//------------------------------// // Arrival // Story: A New Leaf // by epicdonus1123 BOT //------------------------------// Chapter 1 I am a fan of love stories, I really am. I have countless books on them scattered all around in my library. I just never thought that one would happen to me in such a demeanor, even I would not realize it. Voleur is the thief who robbed a bank, that me and Pinkie brought from Fillydelphia to restore in Ponyville. He, however, is my true prince and I am his princess, but enough on me. We have more important matters to attend to. As we're traveling to Ponyville, the train shifts and I bump into Voleur. It was extremely humiliating and bad on my part. Voleur just looked at me and smiled the way I like it. It's nice that he respects my embarrassment. "Twilight and Pinkie, thanks for giving me a chance." Voleur thanked. "Oh, it's nothing really. I mean if one of us were in your state, right?" I asked. "Of course, you two are really sweet ponies. You deserve a chance too." he replied. I was very appreciative at the moment. He would help me out in a crisis. He is such a sweet pony. The train is still hauling along as an attendant came over to us. "Excuse me. Would you like me to get you anything?" she asked. "Nah, I'm good. How about you Twilight?" as Voleur returned the question over to me. "Um...no thanks. I'm good." I claimed. Pinkie, being herself, asked for a double-chocolate sundae with sprinkles, peanuts, and gummy bears? I laughed it off, thinking about how ridiculous double-chocolate would look like. Oddly, the attendant came back with dark chocolate stacking a piece of milk chocolate. There was everything Pinkie asked: nuts, sprinkles, and sure enough....gummy bears. They were all sorts of colors, ranging from red to blue to yellow. "Mmmmmm! This looks scrumptious and amazing!" then she gulped it all down in one bite. "Uh, Pinkie? You know when you eat that much ice cream you get," "OUCH!!!!!!" "-a brainfreeze. I tried to warn you." I laughed. Voleur laughed along with me, making me feel super special. "Voleur, that is the first part of making friends. Laugh along with their jokes, it will make them feel special," specifically talking about myself. "Yeah, I guess your right. However, I laughed 'cause it was funny, not to be mentored on." he then smiled the way he always does. Did I irritate him or teach him? Either way, it made him smile. That's the important thing in mind. Make sure he is cheerful and glad. Voleur then looked at me. I was already staring at him in amazement, so we each stared into each others' eyes. I quickly looked at Pinkie, who had a hoof on the top of her mouth. How did she get her hoof in her mouth in the first place? "Hey Pinkie, how did you do that?" I asked. She then took her hoof out of her mouth. "What, have you never tried to put your hoof in your mouth?" she returned. I shook my head in disappointment Honestly, I have never tried. It seemed illogical and random to shove you hoof in your mouth. She then demonstrated how to do it, and put her hoof in her mouth again. Voleur, who was looking out the window, heard our conversion and turned around to notice Pinkie with her hoof in her mouth. "Wow Pinkie! That's amazing! How did you do that?" he said while he was examining her. I was a little thrown off by this, because he hasn't came that close to me before. I unwillingly took that as a challenge. "Hey Voleur, I can do that!" I opened my mouth ridiculously and put my hoof in it. I finally got it in deep enough for it to touch my uvula. I nearly gagged, but managed to keep it in my throat. "Wow Twilight! You sure are good at that! Let me try that." Yes! I got him to do it as well. Us three nincompoops just kept shoving out hooves down our throats for like twenty minutes. During the twenty-first minute, I challenged the other two to a competition. The competition was to see who can put there hoof down their throats the farthest. "Okay, that sounds fun! I love fun! Fun is such a fun word to say! Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!" Pinkie said as she continued with the "fun"s. After about twenty "fun"s, I had to make her be quiet. She looked as happy as always, even though she got a face full of silent. We started the contest right away. I couldn't get it past my uvula, or I might throw up my lunch. Pinkie surprisingly got her's down to her tonsils, while Voleur couldn't even get his in his mouth. "Congratulations Pinkie! Good try Voleur," I blushed as I complemented him. Voleur looked at me blankly and thanked me. "Thanks Twilight, congrats Pinkie," he finally said. The Pinkie managed to get her hoof out of her mouth. "Thanks Voleur and Twilight. It was a little party trick after all. Hah!!!!! Maybe I should perform it in my next party!" she nannounced. Voleur and I both laughed it off, because it would be an interesting sight to see for our friends. After a few minutes of celebrating Pinkie's victory, I sat back and started to think about what we're going to do in Ponyville. Should I immediately tell my friends? Should I keep it a "me" secret, or should I only tell Voleur? Still, Voleur is a nice and innocent guy just desperate for a new beginning. I don't think I should tell anypony yet. Though, Voleur and I would make a nice unicorn couple. There's no other pony willingly to take him before I say anything, wait a minute. Rarity! She's always looking for a Prince Charming. I just know that she will flirt with him and she'll get him. It's funny though, because they are both unicorns with white coats. I don't even have the same eye color as him. He'll overlook that eventually, maybe. "Hey Twilight, whatcha thinking about?" He suddenly asks me. I was in full panic mode, sitting there for a minute without saying anything. "Oh...ugh...nothing." I had to lie for my own sake. That was going to be a rule for a new lifestyle, don't lie to your friends or they will think otherwise of you. "Okay." he calmly said. I sat there, watching Pinkie do a bunch of random things. The things that pony will do to pass the time. Once, she arm wrestled Gummy while waiting for some cupcakes to be done baking. I just pulled out the newest addition to "Daring Doo" and continued it. In the story so far, Daring had to go to South Amareica to return a stolen object. The guards thought that she was stealing the object, and strapped her down to a chamber. The chamber was filled with scorpions and snakes and rats, and she had to watch them eat her alive. Her cleverness, however, caused her to knock down a orch that was hung next to her. The fire scared the varmints, so they wouldn't get five feet to Daring. She took care of the animals, but now she had to unstrap herself. She didn't bring a knife, and the straps were made of leather. Daring decided to bite her way through the leather straps. As she was biting her way through the strap on her right foreleg, I was snapped back into reality. "Hey TWILIGHT! Guess what I found?" Pinkie asked. "Ugh...what did you find?" I returned. "Look!" she pointed to her hoof, and lying in it was something out of the ordinary. It was just a baby scorpion. Voleur stared at it in amazement, like he discovered a new species of animal. Me, not so much. I've seen scorpions before, so it wasn't that much of a impact. "Pinkie, where did you find that?" "Oh, I found it in the side of some seats. Isn't it so cute?" "Woah Pinkie, how did you even notice it, and can I hold it?" asked Voleur all of the sudden. "That was easy. I love to play hide and seek, so I search around to find something." "That's very cool." Voleur said as he held the poor creature. It reminded me so much of Voleur, because it looked so innocent, young, and cute. Pinkie offered me to hold it, but I happily declined. When was the poor thing cleaned? I am not going to touch something dirty at this time of day. "Yes Pinkie, it's so adorable." I said with an annoyed look on my face. I couldn't tell if it was to noticeable, but nopony seemed to catch onto it. "Well, now I got to let it go. The poor guy needs to be free on his own." Pinkie said with enjoyment. She opened the window and put the scorpion on the side of the train. The scorpion then crawled down the train, while it was still speeding down the tracks. The scorpion then got onto the wheels, then managed to cling onto the track. Quickly, it jumped off so that it was under the train. "Aww, I didn't even got the chance to say goodbye." Voleur joked. This time, I didn't laugh at his joke. It was pointless to laugh if he isn't going to notice, but the joke was funny hands down. Voleur just stood there, laughing at his own joke like its nopony's business. Suddenly, the train started to decelerate. Everypony noticed it was, and then it halted. Me and Pinkie got our stuff, and brought Voleur to the town that would fix him right up.