In many societies it is believed to say that opposites attract, common studies can tell us that and prove it. But with life it is a completely strange and different enigma. Once they have found each other, true love is likely to form but what makes it last is the acceptance of their differences and there being an understanding of it. Love exists in many forms to many it means nothing but to those who hold dear to it, builds their character. When such a foundation of trust and true harmony is broken, it changes us whether we like it or not. Love can also take form of something false and corrupted, Lust. This taints love only to maintain what we held dear wanting more of it just so we can feel better of ourselves of what we had lost. The irony of Life and Love is that the only constant thing is change, it changes us, it changes those around us, our children. The question is when it occurs, do we it let it change us for the better or the worst?

FlutterShy was in her cottage one afternoon relaxing and resting from such a day's events of taking care of her many woodland creatures. It was never a task for her, it kept her mind busy, it was a relief. She enjoyed the company of Angel, as he rested on her lap, sleeping and quiet. Things were too quiet, she began looking around the house for something to do but all the chores were completed. She wandered the house like a ghost, without purpose until her eyes glanced at a family portrait, it caught her attention for a while and she soon burst into tears. The portrait contained a shy filly FlutterShy smiling between two figures, an Earth mellow yellow pony, his mane red with orange streaks with a simple smile which displayed a lot more that simplicity, it showed a happier life, it represented pride in his family. Next to the flame streaked stallion was a splitting image of the filly but more exuberant and emitted happiness, all with one grin and an expression of joy with her eyes closed, it was as if she didn't need to see to be happy, she had all that she ever wanted. All she ever needed.

Those two smiles in the portrait can be translated easily but what caused them is unknown. A picture contains one thousand words a famous author once said. My version is what about the other pictures we aren't allowed to see? Or the other words we aren't allowed to read?  Many emotions can be translated either negatively or positively, it depends on how you were brought up, some of us can't even show proper emotion and thus rather become socially awkward not wanting to change.

FlutterShy picked herself up and looked at the painful image before her." Mom...Dad...Where did everything go?"  she asked herself as painful as memories are they will always be there. To remember, to learn from them and possibly if it isn't too late, to fix them.

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A young earth stallion out on his own would always look at the clouds, he could only dream of being a pegasus pony. The clouds looked so free and relaxing, not a single trouble in the world. It was like a mockery to him, so close yet so far. He would come and enjoy the view everyday, sunrise and sunset. That's basically what his cutie mark was, a sun stuck between two clouds brightening the day.

From time to time, he would see pegasi, flying across the skies, so free, he wanted those wings, those angelic wings. He would even talk to the fellow Pegasi ponies more than he would with more Earth ponies being as close as he can get. Day after day, he would cloud gaze and soon he looked lonelier than ever before. He was broken down to tears, all he ever wanted was to join the angels in the sky, flying and carefree.

One lone pegasus mare landed on the greener grass next to him, she asked," What's wrong?"

" I only want to be a pegasus but I'm stuck here forever on the ground as a regular pony." He replied.

" Well, I prefer the ground more than the sky, it's so calming and relaxing, all they ever want to do up there is fly and act fast." She said to him, understanding him," All I want to do is live the moment and stay there for a while."

" But you have a choice, you have wings and hooves," He said stating the obvious yet the truth to her.

" It is true, we all have choices and I choose to stay with this earth pony for a while," she said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, where are my manners, my name is Crimson Sun."

"Glad to meet you, my name is Pink Lotus," she introduced herself, meeting her new acquaintance," Why don't we stay here and cloud gaze, get to know each other better."

He nodded but yet showed some negativity," All that brings to me is lust and a tease."

" You're looking at them wrong," she chuckled," First of all you don't sit on the grass, you lay on it."

Even though she was a pegasus pony, she seemed to know more about living life still and enjoying the moment. She was the one who enjoyed the Earth's surface more than he did.

Crimson followed her and laid down at the grass next  to her," Second of all, you don't stare at only one cloud, they are meant to drift, to move on but the great thing is you embrace the moment while it's there and soon another one will come along." She was so relaxed and happy. He was beginning to learn about being an earth pony from a pegasus.

They laid there on the grass without a care in the world as they watched the clouds go by doing the same. Words don't always need to be said to have laughter or enjoy a moment, it's the silence that makes us embrace it, miss it and thus once we miss it, we recreate it.

Like all good things it came to an end and Lotus had to go home and so did Crimson. He wasn't jealous of the pegasus anymore, for the matter of fact, he felt sorry for them, they won't be able to sit down for a moment, stay still and enjoy the moment, enjoy the clouds that they continuously created for his viewing.

Things were changing for the better, he didn't want those angel wings, he had found his own angel who would return the next day to enjoy more cloud gazing with each other. That night he didn't dream of being a pegasus pony, he dreamt just to stay with that one who had taught him, to enjoy what he had.

The next day came, his cutie mark was seen throughout Equestria, the sun had risen from the east, beckoning a new bright day for more clouds. He would usually sing since his talent was a cutie mark which seemed fit for a pegasi.

He sat by his usual spot, laying on the grass, cloud gazing and thinking of lyrics for a new song. He began to think to himself, where was she? Where was Lotus? He waited patiently looking at the clouds, his stomach soon grumbled, time flew extremely fast that day but the clouds were only a poor representation of time as they moved so slowly.

"Boo!" A joyous voice scared him as a face appeared out of nowhere.

Crimson was startled at the sight of her and yet overjoyed that she had come again," Hey Lotus! That scared me!"

"That's the point of it," She smiled and chuckled at him, laying by his side once more talking and enjoying the scenery.

It didn't really show much but her return to the earth bound stallion, showed that she cared. He didn't ask for her to come back even though he did inside but he was always the lonely type and never knew how to express himself. Lotus on the other hoof, expressed hers quite well and helped him express himself slowly.

Two blind ponies don't need to see each other to express love, all they needed was each other. So what was so different between an earth pony and a pegasus? Absolutely nothing, love is in the eyes of the beholder. His dream was never to be among the clouds, it was to be with her as close as he could have.Days passed spending time with Lotus, turning into months, their love for each other grew stronger and stronger, so strong there was a new foal in the world..

" What shall we name her dear? She looks exactly like you."

Lotus smiled at her new foal," She seems quite scared for a foal. I know exactly what to name her. FlutterShy."

Their foal, was a small pegasus pony, splitting image of her mother, pink hair, buttery yellow coat and even her eyes.

Time passed on and it was time for her to begin learning how to fly.

The father was saddened that he had no power, or rather the ability of flight to guide his only child. He looked at himself as useless, he only wanted to be there for her daughter every way possible in her life and he was missing out on an important step, flight.

Lotus returned to the clouds with FlutterShy as flight school had begun. Crimson never had a chance to see his daughter, she was a pegasi and belonged in the clouds. He would wait hours upon hours, awaiting for his family members to see him, he felt as if he was a burden to them, only anchoring down on them, preventing them from moving on.

His love for his family corrupted, becoming lust, he felt as if he was losing them, he only wanted things to stay the same.

Any chance he got with his daughter seemed to be a moment in the sun, he would never leave her alone, he always looked over her making up for loss time. Anytime she refused always lead to anger and misunderstanding, all he ever wanted was to spend time his family which he barely got.

This misunderstanding placed fear in little FlutterShy and the mother only wanting to protect her daughter.  They slowly began to move away from him. He grew angrier, not at them, at himself, he caused this and blamed himself for not being a pegasus, which only made him want for it more in his silence. He promised change. Was it change for the better or change for the worse?

He cursed Celestia blaming her for him not having wings, not being there for his family. He wanted to be closer and closer with them.

When there is no one to blame but yourself. You would still look for something to relieve you of the problem.

Time passed and Crimson soon built a house on the same hill close to the clouds where Lotus and FlutterShy lived, trying to be there for his beloveds. This act of love was misinterpreted as a sign to fear.

Lotus grew scared at this act as he moved closer towards them wanting to be with them. He was seen as a changed stallion in her eyes, not the stallion she had loved back years ago.

All these sudden changes had its affect on Lotus, she succumbed to drinking to ease her pain, to relieve her self from reality. She became more abusive to FlutterShy unconscious about her actions as the poison of alcohol slowly warped her way of thinking making her more dependent on the liquid to deal with her problems.

When we are weak, we look for a voice to guide us. When there is no one to talk to, we blame the problems on ourselves.

And that is what FlutterShy did, she blamed everything on herself as she knew her parents were happier before.

Life was changing too fast for her and she couldn't keep up, she wasn't in those clouds her father used to watch as they moved peacefully. She was in the pegasus world where she didn't belong. She may have had the looks of her mother but it's the inside of her that made her who she was, her father before everything happened. An earth pony.

Life was changing quickly for FlutterShy and she returned to Flight Camp. It was that day of the race between Rainbow Dash who stood up for her against the trio of bullies that life took a change for the better. She was where she belonged, away from her parents, the ponies she blamed herself for causing so much trouble in their life. It was that day life changed, she got her cutie mark and her place on the ground where she can be relaxed and free.

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She still loves her parents and there isn't a day that goes by that she wants to see them again but is it worth it?

FlutterShy watched the portrait of her family smiling altogether. She knew what really happened and know the fact that life for them as a family will never be the same.

FlutterShy walks away from her past and takes a glance back at the portrait of wonders of how things had changed so much from then.

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