This morning had a different wake up call than she usually expected from her so called boss Takakura, he knocked on her door while she heard his voice echoing her name. She thought he would lecture her about her work, shipments, animals, crops, or tools. Although, this time he was about to talk about something with her that was totally unexpected towards her and she opened the door to see him standing there with his hands behind his back.
"The year is almost over," he stated as his usual serious expression showed on his face and the female rancher nodded and lacked some emotion in her face.
"You're father always wanted a family farm you know, but of course you know he didn't succeed in that dream..."
Pony only remained silent and she wondered where this conversation was going. Memories flooded through her mind about her parents, knowing that her mother refused to live on the farm with her father, and that her dad's plan of having a family farm didn't work out as he planned. She remembered how she wished she lived with her father; however, her mother forced her to stay with her in that cramped depressing apartment. The brunette wondered how her childhood would be like if she spent it here in Forget-Me-Not Valley. She then noted how Takakura was acting strange, well maybe it was just her, after all, it had been a couple days since shes talked to Takakura. Pony just thought she was being paranoid and she waited for him to speak.
"You didn't obtain that Blue Feather for nothing. Fate made you obtain it, and I'm expecting that you should use it in a few days."
Pony's eyes only widened a tiny bit in shock as she looked down towards the ground and she now knew that he was talking about marriage. She then remembered how she received the rare Blue Feather and she knew that Takakura wanted her to marry. Problem is, who shall she marry? Pony was still iffy about the thought about marrying Skye, and the acceptance from the other villagers; however, she then wondered if Takakura knew about the photographs of her and Skye.
He continued to speak, "Pony, I know you love that thief."
A tiny gasp escaped from her mouth when he said those words, she felt her body tensed up while she looked at the bushy eyebrow person standing in front of her, and a blush scattered across her cheeks. She now knew the answer; he did see the pictures, or at least he heard about them. Pony wondered if Takakura was enraged, upset, disgusted, or merely happy for her.
"You're sure are weird for liking a thief, but then again you're father was sort of weird as well," he mumbled as he laughed silently.
A smile only formed on her lips as her eyes sparkled with thankfulness and she nodded.
"Yep," she whispered silently and she felt a blush crept onto her cheeks as she looked down to the ground.
"So, I'm suggesting you should propose to him soon, and make it very CLEAR that he doesn't steal anything, got it?" he told Pony in a strict tone and Pony only nodded with that same smile on her face.
He nodded while muttering a 'okay' and walked away into the shipping room.
She then heard him shout from inside the shipping room, "Pony, now get to work!"
The female rancher nodded as she ran towards her animal barn and tended to her work. Her animals seemed happy to see her as Pony petted all of them on the head smoothly and pleasurably. She put fodder in their food dispensers and swiped off some sweat from her face.
After she had completed all of her tasks on the ranch, she decided to take a walk around the valley, daring herself to face the people that despised her for being friends with Phantom Skye.
As she walked towards the Inner Inn, she saw the traveling salesman Van entering the inn, and she thought it would be nice to have a conversation with him since it has been awhile. Without any hesitation, she waltz into the inn with confidence in her heart, and she heard Van telling Tim about some story about him losing weight. His story seemed very unbelievable to Pony since he basically said he twirled around in circles while losing fifty pounds and Van suddenly turned around while smiling at seeing her presence.
