My perception of time is very different from that of others, it is one of the first things I learned in my younger years, or perhaps it is the custom, although i seems a pony, one shorter than normal, my strength and apparent invulnerability, is not normal, even the legendary magical beings of the world that I have known have perished by time, disease or war.
Some were my friends, others asked me to make weapons for them, I had almost no enemies, or at least I never had any, I never really cared much.
I hardly remember almost anything from my first years, it has been a long time, but when the great dream claimed me the first time and when I woke up, it had been so long that even my best friend, an alicorn, king of Ovalan, was not more than a legend, even the language had changed a lot.
Time taught me that nothing was eternal, I suppose that made me focus on my work, I never had a family, the fear of leaving it terrified me, until I met the mountain ponies, I guess I had hit bottom and couldn't live like this much longer.
They were the best moments of my life, but everything has to end at some point, but what I regret most is leaving without seeing my daughter having her children.
But that taught me that I can also seek happiness, and that leaves me with the apple family since I saved Smith they treated me like if i be one of them.
I have all the time in the world to complete my homework, speaking a bit with Strong and Seed, fearing that they would change their perception of me, I was surprised that they didn't care what I could do or who I was, even Strong said he knew a legend that related my work.
Secretly my ego inflated a little.
But what they said left me shocked.
"You may be a living legend, a king or a blacksmith, but in the end, you are a pony who helped our family, and we consider you part of our family, no more, no less" - Strong said.
"and you will not alone if the dream reaches you, the apples will take care of you, when you wake up you will see your family" -said Seed.
The universe has curious ways of working, if I had stayed with my old family (which Strong helped me confirm that the village in the mountains had disappeared), I may never have met these wonderful ponies.
And that leaves me in the now.
"For the last time Smith, I understand that you want to go with your boyfriend to Canterlot, but your parents did not give you tickets to the gala for the last time!" - I shouted while working on some iron nails, my workshop was hidden with magic, just next to the huge barn still under construction.
"Please, just for this time? I swear I am not going to ask you for anything else!" - Smith said as he gave me puppy eyes that have even Strong can´t resist.
"You said that the last time, you asked me for seed for an apple tree that always has fruit, and what happened?"
"....."
"Exactly, nothing happened because you lost it, if your mother had not found it, or God forbid, someone else would find it, you know it could have caused a disaster, plus Seed also scolded me for spoiling you, so no and that's final! "
"Thank you!!, I promise I will bring you some memories of the castle, I love you grandfather!" - Smith shouted as she went to look for her date, I think he is one of the new settlers that arrived in the caravans.
"You better not make a mess!"-I screamed as I said goodbye, praying that their date would keep her calm.
Seed scold me so much when they returned, that it almost left me without dessert, she showed me a signed letter from many nobles demanding that they not appear again at the gala, apparently, Smith and her boyfriend had accidentally released the animals, making a mess in the living room.
According to Strong, Celestia had enjoyed it, along with the letter there were enough tickets for another 50 galas.