Brew of Tears

Brew of Tears
> In a familiar meadow dry and parched by drought stands an old tree
> This has been one of the worst droughts in recent memory
> Tough yellow grass sprouts up defiantly from hard caked earth
> The cicadas howl through the blistering heat
> Fluffies cry during this awful weather
> Many fluffies have met their end at the hands of heatstroke
> The playful and happy fillies and colts were the main casualties
> Foals during this time are small
> Weak from lack of milk
> Mothers have had very little water to drink
> The gray fluff have reached their limit
> The "hawt bwight" has to go
> With no other options the gray fluff turn to their last resort
> "Fwuffy wawa fow sky wawa"
> The oldest fluffy, a once pure white pegasus, is chosen
> She has lived for over six years
> Extraordinarily long for a fluffy
> As she walks towards the dry river bed spotted with contaminated puddles the herd follows
> Her weggies are weak, and she practically crawls there
> Each step causes her thin gray/white fluff to float wispily in the air
> Were it not for her hooves beneath her she would appear to be floating like a ghost
> Tired light blue eyes stare at nothing in particular as marches to fulfill her duty
> The sky ball did not like the berries, it didn't like the flowers, it didn't like the words they spoke
> Gray fluff had failed
> It was up to them to make it better
> Behind her the once blue and red unicorn drags a leaf filled with silly berries
> "Whew owdestest mummah gowin?"
> A young white and yellow pegasus asks to her mother
> "Owdest mummah gotta make sky happeh, ow nuu wawa come fow fwuffies..."
> The foal looks confused
> She was born, raised, and now weaned all without seeing rain
> "Wha? Sky nuu wawa, sky hawt, bad fow fwuffes, wiffow haff yikkie wawa..."
> The green algae tainted puddles before the herd are undrinkable
> This herd has gone two days without any water whatsoever
> Unwilling to risk sickness after a young stallion decided to try and drink and didn't survive
> If they hadn't been sleeping nearly that whole time even more would have died from thirst
> "Gway pointeh... gway wigie is weady..."
> These fluffies have long since forgotten their original names
> Gray wing has lived long enough, and it's time to help the herd
> Her oldest friend Gray point gives her the berries
> Slowly the old pegasus eats the whole pile
> Were it not for her built up immunity she would die within the minute
> Despite this she still gets sick
> Years of consuming silly berries leave her weaker than normal
> Her body is numb and the ritual begins
> "Gway winhgie *hic* iss..is weaahdyyyyy oooo..."
> The gray pegasus lays on her back facing the sun
> "Ouuhouuu weggies suu hiiiiighhhh heahheahheah..."
> She wiggles her legs above her happily babbling
> Now unaware of what is happening
> Point and his fellow gray earth fluff set about their grim task
> With a sharp rock they found in the river the two fluffies jam the stone into her stomach
> "EAhagghhhh! Huuuwwaaaa dat? Whaaa happen? Feeewww funnehhh.... in fuh..neahhhh.. pwace..."
> The numbness doesn't completely remove the pain
> But, she can't tell where she is hurt
> "Fwiends... hewp fwuffy... fuahhfee enuu.. nuu wan diee.... hewp.."
> The once willing fluff has a change of heart, but it is already too late for her
> The two males aren't done yet as they draw the rock down her belly and remove it
> With great effort and with the terrified gasps of onlookers the two grays use their teeth to widen the hole
> Pulling on each side of the wound they rip the fragile elderly skin from ribcage to teat
> "GHhaaauu! GAUuugahauuuu! ahhh! HAaaauuu! HEewp! Nuu! Aga! Nuu wan huwteahhggg..."
> Blood has begun flowing from her mouth
> the fluffies then reach their faces into her guts and begin to tear out her intestines
> The organs trail in two directions draping down her sides
> "AAAAAAAAAH!"
> Several onlookers who have never seen the ritual begin screaming
> Fillies, colts, foals, and young adults all cry and scream for their oldest mother
> "Nuu! Owd mummah! Gway mummah! Why huwt?! Why nuu hug? Mummah nee hewp!"
> Older adults hold back their children as the gray fluffies continue their task
> Then the pegasus stops fighting and simply whimpers
> "pwease... hewp... huwt... nuu feww pwitteh... suu hawt..."
> The sun bears down on the exposed organs and skin
> She'll live for a while yet
> Placing several red berries in her body the gray are finished and step back
> Their front legs and faces drenched with blood
> "SKY! WISSEN SKY! BOOBOOJUICE FOW SKY! FWUFFY GIFF MOWST IMPOWTANT WAWA! GIFF AWW WAWA! SKY GIFF SOME WAWA FOW HEWD!"
> The gray fluffies all shout at the sky for water
> Save the eviscerated pegasus still twitching and breathing shallow on the river bed
> "SKY TAKE NUMMIES! NEE NUMMIES FOW WAWA! HAFF SADDIES FOW FWUFFIE! FWUFFY SADDIES CUZ' NUU WAWA!"
> Then a crow descends on the corpse taking berries and bites of flesh
> "Hewd! Saddies biwdies hewe to take nummies tuu sky! Wun to twee! Nuu wan saddies tuu!"
> Fleeing from the begging elder the fluffies watch from a safe distance
> Soon over a dozen crows are eating from the still breathing fluffy
> Then the fluffies see the biggest scariest bird they've ever seen
> A vulture swoops down and forces the crows away
> "Hewd! Sky heaw fwuffies! Biwdies take nummies tuu sky! Sky cwy fow fwuffies soon! Haff wawa fow fwuffies!"
> The herd waits anxiously, too afraid and mesmerized by the spectacle to look away
> Many are trembling with fear and cry wet sloppy tears for their oldest mother
> "Nyouuu, owdest mummah... why huwties... why wongest sweepies... wan hug nuu can..."
> Bit by bit the pegasus is torn to pieces until nothing remains save a flimsy skeleton which falls to pieces
> The herd cries hard, their final prayers left unanswered by the meanie sky
> A friend sacrificed to try and keep the herd alive to no avail
> Then as the sun starts to set the black kitty monster's tail begins to flick rapidly
> He also tried to get a piece of the fluffy body before the vulture scared him off
> Now sprinting he returns to his hollow, igniting cries of "nuu huwt!" from the terrified youth
> Almost as if on cue the sky thunders in the distance
> Fluffies notice over the clearing gray clouds aproaching
> "Mummah! Owdest Mummah comin back! Owd mummah FWYIN! Fankoo owd mummah! Wuv ouu owd mummah! Waaaahh!"
> The onlookers cheer and cry as the storm clouds draw closer signaling not only rain, but the return of their friend
> With cool air sweeping over the field the fluffies are all celebrating
> Thanking their oldest mummah for helping the herd
> With the drought over and the sun obscured by clouds
> The sky cries with the fluffies