A Warm Welcome

Vahkii is woken up by a cool breeze in the mid morning air. His window stayed open all night. He easily gets up and wakes up, excited to get the day going. He immediately runs downstairs and outside. The weather is perfect. It's cool, with a nice breeze flowing, and the sun tells him it's still early. He decides to take a walk around and see what Ponyville has to offer.

The housing was mixed in with businesses and restaurants, which he liked. He didn't have to walk too far for anything. He notices a bunch of places, and a market for food. As he comes around that restaurant he was at yesterday and had a sandwich, he sees the group of friends sitting and conversing, only halfway done eating. Rainbow notices him, and beckons him over.

"This really is what I wanted! They really are kind and friendly." (He joins them and sits at the table, still lost in thought) "If this is what having a lot of friends is like, I wanna be like Pinkie and be friends with everypony here."

He continues to be lost in thought about how happy he is. He smiles and laughs to himself. When he comes back to reality he finds them all just looking at him quietly. He didn't notice they stopped talking.

"You gonna talk with us or just sit there all quiet like?" Applejack asked him.

"Yeah, what are you talking about?" Vahkii replied.

And he joined in the conversation. This really did turn out different than expected, but he likes where it ended him up.

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Epilogue;

Vahkii is in the library, checking out Twilight's letters to Princess Celestia. Twilight herself is re-organizing with Spike, putting books back on their shelves. Fluttershy and Rarity are looking through romance novels. Rainbow is over on a pillow reading magazines. Applejack is sitting next to her with her hat over her eyes, probably napping. Pinkie Pie is in Twilight's kitchen, baking cupcakes.

He's been living here for a month now, and he hangs out regularly with his friends. He knows a lot of other ponies here as friends, but these six are his best friends, who he spends time with the most. He's the only colt in the group, but he doesn't really care. They all accept him. They have started going to Horsia's every Saturday night, the night that Vinyl Scratch DJ's a small show. He's been wanting to talk to her and see if his music making could help her.

Vahkii still occasionally thinks back to how his life was before. Looking at how it's changed for him, what could he want now, or even dare to ask for? His thoughts are broken by Pinkie Pie nudging him with a tray of cupcakes, extra frosting on top. He takes one and eats it all in one bite, he's enjoyed all of her cooking, and Applejack's too. As Pinkie goes around giving the cupcakes to them, they put the books down and the seven meet up in a circle of pillows where Rainbow Dash and Applejack are.

They all sit, enjoying the cupcakes, and some start to talk about what to do next. Vahkii looks out the window, another beautiful day, with Winter about to come. He continues his thoughts from before Pinkie gave him the cupcake, but she immediately jumps between him and the window, right in his face.

"How many times are you gonna drift off a day?" She asks him.

All he can do is smile and shake his head.

"What? I was being serious! That's like, all you ever do! Are we too boring that you have to talk to yourself everyday? Helloooo?!?"

The others laugh when they realize that Vahkii is just messing with her now, and he's just being quiet on purpose.

"This couldn't have turned out any better. A warm welcome indeed."

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After notes; This was just the way I decided to make the intro. Yes, I've heard it's unoriginal. Sure, whatever. I'll keep this story going, but right now unsure if it should be episodic or one long tale. I plan on continuing this as a slice of life, adventure, or romance depending on feedback. I can try dark but no gore. All help and critique is accepted.