Buttercup Rose: the Breaking

by Spacegirlss12


Intermission: Stars

Whitetail Woods, Equestria
8 years ago
The stars were beautiful tonight. As Buttercup wandered slowly through the Whitetail Woods, she couldn’t help looking up at the brilliant night sky. The stars formed beautiful patterns in the sky and the moon lit up the dim night forest in silver shades of blue. Buttercup sighed and smiled in contentment. She sat down in a clearing where she could see the stars and sighed.
“Beautiful, huh?” Buttercup spun her head around. Sunset was standing there, smiling.
“Oh, Sunset! Yeah. Beautiful.” Buttercup looked back up at the sky. Sunset sat down next to her. For a long while, the two mares sat in silence, both captivated by the brilliance of the night sky. Sunset was the one to break the silence.
“So. I don’t see you much anymore.” Sunset smiled.
“Yeah. Medical school has me tied up in a knot.” Buttercup looked down.
“I can understand that. It’s rare, these days, that we get a moment of time to talk like this. It’s nice.” Sunset smiled.
“Yeah.” Buttercup looked at the night sky again. There was more silence. Buttercup drifted off into her own thoughts.
Oh, Sunset… if you knew why i’m not spending time with you…
Whatcha thinking about, Partner?
Go away, scarlet! Now’s not the time to harass me!
Oh, why not? I mean, it’s the perfect night tonight! The stars are gleaming, Sunset’s here…
Just go away!
With that, Scarlet was silenced for now. Buttercup internally sighed. She wished she’d never done that to those poor fillies all those years ago.
“Buttercup? Are you okay?” Buttercup looked at Sunset. She smiled.
“Yeah, i’m fine.” Buttercup looked back up at the sky.
“Alright…” Sunset’s smile faded. Buttercup looked up at the stars. She smiled. This night was one of the few times she could escape from Scarlet. She wanted it to last forever.
You know this moment can’t last forever, Partner. You’re going to need to sleep soon.
Buttercup didn’t respond. She didn’t want to. She wouldn’t ruin this for herself. Not tonight. She wouldn’t let herself.
“Hey… Buttercup?” Sunset looked at her sister with concern in her eyes.
“Yeah?” Buttercup looked at Sunset.
“Is… is something bothering you? I can tell that recently, you’ve been purposefully distancing yourself from me. Do you want to tell me?” Sunset asked.
If you tell her, Partner… Buttercup didn’t reply to Scarlet, but knew what that tone meant.
“No, i’m fine! Just stressed from medical school.” Buttercup smiled and went back to looking at the stars.
I can’t tell her… I have to keep it secret. She can’t know. It’ll only hurt her… hurt both of them.
Buttercup smiled.
At least i have this time with her.
“Hey, Buttercup?”
“Yeah?” Buttercup looked at Sunset.
“I’m gonna head home now. See you later.” Sunset stood up.
“See you, Sunset.” Buttercup waved as Sunset walked away. Once Sunset was gone, Buttercup sighed a heavy sigh. She looked up at the stars once more.
Ha… hopes and dreams… hey… Scarlet?
Yeah?
You know what I see those stars as?
What?
Hopes. Dreams. All of them, my hopes and dreams. My dream is to be able to look at the stars like this every night. What’s yours?
Mine?
Yeah.
Well… my dream… is to be free to do whatever I want whenever I want.
Ah… I didn’t expect any less. We should probably be going home now.
Yeah.
Buttercup stood up, smiled, turned around, and took one last look at the stars before leaving. She hoped it all ended soon.