//------------------------------// // Remembering the Old and Meeting the New // Story: The Equestrian Adventurer // by Kasterter //------------------------------// “Where does she live anyway? It seems that we are leaving the town!” I said confused. “Oh, she is a pegasus, she lives in a cloud mansion, and speaking of which, there it is!” Twilight said, pointing up at a huge cloud mansion in the sky. “That cloud mansion is astonishing!” I said. “I know it is!” said a voice that I have never heard. “Who was that?” I asked. “Me!” said a cyan pony with a rainbow mane as she landed in front of me. “Okay, I'm guessing that you are Rainbow Dash.” I said, guessing that it was her. “That would be me! So, why are you here?” she asked. “I heard that you have always wanted to meet a real full-time adventurer.” I said. “Yeah...” she said, waiting for me to get to my point. “You are looking at one right now, Dash!” said Twilight. “Really? Cool! Do you go on adventures like Daring Do??” she asked. “Kind of, but mine are not as exciting, but they work!” I said. “That's fine, tell me some stories!” said Dash. “I don’t know if I have much time right now, I need to study and meet ponies around town.” I said. “Okay, can I come with?” asked Dash. “Of course! I can tell you some short stories while we go from place to place.” I said to the excited pegasus. “That's nice, but where should we go next?” asked Twilight. “Hmm... maybe Fluttershy's house?” asked Pinkie. “Good idea Pinkie! Lets go!” said Dash with excitement. The “adventure” to Fluttershy's house was actually quite fun and soothing, as Rainbow Dash asked many questions about my adventures, I had lost count at around twenty five questions, and also the ponies introducing me to other townsfolk as we walked by. “So, I heard that there was a student of Celestia herself living in Ponyville, is this true?” I asked Twilight as I walked up to her. “Why, yes it is!” she said excitedly. “Then, who is it?” I asked. “You are looking at her!” she said with pride. “Oh, wow! It's an honor to meet you, then.” I said with shock. “No offense to you at all, but why are you so excited about a student of magic?” Twilight asked. “I have always wanted to be able to use magic, since one of my past friends, a unicorn, loved magic, but then I lost her.” I said, looking down to the ground with sadness. “Oh my, did she... die?” Twilight asked. “No, she left me to become a magician.” I said. “I see, what was her name?” Twilight asked me. “Her name was Trixie.” I said. “What?! Her?!” Twilight yelled. “You know her?!” I asked. “I do in a way, she came to Ponyville and was a complete showoff with her magic, she was quite a pest.” She said. “I see... Hasn't changed a bit.” I said with disappointment. “So, she wasn't always like that?” Twilight asked. “No, she was my best friend, until she went overboard.” I said. “What caused her to go overboard?” Twilight asked. “I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about it, maybe another time.” I said, trying to avoid the topic of my past special somepony. “Okay, that's fine, we are almost to Fluttershy's house anyways.” Twilight Said. She was right, we only had to walk about five more minutes before we got to her house, and it was spectacular! There was a bunch of sounds coming from her house, like animals, rustling, and even a very calm voice, trying to organize the animals. “Fluttershy, we need to talk to you!” Said Rainbow Dash as she knocked on the door. “Oh! Come in!” said the voice on the other side of the door, then Twilight opened the door with her magic. “We have a new pony in town who wants to meet you.” said Pinkie as we walked in. “Oh, okay.” She said, coming down the stairs. She was a yellow pegasus pony with a pink mane, she walked so gracefully that I could barely even hear her walking. “Um... hi... my name is Fluttershy...” she said sheepishly. “My name is Kast, nice to meet you.” I said calmly, knowing that she was very shy. Fluttershy was starting too look scared for whatever reason, it might have been in my body language. “He's okay, don't be afraid!” said Rainbow dash, comforting her scared friend. Rainbow Dash saying that really calmed her down, and she walked towards me and looked me over, and noticed my cutie mark. “So... what does your cutie mark mean?” she asked quietly. “I'm an adventurer, at least I was.” I said. “Was? I thought you were going to leave after awhile!” said Rainbow Dash. “What, do you want me to leave?” I said with a smile on my face. “Um... no...” Dash said blushing. “Back on subject, I have decided to stay here, I couldn't leave after I have met so many ponies here!” I said.