//------------------------------// // Sore Memories // Story: Equestrian Fanfiction // by Lise //------------------------------// Lyra, if you need help just let me know, okay? I know you've been through Tartarus twice already. I've already spoken with InItForTheShipping and she's with me on this. Just one word and we'll both teleport there. Make that three. TrueSparkle also has some thoughts on the matter. DarkSparkle Ditto for me and MightyDragon. Hop too, even if she adores your parents. CodeFilly Girls, it's okay. Mostly. And yes, Hop adores everypony. I envy her sometimes. My father's with Bob right now, talking over stuff. I just had to leave the room. Too much bad memories. The good part is that he didn't gallop to me because of the pregnancy. He really didn't know. Oh, when my mother finds out I bet she'll be here first thing, telling me how a child needs a stable family and stallion's presence. Next thing she'll be aging me home since that's the proper thing to do and so what if Bob is my wife and the parent of my child. She's just a "bad influence" or, and an "earth pony". :/ LyraHands Sorry, I just get so mad thinking about that. Mad and sad. But, yes, things are mostly fine... everything considered. Dad just wanted to see how I was doing. We couldn't hold a topic if we tried. LyraHands He still came, thought. I never knew my father. He's supposedly some hero of Equestria that died when I was very young. I know your folks are *yay* but at least your father loves you more than you he's a *yay*. LightSparkle And, of course, he had to bring mom up. As if it's my fault she chased me out of Canterlot. "She's worried about me," he says, and yet she never bothered to send me a letter. Not a single one. Some way of caring about me! If I was half the mare I wanted, I'd go home and tell her exactly what I think about her. To her face! LyraHands Dad says she's not doing well. Something about her heart. She spent a few weeks in hospital. Minor hiccups, but the doctors said that these are just symptoms. If my dad is to be believed she misses me and that's what's causing this. LyraHands Lyra, I'm so sorry :( If I had noticed anything out of the ordinary I'd have told you right away. You know that. I still see your parents every now and again. Everything seemed perfectly fine. I never suspected your mother had been in hospital. CodeFilly I know this a sore issue, but maybe you can talk to her? It's been months, and you are married now. There's no way anypony can take Bob away from you. Or your child. You don't have to say much, just a hello, something about the weather. You know how it goes. DarkSparkle Sorry, Twi, but you weren't there when she threw me out. If anypony has to apologize it's her! I feel sorry that she's having health problems, but I'm not going to Canterlot just to hear what a disappointment I am. Dad sugarcoats it as always, but I can tell. The only reason she might start paying attention to me is when she learns that I'm pregnant. And I've told you how that would go. LyraHands So why don't you say *yay* it and come to the reading tonight? You've said all you had to, there's no chance your dad can convince you to go back home. What's the point in staying there? You'll only get more and more upset. TrueSparkle I can't... :( Despite everything he's still my dad and, unlike my mother, he made the effort to find me and come here. I don't even know how he found me. I didn't say anything, that's for sure. Do you think he has an account on the site? LyraHands Depends. How tech savvy are your parents? There's no account from your home, but it's theoretically possible that they've gone through a pen aether gateway or a manaproxy. CodeFilly Nope. He probably got a P.I. to track me down. It's not like I've been hiding. Thank the stars for Bob. Without her I've no dies what I'd do. Probably be drunk somewhere teaching music to elementary students. This whole thing with my dad shook me up quite a lot. I'd hoped I'd left that part of my life back in Canterlot. And, of course, it now comes crashing back down on me. :( LyraHands I can intervene if you want. Just say the word. DarkSparkle So you'll come over and say what exactly? That's I'm a perfect daughter that has been mistreated? That my father's a piece of *yay*? What good would that do? I never was the perfect child, and my father did bear the brunt of all the scorn directed my way. Tartarus, I'm convinced he didn't even tell my mother he was going to see me! Like most stallions he thinks that if he gets us in the same room things would miraculously get better. Well, it doesn't work like that! LyraHands Sometimes it does... DarkSparkle Clearly not always! Look, I appreciate what you're trying to do, it's just this isn't the right time for it. Some things just can't be fixed! LyraHands I better go. I've kept Bob with him for long enough. LyraHands We're always here if you need us, Lyra. We're your friends and we care very much about you. I can't imagine what you've been through, or what you're going through right now, but we're here. Take care. DarkSparkle You're in control, girl. Don't forget that. LightSparkle I don't care what you say, I'm catching the first train to Ponyville. We are (MightyDragon and Hop just told me they're joining in). You can shout at me all you want once you're better. CodeFilly