Dreams
Thoughts
"speech"
Just words
"Oh yeah pretty lady come a little closer" the kinda trashy looking mare canters over swaying slightly. I hold up the dice in my hoof "I need you to blow on these" I lean in to whisper in her ear "and after I win we can meet up later so you can blow on deez" She lightly blows on the dice before I give them a flick from my hoof across the table. "Come on papa needs some head" and it lands on -knock knock knock! I groan out loudly as I feel my eyes go wide and scan my wagon for the source of that infernal racket. I glance out my window to see the sun has just broke the horizon indicating I'd only been asleep for like three hours "ugh somepony had better be dead or by Celestia they're about to be" I stagger over to the door shaking my head to clear out the cob webs. I stand there a moment hoping whoever it was went away and I could go back to sleep. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!I jump a little at the sudden noise and yank open the door. Ok I must still be dreaming because unless my eyes deceive me there is six mares and a baby dragon at my door. The dragon is clearly a baby judging by his size and hes purple with green spikes. One of the mares had a lavender coat and her mane and tail are a very dark purple with a streak of purple and violet running side by side down the middle of both. Her cutie mark looks like some kind of...fancy star? The next mare was pure white with an exquisitely styled mane and tail of a purple color. Her cutie mark appeared to be three diamonds...she looks kinda expensive. Both of those two were unicorns reminding me of my sister a little bit. I gazed at the two pegasi hovering above us noticing the unusual coloring of the first. She appeared to be cyan with a cropped mane and tail with every color of the rainbow. Her cutie mark is kind of cool though, it's a storm cloud with a rainbow colored lightning bolt arcing down from it. The other pegasus is yellow with a long pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is...pffttt haha three butterflies. Finally my gaze falls on the two earth ponies, the first is orange like me but shes a few shades darker with a long blonde mane and tail both tied at the ends with ribbon. Although part of her mane was hidden by a brown stetson hat. Her cutie mark appears to be three apples, I wonder what her favorite food is. The last mare is...is...fucking gorgeous shes bubblegum pink with a poofy pink mane and tail like she spent the last hour shuffling on a shag carpet. She has the biggest baby blue eyes I have ever seen. Her smile is big and looks one hundred percent genuine. Her cutie mark looks like three balloons...I don't know what that means but I'll bet its fun. That lavender unicorn looks like she has something to say I guess I should listen. "Excuse us but according to your sign you're a carpenter is this correct?" I tear my eyes away from the pink goddess so I could answer the mares question "yes mam I specialize in wood work but I can do almost any form of construction. How can I help you this morning" She seemed a bit uncomfortable when I called her mam. Hell she might be younger than me who knows, anyways she shrugs a little and responds "well me and my friends were on our way to have a breakfast together at the park but the bench we have always used has been giving us splinters lately and we were wondering if you know how to fix that" I grab my vest and double check that I have my sandpaper before responding "sounds like the wood just needs to be sanded Ill walk with you so you can show me this bench and ill have it sanded down real quick before yall eat and after yall head out Ill put a coat of seal on it so it shouldn't happen again" Their all smiling till the orange earth pony asks the golden question "alright pardner but how much'll that cost us" I chuckle softly before replying "If I charged you for something that simple my ancestors would come up out of the grave and get me" I shrug "plus this is my new home and my business needs the goodwill to survive" They all seem to be at a loss of words except for the pink one, she is not at a loss, she has many words. " Ohmygoodnessthatissoniceofyou,bythewaymynameispinkmenadianepiebutmyfriendscallmepinkiepie,whatsyourname,whereareyoufrom,whendidyougethere" She stops to breathe and I quickly jump in so I can try to answer those questions before there are to many "nice to meet you Pinkie I'm Nail Bender but you can call me Nails. I am from Manehatten and I arrived last night." She grins widely but sadly my attention is drawn away from this goddess again, this time by the white unicorn "well I am Rarity darling and on the way to the park you simply must regale us with tales of living in such a sophisticated city as Manehatten" I quirk an eyebrow at her but shrug as we start walking "well not to much to tell the only times I was actually in the city after I finished school was when I was sleeping,gambling,or at one of my sister's raves. None of those things are sophisticated as far as I know. Really if I couldn't build it,bet it,or party it, it didn't interest me. That was fun for awhile but it was equally expensive so I figured it was time to saddle up and see what I could make of myself. Ponyville seemed like the best option because of the fact most of the buildings are wood and from what I hear there are two pegasi here that crash through walls or windows at least once a week. For some reason mom couldn't stop laughing when she told me that so I hope she wasn't joking." For some reason the rainbow maned mare is blushing furiously while the rest seem to be giggling. Looks like the rainbow one has something to say "Well I don't know anything about that, But any way I'm Rainbow Dash the fastest flier in all of Equestria" I look at her suprised by that claim but I guess Ill just roll with it. I look at the three mares and one dragon who haven't given me their names yet and gesture with my hoof to them "so are you four gonna introduce yourselves or do I have a really long guessing game on my hands" Pinkie giggles a little bit as the others appear to get ready to introduce them selves the purple one first "well I'm Twilight Sparkle I run and live in the library here in town (she gestures down to the dragon) and this is Spike my number one assistant" The dragon looks up at me before closing his claws in to a ball and holds them up like a hoof bump before saying all I need to hear "suuuup" I lift my hoof and bump his claws before returning the sentiment of bro-hood "suuuup" I turn my head to the orange mare who tips her hat with a hoof before stating "I'm Applejack pardner I work out on Sweet Apple Acres bucking the best apples in all of Equestria" I turn to the yellow pegasus who hides behind her hair she must be shy lets see if I can fix that I put on my gentlest smile and soften my gaze as much as possible "hey there whats your name" her face moves a little bit so I can see it past her mane and she replies very softly "I'm F-fluttershy" I continue to smile gently " that is a very nice name Fluttershy" She flicks her mane a little before smiling a little back. I look at the others who look amazed "if we want to get anything done before noon we should probably bust a move to this park" we started walking again and I'm walking next to Pinkie as she bounces and skips instead of walking as we talk. Not gonna lie she looks great bouncing in the air. We arrive in the park and I set about to sanding the table.
(we are gonna listen to the mane 6 conversation while Nails works)
"Well darlings what do you think of Nails" Rarity asks. Pinkie answers quickly "He seems super duper funerific" Rainbow rolls her eyes "of course you would say that, he can barely take his eyes off of you" Pinkie looks confused "what are you talking about Dashie, His eyes are in his head how could they be on me" Rainbow facehoofs before Rarity cuts in "no Pinkie dear Rainbow means he can't stop looking at you, he probably thinks you're cute" Pinkie gasps loudly startling them all for a second before she starts talking "ohmygoshgirlswhatshouldIdo" Twilight asks her "well do you find him attractive" Pinkie turns and looks at Nails for a moment before turning back to the others "he is kinda cute in a rugged sort of way but wait what if he's not as nice as he seems or worse he doesn't like sweets" Fluttershy responds "maybe if you spend some time with him you can figure out if hes actually nice but he seems nice to me" Rainbow snorts "I say you should give him some tests to find out if hes cool but they have to be secret so he wont know you're testing him" Pinkie looks thoughtful for a moment before breaking in to a large grin and digging around in her mane "those are great ideas girls, I've got the first test"
(back to Nails)
This sanding shouldn't take much longer. Wait I think Pinkie is trotting over...whats that on her nose...is that a cupcake? "hey Pinkie what you got there" she bounces in place in front of me "Itsacupcake,Ifiguredyoumustbehungrysincewewokeyouupandyoudidnteat,andyoureherehelpingussoIthoughtyouwouldlikeacupcake,CATCH!" she lifts her head and launches the cupcake in to the air shit shit shit I scramble underneath the flying cupcake and just open my mouth and wait (gulp) I just swallowed a cupcake whole "thanks Pinkie Im going to get back to work"
(follow Pinkie back to the rest of the mane 6)
"Girls he passed with flying colors" The rest of the mares look at her with confusion clearly written across their faces before Rarity asks the obvious question "Pinkie...darling...what...was...that?" Pinkie smiles at Rarity while responding "well duh I had to find out if he likes cupcakes...that's a deal breaker." the other mares all facehoof in unison.
(iight we are back with Nails)
"Well that was pretty easy I guess I'll let them know I'm done" I trot over to the six mares, wheres Spike...oh he went over there to read a comic...Holy fuck he's reading Studpool, that's fucking awesome I brake off from my path to to the mares and make a beeline to Spike (the mane 6 noticed this following Nails with their eyes) I come to a quick halt in front of Spike who looks up at me in confusion "...uh hey Nails whats up" I give Spike my most pleading look "dude please tell me where you got the latest issue of Studpool" he grins and lifts the comic almost like a shrug "I order my comics through the mail, you're a Studpool fan?" Oh I must educate this young one in the ways of the great Studpoolio "hay yeah dude did you read the last one where Studpool fought the X-colts" Spike laughs and responds "yeah dude I got all of them in my room what was your favorite part of the last one" I laugh to myself as I stand on my hind legs and cross my front legs before speaking "There is no easy way to say this, I'm pregnant Summers" Spike falls over laughing and I quickly follow suit. I haul myself to my hooves and make my way back to the six mares who look understandably confused. Twilight looks at me quizzically before asking "what was that about" I glance at her before responding "me and Spike like the same comic books. More importantly I,m done sanding so I am gonna take a nap under that shady tree over there. Just wake me up when you all leave and I'll put the seal on the seats and the table." Twilight agrees and thanks me, I shoot Pinkie another grin before cantering over to the spot just under the tree and collapsing into an unceremonious heap.