Skyler Guardian's Life in Ponyville

by nick12212

Time For a Job

I wake up the next morning ready to face the day. I'v got a new house, a new town, and things are looking up for me. I thought about what I had to do today, mentally making a list. First on the list is to find a job. Joy.

I walk into my kitchen to make some breakfast, wondering what to make. I finally settle on eggs and toast, figuring that would be a good meal if I was going to go job hunting.

As I ate I looked out the window, enjoying the view. I noticed that the strange pony and his little sister; moon dreams was it? Were outside enjoying the chill morning air. I decide to go over and introduce myself to my neighbors. Maybe they know a few job openings?

I walk over to their house to introduce myself, hoping to make a good impression.

"Hey neighbors," I call out waving a hoof at them, "how are you this fine day?"

"We are doing well," the older pony said, "just about to head to the market place. How about yourself?"

"I was kind of headed that way myself, maybe we could walk together?" I point towards myself. "I'm Skyler."

"My name is Crimson Eclipse, and this is my little sister, Moon Dreams" he pointed to the filly, "and yea, we could use the company."

"So what brings you to Ponyville?" Crimson asked.

I shrugged. "Just looking for a change of pace is all."

"Where did you come from?" Moon asks me.

"Manehattan. Its quite different compared to Ponyville." I glance over at them. "Say, you wouldn't happen to know of any job openings anywhere would you?"

"I don't know of any personally, but you could go check with the town hall." Crimson points to a building we are passing. "That's where ponies usually post help wanted ads."

"Thanks, I think I'll go check it out." I wave to them as I head towards the indicated building.

It was taller than most of the other buildings around it. It looks like it has three floors total, each having its own outside balcony. The building itself is rather circular in shape and ringed with windows.

I walk into the building and look around. To my left there is a little waiting area, with some chairs for those who are waiting on appointments. To my right there are a line of clerks, looking at their papers, chatting with each other, or just looking bored in general.

I walk over to the clerk, hoping she would stop her conversation and help me. I wait. And wait. Still waiting.

Finally, as I am really starting to get agitated, she deems that I might just be worthy of a bit of her time and looks over to me.

"Can I help you?" She asked with a bored expression.

"Yea I was wondering if there were any job openings around town?"

She looks at her papers for a moment before looking back at me.

"As it happens we do have a few openings," she lays a couple of papers in front of me. They seem to be applications.

"We have a spot available with the weather patrol too. Seems like that would be your specialty."

"Sure, that's actually what I did back in Manehattan." I take the application from her and head back to the waiting area to fill it out.

When I finish filling out the papers I walk back and hand them to the clerk.

"OK expect a letter in the mail within the week." She looks back over to her co worker and resumes their conversation. Guess my work here is done.

As I am leaving the building I notice Crimson Eclipse and Moon Dreams sitting at a table outside of a restaurant. Crimson sees me and waves at me. I walk over and join them at their table.

"Hey guys what's up?" I pick up a menu to look it over.

"Oh not much just decided to stop and grab a bite to eat while we were out in town."

"Crimson I want some ice cream!."

"I only brought enough bits for the groceries and the meal Moon Dreams. Maybe tomorrow."

"But I want some now!"

Crimson looks over at his sister and facehooves. He takes out his wallet and opens it looking inside. Shaking his head he puts his wallet back up.

"I'm sorry Moon I just didn't bring enough with me."

"Awwwwwwww" Moon Dreams looks sadly at the menu.

"What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?" I ask pointing to the menu.

"Strawberry"

I call out to a waiter

"Could I get 3 scoops of strawberry ice cream, please?"

"Coming right up sir"

I look over at Moon Dreams. She is positively beaming in my direction. Crimson Eclipse is chuckling at her response.

The waiter drops off the ice cream and moves on to attend to the other diners. Moon Dreams starts digging into her treat, strawberry ice cream flying everywhere.

"Thanks for that," Crimson Eclipse looks at his sister. " I will pay you back."

"Don't even worry about it," I say chuckling "I'd say that look was payment enough."

We sit there and chat for a bit as Moon Dreams eats her dessert. Turns out Crimson and Moon Dreams moved to Ponyville from Fillydelphia, so they knew how it felt to be in a completely new area.

When I asked about Fillydelphia, however, Moon Dreams stopped eating her ice cream to give Crimson a sad look. He didn't seem to want to talk about how things had been there so I dropped the issue.

As it turned out Crimson Eclipse had been looking after Moon Dreams since he was nineteen. I decided to leave that subject alone for now.

We all finish our food and get up to leave. I decide to join them as we walked back to our neighborhood.

"Thanks for pointing me towards the town hall earlier," I said to Crimson Eclipse, "it really helped."

"No problem, after all I know how it feels to end up somewhere new." He looks at Moon Dreams, who is quietly humming to herself. "The big difference is I had her to look after, I suppose."

"Can I ask what happened to your parents?" I ask looking over at them.

"Its a long story that I would rather not talk about right now."

After that we chatted a bit more until we get to their house. I bid them goodbye and head to my own home for the night. As I lay down my head is full of thoughts that I can't really put together until I get some rest. With that I close my eyes and go to sleep.

Author's Note:

Sorry this took so long. Work has kept me from writing much. But the 2nd chapter is finally here. Also I'm thinking about doing a spinoff for crimson eclipse and moon dreams.