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// 65 
// Story: Choice 
// by AnOrdinaryWriter 
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The morning sun shone brightly outside, allowing thin columns of light to pass through the spaces between the closed window blinds. As the sunlight drew a yellow line across the eyes of the brown unicorn stallion lying peacefully in bed, his eyes rose slightly, greeted by the early morning orange piercing his eyes through the blinds.

Yawning deeply, he casually kicked the soft sheets off of him, and sat himself upright at the edge of his bed. He hated waking up this early, and would have tried going back to sleep, but he knew from experience that if he even tried, the gates of dreamland would not accept him again.

The unicorn slipped off the mattress and landed on the cool hardwood floor on all fours, walking—almost staggering over to the window. Tugging on the blinds, they folded upward, allowing a river of gold yellow light to stream into the bedroom. Eyes still not quite adjusted yet, the unicorn groaned, covering his eyes with a foreleg briefly.

It was beautiful outside. The sky was perfectly cyan with only a few clouds here and there, but it didn't look like he had to worry about any chance of rain. He could see a pony here and there, out to complete quick early morning tasks before heading straight back home to relax until the afternoon. Others were tiredly heading to their respective businesses to open up shop and await the arrival of customers. Meanwhile, others were simply out on a routinely walk, enjoying the fresh air and the empty silence of the town with smiles on their faces.

Albeit not to enthusiastic about waking up this early, he couldn't help but smile at the outdoor sight. He stepped away from the window and headed to the kitchen. Feeling lazy on this particular morning, he opted for a simple bowl of cereal and milk. It was healthy and quick, and he only really cared about the second part.

When he finished eating, he washed his dishes, and then headed to the front door. Since it was a decently nice day outside, the unicorn decided that a nice walk outside for fresh air wouldn't hurt. It would give him something to do and wake himself up faster.

Opening the door, he stepped outside, immediately bathed in the golden glow of the sun. Warm air drafted through the fur on his body, and it was the perfect balance of humid and clean that each breath in was pleasurable. Closing the front door, he began walking down the path ahead. It was quiet, and he occasionally passed by somepony once in a while. Most of them looked tired and grumpy, and while he waved at most of them, he didn't get that many waves back.

It was a regular day.

The unicorn then remembered about a party that somepony named Pinkie Pie was hosting to celebrate the... somethingth anniversary of Ponyville. He wasn't exactly sure since he was new in the town, and honestly, he wasn't sure if he was going to show up. He needed some time to settle, and preferred relaxing over hanging out at a loud public place.

The unicorn reached a fork in the path. He stopped, deciding which way he wanted to go on his walk, when he spotted two ponies walking toward him from both paths. On the left was a very pale blue unicorn mare with an electric blue mane, wearing purple shades and a pair of headphones. On the right was a pink earth pony mare with a cotton candy looking mane of the same color.

"Heya!" Pinkie shouted over to the unicorn, spring faster in his direction. "I'm Pinkie Pie. You look new! Did you just move here? That's weird since I'm the first to meet everypony who's new to this town, but whatever! How are ya doin'?"

The energy radiating from the pink pony was a bit much, but the stallion was about to talk to her when the pale white unicorn spoke up. "Yo dude! I've never seen ya around before, you new here?" The unicorn then saw Pinkie next to him. "Oh, hey Pinkie. Were you two hanging out?"

Pinkie shook her head. "Hey, Vinyl! Nah, just came to talk to him 'cause I've never seen him before."

With a shrug, Vinyl looked back at the unicorn. "In that case, would you wanna hang out? My marefriend Octavia is rehearsing for a concert in a bit and you can come watch with me if you want."

"Oh," Pinkie says, a bit disappointed. "I was gonna ask you if you wanted to hang out with me and test out my cakes before the party later, but eh, you can hang out with Vinyl if you want."

The unicorn looked between the two mares, finding this scenario oddly familiar, but ignored the feeling. He had to make a decision between these two mares, but he didn't want to go with one and upset the other.

Go with Vinyl Scratch__________________________________________________________________________ Go with Pinkie Pie