Why did you end up leaving the island?
“This isn’t the easiest to talk about… Remember me saying before how I had accidents with other ponies when surfing? Well, it’s not like that was the only problem I ran into trying to live on the island. My size meant a lot of changes for the locals, and it was difficult for them to adapt. Like, let’s see here…”
“First, I wasn’t able to go to school anymore. When I was too big to fit inside, I was still able to peek through the window a little bit and listen, but then it became ‘too much of a distraction for the other students.’. I don’t think I was learning stuff too well like that anyway. It was a real bummer, though, because I liked some of the other foals. We tried to hang out afterschool and stuff, but their parents started to worry about how unsafe that might have been. So, uh, yeah, I wasn’t allowed to see them anymore.”
“Food was another problem. The fisherponies and farmers had to work extra hard just so my parents could gather enough food for me every day. I don’t think they were too happy about that, especially because I don’t think they were rewarded for their labor. One day, the leader of the Earth Pony Farmer’s Union paid a visit to my dad’s hut for a meeting. I remember hearing a lot of shouting coming from there that day - mostly from the earth pony. He told my dad the rest of the farmers were threatening to strike unless they could have less of a workload every day. My dad’s sorta stubborn, so he didn’t listen at first, but the farmers were determined to carry out their threats.” “Now the only food we had to work with was what the fisherponies netted in, but after being forced to triple their efforts now, it was only about a week before they decided to strike, too. It was starting to become every pony for themselves, and the village was splitting apart. That’s when my parents had to make the decision.”
“One morning, they took me to the beach at sunrise. They said they both needed to talk to me. At the time, I didn’t know why they needed to take me to the beach for it, or why the talk had to be so early. The short walk over was dead silent, which was a little worrying to me. Once we got there, my mom immediately started crying, so at this point, I was kinda freaking out. I laid down on the sand and let him explain.”“He told me that he was sorry. I was confused, so I asked why, and he went on to tell me everything. My parents just… didn’t know what to do. They didn’t know how to raise me - how to provide for me. Everypony else on the island was furious they had to suffer just because of me. They knew the only reason I was allowed to stay for so long was because I was supposed to be the new chief and kahuna. But, that didn’t matter to them anymore. My dad said they had no choice but to make me leave. He told me to fly east, and that I’d have better luck adjusting to life on the mainland, and so I did. I don’t think my mom could bring herself to say a word until the end. She said she loved me and gave me a ‘goodbye’.”“I was pretty angry at them when I heard. I thought about staying around anyway, but if I wasn’t wanted, there’d be no point. I figured maybe my dad was right. I packed up the last of the food able to be provided to me in a makeshift bag, and set out for the mainland, never looking back at home. After hours of flying across the ocean, I landed on Equestrian soil for the first time. It was time to start figuring things out.”
