//------------------------------// // Past Secrets // Story: A Pegasus' Past // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// Twilight and Bunny stood there, for a moment. Infront of them was the mare that used to be Fluttershy. This was Fluttershy’s body, but it was being controlled by a sibling that should’ve been dead years ago. Poison Rose stood, fearless and calm. Bunny, giving way to her part-animal instincts, pretended to growl like a dog. Twilight was afraid. “Aw, Bunny, my apprentice” she imitated Fluttershy’s tone. “Why do you growl at me like that?” The alien continued to growl, but now she was really mad. Twilight however, chose to be the begging one. “Please…whatever you did to Fluttershy…let her go…please” Poison Rose chuckled. “Oh, but Twilight darling, whatever made you think I would hurt my own sister? No, she’s perfectly safe, asleep in the deepest part of her mind” “If you weren’t her sister, I’d…I’d…I’d…” Bunny lifted a paw, clenched into a fist to show her anger. “Come, come, now Bunny. Remember, I may be in control of this body, but it still has Fluttershy in it. You kill me now, she dies too” Bunny’s eyes widened; she wanted to stop Poison Rose, but not hurt Fluttershy in the process. She now looked down, sad. “Okay, I won’t attack now. But the least you can do is give us answers, Poison Rose” “Poison Rose” she tuned at her name. “Now, it would be exhausting if you call me that all the time. You give each other nicknames. Twilight is called Twily, Bunny is Bun, why not call me just Rose?” “Fine, Rose!” “Good girl” Rose pet Bunny like a dog, to which she growled inwardly. “Well, for that, I’ll provide you information about how am I here. Sit down, it’s one long story” ________________________________________ A birth has been done, in Surtensia… “Mr. and Mrs. Shy, congratulations. They are fillies” the nurse said as she handed over two bundles. In Mrs. Shy’s hooves, she held a bundle that contained not one but two newborn fillies. Both looked exactly the same; they both had a pink mane and tail, a yellow body, and closed cerulean eyes. “Meet your new little daughters, Poison Rose and Fluttershy” Mrs. Shy said to her husband, showing the newborns in the bundle. 4 years later… The family had been getting to know the twins better, even noticing that despite the fact that they look exactly the same, they each had a different personality. Poison Rose was a brave filly who already learned to fly, her sister was afraid of falling. But after a while, under Poison Rose’s protection and assurance, she finally was able to fly. But even though she could do so, she still was unable to stay up in the air for even second. But that didn’t stop her sister; she was always there for her, even though Fluttershy was afraid of heights. “It’s okay, one day you’ll get it” Poison Rose would say. Fluttershy would smile. 2 years followed… The twins were sent to school, but everypony kept teasing Fluttershy to pieces because of the blank flank. Poison Rose didn’t like what they were doing. “Hey! That is not how you treat my sister!” she shouted. “Well, lookie here” the ringleader said. “The shy filly has a sister…what are you gonna do? Cute us to death?” The group laughed. Poison Rose lost it; she grabbed him with her hoof by the mouth, causing them all to stop. “Listen up: My sis may be like this, but you better not hurt her or I’ll do far worse the next time” She let his mouth go, and they all ran away. Poison Rose turned to her sister. “Don’t worry; I’ll make sure they don’t get to hurt you again” Three days later… Poison Rose had gotten her cutie mark: a rose with a single drop of blood sliding down the stem. Nonetheless, she would never leave behind her sister. Fluttershy’s condition only worsened with each fear. Mr. Shy was a knight before, very brave. He had to leave the house to fight in order to protect Surtensia. There was a war between the inhabitant ponies and griffins that time. Mrs. Shy had been doing her best to ensure things were well in the family. Zephyr Breeze was born soon after, and never missed a chance to snuggle with his two sisters, and mother. 1 year later… It’s been harder now; no…it’s the hardest time of their lives now. One day they were all happy and frolicking, the next day they are running for their lives. This was when it was now an official war between ponies and griffins, and it was fierce. At one point, while they were going back home, a griffin had cornered Poison Rose and Fluttershy. It almost hurt Fluttershy when Poison Rose attacked it. To get it to stop, she used The Stare. It scared the griffin pretty well, so it ran away. Safe, the fillies hurried home. 1 week passed… They couldn’t take it anymore! Poison Rose and Fluttershy were sent to search for a safe place to stay. It was pretty painful. It was even worse that it was a stormy night, but they pushed on. Soon, they came across what looked like a small house. They were about to go and seek shelter when a bolt of lightning hit them both, causing a chain reaction. This strike didn’t kill them, it caused something else. Little by little, they felt like their souls were being fused together, until they were finally one. One had to be its main controller, so Poison Rose let Fluttershy control it Morning… Fluttershy woke up all groggy, feeling a little weird from the lightning’s aftermath. But when her vision was no longer blurry, she discovered she was in a cage. She then realized something: her sister wasn’t with her. When she looked from the bars of the cage, all she saw were a group of scientists. One of them, probably the lead director, had only one thing to say to her. “Welcome aboard, Experiment 5142” 2 weeks later… Fluttershy had already been through enough torture, including what the scientists have been experimenting on her. She’s had a rough family life, she was bullied, and now to top it all off she’s being used for experimentations and has lost her sister. She couldn’t take it anymore, she was about to give up seeing her again when… Oh, don’t cry me now, sis. Fluttershy flinched at that voice. “Poison Rose?” Who else would it be? “But, how come I can hear you but can’t see you?” The lightning bolt, remember? Look at your cutie mark Fluttershy was curious at first, but she obeyed. When she saw her flank, she gasped at what she saw. Her cutie mark was the same as her sister’s. Yes, I’m in you now. We are one “But, does this mean I won’t be able to see you anymore? I already miss you” Sis, I’m in you, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to see me. When you want to, just look into a mirror. If you see it move when it doesn’t copy your movement, know that it is me Fluttershy hesitated at first, but after thinking it over, she smiled. Anything to be with her sister again 3 weeks later… She can’t take it anymore! Fluttershy has got to escape this facility! She’s had it with the torment inflicted by the scientists. They pulled out her eyes, changed her cutie mark several times and back, and to top it off, they hacked off her wings! It was harder for them to move around even if they were allowed to freely move the lab because she was now blind. Except this one time, they had help from one of the other experiments to move by leading them by hoof. Oddly enough, their hoof felt furry. They didn’t know the name of the experiment but they knew its number name, 5147. Eventually, the bond between them grew and 5147 helped them escape. But, when they ran to their old house, it was all in rumbles. Everything from their home, it was all destroyed. They can only just guess that their family had been long gone too. They had no idea they were still alive back then. What she found was a small necklace, the one Poison Rose wanted to give her. She took it, put the last strands of her sister’s hair in it, and closed it. Fluttershy only had one option: run. Run far away and never come back. So she did. She left behind everything: home, family, memories, all that was left was her sister. Eventually, at sunrise, she found her way to Cloudsdale. Before the sun rose, she grew new wings, new eyes, and her flank was again blank. All she had to remind her of the past was her memories, and her sister in the reflection. What she had left of her sister was the necklace, containing her strands of hair. ________________________________________ Poison Rose just sat there, wiping a small tear off her face. Bunny didn’t want to, but she blew in a handkerchief anyway; despite her anger, she’s quite the softy! Twilight slightly cried, but was also thinking. “Of course, the reason how Fluttershy got my hair strands was because she found the remains of my dead body in the lab. She didn’t like the rest of it kept into a jar, so she gave me a proper burial in somewhere in the Everfree Forest. I had to make her think I was gone forever after she buried my body in order to lessen the pain” Rose finished. “But, how did you take over Fluttershy?” Twilight asked after drying her eyes. “Well, that was easy. I simply had a little talk with her in her dreams last night, and when I touched her little head with my hoof, poof! She was half under my control. But then again, before I was in full control, I was just letting her be her, but with some of my abilities. Although I managed to get Angel under my song spell, I don’t know how Bunny not succumbed. But it was really you, Twilight, who allowed me to get into her head. She loves you so much to the point that she would give me control just to keep you alive. The moment you were being choked while Bunny was cornered, I spew out some words about saving you and she loses it! Although, it was really painful when you screamed me to sleep back after, Bunny” “Your singing doesn’t work on me” Bunny declared. But then she turned her attention to Twilight. The poor Alicorn couldn’t help thinking it was her fault that her marefriend was gone. If she tried to use magic or a threat, the mare she knew would be the one standing before her. If she fought hard or gave Bunny a command, Fluttershy would be fine. And, if she probably decided to stay with Fluttershy last night, Poison Rose wouldn’t have gotten half control in the first place. “It’s my entire fault” Twilight said. Rose and Bunny looked at her, confused. “It’s my entire fault that Fluttershy’s gone. If I didn’t hesitate to give Bunny the go to attack, she would have stopped Iron Will and Fluttershy would not have opened her mind to you. But, I did the opposite; and now she’s gone” Bunny looked down. She knew it was her fault too since she was waiting for an attack signal. Rose looked plain. “Well, technically, she’s not really gone””