StarLight EverGlow

Looking in the mirror and realizing I hated the pony I saw I sighed. "I used to be so happy" Don't get me wrong I'm happy with my life, my job and my friends, Just not with myself. I let my father bully me and cheat me out of my old happy self and into this sad, depressed pony that I am now, well in private that is, in public I try to seem seem cheerfull. "I even rember the day it all started..."

"Hi Daddy, what-cha doing!" I said hopping into the kitchen early saturday morning. "Are we still going to the park?"

Daddy had his head down on the table and his front legs wrapped around it. He grunted angrily. Oh, I realized, Daddy was out again last

night. Mommy told me about it the first time it happened. Daddy has a really mean boss and a job he doesn't like. So every friday after work he goes to a place called a bar and drinks lots and lots of this yucky brown stuff. Mommy said it was called alchahol and that it makes you feel good for a little while, but, then you feel sick, really,really sick and you have a bad headache almost all day. Daddy had drank alot more than usual though, by my guess. He had even turned off the lights in the kitchen so they wouldn't hurt his head. I don't understand why he drinks, he feels good for about an hour and then it makes him sick again. It dosent seem worth it to me.

"Um..., nevermind Daddy. Do you want me to fix you some coffee?" Mommy said that it helps his head feel better.

"What I want is for you to shut you damn mouth and go get your mother." he growled.

I froze, Daddy had never said bad words to me before. What had I done wrong?

"W-w-what?"

" Did I fucking stutter! Go get your god damn mom!" He screamed louder than I had ever heard him. I started to cry right there. I turned to go get Mommy, she would know what to do. But as I turned Daddy saw my tears, his red eyes narrowed and he slapped me in the face and when I screamed he punched me in the eye. It went on like this for what felt like hours him hitting and me screaming. But it had really only been about a minute before Mommy woke up,having heard the commotion. She came downstairs and screamed upon seeing us. She punched Daddy and pulled him off of me.

"What the FUCK is wrong with you Marlin! She's your daughter, your tiny daughter, not even eight years old yet! Just yesterday you were telling me how lucky we were to have her! Is this how you show it! Is it!" Mommy screamed as I cowered, crying, safely between her legs and out of

Daddy's reach. She used her magic and telaported the two of us to the hospital. Everypony in the waiting room saw me and gasped. I was being looked over by a doctor in no time at all and Mommy was filling out some papers.

"How did this happen to you StarLight?" the doctor wanted to know. Mommy jumped in her seat a little."Um Doctor? I'd like a word alone with my daughter if you don't mind please." She looked like she was about to burst into tears at any moment so he agreed, but he told me to answer his queston when he came back. Once he left Mommy sighed.

"Honey, you know I know I love you right?" I nodded. "Good. And you know Daddy loves you too right?" I was stunned, after all he had just done I didn't think he did. "No he doesn't Mommy. Just look at me! I think he even broke my front leg. He hates me Mommy, He really does" Mommy looked near tears.

"''No honey he does love you! You remeber that brown, yucky stuff Daddy drinks I told you about?" I nodded again. "It was what made Daddy hurt you. He never would have done this if he wasn't drinking. He loves you, sweetie I promise." I thought it over." Okay Mommy, but what do I tell the doctor?"

"I'll tell him that I found you like this in the back yard, you tell him that you were playing outside when something hit your head really hard and then everything got dark, and you don't remeber what happened after that. Okay?" I agreed. After all if she was right and Daddy really did love me then I wouldn't want to get him into trouble right?