//------------------------------// // Finding Our Fillies // Story: Free To A Good Home // by SilverMoon01 //------------------------------// It was a normal Saturday. The birds were singing and it was beautiful outside. Other kids my age were playing soccer or kickball in the park. Some girls - kindergartners and first graders - were playing with Barbie dolls. Adults were taking walks with infants near my school, Manz Elementary. What was I, Sam, and my friends doing that sunny day? We were inside watching one of our favorite episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. We watched how Twilight Sparkle tried her hardest to turn an apple into an orange with her loyal assistant, Spike. Our hearts skipped a beat as another Pinkie Pie appeared out of a pond. Rarity seemed so beautiful in her newly designed dress, and Rainbow Dash was as cool as ever. Fluttershy was acting very kindly to her critter friends, making our hearts melt and a high-pitched "Awwww!" to escape our mouths. All we wished for was to watch My Little Pony, all day, everyday. But apparently Cal, Charlotte, and I couldn't have that wish. My mom shooed us outside with a flick of her hand and a slam of the front door. We wandered through Tyler Street, bored. That's when it all began. I led my fellow bronies towards the school we went to. Don't get us wrong, we didn't think about My Little Pony all day. We still are normal children, you know. We just like a TV show, that's al...Well, I guess we go on websites and stuff, too, but you get my point. Anyways, we entered school. My friends and I are fifth graders. Manz is open to students during weekends if the students wanna go in the library and read or get extra help on math, science, reading, and all that stuff. My mom often makes me come an hour each day on the weekends for math. We headed down the stairs to the Janitor's Only area. We're pretty tight with him, so we're allowed down here. As we sat on a chair, we heard some squeeing and little squeals. They were so faint and so tiny, so Cal went to check it out. "Oh my god..." We heard him breath and we walked to where he was. Our hearts nearly stopped as we saw what he was staring at. There was a red-and-white checkered pillow with a note by it. But that wasn't what caught our attention. It was what was on it. Six pairs of eyes stared up at us. One rose, one sky blue, one purple, one darker blue, one turqouise, and one light green. The light green eyes belonged to an orange filly with her mane and tail done in a ponytail. She had freckles on her cheeks and a small smile. She was an earth pony. The darker blue belonged to a white unicorn filly with a curly and stylish purple mane and tail. She had a thoughtful frown on her muzzle, as if studying our sense of fashion. The turqouise belonged to a yellow pegasus filly with a long, pink mane and tail. She tried her best to cover her eyes with her bangs and shrank deeper into the pillow. The light blue pair belonged to a pink earth pony filly with a frizzy pink mane and tail. She grinned ear-to-ear and regarded us with a friendly squeal. The rose eyes belonged to a cyan pegasus filly with a shaggy rainbow mane and tail. She had on a smug smirk and her wings flared a bit as if challenging us to a race. The purple eyes belonged to a purple unicorn filly with a blackish-purplish mane with a streak of pink and purple. She gave us quizzical look and frowned uncertainly. Together, they were......The Filly Mane Six! Charlotte reached down slowly and gently picked up her two favorites, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Pinkie immaedietly gave my friend a big smile and squealed with delight. Fluttershy managed to hide her face under her bangs and gave Charlotte a look full of fear, panic, and seemed unsure of how to react. Cal picked up AJ and Rarity and looked at them with utter amazement. Rarity blinked twice and scanned my friend head-to-toe. Applejack raised a hoof and touched it to his chest, her eyes saying "Can ah trust you?". I looked down at the two who were left, which were my favorites. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. As I pickd them up, RD's wings went full-out flared and she flapped them as if she was an insect before giving up on escape. Twilight's horn sparked a bit but she didn't resist me, yet she still gazed at me uncertainly. I picked up the note and read from it. "Dear brony/bronies, I have left these fillies here for you to take care of. Please treat them well. Sincerely, Care Giver.". We didn't talk. We hid our fillies in our coat pockets and went home. Cal to his house, Charlotte to her's, and me to mine. Once arriving, I climbed up to tree house to inspect RD and TS.... I took the two out of my coat pockets, took off my coat, and set them down on my table. Rainbow stood up immaedietly and let out a snort of protest and hot-headedness. Her tail swished and she unfolded her wings from her sides. Twi sat patiently and seemed to scold RD lightly. She sat her friend down and chuckled as Dash blushed and covered her face with her cyan wings. Then her purple gaze settled on me. She raised a hoof and set it on my hand. She gave me the smallest of smiles and nodded, as if confirming that she trusted me. I started to get teary-eyed. I didn't know why Twilight felt that she could trust me, or how she was here in my world. But I knew that was a huge privilege for me. Now all I had to do was gain little hot-headed Dashie to trust me. How hard could that be, right?