"I can't believe it!" Cloud Flicker yelled. "I need some time alone…." Cloud Flicker thought to himself. So he ran back, back to the EverFree forest. Some of his friends saw him and called for him, but he just kept on running, "Go away!" he yelled. His friends understood. He needed to be alone.

Cloud Flicker noticed that he still had all his stuff packed and went back to the spot where he camped the night before. He realized he was talking to himself, and couldn't help it. "When I find the fucker that did this, I'm gonna kill him slowly, painfully." Then his fathers words rang in his mind again, "C-C-Cloud Flicker..don't feel hatred for the one who did this. But take care of yourself, I know you will." He sighed and looked up at the sky. "Then what am I supposed to do?" Tears started swelling in his eyes. "To start, you could talk about it." Fluttershy appeared. "Sorry Fluttershy, but I'd rather not. How long have you been standing there?" Cloud Flicker asked. "Long enough," she replied. "How are you feeling?" she asked. "My parents were just murdered about ten minutes age, how do you think I feel?" He yelled. He could see Fluttershy was starting to cry. "I mean, I don't feel very good. Not good at all." Cloud Flicker said, but this time quieter.

"Could I just be left alone for a while?" Cloud Flicker asked Fluttershy. "Oh, o-ok then. If you need anything, you know where to find me." she replied. Again, Cloud Flicker was alone. He started to cry. "Oh, what am I going to do? My parents are dead, I have no family!" Cloud Flicker sobbed. That night, he mourned all night, then finally cried himself to sleep at around 3:00 am.

Waking up at about 11:20am, Cloud Flicker got up slowly. Remembering the events of last night, he whimpered. He got up, staggered beck to the ground, then stood. Cloud Flicker slowly walked back home. Arriving home at almost 12:40, he sadly went back inside. The police had cleaned everything out of the house, there wash't a single trace of the struggle. He sighed. "Who could have done this?" Cloud Flicker thought. There must be some sort of clue. He went back outside and thought about it. "I just don't understand." Cloud Flicker said to himself. "Don't understand what?" Rainbow dash had just come out of nowhere. "Oh, hi Dash. Nothing. Its nothing." He told her. "I heard about last night, Is there anything I can do?" She asked. "No thanks. I'm fine." He replied.

"Are you sure?" Asked Rainbow Dash. "Yea, I'd rather be left alone. So again, Cloud Flicker was left alone. Cloud Flicker had gone back inside, sighed, then went upstairs to his room. He saw a picture of him and his parents in Cloudsdale and started to cry. "Why? Why me?"

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