Unexpected Adventures

Today was the day. Today Whip finally moved out on his own to his new house. His new home wasn't the largest, but it was what he needed. A simple two story house with two bedrooms, each with their own bathroom. The living room was average, he had his couch, lounge chair, TV and coffee table set up already, but he had yet to get everything set up in the bedrooms and kitchen.

His mother was unsure about him leaving so soon, but he compromised with her and found a house only a mile away from her. He promised he would visit her at least once a week, and that seemed to put her at ease. She gave him some extra bits to pay for a moving carriage so he didn't have to make trips back and forth, but he insisted that he payed her back. After a bit of convincing on his part, she finally agreed.

It only took him about four hours to move everything inside, and three more hours to get everything where it belonged. He had yet to set up his entire bedroom, but he decided that could wait until tomorrow. He slowly trotted upstairs to his room and unpacked a blanket and pillow for the night. He lazily threw himself on to the bed and almost instantly fell asleep. Today was a long day for him, and he still had to buy food for himself in the morning. But all that mattered right now was his bed and his dreams.

12:34. He couldn't believe that he slept almost half his day away. But with all the hard work he had done the day before, he thought he deserved the large amount of sleep.

Whip quickly washed himself up and brushed out his mess of a mane. He grabbed a large bag of bits and his favorite sweatshirt, he had to see if he could get a new one today. The poor thing was falling apart. There were holes in the sleeves and chest area, and the sleeves were loose from getting stretched out so much. He threw on his saddle bags, grabbed his keys, and locked the door as he walked out.

Luckily, he didn't live that far away from the market. Which he thought was awesome, mostly because that meant he wouldn't have to carry all his groceries for a long time. He pulled out the list he had made the night before and gave it a look over. "Hmm. Looks like I got a lot on here, hopefully I'll have enough bits to pay for everything." He folded the list in half so he wouldn't have so much to look at right now. The first thing he had on his list were apples. Man, did he love apples. His mother usually just got apples from a dear friend of her's, but today he decided to check somewhere else. He had heard that there was a family that owned an apple farm not too far from here, and they had their own stand out here in the market. From what he was told, they were the best apples in town, and he was not about to give up his chance to see for himself.

After a few minutes of getting directions from passing ponies, he soon found the Apple Family apple stand. The mare running it wasn't much older than him, but she looked as though she could buck him halfway across Ponyville. Her frame was well built, her hind legs thick with muscle. She definitely had the looks of a country mare, the cowboy hat kinda helped with that conclusion. The mare was just finishing up with another customer when she spotted him and gave a big smile.

"Well howdy there partner! Never seen you around these parts,were ya interested in buyin some delicious Apple Family apples?"

Whip simply smiled and held out his hoof for a shake. "Well hello ma'am. My name is whip and I just recently moved out on my own, so I'm out buying some food for my new home. I'm a huge fan of apples, but I never had to chance to try the Apple Families apples. So I thought this would be a great chance to get some. How much would it be for ten?"

The mare grabbed his hoof and gave it a good shake with her smile still shining brightly. "It's nice to meet ya Whip, the name's Apllejack! Pleasure to meet ya! Just movin out on yer own are ya? Well aint that just dandy! Tell ya what, since this is your first time buyin ma families apples, you can have those ten apples for free!" Before Whip could say anything, Applejack simply tipped one of the buckets of apples over and poured exactly ten apples into one of his saddle bags.

"Wow ma'am, you really don't have to do this, I'm very happy to pay-" Applejack waved her hoof a bit to stop Whip mid-sentence. "It aint no problem at all! It's nice to help out somepony anytime, think notin of it. And please, call me Applejack." Her smile still shined bright, it actually made Whip smile a bit.

"Well, thanks a lot Applejack! I really appreciate this. Well, I better get going if I want to get everything else on my list. Thanks again!" He gave a small wave and began to leave. As he was trotting off, he thought he heard Applejack say "cute", but he figured he must have been hearing things.

It didn't take him too long to get half the things he had on his list, but with the way his bags felt, he wasn't going to be getting anything else for today. He decided that he would wait to go shopping again tomorrow so he could get everything else on his list. He was about halfway home when all of a sudden his vision was filled with pink and all he could hear was a loud buzzing sound. He was startled so bad that he jumped back and tripped, falling to the ground and spilling all his food on the ground.

"Oopsie daisies! My name's Pinkie Pie! Sorry I scared you like that but I just had to come say hello cause I've never met you before and I already know everypony else in Ponyville so I thought you were new! And if you're new that means you haven't made any friends yet and if you haven't made any friends yet then you must be lonely and I couldn't just stand by and watch you be lonely!"

Whip took a minute to regain himself and try to understand everything that was being told to him. He stood up and dusted himself off, not very amused by the eccentric pink pony before him. "Umm. Riiiight. Well, my name is Whip. It's nice to meet you Pinkie Pie?"

He began picking up the groceries that he dropped, but he occasionally glanced up at the bouncing pink mare to let her know he was paying attention to her. She began talking about how sorry she was and that she wanted to make it up to him by throwing him a big party. She kept going on saying that she throws parties for everypony and that she didn't remember throwing a party for him yet and that she felt bad about it.

"Look, Pinkie Pie. I'm flattered that you want to throw a party for me and all, but I just moved out on my own, and I just want a while to simply relax. Maybe you can throw a party later, but not now."

Pinkie Pie giggled loudly and began to bonce around Whip. "You moved out on your own? Wow! Now I need to throw you a "New home just met you sorry for forgetting to throw you a party" party! Oh this is going to be so much fun! This is going to be the best party ever!" She continued to bounce around you before she slowed down a little and abruptly stopped in front of him. She started looking Whip up and down and all around.

"Hey! I just noticed how cute you were! We should totally be coltfriend marefriend! Unless you already have a special somepony cause then I couldn't be yours cause you would already have one! Do you have one?" Whip was a bit surprised at what he was hearing. He didn't expect this mare to be so....upfront about it. "Well....umm."

"Oh silly me! We cant just start being marefriend coltfriend cause we haven't even gone out on a date yet! We should totally do that though that way maybe we can become marefriend coltfriend! Ooh! I need to go make some plans and get a dress! This is going to be so exiting! I'll see you later!" Pinkie darted off without saying another word. Whip was left there to be confused and a bit shocked at what had just happened.

Whip stood there for a few minutes before he realized that he had groceries to bring home. He picked up the last few food items off the ground and placed them in his saddle bags. He slipped them back on and started trotting home at a bit quicker pace, not wanting to be stopped again. Today was already crazy enough, he could only imagine how the rest of his week would be.