//------------------------------// // The Beginning // Story: Pony Response Team // by Jimtans12 //------------------------------// It was a nice day, the birds were singing and the sun was shining on my skin, I had been waiting for a ride that was going to leave Los Pegasus to escape from what was going on at home. I was never treated nicely during my time with my parents. Being in a home where things can go wrong any minute can really damage a pony's brain, luckily that hasn't happened to me yet. Waiting at the train station was a nightmare as all of my friends were saying goodbye. I never wanted to leave, though, sometime you have to leave thing to receive things. In this case, a new start on life. "We really wish you could stay longer.", "Hope you have fun in Ponyville.", "We'll miss you." were some of the things they said, but really the one thing they all said at once, which made me flinch, was: "We hope you find that special somepony!" "Yea," I started to say while trying to pry one of my friends off me, "Me too." The train rode up in front of me as my friends all said there final goodbyes, then I hoped on the train as the conductor yelled "All aboard!". As I sat down with my stuff beside me, I had looked out the window and waved back to my friends as the train started to move. I hope this will only get better from here. I thought to myself as my friends had started to disappear. I hope I can meet new pony's so I don't have to remember what happened. Cause after what happened, I didn't ever want to go back. When I woke up I had noticed that I had been on the train for a long time. I had noticed that I missed my stop to Ponyville three times. The conductor came into my car and started towards me. "How long have you been on this train?" he asked. "Um, I'm not sure. How long until the next stop at Ponyville?" I had asked with a blank expression on my face. "You're lucky because the next stop is Ponyville, is that where you are getting off?" he asked again. "Yes, and is there any ideas for a good hotel or something there that you might suggest?" I asked, for some reason, I tend to ask a lot of questions when I wake up. "Um, there might be a place that you could stay at, but other then that, I'm not really sure." he replied. "Oh, ok. Thank's." I said after my series of questions ended. Time had passed and nothing was really interesting out the window. I started to see a big building, mostly cylinder-like. That's when I realized that Ponyville was right up the track. Just as I expected, the conductor looked over at me and said, "This is your stop, see you sometime soon." "Yea, you too. Thank for everything." I said while grabbing my stuff, then I hopped off the train. The afternoon breeze brushed through my hair as I walked to my new home town. "Ponyville." I said to myself as I started my journey into time square. Some pony's greeted me on the street, saying things like- "Welcome to Ponyville!" and, "Hello!" I returned the gestures as I made my way to what appeared to be the Town Hall, the building I saw on the train earlier. I then felt somepony bump into me followed by a loud plop that sounded like newspapers falling to the ground. "Oh no!" Yelled the mare that had bumped into me. Judging by what she was wearing, she was a Mailmare. Newspaper, were in fact, scattered on the ground. "Crap! I'm so sorry. Here, let me pick everything up for you!" I said in a rapid reply as I ducked to the ground and started to pick up paper after paper. Mostly about Ponyville drama. "Oh! You don't need to, I can-" "I will not take no for an answer. It is simply my fault that this happened in the first place." I interrupted her while picking up a Ponyville Time's newspaper. Something about Pinkie Pie or something like that. "Ok. You really don't have to. By the way, why are you being so nice? Aren't you only supposed to be nice to newcomers?" She asked. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Oh, its just that, ponies are not so nice here anymore since the Mane 6 had left. Some sort of stress call from some kind of city, I think it was called Los Pegasus or something. I'm not really sure though." She explained. When she mentioned Los Pegasus my eyes widened in shock. "Did you say Los Pegasus? I use to live there until I decided to move here. Do you know what was happening that got the Mane 6 included?" I asked. "Like I said, some kind of stress call or something. By the way, my name is Derpy, Derpy Hooves. What's yours?" Derpy asked. "It's Wild Spark, but you can call me Sparky if you want" I replied. She giggled a bit at the nickname I supplied her with. "Huh, that's a cute name. By the way, what bring's you here? I don't recall seeing you here before." Derpy asked. "I'm moving away from my parents, stuff happened that made it unbearable to live with them. Though, I was adopted not to long ago, until my parents took me back. After that, I came here. Now i'm just looking for a hotel to stay in. Got any suggestions?" I asked. Placing the picked up newspaper's into Derpy's hands. "A hotel!" Derpy yelled in a surprised voice, "If you need somewhere to stay, you can live with me until you get stuff on track if you want". "Is that fine with you?" I managed to ask. "Of coarse it is, follow me." she said and turned around and grabbed me by my hand. We then started towards a home mostly away from others. A great place for a hideout, only it was more then one. Mostly because it looked like a house. "Thanks for letting me stay for a while." I said as we continued towards the house, as it came into view. We then came up to a doorstep, her doorstep. She then unlocked the door and pulled me inside. "Its no problem, after you had shown that you were a nice guy, how could I say no." Derpy replied and lead me to a room with a bed and TV, "I hope you don't mind sleeping with me on the same bed, I don't really have a big house, and I would not even let you sleep on the couch. Go ahead and set your stuff down on the right side of the bed and make your self at home." "Thanks again Derpy." I said while setting my stuff down. "No problem Sparky." she said to me as she locked herself inside the bathroom. Not only did I make it to Ponyville safe and sound, but I had met my first pony friend and now have a house that I can live in with that pony friend. But that discussion about the stress call from my home town still swirled in my mind. What was going on that got the Mane 6 involved, and why was Ponyville having problem with friendship? I mean, everypony seemed so nice when I had walked into town. Maybe that was just something that had just happened because I was new, like what Derpy had said, but it still made me question everything. After a while, mostly when Derpy came out of the bathroom, I started to feel tired. Then again, the moon was already rising in the sky. "Well, i'm going to bed." Derpy said while climbing into the covers. "I guess I will join you then." I said before I yawned. I also climbed into bed when she said, "You don't mind actually moving in with me, do you? I know its a fast time to ask, but I could sure use the help around here, and that way you don't have to leave or plan on leaving anytime soon." "Yea, that's fine. To be honest, I would be honored. I was planning on moving in anyways." I said. "Awesome!" She yelled before giving me a hug. "Well, goodnight Sparky." Derpy said. "Goodnight Derpy, and please, call me Wild." I said with a smile. "Ok, Wild. Goodnight." she said with a emphasis on my name, after of course giggling. "Goodnight." I said, and greeted the darkness as I felt myself slip into my own reality. I actually felt happy.