open Life in Ponyville -Slice of life-

[Pr3datorTaco 169]

Rainy listened to Hunter as she told him about the stuck up ponies of Canterlot. Every so often he would catch her staring at him from the corner of his eye. He smiled, a mare had never given him this much attention, it felt odd like there were butterflies fluttering around in his stomach every time he looked at her. He looked up and saw that it was getting late. "Hey its getting late do you want me to walk you home?"

[dragon4111 914]

"Oh by the ancestors I'm late!" Draco yelled out as he put on his work attire which was a simple courier's goggles and his delivery bag. He opened his large wings then flew right out of his home at top speed. He had a delivery to make to Canterlot and he was late. He just had to make it to Sugarcube Corner first to pick up that rare zebra cake for Celestia. But luck would have it he was going to fast and crashed into the side of the bakery "ow" Draco said in a pained voice.

[Colt 555]

As he kept walking he listens to the young pony asking for his name, he sighed while intended to ignore the friendly foal question. "Is just bad timing, sorry " he mumble. There were some priorities in his mind at that moment and getting the spot light was not par ot if. "I just hope he doesn’t take this as something important" Was what his mind spelled knowing that kind of conduct could be considered as rude.

 

Still walking feeling a little bad as he left that behind, his tour around the town keeps on, taking mental notes of “good spots” for his "needs". The day just went by, as the sky turned from blue to red, he realize that he is close to his starting pont and knows there is one spot he can stay at as he turnedhis back andwalked through the east end of Ponyville

 

“Is not that I wouldn’t like to…” he speaks with himself…”It’s less stressing when she is around”.

 

At that time he can see the spot he is going to a small hill crowned with a lone big willow, more to the east he can see a lonely cottage and can listen to birds singing in that direction. The willow looks like staring to the south east as almost all its branches and leaves point that direction. He keeps on walking on his 4 legs to that place.

Edited November 26, 2012 by Colt

[Iron Wing 237]

Iron Wing had finished rebuilding the old watch tower in ponyville, her new home. She would live in this tower and do frequent scouting missions around the area and to map everything. Also because she was trained to help on construction sites, she was stationed in Ponyville to help building new houses for the ponies that wanted to live in this little town. It was a nice job to do, Iron Wing loved it. Luckily there were no interference from this irritating pony called Pinky Pie. Of course Iron loved parties, but she didn´t like the fact that this pony tried to force friendship to everyone she didn´t knew. The mare had finished the restaurations within the watchtower and her belongings were already stored within.

 

"It wouldn´t hurt to go on a little shopping tour and meet some ponies..." she said to herself. She left the tower and got ready for a tour through the town. What did she need? Food, supplies and perhaps some cake would be fine. Iron Wing was wearing her huge and heavy armor and metallic hoove protectors as always, so she could be heared from far away. She stepped on to the main street of the town and started her little tour. There were many ponies Iron Wing hadn´t even seen within the weeks she already had spent on rebuilding the tower. They all seemed very friendly, also some dragons went by. Iron Wing stopped for a short moment to watch a dragon pass by, going to a small hill, crowned with a willow. But this one seemed busy with something so Iron just continued walking.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Iron Wing

[dragon4111 914]

" It wouldn´t hurt to go on a little shopping tour and meet some ponies..." she said to herself. She left the tower and got ready for a tour through the town. What did she need? Food, supplies and perhaps some cake would be fine. Iron Wing was wearing her huge and heavy armor and metallic hoove protectors as always, so she could be heared from far away. She stepped on to the main street of the town and started her little tour. There were many ponies Iron Wing hadn´t even seen within the weeks she already had spent on rebuilding the tower. They all seemed very friendly, also some dragons went by. Iron Wing stopped for a short moment to watch a dragon pass by, going to a small hill, crowned with a willow. But this one seemed busy with something so Iron just continued walking.

Draco walked out from behind a building dazed "Oh my head huh why do I see two beautifull mare's infront of me?" Draco asked out loud as he was alittle dizzy from his crash. Yeah he had a concusion. He was seeing two of Iron Wings. "And now I have a concusion just in the life of a courier pony I guess" Draco said slightly then looked at Iron Win "I am sorry if I offended you with my comment miss" he said with a bow.

[Iron Wing 237]

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As she walked down the street near Sugarcube Corner a red courier pony walked from behind the building. He seemed to be confused or something like that. She had to laugh a bit because of the first comment the courier said to her. "Well, i am not offended so far, but you have a strange way to introduce yourself. I don´t know what happened to you, but you should be more carefull..." she giggled with a warm voice. But she had to do buy some food before the shops were closing. "Well, if you excuse me, i have some tasks to finish. It was nice to meet ya..." she finished her sentence and continued walking. This town surely had some nice and handsome stallions, but now she hadn´t the time to think about something like that.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Iron Wing

[dragon4111 914]

Draco walked with her quickly "I can help you the customer probably cancled her order anyway. So I'm free Oh and my name is Draco O'mally of the O'mally delivery servicies and what is your name miss?" Draco asked. "Did you just move here or something?" Draco asked once more as He looked her over scanning her armor "Royal gaurd but not the usual make tell me miss are you of the Gaurdian branch of the military?"

[Iron Wing 237]

@@dragon4111

Iron Wing was a bit surprised that this pony followed her just like that. But since the stallion was friendly, she decided to just accept it. "Well, if you insist you could help me finding a store were i can buy food for me and my pet, Mr. O´mally." she answered the red stallion. Of course she knew where she had to go, but since this stallion wanted to help her she didn´t want to disappoint him. "My name is Iron Wing and i moved here a while ago. I´m here to help on construction sites for building up new homes for new ponies within this town. I live in the old watchtower on the southern border of this city which i have restored the last two weeks. It was a lot of work, but i think it was worth it. The tower is big enough, has a launching pad for pegasus ponies and a big basement. I wonder if i can get the old canons working but i doubt it." she responded.

 

"And yes i am from the military guardian branch. We have watchtowers all over the land and scouting the borders of the country aswell as patroling within some towns and villages. My duty within this little town is very simple. Primary i have to help with the building of some new homes and rebuilding old houses. Secondary i will scout and patrol the area around ponyville." she explained to the red stallion. "By the way, what are you doing within this town?" she asked.

[dragon4111 914]

"Please Iron, it's Draco just Draco. Anyhow I'm a courier pony one of the best if I do say so myself. I don't mean to toot my horn here but my customers are always happy. Or atleast that's what they tell me" Draco smiled at her "Oh you have a pet? what is he or she?" Draco asked. He sighed as he laughed "I ask to many questions" "You know Iron surely you have a special somepony waiting for you?" Draco asked with a teasing smile,

[ParsoOfEquestria 1,490]

 

 

"d'awwww, such a gentlecolt, offering to walk a lady home. its the sweetest thing ever done for me"

she realised what she just said and soon after started to blush. she walked with him to her house

"here we are, i really enjoyed meeting you today, I hope to see you again"

she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek

"just a little goodbye present, um... its a uh canterlot thing...we do that as a goodbye gesture"

she started to blush again

"see you another time"

she would have invited him in, but that may be coming off a little too fast

[Feather Gem 967]

She placed the snowglobes, picture frames and other random decorations onto the mantel above the fireplace. She stepped back to look over her work. She adjusted a picture frame and went to open another box.

She picked a random box without reading the label. She opened it and found a few notebook and the same number of pens. She blinked and lifted a flap of the box to see the label. Writing.

She took out one of the notebooks. It had a sparkling silver cover and crisp black pages inside. Few of the pages were used. She pulled out a silver gel pen and grabbed her pastel blue shoulder bag. She pushed the notebook and pen in and went outside of her house.

She locked the door and walked down the few steps off the porch. She walked silently, her eyes searching for somewhere quiet to write.

[Iron Wing 237]

@@dragon4111

"Well Draco, my pets name is Duran, a male lynx. He waits for me to return home because he kept bugging me to buy some pet food." she said smiling as she entered a shop. She bought some food for duran and some delicious looking fruits and vegetables for herself and stored everything within her bags. Then she left the shop for and went again for the Sugarcube Corner. For Dracos last question she had to laugh outloud. "Well Draco, you sure ask a lot of questions. I don´t have a special somepony found until now, but perhaps i will if i get some of the ponies living here better to know." she answered.

 

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She noticed a light brown stallion standing at the side. Iron Wing knew this pony, see him doing weather control nearly every day. She didn´t know his name for sure, but it would be a good start with talking to him. "Hi there! Nice job with the weather!" she commended him. "How is the weather gonna be tomorrow? I have to patrol the area around ponyville, so it would be nice to know so that i can plan my route." she asked him.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Iron Wing

[Starstream 182]

He turned to the azure maned pegasus beside him and cheerfully responded, "Much appreciated ma'am."

 

He watched the sky for a while and thought deeply. He finally responded, "It's mostly going to be snowing... You know, getting the winter out and stuff." He smiles and adds. "If you're going to be out all day, just tell me where you're going to be and I can bring you a thermos of nice, warm tea if you want."

 

 

@@Iron Wing

 

[Feather Gem 967]

After a while, she spotted a silent little park. It was small but had wonderful towering trees, beds full of multi-colored flowers and birds flying from tree to tree. Angel Feather made her way over to a bench that resembled a log. She wasn't sure if it was an actual log or not. Nowadays, ponies could make anything look like anything.

 

Angel sat down sideways on the log and placed her notebook onto the log. She opened up a blank, black page. She took out her silver gel pen and, using her magic, began to write in hoofwriting (or was it magic writing?) that was neither cursive nor normal.

[Iron Wing 237]

@, @@dragon4111,

"Well, that is a very nice offer with the warm tea. But i fly very long distances at high altitude. I cannot expect you to follow me during this long flight, but i am curious now. What is your name if i may ask?" she asked the stallion. She never expected a pony she randomly met to offer her tea. "But since you had the idea with tea, what about we meet within the next hour at a cafe? Since i moved in this town not long ago, perhaps you could tell me something about Ponyville." She turned to Draco who had followed her until now. She lifted a hoove to introduce him. "This is Draco, a courier pony i just met. Perhaps we can have some tea and cake at the cafe so you both can tell me something about you. And of course if would be fine if we knew your name. My name is Iron Wing, nice to meet ya." she finished her sentence.

[Starstream 182]

He gave the knightly mare a small bow. "Excuse my manners, my name is Toushitei Heartlocke, but ponies mostly just call me Starstream. The pleasure is all mine miss Iron Wing, and it's nice to meet you too Draco."

 

He felt like the offer of going to a cafe was an excellent idea. He hadn't gotten the chance to eat something since the previous night and he was starting to feel the effects of it. He nodded in response to the proposal "I think I could go for a little snack, yes. And I wouldn't mind talking with you two for bit either." He chuckles. "So did you have any specific place in mind?"

 

 

@@Iron Wing

@@dragon4111

 

Edited November 27, 2012 by Zhinzo

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Moonbeam was strolling through the park absent-mindedly when she encountered Angel Feather sitting in a log, writing. She walked over with a dreamy look in her eyes, and stood in front of her, gazing down at her work.

 

"Hi," she said softly. "What are you writing?"

[The-Master 1,176]

Star Keeper strolled away from the town hall with a small skip. Today was rare in that there was no enormous workload to be completed in a sort space of time. Sometimes being a record keeper could be a strenuous carrier. But today was different, he had it all to himself. Oh, how to celebrate? Maybe a quick trip down to the market, nipping by at a Cafe and then spending the rest of my day relaxing. That sounds doable. Star Keeper took to the skies, gliding on a the wind delicately as he tried to create as little resistance as possible.

[Curry Pinch 34]

Muffin Spice was huffing and puffing as she pulled her cart through the rough streets of Ponyville. ''Good that Sugarcube Corner is just around the corner now!'' she thought and giggled about her own pun, even though it wasn't all that great and she realized it. She was a bit late today, should have been on the streets, selling vegetables hours ago, but beetles had attacked her silverbeet and she had to mouth pick them off the leaves. She shivered thinking how those tiny little things squirmed when she put them in a jar.

She had chosen some fine vegetables to sell, but her feeling was that ponies here had really underdeveloped palates. They liked bland and sweet and disliked more pungent flavors. So she had picked some purple and yellow carrots, as carrots were always a hit, pattypan squash, romanesco, yellow and pink aubergine, some crisp fennel bulbs. She packed punches and bunches of chocolate scented mint, one of the few things she had brought to Ponyville that was 100% to the locals' liking. After a short moment of doubt she decided to take a risk and packed a few punnets of cilantro and 3 small bitter melons. ''Maybe this is the lucky day, when someone in this town realizes that bitter is a flavor that has it's rights too!'' she thought.

 

She stopped at her favorite spot, arranged her goods and took a look around. The town patrol pegasus she had seen before was talking to some other pegasus she didn't know, some other ponies, some faces seemed familiar, some not so much. She realized that she barely knew anyone in Ponyville by name, for her they were mostly faces paired with their favorite vegetable.

 

Muffin Spice put on her best smile and took a look around, hoping to see someone paying attention to her vegetables.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Curry Pinch

[Pr3datorTaco 169]

"d'awwww, such a gentlecolt, offering to walk a lady home. its the sweetest thing ever done for me"

she realised what she just said and soon after started to blush. she walked with him to her house

"here we are, i really enjoyed meeting you today, I hope to see you again"

she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek

"just a little goodbye present, um... its a uh canterlot thing...we do that as a goodbye gesture"

she started to blush again

"see you another time"

she would have invited him in, but that may be coming off a little too fast

 

Rainy blushed no mares (besides his mom) had kissed him before.(Oh..I uh yeah see you later.) He stuttered out. He started to trot home forgeting he could simply fly home and get there faster. Thoughts raced through his mind. "you like her don't you?" "N-no i just met her shes just a friend..." "You had to think about it! you definitely like her" "No I don't... shut up" he kept muttering to himself as he trotted up to Sugarcube Corner.

[Curry Pinch 34]

Muffin Spice was checking the square with her eyes. She usually waited until customers same to her, but sometimes a bit of advertising went a long way.

A black pegasus with freckles trotted across the square smiling mindlessly. She thought that she hasn't seen him before, blue mane and a jacket. Ponies from Ponywille usually wore clothing just if it was absolutely necessary for the job or occasion. He didn't look too confident though.

 

''Dear gentlecolt, would you like to taste some of my chocolate mint?'' she called out and put her pretty smile on.

[Pr3datorTaco 169]

Muffin Spice was checking the square with her eyes. She usually waited until customers same to her, but sometimes a bit of advertising went a long way.

A black pegasus with freckles trotted across the square smiling mindlessly. She thought that she hasn't seen him before, blue mane and a jacket. Ponies from Ponywille usually wore clothing just if it was absolutely necessary for the job or occasion. He didn't look too confident though.

 

''Dear gentlecolt, would you like to taste some of my chocolate mint?'' she called out and put her pretty smile on.

 

Rainy looked up at the mare shouting at him, he trotted up to her cart and looked at her produce. It was strange food to be selling here he noticed having visited most of the venders but it was nothing he hadn't tried in clouds dale. "Ohh you've got cilantro! I'd like some of that please. I can use it to make salsa!" He had learned the reciprocity from a pegasus that was from a different country... some where south. He liked the spiciness of the dip and the only ingredient he didn't have was the cilantro. He pulled his coin purse out of his saddle bag. "How much for it?" Edited November 27, 2012 by Pr3datorTaco

[The-Master 1,176]

The market wasn't as busy as Star had originally anticipated, but that was a good thing I guess. He was done with his errands in no less than ten minutes and was ready to grab a quick drink and head home. Seemed like a good plan. He trotted around the market to find a good coffee stall but his search came up fruitless. Seemed he would have to put in the extra bits and go to a cafe after all. As he trotted down one of the roads he came across a small cart selling a variety of vegetables not commonly found in town. It seemed promising. Maybe he would just take a quick look at what they have. Who knows, they may have something very interesting.

[dragon4111 914]

"Well Draco, you sure ask a lot of questions. I don´t have a special somepony found until now, but perhaps i will if i get some of the ponies living here better to know." she answered.

Draco said with a joking tone "Surely you have to keep beating stallion off with a stick milady. I mean no offence when I say this but you are a truely beautifull mare" Draco said honestly. "You have a pet lynx eh huh I have a pet squirrel. I sometimes employ when I do my pranks" Draco said as he scratched behind his head and he looked atthe light brown pegasus "Yo how are you?" Draco asked.

[Curry Pinch 34]

Muffin spice was surprised. Not only the dark pegasus responded to her call, he also seemed to know what exactly he wants, and he wanted the cilantro. Maybe it was her lucky day. ''Oh, the cilantro, sure, one bunch is only two bits. Nice to see a pony with a sophisticated taste around here!'' she said while picking up some of her fresh herbs. She hesitated for a while, than grabbed a few sprigs of choc mint and added them to the bunch. ''I promissed some mint so I'll throw it in for free. If it was ordinary spearmint it would complement it better, but you always can brew a tea out of it!''

 

While she was serving the dark pony, a much lighter buff coloured one had approached her cart and was inspecting her veggies. ''What would you like?'' she asked!

Edited November 27, 2012 by Curry Pinch