Shot in the dark.

by Darkened Lightning Storm


Welcome to Ponyville.

Issac stumbled through the bushes and looked around quickly. No sirens, no royal guards, no anything. Just blissful silence. Issac didn't trust it, he didn't trust anything honestly. There was always a trap, always something that was ready to jump out and betray him and his trust. As his heart rate slowed, Issac took in his settings. He saw the four snow covered hills he just climbed over and a small town that was a good 3 miles away. He looked at Celestia's sun, which was now setting, and sighed.

"Great. I'm hungry, thirsty, tired, lonely, and now stuck in the of nowhere. What else?" He muttered to himself and sat down as he took out his backpack, digging around inside of it for his map of Equestria. Once he pulled it out of the messy, betraying backpack he let out a sigh and unfolded it. While trying to find out where the hay he was, he herd a voice sound out and pierce the silence.

"Uh, can I help you?" Issac looked around to see who had said that, but there was no pony around.

"You're going crazy Issac. First you're talking to yourself, and now your imagining other ponies talking to you." He chuckled as he went back to looking at his map. He didn't even noticed the Cyan colored pegasus with a rainbow mane that had landed in front of him.

"Uh ,Mr. stallion guy, you're kinda sitting in the middle of my yard..." The pegasus said as Issac looked up from his map and jumped back, not excepting the voice he heard to actually belong to some pony.

"Oh, sorry. I just have no idea where the hay I am... Could you happen to tell me what town this is?" Issac asked folding his map and getting up as the mare gave him a questioning look.

"This is Ponyville... I'm Rainbow Dash by the way. Who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked curiously studying him as he put his map in his backpack.

"I'm Issac. Do you know where the nearest hotel is Rainbow Dash?" Issac asked trying to stay calm hoping Rainbow Dash didn't recognize his name. Inside he was freaking out, Rainbow Dash was one of the Elements Of Harmony, that means she talks to Twilight Sparkle, who was Princess Celestia's student. He cursed at himself for not recognizing her. After all, she was very well-known throughout Canterlot anyways. Every filly and colt knew her face, and wanted to be just like the fast, cool, Hero of loyalty. I mean, who wouldn't?

"Ponyville doesn't have a hotel, but you can stay over at my place for the night." Rainbow Dash smiled at Issac as he sighed in relief inside.

"Well that solves my sleeping problems. Thank you." Issac smiled and followed the mare.

"She doesn't know who I am! Thank Celestia!" Issac thought as he looked around.

"So, where's your house?" Issac asked as Rainbow Dashes face grew out in a laughing grin as she paused and pointed towards the sky.

"You didn't notice the giant shadow or my mailbox?" Rainbow Dash grinned as Issac looked up to see a giant cloud house 3 sizes bigger than the house he had in Canterlot.

"O-oh.. Well... I was preoccupied with figuring out where I was..." Issac stammered as he spread his wings and took off after Rainbow Dash. When he entered the door, he was expecting to see big rooms with tall ceilings decked out with marvelous cloud sculptures, clouds fountains, and all sorts of things that would have reminded him of something that Greek or Roman ponies would have. But, instead, he entered to a medium sized living room with a large television, with a cloud couch, two cloud chairs, and a coffee table in the center. "Whoa..." Issac said and trotted a little further. Rainbow Dash peered over at him and smiled taking pride in her house.

"This is just one room, there are plenty more just like it. Come on, I'll give you a tour." Rainbow Dash trotted on with Issac followed behind curiously. Every turn brought something new, one moment it would be a huge liquid rainbow fountain and the next it would be a gaming room. By the time they were finished touring the house, Luna's moon has high in the sky.

"Wow Rainbow! This house it amazing!" Issac said still amazed. Rainbow Dash just held her chin up a little.

"First cloud house in Ponyville. All the other pegasi have homes on the ground, but I'm just too awesome for a grounded home." Rainbow gloated and yawned.

"Well, I better hit the hay, I have cloud busting tomorrow. Feel free to leave at any time tomorrow, just leave a note before you leave, so I know your gone. Your room is the 4th to the left upstairs." Rainbow Dash told him before trotting off to a room with large doors. As Issac trotted up the stairs and into his bedroom he couldn't help but feel lucky. He was in Rainbow Dash's cloud home. The element of loyalty's sky scraping cloud home. He defiantly felt lucky, and nervous. He had no idea where he was going to go. The town closest to Ponyville was Canterlot, and there was no way in all of Equestria was he going back there. Not with his face sketched into every ponies face. As Issac flopped down onto the bed, he stared up at the ceiling and sighed.

"Maybe Dash will let me stay here for awhile. I mean, she seemed cool about letting me spend the night today, maybe I could just say I can't remember anything about where I'm from and stuff. She'll feel sympathy and let me stay here till I get my own house." Issac thought aloud as he rolled over onto his belly and attempted to sleep with little success.