“Honey, Wake Up! It’s time to get ready!”
A yellow pegasus lied in bed, moaning sleepily at her mothers call. She grabbed the fluffy pillow from underneath her head and placed it over her ears, hoping to stop any noise that would disturb her sleep.
“Goldy, come on! I know you can hear me! You need to get ready! Now!”
She groaned as she removed the pillow covering her ears and got up from her bed. Her hooves touched the ground with a thump as she walked out of her room and into the bathroom at the end of the hall. She turned the lights on and looked into the mirror to take a look at herself. She had a nice yellow coat with wings on her sides that was gold colored at the tip of her feathers, red eyes that seemed to glow, and a very messy mane that was many shades of blue. Mythical Gold sighed. She was never a morning pony.
“Gold! Are you up yet!” her mother yelled.
“Yeah! You can stop yelling now!” Myth shouted.
“Okay and be quick. We’re leaving in an hour,” her mother responded.
“Got it!” Myth grumpily replied. After brushing her teeth, she took a quick shower and after drying herself, put on her favorite hoodie. She looked into the mirror again to put her mane into a ponytail. Next, she put on her grey beanie and placed her headphones around her neck. She looked at herself in the mirror one more time before heading towards the living room. When she arrived, she saw her mother. A beautiful unicorn, with a light pink coat, a dark red mane, and a purple purse as her cutie mark.
“Hey mama,” Myth greeted. Her mother looked up and smiled softly.
“Good morning sweetie. How was your night?” she kindly asked.
“It was great. Though I’m still really tired,” Myth tiredly answered. Her mother stopped smiling and simply raised her eyebrow.
“Sleepy tired, or ‘I don’t want to do anything because I’m lazy’ tired?”
“Normally, I would say sleepy tired so I can go back to sleep, but I know that’s not happening, so I’ll just tell the truth and say lazy tired.” Myth’s mother rolled her eyes.
“I should have known. I hope your lazy flank has made sure to get everything you need and want. If you leave something here, we can’t go back here and get it.”
“Don’t worry mama! I packed everything last night,” Myth reassured which brought a smile back onto her mothers face.
“Good. Though, I hope you remember you’re carrying your own stuff.”
“I am not THAT lazy mama. You have seemed to forget that I carry stuff.”
“And you have seem to forget that you only do that after you’ve asked if you have to and I answer with a yes. If I say no, you wouldn’t carry anything.”
“Ugh...I hate it when your right,” Myth said with a pout as her mother giggled.
“Even though your extremely lazy, that doesn’t mean you don’t have redeeming qualities dear. You always seem to make others happy. Remember when you got your cutie mark? You actually went shopping, something you absolutely hate to do, to get a scarf for Violet. Oh, I remember the way she practically lit up when you gave it to her. What did she say? It was like, um,” her mother put her hoof to her chin as she tried to remember what happened.
“Thank you Myth. You have no idea how much this means to me. You always seem to make us happy,” Myth quoted without any pauses and hesitation.
“Yeah! That’s exactly what she said! And after she said that your flank glowed and you got your cutie mark!”
“It was her birthday! Plus, I just knew she felt really sad. I would be a horrible best friend if I didn’t give her something that made her happy,” Myth said with a small blush. Desperate to change the subject she spoke again, “And maybe I wouldn’t be so lazy if somepony stopped waking me up so early.”
“If I didn’t wake you up, I would be on my way to live with your father while you sleep all day. Do you really want that?” she questioned. Myth’s ears went down at the tone of her mother’s voice. She’s kind and gentle, but you do not want to make her mad. She would never hurt Myth, but she does gives unfair punishments, like taking away Myth’s precious headphones for a whole month. She couldn’t listen to any form of music and to Myth, it was like losing air.
“No,” Myth mumbled. After a couple of seconds of silence, her mother gave her walked up to Myth and hugged her.
“Don’t look so down honey. I know it’s hard moving, but I know you’ll just love your new home. Now come on, you need to eat before we go. It’ll take a while until we arrive at Ponyville. You don’t want to starve.” That got Myth’s mood up. She walked into the dinning room and saw that her food was ready. It was her favorite, haycakes. She quickly ate haycake after haycake until Myth heard her mother call for her.
“Myth we need to go now! We don’t want to keep your father waiting right?” Myth nodded and picked up her luggage. They went outside of their house and onto the streets of Manehattan. Myth and her mother got themselves a taxi ride to the train station. During the ride, Myth looked around at the city she lived in all her life and frowned. She was going to miss this place. She was going to miss all her friends.
“Was this what daddy felt when he left?” Myth thought. Myth sadly sighed. She never wanted to leave, and when her mother asked her if it was okay to move in with her dad, she was wanted to say no. She could have said no. Her mother wouldn’t be mad at her, but the look she gave Myth when she asked was begging her to say yes. So Myth agreed. Ever since her father moved to Ponyville for work, her mother has been depressed. She tried to hide her sadness, but Myth always seemed to know when someone felt down. She always did her best to make her mother happy. She looked at her mother who had an excited look on her face. Myth smiled at the sight. If leaving Manehattan would make her mother happy, then she would.
“We’re here,” the taxi man said as he stopped in front of the train station. Her mother paid the taxi man bits with a thank you as Myth took the luggage out of the taxi cart. They both went inside the train station to wait for the ride that would take them to their new home.
“The train should be here in about ten minutes,” Myth’s mom stated. Myth hummed in response and put her headphones on to listen to her music. About six minutes had passed by when Myth heard somepony call her name. She removed her headphones and looked at her mother to see if she was the one calling her, but her mother had her reading glasses on and was using her magic to levitate a book she was reading. Thinking she had imagined it, Myth was about to put on her headphones again until she heard her name again. She looked around once more, but saw nopony.
“Hey Myth,” A very familiar voice called out from behind her. Myth jumped and turned to face the pony who startled her. The pony, no ponies, that she saw made her jaw drop. It was her two best friends, Violet Love and Blueberry Ace. Violet was a light purple unicorn, with blue eyes that matched the color of her horn, a flowy dark purple mane, and a purple heart for her cutie mark. She was wearing the very dark purple scarf Myth had given her for her birthday. Ace was a earth pony and she had a blue coat, dark blue mane with white tip that was up in a high ponytail, a right black colored eye, and a left red colored eye. She wore a grey bandana around her neck and didn’t have her cutie mark yet.
“Wha...What are you guys doing here?” Myth questioned. Violet gave her a ‘really’ look and Ace just smiled wider.
“We’re here to see you off, duh,” Ace replied. That left Myth speechless.
“What? You think you would just leave without a goodbye?” Violet said playfully. After a taking a couple seconds to understand what was happening, Myth tackled both of them in a big hug. Myth’s mother looked at them with a smile and couldn’t help but take a picture with the camera that she had took out of her bag.
“You guys are the best!” Myth squealed.
“Tell us something we don’t know,” Violet said. Myth rolled her eyes and let them go from her bone crushing hug.
“I still can’t believe your here,” Myth said. Violet smiled softly.
“Of course we’re here. You’ve been there for us, it’s only fair we do the same. And unlike you, I don’t like sleeping in.” Violet said.
“What she said. Except for the sleeping part. I love sleeping as much as you,” Ace commented. Myth laughed softly. She was about to say something, but was interrupted by the loud noises of the train.
“All aboard! Next stop, Ponyville!” The worker called. Myth looked at the train and looked back at her friends.
“That’s my ride. I gotta go, but I promise we’ll see each other again.” Myth said sadly. The three friends hugged each other tightly.
“Good luck in your new home,” Ace spoke from within the hug.
“And don’t you dare replace us!” Violet said. Myth giggled and broke away from the hug.
“I won’t,” Myth promised. Her mother called her over and she waved bye to her friends. She got her luggage and looked up at her mom who smiled back at her. They both went to their seats in the train. As it started moving, Myth looked out the window to see her friends waving goodbye. She waved back and continued to look out the window until she couldn’t see them anymore. She sat down on her seat with a sad sigh and put on her headphones. She looked at her playlist and chose one of her favorite songs. As the beginning instrumentals of the song were playing, she yawned and slowly closed her eyes, smiling sadly. She would’ve looked fine if it weren’t for the small tear going down her face.
Author's Note
So...this is a new story. I hoped you liked it.
“We will be arriving in Ponyville in five minutes!” A train pony announced. Mythical Gold’s mom, or Velvet Jewel, took that as her cue to double check all of their belongings. Once she made sure all was accounted for, she looked at her daughter who still had her headphones on and was sleeping peacefully. Jewel sighed. How many times has she told that filly not to sleep with her headphones on? It’s bad enough that she uses it so often. She was certain that headphones ruin ponies hearing. Jewel removed the headphones from Mythical Gold’s ears to her neck.
“Honey, wake up. We’re almost there,” Jewel said as she shook Myth a little, causing her to wake up.
“Huh?” Myth moaned as she rubbed her eyes with her hoof.
“I said we’re almost there,” Jewel repeated. Myth yawned and stretched in her seat. She looked around the train car and spotted some ponies chatting a few seats away. Myth turned to look outside the window and saw a small town getting closer and closer as the seconds ticked by.
“That’s Ponyville?” Myth questioned. Jewel went over to look out the window with her.
“Yeah. That’s it,” Jewel answered. They both continued to look out the window as they got closer to their destination and saw something that looked a bit out of place. It was Princess Twilight’s castle and a building next to it. Curious, Myth asked her mom what it was.
“Mama, that’s the Princess’ castle right? What’s near it?”
“It’s probably the friendship school.”
“Friendship school? I thought ponies were just kidding about that. Why in Equestria would we need to go to friendship school?”
“To learn about the magic of friendship.” Myth thought about her mother’s answer. She still thought it was ridiculous. Suddenly, Myth thought of something that made her worry.
“Are there other schools besides the friendship school in Ponyville?” She worriedly asked.
“There is only one other school,” Jewel replied making Myth sigh in relief, but she continued, “but you’re going to the friendship school.”
“What?!” Myth yelled in surprise.
“Is that a problem?”
“Of course it is! I already have friends! I don’t need somepony to teach me friendship. I know what friendship is and I’m pretty sure I know how to be a good friend. And let me tell you something, replacing your old friends with new ponies makes you a terrible friend,” Myth said. Her mother looked at her.
“Honey, I know your a good friend, but the only friends you did have in Manehattan were Violet and Ace. This school will teach you to expand your friend group. Making other friends doesn’t mean you’re replac-” Jewel tried to explain before being cut off by Myth.
“They were my only friends because they were all I need. I’m not breaking the promise to Violet!” Myth stubbornly said. Her mother sighed and shook her head. Maybe Myth will learn what she was trying to say in the friendship school.
“Look, I’m sorry we chose the school without asking you, but no matter what you say you’re going to go to that school. It’s too late to back out,” Jewel stated. In response, Myth just groaned and turned away from her mom. Jewel looked at her for a couple of seconds before placing a hoof on Myth’s shoulder. “Come on, looking at the bright side is your thing. I’m sure you’ll find something you like there.” Myth turned back to look at her mom.
“You really think so?”
“I know so,” Jewel said with determination. With that Myth hugged her mom tightly.
“Arriving at Ponyville!” The train pony announced. The mother and daughter broke apart and grabbed their stuff. The train slowly came to a stop as they got out of their seats and went towards the doors. Once the doors opened, the pair walked out and saw a male pegasus just a few feet away. He looked a lot like Myth. The pony had a yellow coat that was only slightly darker. His neatly combed mane were different shades of blue and he had grey fetlocks and dark red eyes. He had a green book as his cutie mark and wore blue glasses that matched his blue tie that was tied around his neck. His look was finished with a light green suit. Jewel was near tears and Myth couldn’t stop smiling.
“Vel,” The stallion whispered softly, “welcome home.” Jewel couldn’t help herself and ran up to her husband.
“Wild Tale. You have no idea how much I missed you,” Jewel greeted. She hugged Wild with tears of joy streaming down her face. He chuckled and hugged her back. After a minute or two, Myth not so subtly coughed into her hoof. It caught the attention of the couple and they separated. Jewel wiped her tears away. Wild and Jewel looked at their daughter with a loving smile.
“How are you doing my little sunshine?” Wild asked. Myth stretched out her wings and flew right up to her dad to give him a big hug.
“I’ve been doing great! I can’t believe I actually missed you calling me that,” Myth said happily before letting go of her dad.
“Well, I’m glad you’re doing well. I hope no one is causing you any trouble back in Manehattan?” Myth rolled her eyes and placed a hoof to her chest.
“Please, even if there were trouble I would take care of it, no problem,” Myth bragged. Jewel giggled while Wild nodded in approval.
“That’s my girl! Remember what I always say.” Wild and Myth looked at each other right in the eyes before saying their motto in unison.
“If anypony messes with you, punch them in the nose!”
“I never liked that motto,” Jewel commented with a small smile as she shook her head at their antics. Wild turned to face her.
“What! Why? It’s good advice!” Jewel raised her eyebrow making both Myth and Wild look away nervously. Myth let out a weak laugh and tried to change the subject.
“Look at the time! It’s past lunch and I’m starving,” Myth said as she faced her dad, “Daddy must know where to eat the best food!”
“Wha? Uh, yeah. Yeah! There’s this bake shop that has amazing cakes! We can go there to celebrate,” Wild stuttered. Jewel thought about it and smiled.
“That sounds good, but first we need to put our stuff in the house.”
“How about this. I take the luggage to the house while you go enjoy some food,” Wild proposed. Jewel was going to say no, but she was interrupted by Myth.
“If it means I don’t have to carry anything then I agree with this one hundred percent!” Myth looked up at her mother with pleading eyes. Jewel looked back at her. She was still unsure.
“Vel, don’t worry. Just eat some cake. I’ll meet up with you there. I don’t want you to spoil the surprise at home after all,” Wild said with a smirk. Jewel studied Wild for a few seconds before smirking back.
“It better be a good surprise Wild,” Jewel said before walking past him and Myth.
“Mama can get scary. You better have a good surprise,” Myth whispered to him. Wild looked at her and pretended to be offended.
“Ouch! Have a little faith in me would ya sunshine?”
“Let’s go Myth, weren’t you hungry?” Jewel called. Myth nodded and ran towards her mother leaving Wild with the luggage. He looked at his family walk father and father away before realizing that he forgot to tell them where the bakery was.
“It’s called Sugarcube Corner!” Wild yelled, “It looks like it has a candy roof. You can’t miss it!” The girls thanked him and continued walking. They passed by many buildings, but couldn’t seem to find Sugarcube Corner. Jewel suddenly stopped, causing Myth to bump into her. She let out an ‘ow’ and rubbed her head with her hoof.
“Why’d you stop? Did you find it?” Myth asked. Her mother didn’t respond however making Myth roll her eyes. Jewel never seemed to hear her the first time. Myth repeated her question. Unfortunately, Jewel stayed silent which started to worry Myth. “Uh, mama? You okay?” Myth went in front of her mom and waved her hoof in her face, but her mother didn’t react at all. Jewel had her eyes and mouth wide open in shock. Confused, Myth followed her mother’s gaze and spotted what she thought she was looking at. It was Princess Twilight’s castle in the distance with the school next to it. “Woah. It looks really pretty. How did I not see that before?” Myth asked herself. She turned to face her shocked mother. This had happened before when she was little, but she forgot how to snap her mother out of it. She spotted a nearby cloud and smiled. “This might work,” she thought. Myth took off into the sky, grabbed the cloud and placed it over her mother. She got on the cloud and started hopping causing a little rain to come out of the cloud and onto Jewel.
“Ah! What the? Myth?” Jewel question. She wasn’t soaked but you can tell that her mane and coat was wet.
“Sorry. It was the only way to get you to snap out of it.” Jewel sighed and shook the water out of her fur.
“It’s...It’s fine. Did you see the-”
“Yeah, yeah. I saw the castle and school. It actually looks pretty cool. I was shocked too.” Myth interrupted.
“No, not that! Did you see them?”
“Them?” Myth questioned, raising her eyebrow.
“I’ll take that as a no. I think it was a changeling, hippogriff, griffin, yak, and dragon hanging out with a pony,” Jewel explained.
“What? Isn’t this place called PONYville? Why would those creatures even be here? Are you sure you didn’t imagine it?” Myth said in disbelief. Jewel looked back at the school where she saw the group. She put a hoof to her chin.
“I’m pretty sure I did, but then again, I’ve only heard about them. I’ve never actually seen those creatures before. If you didn’t see them then maybe I’m just losing my mind!” Jewel concluded.
“You’re not losing your mind mama. I’m really oblivious to my surroundings, so maybe you did see them. Besides, if they were here, I won’t really care as long as they don’t mean any harm,” Myth said. Her mother smiled at her.
“Yeah, you’re right. Let’s go find this bakery.” They continued to walk down the streets, but as time went by, they started to worry they might never find it. Suddenly, they heard a big boom and saw smoke a few building away. “Oh my goodness! What was that?” Jewel yelped.
“Oh don’t worry. That happens all the time,” an unfamiliar voice chimed. They turned to see a mare who was heading towards them. “That’s just Pinkie Pie and her party canon. It blows up sometimes, but no one gets hurt.”
“Pinkie Pie?” Myth asked, “where have I heard that name before?” The pony started laughing and Myth got confused. Was she laughing at her? The pony seemed to take notice of the look on Myth’s face and stopped laughing.
“Oh. You’re serious. Sorry, but you really don’t know who she it?” Myth shook her head and looked at her mom for help, but she was at a lost too. “She’s the element of laughter! She helped defeat the Storm King!” That rang a bell in their minds. Myth face hoofed at her own ignorance.
“I can’t believe we forgot about that.”
“Me neither,” the pony said, “My name is Bon Bon by the way.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Velvet Jewel and this is my daughter Mythical Gold,” Jewel introduced while Myth waved at Bon Bon.
“You’re new here correct?” Bon Bon asked. Jewel and Myth nodded in unison.
“We’re trying to find Sugarcube Corner,” Jewel said, “Do you know where it is?”
“Yup! It’s the place where you heard the boom. Just follow the smoke.”
“Wow thanks!” Myth gratefully said.
“It’s nothing. I hope you like Ponyville.” With that, they said their goodbyes and parted ways. Bon Bon went towards a green unicorn while Jewel and Myth went towards Sugarcube Corner. It didn’t take long for them to find the bakery. Myth smelled the sweet desserts and darted towards the entrance, leaving her mother behind. She opened the doors and closed her eyes as she sniffed the air. She didn’t realize she was walking forwards until she accidentally bumped into somepony, causing them to fall down.
“Oh my Celestia! I’m so sorry,” Myth apologized. She quickly went to their aid and helped them up.
“It’s okay,” the pony reassured in a country accent. Myth noticed that she was an earth pony with a red mane that had a bow attached to it. Her cutie mark looked like a badge of some sort and looked a little younger than Myth. “I’ve never seen ya around before. Are ya new here?”
“Yeah, I uh, I actually just got here,” Myth stuttered.
“Cool! Nice to meet ya, I’m Apple Bloom!”
“Mythical Gold,” Myth replied. She was never good with introductions. She didn’t show it, but Myth was feeling a bit nervous. Usually, she had somepony else she felt comfortable with like Violet or her mom nearby to calm her nerves. “Just act natural,” Myth told herself, “It’s only one pony. As long as it’s just you and her you can handle a conversation.”
“So what made ya come to Ponyville?” The innocent question got Myth out of her thoughts.
“Hmm? Oh! Me and my mama moved here to be with my dad,” Myth replied. The answer made Apple Bloom deflate a bit. It wasn’t noticeable, but Myth sensed it. Did she say something wrong? It obviously made her sadder, but why? Myth took a tiny step closer. “Are you okay?”
“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine. Why?” Apple Bloom said. She looked confused by the sudden question. Myth opened her mouth to reply only to close it and shake her head.
“Never mind. So why are you here at Sugarcube Corner?” Myth asked. Apple Bloom smiled and was just about to answer when the door opened to reveal Jewel and two other ponies who looked to be Apple Blooms age. One was a white unicorn with a curly pink and purple mane while the other was a orange pegasus with a magenta mane.
“Apple Bloom! Guess what! We bumped into a new pony who just moved in! She also said she brought her daught-“ The pegasus said before stopping herself when she spotted Myth who shyly waved at them. So much for keeping the conversation with just her and Apple Bloom.
Author's Note
So I gave mom a name. I thought it was weird just calling her Myth’s mom. I hoped you liked this new chapter.
