Silver Spanner tightened her saddlebags as she continued trotting down the street, occasionally glancing around curiously at the tall buildings around her.

She wasn’t entirely used to as many buildings as this or ones as tall as Canterlot had. Ponyville was more focused on practicality, after all. Probably the tallest building in Ponyville was either town hall or the tree library that had been down the street from her old house.

Silver Spanner turned onto a side street that lead into the less well off side of Canterlot as she stepped around a pothole half full of rainwater. Silver Spanner personally this side of the town than the annoying, rich stuffy side where are the upper class ponies tended to hang out.

Not that she really knew anypony on her street yet, but she had fairly high hopes that would change.

Silver Spanner stood in front of a pale blue two story house with a white fence going around. The paint of the house was faded and Silver Spanner glanced at the ladder resting on the side of the house curiously.

Looks like Dad is painting again, Silver Spanner mused as she unlatched the gate door and stepped into her lawn, locking the gate behind her.

“I’m home!” Silver Spanner shouted as she stepped into the sun room, wiping off her hooves on the welcome mat. “Mom! Dad!”

“Living room!” Her mom, Sweetie Charm called out and Silver Spanner trotted into the room. Her dad, Oil Canvas sat on the couch wearing overalls stained with various colors of paint from red to blue. “How was school honey?”

“How do you think?” Silver Spanner groaned and set her saddlebags on the ground. “It was horrible.”

“How so?” Oil Canvas asked and Sweetie sat down next to him, curling her white tail around her.

“Gee, where do I begin? Let’s start with how they look at me. As soon as I said I’m from Ponyville, everypony immediately disliked me as if I’m less than them. Something about being from a backwater mud pony down,” Silver Spanner rolled her eyes in disgust. “Ridiculous. Ponies don’t even believe that bs anymore.”

“Language dear,” Sweetie chided.

“Sorry. And don’t even get me started on the spitwad I still have in my mane from first hour! Why are we even here? I liked Ponyville, all of my friends are there. Cheerilee, Berry Punch, Cherry Berry, Big Mac, Applejack, Cherry Berry, Carrot Top, the flower trio. I don’t even know anypony here except you two. Why did we even just up and move in the first damn place?”

Sweetie Charm and Oil Canvas both shared a look before Oil Canvas sighed.

“Sit down,” Oil Canvas patted the couch next cushion next to him. Silver Spanner tilted her head before sitting down and wincing, shifting her weight to avoid sitting on a spring. “CSGU is one of the best schools in Equestria, second to Ponyville of course.”

“I don’t care if it’s the best,” Silver Spanner interjected and her dad raised a hoof. “Carry on.”

“We don’t really like it either but well, we’re getting paid to send you to CSGU,” Oil Canvas admitted and rested his hooves on his lap. “I’m a painter, your mom is a hotel receptionist. We don’t necessarily make the most money and we got some money problems at the moment.”

Silver Spanner raised an eyebrow as she looked between the two.

“We have money problems? Why not just tell me?”

“It’s something your father and I didn’t want you to worry about. You’re still a kid, it’s not a concern you should until your at least an adult and even then it’s something we don’t wish on you,” Sweetie Charm added and frowned.

“How much do you guys make for me going there?” Silver Spanner asked curiously as she flicked her tail.

“Fifteen hundred bits a month,” Oil Canvas admitted after a moment of silence from the two. “If you don’t want to go there, say the word and we will pull you out. We can figure something out. When have we ever faced a difficult time that we didn’t find a solution?”

“I’ll stay. I may not like but well, I suppose I can tolerate to help out the family,” Silver Spanner stretched out her forelegs. “I’m gonna grab a shower. I’m still mad at that stupid colt, by the way.”

Sweetie and Oil watched her bite the handle of her saddlebags, dragging them upstairs to her room.

“I’m so going to raise Tartarus tomorrow morning at her school,” Sweetie Charm muttered and Oil Canvas decided not to speak. Once she got an idea in her head, it was fairly difficult to convince her to change her mind. “I mean, who the buck shoots a spitwad at my filly?”

Silver Spanner flung a towel on the holder of the bathroom as she stopped in front of the mirror, staring at her dark orange, borderline brown reflection.

“First shower, then go to the shed and work on my projects. Then bed,” Silver Spanner recited aloud as she opened a cupboard to get her shampoo. “Mom! Where did we put the shampoos and tooth brushes?”

“They’re all in a box in the spare room to the left of the bathroom down when you’re coming upstairs!” Sweetie Charm shouted back. “Yours is in a pink baggie!”

“Thank you!” Silver Spanner yelled and she trotted out the bathroom, her hooves sinking slightly in the carpet. “Room to the left when you’re coming upstairs the stairs.”

Silver Spanner used her magic to turn the door knob, her dark gray magic lightning up the hallway as she opened the door, staring with wide eyes at the stacks of brown boxes with various rooms of the house written on the outside in a black marker.

“Mom and dads room, kitchen, Hearths Warming decorations, Nightmare Night decorations, Hearts and Hooves day decorations. When did we get Hearts and Hooves day decorations?” Silver Spanner wondered aloud as she forced herself past the boxes and she winced. “Bathroom, aha. Of course it’s all the way in the back because why wouldn’t it be?”

She levitated it down and tossed the lid aside, peering inside as she sifted through the box.

“Pink baggie,” Silver Spanner levitated it out of the bottom and tilted her head. “Where is my mane brush? Mom! Mane brushes, where are they?”

“Should be in your box!”

Oh for the love of- Silver Spanner cursed internally as she barely squeezed through the tiny opening back to where her box of items was waiting, mentally making a note to grab it after her shower. Might as well at least make some head way in unpacking her belongings.

“I swear, my family makes no sense when packing. Why not just stick the mane brush with the rest of the bathroom stuff?” Silver Spanner complained as she made her way back to the bathroom. “Screw the shower, a warm bubble bath sounds better.”

She pushed the drain stopper down and bit open the soap bottle, gagging slightly before she sniffed and sighed contently as the smell of vanilla soap invaded her nostrils.

“Thank Celestia for vanilla,” Silver Spanner mused as she poured some of the liquid into the tub and turned the water on, sliding inside and she stretched out her hind legs before pulling the curtain closed. “And warm water.”

Silver Spanner closed her eyes as she felt the water flowing over her stomach and she blew some bubbles off her hoof before shutting the water off, floating neck deep in warm bubbly water.

So today was meh, Silver Spanner mused as she flicked some water with her magic. She had slightly exaggerated downstairs. Most of the ponies she met didn’t care where she came from, but there was a select few who certainly did.

She didn’t meet too many ponies who stuck out to her. Twinkleshine was okay, she supposed. Moondancer came off as cold and aloof, Twilight something or another was okay. Obsessed with books. Had a dragon sidekick, which was cool she supposed. Lyra was crazy, but intelligent. Minuette was very outgoing and friendly with a permanent smile on her face. Silver Spanner personally though it was impossible for the mare to frown or get angry. And Lemon Hearts was just shy and never spoke.

Silver Spanner didn’t know what to make of Sunset Shimmer. The unicorn didn’t talk much except when answering a question. She seemed more happy to talk to the two royal guards she had escorting her around for some unknown reason.

But she had somewhat willingly helped her catch up on where the class was. Silver Spanner still didn’t know if it was because she was asked to or she did it out of kindness. Or sympathy, one of the two.

Silver Spanner did share a few classes with her and a lunch, but that was about it. Silver Spanner had opted to eat lunch in Miss Maples classroom as the teacher finished paperwork and ate her own lunch. She didn’t necessarily know where she had heard the name Sunset Shimmer before, but it was faintly familiar in the back of her mind. Half the school to worship the ground she walked and the other half fled when she came near for some odd reason.

Silver Spanner yawned and felt more drowsy than before she had stepped inside the shower.

“Might skip going to the shed,” Silver Spanner mumbled and yawned. “Warm.”

“Silver Spanner! Dinner is ready,” Oil Canvas called and Silver Spanner opted to stay silent. “We made your favorite. Hayasagna.”

Oh shit.

Silver Spanners eyes shot open at that and she used her magic to flip the drain open, standing up as water dripped off her and ran down her legs.

“Coming!” Silver Spanner called out as she uses the shower head to wash the remaining soap suds off her body. “Let me dry off and I’ll be right down.”

She flicked the shower curtain aside as she stepped out, using her magic to rub the towel to dry her coat off, shaking her mane and tail.

Hayasagna was damn near the only thing to get her out of her room or the shower. She would commit war crimes for it. Maybe. Okay, definitely.

She may not like the town of Canterlot so far, but at least it had way more reserves of hot water.

Author's Note

So this is Silver Spanner. The wiki says her coat is orange. I personally see a brown or at the very least a dark orange.