Spread Your Wings

by fluttershy99

First published January 1st, 1970 00:00

Buttercream Cake was born into an ordinary family from Manehatten. She had a beautiful brown mane, a pale yellow horn, and…wings. Even at her birth everyone around her was telling her to choose a different path. One day, she is asked in for an audience with the princess, who tells her she will send her to Ponyville so she may follow her own heart, but in exchange, she must visit the librarian there once a week. Little does she know that she will be making the biggest decisions of her life and finding out what her duty is.

Chapters

Passion
The New Filly

Passion
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Spread Your Wings

Passion

Buttercream stepped carefully out of bed and tiptoed past her parents room. As she neared the kitchen, the wood floor beneath her creaked. She turned around and saw as her mother rolled over in her bed. 'Still Safe' she thought happily. She

The New Filly
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Spread Your Wings

The New Filly

Golden Glimmer sighed with relief. "Jet Tie, you have a daughter! Lightning Flash, you have a niece! Come and meet her!" The two ponies rushed in, smiling. Together, All three of them looked at the newborn filly. She had a beautiful pale yellow coat, a flowing brown mane, and tiny yellow wings that got darker near the tips. Lightning Flash smiled. "She's got wings! Would you mind if I mentor her in flying when she gets older?" Golden Glimmer shrugged. "I guess she is a pegasus, but I was hoping she would be a business pony like her parents." she trailed off. Jet Tie looked up at them. "Uh, actually...look under her hair." Golden Glimmer raised one eyebrow in confusion, but she did as he had asked. As she did, both she and Lightning Flash gasped. "She...She has a horn!" Golden Glimmer said with a flash of happiness. Jet Tie dipped his head. "She looks very graceful. Maybe she could help me at the hotel when she grows up. Golden Glimmer shook her head. "What would she do there?" Jet Tie shrugged. "She could be a cook or a baker." Golden Glimmer's eyes went up. "That's it then. She can change it if she wants when she gets her cutie mark. How about...Buttercream Cake?" Jet Tie smiled. "I love it." Golden Glimmer turned to Lighting Flash. "Do you like her name?" "I suppose." Lightning Flash turned away. "But when she wants to learn to be one of the weather managers like me, she can come and find me." With all three ponies smiling at her, Buttercream Cake, the new filly, opened her eyes.