> Fluttershy's parents
>  by HaloEssence111
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> Chapter One
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Fluttershy's Parents

A Headcanon Backstory by HaloEssence111




Once, years ago, a filly was born to a mare named Charm Blossom and a stallion named Blue Blazes. A creamy yellow in color, with a soft pink mane, she had certainly inherited her mother's looks. The couple named her Fluttershy, after Charm's grandmother. 

The mother, a retired model, was truly a incredible sight to behold. With the same creamy yellow coloring and pink mane of her daughter, matched with spring green eyes and a lovely figure, it was a small wonder that Charm Blossom had once shone across Equestria as a top model. But behind her exquisite appearance lay a selfish, spiteful wretch who cared for nopony other than herself.

The father was, like his wife, was quite handsome in appearance. With a dark blue buzz cut and even darker blue hide, he was the epitome of male beauty. His physique was one of true masculinity, his face bearing a permanent scowl. But to the world he was cold and indifferent, bearing no signs of affection towards his wife or child.

The two claimed they loved each other, but this was false. Charm was constantly having affairs with other stallions, and Blaze felt no love for anypony but himself. They argued all the time, Blaze often getting violent due to his seemingly uncontrollable anger problems.

Not surprisingly, when Fluttershy was only about four years old, Charm Blossom ran off  with a millionare earth pony stallion, unbeknownst to her husband. When Blaze discovered this, his rage was terrible to behold. Seeing no other choice at his hands, he turned to alcohol, quickly becoming addicted.

With his drinking and anger complications combined, Blue Blazes soon began venting his wrath upon his little girl. It started out as only a hard smack every once in a while, but the abuse soon became more frequent and severe. By the time Fluttershy was seven years old, a daily blow from her father was considered normal.

At age nine, it was law in Cloudsdale that every able-bodied pegasus child was spend a term at the public flight school. Fluttershy had never been much of a flyer, and that was only made clear by her poor performance at flight school. To make matters worse, the other foals teased her incessantly, often sending her home in tears.

After months of abuse and bullying, Fluttershy was seriously considering suicide, "Why not just end it now?" she had thought. "It would be better than this.."

On the day she planned to finish herself off, she tripped trying to fly through a cloud hoop and landed on her face. The two colts who often teased her about her flight ability landed in front of her and threw their usual insults at her, trying to make her cry. Fluttershy took it, thinking that this would be the last time they would ever hurt her. But out of nowhere, a rainbow streak landed in front of her, saying "Leave her ALONE!"

The filly, who Fluttershy recognized as one of the more talented foals at school, challenged the bullies to a race. Somehow, Fluttershy was roped into waving the starting flag. She let the flag wave, and caught off guard, was knocked off her cloud, falling wildly onto the earth below.

Screaming, kicking her legs uncontrollably, she fell to what she thought was her doom (She had forgotten that she had been planning her own suicide only hours before.). She closed her eyes and braced herself for a fatal impact.. but it never came. She opened her eyes. A flurry of pastel-colored butterflies had broken her fall and were leading her to a friendly-looking forest. Fluttershy had never felt so happy in her life. Her wings, now working, took her up off the ground. I can fly! I can really fly! she thought joyously. Without thinking, she let her joy out in song:


What is this place
filled with so many wonders?

Casting its spell
That I am now under

Squirrels in the trees
and the cute little bunnies

Birds flying free
and bees with their honey

Hooooonneeeeeeey!

Oooh, what a magical place
and I owe it all to the Pegasus race

If I knew the ground had so much up its sleeve 
I'd have come here sooner, and never leave

Yes, I love ev-er-ythiiiiing!



Suddenly, her song was interrupted by a rainbow- colored explosion. Her animal friends scattered, once again leaving Fluttershy alone. No! she thought. I can't be alone again, I just can't!

She ran to the places where her creature friends hid, coaxing them to come out of their hiding places. Fluttershy was surprised at how easy it was. It was as if she could talk to them as if they were other ponies. Wow.. Fluttershy thought as she sat down with the forest creatures. I can.. communicate with animals?

Suddenly a flash of light appeared, and Fluttershy looked down at her flank. On it were three pink butterflies, matching those that saved her life.A wide grin spread across her face. I did it! she thought. I finally have my cutie mark!

Looking around at her new found friends, Fluttershy realized that loving and caring for animals was to be her destiny. And nothing could have made her happier.



***



From then on, whenever her father would beat her or the other pegasai tormented her, the ground was her refuge. The animals played with her when she wanted to play, but when she needed a shoulder to cry on, they listened.

Besides that, she had gained a friend. After the Sonic Rainboom, Fluttershy approached Rainbow Dash to tell her thank you for standing up for her that day. Since then, they were best friends. It turned out that they were both from the slums of Cloudsdale, and whenever Flutters got really hurt from her father's abusive rages, she went to Rainbow Dash for help. 

For years afterward, even though her father was cruel, Fluttershy never thought of suicide again. She knew now that her animals needed her, and she didn't want Rainbow Dash to think of herself as a bad friend.


But all that changed when Fluttershy turned thirteen.


On the the day of her fourteenth birthday, the forest creatures arranged a little surprise party for her down by the woods. When Flutters arrived to check up on the animals a she did every night, she was greeted by one of the happiest surprises of her life.

"Hello, everybody! How are you all doing- Oh my!"

Before her was a large banner with the words 'Hapi Birtday Flutrshi' crudely drawn in marker. The animals had set up a small table covered with a couple of modest-looking gifts strewn around on top. And in the place of honor stood a cupcake with a single candle atop it's creamy pink frosting.

Fluttershy's eyes filled with exuberant tears. She rushed in to give the animals a big bear hug. 

"Oh, thank you, everybody! Thank you so much!"

A squirrel pushed her towards the table piled with gifts, gesturing for Fluttershy to open them. Inside the assorted gifts were various mementos: An old torn ribbon, a ripe carrot, some colorful flower petals. Just little mementos that didn't look like much, but meant the world the Fluttershy.

The party went on for the next few hours. The animals had planned all sorts of party games and activities that they knew Fluttershy enjoyed, such as bobbing for apples and dancing.

The most memorable part by far was the cake. The animals dimmed the lights and lit the candle on the cupcake. All the critters gathered around Fluttershy and sang "Happy Birthday" in their assorted languages. To anypony else it might have sounded like meaningless gibberish, but to Flutters, it all made perfect sense.

When the party was finally over, Fluttershy was on top of the world. With her saddlebags full of goodies and feeling almost happier than the day she got her cutie mark, she flitted home with a irremovable smile on her face. At least, it was irremovable until she got home.

Fluttershy hadn't realized how late it was. Usually she got home at about 5:30 pm to cook her father's dinner and clean the house. By now it was at least 8 o'clock. A surge of fear ran through her as she thought about how her father might punish her for being late. Oh my, what if I made a mistake by staying at the party? she thought nervously. What will Papa say about me showing up so late?

"Hey, Fluttershy."

"Eeep!"

Fluttershy jumped, thinking for a moment that it was a mugger or killer. But it was only Rainbow Dash.

"O-oh.. Hi, Rainbow.."

"What's up, Flutters? Something wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing..." said Fluttershy, staring at her hooves. She didn't want Rainbow to worry about her.

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. She could tell Fluttershy was hiding something.

"Fluttershy... What's going on?"

Fluttershy bit her lip. She didn't want to tell Rainbow Dash about her being late, but at the same time she that she couldn't hide anything from her one close friend.

"I - I'm really late to g-go home, and I- I'm afraid of what Papa will do to me.."

Rainbow looked shocked. "Fluttershy.. what were you thinking? How come you're so late tonight? You know how your dad flips out!"

"I -I know.. I w-was at a surprise party in the forest.. The animals threw me one tonight because it's my birthday."

Rainbow Dash perked up at this. "Oh! I almost forgot!" she said, pulling a small box out of her saddlebags and handed it to Fluttershy. "It's for your birthday. I thought you could use this when the other kids are being mean and I'm not there."

Fluttershy opened the parcel, surprised to find a small flare gun inside. Confused, she looked to Rainbow Dash for instruction.

"See, if somepony is being mean to you or something and I'm not there, you can just fire this off and I'll be there as fast as I can." explained Rainbow Dash. "Just don't lose it, 'kay?

Fluttershy smiled at the thought that went into her gift. "Thank you, Rainbow Dash." she said. "I promise to use it if I really need to."

"Okay, then. Later, Fluttershy."

"Bye Rainbow."

Rainbow Dash flew off, leaving Fluttershy alone with her thoughts once again. I have feeling I should keep this.. she thought, tucking the flare gun into her saddlebags. As she flew home, however, a sick feeling of dread overcame her, causing her to feel nauseous.

Why am I feeling like this? she thought, flapping her wings furiously. Papa can't be that angry, can he?

Fluttershy pondered this a while.

Yes he can.



***




Fluttershy opened the door to her house as quietly as possible. The front room seemed to be empty. Oh good, she thought, relieved.  Papa isn't out here.

Fluttershy tiptoed past the TV, the coffee table, and a spilled bag of hay chips. Oh, thank goodness! Now I just have to get past the armchai-

"Where have you been?"

Fluttershy stopped. Oh no, oh no, oh no..

Her father was sitting in the armchair with a stony look on his face. Empty glass beer bottles littered the floor, and Fluttershy could tell he was horribly drunk.

"P-p-papa.. I-I-I'm sorry.." she stuttered. "P-p-please f-f-forgive me..."

"Forgive you?" His voice was eerily quiet. Fluttershy's knees were shaking, she was so scared. 

"P-p-p-please, P-p-papa..."

"Why should I forgive you when thought it was UNIMPORTANT that I EAT tonight?! Are you trying to STARVE me after I take care of you your whole LIFE?!

"P-p-papa, I-I'm sorry..."

He ignored this. "How DARE you come home so late! Where in TARTARUS have you been?!"

"..."

"ANSWER ME!!!!!!!"

"A-a-at a p-party..."

"A party?! HA!" Blaze threw back his head in cruel laughter. "Who would invite some stupid little freak like YOU to a PARTY?!"

Tears appeared in Fluttershy's eyes. She hated it when he insulted her. "J-j-just some f-friends..."

"Don't lie to me! A pain in the neck like you wouldn't HAVE any friends!" 

Blaze was slowly walking towards his daughter, causing her to back up to the wall. With a furious look on his face, Blaze cornered her. Pausing for a second, he looked at Fluttershy as if deciding an appropriate punishment. Then, out of nowhere, he grabbed his terrified daughter's mane and dragged her to where her saddlebags lay forgotten on the floor.

Slamming Fluttershy against the armchair, he seized the saddlebags and emptied it's contents onto the floor. Out tumbled the carrot, the ribbon, and the flower petals- and the flare gun.

"What's THIS?!" shouted Blaze, furious. "Where in tartarus did you get this junk?!"

"F-f-from my f-f-friends..."

"Don't be an idiot! The only place this trash could have come from is the groun-" Then it dawned on him.

"You." His voice was shaking with fury.

"P-p-papa..."

"How DARE you.." he said under his breath, all the while inching closer and closer to Fluttershy.

"P-p-please, P-p-papa.."

"You're a disgrace to the pegasus race." Blaze spat at his daughter's hoofs, causing her to flinch.

"F-f-forgive me..."

Blaze picked up the flare gun. Holding it with both hooves, he sneered cruelly at his daughter. Then, slowly, he pointed it at her, hoof by the trigger.

Fluttershy's eyes widened. "N-n-no, Papa! P-p-please, no!"

Suddenly, Blaze hurled the gun at Fluttershy, causing her to duck, the gun hitting the window instead of her forehead. The trigger clicked against the windowsill and fired. A glowing red firework shot up into the sky.

Blaze's head whipped towards Flutters, fire seeming to radiate through his livid turquoise eyes. Snatching an empty beer bottle off the ground, he clouted his daughter in the head with the glass weapon. Fluttershy screamed as the bottle collided with her temples, then hung as still and limp as a rag doll.



***



"Hey, she's waking up! Fluttershy! Can you hear me?"

Rainbow Dash was standing over Fluttershy's hospital bed, looking anxious. The yellow pegasus opened her eyes rather sleepily, and looked at her surroundings, confused.

"W-where am I?" asked Fluttershy, peering around the room.

"Oh, thank Celestia!" said Rainbow Dash. "I was afraid you were a goner!"

"R-rainbow? What's going on?"

"You're in the hospital, Flutters. You got hurt real bad."

Fluttershy gasped. "What do you mean? W-what happened?"

Rainbow looked puzzled. "Don't you remember? I saw your flare, but when I got to your house, you were screaming and your dad was really mad. He was beating you with one of his old beer bottles."

Fluttershy was shocked. "B-but, why am I here? And where's Papa?"

"You're here because you have a concussion. As for your dad... well, he'll be spending the night in the big house."

*gasp* "You mean he's in jail?"

"Flutters, he nearly killed you with that glass bottle. Of course he's in jail."

Fluttershy didn't answer. All she did was look down at her hooves, sad. Even though her father had never loved her, he was still her father.

"I-I want to see him." she said.

Now t was Rainbow's turn to be shocked. "Fluttershy, are you crazy?! The old geezer might try to kill you again!"

"I know that," said Flutters, turning her gaze to Rainbow Dash. "But he's still my father! And how long is he going to be in prison, anyway?"

"Well... I heard that the trial is next week, actually. He'll be sentenced then."

"Oh.."

Fluttershy didn't sound happy, but she didn't sound sad, either.

Rainbow sighed. "Fine.. when do you want to see him?"

"Tomorrow, if that's okay."

"Alright, Fluttershy. You can see him tomorrow. Just... don't let him hurt you, okay?"

"Okay."



***



"Right this way, miss.."

An armed police officer was leading Fluttershy to her father's jail cell. With a large bandage on her head and a gloomy look on her face, Fluttershy was slightly afraid of what her father would do to her when he saw her.

The officer unlocked a door, leading to a long hall lined with cells. Hardened convicts grimaced at Fluttershy as she passed them, making her shudder. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.. she thought nervously. I wonder if it's too late to-

"We're here, miss." said the officer gruffly, pointing to a cell with a dark blue stallion sitting on his bunk. The policemare rapped on the cell bars, and Blaze looked up. For a split second, an expression of shock crossed his face, but it quickly shifted to one of insane fury.

"YOU!!!" he roared, lunging at the bars. "You got me in here!!! I'll kill you!!!!"

Fluttershy screamed as Blaze stretched his hoof through the bars and towards her neck. The officer reacted at once, slamming the butt of her gun onto Blaze's hoof. He howled in pain, recoiling his injured hoof from the bars.

"Convict 5529, such behavior will not be tolerated here, so I suggest you keep it civil!" said the policemare threateningly.

"Is that all I am around here? A number?" growled Blaze, scowling fiercely.

"From that sickening display of behavior, that's all you deserve." she spat, glaring at her charge with disgust. "But we're not here to discuss your anger issues, we're here so your daughter can see you. So shut up, got it?

Blaze muttered rebelliously, but he went quiet.

The officer frowned and motioned to Fluttershy for her to speak.

Fluttershy stepped forward, shaking noticeably. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She was too afraid to say a word.

Blaze glowered menacingly at her. "C'mon, brat! Just spit it out and get it over with already!"

Flutters gulped, then took a deep breath. "Papa," she began. "You almost killed me."

"I'm sorry I didn't."

Fluttershy and the policemare gasped. "H-how could you?" said Fluttershy, her eyes welling up with tears.

"I've never given a crap about you, so it was easy." he snarled.

Fluttershy finally burst into tears and ran out of the hall. The policemare glared at Blaze with loathing, then ran after Fluttershy down the hall.

"Hey, kid! Wait up!"

Fluttershy dashed all the way to the lobby, crying her eyes out the whole way. She collapsed onto a battered old couch, wailing uncontrollably much to the annoyance of the other officers in the area.

The policemare eventually caught up to her and sat down next to her on the couch and waited until Fluttershy's moans turned to heartbroken hiccups.

"Hey," she began, not fully knowing how to start. "You okay?"

Fluttershy looked up at the officer, her eyes red and wet. "I-I-I (sniff) d-d-don't know.. (sob)"

"Look, kid... what your dad just did.. it was messed up. REALLY messed up. Believe me, I have kids at home, and I know that they'd be devastated if I ever did something like that to them."

Fluttershy didn't answer. She really didn't feel like talking.

The policemare sighed.  "Your dad.. if he pulls stuff like that, than he doesn't deserve to be a father."

"D-don't say that!" cried Fluttershy, a new stream of tears running down her face. "H-he k-kept me all m-my life, e-even though I'm w-worthless. I-I d-deserve everything he's done to me..."

The policemare became stern. "Who told you that?"

"H-him.."

The officer scowled. "Well, that figures.. Kid, don't believe A WORD he's told told you about being worthless. It's not true."

"(sniff) How do YOU know?"

"Well, for one thing, you came to see him even after he tried to kill you. That took a lot of guts."

"...."

"And another thing: You've put up with his crap for Celestia knows how long, yet you've somehow managed to still be a pretty decent pony. And that's not an easy feat, believe me."

Fluttershy listened while the officer continued to point out the reasons why she was definitely not worthless and, deep down, she agreed with her.

"Look kid, want my advice? You're almost of legal age to go on your own, so move as far away from that creep as possible. Get a job doing something you like, make some friends, and above all, forget this guy and everything he's ever done to you so that you can move on to something better, okay?"

After a moment, Fluttershy nodded.

"Good. Now go on home, 'kay?"

Fluttershy nodded again, then shakily spread her wings to leave. "T-thank you.." she said, smiling weakly.

"No problem, kid. No problem at all."




***




Blue Blazes was sentenced to one year of prison time on the charges of abuse and assault. Fluttershy didn't attend the trial, but instead heard the news from Rainbow Dash.

However, her conversation with the policemare stayed in her head. 

"Look kid, want my advice? You're almost of legal age to go on your own, so move as far away from that creep as possible. Get a job doing something you like, make some friends, and above all, forget this guy and everything he's ever done to you so that you can move on to something better, okay?"

So Flutters began her search for a house. She didn't want a house in town; interacting socially always made her nervous. After months of house-hunting, however, she finally found a charming little cottage near the forest, about a fifteen minute flight from a little village called Ponyville. It's absolutely perfect, she thought, exploring her new residence. Within a week of her moving in, several of her creature friends had moved in with her, including a baby bunny she had found in the forest and had named Angel.

Before she knew it, the year was up and she received word that her father had gotten parole. Her old fears came back to her; That somehow he would find her and hurt her again, tear down the new life she had built for herself on the ground. For weeks, she tossed and turned in bed, thinking of the many times he had beaten and bruised her until she wanted to die; the period in her life when she seriously considered ending it all. 

What if he finds me? she thought, laying in her bed. He'll be furious! If he finds me, then he might try to kill me again! And what- what if he succeeds this time? Rainbow won't be there to help me this time..

Eventually, after weeks of constant worrying, her fears began to subside. Rainbow Dash had moved to Ponyville on her birthday, so Fluttershy wasn't alone anymore. Plus, her animal friends kept her busy. Ultimately, her fears about her father were buried in her subconscious, and Fluttershy was happy. But she never really forgot everything her father had done to her, for he had left a scar too deep to truly be healed.




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