I have to admit, its these kind of days that I love the most. Days that nothing out of the ordinary happens and its perfectly bland. Today, I have not thought about or experienced anything specifically. Today, I finally got to unwind. No serious thoughts about life or any strange occurrences. Today, I just rode the day’s stride as time passed. The morning started out great. Dashie and I had a great breakfast and a good night’s sleep. We chatted about our plans for the day.

I didn’t have much going on except getting some books from the library and getting some food for dinner. As for Dashie, she had weather duty and had to grab some clouds from the mountain. I told her to grab a scarf or hat because it was cold up there but as usual, she didn’t listen. She left the house and flew off. I took my time walking to the library to enjoy the scenery and the beautiful sky above me.

Back on Earth, weather was all up to chance. Any kind of weather took place depending on the position of the sun, moon, you get the idea. But here on Equestria, weather was controlled. And might I add that today was particularly sunny. The birds were singing, the flowers dancing in the breeze, and the warm rays of the sun were hitting my face. Getting older made me unable to do physical activities as much as I used to, but it gave me a chance to look at and enjoy the world around me.

It wasn’t long before my lonely walking was interrupted. Three familiar fillies came walking by my side. “Hey Mister, do ya wanna help us get our Cutie Marks?” Apple Bloom stepped in front of me as she said this. “Yeah! That would be totally awesome” Scootaloo said following her. “Oh please, help us, please?” Finally followed by Sweetie Belle. I looked at them and smiled. “How can I help you girls?” “Well, we were thinkin’ that we could go ‘n’ get our Cutie Marks by doin’ the next thing on our list.”

All of them said at the same time “The Cutie Mark Crusaders Elderly Helpers!” I felt a little insulted. I stopped them. “Are you saying that I’m old? I mean, I’m not that old am I?” Scootaloo came up to me and wrapped a hoof around my back. “Oh no, Mr. Dash, we’re not saying that you old. All we’re saying is that maybe you need a little help. What with living with Rainbow Dash, you probably have your hands full.”

I couldn’t say no to them so I just let them come with me to the library. We got to the library and found the whole place was messy. In the middle of the room, there was a giant pile of books. They weren’t stacked but more like thrown. “Twilight, you here?” Twilight’s head came popping out of the pile and she smiled at us nervously. “Heheh….uhm…” She looked around the library and then turned her attention back to us.

“What do you need?” “Well I was going to ask for some books but I see you’re a little….occupied.” she stepped out of the pile and walked over to us. “No, no its nothing. I was just in the middle of cleaning before Spike decided to go get some snacks, leaving a giant stack of books on my back.” I bent over to pick some books up. “Do you need any help?” “No, I’m good. I should finish this pretty soon. Just tell me what you need.”

I told her that I needed some cooking books and any good book that she recommended. She got the cooking books and gleefully handed me this mysterious looking book. “It’s one of my favorite books of all time, the Adventures of Star-Swirl the Bearded. It’s a pretty good action book and not to mention historically accurate, I think you’ll enjoy it.” I thanked her and we left the place.

“Okay Cutie Mark Crusaders, are you ready for your next challenge?” They perked up and asked me what I needed. “I need you fillies to get the groceries on this list and bring everything back to my house. Do you think you can handle that?” “Oh we’ll super handle it.” Said Sweetie Belle. “No we’ll awesomely handle it!” Butted in Scootaloo. “No, we’ll quadruple handle it!” Said Apple Bloom as she jumped on the others.

They looked at what they were doing and smiled at me. “We’ll just get on it, see ya!” I smiled at them as they ran off to the market. I just hope that they get their Cutie Marks pretty soon. They have good intentions even if they are a little kiddy about it. I wondered what I would do next before something came crashing into me. My head was aching and I was a little frustrated. I looked up and saw Dashie. “Sorry Pops, didn’t see ya there.” I got up and she patted my shirt of dust. “It’s alright, I was looking for you anyway.”

She looked at me quizzically as she tilted her head. “What is it, Pops?” I knew this would be a little hard but I had to give this thing a try. I wanted to see if she would finally go through with this. I felt wrong for even considering it but I couldn’t help it anymore. My old bronyness was kicking in. I felt ashamed as I asked her “I was thinking, maybe we should get you a little visit to the spa.” She looked at me blankly. “Come on Pops, you know that’s never gonna happen.” “Please Dashie, just this once, for me?” I got on my knees and folded my hands.

She turned her back to me and we were silent for a few minutes. I got up off my knees because I knew she wasn’t going to do it. “Fine….just this once.” I was overjoyed. She would finally willingly go to the spa. And with me of all ponies.” We walked to the spa and the first thing they gave her was a relaxing bath. She had no problem with a comfortable bath.

When they gave her the face mask, she struggled a bit, I could tell, but she finally accepted it. She fell asleep for roughly half an hour before the final part of the treatment came. The hooficure. I was getting a little antsy myself because she always freaked out at this part. Once they pulled out that file, she went nuts. She flew all around the building for five minutes before remembering that she came here willfully. She calmed herself down and sat down on the chair again.

I felt like I needed to strap her down for this to happen. Time felt like it was slowing down. That file was slowly approaching Dashie’s hoof. I could feel her getting nervous. Her eyes were darting all over the place. I heard my heart beat as it got louder rand louder. My heart beat was now the only sound as it muffled any others. Thump thump, thump thump. The file was only inches away. It was getting closer. Now it was only a few centimeters away. Thump thump. It was almost touching her. “Nooooooo!” Dashie screamed as she flew upwards and bolted out of the spa. It had almost grazed her but she left, again.

Well it was worth a shot. I don’t think anypony was gotten this far before. I paid for Dashie’s partial treatment and went outside to meet her. “Ohh, you were so close!” She was panting and was sprawled all over the floor. “Could you please go through with the hooficure one day?” She chuckled. “Yeah, I’ll do it after the day you do a sonic rainboom.”We both laughed as I picked her up and carried her home. We continued laughing for about a quarter of the way before she sneezed. I looked at her teasingly.

“Looks like somepony is catching a cold. Too bad she didn’t listen to a certain somebody.” She looked at me with aggravated eyes as I laughed on. “Oh, don’t worry, I’ll pay you ba- Ah – ah –AHCHOO!”
I looked back at her. She looked at me. Our eyes were staring into each other’s souls. It was a beautiful moment between a father and his daughter. “Told you.” “Pops, shut up.”