Solar Flare did his best to look impressed at all the things Applejack showed to him. To tell the truth, none of this was new to him. He'd seen many towns like this before. He was, however, making a sincere effort to remember where everything was in the town. As uninteresting as it seemed, he really did like it here. He hoped that maybe this was the place he was looking for; somewhere he could go to get away. . .
"Applejack! Oh, Aaaaaaapplejaaaaack!", a voice called from a short distance away.
Solar Flare remained lost in thought as Applejack turned to see Rarity making her way toward them.
"Oh. Howdy, Rarity. What're ya doin'?" She asked.
"Oh, nothing special. Just picking up some new fabric for a dress. How about you? Who's your friend?"
"Oh, this? This here is Solar Flare. He's new in town and I told 'im I'd give him a tour."
At the mention of his name, Solar Flare snapped out of his reverie to focus on the white unicorn greeting him.
"Well, welcome to Ponyville, Solar Flare. My name is Rarity. If you ever need anything along the line of clothes, be sure to talk to me. Though, I'm generally used to working with mares, I'm sure I could work something out for you."
"Oh. Umm... Thanks, but I think this is all I need." he said, gesturing to his saddlebag.
"A saddlebag?" she remarked, "Well... It looks a bit big on you." she reached a hoof toward it to get a closer look, "Are you sure you don't want me to-"
He jumped backward, "NO!"
Applejack and Rarity were both visually surprised by how alarmed he was.
He regained his composure and said, "No... I... I need it. Please don't ask."
Rarity replied, "Oh darling, I'm sorry. I didn't know it was that important to you. It looks lovely, really."
". . . Thank you."
"You're quite welcome. Now, enough of this gloomy serious business. And enough about me and my fashion. What about you? What do you do?"
He smiled and said, "Well, not much, really. There's this, I guess." Looking at his flank. He was adorned with a white sun cutie mark that was partially covered by his large saddlebag.
"A sun? That's peculiar. What's your special talent?"
"Nothing special. Just this."
Horn began to glow with a yellowish aura as the sunlight around Applejack began to glow brighter, creating what appeared to be a spotlight in the sky. The spotlight made its way to Rarity, then changed course to Solar Flare himself before finally fading out.
Both of the other ponies were flabbergasted.
"My word! You can control sunlight! That's absolutely astounding!" Rarity exclaimed.
"I guess it IS pretty neat." Solar Flare replied modestly.
Applejack chimed in, "I'm sure Twilight would find that one real interestin'"
"Why don't we introduce him?" Rarity suggested.
"Sure! And the rest of the gang, too!" Applejack agreed.
"Solar Flare, you simply must come to the library to meet our friend Twilight Sparkle."
Solar Flare laughed, "Okay, okay! I'll go with you. It sounded like fun anyway."
As the three friends made their way to the library, Solar Flare couldn't help feeling overjoyed. He was making more new friends than he had bargained for.