13 Years Before the NNM Incident

In a room surrounded by boxes, a ten year old pegasus pony is packing up the last of his things. He doesn't have too many things because his father was always taking jobs that required the family to move. This pony is midnight black and has dark red mane. His cutie mark is an anvil with a hammer striking the anvil with sparks coming out of the point of impact

The black pegasus lives with his family that consists of his mother and father. His father is Flawless Thunder and he works with storm clouds. Flawless was always finding better and safer ways to produce storm clouds. With this special talent, he moved up the hierarchy which caused the family to move with him. The mother’s name is Virtuous Heart. She stays at home, doing house work like cleaning, cooking, teaching her son life lessons. She holds her values and morals close to her, and plans on installing them in the young colt’s mind.

Flawless has recently taken a new job that requires him to be close to other head pegasi that deal with the weather. Unfortunately, this means that they are moving to Canterlot. The young pegasus knows it is the capital city of Equestia, but neither he, nor his mother, have ever seen the city in person. Flawless has already moved there around three months. He is now waiting for the school year to finish so his son and wife could move. Virtuous just have to finish packing the last of their belongings and loaded on the carriage.

The colt was just alone with his thoughts and boxes until a voice killed said silence. "Iron! Are you done yet?" asked his sometimes overbearing mother. Iron never truly got along with his mother when it came to work.

*sigh* “Yes! I was just thinking a bit, but it is all here ready to go!" His voice sounded through the house with a tinge of annoyance, that could be detected by a deaf pony. ‘Is a moment to myself too much to ask for?’ he thought. Iron looked around for a final check to make sure he was right. He knew he would never hear the end of it if he was wrong. It never helped that he hardly ever was. Iron looked high and low and found nothing was missing and the room was empty.

Virtuous walked into his room and stood by the doorway, her yellow coat reflected the sunlight. Her mane was navy blue with aqua at the end. It was not an overly long mane, just long enough to pass her shoulders. Her wings have seen better days. Living in the city she hardly ever got any use out them. That did not stop her from teaching Iron how to fly. Cloudsdale was the last place she really flew before she moved to Fillydelphia.

She saw her son looking around for a final inspection. "You all set?" asked his mother. "The carriage is out front, and if you need help, the movers are just in the living room." She stated knowing full well he would be out there asking for some help.

"Alright." Iron said, not fully paying attention. "Now, will you tell me one more time where and why are we moving to Canterlot?" he asked feeling a bit of doubt about the whole move.

"Well" Virtuous began, "Your father is working for the Canterlot weather factory, teaching ponies how to improve the storm cloud production. Since he is working with some highly regarded ponies, we will be staying close to the castle. Now, why did you need me to tell you this.... again?" Virtuous asked.

"I just wanted to make sure it was a good reason to leave a place where I made friends and found my cutie mark. I mean, we have lived here for four years! Why do we have to leave when we have finally started to settle down here?" Iron asked a bit more upset than he would let anypony believe.

"Don't worry about your friends. You can always make new ones and I can promise you that there is no where else your father could possibly go that would be better than where he is right now." She reassured her son with a confident smile covering her muzzle. She has given this speech many times before. The only difference between this one and all the others in the past was the fact that Flawless had gone as high up as he could. Her son would not buy that so she decided to pull out her ace in the hole "Plus, I figured you would like to know that we will not be far from the royal forge."

Iron perked up a bit with this new information. "Really?" he asked with a small smile. He was still sad that he was leaving his friends behind but they already exchanged his goodbyes. However, the thought of being close to the royal forge filled him with a newfound hope.

"Really," answered his mother. She walked over and gave her son a meaningful hug. With a quick thank you, Iron was out the door to look for the ponies that were supposed to be helping with the boxes.

The movers walked into Iron’s old room and started to move the rest of the boxes to the carriage. Iron and his mother then jumped to the front while the drivers got themselves situated. Once hitched up, the drivers started to bring the carriage to the Fillydelphia train station. The trip to the station was spent in silence as both ponies said their own goodbyes to the city they have come to call home.

Once they arrived at the train station, the luggage ponies then unloaded the carriage while Iron and Virtuous boarded their correct train, each with their own saddlebags.

Iron spent five minutes looking out the window and talking with his mother till the conductor finally call the last chance to board the train. A few moments went by without a pony screaming to hold the train. The conductor climbed aboard and waved at the pony in the engine to signal that they were all set. The train started with a lurch and started to head down the tracks to the next stop. It would be a few hours till the train would reach Canterlot. With that in mind the young colt decided to doze off. He was falling asleep and the only noise he heard was the ringing of a hammer hitting an anvil.

Author's Note

So I went back and re-wrote this because it was down right awful. I hope this one is more appealing

This is my first story that I have ever tried to write. I would love it if anyone and everyone would point out every mistake that I made. Also, thank you for reading this. Depending on how this goes will really the thing determining how it often this will be updated. Leave a comment and tell me what you think. I can't get better without knowing what you think.