It was a gorgeous day in the small town of Ponyville. The sky was cloudless, the grass was green, and there was not a care in the world. In the library of the quiant town, Twilight Sparkle was preparing for a day of hanging out with her girl friends. Twilight Sparkle was a unicorn pony from Canterlot. Sent to Ponyville by Princess Celestia to make friends and ultimately defeat the dreaded Nightmare Moon, she now lived in her paradise with her dragon companion, Spike. Twilight had a purple coat, with a mane and tail of the same color and a darker purple. Her horn was still short, the right size for a pony of her age. Today was a special day for her. For her and her friends' roles in taking care of the vile fiend known as Discord, Princess Celestia had invited her and her friends to come to Canterlot for a personal tour, with her and Princess Luna guiding them.

"Today is going to be fantastic!" Twilight said, excited to be able to surprise her friends. She trotted around her house, anxiously awaiting everyone's arrival. "I can't believe that we are going to be able to go back home," Spike said, gathering up some food and placing it into Twilight's saddle bags. "Me too! We're going to be able to see the museums and libraries and.." "And all the awesome snack shops!" finished Spike, licking his lips hungrily.Suddenly, there was a sound of many hooves gallopping past Twilight's home. She quickly ran to the door, opening it mid-stride. Every pony in Ponyville was making a mad dash toward the road that led into town.

One of them saw Twilight standing in her doorway, looking very confused, and skidded to a halt. This pony was all pink in color, with poofy pink mane and tail. Her eyes were wide, with a goofy grin on her face as she bounced around in front of Twilight. "Hey Twilight, whatcha doing?" Pinkie Pie asked. "I'm wondering what's going on here," Twilight responded, "Where is everybody going?" "Beats me, I just heard them saying something about a new pony in town, and he's apparently really good-looking or something. Hey, if there's a new pony in town, I need to throw him a welcome party!!" And with that, Pinkie Pie ran off into the stampede and disappeared.

"Spike, I'm going to go see the new pony. You stay here and finish getting everything ready," Twilight said, taking off out the door and joining the crowd thundering away. "But I-!" Spike tried to say, but the door had already closed.

Out at the edge of town, it looked like a rainbow-colored tornado was spinning around and around in the sky. Every pony was gathered around the base of the mid-air cyclone, eyes wide with amazement.

All of the suddenly, all of the colors except red were knocked clean out of the cyclone, and a pegasus pony was sent hurtling towards the ground. The blue coated, rainbow-maned pony managed to right herself at the last second, and landed on her feet. Twilight made her way through the crowd, and soon she found her friends Rarity, Apple Jack, and Fluttershy. "Hey girls, what's going on here?" she asked, looking around. "We're all watchin' Rainbow Dash try to take on that new pony in town," Applejack said, guesturing to the fire-engine red twister. "There's a pony in that?" Twilight asked, looking bewildered.

"Well, up untill a minute ago there were two ponies in that," Rarity said, pointing to were Rainbow Dash stood on the ground, looking shocked. The mid-air cyclone slowed and dissipated, revealing a very handsome horse. He stood tall, not as tall as a full-grown stallion, but certainly taller than all the ponies assembled. His long mane and tail were a brilliant crimson in color, while his coat and wings were white as snow. His eyes were a lighter red in color, and on his hind leg was a red medical cross Cutie Mark. He decended out of the sky, landing next to Rainbow Dash while the crowd cheered and appluaded.

"I gotta hoof it to ya', that was so sweet flying you got there dude!" Dash said, a smile spreading on her face. "Well thank you, Rainbow Dash," the pony said, shaking out his mane and smiling back at her, "you are one heck of a speed demon! I can't wait to go another round with you." Dash blushed, then looked back at her friends. "Hey guys, come over here and meet him," she called, waving them over.

"Well Howdy partner," Applejack said as they made there way toward him, "I'm Applejack!" "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir," Rarity said, "My name is Lady Rarity, but you can call me Rarity." "Uhmmm....hi...I'm...Fluttershy...," Fluttershy whispered, hiding behind her mane. "And I'm Twilight Sparkle," said Twilight Sparkle, extending a hoof, "Welcome to Ponyville!" "Thank you all for the warm greetings," he said, shaking Twilight's hoof and nodding to each of them in turn, "My name is Red Cross, or R.C. for short. I'm here to take over as the new medical pony at the hospital."

"All right everypony, it's time for a party!" came a shout from the back of the crowd. Everypony turned and saw Pinkie Pie dressed up like a cake and bouncing around happily. "Time to party for the new pony! Let's go!" Everypony cheered, and followed her into the town center, which was now decked-out in ribbons and balloons, with cakes and candy everywhere. "She seems like she knows how to party," laughed R.C., and went off with the girls to meet everypony in his new home.