Standing near the bow of a ship making its way into the Manehatten Pier, A Pawstralian Kelpie-looking Diamond Dog was wagging his tail in excitement, his large black and brown body covered by a dark green vest, a dark-brown leather hat decorated with several Crocodile teeth rested on his head, and around his neck was a collar colored a lighter shade of dark green adorned with dots of Amber Topaz.

"You know, It's not every day we get to ferry a Diamond Dog," An old Stallion walked up to the Dog and started talking, his grey mustache twitching in the salty air as the ship made its preparations to dock, "What's your story?"

"Me?" The Diamond Dog turned away from looking at the large city in front of him, "I'm here looking for a job!" He yelled with a smile, the words that would make so many sigh sadly at their lack of occupation were unable to wipe the smile from the Dog's face.

"Then you came to the perfect city, my friend!" The Stallion laughed at the unexpectedly energetic reaction from the Dog, "Manehatten is always looking for more hopeful youths to eat up and spit back out!" The Old Pony shook his head at those words, "So do be careful, okay Big Guy?"

"Be careful of what? What's so dangerous about this City?" The Diamond Dog's tail started to wag a bit slower, his long arms crossing over his chest as he fully turned to listen to the old Stallion.

"Nothing physical, if that's what you're worried about," The Stallion shook his head, "No, The thing that's dangerous about this city is the hope it sucks out of you," He said, his blue eyes staring at the incoming City with a mixture of both Respect and Contempt, an unusual sight for the Diamond Dog to see.

"Everypony enters this place looking to make a name for themselves, to make it big in whatever industry they pick," The Stallion sighed, "Only one in every hundred or so manage to make it, everypony else is left with a dead-end job, washing plates for whatever scraps they can get," He shook his head, "Here's a tip for you, Big Guy, Don't let this city chew you up, Whenever you feel like something isn't working for you, keep moving, If you let it keep you in place then you already lost,"

The Diamond Dog turned back to silently stare at the city, his tail no longer wagging in excitement.

"Heh, you got something wrong there pal," The Diamond Dog said as his eyes roamed over the skyline of the city, watching the towering skyscrapers that could almost pierce the cloud on a moody day, "You said only one in a hundred manage to succeed, That giver upper attitude isn't welcome around me!" The Dog barked with a laugh, and a wide smile grew on his face. His tail resumed wagging, its speed and intensity almost creating a wind draft. "And besides!"

The Diamond Dog turned to look straight into the aged stallion's eyes, "I'm One in a Million! And don't you forget it! Alright, mate?!"

The Stallion stared the brightly shining eyes of a Dog for a moment before a chuckle escaped his lips, then a few more chuckles followed before it turned into full-blown laughter.

"Hahaha! You know what Big Guy? With an attitude like that, I might believe you," He let out a few more chuckles, "My Name is Salty Sail, I've been working in this here shipping industry for the past fifty years! Hahaha! If you ever struggle to find a job in the city, Go to Barnacle Breath at the Dockyard, He'll be able to find a job perfectly suited for a big guy like you! Haha!"

"Heh..." The Diamond Dog let out a breath of air as he too chuckled at the loud sailor, "If all else fails, I might just take you up on that offer Old Timer, The name's Rex! And don't you forget it, mate!"

"Hah! With a reaction like that, I don't think I will!" Salty Sail yelled as he clapped Rex on the back, "Good luck out there, Mate, Even a One in a Million will need it. By the way, We'll be docking in twenty minutes, better go get your bag ready,"

"Thanks for the heads up!" Rex said before he entered the bowels of the ship, making his way to grab his bag.

"Captain!" Salty Sail turned to look at a Younger Pegasus walking up to him, shivering in his sailor uniform, "Why did you talk with that... that Dog? What if he tried to eat you?"

"Eat me?" Salty Sail rolled his tongue at those words before he made a motion as if spitting them out in disgust. "That's Dumb! Have all you young whippersnappers never seen a Diamond Dog in your life?!" He asked loudly as he turned to the rest of the crew standing outside, catching the attention of several of the other passengers in the process, "This is the problem with today's youth, You see someone that isn't a pony and you buckle up in fear! The same thing happened last year with that Griffon family! Grow a spine you lot! How do you think everybody else sees you when you start to shiver in fear at the first Diamond Dog that boards this ship in years, Cowards!"

"We're sorry captain!" The sailor started to stammer, "We didn't-"

"Why, Back in my day, We had a Minotaur on this ship's crew! And that Lug-head was ten times the sailor all you lot are! Now back to work, This ship won't dock itself!"

"Yes Captain! We're sorry Captain!" Salty Sail watched the crew return to their job, the Passengers going back inside to get their luggage as well.

"Tch," Salty Sail clicked his tongue as he turned to look at the City of Manehatten, "Darn Youths, Never even had a conversation with a Griffon and yet think they can call themselves real sailors," He scoffed with a roll of his eyes.

"Hmph, Back in my day-"

"Hello mate, My name is Rex, I'm here for the apartment-" The Diamond Dog was cut off by the tired-looking Earth Pony sitting in front of him.

"Sorry Bud, But you're half a year late, the Apartment isn't available anymore," The Earth Pony sat behind a desk in a dingy office where he would do his landlord duties, the light coming from the windows behind him illuminating the many dust particles swirling in the air.

"Wha- But It's July second? That was the agreed-upon time," Rex said as he pointed at a calendar on the nearby wall, the date indeed showing to be the second day of the month of July.

The landlord turned to look at the calendar as well, before his eyes widened in realization, "Oh! I see the problem here," He nodded, "You wrote 2/7, meaning July Second, while I took it as February Seventh, I understand now, An honest mistake if there ever was one," The Landlord chuckled at the mistake that happened.

"So, does that mean I have an Apartment here?" Rex asked hopefully, only to immediately get his hopes crushed.

"Sorry bub, We don't have an available Apartment right now, The one I was saving for you is now being rented by somepony else," The Landlord took out a paper listing all the tenants in his building, "Here's what I can do, An old pal of mine told me she's looking for a roommate that can help her around the apartment, her job is very tiring so she has problems taking care of her home, I can go have a talk with her and try to explain your situation, She'll basically be your new landlord if everything goes to plan, You follow?"

"I think I do," Rex nodded in understanding.

"Good, Now don't get your hopes up too high though, There's no promise that she'll accept you as a roommate..." The Landlord looked to his left and right as if afraid someone was listening in to him, "Some ponies have issues with... None ponies like you- I'm not one of them! I have no problems!" The Landlord quickly defended himself, "But the same can't be said for everypony around,"

"I understand that," Rex scratched his chin as he said that.

"I do apologize for this, I really do, But I can't let you stay here," The Landlord truly did seem apologetic as he said those words, "If my friend doesn't agree, I could try and point you to a cheap motel where you should be able to stay a few nights, But I would recommend searching for a different Apartment in the meantime," The Landlord put the paper back inside the desk, "Come back here tomorrow at four in the afternoon, I'll have your answer in regards to the Roommate thing,"

"Is there really no other room available here?" Rex asked for a final time.

"It's all rented out, And unless I kick out one of the tenants, there's really not much I can do bub," The Landlord shut him down again.

"Fine," Rex let out a sigh as he stood up from the chair that was just a bit too small for him, "I'll come back tomorrow then,"

"Again, I'm truly sorry for this," The Landlord said again as Rex opened the door and left his office, making his way back out into the street, searching for a place to sleep for the night.

"Huh? What's this?" Only to stop his walk as a piece of paper caught his eye.

"A Missing pet poster?" The spark in his eyes returned as he ripped the poster from the lamppost it was attached to and put it in his vest pocket, "My first job! Woohoo!" He cheered, ignoring the looks he was getting from the many passers-by.

"With the reward for this, I'll be able to stay at some cheap motel for an entire month! It wouldn't dig into my savings! Let's Gooo!" And with a joyful skip to his steps, Rex made his way toward the address on the poster in order to ask some questions in regards to the missing Pet.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"
"Hey! I'm walking here!"
"Move outta' the way! Asshole!"
We're trying to walk here! Get lost Fleabag!"

If the words the ponies were shouting at him hurt him in any way, Rex didn't let it show, he was too bust whistling to himself as he made his way down the streets of Manehatten.

"Nobody's gonna break my stride, Nobody's gonna slow me down! Oh oh, I got to keep on moving!"

Author's Note

Oi, Hello mates! 🤠

Imagine this Pupper, make him bipedal, twice the height of a pony, and give him an Australian Accent, and you've got Rex.

This is something that I have no real plan for and I'm just writing for fun, I need something new sometimes to just turn the brain off and enjoy. Trash of the Royal Castle just takes sooooooo much out of me sometimes.

Note: Rex is not a Human-in-Equestria, he's a Diamond Dog through and Through! There will be no humans in this story! I'm also trying to go for a sort of a Sitcom feel with this, the comedic Slice-of-life in the big city feel.

Hope you enjoy, Mates! :)