Chapter 1: Confusion

At the moment, a pony in a shade of red velvet and purple eyes moved across the room painting canvases of all shapes and sizes. This wasn't anything different to her normal work, it was only something that she does because of her cutiemark, being a small array of colors on a pallet with a pencil going right through the middle in a perfect fit. She seemed to had worked with multiple styles and tools in each of her work, mostly this was to keep ponies happy as she believed happiness was the best medicine for the lonely and depressed. Though she could be seen painting strange, almost abstract scenes such as an empty white, almost misty hallway or even what she could describe as '~~heaven~~' with a vast scene of grass, no flowers, or trees, but the clouds cracked open showing light from above.

Does she blame for the ponies that doesn't know of the term ~~heaven~~? of course not, it isn't a natural term to ponies that she knows. She knew it ever since arriving out from the blue in ponyville. No records of her childhood and could remember through only memories of only being there. Now however, her orders were postponed leading to ponies to patiently wait, but soon led to annoyance. In reality she was wearing her beret hat walking back and forth worryingly. Her small little furry dragon stared up and tilted its little head in confusion. She seemed to stare down at the floor, stopping at times to see the bits of velvet fur that was on the floor. 'Should I go into a hospital? Was this even normal?'

Several minutes of pacing, the pony finally decided to visit the library in hopes to find something to answer her question. So then the pony, covered bits in lime paint trotted out and over to the library. Leaving a trail of bits of fur from her one hoof as she had. When the earth pony would reach to the library she would be interrupted by a purple dragon with a quill and scroll. Looking up, the dragon seemed a bit surprised to see a new face in such a small town. "Oh! I guess you're new? Im sorry Twilight is off somewhere, but I'll help with anything you need!" Pausing a bit, the pony heard about another dragon being in Ponyville, but never expected to see a dragon like this here.

"Yes, actually I've been here for just a few months now! My name is Palette Sketch, its nice to meet you, Spike? Is it?" As she asked this the baby dragon would nod watching the pony's actions. He didn't seem to notice the obvious patch of fur from her front hoof missing. Just as Palette Sketch looked at the arrays of books she seemed to gave another long silence. "Do you have something that could possibly help me?" She asks out of curiosity and worry, getting the dragon's attention.

"Sure! What is it you need help with?" Spike would question flipping to an empty page almost ready to write down whatever she needed. Now looking up and down at the pony and the list.

"Well..." The pony started trying to think of how to word this. "Do you have anything for...the solution of this?" She asked raising her hoof to show him the grotesque baldness that the fur fell from. Spike seeing this took a step back in a bit of worry and fear for the pony in front of him.

"Does...that hurt P-Palette Sketch?" Spike seemed to wonder about that himself at how bad the baldness is. Soon walking over to the book shelves hoping to find an answer to what was going on, scanning the titles. Medical magic, she wasn't a unicorn, so he kept searching for personal medical books and treatments.

"Not- really." Palette Sketch began looking down at the fur loss. "More like, it itches? A lot?" She continued, rubbing her one hoof along the other, wincing from how sensitive it was. Looking back up at the small dragon she gave a forced smile. "I have a little dragon like you back at home- but they don't talk. Its a rather common dragon from what I hear that lives in burrows in the mountains. Maybe you two can get along?"

Spike actually looked over in surprise at this. "Is that so!? How did you end up with a dragon like that?"

"Well- you see. I was...actually rather lucky to get her. Someone managed to sneak her to Ponyville in a cage, and decided to have ponies use lottery tickets so they can pull out a name. But- there was those ponies who tried to cheat, and put in multiple tickets at once which gotten them kicked out. The dragon- I don't know what they done to her but she was terrified. So..I joined in for the lottery. I won- and I tried to somehow take her back but she wouldn't leave me. After I reported what happened, they were sent away. I can't help but to feel a little guilty..."

Hearing this Spike seemed speechless. "Oh- that seems really bad...but! I'm glad things went out alright!" The dragon seemed to try and stay positive to support the pony in front of him, having the pony to manage a real smile.

"Thank you for saying that, its really appreciated." Palette Sketch spoke happily, having Spike gave a similar smile and turn away to search for the book. It took a long while, maybe about thirty minutes, but he announced.

"Here it is!" Spike exclaimed bringing her over the book settling it on the table, the title read 'Self Treatments and Herbs'. "I think this should help, we have more if you'd like?" Palette Sketch shook her head and took the book in her mouth.

"I don't think that'll be necessary! Thank you though!" Palette Sketch kept her loving nature before starting to walk out, letting Spike start back with his work. However one little thought was in her mind that made her stop, asking. "Do you know of a place called ~~afterlife~~?"

"Huh?" Spike looked up confused. "No...I never heard of it before." Hearing this Palette Sketch frowned before saying.

"Okay...I was just wondering..." Palette Sketch then walked out, feeling her hoof starting to itch again. Something...wet could be felt as she scratched. Leaving a scent of iron in her nostrils. Was that...blood?

Author's Note

Hello everyone

Thank you for taking your time in reading I really appreciate that! This story is going to be a whole series of books involving this one pony character, that believes in another worldly place called the afterlife, and is known to be mostly spiritual in her own way.

You're possibly wondering the alternate universe, this takes place in a universe that Twilight turning into an alicorn never had happened. And the term afterlife doesn't exist in Equestria at all.