Mark slurps down his warm cup of cocoa as he watches the snow gently fall from the sky, he snuggles his warm blanket for it’s currently freezing in colorado and he browses youtube for a bit, he remembers to take out the trash and he reluctantly prepares to go out.
He puts on his jacket and grabs the garbage bag in the kitchen, mark opens the door and in an instant burst of cold hits him, he steps out of the house, now completely enveloped by the cold air, he trudges through the bumpy snow and he heads to the alleyway next to his house.
It absolutely reeks of rotten garbage and he continues deeper, trying to ignore the rotten stench, mark finally finds the industrial garbage bin while several boxes lay next to it, mark plops the garbage bag in.
“Chiwp!”
Mark pauses and looks towards where the sound came from, he crouches down and checks one of the boxes, inside a foal lays in the fetal position, shivering, mark gently scoops the foal with his hand, nestling it in his warm fluffy glove, the foal hugs the warm fluff and stops shivering, mark covers the foal with his second hand and heads back inside.
he closes the door behind him and turns on the heater, mark brings the foal to the bathroom, he puts warm water in the bathtub and holds the foal over it, being careful not to drop it, he gently starting scrubbing the foal down with soap and water, it’s neon blue fluff starting to show, after scrubbing it, mark drys the foal with paper towels, being gentle not to damage it’s delicate fluff.
After cleaning it, mark could fully make out the details, it’s a neon blue female pegasus with a neon pink mane, the
filly suckles on mark’s thumb while he finds formula, luckily he finds a spare bottle in the kitchen and he warms up the bottle on the stove, mark sits on his couch and gently stokes the filly’s back,
mark takes the warm bottle of formula off the stove.
The filly chirps at the sweet smell of milk
mark puts the plastic nipple up to her lips and the filly latches, she starts suckling away at the bottle, her little wings flapping happily as she gulps down the remaining liquid, now shes gotten her fill, mark lays the filly in his blanket while he prepares the bed.
With a few small pillows and some towels he finally finishes the bed, it gotten dark out and mark is a bit sleepy, mark brings the filly into his room and lays her in the bed, he pulls out a rabbit plush out of his pocket and places it next to the filly, the filly hugs the plush tightly, mark decides to name her after his favourite candy brand, Skittle.