private A New Future (1x1 RP)

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

(OOC: This is a 1x1 parent RP between Thunder Dash and Miss Reaper)

 

Link to OOC: http://mlpforums.com/topic/94602-1x1-parent-rp-2-ocs-left-to-choose/

 

@@Miss Reaper,

 

It was a bright and sunny day in Ponyville. Thunder Dash had landed from his daily patrol and headed to get some food. As he walked through Ponyville, he eyed everything and listened to every sound, which was normal for him to do. 

Edited May 12, 2014 by Thunder-Dash

[ReverieRiver 526]

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A rather distraught little Unicorn filly was wandering about the streets of Ponyville, looking very lost with no parents in sight. Her small body was shivering as she looked around, her one visible amethyst eye welling with tears - the other hidden by the unevenly cut bangs of her short, disheveled raspberry-colored mane.

 

It had been some time since she had fled from home; and she didn't plan to return, no matter how miserable she was otherwise. Nothing could have been worse than returning to parents that didn't truly love her as they claimed to. She was tired of their lies, and of their mistreatment of her. She hadn't been able to stand it one moment longer, which was why she ran away to begin with.

 

But the longer she spent out here on her own, the more she realized how hard it was to survive on her own. Where was she to find shelter? Food? Her stomach was already growling in complaint from lack of food. She had nowhere to go, and she felt as if she was all alone, in spite of the ponies regularly traveling through the area. That was the reason for the tears in her eyes; absolute helplessness and loneliness.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

Thunder saw the little filly as she wandered around aimlessly. "Gee...that little filly needs help. But I don't know if I'm ready to take on that burden..." He thought to himself. But, the filly looked desperately. "But she won't go starving on my watch." Thunder stated as he walked towards the little filly. He approached her calmly. "Are you...lost?" He asked kindly.  

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Ariel tensed when she heard another pony's voice directed at her, her eyes widening as she turned to look towards the source of the voice. She stared up at the Pegasus, still trembling. At the question of whether she was lost, she opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. The filly couldn't quite figure out how to explain that she had run away, or why. Rather, the memories in themselves, still fresh in her young mind, served only to upset her more. The only sound that escaped her was a whimper as she seemed on the verge of breaking down in tears.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

Thunder knealt down. "I'm sorry if I scared you. But I won't hurt anypony, especially a foal. In fact, I protect and help others, especially a lost little foal like you." Thunder said gently nuzzling the little foal, assuring that he was not going to hurt her in any way, shape, or form.  

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The filly flinched when he moved in for the nuzzling, having seemingly expected something less... affectionate. Again, she stared up at him with her large, scared eyes as she finally spoke up. "I-I'm not lost..." she said, her voice tiny and timid. "I... ran away..." She then lowered her head, as if running away was something to be shamed for. She had feared the consequences of running away - somehow thinking that she would be punished for doing so - but the fear of what the consequences would be if she had decided to stay was far greater.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"Ran away? ...I don't hate you for that." Thunder stated as he laid next to the little filly. "Was there a reason you ran away? You don't have to tell me." Thunder stated as he continued to comfort the scared little filly. "Poor little filly, all alone with nopony to look after. This is gonna be hard..." Thunder thought to himself.  

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Ariel glanced at him, her gaze acknowledging what he said, before she turned her eyes away; she appeared to be skittish about keeping eye contact alone. She shifted slightly in unease, at first uncertain about answering his question about why she had run away from home.

 

The more she thought about it, the more she remembered the reasons she had run away; the memories again bringing a fresh wave of pain and fear. She quivered as she vehemently shook her head, as if to try and shake the memories from her mind, at the same time apparently giving him an answer in that she seemed to not want to talk about it.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"Shhhh. It's okay." Thunder said gently hugging the delicate little filly. He hugged her right where his heart was beating, thinking the heartbeat would calm her down. "Are you hungry?" Thunder asked as he continued to gently cuddle and coo the little filly.  

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Ariel opened her mouth as if to protest when he hugged her, and she struggled for a few brief moments before she realized that the gesture was indeed a hug. And as she listened to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, she relaxed a little as it calmed her somewhat on an instinctual level; that rhythmic sound was one thing that could calm even her, in spite of herself.

 

And when asked if she was hungry, she nodded her head once; she wasn't going to deny at all that her stomach was aching for some sustenance. Thinking on it, she was desperate for food, being completely unused to feeling such terrible, gnawing hunger; after all, it had been a number of days since she had run away, and she hardly had any means to get food for herself.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"I was going for food too. Let's go together." Thunder stated as he gently picked up the little filly and placed him on his back. "Oh...I don't think I got your name." Thunder stated as he slowly got up, making sure the little filly was secure and holding on to him.  

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Before the filly could say anything, she already felt his hooves lifting her. She let out a barely audible yelp as her own hooves left the ground, and she squirmed uneasily in his grasp before she was set down upon his back. Then she immediately clung to him by reflex, especially as he moved to get up since she didn't want to end up falling off.

 

When he mentioned the matter about her name, she hesitated for several long moments. For a minute, it seemed as if she would instead keep to silence; it seemed hard to get her to speak at all. But she finally answered him with that soft little voice of hers, simply uttering, "A-Ariel..."

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

"Ariel...why...that's a beautiful name." Thunder stated as he started to walk slowly. "So...where did you come from? Or...is that something you don't want to talk about." Thunder asked as he walked toward the Ponyville Cafe. He then wondered how this little filly could get lost so easily. 

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Ariel again hesitated to answer, once more tempted to not answer and keep her silence. But, she found that at the least, he should know one thing... "Mommy and Daddy didn't like me... So I ran away..." she said somberly, her tone making it apparent that she was being entirely earnest.

 

She tried to keep the thoughts of why she believed or said such away; he would feel her grip tighten slightly as she struggled with the memories. She didn't want to think about the bad things that had happened in her previous home, but they came to the forefront of her mind all the same.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"Wh...how terrible..." Thunder said as he continued to walk toward the cafe. Soon, he arrived and went to a table. He sat Ariel down gently. "There are quite a few things to eat. However, there is a foal's section on the menu. What do you usually eat?" Thunder Dash asked.  

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Ariel looked around at her surroundings first before she turned her attention towards the menu. There were a lot of foods she would eat - she would have been willing to even eat foods she disliked, she was so hungry - though she longingly gazed at the dessert section of the menu. Sweets were her favorite thing of all to eat; but her ears flattened when she remembered how she would be told off, commanded to eat her vegetables and such before even considering dessert. There were a lot of things her parents would tell her off for - and, being a sensitive foal, she would cry each time she was yelled at, only to be yelled at some more for crying and "whining."

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"Hey...you can order whatever you want...as long you eat something healthy with it." Thunder stated. Thunder was a very easy-going stallion. He did not put rules on himself. The only thing he stood by was he would never hurt or harm someone unless he was threatened.  

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Ariel looked up at him for a minute before she looked to the menu once more, glancing over the choices. After a few moments, she pointed to one of the salads listed on the menu, indicating that would be what she wanted; clearly having retreated into the habit of silence yet again. After that, she looked at the apple pie under the desserts section, glancing back up at him as she let some hope glimmer in her eyes.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Miss Reaper

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"That would do." Thunder stated. Thunder ordered a salad with a 1/4 burger and some lemon cake to go with for desert. "Say...since you have no place to go...wanna stay at my place?" Thunder asked.

 

(OOC: Since Thunder lives in Cloudsdale, would giving Ariel true pegasus wings be too much?) 

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(OOC: Well... I guess it couldn't hurt anything.)

 

Ariel's eyes widened slightly as she looked up at Thunder Dash, her ears flicking as she was uncertain whether she had heard him correctly. The filly stared for a while before she quickly averted her gaze, feeling conflicted. She would have loved to be able to stay with somepony like him, under a roof and all - but she worried about being a burden. And after her parents' treatment of her, she was more than convinced that that was all she would ever be to other ponies: a burden.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

Thunder could read Ariel's thoughts a little bit. "It's okay. You won't be a burden. In fact, you'd be a great addition to the family." Thunder stated as he waited for his burger to come. Soon the good came. "Well...ready to eat?" Thunder asked as he picked up his burger.  

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Ariel paused at the mention of family. She was silent for a little while longer, before she slowly repeated, "Family..." It was a nice thought; to possibly be part of a nice family, rather than the one she had come from. But was it too good to be true?

 

When the food came, it took the hungry filly all of her self-restraint to keep herself from sticking her face into the plate of salad laid before her. Instead, she picked up a fork to eat the salad how she felt it should be eaten - or rather, was told so at one point or another.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

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Ariel paused at the mention of family. She was silent for a little while longer, before she slowly repeated, "Family..." It was a nice thought; to possibly be part of a nice family, rather than the one she had come from. But was it too good to be true?

When the food came, it took the hungry filly all of her self-restraint to keep herself from sticking her face into the plate of salad laid before her. Instead, she picked up a fork to eat the salad how she felt it should be eaten - or rather, was told so at one point or another.

Thunder continued to eat his burger and salad. "Yep...a loving, caring family." Thunder stated as he continued to eat his burger. "Maybe it's a good time to ask her..." Thunder thought to himself as he continued to eat his food. "Ariel?" He asked gently as he paused eating and looked at Ariel.

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(OOC: Derp, ended up falling asleep last night. )

 

Ariel ate at a steady pace, not wanting to eat too quickly in spite of how hungry she was; she didn't want to end up with a stomachache afterwards for eating too fast. However, she froze when she heard Thunder's voice uttering her name, her ears quirking up at the sound before folding flat against the sides of her head. She slowly, timidly brought her gaze up towards him, thinking that maybe she had done something wrong somehow. She wouldn't have been surprised; her parents always found something wrong in what she was doing, even if she thought she wasn't doing anything bad or if something was out of her control.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@@Miss Reaper,

 

"How would you like...if...I...became...your father." Thunder stated a little hestitantly. "Jeez, way to rush into things Thunder." Thunder thought to himself as he continued to eat slowly. He certainly did not want this little filly Ariel to go back out on the streets and continue to wander.

 

(OOC: I did the same! )