Chapter 1: The Newcomer
Ninety miles south of Canterlot….
A unicorn garbed in a black cloak trotted towards the entrance to an old looking temple. Flanking him were two Earth ponies, each covered in heavy armor and wearing the same black cloaks. They stopped in front of the entrance and the unicorn slowly pulled an odd looking staff out of a satchel on his back. He turned the staff upside down and placed it in a grooved pedestal in front of him. After twisting it to the right, a resonating click sounded. A slab of stone in front of the unicorn slid to the right, revealing a long descending stairway. Pulling out a torch from his satchel, he motioned for his guards to follow him after lighting it.
The descent was long and arduous, but eventually they arrived at an enormous dimly lit cavern. The first thing they noticed were the multitude of statues, all of them still but appeared as if they had been fighting each other. There seemed to be two “factions”, both of which the ponies had never seen before. One side was that of horrific looking monsters, and the other were odd creatures that stood on two legs and had avian wings.
After studying the statues for a few minutes, the trio approached a large door. Carved in the bottom part of the door were engravings of battle and strife, but at the top a large dragon loomed and below it was a single being, who was garbed in robes.
The unicorn stepped forward, and when he was but a foot away, he said, “Nyitott, így én is engedje meg a szent kötődik. Open, so I may release you from your holy binds.”
After this, the unicorn procured from his pack an oddly shaped “key” and held it in front of the dragon engraving. The key glowed and dark mist seemed to pour out of it. With a groan the door slowly opened.
Inside the chamber were more statues yet these had light pouring out of their mouths. The ponies looked at them in surprise, but when the statues didn’t move, they pressed onward. Near the back of the room was a Music Box that was closed. The unicorn approached it while his guards waited for him. Trotting up to it, he placed his hooves on the box and slowly opened it…
Ponyville-
“Okay, so this is the Carousel Boutique. My friend Rarity works there, she’s a fashion designer. Over here is the…”
Zephyr had been listening to Twilight’s monologue for about six minutes and decided to look around for himself.
“...Down that road is the train station, thats where my friends and I went to go to-”
“Umm Twilight, you think I could explore on my own?” Zephyr asked.
“Ugh… fine, if you want to.” Twilight replied a little let-down.
“No! The tour was fine… I just want to look around for myself a bit.” He quickly interjected.
“Okay, just don’t get yourself into any trouble.” Twilight reminded him.
“Yeah, yeah, I won’t. Bye!” Zephyr shouted, galloping away from his now lonely tour guide.
Zephyr walked around, looking for a bakery. He spotted one eventually, named Sugarcube Corner. The building was in the shape of a gingerbread house.
*Hmm, odd shape… oh well.* Zephyr thought.
Zephyr walked inside, and he immediately noticed a gray pegasus with a blonde mane. She was purchasing several different varieties of muffins. After buying them, she turned around and bumped right into Zephyr.
“My bad, are you alright?” she asked.
“Yeah I’m fine, thanks for ask-” Zephyr stopped after he noticed her eyes.
“What are you staring at?” She asked.
“Umm… nothing. Yeah, well I shouldn't hold you much longer.”
“It’s ok, I like talking, by the way I’m Derpy. Nice to meet you.” She said.
“I’m Zephyr, I just moved here.”
“From where?”
“Uh….”
“It’s ok, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”
“Yeah… I’ll see you later ok.”
“Bye!” The grey mare walked out the door.
*I wonder what was with her eyes?* Zephyr thought.
Realizing he was next in line, Zephyr trotted up to the counter.
“Hello, and welcome to Sugarcube Corner. Hmm, I haven’t seen you around here before. Did you just move here?” The blue Earth pony asked him.
“Yeah, I just moved here, but so far everything looks good.” Zephyr told her.
“By the way, is it ok if you told me your name?”
“Yeah, I’m Zephyr.”
“Nice to meet you Zephyr, I’m Mrs. Cake.”
“Anyway, what would you like to get?” Mrs. Cake asked him.
“I’ll have a few blueberry muffins please.”
“Okay.” As she said this, she reached down and took five blueberry muffins out of the glass container. She then placed them on the counter.
“That will be fifteen bits please.” She said.
“Uh, hmm… oh!” Zephyr closed his eyes again and a strange symbol appeared on his forehead. Suddenly fifteen bits appeared on the countertop.
“There. Exact change.” Zephyr said with a smug look on his face.
The blue pony looked at the pegasus and then back at the bits.
“Are they...real? Or is this some kind of joke?” She asked a little angrily.
“Yes, they are, its a little trick I was taught. Zemus you better not have been lying…” He mumbled the last bit.
“Ok, well have a good day.” She replied a little cautious about the tan pegasus.
After exiting the building, Zephyr trotted over to a bench outside the bakery and began eating his muffins.
Not long after taking his first bite, he heard a scream followed by a “Lookout below!”.
Zephyr barely had time to blink before he was rammed full force by a blue blur of fur and hair.
Whatever hit him scrambled off of him as soon as it hit him.
“Are you okay?” His “assailant” asked
“Yeah… I think so.” Zephyr managed to say.
After this Zephyr too got up. Standing in front of him was an odd looking creature. It had blue fur and an orange mane with pinkish-purple eyes. The “pony's" front legs were draconic with his back legs being equine. Zephyr decided to question him on this later if he got the chance. The pony had an apologetic look on his face.
“Sorry about crashing into you, I hope I didn’t hurt you.” He said with a look of concern. “By the way, I’m Von.”
“I’m Zephyr.” he said while brushing himself off, with a slight tone of annoyance.
“I haven’t seen you around here before. Are you new?” Von asked.
“Yeah, I just moved in from the frontier.” Zephyr replied.
“East or west?”
“West.”
“That’s cool. I heard they were having it pretty tough out there though.”
“Yeah…”
“Why did you move to Ponyville anyway?” Von asked.
“I just thought I needed a change of scenery.” Zephyr replied.
“Oh, well do you like it here so far?”
“Yeah, it seems pretty nice. Anyway, I have to meet up with Twilight Sparkle. I’ll see you later.”
“Alright, have a good night.”
“Bye.”
Von walked off leaving Zephyr standing on the curb.