//------------------------------// // 1. The Dream Of Her Past. // Story: Secrets don't make friends. // by GoldyBoi //------------------------------// She cried. Leaning against the her locker sitting down hugging her knees in the girls locker room. Even though she wasn't participating she still wore the school P.E. sweat pants. Along with the sweater she always wears, it usually drags down her grade and makes it impossibly hot for her and sweats up her beautiful light pink hair... but she didn't care. Right now she had to face the facts... well she was facing the facts. The fact that the truth hurt. Not knowing what to do, giving into her emotions thinking nobody would care if she were dead. Nobody wanting her around, and if they did it was just to isolate and shame her. She cried. Truth be told she sometimes understood why. Ever since she came out, people kept their distance. The teachers even put on fake masks. That's what she gets for telling the truth. Her parents haven't found out yet... it'll have to stay that way. Everyone wants to be away from her now. She also began to feel the same way, looking up from crying curled up she was proven correct. The girls Physical Education instructor hadn't even noticed she wasn't outside getting active and being the best that she can be. Nobody stopped to think about her to then come back and check. Nobody... at all. " I-I wish I could just....j-just." Unable to finish her sentence she broke into a sob. Lost in thought of all the horrible things in her life her head grew fuzzy, her breathing pace went faster and faster, her heartbeat sped up. She knew... it was hitting her again, she was having another panic attack. She has been having them a lot lately. The fear of her dying never subsides no matter how many times she has one though. She tried to calm down before hyperventilating which she at least managed to stall it. Tears flowing as if her eyes were the human embodiment of Niagra Falls. The feeling of her not being inside of her body was soon to come and it scared the timid girl. Which was not helping her case of needing to calm down at all. -------------------- Everything was horrible. She felt like she couldn't hold it in anymore she couldn't do it. She couldn't handle all the thoughts of what would happen if this were to continue. Those thoughts made it even worse, on the outside she was so shaken but it was even worse on the inside. All of a sudden she had heard a strained voice. 'Was someone... singing?' She managed to think and ask herself. Then she noticed she was slowly calming down due to the singing. The tears stopped flowing eventually and her heartbeat calmed. She took this opportunity to close her eyes, take deep breaths, relax and sway her head to the novice singer. The voice was strained and the singer would mess up a lot, that made her giggle each time she did. Not out of cruelty it was just cute to her. The unknown was just singing random things no song in mind. After a while all that was left of what could have been a panic attack was just wiped off tears on her sleeves and the now fading dread. She had decided once she gets enough energy she would go and see who this person is. So she continued to rest and sway to the strained and novice singing voice that sounded like church choir to her. ---------------- As she had found the will and strength to get up she slowly made her way to the girls bathroom using some support by leaning on the lockers every now and then. Every step she took her courage was chipping away slowly. She couldn't stop though. As soon as her hand was on the door to push it open she thought of hiding away. She had come to far to quit now... and nobody was going to stop her now! Before she lost all her courage again she pushed the door open looking at the rainbow haired girl known as the infamous Rainbow Dash. She noticed she wasn't all that curvy she had scratches on her face, tears still rolling down her face her P.E. uniform a mess, and yet... she still managed to pull off a rough young beauty. Before Rainbow could scream her down she had already hid herself in her sweater... that was when Rainbow noticed she was that girl who's always picked on because she's gay. Rainbow somehow felt... like letting them treat her that way hurt herself and made her feel horrible inside. Although she wondered why she was here. " Why are you here? You here to make fun of me because I'm not feminine enough? Or is it because I sound like a boy sometimes? Want to make fun of my fail attempts of singing to make yourself feel better!?" With that... Rainbow had now noticed the girl was practically shaking in her skin. Rainbow was wrong but she sure as hell knew she wasn't going to admit it. So instead tried to make her feel better to bypass it. "Hey um.... you might know this but I'm uh Rainbow Dash. I'm gonna be a pilot! So uh.... what do you like to do?" Saying in a kind manner secretly cursing herself on the inside but she couldn't bring herself to hurt this girl. Looking at Rainbow she had come up with her answer. She can tell by looking her in the eyes when she equipped the guts to, that this girl wasn't going to hurt her... she was also in pain too. She had said it herself, and so she had a face of confidence and determination proclaiming something that brought joyful shock to the one who heard it and a blush to the one who said it. "My name... is Fluttershy... and I-I like your voice." ------------------------ BANG!!!! The sound of Pinkies pocket party cannon shocked Fluttershy out of her sleep with an audible" Eep!" Barely catching her balance. "Thank you Pinkie!" A voice only recognizable as Twilight Sparkle rang out. Fluttershy still able to hear with the ring in her ears. "Fluttershy this isn't like you! You'd never fall asleep in class all the way until the 10 minute break!" If this wasn't Twilights tone of voice when angry than she must be very scary when mad, because the way she said this made Fluttershy want to hide herself in her sweater. "Well I uh... I-I, I was jus-" Before coming up with an excuse she was cut off by Pinkie Pie. Wearing matching clothes with Twilight consisting of dressing in jeans and a shirt with the word Friendship on it." Who cares about that!? Why were you crying in your sleep?"