Chapter Two: The Trip To Ponyville
After what seemed the blink of an eye, it was Snowdrop's birthday and Dad's death. I awaken from another night terror, and the cat reacted when I shook. It is 9:15 in the morning, my usual wake-up call. I got up, put on my robe and looked to make sure I still had Snowdrop's gift. Turns out, I never got her one. How could've I forgotten? Maybe it was from working for Mom, or worrying about Dad? I don't know.
"I'm such a terrible brother!" I shouted to myself. "What am I going to do?" I thought. "Sweetheart! Wake up your sister and come get your lunch!" My mom shouted from afar. "Alright! I'm coming!" I responded.
I get Snowdrop up, and we both went down for lunch. After we ate, I told Mom how stupid I was and how I could have possibly forgotten a gift for my disabled sister. "Oh well, honey, I'm sure you didn't do it on purpose." Mom tried to comfort me. "Mom, it's not a matter of I did it purposefully or not! It's the fact that I forgot my sister." I panicked, then slowly started to relax a bit.
"Now, is there any place I can go that's near here?" I asked ruefully. "Well, the only markets near here are in Ponyville, up north." My mom gave me a map. "Ponyville?" I questioned. "You may not remember, but you went there when you were only a little foal." Mom said to me. "Alright, well, wish me luck." I waved to Mom and kissed Snowdrop on the head. "I'll be right back, I have to do Mommy a favor." I said to her. "Okay." She replied. "Be careful out there, Blizzard! It snowed heavily overnight!" My mom warned me before I went farewell.
As I traveled, I struggled through the layers of snow and heavy wind. "Alright. I think I'm getting close." I said to myself. Then, I look up and see something run past me. I looked around. "Hello...?" I shouted. As my voice echoed, there was something with glowing purple eyes looking right behind me. It started to charge at me. I yelled, and it tackled me. And, to my surprise, it didn't want to take me for meat. No, it turns out that it shoots me with a confetti cannon of some sort.
As the clouds opened to an array of sunshine, the so-called beast was actually just someone of my kind, not wanting to hurt me at all. Actually, it sang to me.
"Hi!" She shouted right through my ear. I shook as if two cymbals clanged on my face.
"My name's Pinkie Pie! What yours, stranger?" The sugar-hyped mare asked me as she hopped up and down. "The name's Blizzard..." I responded questionably as my eyes spun around from the loud sound. "Can I just call you Blizz?" She asked. "Actually, that's what most people call me." I responded honestly. "Grrreat!" The childish pony shouted again.
"So, what'cha doin' here, Blizz? You come here to visit? Are you a family relative here? Because I know LOTS of families here! I know Twilight's family, Fluttershy's famil-" I interrupted the mare. She was certainly a curious one, that's for sure. "Actually, I-just-came here to tell my mom I'm okay. You see, my sister's birthday is today and-" I was saying, this time, the unknown pony interrupted me.
"Your sister's birthday is today!? Oh boy, can I come!?" She gasped. "No, that's okay." I responded formally. I didn't want to be mean, but the pony sure kept insisting. "Are you sure? I have cupcakes!" The mare somehow pulled fully decorated cupcakes behind her back.
"Uh, I'm sure. Our family is having a private party." I replied awkwardly. "Aww, okay." She pouted. "Now, can I please call my mom?" I asked. "Okay!" The mare went back to her childish self and pulled a hotline out of thin air. It had a smile on it's face with a red nose. It looked familiar, but I had no time to figure out what it was. I reached Mom and told her I was fine and I told her about the nice pony I had just met.
"Hey! Want me to show you around?" Pinkie asked. "Um, I really can't. See, I came here to get a gift for my sis-" I get interrupted by the mare grabbing my arm and dashing off. "Don't worry! It'll be real quick!"
"Well, okay. If you insi- Whoa!"
The first pony we bumped into was a yellow mare with pink hair. Her name was Fluttershy. I like her the most as a friend. She reminds me of Snowdrop. "Hi, Fluttershy! There's somepony new I'd like you to meet, his name is-what was your name again?" Pinkie turned to me and asked again. "Uh, Blizza-" I started to say. "Yeah, yeah, that's right, Blizz!" The pink pony said. "Oh. Um, hi. Nice to meet you." The yellow mare spoke timidly and shook my hoof. She had a little bunny rabbit on her back.
"So, you like animals, huh?" I asked, making conversation. "Yes, I do! I love animals." Fluttershy replied back. "This is my pet rabbit, Angel Bunny. Say 'Hi' to the nice pony, Angel." Her rabbit started backing away from me, as if he didn't trust me or something. "Huh. Guess he doesn't like newcomers." I chuckled weakly. "No. He's very shy of new ponies." Fluttershy answered.
"Okay, welp! Nice talking to you, 'Shy, but me and Blizzard here got tons more ponies to meet! Bye!" Pinkie Pie grabbed my hoof and started dashing off again. Despite it aching, I could tell that I was really going to like this place.