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Oh in the name of Celestia! Who would be knocking at this time in the damn morning? Angel, still slow from sleep, walked down the stairs to meet his early greeter, nearly tripping as he goes. He unbolted the door and it was suddenly thrown open and a pink mare with a bouncy mane jumped through and toppled Angel over. She started crying into his chest and bumbled nonsense.
"Agh, hey, what the hell are you doing? Get off me!" Angel growled as he picked himself up from the floor. "Why would you be visiting me this early in the day? Surely it could of waited..."
The mare looked up at him with tears in her eyes and bawled out, " I'm sooo ssoooooorrrrrrryyyyyy! Please don't hate me! It was Gummy's 'first-ever-carrot-soup' party and I totally forgot about yoouuuu!" She continued to cry on the floor of Angel's house.
"What? What do you mean, 'you forgot me'? And... how do you know where I live?..." Angel asked as he helped the mare to her hooves. He, of course had no idea what she was on about. He never even met her before.
"I forgot to throw you a 'Welcome-to-Ponyville' party! And I give everypony a 'Welcome-to-Ponyville' party on the night they arrive! But not you! Now you must feel so lonely and now you don't have any friends and you don't know where everywhere is and it all my faaaauuuuulllltt!" She started again and wrapped her hooves around his neck, crying over his shoulder. Angel stood her upright and started to calm her down.
"Look, if you really want to throw me a... party, then do it tonight instead. I don't mind, and I'm sure it'll be just as great as if it was yesterday."
The mare stopped crying in an immediate instance. She instantly had a smile on her face and all tears seemed to disappear. "Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou!" She jumped into the air and confetti burst every where from behind her. "Oh its going to be the best 'Welcome-to-Ponyville' party ever! The name is Pinkie Pie, friend! See ya later!" She bounded out of the door in her usual skip, jumping in the air every leap. As she left the garden, she stared mumbling and said something about inviting some 'Scratch' and 'asking a cheese sandwich to come along' too.
Of course, Angel had no clue on what she was on about, and just though maybe she is a bit loopy in the head. But for the sake of not being woken up at about five thirty in the morning again, he would at least show up. He never liked to break promises as he had a good heart like that.
Since this was Angel's second day, he decided he would familiarize himself with the town. I mean, what's the point in living in a town you know nothing of, right? Angel asked himself in his head. He had a great memory when it came to directions, so he already knew where Sugurcube Corner resided. He used that very same building as a starting point. He wandered around the town, making mental notes on where certain building where, or if there where any specific differences in the road. Eventually, after what seemed like going around all of the town, he had a mental map in his mind on where everything roughly was. Like a home made from natural materials off near a big dark forest, and a farm nearby that, and a big round building called the 'Carousel Boutique'. He probably would not go in there however. From the looks of it, it was a clothes shop, and he didn't need to waste Bits on that sort of thing right now.
As he trotted along the winding streets, he eventually stumbled upon a large tree with windows and a door in it. According to the sign outside, it was a library. Back in Cloudsdale, he loved to visit the library there and just read to his hearts content. Although he doesn't as read as often as he did back when he was a colt, he still enjoyed the odd book. He decided to peek in, check a book out and read it later on. He poked his head into the building and was greeted with a large circular room, with books stacked and shelved in notches under a staircase. The collection wasn't particularly large, compared to Cloudsdale Public Library, but it was enough to be considered a 'library'.
"Uhh... any pony home?" He stepped into the tree trunk building and glanced around. Most of the books seemed to be in alright condition. He pulled out a black book that seemed to stand out from the other books on that shelf and, using his wing to hold in up, read what was on the books cover. "The Rainbow Factory? Pfft... Probably some little colt's story."
"Actually, you'd be kinda surprised. Its really dark. Gave me nightmares for two weeks straight." Angel jumped at the voice of the new speaker. He turned, with the book still in his wing, to be greeted to a small, purple dragon. He placed some scrolls onto a table and tided them up as he spoke, "You may like it, you new in town?"
Angel nodded in response and asked, "Are you the Liberian here? You seem awfully... Small. Uh... No offence."
"No, Twilight is. Of a sort. I'll go get her." As he said this, the dragon skipped upstairs. Angel flipped though the book to a page in the middle and immediately saw why it gave the dragon nightmares. The page had a picture of a claw holding a earth pony to a harness and a large needle pointing her way. He stared at it for a moment, then shut the book. If that was whats in it he didn't want to read on. He slid it back to roughly where he found it and looked back to the staircase as a lavender pegasus descended the steps.
"Oh, hello. My name is Twilight Sparkle, you are?"
Angel blushed and looked away. He chuckled nervously and answered, "Uh... Angel. Yeah, I know. Strange name. Heheh..." His voice trailed off. He looked at the pony before him and gasped quietly. He hadn't noticed that she also adorned a unicorn horn. She was an alicorn princess, and he didn't even notice. He fell down to a bow and spluttered, "Oh... I'm s-so sorry, your... uh... highness. Please don't kill me."
Twilight at first looked at him with confusion, but remembered her status. "Its quite alright, please, stand. You don't need to be so formal." Angel rose as she finished her sentence. "I haven't seen you about before, and since you gave quite the introduction, you must be new to Ponyville," Angel nodded. He realized this was probably the most asked question. He was growing a bit tried of it, but what can you do, he thought to himself. "This is Golden Oaks Library. Any book you want to borrow, just come see me. Spike can help too, can't you?" She turned to the dragon, who was now sorting a few books on a shelf. He replied with a not-caring 'yeah' and nearly fell over as he reached for a book.