The Kind Hearts By Dawn22Eagle Watch

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Blame me for my lack of fantasy, I know I deserve it ç_ç

There, here are Flutters' parents - Joshua and Amber Leaf! I have to say I'm pretty proud of how Amber came out, but I have a few doubts about her wings: I almost never draw folded wings, things I should do more often, so she was a chance to see how good I could do them. The result is pretty clear - I fail at drawing folded wings. If you're wondering why they're so small, start reading to find out! :3





Fluttershy's parents were two of the best fliers, even though they weren't Wonderbolts.

Amber Leaf, particularly, was very good at performing flying tricks that would have impressed even Dash in the future. Her wings were very short and sharp due to a non-common genetic disease some female Pegasi have (the reason why Scootaloo can't fly unlike foals her same age) and because of this she was often made fun of when she was younger. She was born in a quite rich family, her parents were a Unicorn and an Earth Pony. She's always been a stubborn daredevil, a fast and skilled tomboy that often challenged Firefly, Rainbow Dash's mother. The two mares soon became friends, but their friendship weakened when Firefly got married, at the young age of 20 years old, to Rainbow Strike.

After some time, the green filly went to a Wonderbolts' show and saw a white colt talking to the team's captain, Amber's elder sister. When she approached the two Pegasi, the stallion glowered at her and walked away. Her sister explained to her that he was some army officer and that he had told her about some problems caused by one of the fliers. Amber Leaf forgot about it for some time, until she saw the white stallion again. He was looking at her while she was doing some of her flying tricks. She came down and trotted towards him, as he folded his ears and stepped back. He said to her that he had never seen such a skilled mare, and that he thought she would have been a great trainer for the soldiers. She was a little confused at hearing this offer, but she knew it was a hard period and almost all the male Pegasi were busy taking care of a military expedition in Zebrica, so there were only few non-soldiers. She thought about it for a second, then asked him that she was eventually going to take a decision. After a few days they met again in the same place as the previous time, and Amber accepted. Why not?, she kept on thinking. That was only another chance to show and improve her already great skills. So she started working.

Actually, she didn't go to her job every day because she liked it. She didn't mind it, but working with all those recruits had started to annoy her. So she had had to find another reason to stay. And her reason started to be the white stallion who had talked to her. He was strong, fast and quite handsome, as well. And that white coat... Was he an albino? It might be, she always wondered, but anyway she had never seen another pony with such a fair complexion. However, there was something she couldn't understand: his cutie mark. He always wore a saddlecloth, under his quiver, so it was never visible. Not that it mattered... He was a great archer, so the sign on his flank was surely an arch or some arrows.

To the stallion's great surprise, Amber proved to be much better than he expected. The challenges and races they often had were always won by the young mare, but only when it came to speed. He was still amazed as the first day he'd seen her, so agile and fast in each move and glance. She often caught him simply staring at her with a tiny smile on his lips and a dreamy, peaceful look in his eyes, but she never said anything, enjoying every moment of their time together. After days, weeks, months spent discovering something new of the other at every occasion, the two Pegasi, in a quiet and warm evening, sat on the grass and sighed. Amber pulled a wing over Joshua, holding him tighter as she rested her muzzle on his chest. Their first kiss, moments later, was the beginning of a passionated but one-way love story.



Amber and Joshua loved each other so much, they cared nothing about what others said. Actually, it was Joshua who had to resist. The fact that he was still a blank flank, as Amber found out later, was "scandalous" to most ponies, especially Pegasi, but, luckily, the stallion had his beloved by his side. After the marriage, Amber stopped working for the army, but Joshua remained an officer, so he often had to travel to other countries in campaigns. Every time he came back home he hugged Amber, crying for the happiness to see her after all the time passed without her. And every time he came back home, as Amber noticed, he had a new scar somewhere on his body.

One day, as Joshua returned, Amber flew out of the house and hugged him tightly, whispering to his ear that she was pregnant. They had never been so happy, and during Amber's pregnancy Joshua stayed at home, spending his time with her. The beautiful creature that was born was the thing they were going to love most... but it didn't happen. Not to both of them.

Joshua loved Fluttershy with all of his heart, he played with her every time she asked him, he never minded taking part in tea parties and he loved walking in the small woods under Cloudsdale with his daughter. Amber Leaf, instead, was very disappointed to have a daughter that could barely spread her wings. A daughter terrified by heights and gray clouds. The green mare refused to play along with the filly most of the times, and as Fluttershy grew older, Amber became more and more distant, almost avoiding any contact with her. This hurt Joshua, since Fluttershy always looked for comfort by him. The white stallion tried to talk about it with his wife, but she heard no reason. The atmosphere was becoming tenser, until a tragedy destroyed the two mares. One day, Amber received a letter in which it was said that Commender Joshua Kind Heart had died in battle. Since she first read those words, Amber looked at the letter more times ever day, and became even more silent than before. That's when Fluttershy grew shyer and more insecure. Things got even worse when Fluttershy was 16, two years after her father's death. Amber didn't want to live anymore without her love, so she stayed in a lifeless part of the Everfree Forest until she starved. Fluttershy knew her mother was going to die because she wanted to, but didn't imagine to discover it by hearing Timber Wolves howl more and more nights in a row.

After the terrible event, Fluttershy went living by Rainbow Dash until she moved a few years later to the cottage where she still lives. The two Pegasi were sisters in all except blood, and Rainbow became the closest pony to the yellow filly, as she is now.









Yes, it's sad. I know, I know. I'm such a cruel person. But hey, what can I do about it? I love torturing the characters I love most (this explains why I ship AppleDash)

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Published : Aug 12, 2015