New Ponyville Days

New Ponyville Days

The Evening sun lies on the horizon as Celetia teases it across the sky as the last of Winter's snow settles down. It is the year 1048 of Celestia’s Rule; technology has advanced astonishingly fast over the last 31 years, making Equestria much more industrialized, yet devoid of plants and animals. But one pony has stayed the same…

“Craaap… forgot my keys, be right back” Tellis, the time traveling wanderer, went back inside his house to fetch his autobuggy keys. “So, where we goin, arcade? Movie theater?”

“Any where’s fine, just as long as I get out of that boring house,” said the autobuggy’s passenger.

Tellis drove down the roads of the city like he knew the back of his hoof, turning left and right as he passed freezing street vendors and young fillies playing in snowy lots. He eventually made his way over to the Everfree district, which had become a prime place for shows and other forms of entertainment. There were flashing lights all around, but Tellis drove past all that and parked at an old diner near a Boots & Shoes.

“We’re stopping here? I thought we were going somewhere exiting,” said Tellis’s passenger, looking up at the diner’s neon sign from the window which read “Daisy’s Diner” with a purple flower next to it.

“We are, Comet, but first we’re gonna eat here,” Tellis said as he closed the door of his vehicle.

“(Sigh), Fine, you’re the one with the keys, lead the way…” Comet said with as much sarcasm as she could muster.

The two entered the diner, sat at a booth, and looked at their menus, which consisted of mainly processed and artificial foods, such as Yum-Yum Carrots,Daisy Cakes, which had neither daisies nor cake in it, and Protein Launchers. Nopony ever asked what were in those.

A unicorn waitress approached them and introduced herself, then she asked,“Whadlya have tah drink?”

Tellis answered,” I’ll have a Flutter cola.”

“And for the young filly?” the waiter asked as she magically manipulated a pen towards Comet’s direction.

“Coffee, Black, no sugar,” Comet ordered. When the waitress left, she complained,” Ah! Celestia, I hate it when everypony treats me like a kid!”

“Well, I don’t, I guess that counts.” Tellis said while he looked out the window of the diner and then turned to Comet, “So, how have things been since-”

The waitress returned with their drinks,” Cola for the filly, and the coffee… for you, sir. Are you two ready to order?”

“Yeah, she’ll have the veggie burger, and I’ll have the… honey-fried tofu?” said to the waitress as he hooved the menus over to her, which she took magically and put them in her waiter’s satchel.

“Will that be all?” she asked, with her little notepad suspended in the air in front of her.

“Yes, that’s it,” Comet said, half glaring at the waitress.

The waitress left and the two switched their drinks as Comet said,” See what I mean?”

“Yeah, kiddo, it must be pretty annoying,” answered Tellis as his prosthetic Omni-claw replacing his left hoof unfolded to reveal fingers, picked up the glass, and took a big drink.

Comet tried to take a sip of her hot coffee,” Ah! Are they tryin to kill me or somethin?” she cooled the coffee by blowing air at it with her mouth.

Tellis chuckled slightly and Comet said,” Hey, what’s that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing, it’s just you reminded me of your grandmother there for a second,” Tellis answered Comet as he took another swig of cola.

Comet brushed her rainbow mane away from her face, “I’m nothing like her, Tellis, I can barely even fly…”

“Comet Dash! I thought I’d never see the day when one of Rainbow’s own blood would doubt their abilities!” Tellis said with a stink-eye and an empty glass.

A police buggy’s siren wailed as it passed by the dark diner, showing with a flash of light the large scar on the left side of Tellis’s face briefly.

“Well, things have changed since you left, Tellis, times got hard and I had to drop out of flight school… Then my parents divorced…” Comet said sadly.

“Comet, I’m so sorry,” Tellis apologized.

“Don’t be, dad was garbage, anyways,” Comet said as she stared into her coffee.

“Well, you’ve got friends to keep you company, don’t you? Ah… what were their names, again? Oh, yes! Shining Sparkle, Twilight’s daughter, and uhh…” Tellis said to a moping Comet.

“There’s Cinnamon Jack (Applebloom’s daughter), Hank (Hankie Pie, Pinkie’s grandson), Molly (Melinda Shy, Fluttershy’s tough-as-nails granddaughter), and I’m not really friends with her, but there’s Rarity’s snooty granddaughter, Ruby. Besides, Shine’s too much of a grown-up.” Comet listed to Tellis.

“Well, she can’t be that old, how old is she? Like 19?” Tellis asked Comet.

“She’s 23, and just like her mother, way too busy to spend any time with us. But more importantly, where have you been? Nana always said that you would be back, and here you are, 10 years later, and you don’t look like you’ve changed at all! Except for that hoof of yours…” Comet said after she took a sip of her coffee.

Tellis looked at his brass and steel hoof, “Well you see, that’s a long story, Comet, and I- oh look, our food is here,” Tellis pointed a robotic finger in the direction of the approaching waitress.

The waitress finally arrives with their food and Comet says with great enthusiasm, “Great! I’m starving!

The two begin eating their meals, and Tellis thought to himself, well, it’s a good thing that she’s easily distracted, I’d have been here all night if I had to tell her that story!

Tellis asked more questions about Comet’s friends. It seems that Comet was good friends with them all, well except for Ruby, who lived in the upper-class Goldenlight District and only saw Comet during first grade, before she was accepted for flight training at Cloudsdale. But, as you know, she had to drop out due to the Recession of 49’ when her father was laid off from work at Robotico. This is the company that made intelligent prosthetics for disabled or injured ponies, the same place that Tellis got his new hoof, and then modified it himself with black market attachments.

When they were done eating, they paid for their meal and left the diner to get back to the autobuggy.  “So, Tellis, where ARE we going?” Comet asked Tellis.

“You know, I think we’re just gonna go back to my house and watch TV or something,” He answered as he started the buggy.

“Figures, you never do anything exiting, Tellis,” grumped Comet as she crossed her forelegs.

Tellis reached his home, a little dwelling in the middle of Plate Town, the name given to one of the poorer sections of the city, the Rain District. It was called Plate Town because when the city was being rebuilt, the construction workers used a lot of corrugated metal plates from the ruins of Ponyville when building the roads and platforms of the district.

“Well, CD, here we are, the grand PT. Hey, Comet… Comet… Wake up, Comet!” Tellis tried to rouse Comet from her nap,” just like ol’ Rainbow…”

“Huh? Wha- we’re here? Oh, yea…” Comet said as she woke up.

“C’mon, kiddo, let’s get out of this cold,” Tellis said as he let a sleepy Comet out of the autobuggy.

As they went inside the house, it was dark, Tellis flipped a switch and…

“SURPRISE!!!!! Happy Birthday, Comet!!!” All of comet’s friends, including Shining and Ruby jumped out from behind the furniture and curtains and other things, as Hank fell from the ceiling with a crash and groaned,” Yeah, what they said.”

“By Celestia!! I totally forgot! Thanks you guys!” Comet shouted as she went over to her friends for a big group hug.

The party was all done up a la Pinkie, with cake, streamers, balloons, and confetti galore. Hank didn’t get just his good looks from the family tree, you know, he also got his grandma’s party cannon!

“How ya been, Dashy?” Molly asked as she punched her friend in the shoulder.

“Yeah, you haven’t been at the Usual Spot lately, what’s with that?” Hank questioned Comet with a concerned look.

“Come now, this is a party, not a funeral!” Ruby shouted as she activated the Stereo deck to play loud dance music. Over at the other end of the room, near the snack table Shining and Tellis were talking, “Shining Sparkle, my, how you’ve grown! You were just a little filly last time I seen you!”

Shining replied,” Well, you haven’t changed at all, and I see that being with the Doctor hasn’t been the healthiest thing in the world for you.”

Tellis raised a robotic hoof to the light, “No, it hasn’t, unfortunately, that event in Jerusaddle (year 256 CR) almost did us both in. What happened to me was nothing compared to what happened to the Doctor,” repressed memories of the Doctor’s anguished screams as he regenerated echo quietly in the back of Tellis’s mind.

Shining took a drink of punch, “It must have been terrible!”

“I was able to get over it, over time. The Doctor, however, I don’t think he’ll ever be able to…” Tellis said to Shining, “He needed to be alone for a while, I could tell, and I told him to drop me off here. “

“Why not go back to your own time, to 963? Why here?” Shining asked Tellis.

“I’ll tell you the same thing I told him, I got a good feeling about this,” Tellis said with a serious expression as he looked out the window.

“So,” Shining said, changing the subject,” have you and Comet been getting along?”

“Oh yeah, we’re getting along fine; I’m just the boring old godfather to her, but I think she’s warming up to me,” Tellis said as he unfolded his hoof into fingers and grabbed a glass of punch.

“Godfather? Like the movie?!” Hank said as he jumped up from behind the table, his short yet somehow poofy pink hair bobbing slightly.

“Hank, have you been eavesdropping?  You know your mother has told you to stop doing that,” Shine scolded Hank.

“Say, uhh, Hank? How much of that did you hear?” Tellis asked.

“Just something about a doctor and Jerusaddl- ooh look, a red dot!” Hank shouted when he saw the laser pointer beam that Tellis was aiming at the wall, and leapt at it like a cat, crashing headfirst into the wall, “I’ll get that dot someday… wherever it is!” Hank shook one hoof in the air as he made his vow, and rubbed his head with the other.

“Hank, you ain’t the brightest light bulb in the knife drawer, that’s for sure,” Cinnamon Jack said as she helped her friend up from the floor. The city life has all but destroyed the Apple family accent in CJ’s voice, but its distinct twang was still there.

“C’mon you guys, it’s my birthday, dance like you mean it!” shouted Comet as she turned the music to a fast-paced dance beat, and the others all started to dance wildly with her, even Tellis, the old rust bucket.

Hours later, the group was partied out, lying around the place watching action movies until most of them fell asleep, Ruby and Shining went home. Tellis, who was at the cleared dining room table with a set of tools, was modifying/maintaining his prosthetic, “Alright, that one is tightened, oh, yes, that’ll come in handy… fresh oil… what else needs to be done?” Tellis extended his metal fingers out, rolled them, and decided that the inner electronics needed inspecting. As he finished his diagnostic with a small device hooked to his fake hoof, Hank walked up and asked, “Hey, whatcha doin?”

“Well, Hank, I’m fixing myself, if you want to he-- actually, I have a less dangerous idea,” Tellis said as he closed the small hatch on his brassy hoof,” c’mon, follow me.”

Tellis led Hank through his house and up to a hatch on the second floor that led to the roof. The city smog wouldn’t let them see a clear sky, but there was another view, the city itself. “Now, would you look at that, my dear boy?” Tellis asked Hank as he spread his forelegs out for dramatic effect, his breath clouding in front of him,” Thirty-something years ago, all this was just a little, out of the way town, now look at it!”

“Yeah, Mr. A, my mom already told me this. Why are we up here?” Hank asked, regretting that he left his jacket inside.

“ I needed atmosphere to show you… this!” Tellis used his handy robot fingers that popped out as he reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a photo of his introductory party to Ponyville and showed it to Hank.

“Hey, that’s my grandma! And all her friends! They all look so young… hey… is that you? Wait a second…” Hank pondered as an imaginary thought bubble popped up, and in it was (in crayon, no less), Banana+73=( A light bulb enters, lights up, and then explodes, popping the thought bubble.)

“By Celestia, That is you in that picture! Mr. A, how old are you? How did you know my grandma? Is that really what Ponyville looked like? The normal Pie Family barrage of questions fell on Tellis like music to his ears, and he did his best to answer the questions.

A/N What’s this? He’s is putting in Author’s Notes finally? Why, yes I am. They seem to be a crucial part of any story, and you guys read them. I know I do. So, about the chapter… Most of the cast are OC’s, yes. I don’t know why I had Applebloom’s daughter in the story instead of Applejack’s. I guess it was-- Hell, I don’t know. I can’t think of a good reason why I did that. This chapter was mainly introducing most of the main characters and their personalities. Tellis was born in 963, and Shining did the math

The main protagonist’s name, Tellis Argonis, just popped into my head while I was picking a nickname on a Minecraft server. The thought process that led to the creation of the name was: Tellie= horse’s name, Tellis sounded cooler. MC username, argonianclaw, agonian- an+ s= Argonis. Tellis Argonis, it was original, bizarre, and fun to say.  He’s technically me, well, everything I want to be.  He has boundless confidence, awesome white hair, because the Kid from Bastion is awesome.  Uhh… being lavender colored, I guess. He’s got the kind of luck that throws you into a crazy adventure like every week, a tendency to not threaten to stab people whenever spoken to, and the freedom to go wherever he pleases, the world his oyster.

I thought up Shining Sparkle’s name before the Season Finale, and afterwards, I said,” Well, I’m not changing her name, harrumph!”

Please give feedback about the story, there isn’t that many views and I kind of want this to take off. I know writing a sequel to a story I haven’t even finished yet is a stupid idea, but I’m doing it!