Journal of a Background Character

!Warning!

!May contain feels!

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I've got a big headache here reader, but going to try to put in somewhat of an entry anyway. I'm an Earth pony today and Ponyville was visited by a traveling showmare Unicorn named Trixie. A real bragger but at least she was able to make us laugh when she rudely pranks Applejack, Rainbow, and even Rarity who's hair she turned green. Though I laughed even more from the fact that Carrot Top had fallen victim to some Poison Joke and had green hair at the time.

Even though she had bragged about besting an Ursa Major in combat, she did not fare as well when an Ursa Minor showed up, chasing after two foolish young colts who thought it was a smart idea to wake it up. Trixie refused to be embarrassed, thus do the smart thing and apologize for giving the young colts the idea, and instead fled town boasting all the way. Twilight was thankfully able to put the baby star bear to sleep and kept the town safe.

Speaking of Twilight, she definitely proved that she's Princesses Celestia's student, just by the amount of magic she used without going into fatigue.

Good night.

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Unicorn today, and I was able to clear up all the cash debts I wrote down thanks to this dragon that decided to take a nap in the mountain cave near Ponyville. I was able to spot it and grab some gems from its hoard before Twilight and her friends showed up and scared the dragon away. Intimidate would be a better word though honestly.

Small note while I remember, I should mention that anything I carry, including though magic, becomes unnoticeable just like me. Makes for some good pranks though.

Anyway, Twilight and each of her friends tried to persuade the dragon to leave town and not cause the sky to be filled with smoke for the next hundred years. Each failed miserably until Rainbow flew in and kicked the dragon, causing it to get quite mad.

Now the yellow pegasus Fluttershy is not one you would see facing danger normally. Rather you would see her taking care of most of Ponyville's animals. But I've seen her wrestle bears just so she can give them a massage, so it came as no surprise when she forced her will onto the dragon by glaring down on it with what she calls 'The Stare.'

My birthday's coming up soon, wonder if anything interesting will happen. Good night.

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Happy Birthday to me! I'm 18 years old now by my estimate. Couldn't find a cake though, oh well. Pegasus today, and the weather team has scheduled a big storm for tonight. So I moved my blanket and journal inside of the library and into the basement, which has been turned into a lab for Twilight.

Going to head to sleep soon. Glad I grabbed some earplugs though, Spike is away on some royal business, but since Applejack and Rarity got caught in the storm they are spending the night here as well. I swear those three are must be making a lot of noise for me to hear it all the way down here.

Good night.

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Earth pony today, and both happy and sad at the same time while I write this entry. Now most ponies didn't know this before, but a peaceful zebra named Zecora lives just outside of Ponyville in the Everfree Forest.

Zecora's a herbologist , also called a witch doctor or druid by some cultures, but thanks to the muttering of others all anypony calls her is an evil enchantress. I once followed her home to see if the rumors were true, and beheld to my surprise, she was crying herself to sleep that day.

It was then that I realized that her problem was similar but at the same time, the opposite of mine. While I can't be seen or heard, Zecora could, but they ignored her anyway.

Today thankfully that all changed. Thanks to Applejack's little sister Applebloom, Twilight's gang walked through some Poison Joke the day before, and after some laughs, Zecora gave them the antidote in the form of a bath.

Zecora is now accepted in Ponyville and has friends. Curious I decided to see what would happen when she returned home alone for the night, after all, everypony acts differently when they are alone. I was happy to see that she had a skip in her step.

At her house she said in her native tongue a phrase that I translated (with help from a book of course) just a few moments ago. Zecora roughly said that she was happy to finally have friends.

My heart hurts, but I am happy at the same time. Zecora was finally able to be noticed. I wonder if the day will come that I too can be found.

Good night.