What Have I Done

by Timelordderpy

Chapter 1

Just outside of ponyville a small house stood. It was home to three pegasi and an earth pony. The pegasus father, Joe, and the earth pony mother Nancy. Along with their two pegasus daughters Chess and Sally.

And now...Our story begins.

The school day had just ended.. Chess walks into her home and closes the door behind her. She walks into the kitchen and spots a plate of cookies with a glass of milk her mom left her, as well as a note taped to the refrigerator door. She read it to herself

Dear Chess,

We went to the Wonderbolts show with your sister.

You’ll do your homework.

That’s what you get for not paying attention at school.

We’re back at 7pm.

-Mum and Dad

“ Ugh! Seriously?! I ALWAYS wanted to go to a show of the Wonderbolts...And now…”

“Ugh… I don’t wanna do my STUPID homework.”

Chess growled, taking one of the cookies and walking over to her desk. Getting her homework out her backpack and getting started. But after a while she stopped.In her mind saying

...No… it’s enough…

Chess crumbled up all her homework in her hands and walked over to the fireplace. She throw all her homework in the fire and just stood there and watched. Until…

“...”

Suddenly all the burning paper fell out of the fireplace and onto the carpet.

“No!”

Chess tried desperately to put the fire out with her shoe,

“Come on.”

But the heat quickly burned through her shoe and caught her foot.

“AAAAAAHHH!”

Falling onto her back chess screamed,

“No! Nonono! I...no...I didn’t want that”

Looking all around the house she saw flames everywhere. Then quickly turned her attention to her chess set catching fire.

“No… Please no! This can’t be!”

The flames started getting bigger

“Gasp!”

Chess, seeing the flames grow, tries her best to escape. But the flames kept popping up everywhere she went. Chess turned her attention to their family photo and more tears grew in her eyes as it became engulfed in flames. Still she ran, running through the flames trying to get out the house. She soon found that there was no way out. Chess searched desperately around trying to find someplace away from the flames. Looking toward her parents room she saw that the flames had not yet engulfed the door and quickly ran into the closet and closed the door to hide. Chess hoped that her parents would find her before it was too late.

2 hours later

“Daddy! The show was so awesome!”

Sally walked next to both her parents. Joe looked at Sally smiling.

“Hehe Yes it was.”

“We're glad you liked it my dear. At home you can tell your sister. I'm sure she'll like it.”

Nancy looked at little Sally.

“Yesss! Maybe she'll play with me.”

Joe faced forward.

“I’m sure she will,Sweetie. But first I want to see if she finished her homework and…”

“Yeah yeah sure. But after that, we're gonna be the best flyers AND Wonderbolts ever. Will you play with us daddy?”

Joe froze. Sally waved her hand in front of him.

“Daddy? What cha looking at? ...Huh?”

All three gasped staring at their house completely engulfed in flames. Nancy looked in all directions trying to spot Chess. But found her daughter nowhere in sight. She quickly turned to Joe

“Honey! I don't see Chess anywhere! Could she still be inside.”

Frightened by what his wife said realizing that he to cannot find Chess anywhere in sight.

“Dear. Stay right here with Sally and call 911 I need to get in there and find Chess.”

Nancy hugged Joe and told him to be carefully. He gave her his cellphone and ran through the front door careful to avoid the flames. Using his wing to cover his mouth and nose. And starts calling out his daughter's name. But receiving no answer. Joe run to check their bedroom and starts calling Chess’s name again. And by some miracle gets a reply

“D-daddy”

Joe rushes to their closet open it and finds something that broke his heart. Chess lying there curled in a ball her wings fully spread out covered in burns and ashes. Hearing the sirens outside, Joe takes off his jacket, wraps it around Chess and scoops her up in his arms. Softly whispering in her ear

“I’m here for you now Chess. Everything is going to be alright now. Please hold on Sweetie. I love you too much to lose you.”

Joe turns and rushes out the house just in time as the front door crumbled behind them. Firefighters already getting their hose out and a paramedic takes Chess from Joe’s arms and rushes her into the ambulance. Another paramedic walks up to Joe

“Sir. We're going to need you to come as well. Just to be sure you didn't sustain any serious injuries. You can ride with your daughter if you’d like.”

“Yes. I would. Thank you.”

Joe got into the ambulance with his daughter and held her hand as soon as he sat down. A police officer offered to give Nancy and Sally a ride to the hospital and the two got in the back of the cruiser.

“ Mommy? Is sis going to be okay?”

Sally looked at her mother with tears in her eyes. Nancy wrapped her arms around her daughter

“Of course she is, sweetie.”

Tears filled her eyes.

"I hope so"