Hard work is its own reward, and competence can be one's ultimate undoing.
Sunny,
I hope this letter finds you well. There's so much I want to say, so much I want to tell you, and I don't even know how to begin. So much has happened. I haven't had time to slow down and catch my breath. Mom died. Your father is taking it worse than I am. We're back together, he and I, and sharing an apartment. Mom died and I had no choice but to stop and figure everything out. When everything has calmed down, if everything will ever calm down, I might stop and be sad about it. But right now, I don't know how I feel.
They have all of us working a shift-and-a-half since the Rent Riots. It's mandatory. Thirteen hour days, Sunny. A lot of us see it as a sort of bad omen. A dire sign. I can't even get time off work for bereavement. When I asked, I was told that I could quit if I wanted to. Truth be told, I almost did. I almost did. But so many others are quitting and we're already so short. There's also the fact that I can't afford to quit. Your father and I, we're just barely clearing rent, just like everypony else in this alicorn-forsaken city.
It feels like everything is circling the drain, Sunny. There's so much desperation. Ponies seem to think they're entitled to this or that, and so theft and looting are rampant. Angry mobs attack grocery stores and just clean the place out. Department stores get ransacked. The stink of tear gas hangs over the city and never really goes away. I hate to say this, Sunny, but I'm glad you're not here. I'd be worried sick about you. I'd probably go out of my mind if I had to worry about you on top of everything else.
Losing my mom means just one less thing to worry about.
Is that awful for me to say?
Stay away and don't come here, Sunny.
Officer Mom.
This felt as though it wanted to be its own chapter.
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This cut deep; I know exactly how she feels... and it is truly awful that we can say that. It should never be like this.
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I wanted it to feel real.
Because realism hurts.
Oof. She’s really in a bad place.
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God yes. That actually passed through my mind when I laid my own mother to rest.
That just makes her a relatable mortal. Maybe Noonfire was ready to go. I'm my grandma's caregiver. At least once a week now, she says she is ready to whenever God is ready. My reality may be waking up one morning and she's gone. And it would be a relief. She's suffering more physical pain (arthritis) and frustated that she can't do what she used to do. Even getting out of a chair is becoming an ordeal. So, I can understand what "Officer Mom" feels.
Maybe when the barony is further along in growth, Sundance's parents might move out. I think it might be good for his father. But I suspect Officer Mom might be too much a creature of the cities to live permanently outside them.
there is a four word answer to that letter and its the only answer that should be given "Mom dad, come home."
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Even for the most stubborn sometimes its best to say screw this and walk away. Yeah toughing it out can be a ok strat, but it seems that in this case its not viable.
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I like that. Even better: Officer Mom becoming non-oficial ambassador for the barony...suggesting to those in despair that there is a better place.
This was a fitting chapter, I can imagine that as he reads this, the letter isn’t pristine anymore but tear-stained.
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I don't think his mom would shirk her duty as police officer and run away.
But maybe she would be willing to send some willing settlers to his barony?
two vary good chapters. sad but true chapters.
personal reason i lost my father 11 years ago on February 9th and we laid him to rest on the 14th,
now i care for my mom full time knowing it is just a matter of time.
yep this all hits close to home.
some how if Officer Mom quit even with the barony offering free for work living it would be hard fro her to fit in, or would it??
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I am not sure she would eather but it's what should be said.
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Yes, I agree to that.
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Sumac showed up when Cucumber died.
Fuuuuuuuuck. I did NOT expect to read something so sad and depressing T_T
Man...Canterlot is REALLY getting messed up. I wonder what is going to happen
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Officer Mom wasn't describing Canterlot.
theft and looting are rampant.
Angry mobs attack grocery stores and just clean the place out.
Department stores get ransacked.
Officer Mom; it's bug out time!
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Time for the ol' collapse strategy #05