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- >"And you're sure you have everything you need?"
- "Yes."
- >"Books?"
- >You raise your hips causing the saddle bags on you back to bounce a bit.
- "Yep."
- >"Notebooks?"
- "Yes. And pencils, paper, and all that good stuff."
- >Derpy bites her lip in worry.
- "Mom,"
- >You get a small smile and a happy little sound from the back of her throat at that.
- "I'll be fine, alright?"
- >"Ooooh ok. If you're sure."
- >You start for the door but she moves in front of you, hovering just above the ground.
- >"And you're sure you don't need me to walk you to school? I have plenty of time befo-"
- >You rest a hoof against her muzzle stopping her.
- "Mom, please. I'll be ok."
- >"I just- oooh!"
- >She closes the didstance between you and pulls you into a hug which you return quickly.
- >"Have a good first day at school, okay?
- "Mhm."
- >She lets you go and you trot out the door.
- >It's kind of chilly out but only your ears are cold.
- >Your winter coat is starting to come in so the rest of you body stays warm.
- >Ponyville isn't exactly bustling right now but it's just a Tuesday morning.
- >There are few ponies out and about being cast in the orangey-yellow light of the rising sun along with the thatched roofed buildings.
- >Hoof traffic will pick up a bit later for sure but you'll be at school by then.
- >You turn onto the road leading up to the school house.
- >Lucky enough, you live pretty close to that road so navigating really isn't an issue and it shouldn't take you another five minutes to get there.
- >Enough time for your mind and eyes to wander.
- >The sun shines on you from over valley peaks through the gaps in the trees and leaves, onto your body.
- >Each little bit of sunlight worms its way through you coat and onto your hide where it warms you up in patches.
- >That fact that you had a hide to warm was just one of many not-so-small blessings as of late.
- >A home.
- >A mom.
- >In Equestria at that.
- >The chances of it are… well you didn't want to think about the chances.
- >Even though you would have liked to retain certain body parts you can't complain.
- >You are lucky.
- >Well and truly.
- >The road you're taking starts to form an incline taking you up a hill giving you a higher vantage point to look down into Ponyville.
- >You spot a few ponies trotting down the street.
- >Some pulling carts others doing something or nothing all the same.
- >You spot a few pegasi flying over the buildings.
- >You see a pair angle down and descend together into town before disappearing between buildings.
- >Another pushes a lone cloud towards a cloudbank outside of town opposite of the Everfree Forest.
- >All of this…
- >This town.
- >These ponies going about their day.
- >All of it is framed by the rounded, rolling mountains on either side of the town forming the valley Ponyville is nestled in.
- >And of in the distance on the side of one of those rounded mountains lies the seat of Equestrian power.
- >Just hanging there.
- >It's gorgeous.
- >The blowing wind causes the trees to move and a branch that had been casting shade over your eyes moves too.
- >You squint a bit at the sun but a smile forms on your face before you know it as you realize that a princess in that mountain city in the distance raised the very same sun that shined in your eyes.
- >The only word that can describe this placed is blessed.
- >And so are you.
- >You blink as you realize you stopped in the middle of the road to take in this sight.
- >You let loose a content sigh and get moving.
- >You'd be arriving early which will give you a chance to eat the extra muffin Derp-
- >No.
- >It'll give you a chance to eat the extra muffin Mom packed in your lunch before school starts.
- >It doesn't take you too much longer to arrive.
- >There are a few fillies and colts here already playing on the playground.
- >A few others sit on steps in front of the building but it doesn't seem to actually be open yet.
- >And that's what strikes you most.
- >Back home you wouldn't have known so man foa- children would go to school so early wanting to be there as little as possible or something but here…
- >It must be a cultural thing.
- >Instead of mingling you find yourself a spot under a tree some way away from everypony else.
- >Not that you are purposefully trying to do the whole new-kid loner thing but you just want to soak in all the sight of these ponies doing pony things in their pony world as much as possible.
- >You still aren't completely convinced this isn't some elaborate coma dream.
- >Especially after all the stuff you went through before you got to this point.
- >But if it has to be a dream…
- >It is a really good one.
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