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// The Park 
// Story: My Little Dashie: In Between The Gaps 
// by voidless 
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	Now it’s time for my own time skip! I will fill it in later, but at the moment I just had to describe the trip to the park. I hope you enjoy!
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Human POV
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Dashie was staring out the window when I got home again. It’s something that she had being doing a lot more since she hadn’t been allowed in the backyard. That was about 8 months ago. Her birthday was next week also. I wanted to give her something nice before it happened. I passed that park a lot whenever I walked home.
It had been an hour since I got home. I put on my jacket and placed her inside after telling her to hold on tightly. I was taking her to the park where she could have fun outside and no one would see her. It was a bright and sunny and today. Dashie had been very excited when I let her out of my jacket to roam. She ran all around the area looking at everything she took interest in. 
Her favorite place was the sandbox I had played in while I was a child. I then watched her try to climb the tree that was near it. I got a little more scared when I noticed that she had got on one of the branches that were over the sandbox while I was looking around for people. I told her to get down. I noticed her smile and go farther on.
I heard her say “look at me Daddy” while I ran under her ready to catch her if she fell.
I was right to move. Within a minute of me moving under her, Dashie slid of the branch and started screaming. I managed to catch her before she hit the sandbox underneath her. I talked sternly to her for a minute then noticed the sad and ashamed look on her face. On closer inspection I noticed that there were tears escaping from her eyes. Her face was held down low hidden from my view now. I heard her take a sharp breath in. 
I had felt a pang of guilt in my chest. I had hurt her enough to make her cry. I sat down under the tree with her hugging my chest. I stroked her mane and spoke softly to her. I told her that it’s okay and at least she didn’t get hurt. I waited there until she stopped crying and fell asleep. I placed her under my jacket and laid her head down on my shoulder before walking home. It was dark now. It was also very cold. She didn’t wake up when I set her down next to me on the couch. I covered the both of us in our blankets and went to sleep.
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Backtrack a couple of hours
Dashie’s POV
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I was under Daddies jacket. He told me we were going to the park just a few minutes ago. I was so excited to finally be outside in the fresh air! After a little under or over an hour of making sure not to fall out from under the jacket, I heard the zipper being undone. I looked outside to see the evening sky, trees, and a box filled with sand. 
I checked around everywhere. Seeing something that Daddy told me was a cat. I went over to the box filled with sand and started trying to pick it up with my hooves. I remember playing in it for an hour. I noticed Daddy as looking around. I don’t know what for though. Something inside me wanted his attention. I looked at the tree and got an idea. The branches made sort of a staircase that I could easily climb up. After a minute I was already about 10 feet up. I slowly crawled out onto a branch. I made sure not to slip. 
I screamed out for Daddy to look at me. I saw him get a look of worry on his face and run under me. While I was wondering why he looked so scared I slipped off of the branch. I screamed while I fell through the air. I fluttered my wings hoping they would finally work. Nothing happened to slow my fall which seemed to go on for a lot longer than I knew it should. I felt Daddies arms grab me before I hit the dirt.
Once he set me down on the grass he started asking me why I did such a stupid thing and that I could’ve hurt or even killed myself. I’m sure that it was only a minute in real time but to me it felt like hour. I hung my head low and let the tears out of my eyes. I took a deep breath in and gave let out my body gave a shudder.
My Daddy then started walking to the tree with me in his arms and sat down underneath it. I was crying too hard to hear what he said the entire time he talked to me, but I felt him stroke my mane gently. Just the way I like it actually. I stopped crying once I fell asleep to the gentle rubbing on my mane. The last thing I remember was him saying that he was sorry and me placing my head down on his arm. I slept through the entire night.
I just wish that I didn’t relive the entire day in my dreams for the night.
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Well I’m rather positive that I got over the writer’s block I had the last few chapters. Sorry that I took a lot longer than I should have to get this chapter uploaded. I fell asleep in the middle of writing this. I try to sleep at the day time because I feel more creative at night. I’m kind of dragging on here so I’ll just say thanks for reading & think of a new plot for the next chapter. See you in a while!