This is my first story, so please hammer me with everything I do wrong, I want your criticism! Anyway, this story is what you get when you see the world in a different way from everyone else.

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"Oh how my life is something special."

It was a phrase I used often, contemplating the difficult yet very rewarding life I live. Few rules, a big family, it's very comfortable.

I stop in my tracks, looking around to quickly get my bearings. One thing I don't need is attracting any unwanted attention.

"This needs to go exactly as planned. No witnesses."

I look off to the left, seeing the small town of Ponyville, the small buildings and tents covering the landscape. Even from my position up here it looks magnificent, many ponies trotting around, doing whatever it is those oblivious idiots do.

I slightly smirk to myself, realizing just how oblivious they all are.

Been doing this for almost… 2 years? I can't even think of the number. All I know is every single time I get to see her one more time.

The smile incinerates itself onto my face, knowing that I'll get to meet her one more time. Her gray fur, her blank flank, her bright orange eyes.

It's truly something to behold.

"Then no use stalling myself."

I quickly look back into my saddlebag, making sure I have everything I need. Nothing can be left behind; their lives might depend on it.

"Herbs, check. Vegetables, check. Duct tape, check. Flowers, check. Books, check.

I flinch when I find the last items in my saddlebag. I hope I never have to use them, but better safe then sorry.

I pull out the broken shards of glass, the edges of them glistening in the bright sunlight. Their clear material makes them shine even more, almost blinding me when one of them reflects the sun directly into my eyes.

I shake it off, slipping them back into my backpack.

"Self defense, check."

I sigh to myself, taking in a deep breath, feeling the cool winter air fill my lungs. It one of the best things I find about the season, not the snow or the wind, just taking a giant gulp of the cool air after a long days work makes you feel like your being rewarded by the sky itself.

I slowly begin my journey into the small village, my hooves making a thumping sound every time I step over the grass. I pull my baseball cap down over my face before reaching the bridge connecting the town to the outside world, just enough so I can see but no one can make out the details of my face; no one needs to see my face.

The thumping sound increases tenfold as I hooves make contact with the tiny bridge. A mare passes by, an orange mare with blonde hair and a large Stetson covering her head. Three apples adorn her flank.

I nod in her direction; a gesture I hope that I hope makes me look somewhat inconspicuous. The mare looks down at me, nodding her own head in my direction as a tiny smile grows on her face.

"Your doing great." I tell myself, reaching the end of the tiny bridge, taking my first step in a week into the graceful village.

I look around the town, seeing many ponies on their way to do something productive. Many stalls are set up, each one with a mare or stallion shouting things into the bustling street ahead, trying to attract customers.

"Concentrate on the road ahead. Don't slow down unless…"

My thoughts are shattered to microscopic particles when my ears pick up movement next to me. The flutter of wings.

I smile to myself once more, should have seen this coming.

"How are you today Soundwave?"

I turn my head to look up at the yellow Pegasus next to me, not bothering to hide my face from her. Her long pink mane flows down her back like a majestic waterfall of straight cotton candy. Her tail does the exact same thing, the pink going well with her bright blue eyes.

To summarize her looks, she's hot in more ways than one.

Though I've told her that a bunch of times, she's still the most self-conscience pony in the entire town, probably the entire country.

I nod my head to her, signaling to her as to answer her question.

She nods her head as well, a smile blooming on what I assume to be the cutest face I've ever seen. It brings a smile to my face as well, making her smile grow bigger when she sees it.

We trot along with each other, both of us knowing how one-sided the conversation is going to be. Not that Fluttershy minds.

"So I was wondering, " Fluttershy begins to say, looking down at me before continuing on, "Hearts and Hooves Day is tomorrow."

I nod my head to her, wondering what she is getting at.

Hearts and Hooves day to me is kind of complicated. I do have a special somepony, that much is true. The problem is she doesn't like leaving them alone for long periods of time, making going out very difficult.

Not that I mind.

"Are you going to take her to the dance?"

I stop directly in my tracks, causing her to stop with me. We've been though this conversation a bunch of times before.

I stare at her, wondering why she would ask such a ridiculous question.

"Oh come on, "The Pegasus says in her dulcet voice, "You know she loves to dance, and you two need to get out and enjoy yourselves. You barely go out at all, and when you do it's usually to a movie or something like that. Why not make her Hearts and Hooves day so much better for her, take some stress off her mind?"

In hindsight it isn't a bad idea. Doing something special with her would take a lot of stress off of her back.

I shrug my shoulders, causing her to sigh in defeat.

"Oh well, if I see you two there I'll make sure to say hi."

I smile at her one more time, sliding closer to nuzzle her front hoof. She once again smiles at the gesture, leaning down to nuzzle my cheek with her own.

"I'll see you around." She says, flying off to do something else when we finally reach my destination.

I sigh to myself one more time, before opening up the door to my destination. The light blue walls envelop my vision, my hooves again making that thumping sound as they come into contact with the wooden floor. Blankets and pillows litter the one room of the three-room building, tiny rattles and action figures lying over the bedspreads.

"Daddy!" I hear a voice yell, quickly levitating the saddlebag to the floor and tossing the hat off my head as I get tackled to the floor by four foals.

I silently chuckle to myself, hearing the laughter from all the children making a smile plaster onto my face. We all cuddle on the floor together, the fillies and colt all snuggling into me as a wrap my hooves around as many as I can.

The giggling from them always ends up putting a giant smile on my face. They're all so strong, not physically, but mentally. Taking the position they're in with stride.

It warms my heart.

"Alright alright, get off of him will you?" A voice calls from in front of me.

The foals all comply with the feminine voice, getting off of me and going back to running around and playing.

An orange hoof reaches out to me, and I take it slowly. After getting helped up to my hooves, I smile at the strongest one of them all.

"Thanks for the assist." I say to her, dusting myself off.

"No problem Wavey, it's been so long." The orange Pegasus says, her short purple mane having been actually groomed. Something is up.

"Did you actually groom yourself today?" I say, getting a soft punch in the side as I laugh.

"It's not everyday your dad comes home from a week-long adventure into the Everfree Forest. I thought you might like it." She says to me, her own smile making an imprint in my mind as she gives me a hug of her own.

I embrace her back, my one hoof running through her hair as she snuggles her head into my neck, whispering something into my neck.

"We all missed you Wavey, very very much."

I let go of the hug, giving her a tiny kiss on the forehead as tears start to trickle down her face. She looks directly into my eyes, and I slowly wipe the tears out of her eyes, causing her to blush a little.

"I… made up so many ideas in my head. So many ideas of how, "The filly hangs her head low, still sniffling, " of how you wouldn't come back. How you'd get injured out there, or you'd just… leave and never come back."

I embrace her one more time, the filly throwing her hooves around me and now bursting out into tears. I once again stroke her mane, feeling my fur get damp as she buries her head into my neck.

"I'm just happy your back." Scootaloo says, pulling herself out of the hug.

I watch one of the smaller fillies nuzzle against her, Scootaloo looking down at her, "Please don't be sad Scoot, we don't like to see you sad."

The orange filly smiles down at her, wiping some of the tears out of her eyes as she nuzzles the filly back, "Your right, thanks squirt."

"It's Daffodil!" The filly yells in frustration, only causing Scootaloo to burst into laughter.

The duo leave to go play in the room, my smile increasing as a bunch of the foals jump on top of her, the room echoing with laughter.

I pick my saddlebag back up, slowly trotting though an open door on the left into the kitchen.

There are three ponies in the room, one of them taller than me by a landslide, his brown skin, bald head and beating red eyes making him look more like a monster then a pony. The other one is only 2 years old, a dark yellow unicorn with bright green eyes. He is busy getting held in a chair by his mother, a 13-year-old with a mind that could put most adults and scholars to shame.

Her gray fur and orange eyes go together so well it hurts. The short red mane that is just long enough to cover her face when she wants to be alone, the small horn that adorns the top of her head, the beautiful smile she gives me when I tell a stupid joke or do something right.

She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

She looks up at me when she hears me trot into the room. The bigger pony nods his head at my sight, "Nice to see you back in one piece this time."

I smile back at him, my eyes quickly locking onto the filly that stole my heart and has no intention of giving it back.

She slowly gives the foal to the bigger stallion in the room, which happily takes him, putting him over his shoulder. The foal makes no move, making me believe it's sleeping.

She trots up to me, giving me a sly smile as I give her a quick peck on the lips. I smile back at her, again getting that same sly grin from her.

"It's great to see you again honey." She says to me, giving me a slight kiss on the cheek before backing up a little, looking at my saddlebag.

"What did you find on your trip?" She asks in that voice that I fell in love with, her angelic voice making my head spin.

I quickly levitate the saddlebag off of my back, opening both sides and pulling out the contents. Her eyes scan over what I found, her face donning another smile.

"Herbs, flowers, a shit ton of vegetables. This food should get us through another week or two. Counting up the other food we can get around the city and from the nice ponies in town, we can easily make through till mid-March."

She looks up at me once again, this time planting a big kiss right on my lips. Not one of those lust filled kisses, just a simple one that quickly takes my breath away.

"EWW! Mommy and daddy are kissing!"

The two of us quickly back away, turning around to see two of the fillies giggling at the door before running off into the other room.

The love of my life laughs quietly, not wanting to wake the infant in the room. I silently laugh with her, looking back down at the contents of the bag.

"What are these for?" She asks, pulling out the glass shards from the pile with her magic.

"I thought they could be used for cutting things or self-defense. You know Scootaloo gets bullied at school. Wouldn't be a bad idea for her to take one of these to school with her, in case those bullies get any bad ideas." I say to her, pulling out one of the books from the pile and opening it.

Her attention goes to the book, looking through the pages.

"It's a spell book for unicorns. It's full of advanced and beginner spells, wouldn't be hard to learn some of them." I tell her, watching her eyes grow wider as she takes in all the information.

"Where did you find it?" The big pony says to me, having put the unicorn into the third room, the room with all the cribs.

"I found it in the Everfree castle. The ancient library is full of many books, including teaching material." I say, pulling out a massive book that weighs way more than expected.

"What is that book?" She asks me, seeing how thick it actually is.

"Well, " I begin, moving next to her, her instincts kicking in and leaning her head on my shoulder, "Since most of the foals here are taught school by us, I thought I'd snag a book containing all things math and science. It even comes with practice problems."

"That's wonderful honey. This book will really be helpful."

I look over to her, seeing her soft gaze move over the book, and then back up to me. I wrap a hoof around her waist, causing her to giggle once more.

"You two are perfect for each other." The bigger pony says, his own smile plastered over his face.

She chuckles at the statement, and once again pecks me on the lips.

"Raven? Wavey?" Scootaloo says as she peaks her head through the door.

"Yes Scoot?" Raven says, her eyes moving over to the filly in the doorway.

"I was just wondering… do you think that you two could walk me to school? Just the three of us?"

I never answer the question, letting Raven do it for me, "I don't know sweetie, someone has to stay her and watch the kids."

Scootaloo's head drops, and stallion in the room quickly speaks up, "I can watch the kids for you until you return. You go with Scootaloo."

Raven's face goes to one of worry, "Are you sure? Maybe I should…"

I quickly silence her with a nuzzle, causing her face to light up once again, that same smile to come back to the real world.

"Alright, if you're sure you can do it, i'll be happy to Scoots you to school."

"YES!" The filly says, trotting out into the room to get her school supplies packed.

Seeing the smiling filly, it makes think of everything I have now. I got a beautiful special somepony, a bunch of foals who love me, and a stallion who helps out every step of the way. And as Raven, Scoots, and I all trot out of the schoolhouse, something popped into my head, and I laugh it off.

"Oh how my life is something special."

How was it for you? Like I said before, criticism will be most appreciated. I'll try to continue this story on a regular basis, but my job comes first. Anyway, the story might be confusing now, but wait till the next chapters, they'll explain it all.

Also, this story is supposed to be in present tense. If you find errors in the tense, please remember: I know English, I'm just not good at it.