Flying Lies By: Heartbolt
Everyone lies at least once in their lives. But could someone lie forever?
As soon as Moongazer was born, she didn’t open her wings like normal pegasi. So the doctors passed her off as an earth pony like the rest of her family. There had never been a unicorn, there had never been a Pegasus. It was straight earth. Moongazer never opened her wings, so they were never noticed. Even on those cold nights were mother would hold her tight and stare at her child. In everyone’s eyes, including hers, she was an earth pony. And it stayed that way for several years.
But one night, Moongazer decided that she should see if earth ponies could fly. She knew it would never happen, but she wasn’t jumping from very high. So, she toke a deep breath, shoke herself around, and jumped. She panicked and her wings opened for the first time. She landed on her stomach, but decided she was fine when she saw the wings on her back. “These can’t be mine. I’m an earth pony.” She whispered to herself. She fluttered them around a bit to make sure. “I’m…I’m a Pegasus.” She knew that she must never open her wings in front of her parents, for they would be ashamed and maybe angry. So she folded them up, and went to bed. She was feeling so many mixed emotions. She was sad she would have to lie to the ones who had raised her, yet happy she could do something no earth pony could do. She was angry nobody had noticed she was a Pegasus, and surprised nobody had noticed she was a Pegasus. But she lied down in bed and shut her eyes to be alone with her thoughts.
