Chronicle of Equus: A Earth Pony Dream

Meet the family

Time sure flies by.

One day I was a little foal left in a crib by the road to die, and now five years have passed, and I have a family, a house and, most importantly, an education.

Who would believe that the family that has found me was a good family.

We live in a little hamlet, south of Fillydelphia... why do all cities names in this land have to be a horse pun?
But as I was saying, our house is good and big for a family of four, plus, we have orchard of pears. It's lovely!

Let's talk about my family. First of them is my dad, called Emerald Forest, he had a Beige Coat and a green unkept mane, a typical unicorn born from a minor noble family that abandoned everything for love. And yet, he is probably a big fish in the Fillydelphia, being something called a magic-blade. Because of that, he had to be there at least four days a week.

My mother, a lovely Earth Pony named Prism Hearth, was a teacher in the city, but decided to abandon the city to live in the countryside after the marriage and cultivate the land, but she still loved to teach, and I was so willing to accept her education. — furthermore, there was no school in our hamlet, so the other option would be go to the city with dad, so...no. All I have to do is work with her when she needs.

My sister, well... she is everything I'm not.

"Blank, come here!" — I heard her voice coming from outside the house, this caused me to shiver— "You came now, or I will go catch you!"

It's exactly as she said, I had no choice in the matter, so I just followed her voice, taking care not to fall in the stairs, fuck, how I miss my toes... hooves are terrible.

After some struggle, I reached the first floor of the house and the courtyard, where my sister and father were training.

"Blank, look" — her voice was filled with smugness — "I want you to see what I can do!"

"O'k big Sis" — her name was Emerald Aura, but I always called her big sis, maybe her name and my father's name are similar because both are unicorns, not that I care much.

My father seems to noticed my "Excitement" about what my sister wanted to show, so he knew next to me, with a calming yet stern voice.

"Blank, i know that you don't like doing things, but it will make your sister happy. Do you understand?" — I nodded, my sister was a genius in anything she tried to do, and she loved to show off to me.

"Now Aura, to your position." - my father ordered, and my sister complied walking into a makeshift training field that my father had made.

Both read their weapons, wooden swords that, even being made for training, hurt a lot.

The first movement was from my sister, with a soft green glow into her horn, she jumped really fast and swung the blade in a downward motion.

My father was prepared and adjusted his stance to counter-attack, kicking my sister's little body backwards. But, when she was almost touching the ground, she spun her body and stopped the fall.

"You are too eager to show your growth to your brother, Aura" — said my father, lowering his stance — "Before you use the magic to enhance your movement, you should analyze the opponent for openings. At least you protect yourself from my kick. Good."

Aura was panting. As she lowered her stance, she looked at me, eyes full of tears. I knew what was coming, but there was no time for me to react. And as her horn glowed again, she jumped at me while crying her eyes away.

"I'm sorry,I'm so sorry, I'm so weak!" — she hugged me tightly, crying even more... I sigh, she didn't know that some ponies can't do what she did even at twelve years old — "but I promise, I will get stronger, and I will protect you!"

This is too sweet for me, and as an albino Earth pony, I just wanted to get out of the sun, enter my home and read some books, primarily about magic — a wonderful subject. — Really, I don't give a crap about all this fighting... I just wanna stay at home.

One thing I know for sure, they are not horse people, they are ponies.