I slightly flinched upon coming back into reality from a dream plane of existence. The story I was experiencing while asleep immediately began slipping away from my consciousness; faster with each conscious breath.

The dream was gone within seconds but it didn’t feel all that important because being back in my body actually felt better than sleeping, that particular morning. Better and cosy.

I hugged the pillow that I was holding just a little tighter and opened my eyes to a view of a million blonde-purple hair, gently brushing over my face. A pair of fluffy ears was poking from the ruffled up mane, tickling my cheek.

Right,.. That’s no pillow.

Everything that happened yesterday immediately came back to me and I flinched again.

At the very first moment, a ‘What the fuck was I thinking yesterday.’ kind of thought tried to wiggle itself into my head and make me panic. Then Suzzane slightly shifted in my arms and cooed something to herself with that adorable voice, making me look at her. That moment I recalled exactly what I was thinking yesterday.

That she was worth it.

And indeed she was. I mean, In the back of my mind I was still scared shitless of the possible consequences but I wasn’t going to regret either. Not while the cute mare was so devotedly laying there in my arms and I could hear her soft breaths. Not when I could feel the rhythm of her heart against mine in unison…

The more I immersed myself in her calmness, the more I was sure that I was exactly where I belonged. After all, a place of such content could possibly be the wrong place to be? Could it? I studied her face, sensing a smile rising on my face on its own.

So this must be love… could it be? I thought.

To somehow affirm it in my mind, I whispered ever so softly into her ear: ”I looove you Suzie…” And I gently kissed the top of her head because that was about where I could reach with my lips without moving.

I had hoped it wouldn’t wake her up but she must have been partly awake already because it made the pony nuzzle herself into my neck. She hummed back something that could have been a response or merely a sound of delight and I could feel her hot breath warming my skin. …As well as a little wet sensation on my neck which I presumed was her attempt to kiss me.

I didn’t really need her to speak clearly, to know how she was feeling. After all, it was her who chose me as her partner. And it felt wonderful each time I recalled that.

Neither of us felt like getting up or even parting from each other anytime soon and the mare was so comfy she wouldn’t even open her eyes just yet. In the meanwhile I buried the fingers of my right hand into her mane and began gently caressing her head, which rewarded me with some high pitched noises of delight. When I added my second arm into action, to gently massage her wings under the blanket, it made Suzzane stretch her spine and slightly shift in my embrace.

Her pretty face was now in front of mine and I could finally glance into those enchanting eyes. She smiled and I kissed her on the lips, receiving back a tiny lick.

“Good morning princess.” I grinned.

Suzzane simpered at me as if she knew what that meant. The next moment her eyes shifted elsewhere for a second and her mouth moved silently, clearly constructing the answer in her head:

“Good-...” She yawned deeply in the middle of her sentence, ruining her certainly perfect pronunciation. “...mooooning…um, pincess.”

“I’m not a princess, you're the princess here.” I laughed and yawned also because it was infectious.

“Suzzan pincess? What.” She asked somewhat nonchalantly, trying to hold back another yawn.

“That’s kind of hard to explain.” I scratched my chin, not sure how to explain such a word. “Suzzane’s a princess.” I chuckled in the end.

Luckily, instead of prying a better explanation out of me, the mare just decided to roll with it and snuggled back up to me. “Suzzan pincess luv Anon.” She mumbled.

“Aw, I love you too Suzie…” I felt my face getting red. She was too sweet for me to handle.

However, I couldn’t stop thinking about how far her ability to speak can go. I wondered if given enough time and practice, she could learn to speak fluently or if there was some kind of stopping point over which she couldn’t get. So far she only kept surprising me… It would surely be strange if they sold fully intelligent creatures as pets though. Or is Suzzane just special?

“What do you say, Suzie? Do you remember any other ponies from the hatchery?” I asked, not exactly hoping for a real answer. Yet. “Were they all like you or are you special?”

“Suzzan pincess…” She grinned at me, delivering the line flawlessly.

“Of course you are.” I grinned back and gave her a kiss. I just wanted to kiss her and hold her and cherish her forever but for the moment I was happy with what I had. However, as I pressed her body against mine, fondling her curves with my hands, my own body began craving for more than that.

Of course, Goddamn you, boner. I thought in my head but the purity of the moment was already tainted with the uncontrollable meat stick that just wouldn’t go down. Especially not when it was being pressed against Suzzane’s belly.

I knew just how much she loved it when I massaged her feathery appendages and I wanted to shift my focus there, so I could make the situation less sexual. However, it somehow did the exact opposite.

As if not, I was still just a horny teenager back then, being pushed around by my own hormones. Then again, so was Suzie. My rod only kept rising as she pressed herself against me and eventually, I could feel something wet brushing over my leg too. I realised that the mare was beginning to rub herself against me with the same thought.

Long story told short, we made love that morning just as we did the night before. A quicker one though and a lot less messy too.

Only after I was finished cleaning everything up did I glance at the time on my phone and to my surprise I realised that it was only a few minutes past nine. That was actually earlier than my usual getting up time if I didn’t go to sleep like 2 am the night before.

If the time that we had spent in bed together was an hour in total, it would mean that I slept about 6 hours that night AND also felt completely rested. It didn’t feel possible.

“Guess you really DO have a great influence on me!” I slapped Suzzane’s rump that was conveniently resting next to me while she was preeing one of her wings.

“Eep!” She sprang up in shock but immediately went into the playful mode, nudging into me with all of her weight and trying to either tackle me down under her or at least push me off the bed as revenge.

“Not so fast! This is still my domain!” I laughed as I fought back, trying to blow raspberries on her belly.

After winning against her in two disciplines that morning, we were both lying exhausted on the bed a second time. Only then did I finally decide to actually get up.

…

I didn’t want to raise any suspicions that something would be out of the ordinary so I arrived for breakfast late as usual. Suzzane was right behind me, which wasn’t considered unusual, because those days my parents were already used to her sleeping over in my room quite often; so they didn’t question it. On the contrary, they encouraged me to spend time together because she was the reason why I started going outside regularly. However, I was quite sure they would switch their attitude 180 degrees if they knew what we did together that morning and the night before.

So, I was very cautious around them that particular morning, afraid that they might already know something, suspect it, or smell Suzzane’s horny juice from me (even though I thoroughly cleaned myself and sprayed my clothing with a ton of deodorant) or, through some miracle, read my mind and see the flashing images of how I brought the mini mare towards her climax just about 20 minutes ago. I could still see that scene when I closed my eyes, even vividly recalling all those cute sounds she was making when I-... Ehm, anyway, while it felt nice just before entering the kitchen, after walking through that door it made me feel incredibly vulnerable.

“Hey mom, hey dad…” I greeted my parents, sneakily studying their expressions. Only then did I notice my sister. “Hey sis.”

“Suzzan!” Suzzane greeted them with a lot more enthusiasm than me. Oblivious to any possible danger.

“Hey son.” My father glanced up at me from his news article and then right back.

“Morning Anon.” My mother looked over at me from attending to my sister’s hair.

It went pretty much as usual. Maybe too usual. What if they are just bottling up their anger and burst at me at the most unexpected moment?

“Hey Anoon! Hello Suzzane!” My sister snapped me out of the thought. Thank god. “Slept well?”

“Me or Suzzane?” I asked, grateful for the normal conversation.

“Both! I had a dream where I was a mermaid and I could swim-swim-swim-” The little girl gestured with her left hand as if it was a mermaid’s fin “-swim underwater and go as deep as I wanted!”

“She watched the little mermaid yesterday.” My mother explained.

“Well, I can’t remember what I was doing in my dreams but I slept like a log. Suzzane too.” I went towards the fridge to grab some hummus.

“Really?” My dad shortly glanced away from his articles again. “Wasn’t she giving you any trouble? Because of the heat and all.”

“Um, no..?”I couldn’t help myself from eyeing on Suzzane. She was sitting in the place where her mattress would usually be if it wasn’t still in my room and she curiously listened to the conversations I was having. “I mean, uh- just a little bit but nothing too… weird.” Bravo, Anon, that definitely didn’t sound like you have something to hide.

To make the situation even worse, Suzie found that moment to be the adequate one to proudly announce: “Suzzan pincess luuuv Anon!”

For a second, there was a silence between all of us. Until my dad broke it. “Huh, did you teach her that?” He laughed heartfeltly, completely oblivious.

“I think she must have heard those words from my sister.” I wiped a little bit of sweat from my forehead. While grateful for not being found out, I still cringed internally. That was a little too close.

Luckily, my sister didn’t say anything about it, although I did see her face wondering whether she ever said something like that in front of her. She missed her chance to say anything about it though and I quickly changed the topic towards cars.

Finally I could eat my breakfast peacefully. However, I had to wait a tiny while for my stomach to unclench from the stress.

After the conversations went mostly quiet again, most of the eyes in the room slowly turned towards the turned on TV, like a strange magnet that steals everyone’s attention. Normally I hated it, even though I consumed quite a lot of media on my PC as well. However, I felt like that the damn thing doesn’t always have to be turned on because it tends to steal my own attention too, without me realising it. That one time though, I was actually glad it was on because I could stare at Suzzane who was munching down her own food and enjoy the fact that nobody was trying to talk to me. I thought she was cute, no matter what she was doing. It was strange though to see my girlfriend being given her food like a dog, into the bowl. I felt like it was demeaning to her intelligence but then again, my parents didn’t know her like I did. And another thing: the mini mare was always so grateful for the life she had with us that she rarely ever complained about anything. She’d just accept whatever life gave her and did not try to change it. It had a downside that people could easily underestimate her abilities because of that.

Is this rather submissive nature of her normal or was she treated poorly before getting to us? It made me wonder.

…I wished I could make my parents see, make everyone see, what was inside of her. Not literally of course, that I was okay with knowing only myself, but for the people to understand that she is a person. Not a dog or a creature that cannot learn to be responsible for herself, given enough space. I thought she would like that too, judging by how humanlike she acted around me, who actually supported that kind of behaviour. All the others just wanted her to be a smart dog and nothing more, so they treated her that way. Maybe with the exception of my sister because she was still a kid but it wasn’t as if she would teach Suzzane anything more than the names of her dolls and tic toc dances.

After the breakfast, when everyone went around their own business again, I found a moment to be alone with Suzzane again and I began explaining some things:

“Look, Suzie. I know that you’re happy about what’s between us and trust me, I am too. Ecstatic even. But I really need you to NOT be so informative about it, okay? Suzzan love Anon is secret.”

“Sea-clit? Sea-cwet?” She tried to pronounce it, visibly confused about the meaning of the word.

To elaborate, I gestured with a finger between me and her, moved closer and looked around as if no one else should know and I put a finger in front of my mouth to express “hush”. Suzzane knew what hush meant because my dad preferred her quiet during movies and thanks to that, she was able to understand what I tried to communicate.

She leaned in closer to me and whispered: “Pincess Suzzan luv Anon, seeecwet.” To emphasise, she repeated the hush sign with her hoof.

“Yes!” I whispered back with great relief and gave her a big smooch. “Now we just need to work on those “R’s” and maybe we could one day tell them about us together!” I was smiling from ear to ear, visualising that thought in my mind as I held her and fondly scritched the mare's fur. Surprisingly, things were smoothly going our way and I almost couldn’t believe it.

***

Since everything was going so well and I was bursting with love, I decided it was time to start taking my role as a boyfriend seriously and take Suzzane on a date too. To show her the world, like Alladin, except my world was quite limited, there was no flying rug and I had very little money. Nonetheless, I was hoping to make her feel special with what I had. My world was still a lot bigger than hers after all, so it was definitely going to be a step up.

Being a total virgin until yesterday, I naturally had no idea how exactly a date should take place or even where to go, so I took my inspiration from what I saw in the movies: Aquaparks, cinemas, amusement parks or a nice dinner; the most stereotypical destinations I could think of. I had an advantage of Suzzane already being mine and the fact that she had literally zero expectations, so I didn’t need to stress myself about ruining it, like I probably would if I was with a human girl. However, Suzzane being a sentient horse also had some downsides, because I doubted they would even let her into the local aquapark or a cinema. An open pool or some lake could be an option but those I knew about were all quite far away and regarding the movies, I wasn’t sure if she would even enjoy it a whole lot since she still couldn’t understand longer sentences. A 3d one might be a great experience for her but the glasses would probably not fit her head anyway. As far as dinner went, a fast food or a diner would probably be the only option because I couldn’t afford anything too expensive. I wasn't sure though if they’d even have something vegetarian for her, except just a plain salad. Suzzane would never even touch meat, as if she could tell that it once lived.

Then there was the amusement park option. Out of those four, I figured it might be the most promising one because I not only knew where such a park was but I kind of wanted to go there myself; I just didn’t want to go alone. It was decided then.

I probably would have taken her there straight away that Saturday afternoon but I felt like I should play it cool and not do anything out of the ordinary that day (besides the soon-to-be-routine session of teaching Suzzane new words). It was probably just paranoia but I just didn’t want to risk it anyway. So, we spent that Saturday afternoon pretty much as usual: With a long walk. I even took my sister along to alleviate any possible suspicions about me and Suzzane even further. The little girl was happy to spend some time with her pony who recently became more interested in me than her “owner”.

Suzzane was as frisky as ever and she wasn’t getting distracted by any horny thoughts either because she was already satiated for the while. While my sister relentlessly attempted to win at Suzzane’s rigged “Come on, catch me. You can do it.” game, I had more time to plan through our date. The buses to be exact and whether they would even let someone on four legs inside. It wasn’t too long of a search though, so for most of the walk I just watched the two interact.

It made me wonder what Suzzane sees my sister as and overall, how does she perceive other people besides me. How does she perceive herself? Does she ever think about that?

I was sure that she does think about stuff sometimes. I could her do that ‘pondering frown’ sometimes while trying to figure something out. However, I knew for sure that she doesn’t spend as much time thinking over things as I do. She mostly seemed to let things flow and just rarely worried about anything. I admired that actually, and I wished for some of that carefreeness to rub onto me as well; Seeing how well it worked for her wellbeing.

It is worth mentioning that my sister was surprised that I didn’t use the leash at all and threatened to tell mom. Luckily she was a lot more reasonable than my parents and when she could see that Suzzane really doesn’t need such a thing, she promised to keep it a secret. ;A second secret promised to keep that day.

Gotta admit, my sister really was alright.

***

The next day started very similarly as the previous one, including some finer details like Suzzane experiencing her ‘little death’ before me; thanks to my slowly growing skills of pleasuring her and thanks to her equine nature she is rather easier to please. The awkward breakfast with my parents afterwards also took place, however, the second time was a lot less stressful than the first one because I grew more confident in their obliviousness. I still didn’t take it lightly though and made sure to not leave any traces of anything that could raise a suspicion.

Suzzane, after our little chat about secrets, thankfully didn’t do anything reckless that time either, so it was a great setup for the afternoon too. Parents were just a little bit surprised that she doesn’t show any signs of heat anymore after a single day but thank God, they did not question it. In reality, her heat lasted for almost a whole month before things calmed down but that is a telling for another time.

Anyway, after lunch, I broke my piggy bank, which wasn’t exactly pig shaped and I didn’t exactly break it either because it had a hole on the bottom so I could use it as many times I wanted. Which was fair because who the hell wants to break a piece of porcelain that cost money, in order to access the money and have to use some of them to buy a new one, right?

But enough of that, I found out I had just a little bit more than I hoped for, which was great and I was looking forward to what was waiting for us that day. So, with no further hesitations, I announced that I’m taking Suzzane for a longer walk that day and we skeddadled before anyone could ask why or where.

Once we were out of sight, I crouched to be at the same height with Suzie, untied the collar on her neck and kissed her snoot:

“I have some special plans for us this time, honey.” I grinned.

“...Plans this tiem honey?” The mare repeated and slightly frowned, processing what could possibly be the full meaning of the sentence. “What?” She asked eventually.

“A date! I’m taking you on a date, Suzie.” I kept on grinning as I stood up and began walking in a different direction than usual. “We’ll take a bus and visit an amusement park together.”

Suzzane definitely understood that today is going to be different and different always meant interesting, so she quickly followed after me, chirping: “What date? What taek a bus? What amoosement paik? Together Anon Suzzan!?”

“Yes! Together Anon and Suzzane!” I laughed, walking relatively fast because I wanted to be at the bus stop on time. Eventually, we even began running just for the fun of it and to burn off some of that energy Suzzane had to spend. “This here’s a bus stop.” I announced when we arrived at our destination. “And that over there-” I pointed at a bus waiting there “-that’s a bus.”

“Taek a bus!” The mare announced, already rushing towards it to show me that she understands.

“Wait!” I had to grab her tail in order to stop her because otherwise she would just rush inside, right before the door began closing. It wasn’t a hard tug, yet I felt bad about it nonetheless when she stopped and turned around all confused: “Taek a bus,.. no?” In the meanwhile, the door closed and the metal box on wheels departed, leaving Suzzane there. “BUS!” She yelled at it.

“Aw, Suz, that was a wrong bus.” I knelt to give her a little hug to apologise. I couldn’t completely hold back a chuckle though because it was kinda funny too.

“Wong?” She frowned at me questioningly. She knew what the word meant but it was as if she questioned the truth of my claim. To her, that bus was as good as any.

“Yeah, our bus, the right bus will be here in-” I checked the time. “Five minutes…”

It was actually just three minutes but Suzzane understood that “five minutes” basically meant “later” so she was cool with that.

“Fife minutes.” She nodded knowingly and sat down. I nodded back and gave her a little nuzzle.

It was only then when I fully realised that there were two more people waiting for the next bus with us, so I stood up and tried to play it cool. Even though my face was red the whole time, I could not shake off my happy smile about being out in public with my poner girlfriend. A few months before that, I’d be embarrassed just from standing next to her but after our history,.. I was still a little bit embarrassed about cuddling her in front of them but also immensely proud. Something inside of me even wanted to demonstratively kiss her, though I figured that it would be a little too much so I didn’t do that of course.

The bus actually arrived in less than the mentioned three minutes and as soon as I spotted it I knelt down to Suzzane to show her. However, the mare saw it even earlier and before I could do that, she pointed her hoof at it, asking: “Ou-...Oua-.. Aight bus?”

“Yeah, that’s the one.” I gave a thumbs up. The mare smiled back as if saying: “Nice.” and stood up.

When the vehicle docked in front of us, I let the two people go first just in case there was some kind of trouble and as if I knew it, the driver stopped us:

“Gonna have to ask you to put a leash on that thing.”

“She’s well mannered.” I tried argumenting. “And cleaner than many humans.”

“I don’t care.” The man didn’t budge in the slightest.

“Mister, trust me please, she won’t be causing any trouble.”

“Either put her on a leash or step out.” He pointed outside.

“I did already pay for the ride though.”

“That is not my problem.”

If I wasn’t such a kid back then, I probably would have handled the situation better but I was a kid. Both body and mind. So, even though I was boiling inside, I took the collar with the leash out of my pocket and clipped it on Suzzane’s neck.

As we sat on one of the empty seats I was still angry, so angry that I didn’t even notice that Suzzane does not really care that much. Certainly not as much as I did. It wasn’t as if she couldn’t tell what the argument was about, she was smart enough to figure out that the man forced me to put the least on her. She just wouldn’t emotionally participate in the drama.

I automatically let her sit next to the window so she could see outside and I quietly cursed the asshole behind the wheel. Only when the mare laid her head on my shoulder and her touch made me glance into her eyes, did I snap back into the present moment.

“...You really do not care at all huh?” I asked her. “Don’t you feel insulted?”

To my surprise back then, the mare waved her head as a ‘no’, as if she could perfectly understand all those words. Or, at least their meaning. Then she put her hoof on my chest and softly smiled, clearly telling me to let the whole thing go. Not a single word needed to be said in order to express herself. It was one of those moments where her inner wisdom got a chance to shine through the otherwise silly outside.

At first, I struggled with my ego because calming down felt like admitting a defeat. However, as I kept looking into her kind eyes, I really couldn’t stay mad. Not when I was looking at her face. The man was several seats away from us and if I should continue projecting my rage, I would be doing that to Suzzane, not him. Only in that realisation did I finally ease up.

When Suzzane noticed my anger melting away, she fondly nuzzled my face and licked my cheek as an approval. I felt sincerely grateful for having her in my life at that moment. After all, forgiveness was her shield and kindness her weapon, the same tools that she carved her way into my heart with.

“Thanks, Suzie.” I smiled and fondly touched her face. I would probably kiss her too if I wasn’t in a bus full of people so I merely hugged her. As I did, I also unclipped her collar with my free hand; Not out of spite though, but because I realised that it wasn’t even necessary anymore. - The driver couldn’t see us in the back of the bus anyway. In a way, we both got what we wanted.

And so, Suzzane got to enjoy her first ride in a bus, which proved to be entertaining for her too because it was the only time (if I don’t include her way home in a car) that she was in a moving vehicle. However, the sightseeing tour through the city was merely the start of her adventure because we still had the amusement park to explore.

We stepped off the bus at a stop that was merely one or two hundred metres away from the amusement park entrance. It visibly stood out from its surroundings already and Suzzane understood that it was our destination so she naturally headed that way. However, as soon as we entered inside and the mare actually got to see all the attractions, her jaw dropped a bit.

“Amoosement?” She glanced at me in thrilled disbelief, making 100% sure it was the place that I mentioned.

“Yeah.” I chuckled, scratching the back of my head. “I sort of wanted to go here myself but I didn’t want to go alone. I figured if we went together, it would be a win win.”

“Togetha, win win.” She gave me a toothy grin and indicated with her head that we should go already. Naturally, she rushed first but not too fast to lose me. There were too many people and none of us wanted to get separated.

At first Suzzane would zoom from place to place, taking in the sight of all those new things: A colourful carousel with seats that actually looked a little like the mare herself, a big carousel that moved so fast that at one point it was hard to keep track of individual people, a candy selling stand with all kinds of strange looking and smelling sugary sweetnesses, a scary looking pendulum ride with people screaming as it swings up and down and twists around, and of course: the bumper cars.

“Sooozan?” the mare longingly pointed her hoof at the two seat vehicles, moving around and crashing into each other in their little arena.

“Huh, wanna go there?” I grinned at the pony. She suddenly seemed a little shy to ask. My answer encouraged her though and in reply she quickly nodded:

“Suz!”

“Let’s go then!” I stepped into the short waiting line “I’m sure they’ll let us in both, no problem.”

And, just as I expected, nobody even asked about me, taking a miniature mare with me into the car. Not even when I sat her into the driver’s seat and put her hoofs on the steering wheel.

“Okay, so this pedal is forward…” I gestured forwards with my hand while using my other hand to put Suzzane’s leg on the pedal. “And the left one is backwards.” I showed her the same way. “This is for steering.” I moved the steering wheel from left to right. “...Think you can handle it?”

Suzzane stepped on both of the pedals for starters, then each one individually a few times. With a visible concentration on her face, the tip of her tongue poked out as she put her hoof on the steering wheel and tried turning it. While she was trying to figure it out though, they started the ride, the electricity began flowing and our car began rapidly reversing because Suzzane forgot to let go of the left pedal. Before I could do anything to stop her, we went through half of the arena and stopped only because of the wall. With a thud, the force propelled us into the seats and for a second, there was a horrified shock in the mare’s face. With eyes still wide open, she glanced at me and announced:

“Beckwaeds.”

For merely a second, I was worries whether that wasn’t a traumatising experience for her but I was quickly led out of the misconception when she announced “Foewads! Wheeee!” and slapped the right pedal with all her might.

In all that excitement, Suzzane completely forgot to steer so I had to grab the wheel in order for us to not crash immediately thanks to the mare’s erratic driving.

The best part about bumper cars is the initial acceleration because they do not go very fast once they reach maximum speed, which Suzzane quickly understood, so she began slapping the pedals randomly, the car jerking forwards and backwards like a rodeo for a while. It was kinda silly but it was her utterly first driving experience and I didnt want to spoil her fun with any lectures. As for me, merely watching her crash, laugh, giggle and have a great time, brought me more joy than all bumper cars in the world. Seeing her happy made me happy too.

After Suzzane was done with jerking the car back and forth, she finally decided it was time to go in one direction and thankfully decided to go with the forward one. First we made a single circle around the arena thanks to my steering. And after that, I took her front hooves and laid them on the steering wheel.

“Come on, Suzie, try it!” I laughed. “You can do it.”

With merely a little hint of uncertainty in otherwise determined face, the mini daredevil put her appendages on the round thingy. A good start. The next second she clumsily turned it all the way right, stepping on the left pedal at the same time. The car began wildly reversing in a circle and her chaotic fun began anew. Being able to control the direction was pretty much literally a whole new dimension, although it was the domain where Suzzane struggled. However, it only proved to be more fun because of it. Using hoofs to turn a steering wheel is like using a fist, which isn’t impossible but not exactly the best choice either. Combined with Suzzane’s reckless movements, let’s say she was a menace. We were constantly crashing and bumping into walls and other cars too and I got to watch people’s shocked faces when they realised they just got violently rammed by a tiny pegas. They mostly took it sportingly though because it is the risk you have to take when you drive a bumper car. Someone will eventually ram you and going around in circles is boring anyway.

However, as quickly as the fun began, the same quickly it ended. Just when it seemed like Suzzane was finally getting a grip on the thing, it stopped.

“...Suz?” She glanced at me with a little bit of guilt in her face, probably wondering whether it wasn’t her fault that everybody stopped.

“Nah it’s just the end. Wanna have another go?” I gestured steering the wheel or leaving.

You can guess which option the mare picked. Of course we had another round. Suzzane could probably do with the third go as well but I had a limited budget and wanted to try something else too. So, after the second ride, we got up and searched for something new. Along the way, I bought us a small portion of cotton candy which interested Suzzane greatly because it was unlike any edible substance that she ever had before. As much as she wasn’t exactly into sweets, we definitely had our fun with it.

And then, we found the thing we were looking for, even though we did not know it yet. Something that Suzzane fell in love with at the first sight: A big roller coaster with two loops. From the sparks in her eyes when she stopped in awe, watching the carts speed around, I already knew that we’ll be going there.

“Wanna try that Suzie?” I asked.

“Suzzan!” She glanced at me with eyes almost glittering in expectation. I sincerely hoped there wouldn't be any restrictions as far as who can enter.

Upon buying the tickets, the man asked me: “You’ll be taking that thing on our ride? Really?”

“Yeah. It’s her birthday.” I lied. In truth, I had do idea when Suzzane’s birthday was. “She always wanted to try one of those.”

“Damn, you better strap her up tight and make sure she stays in the seat. Got it? It’s at your own risk.” The man tapped a sign that specified that they aren’t responsible for any injuries caused by negligence of safety instructions.

“Thanks! I’ll sure do.” I smiled, ecstatic about my success and already on my way towards our cart. There, I helped the excited Suzzane with her seatbelt and sat down behind her because all the seats next to each other were already taken. It was a bit of a bummer but I was glad they let her there in the first place.

The ride started slow as it always does but soon it began speeding up to a point that a weaker individual might start feeling nauseous. Suzzane was no weaker individual though because I could hear her in front me, enjoying the ride to the fullest. As much as I enjoyed it myself, I wished to be next to her too which proved to be a crucial thing because then I could probably stop what happened next. At some point when the carts were doing their last circle around the coaster, slowing down but not entirely, Suzzane must have managed to break free from the seatbelts because I saw her getting up prematurely. There must have been some primordial flying instinct inside of her that just kicked in because, to my absolute horror, she suddenly stood up and spread her tiny wings. Even though they were not big enough to lift off and carry her body upwards, they were big enough for the wind to pick her up and send her gliding in a straight line as the cart went into its final turns.

All I could do was yell: "Suzzan, no! Wait!" But she was already gone with a "Eeeeeeee!" that started out excited but progressed into horror when Suzzan recalled that she was afraid of heights. The last I saw of her was her tail, disappearing behind my back as the carts went into the turn and then I heard a crash.

Completely mortified, I unclipped the belts as fast as I could and I sprang up from the seat to jump down from the slowly stopping cart. Before anyone could stop me, I leaped over the railing and I rushed in the direction that Suzzan had disappeared. Some man was running after me but I didn't even look back. The only thing that mattered was finding Suzzane.

Of course, the worst kind of thoughts were racing through my head those two horrible minutes, telling me she's probably dead or horribly mangled. It wasn't a sight I could take to see after what we've been through but I knew I had to find her nonetheless. If there was a chance to do something to save her from dying the most stupid death, I’d do it.

I didn’t have to run too far to see the place of Suzzane’s crash because we weren’t actually that high up above the ground at the time of her taking off. It was a candy stand with a tent roof that collapsed, underneath it was trapped an angry and confused man, swearing and trying to find his way out and somewhere in the middle of it:

"Suzzane! Fucking Christ, what were you thinking? Are you alright?" I knelt to the mare that just managed to untangle herself from the mess she made; A few pieces of candy still hanging from her mane. Judging from the dumb grin on her face, I figured that by some miracle nothing actually happened to her.

There wasn't a time to question her though because the roller coaster man was still after us and there was no way I was going to find out what he wanted. I guessed it wasn’t anything nice anyway.

So, I quickly snatched the mare and continued running away with her in my arms. I have to say it took all my strength and adrenaline but eventually, I managed to lose him in the crowd and just to be completely sure, I kept running until I was out of the amusement park and only stopped when I found myself in a nearby park. There I laid Suzzane onto the grass and collapsed next to her, trying to catch my breath.

While gasping for air, my eyes were fixed on the sun above me that decorated the azure blue sky and if I wasn’t concentrating on not dying, I might have appreciated the sight too. However, it wasn’t long when the shine got overshadowed by a pony face, worriedly standing looming over me.

"...Anon wun fast." She told me and nudged my face with her snoot, trying to determine whether I'm okay.

"Jeez, you'll be the death of me." I grumbled but I was also kind of flattered by the compliment. What she said was absolutely on point though because outrunning a fit looking man would be a no mean feat by itself but outrunning a fit looking man while holding a 35 kg of a colourful horse in my arms felt like a goddamn miracle.

Overall, I was more glad that we both survived than I was angry. So glad, I actually began laughing out loud at how absurdly lucky we were. "Suzzane, you are fucking crazy, I hope you know that." I chuckled while getting myself up to inspect her. "Are you alright? No broken bones? Does nothing hurt?"

When I looked at her in detail, I saw that she had a little bruise on her rump, which she probably must have somehow landed on, but other than that, she was completely fine. I hoped that the man underneath her was also okay but I presumed that if he had energy to swear, it probably wasn’t that bad.

"I think that's the last time in a good while that we're visiting the amusement park. Something tells me they won't be too fond of us there if we return."

"Amoosement, fun!" Suzzane exclaimed, pony-kissing my face before I managed to get up.

"Yeah, but no more." I chuckled. "We probably ought to go home..."

"Home..?" The mare's smile slightly turned upside down as she looked around the blooming park around us. "...But hewe, bootiful."

It was true, the park was indeed beautiful and since nobody was chasing us, there probably wouldn't be any harm in staying a little longer. I reconsidered:

"Hmmm, alright then but let's look for some food first. I'm starving and I think that I deserve some reward for saving our asses back there." I grinned.

There was a kebab stand quite nearby in the park so I went straight there. It was the closest thing I knew about and not too bad of a choice either. I could get a kebab while Suzzane could have some salad with a dressing. However, when we actually got there, I noticed that their vegetarian menu had grown since the last time I went there. Or maybe it was the same, I just didn’t even bother to look there before. Anyway, they had falafel durum and burek sticks with salad too, so I bought one of each.

Content with my choice, I headed towards a nice bench by the park pond to sit down and eat.

Suzzane must have been hungry too or just simply curious because as soon as I opened it, she tried to get a whiff of the food.

“Which one do you want? Or do we go halfsies?” I pretended to cut the food with my hand and give each of us a half.

“Halfsies. Suzzan, Anon.” The mare smiled. I knew she’d say that but at least I could teach her a new word that way.

We’ve started with the durum. I split it in half and gave my lovely autistic girlfriend the slightly smaller part. She was, after all, tinier than an average human. I presumed she’d like the durum but I didn’t know she’d like it as much as she did. Upon the first bite, she actually closed her eyes to relish the thing and shook the thing between her hoofs to emphasise.

“Bootiful!” She exclaimed when she finished chewing. “Fun!” She could probably think of even more positive words for it, most of which wouldn’t typically be used to describe food, but instead she just took another bite. That time a bigger one.

Seeing how much she liked that, I decided to leave her my own half as well and grab one of the burek sticks. I never had those before and to my own surprise, they were delicious. Inside, there was some kind of cheese and spinach but in the combination with the salad and the dressing, they were amazing. I tried giving one of them to Suzzane but she seemed to like the durum more, so in the end, each of us had our own food.

When we were done eating, I felt like laying down somewhere so I picked myself up and walked even further towards the water, spreading myself on the fresh green grass. Soon I heard the clopping of Suzzane’s hoofs, coming to join me there. The mare laid herself right next to me and cuddled up to my chest. I instinctively wrapped my arm around her and let out a pleasant sigh. The atmosphere was pleasant and cosy, the sun was gentle, birds were singing…

‘Man what a great first date.’ I thought and squeezed Suzzane a little bit tighter.

Author's Note

For those who still watch the story, sorry that it took so damn long for another chapter to come out. I did a lot of (mild! but still) drugs in 2023 and rarely had the mindset to sit down and write. I tried but I just couldn't bring myself to produce anything.
Now when the weather is shitty, I can stay at home more, detoxicate and work on unfinished stuff.

I'll probably have to check the chapter for mistakes too, even though I did that twice already but my ADHD brain always seems to overlook a lot of stuff so yeah, sorry.