//------------------------------// // Visit to Canterlot // Story: A Boy's Tears // by MetalBrony823 //------------------------------// It had been a week since Colin ran away from Fluttershy, and he was as happy as he can be with his new family to be there for him. The sun arose on a beautiful Saturday morning for him as he awoken to get started for the new day ahead of him. He went downstairs, and he said to Fluttershy. "Good morning, Mommy." "Good morning, sweetie. Did you sleep well last well?" Fluttershy replied to him. "Hm-mmm" Colin said with a head nod a yes. He went downstairs and saw Angel running up to him happily. "Good morning to you too, Angel." He said to the white rabbit, gently rubbing his soft, furry head and ears. "What would you like for breakfast?" Fluttershy asked him "A peanut butter and jelly sandwich." "Sure, I can make one for you." Another meal extremely easy to create, it only took her a few seconds to complete it for him. She sat it on the table for him to enjoy. "Here you go, Colin." "Thanks, mommy." While he was eating, he heard a knock on the door. Fluttershy answered it for the child and there was one of her closet friends, Rarity with a usual smile on her face. "Oh, good morning, Rarity." Said Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, darling, good morning." Rarity replied to her. "My sincere apologies for interrupting your morning with Colin." "No it's okay. What can I help you with?" "I wanted to ask Colin something that he might like to do, and that he would want to do it." "What would you like to do with him?" Fluttershy asked curiously. "I wanted to show him the marvelous city of Canterlot, and I was hoping you and our friends would like to come with us." "Oh of course, but Colin's eating right now, so wait a minute. Meantime, why don't you come in?" "Very well." Said Rarity. She stepped inside the cottage and Colin saw her, then smiled instantly. "Hello, Colin." She said to him. "Good morning, Rarity." Colin said after he gulped the last bite of his breakfast patting his full stomach. "How are you?" "Splendid darling, and how might you be doing?" "Good." "Brilliant. Say, sweetie, I wanted to ask you something that you might love to do." Rarity replied. "What's that?" "I was wondering if you would like to come to the city of Canterlot with me, giving you a your of the capital of Equestria." "Sure. I would love too." Colin replied. "What for?" "Nothing really important." Rarity replied. "I must thought you would like to see the beautiful city of Canterlot." "Sure. But, can I take a shower first?" "Of course you can." She walked up to him and playfully said while baby talking "we wouldn't want you to get dirt on your cute wittle hair." Colin playfully laughed as Rarity playfully ruffed his hair. "Yeah." He laughed. He went upstairs, onto the. At broom to clean himself. "So, would you like to co,e with us to Canterlot, Fluttershy?" Rarity offered. "Of course I would." She replied, en suddenly she gave a small frown. Like she was worried about something. "What's wrong, Fluttershy?" Rarity asked with concern "Do you think the Canterlot ponies will like Colin?" Fluttershy asked a little worried. "I k ow they recognize us as the elements of harmony, but.... I have seen what some of the ponies living their are like and.... They are a little..... Snooty?" "Oh pish posh, Flutterhsy." Said Rarity gently. "Yes, some ponies in Canterlot may be haughty of themselves and position themselves above everypony else on the pyramid, but not a lot of them are what you say they are. You remember Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis, right?" "I do." Fluttershy replied. Indeed, she, and her other friends do remember Fancy Pants, although not Fleur De Lis so much, but Fancy Pants the most, and he said that eps he and her friends were charmingly rustic. "Fancy Pants is a really nice stallion after all." "I know. He is indeed a very charming gentle-stallion." Rarity replied dreamily. She also might have some feelings with Canterlot's most famous stallion that is not the narcissistic Prince Blueblood. "You're right. I guess he will be okay. I shouldn't even probably worry so much." "And he will be with us and the others at all times." Said Rarity, wrapping her arm around her c,one friend. "I promise you we would will never let anything bad happen to the darling. We love Colin just as much as you do." Fluttershy smiled and believed Rarity's words. "I know." After five more minutes, Colin came out of e bathroom with his usual clothes on, and his green hoodie. He went downstairs and looked at the two smiling mares. "Sweetie, would you like me to brush your beautiful hair before we leave?" Rarity asked "No thanks. I can do it." Colin replied. Rarity respected that opinion and let the boy do what he knows exactly how to do. "Okay. Let's go." The boy then walked with Fluttershy and Rarity to the train station that was not far from the town of Ponyville, or the cottage. Even though Canterlot was a little farther, it will be a very short trip. "Oh you will simply love Canterlot, darling." Said Rarity with excitement. "I just know it." "You think so?" "I know so." Colin smiled at her remark. "So, are Applejack, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Spike going to be at the trains station too?" "Oh yes. We will meet them there once we have arrive on the train." Rarity replied. Colin, saw a large, pink train that looked like an old fashion type of train that looks different than the one that goes from England to France. It also reminded him of a train he would see on a board game like Candyland, or even the small train rides around a park or a zoo. "Here we are." Said Fluttershy. "All aboard!" The conductor called out to any passengers that want to ride on his train. All three entered and went down a few carts until finally, there was Spike, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, and Twilight sitting on different seats on one row to another from the floor. "There he is now." Said Twilight, noticing Colin before her fellow comrades did. "Ah, there you are little buddy." Said Rainbow Dash, happy to see him "Good mornin' sugarcube." Said Applejack. "Hey, Colin, and good morning." Spike added. "Hello Colin! Glad you can be here! " said Pinkie Pie. "Well this trip is to show Colin the city of Canterlot after all, Pinkie." Said Twilight "Oh, right." "Hey, everyone." Colin said to them in a friendly voice. "And hello to you too, Colin." Twilight replied kindly, as did the others reply in a same tone to him. "Thank you for bringing them here, Rarity." "You're welcome. I knew that they would want to come with us to Canterlot." Rarity replied. The three took their seats with Colin sitting in between his mother and Rarity, behind Spike and Twilight. After a few long seconds, the train began to slowly move and then the locomotion became to get faster and faster, then they were all on there way to Canterlot. It was quiet for a little while before Colin curious asked Fluttershy, "So mommy, what is it like in Canterlot? I think I kind of saw it the first time when I met the princess', but what is it like?" "Well Colin, Canterlot is like Ponyville, but bigger." Fluttershy answered. "Everypony in Canterlot is like everypony else in Equestria, nice, friendly, kind, and welcoming." "And it is quite clean." said Rarity. "Twilight used to live in Canterlot before she moved to Ponyville." Fluttershy added "Really?" "Hm-mmm. She was born in Canterlot, but came to Ponyville to make friends, and we all stopped Nightmare Moon, and evil side of Princess Luna. Isn't that right, twilight?" "Yep, me and Spike did live in Canterlot." Said Twilight "Twilight was one of Celestia's prized and gifted students, and gave her her own little tower in the castle to study in, and books to read." Spike added "And Spike would always be my helper if I have trouble with anything, or if anything is bothering him then I do my best to help him out." "That's awesome." Colin said in amazement. "You know, maybe I can show you the tower that we live in before we moved to Ponyville." Twilight suggested. "But.... It might be really dusty, and have a few spiders." Colin didn't really care, for he really all types of animals with all his heart. "I'm alright with it, spiders are cool." "Good. Oh, and we can go out for doughnuts at a place where we used to go out for." Twilight added. "Doughnut Joe has the best doughnuts in all of Equestria." Rainbow said. Colin also liked doughnuts as well. "That sounds good." He said. "Everypony exiting the train to Canterlot, please step off the train and have a nice day in the capital of Equestria." The conductor announced on the intercom. Sounds like it was their stop. "We're here!" Pinkie said. They all went off the train, well.... Almost everyone. Coli. Was a little nervous to come out, and he slowly followed his new family with butterflies in his stomach. "Are you okay, Colin?" Said Fluttershy. With the others, she noticed Spike's to it Keith to come out and see the city. "Yeah. I'm fine." He said. Trying to forget about his shyness for Fluttershy, and her friends. He sprinted close to them to convince them that he was fine. He got a good look of Canterlot and his mouth went agape. He may have been to the city, but that was only in the castle, and he only saw glimpses of the city when he first got here in Equestria. "Isn't it beautiful?" Said Rarity. "Yeah. It looks neat." Colin replied as he looked at the buildings and the castle. He thought of how the ponies in the city would treat him, but decided not to worry because Fluttershy and his new family members will be right by his side. "Hmmm.... So, what should we do first, Sugarcube?" Asked Applejack "Well.... I don't know. This place is so big." Colin said "It is big." Twilight agreed. "Well, can we look in the library that Twilight said she and Spike lived in?" Colin asked "Of course." Said Fluttershy. All of e close friends, with Colin behind them, walked through the streets, and Colin was a little worried about this idea. "Um, mommy?" Said Colin in a whispering voice so that they couldn't be heard so much. "Some of these ponies are staring at me." "Oh don't worry, Colin. They are just curious, that's all." Said Applejack whispering back to him. "Yeah, just stick with us and you'll be just fine." Rainbow added. "Okay." The boy replied quietly. They just continued walking without really saying anything else. Of course the old library was only a short walk away from where they are, so it should not talk them very long to reach their destination. While they were walking, a voice that sounded British said "rarity, my dear. Good to see you again." The voice sounded like a combination of Cary Elwes and John Cleese. Colin saw a kind of large unicorn that was quite a tad taller than Big Mac, with a blue mane and tail, and coated in white. He wore a white monocle, and a fancy tuxedo as clothing wearing a bold looking French-esque mustache on his face. Next to her was a beautiful looking white unicorn mare that was also kind of large, but not a built or tall as the stallion she was walking with. She had three "Fleur-de-Lis" symbols on her flank as a cutie mark. She wore a beautiful pink sparkling mane and tail, and looked quite bold as she walked. "Fancy Pants." Rarity said with happiness. "Hello." Kind of frightened by the stallion's size, Colin shyly crept behind Fluttershy's backside so that the pair wouldn't really see him. He honestly didn't know what these two would think of him since he has never really seen such ponies such as these in Equestria, "What brings you hear to the fine fine city of Canterlot, my sweet?" the stallion asked in a bold tone of voice. "Just showing our new member of the family a tour of the city." Rarity answered "A new member you say?" The unicorn mare asked, getting excited. Colin felt even more butterflies in his stomach now, because that's when he comes in, and Rarity was indeed, referring to him. "Yes, well.... He is not a pony, but he is still a sweet boy." Said Fluttershy. "And polite too, you would both love him." "Well, let us see this fine young boy." The stallion said "Where is Colin?" Said Rainbow Dash. She, Spike and the others looked around for him, u til finally, they saw him behind Fluttershy, and felt relieved to see that. They all worried that he may have gotten lost and wondered off into the city. "Oh, there you are." Said Twilight. "Come on, sweetie. They want to meet you." Fluttershy said kindly. Colin decided to just compromise and slowly went up to the what looked like an engaged couple. He was highly nervous to say anything, and looked down at the ground The stallion and mare were quite surprised by this, and were very curious about him in just a split second. "Why hello there, lad." Said the blue stallion with a smile. His gentleness began to calm the boy down a little. "Oh hello there, little one." Said the mare in a french-esque accent. "H... Hello." Colin replied to them in a weak hand-wave at them with a nervous smile on his face. He tried the best he can to be brave and stay strong. "Is something wrong?" Asked Fancy Pants with concern. "Oh no no no." Said Fluttershy. "He's just a bit.... Shy." Spike added, trying to word it better for the two to understand why Colin was like this at them. Now they both understood why. "Yeah. I'm... Just worried." Said Colin. "You see.... I am not from Equestria. I got teleported here by some weird energy force. I just..... Didn't think you would like me because I am a pony. Sorry for hiding from you." "Oh I understand lad, no need to apologize." Said the stallion "Yes. We would never hate you for that." The mare added softly. "Come here. Let us get a closer look at you." Colin looked at the others behind him to see if he can trust them. They all nodded in agreement as a yes, and he decided to go with it. The two fancy ponies looked at him with extreme curiosity, and wondered what kind of creature he was. "You are quite a curious thing, I admit." Said the stallion. "What are you?" "I'm a human... I hope you don't think I am ugly for that." Said Colin "Oh nonsense." Said the stallion. "You are quite gentleman." "And I for one find you adorable." Said the mare. She slowly bent down, and gave Colin a semi-long kiss on his forehead to show affection. He blushed, and the others went "aww." "Thank you. So... What are your names?" The child asked "I am Fancy Pants, the riches, and most famous stallion in all of Canterlot." The stallion answered. "And I am Fleur De Lis, the most famous model in all of Equestria." The mare added. "And what might you be, darling?" "My name is Colin. Colin Fraser." "Well it is a pleasure to meet you Colin." Said Fancy Pants. "I bid you welcome to Canterlot." "Thank you." Said Colin. "You know, if you have a problem, sweetie, you are more than welcome to come to us if any of the Canterlot inhabitants give you a hard time. I know we have just met, but we like you already, mon Cher." "Oh... Merci," Colin said "De rien." Fleur De Lis replied. Colin understood some French and is trying to learn it from his other neighbor named Stephane, and the boy was quite a fast learner on speaking it fluently. "Well, Colin. We better go, we have important duties to do. We will see you again Soon enough, and we will be waiting for that." Said Fancy Pants. "Come Long, Fleur. Duty calls." "It was wonderful to meet you, sweetie." Said Fleur De Lis sweetly. "I will see you again soon." Then they too went off into the streets and the group continued on to the old library tower that was once Twilight's old home. There it was, the tower that housed Spike and Twilight before they moved to Ponyville. It didn't really change so much and looked the same way is it has always been ever since. "Well, here we are." Said Twilight. They all followed her and Spike as they both slowly opened the two-sides dppr, amd saw it in a bunch of cobwebs and dust. They all didn't know what to think of it. "This place looks like that it was abandoned before I was born and that it was an egghead's paradise crumbling down." Said Rainbow Dash "Rainbow, don't be so rude." Fluttershy scolded "No it's alright." Said Twilight. "The place just needs some..... cleaning." "More like alot of cleaning." Said Rarity. "Right. Well, i gave it to my friend Moon Dancer about month ago. I wonder if she remembered I gave it to her before we left during our most recent visit." "Moon Dancer?" Colin said curiously "Yeah. She.... she is one of my friends and..... and I didn't really know about friendship and.... and I didn't Reay care about it. I wasn't a good friend to her and some of.my other friendly do here before I moved. I just felt really guilty about it." her voice sounded like she was becoming guilt stricken about being too much of a bookworm to care about anything else. "Oh, it's okay, Twilight." Said Colin. He walked up to her and tried to cheer her up again. "We all make mistakes like that, but we just got to let go of the past and move on." "I know I know." Said Twilight. The smile came ba k to her face in an instant. She hugged him and told him "thanks, Colin." "You're welcome." Colin replied to her. Spike went up and joined the hug then they both wrapped their arms around him as well. Then everyone se joined in. "Well, we might as well go show you other things in Canterlot." Rainbow said to the boy. They all agreed with ber, and they both went back outside, with Twilight looking at her old quarters then shutting the doors again, then smiled with sentimentality