The Mare Who Thought She Was Alone

Dollie went to bed a little early last night. Too much happened and she just felt overwhelmed.

The morning light seeped through her curtains and lit up the room a bit. The light fell on her face making her groan a bit then toss and turn in discomfort.

Dollie eventually woke up because the light kept bothering her eyes. Giving a big yawn, she stretched out her wings. She winced in pain and slowly retracted her wings, realizing how sore she was. Also the burning sensation was still there. It never seemed to go away for a long while, and the bandages on her burns and cuts weren't really helping.

She carefully got out of bed and started to change the bandages, putting fresh ones on. She winced at the burning sensation but she could handle it. She put the bandage kit back under her bed, so then she carefully and quietly walked out of her room making sure no one heard her.

She heard her sisters laughing and talking to each other in Cynder's room. They seemed to be having so much fun.

That made her sigh. She desperately wished that her sisters would spend time with her, but she knew they wouldn't, their father has taught them terrible things about her element. They're too far gone at this point. Aren't they?

She looked at the cutie mark on her flank and grimaced. It was a black skeleton who looked like it was laughing with blue blood coming out of it's eye, sockets and mouth.

She hated her cutie mark with a passion as to her it was a curse. If she had a different element maybe she would've been noticed and not ignored, or cared for and not abused. And probably her Mom would still be there for her.

Dollie lowered her head and quietly walked downstairs. She scanned the house for her dad but he wasn't home. A smile quickly appeared on her face. Her dad must have went off to his job early, meaning she could most likely sneak out for a few hours.

After Dollie double checked the house, she quietly opened the door, closed it even quieter and snuck off.

Dollie was sitting on a tree that was not so far from the house, but it was a good distance away. She watched as the animals and birds would play without a care in the world.

She would smile as she saw the birds fly free and the deer frolic in the grass and flowers. She could see so much from up there and she really liked the view.

"Hey, what are you doing up there?" a male voice was heard

That made her yelp in surprise and lost her balance on the branch making her fall. She closed her eyes preparing for the impact, but what made her be confused is that she fell on something soft. She opened her eyes a looked around. She noticed that she was on a back of somepony, so she slowly turned her sight to one side and saw the head of the body. It was a stallion.

"Phew, that was close... Sorry for scaring you." he said sheepishly.

"I-It's alright..." Dollie said quietly. She took in his features. He was a tall unicorn who had a light grey coat with a long white mane. He had blue eyes and his cutiemark was a golden balance scale with two swords making an X behind it, the element of sanity, her opposite.

The stallion let Dollie down and took a look at her as well. Her eyes stood out to him as they were a bold purple. 'Wow. Her eyes are so beautiful' he thought to himself.

"Hey... What's your name?" he asked a bit sheepishly.

"Dollie..." She said quietly.

"Dollie. That's a really cute name." he gave her a smile.

"Thanks..." she said shyly. "And yours?"

"Gianfar. But someponies call me G" he said

"That's a nice name" she smiled sheepishly

"Thank you." he gave her a little smile "Hey... If you don't mind me asking... Why were you up a tree?"

"I like the view of the land and animals. You can see more from up here than down there." she explained

"I should try that sometime." Gianfar said in thought as he looked to the trees.

"Yeah you should. I think you'd like it." Dollie smiled a bit.

Gianfar looked down back to her and smiled. He started looking over her again and this time saw her bandages. Her coat was so white it was nearly impossible to see.

"Why are you wrapped in bandages?" He asked quietly

Dollie looked at herself and mentally facehoofed, forgetting about the bandages. She had to come up with a quick cover up. She didn't want to get into bigger problems with her father.

"Oh... Uhm... I had a flying mishap and crashed into a tree." Dollie said shyly.

Gianfar had a feeling she was lying but decided to let it slide. "You got to be me more careful next time, Dollie." He chuckled a bit.

"Yeah I guess so." Dollie chuckled a bit as well.

"Well I got to go. My Mom wanted me home by lunch. It was nice meeting you" he said as he gave her a warm smile "Hey... Maybe we can see each other again soon?"

"Yeah that would be great." she smiled a bit.

That made him smile and gave her a quick hug. "Alright, see you next time."

Dollie gave him a hug back trying not to tense. She hasn't been hugged for 10 years and it was kind of an alien to her. None the less it would've been a bit rude not to hug back.

"Alright... see you next time as well, I guess." she said feeling sort of awkward.

Gianfar gave her another smile and teleported back to his home. That made her sigh and wondered what the buck just happened. She was wondering why he didn't run away? She knew he saw her element, but she didn't understand why he just stayed with her.

That made her smile with a bit of happiness. She actually met some pony who doesn't care about her element and that made her so happy at the moment that nothing can bring her down. Except when she realized.

"My dad's gonna be home for lunch! I'm so screwed!" she thought to herself as her eyes shot open really scared.

She couldn't really fly because of her wing burns, so she ran as fast as she could to get home on time. Lunch was at 2:30 for her and it was only 2:24. She might be able to make it home before her father does.

As she reached the house, all was quiet. Maybe he wasn't home?

Dollie snuck into the backyard. She couldn't take more than 2 steps before her dad appeared in front of the door. Dollie gasped in horror and surprise.

"So you're sneaking out, huh?" a really familiar voice was heard and made Dollie gasp really scared. "Come here!"

Dollies wings drooped to the floor and she trudged over to her father. "What are you gonna set to flames this time?"

"Your hooves..." her father said glancing at her with so much hate "Stand still."

Dollie knew it was no use to argue so she did as she was told. Her father grabbed the gasoline bucket again and doused her hooves and her back as bonus. He magically set her to flames, making her scream in tormented pain.

Ryan loved it. He enjoyed every second of it. He hated her with all his heart and wanted her dead, but by the time he was able to, Cynder and Melody were older and would realising she gone, so he couldn't.

After a minute he put out the fire that almost engulfed her body. He slapped her and threw her against the house walls. "Next time. Don't leave."  he said with a really venomous voice and went inside.

Dollie curled up into a ball, crying in pain and sadness. She hated her father. She wanted her mother, as she knew her mother would make things all better.

After a few minutes, Dollie looked around before inside and upstairs to her room to bandage up again. What Dollie didn't see was that someone was watching her and her father.