Hey everycreature! What's up!?
So for those of you who are not my frequent readers, I'll say what I said already, I thought of this little one shot that has several possible endings and in fact I'm thinking of maybe turning this into like one of those CYOA Equestria Girls shorts, if everycreature would like that!
So I actually thought of this idea after rewatching ACRacebest's Bronies React for the Season 6 premiere and I think it was what Black Gryph0n said about Flurry Heart asking her parents how she got her name.
Anyway, please enjoy as always!
Another peaceful day far up north in the land of Equestria, the Crystal Empire to be exact, everypony going about what they usually do. For one certain 18 year old young mare, well she was still getting used to her new routine as she trotted through the halls of the Crystal palace. Her name was Flurry Heart, the daughter of Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadance and she was the newest princess in Equestria.
Just a few days ago, Flurry Heart's 18th birthday came and with it came the official crowning of the young princess, the whole empire in joy at their new ruler and her parents being most proud, but also a little worried on the inside as well. Flurry Heart in the meantime was very happy, but also knew that her life was going to change, with the crown came new responsibilities for her as her life got a whole lot busier. There were hardly any breaks during the daytime to do what she wanted as she needed to make sure everypony was safe, but she knew it would happen and she was ready to face all the new challenges that came with being a princess. However there was one she wasn't prepared for…
Flurry Heart just returned from a necessary visit to the hospital in the empire, for there was a severe case of the horsey hives along the school foals. She went to cheer them up, doing such things like reading stories and giving them treats and toys, an event she actually enjoyed. She remembered her Auntie Twilight telling her how she once did that and had to watch her when she was a baby at the same time. Flurry actually finished earlier than she and her parents expected and after wishing the foals to get well one last time, she trotted back home to the crystal palace to rest for a little.
"Who knew being a princess was such hard work." Flurry commented to herself as she was smiling, happy as she arrived at the palace doors, the guards bowing before opening the front doors, Flurry blushing a little at the treatment. "But at least they're the perks." Flurry chuckled softly to herself.
After asking the guards inside the palace where her parents were, of which they were in the throne room, Flurry decided to go there without announcement to surprise her parents, thinking they would be surprised to see that she got her task done early. However as Flurry arrived just outside the throne room doors and was about to open the door, she heard her parents talking to each other about her. Flurry was curious and instead of going inside she put her ear to the door to listen to what they were saying.
"Shining Armor, I think it's time we tell Flurry the truth about her name, she's old and smart enough to understand." Cadance spoke.
"But what if she doesn't." Shining Armor retorted. "Cadance, this is big, Flurry has done so well without knowing that fact, if she knows why we gave her that name, she will never look at us the same way."
"What does dad mean…" Flurry thought in her head.
And then Flurry realized, she never did bother to ask her parents why they named her Flurry Heart, she just always accepted the name without question and there was always other things to do to keep her occupied in preparing her to become a princess. Flurry continued listening to her parents' conversation to find out more.
"Honey, she's going to find out sooner or later, it's better if we are the ones who tell her, she'll take it better." Cadance tried reassuring Shining Armor who wasn't convinced.
"Cadance, you know when I married you I promised I would listen to you, but I'm sorry I just can't agree with you on this, she can't know, we prepared her for her duty of becoming a princess and we can't simply undone all that progress now." Shining Armor continued, standing his ground.
"And what?" Cadance's voice now a bit more stern. "Deny her the knowledge that she almost buried the empire under a blanket of ice and snow?"
Flurry felt shocked at her mother's words as she had to put a hoof on her muzzle to keep from shouting. What did her mother mean? Flurry listened for more.
"Yes, clearly she doesn't remember since she was just a baby and nopony else told her, she could go her whole life without knowing and everything will be fine." Shining Armor reasoned.
"You really want to take that chance?" Cadance fearful that Flurry will find out from somepony else. "I'm sorry, but we have to tell her at dinnertime when the family is alone."
And this was when Flurry finally decided to step in and reveal that she has been listening the entire time.
"You don't have to wait…" Flurry said as she opened the throne room doors wide open, showing herself to her parents who had shocked faces while Flurry's eyes were starting to get wet from tears. "How long… How long have you two been holding this from me!?
"Flurry…" Shining Armor started, finding it hard to speak. "Let us explain."
"Explain what!?" Flurry shouted in a new, commanding voice for her.
"Sweetie…" Cadance began. "We gave you the name Flurry Heart because we wanted to remember your crystalling."
"Which didn't go as planned…" Shining Armor added.
"What happened?" Flurry asked, shaking and letting her tears escape her eyes.
"You were just a baby and your powers… Well they weren't under control." Cadance continued. "Your screaming shattered the crystal heart, almost dooming the empire."
And that sentence finally did it for Flurry, she felt like she was going to faint, but anger came to her instead, not believing that her own parents could keep such a terrible secret from her. She didn't know what to say or even believe at this point as her parents tried to comfort her.
"Sweetie, we're sorry…" Shining Armor said as he slowly trotted to his daughter to give her a hug. "We should have told you everything…"
However Flurry was in no mood to listen or be comforted as her face, being lowered to look at the floor now came up, a once beautiful young face of a princess being replaced by a young mare in anguish and utter disbelief.
"I can't believe you two held this from me, you should have told me when I was old enough to understand, at least than it would have been better!" Flurry shouted at her loudest. "I never want to talk to you two again and in fact…" Flurry took the crown she was wearing since she was given her new title as the fifth princess in Equestria and threw it to the floor.
She then did the unthinkable and smashed it with her hoof (Like how Tempest smashed Twilight's crown in the movie) turning the jeweled, shiny royal wear to become a mess of gems.
"I'm no longer a princess, I don't deserve to be one!" Flurry finished as she didn't care if she hurt her hoof from smashing the crown and just ran away, still crying heavily as a trail of tears was left while her parents were too stunned to move or do anything for a few moments, other than to see Flurry heart run off, wondering what she was going to do…
And this is where it ends!
I decided to end it off at this point because again there are several possibilities that can happen. And I want to leave it off to your interpretation as to what Flurry will do now that she knows the terrible truth about her past.
But if you creatures want to see the several possibilities I thought of already, than I will turn this into like a CYOA Equestria Girls short, but of course for FiM in this case!
The several endings I thought of already:
1. Flurry just runs back to her room and after some time her parents find her and try explaining it again, doing their best to try to make Flurry understand why they kept it for so long.
2. Flurry runs to the closet pony, except her parents, that she can think of, her crystaller, Sunburst to seek guidance from him and try to figure out why the secret was kept from her, from the wizard and her parents find her there.
3. Flurry decides to do the extreme and runs away outside of the crystal empire, getting lost in the frozen north and has to seek shelter from a blinding snowstorm in a cave. It's here that Flurry decides to forgive her parents and tries to return back home, only to get lost and faint, but before the worst can happen the crystal guards sent to find her do so and return her back to the palace and when Flurry wakes up she finds her parents there waiting for her to be okay.
4. The same idea as before, but this time Cadance and Shining Armor seek the help of one of their biggest allies, Thorax and the Changelings, to help in the search for Flurry. Thorax finds Flurry, again laying in the snow, having fainted and brings her back himself to the palace, the Changeling leader with the parents to wait until Flurry wakes up.
See, several possibilities already! And that's just what I thought of! You creatures might have other ideas as to what Flurry will do!
See everycreature later!