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// The life of Boulder 
// Story: The life of Boulder 
// by Feral Pony 
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Being in a pocket is something very few rocks can appreciate. It`s warm, it`s isolating and it keeps the sun out. Most rock`s spend all their existence outside in the sun or underwater, but not Boulder. You see, Boulder is adopted as Maud Pie`s pet, thus he gets to enjoy the warm pocket with his owner who loves him very much.

But one faithful day while Boulder was playing hide and seek with Maud and her sister`s friends, Maud accidently managed to swap Boulder with Earl, the pebble. Maud was clueless and left Boulder behind in the sun while Earl had found a new home in Maud`s pocket.

Poor Boulder waited patiently for Maud to realize her mistake and come back to take him home, but time went on. Boulder saw many happy ponies come to and fro, some young, and some old. Slowly but surely new buildings were rising all around Boulder, but Boulder stood his place and waited. Days became Years, and years became millenniums. But Boulder waited, but as time passed, he slowly realized that Maud wasn`t coming. Boulder, wasn’t a particularly smart rock, Maud had several times called him dumb as a rock, but he took it with a light heart, and Maud used to share her laughter with him. But even though he was a bit slow, he knew when something wasn`t the way it should have been. Ponies usually lived about a hundred years. Even though a millennium had passed Boulder still held a small hope that Maud would come back and pick him up. But it seems Earl had taken his place.

A few more millenniums passed and Boulder was still in the same spot. He had hoped to get picked up by somepony passing, but nopony seemed interested in such a small rock as Boulder except for one white filly. She picked Boulder up and examined him with her light blue eyes. She was a unicorn filly and had yet to obtain a cutie mark. While Boulder was being examined he prayed to Celestia that she would take care of him like Maud had. Maud even taught Boulder how to pray to Celestia. Very few ponies still worshipped her like Maud did. She would pray right before she went to sleep, and help Boulder pray with her.

The filly went from a curious and focused glare to a smile and put Boulder inside her saddlebag where Boulder could finally escape the sun`s burning wrath. Boulder was relieved somepony still seemed to care for rocks. Maud and her family were the only rock farmers Boulder had ever seen, not that he had seen many… maybe one, and that was the Pies.

After some flying everywhere inside the saddlebag the bobbing finally stopped, and Boulder could relax. Boulder had never been seasick before, but if he could be seasick he would’ve been it now.
The Whit filly unicorn picked Boulder up gently and placed him on a shelf right by her bedside. Boulder had a view of the room from where he was. The room was a bright pink, with paintings on the wall with landscapes and castles. There were pictures of a unicorn and an earth pony and a unicorn filly all standing in pose together right outside of the entrance to Canterlot. There was a desk filled with minerals and books about rocks. Right above the desk was a window, and outside that window was a view of a nice lush green grass field with filly’s and colts playing together with a ball. There was a tree visible as well, and right under that tree was… a rock. A HUGE ROCK! A GIGANTIC ENORMOUS ROCK!

Boulder was staring intensely at the rock, never had he seen such a magnificent rock before. It was big and rocky and… and… gray. There was some moss covering the rock giving it details Boulder had rarely seen on rocks. All the little crystals inside peeking out of the rock were magnificent. They weren`t reflecting the sun, so it wasn`t uncomfortable to look at the rock, they were just glossy and pretty. Boulder could feel his own inner crystals shift as he continued to take in the magnificent rock that was presented to him. He had actually been staring so long taking in all the details he hadn`t noticed it had been a year already.

The white unicorn never played with Boulder or picked him up and took him for a walk. He was just standing on top of the shelf admiring the beautiful rock outside. Boulder had hoped that the Filly would take him outside and set him next to the rock outside. But that was just wishful thinking. The filly never interacted with Boulder. The unicorn had just left him on her shelf where he was all alone. But it didn`t matter, cause Boulder had a fine view from where he was, and a rock to keep him company, even though they couldn`t get to know each other better.

Time went on and suddenly it was time for the unicorn that now had become a mare to move out. She took all scrap threw it in the trash. She cleaned out her drawers and packed all valuables. She looked at the shelf and saw Boulder still lying in his place. She picked him up and looked at him. She seemed confused as to why Boulder was on her shelf. She shook her head and went to her window and threw boulder out and sent him flying.

Boulder had never flied before, the wind rushing past him, the insane speed he was traveling. It was amazing, but the best part of the whole thing, he was rushing towards the rock of his dreams. The rock that had stood outside the window for all those years, but had never noticed Boulder looking. Boulder slammed hard into the big rock and hit the ground with a light thump. Boulder was so close to the rock now. The rock of his dreams noticed Boulder for the first time, but what Boulder had never seen before was that this rock. This one rock had also had an owner and it`s previous owner had been Rarity, whom Boulder remembers as one of Maud`s sisters friends. Boulder got to know the rock of his dreams name… Tom.

And they lived happily ever after. The end.