Chapter 1: A New Hope
Ivory Moon groaned as she awoke,and saw the money she owed to the gang was gone.She smiled and went to her stolen items pile and found a dress,it was sorta odd. [ ] She sighed as she finally got the dress on.It had wing holes for her to fit on.She gently smiled and picked up her bag of 85 bits and walked off,but then noticed Rarity coming back while she was walking out of an alleyway,letting out a huff of breath out.She heard a small shriek and saw Rarity bounding towards her and the pretty mare spoke,"Darling,you have made a bad mistake wearing that dear." Ivory replied stuttering at a few words,"W-W-Well....It is the only thing I have to wear and n-n-nopony here in Canterlot h-h-has ever spoken t-t-to me a-a-at all...."She had her mane in a mess alongside her tail.Rarity replied,"Dear,do you want to go inside?I heard it is going to be rainy today." Ivory nodded and spoke,"L-L-lemme get my things...I'll join y-y-you in a moment...." She trotted off and grabbed the saddlebag she made out of stolen scraps of fabrics she found on the streets and put all he things except her guitar in it.She sighed and slung the guitar over her shoulder and then trotted back to Rarity and she lead her inside. The young filly looked around carefully and nervously.She sighed and then Rarity spoke,"Welcome to Canterlot Carousel." Rarity lead her to a curtain and spoke,"I think I have something for you,just wait here a moment dear." Rarity then trotted off and the young filly sighed and thought,'H-Hope it is fashionable but easily to maneuver in,so I can escape trouble quickly...' She then saw Rarity come back and then gave her the outfit and spoke,"Try it on dear,I hope you like it." Ivory Moon then trotted into the dressing room and tried it on [ ] She smiled as she looked at her reflection,her mane and tail were still messy,but the outfit was fashionable and easy to maneuver in.She smiled and saw that her wings easily fitted in.She smiled and trotted out and spoke to Rarity,barely stuttering,"Thanks,do I owe you anything for it ma'am?" Rarity shook he head and spoke,"No dear,you can keep it,it is on me for you young one,Oh and by the way,what is your name deary,I didn't get it." Ivory then spoke,"Ivory.Ivory Moon..." She gently bowed her head and Rarity looked at her and replied,"Alright Ivory,I think you should stay here until the rain stops I guess." Rarity looked out the window,seeing rain fall heavily.Ivory nodded,"O-Okay...I hope the rain stops in a few hours or so." Ivory replied,pushing a bit of her mane away from her right eye.
Rarity looked at the fill,gently smiling,"I'll do you a little favor and get your mane fixed up to take our minds off the rain." Ivory nodded,gently smiling.'W-Wow!I've never had anypony give me this much generosity unless I am singing a song...' she thought,her eyes showing a small spark of joy in them.Moments later,they were in the back room,Rarity carefully brushing Ivory Moon's mane,and then she spoke,"Do you have any special talents dear?" Ivory sighed and spoke,"Y-Yeah...But I don't wanna talk about them,some of them are bad habits...." Rarity nodded,understanding the point that she doesn't want to say a thing about her talents.She then asked another question,this one was tricky to avoid,"So,what does your cutie mark mean?It is a dirty bag but why?" Ivory spoke,"It is off of one of my talents,Thievery and shape shifting.I was experimented when I was very young and well...I was turned into a shape shifting pony,this form was my original.After all the experiments,I was dumped onto the streets,and I had to steal to survive,but I did good things with the items I stole,like I gave to other orphans on the streets the things I stole and taught them that they should give and not take.To them,I'm like a certain pony from a story,I steal from the rich and gave to the poor.But one day I bumped into this bad gang and well,I owed them 15 bits a month.In exchange,they taught me like teachers during the nights of the full moons.I learned that this world is a bit harsh and you might have to do bad to survive.And one day,on an assignment,I earned the mark once I finished it.My teacher for the thievery exam was their leader,Falcon Diver,a brown colt that is 9 years older than me his eyes were a nice green and his mane and tail were short and black.He says I'm smarter than the gang members,and I am getting my entrance exam tomorrow to see if I can join them.I heard it you wanted to join a gang,you might bump into them,they are the toughest gang,called the Flaming Snakes or something."
Rarity nodded and spoke,"I-I'm sorry to hear that dear,but I hope you use your knowledge for good in the gang and convert them to good dear." Rarity had already finished her mane ant tail. [ ] The young filly smiled gently,her mane was nice and reflected off her past,and her near future without changing the color. She then smiled and then saw that the rain was gone and she then spoke,"Hey!The rain has gone!" Rarity looked at the window and nodded,"Well then dear,hope you have a nice day." Ivory smiled and trotted out,and spoke "Thank you Ms.Rarity!" and she trotted off to her little home in the alleyway,and started to organize it again without getting dirty.She smiled and finished organizing by sunset.She looked out the alleyway and saw two guards patrolling.She smiled and flew to the meeting area,a nice fountain,She smiled and sat there,waiting for her mentor to come,smiling gently.
