Fear Her

  Blue Moon picked up her giggling baby sister and carried her to the carpet where Spirit sat.  She could hear the faint sounds of her parents talking in the next room.  Just as she began to walk away, the small foal grabbed her hoof, as if saying not to leave her yet.  Blue tugged her off with a smile, trotting to the door and peeking through the crack.

    "We can't just let them take her away," her mother was saying.

    "What else can we do?  When Sombra took out all the empire and destroyed your only job, we can barely even afford a dime.  We can't afford to take care of all three," her father responded.

    "We can't just kick them out.  Expecially not Blue."

    "We'll have to put Golden Snow up for adoption.  It's the best we got."

    Blue Moon didn't bare to eavesdrop anymore.  She turned around, galloping back towards Spirit and Snow.

    "Momma and Daddy are going to give Snow away!" Blue said to them in panic.

    "They would never do that."  Spirit said, glaring at the door.

    The door opened, letting their parents in.  Her father picked up Snow.

    "Daddy, what are you doing?" Spirit asked.

    "Don't worry, Spirit.  She'll be okay."  Her mother responded instead.

    "Wait, what are you doing!"  Blue turned, looking at her father who was setting Snow in a basket.

    "No!" Spirit yelled, charging at her father.  Her mother grabbed her, struggling to keep her in her grasp tightly.

    "You can't do this!" Blue yelled, tears stinging the young filly's eyes.

    "I'm so, so sorry," their father said, closing the door behind him.

    Spirit stared at the door lifelessly, held in her weeping mother's arms.

***

Spirit trudged down the sidewalk, accidentally dropping one of her grocery bags.  Her fruit tumbled out, into a dark alley.  She followed it.

    "Hello, Spirit Berry," a voice said out of nowhere, making the mare jump.

    "Hello?"

    A figure stood in the shadows, wearing a long, dark cloak.  A unicorn.

    "It's a fine surprise to find you here."

    "Who are you?" Spirit tilted her head and squinted.

    The figure stepped into the dim light.

    "Did'ja miss me?"

***

The stallion trudged on with the basket quickly, nearly making the foal go flying out.  He accidentally dropped it, making it tumble into a dark alley by a door and land upright.  He ran off, hoping not to have been spotted.