In the minds eye.
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“Oh.. Oh my..” The pink maned Pegasus whispered, eyes twinkling at the birds before her. “Good job, little birdies.. Lets try that again, um, please.” She raised her hooves, and began conducting. Her face stretched into a smile, and her beautiful blue-green eyes sparkled.
“You’re all doing very good-”
“Felic- erm, Fluttershy?
The girl whipped around and whimpered softly. Terra stood in front of her, the violet eyed girl smiling worriedly. “Oh, um, hi, Twilight.” Fluttershy murmured, seeing, in her mind, a book obsessed purple unicorn. In reality, a short, brunette book worm.
Terra- Twilight- flitted her eyes worriedly. Poor Felicity, she thought, Sticking herself in here, with her.. Birds.. Twilight looked in the corner, seeing the decaying bodies of long dead birds. She shuddered inwardly, then stepped towards Fluttershy.
Her favorite yellow sweater was dirty and holes were ripped in it, as was her long pink skirt. Her dyed-pink hair was tangled in thick knots, and they looked very painful. Twilight gently put her hand down on Fluttershy’s shoulder and asked, “So, um, Fluttershy, would you like to come to Riley- eh, Rarity’s, boutique with me and the others?”
Fluttershy shuddered underneath Twilight’s touch and slowly moved away. “N-no thank you, Twilight.. I must.. Um, practice with my birds… Princess Celestia is coming down to ponyville, right?” She asked softly, averting her eyes.
Twilight nodded slowly, and backed away from her friend. “Okay, Fluttershy,” She said exasperatedly, “I’ll come back and get you after the… princess has arrived. Bye..”
Fluttershy only nodded and raised her ‘hooves’ once more to begin conducting her chorus of beautiful birds. “Good job, Sing-song!” She commented, ignoring Terra’s quiet sobs as the bookworm left.
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Terra approached her friends, who were all sitting outside Felicity’s house. Riley approached first and asked, in her delicate way of speaking, “Is she coming?” Terra simply shook her head in response, and Riley drooped noticeably.
Danny shook her head angrily. “Why is she doing this?! She’s just making herself sicker by staying in that house, imagining us as ponies and pegasi and unicorns! She’s crazy and she needs help!” The tomboy yelled, red hair falling into her face.
Terra looked at her friend with sadness laced in her violet eyes. “You know why she stays in there.. Her father was abusive, and her mother was a drunk.. She made that world to protect herself, Danny..” She trailed off, eyes landing on Pelimeana’s crumpled form.
Danny followed her gaze and stared at her friend. “Oh, Pel..” She whispered, walking over and wrapping her arms around the pink haired party girl. She sniffed loudly and looked longingly towards the house, shaking her head.
Alexa shook her blond ponytail and placed her cowboy hat firmly back on her head. “Okay, ya’ll, if wer gon’ be headin’ ta Riley’s beau-tique, we best be goin’” she stated, sad eyes skimming over her four other friends.
They all nodded, and started to take off, Danny and Pelimeana linked together, Pel still looking back at the sad, broken down cottage, listening hopefully for the sound of an opening door and her friends soft voice saying, “ Oh, uhm, girls, wait for me!”
But the only sound from the house was her compliments to her dead birds.
“Good job, little ones, Princess Celestia will love this!”
