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// Chapter 2: The Promise 
// Story: The Life of Shin Dowe 
// by Golden Flare 
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Chapter 2: The Promise


Today, I will become 18 at 6PM tonight, night that I will make my promise, and live out the rest of my days in mental solitude. But even if I make that promise, I'll still be ridiculed by everypony, but one stood out from the rest, the first filly I met in Elementary School, she didn't mock me, she didn't scowl at me, she just stared. No words. None. I don't know if she hated me, but she never looked at the wrong way, she just had a blank look on her face.

The time right now was 5:58PM, and it's family tradition to blow out one's candles ten seconds before the exact time one was born, it's the perfect opportunity to put myself into a binding contract... or something like that. I had some time to think before it was time to celebrate my birthday, this thought ran through my mind,

"How do I avoid the hatred of everypony in town?" I thought to myself.

So, I came up with the only conclusion, the only answer to stop the pain.

I had to move away.

I plan on telling my parents after I blow out my candles, any time before that would be a bad time, I don't want any tension before I blow out my candles.

"...Happy birthday to you!" my parents sung.

"Go on, son, make a wish!" my dad said.

This is it. the moment of truth. There's no turning back now. Here it goes...

"I promise I will never talk about my dreams again..."

That's what I wanted to say...

But instead...

"I wish I could be happy."

That's what I really said. I wanted "True Happiness". It's what I truly wished for, what I really wanted in life.

I blew out my candles.

"What did you wish for?" my mom asked.

"Honey, if he tells you, it'll never come true." my dad replied.

I took his words to heart, and never told anypony what I wished for. And then, I told them my plan for tomorrow.

"I'm moving to Ponyville." I declared.

My parents were stunned by what I said, but they could talk.

"W-Why?" my mom asked.

"It's just something I have to do. I'm not mad at you guys, It's just... I need some time to myself to think."

"Oh... O-Ok." my mom said.

I ate my cake and I went to my room to pack my things for tomorrow.

Tomorrow's a new day.