RainboomDash

Lyria heard Angel, and ran outside to him, and hugged him tightly, sobbing. "My mum died! She just died!" She sobbed, hugging him tightly.

Lyria turned, and galloped into the mare barracks, and landed on my bed. I cried into my pillow. Nopony left in my life... She whispered. Except for Angel, and Dawn now... She cried

Lyria picked up the letter.

It read:

[colour=#40e0d0]Dear Lyria,[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]It's me, Dawn. I'm sorry. Terribly sorry for you to be hearing this tragic news from me.[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]Your mother, Fluttershy... [/colour][colour=#000000]Lyria saw a teardrop right there on the page.[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]Has passed away today from depression. [/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]I'm so sorry Lyria.. Just know, I'm always here for you.[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]Always.[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]I love you as a friend Lyria.[/colour]

[colour=#40e0d0]~Dawn[/colour]

[colour=#000000]Lyria stared blankly at the page. Now her mother? The tears returned once more, and she fell on her bed crying. [/colour]

[colour=#000000]Maybe Angel will help me.[/colour]

[colour=#000000]Lyria walked out of the barracks, and walked toward the staff barracks. The guards looked at her m[/colour]enacingly. "Umm.. Angel said I could come and see him..." She whispered. "If I needed too..." She squeaked, and hid behind her mane. They looked at her unsure, and she whimpered. "Oh.. Well.. Umm... I'll just go.." She whispered, and slowly inched away, not taking her eyes off the guards.

Lyria started to write.

Dear mum,

How are you? I know I haven't written to you for a while, and I'm sorry.

I know I'm really the only pony left for you to talk to...

You know, I'm pretty sure Luna would be happy to come

and stay with you. Have you tried asking her?

Well, I love you mommy. See you soon.

Love, Lyria.

Lyria put the letter into the box to send, and a pony took away the box. Lyria sadly sighed, when a letter magically appeared in her hooves.

"Night Angel." She smiled. I should write my mother... Lyria thought. "I'm going to get some R&R as well Marble." She smiled, and grabbed a piece of paper. She started to write to her mother.

(lol pun) I looked at Marble. "T-Thank you Marble." She whispered, and looked at him, smiling. She then turned to Angel. "Not cheesy, amazing." She smiled, and looked into his eyes. "That is so sweet on what you did for that old stallion." She smiled, still looking into his eyes.

Lyria giggles. "Your definetly added to that list." She smiles, and looks at her flank. The heart with wings that was her cutie mark shined a little in the light. "I got my cutie mark when I sonicboomed to save my friend Dawn from falling off the tower of Canterlot Castle." She smiled, remembering the memory. She then looked at Angel, and saw his little sad expression. She hugged him, trying to cheer him up. When she let go, she looked at him, and asked, "How did you get your cutie mark?"

Lyria looked at her pictures, then remembered the one she left in her bag. She picked it up, and looked at it. It was her, her best friend, Dawn, Dawn's family, and Lyria's family, all together. Dawn was giggling with Lyria, and Dawn's mother, Princess Luna, was talking to Fluttershy, Lyria's mother. Her dad, Prince Lunar, and Lyria's dad, Big Macintosh, were grilling in the background. she heard Angel ask if she wanted company. "Yes, please." She whispered, and looked at him. She held the picture in front of her, and showed Angel. "Besides my dad, this is all I really have left..." She sighed. "These ponies are the only ponies who accept me in life."

"It's alright..." Lyria whispered. "He was a great stallion, and I'll miss him greatly." She said. "But I know he watches over me. And my mother as well." She said, and looked at the other ponies. "He was a hard worker."

Lyria teared up. "A lot.." She started to cry again. "He passed away a few days before I left for the academy..."

"Just my father is in those pictures. I'm the little filly." She sniffles, and rubs her eyes.

"I-I'm fine guys. Th-Thanks for checking on me though..." She whispered, and took the pictures out. "Just remembering." She sighed, and showed you the pictures.

Lyria hid the pictures under her pillow, and looked at Flashbomb. She saw Angel at the doorway. "H-Hi Angel."

Lyria heard her name, and wiped the tears away. "Y-Yeah. Co-Come in." She whispered.

Lyria walked into the barracks, and sat on her bed. She grabbed some pictures from her saddle bags, and looked at them sadly. (Sorta a backstory with these pics) She looked mostly on the one at the right, the one that was a picture of her and her father right after she was born. Her dark blue mane had barley covered her face, and her light blue body still wet from her first bath. Her father was holding her gently, his light brown hooves holding me tightly. His red fur was fluffy, she remembered the feeling when her father held her. In another picture she was reaching for her fathers orange mane, giggling. And in the last one, she was over her dad's casket, crying. He was a hard working pony, and sadly he passed away from an uknown illness. Her mother never stopped thinking about him, and it made Lyria so sad to see her mother like that.

Lyria went over who she could be paired with, and more memories filled her mind when her father paired her up with her best friend so we could practice flying together for the academy. Sadly, she never made it into the academy though, so Lyria was here, trying to make new friends.

Lyria looks at him sadly, then stands and looks to Spitfire. 'I wonder who I'll be paired with...' I think to myself.

(That was perfect. I seriously felt my plot twist when I read that.)

(Thanks! :3 ) Lyria looked at him, hoping he was all right.

Lyria looked him, and sat quietly, watching him. "Are you all right?" She called out

(Okay!) Lyria giggles lightly, and her tail flicks. Her fathers training had helped her do this. Too bad...

"It's okay." Lyria said, and looked at him. He was just protecting somepony's hard work... She thought. She remembered how her father used to be, protective of everypony's work, and Marble reminded her of him. "I'm not really cold, I trained in the snow." She whispered.

"Most likely. The cold can do this to ponies." Lyria whispered, standing cautiously. She wanted to not hurt anymore snowflakes.

Lyria squeaked, and hid behind her mane. She went silent, and didn't move. "I-I'm s-s-sorry... I-I didn't know..." She squeaked again.

"Thanks!" Lyria smiled. I knocked some snow off his nose.

Lyria smiled, and trotted back into line to watch SunRay go. She shook some snow from her goggles, and her uniform as well.