A Tyrant Friend

Parental Advice

The next morning before the sun rose, Terry woke up and saw his mate sleeping with a smile.

"I hope she's dreaming happy things." Terry whispered so he didn't wake her up. As he was getting up from his nest, his stomach lightly growled.

"Guess an early bird special should do me some good." He whispered. He quietly walked away from his nest and began an early hunt. Since the sun didn't come up yet, he had to use his night vision. He came across a stream loaded with fish.

"Seafood. My second favorite food." Terry said happily. He walked up to the stream and waited. And then, he quickly thrust his head into the stream, pulling out a salmon. He ate it and for the next few hours, he filled himself on fish of all sorts. After he was done eating, he walked around with no destination. He was thinking of a decision before Twilight asked if he wanted to go home.

The spell should be done in a couple of weeks. You should have time to decide if you want to stay or not....

Those words echoed in his gigantic skull as he walked around.

"What should I do? I don't want to hurt anypony's feelings when I leave. But I miss home. Oh....what should I do?" Terry asked himself. He was frustrated entirely. His heart and brain chose different things for Terry to do. He felt as if his body was going to fall apart that morning out of his frustration.

"Do what you think is right." He heard a voice say. He turned and he didn't believe who he saw. It was his father. He was a heavily scarred Tyrannosaurus Rex who died while protecting his mother.

"D..dad?" He asked hoping it wasn't a figment of his imagination.

"The one and only Terry." He replied.

"DAD!" Terry screamed. When he tried to hug him, he went through him and fell over.

"What the-" He was saying.

"I am here Terry. But I'm not alive." His father explained.

"So you're just a ghost?" Terry asked out of confusion.

"Yup'. Sorry son. Anyway, what ya' thinking about?" He asked in replying.

"I can't decide either to stay here in Equestria or go back to North Dakota. I don't know what to do." Terry replied as a tear fell from his eye.

"Look Terry, we always have a tough decision to make in our lives. But sometimes, the answer will come to you instead of you coming to the answer. So what do you think is best for you to do?" He asked.

"I...I....I DON'T KNOW! MY FRIENDS I HAVE HERE WILL BE HEARTBROKEN WHEN I LEAVE! BUT I MISS NORTH DAKOTA! MY HEART SAYS STAY WHILE MY BRAIN SAYS GO! IT'S TEARING ME APART!" Terry roared in frustration.

"Terry, the answer will come to you in due time. But you have weeks to decide it. Now, I've got to go. But good luck my son. And congrats on your first mating kid. I'M PROUD OF YOU!" He roared before he disappeared. Terry then walked away and he made a destination, he was heading back to Ponyville. But while heading there, he began to think of what his dad said.

Look Terry, we always have a tough decision to make in our lives. But sometimes, the answer will come to you instead of you coming to it.

"But what is my decision? When will it come to me?" Terry asked himself. He continued to think about it and continued to walk back to Ponyville and hoped that the answer will come to him.