//------------------------------// // Celestia's Secret // Story: Orphan // by AshuraZXexianGlitch //------------------------------// Celestia's Secret Twilight Sparkle The princess had summoned me to Canterlot and wished for me to bring Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. I did as she asked and now the three if us stood in the castle waiting for Celestia. I hope Rainbow won't be angry with me, but this was the best thing I could think of. "Why did the princess want to see us?" Rainbow asked pacing back and fourth. She didn't like standing still for to long, and was starting to get anxious. "Because I kept something from you my child." Celestia said walking up to us. The three of us bowed to her. "Please stand, I feel ashamed of what I did." "Princess, what are you talking about?" I asked my teacher. She bowed her head and looked at Rainbow sincerely. "No? No, Twilight you didn't." She looked at me with concern. She then looked at the princess who avoided her stare. "How could you?" "I'm sorry Rainbow, I just wanted to help." I said lowering my head feeling resentful. "Help? It was in the past there is nothing to help!" Rainbow was crying, she was sad and angry at the same time. "Now calm yourself child. Your friend did a very good thing. If anyone is in the wrong it is me child." Celestia said softly. "What?" Rainbow was conflicted, she wasn't sure what to feel. It must have been hard for her to hear what Celestia had to say. "I took your father from you. You grew up without him because of me." Celestia said boldly. Rainbow stood there shocked. I could tell she wanted to scream, but she held herself back only to fall to the ground sobbing hard with thick tears. "But why Celeatia?" I asked the princess. She looked at me with sorrowful eyes. "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had to meet and become friends or the elements of harmony would have been broken beyond repair. I could not let that happen, I am very sorry Rainbow Dash. I hope you can forgive me." The princess said coming over to Rainbow and placed her hoof on her shoulder. Rainbow pushed herself back. Depression had taken over her mind and nothing was making through. "Why am I here?" Fluttershy asked. "Because, you met Rainbow because of me and my sister." Celestia said looking at Fluttershy with calming eyes. "One night I was looking at the moon, I missed my sister terribly. I didn't notice it at first but there was a bright beam of light. Once I noticed it I took off as fast as I could. I felt Luna was trying to show me something. It was you that found Fluttershy. With a young mare." "Hah! Really?" Fluttershy asked excited. "I'm sorry my dear, I found her with a shallow breath. I believed she was attacked. She did not recover, but you were safe." Celestia said with a small smile. "She died..." Fluttershy said quietly, she wrapped her tail around herself. "I'm sorry my dear, but yes she did." Celestia said with sorrow. "She loved me enough to die for me." Fluttershy said quietly. "Yes, she did my dear. Rainbow Dash, your father is still alive. He is quite eager to meet you." Celestia said with a smile. Rainbow didn't react, she was curled up into herself. "Rainbow?" I asked my friend. She was fixated at the ground, blank stare with no emotion. Celestia opened a nearby door and to my surprise I saw a rainbow colored mane stallion walk into the room. His coat was a little darker than Rainbow, but the infamous rainbow colored mane showed his relation to Rainbow Dash. "Dashie." He said quietly. Rainbow picked up her head a little bit and looked at her aged father. Tears were heavily flowing down her face. She clumsily ran toward him and tackled him to the ground with a hug. "I missed you so much." "I missed you too." He said tears flowing just as much as his daughter's. "Fluttershy, please come with me. I would like you to met someone as well." Celestia said leading Fluttershy and I away. She wanted to give them some alone time. I knew the princess would know what to do, never figured it would be this. ~ ~ ~ Rainbow Dash: I couldn't believe it, my dad was alive, and he was here. I still couldn't believe I was hugging my own father. We stopped hugging him and I looked at his aged face. He got much older from the last time I saw him. I looked into his eyes and was struck with anger. I slapped him as hard as I could. "I deserve that greatly Dashie." He said holding his cheek. He looked at me smiling. "No dad, you don't deserve it. I'm sorry." I said hugging him again. He rubbed my back with small circles. He kissed me on the head and tightened his hug. "I love you Dash, and I always have. I do deserve it." He said, his voice brought back happy memories. For the first time in the longest time, the memories of my father didn't hurt me. He was crying, and I was crying. It was a mess and so were we. I pulled back and looked at my father again. I still couldn't believe my own dad was standing in front of me, actually hugging me. "Why did you leave me?" It was a hard question to ask, but I needed to know. "Hon, I really didn't want to leave. You must believe me on that. Princess Celestia came to me, she told me something I couldn't understand. But now as I stand here looking at my beautiful girl, I can believe it." He said pushing a strand of hair away from my face. "What did she tell you?" I asked him impatiently. "How grown up you are, how special you are. One of the Elements of Harmony." He said kissing me on the cheek. I hugged him again. "The Princess knew who you were going to be after she found Fluttershy. You two were twined together in the prophecy that the Princess foresaw." "How did she see it?" I asked him feeling confused. "She said the Moon showed her the story of the Six friends that would help her get her sister back." He said hugging me tight. "Princess Luna." I said hugging him back. "Yes, yes it was." He said giving me a smile. I smiled back at him, and I couldn't help but laugh. He started to laugh too, we just couldn't help it, we were just so happy to see one another. "Come one, lets go see where the other three went." "Kay." I said with a big smile as we left the room. My dad knew exactly where they went, so we didn't have to look for them at all. We walked up on them in the Canterlot graveyard. Fluttershy was sitting in front of a tombstone, with Twilight and Princess Celestia back enough to give her some space. She was talking to the tombstone, like it was going to talk back. "Whats going on?" I asked when we got to Twilight and the Princess. Twilight looked at me with a frown. The Princess did as well. "That's Fluttershy's mother's grave site. She just started talking to her grave. She was goes from laughing, to talking, to silence. I have a feeling she is having a small break down and doesn't know how to feel." Twilight said, I sat near my friend and watched Fluttershy. She was now staring at the grave stone. "I found her with Fluttershy as a filly. She was near death, I couldn't help her. I wish I could have, but it was impossible to do anything for her. The best thing I could do was take Fluttershy somewhere safe." Celestia said bowing her head low. She looked at me and smiled a little. "It looks right to see you with your father Rainbow Dash." "It feels right." I said looking at my father, he looked at me as well. We both smiled at one another. I looked back at Fluttershy and walked up to her. I sat next to her and put my hoof around her. "You okay?" "I...I don't know." She said softly. Her face was stained with tears, she had been crying. Not that anyone could blame her, this was the only true remain of any family she had. The only family she had, and was never able to meet her mother. "She sacrificed herself to save you Fluttershy, she loved you greatly." I said hugging a little. She looked at me with fresh tears in her eyes. She embraced me in a tight hug and started to cry in my shoulder. "It's going to be okay Fluttershy, it's going to be okay." "I feel so alone..." She said sobbing. "You're so not alone Fluttershy, you are so not alone." I said looking her in the eyes. "You have Rainbow and I." Twilight said walking over to us. She offered a warm smile, it brought a small smile to Fluttershy. The three of us embraced in a hug. "I waited so long for this day Celestia." My dad said to the Princesses. "I know you have Blitz." The Princesses said with a smile. "Those three are very special aren't they?" He said with a smile. The three of us were laughing now. Twilight and I were introducing ourselves to Fluttershy's mother's grave. It was making her laugh, it felt good. "Yes, all six of them are. Those six ponies are more special than they even realize." Celestia said looking at my father. "How long till it happens?" He asked with a frown. "Not long my friend, not long." She said bowing her head. The three of us planed to bring Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack here to have a picnic day with all of our families. Things were going so right, but we didn't know that with happiness comes tragedy.