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// Chapter 2 
// Story: The Life of Two "Average" Ponies 
// by Ferote 
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“Make us proud son.”
“I will dad, I will.” The fog returns from wherever it came, taking my parents with it. I look at all of the trees around me and smile at the thought of my parents being with me forever.
"I may not be able to return your parents to you, but I will tell you know something.”
“What’s that?”
"You are not completely pony.”
“What am I?”
"You are literally part forest. You are the descendant of two powerful beings. From your mother’s side is a being of nature, the Spirit of the Forest, which would be me. On your father’s side, a being of power, the Spirit of the Earth. Our power flows in your blood, and I will awaken your true potential” As he finishes, I feel a change in my body. I become taller than Celestia herself, my mane changes from red and blue to white and black, my tail changes colors to match my mane, but also changes from short and sharp to long and flowing, and my fur changes from red to white with black stripes. "Strange, you were the spitting image of your father with your mother’s eyes, but now you have a mixture of your mother’s pure white and my midnight black, and you have your father’s eyes as well.”
“W-what have you done to me?”
 "I have only awoken your true form. However you will not stay this way , for this form expends a large amount of energy. As you mature and grow stronger you will be able to sustain this form for longer periods of time. To return to your normal form think of only your parents, to turn into the Spirit of the Everfree think of pure untouched nature.”



(Thanks for showing him my memories Reive.)
"It is much more reliable than word of mouth.”
“Dude, I had no idea how fucked up your life was”
“Well now you do, but if you tell anypony about this, ANYPONY, I swear that I will make your life a living hell.”
“I won’t tell a soul, As long as the sun shines, my promise stands. As long as the river flows, my oath is true. As long as the Everfree is wild, I keep my word. This I swear.”
“You know that, as the Spirit of the Everfree, I have to personally kill anypony that breaks an Everfree Promise?”
“Now you tell me.”
“And Dark, since you are a part of Phoenix, you promised too, I didn’t say anything to Light because I know he won’t tell anypony. But don’t worry guys, if somepony REALLY needs to know then I’ll tell them. I get final judgement on who needs to know.”
“Can you hear him?”
“Nope, I can just tell what he’s thinking, it gets like that when you know somepony really well.”
“I know you better than anypony, so why can’t I tell what you’re thinking?”
“Do you know every inch of the Everfree Forest like the back of your hoof?”
“Nopony does.”
“I do, and until you do as well, you’ll never know me like I do. Because for all intents and purposes, I AM the Everfree.”
“You know every inch of the Everfree like the back of your hoof?”
“Eeyup”
“Why does everypony copy Big Mac?”
“I don’t, it’s just the way I talk, and to answer you question, I have no idea. Let’s go” At the other end of the hallway a brown pony with a spiky mane of the same color, I couldn’t make out his Cutie Mark from this distance, overheard me and struck a heroic pose and yelled something. I couldn’t hear what it was exactly, but I had a good guess.
“We don’t speak French Doc.” When he heard me yell this he walked away with a smile on his face.
“Finally, somepony gets my joke.” he muttered to himself
“Who was that?”
“Don’t worry about it. Let’s just get to class.”



:Seven hours later, just outside school:
“You gonna teleport us again?”
“Phoenix, pretty much the only time I will teleport more than just myself again is when lives are in danger. It is exhausting.” A idea pops into my head (Oh how I love being smart.) “Hey Phoenix, wanna race?
“What are the rules?”
“No contact, no teleporting, and no time altering.”
“Sounds fair.”
“Dark is thinking of ways to cheat isn’t he.”
“Eeyup.”
“Now that’s copying Big Mac.” We turn towards our house.
“Three” we both say
“Two” I say while Phoenix goes Inferno
“One” He says while I go SOTE
“GO!” We both exclaim, my voice rivaling the Royal Canterlot with ease. Phoenix leaps into the air, flames trailing from his wings and hooves. (Celestia he’s fast, too bad I’ve already won.)
“I WIN PHOENIX.” He goes from just under mach 1 to a standstill in ten seconds flat.
“HOW THE HELL DID YOU WIN?”
“COME HERE AND I’LL TELL YOU.” I didn’t want to continue a conversation from this distance. I’m not sure how well the foundations of the school would take it
“How the FUCK did you win?” Phoenix was right next to me, his regular self now, within seconds.
“The race was to home, and I’m home as long as I am surrounded by nature. That’s why I picked the house at the outskirts of town.”
“Damn loopholes.”
“Just be happy we didn’t bet anything on it. I only did that for a laugh. I’m not in the mood anyway” I jump into the air, flying at a calm pace with my eyes shut “I want to relax. Adrenaline rushes, while fun as hell, are not relaxing.”
“So what are we gonna do?” Phoenix pulls up next to me.
“I’ll be meditating in my room, you can go do whatever.”
“I just might join you.”
“Just be sure to shut the hell up.”



:Phoenix and Ferote’s house:
“Dude, I know you love nature and all, but this house is WAY out in nowhere.”
“It helps that my father built this house with his own hooves. Apart from the memories and nature, this is all that I have from him. I would rather die than sell this house. That’s why I meditate, I feel close to my father. Okay, first find a position that is comfortable enough that you can sustain it for hours on end, yet not so much that you will fall asleep. Try mine to start.” I sit on the couch like a human with my fore hooves pressed together, my hind legs rested on the floor. After I do this Phoenix follows suit on the chair on the other side of the room.
“Is there a reason we’re sitting like Lyra?”
“Not really, I only sit like this when I meditate. Now close your eyes and let your mind wander. If you need to piss or something, don’t say anything, just go do what you need to do.” I close my eyes and practice what I preach. As my mind wanders I think of my parents, nature, school, pretty much everything at once. I hear a gasp from Phoenix (I’ll let it slide). My heart slows along with my breathing as I become at peace with myself, and in a way, the very earth the Goddesses rule.
[A/N I need some help. The house that Phoenix and Ferote live in needs a name, just PM me ideas and if one of you comes up with something good enough I’ll use it in the story and give you a little shoutout.]
-Michael