As Aspen tries to forage for food for his diseased family, he is met with a devastating realisation and a crippling handicap. Life is never fair, you have to learn to deal with it.

Artwork by: Somethingwronghere

P.S. This is the back story of the strange three legged stallion shiloh points out in the cafeteria in the fic: The Messenger. Everypony has a story, this is just one.