A full year · 7:03pm Sep 12th, 2016
It's been a full year now since I became a brony. It's been such an unbelievable journey, I don't even know what to say.. I'm just so happy I found it! The fan music, the stories, the readings, the art, the show itself! The God damn FLUTTERSHY! 
Fluttershy is my favorite pony because we are so much alike. But just like she, I'm also slowly developing by the time. Whenever I'm afraid of doing something, I think about her; how she overcomes her fears and succeeds. It's been that small confident boost I've needed to go on and do things, whether it ends good or bad, doesn't matter; the most important thing is that I tried. Best episode for me is "Put Your Hoof Down" It's just.. so me. I'm not saying I wouldn't watch the show if Fluttershy wasn't on it, but she's the 'mane' reason for me.
Of course I love all the characters, but everybody's got their reasons to watch the show and I wish we could all respect each others in that regard.
On another note, if I can't find any editors for my stories, I'll just add the chapters regardless. I have seen much worse things than my creations, English not even being my native language. I think most of you would enjoy it and in case you can't stand my grammar, I could always use a skilled editor 
Actually, I'd like to give you a little taste of what I can do..?
After finding the stream, I lowered my head over the water and saw my messed up reflection staring back at me. My amber eyes looked dim, sad and lifeless. Some blood vessels had also ruptured, tinting my eyes slightly red. My muzzle was slightly bleeding as well I noticed. Great, I was a horrible sight at the moment.
I closed my eyes and drank while I had the chance. The water actually tasted a lot better than I was hoping for. Clean and refreshing water, so much better than at home.
Home.. The one thing I didn’t have anymore; It was gone. So was the whole village and most of the ponies who wasn’t as lucky to make the escape as I was. Being a strong pegasus had it advantages, but I didn’t stand a chance against the whole army of armored soldiers with sharp spears, bows and arrows, so I had to escape.
Considering myself lucky to be alive, I had no clue what had happened or why. Suddenly everything was taken away from me. From us. Not that we had much in the first place but still, nopony deserved that. Nopony deserved to die!
That was a part of the first chapter from my 2nd story that's currently my main priority. I'm sure there's room for improvements, but I don't think it's unreadable by any means..
Anyway, thanks for reading!
- Shimmering Thunder
