The sun was high over Fillydelphia as Flutterbreeze awoke from his nap. He rolled over on the cloud he rested on and shielded his eyes from the light. He was a blue pegasus, with a curly blue mane, including a beard and moustache, and yellow eyes. He discovered he was still wearing his mailpony uniform when he woke up. As usual, he decided a fresh cup of coffee would be a great way to start the afternoon. He yawned and stretched his wings before drifting down to the ground.
The birds were singing as he strolled through Fairmount Park, above which is his favorite place to nap during the day. He walked the streets of Fillydelphia until he arrived at the coffee shop owned by his best friend, Coffeeflower. Coffeeflower, the barista, was a thin unicorn with a brown coat and yellow mane. He greeted him as he entered the shop.
“Well hello there, Flutterbreeze. You look like you’ve been enjoying a long sleep.”
“Five hours. I figured it was about time to face the day.”
“I should hope so, any later and you might have missed it! Anyways, the usual?”
Flutterbreeze nodded and Coffeeflower got to work, blending all the ingredients magically with his horn. “That was quite some time you had over in Cloudsdale yesterday, wasn’t it?”
“Oh, I’m still trying to repress the memories. Hopefully today will be free from surprises.”
“Good luck with that one” Coffeeflower floated the finished drink to Flutterbreeze, who grabs it out of the air.
“Another masterpiece. Well, a pegasus can dream, can’t he? Anyways, I’ll see you later. I’m sure I’ve got a ton of work piled up, literally!”
Flutterbreeze made his way to the delivery section of the post office. ‘Just as I thought.’ His mailbag was completely full of letters. He read the address on one of them to see where he was going. ‘Ponyville, how interesting. I haven’t been there in a while. What could possibly be going on there?’
In a small side pocket he found a letter for him. ‘Oh boy, here we go again!’ He opened and read its stately message:
Agent Flutterbreeze, we recently sent all our operatives from Ponyville on assignment, and we need you to cover for them until they return. Another message will provide the specifics when you arrive.
He ate the letter for disposal, thinking about what was to come. ‘Hmm, this could be an uneventful day, but I have a bad feeling about the word “specifics”. That and the fact that this job is never boring. Still, Ponyville is nice this time of year, and this could be a lot of fun. Lots of strange things have been going on over there lately it seems.’
He packed his things and slung the mailbag over his back, unhappy about the weight he would have to carry for such a long trip. But duty calls, and he took off to the skies. He admired the town scenery as he left, and was soon flying over Chom Poo Acres. He spotted his friend Appleshine working in the orchards and decided to fly down to see him before continuing on.
“Hey Appleshine, I’m heading to Ponyville today. Can I have one for the road?”
Appleshine smiled as he said, “I don’t know whether I should ask ‘Why does the road need an apple?’ or say ‘But you don’t use the roads!’’ He tossed an apple up at Flutterbreeze, who caught it.
“Yes I know, the jokes just write themselves, don’t they? Anyways, thanks and goodbye!”
“Yeah, see you later man.”