Chapters A loud hissing noise filled the kitchen joined by the presence of steam as the water in the kettle reached the temperature correct temperature. Snow slowly walked over to the cupboard and one by one retrieved; some cheap instant coffee, a small pot of sugar . His house was a mess and he needed to buy sugar again. But disregarding these things he was happy. To other ponies his house would be classified messy but to him it was lived in and very functional. All the composed his house was his small bedroom, a kitchen and the required amenities. His life in Ponyville had been good so far no hitches of any sort. But so far he hadn’t made any friends; otherwise it was nice. He sat down at a small table near the kettle as he sat he accidently kicked his ice hockey skates which were under the table.
“Oh yeah that’s right no ice in Ponyville until winter” Snow sighed heavily as he began to sip his coffee.
He was so busy with his usual day dreaming that he ran into a certain orange earth pony dropping the small bag of coins under the crook of his wing.
“Oh I’m sorry miss I didn’t see you there” Snow said
Snow had spent more time than he had planned to. He’d reached sugarcube corner and purchased what he needed but couldn’t resist some sugary treats as he had a massive sweet tooth. ( Probably the reason his sugar disappears so fast.) With some suggestions from Pinkie pie he tried some of the delicious cakes and other decadent and chocolaty treats. The cakes sure did know how to makes some good, well cake.
By the time he got home he checked his watch to see that it was 10:00 AM and he’d left at about 7:30. “Uh oh” Snow was all a fluster gathering up his hockey skates and running down to the station as he might miss his train if he didn’t hurry. As he rushed down he collided into a purple unicorn that was absorbed in a book. His hockey skates flew into the air and landed their laces getting tangled around her horn.
Snow had tired himself out after skating he had returned home at about 4:00PM after a couple of hours of skating. He still had some ice in his mane and had some wet spots and small grazes on him from falling over on rough ice after being dared to do a cartwheel by one of the better skaters there that could do one which he still marvelled at the ability to pull on off. He could have easily done something more impressive by using his wings but it didn’t feel right to use them. And he was the only pegasus that ever went there but regardless he was welcomed into the group of people there and he still has friends there so he didn’t feel quite so estranged as he did in Ponyville.
When he reached the dining room he was greeted by Twilight and Applejack. Much to both of the mares surprise he walked past them and grabbed and rag to dry off his skates with. After he’d finished he turned and issued the two mares.
Chapter 2 surprise party
It was very early morning, the first glimpses of sun seeping through the window, the sound of a rooster cawing could be heard even this far from the farms. It was taking Snow a little while to adapt to this early waking habit but it wasn’t all bad. Snow rolled off the bed to get up and clean his face but as he rolled to the edge he collided with a pile of boxes sending knick knacks flying. “Perfect” Snow said with a less than pleased look on his face “I really need to unpack everything and tidy this place up.” But that would have to wait he had an appointment today he was to meet Twilight and retrieve some reading material.
Unbeknownst to Snow he was in for a surprise when he reached the library. Pinkie pie being Pinkie pie had organised a party for him in the library complete with confetti cannon. But Twilight interjected when Pinkie was setting up.
“Gee you’re silly Twilight there’s nothing that makes a pony feel more welcome than a party. One with lots of confetti.” Pinkie said opening another packet of the colourful streamers and tossing them around Twilights nice clean library. The idea of a party had spike positively giddy, it meant he got to eat cake and other assortments of sweets without Twilight getting mad at him.
“Ohh Pinkie are you going to bring some chocolate cake in?” Spike said trying to hold back a torrent of drool dripping from his mouth.
“You didn’t invite the whole town did you Pinkie?” Twilight said with a worried look.
“Oh okay makes sense” Twilight said looking a bit perplexed
Snow didn’t realise exactly what was going to happen when he reached the library he thought it was going to be like the Canterlot library. Quiet, people telling you to be quiet at the slightest noise you made, even if it was an accident. Not realising there was a party of ponies waiting for him he was taking his time. Enjoying his breakfast, a cup of tea and one of those delicious pastries he’d bought from the shop earlier yesterday. Behind him on a pile of haphazardly stacked boxes sat a clock which read 8:20. “ Uh oh” Snow said through a mouthful of apple and pastry I’m meant to meet Twilight at the library at 8:30. “Better get going.” Snow gave a quick gaze around the room looking for his roller skates but they were nowhere to be seen “probably still boxed up” he said rolling his eyes. He looked back at the pair of wings sitting on his back “well I don’t use my wings as often as I should might as well.”
Either way Snow might be late, and he hated being late for anything he was pedantic about punctuality. So he quickly finished his food and headed out the door remembering to lock up this time before he left. Like yesterday Stirrup street was bustling with busy ponyvillians( Couldn’t decide if it had an E or an A. Went with A so it looks like pony villians. Anyway.) peddling their wares. Today the street was lacking an applecart “ must be Applejacks day off” Snow said with a shrug. The library wasn’t as far as Snow had thought about a 5 minute fly above the sort of main sort of shops in Ponyville.
“Sorry darl” Applejack said “this here party was Pinkie pies idea she throws parties for every new pony.” Applejack continued and gestured towards the pink earth pony standing behind the cannon.
“Oh wow someone who actually recognises me.” Rainbowdash said a touch of pride in her voice.
her name very quietly “I’m Fluttershy”
“I’ve never been to a party in my life.” Snow said with a shrug. “Nobody really invited me to their parties, never danced before. Not that I didn’t have birthday parties I’ve just never been to a party like this one actually thrown for me. Only parties have been birthday parties which I usually did what I’m doing now as I didn’t feel welcome. ”
Chapter 3 A day with some colour
It’d been a week now since Snow had arrived in Ponyville. Things had gone without a hitch. Except for a minor incident involving a surprise party and confetti cannon. Snow was still pulling the occasional confetti square out of his mane two days after the party. Snow was again lying in his bed this morning he’d decided to ignore the cawing of the rooster and sleep in a little. The comfort of his blankets and mattress were very convincing to make him stay in bed but his dreaming and comfort was disturbed by a knock on the door. “Uh who could that be” Snow said through a yawn. He managed to get his footing after rolling out of bed and stumbled to the door bumping several things on his way. He quickly reached down and opened the door, bad idea, the combination of a head spin and looking at the sun after being in darkness for hours disoriented him to the point where he lost his balance and fell backwards nearly hitting the table. As Snow lay there rubbing his head he could hear laughter coming from the door way, he recognised the voice, Rainbowdash.
As they reached a decent altitude Rainbowdash gave Snow some instructions.
Rainbow has a look on her face as she mulled over the information Snow had given her. “Well no wonder you never liked flying I was always teaching myself most stuff I wanted to know and I didn’t break anything till this year. So I suppose I’m lucky compared to you.” Everything went pretty silent after that Snow had opened himself to a mare he barely knew but he felt closer to her all the same. ‘This must be what real friends are like I can tell them anything and never be ashamed’
“Definitely I’m starving” Rainbowdash said her stomach rumbling
“Alright next time a session is on I’ll get you in. And you won’t have to pay a bit I’ve done some favours for some people there and they felt it appropriate after all the times I’ve gone that me and any friends I have get in for free.” Snow said smugly. “Never gotten a chance to get a friend in for free until now.” Snow said looking down sadly.
A big grin spread across Snows face as he sat there talking with Rainbowdash. They were both rather athletic ponies. They started talking about other sports aswell apart from skating and flying. Rainbowdash was quite the ball player she is very adept at any sport that involves a ball like soccer.
“So Rainbow you ever played Volleyball?” Snow said waving away a fly
After an hour of searching around Ponyville for a ball and getting themselves a net the two ponies set up in town square which drew the attention of several other ponies. Snow wasn’t very comfortable with every one watching but he just tried to ignore them he hadn’t played a game of volleyball in ages. Even though Rainbowdash may have experience on him he still liked his chances against the mare.
The first to serve was snow he walked to the back corner of the roughly drawn court and stood on his back hooves. “Here comes the serve” He said trying to intimidate Rainbow. He threw the ball into the air and hit it as hard as he much to Rainbows surprise it went rocketing into her side of the court and he scored the first point of the match. A smile spread across snows face but displeasure spread across Rainbows. As Snow served again it was quickly hit back by Rainbow since they only had one person on each team they were allowed three hits each when it was on their side. A rally went on for a while them constantly returning the ball to each other’s side until finally Rainbow spiked the ball and scored a point now it was her serve.
They were playing for about ten minutes before Snow realised they had drawn a rather large crowd with their little competition. The match went on for hours several hard out rallies Rainbow had amazing spiking but Snows defence could hold it off. After about an hour the match came to a close with Rainbowdash winning by one point.
“Oh and I’m going skating on Friday if you want to come but if you have another appointment I won’t mind.”
“Hey Snow I’ll come I never leave another pony hanging. Never have never will." Dash said slapping Snow on the back.
'Hmm Snow thought I've never really had a friend I could entirely trust. They'd always tell me it was alright to come over or something along those lines then tell me I couldn't. A friend I can really trust for the first time' A wide genuine smile spread across Snows face as the two began disassembling the volleyball kit.