Dear Mr. Bob,

I don’t want to go. I don’t want to leave you. I don’t want to go back. They won’t let me stay though. I don’t want to do this, but everypony is telling me that it’s what I should do. Miss Rarity, Miss Sparkle, and Miss Cheerilee won’t tell Mommy and Daddy to let me stay. They keep telling me it’s for the best.

Living with you for the past four days has been great. At first I was really scared cause you were really mean to me, but I didn’t mind.

I haven’t told anypony about me or who I am because of what you said to Miss Sparkle. You told her that I needed to be back with my family and that you would take me back when I told you where I came from. I was so scared. I didn’t want to go back. Mommy and Daddy are always fighting and I didn’t want to go back. I wanted to stay with you. You didn’t fight with anypony. You were really quiet and you really cared. I know you haven’t enjoyed it, but I have enjoyed living with you.

Today Miss Sparkle showed up at Miss Rarity’s and told me that my Mommy and Daddy were back at her library waiting on me. I didn’t want to go with her. I like living with you better. Mommy and Daddy don’t want me to go to school. I know I’ll lose my friends I’ve made if I go with them. I don’t want to go. I want to stay with you, but Miss Sparkle didn’t pay attention when I wrote her a note saying so.

Mommy and Daddy want to thank you for looking after me. They’re really mad at me for running away, but they’re happy you saved me.

I don’t want to go. I like you better than Mommy and Daddy. Mommy always worries that it’s too dangerous for a filly who can’t talk to run around town and Daddy always agrees with her. They make me stay at home while Mr. Notebook comes to teach me. You let me have friends and you let me go to real school. I don’t want to go home.

I never got to talk to Mr. Booky. You were always writing in him and I never got to say hi. I’m really glad to finally be able to talk to him, but I’m really sad that I have to say goodbye at the same time I get to say hi. I don’t know how to say goodbye to Mr. Carty and I’m really sad that I won’t be able to do more than wave. I really don’t want to go.

Miss Sparkle let Mommy and Daddy into your house to get my things. I hope you don’t mind that they did. Daddy doesn’t like the bowties you bought for me, but I won’t ever take mine off.

I don’t want to go. I want to stay here with you. I want to go to school with you. I want to ride around in Mr. Carty and eat muffins. I want you to sing me to sleep every night like you have. I don’t want to go.

I can’t stay. Mommy and Daddy won’t let me. So I won’t get rid of anything. I’ll keep the bowties, the saddlebag, and the blanket you gave me. They want me to go by my real name, but I won’t answer to it. I don’t like the name Shimmer Shade. I can’t say no to Mommy and Daddy though. They won’t call me V. Not even Miss Sparkle, Miss Rarity, or Miss Cheerilee will call me V anymore. You’ll still call me V, right? I want you to come by and visit me. I don’t like Mommy and Daddy. Bring Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Dinky. We can all have fun together!

Goodbye,

Vocem ‘V’ Non