The Mayor of Cloudsdale

"Whoa, what happend to you?" Pip asked that tuesday. Featherweight and Twist stared at Rumble.

Rumble had several scratches on his body and unlike Scootaloo, he didn't tried to hide them.

"Long story." he didn't felt like explaining things.

Yesterday he decided that he wouldn't tell his brother, because he might get mad at Flitter and Cloudchaser.

"You're the new guy right?" A grey filly with glasses asked.

"Yes, I'm Rumble."

"I heard you had a fight yesterday with the chicken." Diamond Tiara said.

"Chicken?" Rumble raised an eyebrow.

"They have something against blank flanks and thats Scootaloo's nickname." Featherwight said.

"Pfff. You got beat up by a girl?" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughed.

"I didn't! We didn't have a fight!" Rumble shouted.

"Oh look, you're mad! Just as I tought" then she continued whispering "I would get her back if I was you."

"Wouldn't you Twist? I still don't get why you and Featherweight accepted him in your group." Diamond Tiara pointed at Rumble.

"We decide ourselves who we let in our group." Pip said, but before he could say anything else he was cut off by Silver Spoon.

"Nopony cares about your opinion, Trottingham newbie."

Then Diamond Tiara started talking dramatically and loud, so everypony in the schoolyard heard them.

"I really hope they aren't going to pick on you because you lost a fight with a chicken."

Some heads turned in their direction as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon walked away.

"But we didn't fight, she... Argh! You know what? Never mind." Rumble turned around and walked away.

He got grabbed a book from his saddlebag and sat down in a corner of the schoolyard.

Diamond Tiara made it all up, and the others believe her.

He started reading but he couldn't really follow the story.

"Hey Rumble!" somepony said.

He looked up from his book. It was Stargaze with some other colts.

Stargaze then immediately pullid it from his hooves and threw it aside.

"That book is from the library!" Rumble shouted while he picked it up and tried to rub the sand off the cover.

"Now tell us Rumble, is it what Diamond Tiara says really true?" one of those other colts asked.

"No!"

"You're lying, of course you don't want to admit it. But we saw you and Scootaloo go that way yesterday." Stargaze pointed at the forest.

"And when you're back you got scratches all over your body."

"I told you we didn't fight and whatever I tell you, you won't believe me anyway." Rumble put the book back in his bag and hoped it wasn't too dirty.

Before they could say anything else the bell rang.

"Hello everypony, do you have the photos of your family members?"

Everypony put theirs on their desks.

"You don't have to worry if you don't have them, you have the whole week to hand in your photos."

Phew. Rumble tought. He would probably have to finish the project himself.

"Button Mash and Dinky, would you help me hand out the math books?" Cheerilee asked.

Rumble sighed. At least he was sitting next to Feathereight instead of one of the others.

"Hello brother, how was school today?" Thunderlane said when Rumble got home.

"Horrible." he tought of Diamond Tiara and Stargaze.

"Got trouble with the girls?" his brother joked.

Rumble wasn't in the mood for funny things and before he knew it he started shouting.

"It's not fair! You got all the girls to be your friend! Cloudchaser, Flitter, Blossomforth..."

Rumble flew upstairs and dropped himself on his bed.

Three days in this stupid little village and one accident and two bullies later he wished he stayed in Cloudsdale.

Thunderlane asked himself how Cloudchaser got him and Blossomforth to do out for dinner.

Why did he said yes to this stupid plan?

Not that he disliked Blossomforth, in fact, they were good friends, but he just got that awkward feeling when Cloudchaser was talking about him and Blossomforth.

She was waiting for him in the doorway of the restaurant.

"Hi, I already picked a table." she said.

"Thanks. Nice restaurant. Did you choose it?" Thunderlane looked around the place. The walls were painted white with a golden pattern and there were chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

"No, Cloudchaser did."

A waiter handed them the menu.

"Does she come here often then?" Thunderlane couldn't imagine Cloudchaser sitting here.

"I don't know, but if she does, she must be seeing somepony." Blossomforth said while looking at the menu.

The waiter asked if they wanted something to drink.

They both ordered some wine.

"Did you notice anything strage on her lately?" she asked.

Thunderlane shrugged. "Not really. Should we talk about something else?"

"Oh come on! She isn't here she has been talking about yours for I don't know how long,so why not discuss her love life, altough I doubt she has one."

"Hmmm. I guess you're right."

They both ordered a meal and gave the menu's back.

"Why would she be talking about that so much? There can only be one reason..." Blossomforth said with a mysterious voice.

"She has a secret love and he's rich but what she doesn't know is that he is actually somepony else and that's why there all kinds of spooky figures sneaking around her house at night. She also has a secret crush, but to hide that she talks about other ponies so much."

"And..." Thunderlane almost whispered.

"Ahem." The waiter stood next to their table with their meals.

They both sat straight on their chairs again, a little startled, noticing they were just leaning close towards eachother.

Luckily, after a whole week hearing about how weak he was, everypony stopped talking about him and Scootaloo and ignored him.

He got an A on the photo project he did alone and Featherweight, Twist and Pip seemed to be his friends.

"The first school week is over and it is monday again. Soon you can trade partners if you want to, but first I have a survey for pegasi only. Fill it in very honestly because it's important." Cheerilee said.

"Why don't we get to fill it in?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Because this will help determine if you can attend Cloudsdale flight school and only pegasi can walk on clouds."

"My sister once got wings, so we could go to Cloudsdale right?" Sweetie Belle said.

"Yes, but they stated they only want pegasi."

Rumble looked at his paper.

Name, age... It was quite easy and reminded him of the friend books they had in Cloudsdale.

You gave them to everypony in class and they returned them with all that kinds of thing filled in.

'Name, age and work of your parents.'

The question gave Rumble a weird feeling. His parents died when he was very young so he didn't really knew what they looked like.

Wind Swirl and Tornado, dead, weather factory workers.

'Where do you live? Please tell as detailed as possible.'

Should he write down his old or new adress? Rumble decided to do both.

I lived with my brother in Cloudsdale and recently moved to Ponyville. When my brother isn't home I'm with Cloudchaser and Flitter.

That shoud do it.

'Describe your other family members.'

I have one brother Thunderlane. He works at the Ponyville weather patrol. He is dark grey with a light blue mane and tail.

'What do you like to do in your spare time?"

Reading

And then there were some questions about his grades.

After that everypony stood up and changed partners so fast he couldn't follow in anymore.

Twist was now with Dinky and Pip with Featherweight.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle stayed together and Diamond Tiara went with Silver Spoon.

Snips was with Snails and Stargaze with Archer.

For Rumble it didn't matter. There was nopony who wanted to be with the new colt or Scootaloo.

"So I'm stuck with you untill new year." Scootaloo sighed.

"I guess." Rumble shrugged, but in reality, Scootaloo just said what he was thinking.

"We got invited at a party this saturday." Cloudchaser said.

"Really?" Rumble said "Whose party is it?"

"The spa ponies, Lotus and Aloe. They invited everypony to celebrate their anniversary."

"And because of Vera, the new spa pony." Flitter added.

"We should ask Blossomforth too." Rumble suggested.

"Are you sure?" Thunderlane looked at his brother.

"Of course it isn't a date silly. You can't have a date at a party for everypony." Cloudchaser gave Thunderlane a little stomp.

"I will ask her." Rumble said.

He flew to Cloudsdale and even tough he wasn't sure where Blossomforth lived he found it pretty easily.

Blossomforth's house stood in a suburb of Cloudsdale where most of the houses had only one floor.

Rumble knocked the door.

"Hello Rumble, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Do you want to go to to a party with us this saturday? It's at the Ponyville spa."

"Come in, I'll check if I'm free then."

Blossomforth's house was in greyscale. It felt like you were walking into an old film. Everything was black, white or something inbetween.

The only thing you could tell from it wasn't, were the little pink details on everything. The pattern on the couch, the vases on the table and the edges of sideboard.

"I can come, should I go to your house or shoudl we meet at the spa?"

"We meet at Cloudchasers house, then we all go together." Rumble said.

"Ok, I will be there." Blossomforth smiled.

Rumble flew back to his house and wondered who would come to the party too.

Maybe he could meet Featherwight or Twist there.

Blossomforth had to ask somepony Cloudchasers adress.

She found it very stupid that she didn't knew where a friend lived.

She had already planned something, but going to a party with her friends was more important.

Luckily she could move it to another day.

All she needed now was a little relaxation.

Blossomforth hadn't visited Ponyville in a long time.

When she looked trough the window of Cloudchasers house she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Welcome to the party!" Lotus said.

"Thank you for inviting us." Thunderlane said while watching the spa.

There were a lot of flags and there was confetti on the ground. It didn't even look like a spa anymore.

"Do you want some punch or a donut? They're from Canterlot." Aloe asked. "And have you met Vera yet?"

"No, we just arrived." Cloudchaser said.

Behind them Lotus was greeting other guests.

"Well, have fun!" Aloe smiled.

The waited at least half an hour for Blossomfoth who appearantly couldn't find Cloudchasers house, so they were a little late.

"Is it always this nice in Ponyville?" Blossomforth asked.

"No, but parties usually look like this." Flitter said "We have one of the best party planners in Equeatria."

"Really? That's awesome. " Blossomforth got everypony some punch.

Rumble's eye felt on Twist, who was talking to Dinky.

They were the only ponies from his class.

He recognized the stallion he saw in the bakery and some others.

Flitter said they held a lot of parties in Ponyville.

Maybe it could make up the mean ponies a school.

"Lucky for you it's saturday. Or else you had to go back to get Rumble to bed." Cloudchaser said to Thunderlane.

"Do you think he likes Ponyville? He said it was horrible at school." Thunderlane said.

"Maybe you should talk to him and ask what's wrong." Flitter suggested "

"I will, but what if he doesn't wan't to talk to me? I'm the one who brought him to this town."

"Then I'll try." Flitter said.

"Flitter is better in thosed things then me. Want some more punch?" Cloudchaser wanted to get some glasses.

"No, I think we should go home now. It's almost ten o clock." Flitter pointed at the clock which was decorated with streamers.

"I guess. It's getting late for Rumble."

They flew back to Cloudchaser and Flitters house while Rumble was almost falling asleep.

"Don't forget to flap your wings, silly." Cloudchaser said.

"What? You drunk too much cider." Rumble flew a little faster.

"If I really did, you would have noticed." Cloudchaser got an angry look from flitter. "But I won't with you around. Don't worry."

"Yeah. I'll make sure." Flitter said while Cloudchaser opened the door to her house.

"If she does th..."

She tared at the open door and the scream that followed could be heard at the spa.