June 13th (Monday)
It felt good to stretch my legs after the long train ride. I looked around at the town I would now be calling home, Ponyville, as the residents called it. Although I had heard other, more unsavory names from non-locals. Mostly about how it always seems to be at the center, or close to it, of all the bad things that happened in Equestria.
I didn't care though. I was here for my new job: Construction. The town was home to the corporate juggarnaut Clockerworks, and it had brought about a boom in the number of ponies coming to the town. So, my construction company had sent me here to help with the lay-out and reconstruction of some of the older parts of the town and the construction of the new. I was mainly a designer instead of a helper. However, I wouldn't say no to helping as my magic served to be quite useful in the actual construction.
As I was leaving the train, I checked to make sure I had all my bags. I counted them all twice to make sure and was on my way again in a matter of seconds. I then realized it had actually gotten fairly dark out and lit up my horn so I could see farther than a few feet.
However, I didn't get far as I was jumped by a pink blur that eventually focused into a mare.
"Hi." She said.
I looked around and couldn't see anypony else around.
"Hello? Is there something you need?" I asked her.
She looked behind me and saw my luggage.
"You're new in town aren't you?" She was getting closer with each word and now she was right in my face. It was then that I noticed she was a few inches taller than me. I quickly checked behind her and didn't see anything indicating feathers. She also had a rather large bust for a pegasus, so I could only assume she was an earth mare. Which explained her height.
"Yes, yes I am." I answered. It was all I could do.
"Come to sugar cube corner tomorrow afternoon." With that, and without waiting for an answer, she bounded off.
"That was something." I said to myself while I watched her hop away. She was definitely an Earth mare. I couldn't see any sign of wings.
I brought up the directions to my temporary house. It took me a good ten minutes to get there and another ten to get all my things unpacked.
I laid down in my bed and tucked myself in with my magic, falling asleep ready for tomorrow. Or so I assumed.
June 14th (Tuesday)
I woke up at eight on the dot. I got out of bed and showered up for a day filled with revising outdated map charts and sketching up new buildings for Ponyville's new commercial district.
I left my house around eight thirty and followed the directions my superior had given me to the construction area's main building.
Inside I found an assortmant of earth pony stallions and mares with a few pegasus and unicorn stallions in the mix. I noticed some of them looking at me strangely and wondered why; until I noticed that I was the shortest one in here, a unicorn, and would be one of the main leaders in the developmental department. I guess it made for a weird combination for most of them.
"Hello everypony. My name is Ignaous Sediment. I will be one of the heads of the development team. I would also like everypony to know that my magic is here for any construction needed of it." I explained to them. Everypony else introduced themselves since I was the last one to arrive.
I saw in the back one of my old friends, Oak Cropping, who had moved out here about five years ago. He gave me a small wave and I nodded.
After the rest of the formalities were dispensed, we started on our work. At lunch time, I got a chance to talk to Oak.
"So, how've you been, buddy?" He clapped me on the back.
"Fine. What about you? I've barely talked to you since you moved." We were walking towards the commons area for lunch. I didn't eat at this time, so I didn't have anything with me.
"Good. I met a few mares and now have a foal on the way. So I'm excited for that." He answered.
We sat down across from each other at one of the tables.
"So, I had a question. Do you know where sugarcube corner is?" I asked him.
Oak had his sandwhich halfway into his mouth when I asked him and he stopped and pulled it out.
"Hey buddy. I'll let you in on a little secret. I know why you're going there and I don't think you should." He leaned in like he was about to tell me a secret. "That mare is bonkers. She talks fast, won't stop moving, and throws parties for complete strangers. Somehow, she figured out when my birthday is. You don't even know my birthday! And I've been friends with you since we started this line of work over a decade ago." He said finally, using his hands for emphasis.
"I didn't notice her talking fast. And it sounds like she just wants to have fun. I should at least humor her." I told him.
"Your funeral." He said as he took a bite out of his sandwhich. He then explained to me how to get there.
We talked about other things throughout our lunch period then went back to work.
I didn't do many of the duties that my actual job called for since I was busy getting to know the layout of all the construction area and how many resources I had at my disposal to use. I ended my day early and eventually made my way to sugarcube corner.
When I walked in, I was met with a shout of 'surprise' from the few ponies in the building. I counted about eight. The pink mare that had invited me was jumping up and down with a party hat on and a noise maker sticking out of her mouth.
"Ummm..." I didn't know how to respond to this.
She walked over to me in what closely resembled skipping.
"So, were you surprised?" She asked me.
"Yes, yes I was. But, why did you throw me a party? It isn't my birthday." I was very confused. Something about this mare just wasn't clicking in my mind. And that disturbed me.
"I know it isn't your birthday silly." She gasped very heavily then. "But if it was you'd be just like my friend Rainbow Dash who moved here on her birthday too! Wouldn't that be neat. But then I'd also have to throw you a 'birthday party' party on top of the 'welcome to ponyville' party-"
"Excuse me, but I never caught your name." I said, trying to get her out of her tangent.
"My name's Pinkie pie. What's yours?" She asked.
"Ignaous Sediment. It's nice to meet you Pinkie pie." I held out my hand and she grabbed it with a grip as strong as iron.
"You can call me Pinkie if you like. That's what everypony else calls me." She giggled.
"Alright then, Pinkie it is." I said. I finally noticed the actual lack of ponies in the store and also that I had never seen a single one of them before in my life.
"Do your parties always contain ponies the pony the party for doesn't know?" I asked her, curious. I realized I may have sounded rude, but she didn't seem to care.
"Almost all the time. But this actually isn't a lot of ponies compared to what it used to be." She sighed. "I remember when everypony used to come down to greet somepony. Now it's 'Pinkie, I'm sorry' and 'Pinkie, I'm busy' and they all have things to do." Not once had she sounded hurt or angry. Just a little sad that no pony came to the party, yet she never lost that smile. Weird.
"Well, if you want to plan another party, count me in as long as it's not in the middle of the day." I told her, trying to make her feel better.
"Really?! That's fantastic." She jumped up and down then hugged me. It was an awkward hug since I came up to her nose, so my face was squished into her neck and my neck almost forced into the middle of her breasts.
After a minute, I realized I couldn't breathe and tried to wiggle out of it. She noticed and let me go.
"Dear Celestia. When you hug, you really mean it." I said. She giggled a little bit.
"Come on. I baked a cake and I want you to try it." She motioned for me to follow her.
We walked over to a table where a rather elegent and delicious looking cake sat among some other types of very delicious looking food.
"When did you make all of this?" I asked her. There was no way she could make all of this in one day and set it out and decorate. It was impossible.
"I stayed up all night and did it." She said.
"You did, why? You didn't even know my name until a few moments ago." I asked her, incredelous.
"Silly, I don't have to know your name to throw you a party. I just do it because it's fun." She said, her hands clasped firmly behind her like a butler. I finally noticed that her clothes looked a little more ruffled than they should and there were a few small stains here and there, and that they were the same ones that she had been wearing when I had met her at the train station.
"I can't believe you stayed up all night to bake for me... Thank you." I said. I didn't know how else to respond.
"Oh it's no problem." She said.
After that, we had some cake and talked a little bit more about ponyville. After a little while though, I left after helping her clean up. She was a nice mare. One of the nicer ones I had met at least.
I was still stupified that she had stayed up all night to prepare a party for me. Since I was from the city, that kind of hospitality was non-existant. Even between friends. It was jarring to say the least, but I could respect that. She wanted to make ponies feel welcome.
I went to bed feeling happy that I had made a friend like her in this town. If I could even call her that.
A/N: I keep a very strict timeline for reference for myself and it is also a very real possibility for me to screw up the calender. I am very bad with them. I can also almost gaurantee that I will misspell this main character's name at some point. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of 'A new Perspective'. Any and all questions that are either sent to me through a review or a PM I will gladly answer. As long as it doesn't give away too much plot. See ya on the flip side.