Feather Paw's Destiny

When I woke up that morning I remembered the fight that Dad and I had, but in all honesty I tried really hard not to think about it. As I did my morning routine I had noticed mom and dad were screaming at each other when I walked into the hall way. And then I saw Shining peeking through the little crack in the door that was left open overnight...

"What are you doing?" I asked him

"Nothing" He quickly replied looking like he had just seen a ghost

"Um... I find that hard to believe. That was way to fast of a nothing to not be doing something" I said going up to mom and dads door and peeking in.

"Okay, come with me and I'll tell you what I was doing next to mom and dad's door this early..." He told me

As I followed him to his bedroom and closed the door behind me I realized he was glancing at everything nervously in his room and thats when I decided to speak up and ask him what was really going on with mom and dad at 6:30am in the morning.

"Well, you see... Dad still is mad at you for being rude toward him and they were yelling about you. Dad was saying he'll threaten to kick you out if mom doesn't tell you to get out before tomorrow or else he'll move out and leave mom to pay for the bill and care for two foals herself. And you know mom, before she married dad she didn't have much money..." he said "He was also being really mean to mom in my opinion, he was screaming at her and I heard her crying and saying she wasn't going to choose between her marriage and her kids..."

"What?!! I screamed Dad can't do that!" I told him and walked out of the room

As I headed for the door of mom and dads room some pony put there hoof on my mouth and pulled me back, when he let go I saw it was just Shining.

"What?!" I whispered to him

"You can't tell mom and dad what I just told you, I might be younger thanyou but if they know we know they aren't going to be happy." he whispered in my ear

"I'm not going too! I replied and walked toward mom and dad's room again.

"DAD?! I need to talk with you outside" I told him biting my tongue so I didn't say anything i'll regret "Just what is your problem now?" I asked gritting my teeth together in frustration

"Look, ever since I came into this family. I have helped your mom I got a job, I got everything! Before this.. I was living on the streets!"He snapped "When I came here everything went my way.. I was the king and I control your mom. She obeys every one of my commands and l told her if you keep acting this way I will not hesitate to throw you out of here, and when I have enough money to pay for my own life instead of hers I'm going someplace nice!"

"Wow. Sounds like you got your life planned out..." I told him "But why would you do that to me, mom and Shining" I asked

"Because I don't need you... Any of you, so either you'll get out of this house and go someplace else. Or i'll make you!" He yelled at me and walked away

As I walked away from him I hesitated, looking back at him and snorted. My mom didnt deserve some pony like him She Deserved better. And I wasn't going to stand for it. So as I went back inside and sorted through the mail I found a letter from Babs, as I opened the fancy envelope I pulled out the letter. But it was weird because there was another thing in there! It was a picture... A Picture of her flank.....

And her...

Cutie Mark!!

I didn't know how to react. Should I be sad we lost a crusader? Or should I feel happy that she has had that turning point in her life! I really was stuck and didn't know how to react I mean, I'm happy that she got her cutie mark, it was a pair of sissiors. So I ran over to the Crusader treehouse and I showed them these pictures. And I don't think they knew how to react either because they looked in complete shock! As Scootaloo read the letter aloud from Babs, this is what she said

"Dear the Cutie Mark Crusaders,

I am so happy that you sent me a care package and all with pictures and notes and stuff... But I need to tell you something .... Something really important. And I don't want you to be mad at me. But I may have gotten my cutie mark.

Have you guys gotten yours? Anyway thanks for everything and we need to get together soon. Also I'm visiting Ponyville!

From,

Babs Seed"

"Guys! Did you hear what Scootaloo just said! She's coming to visit Ponyville." Applebloom said

As we sat in silence for a few minutes that's when Sweetie Belle broke the silence and asked us how were were planning on getting our cutie marks today!

"Apple bucking!"shouted Applebloom

"Flying! Scootaloo screamed

"Magic?" I said very quietly

"Potion making!" Applebloom suggested

"cooking!" Sweetie Belle said

"extreme scooter tricks!" Scootaloo yelled

"Sewing!"said Sweetie Belle

"Writing" Applebloom suggested

"Animals?" I said in a low voice

Clearly we all had very different things in mind on how to get a cutie mark, but that didn't stop us!

"Okay Everypony, so who wants to do what? We can do flying for Scootaloo since she's the only pegsi here and magic for Sweetie and I and for Applebloom apple bucking! So Applebloom... you'll need to go to Sweet Apple Acres and see how you can help Applejack and Big Mac. Scootaloo... go outside where there are no distractions and work on trying to fly and Sweetie and I will work in the clubhouse, but first go to the Golden Oak Library to see what we can find on a book about spells." I told them and we all rushed off.

As Sweetie Belle and I ran off to the library. We got there at a really bad time because when we came Fluttershy was still mad about last night and having Twilight let us borrow her ballon. As we walked in we looked at them and decided to leave them alone and go look for our book before they dragged us into the conversation because believe me... my parents already yelled at me last night and I really don't want to go through that a second time, because once was bad enough. As we looked around this little baby dragon came up to us and asked us if we were looking for a book.

"Yes actually we are. Can you show us where the magic spell books are?" I asked

"Please follow me, and I'm Spike!" He answered

"Wow, thats a lot of books!" Sweetie Belle said

"yes it is! Do you need help looking for a book? Spike asked us.

"No we can take it from here, thanks again Spike!" I said as we started looking around for a book

We started looking around for a book until we came to the agreement that we were going to each get a book from the library, Twilight said that we could take them out anytime or renew them for as long as we want as long as she gets them back. When we took them out we immediately went back to the treehouse and started looking through them for a simple spell.

When I found a spell I told Sweetie Belle that I was going to try it out, and she said she would watch. It was a spell to let you lift things. When I tried it out... I completely failed. My magic wasn't fully developed and I'm not very strong, when Sweetie Belle tried it at least she actually got the book of the ground, but it was only for about five seconds before her magic failed on her too. I felt uderly useless and stupid with this whole magic thing. I was a complete fail at it! So that's when I decided to look through some others pages of the book and see if there was anything easier to learn. While I was scanning the pages there was a spell that really caught my eye... It was a spell that could make your magic more advanced! So I tried it out but it looked really difficult, but I tried anyway and also I really wanted to get my cutie mark before Babs comes. All in all it was an awesome spell, but it looked really insanely tough. When I tried it I completely failed. Not like that's new or anything though. But at last I gave up and decided that I would get my magic to advance. When I returned my book to the library the following day I asked Twilight where I could find somepony to help me advance in my magic, she said she could help me after school everyday except Tuesday's though. So that's what I did... Everyday after school I would go to Twilight's library so she could help me improve on my magic. By the end of that week I had learned eight new spells! And I was so proud of my self! I couldn't wait to show the others.

"Guys! Guys! Guess what?!"

"What?" Scootaloo answered

"Yeah, you haven't looked this happy since you joined the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Sweetie Belle said

"I just learned some new spells! Eight to be exact!" I told them with a grin on my face "Can I show you?

"Hey. That's awesome.... for you. Sweetie Belle said sadden.

"You alright Sweetie?" Applebloom said concerned.

"No I'm not!" She said "It's not fair... everypony else is really excelling in everything they put their mind to.... But ME!"

"Hey, don't worry. Maybe we can help you!" I tried saying positively.

After that I decided maybe it wasn't the best time to show them what I had learned at Twilight's library. After that little break down we continued on with our day. Playing games, crusading, and talking. That day we all went to Twilight's library because Sweetie Belle (After her breakdown decided she wanted to do research on unicorns and some illnesses that may have stunted her growth in magic.)

When Sweetie Belle Finally found a book that suited her very picky taste, she finally checked it out! After we had heard that we were all so happy because we were there for hours on end. I'm not even kidding. I think we were there for about two hours and forty five minutes before she finally found the "perfect book".

Hey guys my parents want me home now, okay? I'll see you tomorrow! I said to them

"Alright, see you later!" Scoot said

When I got closer to home I saw Shining walking around the yard.

"Hey!"

As he turned around I saw that he had a bruise on his left shoulder

"What happened" I asked running over to him "Did you get bullied at school? Did sompony bump into you? Did you fall?

"No... But I would stay away from dad if I were you." He said coming over to me with tears in his eyes

"Shining, are you okay?" I asked concerned "Why, what's dad--- Wait... Did dad hit you?

He only nodded, he didn't say anything.

"Okay I'll be right back" I told him "Where's mom?"

"With him" He replied walking away looking at the backdoor

"Where is he?" I asked being suddenly interrupted by the door being opened

As I looked at the door I saw charley standing there. Then he came out and played with us,but I needed to find mom. As I thought to myself my thoughts were interrupted by screaming coming from mom and dads bedroom again. So I quickly ran to the door and told Shining to stay with Charley and that I would be right back...

As I ran up the stair and down the hall I heard the screaming and arguing get closer I heard dad and his voice get really strong and yell at mom saying where was I... As I came to a stop I realized I was right in front their door and I knocked softly. As the arguing died down and the door open I saw dad in the doorway and mom right behind him crying with tears streaming down her face.

"Hi mom, hi dad" I said slowly waling in "Why is mom crying?" I asked turning to dad for answers

"Oh, its none of your concern, we were just working an issue out" Mom said grabbing a guesundhoof to wipe her tears away.

"Oh, okay..." I said looking at dad "Is that right, you were just working out an isssue..."

"Yes, Yes it is" he said hugging mom saying he was oh so sorry for hurting her feelings. I gritted my teeth and mumbled under my breath as walking out the door.

I didn't believe one word that creep said... Looking out the kitchen window watching Shining and Charley play in the backyard.