Faithful Forever

Chapter 2: wishing well

I have for a long time watched My Little Pony, after a draining day and another argument it just is an escape hatch to another world far away that never has any issues, a land that lives in harmony, that needs no economy to live, it has no foreign lands to worry about, they live peacefully and with each other under a light blue sky that reflects the personalities of each pony who lives in Ponyville.

I dream of my life being that simple, of a day when I could just transform and leave this world to live with those who would always look out for me and party with me at even the most random of times, I dream of working for fun with Apple Jack and the rest of the apple family.

I sigh heavily as I look out of my window, thinking of all that I have, that I am saying I would want to give up. Really? Could it be that easy? To just walk away?

I begin to feel sad at this point so standing up and walking out of my room sleepily I take my jacket and put it on, the plush interior of it warming me through and through as I walk down the stairs towards the door. Mum and Dad are out so I opt to take a house key with me. It’s not often I go for a walk but somehow I feel like I want to. I continue out of the house towards the Springs which is the local river in My village of Ashwell, it may not be big, but it has been the home of many childish dreams over the years, some say it holds the village’s youthful spirit within it. I myself remember the summers I played down here in the water looking for small shrimps to catch.

This time is different, I go to the little concrete steps among the tall trees that stand either side, and indeed all along the sides of the river, I sit on the bank and stare into the water, looking at a solemn reflection staring straight back at me, the silence is deathly, I am all alone, the fog that has been hanging around only isolates me more from the rest of the world around me.

I clear my mind and think of Ponyville, the happy expressions of the citizens there and of the mane six standing by me and embracing me like they do in the opening credits for the show. I close my eyes and let go. For a moment while I am thinking of all this, it becomes real, for that snippet of time, I am there alongside them, sitting at a picnic cloth in the main park in Ponyville chatting, laughing, playing with them and indeed their pets, like Wynonna, gummy, owlicious and tank. I run around for hours throwing the stick for them to fetch, taking it in turns with AJ and Rainbow Dash, and then when I’m tired sitting next to pinkie and exchanging my best and worst jokes while she laughs no matter how bad they are in reality.

I open my eyes and look around, coming down from my high place, watching the dream fall back in amongst the fog and sighing. It’s getting dark, and the fog is a little thicker than before, I begin to shudder as the cold of the winter begins to pierce my very soul and chill me, I stand up and walk slowly back to the steps to go back up to the street level, as I look back at the spot I was sat in, I feel a tear roll down my cheek and then with one last sigh, I walk home and with every step I wish a wish that felt as though it would never come true.