He had worked for hours with his father at the Ponyville University, analyzing and trying to decipher ancient writings that they'd recently discovere in one of their expeditions;
so the onky thing he was looking for was to be able to rest and sleep, even just a little.
Silence...
But he well knew that that was not what he wanted.
"Ah' who am I kidding?
It's been more than fourteen years, but I'm still not used to this serene tranqulity..." he said to himself as he straightened his head and rested his arms on his legs.
"I can't believe...that it's been really so long...
He took a small photograph from his pocket and stared at it, the picture was a bit old but it didn't matter, he alway brings it with him because of the meaning it had.
The photograph took place in the mountains,
from the time he had gone with his group to a summer camp.
All of his companions back then were there, having fun, having a good time.
A smile crossed his face, that picture brought back fond memories of when he finally started making friends and getting along with his class.
They were difficult times, but he was able to overcome everythng that prevented him from being and ordinary teenager...
And it was all thanks to that little person with ginger hair and blue eyes who was right next to him in that portrait.
"It's incredible ho much time has passed," he thought as he looked the picture with nostalgia.
"Fourteen years, Danny...
And I can't stiil believe it.
Despite having learned to live without your scandalous presence I still miss you a lot," he said in his head, stroking the portrait lightly.
"You were an important part of my life, one of my first friends, an unforgettable companion, someone brave who never gave up, and who pushed me to keep going on no matter how hard and difficult it seemed."
Leaning back on the sofa he allowed himself to close his eyes for a moment so he could remember each situation he had lived with his little monster, that child who never seemed to get tired.
Thanks to him his life changed, and for good.
It was through Danny that he was finally able to make friends, becausenof him he ment wonderful people throghout the world like; Megan and Spike, Molly and Buttons, Baby buttons and Fizzy among many others, like the idiot of The moonchick and The bushowoolies or the powerful Galaxy and The fur-bobs.
So many people who in the end showed him how important it was to trust and believe in others, just as Danny told him from the beginnig.
Oh, how he missed him...
Suddenly a slight pull on his pants made him leave his thoughts abruptly.
"Daddy..."
a thin voice called to him.
The man finally looked down at his knees and there's where he can see a mini copy of him trying to get his attention.
"Daddy..."
At the insistence of who carried the same blood as him in his veins, Stone Back, of 28 years old, had no choice but to make his memories aside and pay attention to his present.
"Hey little one, how long have you been there?"
He asked as he stood up and held his son in his arms.
"King has been trying to get you attention for a least five minutes.
A female voice answered, a voice he knew very well.
Turning his head slightly, the boy raises his hand.
Mommy!"
Stone also raised his eyes to meet a mare with green with a red steak hair up to her shoulders and a calm smile.
With the same smile he greeted his son, Stone Back stared at the mare who gave him the best gifts of his life.
She, who was his best friend, his companion, his confidant, his lover, his wife.
"Hi Gusty..."
Yeah, that's right.
The mare who was there smiling to them was the one who used to be called Gusty Miami, Stone Back's clueless highschool classmate.
"Hello dear Stone.
Welcome home,' she answered whilw smiling the same way she always did, the smile which made him fall in love with her through time.
Gusty Back was now a 27 year old mare who had matured incredibly compared to fourteen years ago, but there were some bad habits that still came up through time such as her hobby of drawing her husband's face on any fruit or vegetables that were placed in front of her, although now she added their little baby's face too, or her bad orientation sense in new places.
However, Stone was no longer bothred by those habits because they were what made that girl , who was now his wife and mother of his son, special.
But along side with that something incredible came; Gusty turned out to be pretty motherly and cautios with her son.
Sure, it can sound contradictory but when it came to King, her little baby, everything was diffrent.
A little restless, the 2 years old boy raised his arms towards Gusty.
"Mommy, Mommy...!"
He called with a big smile, so with that approached herson and her husband quickly to enjoy a small family moment.
Stone, who was in the middle of both, watched them coexist with a warm smile.
Of all that had happend to him throughout his life, this small family he had formed was one of the most precious things he ever thought of having.
They were deep inside his heart, as well as the invaluable friendship of that little boy that allowed him to leave that dark corridor through which he had walked for a long time.
With a determined and demanding look, Stone Back observed the sky through the window.
"Come on Danny, you have to come back soon, since I have to introduce you to my son..."