Crushed: The Beginnings

by Silent Wing


09 I don't know how to name this...

Flitter and I are slowly trotting home after another long day. Both of our backs are heavily loaded with all the stuff we bought today and I use every opportunity I get, to proudly show off my new saddlebags. With me soon going back to school, it was one of the many things that had to be bought, even if it wasn't the ones mommy would have preferred.

When I saw this dark blue saddlebags with Princes Lunas cutiemark on them, I just had to have them, even if it was no easy  task to convince mommy. She would have preferred some plain ones, to sew my own cutiemark on them, the day I earn it, but I was too stubborn with this for her.  Now my new saddlebags are pressing down on my back in an unusual way, filled to the brim with all the stuff I will need for school.

"Excited Wingy?" I get asked all of a sudden and my mind is ripped back into reality. "After all you will see your aunt for the first time today." She adds with a smile, when she mentions her sister.

"Yeah, Who wouldn't be?" I respond genuine happy and after a short pause adding, "You think she is already at home?"

"I don't know Wingy, but if she  isn't yet, I am sure she will arrive soon."

Soon after that is said, our home comes in sight, with lights already burning brightly in the windows. "Well somepony must be there, the only question is, if it's mama D or Cloudchaser." I ask her, silently hoping that it is the later one, since I am not a very patient pony.

"Hopefully Dashie, that would give us enough time to store away all this." She replies, taking a short glance at our overloaded backs.

"Yeah that would be nice. That stuff isn't exactly light." I agree with her, since I have problems to hide how tired I am from carrying all the weight. 

"Wingy, I told you that I'll gladly take a few more things, if it is too heavy for you." She reminds me at her offer, slightly worried, when she finally realize just how much I struggle.

"No, you already have so much." I reply, angry at myself, for showing her just how weak I really am. "Besides, there are only a few more steps left." She frowns, when she hears my reply, but says nothing else, before we finally reach the front door of our home.

Only a few moments later, the two of us stay in an empty hallway, looking disappointed through the livingroom door, when we realize that we are obviously alone. "You know where to store the groceries Wingy?"

"Yeah," I reply a bit surprised by this question.

"Do you mind to store them away, while I take care of all the other things?" She answers my unspoken question and I eagerly nod, before I make my way into the kitchen, only to be greeted by something unexpected. I stop midstep after I entered the kitchen, taken totally off guarded by the sight of the mare, looking through the cupboards, which is clearly unaware of my presence. 

It's neither momma D nor Flitter and I take a good look, a second one and a third one, just to be sure before I shout towards Flitter. "Mooooom, why is there a Wonderbolt in the kitchen?" The light arctic blue mare with light gray mane and tail jumps in shock at my sudden outburst and after a short moment of recovery, she turns around. Now I am able to look into her brilliant fuchsia eyes, before Flitter shouts her reply back.

"What are you talking about Wingy?"

"Just come down here, if you don't believe me," I reply, before I turn my attention towards that baffled mare in front of me. "Hi, you are Fleetfoot, right?"

"Äh yes," she replies before she has herself fully back together and asks slightly surprised. "And who are you? Cloudy never mentioned that Flitter has a daughter."

A short and  loud  "Fleetfoot," is all I am able to make out, before a certain pegasus rush past me and takles her to the ground.

I wait for a few minutes, until my ears stop ringing from this outburst, before I address the obvious elephant in the room "You two know each other?"

Even if still buried under mom, Fleetfoot is the first to responds. "You could say that, I used to foalsit this stormy little rascal here and her sister and it looks like she hasn't changed a bit."

"But she still can surprise us as nopony else is able to." A new voice from behind me continues, making it sound like there wasn't even a short pause between when they both spoke up. "So Flits, mind telling me why this filly claims you, to be her mother?"

"Because that is exactly, what she is." I manage to say, before I collapse under the weight on my back, which I totally forgot to put down, by the unexpected turn of events . I hear mommy shouting my name in shock, before she rush over to me and to my great relief, shoves all the stuff from my back, before I get picked up into a hug.

"Are you alright Wingy?" She asks worry clearly written all over her face and when I look around, I see that Fleetfoot and Cloudchaser are similar scared.

I catch my breath before I reply slightly panting, "Just tired mom, maybe I should have heard on you earlier." Which earns me a glare from her, that could have said 'I told you so', would she not be so worried about me.

"Then you better take a nap." She replies sternly, before picking me up at the scruff of my neck and carrying me directly in my room.

"But aunt Cloudc-," I try to protest, but get interrupted by her.

"Will still be here when I wake you up for dinner."

I think about it all the while and when she tucks me into my bed I can't other then cave in, when it becomes too difficult to keep my eyes open. "Okay, mommy."

"I love you my little Princess." She says, before giving me a kiss on the forehead.

"Love you too mommy." I reply just in time before I doze off.


I watch her for a while, to make sure that she really is only sleeping and nothing worse, before I feel a hoof softly tapping on my shoulder. I turn around to see my sister and Fleetfoot standing directly behind me, both with a bright smile on her face. "I think I owe you an explanation Cloudy, but maybe we shouldn't do this in here."  I reply looking back to Wingy, before we three leave the room and I lean the door slightly ajar, before we go into the living room. 

I prepare some refreshments, before we all make ourself comfortable in the living room and I began to tell them everything. How I met her for the first time, how fast she conquered my heart and how it pains me, everytime she wakes up screaming from a nightmare. About her problems with reading and how she avoids every attempt to talk about her past, before she woke up in the old Castle in the Everfree forest.

I am about to tell them that Rainbow and I started a herd and the upcoming inspection from FPS, when I hear a scream coming from her room. In an instant I get up and rush into her room, grabbing her into a tight embrace and let her cry into my coat, while I whisper calming words into her ears. "It's alright, mommy is here, mommy is here." After a few moments I feel her forlegs around my barrel, squeezing me tightly and I take that as a sign to gently run my hoof through  her mane. 

I gently wrap my wings around her and continue to whisper calming words into her ears, until she finally calms down. I wait for her to say something, but when she is still quiet after a few more minutes, I finally ask. "Want to tell me what this Nightmare was about? I am sure it will help to talk about it." I try to convince her, not really expecting her to do as ask.

"No mommy, just, please don't leave me." She pleads with such devastation, that I can only wonder what scared her so much and how she could possibly think that I would abondon her.

"Wingy, I would never leave you." I reply immediately. "How could you ever think something like that?"

"I - in th - that dream, something terrible happened and I got injured." She tells me, slightly stuttering at the beginning. "You two noticed it, but when our pursuers came closer, you two just ran away and...."

She trails of at the end, slightly trembling in fear. "Oh Wingy, I would never do something like that." I think for a moment, how I could help her, but expect staying close to her, I only have one other idea. "How would you like if I sleep tonight with you?"

"I would love that mommy." She replies now more relaxed than a few moments ago.

I give her a bit more, before I change the subject. "What do you think, shall we go back to Cloudy and Fleetfoot? I am sure they are both eager to get to know you better."

She slightly push away from me, so that I am able to look her into the eyes again, befores she asks. "You really think so?"

"Of course I do." I reply without hesitation and after a moment I add. "What do you think, shall we go back to them?"

"O - okay," she simple replies, before I let go of her and we both walk back into the living room. 

While Fleetfoot and Cloudchaser are sharing the large couch, I choose to just make myself comfortable on the carpet directly in front of it, with my back to the firecplace. "Flitter, are you sure you don't want to get a more comfortable position." 

Fleetfoot trys to object, but all the arguments she could have had, die in her throat, when Wingy lays down directly in front of me. I pull her closer to me and lay a wing over her. After a short look into eachothers eyes, we both look up to those two and reply in unison. "No, we are fine."  


"So you are feeling better now?" The arctic blue mare asks me, looking still a bit unsure, when she looks down to mommy and me.

"Yeah," I reply, before apologizing for when I collapsed under all that weight. "Sorry for earlier, I never wanted to scare you like that."

"Wingy, you didn't,"

Mommy begins before Fleetfoot interupts her. "Think nothing of it, all of us underestimated our own abilities often enough and better like this, then while trying something dangerous that could really hurt you." 

"But let's not think about this anymore, why don't you just tell me instead, what a good flyer you are?" She hastily changes the subject in a badly hidden attempt to lighten up the mod.

"There isn't much to tell." I admit while looking to the ground, remembering my only attempt to fly, back in the old castle. In response I get a very curious look from her and after a bit of encouragement from all three mares in the room, I recounter only the flying related part from my stay in the Everfree forest .

"Not bad for a first try Wingy." A voice, I haven't heard since breakfast replies and I turn my head into the direction, where it came from.

"Mama D." I shout in excitement by the sight of the cyan mare, which I hadn't seen coming into the room earlier.

"So how are my two favorite mares doing?" She wants to know from us and the two of usI inform her that we are fine, while she gives everypony a different Pizza. Before she sits down to us and the eyes of Fleetfoot and Cloudchaser go wide in shock, when she gives mommy a kiss on the muzzle.

After a short pause Fleetfoot is the first to recover and asks, "So you two are marefriends?"

"Until we find a suitable stallion for our herd, you could say that." Mommy replies with a big grin on her face, before I ask those two the same.

"And whats about you two, are you marefriends?"

Cloudchaser is the first to deny it, before Fleetfoot does the same, but I am sure, that I hear a muffeled, "but I wouldn't mind that" coming from her.

This didn't went as unnoticed as she thought and from how mommy shifts in my back, I know that at least she heard this to. "Well if you ever get too lonely, you know where to find us." She says, without looking at anypony in particular.

I barely follow the conversation then for a while, instead focusing on my almost cold pizza. When I look up again, from my now empty pizza box, I am surprised that only mommy, mamma D and Fleetfoot are left. "Where is aunt Cloudy?" 

"Oh she went to bed early, after all she had a very exhausting day and the race we had on our way, didn't help with that either." Fleetfoot replies, seaming surprisingly happy about this. I don't know why, but I have a feeling that she isn't telling the full truth.

"Okay," I reply a bit disappointed, since I had hopped to talk a bit more with my new aunt, but I guess that has to wait till tomorrow. "Maybe I should just do the same." I add and turn my head towards mommy, silently asking her if that's okay.

"Sure Wingy, lets just do that." Mommy replies and we both say our good nights, before heading back into my room. 

Directly after the door is closed behind us, my curiosity gets the better of me and I pick up a topic from earlier. "Why did aunt Cloudy really leave mommy?" I ask while climbing into my bed.

She sighs in defeat when she helps me in and lays down next to me. "Remember what I told you about Thunderlane, after you first met him?" She asks and after I confirm this she continues, sounding a bit sad about it. "Well when she heard that we are looking for a nice stallion, she tried to bring Thunderlane into the herd, but didn't like it that Dashie and I are against this."

"And what was that earlier with Fleetfoot?" I can't resist to ask.

"Well she will be your Foalsitter, should we ever need one." She informs me while pulling the blanket over both of us, before I snuggle into her chest. She gives me a kiss on my forehead, before she wishes me a good night.

I barely manage to return this, before I fell into a dreamless sleep, protected by my beloved mother.


A while after everypony went to bed, a Night Guard lands in the yard, wondering that his friend isn't waiting for him. But after a short peek through the window, he flys away with a smile on his face. "Looks like she doesn't need any help tonight."

He thinks about what he saw just a few moments ago, trying to distract himself from the mare, who was laying in the bed with the little filly. After a while he managed to focus more on the other things he saw in the room and how it has changed since his last visit.

This gives him an idea how he could help his little friend, even if it needs a few nights to prepare and he has to get permission from his CO first.