Life and Times of Silver Script

“I don’t get it!” Rainbow nearly yelled, “You’ve been here for two days, TWO DAYS, and you haven’t met Pinkie yet!?” Rainbow looks to me as if I’ve completed the most brutal flight trick in history fifty times over without falter, “How did you manage that!?”

“You know what I don’t get?” I reply, having Rainbow’s utmost attention, “I don’t get why this Pinkie Pie is such a big deal that I have to be warned about her on the train ride over here, then congratulated for being able to meet almost everypony in town save for her...”

“Well since we’re on the topic, who’ve you met and what have you learned?” Rainbow challenged.

“Twilight Sparkle is the Librarian, as well as a princess in light of recent events, Applejack and her family run the local apple orchard, Rarity is a fashionista, quite a good one at that, Fluttershy is still as timid as ever, Cheerilee is the teacher of the the school house, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are part of a club to get their cutie marks, and you....” I think a moment, then change my thoughts as she shoots me a glare, “have swollen with awesomeness?” I quickly edit my train of thought, ‘not the first thing to come to mind.’ I think to myself.

“Not bad,” she smirks as we reach a gingerbread styled house, “Ladies first,” she snickers. I laugh, but do not budge.

“You said it, Dash, not me.” I give a sly smirk and wink. From her reaction, it almost crossed my mind that it would be the death of me, but she walked in first nonetheless. I canter in after her into the dark room. From the lingering scents, I could tell it was a bakery. Cupcakes, donuts, and more all mixed in the air of the dark room. Dark. “Dash?”

I strain my eyes, no response. There was a quick movement in the corner, then a high pitch giggle in the opposite corner. I slowly back to the door, only for a flash of pink to slam it shut behind me. Pitch black, I never did well in the dark, much less pitch black. I feel a hot breath behind my ear, as it reaches my nose, I smell... cotton candy? “Nopony gets past meeeee~.” a light giggly voice softly sings. I turn my head, only to see nothing there.

“Okay, I’m getting creeped out now.” I say, trembling. That was an understatement, one brash surprise and my heart would probably stop. As if on perfect cue.

The lights all turn on, the room is filled with colorful smiling faces, “SURPRISE!” everypony yelled. I feel my heart stop alright, as I’m on my back two seconds later. Some laugh, but Dash walks up and picks me up from the ground.

“Jeez, it’s just a joke Silver!” she laughs, “Get a hold of yourself.” I grumble, making her snicker, “Okay maybe scaring you out of your skin was a little too far, but I got you, admit it!”

“Me too! Me too!” the pink ball of energy bounced all around, “Oh Dashie that was so much fun! Can we do it again? Can we, can we, can we!?” I turn my gaze between the two, then laugh.

“Oh man, that was great!” I hold my side, continuing to laugh, “I haven’t been scared like that since 4 Nightmare Nights ago!” I turn to see all the decorations, “Wow, and I haven’t seen a party this big since graduation.” I mused.

“What do you mean ‘big’?” Pinkie cocked her head, “This was done in the last five minutes! You wanna see big, you gotta come to my Nightmare Night bash next week!”

‘Cloud and Flitter were right, this mare is nuts, but I find it hard to be annoyed by it.’ I think, smiling, “Well I’ll definitely have to come for that! But for current matters, what’s all this for?” For some strange reason, I can’t stop smiling.

“Oh you silly! This is your ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ party!” she hops closer, inches from my face, and yells, “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!” her mane seems to explode with party poppers, streamers and confetti falling around and in her fluffy mane. She wraps her foreleg around me and pulls me to her side, whooping her free foreleg in the air, “Let’s party!” to which, everypony cheered as the music from a nearby DJ began playing.

After about an hour of mingling, a sudden groan reminds me of what I haven’t had since morning. I stare almost dumbly at the snack table, filled with all manner of treats, apples, and some purple punch. As I trot closer to the life saving table, I absentmindedly grab several plates, dishing them all up to small piles of grub. I glance around at the tables set up, and see Rainbow, along with her other friends and the Princess. They all wave me over and offer me a seat.

“Oh yeah, I plum forgot, you still haven’t eaten?” Applejack places a hoof on my shoulder, I just shake my head, throwing a fritter in the air, letting it land in my mouth. Rainbow and Applejack snicker, but Rarity hides her feelings behind a weak smile.

I dab my lips, “Sorry, when I go an entire day without eating, I can be a bit... sloppy.” I note. Most nod, understanding, but Pinkie reaches over and grabs one of my fritters, trying to replicate my trick, only for it to fall on her snout.

She stares blankly up for a second or two, then snorts a giggle, spreading it across the table. “Oopsie!” she shrugs, her tongue wrapping around the fritter in a remarkable prehensile fashion and pulls it into her mouth, chewing happily.

‘Something tells me that’s not the weirdest thing I’ll see from her.’ I think to myself.

“So, Silver.” Princess Twilight smiles, “What do you think of Ponyville so far?” she puts her head in her hooves, looking at me with great interest.

“Well, to be honest...” I start, sounding hesitant. The six mares lean in closer, waiting for me to finish, “I love it here!” I laugh, “Should’ve come here with Dash and Flutters five years ago!”

The girls all laugh, save for Dash, who looks like she’s contemplating something, something she hadn’t thought about for a long time.

The party raved for another two hours, and I met about half of the town, I guessed. As suspected, Pinkie’s mood was crestfallen when it ended, but then I smiled, “Hey Pinks, can’t wait for your Nightmare bash!”

She jumped with excitement, “Oh I know! It’s going to be sooooooo GOOOD!” she laughs, then zips back into the bakery. I, on the other hoof, looked to the cyan mare at my side.

“Hey Rainbow, you okay?” I lightly poke her side with my hoof.

She jumps, “Oh, yeah I’m cool.” smirking, “You gonna stay at my place again tonight?”

I shrug, “I know you already have Scoots there, so if you don’t have the room, I can go get a motel room or something.”

“No way! You can totally stay with me, until you get your own place anyway.” she smirks, “But I call my bed tonight.”

A mischievous smirk spreads on my face, “I don’t mind sharing, Dashie~” I laugh as the mare punches my shoulder, “I can crash on the couch, no problem.”