This is my first attempt at making any fanfic stories after reading so many others, so I might not be so good at writing. After weeks of planning and drafting, here's the story's beginning with my own pony OC in it.

Let me know what you guys think.

Chapter 1- Starting with a first impression (The Mare in the Moon)

"Azure, rise and shine! The sun has already risen!" A gentle voice could be heard in the room, as something under the large blanket on the bed in the room began to stir from the noise.

"…But Mom, it's still too early to get up. Just five more minutes…" a sleepy male voice from under the pile spoke, before yawning and shifted around under the blanket.

"Azure my dear, it's ten in the morning now. Your breakfast will be ready soon. You should come down and eat before it gets cold," said the voice before he heard steps going out of the room.

Slowly sliding off his bed from under the sheets, the colt sleepily drifted his way to the bathroom to freshen up. After a quick rinse of water to wash away the sleep from his eyes, he looked at the mirror to get a good look at himself. His fur, which was as white as the clouds in the sky, was glistening under the light from the bathroom window, while droplets of water were dripping down his face, horn and mane. His sky blue mane and tail were mixed with several streaks of cyan, of which seemed to be radiating dimly. On his flank bore his cutie mark, a cyan emblem in the shape of a six pointed star emblazoned in the centre of a sky blue heart.

Shaking off any remaining droplets on his head, he went downstairs to grab something to eat, all the while following his nose as he caught a whiff of fresh toast in the air. The smell led him down to the dining room, where his breakfast was already laid out.

"Good morning, my little sleepyhead. I have already laid down breakfast on the dining table, so you should start eating while it's hot," said the same voice as a unicorn pony came walking out from the kitchen. He looked up to find his mom, Ivory Painting, wearing an apron and levitating a plate with her magic. His mom was half a head taller than him, had white fur as well and a long straight mane and tail, both were a combination of purple and light pink. Her cutie mark was a piece of canvas with a paint brush in front of it. Her gentle green eyes were staring at the colt and a smile was plastered on her face.

"Ok, I will. Thanks mom…"

He immediately walked to the empty seat at the table and started on his meal. His meal was basically made of a single slice of toast and a glass of milk, a clear sign that he had a small appetite despite his age.

"By the way, do you what today is?" Ivory asked her son who was slowly eating his toast.

He only responded after swallowing the toast in his mouth, "Hmm? What is it?"

"Well, tonight is the Summer Sun Celebration, and it is going to be held here in Ponyville." Ivory replied, watching the surprised expression on her son's face as he almost choked on the piece of toast in his throat.

"Wait, it's tonight?" he said as he tried regaining his composure.

"That's right! Now Azure, I don't want to stay cooped up in your room all day like what you've done since moving here a few weeks ago. I want you to go out have a walk around town. Who knows? You might even make some new friends here."

"Mom, I don't know about that… You know how I act around other ponies… What if…?" He didn't want to continue thinking about it and simply pushed any lingering thoughts out of his head.

"Azure, my dear...You can't hide from the world forever. Eventually, you need to come out of that shell of yours and open up to others. I'm not saying you should go out of your way to make new friends, but it doesn't hurt to get to know other ponies. I have already met some of the ponies in town and they seem friendly to me," She assured him.

Azure, who still wasn't entirely convinced, decided to cease arguing with his mother any longer and just let the matter rest as he walked back to his room. "If you say so, Mom… but don't expect any miracles."

"That's the spirit! Just make sure to meet me down at the town hall when Princess Celestia is seen raising the sun." She told him as he walked back up the stairs to his room.

Going back to his room, Azure sighed before going to his desk to grab a few things to bring with him: a sketchbook, a few pencils and an eraser. Once he placed his items in his saddlebag, he was about to walk out of his room, but turned around when he forgot about something. "Oops… I shouldn't forget to bring this," he said as he levitated a necklace off the desk and placed it over his neck. The centrepiece of the necklace was a hoof-sized silver cross, with a hole etched into it shaped like the outline of his cutie mark. Finally, he went down with his saddlebag on his back, making his way to the front door. Before reaching it, he went over to his mother and gave her a hug. "Mom… I wish Dad would come home to us now… We could have gone the Summer Sun Celebration together as a family."

Ivory just nudged his head a little before stepping back to take a good look at him. "…Don't worry about your father. I'm sure he's doing all right on one of his expeditions… just like how he was back when I first met him… You know… back then, he and I were…"

"Oh Mom..." Azure turned his head to hide his blushing face. She continued watching her son, as if reminiscing something. "I miss him too. But worry not; even if we're all apart, we shall always remain right here." She said while motioning her hoof over his chest, where his heart is.

Quieting her own thoughts, she nudged Azure towards the open door. "Now go out there and make some new friends, all right?" She said with a smile on her face, as she watched her son walk out the doorway. "I'll try, Mom… Well, I'm off now…"

Leaving his home and walking down the dirt path towards town, he was whistling a quiet tune to himself, when he came across a large orchard of apple trees. "That's right… when we first came here; we saw that apple orchard too. I wonder what kind of ponies are in charge of this place?"

That question was soon answered when his eyes noticed a pony with orange fur under one of the apple trees. Upon closer inspection, he noticed the mare had three freckles on each side of her cheeks, a long blonde mane and tail that were both tied up at the end, and that she had a triplet of apples for a cutie mark. He also saw that she was wearing an old western cowboy hat, giving her a unique farm girl look about her.

Azure saw that she was busy kicking the tree she was under for the apples to fall off into the buckets placed around the tree and just stood there staring. However, his presence didn't go unnoticed by the farm pony as she looked towards his direction.

"Howdy there, partner. What can ah do for ya?" She asked with a Southern accent in her voice.

Azure started looking around him, assuming she was speaking to somepony else, but he saw that nopony else was around, he gestured one hoof to himself.

"M-M-Me?"

"Well, 'course ah'm talking to ya! Sure as hay ah ain't talking to the apples here." She said, pointing her hoof at the buckets of apples.

He was a bit surprised. In the past, he was so scared of everypony, resulting in him always trying to hide from most unfamiliar ponies that attempt to speak with him. This usually caused some misunderstandings amongst other ponies in the past; giving others the assumption that he was being unfriendly. But remembering that he promised his Mom that he would attempt to try changing his habits, he felt that this was a good chance as any to do so.

"Sorry… I-I-I assumed you were s-s-speaking to somepony else … I was just h-h-heading to town actually, when I-I-I noticed this apple orchard. A-A-Are you the owner?" he asked.

"It's actually my whole family that owns it. Name's Applejack! Never seen ya before, so ah take it ya new around these parts?" She replied with a cheerful voice and bright smile.

"Not e-e-exactly. My family moved into Ponyville for a while now, but I-I-I haven't gone exploring before, so I d-d-don't really much about it."

"So your family was the one that moved into that house way back there. Well then, let me the first to truly welcome ya to Ponyville, the quietest and, ah reckon, the friendliest lil' town in all of Equestria!"

"T-T-That's nice of you…" Azure said, feeling a little happier from that welcoming from one so honest and friendly to strangers. "Oh, I almost f-f-forgot to introduce myself… I'm Azure…"

"Well, pleased to meetcha, Azure! By the way…here, ah got a lil' something for ya!" As she said that, she kicked the bucket next to her, resulting in an apple popping out of it and on top of her hat. While balancing the apple on her hat, Applejack slowly made her way towards him. When she was right in front of him, she flipped it off her hat and landed on her left hoof that was outstretched toward him.

"O-O-Oh no… I couldn't possibly accept it! You must have w-w-worked hard to grow those apples!" Azure said as he shook his head in response to the mare giving him something for free. "It's nice of ya to think like that, but ya don't have to worry 'bout it. Sweet Apple Acres has got plenty of apples for sellin'! Besides, ah'm giving this to ya as a sign of our new friendship, so don't be shy 'bout accepting it!" She was still smiling while holding out the apple. The way she spoke about friendship also sounded genuinely sincere, and he would felt bad for not responding in kind.

"W-W-Well, if you put it like that…Then I guess it wouldn't f-f-feel right to reject it." As he said so, Azure levitated the apple off her hoof and hovered it over to him. "Well, ah'd better get back to work now. See ya 'round, Azure!" Once he placed the apple into his saddlebag, Applejack turned around and headed back to the tree she was under to continue her work. Azure felt it was time he left as well and continued his way.

At the back of Applejack's mind, her thoughts turned back to that new stallion: "That new guy was sure acting a little awkward, but ah reckon he's just nervous around other ponies. He doesn't seem quite bad either too… Such thoughtful ponies are hard to come by these today. Oh well, guess ah'd better get around bringing these apples back to the barn."

While Azure trotted towards town, he only had one thing on his mind. Maybe making some friends here isn't so bad after all.