Alone

by Dream_Catcher_

Rating: teen
Tags: Sad, Original Character, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 1409

A young filly accompanied by her parents is lost in the crowd of the Summer Sun's Celebration. Years after, Dream Catcher is still traumatized by two things : Parties and crowd.These phobias obliged her to avoid ponies who could be her friends.

Dear New Diary,
I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Dream Catcher, I'm a teen unicorn and I have the phobia of the crowds because of an old event which happened on my 4th birthday. As a gift, my parents brought me all the way, from Manehattan to Canterlot, for the Summer Sun Celebration.
Unfortunately, because of the crowded and HUGE place, they lost me and I spent two hours panicking and almost hyperventilating before a royal guard found me crying and brought me back to my parents.
And since that day, I stay locked in the house of my parents, without any contact with others, if we don't count my parents and my sister. I don't have a cutie mark - how could I earn my 'special talent' if I stay far of the others ?
But ... I can't go out, it's just ... I can't. There is too many ponies, too many strangers.
Welcome to my life.

Published 2014-10-20 14:30:05 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-20 14:30:05 UTC

Dear Diary

Sunday 19 october, 4 PM
Dear Diary,
Well, nothing interesting happened yet, just like ... Just like usually. I imagine that you're gonna ask me why I keep writing diaries if I can't tell anything interesting in these. It's reaally simple : I have nothing else to do, except reading, drawing, and learning my lessons.
... Oh, I think I didn't tell you that already. In fact, because of my phobia, I can't go to school so ... Well, my parents joined for me the service of the classes by correspondence.It's boring, and lame, but if I want to keep a normal intelligence I need to follow these ''classes'' .

Dream Catcher stopped writing and bitted in her pen, resting her head in her right hoof. Her blue, saddened gaze looked at the 'outside', by her small window. It wasn't really helping for her depressed state : The sky was all grey and cloudy, with a bit of rain .
The teenager unicorn sighed in a weird mix of anger, sadness and depression : Why life was so ... Sad ? Boring ?

" Dream, darling ? " The excited, shouting and high-pitched voice of her mother almost injured the sensitive ears of the young white unicorn.

" What ? "

" We are going to move into Ponyville ! "

" WHAT ? "

" We ... "

" I-I mean I understood what you just said, b-but ... HOW ? "

" Well, your father just found a better work and postulate for this place. And they accepted him ! "

" B-but ... Isn't that a bit ... Fast ? H-How ... "

" In fact, he went a few weeks ago for meet his new superiors. At this time, we didn't sure if it was going to work and we decided to hide it from you and Pandora ... "

( Pandora was the younger sister of Dream Catcher. She was the complete opposite of her sister, on the physical side AND on the mental side : Social, happy and light-headed, she was a pretty little unicorn filly with a dark grey coat and a black-and-purple messy mane, and her purple puppy eyes were able to manipulate everypony. )

" ... "

" Aren't you happy ? Ponyville is a MUCH smaller town, and your father told me everypony was charming and friendly. It's in fact very quiet, with no crowd ! " insisted her mother, a huge smile on her lips.

Dream Catcher just rolled her eyes while holding an annoyed sigh . Like if was going to be so easy to make some friends ... She didn't have any knowledge in friendship, how could she transformed herself into a normal teenager with a social life ?

But the young unicorn didn't wanted to have an argument with her mother about that. She was too tired.Tired to do nothing.

After all, maybe Ponyville was going to solve her old phobia ... Even if she doubted of that.

" Yeah ... It's gonna be SO great . "

Welcome in Ponyville !

Friday, 24th October, 3 PM.
Yesterday we finished to pack up the last things we needed to. At my surprise, the preparations for our moving-out were kinda super fast. I must say, I did more than the half of the packages . After all, if I can be useful, well ... Why not ?
And now, we've almost arrived . Ponyville is a small town, and ... Reaally, really near Canterlot.
I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.
We took a family sized flying chariot.Yeah, we could have took the train but ... There would be a lot of ponies. Too much for me .
I feel kinda bad that we have to use a much more expensive conveyance just because of my phobias.

" Hey, Dream, look out ! We're arrived ! " squealed with delight Pandora, a huge beam on her cute little face.

" Wow, cool. " answered flatly the teen unicorn while glancing briefly at the decor .

Dream Catcher was the last one of the small family managing to get out of the chariot when a pink, bouncing earth pony approached her, still jumping awkwardly.

" Oh, hey, wait a minute, I never saw you before ! That's funny because I know everypony here ! OOOH, wait, then you are new ?? Are you ? What is your name ? " shouted happily the pink pony .

" Yeah, I-I-I'm new and ... ''

A bit stressed by the proximity of somepony she didn't knew, the unicorn didn't have the time to complete her answer that ALREADY Pink-Pony continued with her loud, happy voice.

" OOW, then if you are new I totally need to throw a party " Welcome to Ponyville" !! "

" ... "

At the word of party , the white teen froze in terror.Painful memories were already playing in her mind.

- Mommy ?

Nopony answered .
A tiny, white unicorn filly scanned fearfully the crowd of ponies. Ponies, unicorns, pegasi everywhere ...
Absolutely EVERYWHERE.
But her parents were nowhere to be found !
The little filly was shaky and tears were running on her cheeks.

- MOMMY, DADDY ? W-W-Wh-where a-areyou ?

" Dream, sweetheart, where are you ? "
Nopony answered and the white, tall unicorn looked the roads of Ponyville. She didn't notice her biggest daughter and her purple eyes went wide.

" DREAM ? "
A few ponies looked awkwardly at her.

" Oh, sweet Celestia, where is she ?! "

She finally saw her, staring widely in the air, with a pink pony talking super-fast of random things and ...
Parties.

'' And so I said to him, ARE YOU CRAZ...''

Pinkie Pie stopped when she noticed that three other ponies - a white unicorn with a long, light blue straight mane and purple eyes, a black earth pony with a dark purple, messy short mane and blue eyes and a little filly with a dark greyish coat and a short, messy, black-and-purple mane - were around the teen unicorn and comforting her.

'' D'aww, it's so CUTE ! OH WAIT, you three are family with her ? OOH, BUT THEN THERE IS A WHOLE NEW FAMILY HERE ! "
She was bouncing even more, super excited .

'' IT'S GONNA BE THE BEST P... Mmmph ? ''

She looked down and discovered the little cute filly who ... just putted a hoof in her mouth ?!

'' My big sister is afraid of parties '' explicated Pandora, at a very low voice, while putting off her hoof.

'' Well, THAT is silly, silly ! Who can be afraid of p-MMPH ...''

'' Don't talk about parties with her ! It's a phob .. Phub ... Phib-weird psychological thing ... So don't talk about THAT with her, you promise ? ''

'' Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye ! ''

Pandora blinked a few times.
'' What's that ? ''

'' Oh, I just Pinkie Promised ! Cross my heart , '' she made a motion of crossing her chest with a hoof, '' Hope to fly, '' Pinkie Pie continued while spreading her forehooves like if it was wings, '' Stick a cupcake in my eye ! '' She ended happily, sticking a hoof in her eye.

'' It's funny ! '' squeaked the little filly. '' What is your name ? ''

'' Pinkie Pie, what is your's ? ''

'' Pandora Eye, but you can just call me Pandora like everypony do ! '' answered gleefully the young filly.
A few minutes after, Pandora noticed that her family already left .

'' Shoot ! Pinkie, can you help me to find my parents and Big Sis' ? "

" Okie-dokey-lokie ! "

Pandora saw the fact that Pinkie Pie was acting strangely. Her eyes were twitchy, and her legs were shaky.

'' What's happening ? ''

'' Oh, nothing, silly ! That's my Pinkie Sense who is telling me that your family is riiiiiiiiiiiight ....'' she started to drag a wide-eyed Pandora ...
'' ... Heeere ! ''

'' Thank you ! '' said happily the little filly who joined the three others.

There they were, finally arrived. But the journey wasn't finished yet.