Frosty's Trottings

"So what are you guys actually here for?' Twilight asked.

"We're here to see if you have a place to sleep for Midnight Frost here," Applejack replied.

I poked Applejack. "You can call me... Frost. It sounds way less serious, and it's less of a mouthful."

Applejack nodded. "Frost, huh... Why not go all the way and make it Frosty? Sounds even better!"

I said it a few times in my head, hearing what it sounded like. "Frosty... I like it," - I smiled, - "I've really left my past behind me now."

Twilight smiled. "So, Frosty, huh? Sounds friendly. I've got a few empty rooms here, so you can stay here. I'll probably have to show you around so you don't get lost, because this place can be confusing to newcomers."

She showed me around the castle, which was huge, by the way, taking a long time in the library, showing me all the racks of books. I had never seen so many rare books in one place before. Twilight noticed my eyes, which were filled with wonder.

"Do you like books?" she asked.

I nodded in awe. "I've never seen so many books before! I wasn't allowed in the royal library, so I had to be satisfied with my local bookstore."

"Well," - Twilight smiled - "you can always come here if you want to read about something. Do make sure to put the books back on the correct spot."

"Thanks! I'll definitely make use of this." I smiled broadly. "I assume you're a bookworm as well?"

"You bet I am," Twilight answered, "I've been reading books for as long as I can remember."

We continued the tour of the castle, and finally arrived upstairs at a hallway.

"This is it," - Twilight pointed at the second door on the left of the hallway. - "this is your new place to stay."

I opened the door. Inside there was a small room, dimly lit by what little sunlight could get through the curtains. There was a comfy bed, a beautiful old desk, and a few cabinets. I liked it.

"Do you like it?" Twilight asked.

I nodded and smiled. "It's perfect."

"Are you sure that it isn't too dark?" Twilight glanced at the heavy curtains.

"It's alright, I like dark," I said, smiling.

I took a few bits out of my bag, left the bag on my desk and we walked downstairs.

So now the waiting began until I had a house. I guessed Applejack couldn't begin building until the snow was gone, so it was going to take a long time. At least until spring. So I walked around Ponyville wondering what to do next. I noticed that it had been quite some time since I had eaten, so I kept an eye out for a place for something to eat. After a few minutes of walking around, looking at all the snow-covered houses, I saw something that looked like a cake-, or sweet-shop. I thought that, because it looked like a giant cake. I wouldn't have been surprised if I took a bite out of it, and it tasted like chocolate cake, or something else cake-related.

I grinned, and entered the weird cake-house. There were a lot of cakes on display, and the whole place just looked like it was made out of sponge-cake. I resisted the temptation to poke the wall to see if it was as soft as one as well. There was a middle-aged mare at the counter, looking at me expectantly.

"Hello, is this a shop for cake, or anything like that?" I asked uncertainly.

"Yes, it is! This is Sugarcube Corner, for all your cake needs." - she pointed at the counter, which had a few delicious looking cakes and cupcakes in it. "Would you like any of these?"

"Oh, yes, please! I'd like to buy that big strawberry-cake, please," I said, my mouth watering at the sight. I was really hungry.

She got the cake out, and put it in a brightly coloured box. "Here you go, that'll be twenty three bits."

While I looked into my pouch of gold, Pinkie Pie walked down the stairs. "Ah-" she yawned, "-that nap was great."

I looked up suddenly when I recognized the voice. I didn't know how she would react to me, after I had told her I didn't want to be friends.

"You were taking a nap?" asked the mare behind the counter, not looking even remotely surprised, "At this time of day?"

"Yup!" - Pinkie Pie started bouncing again, - "You can't expect me to bounce around all day without naps in between," - she noticed me, - "oh, hey, it's you again. Are you here for cake?"

I sighed with relief. At least she wasn't angry at me. Maybe I should...try to become friends...? I had no idea if this was a smart idea or not. I decided that I would go for it.

"...Yes, but I've been looking for you as well."

That was a lie, of course. I had already forgotten about Pinkie Pie, with only lunch on my mind. But oh well, lies don't matter if they're good ones, eh?

Pinkie Pie looked confused. "For me, why? Is the reason by any chance that-" she stared blankly into nothing, "-you had already forgotten about me, with only lunch on your mind?-" her eyes went normal again, "-And that you want to-" blank stare again, "-try to become friends...?" She looked at me expecting an answer.

I gaped at her in surprise. She had perfectly read my thoughts! Almost like it was written down on my forehead, or somewhere else.

"...Y-you're completely r-right..." -I blushed awkwardly,- "Well, what about it? D-do you want to be f-friends?"

The moment I said the word 'friends', I knew I may have made a mistake, as Pinkie Pie started shaking from pent-up...something. I looked at her in horror. Then, she started bouncing up and down against the ceiling, whilst yelling hurrahs and hurrays, and what not. From what little I could see of her face as she bounced I could see she looked happy. The mare behind the counter smiled.

"That's nice of you," she said, "I guess if you become friends with Pinkie, that I'll see more of you around here, so an introduction would be nice."

I told her. "I'm Frosty, what's your name?"

She nodded. "That's a nice name, Frosty. My name is miss Cake, Pinkie lives with us. Oh, that reminds me,-" she looked at Pinkie, "-if you keep bouncing like that, your excitement will go through the roof. Literally."

Pinkie stopped bouncing. "Oh, sorry! I'm just SO EXCITED!" Pinkie looked at me, "We need to hang out sometime, and do FUN thi-" Pinkie gasped loudly, "-THERE HASN'T BEEN A WELCOME-PARTY FOR YOU YET!"

I was baffled. No one had ever thrown a party for me, let alone one for me arriving in a new town.

"A p-party?! For me?! What?!"

I became embarrassed just at the prospect of a party in honour of me.

"Yes, we're doing this, it's almost tradition now!" Pinkie said, bouncing with excitement.

I told Pinkie I would look forward to the party, took my cake, and left after saying bye to the two. I didn't take Pinkie serious about the party. I mean, who would possibly throw a party for me without me actually asking for it?

I took my cake with me, walking through the town, looking at all the different shops, remembering where they were for future reference.

Eventually I stopped in a random alley, where I put down my cake and sat down, resting against the wall. I ate the strawberry cake, which, after the first bite, turned out to have creamy filling on the inside. It was even more delicious than I originally thought. A few of the ponies that passed me asked if I wasn't cold, out here in the snow. I wasn't cold, so I said told them I wasn't.

After that delicious and filling lunch I began walking back, visiting a few shops that got my attention, like "Quills and Sofas". The name puzzled me, untill I entered the shop, and saw that they actually sold both quills and sofas. I ignored the sofa part of the shop, and bought a few beautiful quills. After all, I was going to study ice-magic closer, and make notes of my findings.

I walked home, levitating my bag of purchased goods. I entered Twilight's castle, softly humming a happy tune. I shook the snow out of my fur, and headed upstairs. I was walking down the main hallway and was about to pass the door to the throne-room, when I suddenly got deafened by something that sounded like a cannon go off next to my ear, spewing confetti everywhere. There were many cheers, and I got pulled into the throne-room. The room was jam-packed with ponies, all cheering. Confetti everywhere, and balloons and banners, the whole room looked like a colourful whirlwind had passed through, decorating the place with whatever it could find in the local party-store, and had a large budget. There was a giant cake as well, and judging by all the mangoes and pineapples it had a tropical theme, which was my favorite. I hadn't ever told anyone, so this was a surprise.

Every pony in the room was looking at me expectedly, waiting for my reaction.

"...H-hi..." - I blushed deeply red, embarrassed because of all the attention. - "I'm F-Frosty..."

"Hi, Frosty!" the room said, as one.

There were more cheers, and they directed me to the cake, which I then cut. It became a great party, and I had a good time. We all played silly games, like "pin the tail on the pony", and there was cake for everyone. I got to know a few ponies, like Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. Rarity was friendly, and from what I picked up, she made dresses for a living. She looked like she would instantly fit in in Canterlot, which was probably true. I didn't like Rainbow Dash that much, but she was still being nice. She was just too...competitive.

It was a great party, and I even got slightly nauseous because I ate too much cake.

It had been a good day.