Chapter 2

I followed the captain to the stadium, there I would be assigned a house, and likely other ponies to live with

I hoped that this whole threat would be gone soon

I sat down next to the captain, there were several dozen pegasi, close to 100 or so, sitting in the bleachers

One of the Wonderbolts was addressing the crowd, "Calm down everypony. We have gathered here for the princess has ordered all pegasi to this city."

The mare wonderbolt took over, "This enemy of Equestria is a unicorn who practices the art of necromancy."

There were several gasps in the crowd, I remained silent

"She can't get to Cloudsdale, since we can't let that happen; we have moved all pegasi, including the guards, to Cloudsdale."

"If we don't have guards, who's defending the princess?" a mare asked in the crowd, she had a rainbow mane as far as I could see

"We have a unicorn that practices golemancy on our side" the wonderbolt answered, "We have them as our army."

The mayor of the city took over, "We are using the extra clouds lying about to make new houses for our arrivals."

"You will be divided by age, into several houses that we've been setting up." the mayor said, his mane sweaty, "Now if you'll take the forms under your seats."

I grabbed mine, it had a picture of each pony here and their name, then the name of the house they'd be staying in

I was going to be in house 8D

I looked over the other ponies to see who I'd be bunked with, I saw Captain ThunderHooves and the mare with the rainbow mane, she was called Rainbowdash

I wasn't sure about this whole situation, the only reason I didn't try and leave was because I wasn't a good flyer, I'd never make it home.

"Please disperse into your homes and get acquainted with the ponies you'll be living with for the time being." The mayor finished

"Hey kid, we're bunked." The captain said

I didn't say anything, I stood and got ready to fly to the small house

Before I could get anywhere I saw a flash of cyan to my left

"So you two are who I'm with?" the voice of the pony I heard earlier asked

"Yeah, I'm ThunderHooves and this" ThunderHooves slapped my back, "This one is Jackpot, don't tease him he's shy."

"Isn't the division b-by age?" I asked, "H-How are you with us?"

"I'm younger than I look." He answered, "Not many ponies expect me to be as old as I am."

"I wonder how Fluttershy is going to do" Rainbowdash thought aloud, "You kind of remind me of her."

I didn't look her in the eye, "O-okay…"

Once we arrived at the house I took a look around, there was two floors. The bottom was for cooking and downtime, as the top had the bathroom and the bedrooms

"This house could do with about 20% more rainbows." Rainbowdash said as she entered

"I could use this place, yeah." ThunderHooves commented

I mainly looked for little areas I could use to curl up and read, it was one of my hobbies because I never really got out to do much

"So Jackpot" Rainbowdash trotted up, "Where are you from?"

"I-I'm from Manehatten." I answered

"You really are shy aren't you?" Rainbowdash smiled, "I have a friend like you."

"Fluttershy you said" I said, "How is she doing?"

"She doesn't like leaving her animals behind" Rainbowdash said, "I'm surprised she left them with Spike after what happened last time."

I didn't say anything, I was unsure of anything to talk about

"We're not at curfew, want to go do something?" ThunderHooves popped in

"What do you want to do?" Rainbowdash asked him

"I haven't been here in years, maybe get some dinner at a local restaurant." ThunderHooves said, "What do you think kid?"

I shrugged

"Dinner it is then." ThunderHooves laughed

MEANWHILE IN ANOTHER PLACE

Rezura was in her little base, a cave not too far into the Everfree forest. She was working on a way to get into Cloudsdale, to get pegasi wings on her side.

Meanwhile in that same base, her zombies were thinking; Thinking of their own way up to the floating city.

One had a bright idea, the pegasi zombies couldn't fly, but this is where the brilliance came in…

Rezura burst into the room, "We are going to take the town of Ponyville, come."

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I chewed the hayburger, enjoying the taste as I tried to avoid staring at anypony. I was unsure of this mare that I had been assigned to live with, there was something that put me off.

I wasn't sure what the problem was, I usually was quiet around new ponies. But there was something here that made me not want to speak with the rainbow maned mare.

"So what's with the mane?" ThunderHooves asked, "How is it rainbow?"

"It's something I've had my whole life" Rainbowdash said, "Never really thought about it."

"And then there's you kid" ThunderHooves looked at me, "You're quiet, but didn't seem to mind being bunked with us."

"I try not to offend anypony" I said, "It prevents any problems."

"You should try and believe in yourself more" Rainbow offered, "My friend Fluttershy's been doing that lately."

I didn't respond, nor did I look in her direction

My mouth was dry, something wasn't right. I didn't know why but I felt as if I should get out of this city as soon as I could.

'Get used to the place, you're going to be here for a while.' I thought to myself

"Hey kid, something wrong?" ThunderHooves asked

"I'm not sure" I said, "It's nothing."

"Are you sure?" Rainbow asked

I shrugged

We finished up and exited the restaurant, I looked around and saw that there was a large group of creatures moving to a town in the distance

"Celestia help them." I muttered

Rainbowdash nearly fell over, "That's Ponyville!"

"How very unlucky of them" ThunderHooves commented

"We need to go down there!" Rainbowdash said, "I have friends down there!"

"We can't leave the city" ThunderHooves asserted, "You know that."

"Watch me!" Rainbowdash sped off

"Are you going to follow her?" ThunderHooves asked me

"No other choice is there?" I asked, "We can't just let her go."

"Then get your wings ready" ThunderHooves looked grim, "It's not going to be easy down there."

And that was that, my first and last thought before we left:

'Dear Celestia, what have I gotten myself into?'