It was a night at the rodeo in Appleloosa when I first met him. I was there with Applejack, Apple Bloom, and some other pals. When he came out for his event, my jaw dropped and my eyes went wide. My heart pounded out of my chest. “Who is that? The brown stallion with the Cowboy hat cutie mark and dust brown mane and piercing blue eyes?”
“That’s Cowboy, just like us Apples he comes from a rodeo family,” responds AJ. “You’ve fallen for him haven’t you? Want me to help you meet him after the rodeo is over?”
“Mmhmm,” I sigh, “I’d like that a lot.” Applejack smiles back at me before we both get back to watching the rodeo. As we watch, I see him send his lasso flying around the horns of a young calf and bring it to its knees and tie it. My eyes go wide once more. He’s stolen my heart. He’s consumed my every thought. I. Have. To. Meet. Him. Now. I have to meet him now, he has to be mine and only mine.
After the rodeo comes to an end, I get pulled to the side by AJ and Apple Bloom. “Are you ready to meet Cowboy?” AJ asks me. I nod and we head over to meet him.
Soon I’m standing face to face with him. “Cowboy,” says AJ, “This is Creativa.” She winks. “Have fun.” She and Apple Bloom then walk off and leave me alone...with him.
“Hi, I’m Creativa Artly,” I say to him, nervous, legs shaking hooves trembling.
“Howdy, I’m Cowboy, nice to meet ya,” he says to me with a smile.
“Yeah...ya too,” I say back. “Wanna maybe go get a sundae or a shake?” I stutter.
“Better yet, we can do that and go watch the sun set over the desert,” he responds.
“Yeah, sounds good,” I reply. We then go get shakes and eat them under the sunset. As we eat them, we sit and talk.
“So, how long have you been friends with AJ?” He inquires.
“Since I moved to Ponyville, I guess,” I say with a shrug.
“Has she told you about Apple Annie Oak Tree?” He asks.
“Many hundreds of thousands of times,” I sigh then giggle.
“How long are ya gonna be here?” He responds.
“Three maybe four days, but I have to get back soon because my siblings are coming into town. My brothers Free Throw and Ducky and sister Tortoise.”
“Cool,” he responds. “I can’t wait to meet them someday.”
“Yeah, someday,” I giggle.
“Can’t wait,” he giggles.
Over the following three days, we hang out and continue to get closer and closer and by the end of those three short days, I’m officially his marefriend. He’s my stallion. Everypony is dumbfounded except for AJ.
“Well, I saw that comin’,” she says to me with a grin.
“You set that up, well played AJ, well played,” I giggle and smirk.
“Yeah, I saw how you wa lookin’ at him,” responds AJ. “I knew it was a match made in heaven.” We then hop on the train followed by Apple Bloom and as we do, I see him chasing us down trying to get one last goodbye from me. “Now that’s a real knight in shining armor,” giggles AJ.
“Wait! Wait! Creativa I never got to say goodbye!” He hollers but alas the train is soon out of sight and he’s gone from my view and me from his.
“I can’t believe I forgot to say goodbye to him at the station,” I sigh to AJ as my eyes fill with tears, full of regret and shame and guilt.
“It’s not your fault, hon, sugarcube, it ain’t your fault at all,” says AJ wiping away my tears.
A few hours later, we arrive back in Ponyville and I’m greeted by my siblings in a great big hug. All the while my mind is consumed with nothing but him...nothing but my Cowboy. Oh how I yearn to go back and see him again like right now. Alas, it’s family weekend. I have a responsibility to my siblings and my mom who’s too busy at work to be here with us.
“What’s that look in your eyes, sis?” Inquires Ducky.
“Love,” I blurt out. “I met a stallion at the rodeo this weekend in Appleloosa and now we’re a thing.”
“Cool,” shrug Free Throw and Tortoise. “Cool.” We then head to SugarCube Corner for some sugary snacks. As we are there, I talk with AJ and Pinkie while my siblings just snack on sundaes, cookies, and cupcakes. Everything is perfect is all I can tell them. It’s literally all I can tell them.
“You really fell hard, huh?” Squeals Pinkie. She giggles.
“Yeah,” I say, eyes wide and thinking of him. “Yeah. You can thank AJ for that. She set it up.”
“It’s true, I saw it from the start,” responds AJ with a snicker. “It’s so true.”
“Cool,” giggles Pinkie. “That’s so cool. AJ is such a fun matchmaker. Better than Rarity. Don’t tell her I said that.”
“Lips sealed,” I respond as does AJ. I then pay and I and my siblings part ways. We go to Disneigh the next day and do a painting class together among other things. I introduce them to DragonLily, Luv, and my other friends as well and they hit it off rather well. I’m thrilled. So happy. So glad. We even end up doing Disneigh again all of us and we all have an absolute blast. We even run into the Sparkles while we’re there as it’s an anniversary party thing for Velvet and Nightlight who first met there when she was playing Snow Veil all those years ago. He was just a ticket pony. We wish them happy anniversary and continue with our trip and our day. It was nice to see Twilight, Shining, Cadence, a more teenage Flurry Heart, the Mr. and Mrs. just all of them. We then go hop on a coaster and go full speed. If only Cowboy were here, I think to myself, he’d have such a blast with it too. Alas, he’s all the way back in Appleloosa so I won’t likely see him again anytime soon.