Sara’s Adventures in Ponyville

by themultiversewatcher

New friends

Sara woke up at about 6:30. Unfortunately for her, nopony was awake yet. According to her knowledge on pony biology, most of them wouldn’t wake up until seven. With nothing better to do, she went down the stairs to have some breakfast. Knowing that her normal meal of cycad leaf salad didn’t exist, she looked in the pantry, and found some hay flakes.

After eating, Sara decided it might be prudent to go outside and learn the lay of the land. She knew that the town of Ponyville was relatively small, and she had been to the Town Hall and through the marketplace, so she knew where the library was situated. If it was anything like most towns, the Town Hall was probably the center. Maybe they would have maps in the building.

While walking through the town, she noticed that ponies were starting to leave their houses. It was time for most of them to go to work. In the market, Sara found herself drawn to the smell of sweets being baked in a large gingerbread-like building. According to the sign, it was called Sugarcube Corner. Although it was still too early for sweets, she decided to enter and see what they had.

“Welcome to Sugarcube Corner,” said a blue earth pony with a pink and white mane and tail. The overall shape of the mane looked like a cupcake. “Its always nice to meet somepony new. I don’t think I’ve seen you before.”

“Yeah,” said Sara, “I'm new. I just wanted to see what you were baking. It smelled so good from outside. By the way, my name is Sara.”

“I’m Cup Cake,” said Cup.

“Nice to meet you Ms. Cake”

All of a sudden, there was a crash from upstairs. A pink blur rushed down the stairs, and a smiling pink mare with a cotton candy-like mane and tail appears, startling Sara.
“Hi, my name is Pinkie Pie what’s yours I don’t think I’ve seen you around before I heard Mrs. Cake say that somepony new had arrived and I knew it was you because I’ve never seen you before.” The whole line was said all in one breath and in hyper speed. Thankfully, Sara knew how to pick apart the words.

“My name is Sara,” said Sara, “Nice to meet you, Pinkie.”

“Now I need to start planning for another welcome to Ponyville party for you because you’re new.” With that, Pinkie bounced away to who-knows-where to prepare for the party.

“Is she always like that?” Sara asked, staring after the pink pony.

“Yes,” chuckled Mrs. Cake, “That’s just Pinkie being Pinkie; its best not to think about it too hard. Now, what would you like?”

“Um… I guess I’ll have a cupcake, then.”

Sara had to admit, the cupcake was delicious. After she thanked Mrs. Cake, she decided to get back to walking to the Town Hall. The market place at this time was packed with the daily hustle and bustle of regular business. It was easy to get lost in the crowd. All of a sudden, Sara crashed into a yellow pegasus pony with a long pink mane and tail, causing all the food to fall from her saddlebags.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” said Sara, “I didn’t see you there. Oh dear, it looks like I caused you to drop your things. Let me help you.”

“Oh, no it’s my fault,” said the mare in a barely audible voice, “I can’t make you do that.”

“Nonsense!”

As they picked up the food, Sara noticed that the pony in front of her was trying to hide in her mane. She decided to break the ice.

“So,” said Sara, “My name is Sara. What’s yours?”

“M-my name is Fluttershy,” she said, too quietly for Sara to hear.

“Excuse me?”

“My n-name is Fluttershy,” the response was quieter this time.

“One more time, please.”

When the pegasus didn’t respond, Sara decided to drop it.
“Well,” she said “I must be going. Nice meeting you.”
With that, Sara left. It was slow going through the throng of ponies gathered at the marketplace. Once she was finally out, she found herself near the Town Hall. Outside, next to the entrance, Sara found the map of Ponyville. It detailed where the major attractions were, albeit not many, where the hospital was, and other important information. Satisfied, Sara put it into the saddlebags that Twilight had loaned her.
The plaza was not exactly the busiest area, but it certainly was a very popular place. There were ponies doing pretty much everything, from playing music to stunt flying. Sara noticed that there was one pony with more spectators than the others. Apparently, she was really good. The cyan pony was doing loops and sharp turns, much to the amazement of the crowd. While she was flying around the open space, she was dragging a rainbow colored trail behind her, which was created because of her rainbow mane and tail. Sara was enraptured in the performance. It looked like a lot of fun. When the pony was finished, she decided to revel in the attention.
“Thank you, thank you,” she said, “Thank you for enjoying the awesomeness of Rainbow Dash!”
The crowd applauded, stomping their hooves into the ground.
“That was amazing,” said Sara, “I don’t think I’ve seen anyone with those moves, and that’s saying something.”
“I’m glad that you enjoyed it,” said Rainbow, genuinely pleased to have another fan in the crowd. “I’m training to join the Wonderbolts.”
Clearly, this pony was all about performing. It was clear to Sara that the Wonderbolts were a big deal. She decided that they must be like the Flying Squad in Sauria. The Flying Squad was the entertainment flying team of Sara’s home.
“That sounds really cool,” said Sara, “I hope you get in. With flying skills like that, I’m surprised you aren’t one already.”
“Hehe, thanks,” said Rainbow, “Well, I’d best go, there’s somewhere I’ve got to be. By the way, what’s your name? I haven’t seen you around before.”
“Oh, my name is Sara. Nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash.”
As Rainbow flew off, Sara wondered where she had to be in such a hurry. She decided she’d probably find out later, and she had a suspicion that it was the party Pinkie was planning. It was then that Sara felt decidedly hungry. She looked at the clock tower, which read 12:00. As she reentered the marketplace, she noticed fewer ponies out and about. She walked up to an apple cart run by an orange pony with a blonde mane and tail, and a Stetson hat.
“Howdy,” said the pony, “What can Ah do ya fer?”
“I’d like a bag of apples, please,” said Sara.
“That’ll be three bits.”
“Thanks.”
“By the way, Ah don’t think Ah’ve seen you ‘round these parts before. What’s your name?”
“I’m Sara. I’m new to Ponyville.”
“Well, welcome to Ponyville then. Name’s Applejack.”
“Thanks for the apples, here’s three bits,” said Sara, pulling out the money and putting the apples in the saddlebags. “I must get going. See ya later.”
With that, Sara left. Finding her way to a picnic table by the side of the road, Sara pulled out the bag and began enjoying the apples. They were sweet, but not too sweet. Sara closed her eyes as the juicy apples melted in her mouth. Satisfied, she decided it would be worth it to go to the library and study some more on Equestria. The crash course she had with Sean was not exactly perfect, but every little bit counts. When she arrived at the door, she noticed the lights were off. Finding the light switch, she flipped it on.
“Surprise!”
The room was filled with ponies, each one with a smile on their faces.
“Were you surprised?” asked Pinkie, who suddenly appeared next to Sara. “Huh? Were you? This is your welcome to Ponyville party. Everypony here wants to be your friend, especially me. I know we’re gonna be friends! I’m friends with everypony.”
“Yeah,” said Sara, who was still trying to figure out the party pony bouncing around her. “I suppose we are friends. Um…I think I’ll see whom else I can meet. Thanks for the party, I guess.”
Sara then tuned out Pinkie. She made her way toward the snack table, which was laden with apple-related snacks, cupcakes, punch, and a cake that read “Welcome to Ponyville!” on it. Sara smiled. She knew that this was going to be a nice place. Well, until something proved otherwise. Sean had a patent for sending her to places that needed her help, but so far, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
“You must new here,” said a voice, breaking Sara out of her reverie.
Sara turned around to see a white unicorn with a luscious royal purple mane and tail styled into curls. Sara remembered the serpent with the half purple moustache, and knew that this was the kind pony that helped him.
“Yeah,” said Sara, “My name is Sara. Pleased to meet you, miss…”
“Rarity,” said the white pony said, “It’s a pleasure to meet you, darling. Are you a friend of Twilight’s?”
“Well, we’re more acquaintances than friends, but I guess you could say that. She’s letting me stay here until I can afford a home of my own.”
“I do hope you will enjoy yourself, darling. Pinkie throws the best parties.”
Sara did, in fact, enjoy the party. It lasted on into the evening. Everypony was exhausted, due to the fact that they’d had three parties three days in a row. After the crowd of ponies left, the only thing left to do was to clean up. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight, Spike, and Sara were all that were left.
“That was a great party, Pinkie,” said Sara, “It was nice meeting all the ponies here. I feel at home and welcome with all the friendly faces here.”
There was a murmur of agreement from the assembled group. After they cleaned the place up and said goodbye to Twilight’s friends, Spike and Sara decided that they wanted to sleep. Twilight protested a little because of some questions she had concerning Sara. Sara, for her part, told Twilight that she would answer them in the morning, and said that it would probably take all day to explain everything. With that settled, the three friends went to bed.

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Deep in the Everfree, a creature stood. It knew that it was where it wanted to be. Letting out a deep chuckle, it thought about what it would like to do in this new land. It was going to be easy. After all, what danger could a bunch of peaceful ponies be? First things first, though, it needed an army.