Author's Note

Hey guys, I am so sorry I hadn't been updating this story. I am currently working on another story and I also have been really busy with school work(and yes, I did stay up almost all night finishing this chapter).

The Broken Family

Screwball had been in her room for a while now. Poofball wasn't sure of what to do. She doesn't get it. What does mom mean by that? Daddy would never leave them....right? Screwball finally came out of her room, her face wet with tears from crying. Screwball came out to serve dinner. She didn't have much of an appetite. So she put her fork down and asked Poofball,"So, how was school, sweety?"

"It was fine." Poofball replied. She wanted to know more about what happened between her mother and father, but she didn't dare to ask knowing that it would only make her mother cry.

"That's good." Screwball said.
Mothball came home and looked tired. Screwball looked at him and said,"What are you doing here?"

"This is my home,"He answered,"I live here,what's wrong, honey?"

"Don't honey me!" Screwball yelled,"and you don't live here anymore, don't just pretend that you don't know what you did!"

"I don't understand, what did I do?"

"Stop acting dumb! I saw you with her in OUR bedroom!"Screwball yelled,"and I kicked you out!"

"What do you mean? I've been at work all day." Mothball was confused. He tried to remain calm but it was increasingly hard as his wife has been yelling at him since he walked in the door. What girl? He thought. He would never cheat on Screwball.

Screwball screamed and teleported Mothball out of the house and put a shield over it. Mothball tried his best to get in and reason with her that she was mistaken. But it wouldn't work. He went to Discord's house to stay the night. But when he got there, Screwball had already told him what happened. Discord ranted to Mothball and kicked him out too.

Mothball made his own hut just away from his house. He stood up all night thinking about what happened. Screwball should've been able to tell he wasn't lying, but she didn't. He put conclusions together, changlings are responsible for this.

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Mothball went to the changing hive the next morning to get answers.

"What on Earth are you talking about, Mothball?" The queen asked.

"I think a few of you changlings pretended to me and ripped my family apart." Mothball answered.

"I know that part, but why would they do that?"

"I don't know, that's why I came to you."

"Why are you asking me about this?"

"Because maybe you can help me figure this out with me, please?"

"Ok, I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you."

It had been a a few days after and there was no sign of progress. Nobody would fess up to this. He knows he hadn't of cheated on Screwball. Unless he was brainwashed and forgotten what he did. He has been trying to talk to her, but Screwball ignores him and goes on her way. He can't even see his daughter. Not even Discord is talking to him.

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It has been several weeks now since the incident? Screwball wants to get a divorce, but somewhere in her mind is telling her not. She has calmed down after crying and yelling for a few weeks? She never yelled at Poofball for anything that had happened, since she knew it wasn't her fault. Screwball now thinks of what Mothball had said, he seemed confused and worried about what happened. Had she been hallucinating, or did it actually happen? She is now very confused as she sits on her bed, alone.

Maybe he didn't cheat on me. She thought. But if he didn't, then why didn't I notice he wasn't lying to me? I would've known had lied to me.

She had a feeling it was a misunderstanding. But she still thinks he cheated on her

Poofball came home from school exhausted. She went straight to her room and plopped onto her bed. Screwball followed behind her and sat down beside her on her bed.

"Is something wrong, sweetie?"

There was no reply.

"What's wrong honey?"

Poofball bursted into tears and sniffed,"Ponies at school are saying that daddy left us because of me."

"No, sweetheart. This is not your fault." Screwball reassured her, but it didn't help too much. She continued sobbing as Screwball tried to calm her down. This is tearing their entire family apart. Screwball has to do something.

Screwball went out to find Mothball. She couldn't find him anywhere. She searched everywhere he could've been. She finally finds him after hours of looking.

"Hey.." Screwball said softly

Mothball is confused, it had been weeks since they had last talked,"Hey."

"I'm sorry about earlier, I was so mad I couldn't think or anything."

"It's ok." Mothball doesn't make eye contact.

"Did you actually cheat on me with her?"

"What? No! I would never do that to you."

He wasn't lying. He never had cheated on her.

"I know, I realized that now, you're not lying."

"I know."

They both walk home to their daughter while chatting.

"Do you know which changling pulled this off? And why didn't I notice about something was off and that I couldn't tell wether you were lying to me or not?" Screwball asked.

"I don't know, we are still looking, but there is no luck, at least we rare together again. But, I don't know why you couldn't tell. Maybe you were so mad you didn't notice. We better sort things out with Discord though." Mothball replied.

"Yeah"

They made it to Discord's place and sorted out everything. Then went back home to their daughter. Poofball was very happy that they were back together as a family again.

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"Hey, honey? Do you think you can run to the store for some errands? I'm going out with Dinkie to the spa." Screwball asked.

"Sure sweetheart,"Mothball answered,"come one Poofball, we got to go to the store while your mother is away."

"Ok" Poofball obeyed and went with her father to the store.

Mothball and Poofball came out of the store and saw Screwball. They were going to go over to say hi, but then Mothball saw her with another Stallion. He was furious and teleported home.

"What's wrong, daddy? Poofball asked with concern,"who was mommy with?"

Mothball didn't answer but ordered Poofball to go to her room. She obeyed quietly wondering what had happened.

Screwball came home a while later and things went bad. Poofball could hear her parents yelling at each other. Right when something was resolved, something else bad had shown up. She started crying as Screwball again cried after but then she heard Screwball teleport out of the house. She probably went to Discord's house for the night. She heard Mothball mutter to himself but couldn't understand what he said. He slammed his door shut and went to bed. Poofball cried herself to sleep that night. What went wrong?