Abrupt Sense of Flames

Chapter Two-

  The sound of knocking hooves on the front door brings you back to your cinnamon roll-induced coma as you jump a little and Cherry giggling to herself slightly. She always got a kick out of how jumpy you have always been.

  You’ve sort of always been that way sense you parents passed. I guess it’s because having the roll of Big Brother and taking a new title, and still keeping the old, of man around the house was a bit intimidating from all of the responsibility that was so suddenly thrown on your shoulders. Being of course your uncle the few times he was ever here never did anything and you ended up on the other side of responsibility that a kid should be on, taking care of him and cleaning up his messes.

  You had no idea where he was currently. Probably hung up in some bar somewhere. Not even here to see his only family leave. Shame.

  Getting up from what felt like an eternity, you walk to the door. Shaking your head a bit to wake you up more for who ever is on the other side of the door.

  “Good day Mr. uh.. Shrivelton?” the broad, strange colt asks in inquiry. His mane a light red and his coat a soothing yellow. A strange combination for such an immense colt.

  “No, that is my uncle,” you tell the strange colt blandly.

  “Oh well were here for some kids to pick up to ponyville?”

  “Yes that’s us.” ‘The kids’ you thought to yourself. Walking back into you’re soon not to be home, grabbing your suitcase and calling for Cherry to get her things.

  After returning to the door the door with Cherry the colt leads you to a carriage drawn by himself and another colt, similar in size.

  You didn’t catch much of the other colts’ features other than his mane. A dark blue. More suiting than his friend.

  As you get into the back, throwing your only luggage into the small and cramp corner of the compartment near the left end of the carriage.

  Without warning the two colts driving this carriage start exigently, catching you and Cherry of guard as you fall down near the end. Clutching your self’s to the rail that stood between you and the sky next to you.

  Aparently, Shrivelton couldn’t have found anypony cheaper, and ruder than these two morons.

  The sound of Cherry yelling of excitement woke you up. Apparently you were arriving. ‘But Ponyville isn’t even that far away?’ you though. ‘How did I fall asleep?’ You shrug the question out of your mind. Finding it irrelevant to your current task of finding this Library.

  They had dropped you off near the entrance to Ponyville. Stepping out, your legs wiggle a bit, finding the new earth below you.

  You look up and you see a town not to far in the distance that apparently was Ponyville. Along the town seemed generally the same height buildings from what you could see by just looking, other than a tall clock tower that read 11:23.

  “Good thing I took this map!” exclaimed Cherry. Waving it around like its some sort of prize that they give out for being awesome.

  “Where did you get that?” You ask sternly.

  “I foooouuunndd it!” She says, stretching her sentence to hint that she didn’t actually find it.

“Ok now, give it here,” You tell her, giggling a bit. She hands you the map and the second you lay your eyes on it you can tell clearly that they had left you on the opposite side of town that you wanted to be.

  Cursing under your breath you turn to Cherry who’s found a monarch butterfly to amuse her.

  “Were not that far from here.” You tell her, not trying to be a complete buzz kill about your situation but she will find out anyways. Good now to keep her happy. “We need to walk straight through ‘Sugarcube corner’.” You say to then realize that there is no audience. Cherry is off playing, nearing these dark and creepy woods.

  “Cherry? Comeback lets go!” Yelling to her as she drifts off farther away from you. She hears you and happily comes bouncing back. “Ok let’s go.” And you’re off down a dirt road into this new place you have never been to.

  You have to admit that it does seem a bit nice her. Nicer than you expected. You’ve had little to no experience with earth ponies, but from their name, they don’t seem like the cleanest ponies. They are quite clean, and their buildings are varying with an array of colors and unique designs that you star in aw around you.

  You begin to near this ‘Shugarcube corner’ after what seems to have been an hour. To your surprise that random guess was true. There was a tall clock tower that you had noticed on your way in, read 12:31.

  Entering Shugarcube corner was a busy place. Ponies were everywhere. Coming and going from shops and stands that lined the streets. Nopony seemed to be in a rush, other than a grey coated, blond haired mare who was rushing around with a messengers satchel around her shoulder was flying high over head. The calm and relaxed atmosphere that was Shugarcube corner made you felt good, and a bit hungry.

  Even after that huge breakfast of as many cinnamon rolls that one pony could eat, you do find yourself craving just a snack. Perhaps a sweet? Right on queue, a desserts shop with a sign over it labeled “Mr. and Mrs. Cake” appeared in the corner of your eye.

  You begin to cross over to your right and approach this establishment when you trip Cherry who you had forgotten you were with.

  “Ow!” Cherry shrieks as her front hooves stopped by yours ran to a halt, and her backside running of inertia, flips her over onto her back.

  Scramming back up, she hits you on your calf. “Hey watch where you’re going!” she yells filled with rage.

  “Sorry Cherry, I was thinking that we could pick up a sweet from this place.”

  “OH! A SWEET!” Cherry barks out loud.

  You giggle a bit from her intense mood swings and continue on your track into the building.

  Opening the door, you see a pink puffy haired and pink coated mare sitting near the register. This mare’s face suddenly exploded (and when I say exploded, I mean EXPLODED!) with ecstasy so great I thought I might be blown over from how fast she ran up to me.

“HI! WHO ARE YOU?! I’ve never seen you in Ponyville before! That’s weird because I know all the ponies in Ponyville! You must be new! Im Pinkie Pie! I gotta throw you a party!

You suddenly regret your decision.