This tells how I, Sol Shooter, was kicked out of house and home in Canterlot by my father for getting expelled. My mother slipped me a letter that said to go to Ponyville and stay at Rarity's until she is able to get me back home. Rarity, with whom my mother was a friend and customer, allowed me to stay until Mother says it's safe to come home. What will happen here in this small town? How long will I be staying here? Will I want to leave? You will find the answers in this short story.

An entry for SFNW's October contest.

(This is set two years before the end of S3. I have the Alternate Universe tag as it's not set in the universe the show is set in, but a similar universe.)

Thanks to cooljwj for pre-reading.

[The OC Sol Shooter is owned by Isaac Andrew Helget. Any use without his expressed consent is strictly prohibited.]