"Ponyville. A small town, perfect to start trying to live like a normal pony again," I said to myself, standing near the edge of the town. Looking around, I notice a calm lake. "Perfect, need to make sure I don't look like I've lived in the wilds for years," I say as I walk towards it.
Approaching the lake, I adjust my bag of bits, so it wouldn't fall and spill open in the middle of town. "Can't have that happening," I muttered, "I'm going to need every spare bit until I can somehow get a job. Ten thousand will only go so far." Brushing back my mane with a hoof, I look into the lake and find a familiar azure unicorn looking back. "Heh, I didn't become old and gray since I last checked. Good," I say to myself, "Now to see if I can manage to find a place to live."
Upon entering Ponyville, I started scanning for a house that had any kind of sign. Finally, after a good half an hour, I find one that simply says "For Sale." "Perfect," I think to myself, knocking on the front door.
"Just a moment," I hear a mare say from the other side.
"Forgot I would actually have to speak to ponies," I mutter, adjusting my coat and bits to be more comfortable.
As I look back up, I see a pale green earth pony at the door. "How may I help you?" she asks.
"I'm here to buy the house," I reply.
As I say that, she visibly relaxes. "Right this way, please. Just need you to sign a couple papers, and pay the bits, then it will be yours."
I follow her into the house. Not too big, but not all that small either. She leads me to a table, one of the few pieces of furniture that isn't a box laying around.
"I've been trying to sell this place for a while, so I can move to Baltimare with my family. Now, if you'll just sign here, and pay the 4,500 bits, I'll be out of your way," she says.
"4,500? Not bad for a house this size," I think to myself as I sign the deed and hand over the bits.
"Thank you," she says as she leaves to get the movers, "Do you need any help moving in?"
"Nope, don't have much," I tell her truthfully. "All I have now is my coat and what bits I have left."
She shrugs and says "Alright then. Thanks again," as the movers carry the last of the boxes out of my new house.
I slump into one of the chairs around the table, finally able to relax. "This might be harder than I thought. Oh well, I'll get used to it eventually."
I wake with a start, not remembering where I am for a second. "What? Whe- Oh, right," I say as I realize slept at the table in the house I bought yesterday. Looking around, I notice that this would be the living room, but doubles as a dining room, thanks to the small kitchen attached to it. I also notice some stairs that I had forgotten about. "Well, let's see what those lead too," I say as I get up. Reaching the top of the stairs, I notice a door leading to a small balcony. "Hm, that will be quite useful, once I buy a new telescope," I say. Looking around the rest of the second floor, I recognize it to be some sort of a study area. "How convenient, a balcony and a study area on the same floor," I chuckle to myself. As I turn to go back downstairs, I notice a second flight of stairs leading into what must be the attic. Reaching the top, I notice the attic has been re-done into a bedroom. "That would have been nice to find last night," I think. Heading back to the bottom floor, I pick up my bag of bits, doing a quick counting spell to make sure they were all there. Satisfied that they were, I went to go do some necessary shopping for furniture and food.
After spending the day buying and transporting necessary furniture, and some basic food and drink, I notice that it was time for Celestia to lower the sun. "Jeez, that took longer than I thought it would," I say to myself, "But at least it got done." As I head upstairs to sleep in my new bed, I hear a knock at my door. "Who could it be at this time of the evening?" I wonder as I head back downstairs. Opening the door, I'm greeted by a pink earth pony mare, who for some reason seemed far too happy than is logically possible.
"Hi there! I saw you working, so I brought you a cupcake, because everypony needs a cupcake after a day of work!" She says, nearly bouncing up and down, offering me a cupcake.
"Uh, thanks," I say, taking the cupcake in my magic and setting it on the table, still unsure of exactly what is happening. "And, who are you?"
"Oh, silly me, I almost forgot you're new here! My name is Pinkie Pie," she says, smiling.
"Pinkie Pie, eh? Interesting name," I say, immediately mentally filing her under "DO NOT STUDY FOR RISK OF SANITY." "Well, it's been nice meeting you, but I really must be getting to sleep," I say as I grab the door with my magic to close it.
"Okey doki!" She says, bouncing away as I close the door.
"I hope I don't have to see too much of her," I mutter, rubbing my forehead with a hoof, "She just seems... wrong. Like there's something magical about her, but she's an earth pony." Headed back upstairs to get some much needed rest, I accidentally knock a book off of a shelf. Grabbing it in my magic before it could hit the floor, I look at the title. "Myths and Legends from across Equestria," I read. Turning it around, I notice it opened to the legend of the Elements of Harmony. "But those are just a myth, an old foals tale, right?" I say, putting the book back on the shelf. "Maybe the local librarian will have something more on the subject. But, that is a task for the day. For now, I require sleep," I say, flopping into bed.