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// Chapter 4: A New Shelter 
// Story: The Rise of a Sentry 
// by AndrewGamerGL 
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Now that Flash Sentry was free and on his own, the first thing he tried to do was to find a different place to live other than the streets, so, one by one, in each house and each neighborhood, he kindly asked each pony in each house if they could shelter him, and he even said it would be okay If he could at least rest in their garden and not necessarily their houses, but most of the Canterlot's Ponies' hearts were as cold as ice in winter, and they wouldn't let a "Poor young Stallion" just stay in their places and homes for free, but Flash was still determined to try to find somepony who could take him in.

After a few hours, it was now becoming nighttime, and ponies at this time were even more agitated and annoyed of being disturbed than they were earlier, and some of them didn't even respond to him or even opened their doors, Flash at this point was extremely tired, and to say he was exhausted would be an understatement, he felt like all of this searching was a waste of time and it was not worth it in the long run, he hadn't eaten for nearly two days and he had already gone through three different neighborhoods, asking pony to pony block by block to see If any of them would be kind enough to take him in, but with no luck and no avail.

The Last one he was searching on was near the Canterlot Castle, where the two princesses, Royal Sisters and rulers of Equestria lived in, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, but Flash was at that point almost one hundred percent convinced that no pony from that neighborhood would be willing to take him in to their Homes, as he finally reached the last house, and he gave a very gentle knock on the door, and waited for anypony to come out, but then, Flash passed out and collapsed on the spot or on the floor, due to exhaustion. And then a few seconds later, two elderly ponies who were roughly in their late 60's who were Husband and Wife opened their door, and  in front of their doorstep, they saw a young stallion, who looked bruised, weak, underweight, exhausted, just laying there on their doorstep. But unlike all the other Canterlot Ponies that Flash had encountered and knocked on their doors, these two unicorns were a very kind couple, and were known to be very generous, and when they saw the poor Pegasus laying there on the floor just beside their doorstep, they took pity on him and decided to take him inside their home.

The Next morning came, and Flash slowly started to wake up and open his eyes, but to his surprise, he didn't find himself on the street or by a garden, he looked around and realized he was inside a white house with some old but pretty and beautiful ornaments and decorations around the place, he also realized he was laying on a comfortable bed and not just the cold floor, Flash couldn't believe what he was seeing or surrounded around in, and after a minute, the elderly couple walked into the room, and saw that Flash was awake and greeted him with kind smiles.

"Good Morning young Stallion, how are you doing?"

"I-i'm doing good sir"

"Oh please, you don't have to call me that, call me Mr. Shropsharp, or just Shropsharp, and this is my wife Mrs. Shropsharp"

"But you can call me Betty, what's your name?"

"Nice to meet you Shropsharp and Betty, my name is Flash Sentry"

"Well, it's nice to meet you Flash, do you live somewhere here in Canterlot?"

"In the streets"

"You looked pretty exhausted and battered, do you have any parents to look after you young pony?"

Flash Sentry then took a Deap Breath and gave out a sad sigh.

"Used to"

Mr. And Mrs. Shropsharp took Sympathy and pity on the young Stallion, and it definitely looked like he went through a lot in a while.

"Anyways, it was really nice knowing you, but I have to go, otherwise I'll be late for my work"

"Hold up, wait, please, come join us for breakfast first, then you can go if you would like"

Flash Sentry could not believe the amount of kindness that he was being shown by them, he had never been treated this good in his entire life up until that point apart from his mother, and he knew he couldn't turn the kind offer down, so, he joined them for Breakfast on their table, and when they served him a Daffodil Sandwich, Flash tool big bites and ate it, and finished it pretty quickly, which made Mrs. Shropsharp give out a cute giggle

"You have got a big appetite Flash, how long has it been since you've eaten?

"Two Days"

Mr. And Mrs. Shropsharp were shocked about what Flash told them, and after Flash was leaving the table, Mr. Shropsharp told him something that he couldn't believe when he first heard it through his ears.

"Well Flash, if you want to, you can stay with us and we'll take care of your needs, expenses and costs until you have enough bits to buy your own place and home to live in, how does that sound?"

Flash could not believe what he had heard, he was being offered pretty much free off charge, to stay in their home until he was somewhat financially stable and had a place to stay, in great gratitude and appreciation, Flash rushed over and hugged both of them in happiness and in tears of joy.

"Oh, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much! You have no idea! This means the world to me!"

Mr. And Mrs. Shropsharp then just smiled and hugged the happy young Pegasus back. Their hearts were filled with warmth and kindness.

"You better get going for your work now though, you don't want to be late see you soon!"

Flash then opened the door and waved back at the Shropsharp Family, and then left the house and started flying to his workplace, he couldn't believe the amount and level of kindness he was shown by this couple who were pretty much complete strangers to him, now, not only did he have a place to stay in at the moment, he had his well needs taken care for at least a while too, Flash tried to pinch himself to make sure that what he was in wasn't all a dream, he felt overwhelmed, and he flew so happily in the air with excitement and energy, doing a few flips and tricks in the air, knowing that this was the Beginning of a step forward to a Brighter future and chapter within his life.