A Light of Friendship

by PhantomCloud

Chapter 3 : Journey to the Unknown

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~~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~~

Celestia's sun rises once again, shining through the window of room, and shortly after, his alarm clock rings loudly besides his bed.

"Okay...Big day today. Time to pack up my stuff and get myself a new home." He speaks in his mind.

Immediately, his are are opened and quickly uses his right hoof to snooze the clock. Then, he proceed to get up his bed, doing usual morning routine, tidying up the bed, take a shower, and starts to take his light blue saddlebag, with a little white star embedded on it, to pack up his belongings for moving such as spell books, unused toiletries that he bought from the store except his old toothbrush and towel, clothes for special occasions, miscellaneous items and most importantly, his entire life savings that he collected for a long time.

While he busy preparing to leave. his was knock lightly by his mom again.

"Nova? Are you done packing? We're already waiting for you. Are you finished?" asked his mom.

"Just a minute mom! I'll be done in a minute." said nova with a raised tone.

"Okay, sweetie! We'll keep waiting!" said his mom as she proceed to downstairs.

Not wasting any time, he finishes packing his stuff and put on the saddlebag on his back. It was slightly heavy than usual but, he could handle it. Just before he steps out of his room for one last time, he glanced back at his old room.

"Well, goodbye my old room. I have to go now. I'll be missing you." he said in his mind.

After that, he steps out of his bedroom and proceed to the downstairs to the front door where his parents are waiting for him.

Once Nova arrived at the front door, his parents quickly stand up from the couch and his dad opened the front door with magic.

"Hey, son! Are you ready to go?" asked his dad.

"Yeah, I'm ready." said Nova.

"I'm so excited!" Nova said in his mind.

Then, the three steps out of their house one by one, and Nova closes the door with his magic and continue to make their way to the train station. It was quite a journey to the station, narrowing through the busy streets and shops, with a bunch of ponies discussing their usual business and others. In about 10 minutes later, they finally reached the outskirts of the city of Canterlot, where the train station is located. Just before his parents leaves their son at the station. They both hugged him tightly, which in return, Nova accepted the hug.

"Good luck out there, son. You've grown so much!" said his dad,hugging him.

"Just remember that we always remember you. No matter how far you will go." said his mom, hugging him with a watery tears in her eyes.

"Goodbye, Mom and Dad. I'll miss you too." said Nova, finishing the hug.

After that, his parents trots away from the station, leaving Nova on his own. Nova continues to make his way to the entrance of the station, and trots to the ticket counter.

"Here you go, sir. The Friendship Express will arrive at the station soon." said the mare behind the counter, lending the ticket.

"Thanks."

After purchasing the ticket, Nova trots away from the ticket counter. and proceed to the station's platform. Surprisingly, the station isn't as crowded as he thinks, considering the population of this city. Nevertheless, he proceeds to the nearby bench and take a sit on it and put his saddlebag beside him while waiting the train to arrive.

While Nova still waiting for the train, he thoughts himself in his mind.

"Well...this is it, I guess. I hope somepony can help me about my problems there." Nova lets out a small sigh with a worried look on his face.

" You know...I still can't believe I'm doing this, but I have to. For my own good and better life. I'm really excited...but, at the same time, I'm really nervous. I just hope I don't cause any mischief or something..."

~~~~~~10 Minutes Later~~~~~~

While Nova is still sitting on the bench, an announcement coming from the loudspeaker.

"The train will arrive shortly. Please check your belongings for valuables before departing the train." said the male voice.

Shortly after, the train slowly stops at the station's platform and automatically opens the door to let the other ponies to exit the train. Nova finally gets up and put his saddlebag on his back and proceed to the empty train coach and sat down to the furthest top left seat and put his saddlebag beside him.The few other ponies entered the coach and sat them with their friends. Shortly after, the train conductor yells. "All aboard!" to give a signal to the passengers, and the train whistles and closes the doors and slowly departs away from the station.

While on the journey to Ponyville, Nova took a glance at the outskirts of Canterlot.

"Well.. I had to admit. I really miss my old hometown. But, that's okay. I can still visit it again once I got settled in." Nova speaks in his mind.

Then, about a minute later. Nova took out one of his favorite book to past the time, "Advanced Magics For Advanced Unicorns". he mastered only half of its spells in the past, but there are few more that are quite hard for him. Nevertheless, he enjoyed reading it anyway.

~~~~~~20 Minutes Later~~~~~~

Nova is still reading his book, tries to learn and memorize every spells that he read, then the train conductor announced.

"We are arriving Ponyville. please prepare your tickets and check your belongings if you want to leave the train." said the train conductor on the speakerphone.

"Whew.. already? Gee, I must've been reading too much.." said Nova.

"Excuse me, sir. May I please see your ticket, please?" said the conductor, which makes Nova jumped a bit.

"Oh! O-Of course..uh...h-here it it is!" said Nova nervously as he shows the ticket that picked from his bag with his magic.

"Hmm, it seems everything seems to be in order. Okay sir, thank you for your time. And welcome to Ponyville." said the conductor as he trots away to check on the other ponies' tickets.

"Y-your welcome. Thanks.."

"Come on, Nova. Don't stutter too much! You're going to embarrass yourself!" Nova scolded himself in his mind.

Shortly after, the train slowly stops at the station's platform, automatically opens the door to let the ponies out, including Nova, quickly put on his saddlebag and trots out from the train coach with the rest of the ponies. After leaving the train, Nova took a fresh air at the station's platform.

"Ah...It's always so nice to see new places. Well...better get going then." said Nova as he trots outside the train station.

Eventually Nova reaches the outskirts of the town with the sign "Ponyville" written on it. Nova took a glance at the town for the first time.

"Wow..It's so much different than the Canterlot. The buildings, the ponies, the streets and everything!" Nova speaks in his mind.

Nova continues to make his way to the downtown area of the town and ask anypony for directions.


Author's Note

I'm really sorry for unprofessional work here. I'll try my best to make my stories enjoyable. Until then, see you in the next chapter!

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