A Colt's Darkness
Tour of Ponyville
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAs Doctor Pill and Spirit made their way to the library, they had to travel through most of Ponyville. There were many interesting buildings, and one pony who nearly scared the life out of Spirit. A pink pony with a large puffy mane and tail had these three balloons on her butt. She had what seemed like the biggest grin in the universe, and she was only a few inches from Spirit's face.
"HimynameisPinkiePiewhatisyourname?" She said in an incredibly fast voice that Spirit could barely follow. They just eyed each other, and this lasted for almost three minutes before ponies began to stare. Spirit had a confused look on his face.
"Hi, I did not understand a single word you just said. My name is Brawny Spirit." He said in a neutral voice, but Pinkie laughed.
"I asked you what your name was silly! I'm Pinkie Pie!" She exclaimed Spirit stared at her for a moment and glanced at everypony around him. They all gave him disgusted looks, but Spirit tried to ignore that.
"Well, nice to meet you Pinkie Pie. Can I please get up now?" Spirit asked. Pinkie quickly stepped off of him and yanked him to his hooves. After Spirit had gotten up and dusted himself off, Pinkie was gone. In her place, however, was an odd note.
'Dear Brawny Spirit,
I wanted to host a party for you, but I can't right now. I hope you meet my friends who also live in Ponyville. One last thing, don't go killing criminals in the next month. Okay? (Epic foreshadowing).
From, Pinkie Pie.'
Spirit stared at the last part before he picked up the paper in his mouth, and dropped it in a trash bin before walking towards Doctor Pill and motioning for him to keep up.
"So Spirit, what did the letter say? I bet something funny was on it, didn't it?" He asked before patting his mane down straight and revealing a horn. Spirit's eyes widened, but shrank down to normal when he saw another pony with a horn standing not to far from them. He even to notice of some of them having wings, which he thought was cool.
"The note told me not to kill criminals." Spirit said holding back a slight chuckle. Doctor Pill stopped for a moment, but continued walking and tried to change the subject.
"Well, I know that you want to go to the library. However, I need to do some work at this place called 'Sweet Apple Acres'. So I need you to come with me, we can go to the library after. Okay?"
"Fine, but will I end up going to some orphanage or something?" Spirit asked. Doctor Pill whipped his head towards Spirit.
Did he know? Pill thought to himself. "Well, I'll be honest. You will have to go to one while you are out of the hospital. Is that okay?"
"Of course, I just wanted to know." Spirit said as he looked around. "Hey, do you know why everyone is looking at me?" Spirit asked.
"First, it is 'everypony' and I have no idea why they are staring at you." Pill answered.
That's a thing, I guess. Spirit thought. Well, lets get the work out of the way. Shall we?"
"Yeah, we're almost there." Doctor Pill said. When Spirit looked forward, he knew Doc wasn't lying. There was a huge apple orchard in front of him, so he could safely assume that this was the place. There was a giant red barn, and a very large amount of apple trees that seemed to go on for no end. As soon as we got through the front gate, a large, muscled red pony walked out of the barn and towards the gate.
"Hello, Big Macintosh! I've come to get the shipment of apples for the orphanage and hospital. Are you ready?" Doctor Pill asked. Big Macintosh simply nodded as he seemed to drag a giant cart of apples from the barn with extreme ease.
"What 'bout him?" Big Mac asked, pointing to Brawny Spirit with his hoof.
"Well, could your sister show him around?" Pill asked. Again, Big Mac nodded and rang a bell that was hanging above the gate. Almost immediately, an orange mare with a yellow mane and tail jumped out of the barn and ran to the gate. She had a cowgirl hat on and three apples on her flank.
"What do'ya need Big Mac?" She asked. Big Mac pointed to Brawny Spirit once more.
"Can you take the colt around the farm so we can do our work?" Big Mac asked. The way he worded his sentence made Spirit feel like he was being treated poorly, but he did his best to control himself. Despite being introduced to all of this nonsense in one go.
"No problem Big Mac! Com'on, little colt! We ain't got all day!" She shouted as she ran of towards the orchard. Spirit, being unable to run, tried his best to keep up. When he finally caught up to her, she was already kicking trees, causing apples to fall out.
"Hey, so can I have a tour now. Or should I just wait." Spirit asked in a joking manor. Applejack caught on to that quickly and trotted over to him.
"Right, but first, ain't there anything you wanna ask me 'bout?" She asked Spirit.
"Yeah, what are those things on your side?" He asked pointing to her three apple "tattoo".
"That?" She said glancing to her side. "That's ma cutie mark. A pony gets it when they find their special talent." She explained. Spirit nodded in understanding, but he was still trying to grasp something. What was the importance of such a thing?
Maybe it's a sign of adulthood or something. He thought to himself. "So, anything else that this place has?" Spirit asked.
"Plenty!" The mare shouted "By the way, mah name's Applejack!" She said holding out her hoof.
"Well, I'm Brawny Spirit." He said shaking her hoof. she shook his hoof so hard that he was practically jumping up and down when she had let go of him. He quickly stopped himself and saw that Applejack had moved towards an animal pen that held very large pigs. Spirit walked up to it and eyed the pigs. He stared for a moment, and ended up disturbing the pigs. "So, any kind of events happen around here?" Spirit asked as he stared at the pigs.
"Yeah, plenty!" Applejack shouted."We hold a Sisterhood Social, Cider season, Family reunions, and we even host some parties for the young-ins'!" She said happily. But then, she seemed to shiver instantly and grew a look of fear. "A'm sorry, but I think we should get goin'." Applejack said with a look of intense fear on her face. Spirit didn't question why, he followed her to the gate to see that Big Mac and Doctor Pill had returned.
"So, you finished with getting the food. Or whatever you were getting?" Spirit asked as Doctor Pill had returned.
"Yes, we are all done and can now go to the orphanage. However, I would like it if you were to look around Ponyville." Pill said. Spirit nodded and followed him out, but not before glancing back at the Applejack and Big Mac. They looked suspicious to him, but he turned forward and continued to follow Doctor Pill. All they did was go through Ponyville and run some errands. However, Spirit did meet some interesting mares. When they went to the Carousel Boutique, they found a mare called Rarity. She had a white coat, a curled purple mane and tail, and three diamonds on her flank. She gave Power Pill some fabric that was no doubt for medical purposes. Later they met a yellow pony with a light pink mane and tail. She had three butterflies on her flank. She also gave Power Pill medical supplies.
Next they went to a Karate dojo, and inside they met a rainbow pegasus named Rainbow Dash. Spirit took a liking to Karate when he was in a coma, so he decided to sign up for it. Rainbow was more then excited and was ready to start, but Spirit had to leave with Power Pill. Finally they had arrived at the library, Spirit was exhausted and couldn't wait to rest. Doctor Pill had knocked on the door. The door opened by itself and in a very slow manor, making it slightly creepy. As they entered, Spirit saw something he would never have suspected.
"What is that!?" He screamed staring at the large lizard in front of him.
"Now that is just rude. Please try to quiet down a bit. This is a library after all." The lizard said. Spirit went from stunned to fascinated.
"How can you talk?" He asked.
"Have you never met a dragon before?" The dragon asked him. Spirit began to shake his head rapidly as he circled around the dragon with great interest.
"Got a name?" Spirit asked while holding an odd, uneasy grin.
"Yes, I am Spike, the librarians assistant. Also, can you please stop circling me? It's kind of creepy." Spirit stopped and chuckled to himself.
"Oh, sorry..." He said as he slowly walked back to Power Pill with his head down. Doctor Pill was still standing still as if to process what he witnessed, but finally clicked back into reality and got down to business.
"Anyways, I came here to get a few history books." He said.
"Well, if that is all you need then here you go." Spike said as he handed him about five large books. With this, Power Pill left quickly to keep things from getting even more awkward. Spirit followed and they ended up at an orphanage that wasn't to far away. When they entered, Power Pill immediately checked Spirit in and gave him the five books. With this, Spirit began his intense studies. This consisted of sitting in the corner and reading. He learned about every threat that faced Equestria and every major event. The threats consisted of villains, diseases, and childish arguments. By the end of his second day in the orphanage, he had finished four books and was half way through the last. But much to his surprise, two mares entered the orphanage.
Author's Note
Sorry If I didn't do good on the accents of the Apple family. I tried my best. It will slowly get to the point of the story, but there will be some action soon. I promise. I plan on making this last a while. I'll also try to get chapters out as quickly as possible. If you don't like gore, you might want to stop reading.
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