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Ponyville seemed nice enough for his liking, even if he still liked what had once been a beneficial Manhattan. It was almost as large as his original home, and yet not nearly as expensive looking as the place. Every building around these parts seemed tone made of wood, like what he'd seen in films involving country folk. The ponies here were anything but country folk, however. He'd only passed by one orange mare with a southern accent and that was it.

He was Comedy Gold, the pony with possibly the worst name ever but with the least courage to tell his parents. Fittingly enough he had a cutie mark resembling a huge smile, something he seldom had but managed to inflict on others. That his trait; getting people to smile and laugh whether he wanted them to or not. Usually it was through puns that he couldn't resist creating and other times it was just something he physically did; like slipping on an obvious banana peel or something cheesy like that. To top it off, his coat was a golden color to resemble his own name. That really made ponies chuckle.

It was a nice ability at first, as it got even depressed ponies to hive a smirk, but something happened over time. It was like he got bored of it all; bored of his rare smiles while everyone else got the laugh. His boredom must have been contagious in some way, because a lot of manehatten rarely chuckled or smiled at him anymore.

It was midday, on the second day that he'd arrived in his new home and he was feeling a but low on energy. It wouldn't have taken him very long to find that hayburger joint he'd passed yesterday, but he was in the mood for something sweet to hit his tounge. And Sugarcube Corner would be just the place to find that sweet edibility.

Once he entered the building Comedy Gold sidestepped two allow two ponies, one with an auqa blue coat and the other with a yellow coat, to avoid running into them. He trotted to a halt in front of the counter, where he found nopony standing behind the counter. That was odd; How did those other two ponies walk out with their payed for items?

"*GASP*!" A mare that was possibly a year younger than him suddenly appeared behind the counter with an impossibly wide grin. Her coat was as pink as cotton candy, and her mane and tail seemed extra poofy. "OH MY GOSH! A NEW PONY!How ya dooooin?"

His face must have been a hilarious look of confusion, because she suddenly burst into the snorting laughter affect that he seemed to have on ponies. Rolling his eyes, he waited for her to calm herself. "Oh Ho! Sorry. Seriously though, you like Ponyville so far?"

"...It's nice, I guess." He answered truthfully, adding in a sort of shrug. The mare made a sort of squealing sound.

"I guessed it was nice when I arrived too! But then I knew I it was nice after a while." The mare smiled a little more nervously and in a friendly manner. "I'm Pinkie Pie! Whats your name, new guy?"

Knowing what was to come next, he sighed. "Comedy Gold."

He watched as his name registered with her, and then he watched as her eyes flickered downwards across his coat, the snicker that followed all of this. "Th-That is so Ironic."

No, it would have been more ironic if I were named Cheese Slice. He thought to himself sarcastically. "Uh huh. About my order..."

"Oh! Sorry! What can I get for you today, Mr. Gold?"

"A vanilla cupcake, extra frosting."

"Coming riiiiiight UP!"

The pink mare dived under the counter for just two seconds before appearing with a bigger grin and a perfect cupcake sitting in her hoof. Comedy Gold eyed the small thing rather suspiciously. "...where were you hiding this cupcake?"

As if she hadn't heard a word he said, Pinkie Pie giggled and pushed the cupcake towards him. "Here you are? One genuine cupcake with extra frosting! And since you're new here, This cupcake is FREE!"

The unicorn wasn't so sure what to say about that statement. Everything back in !anehatten coated him something, whether he was new or not. What kind of place was willing to give him a free cupcake just for being new to a city?!

"Uh...thanks...Pinkie." He responded after a while, using his horn to pick up the delicious smelling cupcake.

"You're Welcome, Goldilocks!" He heard her say as he turned to leave, making him cringe from the name. Her voice became fainter as he stalked through the door. "Come back soon! Especially if you have questions about Ponyville! Then again, I'd ask Twilight..."

As the door closed, he took a large bite of the cupcake. Though he wouldn't admit it aloud, this cupcake was far better than the ones in Manehatten. The absolute taste of sugar and flavor combined themselves in a journey across his tounge. In a way, it was just like drinking fruit punch at the some time as eating it.

A red blur rolled across the bottom of his vision, causing him to look down and notice a tiny ball skittering away from him at high speeds like a fast pair of legs. Sure enough, there was a small foal an opposite distance away from the ball who wailed: "MY BALL!"

Comedy frowned at the tone of the foal, and then at the obvious thing that he'd have to do. All he wanted was to do was stand around, watch a few ponies and eat the rest of his 'dessert'. Now he was cramming the rest of his cupcake into his mouth, galloping after the ball and realizing that swallowing at the same as breathing was a bad idea. He had to make sure that bits of frosting didn't get stuck in his lungs as the little chase began.

It went on a bit longer than he'd liked, since the ball only seemed to pick up speed as he gained on it. He had dodge under a passing cart full of oranges when the ball bounced over it, then he had to make a sharp turn when it ricocheted off a mail box and then several more turns when it bounced off several random ponies. When it caused a grey, cross eyed pegasus to trip and fall, he sprinted past and shouted an apology out. Somehow, the ball actually stopped when it collided with a pinkish blue leg. He skidded to a halt before the annoying ball that nearly destroyed his lungs, but practically forgot it when his gaze traveled up the leg.

His jaw fell open.

Staring back at him was an absolute emerald. That was the only word he had to describe her;nopony could look this beautiful at all! His eyes widened more than they ever had as she took notice of him, this emerald. The beauty had her mane in a stylish sort of ponytail(the irony of it all), and it had stripes of aqua blue and every different shade of purple known. Her coat was just as pinkish blue as her leg was, which was perfect just as the rest of her. His heart almost stopped when he caught sight of her dark magenta colored orbs; hypnotizing circles that looked straight back at him.

"Oops! Did I hit your ball by accident?" Came the angelic voice from her lips, melting his heart instantly. As if that wasn't enough, she had an adorably nervous look to go with it. "Sorry about that. I didn't really know it was there, to be honest."

His stupid mouth wouldn't close itself and he kept standing there like the slack jawed idiot he was. She didn't notice this.

"...yknow, I don't think I've ever seen you around here before. " The mare paused, giggled briefly and made him involuntarily twitch. " Not that I keep track of who I see to begin with, I just have a feeling you're new here. I'm Starlight Glimmer! What's your name?"

He knew that now would have been a great time to introduce himself, and better his chances of being around her in the very near future, but he couldn't think past that, let alone what to say. He didn't need to sound stupid in front of a beauty like her, so a proper introduction was necessary. Problem was, he kept thinking of a thousand pick up lines that his body was saying would be great to start with yet his mind said that it would kill his chances. Would saying 'hi' first make him look like a dork? What if she hated the way his voice sounded?! What if speaking made her regret talking to him to begin with?! Heck, what if his appearance alone scared her off? What if he wasn't masculine enough?! What if he had some horrible stroke of bad luck and was crushed by a giant rock before he could speak?!

"Hey Starlight! What're y'all doin out there?!" A southern voice said from somewhere not far in the distance. "Hurry up an' git in here! We've got orders teh make!"

"Oh! Sorry! I was distracted!" Starlight turned her head to speak with that voice, and then turned back to look at him. "Sorry, I've gotta go! Maybe I'll see you around sometime?"

The other voice called again, and she cringed inwardly before turning around. All he was soon left with was a disappearing view of her tail and (very nice looking and sizeable) flank...then he was left with no sight of her at all. He stood there with that same expression for another minute or so, even as the foal rushed up and hugged his leg as tightly as possible.

"Thanks Mister! " The foal looked up at him with a huge smile. " I never would've gotten my ball back without you!...Mister? Mister? What are you staring at? Mister? Can you hear me, Mister? Hello?"

Eventually, one thought managed to surface in his lovestruck mind.

I think I'm going to like this town.

"Mister, you're drooling."