Author's Note

This first chapter is a tad depressing.

Chapter 1: A New Home

It was a cold Winter's night, a blizzard was blowing in hard and you could barely see your hoof in front of your face; in addition, the temperature was cold enough to kill you in a very short time.

Along the streets of Canterlot a small family of three. The parents limped through with a small bundle wrapped under the mother's wing. The father was a unicorn, their child was a batpony filly. The filly was the product of a rape. They were now on the run, debt collectors were tracking them and the father led his family to safety. But in a few weeks it was apparent that they had to get their foal to a safe home and then they themselves would flee and hopefully one day see their daughter again.

They dropped her at the door step of a nice two story town house cottage and fled north to leave the city. It was about thirty minutes they found themselves in an alley and cornered by four unicorn stallions and a pegasus.

The husband fought the best he could and in the end as the cold claimed it's brave victim a small sputter was heard, "I've failed in being the protector........forgive me?"

"You saved our daughter, this is just the last chapter of our tale........" His wife spun around and charged; he couldn't watch what they did to her before they killed her.

Meanwhile, a family of unicorns were were about to start eating when their son suddenly perked up his ears and ran to the door; his parents had followed him and picked up the small bundle.when they realized it was a blanket the mother realized that she had to act fast. The little bundle barely breathe and almost dead. They got it heated up and when it started moving a pair of bat-like wings flopped out. The parents were shocked, who would abandon a foal at night in this weather? However, there had been a note left explaining everything about the the foal and her name, Firebrand.