I kneeled over him; I tried to stop the bleeding but…. No, no, I should start from the beginning shouldn't I, my name is Maple Alexia Terran, I'm a tan unicorn mare with a kind of wild blonde mane and tail, I have green eyes and sharp wolf like teeth (I'll explain that later) and ironically a maple leaf cutie mark, weird how many times somepony's cutie mark has to do with their name. I lived on the edge of PonyVille near the evergreen forest, my dad died when I was born so my mother and my uncle raised me. One day I got hurt and my uncle got really mad for some reason, he and my mother got into a really big fight, he kept on yelling "YOU CURSED HER!" he eventually left and went into the woods, the next morning I found out he died, he was ripped apart by some sort of animal but it was definitely nothing normal like a bear or a wolf pack, So my mother took care of me alone for now on.

I got my cutie mark when I was fairly young, maybe about four, I was paying by the old maple tree in the yard when I got tired and laid under it trying to catch my breath, all of a sudden some sap that was dripping off a branch a wood pecker had been eating out of fell into my open mouth, it tasted sweet so I decided to collect some of it, my mom taught me how to make maple syrup out of it, I was having so much fun I didn't even notice a maple leaf appear on my flank. After that I put the stuff on everything, I would try new things like berries, sugar, and even mustered once, I still get sick whenever I see yellow condiment to this day.

I had just turned five when it happened, I was off playing in the edge of the woods like any normal day, it started to get dark and rainy so started heading back home when I got close I saw the bright glare of flash lights and police sirens, I got scared so I ran I tripped and cut myself on an old silver knife buried in the ground, I had been cut by junk that ponies just left lying around before but for some reason it burned like fire this time and wouldn't stop bleeding. I huddle to a large rock at the base of the hill and cried for help, all of a sudden a bright flash of violate light appeared and I heard a calming and familiar voice which said "stay calm, don't worry, they're going to find and take you some where safe, you'll be fine, I'll be watching over you." the colorful light was replaced by one of a flash light, I saw several ponies standing over me, I passed out.

I awoke in a police station with a bandage over my wound; all they would tell me was that my mother's brain was very sick and she couldn't take care of me anymore, I didn't understand I was to young I just wanted to go home. I waited there for about an hour when an officer from Canterlot came to take me to an orphanage up there, he picked me up and put me in carriage pulled by two pegasi, he climbed in next to me. He was an earth pony with a black mane and a dark blue coat, his cutie mark was a pair of handcuffs, he was trying to make small talk to make me feel better, he said his name was officer Berry and he had a son around my age I didn't respond, I just look at the bottom of the carriage, he gave me a sad look and patted me on the back "Don't worry kid, were taking you to a place with foals like you who don't have par- err I mean um, who need someone to take care of them." He gave a forced grin probably hopping it would cheer me up, I made a bittersweet grin pretending I hadn't heard his earlier mess up. I just had to deal with it, my life had just come tumbling down in one fail swoop and it was never going to be the same, ever.

Well wasn't that sad but don't worry it will get better for her, or worse who knows! Well I do.