Ballad of Serenity

but something always gets in the way.

As i walked through the small town, I took notice of all the different ponies simply going about their daily lives.

I shifted my gaze to the small bakery, SugarCube Corner. I noticed how bizarre the place looked. almost as if it was ripped from Hansel and Gretel itself. I shrugged my shoulders absently and walked past, Heading towards the Library.

Post Haste had told me to simply head for the large tree in the middle of town. As I reached the door, I heard a few choice words which do not bare repeating... well... not near the ears of little fillies.

I decided to come back later, and headed down to the small bakery. I sat down with a glum thud. running on autopilot, I reached into my coat pocket, grabbing the small book. I opened it to the last page i was reading. soon my vision was obscured by a big, pink poofy tail. the owner of said tail was cleaning a table nearby. the smell of cotton candy floated up my nostrils. I then heard a giggle emanating from the owner. "sorry, my tail sometimes has a mind of its own," I placed the book on the table for a moment. she then smiled fondly. "chances of survival, I remember that book, this little colt looked a little bit lonely after he wound up orphaned in canterlot, me and my friends had gotten to know him and signed a copy of the book to give to him..."

"You remember the colts name?" I asked. the owner of the tail then looked at me for a moment, then to the book on the table.

"yeah, It was Bu-" I placed a finger to her lips.

"Please... call me Yellow Tale for now, Okay?" she nodded in agreement and went through those crazy movements she called a pinkie Promise. "so, Can I take your order sir?" she gave me a small wink.

"I'll just have a simple cup of coffee and a cupcake if you don't mind" I gave a small grin and returned to my book.

I pulled out a pen and began to add small notes to the book once more. the tell-tale tinkle of the bell above the door made itself known as more customers piled in. my head was buried in the book so i didn't notice the orange mare sitting opposite me, flanked by two others. "Thanks for finding her, sir" one of them spoke, her voice sound melodious in nature.

I looked up from my book. "No Problem," Pinkie placed a coffee and cupcake in front of me.

"thanks Pinkie, how much is that?" She simply smiled as she tapped the bill next to the coffee. I chuckled slighty.

"so, I've met Scootaloo, now how about you two?" I glanced between the trio.

The yellow mare stuck out a hand, "the names Applebloom" I took her hand and shook it, but when she shook back...

lets just say i'll be feeling that for a week.

the second mare gave a gracious smile. "and my name is Sweetie Belle, its a pleasure to meet you sir"

I finally gave a small chuckle. "please... stop calling me sir, the name is Yellow Tale"

the white mare raised an eyebrow then realized who i was. "wait, your THE Yellow Tale?"

news travelled far, "you heard of me?" I asked.

"yeah, you once saved a small town from a dragon attack"

My expression darkened slightly. "yeah...saved the ponies, but not the town"

she looked at me for a moment. "never mind that now, thats the past, so anyways, you guys know whats going on in the library? sounded like a fight" the three looked at each other for a moment. I began to drink my coffee.

as it turned out, the three were arguing about who should tell me a piece of information.

I placed my now empty coffee on the table and took a bite out of the cupcake.

Its flavor danced across my tongue. Savoring this new flavor, I shot a gleeful smile Pinkie's way. I left the amount of bits on the table with a small tip and left for the library.

I reached the library door, just as it opened. "sorry about the wait, how long were you standing out here?" the purple mare asked. "not long, just came here to get this sent off to Celestia, You must be Twilight"

I extended a hand, "ponies across Equestria have grown to call me Yellow Tale, but my real name is Bu-"

"Twilight, come on, I said i was sorry"

"shut up spike!" she took the letter off me, "and send this, then we'll think about your punishment"

I took a deep sigh. "as I was saying, Twilight, My name is Bubble-" there was a loud belch, I turned to the source of the noise.

a tall, thin purple dragon looked at me sheepishly. he then passed the scroll to twilight. "dear.... please give Bubblegum Crisis a warm welcome... Bubblegum... Crisis?" she looked at me as i took off my hat.

"Hey, Twilight, long time no see huh?"