The New Weather Pony

The sky blue pegasus landed softly on the coarse dirt on the outskirts of Ponyville. He had a well toned, muscular body. His mane and tail were both blue with cyan stripes running through them. The stallion was carrying two brown, leather saddlebags on his bag. Inside contained all his personal belongings from his home in Cloudsdale. He stretch his wings before pressing them against his back. The stallion looked at the small town infront of him with a large smile.

"Finally, my own independant life begins today." the sky blue pegasus said to himself. He trotted off in the direction of the town.

His parents had rented him a small house in Ponyville for his twenty first birthday. They agreed to pay the first few months of rent until he settled into his job. The town grew larger as the stallion moved forward. The town was a lot larger than he had anticipated. He went in the direction of the town square. When he arrived he was greeted by the sight of multiple ponies doing their daily jobs, buying fruit and vegtables or other errands they had to attend to. The pegasus stood to the side, so he didn't block anypony's way. He reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a folded letter. He read it's contents.

Dear Mister Stratosphere,

Upon your arrival to Ponyville, please proceed to the town hall. Once there ask for mayor mare, who will welcome you to the town and show you your new home. The town hall is the large, cylindrical building at the centre of town, adorned with flags at the top. Looking forward to seeing you.

Ponyville Registrar,

Silk Parchment

The stallion glanced up from the letter, attempting to spot the town hall building. He eventually spotted it, recognising it from the flags blowing in the wind on top of it. He trotted through the square over to it. He opened the front door and went inside. The interior was very plain, no patterns or designs jumping out at you. The stallion walked through the building until he came to a small desk. A mare was sitting behind it, sifting through multipls sheets of paper. The stallion cleared his throat to get the mare's attention. She glanced up from her work.

"Oh, my apologies, I didn't notice you come in." the mare said smiling at the young stallion. He smiled back at her.

"It's not a bother." he responded, rubbing a hoof on the back of his neck. He stared at the mare. She stared back at him.

"Can I help you?" she asked, realising the pegasus wasn't going to say anything. A look of realisation filled his face.

"Oh, right!" he said. He pulled the letter out of his saddlebag and gave it to her. She read through it quietly.

"Oh, I see. You're the new resident from Cloudsdale." she said standing up from her chair."Mayor Mare is in her office if you'd like to see her."

"I'll go in now." Stratosphere said. The mare nodded.

"Very well. It's the door down the hall on the right." she said pointing with her hoof. The stallion gazed at the direction her hoof was facing. He headed off down the corridor, nodding his thanks to the mare. He stopped and turned back to her.

"I never caught your name." he said. She smiled at him again.

"I'm Silk Parchment." she said.

"Stratosphere." the stallion said. The mare nodded at him.

"I know, I read the letter." she giggled. The stallion blushed and turned to head down the corridor.

"I'll see you around." he called back to her as he trotted away.

Stratosphere knocked on the door and waited for a response. He heard a mare call "come in" from inside the room. He opened the door and stepped inside. He closed the door behind him. Sitting at another desk was a hazel brown mare with a grey mane and glasses. She looked up from her papers to see the stallion. She gestured for him to sit down in one of the two chairs, opposite her desk. Stratosphere placed his saddlebags next to the chair and sat down. The mare smiled at him.

"Hello, Mister Stratosphere is it?" she asked the stallion. He nodded."I'm mayor Mare. On behalf of the citizens of Ponyville, I would like to personally welcome you to our little town. I'm sure you'll fit right in here." she beamed. She looked down at the papers."It says here you are renting one of the town centre cottages. You have paid the first six months rent in advance." she said looking back up at the pegasus.

"That's correct." he said. The mare continued reading through the papers.

"Well everything else seems in order. The only thing left to discuss is your new occupation. The openings we currently have are a gardener for the town council, an assistant to our residant teacher or a job on the weather team."

The last job caught the stallion's attention.

"Erm, I think I'll take the weather job." the stallion said. The mare smiled at him and wrote something down on the paper.

"Excellent, all I need now is your signature and you can get started on your new job by Monday morning." the mayor beamed. Stratosphere signed the piece of paper and returned it to the mare."Excellent, I'll show you around town now and to your new home. Then your free to do your own thing." she said getting up from her chair. The two ponies exited the office. As they left Stratosphere waved goodbye to Silk as they left.

***

The two ponies walked through the town, Mayor Mare pointing out all the various shops and houses to the young stallion. He tried to take in as much information as he could, but the mare simply went to fast for him. They had started at town hall, and from there ventured out to Sweet Apple Acres. After they went there, they went to Sugarcube Corner. They passed by Rarity's boutique after that. The tour concluded with Princess Twilight's castle at the edge of Ponyville.

"Well that's all the spots of major importance. If you don't have any questions I'll show you to your house now." Mayor Mare said. The pegasus simply nodded. The two ponies walked back into the twon square. They stopped outside a small cottage overlooking the town square. The mare handed the stallion a small key.

"This is your house. I'm in town hall most of the time if you have any questions. If I'm not there, feel free to direct your questions to my assistant Silk Parchment." the hazel mare said. With that she turned and trotted off back to town hall. The stallion looked at the cottage infront of him. He looked around to make sure nopony was watching. Once he was satisfied he did a small dance. As he was dancing a hoof tapped him on his rear. The stallion jumped, immediatly ceasing his dance. He turned around to see a pink mare standing right in his face. She was studying him carefully, a hoof rubbing her chin.

"Can I help you?" Stratosphere asked. The mare stopped rubbing her chin.

"I've never seen you around here before, which means you must have just moved here, which means that I never got to throw you a Pinkie Pie welcoming party, which is absolutely crazy because I throw evrypony who moves here a party, but I haven't thrown you one which is just unacceptable. Now I have to go and plan you a Pinkie Pie welcoming party. What's your favourite colour? Favourite food?" The mare somehow manage to say all in one breatb. The stallion stated at her, completely dumbfounded. The mare giggled.

"Nevermind, I think I know everything I'll need." she beamed."Go to sugarcube corner at eight this evening and don't be late." she said, bouncing away from the stallion. Stratosphere remained where he was, unsure of what just happened. He shook his head and decided it would be best to attend the event later. He then turned back to his cottage. He put the key in the door and turned it, causing a loud clicking noise. Ge opened the door and stepped inside his new home. It was cosy and quaint. The cottage had one bedroom, a bathroom and a living room that was in the same room as the kitchen. The stallion smiled gleefully as he looked at his new cottage. He went into the bedroom and threw his saddlebags on his bed. He would unpack later. He went back out into the living room. He sat down on the couch.

"Independance feels good." he said. There was a knock at his door. He got up to answer it. He opened the door to a dark grey stallion and a lighter grey colt.

"Hi there." the dark grey stallion said, extending a hoof. Stratosphere shook it politely."I'm Thunderlane, and this here is my little brother, Rumble. We live next door." the stallion said.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Stratosphere." the blue pegasus said."Please come in." he said gesturing for the two to enter. They both stepped inside."I apologise, I haven't gotten any refreshments to offer, I just moved in today. Grocery shopping is on the to do list for tomorrow." he said meekly. Thunderlane grinned.

"It's fine. We just wanted to pop over and say hey. I figured you might need a hoof since you're just settling in." the dark grey stallion said.

"That's very kind of you." Stratosphere said.

"Why don't we head over to sugarcube corner, so we can get to know one another better." Thunderlane suggested.

"That sounds like a cool idea. Let's get going." the blue pegasus said. The three ponies left the cottage.

***

The three ponies sat together in Sugarcube corner, eating a few cupcakes and drinking milkshakes.

"So you're from Cloudsdale?" Thunderlane asked.

"Born and raised." Stratosphere responded with a laugh."What about yourself and your brother?" he said.

"We moved out here after our folks passed in an accident. I thought it would be better for Rumble if we moved somewhere new." Thunderlane said grimly. Startosphere showed a look of sympathy.

"I'm so sorry for both of your losses." he said.

"Ah it's alright. We love it out here, don't we Rumble?" he said rustling the colt's mane.

"Yeah we do. Me and Thunderlane are the top bachelors of this town." the little colt boasted. The two older stallions laughed.

"So have you got a job yet?" Thunderlane asked.

"Yeah. I'm gonna be working for the weather team." the blue pegasus said.

"That's where I work." Thunderlane responded."I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other."

"Guess so." Stratosphere said. He suddenly remembered something that happened earlier."Is there a crazy pink mare in this town?" he asked Thunderlane.

"Oh, I'm guessing you've already met Pinkie Pie then." he said grinning."Quite the mare, isin't she?" he said.

"Yeah. She said something about my party being here at eight or something." Stratosphere said.

"Oh that's your welcoming party. She does one for everypony. I would make sure you don't miss it." he said.

"I'll try not too. Thanks for the grub." the blue pegasus said."I'm gonna head home and freshen up for this party then." he said. Thunderlane smiled and waved the pegasus goodbye.

The stallion made his way back to his cottage. He closed the door behind him as he went inside. He sat back down on his couch once again and smiled.

"I think I'm gonna like it here." he said to himself.