Town of the Banished -- Town Square -- Day: 22nd / Year: 2013 / Month: April
"Everypony, I'd like to welcome our newcomer, Carl!", Scar Pace fluttered next to Carl.
"Welcome Carl!", Everypony seemed to be ecstatic about him being here.
"Hello.", Carl nicely waved back.
"Carl is going to be here with us now, and we'll be setting him up with a job. So, who wants to find something he could do?", Scar Pace looked to the crowd.
"He could help me fish. He has those amazing hands, so, it could be easier to reel in some of them!", A large stallion announced.
"Perfect! Carl, you'll help with fishing for today.", Scar smiled at Carl.
"All right. Let's get going, then.", Carl gave a fake smile as he went to the large stallion.
"Name's Leaf Grinder. I use to be an alchemist, but, things went bad when I was banished. Nothing like murdering, thankfully. Just.. Accidents. You know.", Leaf Grinder announced to Carl.
"Yeah... Accidents. Anyways, let's get this show on the road.", Carl followed Leaf Grinder as they went out of the town and down a makeshift pathway.
The path was wide and stable, thankfully, and it lead them all the way to a stream.
"This is where we catch salmon.", Leaf Grinder pointed to a small dock. There were multiple fishing rods and worm baits.
"Well, let's get started.", Carl immediately ran to the dock and sat down on the end, after removing his shoes and rolling up his pant legs.
Leaf Grinder did the same. They both cast their rods after aligning the baits on the proper hooks. Carl wasn't good at fishing, but, he felt a tug right away.
Both Carl and Leaf Grinder reeled in a large salmon, and it flopped around on the docks.
"Woo! You must be a good luck charm!", Leaf said as they threw the salmon into a bucket.
One-by-one, they kept catching salmon. Every cast, a salmon. The fish may have been big, or small, but it worked well. After they had four buckets full of salmon, they called it quits.
"Wow! The entire town will eat tonight! Thanks for the help, Carl! You'll be a great addition!", Leaf smiled and put out his hoof. Carl shook it politely and helped carry two of the buckets of salmon.
They both walked into town.
"Hey! Everypony! Guess who's eating tonight?!", Leaf Grinder yelled out.
"Who?", They all called back.
"EVERYPONY IS!", Leaf and the entire town cheered as they looked at the piles of salmon they caught. Each pony in the small, but amazingly large, town took one fish. By the end, there was ten fish left.
"I think those are your fish, Carl. You've earned them already!", Scar smiled as he fluttered next to Leaf.
"Wow, this is the first time we all get to eat. Thanks a bundle.", Scar helped carry the fish into his house with a big grin. Carl followed.
They both sat down and gutted each salmon. They hung them up a large poles to let them humidify so they don't rot as easily.
"Wow... Carl, I'm really glad you came here.", Scar gave a pat on the back to Carl.
"Well.. It was a personal choice. I can head back when I want to. But.. I felt the need to leave.", Carl said lightly.
"You're not fully banished?", Scar asked.
"I'm not banished at all. I just chose to be here.", Carl looked at Scar.
"Well, either way, you're fully welcomed here. We may have done bad things to be banished, but, we eventually became good ponies.", Scar smiled.
"Everypony deserves a second chance.", Carl laid back on his bed.
"Yeah.. If only Princess Celestia knew.", Scar did the same to his own bed. They both fell asleep immediately. It was a perfect day for the both of them.
Town of the Banished -- Herbalist Shop -- Day: 23rd / Year: 2013 / Month: April
Carl walked into the Herbalist Shop. There was a mare with a bright blue mane that flowed down her back -- much like Dash -- and a bright white coat. She was looking over a large alchemist table, with Alembics and Retorts. She looked like she had no clue what was going on as she placed her hooves on her face, groaning. Carl looked around the shop to notice the shelves were filled with a mass of ingredients. It reminded him of a game he use to play on Earth. She turned around as she heard Carl enter. She was a unicorn, as well.
"Why, hello there.", The mare smiled with bright yellow eyes.
"Hello. I'm here to help you out. I'm Carl.", Carl let out a hand.
"I'm Lust Equine.", 'Lust Equine' let out her hoof and Carl shook it.
"So, what needs help around here?", Carl asked.
"Well, I need help mixing some brews together. A few ponies have been arising with Pony-Pox and Pony-Flu. I have the herbs.. But.. I can't mix them properly... I don't know how.", Lust looked to the ground. A bit saddened.
"Well, I have a book that shows how.", Carl thankfully brought a book about herbs; labelled 'The Natural Herb Environment'.
"Ooo! Yay!", Lust thumped her hooves in excitement.
"This should show us how to mix them. C'mon.", Carl sat down on a chair with Lust and flipped open the book. Inside was everything from Pony-Pox to Chicken-Flu, to the Pony-Flu and Athletes Hoof.
"Wow. This is perfect.", Lust levitated the ingredients for the Pony-Pox and Pony-Flu brews.
"Okay, so, ground up that dragon's tooth...", Carl started.
After a minute of grinding up ingredients, mixing them together in a pestle and mortar, and then dumping them into a vat to strain away the excess powders; they had created five Pony-Pox and Flu cures.
"Wow! This is amazing! Thank you so much!", Lust planted a kiss on Carl's cheek. Carl just shrugged.
"Anything. You can borrow the book if you'd like.", Carl offered.
"Ohhh! That'd be perfect! Do you think you can help me brew some more potions later? I know a few ponies suffering from Athletes Hoof.", Lust asked.
"Sure. I am here for a while.", Carl answered with a light smile.
"Yay!", Lust immediately wrapped her arms around Carl, kissing his cheek softly.
"Uhm..", Carl started to flush lightly red. The only pony to ever do this was Rainbow Dash. But, he shrugged it off for just a simple friend thing.
"Out of curiousity, why were you banished?", Carl questioned.
"I.. Well.. I wanted to get back at my sister. So... I may have sent her lover to the moon.. Celestia brought him back and sent me here to learn my lesson.", Lust answered.
"Seems a bit odd for a beautiful mare to want to do that to her sister.", Carl said. He didn't realise he just complimented her looks.
"You think.. I'm.. Beautiful?", Lust asked.
"Well.. You're not ugly. So, yeah, I do.", Carl said lightly. He just wanted to compliment her to cheer her up.
"Wow.. That.. Really means a lot... Uhm.. Thank you..", Lust started to blush lightly, looking away.
"Anything. Anyways, I'll be back later, Lust. I'm going to help Scar gather some firewood.", Carl stood up and left the shop. Lust was majorly confused.