Powerful Pen sat bored on his train ride to Ponyville. He dreaded public transport, it got rid of the childlike sense of exploration while traveling from landmark to landmark. It was times like this where he missed his little caravan the most. Powerful Pen shook his head, he shouldn't be thinking about work now it was time to relax. It was obvious that the non-stop meetings and negotiations were making him fatigued, so it was almost expected that Celestia instructed him to take some time off from being a diplomat. She suggested that Powerful Pen go to Ponyville to spend some time away from the city life of Canterlot. But why Ponyville? Powerful Pen asked himself. The first answer was that Twilight Sparkle lived there. Powerful Pen had met her before and they could carry a conversation but they weren't that good friends, calling them friends was even a massive overstatement. Powerful Pen sighed in a mix of sorrow and envy. Twilight not only was given every title possible by Celestia but was also basically given her ideal set of friends. Yes he was content with his lifestyle but everyone gets a bit lonely after some time in solitude. He could say some of his travelling companions and fellow diplomats were his friends but he was not sure if they gave him the same title. Perhaps Celestia knew that he was going to find a solid group of friends here of all places. Powerful Pen shook his head, he was being optimistic, one of the first lessons he learnt as a diplomat was that being optimistic might end an otherwise inevitable deal. Ponyville began to appear behind the mountain. Not close enough that it would be a few minute away but not far enough that it was out of sight. A glimmer of hope arose as Powerful Pen started to think that this trip may be better than expected.
(Note: this was made using a mobile device so blame all spelling and grammar mistakes on that. And also blame me being too lazy to make any edits.)