As he walked on, the thoughts of what could be waiting for him crossed his mind dozens of times. He kept wondering just what the mare would do.

"A meet and greet maybe, show me around and introduce me to ponies, maybe even a little party. Who knows?" He kept on, curiosity arising.

"I should probably just forget about it. No one would really want to meet me, it was probably just a joke." He let slip from his mind.He kept walking, not caring if anyone heard him.

He walked on, lost in thought. "I guess I do seem strange, but that is still very rude for them to say. thoughts are thoughts, and their private. saying something like that out loud, that's just horrible." He soon arrived on the other side of town, along a dense forest.

He spotted a small cottage with what looked like farm stalls for animals all around it. He stepped toward it looking around. He saw the wide array of animals, birds, pigs, small mammals. He stepped over to a small pond and looked into the water. Listening, he heard frogs croaking and saw a fish swim about. He looked past that and saw his reflection.

He looked over his face, dark muzzle, silvery eyes, short silver-gray mane. He sighed and stepped back looking toward the sky again unblinkingly. He looked on at the birds flying by. Just then something caught his attention, a yellow mare with a long pink mane. She hovered over the ground with her wings and was followed by a small group of rabbits.

She caught his gaze and slunk away toward the house. he looked back toward the water and gave himself a scolding look.

"Be polite, don't make ponies think your some creep."He told himself. He sat down and closed his eye's trying to clear his mind. He felt something soft and warm brush against his hoof. He slowly opened his eyes to see a small white rabbit. The corners of his mouth began to make a smile.

Behind him he could hear soft hoofsteps on the grass and whispering, "Come here Angel bunny, He seems dangerous."

He took a deep breath and turned to see the yellow mare, " Hello," he spoke.

She spoke softly,"Hello,"

"I'm Equinox, it's nice to meet you." He spoke on.

"Um, I'm Fluttershy, you too."She said shyly, looking away.

"Might be laying it on a little too thick." He thought."I'll have to be careful with this one."

"These are some rather nice animals you have. I like the rabbit, he's... cute." He said trying to seem nice.

the rabbit gave him an angered look and turned away."Thank you, i know. He's my pet."

"Here we go."He thought. "So do you take care of all these animals, or is there someone else here who helps?" He asked.

"Oh no, I take care them all on my own. It's my job to do so." She said.

"Well then, may I see your other animals?" He asked.

"Certainly," She said smiling, walking toward her house.

"Alright, this isn't so tough." He thought, following behind.

"Well these are the bird's" she went on as they flew around her, some landing on Eclipse chirping.

"Lovely," He said

She walked over to a small den,"And these are the bunnies." she continued, as they surrounded her. Some hopping over to Eclipse and brushing past him, he smiled. Then she walked over to a fenced off wood box. "These are the chickens" she said. "And these are the pigs."

Thinking of all the time he had spent with her he realized how long it had really been. "Alright," He said. "I think I've taken up enough of your time.I should probably go."

"Oh, but I still have one more furry friend for you to meet." She said urgently, she then whistled and a white dog with a long black spot over its right eye came running toward them.

"Who's this?" He asked with a grin.

"This is Leven." she answered. "I call her that because I found her at eleven at night about a week ago. She looked so pretty in the dark."

"Leven, I like it." He said, receiving a dog smile from the her.

I've been trying to find her a good home, but I haven't found anyone who could take care of her. All my friends have pets already, so I didn't tell them about her. She went on.

Thinking it over, "I'll take her for you." He said.

"Really?!, you'll do it, thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said."Oh promise you'll take good care of her, will you"

"I promise."

"Swear?"

"On my mark."

"Oh goody, alright girl, you have a home now." She said to Leven getting a happy bark in reply.

"Come on girl!" Se called as he began to walk away.

"Come back when you want to meet some of the other animals." Fluttershy said.

"Will do!" He replied, walking back into town with a new friend at his side.

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