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// Chapter 1: Abuse 
// Story: One Misplaced Soul 
// by Discorded Brony 
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Solar groaned. This was the sixth time he had tripped on his way to Ponyville. But he knew it was worth it. All of his childhood friends lived there. Nyx, Snowdrop, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Safe Haven. He hadn’t wanted to move, but his parents threatened to beat him if he ran away. The beatings had been going on for a while now, ever since his parents had started drinking excessively. He didn’t even know exactly how old he was or when his birthday was, as his parents told him only sissies have birthdays. But what had caused him to run away was them almost killing his little sister. He had grabbed his dad’s wrist, judo flipped him, and punched his mom out cold. Afterwards he had packed up a couple months worth of clothes into his favorite backpack, which never got any heavier than when you first put it on, and it was bigger on the inside. He had then looked in his moms wallet, grabbed several thousand bits, went to the nearest train station, and bought a ticket from Manehatten to Canterlot.


That had been a month ago. He had had fun during his time in Canterlot, but he kept meeting this one annoying unicorn that was almost always boasting that she was more great and powerful than me, an alicorn Now he was almost out of bits, almost no clean clothing, and no clean water. He was heading to Ponyville to see if his childhood friends still lived there. Within twenty minutes, he had reached Fluttershy’s collage. I knocked loudly on the door. When she answered the door, she greeted me with great enthusiasm, but also with great confusion. 

“Solar Eclipse! But I thought you lived in Manehatten now?” Fluttershy squeaked, happy to see one of her longest childhood friends. However, she was confused. why was he here? Did his parents bring him? Of course, she didn’t know how abusive his parents were. That why he wore his mane down, to cover half of his face. He had gotten many scars over the years from all of his beatings.


Solar Eclipse sighed. It was good to be among friends again. Fluttershy had called everyone of his old friends over as soon as he had a drink of water and could talk with coughing. All of his friends were there: His alicorn friend, Nyx, the inventor of the Snowflake, Snowdrop, Rainbow Dash, the only pegasus to ever create a Sonic Rainboom in Equestrian history, and Element of Loyalty, and Fluttershy, the wielder of the Element of Kindness. However, there was someone missing.

“Where’s Safe Haven?” Solar asked everyone. Rainbow admitted that they had kept something from him in his letters. Safe Haven had abusive parents too, and was now in the care of social services. They wouldn’t allow her out at this time. Finally, Nyx asked the question that was on everyone’s mind. 

“So Solar, why are you here? I thought you were still in Manehatten?” Solar sighed. It was time to tell everyone why he was here. 

“ Two reasons. One is the same reason Safe Haven’s in a foster home. But that’s not important right now. The important reason is……….. I think I have a crush on Safe Haven”