Flurry Heart sat in her room staring up at the ceiling in deep thought. It had been a week since they left Canterlot. She was thinking about her last time with Shadow and how much fun she had. He even taught her a new spell, one she probably wouldn't have been taught for a while, a reverse gravity spell. It was so much fun to learn and he was a great teacher. She was also thinking about something she wish to be rid of, but it kept plaguing her thoughts, the three fillies. What was she going to say to them, would they still be friends afterwards, and what would they do to her if they were angry? She groaned and fell back on her pillows.
"What am I going to do?" She asked herself, when there was a knock on the door.
"Flurry, sweetie are you okay?" Cadence asked from outside the door.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking out loud to myself."
"Oh okay, just wanted to let you know that it's bedtime and don't forget to brush your teeth." Cadence said, now inside her bedroom.
"Wait, bedtime, already?" She asked confused.
"Yes, because you have school tomorrow."
"Oh, right." She groaned again and laid back on her pillows. She had been trying not to think about school, because she was going to have to tell Adagio she's not going to do whatever she says.
"Are you sure everything is alright?" Her mother asked with concern.
"Yeah, I'm just tired, that's all," she said with a yawn.
"Okay," Cadence said as she pulled the covers over Flurry Heart. "Goodnight sweetie, love you."
"Love you too mom," Flurry said as her mom turned off the lights and she thought to herself: gotta big day tomorrow.She inwardly groaned.
Flurry was dreading each moment they got closer to school. She kept reassuring herself, I can do this. I can do this, but she was still afraid.
"Alright have a good day Flurry," Cadence said with a smile. "I'll be back soon to pick you up."
"O-Okay," she said trying to hide the worry in her voice.
As soon as Adagio heard her voice she turned around and started walking her way. Oh no! She's coming, she's coming! Flurry Heart thought.
"Flurry, it's good to see you," Adagio said with her usual unfriendly smile.
"Hi Adagio," Flurry said, annoyed as she thought, gosh! She's so fake, how could I have not seen it before.
"So Flurry Heart we were wondering if..."
"Adagio look, there's something I need to tell you, all of you," Flurry interrupted as she looked at all of them.
Adagio looked at her in shock, for she had never interrupted her before, but didn't say anything so Flurry Heart continued. "I can't keep listening to everything you say and doing everything you want me to. I know you just wanted to be friends with me because I'm an alicorn and you can be more popular."
"What? No of course not," she said with a fake innocent look. "We really like being friends with you, right girls?"
"Of course I do!" Sonata said smiling and then she had a confused look on her face. "But I thought we were just being friends with her to get more popular."
Aria and Adagio glared at their other sister, before Adagio said, "don't listen to her. She was just joking."
Flurry knew Sonata well enough to know she wasn't a liar, even though she wasn't the brightest pony at times, she was really kind.
"I know she's right Adagio, I've heard you say it when you think I'm not listening."
"Well it doesn't matter," Adagio said turning around to face the school. "You're going to stay friends with us because you're too much of a pushover to leave us."
"What did you say?" Flurry asked in disbelief, her anger rising by the second.
Adagio turned around to face her, a bit surprised she still hadn't followed them yet. "I said that you're too much of a pushover to leave us, now come on."
That was it, Flurry had had enough. At this point she didn't even care how angry they would get.
"No," She said loud enough to get a few other ponies attention.
"Excuse me?" Adagio asked in shock. Flurry had never said no to her before.
"You heard me," Flurry said with a slight smile on her face. "I said no."
"But but... no pony says no to me, I..."
"Let me explain something to you," Flurry said when suddenly music started.
"Hey were did that music come from?" Said Adagio looking around as Flurry began to sing.
Wings
"Mamma told me not to waste my life,"
( "Oh no, please tell me you're not...")
"She said spread your wings my little butterfly,"
("You are aren't you?")
"Don't let what they say keep you up at night,"
("Oh no...")
"And if they give you shh..."
("what does that even mean?")
"Then they can walk on by..."
"My hooves, hooves can't touch the ground,"
"And and I can't hear a sound,"
"But you just keep on running up your mouth yeah,"
"Walk, walk on over there, cuz I'm too fly to care..."
"Oh yeah..."
"Your words don't mean a thing, I'm not listening"
"Keep talking all I know is...,"
"Mamma told me not to waste my life,"
"She said spread your wings my little butterfly,"
"Don't let what they say keep you up at night,"
"And they can't detain you,"
"Cuz wings are made to fly...,"
"And I don't let nopony bring me down...,"
(Adagio had heard enough as she said, "stop.")
"no matter what you say it won't hurt me,"
("Stop," she said again, but Flurry Heart wasn't listening.)
"Don't matter if I fall from the sky,"
("Stop!")
"These wings are made to fly!"
When Flurry Heart had finished Adagio was glaring at her. By now she was furious as she yelled, "Fine! Have it your way! You'll regret it," and then stormed off with her two sisters. Sonata however turned around and looked at Flurry for a second and said, "I know that my sisters no longer want to hang out with you, but if you ever want to hang out with me..."
"I would love to," Flurry finished for her.
"Okay great! Bye," she said waving energetically as she caught up with her sisters.
"Bye," Flurry said waiting back. She was so happy that she finally stood up to Adagio and faced her fears.
"Today is going to be a great day," she said as she headed toward school.
Flurry Heart happily did all her chores throughout the castle. She was so proud of herself for what she did, she couldn't even complain about doing them.
"Flurry!" Her mother called from downstairs.
"Yes?" She answered.
"Come down here please," she said and Flurry walked down stairs to see what her mother needed.
"Yes?" She said again this time downstairs in front of her mom.
"Oh I just wanted to let you know that your friend Screwball will be coming over."
"Really!?" Flurry said excitedly.
"Yes, and she will be hear soon, so make sure that your room is clean."
"What are you talking about," Flurry said innocently. "My room is always clean."
"Mmm-hmm, I'm sure," Cadence said sarcastically. "So if I go up there and check it will be clean?"
"Uhh..."
"That's what I thought. Now go and clean it."
"Okay, okay I will," she said with a annoyed look on her face as she ran upstairs to her bedroom.
"Alright let's see here," she said as she began picking stuff off the floor. "That goes there and that goes there and done!"
Even though the room would not meet her mom's standards, it met hers. When she heard knocking on the door she quickly raced downstairs, knowing who it was.
"Discord, Fluttershy! Come in, It's great to see you, Flurry Heart is very excited to see Screwball."
"Well I would hope so!" The chaotic mare said as she came in. "I am her best friend."
"Of course I'm excited to see you," Flurry said, now fully downstairs. "Come on I want to tell you something," and the two fillies raced upstairs leaving their parents alone.
"Have you found anything yet?" Cadence asked Discord when they were gone.
"No, not yet," Discord said slightly annoyed. "I still can't believe he's been able to conceal himself from my magic for this long."
Fluttershy placed an affectionate hoof on her husband's shoulder. "It's okay honey, we all know you're trying."
"Thanks dear. So have you guys found anything?" He asked with hopefulness in his voice.
"Actually yes, we believe he is right outside Canterlot.
"Oh, well that's good," Fluttershy said, trying to be optimistic. "You have a better idea of where he is."
"Yes this is good. Hopefully we will find him soon." Cadence said with a sad smile.
Flurry Heart and Screwball we're both telling each other about their first day of school, even though Screwball knew about Flurry's.
"Oh that's sounds like fun," Flurry said as Screwball got done telling her about the game they played at recess.
"Okay your turn," Screwball told her friend, even though she knew what she was going to say.
"Okay so you'll never guess what I did..."
"Actually I think I can," Screwball said smiling.
"Huh?"
"Nevermind, continue."
"Anyway so I stood up to Adagio and..."
"Sang a song about not listening to her and not caring about what she says," Screwball finished for her.
Flurry stared at her with her mouth open wide. "How did you know that?"
"Well remember how you told me you were going to stand up to her when school started?"
"Yeah," Flurry said gesturing for her to continue.
"I may have gotten up early in the morning and used my magic to fly to the Crystal Empire, so I could watch you stand up to her, which was awesome by the way." She said all at once.
"Thanks."
"I also was the one to provide the music."
"So that's where the music came from."
"Yeah."
"Thank you so much," Flurry said as she embraced her friend in a hug. "It really helped."
"You're welcome, although you could have done it yourself."
"Maybe, but still, thank you. I finally faced my fears."
Shadow Hunter paced back and forth the room waiting for his father to return. He said he wanted to tell him something important when he got back and Shadow is worried of what it might be. When Sombra returned Shadow didn't say anything, he was waiting for his father to speak first.
"We're having salad for lunch," Sombra said as he set the food out on the table.
"Okay," Shadow said as he moved closer to the table and sat down. "Y-You said that you wanted to tell me something?"
"Yes, I have decided to advance in my plans."
"W-What plans?" Shadow asked, even more worried now. He did not want to be evil like his father but he felt he didn't have a choice.
"That, for right now does not concern you," his father said with a stern look. "You will find out soon enough."
"But what I will tell you is that we will no longer be staying here."
"Wait, really?" Shadow said with hopeful eyes. He was hoping it would be where Flurry Heart lived.
Sombra noticed this, "why do you seem so excited about moving?"
"Oh, no reason," he said nervously.
Sombra didn't seem to care enough to question further as he continued. "So like I was saying we will be moving to..."
'Please say the Crystal Empire,' Shadow thought before Sombra told him.
"The Crystal Empire"
"Yes!"