Soft Love

Chapter 1 (Part 1)

How long had you been here in Equestira at this point? Time here seems to move so fast to you, as it did for most people it seems, well... before you came here time didn't seem to move at all.

You shake your head a bit, the thoughts of back then causing undo pain, no point in dwelling on that anymore. Then was then and now was now. You run a hand through the lush curly facial hair you had been growing for a while now as a slight distraction, It always helped. It might sound somewhat silly, but the feeling of the coarse hairs in your hand, and the tingling on your chin as your fingers comb through it felt nice. Offered a nice release from thoughts.

But your mind couldn't be idle for long. You sit in your home, in your favorite brown leather chair and ponder your time here for a while, counting days, recalling events, marking seasons.

Two years, more two and a half... Your arrival here was staged in the summer some time. The exact date eludes you, you were never any good with dates anyhow.

Your lips curl up wards slightly, and your vocal cords vibrate out a small chuckle as you remember the day you fell in to this little town. The very first word that comes to mind to describe it was... Chaotic.

You woke up somewhere around the edges of the Everfree, the first thing that you remember from waking up there, was pain, great quantities of it, pulsing from your head. The second thing you remember was running for your life as some massive brown, overly fluffy bear, with deceptively sharp claws, had decided to chase you.

It was lucky for you that you met the first pony of the little hamlet, called Ponyville when you did. The bear had gotten a swipe in on your left leg, and it had snapped like a twig. That's when a small yellow Pegasus with a pink mane came to your rescue, shouting the bear in to submission.

The utter confusion when she spoke would probably have been enough to cause a serious case of sensory overload for most people in that situation. But you just rolled with it the best you could.

Things from there got even stranger. But a good trait of humans is their ability to adapt to their situation and let the strange simply become the norm after a while. Sure it took a while to get used to it all. Magic, flying and talking pastel ponies, princesses and monsters. But in the end, it simply became every day routine.

You even made fast friends with some of the ponies around this little town, after the main nervousness and skepticism was put to rest.

Of course there were the elements of harmony, who helped you get on to your feet, Twilight rented you a room in her massive crystal castle for a good amount of months. As it was probably one of the few places able to accommodate your height in this town. She would have given it to you, but you refused not paying her what you can for the room.

Kindness should never go unrewarded, you insisted. And in the end, she allowed you to pay for your keep.

Work came swiftly after your injury was healed... or partially, the joint of your ankle had healed poorly, restricting the movement of the joint quite substantially. The farm pony you knew as Apple jack, one of the most pleasant ponies you've had the pleasure of meeting, had been kind enough to make you a cane to aid in the simple task of walking, out of apple wood.

But even though you had a bum leg, your hands, height, size and general strength often came in handy for various reasons. Bits came fairly easily, and with determination and planing, your collection of bits grew to a point where the small plot of land, not to far off the road to the school house was within grasp. And by the years end, the deed was yours, construction had started on your very own home.

Sure it took an other good deal of months to pay for everything, and get the construction finished. But you got your home. The one you're sitting in now.