//------------------------------//
// Braeburn 
// Story: A Boy and a Bunch of Cute Ponies 
// by Rupertthered 
//------------------------------//

	Another week passed by, these weeks recently have felt fast all of a sudden, probably all the waiting you've been doing is starting to pay off sorta. Each week was unique like each new pony you met. You never knew what to expect really, it was different. Before you lived a life of nothing and now you lived a life of surprises. You were starting to warm up to it, and embraced it for what was happening. Soon enough a knock came at the door, sounded a little rough. 

You approached the door to open it and saw a yellow wearing a cowboy hat and had a vest on. "Howdy Anon. Celestia told me a great deal about you, and now I'm here cause she wanted me to visit you, said my cousins Applejack and Big Macintosh visited you." Judging from his voice it was another colt, surprising you. His voice was also very energetic, could easily be one of the happiest voices you've heard. "You did meet my cousins right? I'm hoping the princess didn't lie to me." A bit of worry in his voice, not wanting to make him worry more you nod your head. 

"That's good to hear, how are they? I know Big Mac likes to send me mail from time to time, he sure knows literature. Probably the smartest one in the Apple family right now. Wouldn't you agree?" You remembered back to when Big Mac visited and he did seem like a smart pony, you do believe even Applejack said he was. You nod your head again in agreement, its been a while now that you think about seeing them. "Good to hear someone agrees, Applejack think its not healthy for an Apple family member to know their fancy mathematics." 

You couldn't help but chuckle at hearing what Applejack thought about that. Sure for her kind of people they didn't really need to know, but it helps in the future for anything. Braeburn then started to think, you were able to tell as he put his hoof on his chin. "Actually my cous did mention meeting a sweet fella. That wouldn't happen to be you Anon would it?" You weren't sure how to answer, cause it was true, till you heard him laughing. "I'm just pulling your leg, Anon. There's no way you would have a chance with my cous, she is a real cowgirl let me say. Fighting those buffalo that one day she helped." 

You decided to laugh with him a bit, hoping he wouldn't catch your bluff. "But if I did find out she liked you and you broke her heart, I'll be coming after yah. But it's a good thing that isn't the case, I'm just a guest right now." He trotted over to your couch. A lot of the ponies seemed to love the couch for whatever reason. It kinda bothered you since you had to clean it up, but if they liked it, then you couldn't argue. 

"Pretty comfy place you got here. Could make a living here. But I'm sure you knew that. Big Mac and Applejack have told me this place is different from ours. And I do agree with my cousins." He made just about any sentence sound exciting with the way he talked. It wasn't like he had caffeine or anything you thought, it was just the way he was. "So I take it you ain't a farmer huh? My cousins never mentioned anything, but a big forest surrounding the place." 

Seems like the Apple family really did keep in touch. How big was there family you wondered. Though it probably wasn't the first time you wondered really. You decided to show him outside so he can see, though he was outside when he first came here. Guess he was too excited to meet a new person. It sometimes feels nice meeting a new person. The two of you step outside to the front to see the clear path that leads out into the city. It was a nice quiet town nothing ever happens though. You decided to ignore it and go around the house to the other path one you took often. 

Braeburn was amazed at the greens he saw all around. "Woah, this place is great for growing. What's your secret?" He looked at you waiting for an answer. But you simply didn't have one, this was how the area was when you were born here. "So you're telling me, that this place was like this?" You simply nod your head. "Wow, that's amazing, I wish the area my family found was like that. But hard work always pays off in the end, wouldn't you agree? We found a barren land with nothing and started growing our own apple trees. Quite an amazing view. Especially now that we're friends with the buffaloes in the area." 

That sounded like a lot of work to you, but hard work always did pay off in the end. Gave you something to be proud of, and being proud of yourself was always a good thing. "Well hate to say this Anon, but its getting close to the time for me to leave, hate to leave you like this, but that's how life is. People come and go you know? But the time you spend with them at the time is what matters, gives you hope for a better future with others maybe." With that he patted you on the back as the portal opened up behind. He step through the portal leaving you by yourself, but he was right, the time you spent with someone is the best part about people. You just sometimes wish it lasted longer.