The Day My Life Began

Memories of an Old Friend

Cloud Kicker

Morning. That special time of day when ponies all across Equestria get up to live their lives. The grown ponies go to work, the fillies and colts go to school, and the Princesses raise the sun.

Climbing out of my bed, I trotted over to my bedroom window. It gave a beautiful view of the shining town of Ponyville. There was Time Turner on his way to work. There was Ditzy Hooves on her mail route. There was Cloudchaser and her sister, Flitter, going Celestia knows where. They were all so happy so carefree.

I sighed. I had moved to Ponyville shortly after I turned eighteen a few months back. My best friend had urged me too. She was always the braver out of the two of us. She had been telling me for weeks that it was the right thing. Her sister too. Every time I asked her why, she smiled at me. Such a sad smile it was.

Sighing again, I closed the window and got back to my morning ritual.

It would be a long Monday. I could tell already.

==DMLB==

I arrived at work with great timing. Of course my boss was late as usual. Rainbow Dash, head of the Ponyville Weather Committee. She was great at her job, but she refused to show up on time. Even when she did, she's either practicing her tricks or napping!

Thunderlane flew up next to me. "Hey Kicker, Cloudchaser and Flitter invited us to The Frosty Mug at eight tonight." He elbowed my shoulder. "Ya wanna come with?"

I smiled. "Sure. It's been awhile since I've been to the Mug."

Thunder smiled. "Awesome!"

Before he could say more, Rainbow Dash flew into the building. A proud smirk on her face.

"Okay everypony! We've got an awesome plan for today!"

==DMLB==

*pomf*

There. That was the last of the clouds I had to pop today. It was kinda fun working in the Weather Team. Cloud work was my special talent after all.

I flew over to one of the remaining clouds. According to Rainbow Dash, some of the clouds had to remain in the sky for shade and a small rain next week.

Ruffling my lavender blue wings against my coat, I took in some of the autumn afternoon sunlight. Closing my eyes, I thought of how nice life in Ponyville had been.

Sure, it had it's moments. Like, that giant Ursa Minor. Those parasprites. The Running of the Leaves was last week. I participated...that's when I saw that she was in town.

Killjoy. She had won first place in the race, much to the surprise of Rainbow Dash and Applejack. That blood red pegasus had been in Ponyville for a long time. Ever since Applebuck Season.

That's all I could get. Nopony knew much else. On one hoof, I was excited to see her. On the other, I was heartbroken.

The last time I saw Killjoy, her family had just died. She was leaving town to try and explore the world. Find out who did it, she had said.

Her older sister had let her go. I told them both that KJ was insane. She was fifteen at the time.

I sighed. Thinking about my old friend made me-

"But Mommy!" A small voice cried out from below my cloud.

"Hun, I've told you a hundred times now. You have to do your homework on your own." A familiar voice chastised.

"Why?"

Peeking over the edge of my cloud, I saw her. That familiar coat, same two colored mane, strange cutiemark. Even the dragon walking next to her was the same.