Daddy, Didn't You Ever Love Me?

Hi, I’m Twilight the unicorn, not to be confused with my cousin Princess Twilight Sparkle. Heh, Heh.

Anyway, I’m sure you’re probably wondering about my dad, well I was, too. For the longest time, I always wondered that. And now I’ll tell you my story…

It was a bright, sunny, morning in Fillydelphia, and (this is when I was a little filly) I was running over to go to the fair my good friend, Posey (who still is one of my good friends). She and her family were taking us.

I was extremely excited, but then I suddenly stopped in my tracks. I remember looking down at a puddle and thinking: Why don’t I have a daddy like Posey? Her family is always happy, but my mommy and big sister are always busy.

I had known that for a while, but it didn’t hit me, until then.  Then I suddenly thought of all my friends, and they all have a father figure in their lives, but not me. I didn’t have one.

When I got to Posey’s house, (I had to stop there, so she and her family could take me there) I saw Posey, her mom, her dad, her big brother, and her big sister, were all ready for me.

“Ready to go, Twilight?” Posey’s dad, Mr. Lightning asked.

“Yes, sir, I am.” I sighed.

“Is something wrong, sweetie?” Posey’s mom, Mrs. Sky Skimmer looked worried for me.

“No, mam, I’m fine.”

“Okay, can we go to the fair, now?” Skydancer complained.

“Yes, we may,” Mrs. Sky Skimmer answered.

And Mr. Lighting, Mrs. Sky Skimmer, Tex, Skydancer, Posey, and I walked on to the fair.

It was pretty fun there, don’t get me wrong, but at the fair, I remember seeing at least fifteen foals with their dad; and every time I saw them, I felt like crying.

When I got to my home, my mom was there waiting for me. “There you are,” my mom smiled. “Sorry, I couldn’t go to the fair with you and Posey’s family, Twilight; but I had a lot of work, today at the jewelry shop. You understand, right?”

I hung my head. “Yes, Mommy, I understand.”

“Why do you look so sad? Is something wrong, sweet pea?”

“I don’t have a daddy,” I mumbled.

“Huh? Twi, I can’t understand you, when you mumble. Could you say that again, please?”

“I don’t have a daddy,” I said a little louder.

“Did you say ‘daddy’?” Mom’s face looked worried.

“Yes, mommy, that’s what I said.”

“What about a ‘daddy’?”

“I don’t have one, that’s why I said it, Mommy.”

My mom looked sad and angered at the same time; I didn’t know why.

There was a long silence before my mom broke it saying, “Sweetie, I’ll tell you why you don’t have a daddy, when you get older. You’re too young to understand.”

After that, there was no talk about ‘daddy’ for a long while, though I wondered why my sister, (who is older than me by four years), always went to go and visit somepony, that I didn’t know. And last week, I decided to ask my sister.

“Rainbow Flash, where are you going?” I asked her.

My sister turned around from the doorway, and looked me in the eye.

“You don’t want to know.”

“Yes, I do want to know,” I felt my anger rise in me.

“Look, Twilight, Mom doesn’t want you going were I’m going, okay?”

Finally, I had enough of this craziness, and suddenly blurted out, without thinking, “Rainbow Flash, you have always, always, ALWAYS gone to that place, to visit that pony that I’m not supposed to know about, for all the seventeen years of my life, JUST TELL ME WHO THEY ARE, ALREADY!”

Rainbow Flash lowered her head down low.

“Twilight,” her voice was trembling. “I’m going to visit Daddy.”

I felt my eyes grow wide, somehow a tear was able to slip out of my eye. I’d never thought, that I’d hear anything about my dad, or our dad, in that case.

There was a sudden silence, so silent, you could hear a parasprite sneeze.

My sister looked up from the floor, and gave me eye-to-eye contact.

“I’m so sorry, Twilight…” she sighed. “I didn’t mean to hurt you in anyway at all.”

I could still hear her voice trembling.

“It’s okay,” I felt a lump of tears in my throat. “Just go visit Daddy, Rainbow. I won’t be upset. I promise.”

Rainbow did a little tearful smile, although I could tell she was upset. She opened the creaking door, slowly, and trotted out of the house.

I was left alone to cry in my mom’s house, I kept on trying to think, why my dad would never want to see me, but that only made my cry.

I heard a soft little knock on the door, either it was Posey or my mom, because none of my other friends knock like that.

I hid my head in my hooves, I was too sad to see anypony right then and there. The door squeaked open.

“Sweetie, Mommy’s home,” I heard suddenly heard her stop in her tracks.

I felt my mom put one of her soft hooves on my head.

“What’s the matter, Twilight?”

I sighed and looked up at my mom. “I found out where Rainbow Flash goes.”

My mom had a concerned look on her face. She closed her eyes tight.

“I know,” she said, she opened her teal colored eyes. “Your sister told me.”

“When did she tell you?” I felt my eyes grow wide.

“Your sister told me, when I saw her on the way to your dad’s house.”

“Mom?” I felt like I needed to ask who my dad is.

“Yes, sweet pea?” she pushed back a loose strand of her light blue, hot pink, and golden yellow locks.

“Who is my dad anyway?”

Mom looked up at the ceiling. “Well, since you’re much older now, I suppose I could tell you all that happened.”

I noticed that my mom did not look too thrilled to tell me about my dad, but she said she was willing to.

“Your dad is a unicorn named Thundercloud,” she began. “I met him a long time ago, at the Show Stable. I remember when I first saw him, he was a purple unicorn with a storm cloud cutie mark. He had a cerise and blue streaked mane, and his eyes were also cerise colored. He wasn’t very popular with the other mares, but I loved him.

Thundercloud and I dated a lot, and soon he asked for my hoof in marriage. Of course I said yes, but your grandma Milky Way wasn’t too happy about it, though.”

I was confused, but yet I was happy in a way; did Grandma Milky Way, already know what would happen in the future, or something? Oh, and if you’re wondering why I was happy, it’s because, if she knew what was gonna happen, then she would have saved my mom, a lot of heart ache. But then, I’m just plain confused.

“Why didn’t Grandma like him?” I asked.

My mom sighed, I could tell she was having a hard time telling me all this.

“Because, she knew something was up with him, but I ignored my mom.”