Author's Note

As a matter of fact I'm nervous with this project. This is my first darkfic in a long time and I don't know how the public's reception is going to be. All I can say is I hope you like it.

The beginnings of the rev

Our story began in one of the most far-fetched places in Ponyville: Fluttershy’s cottage. There were only two things that she cared for: her best friends and her animal buddies, especially Angel the bunny. There was nothing that could interpose between them. Until one day bad news arrived at her front door. At the town hall almost the entire population of Ponyville had been reunited to discuss one new ordinance.

“Listen ponies” Mayor Mare handled the continuous talking of the crowd by shouting at the top of her lungs. “The new law, written by the parliament, has been approved.”

“Which new law, Mayor Mare?” Princess Twilight asked, questioning the situation because she wasn’t included in the speaking of the parliament. “I don’t remember any approval of any law.”

“Well, now that all the citizens are here let me explain it” Mayor Mare cleared her throat and began reading. “Due to the new economic crisis we have agreed to attach the upkeep for domestic pets so the progress can be made and the pony quality of life can be assure. You have to pay not only the residence of the pet but also its food, health, working programs and life insurance. All these taxes will be controlled by the guard armada which will regularly examine the living place of the proprietor.”

Ponyville went crazy and Twilight stood up. “That’s insane. Why pets?”

“It had to be something common among ponies and not necessary for the living. We can’t continue raising water, food or health taxes. Everypony has the right to those goods.”

“But what about Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash stood out for her friend. “That’s her job, her entire life.”

“I order to cancel it right now.”

“You may be a princess but that doesn’t mean every pony is going to follow your vision of the world. I understand your case but there’s nothing I can do for you. The law is implemented already, she has one month to gain enough money to keep her place like everypony else. One of you has to give her the bad news. The public spoke, I’m sorry.”

Later Twilight Sparkle came to her friend’s house to notify her, she knew this was going to hurt her deeply but she needed to be warned. The knock of the door was heard and Fluttershy opened it.

“Hello Twilight. Sorry for not coming but today I’ve been busy cleaning the house. What are you doing here?”

Twilight explained her the entire case.

“No Twilight” she said worried. “You can’t do this to me.”

“Fluttershy, this was signed by 90% of the population and the parliament agreed on this. Rainbow Dash and I defended your situation but we couldn’t do anything for you.”

“Does that means that I have to kick out all my friends?”

“...Yes” Twilight was firm but also feel sad for her friend. “You have a month to pay for them or else... I don’t know what will happen to them. I’m sorry Fluttershy.”

Twilight turned back and came back to her castle. For Fluttershy this was the worst thing that could happened: she was an animal caretaker, she literally lived for them and there was no way she was going to quit her passion. All the animals in the world were not enough to conceal the misery of the yellow pegasus.

One month later the results appeared: she couldn’t pay for them. And this not only had affected Fluttershy, other owners had to kick their pets out of their homes because of the high taxes, everypony care more about their own survivability than anything else. Thanks to the law even the rest of the Mane 6 had to get rid of their pets, only Rainbow Dash and Twilight herself weren’t affected. Twilight’s pet owl technically didn’t live with her and due to her large quantities of bits won in bets for the wonderbolts Rainbow Dash had enough money to keep her pet tortoise. But the rest of them? They had no choice. Besieged by these problems Fluttershy had turned to drink the days after. Friends like Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rainbow Dash could drink up to six or eight jars of cider in a row but she got drunk by the first one. She came back to her home tumbling every night, blaming her non existing little friends for her situation, she expelled the animals during the correspondent month one by one. Tomorrow was always worse than yesterday and her animals got less care of her. One of the most remarkable sentences Angel remembered from her was:

“Oh, Angel. I always wanted to beat the crap out of you every time you got mad with me for some nitpicky littleness, you ungrateful bastard!”

That was the first night, and the next she insulted another animal, and the next night another one and another. With ponies it was almost the same. Every hour she had she now spent it at the local bar getting drunk, her friends constantly tried to raise her spirit but not even they could save her from depression. Relief was not an option anymore. After blaming her animal buddies she then cursed her friends and the rest of the ponies she encountered occasionally for her situation.

“Fluttershy, things will get better in the long run” Applejack said.

“Yes, all of us are in the same situation” added Rarity.

“Then why aren’t you as heartbreak as I am?” Fluttershy asked drunk. But many times alcohol is a great therapist and she realized the truth.
“You don’t care about them, do you?”

They remained silent.

“I see” she retired to her home cursing and trying to maintain her balance. “Taking care and raising animals was my purpose in life and they took it away from me. Ponies are a plague for this world!”

The night after Fluttershy expelled Angel, her last remaining animal, he called Constance, Margaret and Mordecai, the jays by squeaking so they could reunite all the animals in the surroundings and have a meeting inside a big burrow in the Everfree Forest once she went to sleep. After an hour every animal that belonged to Fluttershy appeared, the most notable ones were Elizabeak the hen, Fuzzy Legs the spider, Mousey the mouse, Hummingway the hummingbird, Samantha the ferret and Harry the bear. But Angel’s results were bigger than he expected because many of the once domestic pets also came to the meeting like Winona the dog, Opalescence the cat and Gummy the alligator and even some creatures from the Everfree Forest like Owlowiscious the owl and Tim the timberwolf had listened to the call. All the animals, big or small, were anxious to get in for such a meeting that they never had been before. It took a while for all to find a seat: the rabbits and other rodents have taken up the best positions at the front followed by the mustelids, the birds, insects and arachnids surrounding them, the pets and finally Harry and Tim were at the bottom, covering the access. In front of all of them was Angel.

“Friends” said Angel, not with words but with squeaks and because of that subtitles appeared. “I had li–”

A stomp has heard at the access and all remained quiet instantly expecting the worst, but it wasn’t Fluttershy. It was a last minute guest: Tank the tortoise, unlike the rest he hadn’t being harmed or handicapped by the agreement but he wasn’t going to miss a meeting, he sat next to Winona and Opal. And at last everyone could be settled to hear Angel.

“My dear friends, I had lived with Fluttershy since I remember. And because of the recent events I have something to tell you: Few of us will have the pleasure of a peaceful life. I’ve seen for the last days how you are dealing with weather and hunger, without the caring from your owners the majority will not survive. Those ponies abandoned us for their own benefits and that is just the beginning of the catastrophe. Think about it: for our comrades who lived in the forest, what would happen when those intruders invade your home? Or most importantly, what will happen if every other pony found you?”

Harry thought about his fur being rip out of his body and being used a carpet with his head as a hunting trophy above a chimney while Tim imagined his woods being burn. They frowned.

“Whatever we produced is taken from us, stole from us and sold.”

Elizabeak thought about all the eggs she laid and how many of them hatched into chicks: one or two, no more no less, and they never reached adulthood. She frowned.

“When we only wanted to have fun they beat us and they tormented us for only trying to help.”

Winona thought about that time when she jumped happily on Apple Bloom while they were playing with a ball, causing her to trip and hurt and so Applejack beat her, while Opal remembered when Rarity moistened her fur in the bathtub just to pretend her sickness to her owner’s friends. Both frowned.

“Or worse: force us to do something we don’t want to!”

Gummy remembered when Pinkie Pie forced him to eat a hundred cupcakes. Although he remained expressionless it was notorious he frowned on the inside.

“You insects and arachnids. Do you know what future holds to you?!”

Fuzzy Legs thought about all of his brothers, sisters, friends and enemies squished by everypony who saw them because of their appearance, especially the flower sisters and pest ponies. He frowned and one by one each animal did the same.

“Do we deserve such a fate?! I thought not until a days ago, when the only pony who truly cared for us betrayed this community and most important: her passion. Is this world so mingy to support us all?! Of course not! But we’ll never get our rightful share from Fluttershy or anypony else. Overthrow the tyrants and we shall be free!”

All the animals inside the burrow squeaked and growled, agreeing. Angel raised his paws appeasing the herd.

“But remember, when we have get rid of those dreadful ponies don’t adopt their vices. We are brothers, we are friends. Large or small, clever or simple, with fur, feathers or scales, now and forever all of us are equal!”

Suddenly all of them growled until they turned around and realized something: another animal was looking at them all this time.