Equestria was normal. Ruled by Princess Celestia, raising and lowering the sun and moon, and thats all thats special about it. Theres pony residents, who do their normal things, every now and then glancing at a weird statue of discord. No one questions why there's the alicorn shape in the moon, it doesn't matter much. Everypony was either a pegasus,unicorn,or earth pony. They had a mane and tail made of hair, cutie marks, no designs or patterns on their fur, and normal eyes that all looked the same besides for some it might have been bright pink instead of bright blue, or maybe bright green.
Then there was a small little foal in Everfree. How strange! A foal, in the Everfree Forest.. Her eye color was dull grey, and she was a unicorn. But she was colorful.. very colorful. White horn with green,pink,and blue stripes.. Striped ears of the same pattern, and her muzzle was hot pink! Her tail wasn't made of hair either. It looked like a furry lizard tail! Nopony saw her, nopony knew her, everypony was to afraid to go in the forest. Why? Couple beasts near the entrance.
But there was a way she lived, zebras. She was protected and helped by zebras. A filly named Zecora liked the young foal, named her Sugar Loaf. Zecora was a smart filly, she was skilled in potion-making for her age. The zebra villagers deeper into the forest believed she'd be skilled enough to make a living of making advanced potions that challenged unicorn spells! Sugar Loaf liked zebras, they were like family to her. Due to her age, she even thought she was a zebra herself!
Zecora lived with Sugar Loaf, she was an orphan, like Sugar Loaf. She lived in a small abandoned hut, she thought she'd probably fix it up when she was older.
A bit closer to the back of the forest, there was a zebra village. Zebra's weren't native to the forest, but some decided to live here. Why? No one else would, and the forest has many many secrets. The ponies were to scared, the griffins didn't want to, the minotaurs were to far (There were only a few in Equestria), the seaponies couldn't leave the ocean,but the zebras had full ability to live here. They weren't to far, they were curious about the old forest, they weren't afraid, and unlike seaponies, they had four hooves perfect for walking. So they made a small town, it had some houses and huts, businesses, and many zebras. Travelling merchants loved the village, those who were afraid to enter the forest but wanted to sell the plants,seeds, and potions hidden in the forest could go to the village, as there was an entrance that was guarded from monsters. Time to time Zecora visited the town, usually to sell some of her potions and buy some food. It was extra work for Zecora, taking care of this rainbow foal, but she knew it would be worth it, and she was kind enough to care for the helpless thing.
Sometimes she wondered what ever happened to Sugar's parents, and what species exactly she was. She looked like a pony, but.. Different. She wasn't a zebra, not a dragon, not a zebra, and definetly not a seapony. She had crazy striped colorful designs, and grey eyes. She wondered what her talent would be, she wondered all of this, but knew soon she would know, in time. Sugar was interested in Zecora's potions, and liked to simply sit and stare when Zecora made them. Zecora's only talent wasn't simply potions, but she was better then most at rhymes, and had a good understanding of the forest, for one of her age. Almost every time she spoke she spoke in rhymes, for her vocabulary was astounding. She also knew of poison joke, and many other plants and what they did. She used her understanding to help with potion-making. She could make healing potions that helped heal wounds faster, which was good for the times Sugar got herself into trouble.
Author's Note
So, I havn't uploaded a picture yet, but heres the foal-hood of my character, Sugar Loaf. She got her design and name from a plush I got from a claw machine at an El Chico today, I ponyized the plush, and liked it. The plush had a tag on its ear that said "Sugar Loaf Toys" and the plush had a flower mark on it. She looked like it'd be a garden-loving pony,but I wanted to make her even more special, so with her strange colorful design, shes an orphan-who-knows-what who spent her childhood living in the Everfree forest with zebras. Beat dat. I really like this pony. Please favorite and comment! I love feedback! I freak out and try to read it as fast as I can whenever you comment so if you want a reply, say and you shall get a reply. This goes for all of my stories. Please comment. Please. I'm so pathetic I'm begging you.
This was her 4th birthday, at last. She was officially a filly now, and that meant she was as old as when she met Zecora! She danced in delight in the hut. "Zecora! Zecora! Its my birthday! I'm a filly now! This must mean I go to school and learn and stuff like the other zebras do?" The filly said to the zebra. Zecora was worried, in a sort of, motherly way. Of course, they weren't related, but Zecora started to become attatched to the filly since she took her in. She was scared that she'd be bullied because of her looks, and she didn't want that. But, she needed to learn, and she wanted to go to school. She decided it was for the best, and she'd get ready for when, and try her best to keep her happy. "Indeed, it is agreed. Your school begins tomorrow." Zecora said, adding a strange plant into a pot. "Hey, what you making? Healing potion? Cure-strange-sickness-thats-name-I-forgot potion? Gimme-cutie-mark potion? Make-Sugar-Loaf's-birthday-better-then-any-other-zebra's-birthday-ever potion?" the filly asked curiously.
"It is a potion for the ponies of the ocean, it grants them hooves for a day,when they have the hooves they can walk past the bay."
Zecora said.
"I started this potion last night, it seems as if making it took all my might, once it turns white it will be alright to use.".
"Oh cool! It looks light blue. I think it'd be better if you put a strawberry in it.." The filly stared at the bubbling pot of a mushy light blue substance.
"Oh and hey, I think we ran out of those herbs that was at that pony village.. You think we go look for more?" She said, after swallowing something when Zecora looked at a jar of orange powder. Zecora looked to another shelf, seeing that all there was was some potions, few powerdery ingredients,and a mask.
"I have checked, and you are correct.-" Zecora was cut off.
"Ooh! Ooh! Can I go with you this time? I really wanna meet the ponies! Anyways, its my birthdaaay!" The filly smiled and her eyes sparkled.
"Beware, there is fear in the air in that town.They wouldn't like to chat, They would simply run and scat." Zecora said.
"Aww, but come on! I at least want to see what it it looks like! Do you think it looks like a zebra village? They're pretty. They have little decorations and things hanging everywhere! The pretty wooden huts look cool too." Sugar Loaf complained.
"Since it is your birthday, Sugar." Zecora said.
"Yay!"
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Zecora put on a dark hood, Sugar Loaf wore a smaller one but she had the hood down. Hey, why do we wear these things anyways?" Sugar asked.
"The sun is hot at this time of year. If you stand in it to long, it feels like a boiling pot." Zecora explained.
"Oh, well I have my mane to do that. You would too if it wasn't in a mohawk." Sugar said, as the two walked out of the hut.
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In the distance, the curious filly looked at the town. There were many colorful ponies doing what they'd normally do, working,wandering,and playing. None of them were as colorful as Sugar, though.
As the two walked closer, ponies started freaking out for some reason. They ran into their houses, pulled in their fillies, and in 10 seconds flat, it was silent. Zecora kept moving as normal as if this happened always, Sugar simply confusedly looked at various houses, as Zecora digged for the needed herbs.
Sugar waited untill Zecora stopped paying much attention to wander to a house behind them with a white unicorn filly peaking out of a window, Sugar wondered how her purple mane is so shiny. The two fillies curiously stared at eachother for a few seconds, taking a look at each part they could see. The filly was curious of her many colors, and Sugar was mostly curious of the fillies mane. But, after a few seconds the filly was pulled away from the window and the curtains were pulled over. Sugar found this slightly offending.
Author's Note
I'm bad at rhymes. All the rhyme sites are stupid. I still like Zecora. I have it where she doesn't rhyme ALL the time though, and every now an then she speaks normally. Only sometimes. It just sorta happens that everytime she talks to the ponies she rhymes. I really like Zecora. Shes up on my favorites list.