs. “Star Shower come down here! Someone`s hear to see you!” The voice of her mother pierced Stars ears. “Coming!” She answered, as she jumped on her bed, out of her room and down the stairs. When she got to the door, as her parents looked at her, bored and angry. The filly was shocked to see two young colts, standing at the door. One was Specialty, who had a happy warm yet somewhat uncertain smile plastered on her face, the other was a white coated colt with blue eyes and messy un-kept red hair. The unnamed colt had a shy half smile on his face. Both had saddle bags, the red manned colt kept looking back at the bags uneasily. “Hello misses and mister Shower!” Specialty said, Star cringed as her parents looked at the colt with disgust- no doubt because of the color of his mane and coat-. “I`m Specialty, and this-” Specialty said pointing to the other colt. “Is my friend, Ink Brush!” “I-ink Brush? Y-you mean the son of the famous designer Elegant brush?” Stars mother, Meteor Shower squawked. “Star Shower dear, go on and play with them? Ok?” Stars father –Grapeberry Shower- said with a sickening sweetness. Chapter 1 part 2Chapter 1 part 2 “Sorry, for taking so long… I couldn’t find my saddle bag.” Star mumbled as she walked with the two colts down a road. “It`s fine!” Specialty said happily, “It takes me forever to find things sometimes!” he smiled goofily. “Uhh, yeah! Um HEY!” Ink Brush finally yelled out, causing Star to jump and Specialty to trip. Ink Brush tuned a deep shade of red and looked at the ground. “U-uh, I was working on something and since you are a girl…. A-and it`s girly, could maybe be…. model it for me…? P-please! YOU HAVE THE PERFECT BODY FOR IT!!!” He screeched in the fillies face. “Wha-what?!” Star yelped in confusion, stepping back a bit. Suddenly Specialty jumped in between them. “Inkie means he made some dresses. But no one will model them for him. He was wondering if you could help. Hey, maybe we could all play dress up!” the albino unicorn suggested, with a nervous, yet happy smile. Star and Ink stared at him for a moment. “Id like… that. I mean, if you really want me too! Im not a good model and I dont think Id be that helpful! But if its what you want. I-Im sorry I`ll stop talking!” Star cried out, tears clouded her eyes. Specialty suddenly stopped, looking very alarmed. “No, no, no! Star you have it all wrong! You shouldn’t say those things about yourself! Everyone deserves to do something they like!” he said franticly, waving his hooves in the air. He pulled Ink and Star into a big bear hug. “See? We`re all friends here! No need for the waterworks!” “A-ah, Specialty … everypony`s staring….” Ink mumbled, the three were now quite aware of the fact that many stuffy upper class Canterlot ponies were indeed staring. “Maybe we should just get going….” Star shyly suggested. The others nodded and quickly ran away. Star stared, mouth agape as she looked at Inks room, it was huge. The room had fancy knickknacks all around and clothing and design tools scattered around. Inks bed was covered by fabric. “I`s a little… messy….” Specialty said slowly, Star nodded. “S-sorry, I tend to throw my things everywhere when I`m working. “ Ink said, rubbing the back of his head. “Its ok buddy! Well just clean it up!” Specialty said enthusiastically. Star nodded. “Now Let`s clean!” he yelled and threw some cleaning supplies at the others. “H-how did you get these?!” Star asked, but then Specialty shushed her. “Shush, shush. Don’t ask questions about these things Starry!” he whispered in her ear. As they stood there, admiring their work on the now spotless room. They flopped to the floor, utterly exhausted. “Nugghhh, we were going to play dress up. But we got all tired out from cleaning…” Ink mumbled, he was covered in cleaning supplies. “Nice way to state the obvious…” Star hissed, tiredly but bitterly. “Hey, Specialty, how come you didn’t sing… isn’t that your thing?” she asked. “The… writer… ran… out…. Of… ideas….” The white colt mumbled half-heartedly. Star and Ink stared at him confusingly, but were too tired to ask him what he meant. “Hey, it was kinda fun!” Ink said shyly. The others nodded. Specialty laughed loudly, but then he stopped. He looked like he had discovered something mind blowing. “Oh. MY. Celestia.” He said slowly, but in short gasps. Ink and Star jumped up. “What is it? What is it?!” They asked franticly and worriedly over and over. “We…. Were… were all….” Specialty said slowly, then he sucked in a deep breath of air. “ALL BLANK FLANKS!” He screamed with all his might. Star stumbled back and Ink nearly fainted. “S-so?! Also, You JUST noticed that?!” Star screamed back. “Wait, that means… We can be like the Cutie Mark Cru-” Ink began. “Captors.” Specialty cut in. “What?” “Cutie Mark Captors. We can`t have any copyright infringements.” He said, dead seriously. Ink and Star once again stared at him. “Sure…” They both said slowly. Slowly, as they stared at each other, they broke into fits of laughter one by one, falling to the ground, hooves flailing in the air, and holding their stomachs. Slowly the laughter died down and the three unicorns stared at each other. They were now well aware with how silly they looked. Specialty had glue and fabric paint staining his fur and mane. Star was all wet from the soupy water and smelt like citrus. Finally Ink had glitter and pieces of fabric stuck to him. The three almost burst into giggles again. “Yeah, we`re the Cutie Mark Captors. The CMC.” Star said with childish joy. “This means we`re friends, right?” Ink asked, confused. “Of course! We`ll be the best friends in all of Canterl- no all of Equestria!” Specialty exclaimed gleefully. Star and Ink shouted in agreement, nodding their heads. “Wait, what time is it…?” Star asked, as she looked out one of the stain glass windows in Ink Bushes room. “Um…” Ink Bush got up and looked at the clock by his bed side. “It`s 6:00 P.M.” He answered her. “W-why?” “Oh… already…? I-Im sorry, I think its time I went home guys… sorry…” She said, looking sad as she rubbed the back of her head. “Aww…” Both colts whined. “I guess I better go too… Ill see you guys soon… But its ok! Let`s hang out again tomorrow, and then again, again and again!” Specialty said happily in a sing-song voice, skipping around and giggling happily. “I don`t think I can do t-that….” Star mumbled. “My parents might not let me…” “Awwwww!” Specialty wailed in mock agony, flopping to the ground and flailing around. “You gotta come back! You gotta!” He begged. “I-I will! I will!” Star answered, giggling slightly at the albino colts antics. “A-anways! I have to go! B-bye!” she yelled out, running out of the room and out of Inks house. The two colts waved at her from the window as she ran off. As Star walked down one of the more shady roads of Canterlot, the night moon was peeking was out of the edge of sky she heard something. It sounded like… sizzling… no, static? Whatever it was Star also heard an ever so faint and weak cry. “S-system fa-KARZZZZZZZZ” the plea was drowned out by a sudden ear blasting boom of static shock, Star jumped back and screamed. As the awful noise died down, she carefully walked to follow the sound with shaky hooves. Following the slight static sounds she was lead to a corner in a dirty, trash filled corner of a alleyway. What she found, shocked her more than anything. “P-please…..help….me….” Chapter 2 part 1“P-please…..help….me….” the bloody, oily, muddy deep cherry red pegasi colt begged. His dark pink hair was stuck to his face, as his purple eyes buried holes into Star. “P-please… I-I`m scared….” Suddenly, his eyes darkened and he stopped and lay on the ground, face in a glob of oil. By the time the colt had hit the floor Star was already in full panic mode. “Oh no, oh no! A-are you ok?! Im sorry I didn’t get here soon enough! U-uh! Please stay alive!” the unicorn begged, getting the colt onto her back. “U-uh, dont worry! I`ll get you fixed up!” she stuttered, shivering as blood and oil ran down her back. Not wishing to waste another second, Star started to run off, using a little bit of her weak magic to make the colt less heavy. Still, the pegasi felt like he weighted as much as a full grown pony. “Why would you ever bring a street rat into this house! Star Shower I thought I raised you better than this!” Meteor Shower screamed. Her pink coat matched her daughters but her hair was spiky and light green, save for a similar strip of golden hair. Star cowered under her mother’s harsh voice. The colt lay still behind her. “M-mother, PLEASE! Hes so hurt! P-Please dont do this!” Star begged, tearing up. “Are you crying?! For goodness sakes you brat! Go take that rat out to the streets! We don`t need a moronic pegasi in this house!” her mother growled in a shrill and harsh tone. “I-Im sorry! I just… I cant just-” Stars chocking sobs where cut off by the doorbell. “Ugh, Stop your whining and wait here!” Meteor hissed vilely as she walked towards the door. When she opened the door, a salespony smiled at her. “Oh hello Miss Shower! May- OH! Im sorry to bother you, it seems youve taken the kindness to help at poor street rat! How kind you are Miss Shower! Do you want me to come back later, you seem busy.” He said, looking at the colt. “Hmm? O-oh yes of course! You know me! Help, help, help!” Meteor cooed, trying to cash in on some selfish prise. “Star darling, please go take our guest upstairs to your room, hmm?” she asked, turning to Star and giving her a look that said ‘Just this once, don’t mess up.’ Star nodded quickly and dragged the colt upstairs. Carefully Star slid the still unconscious colt into her bed, she had done her best to clean him and her up, but not that good of a job, as the poor girl was tired out of her mind. While pushing the colt in bed she noticed something yellow on his flank. A yellow lightning bolt, a cutie mark! Star suddenly felt very, very jealous, but seeing as the poor kid was knocked out in an alley, she quickly got over it as she climbed into bed. “Night...” She whispered as she drifted off. Scarlet felt…soft and… clean? This was odd, really odd, alarming odd! With a snort Scarlet quickly got up and saw, a girl. Oh… its just A GIRL?! HOLY COW HOLD UP SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TRICKERY! Scarlet felt himself starting to hyperventilate as he also realized he was in a bed, in a place he didn’t know and everything was dark. Well, save for the bright glow of his dark purple eyes, BUT THAT DIDNT REALLY MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING! The filly in his bed twitched and Scarlet become fearfully aware of something. Despite the fact she looked kind of dirty and her hair was a mess, she was very, very pretty. The pegasi colt felt a very strong urge to brush a hood through her pastel blue mane with the light yellow stripe, but held it back as he knew that would be really creepy, he was a smart boy… right? Yes, yes he was, so he just looked at her. He wasn’t staring, just looking at her. Until she woke up. He could look at a pretty girl… right? Not creepy…. right, RIGHT?! Right, right he was right. He was always right when it came to this sort of thing, he was polite… wait should a polite pony be wondering where he came from…? No, he had a feeling he didn’t want to go back, he had a good reason. It didn’t matter. Anyways, it wouldn’t be creepy to describe her in his head, right yeah sure, cool. Well the girl w- “Nughh….” The filly groaned and Scarlet jumped. Star was suddenly under the impression she was being watched. As she slowly opened her eyes, she realized that the colt had woken up! “O-oh! Youre awake! I-I mean hi! Im Star Shower… I-I found you knocked out in an alley way and b-b-brought you to my house…. U-uh we are in my room i-if you a-a-re wondering….” She mumbled shyly. “O-oh… Uh… I`m Scarlet! Thanks for helping me… Star.” The pegasi colt said. The fact that the colt was alright and not freaking out made Star smile a very big, yet rare smile. “I-it`s nothing really!” Star said humbly, “A-anyone could have helped…” “But you were the one who did it! Youre the one who cleaned me up, judging the state of my fur. Youre the one to let me sleep in your bed, considering I`m in it.” Scarlet said gratefully. “A-ah, youre too kind… Thanks….” Star mumbled, blushing lightly. “O-oh!” He eyes lit up, as if she had just remembered something. “If you dont mind…. W-what does your cutie mark represent?” she asked, adverting her eyes. “Oh…” the pegasi looked at the yellow mark on his flank. “Its means Im faster than lightning!” he said boldly, “I could out fly the fastest pegasi alive!” he puffed out his chest, looking very proud and cocky. “What does your cutie mark mean?” he asked. “U-uh…” Star started to look at her bed sheets, shuffling her hooves. “I don’t have a cutie mark…” she muttered. “Oh… well that just means you have more options! Oh, can I tell you about the time I saw a giant dragon zoom through the sky while I was flying?” Scarlet asked, hoping to change the subject. Star nodded. For the rest of the night, the two swapped stories, happily laughing quietly. Chapter 2 part 2“Wake up, do you want to sleep in and be lazy? Scarlet is already awake.” Meteor scolded, as Star started to slowly wake up, Meteor slammed the door, mumbling something Star couldn’t hear. With a sigh, Star jumped off her bed and made her way down stairs, still feeling groggy and not fully awake. When she came down the stairs Scarlet was sitting at the table munching on an apple, he looked nervous. “Good morning Star.” He said, waving as Star sat at the table next to Scarlet. Her father, Grapeberry Shower, was busy making coffee. “Dont eat too much, youre getting fat already….” He said, Star flinched and Scarlet stared at Grapeberry, something Star couldn’t understand flashed in his eyes. Star only took half an apple. “Thats it? Youll wear yourself to the bone eating that little. Ugh, why couldn’t you be like your sister?” Meteor huffed angrily, Star almost choked on her apple as Meteor mentioned her sister. “Maybe she isn’t like her sister because she`s her own pony.” Scarlet hissed, he had a mix of anger and frustration. The three unicorns stared at the scarlet colt with wide eyes, Star had a look of shock and disbelief while her parents looked furious. “And dont come back for the rest of the day! Save for you, rat! Dont come back at all you boneless chicken rat!” Grapeberry screamed as he kicked the two foals out of the house, they landed with a thud on the ground. “Ow… Im so sorry Scarlet… its my fault I got us kicked out…” Star whispered, her bottom lip trembling as unshed tears started to form in her eyes. “No! Don`t say that! Those two were being really rude and that was a low blow! You have the right to be treated kindly.” Scarlet growled, looking at Star and putting a hoof on her shoulder. Star looked at him, her eyes were clouded and she spoke in a serious matter of fact tone. “They`re my parents. They can do whatever they want.” She said, shrugging. “We…. We should find you somewhere to stay, I know a place. D-do you want to come.” She then went back to her shy tone and stuttering. Scarlet looked at her for a moment, but decided that now was not the time to ask her about her sister. “A-ah sorry! D-did I scare you?! U-uh… I was just t-trying to be s-s-serious!” Star cried out, “I won`t d-d-do that again! I Promise!” “U-uh no! Its fine! I- you- you just surprised me, thats all! Ahahah….” Scarlet laughed awkwardly, he wasn’t good at dealing with shy ponies. “S-so, about that place. Can you take me there?” He asked, hopefully. Star nodded. As Star and Scarlet walked through Canterlot Star stopped for a moment. “I-Im not really supposed to be talking to them, but th-theyre the o-only ponies I-I can think of in C-C-Canterlot. So p-p-please dont tell my parents, O-oh, d-d-dont tell them about my pa-parents either, D-d-don`t ask, they just don’t l-l-l-like them…” Star stuttered out, a pleading look in her eyes. Scarlet nodded quickly, he felt nervous though, very, very nervous. They continued walking until they came to an apartment, it was an oddly shabby looking place, which was really weird considering this was Canterlot, a place well known for its fancy… well everything. “I-I know it seems l-l-like a shabby place, but the ponies here. J-just tell Them Starry b-b-brought you h-h-here and you nee-need a place t-t-t-to stay… OKBYE!” Star suddenly screamed loudly and then rushed off before Scarlet could catch up. With a small sigh, Scarlet took a deep breath and walked into the apartment. As Scarlet walked up the apartment he was stopped by an abnormally large white unicorn, he had a short yellow mane, one eye had a large scar on it and was a milky blue, white the other was a glaring dark red. The stallion had a cracked horn and had many scars covering him, his cutie mark was scratched out on both sides. “Child, what are you doing here?” The stallion said, his voice was gruff and raspy. “U-uh… Starry sent me… I need a place to stay… sir…” Scarlet stuttered out, he suddenly felt like this was a bad, bad idea. “Starry? Well then, you can stay here kid. I`m Royal Blaze, who are you?” The stallion said, a small faint smile crossed his face. “O-Oh thank you! I`m Scarlet!” the pegasi said, smiling brightly, feeling relieved. “Scarlet? Thats an odd name for a pegasi, a colt no less. Well, I’m not going to judge, boy. Now come along, you must want to find out where youre staying.” Blaze said, starting to go up the stairs of the apartment, Scarlet followed quickly. As Scarlet sat at the table in the old apartment room, Blaze and a midnight blue pegasi mare named Lightning Ranger with short blond hair and deep purple eyes were buzzing around, most likely preparing lunch, as it was around lunch. She had a bullhorn with lighting three lighting strikes coming out of it for a cutie mark. Scarlet had learned that the mare was Blazes fillyfriend, but she lived in Dodge City, who was visiting for a week, this was her second day here in Canterlot. “Well kiddo! Im glad I was here to meet you! Heh, youll need someone to teach you how to fly! Just send me a letter if I aint here when you need to learn. You look like youre getting to that age… what are you, 5.. 6?” Ranger asked, laughing as she started making coffee. “I`m 8. I was born on October 12th if that helps, Miss. Ranger.” Scarlet said, smiling, these were very nice ponies, he liked them, even though Royal Blaze was a little scary, He thought. “8? Well then kiddo! We can start anytime you want. Oh, and you can just call me Lightning, or Ranger, no need for the miss.” Ranger said, laughing. “Ok, I know how to fly, but I would like help polishing my skills….” The small colt said. “You already know? Heh, well whatta you know! Hey let me tell you how I learned to fly….” Ranger started.
MLP FIL Chapter 1 part 1Thundering hooves seemed to almost drown out the thunder as a unicorn filly zigzagged through the tangled unforgiving forest. Her long light blue, yellow striped hair stuck to her pastel pink coat, coated with mud and sweat. Her wild purple eyes kept looking in front of her, and then back, and then in front. Her breath hitched and grew shallower and heavier as her movements grew slower and slower, and then she tripped. In a flurry of movement the unicorn tumbled down a hill and landed with a thud. Heavy breaths and shaking hooves, she struggled to stand. As she turned to look as saw a manticore hammer down the hill, eyes wild and claws bared. The filly’s eyes widened as the cold, unforgiving, horrible truth destroyed her very soul and her hope. She was going to die, she was going to die a horrible, bloody, painful death. She had used all her energy, she was out alone in the woods and no one could save her. She was a goner, as the manticore raised its paw and struck down. Blood covered the ground like a red reminder of death. The manticore was gone, apparently a filly was meant to die bleeding. The unicorn lay there ripped and bloody, the light her in her eyes faded as the blood pooled around her more and more. ‘Why aren’t I dead?’ she thought, ‘I should be dead, Ive been ripped apart and yet Im still breathing. Just let me die. I don`t want to be in pain anymore!’ then something flashed in her mind. Large waves of blood, stormy skies. Rocks and pools of blood and guts. White tiles splattered with blood. Rapid waves. A speeding train. Forest greens and rocks. Sandy ruins. They all sprinted through her mind as she felt numb and then. She heard the chirps of birds. As she opened her eyes weakly sunlight stung her eyes. “What…?” she mumbled, as she shakily stood up, the ground around her was covered in flowers and grass, she was in what seemed to be a meadow. “What… happened?” she looked around, no blood. Was, was she dead? The unicorn lifted a hoof up, and slapped herself in the face. “OW!” she yelped, nope, she wasn’t dead. Then, what happened, she was in one piece, what where those images, why was she alive, where was she? Questions ran through her head, making it spin. “Nugh… t-too many questions, I’m so confused! I want to go home!” she whined. “Hey! Are you ok?” the filly turned around to find a young colt standing next to her, looking worried. He had pure snow white hair, a coat to match and bright red eyes. “Well?” He pried. “Are you?” “U-uh… I think so…” She answered. “I heard screaming in the forest over there.” The albino colt pointed to a forest just in eyesight. “I went on my way to look and I got here just now and now I see you! You look kinda roughed up! What happened?” the white colt bombarded her with questions. “a-ah, Im fine. I… I really dont want to talk about it.” The filly mumbled. “Oh… Ok then! Well I` m Specialty! Who are you?” he asked. “O-oh. Im…. Im Star Shower, but you can call me Star…” she murmured quietly. “That`s a really pretty name!” Specialty said, smiling happily. “Where do you live Star? We should get you home!” “A-ah I live in… Canterlot….” Star Shower answered faintly. “Oh cool! I live there too! Come on! I`ll take you home!” the young colt said, patting Star Shower on the back. “Come on!” he started walking off, slowly, so that the filly could follow. Star scrambled to follow Specialty in a frenzied fear of being alone again. Suddenly Specialty took in a dig deep breath. Oh Dear Star Shower don`t you see?~ Traveling`s easy, as least for me~ But dont you worry, Dont you fret~ Specialtys goanna show you where its at!~ Traveling’s best when it`s will a buddy!~ Cause when you`re alone it makes your heart~ MUDDY!!!~ With a friend, they chase the sadness away!~ HEY!~ They turn that mud into a tree!~ “A Tree?” YES!~ A TREE!~ But Specialty I don’t see what you mean!~ How can mud turn into a tree?~ Also, Why are we singing???~ “Because silly! Singing makes things go by faster! I mean look, we`re already at your house!” “WHAT?!” Night had just slipped into the sky as the two foals stood at Star Showers doorstep. Star looked at Specialty, then at the door, then at Specialty. “Wha-? How? Did you?” Stars questions flooded out of her mouth. “Well, I`ll see you later Star! Bye!” Specialty said, waving enthusiastically as he ran off. After Star watched him go, she sighed deeply and went to open the door. As the morning sun lazily sat in the middle of the sky, Star was losing her mind from boredom. Her parents,-Grapeberry Shower and Meteor Shower- had grounded her for going into the forest and being gone for so long. Star had not told them about the manticore. As she lay on her bed, bored out of her mind, she heard a knock at the door down stairs. “Star Shower come down here! Someone`s hear to see you!” The voice of her mother pierced Stars ears. “Coming!” She answered, as she jumped on her bed, out of her room and down the stairs. When she got to the door, as her parents looked at her, bored and angry. The filly was shocked to see two young colts, standing at the door. One was Specialty, who had a happy warm yet somewhat uncertain smile plastered on her face, the other was a white coated colt with blue eyes and messy un-kept red hair. The unnamed colt had a shy half smile on his face. Both had saddle bags, the red manned colt kept looking back at the bags uneasily. “Hello misses and mister Shower!” Specialty said, Star cringed as her parents looked at the colt with disgust- no doubt because of the color of his mane and coat-. “I`m Specialty, and this-” Specialty said pointing to the other colt. “Is my friend, Ink Brush!” “I-ink Brush? Y-you mean the son of the famous designer Elegant brush?” Stars mother, Meteor Shower squawked. “Star Shower dear, go on and play with them? Ok?” Stars father –Grapeberry Shower- said with a sickening sweetness.
Chapter 1 part 2Chapter 1 part 2 “Sorry, for taking so long… I couldn’t find my saddle bag.” Star mumbled as she walked with the two colts down a road. “It`s fine!” Specialty said happily, “It takes me forever to find things sometimes!” he smiled goofily. “Uhh, yeah! Um HEY!” Ink Brush finally yelled out, causing Star to jump and Specialty to trip. Ink Brush tuned a deep shade of red and looked at the ground. “U-uh, I was working on something and since you are a girl…. A-and it`s girly, could maybe be…. model it for me…? P-please! YOU HAVE THE PERFECT BODY FOR IT!!!” He screeched in the fillies face. “Wha-what?!” Star yelped in confusion, stepping back a bit. Suddenly Specialty jumped in between them. “Inkie means he made some dresses. But no one will model them for him. He was wondering if you could help. Hey, maybe we could all play dress up!” the albino unicorn suggested, with a nervous, yet happy smile. Star and Ink stared at him for a moment. “Id like… that. I mean, if you really want me too! Im not a good model and I dont think Id be that helpful! But if its what you want. I-Im sorry I`ll stop talking!” Star cried out, tears clouded her eyes. Specialty suddenly stopped, looking very alarmed. “No, no, no! Star you have it all wrong! You shouldn’t say those things about yourself! Everyone deserves to do something they like!” he said franticly, waving his hooves in the air. He pulled Ink and Star into a big bear hug. “See? We`re all friends here! No need for the waterworks!” “A-ah, Specialty … everypony`s staring….” Ink mumbled, the three were now quite aware of the fact that many stuffy upper class Canterlot ponies were indeed staring. “Maybe we should just get going….” Star shyly suggested. The others nodded and quickly ran away. Star stared, mouth agape as she looked at Inks room, it was huge. The room had fancy knickknacks all around and clothing and design tools scattered around. Inks bed was covered by fabric. “I`s a little… messy….” Specialty said slowly, Star nodded. “S-sorry, I tend to throw my things everywhere when I`m working. “ Ink said, rubbing the back of his head. “Its ok buddy! Well just clean it up!” Specialty said enthusiastically. Star nodded. “Now Let`s clean!” he yelled and threw some cleaning supplies at the others. “H-how did you get these?!” Star asked, but then Specialty shushed her. “Shush, shush. Don’t ask questions about these things Starry!” he whispered in her ear. As they stood there, admiring their work on the now spotless room. They flopped to the floor, utterly exhausted. “Nugghhh, we were going to play dress up. But we got all tired out from cleaning…” Ink mumbled, he was covered in cleaning supplies. “Nice way to state the obvious…” Star hissed, tiredly but bitterly. “Hey, Specialty, how come you didn’t sing… isn’t that your thing?” she asked. “The… writer… ran… out…. Of… ideas….” The white colt mumbled half-heartedly. Star and Ink stared at him confusingly, but were too tired to ask him what he meant. “Hey, it was kinda fun!” Ink said shyly. The others nodded. Specialty laughed loudly, but then he stopped. He looked like he had discovered something mind blowing. “Oh. MY. Celestia.” He said slowly, but in short gasps. Ink and Star jumped up. “What is it? What is it?!” They asked franticly and worriedly over and over. “We…. Were… were all….” Specialty said slowly, then he sucked in a deep breath of air. “ALL BLANK FLANKS!” He screamed with all his might. Star stumbled back and Ink nearly fainted. “S-so?! Also, You JUST noticed that?!” Star screamed back. “Wait, that means… We can be like the Cutie Mark Cru-” Ink began. “Captors.” Specialty cut in. “What?” “Cutie Mark Captors. We can`t have any copyright infringements.” He said, dead seriously. Ink and Star once again stared at him. “Sure…” They both said slowly. Slowly, as they stared at each other, they broke into fits of laughter one by one, falling to the ground, hooves flailing in the air, and holding their stomachs. Slowly the laughter died down and the three unicorns stared at each other. They were now well aware with how silly they looked. Specialty had glue and fabric paint staining his fur and mane. Star was all wet from the soupy water and smelt like citrus. Finally Ink had glitter and pieces of fabric stuck to him. The three almost burst into giggles again. “Yeah, we`re the Cutie Mark Captors. The CMC.” Star said with childish joy. “This means we`re friends, right?” Ink asked, confused. “Of course! We`ll be the best friends in all of Canterl- no all of Equestria!” Specialty exclaimed gleefully. Star and Ink shouted in agreement, nodding their heads. “Wait, what time is it…?” Star asked, as she looked out one of the stain glass windows in Ink Bushes room. “Um…” Ink Bush got up and looked at the clock by his bed side. “It`s 6:00 P.M.” He answered her. “W-why?” “Oh… already…? I-Im sorry, I think its time I went home guys… sorry…” She said, looking sad as she rubbed the back of her head. “Aww…” Both colts whined. “I guess I better go too… Ill see you guys soon… But its ok! Let`s hang out again tomorrow, and then again, again and again!” Specialty said happily in a sing-song voice, skipping around and giggling happily. “I don`t think I can do t-that….” Star mumbled. “My parents might not let me…” “Awwwww!” Specialty wailed in mock agony, flopping to the ground and flailing around. “You gotta come back! You gotta!” He begged. “I-I will! I will!” Star answered, giggling slightly at the albino colts antics. “A-anways! I have to go! B-bye!” she yelled out, running out of the room and out of Inks house. The two colts waved at her from the window as she ran off. As Star walked down one of the more shady roads of Canterlot, the night moon was peeking was out of the edge of sky she heard something. It sounded like… sizzling… no, static? Whatever it was Star also heard an ever so faint and weak cry. “S-system fa-KARZZZZZZZZ” the plea was drowned out by a sudden ear blasting boom of static shock, Star jumped back and screamed. As the awful noise died down, she carefully walked to follow the sound with shaky hooves. Following the slight static sounds she was lead to a corner in a dirty, trash filled corner of a alleyway. What she found, shocked her more than anything. “P-please…..help….me….”
Chapter 2 part 1“P-please…..help….me….” the bloody, oily, muddy deep cherry red pegasi colt begged. His dark pink hair was stuck to his face, as his purple eyes buried holes into Star. “P-please… I-I`m scared….” Suddenly, his eyes darkened and he stopped and lay on the ground, face in a glob of oil. By the time the colt had hit the floor Star was already in full panic mode. “Oh no, oh no! A-are you ok?! Im sorry I didn’t get here soon enough! U-uh! Please stay alive!” the unicorn begged, getting the colt onto her back. “U-uh, dont worry! I`ll get you fixed up!” she stuttered, shivering as blood and oil ran down her back. Not wishing to waste another second, Star started to run off, using a little bit of her weak magic to make the colt less heavy. Still, the pegasi felt like he weighted as much as a full grown pony. “Why would you ever bring a street rat into this house! Star Shower I thought I raised you better than this!” Meteor Shower screamed. Her pink coat matched her daughters but her hair was spiky and light green, save for a similar strip of golden hair. Star cowered under her mother’s harsh voice. The colt lay still behind her. “M-mother, PLEASE! Hes so hurt! P-Please dont do this!” Star begged, tearing up. “Are you crying?! For goodness sakes you brat! Go take that rat out to the streets! We don`t need a moronic pegasi in this house!” her mother growled in a shrill and harsh tone. “I-Im sorry! I just… I cant just-” Stars chocking sobs where cut off by the doorbell. “Ugh, Stop your whining and wait here!” Meteor hissed vilely as she walked towards the door. When she opened the door, a salespony smiled at her. “Oh hello Miss Shower! May- OH! Im sorry to bother you, it seems youve taken the kindness to help at poor street rat! How kind you are Miss Shower! Do you want me to come back later, you seem busy.” He said, looking at the colt. “Hmm? O-oh yes of course! You know me! Help, help, help!” Meteor cooed, trying to cash in on some selfish prise. “Star darling, please go take our guest upstairs to your room, hmm?” she asked, turning to Star and giving her a look that said ‘Just this once, don’t mess up.’ Star nodded quickly and dragged the colt upstairs. Carefully Star slid the still unconscious colt into her bed, she had done her best to clean him and her up, but not that good of a job, as the poor girl was tired out of her mind. While pushing the colt in bed she noticed something yellow on his flank. A yellow lightning bolt, a cutie mark! Star suddenly felt very, very jealous, but seeing as the poor kid was knocked out in an alley, she quickly got over it as she climbed into bed. “Night...” She whispered as she drifted off. Scarlet felt…soft and… clean? This was odd, really odd, alarming odd! With a snort Scarlet quickly got up and saw, a girl. Oh… its just A GIRL?! HOLY COW HOLD UP SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TRICKERY! Scarlet felt himself starting to hyperventilate as he also realized he was in a bed, in a place he didn’t know and everything was dark. Well, save for the bright glow of his dark purple eyes, BUT THAT DIDNT REALLY MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING! The filly in his bed twitched and Scarlet become fearfully aware of something. Despite the fact she looked kind of dirty and her hair was a mess, she was very, very pretty. The pegasi colt felt a very strong urge to brush a hood through her pastel blue mane with the light yellow stripe, but held it back as he knew that would be really creepy, he was a smart boy… right? Yes, yes he was, so he just looked at her. He wasn’t staring, just looking at her. Until she woke up. He could look at a pretty girl… right? Not creepy…. right, RIGHT?! Right, right he was right. He was always right when it came to this sort of thing, he was polite… wait should a polite pony be wondering where he came from…? No, he had a feeling he didn’t want to go back, he had a good reason. It didn’t matter. Anyways, it wouldn’t be creepy to describe her in his head, right yeah sure, cool. Well the girl w- “Nughh….” The filly groaned and Scarlet jumped. Star was suddenly under the impression she was being watched. As she slowly opened her eyes, she realized that the colt had woken up! “O-oh! Youre awake! I-I mean hi! Im Star Shower… I-I found you knocked out in an alley way and b-b-brought you to my house…. U-uh we are in my room i-if you a-a-re wondering….” She mumbled shyly. “O-oh… Uh… I`m Scarlet! Thanks for helping me… Star.” The pegasi colt said. The fact that the colt was alright and not freaking out made Star smile a very big, yet rare smile. “I-it`s nothing really!” Star said humbly, “A-anyone could have helped…” “But you were the one who did it! Youre the one who cleaned me up, judging the state of my fur. Youre the one to let me sleep in your bed, considering I`m in it.” Scarlet said gratefully. “A-ah, youre too kind… Thanks….” Star mumbled, blushing lightly. “O-oh!” He eyes lit up, as if she had just remembered something. “If you dont mind…. W-what does your cutie mark represent?” she asked, adverting her eyes. “Oh…” the pegasi looked at the yellow mark on his flank. “Its means Im faster than lightning!” he said boldly, “I could out fly the fastest pegasi alive!” he puffed out his chest, looking very proud and cocky. “What does your cutie mark mean?” he asked. “U-uh…” Star started to look at her bed sheets, shuffling her hooves. “I don’t have a cutie mark…” she muttered. “Oh… well that just means you have more options! Oh, can I tell you about the time I saw a giant dragon zoom through the sky while I was flying?” Scarlet asked, hoping to change the subject. Star nodded. For the rest of the night, the two swapped stories, happily laughing quietly.
Chapter 2 part 2“Wake up, do you want to sleep in and be lazy? Scarlet is already awake.” Meteor scolded, as Star started to slowly wake up, Meteor slammed the door, mumbling something Star couldn’t hear. With a sigh, Star jumped off her bed and made her way down stairs, still feeling groggy and not fully awake. When she came down the stairs Scarlet was sitting at the table munching on an apple, he looked nervous. “Good morning Star.” He said, waving as Star sat at the table next to Scarlet. Her father, Grapeberry Shower, was busy making coffee. “Dont eat too much, youre getting fat already….” He said, Star flinched and Scarlet stared at Grapeberry, something Star couldn’t understand flashed in his eyes. Star only took half an apple. “Thats it? Youll wear yourself to the bone eating that little. Ugh, why couldn’t you be like your sister?” Meteor huffed angrily, Star almost choked on her apple as Meteor mentioned her sister. “Maybe she isn’t like her sister because she`s her own pony.” Scarlet hissed, he had a mix of anger and frustration. The three unicorns stared at the scarlet colt with wide eyes, Star had a look of shock and disbelief while her parents looked furious. “And dont come back for the rest of the day! Save for you, rat! Dont come back at all you boneless chicken rat!” Grapeberry screamed as he kicked the two foals out of the house, they landed with a thud on the ground. “Ow… Im so sorry Scarlet… its my fault I got us kicked out…” Star whispered, her bottom lip trembling as unshed tears started to form in her eyes. “No! Don`t say that! Those two were being really rude and that was a low blow! You have the right to be treated kindly.” Scarlet growled, looking at Star and putting a hoof on her shoulder. Star looked at him, her eyes were clouded and she spoke in a serious matter of fact tone. “They`re my parents. They can do whatever they want.” She said, shrugging. “We…. We should find you somewhere to stay, I know a place. D-do you want to come.” She then went back to her shy tone and stuttering. Scarlet looked at her for a moment, but decided that now was not the time to ask her about her sister. “A-ah sorry! D-did I scare you?! U-uh… I was just t-trying to be s-s-serious!” Star cried out, “I won`t d-d-do that again! I Promise!” “U-uh no! Its fine! I- you- you just surprised me, thats all! Ahahah….” Scarlet laughed awkwardly, he wasn’t good at dealing with shy ponies. “S-so, about that place. Can you take me there?” He asked, hopefully. Star nodded. As Star and Scarlet walked through Canterlot Star stopped for a moment. “I-Im not really supposed to be talking to them, but th-theyre the o-only ponies I-I can think of in C-C-Canterlot. So p-p-please dont tell my parents, O-oh, d-d-dont tell them about my pa-parents either, D-d-don`t ask, they just don’t l-l-l-like them…” Star stuttered out, a pleading look in her eyes. Scarlet nodded quickly, he felt nervous though, very, very nervous. They continued walking until they came to an apartment, it was an oddly shabby looking place, which was really weird considering this was Canterlot, a place well known for its fancy… well everything. “I-I know it seems l-l-like a shabby place, but the ponies here. J-just tell Them Starry b-b-brought you h-h-here and you nee-need a place t-t-t-to stay… OKBYE!” Star suddenly screamed loudly and then rushed off before Scarlet could catch up. With a small sigh, Scarlet took a deep breath and walked into the apartment. As Scarlet walked up the apartment he was stopped by an abnormally large white unicorn, he had a short yellow mane, one eye had a large scar on it and was a milky blue, white the other was a glaring dark red. The stallion had a cracked horn and had many scars covering him, his cutie mark was scratched out on both sides. “Child, what are you doing here?” The stallion said, his voice was gruff and raspy. “U-uh… Starry sent me… I need a place to stay… sir…” Scarlet stuttered out, he suddenly felt like this was a bad, bad idea. “Starry? Well then, you can stay here kid. I`m Royal Blaze, who are you?” The stallion said, a small faint smile crossed his face. “O-Oh thank you! I`m Scarlet!” the pegasi said, smiling brightly, feeling relieved. “Scarlet? Thats an odd name for a pegasi, a colt no less. Well, I’m not going to judge, boy. Now come along, you must want to find out where youre staying.” Blaze said, starting to go up the stairs of the apartment, Scarlet followed quickly. As Scarlet sat at the table in the old apartment room, Blaze and a midnight blue pegasi mare named Lightning Ranger with short blond hair and deep purple eyes were buzzing around, most likely preparing lunch, as it was around lunch. She had a bullhorn with lighting three lighting strikes coming out of it for a cutie mark. Scarlet had learned that the mare was Blazes fillyfriend, but she lived in Dodge City, who was visiting for a week, this was her second day here in Canterlot. “Well kiddo! Im glad I was here to meet you! Heh, youll need someone to teach you how to fly! Just send me a letter if I aint here when you need to learn. You look like youre getting to that age… what are you, 5.. 6?” Ranger asked, laughing as she started making coffee. “I`m 8. I was born on October 12th if that helps, Miss. Ranger.” Scarlet said, smiling, these were very nice ponies, he liked them, even though Royal Blaze was a little scary, He thought. “8? Well then kiddo! We can start anytime you want. Oh, and you can just call me Lightning, or Ranger, no need for the miss.” Ranger said, laughing. “Ok, I know how to fly, but I would like help polishing my skills….” The small colt said. “You already know? Heh, well whatta you know! Hey let me tell you how I learned to fly….” Ranger started.
