The Other Life

by Illuminate Sparkle


Chapter 3: The Boy

Cecilio sat on the mighty green hill while inspecting beneath him. Filly and colts who had played all day outside in the green fresh fields were on their way home, now that the sun was halfway down and colored the sky orange-yellow. Cecilio's eyes rolled to his left where he could see Big Macintosh far away at his farm. It seemed he was on his way home, "Finally" sighed Cecilio. Now would Big Macintosh have some time to talk - but then again, he was probably tired after such a hectic day, since Applejack wasn't back yet.

Cecilio leaned back to the grass like he'd done many times before but this time without having Pinkie Pie as company. He touched his relatively short hair through his fingers and smiled "I gotta tell Rarity when she comes back that she did a great job and no matter what she thinks, I still love my new hairstyle."

Everything Cecilio was told was that the six mane would travel far north to resolve a minor conflict between the powerful mountain goats and ponies who lived in the snowy mountain - society.

The rest was merely secrets protected for the masses - him included.

A second deep sigh came from him while he looked at the clear evening sky, just like that time after his first party, just like many times since then. Which reminded Cecilio of different events he had experienced during his new life, no, his real life:

The first following days were happy-fun days with Pinkie Pie and other individuals in Ponyville. Especially the day when I was visiting the elementary school. It was the beginning of many trips with the cutiemark crusaders who made sure it was my mission to find my cutiemark aswell. "Should a human like me also have a cutiemark?" That very question brought me to the next adventure. One evening visited I Twilight Sparkle, as I had done several times before but this time for a specific reason. "Learning magic?!" had she asked me rather astoundingly, as if a human would never be able to reach such a level. The result however was shocking but also crucial for my later adventures.

Then something more sinister happened.

Just a week after my celebration in Ponyville occurred there a problem during an unfamiliar situation. A horde of timberwolfs attacked Ponyville one otherwise normal day. Chaos sprouted by the inhabitants who either did their best to defend themselves or got devoured by their own fear. The mayor and Twilight Sparkle attained control over the situation by collecting the villagers in a massive force outside the villages hospital. For one was it easier to treat the injured at the same time were we many enough to become a massive shield against the intruders. The first phase of the war was a relatively easy victory thanks to Rainbow Dash and the other pegasuses from Cloudsdale. However, many in general suffered from their injuries. An unknown sight for me which, I must confess, did heavily influence my mind. During the break between the two factions began the ponies to plan new strategies while also trying to comprehend why the timberwolfs suddenly waged a war against them. It was then a disgusting feeling climbed inside me. It was supposedly very rare for a timberwolf nowadays to attack another being for no reason. The last time somepony was attacked by them was years ago - however that wasn't really true. Pinkie Pie was attacked by one during our first meeting, never been attacked before by one. Ponyville was attacked, at the same time when I was there. Another interesting fact was that an attack of this scale by timberwolfs had never occurred even once during the villages history. A disgusting truth had I discovered and the responsibility was on my shoulders.

My good conscience and stupidity overwhelmed myself.

Like a snake slipped I from the other presences towards the occult forest with an innocent desire yet a selfish act. Every step with cautiousness , every breath calmly - a mind focused only to achieve one specific goal.

"And where do you think your going?" growled a deep voice.

What I saw before me was a red big earth pony, light-yellow mane, who looked with a serious face towards me. A stallion I usually didn't payed much attention to otherwise.

"I will help you" Big Macintosh added before I was able to mention anything at all.

Our eyes met and without a word understood we each other. The situation first and foremost, but also each other as beings. We went far through the narrow forest until we could not walk anymore, that was, being surrounded by the enemy, the ones I searched for. I tried to ask the timberwolfs if the war was about me, if my death could prevent another attack. Those words easily slipped through my tongue without even consider what kind of selfish act that would have been towards my friends.

Cecilio who still laid in the grass and thought about the past was still not sure till today if his words back then fell for deaf ears or not.

Anyways,three of them suddenly charged towards me.

I automatically raised my right hand and shot a lightning beam towards one of the wolfs who got knockpacked quite a distance away. At the same time was I surprised how my magic - skills suddenly was increased. That thought lasted until the other two tackled me down to the ground, with their jaws scraping against my skin. Not too long however, like a red tank forced Big Macintosh them away with his brute strength.

With blood dripping from my left cheek stuttered I a "thank you" while looking at the enemies who got even more furious. "Now run away Big Macintosh, I think they only want me" I added whispering.

"I knew this would happen, the difference is that at least you are not alone now." Big Macintosh replied while I felt how my heart got warmed up by his words even though we knew we would meet our end soon.

What happened next was beyond the word epic.

A white alicorn landed with a crash between us and the wolves, while shining so bright it almost hurt the eyes. One warning, one sentence was uttered from her and the timberwolfs ran away, never to be seen again. She then walked towards me, represented herself as Celestia, one of the princesses over Equestria.

Cecilio's right hand touched his scar on the face while memorizing further.

The rest ended happily with the village became restored to its natural prime thanks to Celestia, both Big Macintosh and I got appointed as heroes by our princess and everything ended in a orgies of long parties. Well, I did also get yelled at by Twilight who thought I was way too arrogant, stupid - but also so relived over that I made it out alive. Pinkie Pie merely cried rivers of happiness and I promised her to never do something that stupid again.

Up to now have I been practicing physical exercises by Rainbow Dash who thinks I'm still way too weak, helped Fluttershy with her animals and been baby sitting with Pinkie Pie, helped the Apple family as best I could (although I understood in the end that my "help" on the farm was minimal compared to their effectiveness), also helped Rarity and Spike to find more gems. Of course also been hanging around with most of the ponies from Ponyville, everything from horticultural works, competitions to small talking. Oh that's right, one of the funniest things ever was the cider - festival period, who would believe that some of them could become SO fun after a little cider. Especially Cheerilee...

Cecilio stood up and began to walk slowly down, home to Pinkie Pie's residence where he has been living. He was happy to have been able to stay with her because every day had been a blessing when being with such a positive pony. Just her way of saying good morning, or her voice in general sparked a feeling of happiness inside Cecilio. Just the thought of her...

He stopped his track and thoughts when he asudden saw a small creature in front of him. A cold chill shivered through his body when he saw the creature's clothes, the familiar design, looking up towards him. The small pale boy with his tousled black hair smiled at Cecilio.