The New Weather Pony

Stratosphere went into his room and opened his saddle bags. He removed their contents and placed them on the bed. The items ranged from clothing to toiletries. He picked up the clothes and placed each of them into his wardrobe. He then brought all his toiletries to the bathroom. Once he was satisfied that he was unpacked, the stallion returned to his bedroom. He went over to his wardrobe and looked through his selection of clothing. He wanted to pick out a smart shirt for the party later. After a few minutes of deliberation the stallion finally settled for a dark steel shirt that he had. He placed it on his bed. He went into the bathroom again to take a quick shower to freshen up. He turned the knob on the shower, starting the slow trickle of water from the showerhead. After a few minutes a large cloud of steam had accumulated in the bathroom. The stallion turned the knob once again, ceasing the flow of warm water. He stepped out of the shower and went back into his room. He dried his mane and coat with the towel, before tossing it into a corner of his bedroom. The stallion then proceded to put on his dark steel coloured shirt. He stood infront of a small mirror that hung on the wall of his bedroom. He smiled at himself, fixing one of his blue hairs that had fallen out of place.

"Sweet Celestia, I look handsome." Stratosphere said to himself. He glanced around his room to confirm he hadn't forgotten anything. He then proceded to the front door, to go to his welcome party.

The stallion walked through the quiet streets of Ponyville in the direction of Sugarcube Corner. The twon seemed a lot more quiet not that is was late into the afternoon. Many of the stalls he had seen open when he first arrived, were now closed for the day. Only a few ponies were lingering around the town square. The stallion continued on his journey to the pastry shop. As he approached Sugarcube Corner, he noticed that the shop had been done up, decorated with streamers and ballons. A large banner hung over the front entrance. It said in large writing that seemed to be written in icing "Welcome to Ponyville". The stallions topped and smirked at the sign. He didn't realise that the pink mare would go to such lengths just to throw the stallion a welcoming party. This town was turning out to be a lot better than he was expecting. When he reached the shop he opened the door and went in. Inside the shop was pitch black. The stallion reached around for a light switch. As he fumbled about in the dark he grabbed something plump and furry.

"Hey!" somepony shouted.

Suddenly the shop was illuminated in light, with a mass of ponies shouting "Suprise!". The stallion looked at them all wide eyed. They were all looking at him smiling. The stallion looked down to see what his hoof had grabbed. His hoof was resting on a pony's flank. He looked up to see who the flank belonged to. He was greeted by a familiar set of eyes.

"Silk!" the stallion said in suprise, his hoof still on the mares flank. She looked back at him.

"Hey." she said. The two stood in silence for a moment. Silk finally broke the silence."Think you could take your hoof off my flank?" she asked the stallion, causing him to blush profoundly.

"Oh, sorry!" the stallion said retracting his hoof. The mare smiled at him.

"It's fine, your not the first stallion to have done that." she said with a small giggle. Before Stratopsher could respond, his vision was shrouded in pinkness.

"Suprise!" the pink mare shouted directly into the stallion's face. He blinked a few times before his senses calmed down."Welcome to Ponyville."

"Thanks!" Stratosphere said gratefully."You really didn't have to go to so much trouble to throw me this amazing party." the pegasus said blushing. The pink mare beamed at him.

"Please, it was no trouble at all. Besides the moment I saw you earlier, I just knew you had to be new in town, which meant you hadn't had your official welcoming party yet, which everypony in Ponyville gets once they move here. It would break my solem oath as Pinkie Pie if I didn't throw you a party." the mare managed to say in one breath. The stallion stared at her before smiling softly.

"Well it's a great party, thank you very much." he said.

"I'm glad you like it. This is a great chance for you to get to know everypony in town better. My friends and I would be ahppy to show you around any time if you want." the pink mare squeaked.

"You're too kind." Stratosphere said."I guess I'll go mingle with the guests." he said. The pink mare nodded at him before bouncing off. The stallion looked around at all the ponies present. He didn't recognise anypony except SIlk Parchment, who was talking a blue stallion with a musical note for a cutie mark. As he was looking he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see a dark grey pegasus smiling at him.

"Hey!" Thunderlane said, extending out his hoof. Stratosphere knocked his hoof against the stallion's.

"Thunderlane! What's up? Thanks for coming to the party. I don't really know anypony here." the stallion said sheepishly. The dark grey pegasus only smiled.

"That's the whole point of this party, for you to get to know other ponies." he said. Stratosphere rubbed the back of his neck. Thunderlane raised an eyebrow at him."A bit shy?" he asked. Stratopshere nodded."Hold on a second." the pegasus said, leaving the stallion. He returned a few moments later with two mares. They were both pegasi. He brought them over to Stratosphere."Allow me to introduce Cloudchaser and Flitter." he said gesturing to the two mares. They both smiled at him.

"Nice to meet you both." Stratosphere said meekly. The two mares giggled at him. One of them extended a hoof out to him.

"Hey there, I'm Cloudchaser." the mare said."This is my sister Flitter. We live next door to Thundy here, just two doors down from you." she said."It's always nice to meet a new face around here." she said slowly sliding beside the blue pegasus. Cloudchaser's sister scowled at her. She then proceded to copy her sister, the two mares, either side of Stratosphere, nuzzling up against him. The shade of red was clear on the blue stallions face. Thunderlane cleared his throat loudly.

"Mares, I wanted to introduce you to the stallion and welcome him to Ponyville, not scare him away." the dark grey pegasus laughed. The two mares scwoled at him."He doesn't know many ponies in town. Your not giving us a good reputation." he smirked.

"Just because you can't keep a mares attention doesn't give you the right to get jealous." Cloudchaser said, his sister and Stratospher laughing at the comment. Thunderlane got flustered. He pulled the two mares off the stallion and shooed them away. He turned back to Stratosphere.

"Sorry about that. They must have gotten to the cider quicker than I had anticipated. I promise you they're a lot freindly when they haven't been drinking." he said with a small grin.

"It's alright, I'm used to that kind of attention." Stratopshere said. The two stallions stood quitely. Then Thunderlane had an idea.

"You said you were joining the weather team, correct?" he asked the blue pegasus. The stallion looked at him unsure.

"Yes, why do you ask?" he said. The stallion smiled.

"I'll be back in a moment." he said running off, leaving the stallion alone once again.

"If he returns with more drunk mares, I might just kill him." Stratosphere said to himself. Thunderlane returned accompanied by a cyan mare with a rainbow mane.

"Allow me to introduce the head of the weather team." Thunderlane said gesturing to the mare. Stratosphere stuck out his hoof.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Stratopshere". The mare shook his hoof firmly.

"Pleasure to meet you Stratopshere, the name's Rainbow Dash. I run the weather team here in Ponyville as Thunderbutt over here already said." The cyan mare said laughing. Thunderlane scoweled at the nickname."So you just moved here?" she ask.

"Yeah, from Cloudsdale." Stratosphere said. The mare smiled at him.

"A cloudsdale pegasus, eh? I'm Cloudsdale born and raised myself. Moved out here to get away from my folks." the mare said.

"Now my idea feels a little less cool and original." Stratopshere said with a grin.

"You seem pretty chill. We should hang out sometime. Do some flying and talk about Cloudsdale." the mare said. She looked over at a group of ponies, which included the crazy pink mare."I gotta get back to my friends. It was nice to meet you." she said walking away from the stallion. Stratopshere waved as she left them. He looked over at Thunderlane.

"She seems nice." he said.

"You're one of the lucky ones. You got on her good side." the dark grey pegasus said. The two continued to chat between themselves for the rest of the evening. Eventually the party came to an end. Stratosphere thanked the pink mare once again before heading in the direction of his home, accompanied by Thunder, Cloudchaser and Flitter. The two mares went straight into their home once they arrived. Thunderlane invited Stratosphere in for a drink. The two ponies went into the living room of the cottage. Thunderlane's house was a lot bigger, despite it being next door. His house had a second floor and spread out a lot more. Stratosphere sat down on the couch. Thunderlane followed shortly carrying two glasses. As the two were talking, hoofsteps could be  heard coming down the stairs. Rumble trotted into the living room.

"Hey Thunder." he said.

"Hey Rumble. How was your evening?" he asked his younger brother.

"Pretty good. I just played video games the entire time." the small colt said. He looked over at the other stallion."Where did you pick this one up?" he asked is older brother. Thunderlane's face immediatly went a dark shade of red.

"This is Stratosphere, remember? He's our new neighbour." Thunderlane said. Rumble looked at the pegasus again, the memory of him returning to the little colt.

"Oh yeah. You didn't even wait a day before you started flirting with him." Rumble said, going into the kitchen. Thunderlane glared at his younger brother before turning to face Stratopshere.

"Sorry about him." they grey pegasus said.

"It's alright. I'm assumung that your bi?" Stratosphere asked. Thunderlane nodded."That's cool, I never really knew any bi stallions, only mares." Stratosphere said. Thunderlane smiled at him.

"Thanks for not freaking out. I lost a lot of friends when I came out." the stallion said. The two sat in silence. Rumble trotted back in, a glass in his own hoof and sat down between the two pegasi.

"So how was the party. Were Cloudchaser and Flitter drunk again?" the colt asked. Thunderlane nodded with a small grin."Ha! Flitter owes me five bits. She said she wouldn't get drunk." Rumble said. Thunderlane laughed at what his younger brother had said.

"Maybe losing a bet with a colt will encourage her to not get drunk so much. Might even convince her sister too." he said. Rumble picked up his controller and turned in the television. He offered a controller to Stratosphere.

"You ever played before?" he asked. Stratosphere grabbed the controller, grinning.

"They didn't call me Stratosphere the demolisher for nothing." he said to the colt. He rolled his eyes.

"Sure." he said. He handed his brother a thrid controller."So Stratopshere..." the colt paused."That name is way too long." he said."I'm just gonna call you Strats, you okay with that?" Rumble asked. The blue pegasus grinned at the young colt.

"That's fine by me." he said.

"Alright. So you ready to be demolised Strats?" the colt said.

"You're on!" Stratosphere said. Thunderlane grinned at the two. The three ended up playing video games late into the night. Eventually Stratopshere noticed the time. He told Thunderlane he should head and thanked him for the drink. Thunderlane nodded at him as he took a sleeping Rumble upstairs. Stratosphere went back to his own house. He went into his bedroom and collapsed onto the bed. He was fast asleep in minutes.