The Newcomer

Cold.

So Cold.

Why is it cold?

Why am I here?

Questions.

So many questions.

It's getting too cold.

Wait, it's coming together. I was sent by-

AUGH!! SO HOT!

Every sense in my body is screaming so loudly-

Wait, whooooaaaah!

I'm being tossed around like a leaf!

A mega strong wind is tossing me in circles.

OOF! I can't breathe, I can't breathe!!

Wind's knocked out of me. This is a problem.

OW! A rock just hit me.

OW! Thats the second one!

OUCH, SO MANY ROCKS!

MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!

Oh thank Celestia, it stopped.

OK. Try to stand, OW, OK. That's not happening.

Well, um, OH I know, try to put your bucking mind back together!

Where am I? uuummmmmm- oh I'm close to PonyVille! Should try to get there I guess.

Whoa! Did it just get darker? It did! It's getting even darker.

Dark. dark. dark. DARK. SO DARK.

I think I'm dead.

Light. It's getting brighter. YES!

Wait, it's getting too bright.

TO BRIGHT! SHUT YOUR EYES!

IT'S STILL TO BRIGHT

oh no... I'm going to lose con-

Ohhh My head.

I can't stay here, I can't or I'll die!

But where would I go?

Ponyville!

I can make it, I'll at least try.

It had been a slow day at Carousel Boutique. Rarity had gotten orders for two new dresses, no more, no less.

Oh well, this would give her more time to work on her friends dresses for the dance next week, she wanted them to look fabulous! Just as she was about to close up shop, the bell on the door rang.

She was tired, but not to tired to let a customer slip through her hooves. Still working on a dress, she began her store's motto without looking up.

"Welcome to Carousel Boutique- Oh my goodness!" She gasped.

"Hey Rarity" Said the heavily damaged unicorn stallion standing in her doorway.

"You have some nerve coming back here!" Rarity said.

"I was just wondering if I could stay-" His words were interrupted a violent cough.

Rarity watched as two small drops of blood flew from his mouth and hit her favourite chair.

"Oh uh, sorry I'll clean that up I-" He hit his knees.

"Oh not again" Then his legs, or more accurately his knees gave out from under him.

Rarity rushed to the crumpled unicorn and nudged him, but he wouldn't budge.

"Oh Scourge, what have you done to time? And more importantly, who did this to you? " She asked the unconscious male unicorn lying at her feet. She grabbed his hoof and dragged him over to her room and him onto her bed, she let out a deep sigh and shut the door. She would call the doctor in the morning.

Scourge had been hungover a couple of times, it was awful. But it was nothing compared  the sensation he was feeling now. He felt as if he had been bucked in the head, by 60 different ponies, 6000 times, EACH. He decided that it would be a good idea to figure out where he was. He took a look around, mirrors, fabric, and dresses.

"Oh no, why did he come here?He realized he was in Carousel Boutique! Rarity hates me! She hates me! I must have been confused. When I arrived in Ponyville, Rarity's shop must have been the only thing I recognized." He thought.

"Is anypony there?" Called Scourge.

"I'm coming!" Rarity answered.

Rarity arrived looking just as great and successful as ever. Her mane was perfect, her coat looked like it had just recently been washed, and she was wearing a beautiful jewel-encrusted sun hat.

"So Scourge I see you are awake, you slept for five days, if you were wondering." She said

"Oh wow, really?" Scourge asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes, after you showed up at my doorstep you collapsed, that was five days ago."

"Oh yeah, heh, sorry about that." Said Scourge nervously.

Scourge's stomach growled. he looked up, embarrassed.

"Say no more. you must be very hungry, I'll go fix you something." Rarity said.

"Okay, just-"

"Don't worry Scourge, I remember your appetite."

Yep. She still hates me.

Pinkie Pie was getting suspicious. She sat outside Rarity's place of work disguised as a pink bush. Rarity had been acting weird for the last four or five days and Pinkie was positive she was hiding something. A couple of minutes ago she had come home with three times her usual load of groceries. Rarity wasn't a big eater and she didn't have more than 1 extra guest over at a time, and if she was having a party Pinkie would've definitely been notified, so she must be hiding something. That's why she brought a retractable telescope in her saddle bags. She unfolded it and used it to peer through Rarity's bedroom window. Rarity wasn't there, but somepony was. A black and purple short haired male unicorn limped back and forth in her room, as if waiting for something. His left fore hoof was in a cast, he was slightly shorter than Big Macintosh. A little less muscular as well. She couldn't quite make out his cutie mark or his facial features. The only thing he was wearing was a black diamond-studded crest around his neck.

"So this is what she was hiding" Pinkie said to herself.

Then she realized that this mysterious pony was a newcomer.

"He's new here!" She yelled.

"He's new here and I haven't thrown him a welcome party!"

The pink bush unfolded to reveal Pinkie Pie. She ran away as fast as she could, thoughts of guests, balloons, cake, punch, and much more flooded her mind.

"This'll be great!" Pinkie exclaimed as she ran off to Sugar Cube Corner.

"Scourge, your food is ready!" Rarity called from the kitchen, just as she heard Pinkie's cry of joy. She dismissed this as Pinkie Pie just being Pinkie Pie.

"On my way" He said. He slowly limped down the stairs, being extra careful not to fall.

He arrived in the kitchen to a feast. Delicious entrees of all shapes and sizes covered Rarity's table.

"Wow, this is really nice, thanks so much, really." Scourge said, beginning to salivate.

"Don't mention it, think of it as a welcome home present." Sneered Rarity.

Scourge stopped dead just as he was about to put the first morsel to his lips.

"Look Rare, I-"

"Don't call me that!" Rarity hissed

"Sorry. Look Rarity, I'm really sorry about what happened. But you know that-"

The doorbell rang, interrupting Scourge. Rarity, who was staring deeply in to Scourge's eyes shook her head to clear it.

"Coming!" Yelled Rarity, then she dashed out of the room.

Rarity heard loud eating sounds coming for her kitchen as she dashed to the door. Pinkie stood in the doorway, a huge smile on her lips, an envelope balanced on her head.

"Oh, um, hello Pinkie, what can I do for you?" Asked Rarity.

"Take this" She gestured with an ear towards the envelope on her head.

Rarity used her magic to lift the envelope, but before she could open it Pinkie screamed:

"It's an invitation to a party tonight!"

"I know, but what's the cause?" Asked Rarity, as she eyed Pinkie suspiciously.

"It's a welcome party for your new friend!" Pinkie exclaimed, a little louder than she should have.

"My new friend?!" Rarity said, dumbfounded.

"He is NOT my friend. More importantly, who else knows about him?" Rarity whispered.

"Oh only the six of us, well just the five of us. AJ couldn't make it. Something about hungry caterpillars"

"Oh, that's a relief. Listen pinkie, if you tell all of Equestria about this I will personally shave off your mane and give it to Opel to use as a toy!" Rarity hissed in Pinkie's ear.

Pinkie's expression never changed as Rarity whispered the threat.

"Okey Dokey Lokey" Pinkie Pie called as she skipped away in her usual fashion.

Rarity shook her head as she walked back to the kitchen. She arrived to find all of the food gone, what remained was a slightly plumper black and purple unicorn, who was picking his teeth wait a fork held up by magic.

"My friend is throwing you a welcome to Ponyville party tonight." Rarity told Scourge.

"Oh great, sounds like fun!" Scourge answered.

"Don't you dare touch the cake!" Rarity growled.

"Wouldn't dream of it." Scourge said, then he chuckled, "This'll be great!"

Rarity was surprised, those were the same words pinkie had said. "I'll have to keep an eye on him and Pinkie" She thought, just as Scourge let out a huge grotesque burp.

"Oops, hehe, sorry." Scourge said sheepishly.

"What's the worst he could do at the party?" Rarity thought.

TO BE CONTINUED