The Life of a Pony Named Soul Melody

"Pick a prize, any prize!"

I stare at the tall pony, his broad grey horn glimmers as he picks out the prizes the fillies want. I stretch out my wings and fly up into the clouds, their strong push leave a swirl of wind under me.

"Okay, okay...where's PonyVille..?"

A grey flash of different shades appear, the owner of this trail is so quick I couldn't even grab a glance of it.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you say you're looking for PonyVille?!"

"Y-"

"Well, lucky you, you just found the coolest pony around!"

She grabs me by my hoof and in two seconds flat were in PonyVille's town square.

"Here you- wait..."

She looks at my eyes and curiously asks,

"How can you fly..?"

I forgot about how my eyes look, the liveliness that I use to own is gone. I stay silent, due to me not being able to think of anything to say..to cover up the truth.

"Hmm....welp, gotta blast!"

Then she's gone in a flash. I look around for somewhere to stay..aha! An inn, that's what I need. I glance over to a flower shop and walk over, hoping to find directions.

"H-Hello..?"

A filly with a big bow a top of her head pops out of no where,

"Hia!"

"Do you know here an inn is..by any chance..?"

"Mhm! There's one just two buildings down and on the other side!"

"Um..okay..thank you."

Being very hopeful, I follow the filly's instructions, and sure enough there's an inn.

"E-Excuse me..?"

A more of an taller and sturdier pony than the last one looks down upon me, his big eyes staring at my hair,

"Why hello there, what can I do for you?"

"I need a room please.."

"Of course,"

he walks behind the counter and looks at the room keys. He smiles and grabs one,

"here you are."

"Um...how many Bits..?"

"Oh, don't worry about it, it's on me. Enjoy your stay."

I give a light nod as a thank you and find the room.

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The morning rays hit my wings as I slowly open my heavy eyes. I slowly sit up and glare around the room, till I remembered where I was. I slowly get off the bed and go to a mirror. I see my strange reflection, my mane and tail cut as if it chopped sideways with my huge and elegant wings like Queen Celestia's. I look behind myself, and see my cutie mark. A soul on fire with a music note in the middle, it looked so strange from everyone else's. Suddenly, the sound of loud movement and ponies fill the air outside my window, so I slowly open it to see a pony with a crown, wings, and a horn walk down the town square. All of sudden, everyone is dancing and singing like crazy lunatics. I quickly close the glass but still hearing the faint chorus,

"Winter wrap up, winter wrap up! Let's hear your holiday cheer!"

After what seemed like hours, the song slowly died off and everyone was back to normal, I look

at myself one more time in the mirror,

"Alright Soul. You can do this. This is a new town, for your new begging!"

I try to put on a fake smile but it quickly disappeared like always.

"Ugh.."

I open the door and close it again, and quickly walk out of the inn. The town's bustling with tradesmen and just pretty much everypony. A screech suddenly makes everyone quiet, I turn around to see a pony with big curly hair and a ginormous smile,

"We've got a new pony!"

She starts to jump up and down and sprints toward me, I just move to the side. She quickly turns back around and goes for me again, but I just fly up this time, leaving swirling leaves and grass below me (like always).

"Ooohh...your wings are so pretty!"

I shake my head and fly off to find somewhere nice and...

"Is that a library?"

I land down softly and quietly and enter the place.

"Hm...if I- oh hello there!"

The pony from earlier came out from behind the tall stacks of books with a great big smile.

"H-Hello."

She gets closer to me,

"Oh my..your eyes...how can you see?"

"Oh..um...well..I..um...i-if you'll excuse me..I-I must be on my way."

I quickly gallop out of the tree but I'm stopped by the pony with the ginormous hair.

"I found you! I win! I win!"

I slowly start backing up then my wings hit another pony in the face,

"I-I'm sorry.."

I walk backwards in the other direction and run into a guard,

"O-Oops..s-sorry.."

I finally notice I'm trapped in a circle, so I try to fly up but my wings feel like their being held back. A gasp fills the air and then I suddenly fall back on to the ground from trying to break the hold. I rub my head and check my wings, but when I do, I notice a tall pony with a flowing tail of different shades standing in front of me,

"Soul Melody."

"Q-Queen C-Celestia...I-I'm s-sorry..."

"It's fine."

The pony from the library comes out and walks up to the Queen,

"Do you know her Queen Celestia?"

"Why yes...her mother is a long time friend of mine. But if you'll excuse me, me and

Soul must be reintroduced, we haven't talked or seen each other since she was a little filly."

She nods her head and walks off, clearing the crowd.

"Come Soul, we have much to discuss."

Celestia gives me a light smile and nods for me to follow her. As I catch up to her, the guards get rid of the ponies that were still just standing there. The Queen elegantly sits down in her chariot and waits for me to join her. As I step up to the beautifully crafted wooden ride, I tumble and fall face first into the ground.

"Ow.."

She lightly chuckles and says with a bright smile,

"Oh dear Soul, you're still the same as you were in some ways."

I tried to grin and brush off her statement, it wasn't true. I'm no longer the same, the last time she's seen me or talked to me was before-

"Queen Celestia, shall we show Ms. Melody to her living quarters."

"Certainly, Soul, are you ready?"

"F-For what, if I may ask?"

"For your home. It's temporary of course, but we'll treat you all the same."

"Thank you."