The Sin of Ignorance
Chapter 2: The Mare In The Rain
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWhen Celestia wanted to know something about her land there was always one pony who she could count on. To find her she just had to follow the rain.
The rain lead her to small town called Manehattan. She was lucky to have found her in Equestria she tend to travel across the globe where she is needed. She had to search for a little while but a couple of ponies said to have seen her in a small inn at the edge of the town.
Celestia knocked at the door. Shortly after a small mare answered. She smiled tiredly when she saw the princess at her door. "Hello Princess Celestia what information can I give you today."
"What? Can't a friend simply come to visit?" Only silence follow her question.
"Okay fine I do need information." The mare smiled a little smugly at this. "So Rain how did the world threat you lately?"
"Oh not so bad I had to visit Saddle Arabia a while back. They are very polite and are very nice once you get over the whole sexism thing." Celestia wince at this. Saddle Arabia was a nice country but they believed that the gender of a pony determine their role in life. A stallion must protect the mare while the mare lead the herd. It was a tradition that still affect even Equestria to this day judging by how many male guards she had at the castle. But contrary to them she didn't force the stallions to protect her they do so in their own free will.
She tried to change of subject. "So nice weather eh?" Celestia immediatly wanted to facehoof once she said that.
Rain smiled wrily. "Yeah I especially like the rain."
"Nevermind so I want important information want do you want in return?" Rain rolled her eyes.
"Just the usual buy me a lunch and I'll tell you what you want." Celestia frowned at that.
"But you help me so much I must be able to do something more important for you. What do you really want the most?"
Rain sighed. "You can't give me what I want Celestia." The princess eyes narrowed
"Try me."
Rain looked at Celestia with a expression that said 'I warned you' "I want to see the sun."
Celestia fell silent at that. You see Rain was not your everyday mare. There was a reason she travel across all of Equis. She was a spirit like Discord except she was a good one and not evil like the draconequus. And you probably guess what is her role. She bring rain to the world.
Not every country in equis had the Pegasi and so it was her duty to bring them the rain they couldn't produce themself. Equestria also occasionally need her help. But the thing is she didn't really have any control of her power and so everywhere she go it's raining she never saw a cloudless sky in her life.
"Maybe if me or a Pegasus take you on their back they could-" She was interupted by Rain.
"No I arleady tried my body can't get past the cloud curtain. I even tried to buck away the clouds but they resist me. Just give me a lunch Celestia I need to accept the fact that I won't ever see your sun or the stars."
Celestia couldn't help to look at Rain in pity. "Okay well the information I need is about a worrying amout of suicides. Every year ponies take their own life and I can't find why."
Rain seem to think for a second. "What is the most important thing for a pony?"
Celestia answered. "I would say friendship and their dreams."
Rain nodded. "Yes there also a third thing destiny. For ponies destiny is an important thing when they lost their way they just have to look at their flank and know that everything will be alright because in the end they will always do what they love with the ponies they love."
Celestia interupted her. "I don't see what this have to do with the suicides."
"It has to do with everything. what happened when their dreams and destiny seem to ruin all their friendships? they feel like they have no purpose anymore, not having a purpose leave to question why they are even alive and then you know the rest."
"B-but how could a destiny or a dream ruin friendship?"
"Celestia this world has a big problem I would even say a lot of worlds share the same problem, bigotry."
"I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the term." Celestia said a little embarassed.
Rain rolled her eyes. "I would say a joke about you being too old but I exist since this world was created so my argument would be invalid. Anyway you know about racism, sexism and all that nasty stuff right?"
Celestia nodded in response.
"Well bigotry mean that but in a more general manner it's basically somepony that hate other ponies because they are different."
Celestia frowned. "But this is not a problem anymore the racism between the three tribes is gone and as far as I can remember there never been a issue with genders."
"What about homophobia, transphobia and racism of non-pony races?"
"I can't say I heard the two first terms." Rain facehoof at Celestia response.
"Just dig into their meaning and see if there a sign of bigotry in your country it still a theory if this is the case of the suicides. But with how good of a ruler you are I don't see what other possiblities there is."
Celestia blushes at the compliment. "Okay I will look into it. Here take my bits to pay yourself dinner I got to return to Everfree City." With that Celestia flew in the rain in direction of her castle.
Rain happily took the bits and make her way to the first restaurant she found, unaware of the coming storm that would hit Equestria. Next Chapter: Moving Estimated time remaining: 5 Minutes