The Power of Love v2

My whole life, I had been a normal unicorn. I went to school, I had a job, and I even had a fillyfriend for a while, but she had to leave to Canterlot and I haven't seen her since. Nothing particularly interesting had ever happened to me.

I lived in Manehattan for the majority of my life. My family had moved there from Fillydelphia when I was young. My family had a financial crisis recently, so I had to get a high paying job. But let me tell you, waking up, going to work, sitting at a desk all day, going home and repeating wasn't exactly 'living the dream'. Now, fifteen years later, I travel. Anywhere I feel like. It's a lot more interesting than sitting at at a desk, doing nothing with my 'potentially great' life. I am an extremely curious pony, so this just seemed like the right kind of thing for me. I liked to travel to interesting and exciting places, like jungles and mountains and stuff. But soon, that will all change.

I lay asleep on the damp grass, as the morning sun beamed across my body. I continued to sleep there, until a drop of water ran off one of the trees above me and dropped onto my forehead. I woke up, wiped the drop away and looked around. I was in the middle of a forest, with nopony around. I was having some trouble recalling recent events, so I had no idea where I was or how I got there. My guess is that I had amnesia and it wasn't really something that happened often, so I assumed I had scraped my arm across something poisonous. I noticed I was lying near a path, but both ends seemed to just go on forever, being guided into the darkness by the trees on either side. I couldn't just sit there, so I chose a direction and started walking.

About half a mile down the road, the trees began to get bigger and darker. Barely any sun was shining through the leaves, but there were a few hoof prints in the dirt. I followed them through the forest until I saw a few buildings in the distance, and there were also some ponies out and about. I galloped towards it and as soon as I arrived, a blue pegasus came down from the sky to greet me.

“Hey! I’ve never seen you here before. Did you just get here?” she asked.

“Umm. I guess so.” I said, not entirely sure what to say.

“Well, welcome to Ponyville. I'm Rainbow Dash.”

I knew Ponyville. I had seen it on a map before. Being a traveller, I liked to learn about other places in Equestria. I guess I could check it off my list of places I’ve traveled.

“Hi Rainbow Dash. I'm Sunny.” I said back.

“So Sunny, why'd you come to Ponyville?”

“Well, I'm not really sure.”

She looked at me funny.

“What do you mean you're not sure?” she asked.

“Well, I woke up in the middle of a forest and started walking in this direction. Then I found Ponyville.” I tried to explain, even though I wasn't entirely sure myself.

“That’s weird... Well how about I show you around?” she said.

“That’s a good idea.”

As we walked through town she showed me the all the residents that lived here. Shortly after, Rainbow introduced me to a few of her close friends. There was Applejack, She was an earth pony who owns an apple orchard with her family just outside of Ponyvile. Pinkie Pie, another earth pony who helps run the bakery with Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Rarity, a unicorn, and designer of fashion for various ponies. and Fluttershy, a shy and timid pegasus that took care of the animals around Ponyvile.  I met them all one by one. They all seemed familiar like I had read about them somewhere, but where? Rainbow said there was one other pony that I should meet, so we walked over to her house.

"...and that's how I performed my signature move and saved Rarity." Rainbow said.

"That's pretty cool." I replied

“We're here. This is my friend Twilight Sparkle's house. She's from Canterlot and she runs the Ponyvile library.” she said as she knocked on the door.

"This seems like a tree house." I whispered to my self.

At that moment, the door opened and a lilac unicorn stood in the doorway. She was... beautiful. She was the most amazing pony I had ever seen. Her eyes were so gorgeous, her smile was amazing, her mane was lovely. It was love at first sight, I think my heart literally skipped a beat.

“Oh, hello Rainbow Dash. Who's your friend?” she asked.

“Hi, Twilight. This is Sunny. He's new in town. I was just showing him around.” Rainbow Dash said.

“Hi Sunny. I'm Twilight Sparkle.”

I couldn't speak. I was too lovestruck. I wasn't sure if it was just me or if she was moving in slow motion. Rainbow Dash waved her hoof in my face and pulled me out of my trance.

"Wha-? Oh right, um, Hello Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you." I said enthusiastically.

"Do you want to come in?" she asked.

"Um... sure." I said as my cheeks burned red.

"I'll catch you guys later. I've got some cloud searching business I've got to take care of."

"Bye!" Twilight and I said in unison. My cheeks still glowing red.

"So whats your special talent? It doesn't look like books from the look of your cutie mark." I said.

"Its magic. I just love reading books." she replied

"Really? What kind of magic do you know?"

"All sorts of kinds. There's teleportation, Levitation..."

"What kind of destruction spells do you have?" I said cutting her off.

"Well... I don't know about destruction but I do have a spell that sends a magical beam out of my horn that can at least destroy a wall." Twilight replied.

"Can you teach me some of those spells?" I asked.

"That could take a while. How long are you visiting for?" she asked.

At that moment I had a choice to make. Go back to the way things were and travel. Or stay in this town with a beautiful unicorn and make do.

"Forever!" I said. "Because this, is my new home."