“Daddy?”
The voice echoed in my head, it really is my Dashie. The voice I hadn’t heard in so long was finally reunited with me. There I stood for what must’ve been only a few seconds, however it felt like an eternity. I could feel the tension melt away as she turned around, her rose eyes penetrating into my soul. This really is my daughter, she’s alive and well. ‘Don’t cry. Don’t. Don’t freaking - Aw screw it.’ I thought. I felt warm tears slide down my face, etching their path down my cheeks. Dashie had already been crying, but I don't know why. She stood up and inspected me from afar.
“Is it really you Daddy?”
Her words floated into my ear, bounced around in my head for a bit and then went out the other ear. Neither My brain nor I could understand what had just happened. One minutes I'm at home staring at the note which Dashie somehow re-wrote, the next I am in a clearing looking for my daughter on a beach. I finally comprehended what had happened when I felt another tear streak it’s way down my face. I had found my daughter. My little Dashie.
“Yes, It’s me, Dashie. We can be together again, forever this time.”
I began to slowly make my way towards her, being careful not to scare her. For all she knows I could just be a figment of her imagination, nothing more than a hallucination, a way to cope with stress brought on by her own subconscious thoughts. I began to close the gap between us, we were no more than a few feet away from each other now. I could see the pain in her eyes, her thoughts rushing to comprehend what’s happening.
“It really is you, Daddy!”
Dashie stood up from her haunches and trotted over to me. I knelt down as she reached out her hoof to touch my chest, probably because she couldn't believe that I was actually there. When she made contact with my chest her face beamed like nothing I’ve seen before, not even when she got her cutie mark. She pulled me into an embrace and said these four words.
“Daddy, I love you.”
“I love you too, Dashie.”
We embraced each other for what felt like forever, a myriad stars could be going supernova and nothing else would matter. I was reunited with my daughter, I’ve truly overused this ancient meme but dammit, I need to say it because it really happened, you’d think that by this time of it happening I’d have a heart attack, but no. To say it one final time, I felt my heart explode. Twice. I felt her tears hitting my back as we hugged, heard muffled sniffles and a constantly tightening grip around my chest. I let myself go, I couldn't bottle up the tears anymore. I cried like I never have before, my eyes were leaking so much tears that I swear I got lightheaded. I squeezed tighter, being careful not to hurt Dashie. We both loosened the embrace until we were looking into each other’s eyes. Her normally rose colored eyes were now red and puffy, I can only imagine that mine were too.
“What now, Pops? You’re here with me in Equestria, there’s no way for you or me back to Earth.”
“We live. All that matters is we‘re together. Nothing will pull us apart again. Nothing. Not Princess Celestia, not her protege, no one.”
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I’ve been living in Equestria for just about five years now, I have my own cottage on the edge of Ponyville near the Everfree forest. I’m no more than a short minute's walk from Fluttershy’s cottage actually. Dashie’s dreams came true, she’s a Wonderbolt now, apparently she has both her memories from the television show adventures as well as the ones she shared with me on Earth. She’s frequently performing at shows, so I’d initially thought that I wouldn’t see her much, and honestly I was okay with that. Every parent must let go eventually, but she always visits me daily, always sleeping over in my cottage. Every possession I owned back on Earth was abandoned, left to be taken by either the passage of time or looters, but by some mysterious force the old photo album made it’s way into my new home. It’s magic I guess, I don’t have to explain anything. Sometimes I feel homesick but then I remember the whole reason I’m not back home: Dashie. She is my life, without her I would’ve ended my pain long ago with a six foot long rope and my chandelier.
Before her I’ve known nothing but pain, my young-adult years were filled with loss and bereavement. It will be as if I never existed, I only did in theory back on Earth. There’s just too many people there to care about just a single human being. I was a single grain of sand, my life meant nothing. No matter what I did, I would always be nothing to anything. I was one person on a planet of over seven billion people, on a planet in a galaxy of over fifty billion planets, on a galaxy of well over five hundred billion other galaxies. However with Dashie my life means something, I make her happy and she makes me happy. That's all that matters. I’m well into my forties now, I’m not an old man quite yet, but I feel it sometimes. I did not live my life in vain however, I accomplished something. I kept my parents wish, the one to be happy, especially for my Mother, but something else also. Something that resides in us but is beyond us: The Magic of Friendship.
Princess Celestia was not too pleased with me returning to Equestria. She tried many, many times to send me back to Earth, every time ending with me unharmed and in Equestria. She eventually accepted that my existence in Equestria was nothing but a fluke, the gap between our worlds was forever closed with me being the only evidence of another world. I am the first and last human in Equestria. The ponies of Ponyville were initially scared of me, an alien, but with the help of Dashie and a certain mint green unicorn, I reassured them that I don’t want to harm them. Apparently humans are a creature of myth here in Equestria, like the Loch Ness Monster or The infamous Bigfoot. Not being able to eat red meat is a bummer too, but it's not much of a problem, just a minor inconvenience. I've never had a problem with fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, et cetera. Though I did like red meat, I'll sacrifice anything to stay with my daughter.
So here I am, sitting here on my plush couch flipping through page after page of my dusty old photo album. Pictures of Dashie’s first bath, her first words, her doodles and drawings, our baking mishaps, her first preened feathers, getting her cutie mark, all our memories together back on Earth in this book. Sadly I am not able to conduct magic, however I was offered by Celestia herself if I wanted to be a pony, weird, I know. I don't even know how that would be possible, but then again this world has magic: something Earth seemingly has none of, therefore a lot of seemingly impossible things are possible here. I just have to get used to them. I declined to offer, I wanted to differ from the norm, to be myself. Maybe I'll take her back on the offer in the future, I've always been curious about pony anatomy. I would miss my fingers, and having hooves would take lots of getting used to, but it might be a fun experience. I’ve experimented with means of flying and the closest that I’ve gotten is a sort of arm-powered wings that half-work, one day I will figure out something. I’ve been meaning to ask Twilight if she can assist me in getting a pair of wings like she did with Rarity in that old episode, Sonic Rainboom, but every time I see her I forget. I guess I really am getting old. I’d give anything to be able to fly freely in the air with Dashie. Just her, me, and the heavens above, not a care in the world about anything but each other. About my little Dashie.
Ahhhh....that was good. Very well written indeed. I was a particular fan of how similar some of our points were too! Thank you for making him turn down Celestia's offer to make him a pony so over done, event though I made him one in his dreams . Very good, very, very good. I would, if you would like, add this as an extra to mine and link it to you? If not that is fine as well, I will be sure to add something for you in a blog post or something of the sorts. I would even recommend picking up a sequel to mine if you would like. Based off your writing style that I see here, I think you would make a very succesful sequel if you so choose to. I have NO idea what you would write about, but whatever you chose, I'm sure it would be great. Thank you for writing this, from both Athanix and I.
106278 P.S....FIRST!
106278 Go right ahead, do whatever you wish with it. I was thinking about a sequel to the sequel, all the fun adventures the two of them could have in Equestria is nearly unbounded. Thank you for writing a sequel to the original, both of them made me feel feeling I didn't even know I had, including but not limited to crying manly tears multiple times.
You really pulled it off. I like the similarities between your epilogue and ty's epilogue. Shows that you guys both had the same idea making the epilogue, not making it stupidly happy ending, but a reasonable and definitely a tearjerker ending.
106332 I didn't know fourteen year olds could squee up until about ten minutes ago, Thank you.
Nicely written my friend! You've earned yourself a watch, in the hopes you write more stories as good as this one
Rainbow approves.
Athanix approves.
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Yes, I was just about to say that. Continue the sequel, because this is a little too much of a cliffhanger. Don't kill off mr. Daddy soon, though. If you do...
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Good job, sir or madam... you have squeed.
my response FUCK YOU CELESTIA FOR TRYING TO DESTROY LOVE DAMMIT IN YOUR FACE
106382 I am a sir.
As for the rest of these incredibly kind comments, my inner child is currently having a field day on the jungle gym that is my mind. Coming home from another boring day of high school, after a week's long vacation might I add, this made me happy beyond words, so here is some emoticons.
106300 In the worlds of Rarity (kinda). "You must create!" Def. gonna watch you (i hope that doesn't sound creepy :P).
106381 Awesome. plz add more
106784
Are you sure you meant to reply to me?
Another happy ending. For only being 14 you have alot of talent, I'm 24 and couldn't possibly think about writing something on this level. I tip my hat to you kind sir.
*Automated Voice* Standing Down Orbital Friendship Cannon. Celestia removed from Target Acquisition
(Me) ..*mumbles* That's what I thought. *grunt*
great short read man! like others have said please continue making storys and make them
I like the reference to Lyra
aww this is beautiful even though you could use a proofreader and some commas and periods oh, and theres only 7 BILLION people, not trillion. thatd be a crapton of people and we'd probably all be squished. either way, i loved this. it's got that same feel of the original, in a way. the 'i really am getting old' was one of those things that wouldnt normally make it into a book, but it definitely works with this sort of style. i hope you know what i mean cause im not articulating it very well. and the lyra bit made me crack up. i can just picture her seeing mr daddy for the first time and being like Pinkie Pie when she sees ANYPONY for the first time, times three. and yeah ima read the next chapter now bye!
109092
agreed
I could just kiss you for this! But I won't...
The manly tears cascading from my relieved face will not stop for awhile, I think. I am quite happy right now.
I read this while listening to Cinema by Benny Benassi. Fitting song if you ask me.
I don't think a sequel is a good idea at all. The originol story was one meant to bear down on the hearts of people and make them feel the loss of love, while at the same time experiencing the magic that is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I applaude at your effort, but the closure you seek is one that puts the mind at ease. The trauma that the originol caused is what causes the change in character. Such stories are hard to come by, and are often shunned for the feelings they cause, but the feat of creating such strong emotions is a great achievment amongst writers. Putting those feelings down with such a sequel defeats the purpose of the story in the first place. Again, I applaude at your effort, but please be mindful of this next time such a touching story comes along.
Mint green unicorn? DAMMIT, think think think think think THINK! Aww fuck it, the only pony that i know that fits that category is Lyra...is it Lyra?
Ummm... I have a slight observation I want to point out. I noticed a grammatical error within the quote, "Sometimes I feel homesick but then I remember the whole reason I’m not back home. Dashie". It should be: Sometimes I feel homesick but then I remember the whole reason I’m not back home: Dashie". The colon seems better and is correct in
118032
I had agreed at first, but then I read Ty's and it was amazing! I still reccomend it
106279 Actully wouldn't this be a second?
YAY SO HAPPY THAT SOMEONE MADE PART 3 XD
118032
...Dammit! Why does your argument have to make so much sense, and the sequels be so good?! Now I can't decide whether to keep reading, or stop in the interest of preserving the original's message/mood… BUCK!
106403
Great beginning!!! I love your style of writing, but it could use a few more punctuation marks.
dude 5 years? thats like 1,825 years back on earth
I've just found the threequel, and im so glad that i can read it. in my story im making, these sequels didnt happen, but dash does find out aboutr my little dashie and just like in the sequel her memories are unlocked! Once im done ill post a link! if its ok with Epicbg
Liking and Faving cause... *Sniffles, Cries, Stops, Silence*... Cause My Little Dashie. I recommend "My Little Dashie" read by MicTheMicrophoneZero btw. And if you want an amped up version of it, here's THIS one.
PS: Sorry if I posted two of the same things. I screwed up and now, for some reason, I can't delete it. Just letting you know. Goodbye.
Honestly, I don't like this. I probably would like the story, but I can't get past ten paragraphs because of the grammar. Which is upsetting to me, since I loved the other two stories. There are way too many run-on sentences and very few transitions.
I am not a brony, mind you but, there was always something about this series that (confound my tears!) pardon me, the feels are still high from reading the last one, and I cant wait to finish reading.
3183562 Not to be rude or anything, but if your not a Brony, why do you have an account on FiMFiction? I'm just asking, is all.
Omg i hate u bitchlestia.
I just have to get used to them. I declined to offer,
the to should be a the
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I find it amazing that even though you're not a brony, you still have interest in the fandom. I applaud you my friend!
To~ Princess Celestia
WHATS GOOOD NIIIGAAAAHHHHH?!?!?!?
~human
(My first appearance in equestria)