The Power of a Little Kindness

AUTHOR'S PRE-NOTE: I will refer to Rainbow Dash as simply "Dash", and Sunny as Celestia unless she is being spoken to throughout the rest of the story.

"We should probably go now, since we only have a few hours to see the rest of the town," Twilight said, putting on her saddlebags and preparing to step outside

This would be the first time that I've actually seen Ponyville for itself from the outside. Being a Pegasus, I could just fly around with Dash, but Twilight insisted that I go with her, because I could get lost. I don't see the point in that, because her house is a giant tree, but hey, what can you do?

"Well let's go then!" Dash said, beginning to get impatient, "I'm still waiting to see how he flies."

"Hey, Dash. I told you," I said to her "I've only flown inside the library, so I can't tell you how I'll fly."

"Yeah, yeah," she said, rolling her eyes, "You ready yet Twi?"

"Yes, coming." Twilight surrendered, leaving some things out of her bags, "Are you ready Sunny?"

"Of course," Sunny said, "All I brought was my regalia, and that's stored safely upstairs in your desk. I hope you don't mind..."

"Oh of course not! Now let's go!"

Since time flows the same in Equestria as it did on earth, it was the middle of winter. Though it has been rainy on earth, Equestria was snowy. I hadn't noticed it before, though I hadn't looked out the windows.

As Twilight opened the door with her magic, a wave of cold hit me.

"Jeez it's like getting punched in the face by cold," I said. I was glad that pegasi had a natural resistance to temperature.

"Heh Heh... You get used to it," Dash said, "Just start flapping your wings fast enough and you'll be fine."

"Yeah, but s-still," I said, beginning to shiver, "If you haven't noticed, I'm not used to being in the snow. I live in an area where we don't get much."

“Well then careful,” Twilight said, “You might catch a cold or something.”

“Pfff,” I scoffed, “I’ve had strep throat, and a double ear infection at the same time. Believe me, sickness has nothing on me.” (Quick A/N: I really did. It sucked huge balls.)

“That must’ve sucked,” Dash said, “Were you okay after?”

“It did. Badly. And if I wasn’t okay, would I be here now?”

“Point taken.”

As we walked around town, Twilight started humming something.

"So, what is that you're humming, Twilight?" I asked

"Oh, nothing... Just a song from last year," She replied, looking back to the road. "So I think we should visit Pinkie first. Just to make sure she's not going overboard like she did with my party."

"Yeah I remember that," Dash said, chuckling, "You went up after about an hour, but even then we were all partying for another four."

“So you had a party,” I said, “In Twilight’s house; while she was trying to sleep; in the early AM; without her.”

“Yep.”

“Well okay then.”

As we walked along the snowy, yet sunny road, we eventually saw Sugarcube Corner. It was a large, gingerbread-looking building, with what appeared to be a cupcake on top of it. The whole building looked edible.

“Here we are,” Twilight told us, “Sugarcube corner.”

When we walked in, a bell above the door told one of the two proprietors we walked inside. The one behind the counter was a blue earth pony with a pink mane. The other was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh, hello Twilight and Rainbow Dash,” The mare said, “Who are your friends?”

“Hello Mrs. Cake,” Twilight said, “This,” She motioned towards Celestia, “Is Sunny Skies, and this” she motioned to me, “Is Chris. He’s here to help with Fluttershy’s problem.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you,” Celestia said, “We were in the neighborhood,” (GET IT? HAHAHAHA) “and we decided to stop by to see Pinkie.”

“Well I’m afraid I can’t help you there.” Mrs. Cake said, “Pinkie hasn’t gotten back yet. It’s her day off, yes, but I bet she’s out getting supplies for a party later.”

“That’s actually exactly what she’s doing,” I said, “A ‘Welcome’ party for me.”

“Oh, you’re new in Ponyville? Let me be the first to welcome you with a cupcake on the house.”

She handed (hooved?) me a blue cupcake. It had rainbow sprinkles. My eye twitched involuntarily; I had read ‘Cupcakes’ once, and trust me I remembered it. Dash however, was still right next to me and very well alive, so I took it.

“Thanks a lot, Mrs. Cake,” I said, taking a bite. It was blue-raspberry icing, on a chocolate cupcake. It was, oddly enough, really good.

“Not a problem, dearie.”

“Well we should get going then,” Twilight said, “We have a lot of ground to cover before Pinkie’s ‘surprise’ party tonight.”

“Pinkie’s life is a party, Twi.” Dash said. My eyes widened, and twitched again.

“Hey are you alright? That’s the second time your eyes twitched.” Dash asked me.

“Huh? Oh I'm fine yeah. Nothing to worry about, heh heh...” I answered quickly, “Long story; you probably do not want to know...”

“Oh... Kay?. We should probably head to Rarity’s next. She’s closest.”

“Okay, sounds like a plan.”

Twilight leaned closer to me, "What's up," I asked

"Tell me when we get back to the library. Something involves Dash, I know it."

Celestia, being right there, overheard and only raised an eyebrow.

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, guys. I plan on introducing the locations of the Mane Six one per chapter. It’s a bit annoying to see this is shorter than Chapter Two, but hey, whatever. Also; I don’t know what race (Pegasus/Unicorn/Earth) Mrs. Cake is, so I left her as a mare. I barely know of her; she’s a background pony. But yes, chapter 4.2 will be out soon, I promise. And on the Cupcakes topic; I needed a way to sneak it in. The main character is not a brony, but he's read it. Also, for all you guys and girls know, I might throw in a hint of Sweet Apple Massacre when I get to Sweet Apple Acres. >:D