Where do we fit in ?
A short story about fitting in.
Where do we fit in ?
The white young unicorn stayed in the shadows as he looked his distant relative prince BlueBlood get all the attention. They were talk of a possible wedding for the adult white unicorn. But NothingSpecial, as the white young unicorn wanted to be called, was not overjoyed by this prospect. That meant that he would have to be there, and despite no-one would pay attention to him, he couldn't leave the celebrations. That wouldn't do any good to his stress incontinence and social anxiety.
He sighed while looking at himself in the mirror. A young unicorn with a white pearl coat and a red and yellow mane, wearing blue glasses. He was way over the age for diapers and he should have had his cutie marks years ago, but LoneStar didn't have luck on both accounts. Stress was his foe and it made him have so many accidents that his caretaker kept him in diapers most of the time. Being nobility, he had to be present to many events with lots of the high society. Lots of stressful events he would like to avoid but couldn't.
And most of the time, people just saluted him and moved away. He was of no interest ever to them. He was ignored like he was furniture. If he was needed he was called upon. If he was missing, people noticed. But otherwise, he was just background, another piece of furniture. The few times people actually talked to him, they talked about his blank flank. He should have had his cutie mark years ago, but he has no particular skills. He was able to do a lot of things, but never good enough. That why he made people call him Nothing Special. A fitting name for someone people only noticed by his absence of anything special.
He had idly moved forward without realizing, and hit someone. It was a young gold-coated alicorn with a purple, blue and lilac mane and tail. Next to her was someone so close in shape and size that she could have been her twin sister, purple with a pink, blue and yellow mane and tail. ( http://aquaticneon.deviantart.com/art/Season-5-Princesses-Gold-Lily-and-Sterling-453746021) Princesses Gold Lily and Sterling. Sterling was the one rumored to marry BlueBlood. But both sounded upset at the moment, something that troubled the young colt.
"Sorry, I was distracted." Said Nothing Special.
"That ok, we were also ... distracted." Said Gold Lily.
"Is there something wrong ?" asked the young unicorn.
"No.. no." said Sterling.
"That isn't convincing." He replied.
"It's just... people see us as pale copies of Celestia and Cadence. Nobodies pay attention to us unless they need of us. We are alicorns, but we haven't found what princesses of we are. We are shadows in this castle...." Said Sterling.
"I think the same thing all the time." Said Nothing Special.
"We are recolors, knock-offs, copies..." said Gold Lily.
( based on http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/More_Than_Just_The_Spare)
All together : Spare...? Are we really just spares?
Nothing Special : I'm not part of the town, not born to be king Just somebody hopelessly in-between I'm the scholar, they are the athlete, the poet I'm the screw up, don't I know it Why do they keep wanting me to compare? Of course they're gonna think I'm just the spare It hurts, because I care
Gold Lily : So I'm the extra button on a coat In case another one comes loose Is it bad to not just want to carry on ? Why can't my skills be put to use? I may not be the smartest, I may not be your ace But can't you look to me in the face Is it bad to want to deserves a place in the sky This alicorn wants to fly
All : We are people, not tools, if that make any sense!
Sterling : I'm not a rusty horseshoe that you throw up Not just a tool that you leave at your door I don't want to cry forever Just wishing that they were place for one more And maybe I can't be the perfect one And maybe I'm not always fun But one day I'll find my place, somewhere And I'll be more than just a spare
All : Someday I'll find my thing A thing that's all my own That thing that makes us part of something Not just all alone Maybe someday someone will open his heart Give us a chance to be what we are, not just source of compare.
So we are the other brother or sister Who most of the town ignores Only called when they need a horseshoe Something that we are good for.
Magic isn't something for people like us And maybe we don't have a talent as such We just have friendship to share People may forgot we are here But we are more than just the spare !
Nothing Special : it seems the habit of singing and dancing out of the spot is not only Princess Twilight's shtick.
The two Alicorns laughed.
"We may be not perfect, we may not be as good as Princess Celestia, Princess Twilight or her friends, but we are people. We have a place in this world. When they stop to compare us, maybe we will find it someday." Said Princess Sterling.
"We can sure hope so. Everyone is worth noting. We can all bring something." Said Gold Lily.
"And together, we are more than apart." They all said together.