Author's Note

Rewritten by myself.

Chapter 1: My first unusual day

I open my eyes slowly, like every morning. Always at the same time, shortly before Celestia's sun shines on me through the window. I rub the sleep off my eyes with my hooves, giving a short yawn and hop out of my bed. Monday is always the hardest day of the week.

I'm a mailstallion and there are no mail deliveries during the weekend, so all the deliveries, that are coming during the weekend, have to be done on Monday. I work together with Derpy Hooves, a stallion, where I forget the name of him and Trotting Mail. There are normally two of us working at a time, except for today, where it's all hooves on work. It's a good thing that Ponyville isn't that big, especially compared to cities like Canterlot or Manehattan. I feel sorry for the mailponies that have to work there.

I soon realize that I'm wasting time and start making myself a tasty hay sandwich for breakfast. I quickly finish eating it, put on my saddlebag for the mail and head out from the frontdoor.

Work was never hard for me, as I'm really good at running. My name, Light Runner, says it all. I'm really fast, faster than anypony in Ponyville. It takes the other mailponies around half a hour to deliver there mail, what I can do already in around 15 minutes. My thoughts bring a smile on my face and I said "Good morning" to everypony I passed by on my way to work. Soon I'm walking through the doors of the postal office to find my co-worker, who doubled as a chef, already waiting.

"Every Monday it's the same way. I'm the first pony here, then you come in, and then Derpy comes in late. And the stallion isn't here either". I'm about to respond, when I hear the door open behind me. I turn around to see Dinky Hooves, Derpy's daughter. She walks towards us with a letter, that she is holding in her muzzle. Trotting takes the letter and reads it out loud.

"I'm sorry, but I'm sick today, signed Derpy."

"So she's not coming in today?" I made it sound more like a question. "Yeah, sorry for the trouble-"

"No, don't be. It's not your fault Dinky, and besides, we can handle ourselves." I rustle her mane. She smiles at us before running back out. "Well Light, it looks like it's just the two of us today then. I'll take half of both mails and you take the other half, okay?"

"Sure. I know that I can still finish it in under thirty minutes!" I laugh.

"Yeah, I'm sure you can." He rolls his eyes and walks over to me. "Let me just load up the mail and you can go, Runner."

Trotting put the mail in my saddlebags, plus half of both, and I shift the bags so that I'm more comfortable with it. I get into position and wait for Trotting to give me the signal. I take a deep breath, he drops his hoof and I start running out. I run from house to house, stopping to place the mail in and move on. The same pattern over and over, day after day. To most ponies, this work would make them yawn in boredom, but for me, I take it as a personal challenge, always trying to break my time record, always trying to move faster. Today I wasn't going to be breaking any records though. Not with the extra load of mails.

23 minutes later and I'm back at the office, barely panting, waiting for Trotting to return. A few minutes later he walks through the door. "I thought I was going to have to wait all day, before you finished." I tease him for fun.

"Ha-ha." He says back in a sarcastic tone. "Go home, we're done for the day. See you tomorrow at-"

"8 AM, I got it!" And with that, I was done with work for the day. But I still have the rest of the day ahead of me and I was off to meet my best friend, Sky Love. We have a lot in common! I like adventures, she likes adventures. And even though she can't outrun me, she can outfly me. I'm not a pegasi, so all I can do is run, but every time, she ends up ahead of me. I would say that she is my special somepony .... I would say that, except that she isn't. She already has a special somepony unfortunalty.

Lightning Thunder. Wonderbolt and egoist. I don't understand what she sees in him, he is just a ... well I don't have a fitting word for him. Though from what I've heard, he's got himself a "big friend" with him, which seems to be the only thing mares in our current generation seem to be interested in. The big, bad stallions get all the mares and the nice, sympathetic stallions stay alone. Well, I still have hope that I will find my special somepony one day .... and I'm not talking about Some Pony, the new stallion in town.

Arriving at Sky's house, I knock on her door. "I'm coming! Just, um, give me a few minutes!"

10 minutes later she opens the door. "Hi Light, it's nice to see you."

"Me too. I'm guessing he is here too?" She nods, blushing a little. "Y-yeah, but he was just about to leave."

And then I see him appear behind her, dressed in his Wonderbolt uniform. "Meeting your little friend again, Sky?"

"Leave him alone Thunder, he is my best friend." He chuckles. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I have to go now, after all I have a job. Bang ya next time, Sky. Maybe your friend here can watch us, he might even learn something!"

He laughs and flies off, not without hitting me on my leg, to cause me to fall on the ground. "Ouch ... I don't understand, how can you love somepony like him?"

"He is just .... it's hard to say." I look with a deadpan. "Good looking and good in bed?"

"No-it's not like that ..." She looks away. "Really? Because you're blushing."

She looks really cute, when she tries to hide her flustered face. "If you like him so much, then it's on you. It's your choice, but don't come crying to me when he hurts you, okay?"

She can come everytime, if he hurts her ever.

"Sure." I smile to her, standing up from the ground. "So what do you have planned for us today?"

"First we go see .... um, actually, I don't know his name, he borrowed a book from me. So .... how about the lake?" I nod in agreement. "Sounds good to me, it's a nice day today."

"Great! But first we get the book." She grabs here saddlebag and we start our walk, on our way to retrieve her book from the stallion. Soon we reach his house and she knocks on the door.

"Coming!" A stallion opens the door. He looks pretty sick. "Oh, hi Sky. I'm guessing your here for the book?"

"Yep." He disappears inside his house and return a few seconds later with a book. "Here it is."

"Thank you." Sky puts the book inside her saddlebag and then turns to me. Also, I know now, where the stallion from work was today. I should tell Trotting tomorrow, that he is ill.

"Alright, we can go now." I take a deep breath. "Yay!"

We start walking to the lake, which is a very nice place to relax, especially when the sun is shining. "I made us some hay sandwiches. I also have some apples, fresh from Sweet Apple Acres. Hope you like them."

"I never say no to free food!" She laughs her cute laugh, and I laugh right along with her.

We eat some apples and hay sandwiches together, and after waiting for 30 minutes, I start running to the lake and jump in. It feels so good to swim in the cool water, I just love the feeling of wet fur tickling the body. I keep swimming in the lake and notice that Sky decided to stay sitting on the shore. I get an idea and dive under the water, swimming towards her. When I'm close enough, I push myself out of the water, landing next to her and start to shake myself dry, soaking Sky. "Hey! Stop that!"

"No." I laugh loudly. "That's not funny ..."

"I think it's funny." She rolls her eyes. "Well ... maybe a little bit ..."

"What? Are you afraid of the water?" I tease her. "No ..."

"So what's wrong then?" She sighs annoyed. "I just don't want to get wet, okay?"

She is so cute .... and I'm just her idiot friend. The more I look at her, the more I want to ... kiss her. I move closer to her and plant my lips on her cheek, but she pushed me away. "What are you doing!?"

"I-I'm sorry, I just ... it was an accident!" She looks surprised and unsure. "Sure it was. So, seriously, are you in love with me?"

"Wha-well .... yes. I've loved you since I had met you." I immediately realize, what I just said, and my eyes go wide. "W-what?"

"I mean, I ... I" She looks away from me, but I think she's blushing. "You know, to be honest Light ... I don't really love Thunder. I hate him actually, but my parents want, that he marries me ..."

"So why don't you tell your parents the truth then?" She sighs sadly. "They wouldn't accept anything that goes against what they want."

".... I'm sorry ..." I look down, but she giggles suddenly. "Oh, and by the way, his *friend* isn't really that big."

We spend the next few minutes giggling together.

"But in all seriousness, I'm ... I-I love you too." I feel my cheeks heating and blushing deeply at hearing that. "R-Really?"

"Yeah." And then she kisses me, her lips touching mine. I close my eyes and eagerly return the favor. Soon, it feels like it's been hours and my body is tingling all over. It's so wonderful ... but then I feel something hit my head, hard.

"Ow! Hey, what are you-" I turn around and face Thunder glaring at me. "You dirty little horse!"

He takes another swing with his hoof, this time straight in my face. "Thunder, stop it!"

"Be quiet! I should've known that there was something between you two. How many times have you hooked up with him behind my back huh!? How many times have you two slept together!?"

"NEVER! We just kissed this one time!" I groan in pain, looking to them. He glares to her. "Well go home, now!"

"NO!" That surprises him for a second. "What!? I'll tell your parents-"

"Really? Well go ahead! I hate you! The way you act, the way you talk and treat other ponies! I hate everything about you! You're an idiot and an egoist, and he is nice to me. You only want me, because I'm the only mare stupid enough to be with you!" Then he slaps her. I stare, unable to believe that he actually hit her. But I believe it as soon as I see her tears and shocked face, and I decide that I'm not going to let him get away with it. I stand up and kick his flank as hard as I can. "What the hay are you doing!?"

He comes at me again, and the last thing I see is his hoof flying towards my face.

****

I wake up slowly and look around. I'm on a bed, inside what seems to be a hospital room. A nurse walks into the room, and now I'm sure it's a hospital. "Finally awake, Mr. Runner?"

"What happened?" I rub my head, I feel like somepony throw a stone on my head. "Somepony, a Wonderbolt, came to us, saying he found you unconscious by the lake."

"Wait a Wonder- that was Thunder!" I groan in annoyance. Of course he plays like a hero then ...

"You were beaten up pretty bad. Your face was covered in blood. What happened?" I roll my eyes. "Thunder- the guy that brought me in here used my face as a punching bag."

"He did that?" I nod, slightly annoyed. "Of course he did! Where is Sky?"

"Sky?" She looks confused. "Yes, Sky Love, where is she!?"

"There was no mare with him." I try to stand up from the bed. "I have to go-"

"What-no, you need to stay here for the night. We need to make sure your muzzle heals right." I groan again in annoyance. "... Fine ...."

"Good night, Mr. Runner ..." I lie myself back on the bed. "Yeah ... good night."

I lay my head on the pillow, trying not to think about all the bad things that could happened to Sky. I could feel my muzzle throbbing, so I close my eyes and after a few minutes, I feel myself falling asleep.