My Life in a Nutshell

by Dylan Scraton


A Lovely Start to a Bitter Story.

Hello there, my name is Psyche. I am a unicorn born to a family of five in Canterlot. I'd rather not speak about them at this time but introductions must be made. I've been grieving for a very long time now, and I have come to the conclusion that to move forward I must recollect on my own life as I had lived it.

Now where to start…I guess the beginning is always a good place…I was born in Canterlot 43 years ago next month. I had a normal childhood just like any other Canterlot colt. Except I wasn’t one for the glamour and giant hats. I longed to get away as fast as I could. I knew it meant leaving my family behind, but I knew they’d get along without me just fine. So when I was old enough and was able to take care of myself I headed for Ponyville.

It was so embarrassing…a 19 year old colt without his cutiemark…did I mention I didn’t get my cutiemark till I was 23? I guess that’s pretty important…anyway, I found a nice place in Ponyville, settled down, and life was normal…for a while at least…1 or 2 years later I was out shopping and saw a flyer with a picture of DJ PON-3, a date, and a time. I’ve always been a huge DJ PON-3 fan so of course I went. So I went to the concert, and saw DJ PON-3 in the crowd…or so I thought. Being the charmer I am I aproched her. To my surprise it was just a mare who looked almost exactly like the reknowed DJ, and would change my life forever.

I approached the mare who looked almost identical to the reknowned DJ and noticed DJ PON-3 was already on stage! So I decided to wait till the concert was over to talk to her, just becasue the music was just to damn good to ignore. But about half way through the concert she “accidentally” bumped into me. I turned to face her and see if she was ok. The look in her eyes made me melt on the inside. “S-sorry. I didn’t mean to bump into you. I was just so lost in the music!” I guess my smile was funny looking because she was softly laughing. I shook my head and shot her one of my charming smiles. “It’s fine! No harm was done! I was into the music also so I probably would have bumped into you!” We both laughed until she spoke. “My name’s Violet, Violet Scraton. What’s yours?”


“My name is Psyche!" I said cheerfully. I bowed my head and heard her giggle. It was all so…weird….no mare had ever shown interest in me before. All of sudden this mare is “accidentally” bumping into me at a concert. I didn’t know what to do, so I asked her if she wanted to dance. “I’d love to!” She said. I couldn’t believe it! So we stuck together through the concert. She told me about how her brother died, and how she left everything she had behind in Canterlot…just like I did. We were kindred souls, her and I. When the concert ended I asked if she needed somepony to walk with. She said yes and I walked her home. After that we started seeing each other more and more. Three months after that day we met at that concert we started dating. And those were some of the happiest days of my life.