This Is Wrong

Do you ever feel like... you aren't meant to be who you are?

Ponyville.. such a quiet and friendly town. No one has any problems.. except one.

Firefly jolted her eyes open, she got up gasping.. Not that one.. She thought as she relaxed in her covers. She stared at her lap, replaying the dream she just had. The memory has haunted her for as long as she can remember. She sighed. She looked around the room, tired. The cloud room had the same thing as always.. nothing.

  Only one new thing she had recieved lately was her pet Tank and his cage. She smiled looking at the sleeping creature. She stretched her arms and wings, earning a cracking noise. She got on her feet and headed for the bathroom, bumping into the wall occasionally.

Almost falling asleep on the toliet, she flushed and washed her hands. She looked at herself in the mirror, cursing at herself for what she saw.

  Firefly had broad shoulders, she did have a curvy figure.. and she hated that. She was short, 5'4 to be exact. She had short bushy rainbow hair that she sometimes put up when she was practicing her tricks.. she doesn't know why this upsets her so much... something about this makes her want to punch her mirror... her reflection...

Grunting, she stormed out of the bathroom.

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Kicking the last cloud in the sky, Firefly wiped the sweat off her brow. Smiling over the town, she enjoyed the fresh air of the sky. She took a breather and smiled as she looked down upon the town. She caught sight of one of her best friends.. Pinkie Pie. Gracefully flying over to her, she landed with a soft thump.

"Hey Pinkie Pie, what's up?" She tucked her wings into her back. The pink party girl looked over her shoulder and smiled with glee. She dropped the boxes she was carrying. In a split second, she tackle hugged her most dearest friend, "FIRE!!" she yelled out. Fire chuckled. Good ol' Pinkie Pie.. The energtic girl allowed her friend to get up. Firefly brushed herself off and looked at her friend.

"Heh, nice to see you too, Pinks." She checked her wings to see if they were still in tack. After some simple gestures, they seemed fine. "Of course it's nice to see you Fire! Why wouldn't it? Should it not? I mean i-" Fire covered her friends mouth with her hand. She raised her eyebrow as her light blue eyes continued to stare at her. Just then, she felt a wetness in her hand. She yanked her hand back. "Pinkie!!" she said as she wiped her hand on her pants, slightly annoyed.

"Hehehe." The older woman giggled.

The pegasus sighed, she couldn't be mad at her.

  "So anyways, I'm bored. Need any help around here?" she picked up the boxes off the ground. "Hmmm.. I was suppose to pick up some apples from Sweet Apple Acres but I've got SOOO much work to do around here because the Cakes had to go to Manehatten for supplies.. that I don't think I would be able to go until closing time, and I NEED it by 9 because that's when the Cakes come back and they will be REEAALLLLYYY mad if I don't have the apples here by 9." Fire handed her the boxes. "I'm on it, Pinks!" she saluted. "Awww, thanks Fireie washie!" she hugged her friend.

Aw Pinkie.. you're the only one who doesn't make me feel like a girl..

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Walking down the street, Firefly decided to walk instead of flying. Sure, flying is the best thing to ever happen but sometimes Firefly needs to take it slow, easy.. not that she would tell anyone that of course. She looked around her surroundings. Children were playing outside, in school playgrounds. People were moving in and out of places. Little critters would run past her once in a while. She took a deep breath.. she had forgotten about all of her problems.. until...

"Young man? Young man!" a soft voice called out.

Firefly stopped, she looked in the direction of the voice. A small eldery woman was waving to her in her direction. Looking around to see if she is talking to someone else, when she knew the woman was talking to her, she walked towards her.

When she reached the lady, "Oh thank you so much! Oh- you see, my cat Oreo is stuck in the tree," she pointed up at the tree. A black and white cat was sleeping on a branch. "Since I don't have any wings, and seems like you have a nice pair yourself, would you be ever to kind as to get her down from there? She means the ever most dearest world to me!" Fire smiled at the woman. She softly flapped her wings and flew up to the branch.

  She gently wrapped her arms around the cat.. or at least tried. She placed a hand on the cat to have a claw straight in the cheek. Grunting in pain, she glared at the cat. The cat glared back. She slightly moved her hand to have Oreo try to wack it back. She raised her eyebrow. She quickly snatched the cat and flew to the ground. She handed the elderly woman the cat.

"Oh! Thank you, thank you! That means the world to me!!" She cuddled with the cat. "Thank you so much Mr.- eh.. what'd you say your name was, son?" The elderly woman stopped cuddling and looking up at Firefly.

"Um.." Quickly thinking, and without hesitation, "Rainbow... Rainbow Dash." her cheeks started to get red. Confused at first, the elderly woman brushed it off. "Well, thank you very much, Mr. Rainbow Dash. You are a remarkable young man. Have a good day!" the elderly woman gave Firefly a small hug, shook her hand, and started walking off in her own direction.

Firefly just stood there.. hours seemed like minutes to her... just starting at her hand... the joy she has in her heart right now.. No one has ever said that to her before... she felt like she could smile and smile and smile forever! When she finally snapped out of it, she first noticed it was dark. "What the..?!" she looked around, store lights started turning off as well as house lights. She looked at her watch. 8:45pm "Gah!!!" she stormed to Sweet Apple Acres.

"What the heck!?! How did time fly so quickly?! All I did was just stand there!!" Nearly flying head first into a tree, she stumbled to the ground. A sharp pain shot threw her wing. She quickly got up, ignoring the pain. She looked at her watch again. 8:53pm. She ran faster.

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Apple Jack looked around the barn. All but one boxes of apples were received by her customers. The Cakes. " Appplleee Jaacckkk" she faintly heard, she couldn't make out what it said exactly. She looked around confused.

"Apppllleee Jacckkk!!!" that she heard clearly. She knew that tone. She picked up the boxes and headed out the barn door. There she saw her best friend running towards her at full speeds. "Heh, Ah figured it'as ya who Pinkie told y'all pic up the boxes." she grinned. Firefly grabbed the boxes, "Quiet you." she gasped. Fire turned around and started running in the same direction she came from.

Apple Jack looked at the running girl, she smiled. Thats Fire fo' ya, always late.Still smirking, she headed back into the barn to finish cleaning up.

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After a short run from Sweet Apple Acres to Sugarcube Corner, and without dropping anything, Fire finally made it to the shop right on time.. in Firefly time. She was 11 minutes late. That is due to Firefly tripping over her own feet about 10 times getting to Sweet Apple Acres. Luckily for her, The Cakes haven't arrived yet. "Just in time Fireie! Thank you!" after putting the boxes in the back, Pinkie Pie generously handed Firefly some water. "Thanks, Pinks." she accepted the water and drank about half of the bottle. "Well Pinkie, I better head home.. I got some thinking to do." Pinkie gave a frowny face.

  "Firefly.. you've been thinking an awful lot lately.. is everything a-ok?" Firefly thought for a moment.. should she tell her? She is one of her closest friends.. but still... "It's... it's nothing Pinkie.. I'm just thinking about how to perfect this one trick, is all." Firefly started walking off.

"Fire.. if you're feeling sad... you can always talk to me... you know that, right?" Firefly stopped. She stared at the ground, she sighed. "Yeah.. later, Pinks." she headed out the door.. leaving a now sad and confused Pinkie Pie.

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The view is amazing, you can see almost everything from here. You can see Canterlot when its at its most beautifulest.. the night. The shining city.. almost telling you everything is going to be alright just by the moon light shines at it from a distance. The freshly cut green grass glowing.. giving you hope. The smell of fresh air releasing all your worries. The sound of complete quietness.. letting you listen.. No sound.. everything and everyone asleep.. nothing to worry about.

Firefly sighed. She took a gulp of one of her protein shakes. She had just finished doing her night time excersise. It was almost 3:00am. She was on the edge of her cloud house staring up at the stars. "The moon sure is cool looking tonight.. like every night." She let out another sigh. "Why is my life so messed up..?" she couldn't help but say. She had to say it, like every other nights.. she has to say it... because its the truth. Her life is messed up.

  She isn't the person she is meant to be. She is meant to be something more.. not this. She is not meant to be a.. She shooked her head. She stared at her lap.. like every night... she started to cry. She doesn't know exactly why she cries.. all she knows is theres something in her heart telling her everything is wrong.. Everything.. She is wrong..