It's strange how life works. Some are fortunate, And others are very unlucky. I happened to be in the middle, like most are. The only difference between me, and them however is the fact that i am a full grown pony and still havent found out what I am best at, or in other turns i dont have a cutie mark. It is very strange I know. Most of the ponys in ponyville arn t the least bit surprised. I don t ... do much. My time consists of walking through town and seeing what everyone else is doing. I help others out here and then but not often. The rest of the time consists of me staring off into space thinking a whatever can come to mind. I am not someone to be respected or looked up to, and I did not care one bit.
"Dream Wisper!" Yelled Apple bloom and her two friends scootaloo and sweetie belle. They called themselves the cutie mark crusaders, the reason they did is because not one of them had cutie marks just like me. The difference was that they were much younger than me, so It was more normal for them to not have a cutie mark.
"yes?"I sighed standing up after resting for hours in a flower patch that happned to be very close to flutterflys place. Even though the noise of her chickens seem unbarable to other ponies i donyy seem to mind it.
" We are planning to go on another mission!" Said Applebloom in a rather loud tone.
"Do you want to come?" Asked sweetie Belle.
"What is it this time?" I asked. They we re always doing "missions" to try and find what their special talents are. Not one of them have been sucessful so far, I am starting to think they re best at causing trouble.
"We re gonna go to Raritys shop and design some clothes!" Said Scootaloo. It was very easy to tell that this would end in disator.
"What did Rarity say about you doing that?" I said walking closer to them.
"Um.....nothing really I do not think she will care all that much though." Said Sweetie Belle looking rather nervous.
"I can detect a lie from a mile away"I said raising an eybrow. "And you stink of lies"
"Fine she dosnt know, but I'm positive that she wont care if only a tiny bit of her fabric and lace is gone." Said Apple Bloom. " So do you want to come with us?" She asked.
"No thank you" I said yawning and lieing back down on a batch of Lilys. "Have fun though"
"You ll never get you cutie mark at this rate"Sweetie Belle said walking away with Apple Bloom. Scootaloo however stayed, rubbing her hooves together. After a long silence I finally asked her "Do you need something?"
"K-kind of" She stuttered. " It s about a dream I had, you know how to translate what dreams mean right?" I nodded. A hobby of mine was asking people what they dreamed. The meanings just come to me. I thought that was mt special talent but after a very long time of translating these dreams I gave up seeing no result.
"What happened in your dream?"I asked standing up again and staring into her eyes.
"It stared off good, the cutie mark crusaders we re having a good time eating cupcakes, but all of a sudden Sweetie Belle was gone, then after Apple Bloom and I went into town to look for her, it was bare empty, when i looked next to me Apple Bloom was gone to and I was left in a barren wastland with no where to go, then everything faded to black and I woke up."
She explained. "Is that bad?"
"Not entirly. The fact that your friends left suddenly means that later on you may get into some sort of fight. The barren town symbolizes that after this fight you ll feel alone, like no one is your friend anymore. When it faded to black it represented your saddness." I said. I can t exactly explain it, but my predictions usually tend to be correct, alot like Pinkie Pie's twitchy tail.
"A fight?" She asked thinking. " Your wrong this time. We get along great, why would we suddenly fight?" She said walking away smiling. " Since you dont have a cutie mark revolving around you seeing the future, i xan t exactly trust you can I?" Then I was alone again. This was the normal reaction, only the older ponies know what I can do. I must seem like Gibberous to the younger ones.
I saw no point in loitering in the feild any longer. I walked off torwards my home. As I walked I noticed that everyone walking along had a big grin on their faces, all but AppleJack she was walking with her head down, she was far from happy, curiousity got to me and I could'nt help but see what was wrong. At first I just walked beside her waiting for her to say something. Minutes passed without anything happening, so I decided to start.
"Is everything all right?"I asked. She finally looked up at me, now that i could see her face I noticed her hair was a tanged mess and she was crying.
"No everything AIN'T all right! Far from it!" She cried. She was somesort of mix between happy and angry. "Granny Smith is sick, the doctor said their is nothing we can do about it! He said It was her time, but it AIN'T. That pony still got many years aheada her."
"She has lived for a long time." I said. I know It was kind of insensitive, but why smother her with words of sorrow, instead I tried to get her to face reality, " It dosn t surprise me, all ponys will die one day, we can t change that, when it s time to go, it s time to go."
"BUT IT AINT HER TIME!" She yelled at me. "You would nt understand. You don t have a cutie mark, you may have the body of a full grown pony but you still act like a child!" I raised my hoof, I wanted to slap her. But I placed my hoof back at the ground resisting. I tried to ignore this comment, she was in shock, even though granny smith right now its alive.
"I know in ways I can be but their is a filly in all of us. You have to accept what fate has in store for us, I am postive granny smith would rather be seen off with a smile than that depressed look." I said to her softly. Before Applejack could sayanothing else Big Mac trotted over to us panting.
"Its granny" He said. That was all we needed. All of us without another word ran off to the apple familys farm. When we got their Granny Smith was grinning in her bed, the doctor looked at us with a sad look and said
"She dosn t have much longer. I ll give you all some alone time" He said walking out of the room.
"GRANNY! GRANNY SMITH!" Applejack cried running to her side along with Big Mac and Apple Bloom who was already there.
"Granny, don t go please! Think of the orchard, all of the apples over the years we ve planted, and harvested togther as a family. None of this would be possible without you! Remember when I was just a filly, the apple pie you would make me, I still remember the smile on your face when you would forget to take it out on time, i remember when you, me, big mac, and apple bloom would bring a picnic blanket down in the middle of out glorious feild and we would have a picnic of the snacks you taught us how to make. Even today the treats you make could easily beat mine, big mac's and apple blooms combined, stay here and continue to teach us!" Applejack was a mess. I didnt think It was possible to cry this much.
"Yup" Said Big Mac bravely trying to hold back his tears.
"You can t go granny" Cried Apple Bloom. " I had a fight with the cutie mark crusaders over fabric and now this!"
The room was filled with saddness, the only thing that showed a tiny bit of happyness was Granny Smith, sitting in her bed looking at her presious grandchildren.
"Don t be sad." She said quietly and slowly, She was getting weaker and weaker with every moment. SHe did nt have much longer left.
"I taught you and Big mac all you need to know,you are very bright, apple bloom still has much to learn however, she shows much potential. I trust you two to teacher her" Granny smiled when both Applejack and Big Mac nodded. " And don t worry applebloom. Friends always get into fights, if you are truly mean t to be friends with you, you will all forgive each other." Then granny looked at me, I was surprised that my presance was finally noticed.
"Dream Wisper! how long It has been, I remember when you were a filly, i would love telling you of my dreams, you are so talented." Granny Smiths words almost made me cry. I remember she had many that revolved around apples, even when her dreams had bad signs, she would smiles and go "don t worry don t worry, I ll be just fine".
"Before I have to go, I had a dream not to long ago, i would like you to tell me what it means. I was walking throught the apple orchard, all of the apple we re a violent red color, and my deseased family was helping me harvest them."
I tried to hold back a tear, but one slipped down my cheak. "It means your family is waiting for you in the afterlife, they are eaar to see you again."
"Is that right?"She said with a a large grin on her face. She saw my tear and said"Don t worry Don t worry, I ll be fine. I better go now, I love all of you so very much." With that granny slowly shut her eyes and her body went limp. I couldnt hold it anymore I had to cry. The sound of Applebloom and big Mac s sobs and Applejacks constant cries we re blocked out by a strange feeling I had. I looked at my hip and saw that a sheep resting peacfully on a cloud was clearly printed on it. Before I would always translate dreams for my own sake or finding my cutie mark, or I just didnt care, today I translated Grannys dream with deep feelings, that is why I never got it before. Thank you Granny, without you, I would have most likly never found out what I was born to do. May you rest in peace. I love you.
