Secrets among Pegasi

Pegasi.
Wings.
Clouds.
Sleek bodies.
Out of the three tribes, Pegasi were the most beautiful, most skinny race.

At least that's what they told me. My parents taught me a lot about food. What to eat.

And what Not to eat.

We always had a special diet. Breakfast didn't exist. Lunch was a healthy salad. And dinner was another salad. No sweets. No snacks. No candy. It would ruin everything.

We had to make every other race think that Pegasi were naturally like this.
Thin. Beautiful. Strong.

Every Pegasus that wasn't like this was a disgrace for the Pegasus race.

We made the sky to our element. And did the same with body image.

No other race could know about our secrets.

No pony could know the truth.

No pony could heal our illness.

-The Pancake Breakfast From Castle Sweet Castle-

Of course. It had to be breakfast. And of course, it had to be even more of this fat stuff. As if Pinkies sweets weren't enough already.

Rainbow Dash wasn't like every other Pegasus. But she knew the secrets, habits, struggles, like every other Pegasus.

Just eat the pancakes, show them that you eat, that you're grateful for it, and then get rid of it the second you're alone.

The attention went to the sleeping alicorn. Snoring soundly and face planting in her plate.

Seriously? I know she has wings now, but who taught her our secrets?

They were in no books. They were informations that are told in families.

In pure Pegasus families.

The fact that even after their talk, the alicorn still hadn't touched her food, amazed and confused her. She made a mental note to later ask Twilight when they got a moment alone.

For now, she had something else to do. Seeing how the others were busy discussing how to decorate, Dash took the chance and sneaked to the nearest bathroom. She locked the door, turned on the faucet since you could never know if some pony would check on you, and went to start.

Since she'd been doing this her whole life, it was easy for her to throw the pancakes back up. Maybe it was just another Pegasus thing. One could never be too sure.

When she was done, she drank from the faucet and then turned it off. She noticed her look in the mirror.

Every Pegasus that wasn't thin was a disgrace for the entire race.

You can never be thin enough.

"Rainbow? Where are you?"

Damnit.

She opened the door and found Applejack.

"Ya missed a bit. We made a plan. Every pony gets some things from their home and we combine them."

"Alright then, see you guys in a bit."

No one noticed a thing.