Stuffed Toys

Applebloom had been missing for ten days now, and police ponies suspected that the Light family had something to do with it. With a long history of missing cases on there backs, the family of three had always gotten off the hook because of some missing information. And, with that, Firefly was pulled into questioning due to being a friend of the 'missing' filly.

"Applebloom was a good friend." Firefly responded with tears in her eyes. "I went out to the apple family farm to meet her one day, and Applejack said she went missing. I told her I would keep an eye out for her. I thought she had probably gone for a walk or something..." Wiping a tear, she cleared her throat. "I'm sorry, I don't know anything else..." She hiccuped. "S-Sorry..."

Her alibi checked out, and so did the two parents. They told them that they were inside there house all day. The police ponies didn't bother getting a search warrant for their house. Firefly choked on some tears, and then muttered to her parents.

"Why do they always ask us about missing ponies, mummy?" She asked, in which StitchedHeart responded with a soft chuckle.

"Because the police are bad ponies. They always blame us for no apparent reason."

Firefly nodded, and hugged a rabbit teddy her parents gave to her. You can only imagine what that was made out of.

With her head in her pillow, Firefly stayed in her room, sobbing quietly to herself until she heard a knock on the door. Nightlight stepped into her room, holding a wrapped gift. She perked up, and sat on the edge of her bed.

"Your mom and I saw how sad you were..." He explained. "So we made you something to remind you of your friend."

By now, Applebloom was presumed dead, and the search for her was given up. So, Firefly frantically unwrapped her present. When she saw the life-sized toy plushie of her possibly dead friend, she could only respond with tears and a smile. Hugging the stuffed corpse tightly, she responded.

"Thank you, papa..."

StitchedHeart was in the basement cleaning up and planning for her next creation. Earlier, she put down a name. 'Fluttershy'. When she was exploring she found out that her mane and coat looked lovely, so she marked down her locations and where she takes her usual trips. She had also talked to her once, and noted down that she was 'a little shy'. After jotting down some more notes on the board, she pinned up a picture of the mare and circled it. Grinning, she put on her saddle bag and went out of the basement to meet Nightlight.

"Everything is planned." She informed him. "We will start the next toy tomorrow."

Firefly had been walking in the streets of Ponyville for a long time now, looking at the ground as she occasionally looks up to see ponies watching her. When she wasn't paying attention, she bumped into some fillies.

"Watch where you're going, twerp!" The pony yelled out. Firefly looked up to see a pink pony wearing a tiara. The pony grinned.
"Oh, it's you." She snarled. "My daddy told me to stay away from you." Another pony walked next to Firefly.

"Why did he..?" She asked, glancing at the grey pony that had just came to her side.

"Because." The pink filly responded. "He says that your parents are murderers."

"What?! No they're not! Your dad is wrong!" Firefly spat.

"Woah." The grey filly laughed. "This one's got attitude."

"But it's true!" She yelled. "They're not murderers!"

The two fillies laughed as they walked away, and then both of them yelled at Firefly.
"Blank flank!"

Firefly sat on a park bench, whispering to herself, until two small shadows met her gaze. Looking up, she saw an orange filly and a white filly.
"Are you all right, kid?" The orange one asked. "We saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon picking on you."

"So that's who they were." Firefly responded. The white filly nodded.

"I'm Sweetie Bell, and this is Scootaloo. We're friends of Applebloom." Sweetie said. Firefly lit up.

"I was a friend of Applebloom too!" She squeaked. "I'm sorry that she went missing, I only knew her for a short time." Scootaloo nodded.

"Us and Applebloom got our cutiemarks together. We're very close." A tear dripped down Sweetie's face as she nodded in agreement. "We help ponies get there cutiemarks."

"Really?" Firefly asked. "So you could help me? I was just called 'blank flank', and I don't really know what that means."

"It's mockery." Scootaloo informed her. "They're making fun of you because you have no cutiemark."

"Oh." Firefly slumped down.

"But we can help you get your cutiemark." Sweetie replied. "You can join our club." Firefly nodded.

"I would like that." She responded. "Thanks. I'm Firefly, by the way."