The Basic Sketch of life

by Knightwolf09

Warm Welcome

It was a nice morning in Ponyville . The sun was shining bright, the flowers were all in bloom, and the birds were in glorious harmony of song. Twilight Sparkle trots over to Sugarcube Corner to see Pinkie Pie to hang out with her on such a lovely day. But by the time she walks in, she sees Pinkie jumping all over the place, bouncing around like a pink, poofy rubber ball. As much as Twilight knows that when it comes to Pinkie you don’t ask questions, her behavior still peeked her curiosity. So she decided to ask anyway.

“Uh hi Pinkie what’s gotten you so-“, Twilight was then interrupted by the bouncing as she makes a perfect landing right in front of her.

“Twilight! Did ya hear? Did ya hear? Did ya hear?”

“Did I hear what?”, Twilight’s curiosity was peeked even further, wondering what could get Pinkie so excited, though that could be anything.

“There’s gonna be a new pony in town.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. It’s gonna be so great.” Pinkie then begins to bounce again with uncontrollable glee.

“Wait, how did you know that there would be a new pony?” Twilight asked with a hint of confusion.

“Oh I heard it from this guy who heard it from this guy who heard it from this guy who heard this guy who heard it from this guy who heard it from this guy who heard it from this guy who heard it from this guy’s cousin that a new pony would be moving here soon. I also heard that he’s quite famous. We might be getting a celebrity!”

Thoughts begin to run through Twilight’s mind. Thoughts like, what kind of pony it was, was it a boy or a girl, or what kind of talent he or she had, or what kind celebrity he or she might be. It was starting to sound interesting to her, and maybe it starting to make her a little excited to meet it.

“All I hope is that he or she likes to party. Wait that’s it!” Pinkie shouts as she suddenly stops her bouncing in mid-air.

“What’s it?”

“We’ll give him or her a surprise welcome party. That totally sounds like great way to get him warmed up to the town, and by the time he or she is done, they would be so impressed that they would want to stay in Ponyville forever.”

Twilight thought about the idea for a second, and thought that the plan actually sounded like it would be nice. After all, she was given a huge welcome when she arrived in Ponyville at first. It would probably be nice to do it for somepony else.

“Okay let’s do it. I’ll get everypony in town to gather up and get ready for the surprise.”, Twilight says with a determined look in her eyes.

“I’ll prepare the party.” The pink pony then begins to bounce around the room again as she begins to prepare.

Twilight rushes off to town to tell everypony to prepare for the big surprise.

A few hours later everypony was gathered in town square. Each pony was hiding in a different spot, behind statues, even inside a water fountain………..somehow. Twilight was busy taking attendance with a clipboard floating in front of her thanks to her magic. Everything seemed to be prepared.

“Remember everypony. We only jump out when the new pony takes his first step in town. Take that as literally as you like”

As soon a yellow pegasus then flies above them, excited from what she saw in the distance.

“I see him. He’s coming.”

“Everypony hide!” Twilight said as she teleported away to her hiding spot.

All the ponies begin to hide and wait for the new pony to enter. As the streets were now clear, a brown stallion begins to walk close to the so far empty looking city, with a confused and lost look on his face. To him it was kind of weird, yet creepy that there was nopony in sight.

“Hmm…. If I’m right, this should be Ponyville . Strange, it’s kind of empty. Where is everypony?”

The stallion is starting to wonder if he somehow wound up in a ghost town, and begins to walk towards the empty town. As soon as he makes his first step into town….

“SURPRISE!!!!”, everypony that was hiding shouted as they jumped out from their hiding
spots including Twilight, who teleports directly in front of him. Each one of them had super huge smiles on their faces as if Celestia just came to town.

“GAH!!” ,the brown stallion began to shriek out of fear and then flies in the air with a frozen horrified look on his face.

Twilight then notices that stallion actually flew, meaning that he was Pegasus, obviously, but more importantly it looked like the surprise had more of an effect on him than she thought, and not in a good way.

Twilight begins to walk up to the frozen pony, worried about his still frozen expression. In order to break the tension, Twilight thinks that best way to do that is to apologize for the scare.

“Oh my gosh I’m so sorry. We didn’t mean for the surprise to scare you.” ,Twilight said.

The Pegasus shakes his head to snap out of his shock. Though he did look kind of embarrassed for having such an extreme reaction. He flew back down to earth to talk to Twilight.

“O-Oh. No need to apologize. I’m not much of a surprise pony.”, said the brown stallion.

“No kidding. I’ve never seen anypony looked so terrified from a surprise before. It was actually kind of funny.” Twilight snickered.

After that comment, the brown pony gained a slightly annoyed look on his face, and it sort of made Twilight embarrassed for talking too much.

“Uh, let’s start over. Let me introduce myself. My name is Twilight Sparkle. Welcome to Ponyville.”

“I’m Sketch. Pleased to meet ya.” ,the brown pony responded with a hoofshake.

“Like wise. How about I give you a tour of the town?”

“I’d be insulted if you didn’t.”

Twilight and Sketch begin to walk together through the town. While walking, Twilight couldn’t help but notice Sketch’s cutie mark, which was a color palette and a paint brush. Twilight then begins to put up a new conversation.

“So, your cutie mark what does it mean, like what exactly do you do?”

“Oh I’m an artist.”
Twilight seemed quite intrigued with the statement, “Really? Like drawing and painting and stuff?”

“Yeah, but I like to do sketch art more than painting. I just find the coloring to be more a hassle you know.”

Twilight put on a little snarky smirk on her face and decided to tease him a bit, “Really? So I guess you’re not that impressive of an artist if you find painting to be a hassle.”

“Oooooh. Doubting my ability are we?”, Sketch replies with a cocky smile of his own.

Sketch takes out a pop out canvas and a pencil from his saddlebag and begins to draw. In seven seconds he draws a beautifully sketched portrait of Twilight.

“Well?”

Sketch is calmly waits for his response from Twilight, which by the look on her face, he could already tell what it is.

“Amazing. You did that in seven seconds flat.”

“Yeah, I know. I’ve been slowing down lately.”

“What made a talented pony like you come to Ponyville?”, she asked curiously, “Not that there’s a problem, but I would think that your kind of skill could be used in places like Canterlot.”

“Actually, that’s where I just moved from. I’ve been to a lot of places. Phillydelphia, Colt Lake City, Manehattan, even Applewood.”

Twilight was actually surprised that Sketch was so well travelled. Then again she did notice that he had a bland expression on his face before he came to Ponyville, as if he’s moved to different towns before.

“I only moved from all those places because no matter where I was, it felt like something was missing in my art. I felt like I was lacking the inspiration I needed for my art, and everywhere I moved to didn’t help much. So I decided to see if I can find what I’m looking for here.”

“Well I’m sure you’ll find what you’re looking for here. Ponyville maybe small, but it does have a lot to offer, especially for a celebrity like you.”, Twilight responds gleefully.

“Wait, what?”, Sketch responded confused.

“Uh, never mind. Onward.”

Twilight walks Sketch to her library as their first stop. To Sketch it was pretty neat for him to see a literal treehouse. It was definitely not something he’s seen in other towns before.

“This is my library. I have tons of books here, so if you need any, I will gladly loan you some.”

She then takes him inside.

Sketch took a quick look around the library. He was kind of amazed that there were so many books in one house. This though, clued him in that Twilight may be a bit of an egghead, even if she does technically live in a library. “Cool. Say, would you happen to have any books on Sheer Brilliance? He’s one of my most favorite artists, and I want to look up some of his works.”

“Oh, I think I have a book like that. Spike!”
Suddenly Spike comes running in front Twilight, ready for duty. For Sketch, he was a little too frightened to speak.

“Spike can you see if you can find any books on the artist Sheer Brilliance?”, Twilight asked.

“No problem Twilight.”

The little dragon then zooms off to find a book.

“Was…..was that a dragon?”, Sketch asked nervously.

Spike then stops what he’s doing a noticed the colt standing next to Twilight, but for some reason look kind of scared.

“Who’s he? Is he the new pony I heard about?”, asked Spike.

“Yes. Spike this is Sketch. Sketch this is my assistant Spike. I hatched him as an entrance exam to magic school when I was a filly.”

“Wow a dragon as an assistant. That’s…pretty awesome.”, Sketch replied after shaking his head back to earth.

“Well, well, well. I like this guy already.”, Spike said. “Ah, found the book. Here you go.”

Twilight levitates the book from Spike’s claw to Sketch and he puts it in his pack.

“Alright onward to the next stop.”, said Twilight quickly.

“Right behind ya. See you later Spike.”

Sketch waved to the dragon as he walked out the door.

“Can’t wait to hang out some time.”, replied Spike.

The next stop was Sugarcube Corner. Sketch instantly noticed how the bakery looked like a giant gingerbread house. Too bad Sketch couldn’t eat it, because he didn’t eat anything before coming to town. Twilight and Sketch begin to walk to the front door.

“This is Sugarcube Corner, the town’s sweet shop. They have cakes and all other kinds of sweet stuff you want. Not to mention it’s one of the best hang out spots in Ponyville.”

Sketch’s stomach starts growling really loud.

“Heh heh. Well I am feeling kind of hungry. I guess I’ll eat something before-“

Suddenly a pink blur bursts out the door and tackles Sketch. Turns out it was Pinkie that landed on Sketch. She then starts jumping up and down on top of him not noticing he’s there.

“Twilight! Is he or she here? Is he or she here? I want to meet the new pony, where is he or she? We have everything ready for the party and I just want to meet him or her so so so badly. Come on Twilight answer the question. Where is he or she?"

“Close.”

Twilight then points down to a badly injured Sketch. Pinkie then looks down and sees herself standing on the poor Pegasus below her. She automatically moves away with great distraught.

“Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry. Uh, one second.”

She zooms inside of Sugarcube Corner and comes back out with a cupcake on her hoof.

“Here. An apology cupcake on the house.”, she said with a very awkward smile.
Sketch, with what little strength he had, reaches for the cupcake and eats it whole.

“Mmm. Pretty good cupcake.”, Sketch suddenly said with a rejuvenated voice.
Twilight then helps Sketch up and thought that this would be a good time to introduce them to each other.

“I’ll just introduce you. Sketch this is Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie this is Sketch. Pinkie Pie is pretty much best friends everypony here. She even has the title of the #1 party pony in town. Just don’t question how she think.”

“Okay. Now that the introductions are out the way, time for the most important question.”

She slowly walks up to the stallion’s face with an extremely fierce stare. Sketch was beginning to feel a bit nervous while at the same time felt pretty sure that something unexpected was about to happen, but then Pinkie began to speak.

“Do….you like….to party?”, she said with the fierce look still intact.

“Well yeah. Who doesn’t like a good party?”, Sketch replied nervously.

“WOOHOO! I knew it. Since you were an artist coming from Canterlot and all, I thought you were going to be one of those snobby, stick in the mud, fuddy duddy, party pooper type of artists. I can already tell we’re gonna be good friends.”

Sketch then looks over at Twilight with a confused expression, not even hiding it either. He was legitimately dumbfounded with that sentence.

“How…how did she-“

“Remember what I said? Don’t question her.”, said Twilight with a smug grin.
She glances over at the nearby clock tower further down the road and suddenly begins to freak out.

“Aah!”, she screeched.

“What?! What?!”, Sketch replied worriedly.

“We’re three minutes behind schedule. We really have to hoof it if we want to get back on time.”

“We had a schedule?”, Sketch replied.

“Come on Sketch. If we run, we can make it to the next stop on time.”
Twilight began to sprint ahead, leaving both Sketch and Pinkie behind.

“Hey! Wait for me. See you later Pinkie Pie.”, Sketch shouts as he begins running off.

“Bye bye.”

Pinkie was left behind waving to the two as they disappeared to the distance.
Twilight and Sketch’s next stop was Carousel Boutique. They ran the whole way, so they were a little bit tired.

“Phew, made it.”, Twilight said while.

“Phew, geez I’m out of shape.”, Sketch said while excessively panting more than Twilight.

Sketch then notices the boutique in front of eyes. To him it looked like one of those merry-go-round rides that you would see in carnival. What kind of store could this possibly be he wondered, but he knew Twilight was going to tell him anyway.

“Okay, this is Carousel Boutique, a fashion studio. My friend Rarity makes beautiful dresses for lots of famous ponies here. I’d say she’s pretty famous herself.”

“Interesting. Wait, where have I heard that name before?”, Sketch thought curiously to himself.

Both of them begin to walk inside and see Rarity currently at work on one of her latest designs which was covered with cloth.

Rarity turns around and notices both Twilight and Sketch.

“Oh, hello Twilight. Oooo is he the new pony pinkie told me about.”

“Why yes. Sketch this is Rarity. Rarity this is my new friend Sketch. I think you’ll like him Rarity he dabbles in a bit of the arts too.”

“Really? What kind of arts?”, Rarity asked batting her eyelashes with curiosity.

“Mostly fine arts, like drawing, painting and stuff like that. I’m going to guess that you’re more into fashion? Wait, now I remember. You were that one popular unicorn that hung out with Fancy Pants back in Canterlot right?”

“Oh yes, but ho-hum that’s all in the past. I returned to Ponyville after a few days to get back to my friends and various works. You can say fashion is my passion as it were.”, she giggled while bouncing her mane. “Do you want to see the latest project I’ve been working on?”

“Sure.”, Sketch responded with a smile.

“Oh I hope it fits.”

She then levitates her project to Sketch. Suddenly, Twilight begins to remember about a certain bad habit of Rarity’s whenever she gets excited, but it might be a little too late to stop her.

“Uh…Rarity.”, Twilight hesitantly called.
Rarity suddenly pulls out a dressing curtain and dresses Sketch behind it. Though it sounded like there was a little bit of resistance from behind. When she was done Sketch had on a gold suit with a multicolored bow tie.

“Well? What do you think? I rarely make suits, but I think it turned out marvelous don’t you think?”, Rarity asked eagerly waiting for her answer.

“I…uh…uh.”, Sketch stuttered with a very nervous face. It was as if he wanted to tell her what he thought without hurting her feelings.

Instantly her face began to frown and she began panic.

“Oh you don’t like it. Maybe it’s the tie. Don’t worry I can fix it.”

She tries to take off the tie and accidentally strangles him in the process. Then she just completely takes the suit off of him. Rarity then stresses about remaking the suit and begins working. Sketch was left on the ground coughing and gasping for air.

“Maybe we should go. Bye Rarity.”, Twilight said with an awkward laugh.
Twilight and Sketch begin to walk out of the boutique and prepared to go to the next stop.

“I’m sorry about Rarity. She can be really serious when it comes to her outfits. Alright. Our nextstop is out of town so it will be quite a walk.”

“Ow. My neck.”, Sketch moaned under his breath.

Suddenly something speeds past the both of them with a rainbow trail left behind, causing them to be spun around and left dizzy.

“Woah. Did somepony catch the number of that rainbow?”, Sketch said.

After Twilight shook her head to regain her vision, it turned out to be none other than Rainbow Dash.

“Oh that’s just Rainbow Dash.”

Rainbow Dash flies back down to Twilight.

“Sup Twilight.”, Rainbow turns around to nice Sketch next to her. “Is he the new pony I heard about?”

“Yeah. This is Sketch. Sketch meet Rainbow Dash. Rainbow this is Sketch. Rainbow is pretty much the fastest flier in Ponyville, if not all of Equestria. Her dream is to become part of the Wonderbolts.

“Wait. Rainbow Dash…Rainbow Dash. Ah, I know you. You were a classmate of mine back in flight camp, and if I remember correctly you were the pony that preformed the legendary Sonic Rainboom.“

“Oh yeah. You look kind of familiar now.”, Rainbow exclaimed, “So you were also there to witness some of my awesomeness, huh?”

“Actually, I didn’t. I was sick on that day, but you probably mostly remember me from my nickname Sketchie.”

“Sketchie?”, Twilight asked confusingly.

“Yeah, I kinda had a lonely foalhood as a colt, and I got that nickname because I…uh…stared at other ponies from a distance. Anywho…”, Sketch said while a scratching his head and blushing. “You remember that Rainbow.”

“I think so, yeah.”

“Well I hope so. Cause you were the one gave me the name.”, Sketch responded at first with a smile that quickly turned into a straight face.

“Oh. Heh heh. Yeah.”, laughed Rainbow awkwardly.

“So what have you been doing lately?”

“Oh you know, hanging out, napping, practicing my moves for the Wonderbolts. The daily routine. And you?”

“Oh drawing, painting, traveling across Equestria, the usual. Wait, the Wonderbolts? Are you really that good enough to join them?”

“Do I hear doubt in that voice? Want a demonstration?”

“Thrill me.”, Sketch said smugly.

Rainbow Dash then flies high into the sky and begins perform her routine, which involved tons of flipping and barrel rolls.

“Woah! She’s pretty good.”, Sketch said.

“She usually is.”, Twilight responded.

“Now check out this new move. I’ve been working on it for a while now. I call it the Spectrum Twister.”, Rainbow shouted from above.

Rainbow Dash then begins to spin around top speed and creates a multicolored tornado. At first the trick looked like it went off without a hitch, but then something didn’t look right, like the tornado was unstable.

“Uh oh. I can’t stop!”, Rainbow shouted.

The tornado goes out of control and zigs and zags all over the skies all until it descends and crashes both her and Sketch into a brick wall.

“Well that went well.”, Rainbow grunted.

“Could’ve fooled me. Sketch are you alright?”, Twilight asked worriedly.

“Tuesday is…Applesauce Day.”, Sketch responded dizzily.

That sounded like that was no. Twilight then looks at the clock tower again while ,not so long after, panics again.

“Ah! We’re late.”, Twilight shouted.

Twilight uses her magic to levitate Sketch and runs off with him.

“Wah! Wait a second!”, Sketch shouted.

“Uh….okay. See ya later Sketch.”, said Rainbow.

The next stop was at Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight was exhausted from the running by the time she made it, but thanks to Sketch being levitated he got to go there first class.

“We…..made it………So…….tired.”, Twilight panted.

“Well I wouldn’t know since you carried me here with your magic. Sooooooo…”, Sketch teased.

Twilight suddenly gains her shocked face again.

“Oh my gosh! I just remembered. I never showed you to town hall. How could I have possibly
forgotten? It’s the most important for newcomers!”

Sketch was starting to worry for Twilight, but out of nowhere Applejack comes from behind

Sketch and looks down at Twilight on the ground flipping the heck out.

“Well hey Twilight. You look terrible.”, Applejack stated.

“Gee, thanks. Oh right, this is-“

“Let me guess. The new pony right?”

“Yup.”

Twilight then slaps her face on the ground to return to her disappointment.
Applejack walks up to Sketch grabs his hoof and started shaking it so hard that she picks him up off the ground.

“Howdy do there. I’m Applejack. I work here on the farm of Sweet Apple Acres. Anything you need we’ll be more than happy to offer.”

After that extremely long hoofshake, she finally lets go of Sketch’s hoof, causing it to throb after being shaken with such force.

“I’m Sketch. Quite a hoof shake you got there.”
His stomach then randomly growls. It growled even louder than it did back a Sugarcube Corner.

“Guess that cupcake I ate wasn’t enough to fill me.”

“Lucky for you, we’ve prepared for that.”
She grabs Sketch and takes him to a picnic table right next to the barn with the apple family standing on each side. The table had tons of treats such as, pies, fritters, candy apples, and even apple tarts, one of Sketch’s favorite. Just the sight of the food made Sketch even hungrier.

“Here ya go. Courtesy of the apple family. Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, and Applebloom. You may think about it as a welcomin gift.”

“Why we were so plum excited when we heard somepony new was comin, we wanted to show em’ how big of a welcome we can give. We always love ta see new faces.”, Granny said.

“Eeyup.”, Big Mac responded.

“Woah, thanks.”, Sketch replied with a warm smile.

“You want something Twi-“

Applejack still sees Twilight throwing a fit to herself trying to correct her messed up schedule. Of course this was not unusual behavior for Twilight, so Applejack decided to leave her be.

“Okay we are ten minutes behind schedule, but that’s alright. If I just take out some of the stops I had in mind, I might just be able to put this back on track. Now if we cut off a few minutes from here-“, Twilight muttered to herself.

“Ah well. More for me.”, Sketch says in response to…. whatever’s going on back there.

Applejack grabs a slice of apple pie and shoves it into Sketch’s mouth.

“ Might I recommend our famous apple pie.”

“Mmmmm~”, Sketch responds with a full mouth

She then grabs an apple fritter and shoves that in Sketch’s mouth

“Our apple fritters.”

“Mmmmmmm~”, Sketch responded again.

Then shoves an apple tarts in Sketch’s mouth.

“Our apple tarts.”

“Wai a schecond.”, Sketch said with a full mouth.

“Our apple turnovers, apple cobbler, apple dumplings, apple fries.”

Applejack wouldn’t stop feeding Sketch. In fact, she kept feeding Sketch so much food that by the time she was done, Sketch’s stomach ended up huge.

“Oooooooooooooooh~”, Sketch moaned.

“Uh….maybe I went a bit overboard. Oh nuts n’ shoes.”

“Okay I found a way to fix the schedule so we should leave- Aaah!”, Twilight screamed.

“Oooooooooooooooooooh~”, Sketch moaned again.

“Oh no. Maybe we should go.”, Twilight said worriedly.

Twilight levitates Sketch with her magic, and it was off to the next stop.

“See ya. And sorry for the overfeeding.”, Applejack shouted to two ponies

The next stop was Fluttershy’s cottage. Twilight was starting to feel uneasy, considering all of the accidents that happened at each stop. She didn’t want to give the supposedly famous pony a bad impression of Ponyville. Overall, she was determined to make sure that nothing would go wrong with this stop.

“Okay there were alot of…minor casualties in last few stops, but this one is will be much better, trust me. All the others might’ve disappointing to you, but please don’t taken Ponyville the wrong way. I know it can be crazy almost daily, but it’s a pleasant town once you get used to it.”.

“Actually, I don’t-“

“Ah, we’re here. This is my friend Fluttershy’s cottage. She takes care of animals, and if you ask she might give you a pet if you like. Though she is very shy, so she might not talk much. Also, you see that forest over there?”

"Yeah."

"That's the Everfree Forest. It holds many dangerous and mysterious creatures inside and it doesn't get any better after dark so be careful."

“Got it. Hmm, Fluttershy. That name sounds familiar too.” ,Sketch thought.

As both of them walk to the front door, Twilight knocks on it leaving Fluttershy slightly hesitant to answer.

“Uh……hello.”, Fluttershy whispered.

“Hi Fluttershy. Hope I’m not disturbing you, but I got someone I would like you to meet.” Twilight said pointing to Sketch.

“Hi.”

“Eek!” ,the shy pony squeaks as she slams the door with massive force.

“Excuse me a second.”

Twilight walks into the cottage to get Fluttershy

“(Not only is her name familiar, but she looks familiar too. Where have I seen her before?)” Sketch pondered.

Twilight finally manages to get Fluttershy out herself in a way that looked pretty forceful.

“Fluttershy this is the new pony, Sketch.”

“….Hi…….I’m……Fluttershy.”, She whispered.

“I’m sorry, what was that?”

“....I’m….Fluttershy.”

“One more time please.”

“ ……………”

“(Okay, this is getting awkward REAL fast. Please let ANYTHING happen.”,Twilight thought.

Breaking the awkward silence Angel Bunny comes out from the cottage and runs on top of Sketch’s head.

“Well who’s this cute this little guy?”, Sketch said.

“Oh, his name is Angel Bunny. It looks like he likes you.”

“Now you talk. Well I’m glad I made another friend. It may be a bunny, but hey, what do I care?”

“Wait, did she say your name is Sketch? As in “Sketchie” Sketch?”

“Now I remember. You were also in flight camp with me. You were that super quiet one that could hardly fly.”

“………”

“(And now I just made things awkward again.)”

Suddenly Angel grows upset look on his face and takes Sketch’s bag and runs off with it.

“What the hay. He took my bag!”

“Oh no.”, Twilight muttered.

“Angel, come back! Bad boy!”, Fluttershy shouted.

The three of them gave chase to the little rabbit all over the cottage. All over the field, through the chicken coop, even up to trees until they were finally catching up to the little troublemaker…….then he ran inside the cottage and slammed the door on Sketch’s face. The others were right behind him, so they crashed into Sketch as well.

“That’s it. I give up. So far every stop we had was nothing but a catastrophe.”, Twilight moaned.

The rest of the gang had then arrived and they didn’t look to happy. By the look on their faces not only did it look like they came for same reason, but they looked they witnessed the little chase scene as well.

“I guess we ruined your joy and view of Ponyville for you, and it gets crazier by the day sometimes. We understand if you want to move elsewhere and avoid all of it.”

Everypony then dropped down their heads in disappointment, afraid of what Sketch might say next.

“Leave? Are you kidding? This was most fun I had in ages."

“Huh?!”, everypony gasped.

“But ever since you arrive, you’ve been through nothing but painful ordeals. I’m actually surprised you had enough patience to go through with the rest of the tour.” ,Rarity exclaimed.

“Please. It was a lot less boring than the other places I lived in. Plus I got to meet some old classmates while I was at it.”

“But what about the time I used you like a trampoline? By the way has anypony ever told you that you’re really soft?” ,Pinkie asked.

“Hey, accidents happen. I’m quick to understand. Plus, you gave me a free cupcake, which, may I add, was awrsomely delicious .”

“What about that suit I made for you? You acted said it was the most abominable, tackiest, utterly horrifying piece of fashion you have ever been forced to witness. Oh yes, and I accidently choked you to near death.” ,Rarity said.

“Okay, One: I never said that, and Two: I liked it. I just didn’t know how to comment on it, since I don’t know much about fashion.”

“What about my trick gone wrong? I’m pretty sure I crashed into you hard.”

“Nah, I got the head of a buffalo. I’m willing to forgive. Awesome trick by the way. You just need a little more practice.”

“So I guess you’re not mad ‘bout that force feedin I gave ya earlier?”, Applejack asked as she took off her hat in embarrassment.

“After tasting that apple pie? Why would I be mad? Best I’ve ever tasted.”

“But, Angel became a bad little bunny and took your bag.”,Fluttershy said.

“Actually, I can see why he did it. I think he just took it back in defense for that “hardly able to fly” remark. I apologize for that. I gotta admit it’s kind of nice that you have a little friend willing to stand up for you at anytime.”

Suddenly Angel came back outside and gave back Sketch’s bag, but not without a little kick to his chine as the last bit of payback.

“See? He was just making sure that I wasn’t teasing you.”

“So overall you didn’t mind all the things that’s been happening to you? Even when we were super behind schedule?”, Twilight said.

“Again, we had a schedule?”

“Yeah. She sometimes schedules everything. Even schedules to make a schedules.”, Rainbow whispered.

“Funny. Anyway, when it comes to making new friends you gotta learn to live with their quirks and flaws. That’s just who they are. There’s nothing more friendly than being true with yourself. There was no need to impress me or anything. I’d be more comfortable with the craziness than a town that was just perfect. I live for crazy and originality.”

“So does this mean you’ll stay?”, Pinkie asked with the impossibly biggest smile.

“Yes, I’m staying.”

“ALRIGHT!”, Rainbow shouted.

“Now that I think about it, why were you guys trying so hard to impress me anyway? I doubt you do this for everypony that comes to town.”

“Well, we kind of heard that you were a famous celebrity and-“, Twilight muttered.

“Wait, I’m a celebrity?”

“You mean you’re not?”

“Well, not exactly. I’m just a regular up and coming artist. You know, if you ever mentioned my name there’s a chance that somepony might guess who I am. If anything I just know famous celebrities do to business.”

Twilight then gives Pinkie an upset looking glare.

“Hey, don’t blame me. It’s not my fault if that one cousin gave the wrong information.”, Pinkie replied.

“You know, I guess I was bored in all my past homes because I didn’t have any friends there. I mean Manehattan was full of jerks and Canterlot had a lot of snobs. Wait. That’s it. THAT’S IT!” ,Sketch shouted.

“What’s it?” ,Twilight replied.

“That’s what I was missing in my art. I was missing friends to inspire me. Now that you guys are my friends, my head is overflowing with tons of ideas right now. Seriously, I need a pencil and paper fast.”

“I guess you did find what you needed in Ponyville afterall. This will make a great letter to Princess Celestia.”

“Letter to Princess who now?”, Sketch asked surprised.

Everypony then ends that off with with a big laugh.

Later that night, not long after Pinkie’s wild welcome party, Twilight begins to write her letter to Princess Celestia.

“Dear Princess Celestia. Today I learned something important about making new friends. When you try to make new friends, you don’t need to try so hard to impress them. Because if you really want to them be your friend, then just be yourself. Because they just might accept you for who you are. No matter what quirk or flaw you have.”

A random knock comes from Twilight’s door. When she answered ,it turned out to be Sketch.

“Hey Twilight. Do you have any books on home decor? I didn’t think about what my studio would look like when I moved in.”, Sketch grinned awkwardly.

“Oh brother.”

THE END

Comments

[The Lunar Samurai]

Critique request received on Authors Helping Authors.
1. Try not to use present tense. Literature almost always happens in the past, especially if it is in third person.

2. Spelling. It isn't horrid, just slightly problematic. (its shin, not chin)

3. Declaration rather than Description. "Everypony then ends that off with with a big laugh." is a big roadblock in the flow of the story. Describe their reaction in a more poetic manner rather than telling the reader 'they laughed.'

4. Overall. Dialogue is decent, but you use too much present tense (1) and factual writing (3). I saw nothing inherently OOC, and it seems like you have a decent amount of potential.

P.S. I'm not trying to bash the shit out of your writing. I'm telling you what might be problematic, author to author. You get an upvote from me and a pat on the back for asking for a critique in the first place.

[Hidden Brony]

So, just scrolling down here I saw a potentially problematic amount of dialogue-to-everything-else ratio. Dialogue is great, but sometimes you need to have things happen as well.

Also, present tense? Good luck pulling that off. Pretty much nobody can. If you do? More power to ya.

Remember, this is from a glance. Let me actually read this and get back to you with a better critique.

-HB

[LunaOnTheMOOOON]

Alrighty then, as promised I will unleash the full extent of every thought and feeling I have in the possess of reading this. Please take no offense to anything I might say about this story. I'm generally a pretty nice person, but when I enter editor mode there are no survivors. I will probably criticize everything. Be ready and know that you called this upon yourself. Time to put on Aj's honesty hat!
Immediately upon seeing the cover, I'm starting to doubt this. This plot is ridiculously common. I, like many people, tend to stray away from anything in which a oc is the main character. Even if the writing is professional grade. Most times, they are self-inverts where the main character becomes best friends with the main six and then the main character falls in love with one of them. I haven't actually read your story yet but it seems to be one of those. Right off the bat, this story doesn't interest me much. I probably wouldn't read this if I saw it while browsing the new stories.
So, that's my first impression of this. I'll post again when I read it; I don't want to make this too long.