//------------------------------// // Chapter One // Story: I Am Lonely, Not Alone // by Cinnamon Clover //------------------------------// I Am Lonely, Not Alone: Chapter One Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hasbro), Scootaloo (Hasbro), Apple Bloom (Hasbro), Sweetie Belle (Hasbro), Fluttershy (Hasbro) and a large portion of the characters in the story (Hasbro unless otherwise noted). All I own is this story, the stories that prequel it, Emerald Glow, Guardian Angel, Jasmine Changeling, Ruby Shimmer and Peddles Zoom. Summary: Ten years after her sister's tragic accident and death, Emy still cries to sleep over the loss of her sister but, with help from the ponies who care for her, she learns to cope with her loss and move on. Chapter Summary: The young couple starts their house hunt and run into some old friends along the way. "How do we even begin?" the pegasus asked his wife to be. "I don't know, how 'bout we just walk around till we see a "for sale" sign and go from their?" she replied. "I don't have any better ideas." he shrugged. "Emy, is that you!" a sweet excited voice exclaimed from behind the couple. The young couple turned around to see a snow white unicorn with a curly purple and pink mane. "Sweetie! I haven't seen you since Twilight's wedding two years ago!" the green unicorn exclaimed as she ran over to meet her old friend. "It's been too long" her companion agreed, "So, who's your friend?" "Oh, sorry. Sweetie, this is the stallion I wrote to you about, my fiancé, Guardian Angel. Remember, you're one of the bridesmaids." the dirty blond replied. "We're moving here in a few weeks, you know, after the wedding so we're doing some house hunting." her fiancé explained "Can the house hunting wait until after lunch? I'm meeting the girls at Sugarcube Corner for lunch in a few minutes and it's really been too long since we last saw you." Sweetie requested. "Sure, I think we really should catch up." Emerald obliged. The trio then turned and headed to the cupcake shaped bakery "AB! Jasmine! Look who I ran into on my way here!" Sweetie called out to a blackish-blue changeling and pale yellow mare as they saw them approach the bakery. The two mares, upon seeing their old pal, ran over to the trio. "Emy! It's been too long!" Jasmine said as she gave her one of her trade make bear hugs. "I...missed...you...too...can't...breathe!" the hugee sputtered as she tried to get free. "Oh, sorry!" Jasmine replied sheepishly. "What're ya doin' in Ponyville, Emy?" her yellow companion asked. "Me and my fiancé, Guardian Angel," she explained, guesturing to the white pegasus stallion beside her, "Are moving to Ponyville after our wedding next month, so we're house hunting." After a full day of catching up with her friends, Emerald and her stallion headed to the hotel they were staying at. After the couple was no longer in sight Apple Bloom called back to Sweetie Belle and Jasmine. "Ah have an idea of a surprise we could give to Emy for a weddin' present." the yellow carpenter told them. "What?" her two friends asked simultaneously. "Sweetie, ya remember that warehouse we found them in?" the pink maned mare asked. "Yeah..." Sweetie said hesitantly. "The mayor is practically givin' the property it's on away. Maybe we could fix it up and give it to them." the young carpenter mare explained. "Apple Bloom, I don't know if me and Sweetie will be all that helpful in a project like that." Jasmine pointed out. "Ah might be good but Ah'm not so good that Ah could renovate the entire warehouse before the weddin' all by myself! Ah'll still be doin' the bigger stuff but ah might be wantin some help with the paintin', decoratin' and other stuff to make it all pretty." she explained, "So, are y'all in?" She put her hoof in between the three mares. "I'm in." Jasmine added dryly as she put her hoof in. "Me too." Sweetie seconded as she added her own hoof to the pile. "Let's start tomorrow after they head back to Canterlot." Apple Bloom told them before they all went their separate ways. "See you girls at the wedding next month!" the emerald green unicorn called out as the train departed from the station. The young couple was having to put their move to Ponyville on hold as they could not find a suitable house. Appe Bloom turned to face her two friends. "Ready to get started, girls?" the yellow mare asked, only to be met with a simultaneous nod from her friends, "Then let's do this!"