The sun had risen in the east, like it always did every morning. The light shined brightly on my face, immediately waking me. I was out in the woods, almost to where I had decided to move to. It was a quaint place called Ponyville. I had decided instead of taking the main path, I would take a more scenic route. The scenic route was worth it, with everything there was to see. I would soon get to my new home, which was in sight of where I was standing.

I walked into town, and it was even more beautiful than the pictures I had seen and drew of it. I got to my house, walked in, seeing boxes lying around, and quickly started pulling some books out of one box. I almost had the shelf filled when I heard a knock on the door. That's strange, I thought, why should anyone be at the door? Unless it's the mailman, but why would he be knocking-!

An explosion of pink came bolting through the door. Another pony walked in behind her, a unicorn to be exact. The pink thing, which was another pony, was jumping up and down. She quickly zipped over to me, and quickly introduced herself. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name?" I answered, "My name-!"

"It's really nice to meet you," Pinkie Pie went on. "I haven't met anyone with a Cutie Mark like yours! Does it mean you're a drawer? Or a writer? Or something else that has to do with paper and pencils?" The pink pony had me in a corner, going on and on about something. I was sure the purple unicorn would get her to stop. Eventually, she did. The unicorn sighed, walked over, and explained to her friend, "Look, Pinkie, you're scaring our new friend away. Remember the last time you did that?"

"Oh, right. Sorry." Pinkie Pie apologized. I sighed, "It's okay. So, as I was saying, my name is Doodledraw. I'm a drawer where I come from." The purple one said, "My name's Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you." Twilight then did something I had only read about. She used magic, which was coming from her horn, and carried a box in. She explained, "We heard someone new was moving in, so we got you a house-warming gift."

I eagerly opened the box, only for a monster to jump out. I screamed, "It's a Crocodile!" Pinkie Pie laughed, and said, "No, silly, that's Gummy, my pet." The little creature jumped out, and I looked into the box again. There was only an empty plate, with a few crumbs. Pinkie looked in it too. She groaned, "Aw! Gummy ate all the cookies!" She went over to the crocodile and scolded him. "Bad Gummy! You can't eat cookies that are meant for friends! You're grounded, mister! No more sweets for the week!"

"You know what, Twilight?" I asked. "I'll meet up with you at your house in a while. And Pinkie Pie, you can make me more cookies if you'd like." The two left in a minute, and I started unpacking stuff again. After a while, I got tired. I might as well head out for a snack and get some fresh air, I thought. I went outside, locked the door, and I looked up at the sky. The sun was slowly moving down towards the west, but was still near the peak.

I also noticed something else. There was a small speck in the way of the sun. The speck started to get larger. It finally came into view. It was a blue Pegasus, and she was heading straight towards me. I didn't have any time to move before I heard a "Look out!" and then a crash. I blacked out for a second, only to wake up with this Pegasus on top of me. She shook her head, and said, "Sorry! Didn't notice you there while I was making my landing. I'm Rainbow Dash. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Doodledraw, and as the name suggests, I like to, well, draw."

"How do you do that?" She pointed to my forehead. "You don't have a horn."

"Simple." I pulled out a pencil and paper from a box inside, came back out, and started drawing while sitting on the picnic table. The way I drew was simple: I gripped the pencil using the bend between my front legs. I was done drawing the picture. I was happy with it, so I showed it to Dash. "Well, what do you think?"

"Eh, I don't know who this pony is."

I laughed. "It's you, silly!"

"Oh. Well, you need to color it in first. There are a few ponies who wear their hair like that." As we were talking, another pony that Rainbow seemed to know passed us by. She was yellow, had a pink mane, and her Cutie Mark was three pink butterflies. The rainbow-haired pony said to the pink-haired one, "Oh, hi Fluttershy."

"Hi, Rainbow Dash," the pony softly said. I walked up to her and said, "Hi. I'm Doodledraw. Nice to meet you." She looked back at Dash and asked, "I'm going out for lunch, Rainbow Dash. Would you like to come?"

"Sure! I'd love to!"

"Um, would you like to come too, Doodledraw?"

"No, thanks." Then I thought, Oh, no! I have no idea where to get lunch. I then overheard Fluttershy say something about a place called "Sweet Apple Acres." Now, I had an idea of where to go for lunch. I asked some ponies where it was, and once I knew where it was, I ran as fast as I could in the right direction.

Finally, I was there. It seemed that there was nopony there, so I just headed in without a worry. I walked through a maze of apple trees. All looked tempting to eat, but without someone around to pay, I couldn't just steal one! I then thought out loud, since there was no one there, "I'm sure they wouldn't mind if just one apple were missing…" I slowly reached in to eat an apple that was lying on the ground…

"You better not eat that apple without paying for it!" Some voice said in the distance. I turned around, only to see somepony in the distance. "And yes, I would mind if even a single apple seed went missin'!" The pony ran down as fast as I had seen a pony run in my life. I met her face to face only a few seconds later. She was orange, had freckles, and a yellow mane. She welcomed me with a "Howdy."

"H-howdy," I said back, still stunned by how fast she was going. "I'm Doodledraw."

"My name's Applejack. My folks aren't here at the moment, so it's pretty quiet. Why haven't I seen you in town before?"

"Because I'm new here. I suppose you want me to meet all of your friends, don't you?"

"Actually, I'd be thrilled to show you them! They're all waiting up at somepony's house. All Pinkie Pie gave me was the address. Do you know who lives there?" She pulled a piece of paper out of a satchel on her back with her teeth, and it fell on the ground. I looked at it, seeing the address scribbled on. I immediately knew whose house it was.

"That's my address. So Pinkie's throwing a party for me?"

"Apparently. Did you just move in today?"

"Yes, I did."

"So that's why. Pinkie's famous for her parties. She must be throwing in a Movin'-In Party for you." Well, that was nice of her. A.J. then ran out of the apple orchards, I following behind. I asked her, "Where are you going?"

"Into town! I can't miss one of Pinkie Pie's world-famous parties!" She headed past the arch, and was soon out of Sweet Apple Acres. My stomach growled. Ugh! I still need lunch! How could I forget to pay her? I thought. Well, maybe Twilight has some lunch. It's about time I should visit her, after all. I ran out of the orchards, back into Ponyville, and into the library, Twilight's house.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I was completely terrified by what was waiting for me at the door. It was a dragon; technically, a baby dragon. I hid behind some random piece of furniture, shaking with fear. The dragon stared at me in confusion. His eyes then brightened. He exclaimed, "Oh! You must be the new pony Twilight was talking about. Hi, I'm Spike." He held out a claw for me to shake, and I did so nervously.

He only laughed. "There's no need to be scared," he explained. "I'm actually quite friendly." I jumped out from the random piece of furniture. I chuckled, "Well, if that's the case, then nice to meet you, Spike." The door then opened. Twilight came in, carrying a letter using her horn.

"Doodledraw, I, uh, heard you came in," Twilight said, acknowledging my earlier outburst. She then held up a letter. "I got a letter that says to come over to your house at 2. And it's in Pinkie's hoof-writing. She must be throwing a Moving-In Party for you. Are you excited?"

"Yeah," I said half-heartedly. I knew she could see that I was starving. She cleared her throat. "I, uh, know you're new around here and all, but how about I treat you to lunch?"

"Yes! YES! YES!" I said, running out the door to the restaurant. I skidded to a stop as I realized something. I came back to the doorway, and asked Twilight, "Um, where's the café?" She chuckled. "Don't worry. I'll show you." We walked to the café, and after a satisfying lunch, we talked for a bit, and were still talking on the way to my house.

"So, your talent is magic? Really?"

"Yes, really. I didn't know it at first, but let's just say that friends help you no matter what."

"So, a friend helped you find your cutie mark?"

"Well, sorta. You see, I hadn't met Rainbow Dash yet-!"

"SURPRISE!" Someone yelled out. I then realized: We were at my house! Pinkie Pie jumped out, and explained, "I made this party for you! We didn't have a place to set up food, so we took some of the tables you had in boxes and took them out for you!"

"Thank you!" I said to Pinkie Pie. She happily hopped away, and the ponies started talking amongst each other. I walked towards the cupcake table, attempting to eat one. As I was eating, I listened to a conversation Rainbow Dash and Applejack were having.

"Ha! You really think you're the fastest pony on hoof around here?" R.D. said to her cowgirl friend.

"Yes, yes I do, especially since I beat you fair and square at the Runnin' of the Leaves race."

"Actually, you both tied for last!" Pinkie Pie chimed in. Rainbow Dash gave Pinkie a mean look, and she went away, knowing she wasn't wanted. The Pegasus went on with the conversation. "Still, if we had a rematch, I would so beat you, even without flying!"

Applejack laughed, "You're on, Rainbow." Twilight, who was walking by said, "I'd like to be in the race as well."

"If Twilight's in this race, I'd like to be in it too," I said, joining in on the conversation. Fluttershy, who also passed by, politely said, "I'd like to race as well, if nobody minds." Rainbow Dash sighed. "Fine. You can all be in the race. Does 9:00 through the EverfreeForest sound good?"

I looked at them, and asked, "The Everfree Forest? Isn't that place dangerous? Not to mention Zecora lives there…"

"Don't worry," Twilight said. "Zecora's a good friend of ours. She'll help us if anything goes wrong." The five ponies walked away and went on with the party. I met a few more of the guests, until they all left. After everyone was gone, I pulled a quill out of one of the boxes, and started writing a letter to my parents.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I have finally gotten settled in Ponyville. Today, I learned that you can meet new friends anywhere at anytime. I have met several wonderful ponies. One of which I hope to make friends with is Twilight Sparkle. She's a unicorn that is very talented with magic, and the most faithful student of Princess Celestia.

That's right. Princess Celestia.

I also met a hyperactive and maybe crazy pony named Pinkie Pie. She owns a bakeshop called Sugar Cube Corner. She threw a great Moving-In Party for me. I'll have to recommend her to my friends back home.

Then I bumped right into this Pegasus named Rainbow Dash. She's sporty, and loves to win. She has a need for speed that can never be filled. She said she used to want to be a member of the Wonderbolts, but once she had heard that meant leaving her friends, she passed on the offer. She's very loyal to her friends as well.

Then I met Fluttershy. She's a soft-spoken pony who's very shy, but also very kind. She has many animal friends, and loves them all very much.

I almost stole from this pony named Applejack. She's a pony who lives out in the country. She's hard-working, athletic (which, naturally, she has a rivalry with Rainbow) and honest. All these ponies seem like they'd be good friends to have. So, I think this was a good place to move to after all.

Love,

Doodledraw

I neatly folded the letter, and placed it in an envelope. I would give it to the mailpony that I met at the party, Derpy Hooves, tomorrow. Until then, I climbed into the bed, and slowly fell asleep.