Lies and Deceit
The rain outside patters against my windows. The wind pushes the branches against their wills. They keep batting their entwined arms at my walls and never stop the replicating rhythm. The candle lamp next to me provides me a dim light, making the room all dark and despairing. The sky proves no less gloomy as it is in the darkest of midnights. If I were to look out my stormy window, I would see nothing but darkness. No rays of light will shine through the clouds tonight, for it is night. Not day. I could not however turn my attention away to the window as there are matters to attend to right in front of me.
Tonight, the Family has sent to me a young colt, one that appears to be in his late teen years. He has the look of a willy nilly prankster. A very slim colt. Yet always seem to have a smile on his face. He isn’t showing that smile right now. He sits on a red velvet cushion I specifically asked for so that members of my family or others of the outside may feel comfortable at the expense of awaiting my approval to what favor they ever ask for. They all ask for favors. I could never have a nice chat with somepony without their lips moving their rims to form some sort of question that requires me to say yes or no. This colt is no different.
The colt glances at me every now and then but he holds back every time I look into his eyes. If it wasn’t for that fact that this colt works under the very society I lead, I would have had his flank whipped for such misconduct. But I am very benevolent to my Family, so I will keep that image in the colt’s head.
He speaks to me in a quivering voice. “W-why am I here Miss Fluttershy?”
My voice spoke to him in a calm manner. “That is the question we are all waiting for isn’t it, Brass Pipes?”
“I-I suppose so,” he said.
I lean in closer to him from my wooden desk. It is of pristine condition. Mahogany wood fresh from the depths of the Everfree Forest. My husband has chopped it himself to prove he is worthy of being a part of the Family. He even brought back a tamed timber wolf to be the Family’s guardian. I care for him deeply, which is why I had the wood turn into the very desk that holds all my important documents of business plans, deals, and a very special key to the Treasury of the Shy Family. This desk symbolize my husband’s determination to help safeguard the family’s secrets and wealth for as long as he lives, and I don't just let anypony near it. I hold back the tears of my sorrow as my mind moves forward to the day of his death.
I give the youngling a smile. “There is no need for you to fear me Pipes. Your mother, Silver Pipes, is my sister, and so you are my nephew. We are all forgiving to each other and care for one another. Is it so?”
He shows me signs of that great smile of his. “I- I guess so.”
I relax back into my chair. “Then there is no need for you to feel down. Sure you have failed to bring in the shipment of gold, but that was days ago.” I lean forward again, resting my chin on the forth of my hooves. “By this time, the enforcers would have already caught us and demand us to either pay for crimes. However that has not happened yet. And you’ve brought your entire team to safety without any injuries. That to me is success.”
“But what about-“
“Do not worry about the gold. The Family is already swimming in a vast collection of bits. If we wanted more, there are other ways to find them.”
“O- okay. Thank you for your time.” he said.
I step off my chair and move towards the door, pushing it open for my visitor. “Do not worry about what your parents will ask or say. I will call them to assure that everything is alright."
The colt nods to me and walks out the door. He still doesn’t look happy though. I stop him to give his mane a rustle.
“Hey, don’t feel bad Pipes. Everything has a silver lining. Yours is that you learn from the mistakes you have made and you could try again to succeed another day.” He gives me the wide smile I was looking for.
“Thank you, Ms. Fluttershy!” he said.
I watch him trot away down the golden halls of the mansion. I let out a breath of relief as the last of his tail disappears around the corner. I’ve waited patiently enough for my tea break. I trot out of my office to make way to the bedroom. As I go down the hallway, pictures of various family portraits stare down at me. Some giving me smiles, some giving me blank looks. Looks that could be found at a nice round of poker. As I reach the entrance to my grand chambers, I could hear mutters through the door. That isn’t good.
I open the door to be greeted by my brothers and sisters. Some of them related by blood, some of them related by means of marriage. All of them, family. On good days, they would give me smiles of gratitude of happiness. Those smiles usually follow with good news. Tonight seems to be a wave of bad news however as they give me cheerless faces. My sister, Silver Pipes, is there in all of her silver glory. Her mane and coat are matching colors of her very namesake. Her eyes only show the difference as they shine with a brilliance of gold. She pulls out a chair for me. I answer her actions by gracefully sitting upon the chair.
“How is my son doing?” she asked with eyes full of concern.
I sip of cup of tea that was sitting in front of me. “He is fine. He may have not obtained the needed gold, but we have not been called by the Royal Guards. And our family members have made it out with no casualties thanks to the leadership your son. You should be proud of him.”
“But the operation-“
“Will be paid for. Your husband will be fine I assure you. He is a strong stallion that one,” I sip some more of my tea. Mmm, raspberry.
“If you say so my dear sister,” she said, breathing a relaxing sigh.
“But we still have matters to attend to,” a stallion said in a serious tone.
Steel Battalion always did cut to the chase. He looks at me with grey stormy eyes. Eyes as grey as the clouds outside. His coat is of the same color, with his mane snow white. Also, his mustache is the same color.
I sip some more tea. “What is the problem Steel Battalion? In every moment that you address in that voice, there is always a skirmish to follow.”
“That is exactly what I want to say. The Hollow Family is making their move. They no longer wish to proceed with the peace treaty and stabbed us in the back. They are answering with blades and bullets,” he said.
I put down my tea. “How many dead?”
He looks down in shame as if he was responsible for the deaths of our family. “Two, Ms. Shy.”
I look down at the raspberry ice tea that I will never seem to finish tonight. The lightning outside cracks with fury as it answers the call of my judgment. I silently weep for the death of two, but made sure to show no tears. Only maintaining the face of a calm goddess.
I answer. “Then we shall kindly answer back. With extra. Alert the rest of the family with the news and have them ready for an assault. We are attacking tonight, swift as the storm. Under the rain's veil of darkness.”
They all nod at my command and file out of the room. I finally turn my attention the windows. The rain still patters as one. The wind still commands the branches. The branches still kept beating the same rhythm. Today, our family bleeds in our blood. Tonight, the Hollow Family will shed theirs.
“Oh my gosh, this is so awesome!”
“Rainbow Dash, what are you reading?” Twilight asked.
Rainbow Dash answered the lavender pony’s question by dragging her to the screen of a computer. The computer rests on a table that lies under a window. The window greets the two ponies with a view of a chicken coup and patches of various animals all resting in the sunny rays of Celestia’s sun.
“Look at this Twilight, ‘Shy The Mafia’. Fluttershy is writing a story about her in a Mafia!” Rainbow Dash said.
Twilight gave the cyan pegasus a glare. “Rainbow Dash! That’s private. Why are you going into her computer?”
“Well it’s been hours since Fluttershy went up to go look for that BattleClouds game. I’m getting bored here,” she said.
Twilight facehoof’d.“Rainbow Dash, it's only been ten minutes and that is no excuse for-“
The mares both perk their ears at the sound of hooves trotting down the stairway. They quickly close Fluttershy’s fan fiction and move back to their original spots. A yellow pegasus trots down with a board game on her back.
“Hey girls, I found that game we were going to play,” she said.
She looks at them to see their faces giving her very bad poker faces. “What are you two doing?” she asked.
“Nothing!”
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This is awesome, and you should feel awesome for making this.
I love it so much.
Though, I wish it could've been longer.
But that's just in my opinion.
That's it?
I mean... I liked what I read. I was interested in what was going to happen. But nothing.
Is this a sort of "test the waters" fic? I'm curious if you'll expand on the concept.
1186953 1186890 Can't really extend this much. I was meaning this to be a one shot chapter...but if a lot of people were to say they love it so much, maybe I'll change my mind.
But I'll probably dig my own grave since I have one other big fan fic to work on.
I admit, I was expecting a bit more straightforward comedy. (Also, I don't really see why is it tagged as [Sad].)
Could you please give me a link to the full cover image?
1187037 I had to borrow a part of it from a T-Shirt ad. t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIJdqxvBvkA8HNhbXO-lkdoQBb1DUA9bgz7R0XlBReHqDvyhOSsQ&t=1
1187068
I see, thank you very much.
I instantly imagined this is a noire film style.
more more please
interesting writing style, that. Of course, Rainbow would be into it.
1189069 The Flutter-Mafia is going to kill us all.
Awesome. I thought it was one of those Spike-told theories.
It would be intriguing to read a full story based around this idea.
I approve!
Oh god. Run for your lives!
*picka up sniper rifle* Where do you think you're going?!
1189190
throw them in the meat freezer
looks like things are about to get... 20% cooler *guitar solo in background*
really now Rainbow... really
This is a great story.
I vote for a sequel or a full length story expansion.
My reaction upon reading desc:
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While reading the fic:
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After I finished reading:
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This story is amazing and you should feel proud of it.
1189371 So what shall we do with them?
1197814
bring the cement, theyll be swimming with the fishys... not to mention Mr. Gillsy's fin is healed and he'd like to get back home.
1187900 I was thinking of Max Payne narrating and The Godfather while writing this.
Yeah, longer or more, cuz It's kinda in the middle of where ya can go with this; interesting premise, but it feels like its only the premise, and nothing's really happened yet.
oh god, if oley it was longer, it be sweet
1189069 ( pick up a 12ga shotgun with 12 shots in it ) DID ANY PONY TOLD YOU NOT TOO LOOK AT ODERS SUFFT!!!?
Pretty good. I like what you did with the cliffhanger. I liked it.
Honestly, this is a good idea; I'd be interested in seeing a serious continuation. Perhaps Fluttershy has moved on, but her past is going to catch up to her?
1220023>>1189069 YES
1547480 Ah, hello!
Glad to see you've enjoyed it.
1547498 Very much so!
http://balister.deviantart.com/art/Godpony-Fluttershy-257614337
An alternate photo for the idea. And by the way:
So Awesome
1806870
Huh, not bad. Wish I'd use this earlier.
Alright... At first I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this...
But after reading it: Oh my god yes. I love you for this.
Makes one really wonder. Is it truly fanfiction, or memories disguised as fanfiction, her life insurane should the Shy family ever turn on her in her exile. It would also explain why Angel is such a badass and such a hardass, with the help of magic he may have been her bodyguard or personal assassin for decades.
I suspect it's unintentional but this feels rather unfair. If you want to write more then write, don't act as though folks on this site should have such control over the things you write.
1811370
I never said how much is enough.
1811375 That's kinda my point though:P for all we know nothing will be enough. I just feel like you're kinda ransoming off more story until we say we love you enough
As well actually the stalking came about after I looked through your stories and realized i wanted to fave most of them XD
1812266
Yeeeaah, I kinda do that a little bit.
But it's kinda normal that I would ask people to check out the other stories for a little bit right?
There are a couple other people that I can name who does this and are pretty well known.
1812377 *blink* okay you lost me. This wasn't asking us to check out your other works this was asking us to shower your fic with praise in the hopes of getting more of it. And yeah I know other more famous bronies do it and when they do I tend to speak up then too. It bugs me because to me it feels like an author is saying "Stroke my ego and I might write you some more fic, but if you don't stroke it enough I won't. and by the way i'm not telling you how much you have to do it" It just feels kinda mean y'know? I accept my head is a weird place
But i'm also mouthy and can't resist speaking up.
1812403
So you're saying that you think that I'm just asking people to like it a lot for another sequel.
Well, that's not really my true intentions at all. I was just saying that if I feel like people do like it a lot, then I'll write another sequel.
In fact, I already had planned one, it's just that I never got around to it.
1812594 Okay to me your author's note said exactly that.
1812647
Well what do want me to do? Update the author note saying that I have a planned sequel, but it might take a while to get around to that?
Actually wait...that's not really a bad idea.
1812680 *laughs* Sounds good ta me
Awesomely cute and still cool!!
1198650
On it boss!
Fluttershy writes fanfiction. Headcannon accepted.
Freaking awesome story man please write more
*squints* uuuh dashie? How come the computer tab says diary?
That had me going. Well done
(yes, I'm kinda catching up on my 'to read' list)
5704003
It's all good. So am I.
1 down. Close to 100 to go.
I wouldn't be suprised if these were Shy's memoirs. Damn, the look on Twi's face would be priceless.