//------------------------------// // Abandoned // Story: PLR: The Beginning // by Caesar2013 //------------------------------// "URRGH!" Bucephalus grunts as he pulls a plow in the field, ready for planting new trees. Apple Crisp, Bucephalus, and Silver Tail had been working all day, from sun up to sun down. By this time, Bucephalus had finished a third field, when Granny Smith came from the house, carrying a pitcher of apple juice "Hey boys!" Granny Smith yells out to the workers in the field. "Come over here and have refreshing apple juice!" The three stallions looked up, and saw the delicious beverage the young mare had presented before them. "Thanks!" Silver Tail says, grabbing a glass of apple juice, and chugging down the sweet liquid, spilling several drops down his cheeks. "Mighty kind of yah sis." Apple Crisp says to Granny Smith. "And a glass for you Bucephalus. Drink up, a giant like you needs it." Granny Smith says offering a glass of apple juice to Bucephalus. Bucephalus take the glass of apple juice. Looking inside, it is a brown liquid with a sweet smell to it. The only drink that Bucephalus ever had in his life was water or the occasional sips from his late father's flask. Not sure what the drink would taste like, Bucephalus raised the glass slowly to his lips, taking a small sip. The juice was the most delicious thing Bucephalus had ever tasted in his life. Bucephalus continued to drink all that was in the glass, soon disappointed by the few remaining droplets. "You ponies sure know how to make a delicious drink." Bucephalus says, hand the glass back to Granny Smith. "Well that's nice of you to say that, Buce." Granny Smith said taking the glass back. " Round here on Sweet Apple Acres, we make sure that all of our apples look good, and taste good too... Even the mares." Granny Smith finished with a smile and a look in her eyes that appeared she wanted Bucephalus. "Is it my imagination, or do I think she likes me?" Bucephalus thought to himself. "All right boys." Apple Crisp said to the other two ponies. "We're done here for today, let's get back up to the house and shower up. I hope dinner will be ready soon." The three ponies walked up the dirt path alongside the apple trees that the Apple Family had planted over the years. Each tree was planted on the day that the family moved to these parts. After showering, Bucephalus and his brother, Silver Tail, moved into the dining room, to join the Apple Family for the evening meal. "Here Buce." Granny Smith pointed to Bucephalus, gesturing him to come over. "You can sit here next to me." Bucephalus looked over at the small table that sat in the middle of the dining room, then sat down next to Granny Smith. "Creak! Creak!" The chair wasn't nearly strong enough to support Bucephalus' weight and soon... "CRASH!" The chair breaks, causing Bucephalus to fall hard onto the wooden floor. "OOMPF!" Bucephalus yells out hitting his bottom hard. The Apple family and Silver Tail looked at Bucephalus, staring at him, making Bucephalus fear the worst. Several seconds later... "HAHHAHAA!" Apple Tart starts laughing at loud. Soon the whole family joins in laughing. "AHAHAHHA!" They all seemed to get a kick out of Bucephalus' misfortune. "Okay... okay.. listen hear that's enough." Apple Tart says, struggling not to laugh. "Hehehe." Bucephalus laughs off his misfortune. Granny Smith also laughed too. "Hahaha. Sorry Bucephalus, you gotta admit that was mightly funny. Here I'll get you a chair." Granny Smith leaves the dining area to retrieve Bucephalus a new chair, while the family begins eating. During the meal, Apple Tart starts asking personal questions of Bucephalus. "So Buce, if I may call you that, where did you say you were from again?" Apple Tart says while eating an apple. "My brother and I moved here from the mountains far from here." Bucephalus responds while cutting up an apple. "Our village was a rather poor one. The hut my brother and I, as well as... my parents, lived in was rather cramped. Just about a bedroom where our whole family slept, which was joined by the kitchen, which was also our living room. Our brick floor was cold in the winter, and the roof leaked in the spring. Our hut had no door step, and led straight into an alley down which trickled a dirty stream. The whole village consisted of shanty huts like our own, each having a stove-pipe poking out of the roofs." Bucephalus finished the question and began eating his apple, when Apple Pie began talking. "Seems like you boys had it rough." "You have no idea." Bucephalus thinks to himself remembering the deaths of most of his family. "So anyways.." Apple Pie continues. "Tell us about your family." Bucephalus was hit hard by this question, it seemed like only yesterday when his father had led him by his hoof, taking him home after digging the grave for his mother and twin brothers. How he remembered seeing the broken body of his father. "Buce, can you tell us about your parents?" Apple Pie asked. With a deep breathe, Bucephalus began. "My father and I labored in the mines. When my mother wasn't taking care of us, she was cleaning and baking bread for the other miners." "Ah so you worked in the mines?" Apple Crisp said. "Sounds like a challenge." Bucephalus nodded towards the red haired pony. "But we all worked hard to make ends meet. Sometimes they'd go hungry for a month just to keep use fed. Of course as you can see from me, I was always hungry" "So Buce.." Apple Tart started talking. "Where are your parents now?" "They... they're... dead..." Bucephalus said softly. "They're what now?" Apple Tart asked again as Bucephalus spoke too softly. "THEY ARE DEAD!" Bucephalus yells at the top of his lungs, before storming out of the room. Silver Tail, backs out of the room too, as he couldn't stand to be reminded that they were orphaned at an untimely moment of their lives. "Oh... oh my... I'm sorry Buce.." Apple Tart says as the big pony stampers out of the room. "Hey everypony i'm back!" Granny Smith says holding a chair. "Say where's Buce?" "Granny Smith.." Apple Tart said. "I think we shouldn't bother him." Back in Bucephalus' room, the big pony was crying. How long had it been since they were forced to leave their village? "Why? Why? WHY?!" Bucephalus screams slamming his hoofs in the wall. "KNOCK KNOCK" Somepony knocks on the door. "Go away!" Bucephalus yells. "Buce." The voice calls out. "It's Granny Smith, can I... talk? I just want to know what happened? Please?" Granny Smith softly says. "No..." Bucephalus says looking away from the door. "Please Buce... I'm worried." "Fine." Bucephalus says unlocking the door. The young mare in her nightgown, walked slowly in. "Umm Buce." Granny Smith slowly began. 'We've known each other for quite sometime. Please, tell me what's wrong." Bucephalus couldn't bare to look at the begging face of the attractive farm pony standing before him. "All right, my …. parents are dead... they have been for a long time." Bucephalus could no longer cry, he no longer be able to from so much loss and pain. "Oh I'm sorry Buce..." Granny Smith said before hugging him. "But you have the Apple family, we're here for you.." Granny Smith said, holding him tighter. Though the pony was significantly smaller then Bucephalus, she still was able to hug him hard. "Thank you... " Bucephalus said "WOAH!" Bucephalus calls out before Granny Smith placed her lips onto his. "I hope that makes you feel better Buce." Granny Smith said pulling away from him. "If you need anything, just come to me all right?" Granny Smith said with a wink before closing the door behind her. That was how Granny Smith and Bucephalus began their relationship. By day Bucephalus would work in the fields, before sneaking off to meet with Granny Smith. But.. one night, things went too far, even for Bucephalus. The two ponies had agreed to meet at the barn one night. "So... lovely." Bucephalus calls out to the attractive blond as she slid open the door. "What do you have planned?" Granny Smith smiles at him, and carefully slides shut the door. Through the moonlight, Bucephalus was able to tell that she was carrying something. "I'm ready Buce." Granny Smith walked up to him, and pushed the giant pony to the ground. It was a night neither would forget, even in their old age. The next day, Bucephalus woke up in his bed, feeling better than ever. He had finally met the love of his life. Nothing could go wrong, until a knock was on the door. "KNOCK KNOCK!" A pony knocks on the door. "Yes? Who is it?" Bucephalus calls out, lifting himself out of the bed. "It's me, Silver Tail, Buce!" Silver Tail calls out on the other end. "Silver Tail, what do you want?" Bucephalus asks opening the door. "There's this new bar in town, and Old pony Apple is letting us off today. Lets go!" Silver Tail says as he tries pushing Bucephalus out the door. "Whoa!" Bucephalus says. "Hold your humans! I need to write a note." Bucephalus gets out a pen and paper and begins writing. "Granny Smith Silver Tail and I are heading into town to check out this new bar that opened up. I shouldn't take long. Love Bucephalus" Satisfied with what he wrote, Bucephalus slides the note under her door, and follows his brother to Ponyville. Meanwhile, Granny Smith woke up with a pain in her stomach. "Oh my I feel so... urrgh!" Granny Smith says before rushing off to find something to vomit in. "Disgusting she says to herself. I'm never sick... I … couldn't be pregnant. Could I?" "Ah, we're finally here." Silver Tail says as the two brothers enter the bar. The bar was a fairly new place, but it wasn't fancy. Just the sort of place they, the brothers liked. However it also attracted the wrong crowd as well. "Hey bartender!" Silver Tail calls out. "How about a couple of drinks right here!" The bartender looks over at Silver Tail and Bucephalus. Taking a bottle, he fills a shot full of booze and hands each pony a drink. A couple of drinks later, Silver Tail was feeling a little bit tipsy. "Woo wee!" He says. "I've had too much to drink!" "HEY!" A tough sounding voice calls out. "You and you're little friend are in our spot!" Bucephalus and Silver Tail turn around to see a couple of tough and angry looking ponies. "Like I said." the unicorn continues. "You're in our spot!" Silver Tail wasn't about to move. "Oh yeah I don't see your name on it!" Bad choice of words, the unicorn punches Silver Tail hard in the head knocking him to the ground. "How dare you!" Bucephalus reacts in a rage and picks up the chair, and crashes it into the unicorn's face. Soon the brawl is on. The gang of hoodlums take on the giant earth pony, but one by one, they fall as Bucephalus beats each and everypony down. "WEE WHOO WEE WHOO" The Pegasi police soon arrive, and all parties involved, the hoodlums, as well as Bucephalus and his brother, are taken into custody. The unicorn hoodlum is soon revealed to be the son of a rich industry owner. Suspiciously, the charges on him and his gang are dropped. Things are so lucky for Bucephalus and his brother, whom are charged with assault and brought before a judge. Proven guilty, they have two choices: Imprisonment, or serve in the Equestrian army. "Well your honor..." Bucephalus says. "The army couldn't be that hard could it?" The two brothers are shipped from Ponyville Police Station to Fort Troddingham, to begin their service in the Equestrian Armed Forces. Sadly for Granny Smith, she is not notified of the sentence, and begins to believe that Bucephalus had abandoned her Well that ends this chapter. I didn't want to write a clop, since I suck at those and didn't want to change the rating to M. Next chapter involves Bucephalus' training in the army and the Griffon invasion of Equestria.