Fluttercheer's "Everypony is important." Flashfic Anthology

by Fluttercheer

July 2020: Irreplaceable (Prompt: After the Storm)

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After the storm, sunshine came. Sunshine between the trees, sunshine between the houses, sunshine on the lake. But not sunshine in her heart. The filly she lost was irreplaceable. Not irreplaceable for herself, but for those who loved her most. What would she tell her parents?

Cloudkicker sobbed, looking down at the mangled form in front of her. Only a small part of the originally purple-hued coat was still visible, the rest was crimson red. The teenage pegasus sobbed stronger, eyes trying to spot the filly's head in vain. No foal deserved to die like this. It wasn't her fault, the Storm King's sudden attack. But she had failed to protect her protégé.

Cloudkicker reached out to remove the debris from the filly's head, hooves and wings shaking.

“Cloudkicker!”

The foalsitter stopped in her movement and a purple-colored filly flung herself into her arms. “I'm so glad I found you!”