Author's Note

Diamond Tiara's POV

A Day Knows no Happiness: 7

I guess my joy had been spilt, right there with the blood of my father's joy. I had never really gotten to know her, but if it tore my father up like this, it screwed my day up royally too. Maybe I never saw that much of him, but to see him and the macabre scene, it just ruined it all for me.

In the end, I had managed to carry the little filly out of the room. Ofhorse, I knew it wouldn't change anything for my poor father, but at least the filly wouldn't be covered in blood, so I could see her, then washed her off, in hope the blood could rinse with a portion of my bad luck?

To my surprise, I found a white filly in my hooves. Since she had barely been born, she was bound to have her flanks blank, I guess there is no shame in that. We're all born with blank flanks, even Celestia and Luna had to have been like this, for a while.

Good thing with fillies this age, they are pretty easy to carry around since they are so light weight. Once I had managed to carry her into the bathroom, I carefully washed her off with a wet cloth I had to drench in water every other minute. It felt as if it was to take forever. At least she is quiet, but she is warm and moves about a little, so I think she is going to do okey.

If my father isn't getting up, I'm bound to care for my little sister, since she can't make it on her own. I then dried her off and wrapped her in a small towel, just to keep her warm. Then I noticed, she was looking up at me.

I had closed the door to his bedroom, not to disturb him in his pain and sorrow, I have more than enough on my hooves as it was. I can't abandon her in this time of need.

Now I do have a problem, I can produce no milk for her, and her mother lies dead, knowing there is no 'Formula' around, I could prepare for her, but she was to need to eat soon. This only left me with a single option, I had to go out and leave my home.

I realised I couldn't ask Mrs. Dazzle Cake, as convenient as this may have been, just as I could never ask Pinkie Pie, in part since she lives with, and work for the Cakes. As much as I had loved the party she arranged for me. Just the day before this?

The next Mare on my list would be Rarity. At least she has class, as annoying as the filly she is caring for may be, in part due to her friends, the Cutie mark crusaders.

My sister needs me to feed her, and I had very few options, I could as well bite the sour apple before me and be done with it.

Since this is my only option, I picked her up, trotted out and closed the door behind me, before I trotted off towards Rarity's Boutique, in hopes she is actually there and had a moment to spare for me.

As I trotted along the road, thoughts swirled around in my head, trying their best to burst out and crack my skull open. I knew I couldn't go to Silver Spoon's house, it isn't something I could ask of them. I had avoided Apple Jack, since she lives by the Everfree forest, Flutter Shy living on the other end of town, way out in the forest wasn't my idea of where to go right now. My life is tough enough as it was.

I still do feel warmth from my sister, or if it is a half sister, since I don't know who my mother was. I guess she couldn't live with the life my father made for himself. As it were, the warmth from her was all that kept me going.

In the end, I managed to go where I intended to go, but to my surprise, the door is open and Rarity stand inside, smiling. I just couldn't see why, maybe I should go in, since I had no other place to go, no matter what. My sister demanded this out of me, even if she couldn't speak the words, not for months to come.

“Hi, Rarity!” I said, putting up as brave a face as I could muster.

“Greetings, Diamond Tiara!” she replied, looking at me.

“My sister needs to be fed, could you help her in any way?” I enquired, trying my best to hold it together.

“Come on in, Diamond. I'm sure I have something I could help you with!” she responded, as she leads me inside, behind the Boutique.

Apparently, the last of the once who had been with her had left, just before I stumbled in. Guess this is convenient on my part, since I wouldn't like ponies to see me right now. I'm alone and desperate, I had none to turn to, other than Rarity, it seems. She is after all known as the element of Generosity.

“Oh, there is it. The bottle I fed Sweetie Belle with. There is even a package of formula. Guess there was a reason to keep it around. Good thing these powders stay good forever!” she said as she mixed up a portion for a newborn fillie, which is fairly close to the truth.

I just couldn't put myself up to explain the hideous details of what had happened. How could I ever face, what had been pushed up into my face? If I could push it before me, I'd happily do so, for as long as I could.

I placed my little sister on a table, where she just lay, moving slightly, breathing. Rarity heated the formula, once she had made sure it was properly mixed. As it was just the right temperature, she hoofed over the bottle to me, and I slipped the rubbery top of it into her mouth. To my surprise, she managed to suck hard enough to actually get something into her mouth, though it seems as if it would take her forever.

“This certainly is the smallest fillie, I have ever seen!” Rarity confirmed as she looked at her, sucking.

“She may have been born prematurely. But for as long as there is life, I'm not giving up on her!” I responded, trying to make a point of my position.

“You know, this is almost too close to how I felt, when I cared for my sister, back when I moved in!” Rarity consoled.

“Woah!” I mouthed as my thoughts were swirling away, my hooves threatened to give out from right under me, without actually giving away what actually was behind my desperation.

Good thing I had not approached Pinkie Pie, she would have been spilling the beans before I could have given the first sign, although she would have made her pantomime, never to utter a word.