The Adventures Of Red Blaze And Lightning Dasher

  "NOW ARRIVING AT PONYVILLE!" says the conductor, a bit too excited...

  "Finally." Lightning Dasher mutters as he stands up to stretch his tired legs. Lightning Dasher can only imagine what his first days in a new town would be like, especially when said town is so small. Manehatten was one of the largest cities in Equestria, while Ponyville was one of the smallest.

  Lightning's stomach ripped at his insides as he realized that the 10 hour train ride had left him starved.

  "What does a new pony have to do to get something to eat around here..."

  "What the?"

  "GET DOWN!" Red Blaze slams into Lightning and puts a hoof over his mouth.

  "You're new here, right?" Lightning Dasher nods his head. Red Blaze takes his hoof off Lightning's mouth.

  "Why did you slam into me?" Lightning demands as he stares dead into the eyes of Red Blaze.

  "Quiet down! She can hear a new pony from a mile away!" Red Blaze says as he puts his hoof over Lightning's mouth again.

  "Mfhf mfhf?" Lightning muffles.

  "What?" Red Blaze asks as he takes his hoof off of Lightning's mouth again.

  "Who can?" Lightning whispers.

  "Pinkie Pie... Now come on, follow me." Red says as he pulls Lightning up off the ground.

  "As long as you have some food..." Lightning says, still starving from the lack of food on his trip.

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  "Do you live by yourself?" Lightning asks as he enters the apartment room.

  "Roommate moved out a while back." Red answers, in an oddly cheerful tone.

  "What happened?" Lightning inquires.

  "I don't know, he just got up and left one day" Red Answers.

  "That's cool." Rumbling emits from Lightnings stomach as he blushes in embaressment.

  "Help yourself to what's in the fridge, my friend." Red offers.

  "Well thank you!" Lightning grabs as much food as he can with his mouth and devours it in a few seconds.

  "Ahhh, that is how I got my name, my friend." Lightning boasts.

  "Well... Since you ate most of my food, I guess I have to go shopping... Perfect." Red says in a annoyed tone.

  "My bad, I can give you a few hundred bits to compensate." Lightning offers with a smile.

  "A few hundred!" says Red, shocked at how much money he was offering.

  "Yea, not enough? I can go up to a few thousand if so." Lightning says, puzzled.

  "H... How do you have so much money!?" asks Red, still shocked.

  "To understand, I will have to explain my whole life, you ready?" Lightning asks while taking a seat on the couch.

  "Okay, I guess..." Red says, preparing himself for a long while of listening.

  "It all started when my father was born on a small beet farm. He had dreams of something much bigger. My father wanted to give our family more than we needed, or to be rich. My father moved to Manehatten where he opened up a restaurant, The Bannered Mare, that became fairly popular. The Bannered Mare is extremely successful and has over one-hundred restaurants world-wide, and so, to make a long story short, I inherited my father's chain of restaurants." Lightning finishes with a gasp.

  "With all that money, where do you plan on living?" asks Red.

  "I don't know, I thought of buying a house next to the Library. I love books." Lightning states.

  "It would take a few months, though, to get all the paperwork ready and stuff." Lightning proclaims.

  "Hmmm... What a coincidence." Red says, looking off to some unknown person.

  "Who is that?" Lightning asks while staring at Red.

  "Oh... No one..." Red says as he smacks himself for breaking the fourth wall.

  "I was thinking that, if it's ok with you, I could stay here until I get the the house bought..." Lightning says nervously.

  "Sure! Just as long as you pay 99.9 percent of the rent!" says Red, overly excited.

  "I'm fine with that." Lightning states clearly pleased.

  "I think this is the start of the perfect friendship." Red says, thrilled to have made a new friend.