I feel the small pink filly in my forehooves again…

I love hugs…

“You sure seem to like hugging me, mommy?”

“Yes, I do Binky. You’re very special to me… “

As I held the filly in my embrace, I felt that rush in my body again…

“It’s okay! I haven’t been loved in so long, I don’t really mind… “

“All the more reason to ensure that you feel loved, Binky… “I matter-of-factly state, and do my best to remain analytical…

That rush is intoxicating…

<*****>

I love my new mommy!

She really seems to like hugging me…

I open my eyes, and I see the sun going down, behind the changeling, and I mention, “The sun’s going down!”

She releases her grasp, to stare at me, with those same freaky purple eyes of hers…

I’m still not used to that!

“Well, we must get you to shelter at once!”

I widen my eyes, “Well, I did kinda burn down my cottage earlier? I guess that makes me homeless?”

I see her peculiar eyes training on me, “Well, that is simply unacceptable! Come foal! We’ll find a cave, and make it our own! That will have to do, until we establish ourselves within the local community.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about!”

She grins widely at me, “No worries, Binky! You will!”

<*****>

Am I still Chrysalis? I wonder to myself, as I fly into the forest…

I gaze out over the treetops, to see the treeline approaching fast, and I know that’s The Everfree… I know someplace there, where we will be safe…

Of course I’m Chrysalis! Who else could I be?

I just need to make sure it’s safe… I think to myself, before wondering for the umpteenth time, exactly why I love this peculiar pink foal?

The sun is going down, and I cannot linger!

Her real mother is dead… I think to myself, when I think about her predicament…

Why did she burn down her house, though? I ponder…

I shall have to ask her about that!

I turn my gaze left and right, as I fly over the treetops, of vibrant leafy greens, and various branches, this way and that…

Did she really have much? I wonder to myself, when I suddenly spot a familiar red fir out the right corner of my eye….

I stop moving in the air, to hover, when I stare out over the trails, because I think I know where I am now?

I strafe to the left, in the air, and crane my neck that way, because I know what’s in that small meadow just past the red fir trees…

<*****>

So uh, long story short, the next two hours for me, were boring as Tartarus!

I laid in the grassy field, and felt the soft blades tickle my hide, and I looked up at the sky to witness many clouds, as they traverse the open space, and I suddenly felt the whoosh of a breeze, as it blew through the field, and almost sprayed me with the tall grass, as it swayed to and fro…

I wonder what my new mommy is doing? I ponder to myself…

I pause for a moment, as my mind suddenly goes blank…

She’s never coming back, is she?

My mother is dead…

I feel my eyes begin to well up with emotion, before it begins to pour out onto my snout…

… My mother is never coming back…

<*****>

I fly with my wings, over the grassy fields, towards the hillside, where I know I left Binky…

What is happening to me? I’ve never behaved this way before!

I keep wondering why I care so much for this filly?

I see the hill coming up, and I see a small pink filly on top, laying down, as she stares up at the sky…

I wonder what she was thinking about?

<*****>

“Binky! Wake up!” I hear a feminine voice say to me, while my eyes continued to gaze up at the sky, as fluid poured out of them…

I look down, away from the sky, to see a bluish-green bug like creature there, staring at me with pinkish eyes, that carry a concerned expression, “I’m fine! Yes! Everything is perfectly fine! We’re all fine here! Yes! Uh, how are you?”

She flatly states, “Binky, you are absolutely not FINE! You will explain to me, what’s going on in your mind, this instant!”

I blink… I wonder if she noticed I was crying? “She’s gone… I uh, I kinda never thought this would ever happen… And it was so soon!”

Then, the bug creature did the unthinkable… She trotted forward, and lowered herself, to the ground, while on her feet, from my right side and turned her neck towards me, “Death is part of life… “

“Yeah, I know that! But why, mommy? Why was it so soon?”

“Nobody really knows, but I do know that I care about you now… Come on! I found a cave in the Everfree that will work for now, and I already made sure it didn’t have any bears or snakes!”

“I just wish things could be different… I just wish they weren’t like this… “ I say, before closing my eyes…

I soon feel a leg going over my body, before warmth soon envelopes me…

“I love you, mommy… “

“I love you too, Binky… “

I sniffle…

<*****>

I led the foal, through the forest, on hoof…

This is insufferable! Why am I lowering myself to this level of actually trotting, with the filly?

And suddenly, I got an idea…

<*****>

I laid with my belly on the insectoid carapace, as we flew into the air, and I felt the cool wind blowing on my face!

I don’t know where I’m going, but I trust her now…

I feel the vibrations on my belly, and hear the tweeting sound of her beating wings, as we continue to fly forward at a fantastic pace…

I just met her! Why do I trust her so quickly?

Well, she’s been good so far?

I blink, as I stare at the treetops flying underneath, as I heard the chirping noise of her clear wings, beating up and down, and I could only think about how exhilarating this is…

Maybe, I’ll be okay, after all?

I love my new mommy…

I finally speak up, “Where are we going, mommy?”

I hear her reply, “A cave in the Everfree, that I know about! You’ll be safe there, for the time being!”

I guess she really does care about me? She doesn’t have to do this…

<*****>

I feel the foal, resting on top of me…

I feel the harsh sensation of her hooves, gently kicking in her sleep…

At the same time, I feel the sensation of even more love, flowing into me!

I’ll admit, that with all the love this foal is now freely giving me, I’m beginning to feel a lot better, although I also have a numb sensation, that somehow shoots to my brain, and it just feels, oh so good! **

I morph my side into a soft, warm blanket shape, to go over her, and keep her warm, as I notice she’s shivering…

The foal rested there, and I loved her…

I love this filly…

<*****>

As I slumbered, I felt warmth come over me, and make me comfortable…

I know that’s her…

She must truly care for me?

Maybe I’m not so alone, after all?

I push my head into the pillow-top of the changeling bed, and feel the soft cloth underneath me…

She sure feels like a real bed…

… I burned it all down… It’s all gone, now… There’s nothing left of my old life…

I begin to feel tears forming in my eyes again…

Not now! Anytime but now!

… Dammit…

<*****>

And so, I wrapped the filly in my right forehoof, to hold her close to my body…

“Why mommy? Why did I burn the house down?”

I frown when I remember that I was going to ask her that! “You were scared, Binky… You were scared, and so you destroyed everything, and just left… “

“I had a home… I had a home, and I just… “

I continue, “You were terrified Binky… You were afraid and didn’t know what else to do… So you did the only thing you really could… “

“Did I really HAVE to do that though, mommy?”

I blink, when I realize that I’m actually not sure? “Well, regardless, what’s done is done! How do you feel?”

She pulls away from me, to look at me there, in the dark, from a few inches away, while still in my hoof, “I still don’t know why I did that?” *

I smile at her, in the blackness, because I know she can make out my face, and needs comfort, “It’s okay, not to know, Binky… It’s okay, not to understand yourself?”

I see a frown form on her muzzle, “What? W-why? Don’t I need to understand myself better?”

I nod, “And so you shall, Binky! But know that you are my charge now, and I take my responsibility as your guardian, very seriously… “

“Uh, you don’t say?” She sniffles, “Um, can I have something to eat now?”

“Are you not tired? Don’t you need some more rest?”

She blinks, and says, “Well, I guess I could sleep some more?”

I pull her closer to my body, to give her the comfort of my body near hers, “Very well, Binky! You shall rest now, and I’ll get you some more food, later!”

“I love you, mommy… “

“I love you too, Binky… “

I soon feel more precious love seeping from the foal, into me, and making me stronger, and happy…

(To be continued… )

Author's Note

*Truth be told, after my mother died, I left my house… I left it out there in the country, and it burned down later… I don’t know why I did this?

**Binky Hooves is a lot like methadone to Chrysalis, now…