The Forgotten Trove
Chapter 17: FlitterChaser
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Cloudy Cloudy! Look!" A little pegasus jumped up and fluttered her tiny wings as she pointed to her sister's flank.
"What is it?" Cloudchaser glanced back, her eyes widening at the sight. "Whoa! Is that my cutie mark?!"
Her younger sister nodded rapidly and flapped her wings.
"Flitter, this is great! And all I did was push this cloud." Cloudchaser flew backwards and waved down at her little sister.
Flitter pointed up with her nose and shook her head. "That's not all you did."
Cloudchaser's eyes widened as the sun sent brilliant rays of light through the misty trail of her cloud, casting a vivid rainbow down on the school-fillies below. Each filly gazed up to the colorful display with wide, starry eyes, and her teacher trotted out onto the playground in time to witness the event for herself.
"That's impressive little lady. I don't think most pegasi could move a cloud that big on their own, much less just a filly. You're a talented one, that's for certain. As you all know, pegasus magic flows through us all in different ways. Some ponies are able to connect with the clouds unlike any others, and I think Cloudchaser here will go far in our community." The teacher smiled and spread her wings, guiding the fillies back inside.
Cloud Chaser puffed her chest out triumphantly, her ego thoroughly stroked as she dove back down to the schoolhouse. "Hear that? I'm gonna be great!"
"You're already great." Flitter fluttered over to her sister and wrapped her forelegs around the filly's neck.
A small gray pegasus colt quietly made his way up to Cloudchaser, blushing. "Hi... um yeah, I uh... I think you're great too, wanna go to the movies with me some time or something I don't know... I think it would be great if you did."
Cloudchaser shrugged and looked to her sister, who crossed her front hooves and shook her head. "No way, she's not goin' anywhere with you, chump."
"Ah, right. I see..." The colt drooped his ears and scurried away with his head down, and Cloudchaser giggled.
"What if I wanted to go?" she asked her little sister, ruffling the bow on her head
"Would you really want to go see a movie without me?" the filly asked, looking up with wide, watery eyes.
"Of course not! Never. I'd take you with." The older filly offered a solution.
"Wouldn't it be better if it was just us? No stupid colts to ruin our good time." Each sister laughed and nodded.
"I think you're right. Let's go watch The Baltimare Diaries tonight to celebrate my cutie mark."
Fitter looked back at her own blank flank with a sense of longing, then turned away and smiled. "That sounds great! I'm really proud of you, your cutie mark looks great."
"Thanks, I'm glad you like it." Cloud Chaser pulled her sister into a hug.
They each smiled and held onto the other, their sisterly love radiating a soothing warmth.
"I'll be honest, if you got your cutie mark before me, I'd probably be pretty jealous of you." Cloud Chaser confessed.
"I am... a little. But I'm happy for you, and I'd want you to be happy for me too. I'm not gonna ruin this for you, I love you sis." Flitter hugged back onto her sister.
"I love you too."
"Hey! Why are you two still out there, get to class!" A teacher shouted from within the school building.
The two sisters laughed and fluttered indoors to attend their classes.
Several hours later, the school bells rang and a horde of young pegasi trotted and fluttered away from the school grounds. Flitter and Cloud Chaser stuck close, making their way home.
"Mom! Mom look!" Cloud Chaser rushed through her house to see her mother washing dishes.
"What is it dear?" She asked, startled by the sudden shouting.
"I got my cutie mark today!"
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