//------------------------------// // Left without a Warning // Story: Ripped Away // by HeartBeat //------------------------------// ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Chapter One Left without a Warning ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Our story begins in Cloudsdale; a metropolis in the sky made for the ponies who are gifted with flight. The soft taps of rain drops against the window echoed in the room, gusts of gentle wind quietly howled outside around the oblong shaped home. Inside, is our Rainbow Dash, a young pegasus who is unsuspecting of what is to come... Rainbows eyes peeked open, the glare of the sun blinding her as it glowed perfectly over the horizon. She tossed her body over over, yanking the covers up to her neck as she snuggled back to bed, wanting to sleep in much longer for the weekend. Soft snores and wheezes sounded from the little pegasus as she fell back into slumber... Again, her eyes peek open, noticing her room is much darker than before. She sits up, looking out the window to see that the sun has risen much higher. She raised a brow, noticing that it was nearing noon, and her mother hasn't woken the pegasus up yet. Tossing the blanket to the side, she stepped from the bed, stretching her front hooves out, then her rear legs, and finally her wings. Rainbow popped her stiff neck as she yawned again, walking from her door. Walking out of her room, she doesn't even smell breakfast or lunch at that. Noticing that her parent's door is cracked, she peeked her head in, hoping not to see them kissing again... Her eyes were met with something horrible. Clutter was covering the floor. From her mother's make up to her father's ties were scattered across the room, the bed not even made. The little heart in her chest began to pound as she panicked, darting around the room to check their bathroom and closet, nearly loosing it to see that the closet was nearly empty. "I'm going to flip out..." She though... "Where could the be? Where could they have gone..." "Mom?" She called out, leaving the trashed room, "Dad?" Rainbow felt her heart flutter, growing a very irregular heart-beat as she began to get scared. "You guys are freaking me out... Where are ya?" Once downstairs, she looked around, seeing that everything seemed untouched. To the kitchen she went do to the same, darting her eyes around as she trots through the room, around the center island and past the fridge; and that's when she heard it. A piece of paper flapped in the wind as she passed by the fridge, making the mare look back instantly, watching that paper flop against the metal fridge, held by a magnet. Quickly tearing it off the fridge, she sat on her rump to read. Tears welling up in her eyes as she only had to read the first sentence to have her heart torn to pieces... To our Dashie, Your father and I are very pained to do this to you. You are too young to understand, and we would even have a harder time trying to explain it. We have to leave you... Alone in Cloudsdale. You'll find your own way, and you'll be able to make through it, sweetheart. You have friends who will always be there for you. You are strong and you KNOW it... Rainbow Dash, you are going to be a great pegasus one day; your father and I promise you that. We may never be able to make this up to you, or you may never forgive us. We know that... But you need to know that we love you Rainbow Dash... We will always love you, and if there was another way to do this, believe us, we would take it instantly! We're sorry... Goodbye Dash... We love you ♥ Mommy and Daddy Rainbow couldn't hold back even if she could. She felt the weight that no child ever should. All of life has been thrown on her shoulders in a matter of seconds. Rainbow wasn't much of a crier, but this was unbearable. She crumpled the note, soaking in tears before throwing it against the fridge, and falling onto her side. She choked and trembled, crawling into a ball as she just couldn't understand how this could happen. "Why..." She cried out, "I don't get it... Why the b-buck..." She tried to speak, wincing as her lungs began to ache from the lack of air. She gasped and cried out again. "WHY!?" She screamed, drawing out the moan in agony as her life had been destroyed. Rainbow was far to young to be able to handle this, and she knew it. The pegasus trembled as she cried and cried for what seemed to be hours to her. Sitting up she looked at the note a moment before she ran back up to her room, unable to understand just how this even could have happened... Many minutes later, the pegasus couldn't cry any more, even if she wanted to. She laid back and thought, being the only thing she could do now. Her stomach grumbled as she thought, wincing and grinding her teeth as she thought about her mother's cooking while her empty stomach ached. "Mom..." She whispered, "Dad..." The pegasus said, sitting up and facing the window. "I-I don't understand why you did this... I don't blame you... But I can't help but feeling like I hate you now... I feel so abandoned." She spoke aloud, gazing out the window as the flying pegasus outside flew to kick away the night's rain clouds. The time it took the young pony to gather herself and her thoughts seemed to take eternity. She stood up, moving downstairs again to make food, swallowing hard as she tried to ignore the note. In the pantry, she dug, grabbing some bread and tossing it onto the counter, getting ready to make herself some food. "I can do this..." She thought, getting the lettuce from the fridge to prepare the sandwich. Sitting at the table, she took a bite, swinging her back hooves as they hung off the chair. Actually began to feel better for some reason, she finished her food and left only a few crumbs on the plate before pushing it back. "Hey, can I have a glass of water, mo-" She stopped, her eyes wide open, staring at the plate. "I-I can't..." She pushed away from the table, leaping from her seat and knocking it to the floor as she sprung out the door, leaving it wide open as she flew as high as her pre-teen wings could go. Straining herself, she reached the nearest cloud she could reach as her wings began to ache. At the peak, Rainbow sucked in as much air as her lungs could hold before yelling to the clouds around. "MOM! DAD! PLEASE COME HOME!" She screamed until it ached, over and over, stopping to look around for anyone coming to her. Out she bursts again, tears welling up in her eyes as she couldn't keep yelling anymore. Her throat ached and she huffed and choked on her tears, gagging and finally loosing her lunch she just made. Spitting out the bile, she angrily wiped her mouth clean as tears streamed down her cyan cheeks. "This isn't fair..." The pegasus finished speaking, staring at the ground far below her cloud. "I need to see Fluttershy..."