Sleipnir Colony - A Short Story Collection

A teacher never truly stops teaching. At least that’s what Vast Knowledge always thought to herself. The ordeal with Booster had been something she had not had to delve into quite so deeply before on a personal level. She cared about all her students, but seemingly she cared about Booster just that little bit more.

She was confident, mostly - that the right decision had been made. The poor filly was either doomed to stay on the colony, getting bigger and bigger like the rest of them until she did something about it. But the decision had been made. Still however she couldn’t help but wonder. It wasn’t until she managed to get the contact line number for Jump Gate’s ship that she finally felt reassured she had. The two talked for a while, it seemed Booster actually had quite the natural knack for engineering and had joined their crews repair team. JG was quite complimentary of her and how she was fitting in so well.

From that point on the teacher decided she would keep in regular contact once per week. Every Sunday evening she’d call and say hello to JG and Booster. As time wore on Booster got thinner and thinner, closer to her dream of being ‘normal’ as she put it. But she seemed much happier, she had found her spot in life and was quite taken with the space faring life. The ship always had somewhere new to go, new ponies to pick up.

Vast Knowledge herself went back to teaching. Something about the whole ordeal had made her feel more at ease with her students. Not that she wasn’t anyway, but this just made her treat them more like family. Never again did she have an ordeal like she had with Booster, but a few times she came close. But confidence took over, she was much better prepared to deal with it. None had as drastic resolutions as putting the young ponies she dealt with onto ships but she could handle herself better and be better for them.

JG continued to captain the Unity, flying the vessel all over the colonies with his crew, including Booster by his side the whole way. Wherever they went, whatever cargo they carried they stuck together. That’s what crews did. Booster made a fine addition. They’d sometimes stop back at Sleipnir for whatever reason, flying all over the colonies took them there on occasion. Most stops Booster would visit her teacher, rarely her parents. JG himself always took an hour at least to find that pony in the park selling healthier food and stop by to chat. It was a nice reminder if how it all began.

The ship kept flying, the filly kept fixing and the teacher kept teaching. All was right in the world.