//------------------------------// // A New Beginning // Story: Three Little Diamonds // by Rarityfanboy351 //------------------------------// Moving day finally arrived. It took a couple of months to sort out everything to purchase the house but eventually we were able to get it and almost pay the whole thing off at once. We had rented a large moving truck and a couple of men to help us move. They began to remove the final items inside leaving just the empty rooms. Deciding for the one last time I walked through the house seeing the empty rooms and remembering all the memories I had there, it brought a slight tear to my eye but we were moving to better things. “Hey dad where are you?” Rarity asked. The movers had left a few minutes ago to start begin to set the other house leaving us alone so Rarity was able to walk around freely. “What’s wrong?” She asked in her refined voice. “Oh nothing. It’s just strange to be leaving. I’ve spent my whole life here” I said running my hand on the walls. I didn’t even know if the house would still be here in the end or if they would just plow it down like all the others. I shook off the thoughts and began to think about the new house and new beginning we would have. After a 6 hours’ drive and a lot of small talk we finally reached our new home. The house was exactly what the picture showed it to be. “Dad this house is amazing. I love it!” Rarity said excited as she jumped out of the car and looked over the house and around it as well. The house sat by itself in the country side, only a small dirt road connected it to the main road which was about 2 miles away. It was the perfect location for them, far enough out that no one would bother them but close enough to the city that we could easily get supplies with a small drive. The only problem was money, I had saved up some cash over the last 10 years but I needed work. Thankfully instead of quitting at the restaurant it was closed and I was laid off. It made it easier to get unemployment but my search for a job would start once we were settled. Rarity had already made her way into the house and began exploring. I decided to walk in as well to explore our new home. Inside was bigger than I had thought as I stepped into the living room. The walls were a light brown color and the floors were covered with a shiny hardwood finish. A staircase along the living room wall ran up to the upstairs area and at the bottom there was a large opening to the kitchen with only an island counter top separating the two rooms. Attached to the kitchen was a dining room which also leads into the living room by a small doorway. A hall connected to the kitchen as well running down past one of the offices and a bathroom before ending at the shop added on. I headed down the hall and entered the light purple shop. I instantly felt it was perfect for her, a large glass window with a glass door was on the front wall. A counter sat half way through the room and a wall separated the front from the back storage room. It was perfect for her equipment. I walked back to the living room the up the stairs to check out the upper level. All the bedrooms were here, 2 on each side and one bathroom on the right side. Rarity had already chosen her room which was the second biggest in the house and I chose the largest room to sleep in. I sat on the floor and looked around thinking. “We’re going to be doing some massive amounts of make overs to this house. These walls are a hideous color.” Rarity said as she walked in. “Oh yes but in time it will be our house. Our home where we will grow and live and have plenty of memories.” I said to her as she sat down with me. “Well we’d better get started.” I said happily. Time flew by so fast that a year had gone by since we moved in. I had been able to find a job in a local police department as a patrol officer and although It was a small department with only 15 officers in total but I didn’t mind, the pay was 3 times what I used to make and every one was nice so it was perfect for me. Rarity had been able to get her website up and running now and had complete success. We had converted the small shop into a workplace for her to make her dresses and jewelry. What was once empty was now filled with shelves and shelves of fabrics and gems sat along the left wall. A few different sewing machines occupied the right wall and the front wall held all her drawings and plans on a board. The front of the shop simply held mannequins with different dresses and apparel on. We set up an account for her with the bank so all her funds could be transferred easily from the purchases. Last time I had checked it had 6,000 or so in it. She was the happiest she had been knowing her business was a success. On my off time I had begun to teach her to drive to help her feel like a real teen. We were even able to buy her a white 2002 Pontiac Sunfire for her when she was ready to drive. She had been working hard on some costumes so she could go out into public but the idea worried me. She hadn’t had much contact with people and I wasn’t sure how she’d react. During the hours I worked she worked happily in her shop. Life was going perfectly. Then the day came no parents ever wants. When their child runs away from home. It was about 3 years after we had moved in. I went out to the local town to pick up some groceries and a pair of tickets for the fall fashion show to be a gift for her birthday in a couple weeks. Since I didn’t know her real birthday I just made her birthday the day I found her. I just arrived home and walked in with my keys in hand. I placed down the bags and hid the tickets safely in the junk drawer in the counter. “Rarity I’m home” I called out. I hung up my keys and walked towards the living room. Spread out all over the room were different My Little Pony items. Postcards and dvds and notes from my books which were stuffed into a box during the move and forgotten laid on the floor and coffee table. I looked over to the couch to see Rarity glaring at me with tears. “What is this?” She said with anger in her voice. “I...I can explain…” I stammered to say. She stomped over to me and looked up at me with a broken hearted eyes. “Why did you not tell me about this? Why didn’t you tell me where I’d come from" Tears streamed down my face as she grew red from anger “You knew about this! You knew all this THE WHOLE TIME but never bothered to tell me?!? How could you!” She screamed at me now fully crying. “I didn’t know when would be the right time. I wanted to wait till you were older but when you were I found it hard. I was scared of how’d you react!” I said to her as tears fell to the floor. She scoffed at me. “I would like to have been told by my so called father instead of finding out this way!” She said to me with a cold voice. I agreed with her and felt guilt rush over. I should have told her. I should have been there for her. “I’ll be in my room. This is the worst thing you could have done. You’re not my father…” She said wiping her tears and walked upstairs. I felt my heart explode as she slammed the door behind her. I wanted to so badly go upstairs and talk to her, to apologize but anything I said could make things worse so I let her cool off. I didn’t want to push her away anymore then I have. I started to pick up the items sitting all over the floor and placed them in the box sitting next to the couch. It had been hours since the fight and I heard nothing from Rarity. I just stayed on the couch staring at the walls feeling guilt. I didn’t even bother to changing my clothes. I had decided to head up to her room to try and talk to her. I knocked on her door “Can I come in?” I asked as I waited for a response. There was nothing after few moments so I walked in. However I met with worry when I opened her door to find she was gone. “Rarity?!?” I said with panic as I began to search around her room hoping she was just hiding. “Rarity where are you?” I asked finding she wasn’t in her room. “This can’t be happening!” I yelled as I rushed downstairs and to her shop. To my regret it was also empty. “Please don’t let her have run away” I said knowing my worst fear was coming true. I rushed outside and looked around “Rarity?! Rarity where are you?” I yelled only hearing my echo in return. The sky outside was a dull grey and quiet rumbles of thunder could be heard in the distance. I grabbed my jacket from inside and began to walk towards the main road. “Did she run into anyone out here? Did she head for town? Did someone take her?” Questions ran through my head like water as I called out here name “Rarity please come home!” I yelled until I made it to the main road where the dirt met the pavement. “She can’t be this far. I should get back home to wait for her. Maybe she’s already there” I said to myself turning around. I got about half way back as the rain poured down. I was completely soaked to the bone and would most likely catch a cold from being out. I decided to find some shelter in the old farms. I scanned the area for anything and found a barn set off in the distance on an overgrown dirt path. I’d seen the barn a few times but never really saw anyone enter or exit it but then again I’d never really sat there staring at it. I figured that Rarity may have gone there to escape the rain as it was the only other structure for a few miles. With excitement I rushed over and swung open the door. The run had taken the breath out of me so I leaned against the side for a moment then looked around. To my surprise inside a few old trucks and farm equipment were parked. I had figured it would be empty. Looking around with excitement for Rarity soon faded into depression as I realized Rarity wasn’t here. A couple tears built up in my eyes as I sat down and leaned on the old 60’s Chevy pick-up parked in the middle. I laid my head on its fender and stared up. “I was an idiot.” I began to say to myself. “I should have told her about everything when she was young. Now she hates me and she’s gone… I’m so sorry Rarity… I failed as a father…” I said aloud as if she was next to me. I put my face into my hands a tears dripped through my fingers “I never meant to hurt or deceive you. I was afraid and I’m sorry. Please forgive me” I said through a couple of sniffles. Suddenly I heard the sound of hoofsteps on the wood floor of the barn. I picked my head up to see Rarity staring at me with tears in her eyes. Her usually white coat was now off white color with dirt and mud spots all over it. Her mane was ruffled with split ends all over along with some hay from the barn being stuck. It’d looked like she had been sleeping in here. “Rarity…” I said to her in shock. “I heard everything you said… I was sleeping inside this old thing” She said to me trying to fight her tears. “I forgive you dad… I may have… overreacted to the situation” She added in sitting down next to me. She leaned on me not caring that I was soaked. She buried her head into my side “I’m sorry dad” She said now beginning to cry. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her closely. “You had every right to be mad at me. I should have told you.” I said to her. She looked up at me “I know I’m real and I know that we are not a normal family.” She began with. “It was wrong that I yelled at you like that and what I had said. I was just confused and angry.” She finished with. “I understand why you were mad though. I’ll tell you everything about it if you want.” I told her. She nodded as she was curious. We sat there for the next few hours as I explained about her history and when I had found her and how she changed my life to her. Eventually we got to a point of just silence as we sat there with each other. I wasn’t sure if she was shocked or was just happy to be with me. I enjoyed it sitting with her listening to the rain. Soon the rain slowed enough that we could walk home. She looked at me “I really need a shower” She said then sniffed me “And you could use one as well dad” she said chuckling. I laughed back with a smile as we got up and headed home with smiles on our faces.