And so it begins! My first foray delving into the MLP-verse. This story will mostly contain my OCs. The Mane characters from the series shall play rather small roles in the story to come. I do not own My Little Pony and all characters, except my OCs, belong to Hasbro.

Chapter 1

"Just...a...few...more...inches," a small bead of sweat rolled down the teal unicorn's brow as he strained to keep his focus. The waves gradually crept closer and closer towards the unicorn; a faint blue aura surrounded the outlying crests, the color identical to the aura that emanated from the stallion's horn. This was some serious magic he was working with and precision was of the utmost importance.

"And...THERE!" the unicorn let out a huge sigh and mopped his brow. The waves from the ocean lazily lapped over his hooves and the colt couldn't help but feel proud of his work. It wasn't an easy task keeping the ocean's tides under control, especially when it was a one-colt job, but River Radiance didn't mind. The whole of Fillydelphia relied on him, and he wasn't about to let his city down.

River sighed, closed his eyes and let the dying sunlight warm his face. He was exhausted, but the sound of the ocean rejuvenated him. The cool breeze engulfed the young stallion and rifled through his royal-blue mane. River slowly delved deeper and deeper into a state of pure Zen, until...

"RIVEEEEER!"

The sound of his name shook River from his reverie, and he looked behind him to see his little sister bounding down the beach. Rosy Glow's peach coat looked almost golden in the light from the sunset, and her long scarlet mane and tail whipped behind her in the wind. Her bright emerald eyes shone with excitement as she rushed towards her brother.

"Hey there, Rosy!" called River with a smile that instantly turned into a smirk as an idea popped into his head, "Hey RoRo, think fast!"

River's horn glowed light blue once more as a large bubble engulfed his little sister. The unicorn filly shrieked with laughter as she was levitated off the ground and began floating towards her older brother. She dazzled at the world through the bubble's shimmery membrane, and could not help but giggle with joy to see everything come to life with so many colors. She especially loved how the sun lit up her brother's dark gold eyes so they looked almost like two bright and shiny coins smiling up at her. The bubble came to rest on River Radiance's back, where with a gentle 'pop,' it deposited Rosy who let out a gleeful squeal.

"Oh I LOVE it when you do that, River!" the little filly exclaimed, "It's just so much FUN! Can you do it again? Please, please, please?" she pleaded and gave her brother a flash of her brilliant green eyes.

Looking back at his sister, all River could do was chuckle and flash a smile.

"Maybe later," he added as he began to walk away from the beach, "Now what brought you all the way out here to the shore, RoRo?" he inquired with a quick glance back.

"Well, duh," Rosy sassed, "It was the first day of school!"

"Oh, that's right! How could I have forgotten?"

"Because you're noggin is as damp as a haystack in a storm?" Rosy smirked with pride at her "witty" comeback, but all River could do was laugh.

"Hey, what's so funny?" the little filly pouted, her ego hurt.

"Nothing, little sis, nothing," River chuckled and changed the subject, "So anything exciting happen today?"

"Yeah!" shouted Rosy, wounded prides aside, "That's what I came out here to talk to you about! I made a new friend today and he's so weird," she said weird like one of the Science Ponies would say "fascinating" when looking at some deformed creature.

"I don't know if 'weird' is the best word for describing a new friend, Rosy...," River stated, a little embarrassed by his sister's forwardness.

"Well, he is weird!" she stated matter-of-factly, "But he's really nice too! And-,"

"And," River cut his sister off, and levitated her down off his back so she was standing right in front of him, "how about you tell me all about it over some dinner, what d'ya say?" he wriggled his eyebrows at her and sported a cheesy grin in an exaggerated attempt to win her over to the idea.

"Well, why didn't you say that in the first place? I'm starving!"

"Perfect! Let's say, Locos Cocoa's Beachside Bonanza?"

"YES!" Rosy Glow could barely contain her excitement; Locos Cocoa's was her favorite restaurant in the WHOLE town! And the owner, Cocoa Blossom, was a good friend of her brother and she would always give little Rosy extra ice cream with rainbow sprinkles if she finished all her food. The thought of such a delicious treat was almost too much for the little peach-colored filly to bear!

"I'll race you there big brother!"

"You're on sis!" River chuckled, "On three then, ONE...TWO...,"

"BYE!" Rosy took off with a jolt her scarlet tail waving behind her.

"Hey, that's cheating! Get back here you little sneak!" River yelled after Rosy as he trotted to catch up. Smiling to himself, River kept a safe and easy distance behind his little sister, because as every big brother knows, your little sister ALWAYS wins.

And so ends Chapter 1! Phew! So, any guesses as to what could possibly make Rosy's new classmate so weird? Lemme know your ideas! Any and all criticisms and opinions are welcome! Happy reading all!