Blossom

By TheImaginaryAlicorn

• May 7, 2013

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: She is a pretty white pony with a curly, soft pink mane and tail, the mane normally in a loose braid with white and pink flowers in it, the tail left untied (also with flowers). There tends to be one, large, hot pink blossom behind her ear. Her cutie mark is of a blooming cherry blossom. Her gray eyes are beautiful, large, and doe-like. She has a disorder, however, that makes her look much younger than she is, so now looks about 14 yrs. old even though she is 27.

Cutie Mark: A cherry blossom, representing (like Cheerilee) how she hopes to help her students blossom into adults and better ponies, as she is a teacher.

Personality: Blossom is a little shy when meeting new ponies for fear of being shunned, but other than that she is very friendly. She is funny, smart, and often corrects other ponies' grammatical errors. She is compassionate, understanding, and kind. Unfortunately, she does have some bad qualities as well. She will not get up earlier than seven o' clock without putting up a fight, she is a little short-tempered sometimes, she's a wee bit too sensitive, and she often corrects other ponies' grammatical errors.

Backstory: Blossom grew up in Fillydelphia, a lovable young filly who was curious and always loved to try new things. At about the age of eight, ponies started to notice that she still looked like a six-year-old. Her parents took her to the doctor, and they confirmed that she had a disorder in which she looked much younger than she was.<br /> <br />At first it wasn't all that noticeable, and Blossom was pretty happy about it - young forever? Sweet! Eventually, though, the age gaps in her appearance grew larger. At twelve, she looked seven. At fourteen, she looked nine. At seventeen, she looked eleven. She was mocked and ridiculed, and although her friends' support did help, it did make her sad to think that she would never look like anypony else.<br /> <br />In college, she found other ponies who wanted to grow and be teachers, like her, so they were all very nice and tried their best to comfort her, as they would a student. When she left college, Blossom began her job as a high-school English teacher. At first even the students laughed at her, but eventually they became used to her appearance. The other teachers accepted her for who she was, and the students, because she looked like them, began to think of her as a friend (who happened to be able to give them detentions). Blossom found comfort in her new life and continued on as a teacher.