Thanks to those who reviewed! To be honest, i wasn't sure I was going to continue writing this, even deleted all the chapters I had planned,but hey, it's been well received, and I've improved in my writing style…. So I'm giving it another go and rewriting. Thank you for the patient wait!

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Feeling a bit disheartened, I returned home, dumping my bags on the floor and sighing as I considered my next course of action 'So, where to go…? Canterlot? Eh, too many elite snobs. Manehattan? Not really the big, bustling city type. Los Pegasus? Ha, yeah, imagine me around a bunch of Applewood stars… Vanhoover is… rather secluded… What about Ponyville, like Gloomy Day mentioned?' As I considered it, the option of moving to Ponyville seemed to become more appealing, and I had soon set my mind to it.

It only took a week for me to sell my small cloudhouse and find a little home in Ponyville, deciding to completely start afresh in a new place. Once everything was taken care of, I said goodbye to Stormy once again, promising to send her letters and visit, and left Cloudsdale behind. Destination: Ponyville.

After landing in the town, near a building that looked like a giant gingerbread house, I glanced around, looking for the town hall. Suddenly, loud gasp alerted me to somepony else's presence, and all I saw as I turned to look was a blur of bright pink speeding out of the sweet-themed building, which in a moment had knocked me over and started talking in a high pitched, cheerful voice.

"I KNEW it!I felt an itchy hoof, then two and a half ear flops and a tail twitch, which means that somepony new was in town, and that somepony is YOU!"

The mare to whom the voice and color belonged looked down at me with wide blue eyes and a big smile, then, without seeming to take a breath, continued her monologue before I could even speak.

"My name's Pinkie Pie by the way! I work at Sugarcube Corner, have a pet alligator, and I like to throw parties and make friends! Speaking of whiiiiich,"

Here Pinkie Pie pulled a large blue cannon from seemingly nowhere and shot confetti into the air, brightly colored pieces of paper raining down on both of us as I stood up, brushing a bit of dirt from the ground off of my coat

"HELLO NEW FRIEND, what's your name!?"

With a smile at the mare's eccentric antics, I held out a hoof, which she shook happily

"Hello Pinkie Pie, my name's Soaring Heart! I must admit, I didn't expect to make a friend the moment I landed, so that was quite a pleasant surprise. I've actually just moved here… do you think you could help point me in the right direction?"

Pinkie's smile grew as she replied, and she bounced on her hooves a bit as she spoke

"Of COURSE! Your house must be the newly sold one, since not a lot of ponies move in or out of Ponyville… It's down the road a bit, and it has one of those 'sold' sign thingies out front!"

I nod and began to walk in that direction waving goodbye to Pinkie

"Thank you Pinkie Pie! I'll see you around!"

With a happy wave of her own, the pink pony seemed to vanish, a blur of pink all I saw as she disappeared back into the Bakery and I made my way to my new home.

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Well, this story is back in action! Let me know what you thought, and I promise to update sooner this time!

~Soaring Heart