Ditzys secret

5th birthday...

It was a normal birthday, not celebrated by anypony aside from a small "Happy birthday" and a present from Fish. Ditzy had just woken up, and had already finished taking a bath. She was excited to see what type of present Fish had found for her. She only ever got one present from Fish because she had no friends in school or anywhere else.

Ditzy walked up to her mirror and looked herself over. Her wings where preened and her mane brushed. She could have been a model if it wasn't for her walled eyes. That was all any pony ever saw. She trotted from her room and into the kitchen, ate breakfast, washed dishes, did chores, and then went back into her room to play. Fish came in and they silently began playing checkers with each other as they normally did. Only a few words of "king me" and "rematch" flowed from the room as Fish continuously won.

Then around eight PM, their parents came in. Darling had gone to a boarding school for young mares for the time being, meaning more attention could be focused on Ditzy and Fish. Not always good attention. Ditzy tip toed(hoofed) from her room, telling Fish to hide, and went to see if her parents needed anything. As she stood in the hallway, she could hear them speaking in slurry voices.

Father: "That filly...needs some sever punishing... she don’t do anything round here."

Mother: "Last night... She took three hours in the bath...THREE HOURS... she’s wastes our water. Needs to get a job or something..." they both chuckled and continued to talk to themselves. Ditzy continued to listen until she heard her parents agree to find her.

Ditzy, knowing what would come next, ran and hid in her closet. Fear rushed through her. The closet was cramped and dark. The only sound ditzy could hear were her breath and her parents noisily looking for her. This had happened plenty of times before, and Ditzy had let all of her parents rage be taken out on her, as long as Fish was never hurt.

"HA!! I FOUND YOU!!!!" The sound of a door opening and a faint squeel of terror met Ditzys ears. Only one thought entered her mind though. Must protect Fish!

“So you thought you could hide from me!" her father boasted, throwing fish onto the bed in the room. "Well i'll teach you." he rammed his hoof down towards Fish, only to end up hitting Ditzy as she jumped in the way. Ditzy cowered down in a ball on the bed, doing her best to protect fish but avoid the blows. Her mother joined in on the beating. while they focused on her she whispered to the frightened Fish under her

"Go, run. as fast as you can out the door and ill try to find you. please." Ditzy's little body couldn’t take much pain, and she soon blacked out.

Ditzy woke up to her parents standing over her, Fish no where to be found. Her head thrummed and she felt like she was on fire.

It was odd, the feeling of fear still in her as she looked on her parents. She was trying to focus on what they said but to her pulsing ears it sounded like a bunch of gibberish.

Ditzy slowly stood up and her parents turned to her.

"Ditzy." her mother took a step towards her and Ditzy cringed back in fear. Her mother, oblivious to the filly's vast fear, came closer still and that's when the filly felt it. It was like the energy within the world itself rolled into her head, only able to find one way of release to defend herself.

A bright light shot from the filly’s eyes, aimed directly at the threat. Ditzy looked to see that her mother was frozen solid. Her father stood wide eyed, mouth open. At this chance, Ditzy ran. She ran out the now open door, out of the house, and out onto the street. She ran all the way into the Dark alley way between the flower shop and Ponyville grocers five blocks away. There she lay on the concrete, to scared to sleep or cry.

Two days of sitting in a box later....

Ditzy opened her eyes to find darkness. It was always dark in this alley, night or day, but the filly instantly knew that this was night time dark. she slowly got up on her four shaky legs and stepped out of the alley way for the first time since she left.

Ditzy trotted through town square, gnawing on food scraps that had been dropped by any passer byers from the previous day. The fillies hair was dirty and knotted and her wings where a mess from laying on the harsh ground. Her back ached from its hard, cold crutches and seemed glad to be leaving that time of fear behind.

She was trotting in front of Sugar cube corner when a loud noise scared her stiff. Slowly, a blue box appeared out of nowhere. A brown colt popped his head out and looked at the filly.

"What time of day is it my good filly?" he asked as if in a rush.

"Um. Night time?" She watched the stallion look up at the sky momentarily and then face hoof.

"Thank you!" the colt said, closing the door to the box. The loud noise sounded again and the box was gone.

"What was that?!? A filly Pegasus with a jasmine coat, Tiffany blue mane and tail, turquoise eyes, and a cutie mark of three Raindrops stood behind Ditzy.

"eep!" Ditzy squeeled, startled by the filly suddenly right next to her. Ditzy tried to back away slowly. To Ditzy's surprise, the filly followed her.

“Hi! My names Raindrop. What’s yours? What’s up with your eyes? Why are you so filthy? Oh my! Are you lost?!?" Ditzy just shook her head.

"If you want you can come stay with me." Raindrop looked expectantly at Ditzy. She had always wanted a sister to play with, even when Fish was just as good.

"Okay." Ditzy smiled the thought of Fish dropping from her mind at the request. She had a new friend and a new home.

"Okay. Follow me." Raindrops clumsily took off up into the sky towards a house shaped cloud. When noticing that Ditzy wasn't following, she flew back down.

"I..I..I can’t fly." Ditzy stuttered. She opened her wings, unsure what to do.

"Okay. Spread them out," Raindrops stated, Ditzy following her example. “Now flap. Harder. Harder.

The pressure burned on Ditzys inexperienced wings. She closed her eyes and flapped and flapped. When she opened them she smiled. She was flying! The two flew up to the cloud house together. Raindrops parents accepted Ditzy into the family after hearing her story. She was one of them now.