>Mane brushed, check, tail too, check, both are their lovely shade of blue, coat fixed, check, pretty and creamy white...ok, just a hint gray, but still stunning, and now for breakfast...yeah your dad is not awake
>You close the door to your room and instead of heading to the kitchen you go across the hall and into your fathers bedroom
>There sleeps a somewhat big boned, more greasy food and little exercise bat pony, your father
>You start to poke him
"Daddy...Daddy, it's the evening , wake up"
>He just makes some kind of noises so you keep poking, then shaking him, then you simply breath in and
"SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
>Right into his ear, waking him up instantly
>"What the heck...oh Serene Skies its you, the fruit of my loin...means I didn't die in my sleep, oh fumblebees
>He flops back onto the bed and you roll your eyes
"Come on Daddy you're going to be late for work"
>He just looks at you tired
>"But I don't want to work"
"But you have to"
>He just sighs and mutters something while groggily getting up and you trot happily to the kitchen, putting the moff brand coffee, moffee on
>Now with extra caffeine to really start up your day or to ruin it with the shits
>And get yourself a nice bowl of fruit cereal and milk, and dig in
>As you're halfway through your bowl your father joins you in the kitchen and clicks the coffee maker off and grabs a big hefty cup of moffee brand coffee, chugging it like it was going out of style after making it a bit more drinkable temperature with some milk
>"So I see you finally grew out of your phase"
>You tilt your head to the side adorably, one of your ears doing a confused flick, and your father points at your face and you realize you have yet to draw the stripes on there
"Jeez dad it's not a phase ok, they're an important part of my personality and character"
>He blinks slowly
>"They're two purple stripes on each cheek you doodle on yourself with a magic marker"
"Make up pen!"
>"Fancy magic marker."
>You huff and blow some bubbles into your bowl of cereal before lifting your snoot out from there and wiping it on a napkin real quick
"Is this because mommy-"
>"Yes this is because mommy ran away with a bunch of zebras"
>He grunts and burps, gets up while scratching his butt and farts loudly while getting a fruit from the fruit bowl before sitting back down
"I can't imagine why"
>Your father shrugs
>"But really, don't go chasing after boys yourself, don't go get striped like..."
>He pauses as he sees you have now grabbed your make up pen and are drawing your face-stripes on your cheeks with the aid of a pretty little make-up mirror
>"...any more striped. In fact, become a lesbian, then daddy won't have to worry about some no-good colt stealing you away or mistreating you"
>You put the mirror down and groan
"But dad I don't like mares! I want a boyfriend"
>Your dad starts to tie a noose out of the tie he's trying to put on
"...but no not yet, I don't even have my cutie mark yet"
>He stops and puts his tie on normally before getting up and petting you on the head
>"Don't worry honey, some fillies are late bloomers, you'll find your special talent eventually"
>You let out a little skreee
"Dad I'm not a little filly, come on...jeez..."
>Your father looks at the clock and sighs
>"Well, time to go and loose even more of my will to live"
>You pat your father on the back
"Have fun at work daddy"
>And give him a little kiss on the cheek, which makes him crack one tenth of a smile for a brief moment
>"Sure, if it's possible"
>He grabs his hard hat and is on his way, leaving you alone in the kitchen
>Well then, you have put on your stripes, that look really good on you and are not a phase like your father insists, you will never stop liking japonese animation shows and comics
>You should do a bit of shopping, the fridge looked super empty, so you grab some cash from the cash jar and write a little shopping list before heading out to the somewhat busy streets of Hollow Shades, the village coming to life as the sun slowly sets
>You hum a little tune from a little show you saw not too long ago, the scenes of it still fresh in your head as you suddenly come to a halt and stare in disbelief
>THere is a bat pony doing cosplay right in the middle of Hollow Shades!
>You see a petite bat pony mare of some shade of green, wearing a maid uniform and..she's actually shopping like a proper maid! That's so cool!
>You can't help but to sneak after her, pricking up your ears and listening to what she is talking with a shopkeeper
>"So you're still wearing that costume?"
>The pony nods and answers back to the shopkeeper
>"They went through the trouble of preparing it for me, and I want to show them how grateful i am for everything by wearing it while I do my duties"
>The shopkeeper snickers
>"Duties huh, even when Midnight Delight was almost begging you to take it off after the looks you two drew when out in public like that, aren't you already a part of the family rather than employed?"
>The mare blushes a little
>"W-well I uhh umm can't...you know, uhh..."
>The shopkeeper winks to the mare
>"You just like wearing it don't you?"
>The mare scrunches and the shopkeeper breaks into laughter while the mare blushes redder and redder, scrunching harder and harder at the shopkeeper
>A TSUNDERE MAID!
>"Ok ok I'm sorry, how about I give you a special discount o those carrots for teasing you"
>You decide to stop spying and head off to do your own shopping now
>That's so cool! You've always wanted to try to wear a cool costume like that, or many others from those shows you watch, but never had the galls to do it, but if a mare like that can do it maybe it's not that hard after all!
>You walk past the construction site where your father works at and one of the workers there spots you and shouts out to you
>"Hey Serene Skies, if you buy only sweets again Gray Skies will have to lock up your stripe-pen again as a punishment!"
>Another joins in
>"Yeah, and you should really eat your veggies already like the big mare you say you are!"
>His friends laugh at you and you scrunch at them and stomp your hooves angrily, but you're not really angry, just a bit huffy at them for teasing you every time you walk past them
>Your father spots you and hollers you over
>"Don't forget to get the cauliflower"
>You make a bleeeh face at the mention of that stuff, and his friends have a hearty laugh while your father lectures you on the health benefits of it, once again
>heck