September's Fillies

by Rysonn

Chapter 1

"D-do you… really mean that?"

Sweetie Belle lay face to face with a certain pony she used to hate, under the radiant moonlight that shone down all around them on that chilly evening just outside of Ponyville.

All alone, they had nothing but each other and the darkness of the night to keep them company.

"I do, Sweetie Belle…" Silver Spoon admitted softly. She leaned in and gently flashed her tongue out and Sweetie Belle, lapping at her lips.

Sweetie Belle felt a sudden rush fill her face, and she drew back, before bringing Silver Spoon into a warm, passionate exchange of affection.

A bright flash killed the darkness for a split second, and it was followed be a cold heartless giggling from somepony else with them.

Diamond Tiara snatched the undeveloped film of a photograph from the camera propped up in front of her, and she motioned at Silver Spoon.

"Sweetie Belle!" Silver Spoon mocked, "I can honestly say, I never figured you for a filly-fooler!" she exclaimed in retort of her own actions.

"Later, dyke!" Diamond Tiara yelled coldly back at her as the trotted back to town. "Have a wonderful day at school tomorrow! See you there!"

A steady stream of warm tears broke the floodgate and begat to stream down Sweetie Belle's face, as she silently resented herself for not seeing this coming. She could hear them talking amongst themselves in the distance.

"I can not believe that actually worked!" Diamond Tiara bragged their accomplishments to nopony in particular. "I can not wait to see the look on her face when she walks into school tomorrow! That dyke is so busted!"

Silver Spoon just laughed at all of the snide remarks that Diamond Tiara made, all of those laughs leaving an even deeper scar in the surface of Sweetie Belle's soul. All of them drove her one step deeper into the pit of self-hate that they had helped her dig.

Sweetie Belle was greeted at her desk the next day by numerous notes on her desk, all of them concentrated on one common goal, burying her in her mind.

All of the notes appeared to be farely short, all save for one. The last one, the unmistakably sloppy writing of someone she used to consider a friend. She read through the note, every last word leaving a mental imprint on her mind. Until she read that last cold line.

"Sweetie Belle, you are alone in the world. You've lost everything in your life. You've lost everything that you once had. You are dead to me."

Her lip began to tremble, and with those last five words, the tears finally managed to find a way to break out.

Sweetie Belle stood slowly, and, with no regards of anyone around her, she walked slowly out of the school, her head hung low. She passed the flamboyantly late Scootaloo, who brushed past her, not paying her any mind. Or so she thought.

Scootaloo gazed back at the emptiness in her friends complexion. She didn't like it, it wasn't natural. It wasn't a kind of upset that was normal for somepony, this was something different.

The whole class period, she couldn't keep her mind off of the thoughts of her friend, letting the tears roll down her face. Scootaloo didn't understand why Sweetie Belle felt the way she did.

The rest of the day dragged along with the bitterness of anticipation of the final bell, which would finally open the gate, and allow her, her freedom from this self-doubt.

The whole day, everyone seemed so eager to tell her something, but she found herself unable to do anything but push them away. She didn't want to listen to them right now, she just wanted to think, to understand, to comprehend by some degree what was boring at her friends mind, that gave her that unique, indescribable sorrow that screamed from her complexion.

At last, the final bell rang, and she was released from the mental prison that deprived her of the only knowledge she cared about right now, the knowledge of her friends grief.

Scootaloo surged into a full body sprint for her friends home, unable to ignore the violent storm that raged on in her mind, and tore at her conscious.

She ran, driven by a selfish desire to clear her head of the doubt that rang through her skull.

The door to the boutique flung open on its hinges, to reveal a dark room, void of any visible ponies. She wanted to sprint inside, to find her friend, but found she couldn't bring herself to sprint into the wall of darkness. Instead, she just slowly crept through the main floor of the boutique, searching frantically for her friend.

Not finding her, she proceeded up the stairs, to Sweetie Belle's room, hoping, praying that she would find the answers she desired there.

Scootaloo nudged open the door at the ending of the stairwell. There was light in this room, enough light to see at least. She found herself staring at Sweetie Belle from behind, her friends body hiding her face, but failing to muffle the soft sobs and the agonized whimpers that leaked from her friend's voice.

Not saying a word, Scootaloo slowly snuck up to her friend, in hopes of understanding the cause behind her friends cries.

Sweetie Belle was staring at a small photograph, leaning against the window frame. She grimaced in anguish, tears glistening in the dim lighting of the boutique, as she slowly dragged the razor up her fore hoof. Blood trickled from the rich, deep wound in Sweetie Belle's clean white foreleg.

Scootaloo felt like she wanted to vomit at the sight of the flesh splitting along the crease, as razor divided the tissue, a tear in the fabric of her friends physical form. Scootaloo knew she had to do something, but found the only ability that hadn't fled her body in fear, was her ability to whisper.

"…Stop…Please, Sweetie Belle… Don't do this to yourself anymore…" was all she could manage while mesmerized by the sight of the thick blood flow.

Sweetie Belle abruptly dropped the small blade, and let her body drop to the floor, as she screamed in raw agony.

The sharp, piercing cries reverberated through the room, sending a striking sensation of sorrow and pain through her eardrums.

Scootaloo was completely immobile as she stared blankly, horrified at the scene which played out in front of her. She watched as her close friend cringed on the floor, cradling the self-inflicted injury that streaked up her fore hoof.

Scootaloo, unsure what she could do, if she could do anything, hid beneath the shell of herself, and involuntarily tried to block out the paralyzing screams of torment and misery.

Sweetie Belle made a desperate attempt to rise to a standing position, but all she gained was a shooting pain through her hoof as she tried to support herself on the battered limb.

Scootaloo dropped down to the floor beside her friend's quivering form, implementing herself as a support for Sweetie Belle, and she slowly rose to an awkward lean on Scootaloo's body.

As they rose, Scootaloo craned her head, and finally she saw why Sweetie Belle had done this to herself. She saw the photograph… it was of Sweetie Belle, in a passionate lip lock with a rather disturbed looking Silver Spoon. It was marked at the bottom, the neat writing of Silver Spoon. One word was all that it said, neat cursive streaking across the blank hillside. "dyke!"

She finally understood it all. Yet, that didn't change the fact that the rich blood seeped from the wound that was embedded in Sweetie Belle's soft, white foreleg. Scootaloo had only one choice.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo plodded down the stairs, heading for the door, but soon found Sweetie Belle collapsed in a pile next to a neat pile of clean, white cloth.

A sharp screech invaded Scootaloo's ears, and blood spurted from the open wound as Sweetie Belle's hoof connected strongly with the floor. The crimson red liquid shot out from the cut and infected the white cloth with a red stain of impurity.

Only now did Scootaloo find the ability to reason, and she snatched up the cloth, and draped it lightly over the wound. She wrapped it tightly, being careful not to make this anymore painful for Sweetie Belle than she absolutely had to. She tucked it into itself, firmly securing it to Sweetie Belle's damaged leg.

Scootaloo joined Sweetie Belle in the floor, holding her tightly, comforting and reassuring her with just a slight pressure between the two fillies' bodies. Blood crusted onto Scootaloo's back and mane, but she paid no mind to it. She just leaned in, and spoke softly into her friends ear.

"It'll be okay, Sweets… I promise…" Scootaloo didn't know if there was any truth to the statement she'd just made, but she again felt Sweetie Belle's tense muscles begin to ease their stress and relax their effort.

Sweetie Belle rested her head on Scootaloo, using her shoulder as a pillow. They lay there silently, the sobbing had slowly dissipated, and while the tears remained, they no longer flooded down her face, they just presided on her white coat like droplets of emotion that had no desire to leave her. The whimpering stopped shortly after, and soon they found that the only sound that still remained, was the quiet hush of light breathing.

"Scootaloo…" Sweetie Belle pried, her voice quivering ever so slightly as she spoke.

"Yeah, Sweets?"

Sweetie Belle sunk her head into Scootaloo's coat, seeming intent on submerging her head in a pool of light orange pony.

"…Thank you…" she said just loud enough to be heard, but just quiet enough to be truly understood.

Scootaloo licked the surface of Sweetie Belle's forehead. She felt a rush of heat light the inner surface of her cheeks as she lay in Scootaloo's warm caress, wanting nothing but to lie there, and be free from everyone but the one pony who truly cared about her. She wanted only to be herself.

Comments

[Rex Moya]

Wow...*is speechless*

[anrttgt]

This story touches so close to home for me its unimaginable
This is so gripping and everything described was so much how I felt after I had been made out as the nerd, pathetic low life at my school... The cutting scene brought a tear to my eye, due to the fact that I know that pain. This was a incredible read.

Hmmm... It's all right so far. I find it hard to form a proper opinion based on what you have so far - we're not far enough into the story, yet. I await more, and will form a proper opinion once I've read what you deliver. Keep up the good work.

[Balancer]

Wow I didn't like tiara and spoon before but now a really hate them....

[Rysonn]

43409 so ill take it my work did something for you. thank you for reading.

[Rysonn]

43384 I understand. thank you for reading, there will be more to come.

[Rysonn]

43354 That is more what i was going for. Im glad you liked the story, and im sorry you can relate to it. thank you for reading.

[Rysonn]

43330 Im not sure whether or not that's a good or bad thing, but nevertheless, thank you for reading.

I don't really understand why you would use any of the fillies, it's hard to see a kid that's like 8 years old with any sexual interest. It would make more sense to me if you used one of the older characters instead. There was a couple of misspellings too, but other than that you've made a interesting story that I'll be reading in the future sometime soon. 4/5

[Rysonn]

43629 higher rating than id have given it. and idfk, i just write it. "Children" would translate to "Fillies" in pony forn, which is why i used the fillies. Thew description, if im not mistaken, should point you to the song "Make It Stop (September's Children) by Rise Against. Thanks for reading.

[Shrinky Frod]

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Personally, given the translation between "quinciniera" (butchered spelling, I'm sure) and "cuteciniera," I'm inclined to say that far from being 8 or so, the CMC's and such are closer to the pony equivalent of coming of age, so that'd put them at just about the right age for this sort of torment.

The sad thing is... I could have seen this story going a much, much darker place, potentially.

I like it though, for a strange quantity of 'like.' It's good, but in the way sad fics usually are.

[Rysonn]

44048 thats somewhat how i feel aswell. they cant be too young.

Thank you. initially, this was intended for the 'darker place' youre thinking of. Based on a true story, one of my friends from middle school had this happen to her, i was going to tell her story, her full story, but i already have two stories of that sort on my DeviantArt, so i decided to leave mildly clean. Thank you for reading.

[Rex Moya]

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A good thing to be sure! I never imagined there were ponies (people) like Tiara and Silver out there...I have a friend who is struggling as well. I showed her this and she loved it. so Thank You

[Rysonn]

45986 ... you showed them THIS? and she liked it? that really surprises me. your welcome, i guess!

[Rex Moya]

46315