Sweetie Belle and I trotted through the streets of Ponyville towards the outskirts of the small town. A few ponies gave me an odd look as we made our way through, but thankfully no one actually said anything. Hopefully, they got used to me quickly, otherwise, things were going to get uncomfortable quickly. I couldn’t help but bite my lip in a bit of worry and pull my hat over my head to hide my eyes.
“Are you okay Storm?” Sweetie Belle squeaked out, bumping my flank with her own. “You look worried.”
I blinked before blushing a bit in embarrassment, my ears drooping to the side as I did so. “A lot of ponies are giving me weird looks, Ah’m not used to this much attention.”
“Well, you are a new pony in a small town.” Sweetie Belle shrugged, a strange motion to see on a quadruped while they walk. “You’re going to attract some weird looks for a bit. Besides, if you think that’s bad you should've seen Spike for his first month.”
“Oh, what was that like?” I offered a small smirk to my friend. “Probably a bit crazy since he’s a dragon and such.”
“Roseluck and her two sisters fainted the first time they met him!” Sweetie Belle giggled at the memory. “A few other ponies were scared of him for at least the first few months! Thankfully everypony calmed down once they realized that he wasn’t a danger, Just a cute little dragon.”
I mentally paused for a moment, humming to myself. “Ah mean, Ah can see why they’d be concerned, a baby dragon is still a dragon. Still, a little funny with how much of’a sweetheart he is.”
Sweetie Belle let out another small giggle before stopping and pointing at the house on our right. “We’re here!” The house was a small rustic building like most of the residential buildings in Ponyville, the only main difference from the houses next to it was that it was painted a cream white. The filly skipped over to the front door, almost hopping over the porch stairs in her excitement. I couldn’t help but hesitate, staying behind in the street for that moment.
Am I really about to hang out with a filly and colt? I mean, I get I’m technically the same age as them but it still feels...weird.
Sweetie knocked on the door, which quickly opened to reveal a beige mare with a dark brown mane. On her flank was a cutie mark of a heart and a baby’s bottle, probably some kind of kindergarten teacher. “Oh, hello Sweetie Belle. Here to hang out with Button Mash?” The mare gave a warm, almost maternal smile to the filly. Definitely, Button’s Mom, would be weird otherwise.
“Yup! I brought my friend Storm as well, I hope that isn’t a problem. She’s new to Ponyville so I wanted to introduce her to some of my friends so they can be friends, you know?” Sweetie explained at a rapid speed only a child could have, her squeaky voice oddly confident throughout.
Button’s Mom gave a small chuckle and nodded in my direction, making me gulp a bit. “If that’s your friend over there I don’t see how that would be a problem. The more the merrier they say.”
“Over there?” Sweetie Belle looked next to herself before whipping around to face me. “Storm! What are you doing over there? Come ooooooon!”
I winced a bit as her voice broke but trotted over, standing next to Sweetie Belle in front of the mare. “Hello Button’s Mom, Ah’m Summer Storm. Nice to meet ya.”
Button’s Mom’s eyebrow crept up a little as she looked down at me before her surprised expression broke into a simple chuckle. “Nice to meet you too Summer Storm, I’m Cream Heart. Come on in you two.” She stepped out of the way, allowing both of us to step in once we brushed off our hooves.
I took an extra moment to take off my hat and hang it up on the coat rack before following Sweetie deeper inside the house. While I stepped into the main hallway I could swear I heard Ms. Heart mutter under her breath, one of my fluffy ears instinctively swiveling around to hear it. “Wow, I didn’t know Rainbow Dash had a filly. Or little sister. Weird.”
Well, that’s going to be a fun rumor. Eh, ain’t my problem.
Tailing Sweetie brought me to a small colt’s bedroom, the walls covered in what I assumed were the pony equivalent to superheroes. The floor had a few comic books scattered about against one wall, while a small tv and game stations sat against another one facing the bed. On the bed sat a brown earth pony colt with one of those spinny hats, focused intensely on playing what I could swear looked like Sonic the Hedgehog.
“Hey Button, we’re here!” Sweetie loudly announced, heading towards the bed herself. “I brought a friend with me. Button Mash, meet Summer Storm!”
Button let out a small sigh as Sonic fell straight into a pit at the distraction, killing him instantly and failing the level. He turned with a small frown before actually seeing the two of us, making him blink in slight surprise. “Oh, hey Sweetie Belle! Uh, who’s your friend?”
Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes and giggled while I facepalmed facehoofed. “Button, you really have to get better at listening. This is my friend Summer Storm! She’s new to Ponyville so I wanted to introduce you two so you can be friends too!”
Button blinked owlishly at Sweetie Belle before turning back to me, tilting his head in a weirdly adorable fashion. “Huh, nice to meet you. Nice rainbow mane, looks really good on you!”
I couldn’t help but blush a bit at the compliment, which felt weird as all fuck. Like, it was a simple compliment, why the hell would it make me blush? “U-Uh, thank ya Button. Nice to meet ya too, you have a cool hat.”
Button looked up towards the top of his head and let out a small chuckle. “Thanks, my mom got it for me.”
Sweetie Belle looked at the two of us awkwardly staring at each other, sighed, and facehoofed. “Button, do you have any games that all three of us can play? Like Tekken and Lunario are cool but we can’t play it all together.”
Button grumbled and thought to himself, hoof rubbing against his chin. After a moment he jumped off his bed with an excited yelp, hoof up towards the sky. “MINECRAFT!”
Sweetie chuckled and shook her head. “Of course you grabbed Minecraft. What do you think, Storm?”
I felt my left ear swivel to listen to Sweetie Belle but I kept my eyes on Button as he stood there proudly. “Uh, yea, Ah’m fine with that.”
Button grinned in excitement and set the game up, plugging in two extra controllers to what he told me was his ‘Coltstation’. Once everything was set up he hopped onto the bed next to Sweetie Belle, passing her one of the controllers. Button turned to me and raised an eyebrow a bit in confusion.
“Storm what’re you still doing down there? C’mon up here with us!” Button let out a small chuckle as I felt my face grow hot in embarrassment.
I scrambled up onto the bed on the other side of Button, forced to sit right next to him due to the small side of the colt’s bed. My body felt oddly warm sitting next to him... more than I remember being before. I twitched my wings a bit and let out a small breath to calm down and focus on Button’s explanation of this ‘Minecraft’ so we could finally start playing.
Jesus, what the hell is wrong with me? Hope I'm not getting sick or something.