//------------------------------// // The Market // Story: Angel Wings // by SeasonTheWiccan //------------------------------// Angel woke up the next morning feeling a little stiff, yet refreshed. She decided to go to the market that day since the only thing she had for food was the trail mix her Mom packed her before she left. She ate that, got her bag of bits, her list, checked over it again and headed out towards the market which opened in less than 5 minutes and she felt it was probably best to beat the crowd there because it was 2 blocks away from her. She got lost at first and arrived 15 minutes late but the crowd wasn't all that bad and once she entered, she decided to get her food first. She payed for her breads and vegetables and began on her fruits, she stopped at the apple cart and did not expect who she saw, it was none other than Big Mac! He saw her as soon as she saw him, "Big Mac! Uh...hi!" Big Mac's face turned a shade redder than he already was and Angel couldn't help but giggle. When she did, Big Mac's heart went faster than a hummingbird's wing, her laugh was so beautiful. "Big Mac?" Angel asked a little confused. He then realized that she asked him a question. "Uhhh...eeyup?" Angel couldn't help but think the way he said that was very cute, but her inner monologue snapped her out of it. 'No! No! Ugh! Pull yourself together!' "I would like a bushel of apples please?" Another voice came after she said that, "And what kind would ya like there? We've got all kinds of apples. We've got red delicious, golden delicious..." "Red delicious would be fine." The pony that spoke had an orange coat, freckles, green eyes, golden hair tied off with a red hairband, three red apples for a cutie mark and a brown cowgirl hat on her head. "I've got Apple Bloom on the job with yer apples." Angel saw a butter yellow filly with red hair and a pink bow getting her apples, "Oh...okay." "I've never seen you around Ponyville before...what did ya say yer name was?" "I didn't and it's Angel Wings." "Oh yeah! Twilight was tellin' us about you yesterday, I'm Applejack and you already met ma big brother Big Macintosh." "Yeah..." "That's Granny Smith," Applejack said pointing to a green colored elder pony asleep in a rocking chair. "And this here is Apple Bloom." "Hi! And here's yer apples!" Apple Bloom exclaimed. Apple Bloom then dragged the basket over to her and Angel took them gratefully and asked if she could pick them up later in the day. "Of course, that's probably a lot to carry, where do ya live?" asked Applejack. "I live in the old cottage 2 blocks away from here." "Well, how about I deliver them to ya afterwards?" "Oh no, that's fine...I'm stronger than I look." "Are ya sure Angel?" "Yeah, I'm sure." "Okay then...just come on back when yer ready." "Thanks!" As she turned, Apple Bloom noticed Angel's cutie mark, "Whoa! That's the coolest cutie mark I've ever seen!" Angel didn't know who she was talking to at first, but she turned, looked around and pointed to herself, "Me?" "Yeah! I love yer cutie mark! A winged heart with a halo...it fits you! I don't have mine yet ya see and I couldn't help it." "Oh! That's okay and thanks!" She saw Big Mac smiling at her and she smiled back politely and went on in her shopping. She bought some flowers and vases that would be delivered by lunchtime tomorrow, some ingredients for soups, baked goods and other foods to keep her healthy so there wouldn't be as much speculations; she also went on and bought things for her bedroom, she got some bedding that she really liked, it caught her eye as soon as she passed by it. The quilt was white with tiny vines of roses all over it and the same for the pillow cases, and the sheets were a shade of baby pink. Roses reminded her of her grandmother who passed away when she was 8, she grew roses and taught Angel how to grow them as well. Back then, Angel thought that growing roses would be her talent; even today she laughed at the idea of it. But she loved roses as a reminder of her dear, sweet grandmother. She then decided to take a break and stopped at a sweet shop that looked promising, it looked like a giant gingerbread house and had a sign that read, 'Sugar Cube Corner.' Angel felt her stomach growl and her sweet tooth was acting up, so she went inside, there was a long line but she was patient. When it was her turn a cotton candy maned pony said, "Next!" Angel stepped up and saw that this bubble gum colored earth pony had 3 balloons for a cutie mark. "What can I getcha?" she asked. "I think I'll get...a blueberry muffin." "Okey dokey lokey!" Angel raised an eyebrow at how enthusiastic this mare was and of course, when she came back, she said that she'd never seen her before and asked for her name just as Applejack had done. 'I'm starting to see a pattern here.' "Angel Wings." "Ooh! Pretty! I'm Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie Pie then gasped, "If you're new here then you need one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties! If I've never seen you here before that means you're new, because I know everypony here in Ponyville! If you're new here then you must not have any friends and if you don't then you must be lonely!" "Whoa, whoa! Calm down! Uh...I'm fine...really!" "Why? Don't you want to meet new ponies?" "Honestly...no." Pinkie looked at her like she was crazy, she then grabbed Angel's face and said, "Are you feeling okay? Is it the flu? Cold? Pneumonia? Scarlet fever?" "Uh..no?" Just then a raspy voice came to save her, "Pinkie, you're awesome but, leave the poor mare alone." Pinkie let Angel go and said, "Okey dokey!" Angel turned to see a rainbow maned pegasus with a cyan blue coat and magenta eyes. "Thanks," said Angel. "No prob, just let that be a warning of how extreme Pinkie can be." "Yeah." "Name's Rainbow Dash and you're Angel Wings right?" "How did you-" "I was in line behind you and I heard you." "Oh." She heard Pinkie's voice call, "One blueberry muffin!" Angel went up and paid her and took the muffin, Rainbow came up beside her and said, "Try it, they are legendary." "Okay..." Angel was honestly starting to feel uncomfortable at how comfortable she was feeling, 'Am I just gonna have to lock myself in my house until...' She shivered at the thought. She then bit into the muffin and she was won over, it was probably the best muffin she'd ever had! "Best muffin I've ever tasted!" she exclaimed. "Thanks! I bake 'em myself with a recipe you'll have to kill me for!" Angel's eyes widened as Pinkie now had a huge grin on her face. "She's kidding," said Rainbow Dash. Angel swallowed then left, hoping she didn't run into anymore ponies that wanted to get to know her. Her prayers were answered as she then went back to the apple cart at the end of her expedition to pick up her apples and used her magic to levitate them and it followed her the entire 2 blocks to her house, her bedding and other foods in her saddlebags. Once in the house, she placed the food in their respectable spaces and made her bed. She then took her medication which she hated to do, but she had to, she had to take it at noon (she took it yesterday before she left to get on the train to Ponyville) and the reason she disliked taking it is because it sometimes made her drowsy. Like one time when she first started taking them two months prior, she was alone in a local church and was playing piano and she fell asleep, soon the building caught fire from the candles lit inside it. The only things she remembered was laying on the other side of the street and seeing the building engulfed in flames, which is the reason she has lost the drive to play piano, it only leads back to the reminder of how incompetent she is, so much that she couldn't even stay awake to notice that the flame from a single candle had caught onto a piece of paper and spread throughout the building. Not only that, but she, again, has just lost all drive to do anything; she just wanted to sit in there, wither away and get it over with.