Sunset hummed to herself on the train, it was not long before she arrived in Ponyville. The small town was very different from the hustle and bustle of the big city, she had brought enough bits to buy a small local house for herself. That was when she saw a crying orange quadrupedal Earth Pony filly wearing a stetson way too big for her head galloping away from what appeared to be a local farm.

Sunset burst into a gallop towards the farm, an Earth pony stallion with light yellowish coat and brilliant red mane was standing in front a very pale mustard yellow Earth pony mare with a mane that was a vivid orange. They were surrounded by wolves of wood. Sunset knew what she had to do, she leapt forward her body shifted into a massive orange dragon.

The wolves of wood turned around only for Sunset to crush all of them under her massive claws, She frowned as they reformed into a massive wolf, she opened her jaw and torched the hug wooden wolf leaving nothing but ash. The two ponies looked fearfully at her, she smiled as she reverted back to normal “Sorry about that but it was the best solution, I came from the Everfree City in the hopes of making some friends.”

The stallion smiled “Well you’ve found friends here, I’m Bright Macintosh but you can call me Bright Mac.”

The mare smiled “I’m his wife, Pear Butter. Come on and have lunch with us.”

Sunset shook her head “I can’t, I need to buy myself a place to stay. I’m sure you can understand my feelings on the matter, I’m pretty I will be staying here for a long while.”

Bright Mac smiled “Well come over tommorow for Lunch then, we owe you a lot.”

Sunset frowned “Also you may want to comfort your Daughter, I saw her galloping into town crying.”

Pear Butter frowned “I’ll go find her, you go and find the place where you wish to stay.”

Sunset nodded as she left the farm, she looked around the small houses. She frowned “Maybe I should go and find the Town Hall. Maybe they know where I can buy myself a nice place to stay.” Sunset trotted towards the centre of town, a large building with two stories sat in the middle of town that must have been the town hall.

Sunset knocked on the door, a light brownish bipedal Earth Pony mare with a pink mane smiled “I’m Mayor Mare, what can I do to help you today?”

Sunset smiled “Well I was thinking of maintaining an extended stay, it’s quite lonely in the Everfree City. Not the easiest place to make friends, too many nobles.”

Mayor Mare laughed “I can understand that, there is a small house not too far from here actually. I’ll take you there, today has been a pretty light day for me.”

Sunset smiled “Thank you, Mayor Mare.” The two ponies headed to a building that was not too far from the town hall, it was a small quaint wooden two story building. The front area was a pretty plain wooden structure with a simple balcony.

Mayor Mare sighed “Not many ponies like to live in such a plain building.”

Sunset smiled “Well then let’s see inside.” When they entered the room was a large and made of fine wood. A nice cosy fireplace was surrounded by a small couch, a kitchen and dining area were visiblein the massive room. Sunset raised an eyebrow “Seems the original owners didn’t like walls very much.”

Mayor Mare frowned “That is part of why it has stayed unoccupied for so long.”

Sunset shrugged “It doesn’t bother me” she then pulled out a bag of bits out of her saddlebags “I’ll take it.”

Mayor Mare blinked “Um, the house is only three hundred bits.” She then sighed “With how often accidents happen here housing is really cheap.”

Sunset levitated the bits out of the massive bag, and put them in a smaller bag she had in her saddlebags “that should cover it.”

Mayor Mare nodded as she gave her the key, taking the bits “Wish you a good day Miss…”

Sunset smiled as she put the bits and key in her saddlebags “Sunset Shimmer, please call me Sunset. If I wanted formality I would have stayed the capital. Still today is too nice a day to be cooped up in one’s home.”

Mayor Mare smiled “I would love to stay and chat but duty calls. If you ever need any help don’t hesitate to visit me.”

Sunset was about to reply when her stomach growled angrily, Sunset grumbled “Honestly I’m surprised that didn’t happen earlier. Dragon form makes me hungry.”

Mayor Mare blinked “Dragon Form?” Her eyes widened “Wait you can transform into a massive fully grown dragon!”

Sunset frowned “Is that a problem?”

Mayor Mare frowned “Depends if you are going to use that form often?”

Sunset laughed “If I use that form you would be in a situation where you would want me to use it, I used against some Timberwolves who attacked the local orchard.” She then shook her head “I won’t use it unless the town needs me to protect it.”

Mayor Mare smiled “That will help, now if you want something to eat Sugarcube Corner is probably the best place for you to go. It looks like it’s made out of sweets, you can’t miss it.”

The two ponies exited the building, Sunset locking the door as she left. Sunset noticed that there were very few bipedal ponies, most were quadrapedal. It did make sense in her mind, bucking trees and pulling ploughs was much easier on a body with a lower centre or gravity. Sunset smiled as she trotted in a different direction from the Mayor.

Sunset entered the sweet like building, a young mare and stallion were standing there. Sunset smiled “I’m Sunset Shimmer, do you mind if I order a strawberry cupcake?”

The blue mare smiled “Sure, dear. I’m Chiffon Swirl and this is my fiance Carrot Cake.”

Sunset smiled a she put some bits on the counter “It’s a pleasure to meet you two.” Sunset took a seat, staying in this town was going to be very different from how she lived before.

Author's Note

I may spend at least a few chapters with Sunset in Ponyville.