Ace:

“Oh Celestia, sweet land!” I yelled as the door opened to let me off the death trap that was the train. I laid on the ground looking like an idiot for all to see. Unlike in Canterlot there was a bustling crowed in Ponyville. Just as well, it was raining here too. I was embarrassed and wet in one swell swoop.

“Mr. Ace, your bags?” Fluttershy said with a soft voice, seemed timid to the crowed. She actually stuck close to me as I took a breath and grabbed my bags. It was really going to suck heading to my new home. It was still raining, it was getting cold, and I didn’t have an umbrella. “The weather team had a scheduled rain today?”

“Weather team?” I asked looking at her, she looked at me and smiled.

“My friend Rainbow Dash is the leader to the weather team, they control the weather in Ponyville, keeping everything balanced in the seasons.” Fluttershy said looking up at the dark sky.

“I wouldn’t know, Canterlot uses magic to change the seasons.” I said looking at her. I couldn’t help but smile. Fluttershy had something about her, I couldn’t place it. But she was like no pony I’d ever met.

“Fluttershy!” I heard someone yell, and then soon I saw I unicorn running up to us in a raincoat.

“Twilight, wait!” A black stallion yelled following after the mare.

“I didn’t expect to see you here Fluttershy.” The mare Twilight said hugging her friend, getting Fluttershy a little wet. “Oh I’m sorry, didn’t mean to get you wet.”

“What are you doing here?” Fluttershy asked looking surprised.

“Ash had a package that was arriving today. I wanted to get out of the library so I had him drag me along.” Twilight said smiling at her friend.

“Yeah, drag you along. Almost literally Hun.” Ash said rolling his eyes. “And you are?”

“Oh ah, my name is Ace. I just met Fluttershy at the Train station in Canterlot. Only two there, ya know.” I said with a nervous chuckle. This guy really made me feel uneasy.

“Nice to meet you Ace, what brings you to Ponyville?” Twilight asked politely.

“He’s moving here, probably the new mechanic Wrench was talking about.” Ash said with a half-smile.

“Well yes, how do you know my boss?” This made his smile twitch.

“I’m a mechanic actually, Wrench trained me a little when I first started working in Canterlot. Before I joined the royal guard that is.” He said looking at Twilight who smiled back at him.

“My brother still doesn’t like you Ashura.” Twilight said with a chuckle.

“Don’t remind me.” He said rolling his eyes again. He looked at me and then at my bags. “Didn’t know it was going to rain did ya? Here let me help with that.”

“Oh that’s quite alright.” I said, but he still took off his raincoat revealing wings and fedora that was hidden by the coat. Using his magic he made a makeshift umbrella.

“I will escort you to your new place if that’s alright.” He offered with that half-smile again.

“I guess.” I said sheepishly, really wasn’t expecting this from Ponyville. I knew the place was quiet, but the ponies were friendlier here than some are in Canterlot. Way more friendly than Trottingham.

“I’ll check ya later at the Library Twilight, Love you.” He said kissing her on the cheek before he picked up my bags and we walked away from them. I took a quick glance back at Fluttershy, wondering if I’d see her again.

“Looks to me that you like little Flutters.” Ashura said with a chuckle. I looked at him questionably.

“I just met her.” He laughed, wasn’t quite sure what the joke was.

“First time I met Twilight she was utterly unique to me. Situations of life and death showed me how strong she was, how close she was to her friends. Her stubbornness to stay by her friends is what brought me to Ponyville in the first place. If I hadn’t had fought to get the position I might have never met Twilight.” He said as we walked past a boutique. “Actually that’s where one of Twilight’s friends lives. Rarity is the best designer in all of Ponyville.”

“A single moment can change your life for the better, or for the worse.” I said, I had random moments like that. Where things just come out of my mouth with no regard of control.

“Well said, but all moments have the bad points and there good points. The bad points in life make the good ones even better if it was all just good.” He said looking at me, his red eyes seemed hollow, yet he was full of life.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked thinking about what he said.

“Life has good and bad in it, if it was all bad life wouldn’t be worth living. If life was all good, again life wouldn’t be worth living. Life has to have good and bad moments to make life worth it. Meeting someone will have its ups and downs. But that’s what makes life interesting, you never know where it will take you. Life has to be bad to make the good moments better.” I thought back to what brought this on. Is this a moment he was talking about. I heard Alicorns knew some things about the world that most don’t. Was he trying to tell me something?

“I guess that makes sense.” I said feeling a little lost what his words.

“You’re smart Ace, I can tell that easily. Honestly, in laymen’s terms, I’m telling you to see Fluttershy again. You’ll never know where it will take you.” I thought about it, he did have a point. She didn’t seem interested in me at all, but we did just meet. Maybe there is something there down the road.

“Here we are, oh wow. Wrench couldn’t have done better could he?” I looked at the place I’d be saying, and it was smaller than I thought it would be. “That guy I swear.” Ash said walking inside, I followed behind him feeling like I wasn’t worth what Wrench made me sound at times. “Yeash, this place could use some T.L.C.”

“It’s not so bad.” I said not believing myself. Ashura set my bags down and turned to me.

“Eh, it has everything you need. I can ask Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity if they wouldn’t mind helping you out making this place look better.” He said looking around the place disgruntled.

“It’s quite alright, thanks anyway.” I said really feeling sheepish. Wasn’t use to all this at all.

“Nope, this place needs to look better if you’re going to be staying here. Besides, we wouldn’t mind a project to work on. Especially what happened not too long ago.” He said putting his raincoat back on, looking at the furnace he opened it and a cloud of dust came shooting out at him. He stumbled back coughing. “Yeah, this place needs allot of T.L.C.”

“What happened not too long ago?” He looked at me confused, like he didn’t realize he said anything.

“It’s nothing, don’t worry about it. I hope you’ll be alright for the night. I should be getting back to Twilight before she thinks I got lost. I swear that girl thinks I’m a dimwit at times, oh wait I am a dimwit.” He said with a chuckle. “When it comes to girls, all guys are dimwits right?”

“I suppose, I’m not a big player.” I said with a nervous chuckle.

“Player? Ha, neither am I. I don’t get why Twilight even likes me at times.” We both laughed that time. “Finally eased the tension there. I’ll check ya later Ace, have a good night.”

“Later Ashura.” With that I was left alone in the little worn down cottage. I felt a rain drop hit my head and then another. Just fantastic, I had a leak.

Twilight:

I watched Ashura walk off with Ace. His mood has defiantly changed for the better. It made me quite happy to have my old Ash back, but he still hadn’t told me what was bothering him. I looked at Fluttershy and her face was somber. “You alright Fluttershy?”

“Huh? Oh, yes I’m fine.” She said stepping into the rain. I took off my rain coat and did what Ashura did with his.

“Are you sure your fine?” She seemed really incoherent. First it was Rainbow who was acting weird, then Ash, and now Fluttershy. What are these Siders doing to my friends?

“Yes, I’m fine Twilight.” She said raising her voice a little. That was a first for her, I have never heard her use that voice.

“I’m just worried is all, we all are.” Fluttershy looked at me with mad look.

“Maybe everypony should mind their own business!” Her words stuck me hard, I wasn’t able to move. I stood that and watched he walk away in the cold rain. I didn’t understand what happened, what was happening to my friend? I was able to move again when Fluttershy was out of site.

“That was mean.” I looked for the source of the voice. I turned around and there stood Fluttershy, but she had black streaks in her mane and tail. Her eyes were blue instead of the light green, and she had on a black vest. “Very mean of Fluttershy to do.”

“And you are?” She looked directly at me and smiled. Walking around me with more grace and attitude than Fluttershy possessed. She was looking me up and down, judging me.

“Just call me Punk Rock for now.” She said with a laugh. “You’re Twilight Sparkle, are you not?”

“Yes, that’s me. Now my question is, how do you know me and my friend Fluttershy, and why do you look like her?” Punk smiled at me.

“I’ll keep it touch maybe, something’s not right around here.” She took a step back and drifted into the crowed. Did I just see Fluttershy’s Sider?

Author's Note

Sorry that this is shot, been busy. Leave a commen to tell me how I'm doing or what I can do to improve. Like if you like the story so far, thanks.

~Ash