Granted this happened a couple of times but as far as I was concerned I needed the exercise and my body is strong but my cardio kinda sucks or well it use to till I started playing with Lil Rio. Anyway this time when we went for the ball we found a fox who was injured. apparently there were still bear traps around. I shook my head at the thought mainly because I just didn’t understand why a trap would be here in the first place. I knelt down to it and of course I get the response that I knew was coming. It lashed out at us and tried to defend itself.

I backed away and ran to the picnic basket and came back with some food for it to eat because it looked hungry and thankfully it settled down. The amazing thing was that Lil Rio was there with it the entire time and he was somehow keeping it calm during the time that I was getting the food. I gave the fox what food I had brought and then I asked Jr to lay down next to it to help keep it warm since it was mildly chili outside plus the fox looked like it had lost a lot of blood.

“Okay this might hurt just a little”.

I pried open the trap and the fox was able to go free but it seemed like it was still in pretty bad shape. Thankfully I always had a medical kit with me in my car wherever I go so I quickly ran back to the car and returned with some bandage. Jr was there nuzzling it and keeping it warm. I knew Jr had a kind and loving heart because I’m sure not many other animals would try to help a fox if they saw it. I tried to wrap the bandages around it’s leg but it snapped at me and so I gave the bandages to Jr to see if he could do it for the fox.

It worked like a charm. He was able to wrap the bandages around its leg with no problems. It began licking Jr’s cheek sweetly as a means of thanking him. After a few moments it regained its strength and made its way home but not before it nuzzled Jr one more time and gave me a look which I suspected meant “thanks but don’t act like I needed you” I took it in a positive manner and bowed my head to it and then it vanished.

“How did you do that Jr”?

He did this motion which made me laugh really hard to the point of tears because he looked at me with a smile on his face and then he just did what looked like a shrug.

“Really Jr you have no idea.? You know what come ere you”.

I gently pushed him to the ground and began tickling him.

“lets see you shrug now you little smarty pants”.

He playfully tried to bat me with his hooves trying to get me to stop. I wasn't tickling him so much to the point of him losing his breath or anything but I knew my limit for tickling cause when I was a kid and whenever my parents would tickle me I could only take so much so I made sure to stop pretty quick. After all the laughter I laid down, picked up Jr and place him with his back on my chest so we could watch the clouds together.

I wasn’t sure how this happened but time just seemed to fly right on by and it was time to go home. It wasn't all that late but I guess he was pretty worn out from all the excitement. Once again I found myself standing outside watching the moon hoping for some answers. Of course I was given none but this time I didn't really mind. Instead I just enjoyed the moon glow and the slight warmth of the night.

What was odd was when I had reentered my apartment room my legs just gave out for some reason. It was weird it almost felt like I tripped over something but I knew where everything was in my room so I found it fairly strange. I brushed it off however thinking it to just be my clumsiness. I knew that tomorrow was going to be another work day though it may be short I knew it would suck a little only because I was working a Saturday dinner shift.

I shook the idea of working like crazy tomorrow out of my head and decided just to go to bed and enjoy hanging out with my buddy James and his sister ray tomorrow morning before work. My buddy James is one of the few people I can count on to cheer me up even when my day is usually starting off in a shitty manner. He’s a brony like me so he shows me all of his pony collection and I have seen his room which is like a shrine to the whole fandom.

I have been to his place a few times and to be honest I consider him and his sister to be like my family. They have both been very kind to me and along side them is another close friend of mine and his name is Noir. Noir when I first met him a my first brony meet up he was fairly timid but I could understand why. However after a while he got use to me being around and we have become very good friends. Just as well I consider him family.

The next day before leaving for James’s house I wondered what I was going to do with Jr. I mean I had left him alone before but never for this long. I mean were talking almost a full day here. I figured if I brought Lil Rio to James’s house he might feel a little weird at first what with all the pony stuff that James has but at the same time I know he would be treated like family.

I went and woke up Jr to see if he may want to come with me. I knew he could understand me so I figured he was pretty darn smart for his age which to be honest I have no idea what his age actually is except that he is still pretty young for a pony. Anyway when I woke him up he thought it’d be funny to curl up into a ball and when I got close to try to pick him up he’d just jump up from the bed and latch onto my face with his front and hind legs wrapping around the back of my head.

I just kind of stood there and tried to ask him what he was doing since it was kinda sudden and random for his to do this. He eventually let go of course but only because I started walking around with him still attached to my head till we got to my living room where I gently took him off my face and began to nuzzle his tummy. As usual he gave my a good morning kiss or well lick to the nose which I have actually become accustom to. In fact I almost felt like I couldn’t live without them every morning.

It was his way of showing affection toward me as his father. Of course I would always kiss his little nose back every time and he would smile and motion me in for a hug and want me to carry him out to the living room for cartoons and breakfast. Today however was going to be a little different because today I was taking him with me to see someone he had never before. My buddy James.

After an early breakfast I asked Jr if he was ready to go see my friend. His initial response was a bit of fear because he had no idea who James was or what he was like. I told him just to think of James as someone who would be his friend and play games with him just like I do. Jr still was a little worried about the whole thing but he did seem a little more relaxed after I told him that.

We set off toward James’s house and when we arrived I found James just chillin like a villain in his room of course on his computer which by the way is pretty tricked out. Puts my PC to shame but none the less he’s humble and kind which to me is what matters most when I make friends. I opened the door to his room where he was playing Call of Duty Black ops 2 and so I knew he would notice me coming in. I knew he wouldn’t mind anyway since he has many friends over most of the time.

Ray was there in her room just sleeping completely covered from head to toe in blankets. The way I started getting there attention whenever I came into their rooms and they were playing something was to crumple up a piece of paper and just playfully throw it at their heads. They never minded it because they just thought it was funny for me to do that.

This time was different however. I went into James’s room and I was holding Lil Rio in my arms and I set him down on top of James’s bed. He knew I was there but he didn’t notice the little blue colt sitting on his bed yet because I was sort of in the way. As soon as he was finished playing I got his attention and told him that I wanted to show him something very important.

“James I need you to not freak out and scare him ok”?

“Scare who Rio”?

Author's Note

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