I woke up early in the morning, with a cold breeze flowing through my mane. My body shivered at the freezing weather that surrounded me. Well, I was sleeping on a park bench, so that could explain the shivering. I forced my eyes open and rubbed them with my dirty hooves. They were stained with cold water from various puddles left from previous rainstorms here in Canterlot.
I suppose by now you're wondering, who am I? Well, my name is Ice Fire. I'm just your average traveler unicorn, with NO MAGIC. Yup. I was born without magical properties, as I was the offspring of two Earth Ponies. How did this happen? How was a unicorn born from an Earth Pony? I dunno.
Anyways, this is my story. The story of when I finally found my special mare.
This is a romance story, so if you don't like cheesy awkward scenes involving gibberish stammering and hard blushing, close this tab right now.
On to the story- wait! I forgot the introduction credits!
Roll dem credits!
Ice Fire presents...
The Pink and the Firey!
A story involving my OC and Pinkie Pie
Please enjoy.
...What? The intro's over? Oh well, I guess that the story is on...
I managed to lift my nearly-numb body off of the cold wooden bench and onto the ground. The grass was wet, drenched in dew overnight. I decided to ignore the wetness and let it soak into my fur.
I stood up on all four hooves and blinked my eyes. My eyesight was blurry from the drowsiness I still had inside of me from my awakening. My eyesight cleared up only by a little.
It was probrably an awkward situation for the ponies that might have seen me, but since it was just the break of dawn, I was pretty sure nopony was here yet. Of course, I had to act fast, though. On rare occasions, the "fancy" ponies can come here to admire the scenery.
At least that's what I think they do.
Anyways, I shook my head and rolled it in various directions, hearing little cracks inside my neck. I yawned and rubbed my eyes once more. I was now fully awake and ready for another day of traveling.
I grabbed my satchel that lied on the bench I was sleeping on (I used it as a pillow), and leaned foward to put it on. It slipped right on and hung from my neck in a rather smooth process.
I looked around, and lucky for me, nopony was here. I blew a sigh of relief and began gallopping away, towards the entrance of the park. I wanted to continue my journey of finding my parents.
Now, you're probrably scratching your head at this point, but to answer your following question, I don't remember the faces of my parents, and we have gotten separated after some huge explosion during a war that I somehow survived. Long story short, I was pretty sure that some white alicorn with a rainbow mane saved me, but I blacked out before I got the chance to see what happened to my parents.
After I came to, I was in the middle of a forest, with no sign of any life there. I began my quest there, and not longer, came to Canterlot.
And that lead to where the story is taking place right now.
Back to the story.
I reached the gates of the park not longer, and lucky enough, they were open.
The ponies that work in the park like to leave the gates open very early in the morning, for other ponies to enter. It's a good thing that they don't normally check around to see any "intruders" in the park. I guess that's a total win.
For me.
When I finally passed the massive black gates, a stream of fright shot up my spine. The sun had risen and the citizens were already wandering about the stone trails leading to different places sround Canterlot.
I nervously looked around to see if anypony was paying or even showing a hint of attention to me. I praised Celestia silently and continued.
That's when a loud noise came out of nowhere.
A quake boomed in my stomach, creating a faint rumbling sound. Half of the ponies gave me awkward looks, while the other half just kept moving along. If you didn't get any of that, I was so flipping hungry that everypony actually heard my stomach roar.
I felt a blush creep on my muzzle. Without thinking and in one swift move, I quickly jolted past the ponies and ran to the nearest door I could find, only to get away from the embarrassing scene.
And guess what the building I just ran into was.
A bakery.
A flipping bakery.
When I finally realized what I'd just stepped into, my stomach began roaring like never before.
The room was rather big, with a simple green and white checkerboard pattern on the floor and walls. There was a counter with many different types of cakes and chocolate truffles displayed behind a glass window below said counter.
Behind the counter was a pink mare with shining blue eyes. She wore a simple white apron, with a matching hat placed neatly upon her head. She appeared to be cleaning the walls, but hesitated when I came in. She twirled around and greeted me warmly.
"Hello! Welcome to Sugarcube Treat Emporiu-"
I rushed to the glass window of the counter, staring at the mouth-watering desserts that lay uneaten before me.
I quickly reached into my satchel and pulled out all of the money I had. I dumped it onto the counter in front of the mare, startling her and the one customer sitting at the table closest to me.
I shouted, "How much for your finest breakfast special?!"