Grey Sky Goes to Ponyville

As Grey Sky stepped off the train from Canterlot to Ponyville, He felt slightly more optimistic about his new life. Upon leaving the station, the first thing he noticed was the sky. It was a rainy day, but the strange thing was that nopony seemed to get wet from the rain. He merely shrugged this oddity aside. Why ponder something that was an everyday occurrence?

“It seems the rain followed me even here. Sigh, I hope one day I will be able to see what the sky looks like.”

Upon reaching the town square, he was suddenly ambushed by a pink blur! Fraught with shock at first, reality decided to give him a good smack in the face. Upon closer inspection, this blur seemed to be a pony. She had a mane that gave off both a “controlled chaos” and a “free spirited” feel. She seemed to be the exact antithesis of Grey. While Grey was soft-spoken and introverted, this pony seemed to be bursting with urge to be social.

“Wow! She is like a tornado!”

“Hi! What’s your name? My name’s Pinkie Pie. You must be new to Ponyville right? I haven’t seen you around here before and I know everypony in Ponyville. I am also friends with everypony too! That’s why when I saw you with all those bags I was like ‘Gasp! I haven’t seen him before! He must be new! If he is new then he probably doesn’t have many friends here, and if he doesn’t have many friends then I should be his friend!’ So I rushed right over here to welcome you to Ponyville! Oh yeah I forgot to tell you I am the best party thrower in Ponyville, so if you come to one of my parties, you can be sure it will be a blast! So anyways what did you say your name was again?”

“…Wait what? I am so confused. Her name was Pinkie Pie right? She throws friends and is parties with everypony? No wait, that doesn’t seem right.”

“Um, nice to meet you… Pinkie Pie right?” Grey asked with an expression of slight disorientation.

“Yep! That’s me! Ponyville’s number one party thrower!” Pinkie Pie said enthusiastically.

“Well Pinkie Pie it was really nice to meet you, but I have had a long day. I kind of just want to get home and rest for today.” Grey said apologetically.

“Oh. Alright then. Well it was great meeting you and I hope we can be good friends! Tomorrow I can show you around Ponyville if you want!” The pink mare said.

“Really? That would be great. This is the first time I’ve been to Ponyville, so I do not know anything about the town at all.” Grey said.

“Great! I will meet you here at 10 o’clock sharp tomorrow! Bye!” Said Pinkie Pie before zooming off somewhere else.

“That mare…is nuts. She seems like a good pony though and she is going to show me the town tomorrow. Maybe life here really will be better than that miserable life I led in Canterlot.”

As Grey walked through the town, he took in the atmosphere of Ponyville. It was astoundingly different from Canterlot’s feel. While Canterlot had a stuffy, uptight feel to it, Ponyville seemed to feel more carefree and relaxing. He made his way through the different parts of town to his home on the edge of the town bordering the Everfree Forest. During the walk his old nemesis, Reality, struck another blow to his psyche.

“Sigh, That pony was nice and all, but I still wonder how the mares here are like. The ones in Canterlot are horrid. Caring only for vanity and superficial love… Considering the difference in atmosphere between the places the mares might no be so bad. Then again, that could just be wishful thinking.”

He had finally reached his home. It was a long day that was about to get longer, considering the fact the he still needed to unpack many items. While unpacking, his mind once again started to wander. A nasty problem he had was that he would frequently argue with his thoughts, which led to him being distracted.

“Well, I finally did it. I am now a resident of Ponyville. With some luck, I can find a good job here and with a huge amount of luck I can find somepony that will actually love me unconditionally. Of course you’re not going to find her though, she doesn’t exist! Well she could. Maybe. I don’t know. I just need to stop thinking about it so much.”

He had finally gotten the last of his essential items unpacked, granted at the cost of a slight loss in his mental health. But now, He was finally able to just lie on his bed and fade away to his realm of solace, a realm where he wasn’t burdened by the worries and stress of the real world. As his consciousness started to fade, he cracked a small smile for the first time in a long time. His new life in Ponyville will begin tomorrow…