The story starts off kinda slow, and this first chapter might have started off kind of quickly, may seem like I kind of sped through it, and may be kind of boring and uninformative, and it's really short, but just keep reading. The story will kinda get good when i post chapter four. I'd like to make this quite a long story, I will be including all major characters, including many of the lesser ones, all of the villains, including some characters that I made up and added to the story, but don't let that turn you away from reading. Many couples will be hinted at. Enjoy. Ponyville was just the way it was all the time. Ponies were everywhere doing something whether it was doing everyday activities, chores, or just relaxing. Animals were doing what they usually do all the time. A certain pink pony was just hopping around town as happy as ever. She was waving and saying hi to ever pony she walked by. Since she knew just about every pony in Ponyville, she noticed a pegasi pony just lying by a tree. She didn't know if he was from Ponyville or Cloudsdale. But being the nice pony she was, she went to say hi and introduce herself to him. He was a darkish gray pegasus pony, with red eyes, and three red, shaded in circles, in the form of a triangle, as a cutie mark. He had a clean, flowing black mane that flew around as the wind blew. The same for his tail. "Hi stranger" she said with a nice smile. "I've never seen you around before. My names a Pinkie Pie, what's yours?" He turned an eye to her with a bit of an annoyed look. "Don't bother me."He said. "What? I just want to know your name." Pinkie said, followed by a smile. He wanted her to go away, so he told her."Shadow Flash"he said with closed eyes. "Get lost." "Geez, what's your problem Mr. GrumpyPants. He really started to get annoyed at the fact that she wouldn't leave. "My problem is you. Go AWAY. Pinkie Pie never gave up on trying to make friend, especially when that donkey, Crankie Doodle, came to Ponyville. But for some reason, the look in this guys face showed showed anger, and it frightened Pinkie a bit. She quickly regained herself. Unwilling to give up, she continued. "Oh come on, whatever's got you so upset, I can help you turn that frown, upside DOWN!" This really set him off. "Look,whatever you're trying to do here, it ain't workin. So go AWAY! He yelled at her, with a scary look in his eyes. " I just wanna be friends." she said with tears in the corners of her eyes. He saw this and remembered someone he had met long ago that had the same look on their face. He didn't feel guilty for yelling at her, but calmed down a bit. "Look, go make friends with someone else". Shadow turned his head back from her. Pinkies tears went away, but she still felt a little sad. "Okay I'm sorry, I'll go away. Shadow turned the other direction, as Pinkie walked away, upset at her failure to make a new friend. As she walked away, she smiled a big smile. "I'm not giving up yet. I'll go get Twilight and the other girls to help me find out what's wrong with him," she said excitedly as she quickly made her way to Twilights home. The chapters may be short, but they will get longer, much longer, so just bear with me.