Our Lives Among The Equine

by Fabian Corcair


Nature nurtures---part 2

*Grr* I growl at the pair of ponies, contempt for the rope wrapped around me.

“The timberwolf magic is preventing the memory spell from working. I'm afraid we must abandon our hope for a quick solution, Fluttershy. Looks like we have to continue the month-long treatment to hopefully return her to normal quickly. Until then, you’ll be here to help stop her Wolf-like tendencies from going aloof hence there are substitutes fulfilling both of your duties,” said the winged, horned pony.

“I understand. I have the highest confidence that I can rehabilitate Applejack,” said my capturer.

“But I haven’t even---”

“No buts, Twilight, I’m sure Applejack’s fine. And if anything goes wrong, I’m sure me and others can handle her.

“Uh, alright, I’ll be doing my duties. I'll check you later in three weeks.” The horned, winged pony exited out of the door.

“Hey, Harry, would you please write something down for me?

*Roar* *Roar?*

“Simple, I'm doing the translating, you do the writing.”

I'm Harry, and I'm a bear. I am recording Applejack’s behaviors on this notebook while she recovers. I’m don’t know why she insists on me doing this, she said something about Twilight and It went out the other ear. I should listen to her more often.

Day one

Fluttershy couldn’t get much out of Applejack but “I’ll shred you to pieces.”

Day two

Fluttershy tries to teach her Equestrian, but Applejack growls, snarls, or barks. She looks like a pony, but she’s one mean dog. She did learn the word apple, and she randomly broke out and repeats it over and over and over and over again.

Day three

It's been a few days now and Fluttershy is routinely telling her what words of random objects are. Applejack is not getting along well with the others in the cottage due to her overwhelming hostility.

Day five

In a nick of time, Fluttershy taught Applejack plenty of words. Although, she did ask me for a second opinion about whether or not her treatment was a bit too harsh, and even to write them down in detail. When Fluttershy often commanded Applejack to chosen word to repeat in Equestrian, if she didn't respond appropriately, she would withhold it, not even water was safe. The treatment was a bit more extreme than she normally did on other animals, but nevertheless, since Applejack is a fast learner, she mastered all the words Fluttershy had given her. If she needed to go outside, Fluttershy walked her to a wooden stake and tied to there. This one time, she even barked at the chickens in the coup. What’s even more crazy is when escaped to sneak into their coup to sniff their butts. Gross. She was captured surely thereafter.

Day six

Applejack didn't look like she felt good. She's awfully silent. She usually howled out of nowhere in a middle of learning Equestrian, Fluttershy would pet her head every time Applejack felt glum, comforting her with her tranquil voice. I felt awful for her, she must be missing her doggy friends, the ones I keep on hearing about. Poor Applejack, I hope she gets better soon. Fluttershy asked me that the next time I write, Applejack would be in the wheel.

Day nine

Applejack lonely. Applejack miss friends. Applejack miss family. Applejack hates waiting.

Day ten

I like meat. I like wolf. No like no.

Day Fourteen

Fluttershy give me apples. I like apples.

Day fifteen

I play with Winona. I remember Winona. She is like me. No escape. We fetch balls. I don't like Angel, she scares me. I'm tired.

Day Seventeen

Winona steal from me! She take my toy! Bad Winona! She is not my friend anymore! She stinks.

Day Eighteen

Winona steal my toys, so I steal her water, her food, her friends, I even hit her. Fluttershy not like it, she said that was petty. She ground me. No more notes for at least five days

Day Twenty-five

Oh boy, where do I start? I don't remember much about earlier, but from what I heard, I was prickly as a cactus. Luckily, Twilight came by earlier and restored my memories in a jiffy. Thank Celestia. I do remember being mean to Winona, taking her stuff and all. After all the ruckus, turns out the whole thing was a big misunderstanding, Angel was the one who've stolen from me, not Winona. Dangit, that vermin's name Angel is nothing but plain old irony. Anywho, with the help of Fluttershy's amazing and magical Translation skills, I apologized to Winona. Of course, like best friends, she forgave me by tackling and licking me my face. Nonetheless, I gained a few habits from being a wolf, like bathing myself with licks. Why do Timberwolves act like wolves anyway? It's not like they need to bathing. Nevermind, I gotta make this short.

In retrospect, I was one with nature. The experience I do remember was surely an eye-opener. I never knew how Winona felt till now, all dependent on me because she had nowhere else to go, like me with Timberwolves or Fluttershy, crazy how being in someone else's hooves changed my view of everything around me. Animals like the freedom to be happy just as much as we do, but they don't have the brains to self-control, the body to move along stuff, or giant communities to do large scale projects like we do. They may have one or two, but only us Ponies, Zebras, griffons, etc. It ain't fair, but I guess we have to preserve them anyway. Besides, without animals, how would our Ecosystem thrive? How would you get fresh manure? How else would you get milk to put in your cereal?

Except for bunnies, they don't deserve to live.

Heh, I'm joking! But seriously, I despise that bunny abomination. You ougtta call animal control on that one if you have the chance.

Twilight accidentally snarffed some water, coughing violently in laughter. "That's enough of that." She promptly closed the notebook