Tales of a Wandering Soul

Two years later

There were no other foals and fillies here. All that's left was me and Ms. Avenberry. They were all taken by other ponies. Those fillies and foals now have families but where's my family? There used to be other ponies that helped with Ms. Avenberry but they all left, I don't know where they went. Is anypony going to be picking me up? To take me away from this place and put me in a home? The orphanage looks like it's really getting out of shape, the wood on the walls look rotten, the floors were unclean and every now and then I would see a rat skittering about and hiding in a hole somewhere in this place.

I asked Airene, "Airene...where's my family?" She sighs and she spoke in a sad tone, "I don't know Fret... I don't know..." This made me think my chances of actually getting adopted were dwindling. I've been reading books over the past year and there's still a lot I haven't read from the Orphanage. Airene spoke, "There's just not a lot of money right now... No pony's helping with the Orphanage, so it's just you, and me in this giant house." I was scared, I knew some day I had to leave the Orphanage but not with anypony, I was worried. I started seeing ponies come in less and less, me and Airene were left to fend for ourselves. I grew up here in this Orphanage and even though I'm four years old, it doesn't mean I'm not smart enough to already figure out what's going to happen.

I already figured out that no pony is going to adopt me and take in as one of their own. All I can do now is stay with Airene...until i'm ready to go, or until she's ready to go. Airene was getting old, old to the point where she would sometimes not even sleep at night and it would be hard for her to get out of bed. I had to help her with things that were too difficult for her to do, take out the trash, cook breakfast, take her to the park that's in town, even putting her to sleep. Poor Airene... I don't want to end up like her when i'm old, where I would need to rely on other ponies just to help me do my basic everyday things and fulfill my needs. I learned all of this from books, cook books and a few copies of journals from ponies that survived mostly on the land, those were the only books I haven't read.

I needed Airene and she needed me. Airene is the only pony that could protect me and could take care of me, I wasn't ready to leave the Orphanage, not by a long shot. She needed me to help her with her everyday life, the strength she used to have was faded along with the color of her mane and the energy she used to have. Airene had gotten into an accident when she was hit by a carriage. She's having a hard time doing her every day needs after that accident last year and since she was growing older and older half the time she sleeps on the spot due to the fact that she's not as energized as she was before.

She came back from the hospital two days ago and while she was gone, everypony here was gone except for me. I was left all alone those two weeks to watch the house and to fend for myself, learning how to cook things and to occupy my time were easy but it wasn't easy being alone in this great big house. A white pony came in this morning and I saw Airene hanging onto her, she told me her name was Nurse Redheart. I asked her, "What happened to Ms. Avenberry? Is she okay?" I saw the look on the Nurses face, I could already tell that something happened, "She was hit by a carriage and she's not going to be as energetic as she used to be, do you know anypony that could take care of her?" I spoke softly, "Me...i'm all she has" "Doesn't she have anypony else, anypony not as young as you?" I shook my head, the Nurse replied, "She needs to rest in her bed for two weeks"

There's one thing I know about Airene is that she's stubborn when it comes to things bringing her down. I'm surprised that she's even up and about after what has happened, I even told her to get back to bed and I would take care of everything but that didn't stop her from being at my side and taking care of me. Regardless whether she was hit by a carriage and that she's getting old, she never stopped caring for me.

She spent two weeks at the hospital recovering and now she's supposed to spend two weeks in her bed. I thought that it would be boring just staying in your bed for weeks with nothing to do. Airene's stubbornness knows no bounds, she was trotting around like the accident didn't even happen, I was confused and concerned about her but at the same time I was glad that she decided not to leave me. I just wish she could be my Aunt or Grandma, then it would be alright to say that I love being with her but I know this isn't right. Airene always told me "Your family is out there somewhere Fret... I don't know where they are or who they are but I know they're out there looking for you..." She would tell me that every time I asked when I was going to be adopted or why i'm not getting adopted. Who knows, maybe she could be right.