My Little Clover: Friendship Is Plucky

Episode 1: Friendship Is Plucky (Part 1)

"Hey Clover! It's time to get up!" shouted Clover Pluck's brother. Clover groaned in annoyance, I'm gonna go all Nightmare Moon on him, he thought. Reluctantly, Clover got his plot out of bed and trotted over to the bathroom. Groaning in exhaustion, Clover picked up a rag in his mouth and wiped down the mirror in front of him. And there, opposite of Clover, stood, well Clover or Clover's reflection to be exact. Clover looked at his mirror double, his dark blue eyes shined in the sunlit mirror and his green mane was disheveled from getting out of bed. Clover yawned, picking up his blue toothbrush he brushed his teeth and washed his mouth out. Smiling softly, Clover walked into the shower and sighed as a rain of hot water fell onto his bluish-green body. Clover was what you would an earth pony, unlike the magic-wielding Unicorns and the high-flying Pegasi, he was just an ordinary pony, born to walk on the earth. Course, that didn't mean that he wasn't without perks, he was much stronger than the Pegasi and had much better stamina than the Unicorn.

"Clover! Hurry or you'll be late for work!" shouted Clover's brother. Sighing, Clover turned the hot water off and trotted out of the shower. Smiling, Clover trotted out of his bedroom and into the living room. Their home was nothing special just a simple two bedroom house, each with it's own bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen. And for 500 bits it was well worth it, Clover was lucky when his parents gave him and his brother enough bits to rent out a house. Walking out into the living room, Clover managed to catch a glimpse of his brother's hind leg. "I'm off to work Clover! I'll meet you at the Summer Sun Celebration! And remember try not to lose this job too!" shouted Clover's brother. Clover sighed, sometimes he hated it when his brother teased him but other times he couldn't help but love him. Clover smiled softly and trotted over to the kitchen, opening the fridge he grabbed a nice hay sandwich and gently kicked the fridge door closed. Trotting over to the couch, Clover grabbed a small mailbag and trotted out the door. Smiling, Clover put on his mail carrier hat and trotted to his workplace.

Clover pushed open the door to Ponyville's Mail Office and there inside was his fellow employee worker, Miss Ditzy Doo; though everypony just called her Derpy Whooves. He had to assume it was because of her eyes and her clumsiness but he still prefered to call her Miss Doo. "Hello there, Miss Doo." Ditzy looked up from her desk and smiled at Clover, "Oh, hello Clover. How are you today?" she asked. Clover smiled and placed his bag down beside him. "I'm doing just fine. I heard the Summer Sun Celebration is being held here in Ponyville, is that right?" he asked, smiling. Ditzy smiled and nodded, "That's right, I even heard that Celestia is sending her personal student here to oversee the festivities." Clover smiled and thought to himself, I wonder what kind of pony they are? Shaking himself to his senses, Clover looked at his co-worker, "Oh do you have today's deliveries?" he asked. Ditzy blinked and nodded, grabbing a bag of mail and scrolls and placed it on the counter top. "All of these must be delivered before the celebration can start. Mr. Parcel said that you could take a break for lunch but they all need to be delivered before the celebration starts. Clover dumped the mail into his delivery bag and placed it on his back, turning back to his co-worker, "I better get going then." Turning around, Clover began to trot over to the door, when he remembered something, "Oh, Miss Doo, Do you happen to have a…hm nevermind. Have a good day, hope to see you at the celebration!" And with that, Clover left to go finish his duties. "Alright, first order of business; Miss Octavia."

Clover trotted along, carrying his bag of mail and scrolls when he spotted Vinyl Scratch, though everypony knew her by her stage name; DJ PON-3. Clover remembered going to one of her concerts and the rumors about her concerts were true, they were in fact wild; though that might've been because of Pinkie Pie. Clover sighed in exhaustion as Pinkie's name came to mind, he still manages to find party favors in his home. But he did enjoy the party, he still couldn't figure out as to how Pinkie had managed to get inside their house. As he was trotting along, Clover heard a loud scream in the distant, looking around he squinted his eyes and saw the pink haired mare, herself. Lifting his hoof into the air, "Hey there Pinkie. What's the rush?" It was then that the high speed pink fury lifted him by the shoulders and screamed, "Can't talk! New Pony! Must. Throw. PARTY!" And with that the pink pony dropped him on his plot and raced away, leaving a pink cloud of her former self. Clover just smiled awkwardly and got back up on his hooves.

Looking back at his mail bag, Clover trotted along the path till he ended up at an unusual hut. To his left, the house looked formal and classy, while to his right, the house looked like Pinkie was in charge of it's design. Knocking on the door, Clover got out the owner's mail and as the door opened itself up, he found himself staring into the dark purple eyes of Octavia. "Oh, hello Clover. A mail pony today?" she asked, smiling at the uniformed green stallion. Clover smiled back at the grey mare, her brown hair in it's natural wavy look. "That's right. I'm hoping to keep this job a bit longer than a day." said Clover. It was at that moment that Clover blushed in embarrassment as he remembered working in Octavia's chorus, "Um about the concert…" But before he could finish, Octavia held up a hoof and simply smiled at the green stallion, "Please, it was just an accident. You still gave us a riveting show. Oh and how is your brother doing?" she asked. "He's doing very well. His weather team is in charge of keeping the skies cleared today." It was then that Octavia held up a hoof to her mouth, "Isn't that rainbowed maned mare in charge of that?" asked Octavia. Clover thought back to the rainbowed maned mare and remembered something his brother had said about her. "Holy Celestia's Tail! That Rainbow Dash is one quick pony! She beat me like 5 times today." shouted Clover's brother. Clover nodded as he smiled at Octavia, "That's right, she beat him in a race 5 times in a row the other day." Octavia smiled and gave out a slight laugh as she, too, remembered that day. Rainbow Dash had challenged every flier in Ponyville to a race. Clover then reached into his mail bag and pulled out a small box issued to Octavia, handing it to her. Taking it, she smiled as her hoof held her order in front of her. "Oh, why thank you! I've been waiting for this for weeks now. Vinyl broke the other one trying to fix that blasted stereo of her's." Clover smiled at Octavia, "Well, I'm glad you got your replacement. Sorry to cut this short but I'd better get going." she simply smiled, "Oh, of course. Have a good day Clover. I hope to see you and your brother at the celebration tonight." Clover smiled, "As do I, have a good day Octavia. Oh and do tell Vinyl I said 'hello.'"

And as Clover left Octavia's home, Clover's stomach began to rumble in hunger. Clover thought back to that delicious hay sandwich he had for breakfast. Looking around, Clover saw a familiar face, it was the one and only Big Macintosh. Trotting over, Clover smiled as Big Macintosh was selling home grown apples and there with the big red stallion was his little sister, Apple Bloom. "Hey there Big Mac. Hello Little Bloom." said Clover, smiling. Apple Bloom bounced toward Clover and smiled up at him, "Howdy Clover! Why ya wearin a mail pony hat?"asked the little red maned filly. "Well Little Bloom, today I'm working as a mail pony. Its actually my first day on the job." said Clover, smiling down at the young filly. Clover looked up at the big red stallion and held out a hoof to which Big Macintosh pressed his hoof against Clover's. "Everything at the farm alright?" he asked. "Yeup." said Big Macintosh. It was then that Clover's view of the red stallion was being blurred by the sudden appearance of the little filly. "That's right! A pony from Canterlot came to the farm! She even had brunch with the whole Apple Family!" said Apple Bloom. Clover smiled at the filly, he remembered how much fun it had been to be at Apple Acres. "Well I heard that your older sister is in charge of the food for the celebration." he said, smiling at the siblings. "Yeup." said Big Macintosh, smiling ever so slightly. "We made a whole lot of food! Are you gonna eat it all like last time?" asked Apple Bloom. Clover blushed as he remembered his first day at Apple Acres. "I'll try. I hope you made enough for everypony. Oh speaking of which, Apple Bloom you wouldn't happen to have any of Granny Smith's homemade Apple Cobbler now would you?" he asked, silently praying. Apple Bloom smiled at Clover as she handed him the apple cobbler, "Here ya go. That'll be 6 bits." Reaching into his bag, Clover pulled out 6 bits and handed them to Apple Bloom. "Thank ya." said the little filly as she place the bits inside her bag. "Thank you both, I can't wait to try all the food tonight. Oh, by the way, have you two seen my brother anywhere?" Big Macintosh simple nodded and said, "Yeup." Then Apple Bloom bounced up in the air again, thrusting her hoof to the sky, "We saw him clearing a few clouds earlier t'day." Clover simply smiled and bid the two apples a farewell, returning to the last few routes he had to make; his next house belong to a Time Turner.

Looking down at his route map, Clover couldn't seem to find Time Turner's house on his route. Looking around, Clover sees a blue call box. "Huh, well that's not something I've ever seen in Ponyville before." he said to himself. Trotting up to it, Clover tapped on the door with his hoof, when suddenly it opened up and popped out a brown stallion with spiky dark brown hair, "Do you mind? I'm making a call here." And the stallion finished his sentence by closing the door on Clover's snout. Clover rubbed his snout, glancing at the blue box, "Just what in Celestia's name is that pony doing in there?" thought Clover. The mail pony continued staring at the blue box, when suddenly the brown stallion walked out. "Ah, sweet holy Celestia that was tiresome." The brown stallion turned to look at Clover, holding out a hoof to him with a smile of his face. "Sorry about that ol chap. But I was just in the middle of my latest experiment." said the stallion. "What, uh, what is this box thing?" asked Clover, looking at the blue box. "This is my latest invention, the Pony Call Box or the P.C.B. for short. Think of it as a public phone booth that everypony can use for only a single bit. Oh, pardon my rudeness. My name is Time Turner though most just me the Doctor." Clover looked at the brown stallion, "Doctor?" asked the confused stallion. "That's right. Graduated top of my class at Canterlot University. Majored in Science and Inventive Studies and got my PHD in Mechanical Engineering. And what, pray tell, is your name?" asked the Doctor. "My name is Clover Pluck. It's a pleasure to meet you Doctor." said Clover, proudly shaking the Doctor's hoof. "Wait, you said your name is Time Turner correct?" asked Clover. The Doctor simply nodded and Clover reached into his bag, pulling out a small box addressed to Time Turner. Handing it to the Doctor, he shouted and jumped up with glee, clutching the small box to his chest. "Oh, this is just a part I needed for my next invention. Would you care to see?" asked the Doctor. "I'd be delighted to see it." said a gleeful Clover.

Clover followed the brown maned stallion, his brown tail swishing side to side, his cutie mark barely showing between the brushes of his tail as his package laid snuggled in the Doctor's satchel bag. "So tell me Clover, how long have you been in Ponyville?" asked the Doctor. Clover pondered at the question, it had be a long while ever since he and his brother came to Ponyville. "Around six months, I think." said Clover. The Doctor simply smiled as the came upon yet another blue call box. Clover looked upon the blue call box, utterly confused, "Uh, pardon me, Mr. Doctor but um why are we at another call box? I thought we were going to your lab?" asked Clover. The Doctor simply smiled and pulled open the door, revealing a huge room filled with all sorts of inventions; from beakers filled with strange liquid to amazing devices. Clover was filled to the brim with amazement and curiosity, "Wow! What are these things?" asked an amazed Clover. The Doctor smiled at the green stallion and place his package on the countertop, "I'm glad you asked. These are my inventions, to your left is the Portable Organizing Network or the P.O.N. for short. It helps with organizing a busy workspace. Though it still has a few bugs in it's system. And to your right is the Pegasus Accelerator Mk 3, I theorize that a Pegasus's max speed output is Mach 3 but with the Pegasus Accelerator that is increased, allowing a Pegasus to reach speeds over Mach 20!" shouted the overly excited earth pony. Clover just stared at the amazing sight of mechanical engineering, "This is amazing! Look at all of these inventions!" The Doctor smiled like a beam of light had just shined on his rainy day. "Well I can't take all of the credit. I do owe the ideas of these inventions to my lab assistant." said the Doctor. The Doctor trotted over to a big wooden desk completely covered in schematics, old work papers, and small tools. "As you can see this is where I come up with the schematics and take care of old business papers." said the Doctor. "Oh, but forgive me, I've been rambling. Tell me about yourself Clover."

After a few minutes of talking, Clover had finally finished the story of how he and his brother moved to Ponyville and began their new lives. The Doctor simply stood there, utterly amazed and dumbfounded, "That was the most heartfelt story, I've ever heard in my life." said the Doctor as tears slowly fell from his eyes, smiling. "So you two came to Ponyville to find yourselves?" Clover simply nodded and smiled at the brown stallion, "That's pretty much the gist of it." The two stallions just smiled at one another as the Doctor trotted over to a mini fridge tucked underneath his desk. Opening it, the Doctor pulled out two bottles of Sweet Apple Acre: Apple Cider. Passing one to Clover, the Doctor popped open his bottle and simply smiled at Clover. "Oh, wow. I thought they ran out of apple cider." said Clover, smiling as his took the bottled cider. "Oh, I simply paid that red stallion a few extra bits to slip me a few "special" Apple Ciders." said the Doctor with a slight smirk. At the mentioning of the word "special" Clover's mind brought back the memory of when he, Big Macintosh, his brother, and a few of his brother's weather teammates spent some time together for a Guy's Night Out. Clover's brother got super drunk on Big Macintosh's Sweet Apple Bourbon. Clover smiled at the memory, he'd have to invite the Doctor out for another Guy's Night. "Oh, this tastes great." said Clover as he took another sip. "That it does. That it does. I have to say that Big Macintosh knows his way around a drink." said the Doctor. They drank for seemed like hours, both laughing and tell each other stories of their time in Ponyville. The Doctor was laughing so hard that Apple Cider shot out of his nostrils. Clover glanced at the clock and as he looked at the clock, his eyes widened and his mouth hung ajar. It was nearly 6 o'clock! Clover only had 15 minutes to deliver all of his mail and make it in time for the Summer Sun Celebration. "Oh, manure! It's nearly 6! I gotta go! Thanks for the drinks Doc! Dang, it's too bad you don't have a Time Machine! See you at the Celebration!" shouted Clover as he ran out the door. It was then that the Doctor's eyes widened as he got the greatest idea since sliced bread. The Doctor made off like a bat out of a cave, rushing towards his desk as he began to draw up some plans.

Clover ran like his life depended on it, he ran so fast that his very hooves ached. He ran past the Sugarcube Corner, the boutique, and finally the old Library. "Gotta hurry! Gotta hurry!" he checked the last package he had and saw the address as 103 Maple Leaf Street. It was Miss Doo's home address. Looking around, Clover spotted the street and ran down it, ignoring all of the Summer Sun Celebration decorations and carts of food. Quickly, Clover ran up to the house and just as he was about to slip the mail into the slot the door swung open and there in front of him stood a light purple unicorn with dark purple eyes, a cross color of dark purple, light purple mane, her cutie mark was three amethysts and she was stunning. She was absolutely beautiful and as Clover gazed at the purple mare, the purple mare looked at the dumbstruck stallion with confusion. "Um, can I help you with something?" the mare asked. Shaking his head, Clover looked at the mare, "Oh, sorry. I'm uh the Mail Stallion. Is this the Doo residence?" asked Clover. Just then an earth pony mare with a pale grayish, olive coat and an orange mane, her cutie mark was three carrots. Beside her was a little light purple unicorn filly with a light blonde mane and yellow eyes. "Who is it Amy?" asked the orange maned mare. "Oh, it's just the Mail Stallion, Aunt Top." said the purple mare. Just then the little filly trotted up to the purple mare, "Do you work with my mother?" asked the filly. "Do you mean Miss Doo? I was unaware that she had a foal." said Clover, frowning in awkwardness. "Oh, it's quite alright. Not a lot of ponies would think that ole cross eyed whooves had a foal or even two for that matter." said the orange maned mare as she pulled the two mares together and gave them noogies. "Ah, Aunt Top. I just got my mane done." said the purple mare, smiling. "Awe, you're both so adorable." said the orange maned mare, holding the two mares. Clover was starting to feel a mixture of happiness and awkwardness. "Um, sorry. I'm uh interrupting something." said Clover. "Oh, Nonsense! Come on in!" shouted the orange maned mare as she grabbed Clover's hoof and dragged him inside. The two mares just looked at each other and sighed as the trotted back inside.

Clover felt as if the mare was going to pull his hoof out of his socket. she just kept dragging him into the house. Looking around, Clover saw several framed pictures of Miss Doo with the three mares and some with Miss Doo and a strange light blue unicorn stallion. Just then the strange mare tossed Clover on a cushy light brown couch and just as fast as Pinkie she disappeared in an orange cloud and reappeared just as fast with a tray of carrot juice. "Soooooooo, you work with little Ditzy huh?" asked the mare. "Um, yes." said Clover, utterly confused. "Great. Great. So have you asked her out yet?" said the mare, smiling as she casually sipped her carrot juice. Clover just sat there, utterly dumbfounded, "What!? N-no! I'd never asked out Miss Doo! T-that's not to mean I haven't thought about it! I mean I have thought about it b-but I always assumed she was with somepony else!" shouted a hysterical Clover as he started blushing dark green. The mare simply smiled as if this was completely normal, "I see, I see. So tell me, just how much do you stare at her pl-" But the mare was cut short as the purple mare covered her mouth. "I'm so sorry about her. Aunt Top does this all the time whenever she hears about mom's uh let's say "Colt-friends." Anyway, I'm Amethyst Star, though most just call me Amy, this crazy mare is my Aunt Carrot Top. And sitting next to you is my little sister, Dinky Doo. So you've been introduced to us three, but who are you? I've never seen you around Ponyville before." said Amy. "Oh, my name is Clover Pluck. I moved here to Ponyville a few months ago with my brother. I guess I sort of blend into the background huh?" said Clover. It was then that the little filly called Dinky jumped up onto couch and stared at Clover, "So, I hear you like my mother. Interesting, tell me just how long have you been dating my mother." asked Dinky. Clover just stared at the little filly, she was obviously a lot smarter than she let on. "Oh, no no. I'm not dating Miss Doo." said Clover. "Mhm, but you do you want to don't you?" asked Dinky, leaning forward. "Yeah, don't you?" said Carrot Top, smiling wickedly. Clover backed away slowly as the two mares drew in closer. Just then Clover felt himself being lifted off the couch, looking down he saw that he was floating in the air. A light purple aura covering his whole body, as Amethyst Star lifted him into the air and levitated him over to her. "Ok, that's enough you two. If the colt is dating mom, then he's not dating mom. Besides he's probably got a mare so enough you two. Dinky go get ready, Uncle Script will be here soon to take us to the town hall." said Amy. "Okay! Goodbye Mr. Pluck." said Dinky as she trotted off further into the house. Setting Clover down, Amethyst wiped off Clover's shoulders and his back. Her face getting closer and closer to his face, Clover felt his face getting hotter as he began to blush. "Well thank you for joining us and I'm so sorry about those two. They can get out of hoof when they see a Colt. They keep trying to set her up with random colts and what not. Anyway, thank you for coming, hope to see you at the Celebration." And as she was saying this, she pushed Clover closer and closer to the door. "Have a good day." said Amethyst as she closed the door, smiling. Clover just sat there, his heart pumping as quick as a hurricane. He had found the mare of his dreams and he knew he wanted her to be his special somepony. There was only one pony he could talk to about this, his brother, Zapper.