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// Mom's the Word 
// Story: The 550 Word Challenge of GWFan 
// by GWFan 
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Prompt: I didn’t tell you I’m related to…? 


Mom’s the Word
By: GWFan (The Softcore Brony)


Rarity knocked politely on Fluttershy’s door and waited.  Rainbow Dash tapped her hoof three times and knocked louder.  It wasn’t long before Fluttershy answered.
“Y-yes?”
“Hey Fluttershy, you want to get some breakfast with us?” Rainbow asked.
“I can’t.  I have company over.”
“Oh, Fluttershy, your animal friends can wait while you get a bite to eat,” Rarity told her.
“Actually… my mother is here.”
“Fluttershy’s mom?”  Rainbow said quickly.  “This I got to see.”
“Yes, please introduce us,” Rarity encouraged.
“Okay…”  Fluttershy let them in and turned to a silhouette in the back of her living room.  “Um, mom?  These are my friends.”
Rainbow was about to greet her, when a very loud voice suddenly emanated from the shadows.  “Well hey there, my daughter’s friends.  How the hay are ya?”
Rarity and Dash looked between daughter and mother as the silhouette turned into a very lovely pegasus with a white mane and orange coat.  Dash’s eyes went wide.
“Th-th-th-that’s your mom?” she suddenly yelled.  “I… I don’t believe it.  That can’t be your mom!”
“Do you know her?” Rarity asked.
“Know her!?  She’s a Wonderbolt!”
“Actually she retired from-” Fluttershy started but Rainbow Dash cut her off.
“I know that!  But… she is… I mean she was a Wonderbolt!  You never told me your mom was a Wonderbolt!  How is she your mom!?”  Rainbow Dash dove in front of Fluttershy’s mom and grabbed her hooves, looking every bit like a pitiful pony.  “How are you not my mom!?”
“Well, there’s a few reasons why but I’d have to explain a few things about genetics and the birds and the bees and what not.”  She threw back her head and laughed loudly.
Rainbow’s eyes were full of tears when she looked back at Fluttershy.  “Is this some kind of cruel joke?  How can you of all ponies have a mom as cool as this?” 
“Well… I could explain it but… um… you know… genetics and… the birds and the bees and… everything…”  Fluttershy gave a few brief “ha ha’s.” 
“Oh Fluttershy, my shy, shy, little pony, one of these days I’ll have you proudly calling jokes left and right.”  She laughed loudly again and hugged her daughter close as she turned to the other two.  “So who’s up for breakfast?  Race you to the nearest restaurant!”  Before anypony could respond, she was gone in a wisp of wind.
Dash’s mouth was still hanging open.  “Fluttershy… how are you not cooler?”  Fluttershy rubbed her hoof on the floor.  
“I’m impressed Fluttershy.  You come from a very prestigious family,” Rarity commented.
“I guess.”
“Whatever is the matter, darling?  Don’t you love your mother?”
“Yes, but… how could I ever… I mean… I’m me.”  Fluttershy lowered her head.  “I could never be my mom.  She’s so proud… and strong… and cool.  I can’t be that.”
Her friends smiled.  “Fluttershy, you’re the coolest pegasus I know,” Dash told her.  “There’s no way I could ever look a dragon in the eye.”
“Or stand up to an angry minotaur,” Rarity put in.
“Or make a mother prouder.”  The ponies turned when they heard a voice in the doorway.  “Never try to be anypony else.  You wouldn’t be my daughter otherwise.”  
“Mom…” Fluttershy hid her face behind her pink locks, but a small smile peeked out.


The End