David

Four down, two to go! David thought to himself as he walked down the street.

On his way to his next destination he found an injured squirrel. This ought to help me with my task. He thought as he reached down, carefully picking up the injured squirrel so as not to further damage the poor creature. It seemed to be unconscious at first, a theory quickly proven wrong when it sprang to life, biting down hard on his foreleg. He winced a bit but he knew he'd be fine.

He came to a cottage on top of a small hill, right next to what he assumed was the Everfree forest. It appeared to be built into the side of the hill itself, much like a hobbit hole, but he knew better.

He came up and knocked on the door, immediately followed by some crashing sounds from inside. He would have attempted not to scare the poor mare he was soon to meet, but knowing her, it was inevitable. So instead he opted to attempt to seem as nonthreatening as possible.

The door opened to reveal, a butter yellow Pegasus, with a pink mane and tail, each one being very long with her tail even dragging on the floor. Like the pink one, she had sky blue eyes. Her cutie mark was three pink and blue butterflies, arranged in a similar pattern as The White one’s.As she came out, she leaned her head forward slightly so as to hide her face using her mane.

“U-um h-hello?” She said, emitting enough adorableness to give a human a heart attack. “Can I help you?”

“Yes, you see I found this little guy injured on the road, and It was my understanding that you were the best one for the job” he said, making his voice as soft as possible.

This had the desired effect of calming her nerves. She seemed to loosen up a bit at his soft demeanor and his care for the small creature. Some might think he was just helping to get in close to her, but he did honestly care for the injured squirrel, he would have aided it whether it helped his objective or not. However, he wasn't foolish enough not to seize an opportunity when one was presented to him.

“Oh! Please, bring him inside.” She said, backing up so as to let him pass with the injured creature.

He stepped inside and looked around it looks just like it did in the show! He thought looking at the many bird houses and mouse holes, as well as many other homes that appeared to be for the sole purpose of housing small creatures.

“Please set him hear.” She said, gesturing to a small cushion in a basket that had been placed off to the side.

He did as he was told, carefully placing the squirrel in the basket. He took the chance to get a better look at the small rodent. It appeared to be a Pteromyini (flying squirrel), and from what he could see it had not received any major damage from whatever had injured him.

“Oh dive bomb, this is the third time in the last two weeks. You're lucky this nice stallion was there to help you.” She said. He smiled lightly, enjoying the sight of the Pegasus in full “Mother” mode.

He took the opportunity to relax into a more natural state. She may not trust him much since they just met, but he could tell he left enough of a good impression that if he stopped being so soft, she would still remain reasonably relaxed around him.

“T-thank you for bringing him here” she said, stammering a bit now that she was more aware of his presence “He’s always crashing into trees, or landing on branches wrong.”

“My pleasure!” he said still keeping his voice somewhat soft so as not to frighten her...
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Many people believe those with an eidetic memory, due to their usually advanced intelligence, will not make simple mistakes. This is not entirely true. Sure, if you ask them a question they have herd before and know the answer to they can answer almost immediately. Ask them a math question and as long as they know the proper function they can work it out in mere seconds. However, they must see, hear, smell, taste, feel, or think something beforehand (hoof?) in order to remember something. In other words they need something to remember in order to remember it. But if they don’t think of the mistake before it’s made, then they can’t remember to keep it from happening. For example, David remembered that he had been bitten by the squirrel. He did not, however, think of how the Pegasus might react if she saw said injury, and therefore, thought nothing of it when he raised his hoof up to make a “No Biggy” type gesture…
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Shit…

“Oh no! What happened to your hoof!” she said as she grabbed said hoof to examine the wound closer.

“Oh, it’s nothing, he just got me when I was picking him up is all.” He said, sitting on his haunches and rubbing the back of his neck with the other hoof. I can't believe I made such a stupid mistake…

“It’s not nothing! He shouldn't have bitten you! You were just trying to help!” she said, having obviously figured out that it was a squirrel bite do to her advanced knowledge of animals.

“He felt threatened, I would have been surprised if he hadn't bitten me.” He said trying to defend the resting creature.

“Yeah but…”she started, but was cut off.

“I'm serious, it’s fine… Now can I please have my hoof back miss?” He said, gesturing to the hoof that she had brought to her chest in a subconscious attempt to cover and protect the wound. Likely a result of her motherly nature.

She gave a small *eep!* as she threw her hooves in the air releasing his hoof and spinning around to hide her now furiously blushing face.

“Well, since he’s safe, I’d better be going” he said getting up and making his way to the door. As he was leaving, he cocked his head back so she could hear the next part better. “See you soon Fluttershy.”

With that he stepped outside and closed the door only to hear another, if slightly louder, *eep!* before going on his way.

Author's Note

I edited this while half asleep... then I had to do it again because I clicked the wrong button...