A Wolf Among Sheep

I wake up as the train comes to a stop and gather my things.

“Everpony we are now at the Ponyville Train Station, please exit the train at this point.”

After I get up exit the train I take a moment to look around. Okay I really need a place to stay for a bit, and besides, it is getting fairly late. I start looking for somepony to ask for directions, I quickly spot a pink earth pony with a curly mane and tail. “Hay you with the curly mane,” I say getting her attention, “I would like to ask for directions.”

She turns around and after spotting me she gasps and runs up into my face and starts talking at hundred words a second, “Hi I’m Pinkie Pie but my friends just call me Pinkie, so whats your name? I’ve never seen anypony like you except for maybe Gilda, but she’s a griffon and you’re clearly not a griffon so what are you?” Dear Luna does she even need to breathe,” You said you’re new here right, so where are you from. Where do you need to go?”

“Astris. I’m a Half-Dragon. I grew up in the frozen north. I just need to know if there’s anywhere I can stay for a bit, while work on buying a house.”

“Astris that’s a neat name. So you’re a half-dragon, whats the other half, can you breathe fire? I know a dragon his name is Spike he lives with Twilight in the Library. You’re from the frozen north,” wait where did she get those sunglasses, “that’s cool. If you need somewhere to stay I think Derpy Hooves has a room for rent I can take you there if you want.”

“That would be great on one exception no talking okay. No, and If you really want to know my mother was a pegasus and my father is a dragon.”

“Okey dokey lokie, one last question how old are you?”

“I’m well over 600 years old. Now can we go know?”

“Yes. So why are you in Ponyville?”

“I would like to not answer that.”

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10 minutes later

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“Okay, So-” Pinkie stops talking for a second, “Okay we’re there, and it looks like Derpys home. Bye, see you tomorrow.”

“Okay,” I say without even listening.

Pinkie hops away as I take a second to look at the house, it’s a two-story house with a nice brick chimney, wooden walls, and thatch roof. I slowly walk up to the door and knock on it. After I knock on the door I hear her somepony say, “Coming,” which was followed by a load crash with a, “I’m okay,” shortly after. Then the door opened, and behind the door is a gray pegasus with blond hair and a wall-eyed stare.

“Hello my name is Astris, and your Derpy Hooves I presume,” I wait a second and she nods, “I heard that you had a room for rent if this a bad time I can come back later, is that okay?”

“No this isn’t a bad time.”

“Can I come inside then,” I ask and Derpy just gestures for me to come inside. When I walk inside the first thing I notice is that there is no wall between the living room and kitchen. The living room contains two flowerpots, a couch, a knocked over table with three chairs, and a small unicorn filly drawing on a piece of paper. The kitchen, on the other hoof, contains a few cupboards, a sink, a stove, a countertop, and a small fridge.

With a lovely smell drafting from the stove, Derpy turns to the filly and says, “Dinky, come and meet Astris he might be staying with us for a while.”

Dinky drops her crayon and runs up to meet me, “Hello Astris I’m Dinky Do,” she stops to look at me and asks, “What are you some kind of Superpony.”

“Only on Tuesdays,” I say in a joking manner, “but on a more serious note Derpy where is the room I’m staying in.”

“The second floor, first one to the left. My room is the on the right and Dinky’s is the second one to the left,” Derpy says this she pulls a tray out of the stove, “Dinky muffins are ready, Astris do you want one.”

“That depends what kind are they and do they contain any apple products or rye?”

“Chocolate chip,” Derpy responds and after picking up the ingredient list says, “Nope, no apples or rye. Why do you ask?”

“Allergies,” I say, “In that case yes I’ll have one.”

“Oh. Okay, I’ll keep that in mind and Astris can you go pick the table up. I crashed into it.”

“I’ve already done it, mom,” I hear Dinky say from the living room.

“And that’s why you’re mommies little angel.”

Dinkie walks up behind me and says, “Astris I noticed that you don’t have a cutie mark, why is that?”

“That’s because I’m half-dragon and can’t get a cutie mark.”

Derpy asks, “Wait did you just say that you’re a half-dragon?”

“Yes.”

“A fire-breathing dragon,” she asks, “like the kind that lives in mountains?”

“No frost dragon the kind that lives in the frozen north and can lower the temperature of the air around them.”

“Oh okay,” Derpy hooves over a muffin, “heres your muffin.”

“Thank you,” I say as I start to eat the muffin, “So whats the rent.”

“Twenty bits a week due by Friday, since its Saturday this week can be free. Does that sound good?”

“I find it acceptable, do know if I can get a job anywhere?”

Dinky chimes in, “I think I heard that Twilight Sparkle wanted help running the library and she will be back in town on Monday, you can ask her then.”

“Think that I might just do that, Derpy is there anything else I should know. I’m guessing that your room and Dinky’s room are off limits.”

“Yep and in Ponyville curfew is an hour after sundown.”

“What’s the punishment for breaking curfew.”

“A two hundred bit fine.”

“Okay good to know,” I look out the window, “I’m heading to bed, my room is the first to the left?”

“Yep.”

“Just making sure,” I say as I head upstairs, “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight.”

“Goodnight.”

I walk into my room and it contains a nice rug, a bookshelf with at least 5 books, a twin sized cloud-bed, a small writing desk with, and fairly large chest with the key on top. Reaching into my saddlebags I pull out a picture of me with a small arctic fox and set it on the desk, I also pull out a small alchemy set and put on the table planning to set it up in the morning. With this done I pick up the key and put it my saddlebag and go to bed.

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