Ponyville : Season One.

Filthy Rich slowly made his way into his home under the cover of the night, it had been a long day he visted multiple banks around town looking for somepony to invest in his business venture. Sadly not one pony gave him the time of day, all the shops around town were owned by Steel and he had a monopoly on everything that moved it seemed.

No bank would give him the bits he needed, why invest in a pony who would simply go belly up in a few month's anyways?

Filthy knew he could overcome the odds and make a name for himself, just as his father and grandfather had done.

He simply needed a chance to shine.

"Where have you been?" The voice of his wife sent a sudden shock to his heart, he rushed back frightened his flank hitting a nearby table knocking over a cheap vase.

"Tiara!- why are you sitting in the dark!?" Filthy gasped for air as the soft flick of a match could be heard, a small glow of light appearing before him a lightly colored purple hoof lighting a candle.

His wife Golden Tiara did not look amused at all, her dark violet colored hues were filled with worry as the light within the room grew every passing second. Her dark purple mane was a mess, he knew she had probably paced about all day thinking about him.

A few white strands of hair streaked across her mane, sending a pinge of guilt into his gut.

Did he really worry his dear wife that much?

"I didn't start off in the dark, I've been worried sick all day!" Tiara sighed as she gazed over to her husband half worried and half annoyed by his selfish actions.

"I'm sorry my love- I've been busy I was looking for a loan..." Filthy spoke to have his wife place a hoof atop her temples in annoyance.

"Again with the loans!!- I told you to check out the day labor job on the outskirts of Ponyville today!!" Tiara snapped to her husband as he gazed down in shame.

"I know!, but my idea's are a sure shot Tiara I just need time." He quickly tried to change the subject only to have his wife jump off the nearby couch rushing over to him in anger.

"Time!- We don't have time!!" She snapped her left eye twitching softly.

"The bill's are stacking up!, we haven't had a decent meal in days!!" Tiara yelled her small frame shivering as blood slowly trickled down the front of her muzzle.

"Tiara!" Filthy spoke in worry wrapping his hooves around his love pulling her in close.

"I'm ok!- I'm alright." Tiara sighed pulling away slightly, wiping the blood off her muzzle with her hoof.

"You need to take your medicine honey, I promise you tomorrow I'll check out the job for labor." Filthy gazed deeply into his wifes eyes, his own filled with a sense of truth and honor.

Nodding softly in silence Tiara gently placed her head on his shoulder, feeling her husbands firm hooves caress through her mane doing the best he could to calm her troubled mind.

"Thank you." Tiara lifted up her muzzle with a smile, she was un-easy of what lay ahead but she decided to trust her husband.

"You're welcome., it's late now, we should get some sleep." Filthy spoke in a calm tone releasing her from his embrace.

Walking off towards the bedroom the whole house began to fill with a eerie silence., the mare sighed softly under her breath following his tracks yet turning off to enter the bathroom.

Inside a candle nearly melted down to the bottom kept the light alive in the room., shivering slightly she lifted her hoof up to the medicine cabinet swinging it open with ease. Purple hues fell upon the empty medicine bottle before her, mocking and taunting her to no end of her husbands failures.

"When are you going to tell him you ran out of medicine near two weeks ago." A soft wicked voice echoed around Tiara, causing her left ear to twitch slightly.

"He doesn't need to worry about me., along with everything else." Tiara shook her head side to side swiftly, giving her ears a slight pop.

"Always placing yourself on the bottom., never standing up for yourself." The voice mocked her in a snickering tone.

"I did tonight!, I told my husband what I thought." Tiara gritted her teeth roughly, using her hoof to close the cabinet and face the mirror before her.

"Yeah!- but once he did a bit of smooth talking and gave a hollow promise, you folded like a piece of paper!" The voice yelled it's tone echoing around the room wickedly.

"Just leave me alone!" Tiara lifted her hooves to her head, closing her eyes trying to take a few calming breathes.

"I wish I could.- but I fear you and I, are just like two peas in a pod." Tiara slowly opened her eyes to face her reflection in the mirror., heart filled with fear as her mirror image began to laugh wildly at her.

Jewel sat atop the porch during the late night, her hooves folded softly underneath her. She needed this time alone during the crisp spring night, taking in the soft cool air and unbroken silence.

With all the sadness spreading throughout the town, it was nice to know she could still escape her woes if only for a few hour's. The soft pitter-patter of small hooves could be heard behind her, Jewel allowing her ears to perk up brightly.

"Is that the lil apple of my eye awake at this hour?" Jewel grined, a small copper muzzle poking out from the wooden doorway.

"Awwww.- How'd ya know it was me mama?" Aj pouted quickly galloping out of the house and plopping down at her mothers side with a small thud.

"I know all your hoofsteps lil one., Your steps are quick and anxious, Macintosh has calm ones and your father's are just plain stomps." Jewel giggled along with her daughter wrapping a hoof around her tenderly.

"Are you and Pa mad at eachother?" Aj asked suddenly as Jewel raised a brow softly.

"Is that why you are up this late?" Jewel asked with a curious tone, her daughter nodding a yes in silence.

"Mad.- yes." Jewel replied sternly, Aj folding back her ears.

"But that is normal lil one., I still love your Pa as much as the day I met the stubborn mule." Jewel smiled hugging her filly tightly.

"We just have different points of view about Ponyville." Jewel sighed shaking her head slightly.

"You're fightin' cause of the town?" Aj scrunched up her muzzle cutely, a gaze of confusion apparent.

"Hehehe.- Yes lil one., you see the town is sick." Jewel spoke trying to put into words, something she might understand.

"Sick?- like with a cold?" Aj tilted her head to the side.

"In a way.- I believe you have to fight the cold., try and do the best you can, to make the town feel better." Jewel explained her dark green hues gazing down to her filly.

"While your Pa.- He thinks if you simply ingore it, sooner or later the sickness has to leave." Jewel huffed shaking her head slightly.

"Ohhh.- I think I get it." Aj narrowed her eyes in deep thought, a small hoof tapping her chin.

"Do you think the town will feel better soon?" Aj asked her mother, who gazed up to the star filled sky in silence.

"Yes.-  I do think the town might get better soon..." Jewels voice carried over the night sky, a pony in a dark cloak keeping to the shadows taking each step with caution.

"If ponies can stand up for what is right., fight corruption and fear..." Jewels voice continued, Ms.Mare lying in her bed at home staring up towards her ceiling in deep thought.

"And not fear the darkest nights., the ones that are sure to come., once things start to get better." Jewel finished, Golden Tiara rolling over in her bed, coming muzzle to muzzle with her sleeping husband.

A smile slowly crossing her lips as she gave him a tender night kiss, slowly closing her eyes next.

A small twitch coming forth from her right ear.