//------------------------------// // Day 2: A new beginning // Story: My diary I wrote in Ponyville: When I came to Ponyville // by Hoobe //------------------------------// Dear Diary The day has passed since the time I have arrived at the Ponyville. This means it is a brand new day for me. I still can't help myself that I am a Unicorn and that I have actually met a creature Alicorn who is turned out to be a princess, despite the fact that she is now my friend. I did not know where to go at first so I decided to visit a Castle of Friendship, Twilight's castle. I still could not believe that it was huge and shiny with many rooms. Spike saw me at the distance and came to me and said to me. "Ah, hello Hoobe! Welcome back to the castle!" "Hey Spike. Could you help me get around the castle, as in can you show me around here? I am still new not just to this castle but also in Ponyville" I asked "Sure thing Hoobe! I will lead you the way" he said. By the time Spike was done showing me around the Castle, I stumbled upon Twilight. "Hey Twilight. What are you up to?" I asked. "Nothing special, I am reading some books" she said. "What books do you like to read?" I asked. She told me all about the books she likes to read. She even told me that some of these stories are the actual events ever to happen, like Non-fiction in my words, even when she does not use that word. I continued to search around the castle. In one of the rooms I have seen, contains thrones and a round table, which I later found out that the table shows the Map. Before I was about to leave that room I stumble unto a Unicorn that I have never met before. That Unicorn said. "You must be Hoobe." she said "Twilight told me about you. I'm Starlight Glimmer. What are you doing here?" "Looking around the castle" I said "Twilight showed me around here and she also told me that I am welcome to look around this castle" Starlight did not say anything else too much after that. She just said "Well I'll see you around later" and left. ---------------Learning Animal Languages with Fluttershy--------------- I left the castle after I was done exploring around the castle. As I went around the Ponyville, I just realized that have no idea what my cutie mark meant, despite having similar to Twilight's and also being able to use magic though I never realized until Twilight told me about it. I believe that I will soon figure it out sooner or later. Since I did understand animal language and also speak, I thought I might as well as visit Fluttershy for some tips. So I have decided to visit the cottage that Fluttershy stays. "Welcome back Hoobe" Fluttershy said by the time I arrived at the cottage. "Is it OK if I could learn for myself if I do understand animal language?" I asked "Sure." she said. "Which one of the animals would you like to go first?" Because she had so many different kinds of animals I had a hard time figuring out at first. I already understood Angel so I decided to go with someone else other than Angel himself. There were some birds and mice and even puppies around. I took one step at a time. Unlike Angel, I did not understand everyone right away. Of course it was not easy and I did made a couple of mistakes. I did not understand all the animals right away, even when I did understand some. I had a slow time learning them. Eventually I did learn a few more animal languages. After a while I decided to go around Ponyville even more, this time on my own. So I left the cottage later. "Bye Fluttershy!" I said as I left. ---------------Continuing on Ponyville--------------- While I was visiting around Ponyville on my own, I later met another pony whom I think I met before it was not so sure. "Hello Hoobe" the pony, said to me. I was surprised to know that she knew my name. So I asked. "Who are you? And how did you know my name?" "I am Mayor Mare. Princess Twilight told me about you." She said. She told me about the story of how I saved Twilight. I was still surprised to what she told me. I went around Ponyville to explore more around. "Bye Ms. Mayor" I said as I left. While I was walking around Ponyville, I decided to visit the place that is Sugarcube Corner. When I entered a pony greeted me and said. "Welcome! I'm Carrot Cake, Hoobe" the pony said. By now I would have guessed that everyone or almost everyone would know about my story. So though I am still surprised at that time I don't mind hearing a story again from her. "Would you like to try some of my cupcakes?" she asked. "Sure, but I am not here to order or something Ms. Cake" I said. "I was just stoping by." "Oh don't worry!" she said. I asked her why she was doing this. She told me that she was giving some of her cupcakes away for free today and also wanted to give me a gift as a welcoming gift. I later thanked her and left. While I was continuing my search around Ponyville, I saw a ball rolling by. I looked around. Soon I saw three young ponies walking to me. "Hi girls!" I said. "Hey Hoobe" Applebloom said. I knew Applebloom and Sweetie Belle before, but I never saw a Pegasus from those three before. So I asked her. "What's your name?" I asked "I never saw you before" "I'm Scootaloo!" she said I nearly forgot about the ball while I was speaking with those ponies. "It's nice to meet you Scootaloo, along with you Applebloom and Sweetie Belle!" I said "Is this your ball?" "Yes it is" one of them said. I tossed it back to them. "You got some skills there!" one of them said. "Thanks" I said. I later noticed that they all have the cutie marks that are the same. I have never seen ponies with the same cutie marks before, so I said. "It seems like all three of you have the same cutie marks there" I said "Not exactly the same" said Applebloom. "Mine has an apple just like my family, Sweetie Belle has a note, and Scootaloo has a wing with a lightning bolt." "What would be your purpose?" I asked "It seems like all three of you are working together to help those in need." Applebloom later told me that they are called themselves as 'cutie mark crusaders'. They have been helping those ponies try to get their cutie marks to those who do not have one and also help those who have one but tell those ponies the true purpose of their cutie marks. She also told me that right now she is just playing with her friends for fun. I thought I could ask them help for my Cutie Mark because I did not know too much about what it really meant even when it looked similar to Twilight's but I decided not to because I wanted to go around the Ponyville first and wanted to learn more about this place. So I continued to walk around after saying goodbye to the girls. As I was walking around Ponyville, I noticed that there are some of the places that I think they looked familiar to me though I was not so sure. I visited some of the places around such as Bowling Center and Day Spa and even a Cafe. While I was keep on searching around Ponyville, I saw another pony that looked very different from most of the ponies I saw. "Hello, Hoobe" the pony said. "I'm Zecora" I asked her where she lived and what she do. She told me that she lives in the Everfree forest and collects herbs. She also makes potions and also heals those ponies who are in need at times, but not as a doctor. After visiting her hut and helping her, I left after I said goodbye to her. When I came back to Ponyville, I saw a creature that looked like it was attacking Ponyville. I saw my friends attacking that creature, trying to defend Ponyville. After a while, I saw that my friends could not be able to battle anymore. Though I had no idea what to do, quickly I stepped up towards that creature in front of it. However, when I did, strangely the creature flew away. I have no idea what was going on. "It must be a coincidence" I said "because that creature did not do that until I showed up right here" "I don't think that was a coincidence" Twilight said. "Why do you say that?" I asked. Twlight explained to me why. I had a hard time understanding what she was saying. Maybe it was because the creature was frightened at me or because it thought that we outnumbered it? I do not know exactly, but for whatever the reason, it was really strange. My friends and I went to the Day Spa together later. While my friends got tired from battling, I was tired from exploring over Ponyville. "So, do you usually defend Ponyville like this?" I asked "It seems like you are doing an important job for that" "Yes" Twilight said. She told me more about it and more about what she does with our friends. While she was talking, I began to have a heavy feeling in me. She soon noticed me about the feeling I am having. So she asked me. "What's the matter?" I paused for the moment and said "Well, the thing is, I never had a friend like this before." Twilight was confused so she asked me "What do you mean?" So I explained "I think I remember that have been told that friendship or making friends is a waste of time." My friends were shocked, so I told them about it as much as I could remember. "Well, Hoobe" said Twilight "I believe you took the first step in friendship lesson." "Friendship lesson?" I asked "What do you mean? I have heard a lot of lessons before but I have never heard anything about friendship lessons" "Lessons in friendship in general" said Twilight. She eventually told me that making friends is important, whatever I do in my life. I was never taught anything about friendship before. She also told me that, just as Pinkie has a lot of smile in her life, I also need to be happy for myself. She also told me about the time before she even came to Ponyville and also suggested me that I should make new friends. I told her that I could not, not just yet because I told her that even when I try to make new friends, Twilight and her other five friends are the only ones I can think and told her that even when I do make new friends, it would not be the same. After she was done with her story, I went back to my house, after saying goodbye to my friends. ---------------A dream that I will never forget--------------- I slept and had a dream, but it was not just any dream. It was a nightmare. It starts as a great day when I made friends from the past and had a great time hanging out with them. Then for a sudden, a shadow was chasing around. Instantly getting rid of my friends. It was about to get rid of me right away. I had no where to run. As the shadow got closer and closer to me, I closed my eyes hoping that I can get away from that creature soon enough. Just then, I saw a sudden flash coming into my eyes. When I opened my eyes, an Alicorn stepped up to me. It was not Twilight but another Alicorn. I never met that Alicorn before. "Who are you?" I asked. "I'm Princess Luna" she said. I never met her before so I asked "What are you doing here?" Princess Luna answered my question and explained to me all about it. After her explanation, I asked her "Does my dream really do tell both past and the future?" Princess Luna also explained to me about that. Later when I woke up, it was still night. I went into my kitchen to drink for some water and then I went back to bed. This day was different from yesterday. I sure would like to find out more about my adventures for another day.