A light amber Earth pony with a short, aqua green mane, average length tail, amber eyes and light brown eyebrows pushed open the large red door with his chocolate brown hooves. The pony shut the door and trotted over to the opposite corner of the small room and comfortably plopped himself down on the black leather couch in front of his average sized TV. He then turned the television on and switched it to the news channel. The exhausted pony stared at the screen for a while, watching a colorful news pony reporting the weather forecast, before the colors swirled and his eyes fluttered shut as he slowly drifted off into a deep sleep.
Hitch’s eyes suddenly flew open to the familiar ringing of his doorbell. He turned his head and glanced at the TV, which was still on, and noticed the time in the corner. He didn’t bother to switch it of. He rolled of the couch, wondering who would want to see him at two in the night. Then he proceeded to his door. Checking through the small window nicely placed next to his door, he saw no one and soon concluded that someone wanted to play a practical joke on him. The stallion didn’t want to deal with any jokers now, but he would have to investigate tomorrow. He let out a loud yawn, and decided to go back to sleep.
As Hitch was trotting upstairs to sleep in his comfy bed instead of the couch, he heard his doorbell ring a couple of times continuously. The amber earth pony knew that he wouldn’t be able to sleep if this kept up, so he determined to put those little brats in their place. Yeah, that’s what he’ll do. He’ll catch them and call their parents, who would come galloping. They would apologize that their naughty children disturbed the mighty Hitch, sheriff of Maretime Bay and an important part of Sunny’s mission to unite all three pony tribes. They would go home, the children would get in...
Hitch’s thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his doorbell. Time to put his plan into action! He stomped over to the door and swang it open, ready to chew out anyone who dared disturb his sleep. He looked down and was quite surprised at the sight that met his eyes.
“What the-” he stared at the fluffy, white Pomeranian with a round body, short legs, and tiny paws. The puppy’s ears were rounded triangles with a faint spiral pattern inside each, and he also had a wide black nose, and gray paw pads. He stared back at Hitch with his beady black eyes.
Hitch looked down at the tiny creature and it didn’t take him long to figure out that the little Pomeranian on his doorstep probably wasn’t the one who rang his doorbell. He looked around, trying to find anyone who might have, but he couldn’t. He assumed that they hid, and hoped that they left. He trotted back into his house, not noticing that the puppy flew in before he shut the door.
Hitch switched off the TV by pressing the red button on his black remote, then he climbed up the stairs and lay down in his yellow bed and made himself comfortable under the patterned quilt. He closed his eyes, and he was just about to fall asleep when he heard a loud explosion.
Hitch jumped out of bed and took no time to get downstairs. He had to make sure his citizens were alright, and he had to find out who and what caused this loud noise. But when he reached the bottom of the staircase, what he saw both surprised and angered him.
The white Pomeranian was sitting on Hitch’s couch, watching something on Hitch’s TV. The fact that the mutt got in with out him noticing annoyed Hitch, and he stormed towards the puppy to kick him out. The creature sensed that the pony was mad, and as Hitch approached him, the puppy scooched over a bit, making some space on the couch for Hitch to sit on. Then he looked at Hitch with the most adorable eyes Hitch’d ever seen, and seemed to be saying, ‘Here! I made some space for you to sit!’
Hitch was surprised at first, but as the Pomerian kept making those adorable puppy eyes at him, he reluctantly gave in. It had started to drizzle outside, and anyways, the puppy seemed to really want to stay.
“Fine. You win. You can stay for the night,” Hitch said. “But in the morning, I’ll have to find your owner and return you.”
He sat down next to the Pomeranian to check out what he was watching. Then he remembered that he had switched off the TV as he went upstairs to sleep. He realized with surprise that the dog had switched on the TV by himself. The pony concluded that the puppy was just messing aroung and accidently switched it on or something. He continued watching with the Pomeranian sitting by his side.
”It appears we are at an impasse. How about a trade, Princess Twilight? Their release for all the Alicorn magic in Equestria.”
“What is it going to be, Princess?”
”Don’t do it, Twilight!”
”We aren’t worth it.”
For some reason, these characters looked familiar to Hitch. Princess Twilight... where had he heard that name before?
Then it hit him. This was the show that Sunny used to watch as a little filly. The show that gave Sunny the crazy idea that all ponykind used to be friends. It was a nice surprise to see this show again, something that Sunny used to blabber nonstop about, that the three of them (Sunny, Hitch, and Sprout) used to sometimes watch together. A wave of nostalgia hit Hitch.
”How is this possible? You have no magic!”
”You’re wrong,Tirek! I may have given you my Alicorn magic, but I carry within me the most powerful magic of all!
Hitch smiled. He used to protect Maretime Bay from friends, from other ponies who were just as scared as they were. But that night he had learned that many types of ponies living together wasn’t a crazy fantasy. He had helped to make it a reality.
Hitch snapped out of his thoughts just as a song started up. The dog started wagging his tail and even bouncing, but the earth pony was feeling tired. He could barely even keep his eyes open. And as he was listening to the music, it didn’t take much for him to fall asleep.
🎶 Each one of us has something special,
That makes us different, that makes us rare.
We have a light that shines within us,
That we were always meant to share.
And when we come together
Combine the light that shines within
There is nothing we can’t do
There is no battle we can’t win
When we come together
There’ll be a star to guide the way
It’s inside us every day
See it now! See it now!
Let the rainbow remind you
That together we will always shine
Let the rainbow remind you
That forever this will be our time.
Let the rainbow remind you,
That together we will always shine... 🎶
Hitch felt a wet tongue licking his orange cheek. He half-opened his eyes to see who it belonged to. He saw a white dog sitting on his chest and looking at him intently, with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and his tail wagging from side to side. It didn't take too long for the events of last night to register to Hitch, so he smiled and petted the puppy before getting up to prepare some breakfast for the both of them.
He checked his phone and noticed the time. "10:43 already! I woke up way too late today. Well, I guess that means we eat our breakfast and get dressed faster. Would a piece of bacon do for you?" The Pomeranian gave a wag of approval.
As Hitch went to get breakfast ready, the puppy decided that he would like to check the news. Hitch watched in shock and amazement as the animal managed to switch on the TV and change the channel to his choice.
“How... how did you...”
The puppy gave a little woof, and Hitch just shook his head. Apparently, this dog was quite talented.
Hitch served the Pomeranian his breakfast and grabbed his own before he plopped himself in front of the TV to watch the news channel with the puppy.
”Queen Haven’s Pomeranian, Cloudpuff, has still not been found as of the moment. The Queen is now getting extremely worried.”
Hitch looked at the photo on the screen. “Hah, Cloudpuff looks exactly like you!” he told the puppy. Then he looked at the puppy and realised, “Wait a minute... Cloudpuff?!...”