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The feels...

By kqaii
Created: 2022-01-11 14:10:48
Updated: 2022-01-12 04:51:13
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  1. 1.
    Original thread :https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/5315365/
  2. 2.
    original author is Anon.
  3. 3.
     
  4. 4.
    ---
  5. 5.
     
  6. 6.
    [Lyra]
  7. 7.
     
  8. 8.
    > Not gay
  9. 9.
    > Not even slightly
  10. 10.
    > Live with Bon Bon anyway
  11. 11.
    > Know she's gay
  12. 12.
    > Know she's waiting for soemthing to happen
  13. 13.
    > Know she's giving it time
  14. 14.
    > Giving ME time
  15. 15.
    > I drag it out
  16. 16.
    > I just like living with her, being taken care of financially
  17. 17.
    > If we weren't living like a couple, I'd have to get a real job
  18. 18.
    > She pays the bills while I pursue my musical career
  19. 19.
    > It's... not working out
  20. 20.
    > I even play along with the gay thing
  21. 21.
    > Give her cuddles, naughty looks, let "sexy" moments happen
  22. 22.
    > Keep her thinking something is *this close* to happening
  23. 23.
    > It never will
  24. 24.
    > Feel terrible
  25. 25.
    > Just scared she'll leave me and have to provide for myself or move back in with parents
  26. 26.
    > Fuck my life
  27. 27.
     
  28. 28.
    ---
  29. 29.
     
  30. 30.
    [Big Mac]
  31. 31.
     
  32. 32.
    1:
  33. 33.
    > Work on farm
  34. 34.
    > Get scholership to University
  35. 35.
    > Complete degree in civil engineering
  36. 36.
    > No jobs in Canterlot
  37. 37.
    > No jobs anywhere without connections
  38. 38.
    > Come home to Ponyville
  39. 39.
    > Family supportive
  40. 40.
    > Their "you tried your best" pats onthe back sting
  41. 41.
    > No jobs in Ponyville
  42. 42.
    > Small town industry/economy
  43. 43.
    > People rely on "magic".
  44. 44.
    > End up doing the same farm work I did as a kid
  45. 45.
    > Get hurt
  46. 46.
    > have to share duties with "dumb but good-hearted" little sister
  47. 47.
    > No one to talk to
  48. 48.
    > Can feel all my skills/knowledge fading away
  49. 49.
    > Am *this* close to just accepting my fate
  50. 50.
    > I'm staying here
  51. 51.
    > On the farm
  52. 52.
    > eeyup
  53. 53.
     
  54. 54.
     
  55. 55.
    2:
  56. 56.
    >no mom
  57. 57.
    >no dad
  58. 58.
    >mom died giving birth to Applejack
  59. 59.
    >dad hung himself that night
  60. 60.
    >my girlfriend told everyone in town I was a philly fooler before electrocuting herself
  61. 61.
    >all the mares think I'm creepy
  62. 62.
    >always wanted a kid of my own
  63. 63.
    >Applejack came home one night drunk and passed out in the kitchen
  64. 64.
    >I did the deed and got her pregnant
  65. 65.
    >she doesn't remember the night
  66. 66.
    >thinks it was some town colt but can't figure out who
  67. 67.
    >I only wanted a child of my own to love and take care of
  68. 68.
     
  69. 69.
     
  70. 70.
    3:
  71. 71.
    >Just turned 18
  72. 72.
    >Took the scholarship test in secret at town hall while running errands
  73. 73.
    >Pa found the letter in the mail anyway
  74. 74.
    >He was real upset, for a whole bunch of reasons
  75. 75.
    >Needed the help on the farm, needed another stallion around
  76. 76.
    >Didn't want me going to Canterlot, hanging out with prissy unicorn colts
  77. 77.
    >Didn't think figurin' was anything but mare's work
  78. 78.
    >What made him the maddest though, was the letter saying l was accepted
  79. 79.
    >We got into a huge row
  80. 80.
    >I'll never forget what l said when l left
  81. 81.
    >"I hate you, Pa."
  82. 82.
    >I meant it too, even if it made little Applejack cry, not that l wanted to hurt her
  83. 83.
    >So, l left
  84. 84.
    >Walked to Manehatten, took the train to Canterlot
  85. 85.
    >They did dorm me up with a unicorn, just like Pa would have hated
  86. 86.
    >Tall, strong, snow white, electric blue mane
  87. 87.
    >Watching him do magic, changing the world with just his mind, it was amazing
  88. 88.
    >Then we'd pull out our books and he'd be flabbergasted at my calculus warmups
  89. 89.
    >He was Captain of the hornball team, and he even condoned to playing hoofball with me and a few of the pegasus kids too
  90. 90.
    >I'll admit, tackled him every chance l got
  91. 91.
    >Hurt pretty bad when l saw that pretty pink princess leap into his arms
  92. 92.
    >I'll admit though, she was good enough for him
  93. 93.
    >What hurt a whole world worse though, was when l got the letter about the accident
  94. 94.
    >I dropped everything, didn't even pack, just galloped to the station fast as l could
  95. 95.
    >They were already in the ground by the time l got back
  96. 96.
    >Didn't even get to see them one last time, never got to apologize
  97. 97.
    >It was a lot of hard work from then on
  98. 98.
    >Lots of bucking, had to squeeze the budget to death to get everyone through the first few winters
  99. 99.
    >Granny always talked up my 'fancy mathematics', at least it had always made her proud
  100. 100.
    >Never finished my degree
  101. 101.
    >Never had the chance
  102. 102.
    >I was so happy when l got my cutie mark, the very first time mom showed me the farm budget and l organized her ledger better than she had it
  103. 103.
    >I thought it meant l could go far
  104. 104.
    >But the Apple never falls far
  105. 105.
     
  106. 106.
     
  107. 107.
    4:
  108. 108.
    >Parents good, hardworking farm ponies
  109. 109.
    >Worked too hard. Worked into their grave to care for us.
  110. 110.
    >I swore on their deathbeds to see no one else would suffer this again
  111. 111.
    >I work day and night, just like my family. I work so no one else will have to work so hard again.
  112. 112.
    >Sisters don't understand me
  113. 113.
    >My grandmother doesn't understand me
  114. 114.
    >But I have learned to bend steel
  115. 115.
    >I have learned to make metal move
  116. 116.
    >I have made constructs that withstood all the hell ponies go through
  117. 117.
    >And with their hooves of iron, there's not a task we couldn't do
  118. 118.
     
  119. 119.
    >They've waited so long for this day
  120. 120.
    >Someone to take the death away
  121. 121.
    >No son would ever have to say:
  122. 122.
    >"My father worked into his grave"
  123. 123.
     
  124. 124.
    ---
  125. 125.
     
  126. 126.
    [Berry Punch]
  127. 127.
     
  128. 128.
    >I hate alcohol
  129. 129.
    >I really hate alcohol
  130. 130.
    >I used to drink it as a filly to make my classmates think i was cool
  131. 131.
    >I drank it in finishing school because it was expected
  132. 132.
    >I didn't have even a single friend who did want to drink or have me drink
  133. 133.
    >I don't know how to have fun without alcohol
  134. 134.
    >I don't feel like I'm myself when I'm sober.
  135. 135.
    >I can't pay my student debts and am three months behind on rent.
  136. 136.
    >But I always can afford the punch.
  137. 137.
    >So come on over, it's Wednesday night, and have some punch with me.
  138. 138.
     
  139. 139.
    >I hear I'm much more interesting when I'm drunk.
  140. 140.
    >Because it doesn't hurt anymore.
  141. 141.
     
  142. 142.
    ---
  143. 143.
     
  144. 144.
    [Rainbow Dash]
  145. 145.
     
  146. 146.
    1:
  147. 147.
    >Be in the closet
  148. 148.
    >Have to constantly attended high fundamental religious school
  149. 149.
    >Get made fun of constantly
  150. 150.
    >Suppress homosexuality from therein
  151. 151.
    >Find a nice bunch of girls
  152. 152.
    >None of them are gay
  153. 153.
    >Get the shy one to say I was really cool in school
  154. 154.
    >Get so close to wanting to get her on the bed...so damn close
  155. 155.
    >She calls the police for sexual harrassment, I beg her to drop charges
  156. 156.
    >She does...surprisingly
  157. 157.
    >Cry because of lack of marefriends
  158. 158.
    >Never find love
  159. 159.
    >And they say love is blind..
  160. 160.
     
  161. 161.
     
  162. 162.
    2:
  163. 163.
    >Dear Celestia,
  164. 164.
     
  165. 165.
    >I used to be able to fly faster than an eagle and a falcon put together
  166. 166.
    >I was vice captain of the Junior Speedsters
  167. 167.
    >I even got to blow the whistle sometimes
  168. 168.
    >My name is engraved on a two hundred year old wall
  169. 169.
    >I'm the only pegasus to crack the rainboom barrier in thirty years.
  170. 170.
    >I single handedly pulled off the water funnel to Cloudsdale
  171. 171.
    >I know, I KNOW I was pulling 30 WP while my friend was only doing 5.
  172. 172.
    >After that prereq, I passed the Wonderbolts exam.
  173. 173.
    >Head of the line, first try, 2000m in 20 seconds flat.
  174. 174.
    >I was so excited
  175. 175.
    >i pulled a Rainboom all the way back to ponyville.
  176. 176.
     
  177. 177.
    >But I was too cocky
  178. 178.
     
  179. 179.
    >I was too happy
  180. 180.
     
  181. 181.
    >I lost control
  182. 182.
     
  183. 183.
    >And now Nurse Redheart changes the bag beneath my chair twice a day
  184. 184.
    >I eat pudding with Ditzy "fucking Derp" Doo every morning.
  185. 185.
    >Except she can fly, and does her retard day job like a champ
  186. 186.
    >And here I am shitting myself.
  187. 187.
    >What am I supposed to learn from this, Princess?
  188. 188.
     
  189. 189.
     
  190. 190.
    3:
  191. 191.
    >Be the fastest flier in Equestria
  192. 192.
    >The fastest thing alive
  193. 193.
    >From my standpoint, everyone else is standing still
  194. 194.
    >They talk so damn slow
  195. 195.
    >They all practically live in a separate world from me
  196. 196.
    >They live in a single, beautiful, perfect moment
  197. 197.
    >Every time I try to stop to join them, the moment's gone
  198. 198.
    >All this because that lightning cloud got loose in the rainbow lab somehow
  199. 199.
    >A freak accident now defines everything about my life
  200. 200.
    >I am Dash
  201. 201.
     
  202. 202.
    ---
  203. 203.
     
  204. 204.
    [Fluttershy]
  205. 205.
     
  206. 206.
    1:
  207. 207.
    >My friends and I have been in some really rough situations
  208. 208.
    >Dragons, cockatrices, changelings, you name it
  209. 209.
    >Yet somehow, we always come out
  210. 210.
    >Or rather, they always come out on top
  211. 211.
    >I've had my moments, but I know they were just flukes
  212. 212.
    >Deep down, I know I'm nothing but a coward
  213. 213.
    >I want nothing more than to see my friends safe and happy
  214. 214.
    >But one day, I know, my friends will be in trouble
  215. 215.
    >And the only pony that can save them will be me
  216. 216.
    >But the only thing getting in the way
  217. 217.
    >Is myself
  218. 218.
     
  219. 219.
     
  220. 220.
    2:
  221. 221.
    >My parents were loud
  222. 222.
    >My Dad shouted every word he spoke
  223. 223.
    >And my Mom, her voice cut through the clouds and walls like a knife
  224. 224.
    >He shouted and she shrieked every day
  225. 225.
    >All night too
  226. 226.
    >I never wanted anything more than silence
  227. 227.
    >I tried to whisper to bring their volume down
  228. 228.
    >They just talked over me
  229. 229.
    >Soon I started skipping meals
  230. 230.
    >I couldn't stand to hear them argue
  231. 231.
    >I felt sick all the time
  232. 232.
    >But my mother liked how thin I was
  233. 233.
    >She thought I was cute and beautiful
  234. 234.
    >She had never said that before
  235. 235.
    >When I left Cloudsdale I never looked back
  236. 236.
    >A long time after that I met a man named "Iron Will"
  237. 237.
    >He taught me I was just like my father after all
  238. 238.
     
  239. 239.
    ---
  240. 240.
     
  241. 241.
    [Applejack]
  242. 242.
     
  243. 243.
    1:
  244. 244.
    >I woke up early yesterday morning
  245. 245.
    >My hips hurt a little, and my lower back was sore.
  246. 246.
    >I hadn't even done any heavy work the day before.
  247. 247.
    >I asked Big Mac, but I already knew everything he had to say
  248. 248.
    >But sometime you just wanna hear your big brother talk
  249. 249.
    >Specially when you reckon his voice must sound a lot like what Dad's would have
  250. 250.
    >He tells me his hips started to hurt four years ago
  251. 251.
    >He never told me
  252. 252.
    >He even handled the halfa the Applebuck season while I went to the Gala last year
  253. 253.
    >Say I should switch to drafting carts for awhile and let him buck for a few weeks
  254. 254.
    >Realize he's been rotating labor my whole working life for a reason.
  255. 255.
    >I'm only 22
  256. 256.
    >I have at least fourty more years of hard work ahead of me
  257. 257.
    >They already hurt, and soon they'll be ground to dust like Granny's
  258. 258.
    >And I can't reckon if there's going to be anypony to take care of me when I'm that old.
  259. 259.
    >Mac and I work too hard as is
  260. 260.
    >We just can't afford to take care of another mouth right now, even if Applebloom starts bucking
  261. 261.
     
  262. 262.
    >But I don't want her to have to start so soon, like Mac and I did
  263. 263.
    >But if I wait too long maybe I can't bear any fruit of my own
  264. 264.
     
  265. 265.
    >I just don't know what to do.
  266. 266.
     
  267. 267.
    2:
  268. 268.
    > Be a farmer
  269. 269.
    > Live with a big brother and little sister
  270. 270.
    > Sister is grown up and moves out
  271. 271.
    > Brother has been seeing Cherilee for a while now
  272. 272.
    > Cherilee confronts me about the house and Sweet Apple Acres
  273. 273.
    > Tell that it's my property too
  274. 274.
    > Her arguement is that she's pregnant, the baby will be born soon and she wants to have family in the house without their aunt.
  275. 275.
    > Can't imagine me, a single mare living with them too
  276. 276.
    > Still refuse
  277. 277.
    > Brother talks to me, convinces me to move out
  278. 278.
    > Can't deny him, wishes him all the luck
  279. 279.
    > Move into town, start selling the apples he brings from Sweet Apple Acres
  280. 280.
    > Go less and less to the old farm
  281. 281.
    > Go home to empty appartment
  282. 282.
    > Sigh
  283. 283.
     
  284. 284.
     
  285. 285.
    3:
  286. 286.
    >Work on farm
  287. 287.
    >Have the best family ever
  288. 288.
    >Lots of fantastic friends, too
  289. 289.
    >Go on adventures with them regularly
  290. 290.
    >Always have a blast with them
  291. 291.
    >Life is amazing
  292. 292.
    >It's not easy being such a great pone
  293. 293.
     
  294. 294.
    ---
  295. 295.
     
  296. 296.
    [Rarity]
  297. 297.
     
  298. 298.
    1:
  299. 299.
    >Be young
  300. 300.
    >Be in high school
  301. 301.
    >Go to party
  302. 302.
    >See drugs...alcohol...colts...
  303. 303.
    >I never asked for this.png
  304. 304.
    >It's my friend's birthday
  305. 305.
    >have never really done this stuff before, dad being a cop and all...
  306. 306.
    >Start partying, getting dizzy
  307. 307.
    >A nice colt grabs me...says he'll help me refresh out back
  308. 308.
     
  309. 309.
    >He doesn't
  310. 310.
     
  311. 311.
    >He grabs me forcefully behind a bush, starts inserting himself inside of me
  312. 312.
    >I beg him to stop
  313. 313.
    >He never did
  314. 314.
    >Kept pounding until he came
  315. 315.
    >I cry as he starts beating me until I black out
  316. 316.
    >Wake up in a hospital
  317. 317.
    >Leave ASAP
  318. 318.
    >Later find out I'm pregnant
  319. 319.
    >Mom and dad won't let me get an abortion
  320. 320.
    >A few months later, a filly arrives
  321. 321.
    >A few years later, Sweetie Belle asks for me to help make a "Happy Mother's Day" card for my mom
  322. 322.
    >I cry and run away.
  323. 323.
     
  324. 324.
     
  325. 325.
    2:
  326. 326.
    >Ran away from home, parents were too buys with little sister to notice
  327. 327.
    >Moved into abandoned house, lived there until I could claim it from squatter's rights.
  328. 328.
    >Start to furnish the place. Make it livable.
  329. 329.
    >Hunt up gems, sell them on the dragon black market. Barely making ends meet.
  330. 330.
    >Finally manage to purchase enough silk to make a dress for the next open fashion night.
  331. 331.
    >piece by piece, stich together my business empire.
  332. 332.
    >pay back the old owner of the house, I'm finally free from debt.
  333. 333.
    >get home, parents there.
  334. 334.
    >"lost all our money to the loan sharks. On gambling. Look after your sister. Bye!"
  335. 335.
    >allofmywat
  336. 336.
    >take her out, get her to make some friends.
  337. 337.
    >oh god, she's actually retarded.
  338. 338.
    >bring home one of my 'special friends' for 'special cuddle time'.
  339. 339.
    >she's lying on the table, rolling in her own shit
  340. 340.
    >Go up the stairs
  341. 341.
    >to the first floor
  342. 342.
    >open the door
  343. 343.
    >everybody walk the dinosaur
  344. 344.
     
  345. 345.
    ---
  346. 346.
     
  347. 347.
    [Twilight Sparkle]
  348. 348.
     
  349. 349.
    1:
  350. 350.
    >Be pretty smart...or at least I tell myself
  351. 351.
    >Everything I now is from books
  352. 352.
    >Books others wrote
  353. 353.
    >I one day...reading "An Egghead's guide to Communism" have an epiphany
  354. 354.
    >I have never came up with a single thing
  355. 355.
    >Never
  356. 356.
    >Not once
  357. 357.
    >I sit back and think, of all the meaningless facts and figures I have organized
  358. 358.
    >How much of a worthless piece of shit I am
  359. 359.
    >How even Applejack, who figures out practical problems, could be considered more intelligent then me
  360. 360.
    >I am the dumbest mare in the town
  361. 361.
    >And the loneliest
  362. 362.
    >My friends may not even like me for who I am, just merely who I know
  363. 363.
    >I realize that my personality is all built on the face that I am a nerd
  364. 364.
    >More shallow then Rarity
  365. 365.
    >Dumber then Applejack
  366. 366.
    >More of a shutin then Fluttershy
  367. 367.
    >Worthless
  368. 368.
    >Completely worthless
  369. 369.
     
  370. 370.
     
  371. 371.
    2:
  372. 372.
    >How many stars are in Orion's belt?
  373. 373.
    >3
  374. 374.
    >How many primary forms of magic are there?
  375. 375.
    >12
  376. 376.
    >How many primary Equestrian cities are there?
  377. 377.
    >13
  378. 378.
    >How many petals are on a Celestial Rose?
  379. 379.
    >17
  380. 380.
    >How many books are published in the "Daring Do" series?
  381. 381.
    >25, minus appendixes and artbooks
  382. 382.
     
  383. 383.
    >How many times can a filly have her heart broken?
  384. 384.
    >Once
  385. 385.
    >Just once.
  386. 386.
     
  387. 387.
     
  388. 388.
    3:
  389. 389.
    >I've passed the entrance exam
  390. 390.
    >It's the first day of school for the gifted unicorns like myself
  391. 391.
    >I'm so nervous I can hardly eat
  392. 392.
    >Spend so long trying to eat my oats I'm almost late
  393. 393.
    >Run like a little retard through the streets
  394. 394.
    >7:59
  395. 395.
    >I slam, and I mean SLAM into the front door of the academy
  396. 396.
    >It won't open!
  397. 397.
    >Fuck it won't open!
  398. 398.
    >I'm pushing and slamming this bitch for all I'm worth
  399. 399.
    >I can't fail now
  400. 400.
    >This is the direction of my entire life right here
  401. 401.
    >Everyone is looking at me through the window
  402. 402.
    >Celestia is right there
  403. 403.
    >39 classmates are staring at me.
  404. 404.
    >I gesture wildly to unlock the door for my.
  405. 405.
    >Press my face up against the glass, scream about how I'm sorry I was tardy please don't expel me
  406. 406.
     
  407. 407.
    >Celestia gently trots over to the door
  408. 408.
    >What grace, beauty, and generosity.
  409. 409.
    >She gently pushes the unlatched door open, towards me.
  410. 410.
     
  411. 411.
    >I read a book about tying a noose that afternoon, alone in the library.
  412. 412.
    >And that's why you're all my very first friends!
  413. 413.
     
  414. 414.
    ---
  415. 415.
     
  416. 416.
    [Pinkie]
  417. 417.
     
  418. 418.
    1:
  419. 419.
    >be lonely
  420. 420.
    >made fun of all throughout fillyschool
  421. 421.
    >depression, no life direction
  422. 422.
    >mareschool arrives
  423. 423.
    >things start to get better
  424. 424.
    >learns how to laugh at the insults
  425. 425.
    >everyone thinks I'm the cool one
  426. 426.
    >hides behind a mask of confidence
  427. 427.
    >no one cares about me and assumes I can take on the world
  428. 428.
    >I still don't have a direction for life
  429. 429.
    >I still laugh at the insults
  430. 430.
    >they kill me on the inside
  431. 431.
    >I'm alone
  432. 432.
    >so very alone behind my facade,
  433. 433.
    >my mask, that is my prison.
  434. 434.
    >you can't have your cake...and eat it too.
  435. 435.
     
  436. 436.
     
  437. 437.
    2:
  438. 438.
    >Why can't I be normal?
  439. 439.
    >Pinned against a cop car, yelled at, asked questions
  440. 440.
    >I didn't mean to touch the foal like that!
  441. 441.
    >Well...to be honest, I kind of did...
  442. 442.
    >I always feel like a filly....and so, I should date fillies and colts!
  443. 443.
    >It's only natural right...
  444. 444.
    >RIGHT!
  445. 445.
    >My friends look at me weird, I try to make them laugh
  446. 446.
    >They just look at me
  447. 447.
    >I now have to wear a big metal bracelet on my right hindleg
  448. 448.
    >I really want to go and have another party!
  449. 449.
    >They won't let me.
  450. 450.
    >Noone will
  451. 451.
     
  452. 452.
     
  453. 453.
    3:
  454. 454.
    >A day doesn't go by when I don't think of her
  455. 455.
    >My best friend from high school
  456. 456.
    >We did everything together and shared lots of laughs
  457. 457.
    >One day, she told me a secret
  458. 458.
    >I promised not to tell anyone
  459. 459.
    >She told me she was attracted to mares and didn't know what to do
  460. 460.
    >I told her everything would be OK, I would love her no matter what
  461. 461.
    >A couple days later I was at a party with her
  462. 462.
    >I was being myself, jumping around, being the silly clown
  463. 463.
    >Talking a million miles an hour, not thinking
  464. 464.
    >Accidentally blurted out that my friend likes girls
  465. 465.
    >Practically the whole town finds out
  466. 466.
    >She gets bullied and beat up at school
  467. 467.
    >Her parents disown her
  468. 468.
    >Try to make her happy but she tells me I've ruined her life
  469. 469.
    >I didn't mean to, I'm so sorry
  470. 470.
    >No matter what I do to help it doesn't get better
  471. 471.
    >A couple days later I find out she hanged herself
  472. 472.
    >I wish I could go back to change her mind but it's too late now
  473. 473.
    >Ever since then I''ve taken secrets seriously
  474. 474.
    >Losing a friend's trust is the fastest way to lose a friend
  475. 475.
    >Forever.
  476. 476.
     
  477. 477.
    ---
  478. 478.
     
  479. 479.
    [Celestia]
  480. 480.
     
  481. 481.
    >I'm the reigning princess of Equestria, the shining >Sun Goddess they all know and love. They >respect me. They adore me. They literally >worship me. They love and want and need my >rule. But I'm alone. For a thousand and a >thousand years and more I've been alone.
  482. 482.
     
  483. 483.
    >I sent my sister to the moon for an entire >millennium. I had no other choice.
  484. 484.
    >My subjects knew I found it regrettable, but they >didn't know the true extent of the heartbreak. I >loved her with all my heart, so all of my heart >broke while I mourned her departure.
  485. 485.
     
  486. 486.
    >But I had to keep on ruling. I had to keep
  487. 487.
    >on making pretty speeches. I had to be beautiful,
  488. 488.
    >my tone of voice just right, my posture picture >perfect, my alicorn horn and wings presented just >so to remind them that their benevolent god
  489. 489.
    >was there and would always be perfect.
  490. 490.
     
  491. 491.
    >They couldn't know I was broken inside.
  492. 492.
     
  493. 493.
    >Far be it from me to say that Luna's exile was all >that made me lonely. My best friends through the >ages of my rule, the rare few ponies who weren't >intimidated by my stature as an alicorn, I have >known to be like transient dust caught up in the >wind. I am immortal. They are not. They die in >waves like the leaves in autumn.
  494. 494.
     
  495. 495.
    >Even Starswirl's magic couldn't fend off time.
  496. 496.
    >I taught him myself to bend time so he could one >day hopefully survive. So he
  497. 497.
    >could be my friend and know my heart when I >had no one else but foppish, Grand Galloping
  498. 498.
    >supplicants who were too intimidated to be my >friends but too needy not to throw themselves at >my hooves in worship. But there are some things >even a goddess can't control.
  499. 499.
     
  500. 500.
    >Yes, time is my enemy, and it is one of the >cruelest ironies of my life that I worshiped for
  501. 501.
    >governing the cycles of the day that mark its
  502. 502.
    >inexorable progression.
  503. 503.
     
  504. 504.
    >Is it any surprise, then, that I so much look >forward to your letters, Twilight? You are my only >window to a world I'll never know - the world of a >normal pony with normal friends and a normal >lifespan. I live vicariously through you the same >way my worshipers live vicariously through me.
  505. 505.
     
  506. 506.
    >That's why I forgave you so easily for that want it, >need it incident. You were afraid of being tardy. >You were afraid of an infinitesimal gap in
  507. 507.
    >time making you anything less than perfect to >me. If only you could see time the way I do.
  508. 508.
    >You would have laughed the same sad laugh I >did.
  509. 509.
     
  510. 510.
    >Part of my heart dies every time I think,
  511. 511.
    >against my better judgment, that maybe you >could become what Starswirl couldn't:
  512. 512.
    >an eternal friend. Because I would so love that. I >would so love another friend.
  513. 513.
     
  514. 514.
    >But you don't deserve the curse.
  515. 515.
     
  516. 516.
    >I forgive you. I forgive you for everything, >Twilight. You're my perfect autumn leaf.
  517. 517.
     
  518. 518.
    >And you'll never get this letter. This is my life's >lesson about friendship. This is how it feels to be
  519. 519.
    >truly alone...
  520. 520.
     
  521. 521.
    ---
  522. 522.
     
  523. 523.
    [Scootaloo]
  524. 524.
     
  525. 525.
    1:
  526. 526.
    >There she goes again
  527. 527.
    >A streak of rainbow against the sky
  528. 528.
    >For that one moment, I forget
  529. 529.
    >I hop off the ground, struggling to flap my wings
  530. 530.
    >Only to fall back to the ground
  531. 531.
    >I moan, realization washing over me again
  532. 532.
    >Rainbow Dash is out of sight at this point
  533. 533.
    >I loo back at my wings. The tiny, scrawny, horrible little things that the doctors said would never get me off the ground
  534. 534.
    >I turn back to see my idol's trail dissapating. Words can't express how I long to rise into the air, follow that trail, and strive be on even footing with the world's fastest pegasus
  535. 535.
    >But deep down, I know I'm just lying to myself
  536. 536.
     
  537. 537.
     
  538. 538.
    2:
  539. 539.
    >Be innaorphanage
  540. 540.
    >Have friends with very nice families
  541. 541.
    >Sweetie Belle has her mom and dad
  542. 542.
    >At least Apple Bloom has a sister.
  543. 543.
    >I....have nobody
  544. 544.
    >I hate being alone
  545. 545.
    >I sit in my bed and cry...cry for someone to pick me up
  546. 546.
    >They never do
  547. 547.
     
  548. 548.
    >I constantly hear their side comments about me
  549. 549.
    >"OH, she looks gay! I don't want a gay child!"
  550. 550.
    >I scream at them that I'm not
  551. 551.
    >Although I'm not so sure at times
  552. 552.
    >I admire Sweetie and Apple Bloom from afar...just wanting to have some company
  553. 553.
    >They reject my advances
  554. 554.
    >I try to get Rainbow Dash to like me...I feed her ego constantly...
  555. 555.
    >But still nothing
  556. 556.
    >Here I am...alone...forever
  557. 557.
    >Destined without love
  558. 558.
    >Destined without anything
  559. 559.
    >Destined to die alone
  560. 560.
     
  561. 561.
     
  562. 562.
    3:
  563. 563.
    >Grew up alone
  564. 564.
    >Lived in a foals home
  565. 565.
    >Always bullied
  566. 566.
    >Fuck my pathetic wings
  567. 567.
    >Fuck you for leaving me!
  568. 568.
    >Only wanted to fit in
  569. 569.
    >Only wanted to be loved...
  570. 570.
    >Not sleep under bridges
  571. 571.
    >But it's ok
  572. 572.
    >I forgive you
  573. 573.
    >You never meant for the fire to happen
  574. 574.
    >You did your best to protect me
  575. 575.
    >Better deformed than dead, right?
  576. 576.
    >I love you Mom
  577. 577.
    >Love you Dad
  578. 578.
    >I miss you...
  579. 579.
     
  580. 580.
    ---
  581. 581.
     
  582. 582.
    [Bon Bon]
  583. 583.
     
  584. 584.
    >Be gay
  585. 585.
    >Invite one of my best friends from High School into my house
  586. 586.
    >I get money
  587. 587.
    >She doesn't do anything
  588. 588.
    >I think she moves in for...other purposes
  589. 589.
    >She plays along with me...constantly letting me play catch and mouse
  590. 590.
    >She sucks away my money
  591. 591.
    >Sucks away my time
  592. 592.
    >I know I can't get anyone else
  593. 593.
    >Dear god my life sucks
  594. 594.
     
  595. 595.
    ---
  596. 596.
     
  597. 597.
    [Zecora]
  598. 598.
     
  599. 599.
    >Listen closely, and I'll give you a hint
  600. 600.
    >How I came to be an Equestria immigrant
  601. 601.
    >I was playing a game, ring and a ball
  602. 602.
    >Unaware my fortunes were about to fall
  603. 603.
    >I was resting enjoying the view of the plains
  604. 604.
    >While some foolish youth made fun of my refrains
  605. 605.
    >We fought with brevity and I was victorious
  606. 606.
    >Although I did not anticipate growing notorious
  607. 607.
    >I was forced in a hot-air balloon, and I was quite scared
  608. 608.
    >Forced to live with my auntie and uncle in Bel-Air
  609. 609.
     
  610. 610.
    ---
  611. 611.
     
  612. 612.
    [Discord]
  613. 613.
     
  614. 614.
    1:
  615. 615.
    >Lived a long life of monotony.
  616. 616.
    >Eons pass without change.
  617. 617.
    >Suddenly life appears.
  618. 618.
    >I watch it grow.
  619. 619.
    >I watch it spread.
  620. 620.
    >Fell asleep outside small village.
  621. 621.
    >Wake up to.filly standing over me.
  622. 622.
    >She stares at me.
  623. 623.
    >I give her a glass of milk....it's chocolate.
  624. 624.
    >She smiles.
  625. 625.
    >I decide.
  626. 626.
    >I'll make them smile.
  627. 627.
    >1000 years pass.
  628. 628.
    >They've stopped smiling so long ago...
  629. 629.
    >The filly I saw so long ago stands before me.
  630. 630.
    >Older and beautiful.
  631. 631.
    >An alicorn.
  632. 632.
    >She has a sister with her.
  633. 633.
    >Magic pours from them in the hues of the rainbow.
  634. 634.
    >It burns.
  635. 635.
    >But.
  636. 636.
    >But.
  637. 637.
    >She smiles.
  638. 638.
     
  639. 639.
     
  640. 640.
    2:
  641. 641.
    > Create oder and equality through balance of the elements
  642. 642.
    > Have one world revolt with their "magic"
  643. 643.
    > Get overpowered and enclosed in stone
  644. 644.
    > Wait thousands of years to awaken
  645. 645.
    > Try to restore the natural state of things again
  646. 646.
    > Get enclosed in stone once again by six "elements of harmony"
  647. 647.
     
  648. 648.
    > That feel when you are the only one that realizes that, if things go unbalanced for too long, everything goes to shit
  649. 649.
    > That feel when you are only trying to save these poor ponies
  650. 650.
     
  651. 651.
    ---
  652. 652.
     
  653. 653.
    [Spike]
  654. 654.
     
  655. 655.
    1:
  656. 656.
    >Hello Applebloom
  657. 657.
    >Boy, have I sure heard a lot about you
  658. 658.
    >I was with your sister when we were captured by the diamond dogs
  659. 659.
    >We were in that pit of hell for over five years
  660. 660.
    >When two women are in a situation like this
  661. 661.
    >You take on certain responsibilities of the other
  662. 662.
    >Take this necklace, for instance
  663. 663.
    >It's your sisters element of harmony
  664. 664.
    >It's your birthright.
  665. 665.
    >And when your sister went into those pits and lost her way
  666. 666.
    >She knew those bastard dogs were going to try and get their greasy paws on it
  667. 667.
    >So she hid it in the one place those paws would never reach
  668. 668.
    >Her ass
  669. 669.
    >And after five years drafting and digging in that hellhole she died
  670. 670.
    >And I, as generous as I was, hid that uncomfortable ruby apple up my ass for two years
  671. 671.
    >After seven long years, I escaped and found my way home to my family
  672. 672.
    >And now, Applebloom, I give this necklace to you.
  673. 673.
     
  674. 674.
     
  675. 675.
    2:
  676. 676.
    >I was magically hatched, far away from the nest my egg was snatched from
  677. 677.
    >All i've ever known is the endless task of doing chores and assisting Twilight with whatever she needs done
  678. 678.
    >I realized long ago that i wasn't like those around me, a curiosity...a beast..
  679. 679.
    >Twilight tries to cheer me up, but it feels so empty...so patronizing.
  680. 680.
    >While out on an errand, i see some foals playing in a park. They run to their mothers, who smother them with love.
  681. 681.
    >I suddenly feel so desperately alone and unloved. I hide my tears and go back to my task.
  682. 682.
    >The same night when i've gone to bed and Twilight says "Goodnight, Spike!"
  683. 683.
    >I say "Goodnight mommy.."
  684. 684.
    >She pretends she didn't hear it and walk away.
  685. 685.
    >This time, i can't stop the tears
  686. 686.
     
  687. 687.
     
  688. 688.
    3:
  689. 689.
    >I'm so hungry
  690. 690.
    >The only time i get any real nutrients is on the rare occasion i can gain some gems
  691. 691.
    >ponys are vegetarian but dragons... have fangs for a reason
  692. 692.
    >I realized a long time ago how shallow Rarity was but i still pretend to love her, i still fawn and work for her
  693. 693.
    >She has gem and shes generous with them
  694. 694.
     
  695. 695.
    >I have a fake ego, as in my personality isn't the real me
  696. 696.
    >It's just a front to fit in to pony society and some times i just lose control and real dragon comes out
  697. 697.
    >Friends only seen it once when i started to hoard but other time when I'm too hungry my mind just gos away
  698. 698.
    >Snap back with a full stomach and some ripped apart wood land animal
  699. 699.
    >It'll start to happen more as I grow larger and need more food
  700. 700.
     
  701. 701.
     
  702. 702.
    4:
  703. 703.
    >Non biological mother
  704. 704.
    >Never found real parents
  705. 705.
    >Dragon’s not welcome in Ponyville
  706. 706.
    >Slave
  707. 707.
    >Endless hours of chores for no paper
  708. 708.
    >Early starts, finish super late
  709. 709.
    >Get moaned at for oversleeping
  710. 710.
    >Only mare I have feels for is strung for douchey colts
  711. 711.
    >Not even dragon by dragon standards
  712. 712.
    >Never listened to though always right
  713. 713.
    >Outwitted by an owl, an owl that turk murr jurb
  714. 714.
    >Ponies fucking crazy
  715. 715.
    >Outlive friends
  716. 716.
    >Friends
  717. 717.
    >Under-appreciated
  718. 718.
    >Learnt to read and write to send Tai letters for Twilight, sort her shit and read her shit
  719. 719.
    >Still considered a baby
  720. 720.
     
  721. 721.
    ---
  722. 722.
     
  723. 723.
    [Trixie]
  724. 724.
     
  725. 725.
    >Hocus Pocus
  726. 726.
    >My eyes cannot focus
  727. 727.
    >As I look inside my crystal ball
  728. 728.
    >The Great Trixie is not great at all
  729. 729.
    >I look at myself in this puddle
  730. 730.
    >Everything I see is incorrect
  731. 731.
    >I'm a colt not a mare
  732. 732.
    >I want someone to pay attention for once
  733. 733.
    >I thought people liked confidence
  734. 734.
    >I thought people liked magic
  735. 735.
    >I thought people were accepting
  736. 736.
    >They aren't
  737. 737.
    >So here I am...noose around my neck.
  738. 738.
    >Good bye world
  739. 739.
    >I will make the Great and Powerful Trixie....disappear.
  740. 740.
     
  741. 741.
    ---
  742. 742.
     
  743. 743.
    [Gilda]
  744. 744.
     
  745. 745.
    >hatchling of Griffon kingdom ambassador to equestria
  746. 746.
    >raised in the Celestial kingdom, growing up with pegasi
  747. 747.
    >never really fit in with the ponies
  748. 748.
    >most of them think I barely count as a person
  749. 749.
    >fall in with outcasts and fuckups, only ever really feel a connectionn with one mare
  750. 750.
    >she's almost as much of a freak as me
  751. 751.
    >Hanng out, cut class, commit petty vandalism, and just fly with her
  752. 752.
    >we push ourselves to the limits to go as fast and as high as we can
  753. 753.
    >feel...happy
  754. 754.
    >but nothing lasts forever
  755. 755.
    >the mare flunks out of flight school, and you head back to the griffon kingdoms
  756. 756.
    >just as much as an outcast there as you were in equesteria
  757. 757.
    >people think growing up with ponies has made you soft
  758. 758.
    >time passes, wandering over the continent, never fitting in anywhere, never welcomed
  759. 759.
    >manage to find friend from flight academy again
  760. 760.
    >she's got a job now...and regular pony friends
  761. 761.
    >one of them goes out of her way to show me that there's no room for me in their little group
  762. 762.
    >I can take a hint...don't need to be laughed at by my best friend to see I'm not wanted
  763. 763.
    >leave in a huff, the only person who I ever really liked choosing to stick with her kind rather then me
  764. 764.
    >ancestors....why am I such a screw up
  765. 765.
     
  766. 766.
    ---
  767. 767.
     
  768. 768.
    [Octavia]
  769. 769.
     
  770. 770.
    >be just a young filly when it happened
  771. 771.
    >the abuse was never stopped
  772. 772.
    >my mothers passing made it harder on my father to cope
  773. 773.
    >he always took it out on me
  774. 774.
    >eventually I find a release, my music
  775. 775.
    >due to my emotion that I poured into my music, it became famous
  776. 776.
    >no-one knew of the depressing truth behind it
  777. 777.
    >eventually get enough money to go to Canterlot music university
  778. 778.
    >leave the past behind me
  779. 779.
    >met another pony her name is vinyl
  780. 780.
    >start talking to her a lot we would share secrets, we became very close
  781. 781.
    >love bloomed between us
  782. 782.
    >we became even closer, we moved in together
  783. 783.
    >the memories of the past keep coming back every time I dream
  784. 784.
    >I always wake screaming in pain
  785. 785.
    >but when I see vinyl beside me holding me I feel safe
  786. 786.
    >she will always be mine and I will always be hers
  787. 787.
     
  788. 788.
    ---
  789. 789.
     
  790. 790.
    [Dinky]
  791. 791.
     
  792. 792.
    >It's 9:00 at night
  793. 793.
    >This is the moment of the day I hate the most
  794. 794.
    >This is the wrong part.
  795. 795.
    >My mom stumbles into the room
  796. 796.
    >She's above my bed
  797. 797.
    >I pretend to be asleep, but it doesn't matter
  798. 798.
    >She gently and carefully pushes my shoulder so I'm on my back
  799. 799.
    >She carefully lays on top of me, full contact over my entire body
  800. 800.
    >She's supporting her own weight but still firmly pressed against me
  801. 801.
    >I can't struggle
  802. 802.
    >Her hooves hold my head in place
  803. 803.
    >Her tongue is in my mouth
  804. 804.
    >Stop it mom
  805. 805.
    >I lay there while she brushes my gums and tongue
  806. 806.
    >She sort of squeezes me with her thighs
  807. 807.
    >This is wrong
  808. 808.
    >And with a wet pop she breaks the seal and drool drips on my face
  809. 809.
    >"Goodnight muffin! Mommy loves you so much."
  810. 810.
    >She goes to her own bed
  811. 811.
     
  812. 812.
    >I've never told anyone else about this until long after I grew up
  813. 813.
     
  814. 814.
    >Turns out mom was molested the entire time she was a child because she was "special"
  815. 815.
    >She honestly thought that's how a parent showed their child that they loved them very much
  816. 816.
    >I wasted ten years of not speaking to my mother
  817. 817.
     
  818. 818.
    ---
  819. 819.
     
  820. 820.
    [Shining Armor]
  821. 821.
     
  822. 822.
    1:
  823. 823.
    >Had a crush on my sister's foalsitter
  824. 824.
    >Figured it was just hormones, she was kinda boring to talk to
  825. 825.
    >Years later
  826. 826.
    >Get assigned to guard her room
  827. 827.
    >She's strong, authoritative, smart
  828. 828.
    >Seductive
  829. 829.
    >She's a woman now
  830. 830.
    >Can't stop thinking about her
  831. 831.
    >Finally admit it to her
  832. 832.
    >She smiles
  833. 833.
    >I'll never forget that smile
  834. 834.
    >We make love for days
  835. 835.
    >I propose by the end of the week
  836. 836.
    >She accepts
  837. 837.
    >Big day
  838. 838.
    >Shit happens
  839. 839.
    >Find out Cadence was some kinda bug...thing
  840. 840.
    >Marry the real one
  841. 841.
    >She's just as boring as I remember her
  842. 842.
    >Drones on about nothing, doesn't order me around or pin me to the wall like her fake did
  843. 843.
    >Sex is horrible
  844. 844.
    >Want to leave, want to find my real love
  845. 845.
    >Work up the courage to finally tell her
  846. 846.
    >Before I can speak, she hugs me and cheers that she's pregnant
  847. 847.
    >She's crying
  848. 848.
    >I start crying too....
  849. 849.
     
  850. 850.
     
  851. 851.
    2:
  852. 852.
    >Captain of Royal Guard
  853. 853.
    >All of my dreams have been fulfilled
  854. 854.
    >Beautiful wife
  855. 855.
    >Beautiful daughter
  856. 856.
    >Parents couldn't be more proud
  857. 857.
    >Of my sister
  858. 858.
    >She's the perfect child
  859. 859.
    >She's the perfect student
  860. 860.
    >She's the perfect Element of Magic
  861. 861.
    >She's my little sister
  862. 862.
    >More people know her name than mine
  863. 863.
    >My wife has been distant
  864. 864.
    >Always asking what I did with the Changeling Queen
  865. 865.
    >Says she won't get mad
  866. 866.
    >She can't lie very well
  867. 867.
    >Find out that Celestia only had me as Captain of Royal Guard as a favor to my sister
  868. 868.
    >My little sister
  869. 869.
    >My surprisingly big little sister
  870. 870.
     
  871. 871.
    >Still Captain of Royal Guard
  872. 872.
    >Wife spends more and more time with her
  873. 873.
    >So does daughter
  874. 874.
    >Daughter says she wants to be like aunt when she grows up
  875. 875.
    >Sister saves Equestria again
  876. 876.
    >and again
  877. 877.
    >and again
  878. 878.
    >It was true; Princess Celestia WAS training a successor all along
  879. 879.
    >Attend ceremony
  880. 880.
    >Whole of Equestria celebrates
  881. 881.
    >for days
  882. 882.
    >She makes peace with the Gryphon kingdom
  883. 883.
    >She invents computers and discovers DNA
  884. 884.
    >Statues in her glory; whole tomes detailing her life and accomplishments
  885. 885.
    >Equestria is utopic; guards and military useless
  886. 886.
    >Still Captain of the Royal Guard
  887. 887.
    >Must always refer to Her as Her Majesty
  888. 888.
    >And she enjoys it
  889. 889.
    >I know it
  890. 890.
    >Why does she need a guard anyway?
  891. 891.
    >...Why should she ANYPONY ever needed me anyway?
  892. 892.
    >Life has become all too like a nightmare
  893. 893.
     
  894. 894.
    ---
  895. 895.
     
  896. 896.
    [Luna]
  897. 897.
     
  898. 898.
    1:
  899. 899.
    >The night belonged to me.
  900. 900.
    >I painted the sky in brilliant pinpoints of light.
  901. 901.
    >Sailed the moon across the firmament and silvered the land in its light.
  902. 902.
    >But they loved my sister more.
  903. 903.
    >No matter what I did, my sister was always better.
  904. 904.
    >No matter how hard I tried, none looked my way.
  905. 905.
    >I was never good enough.
  906. 906.
    >I could never be good enough.
  907. 907.
    >She would smile and try to cheer me up.
  908. 908.
    >She doesn't get it.
  909. 909.
    >She's never been second best.
  910. 910.
    >I saw them all looking at me with contempt and disgust.
  911. 911.
    >Looks that festered in my soul.
  912. 912.
    >I hid. I cried.
  913. 913.
    >Then I got mad.
  914. 914.
    >I hurt them. Hurting them hurt her. So I liked it.
  915. 915.
    >Then I started killing them.
  916. 916.
    >I liked that too.
  917. 917.
    >So she had to do something. You know about that.
  918. 918.
    >A thousand years in the moon, feeding on my hatred.
  919. 919.
    >Until there was nothing left.
  920. 920.
    >She wanted to forgive me.
  921. 921.
    >Because she's so perfect.
  922. 922.
    >I have a second chance now.
  923. 923.
    >I can do better this time.
  924. 924.
    >I can be better this time.
  925. 925.
    >I really try.
  926. 926.
    >I really do.
  927. 927.
    >But they all still look at me with contempt and disgust.
  928. 928.
    >And this time, with fear too.
  929. 929.
    >Looks that fester in my soul.
  930. 930.
     
  931. 931.
    2:
  932. 932.
    >Equestria was not always beautiful.
  933. 933.
    >My mother and father sent my sister and I to a lifeless, ignorant land.
  934. 934.
    >The world was searing in the day. The night brought terrible cold, and hideous monsters that feasted upon them, or violently amused themselves with their corpses.
  935. 935.
    >We kept the only intelligent forms alive. The ones that looked like us.
  936. 936.
    >We maintained their world. We kept them alive from the monstrosities, against the cold and heat and violence.
  937. 937.
    >We were goddesses.
  938. 938.
    >The armies rose for us. To protect themselves, and to protect us.
  939. 939.
    >But the night was unforgiving.
  940. 940.
    >My armies dwindled. Yet I persevered.
  941. 941.
    >The monsters became only storie.
  942. 942.
    >And so I took to work, beautifying the world they once huddled from.
  943. 943.
    >Dots of light, innumerable and encompassing.
  944. 944.
    >moon of platinum, to light their way in the dark.
  945. 945.
    >To show them they need not fear that night.
  946. 946.
    >Yet they stole away to their homes.
  947. 947.
    >Built upon the graves of my army, the ones that allowed them their rest.
  948. 948.
    >Beneath a sky of twinkling light, to show them they no longer needed fear.
  949. 949.
    >I tried so hard.
  950. 950.
    >My followers tried so hard.
  951. 951.
    >But I am the one that named the stars.
  952. 952.
    >Glittering dots, an epitaph to every dead soldier.
  953. 953.
    >The night was not always beautiful, after all.
  954. 954.
     
  955. 955.
     
  956. 956.
    3:
  957. 957.
    >You know me. I am War.
  958. 958.
    >Taught my sister a lesson. It got out of hand.
  959. 959.
    >I've taken down dragons for sport.
  960. 960.
    >Brought the Griffon Wars to an end--
  961. 961.
    >Stained the field of battle so red the peace treaty has lasted for over twelve hundred years.
  962. 962.
    >Tore apart a battalion of changelings the day of Cadence's wedding.
  963. 963.
    >Busted my sister out of Discord's imprisonment.
  964. 964.
    >(First thing she did then was start mailing letters, WTF?)
  965. 965.
    >Thought I'd take on an apprentice, maybe pitch her against my sister's protege.
  966. 966.
    >(Turns out my candidate hanged herself a few days before I summoned her.
  967. 967.
    >Weak sauce!)
  968. 968.
    >Showed up in Ponyville for my holiday.
  969. 969.
    >Act all autistic to mess with the Elements of Harmony.
  970. 970.
    >Head back to Canterlot to yuk it up with my sister.
  971. 971.
    >She ate the cake I'd been saving.
  972. 972.
    >FUCKING CELESTIA!!
  973. 973.
     
  974. 974.
     
  975. 975.
    4:
  976. 976.
    >seems like an age ago that we brought the ponies together through blood and faith
  977. 977.
    >we rule as queens and goddesses
  978. 978.
    >other kingdoms have long since stopped waging wars with us, their children now work our crystal mines, miles beneath the city
  979. 979.
    >they'll never see our sun or our moon again, they won't be remembered for financing the golden age of Equestria
  980. 980.
    >the griphons still hold out across the sea but they'll never dare to return to this continent
  981. 981.
    >We led the army against them ourselves
  982. 982.
    >hundreds of their dried out corpses hang from the towers of canterlot
  983. 983.
    >I've done all I could be asked to do for my country
  984. 984.
    >I've kept the peace
  985. 985.
    >Equestria is rich now thanks to our bloody work
  986. 986.
    >a brave new world
  987. 987.
     
  988. 988.
    >the 'Elements of Harmony' work as expected
  989. 989.
    >the new statues in the royal gardens stand testament to that
  990. 990.
    >I like to look into their horrified eyes, I know that they still see and hear everything in the alabaster prison of their new bodies
  991. 991.
    >I wonder what they think now, are they angry or depressed? Have their thought long since been taken by madness?
  992. 992.
    >as well they should, with all the ponies sacrificed to forge them
  993. 993.
    >I still hear their screams from the foundries below the city, makes me feel even colder inside
  994. 994.
    >I look down upon the ants that wander the streets below
  995. 995.
    >pathetic inbred nobles, living off of our teet
  996. 996.
    >merchants trying to peddle their overpriced goods
  997. 997.
    >they all fear me now
  998. 998.
    >I'm not stupid, the spymasters have told me everything
  999. 999.
    >my own sister, the mare with which I purged the world of mankind, the one whom I ruled with for so long...
  1000. 1000.
    >she spreads rumors, tries to cleanse her hooves of our work
  1001. 1001.
    >she spreads word that it was I, that I am the demon and that it was all my fault
  1002. 1002.
    >they whisper of my bloodthirst now as though they do not see that all we did- we did for them
  1003. 1003.
    >I hear hoofsteps outside my room now
  1004. 1004.
    >I already know it's her
  1005. 1005.
    >she pushes open the doors
  1006. 1006.
    >the souls bound by the Elements scream towards me
  1007. 1007.
    >it is done, she's the good sister now
  1008. 1008.
    >the kind one who defeated my evil
  1009. 1009.
    >history will remember her as the great hero and tales of my cruelty will be used to scare young foals
  1010. 1010.
    >I hope you burn, dear sister
  1011. 1011.
     
  1012. 1012.
    >the work goes well, the kingdom prospers
  1013. 1013.
    >we are strong now, we are dominant as we should be
  1014. 1014.
    >still, I can't help but see that something is missing
  1015. 1015.
    >when I stand upon this balcony and look down into the streets, I see hard faces and harder lives
  1016. 1016.
    >my subjects are as cold as I am, they must be such to survive
  1017. 1017.
    >it is my greatest dream to make them kind and innocent once more, like they were before the great crusades
  1018. 1018.
    >I find myself thinking that I will do anything to see this happen
  1019. 1019.
    >for them to be kind, their leader must be benevolent as well
  1020. 1020.
    >we can't be those leaders when the blood of the innocent drips from our hooves
  1021. 1021.
    >I made my choice long ago, my sister must fall so that a true age of peace may rise
  1022. 1022.
    >her sacrifice will absolve me
  1023. 1023.
    >now I stand here, before her doors with the Elements in hoof
  1024. 1024.
    >it is time
  1025. 1025.
    >my stomach churns, I'll never forget your screams
  1026. 1026.
    >all our sins are yours to bear now, perhaps the moon is far enough away to let me forget them, at least
  1027. 1027.
    >I really am sorry sister, but you must see that this is for the greater good!
  1028. 1028.
    >they may not yet believe the tales of your evil and my stoic purity
  1029. 1029.
    >it'll take a few generations and changes in the history books
  1030. 1030.
    >oh, but I do have all of eternity to wait for them to come around...
  1031. 1031.
     
  1032. 1032.
    ---
  1033. 1033.
     
  1034. 1034.
    [Sweetie Belle]
  1035. 1035.
     
  1036. 1036.
    >My sister never really liked me
  1037. 1037.
    >She yelled at me
  1038. 1038.
    >Called me a retard
  1039. 1039.
    >Said I wouldn't do anything
  1040. 1040.
    >I wanted to ask her if we could go out sometime, but she yelled at me
  1041. 1041.
    >I want to be a good sister!
  1042. 1042.
    >I try so hard for her, but she just calls me these big words I don't understand
  1043. 1043.
    >One day, Ms. Cheerilee gave me this really hard test because she was concerned
  1044. 1044.
    >It was really really hard
  1045. 1045.
    >I don't think I did so well on it
  1046. 1046.
    >Then I got moved to this class with really smart ponies, and these other ponies like me!
  1047. 1047.
    >Rarity heard about it and got angry...
  1048. 1048.
    >She made me kiss the pillow for a long time last night...
  1049. 1049.
    >I couldn't breath...as usual...
  1050. 1050.
    >I passed out and Rarity left a note with all these words and phrases I couldn't understand
  1051. 1051.
    >I went out to my new school, they said I had something with my head they need to fix, I told them what Rarity did to me
  1052. 1052.
    >They put on these really surprised faces
  1053. 1053.
    >These big ponies came and talked to Rarity
  1054. 1054.
    >She got really nice all of a sudden
  1055. 1055.
    >She even took me out to eat ice cream!
  1056. 1056.
    >Apple Bloom and Scootaloo don't hang out with me much anymore...but that's okay! I have friends at my new special school!
  1057. 1057.
    >My life is really happy!
  1058. 1058.
     
  1059. 1059.
    ---
  1060. 1060.
     
  1061. 1061.
    [Cutie mark crusaders]
  1062. 1062.
     
  1063. 1063.
    >We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
  1064. 1064.
    >Mentally damaged and sexually abused
  1065. 1065.
    >And we will never stop the journey
  1066. 1066.
    >Until we are loved and no longer confused
  1067. 1067.
     
  1068. 1068.
    ---
  1069. 1069.
     
  1070. 1070.
    [Fleur-di-lis]
  1071. 1071.
     
  1072. 1072.
    >Late 30s
  1073. 1073.
    >Not quite as fast and skilled as I used to be
  1074. 1074.
    >Resign from the royal guard with multiple honors and accolades
  1075. 1075.
    >Take some time to myself
  1076. 1076.
    >Civilian life boring, go into bodyguarding
  1077. 1077.
    > Small gigs for awhile, then some rich snob offers to hire me full time
  1078. 1078.
    >At first thing he just likes a pretty face, but take the job
  1079. 1079.
    >Not very exciting but a lot of travel
  1080. 1080.
    >Get to know the client
  1081. 1081.
    >A lot more to him than just some overindulging unicorn
  1082. 1082.
    >Start making myself look nicer
  1083. 1083.
    >When he notices, stumble and tell him its to blend in better
  1084. 1084.
    >He buys it
  1085. 1085.
    >Always at his side
  1086. 1086.
    >Never let any harm come to him
  1087. 1087.
    >Would give my life in an instant
  1088. 1088.
    >Is this what love is like?
  1089. 1089.
    >What my life of service never let me know?
  1090. 1090.
    >Watch him with his new friend
  1091. 1091.
    >Not sure if she's genuine or a gold digger
  1092. 1092.
    >Stand in silence
  1093. 1093.
    >Duty comes first
  1094. 1094.
    >It always come first
  1095. 1095.
     
  1096. 1096.
    ---
  1097. 1097.
     
  1098. 1098.
    [Minuette]
  1099. 1099.
     
  1100. 1100.
    >Its past midnight
  1101. 1101.
    >She's still not home
  1102. 1102.
    >Third night this week
  1103. 1103.
    >Consider going to look
  1104. 1104.
    >Don't want to leave Ruby alone
  1105. 1105.
    >It's getting worse and worse
  1106. 1106.
    >Try to talk to her about it, get a mouthful and she leaves earlier
  1107. 1107.
    >Talk to my friends, they're supportive up to when I ask them to help
  1108. 1108.
    >Then they switch gears and tell me I'm overreacting
  1109. 1109.
    >Sigh, get ready to head to bed
  1110. 1110.
    >Door opens
  1111. 1111.
    >Sound of stumbling hoofsteps
  1112. 1112.
    >I approach slowly
  1113. 1113.
    >She sees me and smiles sloppily
  1114. 1114.
    >Stumbles over and grabs me in a tender hug
  1115. 1115.
    >She stinks of the stuff
  1116. 1116.
    >Hug back
  1117. 1117.
    >She says something unintelligible but I know what she was trying to say
  1118. 1118.
    > All my anger and anxiety melts away
  1119. 1119.
    >Nopony's life is perfect, why should I complain?
  1120. 1120.
    >She always comes home eventually
  1121. 1121.
    >"I love you too, Berry"
  1122. 1122.
     
  1123. 1123.
    ---
  1124. 1124.
     
  1125. 1125.
    [Twist]
  1126. 1126.
     
  1127. 1127.
    >Sometimeth it'th not easy being a foal.
  1128. 1128.
    >Friendth at school make fun of me for how I look. For how I talk.
  1129. 1129.
    >Can't really blame them.
  1130. 1130.
    >Sometimes I make candies for them. They're still my friendth.
  1131. 1131.
    >I don't really like it at school, but I stay there ath long ath I can.
  1132. 1132.
    >Try to get detention.
  1133. 1133.
    >Join clubth I don't like.
  1134. 1134.
    >When it getth dark I always end up at home though.
  1135. 1135.
    >Don't know why Mom hateth me so much.
  1136. 1136.
    >She callth me names too. That she never wanted me. She sayth she wath raped. I don't know what that meanth.
  1137. 1137.
    >Sometimeth she hits me.
  1138. 1138.
    >No one finds out 'cause the glasseth cover the marks usually.
  1139. 1139.
    >I tried making her a batch of extra spethial candy dropth last week to apologize for not being a good foal.
  1140. 1140.
    >They were in the garbage a day later.
  1141. 1141.
    >Must have not been very good.
  1142. 1142.
    >It'th alright though.
  1143. 1143.
    >I'm working on my lisp. I think I thound a lot better now!
  1144. 1144.
    >And I really like curling my mane.
  1145. 1145.
    >I'll sit and primp it for hourth trying to get it as poofy as pothible.
  1146. 1146.
    >Tonight it'th extra curly, so tomorrow will be extra good!
  1147. 1147.
    >I know if I keep my mane really pretty that one day people will see I'm a pretty pony too.
  1148. 1148.
    >Don't you think I'm a pretty pony?
  1149. 1149.
    >Please...
  1150. 1150.
     
  1151. 1151.
    ---
  1152. 1152.
     
  1153. 1153.
    [Derpy]
  1154. 1154.
     
  1155. 1155.
    1:
  1156. 1156.
    >I had a small roll in a TV show, be part of a crowd
  1157. 1157.
    >I couldn't uncross my eyes, director yelled at me
  1158. 1158.
    >I went home, expecting to be fired
  1159. 1159.
    >Week passed, then another, then the phone rang
  1160. 1160.
    >They wanted me back
  1161. 1161.
    >People liked me for my silly eyes and my smile
  1162. 1162.
    >So I came back and did silly things in the background
  1163. 1163.
    >Ponies laughed, people laughed
  1164. 1164.
    >I laughed too, it was fun being an actress, even if only in gags
  1165. 1165.
    >One day I got curious and went on the internet
  1166. 1166.
    >There was some mean stuff about me, I was ready for that
  1167. 1167.
    >I mean, I'm a walking gag reel, right?
  1168. 1168.
    >But what really took me by surprise was the other stuff...
  1169. 1169.
    >People loved me, they drew pictures of me getting flowers, love letters, muffins...
  1170. 1170.
    >I don't get the muffins thing but it was cute
  1171. 1171.
    >Even crazier, people seemed to think the small filly I shared a scene with was mine
  1172. 1172.
    >They wrote stories about me and her, me being a good mommy
  1173. 1173.
    >How I was the super clumsy mailmare with a heart of gold
  1174. 1174.
    >How I loved my daughter very much and did everything I could for her
  1175. 1175.
    >I cried for hours, reading story after story
  1176. 1176.
    >Imagining that life
  1177. 1177.
    >Even when they made my life miserable and tough, they made me seem so amazing
  1178. 1178.
    >The best mailmare, the best mommy in the world
  1179. 1179.
    >Always coming out on top even though I wasn't special...
  1180. 1180.
    >...if they only knew how alone and unremarkable I really was...
  1181. 1181.
     
  1182. 1182.
     
  1183. 1183.
    2:
  1184. 1184.
    >Went to seminar.
  1185. 1185.
    >Friends wanted to go.
  1186. 1186.
    >Money is tight, really couldn't afford it.
  1187. 1187.
    >Well, it was fun.
  1188. 1188.
     
  1189. 1189.
    >1 week later.
  1190. 1190.
    >Knock at the door.
  1191. 1191.
    >Iron Will wants his money.
  1192. 1192.
    >30 bits.
  1193. 1193.
    "I'm sorry, I don't have it right now."
  1194. 1194.
    >You just don't know what went wrong.
  1195. 1195.
    >Scared to tell him you were not satisfied.
  1196. 1196.
    "I'll have the money next week!"
  1197. 1197.
    >Iron Will scowls.
  1198. 1198.
    >"Well if I have to wait I'm going to charge some interest."
  1199. 1199.
    "How much?"
  1200. 1200.
    >"Not money."
  1201. 1201.
     
  1202. 1202.
    >Weeping, you bend over for the monster.
  1203. 1203.
    >It's the only way.
  1204. 1204.
    >If he goes to the police you could lose Dinky.
  1205. 1205.
    >Iron Will rams his monster cock up your plothole.
  1206. 1206.
    >Oh Celestia it hurts so bad.
  1207. 1207.
    >It's like he's ripping you open.
  1208. 1208.
    >At least he's done quick.
  1209. 1209.
    >"Iron Will will be back next week for his money."
  1210. 1210.
    "I promise, sir, I'll have it."
  1211. 1211.
    >"You better, or Iron Will is gonna charge more interest next time!"
  1212. 1212.
     
  1213. 1213.
    >You cry in the bath.
  1214. 1214.
    >The pain is awful.
  1215. 1215.
    >But doctor visits are expensive.
  1216. 1216.
    >Gotta clean up before Dinky gets home.
  1217. 1217.
     
  1218. 1218.
    >Dinky comes home from school.
  1219. 1219.
    >You're so happy to see her...the joy of your life.
  1220. 1220.
    >She hands you a permission slip.
  1221. 1221.
    >"Miss Cheerilie is taking us to the Canterlot Museum of Art."
  1222. 1222.
    >"But it's 30 bits for the train, lunch & museum admission."
  1223. 1223.
    >Your heart feels like bursting.
  1224. 1224.
    >You can't deny Dinky this class trip.
  1225. 1225.
    >But it means you won't be able to pay Iron Will on time.
  1226. 1226.
    >"Momma, if it's too much money"
  1227. 1227.
    "Don't be silly. Of course you can go."
  1228. 1228.
    >"Thanks momma, are you okay?"
  1229. 1229.
    "I'm fine, I have a little cold."
  1230. 1230.
    >"Momma you shouldn't go to your night job if you're sick."
  1231. 1231.
    "I'm okay, muffin, I'll be fine."
  1232. 1232.
    >Dinky gives you a big hug.
  1233. 1233.
    >You would do anything, suffer any pain for her.
  1234. 1234.
    >Anything.
  1235. 1235.
     
  1236. 1236.
     
  1237. 1237.
    3:
  1238. 1238.
    >been somewhat of a loaner for my whole life
  1239. 1239.
    >always "that weird pony" no one wants to have anything to do with
  1240. 1240.
    >lots of trouble finding friends
  1241. 1241.
    >kind of ditzy, hard times in social interactions
  1242. 1242.
    >in what I interpret today as a desperate cry for attention...
  1243. 1243.
    >...one day I come up with this retard persona
  1244. 1244.
    >derped my eyes, changed my voice to that of a braindead idiot
  1245. 1245.
    >whenever I fucked something up I went derpy in an attempt to escape ridicule
  1246. 1246.
    >sometimes they'd laugh with me, sometimes they'd laugh at me
  1247. 1247.
    >either way, I got noticed
  1248. 1248.
    >even came to be known, as "Derpy Hooves" the wall eyed idiot
  1249. 1249.
    >playing stupid was never exactly fun, but I was good at it
  1250. 1250.
    >maybe the only thing I was ever good at
  1251. 1251.
     
  1252. 1252.
    >never got rid of that self imposed stigma till the present day
  1253. 1253.
    >often times I can't tell if people treat me as retarded for real or in jest
  1254. 1254.
     
  1255. 1255.
    >one day, working my bitch of a job at the local moving company
  1256. 1256.
    >navigating the air mail carriage wagon
  1257. 1257.
    >in what may possibly have been the biggest fuck up of my life
  1258. 1258.
    >I drop the entire thing in the middle of Ponyville, completely destroying the town hall in the process
  1259. 1259.
    >panicked so hard I was physically about to throw up
  1260. 1260.
    >figured this would be my total social and financial ruin
  1261. 1261.
     
  1262. 1262.
    >as it turns out nopony expects me to cover the thousands of bits of damage
  1263. 1263.
    >because I'm "Derpy", the local mindfucked dumbshit who apparently isn't mentally able to account for when she fucks up
  1264. 1264.
     
  1265. 1265.
    >I want to die
  1266. 1266.
     
  1267. 1267.
    ---
  1268. 1268.
     
  1269. 1269.
    [Blueblood]
  1270. 1270.
     
  1271. 1271.
    >Live with aunts because my dad physically abused me
  1272. 1272.
    >Be antisocial and untrustworthy of other people because of previously mentioned childhood abuse
  1273. 1273.
    >Aunts are the only people who've ever shown me any real kindness
  1274. 1274.
    >Aunts encourage me to go outside and socialize
  1275. 1275.
    >I'm skeptical
  1276. 1276.
    >They invite me to this big party they hold every year
  1277. 1277.
    >Reluctantly agree to go
  1278. 1278.
    >Put on my best bowtie, hoping for the best
  1279. 1279.
    >Go to party
  1280. 1280.
    >See this beautiful girl giving me the eye from across the room, I immediately get nervous and go outside to collect myself
  1281. 1281.
    >Having no real experience with women I don't know what to do
  1282. 1282.
    >Dad used to tell me the only way to attract a woman was to hold yourself above them
  1283. 1283.
    >Better than nothing...
  1284. 1284.
    >Go on through the party with her, trying to enjoy myself but not really feeling right about how I'm treating her
  1285. 1285.
    >Cake comes literally out of nowhere towards me
  1286. 1286.
    >Hits the girl in the face
  1287. 1287.
    >Girl freaks out, screams at me and ruins my best clothes by smothering me with cake
  1288. 1288.
    >Later see my aunt laughing with that bitch and the rest of her friends
  1289. 1289.
    >Feel completely crushed and betrayed
  1290. 1290.
    >Storm back to my room, cry for hours and silently sob in the corner whimpering for my mother
  1291. 1291.
    >Next day aunts act like nothing happened
  1292. 1292.
    >I contemplate suicide all the time, just wishing it would end
  1293. 1293.
     
  1294. 1294.
     
  1295. 1295.
    [Mercury and Flowershine]
  1296. 1296.
     
  1297. 1297.
    picture related:https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1428/54/1428543805590.png
  1298. 1298.
     
  1299. 1299.
    >just barely make the cut for the prestigious wonderbolt academy
  1300. 1300.
    >feel kind of shy and overwhelmed
  1301. 1301.
    >very first day jump into laps and find out you're among the slowest of the new recruits
  1302. 1302.
    >everyone else seems so much more confident and capable than you
  1303. 1303.
    >there's a cute mare there though who seems just as out of place
  1304. 1304.
    >next day real training begins
  1305. 1305.
    >excited to be wearing the uniform, start thinking maybe you belong here
  1306. 1306.
    >you and the cute mare happen to be next to each other at the end of the exercise trying to catch your breath
  1307. 1307.
    >she's panting and looks bummed
  1308. 1308.
    >you suddenly think you should pat her on the back
  1309. 1309.
    >you get your hoof halfway up, but pause
  1310. 1310.
    >should you?
  1311. 1311.
    >what if she thinks that's creepy? maybe you don't know each other that well, but then again maybe this is a good way to get to know her? Oh Celestia, someone's going to notice you with your hoof just hanging there!
  1312. 1312.
    >trials for the day end and she heads off to the mess hall, leaving you behind without even noticing you're there
  1313. 1313.
    >damnit
  1314. 1314.
     
  1315. 1315.
    -
  1316. 1316.
     
  1317. 1317.
    >just barely make the cut for the prestigious wonderbolt academy
  1318. 1318.
    >feel kind of shy and overwhelmed
  1319. 1319.
    >very first day jump into laps and find out you're among the slowest of the new recruits
  1320. 1320.
    >everyone else seems so much more confident and capable than you
  1321. 1321.
    >there's a cute colt there though who seems just as out of place
  1322. 1322.
    >next day real training begins
  1323. 1323.
    >excited to be wearing the uniform, start thinking maybe you belong here
  1324. 1324.
    >you and the cute colt happen to be next to each other at the end of the exercise trying to catch your breath
  1325. 1325.
    >that really took the wind out of you
  1326. 1326.
    >feel more inadequate than ever
  1327. 1327.
    >the cute colt is looking at you
  1328. 1328.
    >he lifts his hoof up
  1329. 1329.
    >you think about how nice it would be to have a little reassurance right now
  1330. 1330.
    >you wait him to do something nice like pat your back or say something supportive
  1331. 1331.
    >he doesn't budge, just keeps looking
  1332. 1332.
    >he must think you're the worst flyer ever
  1333. 1333.
    >you grab whatever bit of self confidence you still have and walk off to the mess hall
  1334. 1334.
    >you need a glass of water
  1335. 1335.
    >make sure to splash some on your face
  1336. 1336.
    >can't let them see you cry
  1337. 1337.
    >especially him
  1338. 1338.
     
  1339. 1339.
     
  1340. 1340.
     
  1341. 1341.
    /////
  1342. 1342.
     
  1343. 1343.
    The entire show has been nothing but stories being read to a child by their mother. The mother turns out to be Twilight who wrote the book based on her own life experiences.[/spoiler:lit]
  1344. 1344.
     
  1345. 1345.
    >last scene of the last episode
  1346. 1346.
    >camera pulls out over a visibly changed Ponyville
  1347. 1347.
    >denser houses, paved roads, a few four storey buildings
  1348. 1348.
    >on a lawn outside an old library a purple alicorn is reading to a trio of dusty coloured foals
  1349. 1349.
    >"Did that all really happen mama?" says one, the youngest.
  1350. 1350.
    >"Yeah, especially the bit with the dragon! Everypone knows those are extinct!"
  1351. 1351.
    >"I think that's up to you to decide, children." the venerable matron replies.
  1352. 1352.
    >camera pulls back further
  1353. 1353.
    >soundtrack cuts out
  1354. 1354.
    >"Friendship was Magic"
  1355. 1355.
    >"Developed for TV by Lauren Faust"
  1356. 1356.
    >original theme tune remixed into a lullaby begins to play...

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