Friends in low Places

I awoke the next day to see a yellow pony with an orange mane staring at me strangely.  “Who are you” she asked cautiously.  “Um...my name’s Star Chord...Ditzy Doo said I could stay the night.” I answered a bit confused.  “Oh...okay then, my name is Carrot Top by the way.”  I got up and stretched.  That couch had felt like heaven after sleeping on the ground for two nights.  “Where’s Ditzy?” I asked, knowing that she probably wasn’t up yet.  As expected Carrot Top answered with the simple answer of “asleep” then yawned.  As she sluggishly moved into the kitchen I walked outside.

In the daylight I could see the hundreds of carrots growing in a field next to the house.  I assumed that was how Carrot Top got her cutie mark and how she made her money.  I started walking around the property, I didn’t know why, I just felt like walking.  Maybe it was because I had been walking for the past two days.  I hadn’t gotten far before my mind drifted back to my old life in Manehatten.  All my friends that had turned on me of abandoned me.  Their faces flashed before my eyes.

This is what hurt the most, thinking about them.  I could remember each of them perfectly.  as if they were frozen in my mind.  I stopped walking.  I just froze in place.  I couldn’t bear it, I needed these ponies more than anything else in all of equestria and they all turned their backs on me.  I wasn’t mad anymore, I was just sad.  I felt betrayed, and for good reason too, I was betrayed.  I felt a solitary tear run from my eye before I could catch it.

“Mister?  Are you okay?” I turned around to see the grey pegasus staring at me with her flipped eyes.  “Y-yeah, I’m fine” I said slightly shakily “I just wanted to take a small walk” I’m pretty sure that was the cheesiest fake smile I’ve ever done. “Suuuure...I wanted to see if you wanted me to show you around Ponyville today” so that’s where I was, Ponyville.  “You’d be willing to do that?” I asked, kind of surprised at the generous offer.  “Sure, it’s no problem.  It’s my day off, all I have to do is drop Dinky off at school.  “Who’s Dinky?” “Oh, Dinky’s my foal...she is at a sleepover tonight and I need to pick her up.” she grinned “D’you you want to come meet her?”  I agreed and followed as she trotted toward the street.

After a short walk we arrived at a house that was considerably bigger and nicer than the house where Ditzy lived.  She walked up and knocked on the door.  A few moments passed before a white, well dressed colt opened the door.  I glanced inside and was suddenly aware of every molecule of dirt in my coat(which was a lot given that I hadn’t had a bath since I was in Manehatten and I was starting to smell).  The colt gave me a quick, slightly disgusted, look before he said “The girls are this way” and motioned inside.

The ceiling looked incredibly higher from the inside.  That freaked me out a little, but it seemed to have no effect on Ditzy...as if she had grown used to it.  I had seen some pretty expensive houses in Manehatten, but most were smaller because of the fact that it was a city.  I guess in Ponyville the price-to-size ratio was a bit different.  I followed the colt to a room near the back of the house.  there sat a white earth pony and a light purple unicorn, both young foal, playing with small toy dolls.  I didn’t have long to ponder which was Dinky because one of the foals jumped up and ran to Ditzy and yelled “Momma!” which was received with a hug and an equally enthusiastic “Muffin!”

“Ditzy smiled at the colt and said “Thank you for letting her sleep over.” “It was no problem, they had lots of fun and even had a pillow fight that resulted in a broken lamp” he glared playfully at the girls when he said the last part.  This brought a nervous smile and a quick apology before she exclaimed that Dinky would be late for school if we didn’t leave right away, then proceeded to rush Dinky and I out of the house at incredible speeds.  Afterwards, before I could say anything Ditzy exclaimed “Why did you break his lamp!” and glared at Dinky.  “It was an accident, I swear...I didn’t mean to let go of the pillow”.  Ditzy sighed and started walking toward the street, presumably toward the school.  Dinky and I followed her.  “So who are you?” she asked quietly.  “My name’s Star Chord, I’m new here.  You’re mom is going to show me around town today.”  Dinky didn’t seem all that interested and just nodded and said “cool”

We dropped Dinky off at the school and Ditzy showed me the way to Sugarcube Corner, which was a bakery.  The whole way there she talked about muffins, it seemed strange how much she loved the things, but I shrugged it off and walked with her.  Once we got there she bought herself a blueberry muffin and she generously bought me one with some sort of nut in it.  we sat and ate our pastries in the corner of the shop.  “So, where did you come from, I haven’t seen you in Ponyville before...ever” I told her I was from Manehatten, but didn’t want to tell her about my ‘friends’ back in the city.  Fortunately I was saved from that awkward situation by a pink, earth pony with a even pinker mane, which was extremely messy and frizzy.

She made a small gasp when she saw me and zipped up and said “Are you new here?!?!” I was taken so aback I couldn’t find any words, so I simply nodded.  A huge smile spread across her face and she zipped out of the bakery faster than I could process what had just happened.  Not five seconds later, she zipped back in at full speed and stopped less than an inch away from my snout.  “Are you that creepy colt that tried to sleep at Twilight’s?”  “Well...yes, but-” I never got to finish because she zipped out of there faster than she had the first time.  I looked down sadly, wishing I hadn’t knocked on that door last night.  “Hey, cheer up, you probably didn’t know a princess lived there.” came a voice from across the table.  I looked up and saw Ditzy giving me the most sincere smile I have ever seen in my entire life.  “What!?” I exclaimed “She was a princess?! …  Well that would explain why she wasn’t too keen to let me in.” I stood up and walked toward the door, leaving my muffin half-eaten on the table when I heard the massive explosion a few blocks down.