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// 00 - 02 
// Story: Whispers 
// by destinedjagold 
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"Flurry?"

"I'm sorry, mommy..."

"Flurry, please... Talk to me."

A sob. And another.

Wiping her tears with her hoof, the young filly finally opens the wardrobe doors, exposing her miserable self to her worried mother waiting on the other side.

"Am I in trouble?"

"Oh, honey," the Princess of Love scoops the filly up into an embrace, her heart aching from seeing her distraught daughter. "Of course you're not. Don't ever think that."

The filly's eyes glaze as new tears threaten to stream down her face. "B-but the principal said—"

"Sshhhh... It's okay. It's okay..."

The filly starts crying.

Her mother is there to console her.

Minutes fly by, the filly's cry filling the entire room.

A white and worried stallion quietly pokes his head inside the room.

The princess slowly shakes her head.

Ears drooping, the stallion quietly retreats.

Eventually, the filly's cries quiet down into quiet sobs. Her mother sets her down and helps wiping her tears off of her face.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" the princess asks with a small yet gentle smile.

"I... I wasn't paying attention during class..." The filly's gaze falls down on the ground beneath her. "I'm sorry."

"Was the teacher boring?"

The filly shakes her head.

"Was the subject the teacher was teaching you boring?"

The filly shakes her head once again.

The alicorn princess' ears droop. "...Were you talking with a classmate? A friend?"

No response.

Silence.

Until—

"I heard my name."

The princess blinks. "Was someone calling you?"

The filly looks puzzled. "I ... think so? It was very quiet though..."

The filly looks up at her mother with a very confused look.

"I kept hearing her. And her voice sounded familiar."

Her?

"Like I've heard her voice somewhere before..."