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// Chapter 1: New Beginnings 
// Story: Acceptance 
// by EvilMageTim 
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Chapter 1: New Beginnings

Crux flew down to the road after flying for what seemed like days away from the Griffon Territories into Equestria.  The griffon sighed, thinking of what he had left behind and how he'd find a place for himself in the land of colorful equines especially since he had barely met any ponies growing up.
"Well way to go Crux you screwed up big time!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, " I mean banished, really? Nobody's been banished since something wierd happened with the sun in the sky. And that's been what? About a thousand years or so? Wow, just wow. Heh, I'll bet they have to change a 'Last accident 3 days ago' kind of thing."
Sighing again, he continued on the road to somewhere. All roads lead somewhere, but this particular path led to what could change his life forever. Once he had reached the top of a small hill he saw the first town he had ever seen in Equestria. 
Digging through his messenger bag, he finally found a torn map that he had been using to navigate through Equestria he determined the town to be Ponyville. Other than that, Crux had no idea of what would come next.
"Hello," Crux decided to greet the first pony he ran into in the small town, "do you know where-"
"Hmph!" The pony only continued walking right past him as though he was just another rock in the path.
"... Well, okay then..."
Soon afterwards he noticed a purple maned earth pony pulling a unicorn filly into a house along with many more angry glares from other ponies.
From what he had learned in school, ponies were said to be pleasant and usually openly friendly. "Better change the books then, teach." He said under his breath after another pony had gasped rather loudly and run into her house.
Guessing that the candy-coated building was probably a store of some kind, Crux hoped that these ponies would be at least willing to take his money.
*DING* "Hi welcome to Sugarcube..." The bright pink pony, turning around, noticed that Crux wasn't one of the normal customer ponies or a pony even.
"Oh no, not again." Crux said, almost letting the pony hear his depressed thoughts.
"*GASP*"
"...here it comes..."
"A NEW CUSTOMER!" 
"*sigh* fine I'll.... wait, what?" Crux had given up on having a conversation with anypony at all.
"YOU'RE OUR NEWEST CUSTOMER SILLY!" The pink pony shouted while bouncing up and down, hurting Crux's brain at the physics involved. "AND THE SECOND GRIFFON TO COME TO PONYVILLE!"
"Whew, I thought you were going to run me ou.... wait, what?" He asked, thinking that only the Government officials going to Canterlot were the only griffons coming to Equestria. "Who was the first?" He didn't think the higher ups would stop in a small town like this.
"Oh, that was Gilda, Dashie's friend." The pony had finally quit shouting, but kept on bouncing cheerfully, "But she was a meanie weanie pants." She stuck her tounge out at this.
"Is that why all the ponies around here have been giving me nasty looks, ignoring me, or acting like I was The Pale Pony of Death?" 
"No, no that was Mort, everypony liked him."
"...What?"
"Nevermind."
"I'll try..." Crux said with the same amount of confusion as anybody else has when meeting the pink pony.
"I guess everypony else just think that you're as nasty wasty as Gilda wilda was when she came here."
"So... they all hate-"
"I wouldn't say hate."
"Okay they all dislike me greatly all solely based on the actions of one, I repeat one griffon?"
"Yupperooni"
"Wait, why didn't you glare at me or shoo me outta here then?"
"Because Twighlight said that I shouldn't judge another pony...er, um griffon before I get to know them." The floofy maned pony said without a hint of sarcasm, anger, or dislike... just happieness equal to the greatest sugar rush ever.
"Thank you...  I'm sorry, I didn't get your name yet. I'm Crux." He replied, happy that at least one pony in this town was nice to him.
"Well hi Crux, I'm Pinkie Pie!"
to be continued...
===================================================================WOOHOO! I finally got the courage to write a fic, thank you for reading and I'll make sure to write a lot more soon. Also I'm sorry it's so short.
I don't own any intellectual properties relating to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or The Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual.
-EvilMageTim
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