//------------------------------// // Pieces // Story: Shattered Harmony: True Terror comes In Packs // by NightmareTRXY32 //------------------------------// She's ... my mother. Those were the only words that rang through Rainbow Dash's head as she headed to her dads' house in Cloudsdale. She had to know if it was true or not, and if it was true, how was this going to affect how she viewed her idol. A.K. Yearling had run from her past all her life as far as RD was concerned. How could she of just left her like that. RD could feel the repulsion towards that act building with in her. When she finally got to Blitz's house she knocked on the door, the sun had just started to set, with the last bits of light still floating over the clouds . He answered the door, surprised to see his daughter standing there with her eyes apparently red from sobbing. The thought that her idol A.K. Yearling was the mother that left her when she was just a foal, was still ringing through Rainbow Dash's mind. There were so many emotions hitting her all at once. She knew she couldn't stay mad at her forever. But she wasn't exactly sure how to tell her how she felt after all these years. She had so much anger and resentment coursing through her veins right now, but she also tried to remain level headed and see it from Yearlings perspective. "A.K. Yearling..... Is she my mother?," She asked him. She could tell from the look in her father's eyes that it was painful for him to go through this at all. Rainbow Blitz took a deep breath, and looked Rainbow deep in her magenta eyes. He took another breath before speaking. "Yes, it's true." Rainbow Dash's face lost all of its color. There were a thousand questions raging through the pegasus mares' mind. How, no why did she abandon me? Why didn't she tell me sooner? Why did she wait so long to come back into my life now? Was she aware of all the times i could of been killed when Fighting Nightmare Moon, Sombra, or Discord? That i took Scootaloo in under the fear that i didn't want her to grow up like i did, without one or both parents? Did she think i'd just welcome her back with open hooves? All these questions and more were swirling around Rainbow Dash's head. She knew deep down that she understood as to why A.K. had to leave her all those years ago. Another part of her hated her mother for it all the same. She did understand though that it would have been too dangerous for her to be raised by a pony that was always being sent on adventures. Having her child with her would of put one or both of them in unnecessary danger. What would her mother think if she knew that her own daughter had faced down threats like Sombra and Discord. Or even Nightmare Moon for that matter. Would it finally force Yearling to come to her senses? Dash knew that only time would tell if questions like those came up at all in conversation. She couldn't of known though that her own marefriend, Twilight, would be seduced by another. Nor that she would succumb to an ancient curse brought about by the use of Dark Magic. No. I need to go back and find out why she hid this from me for the longest time. I need to find out what else compelled her to come forward now. The Cyan colored pegasus was still having trouble believing that A.K. Yearling was her long lost mother. And even when it did sink in, she felt more resentment towards her than ever before. She was so angry at her for abandoning her so long ago. Why didnt she just take her with her? She could of raised her to be an assistant or something. Of course if that had happened she'd of never met her friends or defended Equestria from various threats. Defended Equestria, that thought stayed prominent in her mind. She was going to make her mom listen to all the times that she nearly died without so much as a thought of her being there for her own flesh and blood. Rainbow Dash flew back over that spot where she had left A.K. when she flew off. She wasn't there. Rainbow decided to fly to Twilight's to see if she had seen her. She had. Yearling was sitting down in Twilight's library, slack jawed at all the merchandise that Twi had bought of hers. Books, Posters and even a few Neigh Bucko plastic figurines littered the bookshelf where she kept all of her Daring Do novels. Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash with a view laced with worry and concern. She looked back at her marefriend and asked her to come to the balcony. earlier that afternoon, they had decided to release Twilight into Celestia's custody. She looked to be improving, and whatever was wrong with her magic had subsided, so Celestia decided the lavender alicorn was fit to be sent home for the night. What Celestia didn't realize was that things would go down hill the next day or two, and continue like that for the next couple weeks or more. "She came here worried about you Dashie," Twilight spoke affectionately. "I had to go to my dad's for something," Dash looked over Twi's shoulder, making sure that A.K. didnt hear," Something that's going to change how i view A.K. Yearling for a long time." "What's so important you couldn't come to me first?," Twi asked her with some concern. Rainbow Dash entered the room adjacent to the castle's balcony, motioning Twilight to follow her into the library. As she did A.K. Yearling turned around to face her. Her flesh and blood. Her daughter she abandoned years ago to pursue her archaeology adventures and her book writing. And Twilight was going to be a witness to it. To the Truth A.K. Yearling had hidden from the world for the longest time, until they had run into each other during the rings to Scorchero incident. "Why don't you go first A.K.,"Dash began," why dont you tell my 'friend' here just what you started to tell me."Rainbow Dash felt like humiliating the older mare in front of her friend, at least part of her did. That part wanted to do it to get back at her for abandoning her own daughter to a world that was sometimes filled with injustice. Her more level headed side wanted to run to Yearling, and hug her, crying all the same and forgiving her for abandoning Dash all those years ago. That side eventually won in the end. She had to vent out all of her anger first. Twilight remained where she was standing, puzzled as to what was going on at first. "I know part of you is angry at me," A.K. said,"angry that i did what i did," she paused," But you have to understand kiddo that i did it to protect you, I couldn't just take you along." Kiddo?, Twilight got called that by her own parents when she was a filly. It was a sign of affection given to her by... her mother. Wait, she thought. DARING IS DASH'S MOM?!. She kept listening despite coming to the revelation on her own. "Protect me?," RD glared," Do you have any idea of the things i've been though??", She was furious and A.K. could tell. "I've faced down Nightmare Moon, King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis, Discord, and Lord Tirek," She just laid it out there. By the look on Yearling's face, Dash could tell that it was sinking in. Sinking in that at any point if they had failed or faltered she could of been killed by one of those menaces. Yearling sat back on her haunches when she heard Dash mention Nightmare Moon. What was i thinking she thought. She knew of the princesses through her 'dealings' with Ahuiqzotal. Celestia had been concerned more than once that Yearling was in over her head, but she had assured the princesses that she could handle it. She had never learned of the names of the mares that had reformed Princess Luna, just that they had used the Elements of Harmony to do so. Yearling was looking at one of them now, her own Daughter was the Element of Loyalty. She just sat there as the weight of that memory long ago came crushing back to her mind. I should of never left, she thought. She also realized that if she hadn't Rainbow Dash might of never moved to Ponyville, or met her friends. "Rainbow....," her voice trailed off as she was overcome with tears. She broke down in front of both mares and began crying. Yearling felt a hoof on her shoulder and glanced up to see Dash hugging her. Apparently seeing her mom bawling was too much for her to handle. She was never one to hold a grudge for long. She felt bad for coming across so harsh to her. That and Twilight was glaring at her to console A.K. There was a faint,"I'm sorry, so sorry ,"as Yearling muttered the words in between crying some more into Rainbow Dash's shoulder. They decided to start picking up the pieces of Yearling's life. Twilight herself nearly cried tears of joy as she watched Rainbow Dash reconcile with her mother. They talked about Rainbow's life, despite all the pain that was showing. She told her mom about Scootaloo. Scootaloo was presumed to be an orphan since no one ever saw or spoke of her parents. She had a house, but some believed that it was a half way house that been given to her by the orphanage she had been placed in as a foal. Awhile back RD had taken her in as an adopted sister. She wanted her to have a better chance at life, so she took her in. "You didn't want her to have the same path that you did,"A.K. looked at Dash with a soft smile," so you did what i failed to do." Dash could tell that she was proud of her daughter for it. The two of them hugged. Rainbow got up for a moment, looked back at A.K., and told her she'd be right back. Rainbow Dash wanted Scootaloo to meet her idol, to meet the mare that was Daring Do, and the mare that was her mother. She felt now was the perfect time to introduce the two of them. Scootaloo had such an impact on her that she couldn't put this meeting off anymore. She felt herself filled with a renewed kind of purpose in life. They would pick up the pieces of her life together. The three of them plus Twilight would be a whole family. Dash and her mom left for a moment to go pick up Scootaloo, but when they got to Dash's cloud home, she was sound asleep. They decided to go back to Twilight's castle and wait a bit. That would be a mistake. For little did they both know that Twilight was under going a dramatic personality change. And it was all due to a pony she had met some time ago in Canterlot. A pony that Dash didnt know her 'lover' had been seduced by and slept with the last time she had been in Canterlot. But she would soon. And Twilight would share in this pony's curse. The two of them would become bound by more than just sex and romance. They would be bound by something dredged up from the utter depths of Tartarus.