My Painful Existence

My Painful Life

Hi, my name is Brandon Valentine. I'm a 16 year old teen with blonde hair and blue eyes who just happens to like My Little Pony. I watched the show when I remembered how everyone said this show had an amazing story. I watched the episodes and I loved it because of the characters and the lessons about being kind to one another. And now I'm a huge fan but my parents don’t understand why I love this show. When they first found out after I came out as a Brony, they thought it was not right and my dad yelled at me for liking My Little Pony. They think its weird for a guy to like this stuff and I cried in bed knowing that they will never understand me, and not even the kids at high school. I go to school wearing my Fluttershy shirt with the words "Yaaay..." on it, and people teased me about it. They said I looked gay and I was probably a creepy pedo (I don't even like kids!) who did it to kidnap kids. All the girls make these weird faces when I'm around them but they are nicer to me, I think they understand a little more how I feel but I don't think they do like My Little Pony as much as me when they try talking to me. In days like this, I just wish I could disappear, I lock myself in the bathroom stalls in school sometimes and cry myself knowing no one will get to understand the magic of Friendship.

No one will ever understand me...

But one day, after I was watching the episode where Fluttershy needed to get more confident about herself when she dealt with Iron Will on my bed with my iPad 3, I thought it would be amazing to have friends who would understand my feelings, even when I'm not always being a nice person cause of how people never treat me with kindness. I look at how the Mane 6 get along so well and they are so different from each other. I would trade in my entire life to just have one of them be my friend, but its just a cartoon and cartoons are fake. Or I thought they were...

Out of nowhere, I had a really bright flash face my eyes and I couldn't see for a bit, but I didn't hear anything for some reason. And what I saw, I couldn't believe with my own eyes. As I could see better, I notice something small walking to me and it was...  Fluttershy.

She walked up to me slowly and she has such a nice smile, I can never forget how that smile makes my heart feel happy. Then, I saw her open her mouth.

“Why do you look sad” the light gold pony told me, with the gentlest smile I ever seen.

“I'm not sad… I'm just… thinking” I said, trying to look cool in front of my favorite pony.

“Its okay if you don't feel happy. I know how my pets feel when they are down but you don’t look like any animal I seen.” She said, with a confused look.

“Well, I'm not an animal!” I shouted, annoyed that I was called that. I felt so upset that my favorite pony even saw me as a animal and not a person.

“Oh please don’t get angry at me, I was just trying to make you feel better.” Fluttershy cried out, I felt bad seeing her face almost in tears that she tried covering up with her hooves.

“It's okay, I just am not my normal self when I'm like this. It happens when people don’t understand me.” I said in a more gentle tone, trying to be nicer.

“Oh, its... Okay." Fluttershy said, still looking a bit scared. I tried saying something that would help her calm down.

“I'm a human from planet earth, you all come from this show call My Little pony: Friendship is Magic.” I said, as I showed her with my iPad 3.

“Oh my… I'm not in my world am I?” Fluttershy said, in a worried tone.

“I'm afraid so, it looks like we will have to get you back with your friends, I promise I'll help” I said in a confident voice, as I looked into her eyes while petting her mane.

“Oh, Brandon. That's so nice... of you." Fluttershy said with a gentle smile, as her face was looking at the side for a bit.

"You treat me so well. Not like my family or classmates, who make me horrible to even be alive." I complimented, as I got up from my bed to wake my body.

"Well... Us ponies are gentle creatures." Fluttershy said, with a nicer smile than I have ever seen before, still looking a little to the side which I thought was weird.

"You think I can meet your friends?" I asked, hoping that I can finally escape my suffering of being here.

"Oh...Ummm... Sure, I don't... See why not?" Fluttershy said with a weird pause, she probably feels excited to see how much of a good person I'll be.

I even blushed a little in thinking I how lucky I got to be friends with one of the Mane 6. I never felt happier in my life, and this is the first time I feel that I can finally be who I want to be. I could finally find somepony who understand me and can make me happy.

This is the start of my friendships.