I saw Rainbow Dash depart the train before I made it to my stop. I unlatched the window and pushed it up, waving at her. She gave a small smile and waved back. I waved her to come over, to which she obliged. “The train leaves again in a minute, so I wanted to give you something.” I smiled to her. She raised her brow.

“This isn’t going to be one of those cheesy love felt goodbyes where the two ponies never see each other again, is it?” She laughed.

I shook my head, giving her a small leather bound booklet. “No way, because I’m totally coming back.” I leaned over the train windowsill, lightly kissing Rainbow on her soft cyan cheek. She blushed, and I heard Fluttershy squeal and giggle.

“O- okay...” Rainbow smiled, her face red. I sit back in my booth, a wide smile on my face. My eyes never leave Rainbow’s, and hers never left mine, until the train whistle sounded. “You’re a dork, you know that?” she giggled softly, still red.

“Oh, I know.” I chuckle back. “Don’t forget it either.” The train started to move, making me lurch forward at the sudden movement. I give one last wave to Rainbow, and she one last wave to me. I kept waving until she was a small blue speck in the shrinking town, and after she was gone, I sighed.

The station in Manehattan was huge. The sign above the tunnel we entered through read “Grand Central Station.” A loudspeaker blared an older mares voice, “Now arriving; train to Detrot.” I departed, leaving all but a handful of my old life behind me. My family, friends, talent and the messy rainbow maned beauty miles away. I started toward the apartment district, where I had living space all ready to move into. I passed shabby complexes and more kept complexes, relieved my building was one of the latter.

I walked into the tall building. The wall to my left had metal boxes, a plaque above it had a mailing envelop carved into it. I went to the front desk, where a nicely dressed unicorn mare, a little older then myself, smiled. “Hi, I’m Silver Script, I had an apartment reserved.” She nodded and went back into a file cabinet, shuffling through the folders quickly with her magic.

“Ah yes, Mr. Script. I was told to expect you tomorrow.” She walked back in front of me. A key flew from the file and on the desk, “Your room is D-13, on the fourth floor.” she smiled again. “Now rent on it is 150 bits a month, so I hope a nice young stallion like yourself can get work fast.” I smiled and nodded.

“Thank you very much.” I grip the key in my teeth and set it in my bag. “Have a nice day, ma’am.” She nodded in response. I turned and walked up the stairs. Four flights up? At least I’ll be fit. As I get to the fourth floor, I scan the doors, the closest was D-1, so I had to continue down the hall. On the left were odd numbers, right were even, so I counted the doors on the left, “D-11...” I stopped, coming to a wall. “Huh?” I look to the right, D-12. I look forward. “Ah, D-13.” I pulled the key from my back and put it the lock. The tumblers knocked loudly as the handle unlocked. I walked into my new apartment, it was small, but I didn’t need much. I look ahead, counting the rooms. A restroom, a bedroom, and the main room. The main room was the largest, having room for a two seater couch and an island separating the kitchen from the living area. The biggest annoyance was the lack of furnishings, and the idea of carrying a couch up four flights of stairs. ‘I miss GM.’ my mind thought back to my friends. I took my bag and set it up on the bed, dividing my clothes, setting up framed pictures. One was missing, but I never managed to get a picture with her, or of her for that matter. I shook my head and continued to spread my belongings.

Afterward, I went and picked up my paper I managed to get before I left Cloudsdale, it was a couple days old, but I’m sure that didn’t matter. I saw an add for a coffee franchise, Starbucks. I’ve heard their wages aren’t the best, but I’d only need enough for rent and food, for now. I’d have to budget my money wisely. I counted the bits in my coin bag, 45 bits, that should afford groceries for a month. I flew down to the grocer, and bought plenty of food. The counter stallion was old, I could see a rough life in his eyes.

“40 Bits.” he said sternly. I nodded and poured the payment in front of him. He counted, nodded, and sent me on my way.

The way to and from the grocer was shady, old decrepit buildings, and ponies that didn’t seem like they’d help you up if you fell, but would in fact kick you and take what you had. ‘Ponyville is sounding allot better right now.’ I thought as a pony, seemingly still in school, eyed me as I crossed his stoop. I crossed the street, seemingly nopony coming in carriages. As I get into the middle of the street, a pale pegasus with dark shades and spiked black mane bolted passed me, stopping only a moment and turning back at me.

“Watch where you going, you fool!” he yelled, then continued to fly on at the same ridiculous speed. I dropped a couple oranges, but nothing a little water wouldn’t fix.

“This place is crazy...” I moaned. I decided to forget the walk, and flew back to my apartment. I landed on the small fire escape outside my room, opened the window and crawled through. I flopped on the mattress and sighed. “Maybe I should’ve considered Dash’s offer more....”

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“Oh, I know.” he chuckled. “Don’t forget it either.” The train started to move, making Silver lurch forward at the sudden movement. He gave one last wave to Rainbow, and she one last wave to him. Silver kept waving until she couldn’t make him out along the long line of red train cars. She sighs, somewhat softly, looking at the leather bound book he gave her.

“What did he give you?” Fluttershy’s sudden question made Rainbow jump, she whirled around and tucked the booklet into her bag.

“Dunno, I’ll find out later.” she smiled, “So you said you had a small cottage near the forest to stay at?” Fluttershy nodded, a small smile across her lips.

“Oh yes, like I said, it’s small, but two ponies should be able to live there just fine. Come on, let’s go move in!” Fluttershy continued to talk about their new home, things like rent, the spacious acres surrounding it. Rainbow didn’t listen much. All that was on her mind was the small brown booklet Silver gave her. “Rainbow Dash?”

Rainbow blinked, then shook her head, “Sorry Fluttershy, I guess Silver’s daydreaming was contagious.” she laughed, then looked at her butter yellow friend, her face a little red. “Are you okay?”

“Yes, just thinking about what I saw at the train station, Silvers widdle peck on your cheek~” she teased softly, giggling at Rainbow’s sudden redness.

“Lets just got to your cottage, okay?” Rainbow scratched behind her neck.

Author's Note

9/29/13-
I just updated grammar checks, name mess-ups, and rewrote some parts in the last 5 chapters, so feel free to reread them