Fragile Soul: The Story of Softy Blue

by Softy Blue

Rating: everyone
Tags: Original Character, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Romance
Length: 1988

Softy Blue's life depends on his positive emotions overthrowing the negative.

Starry Night and Twinkle Wish have a colt whose life depends on his positive emotions overthrowing the negative. But with a special pendent that Princess Celestia gave him, Softy Blue can live like a normal pony.

Romance tag takes effect in later chapters.

Published 2015-07-31 17:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-05-15 18:43:12 UTC

Chapter One: The Royal Gift

Softy Blue’s fifth birthday party was under way. Softy Blue invited two friends who he had met one month prior. They are both unicorn fillies who had just started going to Softy Blue’s Day Care, Twilight Sparkle and Fruity Loop. Not only that, they were also going to be in the same Kindergarten class as Softy Blue when school starts next week.

“It’s time for Softy to open presents,” Twinkle Wish called out, “so come into the dining room, everypony.”

Everypony headed for the dining room and took a seat. But as Twinkle was about to grab the first gift, there was a knock on the door. So she went to see who it was. When she opened the door and saw who it was, she immediately froze. It was Princess Celestia.

“Hello!” said the princess. “I have something for your son, so may I come in?”

Twinkle Wish only nodded slowly and led Celestia to the dining room, still in shock over her presence. Once they got there, everypony gasped with surprise at the sight of Princess Celestia. Everypony except for the three soon-to-be kindergarteners, who were all wondering why Celestia was here.

A minute of silence passed before Twinkle Wish spoke.

“Uh...Princess Celestia has something for you, Softy.”

Softy Blue gasped with excitement then said, “What is it?”

Celestia giggled and said, “It can wait. I’ll give it to you after you open your other gifts, alright?”

Softy nodded. “Ok!”

With that, Twinkle Wish grabbed the first gift in her magic and set in front of Softy while she said, “This one’s from Twilight.” When Softy opened it, he saw it was a brown teddy bear. He gave it a big hug and named it ‘Fuzzy’.

The second gift was from Fruity Loop. As soon as it was set in front of him, Softy Blue opened the gift. It was an action figure of Zap from the Power Ponies TV show.

“Thanks, Fruity!” Softy Blue was joyed to be starting his collection of Power Ponies toys since it was his favorite TV show.

“You’re welcome, Blue!” Fruity Loop happily replied, knowing how much he loved the Power Ponies.

The third and final gift...well, besides Celestia...was from his parents. When he opened it, Softy Blue couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“A JoyBoy?!” Softy Blue asked with excitement.

“Yep,” Starry Night confirmed, “and it comes with Capsule Creatures: Blue version.”

“Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, Daddy!” Softy Blue gave his parents a big hug.

“You’re welcome, Sweetie!” Twinkle Wish replied with a slight chuckle.

Just then, Celestia spoke up.

“I believe it is time for me to give you what I brought for you, Softy Blue. But before I do so…” She turned to Starry Night and Twinkle Wish, then continued to speak. “Have you explained to him the importance of his happiness?”

Both parents slowly shook their heads and said in unison, “Sorry, Princess!”

“It’s quite alright,” the princess replied with a light smile, “but now is as good a time as any to do so, don’t you think?”

So they did, but not without Softy Blue asking questions. They were mainly about the words that aren’t in his vocabulary. After all his questions were answered, Softy Blue understood the importance of his happiness.

With that, Princess Celestia used her magic to pull something out of her saddlebag and said, “This pendant will let you live like an average pony while keeping the good parts of being a Fragile Soul, such as being good at many things. I want you to promise me that you will never take it off.”

“Ok, Princess! I promise.” Softy Blue said as Celestia put the pendant around his neck. “Are you gonna stay for cake?”

“I would love to,” Celestia said, “but I have royal duties I must return to. I must go.”

With that, the princess left, and the party resumed as planned.

Chapter Two: School's First Day

Chapter Two: School's First Day

“Mommy! Daddy! Wake up. It’s time for school!”

Softy Blue was very excited for his first day at Canterlot Elementary School. So much so that the colt was hopping on his parents to wake them up. After a few minutes, they finally got out of bed and went downstairs for breakfast with Softy Blue.

Softy Blue ate his breakfast quickly. Surprisingly, he didn’t get any hiccups. He, then, went to put his saddlebags on. After his parents finished their breakfast, they all set out for Canterlot Elementary to drop Softy Blue off.

As soon as they arrived, Softy Blue hid behind his mother after seeing all the unicorn colts and fillies. He felt like he would never fit in since everypony but him was a unicorn. Also, he doesn’t do well in large crowds.

“Mommy? I’m scared.” Softy Blue said, shivering in fear. “I don’t wanna go to school anymore.”

“Don’t worry, dear.” Twinkle Wish said to her cowering son. “It’ll be okay. Oh, here comes your teacher.”

As she said that, a yellow unicorn stallion with an orange mane and tail and a pencil cutie mark walked up to them and said, “Hi there! I’m Mr. Scribble,” He saw the cowering colt, then continued, “and I take it you’re Softy Blue. Princess Celestia told me all about you. She came to me to tell me about your special condition.”

“S-so you know about me?” Softy Blue asked, still scared but not as much.

“Yes I do,” Mr. Scribble responded. “School is about to start, so we better get to the classroom. Now follow me, please.”

So he did, worrying about what the day will bring. When they got to the classroom, Mr. Scribble directed Softy Blue to the desk in the middle of the back row. Mr. Scribble, then, began to take attendance, getting a response to each name he called.

***

The bell had rung for recess, and all Softy Blue wanted to do was swing on a swing. So he trotted in the direction of the swing set, but before he could get there…

“Ew! What’s an earth pony doing here?”

Softy Blue did not like the sound, or tone, of that. He turned to see who it was. He saw a red colt with an orange mane and tail walking toward him. The colt had a mean look on his face. Softy Blue was terrified of the look alone.

“You do know this is a school for unicorns only, right?” the colt continued. Softy Blue was too scared to speak. “Didn’t think so. You earth ponies really are stupid.”

After hearing that, Softy Blue dropped into a sitting position and started to cry. He had cried for about 3 minutes when they heard a filly’s voice say, “Leave him alone, Flameheart.”

Flameheart and Softy Blue both turned their heads in the direction of the source. They saw a lime green unicorn filly accompanied by Mr. Scribble, and they both knew the filly in question. Both Fruity Loop and Mr. Scribble were glaring at Flameheart.

“Fruity, take Softy Blue to the Guidance Councilor.” Mr. Scribble said firmly.

“Okay.” Fruity walked over to her crying friend. “Let’s go, Blue.”

Chapter Three: Emotional Therapy

Fruity Loop took Softy Blue to the Guidance Counselor's office. Along the way, Fruity told her friend something she isn’t so proud of: Flameheart was her cousin, and he can find a way to pick on anypony.

When they got there, Fruity knocked on the open door to get the Guidance Counselor’s attention.

“Mr. Psych?” she asked, still worried for her friend.

Mr. Psych looked up from the book he was reading. “Come on in.” Fruity Loop and Softy Blue did just that. They, then, took a seat. “What’s the matter?” Mr. Psych calmly asked.

Softy Blue sniffled. “Flameheart was telling me I don’t belong here and this school is only for unicorns. Is that true?”

“No, it is not true.” Mr. Psych began. “Unicorns only make up most of the students and staff here. Actually, any of the three kinds of ponies is welcome to enroll here. After all, we allowed you to enroll. Did we not, Softy Blue?”

“I guess so,” the blue colt responded with dry tears just under his eyes, “but what if he keeps on doing it?”

“I’m sure he’ll get the right punishment.” the Guidance Counselor assured Softy Blue.

Softy Blue didn’t know what a ‘punishment’ was since he was very well behaved, but he assumed it was a time out like at Day Care. He smiled weakly, a sign that he was starting to feel better. Then, Fruity pulled Softy into a big hug. He hugged his friend back. That did the trick. When they broke the hug, Softy was feeling much better.

“Feeling better?” Mr. Psych asked, seeing the slight smile on Softy’s face.

“Yes.” Softy Blue quietly said with a nod.

“Then, I suggest you two go back to Mr. Scribble’s classroom for the rest of recess. Mr. Scribble should be in there.”

With those final words, the colt and filly left for the classroom. Mr. Scribble saw them come in once they got there.

“Are you okay, Softy?” Mr. Scribble asked with concern.

Softy Blue simply nodded, easing some of Mr. Scribble’s concern. He was still concerned about Flameheart and what he would do next recess. Only time can tell.

Prelude: Birth

The mourning sun was rising, waking up married couple Starry Night, an indigo unicorn stallion with a lavender mane and tail and a crescent moon and stars for a cutie mark, and Twinkle Wish, a white unicorn mare with a red mane and tail and a purple shooting star cutie mark. Today was a special day for the pair. Not only was it their very first wedding anniversary, but they also had a foal on the way. Little did they know, its birth was closer than they thought.

One hour later, Starry Night was sitting in the waiting room of Canterlot Hospital when he had an unexpected encounter.

“A foal’s birth on your wedding anniversary?”

Starry Night turned his head to see who just spoke to him. When he did, he stood up quickly then bowed and said, “Princess Celestia! What are you doing here?”

“I have something to tell you and your wife about your foal,” said the solar princess, “but it can wait until I can speak with both of you.”
Just then, the door opened, and a nurse poked her head into the waiting room and said, “Starry Night? You may come back now.”
With that, Starry Night, followed by Celestia, followed the nurse to Twinkle Wish’s recovery room. When they arrived, they saw Twinkle Wish holding her newborn foal. “It’s a colt.” Twinkle Wish said softly. The colt had a bright blue coat and a green mane and tail, but he was missing one thing, something he should have since both of his parents are full-blood unicorns, a horn.
“Hey, where’s his horn?” Starry Night asked.
“I don’t know,” Twinkle Wish responded, “I was wondering that myself.”
“I believe I can answer that question.” said Princess Celestia. “It’s the reason I am here.”
“Not to be rude, your highness, but…” Twinkle Wish paused for a few seconds. “...care to explain?”
“Very well.” The princess began her explanation. “I sense that you have just given birth to what is known as a fragile soul, a pony whose life force is as delicate as a feather. It relies on positive emotions overthrowing negative emotions. That is to say, feeling more good than bad. In addition to this burden, his genetics don’t determine the type of pony he is. That is random, and it looks like he was selected to an earth pony.”
Twinkle Wish looked at her newborn foal once more then smiled softly and said, “Well, in that case, I think his should be Softy Blue.”
“I agree,” Starry Night responded.