Bridge

By Colorful Respawn

• March 20, 2014




Age: 15

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: His coat is brown with a mist of grey to give it that foresty feel. The mane and tail resemble pine trees because he loves nature. He carries a saddle bag almost everywhere because he once was a Boy Scout and the scout motto is "Be Prepared", so he keeps what he needs in there at all times.

Cutie Mark: His cutie mark resembles his love for camping, therefor it is a wall tent with a camp fire next to it.

Personality: Bridge is an outdoors pony. He loves hiking, fishing, hunting (for small game), and just plan camping. He would be a good father one day, but he doesn't think much about that since he's outdoors all the time.

Backstory: Bridge grew up in small town Appleloosa with his parents. He was very different from the rest of his family because they all had different shades of the sky and names of things in the solar system, but Bridge didn't mind being special he just wanted to get out of Appleloosa. He didn't want to be in this town for the rest of his life. <br /><br />The summers were always hot, and the winters were always cold because they lived in the middle of nowhere. It was a lovely summer afternoon, there was a slight breeze flowing, the birds were chirping, everything was fine and dandy. Bridge thought that maybe today he could ask if he could move to Ponyville because he heard a lot of good things about that town. <br /><br />He saw his dad where he usually was, out in the fields, plowing the ground to plant seeds. Bridge's family didn't have a lot of money, so they had to get what they can in order to survive. He slowly trotted closer to his dad, who was pulling the plow, and started to walk along side him. There was a moment of silence before anypony spoke, but then Bridge finally got the courage to speak.<br /><br />He cleared his throat and said with a stutter, "Dad, I thought today might be a good day to go to Ponyville by myself?"<br /><br />Orion ,being the father that he is, stopped pulling the plow and looked at Bridge with a confused and somewhat angry face, "Son, now why would you want to go by yourself? You know it's to dangerous out there for you!"<br /><br />"I know, but I'm not a little kid anymore pop. You and mom need to realize that," Bridge said with a teenager attitude.<br /><br />"Yes, Bridge, you are getting older, but we're just trying to protect you," said Orion in a loving tone.<br /><br />"Ok, but I would really like to go out into the world and find someplace to settle down on my own, " he said with determination.<br /><br />"Alright," his dad said taking off the plow and walking towards the house, "let's go see what your mother thinks."<br /><br /> Saturn was tidying up the house and just fixing up dinner when she heard them come in. <br /><br />"Are you boys hungry? I making spaghetti with bread sticks," said Bridge's mom with affection.<br /><br />Saturn, Bridge's mom, was an excellent cook. She worked in Manehattan as a chef for a business pony. She also had a five star chef as a mentor, so she learned from the best and Bridge could tell.<br /><br />"Yes we sure are hun, " Orion said going to the table to read the paper.<br /><br />"H-hey mom?" said Bridge stuttering.<br /><br />"Yes sweetheart?" Saturn said still cooking.<br /><br />"Could I go to Ponyville, by myself, " said Bridge knowing she would say no, " because I don't want to live here all of my life. Also I have heard a lot of good things about that town."<br /><br />Saturn thought for a moment and said, "Well, Orion, what do you think?" she said in a questionable tone. Saturn was the kind of mom who agreed to anything because she wanted her family to be happy.<br /><br />Orion pulled the news paper slowly away from his face and said, "Do you have everything you need? Well I shouldn't say that because you have around five thousand bits saved in the bank, you're an Eagle Scout, and you're 15, so I guess you are good on surviving. I'm sure you can stay with your friends until you old enough to buy a house" <br /><br />"Alright, son, looks like you can go," Saturn said with a bit of sorrow knowing that her son is leaving. She looks at him with watery eyes and says, "at least have one last meal with us before you go?"<br /><br />Bridge was getting hungry and he knew that it would be a long journey ahead of him in the morning. So he decided to go ahead and eat one last time and wait till morning to pack up.<br /><br />The next day Bridge got up, still having sleep in his eyes, and walked to his dad's shed to gather up the things he needed for the journey to Ponyville. He mostly packed the essentials of survival into his saddle bag such as, a sleeping bag, tent, lighter, flash light, and his grandpa's old rifle just in case. <br /><br />Later that day, he got his food bag all packed up, said his goodbyes and started the trail for Ponyville. <br /><br />He followed the railroad tracks because he knew that they lead straight through Ponyville. Bridge had crossed the bridge of Ghastly Gorge when he decided to take a break and set up camp because it was getting close to dusk. <br /><br />The next morning, Bridge got out of his sleeping bag and was ready to cook some breakfast. About ten minutes later he sat down to eat, oatmeal it was. Bridge relaxed until the sun was fully above the horizon. He then began to pack up camp and continued his journey along the tracks.<br /><br />When the sun was at it's highest, Bridge came upon a sign that read Welcome to Ponyville! He stopped and looked at the town for a bit noticing all the ponies moving about, enjoying their day. <br /><br />"Ponyville," he said as he inhaled and exhaled, "here I come!"