//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 // Story: The Unnamed Filly // by Shady Mist //------------------------------// Filly was getting out of the hospital today. She hasn't said a word sense Ruby found her. Sunshine and Filly arrived at the orphanage. When Sunshine opened the door. "SURPRISE!" Filly didn't react. She took a cupcake, sat in a corner and stared eating it. Pinkie Pie bounced up. "Hey, aren't you happy, weren't you surprised?" Pinkie asked, frowning. "it's okay, you don't have to join the party. Friends can't make friends do things they don't want to." The party was still going, but the energy was gone. The next day was Filly's first day of school. Being the new pony in school, she was picked on and bullied, but she didn't say or do anything to stop them. The next morning, after breakfast Filly was heading upstairs to her room. "Filly where are you going, you need to go to school?" Sunshine asked. "N-N-No!" Filly yelled being the first word she said sense Ruby rescued her. "But you need to go to school." Sunshine said. "N-No!" Filly yelled again. "F-F-Friends can't m-make friends d-d-do things they d-don't want to." Filly said, quoting Pinkie Pie, before running upstairs and locking her door. Sunshine sighed. "Maybe she'll feel better tomorrow." She said, taking to herself. Later that night when everypony was asleep, Filly took the map of Canterlot she had so she wouldn't get lost and snuck out. She used the map to fine the train station. Filly was waiting for a train to arrive. When she saw one coming she walked on to the tracks, waiting. The conductor on duty saw this and ran to save her. Just in time he got her off before the train hit her. "What were you doing?" He asked, why she would do this. "G-G-Get of m-me!" She cried. He saw the map she had, the Canterlot Orphanage had a circle around it. Arriving there he knocked on the door, waking the ponies inside. Sunshine told everpony to go back to bed. When she opened the door, she saw the conductor pony with Filly. "Filly?" She asked, surprised. She brought Filly back to her room and the conductor told her what happened before heading back. The next morning, Filly didn't come out of her room. Sunshine left to tell Twilight what happened last night. "Did that really happen?" Twilight asked. "Yes, she really tried to kill herself. Before the conductor saved her. Please, do you know any really good therapists at all?" She asked, beggingly. "Maybe." Twilight said. "Spike, send a note to Fluttershy and Starlight that we need them here in Canterlot, fast." "Okay, I'm on it." Spike answered, with a salute. In Ponyville, a letter appeared to Starlight. Reading it she ran out of her office looking for Sunburst. "Sunburst, Twilight needs me in Canterlot. Can you handle the school?" Starlight asked, being in a rush. "Sure, but what's wrong?" He asked. "I don't know. All I know is that me and Fluttershy need to get to Canterlot." She said, before running off. Going through the front doors of the school, Starlight and Fluttershy were about to run into each other. "Oh, Starlight I-" Starlight cut her off. Starlight teleported them in front of Canterlot Castle, when Twilight almost walked into them. "AH!" Twilight screamed. "Sorry Twilight. What's the emergency?" Starlight said. Twilight was still panting. "Somepony needs your help. I'll tell you on the way." Twilight said, while heading to the orphanage with Starlight, Fluttershy, Spike, Pinkie and Sunshine. "That's awful." Fluttershy said, after listening. They went up to Filly's room. Twilight knocked, but there was no answer. Twilight opened the door. Filly was lying in in her bed, staring at the ceiling. "Hi Filly." Twilight said. Filly didn't respond. "I brought some of my friends hoping that they might be able to help you." "Hi, I'm Starlight." "And I'm, um, Fluttershy." They said, introducing themselves. "We heard that something bad happened last night." Starlight said. "Would you um, please tell us?" Asked Fluttershy. Twilight went back in the hallway with Pinkie, Sunshine and Spike, closing the door behind her. Hours went by until Fluttershy and Starlight came out. "well?" Sunshine asked hopefully. Starlight and Fluttershy looked at each other and shook their heads. Everypony frowned. "It's getting late." Twilight said. Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Starlight starting to head back to the castle. Sunshine was staring at Filly's door, sad. After everypony went to bed Filly got up and headed to the kitchen. She grabbed a stool to stand on and took a knife from the drawer. Thinking about every bad thing that has happened to her, she was going to end it. Closing her eyes, she held the knife to her throat, slicing it open. Blood pouring from the wound. Filly collapsed on her back. Her neck bleeding out. "Nopony heard anything. Nopony is coming. Nopony can stop this." She thought to herself, lying on the kitchen floor, dying. Until, she was gone.