Truly Selfless

A stallion drawn chariot flashed in the sky, the gold reflected the sun and was a magnificent sight. The young mare sitting in back of the chariot called out to the stallions, “Alright guys, this is it!” she said, smiling at the excitement of a new town. The stallions nodded and began to lower the chariot slowly.

All of the ponies cleared out of the way as the carriage floated down. “Alright Miss. Candy Heart, welcome to Ponyville! Your things are in the compartment in the back of the chariot.” The other stallion signaled that they were almost about to land. Candy Heart clopped her hooves and smiled, the unicorn was extremely excited.

The chariot hit the ground with a soft “thump” She looked around excitedly and leaped out of the carriage. She opened the back of it and pulled out her three bags. She nodded thanks to the stallions and began to walk away. She only managed to get three feet away until she heard the lead stallion.

“Ahem,” He coughed holding out his hoof, “Our pay?” she turned around and giggled, trying to lighten the mood, but the brown pegasus just remained serious. “O-Of course.” She said, reaching into her backpack. She pulled out a few bits and placed it in his hoof. He smiled and put it in his pouch.  “Thank you for your service.” He joked. She smiled and watched the chariot fly up, “Good luck Miss. Candy Heart!” a white stallion called from the chariot.

Candy Heart waved as the carriage flew off back in the direction of Manehatten.  Candy turned around and thought to herself, “Princess Celestia is right! This place looks like the friendliest place in Equestria!” Candy’s cyan eyes dazzled in delight as she began trotting down the streets of Ponyville, she smiled at the few ponies along the sidewalks.

The streets of Ponyville were pleasant. Houses and stores were each painted. Most of the homes were a cottage like style. There was a farm, a cloud house, treehouses, and amazing stores. Candy Heart loved the cheery feeling she got from the town.

A few hours later, the unicorn found herself lost at night. She saw some friendly looking ponies nearby and trotted over. “Um, excuse me, but, do you happen to know where any hotels might be?” she asked. A yellow mare with pink hair smiled at her, but didn’t say anything. An orange pony was the first to speak. “Oh, well, we have one hotel. It ain’t the best, but it’s cheap.” She said in a thick country accent. “I don’t mind, so where is this hotel at?” she asked again, very sweetly. The mare pointed over to a building next to a store called “Sugarcube Corner”

After thanking the generous mare and smiling at the shy yellow mare, she began trotting off towards the hotel. “This sure is on nasty place, but it will have to do for now. “She said to herself. She stood outside a white building with rust covering the pipes on the walls. The walls were horribly cracked and she was fearful about seeing the inside. “What happens if it rains?” After thinking it through thoroughly, she understood that it was late, cold, and she was in a new town – she needed to just suck it up and go in.

Finally, she entered the building.  The walls were covered in yellow diamond wallpaper. It was faded and barely visible. In the back right corner of the room an old and worn leather couch was covered in dust. She felt almost sorry for the poor couch, wasting its youth in a corner. “Couches don’t have a youth, stupid!” she thought to herself.

In the back left corner, she saw an old wooden desk. There was a bell there and a note. She walked over, the soft carpet under her hooves was kind of a shock, she had expected it to fell matted together and gross, but it was strangely comforting. She looked at the old desk and grabbed the note, it read:

Dear guests,

If I am not in the lobby at this time please ring the bell. I will be there momentarily.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sunrise Daisy

She grabbed the bell and rang it. There was no answer. “Hello?” somepony said. A teal mare came into the lobby. She had a daisy cutie mark. Her hair was grey and body was turquoise color, sort of teal. She had yellow eyes that were hidden behind her glasses. “Oh my! My hotel has a visitor!” she said in glee. She trotted over to Candy eagerly.

“Hello! My name is Mrs. Sunrise Daisy; I’m the owner and manager of this hotel.  As you can see, we haven’t had a visitor in quite some time! “She said smiling. She walked around her desk and pulled out a form. “Can you please sign this form?” she asked politely. Candy was confused, “Does she really need me to sign this, how many ponies actually come here?” She must have made a face because Mrs. Sunrise Daisy said, “It’s mandatory by the Mayor of Ponyville.” She said, still smiling.

      Candy Heart was given first pick on the room. The rooms were much cleaner and friendlier looking than the lobby. The manager insisted it was because of the visitors (that came every now-and then) would be uncomfortable. Candy thought it was also the fact the health inspector would close down the hotel if the rooms were as messy as the lobby. She chose a room with red walls and a red carpet. She had a bathroom on the right and dresser in the back left corner and it only cost thirty bits!

Candy was extremely tired. She took a bath and walked over to the dresser mirror. She removed her white bows from her red and white hair. Her white fur was pristine from taking a nice warm bath. She leaped into the bed. The sheets and blanket were red and they had just been washed by Mrs. Daisy. She curled up in her bed and used her magic to turn off the lights. She took only a few minutes to fall asleep…

In her dreams, she thought of all the young foals she would save. Foals that were a lot like Candy Heart herself…

CHAPTER TWO COMING SOON!