//------------------------------// // Chapter I // Story: A New Start // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// I stood on top of the cloud I had landed on and looked down at the small town below me. I could faintly make out the ponies below walking around, going about their daily lives. I don’t even know how to go down there or how to introduce myself. Heck, I don’t even have a house. All I have is the meager amount of belongs I had fit into my saddlebags. I pawed at the cloud nervously and sighed. I had just gotten out of college, the most annoying part of anyponys life and I can’t even fly off my cloud and go down to a town full of ponies and get a job or a house. Ponyville had come highly recommended from some ponies in college. Something about very friendly ponies and such. The ink on my degree probably hasn’t even dried yet. I shifted a bit on the cloud and brushed my watermelon mane out of my eyes. I could either say screw it and go down there or just stay up here for the rest of my days. I folded my forelegs under me, keeping my gaze locked down on the ground. I faintly heard flapping wings and I glanced around till I found the cause. A turquoise pegasus mare and a lavender pegasus mare were nearby flying by. I pressed myself further into the cloud in hopes that they wouldn’t see me. Yeah that was further from the truth. The lavender one glanced at me and gestured with a hoof at me to her friend. They started flapping over to me and I tensed up, getting my wings ready for flight. “Why are you-” the turquoise one started to speak as I took off tearing through the sky. I’m not the fastest flyer by any means but I can handle my own when I need to run. I gave a smirk as I finally got away. I spun around and frowned when they were chasing after me. “Oh joy,” I mumbled to myself as I started flying again at a slower speed to let the get close. I tossed a look over my shoulder as they were about to slam into me and grinned. I’m not the fanciest flyer either but I can do the basics. I flipped over them and stared at their surprised expressions as I dove toward the ground, tucking my wings against my body as the wind started going faster around me. I spread my wings at the last second and flew over the heads of some fillies and a few colts in what looked to be a school yard. A few pointed and grinned at me. I flew back up into the sky and hide in a cloud. I poked my eyes through it and looked around for the two pursuing me. “So what are we looking for?” A voice beside me asked. I did a double take at the lavender one in the cloud with me looking out. I hadn’t even heard her come in. I screamed and took off again. “I am never going to get away am I?” I muttered to myself. I resigned myself to my fate when I realized they were still after me. I sighed and landed on a cloud, them following suit. “You almost had me at the flip,” the turquoise one chuckled. “If it wasn’t for Cloud Kickers good eye, I’d have never found you again.” The lavender one wore a small smirk as she waved a hoof. Or well Cloud Kicker I suppose. I can’t really keep calling her the lavender one now that I know her name. “Some decent flying,” Cloud Kicker said with an impressed whistle. “Thought you were gonna be a ketchup stain for a second there.” “Oh uh thanks,” I said and looked away. “That’s Sassaflash,” Cloud Kicker pointed at her friend with two lightning bolts as a cutie mark. “And you are?” “Blossomforth,” I introduced myself. “I’m kinda new here.” Sassaflash snorted and rolled her eyes. “I figured. Mainly because I’ve never seen you here before and I know like all the pegasus in Ponyville. Why were you running from us?” She asked curiously. “I’m not good at social interaction,” I admitted and kicked the cloud a bit. “I’m not shy or anything like that don’t worry. I’m just not the greatest at talking to ponies.” “That would explain why you were on the cloud watching the town,” Cloud Kicker said as she drapped a wing over my back and I tensed up slightly. I’m not exactly against physical touch, I just don’t know her well considering I just met her about five minutes or so. “So where ya stayin?” “I was just gonna sleep on a cloud to be honest,” I admitted. “I don’t really want to use the few bits I have on an inn. I don’t really have a house either. I will admit, I didn’t necessarily plan this move out well.” “And where did you move from exactly?” Sassaflash asked with a warm smile. “Cloudsdale.” The two gave each other a look. “I’m from Cloudsdale,” Sassaflash commented and pointed a hoof at Cloud Kicker. “She’s from Canterlot.” “Hey!” Cloud Kicker said. “I was born in Cloudsdale. I only moved to Canterlot as a filly because of my parents.” I sat quietly and watched the two as I settled onto the cloud and folded my forelegs under me. “Oh right. Sorry I kinda forget about that fact,” Sassaflash said in a tone that made me think that was anything but the truth. “Well since you have no where to go, you could stay with me,” Cloud Kicker said with a grin my way. “We can get nice and warm in bed together.” She winked and gave me a sultry look. “I uh don’t know about that,” I said nervously. I looked around cautiously as Cloud Kicker removed the wing. “I was joking,” Cloud Kicker said in a serious tone. “I do that. Anyway, it’s gonna rain tonight. You can sleep on your cloud. I’ll be at my house.” The two took off into the sky and started flying away. I watched them go and sighed. I flapped my wings to get off the cloud and followed the two.