Chapter 1: A new face (Otts Perspective)
It was a bright, sunny day in PonyVille, birds singing, ponies chatting, it was cheerful, the way PonyVille should be. Now, let me introduce myself, I am Otts Gamer, a blue Pegasus colt with a dirty blonde mane with a blue streak down the middle, I have sapphire eyes and a game pad as my cutie mark, I'm a friendly colt, I love making new friends and hanging out with the friends I already have, going out for picnics in the park, playing games or just staying in and having a good time. Now, today was different to any other day, as for today, a special friend of mine arrived in town, except, he wasn't exactly my friend yet, we never met until now, his name, Miles, I never did find out his last name, shame really, anyways, moving on, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, I had just finished getting some groceries and was heading back, to get back home I have to travel past the train station, as I did I saw the train pull in, I knew my friend Rarity had been to Canterlot for the weekend for some royal business, so I thought I'd wait and see if she had come back, ponies came off the train but no Rarity, I was disappointed as I had missed her these last couple of days, I shrugged it off and stared to trot back home, when a soft innocent voice behind me spoke up.
"E-excuse me..?" the voice said "C-can you help me please sir?".
I turned to the voice, there was nopony in front of me.
"Down here"
A small orange hoof waved at me, I looked down and saw a small orange colt, with a orange and white mane, and a white nose, his eyes were a light blue.
"I'm looking for somepony..."
he was nervous, I could tell from his mannerisms and the way he was speaking, he avoided eye contact and looked down at his hooves for the most part, I got down to his level
"Who are you looking for buddy?"
I smiled softly to comfort him, make him feel safe around me, he looked to me with a faint smile
"I'm looking for...uhm..."
He pulled a piece of paper out of his blue saddle bag.
"I'm looking for Oats"
I laughed a little "Oats? Mind if I see the paper?"
He nodded and hesitantly gave me the paper, it didnt say "Oats" but it did say "Otts".
"This says Otts little guy"
he nodded and smiled "that's what I meant! Y-you know him?"
I smiled and returned the paper to him, he put it back in his saddle bag.
"I do know Otts, we're very close"
he looked happier, what did he want with me? Only one way to find out "Why you looking for him? If you don't mind me asking of course"
"Well...I know he used to live at the orphanage, I came from their to find him"
Ah, the orphanage, how I hate that place, kid made the right choice getting away. "Oh? And you're looking for him because?"
I needed to know, if he's trying to make me go back, he has no chance.
"Well..I sorta...ran away...." He sighed and kicked at the ground, looking down.
"Oh...thats awful kid....can I tell you a secret?" He looked up at me and nodded, I whispered to him "I'm Otts" Of course he didn't believe me....
"How do I know you're not lying? You could be anypony"
I smiled, reciting the orphanage oath, his eyes widened in shock, he then gave the biggest grin I had ever seen, hugging my fore legs tight
"It is you!"
I was confused, why was he so happy
"Uh...kid, why the huggy huggy?"
He stopped and smiled "Sorry, I just can't believe I found you! They said I wouldn't and I did!"
Hmph, typical, they never did like me their, telling this guy I would never be found "Haha, ok kid, seriously, why did you look for me?"
"Well...since I ran away...I kinda need someplace to stay...and I thought...because we are both orphans...you would let me stay with you?"
He fluttered his eyes and grinned cutely, I felt touched, I just couldn't say no to his face! I let him stay with me "Sure thing! But, before we head back, whats your name little bro?"
He smiled "Noponies ever called me their bro before, my name is Miles, just Miles, I think..." He looked confused and a little upset, I chuckled and picked him up and place him on my back, he giggled and smiled happily
"Come on Miles, lets go to your new home!"
I started to trot before eventually taking off, as we lifted off Miles said to me "Uh...Otts? You left your groceries..." I sighed and turned around, picking them up and resuming flying back home.
We reached my home and I let him inside, got him settled in, showing him his now room, which was just a spare room with an extra bed in, he yawned, it was pretty late at this point
"I'm sleepy Otts...." I smiled and took him to bed, tucking him in, he smiled sleepily
"Thank you..." He let out the cutest yawn "Otts...."
He slowly drifted to sleep, snoring lightly, I smiled and got up, turning out the light and going to my room, I got into my bed and slowly fell to sleep, things were going to be different around here, and boy, I wasn't expecting what would happen!
Chapter 2: A new face (Miles Perspective)
I sighed as I walked to the train station, my saddle bag over my back, no bits, no idea where I was going, just a wish of finding somewhere nice, somewhere I can be happy, be...me...
Lets start with me introducing myself, my name, is Miles, I'm an orange earth pony, although, I wish I was a Pegasus, flying high, being free, I wanna fly high, above the clouds. I've...not had an easy life, I'm an orphan you see, and I've spent my whole life at the Las Pegasus orphanage, wishing to be adopted, I'm waiting no longer, day in day out, I get bullied by the other ponies, just because I have no friends there, I'm an outcast, a loser....
Enough about me, so I'm at the train station, waiting for the train to anywhere, anywhere will do, just not here, maybe Canterlot, or even Manehatten! I didn't care, as long as it wasn't Las Pegasus I'd be happy. Eventually after waiting for around thirty minutes, the train finally pulled in to the station, some ponies got off and some got on, I had to be sneaky about getting on as I didn't have a ticket, I waited until the last second and quickly dashed on, just as the doors were closing, I hid under some seats as the ticket collector, I think that's what he's called, went around the train collecting the tickets, until I looked for somewhere to sit.
There was nowhere, every seat was filled, I sighed and hung my head, I just wanted to sit down, I had to walk a long distance to the train station and had to stand for thirty minutes, I desperately looked up and around until I saw an empty seat, I beamed with happiness, running over, just before I reached the seat, a white unicorn sat down, I halted in my tracks and looked at her. She had a purple curly mane and tail, with soft blue eyes and some eye liner on.
I sighed and hung my head, turning to walk away, then she spoke to me.
"Darling? You can sit with me if you'd like too?"
I turned and looked to her, she was smiling softly
"Y-you mean it?" I asked
"Of course dear! Nopony should have to stand on a train, just think of the damage it will do to your hooves! Come, take a seat!"
I smiled happily and sat across from her, she told me her name was Rarity and she lived in PonyVille.
"I'm going to Manehatten, just finished some work in Canterlot for Princess Celestia"
"The Princess?!" I was shocked, she knew the Princess!?
She giggled softly and nodded "She just wanted me to help her with the summer sun planning for next year"
I smiled and spoke to her about the summer sun festival, I never got to go...well...I never wanted to due to the bullying...
"So where are you going darling?"
"I...I don't actually know..." My ears flopped down and I sighed sadly "I just want to get away from it all somewhere new...."
Her happy expression turned to that of a sad one, she then took a pen and a small piece of paper out of her saddle bag and wrote something down, it was a name.
I looked up and took it from her as she hooved it to me "Otts..?" I asked, confused.
She smiled and nodded "Go to PonyVille and ask for Otts, he's such a nice colt, he will help you out, I promise"
The train came to a halt at her stop, she smiled at me "Good luck Miles, you'll do fine with Ottsy" She smiled and got off the train, waving as it chugged away from the station, I sighed and leaned back in my seat, waiting to get to PonyVille.
"Sir? Do you have a ticket?"
Those words....I did not want to hear
"U-Uhm...n-no sir...."
This was it, the end of my travel....
"I'm going to have to ask you to get off at the next stop sir..."
"Can I ask what the next stop is...?" I looked to the colt
"PonyVille sir"
I smiled lightly "Perfect"
As the train came to a halt, I stepped of the train, my adventure in PonyVille were about to begin!
