Prologue
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Henry Hoof is the last of the brown-eyed changelings, disguised as a dark-green young adult alicorn pony, with brown mane and tale, and he wore black-framed glasses.
It's been a year now since Henry settled down in Ponyville. Despite him being a changeling, and everypony in Ponyville knew that fact, the ponyfolks still treated him like an ordinary pony.
So much has changed during that time. And as for Henry, living an ordinary life wasn't as boring as he thought it would be. Of course, he'll have to change the order of things so he won't be bored with a uniform daily or weekly routine.
He became the town's librarian. The first few weeks, he made some mistakes, but he learned and got the hang of it. He also read the available books in the library if he's not busy. He learned a lot since.
Little Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack attended school, and often times, he was asked to teach the young fillies in school as a substitute teacher, and that went for a month or two before Cheerilee decided to teach.
The last thing he heard about his friend Ditzy was that the pegasus mare decided to apply for a job in delivering mail. She got hired, and was assigned in Cloudsdale.
Henry also helped out in Sweet Apple Acres when he got nothing to do and bored of reading. Though little Applejack helps out, Big Macintosh appreciated his help all the time.
Since he swore to no longer leech pony's emotions for him to feed, he decided to eat like a normal pony. He became a regular customer in Sugar Cube Corner, where the little Pinkie Pie is helping around the place. She even takes care of the place if Mr. Cake is out for a date with a mare that 'stole his heart'.
Henry could only roll his eyes every time the little Pinkie Pie brings that up.
Little Rarity is living by herself in Carousel Boutique. Her parents are always away, and for what reason, Henry doesn't know. He never got the chance to talk to her parents.
On rare occassions, he runs into little Rarity, who is busy buying some clothing materials for her 'fashion projects'. She even gave him a 'dazzling' cape one day. He uses it as a pillow case back home though.
He also lend a helping hoof in building Fluttershy's little cottage on the edge of Everfree Forest. He had to, since the little blue bird was forcing him to help. His newfound ability to use his magic other than leeching helped in building the cottage.
The little yellow pegasus filly was too young to watch for herself, so since no pony in Ponyville bothered to keep an eye on her, at least, that was what he thought, he payed her a visit from time to time and helped her out with the animals.
The rainbow-maned pegasus filly often hangs out there, since, from what she told him, she and Fluttershy are friends. The rainbow-maned pegasus told him that he got nothing to worry about, but the two were still young fillies, so he still visited the place from time to time, even if he had to deal with the annoyed cyan-coated pegasus filly.
He went to Canterlot on the anniversary of his little sister's death. Her mother was there as well. They spent a few hours sitting in front of the stone tablet. Afterwards, she invited him over for lunch where they had a few small talks, and their small conversation continued even on their way to the castle, where he had the chance to read some more books with the little Twilight Sparkle. They read books about magic, which bored him to the extreme, but tried his best not to show his boredom to Twilight. They even held a little magic contest in the castle's garden where Princess Celestia and a number of royal guards became their audience. Of course, Henry had to lose. He knew his magic is powerful, but to the little filly's sake, he let her beat him. At least he got the chance to see a real life 'baby' dragon, owned by Twilight. He is always afraid of dragons, since dragons once threatened to wipe the changeling race from existence a long time ago. He considered it a chance to 'face his fears'.
Now, one full year has gone by, and Henry is still willing to continue living an ordinary life. Though this year, things are going to be a bit different. He learned so much, and for him, it's about time to accomplish his little sister's dream; to write a book. He had already drawn the characters, the story, and the sequence of events. All he needs now is an experience of adventure so he can write it down, for the readers to feel the adventure, through reading.
He learned about an ancient relic castle near Fillydelphia, and that's where he wants to go for his...no...for 'their' book; Daring Do And The Quest For The Sapphire Stone.
And he's all set to go there, and he now awaits the announcement of the train station that their train can now travel to Fillydelphia. He heard that the train tracks are almost done and ready, and he's excited to go. He even bought a train ticket to go there a month ago.
He could fly there, but he settled down on waiting. Not only does he prefer walking than flying, but he grew to like trains when he is going to Canterlot and back to Ponyville from time to time.
And finally, the day has come, and the announcement reached everypony in Ponyville that they can now travel to Fillydelphia. With his excitement under control, and things he needed are inside his sidebag, he took one big breath before walking inside the train.
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Originally Written on July 8, 2012
Updates...
- September 28, 2012 - Fixed Some Grammar Errors