A New Life

"Brent, are you sure about this?" "Of course I am" "I don't know little Bro, it seems, dangerous." "Remember what you said? Live life to its fullest!" "Yeah, I did say that didn't I?" " Ugghhh..." Brent groaned as he awoke from his sleep. He tried to look at the clock, but it was blurry, so he wiped his eyes and when he did, he noticed tears. "Hmm, that's strange." He said to himself as he sat up. He looked at the clock. "6:45 A.M., damn its early, well for me anyhow, I'll get up anyway, huh, bet Roseluck's up, that reminds me, I need to go see her again." Brent said to himself as he slipped his morning shoes on, and walked into the kitchen where he planned to eat breakfast. Since he didn't bring much, all he had to eat was a box of cereal that read Chocolate Covered Oats. Brent opened the box poured a bowl, and went to the fridge, when he remembered. "Oh yeah, no milk, damn." He said under his breath as he closed the fridge door. So he ate his dry bowl of cereal and turned on the TV. As he watched the morning cartoons, he was thinking of his task that needed to be done. "Okay, first things first, get groceries, then, find a job, I think I saw a job board in the town hall." Brent said to himself as he made a list of thing to do. "And last I'm gonna go visit Roseluck, Okay looks like a plan, but I don't think the stores are open around this time." As Brent waited for the stores to open, he watched TV but also studied the map the mare at the desk in the town hall gave him. "Let’s see, there is my apartment, and town hall, and looks like this says Sugarcube Corner, I'm guessing pastries. The library is located there, and Sweet Apple Acres is located there. After Brent was finished watching cartoons he looked at the clock. "7:35 A.M. the stores don't open for another 25 minutes. I guess I’ll take stroll, just to get an idea of where to go. Brent unlocked the door to his apartment, and headed out into the street.

    It was a cold and rainy day in Ponyville. This didn't bother Brent, as it wasn't raining hard, but he threw on his coat and left his apartment to go look around. He first started at the bridge in Ponyville, from the EverFree Forest to Sweet Apple Acres. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary to him, just a small town full of rural like life. On the way back to his apartment Brent had remembered he forgot to get groceries. So he headed to the store. Even though it was bad weather, there were still a sizable amount of other ponies at the market place. Brent went up to the vegetable stand, got some lettuce, carrots, and tomato's. "Thank you for shopping at carrot top's shop!" The mare with the orange mane at the stand said in a loud voice. "Next bread." Brent said to himself. He headed over to a bread and sweet stand, where a mare with a tan coat and a dark blue and pink mane looked at him strangely. "Hello to Bon-Bon's Flour Heaven, Baked goods and sweets, may help you?" The mare said. "Yes, I would just like a loaf of bread." Brent said. "I know I haven't seen you around Ponyville, you’re new aren't you?" "Yep, pleasure to meet you miss...?" "Call me Bon-Bon" The mare said. "Call me Brent." "Brent? may I say that is a strange name, where did you come from?" Bon-Bon asked. "I was born in Baltimare, raised half of my life in Baltimare, Half of it in Manehatten." Brent said quickly as he was picking up the bread. "So you’re a city pony? You don't sound like it." "Well, I wasn't the biggest social bug." Brent said chuckling a little. "Well for somepony who hasn't had many friends, I think you are a friendly pony." Bon-Bon said "Thank you Bon-Bon, that means a lot." "You’re welcome, hey, you look like you could use a good time, DJ-Pon3 is performing in the local club, maybe you might consider?" Bon-Bon said with a wide grin. "Uhh sure, when is it?" Brent said. "Friday night actually, we can meet up outside and everything, and you can meet my good friend Lyra!" "Um..." Brent gave it some thought at first. "Yeah, sure I'll go tonight." Brent said with an assuring look. "Awesome, I can't wait!" Bon-Bon said with excitement. Brent left the stand saying his goodbye's and he headed home to drop the groceries off, then went right back outside.

    "Alright, now I’ve gotta go to town hall, and look at the jobs available." Brent said to himself as he walked out the door. "HELLO THERE NEW PONY!" A startling high pitched voice said. The voice made Brent jump and stumble to the ground almost having a heart attack! "Oh I'm sorry, are you okay?" The high pitched voice said. "Yeah, I'm fine, why is it everypony's mission to scare the hell out of me?!" Brent said as he was catching his breath. "I'm so so soooooo sorry! I just wanted to welcome you to Ponyville!" The high pitched voice said. Brent got up from the ground to see a pony with a pink colored coat and mane. “My name is Pinkie Pie!" "And when I saw you the first time I knew I just had to get you something, and greet you of course, hope you like it" Pinkie holds out a pink frosted cake that says Welcome To Ponyville on it. "Thanks Pinkie!" Brent said grabbing the cake. "No problem, oh gosh, I've got to get going, see you later NEW PONY!" "Wow, she left without asking for my name, must've been important." Brent said to himself, now to find a job. Brent headed down to the town hall, of course saying hello to the mare at the counter and walked over to the job board. "Hmm, let’s see." Brent looked closely at list. "We've got applebucking, book sorter, and a lot of other jobs, hmm, this, book sorter sounds like an easy start, I'll ask about that job.” ”Excuse me Miss?" Brent said looking at the mare at the desk. "Yes?" "Where do I go to get the book sorter job?" The words seemed a little odd when saying them out loud. "Well at the library of course! The mare at the counter said. Wow, that was obvious, Brent thought to himself. "Alright, thank you!" Brent said to the mare. "You’re quite welcome Mister Maneswell." Brent headed out the door, "Well, now to talk to Roseluck!" Brent said to himself.

    He headed to the market place where Roseluck said he'll find her. It took some time but soon he saw it. Roseluck's Rose and Flowers. It was getting late, and he knew he was running out of time. He went inside to see Roseluck closing up the shop. "Hey Roseluck!" Brent said as he entered the shop. "Brent, hey! How’s your day been?" Roseluck said with a smile. "Pretty good, how about you?" "Slower day than usual, with the weather and all.” “Well at least that puts the stress off of you right?" Brent said. "Definitely, hey, I'm gonna close up shop, you don't mind standing outside do you? I'll be quick!" Roseluck said in the nicest way possible. "Sure, I’ll be outside." Brent said. The day was ending, and it had been a pretty normal day, well except for Pinkie of course. Brent stood outside in the rain as Roseluck was finishing up with locking up the store. Brent looked through the rain at the nearby ponies and one in particular looked quite familiar. Brent just couldn't put his hoof on it, The somewhat familiar pony was leaving the pawn shop. As Brent looked closer he noticed what looked to be the bottom half of a sheath in the pony's cloak. As Brent looked a little closer he could see what appeared to be a scar on the pony's cheek. This pony started to look very familiar, He just couldn't put his hoof on it. As he was thinking, Roseluck had just finished locking up the shop. "Well you ready? Sorry we haft to chat in the rain!" Roseluck said. "It doesn't bother me at all." Buck said with a grin. "So, what does your cutie mark represent?" Roseluck asked with a interested look. "I don't really know" Brent said as he looked down at the picture of the three 4 leaf clovers on his side. Brent was scared to tell the day when it appeared, it was too painful to think about. So he told the quickest lie he has ever told. "One day I just appeared, it’s one of those learn as you go you know?" "Ya, I get what you mean." Roseluck said very softly. "So uh, how’s tomorrow look for you?" Brent asked. "Nothing incredible happening, just another day at work, what about you? Aren't you looking for work?" Roseluck asked with concern. "Actually, I'm going to sort books at the library, the pays moderate and I'll meet someone new!" "That's great, full time?" Roseluck asked. "Don't know yet, I'll look at the flyer later." Brent said. "Well I'm sure you'll do an excellent job at it!" "Thank you Roseluck, that means a lot." Brent said. "This is my stop, it was nice talking to you." Roseluck said. "Nice to talk to you too." Brent said. They stood there in silence, the only thing to be heard was the rain. As they glanced at each other to what seemed to be eternity, the sound of thunder broke the silence, startling them both. Brent was the first to speak. "Have a nice night Roseluck.” Brent said with a smile. Roseluck blushed a little. "You too Brent, and be careful. See you soon!" Roseluck said as she entered her house and closed the door. As Brent went home he couldn't help but to think about all the crazy events that happened today, but the one thing that made him ponder, why did the pony with the scar seemed so familiar? He took the key out of his coat and opened the door to his apartment. He put his coat in the washing machine as it was soaking wet and he didn't want to get his floor messed up, he took a quick shower while his mind buzzed in thought. He brushed his teeth, and got to bed quickly. He couldn't sleep, all he could think about was why the pony looked so familiar. Then he realized after thinking about it. It was one of the ponies that killed his family...