After making a supper of fryed hay and oats, Autumn and I decided to call it a night. I walked her up to her room, which ofcorse was the biggest room in the whole house. She wanted the walls painted sky blue with white clouds, and the floor to be a white carpet. While I made her bed, she brushed her white mane. At least her mother taught her her nightly preperations for bedtime.
"Daddy?"
"Yes honey?"
"When is mommy coming back." My heart nearly stopped. She hasnt asked that for weeks now.
I sighed. "Remember what I told you?"
"Yeah, but I want mommy back. She promissed to teach me how to fly." I nearly started to tear up at this point.
"Don't worry, Ill help you." She smilled at me and hugged me and climbed into bed. I tucked her in and started to leave.
"Daddy?"
"Yes?"
"Don't worry about Mommy, Im sure she is fine." She smiled and looked at me. I wanted to tell her that mommy wasnt going to come back, that she wasnt going to teach her how to fly, but I just couldnt.
I entered my bedroom, white walls and a wooden floor. "Every single room." I muttered, not impressed with the finishing details on the house. I would have to spend a weekend or two fixing up some of the rooms of this place. I entered my own personal bathroom to do my nightly business. Then, I crawled into bed and shut my eyes, only to come face-to-face with the problems and worries of Manehatten.
From what I heard at the Cosmo Café, the mayor wanted everypony to live in the downtown districs of the city. She wanted everypony to work in factorys, she wanted to tax the hell out of everything, she even wanted to ditch the education system and make kids work in coal mines. It was sickening, and I didnt want my daughter going though all that. I wanted her to live a normal life, and I sure-as-hell wasnt going to work at some factory and do the same thing everyday, for the rest of my life.
Then my thoughts switch back to Midnight, she was almost everything to me. My daughter came first, but Id do anything for both of them. She had the same thoughts, and she wanted what was best for all of us. She worked two jobs and still made time for Autumn.
A years ago...
Autumn had just gotten out of school, and she had been waiting for this day all week.
"Finaly, I get to spend the whole day with Mommy and Daddy." She said smiling as she walked out of the school, looking for her parents. Neither of them where in their usualy waiting spot. "Maybe their just running late. Yeah, their just running late, they will be here any minute." She eased herself against the fence surrounding the school yard. By now, everypony was gone and it was just her. She started to worry now, pacing back and forth. She eventualy started to walk home. She had memorized the path home a while ago, but she kept having her parents pick her up so she can see them. She made her final turn right, and her home came into view. Stalions in blue everywhere, they where running around. Autumn started to gallop over to the house. She was quickly stopped by some of the stalions.
"Daddy!" she cried. Sage quickly ran over to her and hugged her as tightly. He had been crying. "Daddy what happened? Where's Mommy?" He didnt say anything, he just sat there with her, not letting go.
Present
I tried to push those memories away. I tried to explain to Autumn that Spring was dead, but she didnt believe me. We both went to a Therapist for a while, but it was to expencive to go weekly. We just went when ever I could affoud it. I never wanted my daughter to see what I had seen in that house. It was to gruesome for me to even think about.
"I will kill who ever hurt my wife." I thought as I layed on my bed. Ponys say to Love and Tolerate and to Forgive and Forget, but I wasnt going to forgive anypony who did this. "I will make sure that the pony who did this payed." I said this everynight ever scence her death. I knew it wasnt healthy, but I didnt care. I wanted justice, the killer didnt get caught and is still out their. I didnt want my daughter to live in a world with murderes and rapists. I wanted her to live a happy and healthy life. Thats why I moved to Ponyville. It's peaceful and has many friendly ponys, from what Iv heard that is.
I heard some hoof steps from the hall and my door opening. I looked to see my daughter, she was standing their with her Wonderblot blanket. She quickly jumped into bed next to me and went under the covers. I felt her crawl around and the she poked her head out of the blankets and looked at me. "I couldnt sleep." She said with a guilty smile.
"Ok, one more night. But after this, you need to sleep in your own bed." When we moved to a new house in Manehatten, my daughter got into the habbit of sleeping with me. Everynight, around 10:30, she would come into my room and lay in my bed. She was getting older now, so it was time she sleep in her own bed. I looked at her and smiled, she looked alot like her mom. Her white mane was identical, she even had a midnight blue coat. I began to think about the ponys we saw when we came into town. There where some fillies, and we did pass by a school. Autumn did accualy like school, unlike most kids. I just hope that the kids around he are friendly. I smiled at the thought of Autumn laughing and running around the town with some friends as sleep slowly took me over.
Authors Note:
Yes, late, I know. It was bitch to come up with a way to start this out. I did enjoy typing this up more then I did with my other storys. Basketball is over so I will have some time to type and get some chapters out tonight. Id like to make a shout out to Flutter Night for an awesome OC. If anybody else has OC's, just send me a PM and ill get back to you when I can.
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