Lighty and Gloom

"Hi all," and excited Light Heart shouted through the town square, "Long time, no see!"

However the loud and slightly awkward pony didn't get the attention she thought she would.

A groan game from behind her as a grey-purple pony with a lowered head and a black ribbon in her mane stepped out in front of her.

"What's wrong with you Light? Can't you see there's nopony here."

"Well you can't blame a pony for trying!" Her loud, high pitched voice was too much for her gloomy partner, who just sighed and trotted around, looking for something that would point them in the direction of their cousin's house.

"What'cha looking for, Gloomy?" Light Heart asked, her eyes set on her sister.

"What any sane pony would look for," This response only got a tilted head and a confused expression,"Rarity's house, dummy."

"Ohh - right. I knew that!" Light Heart cantered up to Gloom and swung her head around a little so that it looked as though she was helping.

It had been a day since their departure from Canterlot, but it felt more like minutes to Light Heart. This journey had been the most fun she'd had in week. It started on the train. There was so much to do and Light wanted the full experience. A few minutes after the train had left the station, it was announced that breakfast was being served. Light was so excited she'd ordered just about everything on the menu. Then she impatiently waited for it to arrive, constantly checking the double doors leading to the kitchens.

-Boom-

When it arrived, she dived in head first, chomping, chewing, swallowing then repeating, without taking a single breath, *(breathing can wait) until she was finished. She belched then rubbed her stomach, feeling completely satisfied. However, the satisfaction didn't last long. The waiter came with the bill, the cost of the meal was 497 bits, 197 more than they had.*

"We can't pay for that," Light Heart giggled, "We don't have the money!"

This resulted in them getting kicked of the train at the next ----

"LIGHT HEART!"

Light jumped and fell onto her back, her ears ringing from the impact of the sound waves.

"Wha-What?" She replied shaking her head to clear her hearing.

"Did you hear that explosion?" Gloom asked, her face almost touching Light's.

"Oh," Light Heart said, then paused, "Yeah, I guess I did." She got up onto her hooves and looked around. A small pillar of smoke rose from an old-looking tree in the distance. As Light looked at the tree for longer, she realised that it wasn't actually a tree. It had an arched, red door, several windows and 3 balconies. She figured somepony must live there and they didn't really look after the place too well. The leaves definitely needed to be trimmed and there were stray branches poking out between the foliage. Nopony in Canterlot would have let this happen to their homes, or even their trees. Well unless they were a colt, a lazy colt. So therefore, she decided, whoever lived there must be male.

"Hey Gloomy," Light Heart tittered, "What'cha get when you cross a tree with an explosion?"

"Gee, I don't know," Gloom replied with a unamused tone, "And FYI I'm not really one to care. Go bug somepony else."

"Directions to Rarity's house!" Light Heart carried on, ignoring Gloom's comment. She ran off ahead, and wondered what kind of pony would be inside, and if this pony could get them to Rarity.