I sleepily trotted through the streets of Ponyville. I couldn’t wait to go to the hotel and finally lie down in a warm, soft bed after this long night.

I facehoofed as a thought occurred to me. I still had no money on me. I would have to get it from Twilight’s house. But it was only two in the morning. She wouldn’t be too pleased to see me and even less pleased to see me this early.

I walked to the front of the tree house. I knocked on the door. I waited for a few minutes, but there was no response. I didn’t want to wake Twilight in the middle of the night. Time to improvise.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. A flash of light appeared around me and I found myself in my old room. Luckily I was only gone for one night, so I didn’t forget how the room was like. I was also able to use my magic now since I was feeling more confident in myself. I looked around the room to find my saddlebag full of bits. I shuffled around the room, but I couldn’t find them anywhere.

“Twilight, is that you?” a voice said. My vision was distorted as a beam of light hit my eyes.

I heard a gasp. “It’s you!” the voice said. I shook my head to get the stars out of my eyes. My vision eventually returned to show Spike in front of me holding a flashlight.

“Twili…!” Spike began to yell before I stuffed my hoof into his mouth.

“Shhh! I’m just here to get my bits back and then I’ll be out of your hair… or in your case your spikes,” I whispered.

Spike spit out my hoof and glared at me. “Why should I believe you? I mean, Twilight was the one that kicked you out. How do I know you’re not back to get revenge?”

I let out a small chuckle. “C’mon Spike, I lived here for nearly a month. Surely, you must know what kind of pony I am.”

I thought back to all the times I had with Spike. All I could remember was ordering Spike around to go and get me stuff and making him cook whenever I got hungry. I turned back to see Spike with an annoyed expression on his face. Clearly, he was thinking the same thing.

“TWILIGHT! Wake up! Night Rave is back to get revenge on you!” Spike yelled out. My eyes widened.

“Huh? What is it Spike?” I heard not too far away.

I closed my eyes and teleported myself out of the house. I darted away to make sure Twilight didn’t catch me with one of her spells.

I stopped after I thought I was safe. I waited a few moments for my breath to catch up. Looks like I don’t have a place to stay tonight. I sighed.

I walked over to the park and decided to sleep on one of the benches. I slowly lied down on the bench as the cold wood froze my body. It was going to be difficult to fall asleep.

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I slowly opened my eyes as the light of Celestia’s sun woke me. I looked up to see the ground above me. I found myself in a very awkward position that I managed to put myself into during my sleep. I untangled myself from the bench and stood up. I swayed side to side as the blood rushed down from my head.

My stomach grumbled. I hadn’t eaten anything since those blueberries last night, and they weren’t very appetizing. I gagged as the sour taste of the blueberries came back to mind. I couldn’t order anything to eat without some bits. I sighed. On the bright side, Twilight should be in a better mood than if I woke her up last night.

I knocked on the door to the library. Twilight opened the door with a smile on her face. “Welcome to the Ponyville… You!” Twilight said as she realized I was the one at the door.

I felt my body tighten and be lifted as Twilight’s magic encased me. I pushed my own magic out of my body and a bubble appeared around me. I also regained control of my body.

“Nice try Twilight. But can you please listen to me for just one second?” I pleaded.

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Listen to you? I’m not the one breaking into ponies’ homes trying to get revenge on my enemies.”

I facehoofed. Spike was a little devil. “Ugggh…. Please don’t listen to Spike. I'm just here to pick up my bits. I left them here yesterday since you wouldn’t let me back in the house.” I gave Twilight my best puppy dog eyes.

Twilight shook her head when she saw my attempt. She looked inside her house and levitated a bag towards my bubble.

A wide smile appeared and I burst my magic bubble. The sack landed on my hoof, but it felt…. light. Really light. I checked the contents of the bag and rummaged through all of the coins.

“There’s only 35 bits in here! What happened to the rest of the bits I earned?” I asked.

A mischievous smile appeared on Twilight’s face and she let out a small laugh. “Oh nothing, I just decided to use the money for a good cause. You see, my books are getting pretty beaten up from me moving them around so much. So I ordered new ones from the Canterlot library. I also bought a few dozen muffins for Ditzy.”

My jaw dropped. “But there were like, 500 bits in here!”

Twilight simply nodded.

My eyes widened in shock. There was nothing I wanted more at that moment than to use every ounce of my magic to torture her. But I had to control myself if I was to regain her and everypony else’s trust.

I tried to push down my anger and let out a fake smile. “Thanks Twilight! I’m glad to hear that my bits are being put to good use!” I said.

“I’m glad to hear that you are fine with it,” Twilight said. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some old books to dispose of.” She turned away and closed the door behind her. I facehoofed.

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“10 bits a night! That’s outrageous!” I yelled at the hotel clerk.

“Sir, there is only three hotels in Ponyville and this is the cheapest one plus the cheapest room we have,” the clerk replied. “Now are you going to give me your bits or not?”

I rolled my eyes in agitation and pulled out twenty bits. If I did my math correctly, I would use up all of my money for staying here two nights plus the money I would spend for food. Who spends over 400 bits for muffins and books anyway?!

Although, I guess I really did deserve it. I broke Ditzy’s heart and I’m sure she’s enjoying all those free muffins. Free for her of course. But Twilight could still have left me some more bits for myself.

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Three days came and passed. Every day passed pretty much the same. Wake up in the morning (feeling like P Hoofy), go out, get evil looks by everypony I passed (and occasionally get hit by a cupcake or something), eat, ask for a job or lounge, eat some more, then go to bed wondering how much easier my life would be if I didn’t leave with Rose.

I hadn’t seen Ditzy Doo at all. I hoped she was okay. I wanted to meet up with her so badly and apologize for all I had done. When I saw Rose, all she did was glare and me and turn away with a “Humph!”

I saw four of the ponies of the Mane Six, other than Twilight who I saw on the first day back. When Applejack saw me, she just turned away and pretended not to notice me. Fluttershy shrieked and ran away. Pinkie Pie’s smile fell whenever she saw me. I tried to talk to her several times, thinking she would be the easiest to suede over, but when I opened my mouth she would always stuff a muffin to hush me. Rarity and I haven’t formally met, but she heard of my exploits. She just raised her head and gave me a “Humph!” similarly to Rose, then trotted away.

I asked around to see if anypony saw Rainbow Dash. Everypony just decided to ignore me, so I eventually gave up.

On the third day, I ran out of the small amount of bits that I still had. Nopony would accept me a worker for A: my new reputation and B: I didn’t have much of a working resume other than working at Sweet Apple Acres.

That night, I held onto my stomach in pain. I had never suffered starvation on Earth and it was definitely an experience I wouldn’t have tried out. My stomach wouldn’t stop grumbling and tighten every time I gave even the slightest thought about food.

I looked up into the sky to see the moon. “C’mon! I thought you were going to help me out Luna!” I yelled.

A tear slid down my face. I felt my body be teleported and my surroundings changed. I looked forward to see Princess Celestia. Normally, a princess like her would smile when first meeting her subjects. But I didn’t like that stern face she gave when she looked at me. Moments passed as I waited for her to tell me something. Finally, I decided to spark the conversation.

“What’s up Princess Celestia?” I asked. Celestia raised her eyebrow. A light bulb came on in my mind. I bowed down.

“That’s better Rave. Now then, I suppose you’re wondering why you’re here?” the Princess said.

I nodded.

“Well, too tell you frankly, I am very disappointed in you Rave,” Celestia said shaking her head.

I gasped. The Princess disappointed…. in me? “Is this about Ditzy Doo? Because I can understand if it is.”

Celestia continued to shake her head. “She has something to do with it. But I'm more disappointed in how quickly you gave up. Luna told me about your time with her and so I decided to look over you the past few days.”

“Well that’s just a little creepy, but Princess Celestia! How am I not supposed to give up? I don’t have any more bits to survive and no job to get bits! I’ve been left to die in a hole,” I yelled.

Celestia brought a hoof to her head. “I suppose you don’t know what your cutie mark means then?”

I peered over to my flank. “What this thing? No idea.”

Celestia showed a smile for the first time of this meeting. “How about I help you then?”

My ears perked up. “How so?”

“How about I hire you as a special field agent? This will help you figure out what your cutie mark means in due time,” Celestia replied.

I tilted my head. “So you know what my special talent is?” The Sun Princess nodded.

“Can you tell me?” I put on my puppy eyes again.

Celestia gave me a quizzical look. “You really shouldn’t do that, your face looks quite ridiculous.” I dropped my puppy dog act. “And your talent? Wouldn’t you find it better to realize what your talent is rather than me simply telling you?”

I put a hoof to my head in thought. “I’d rather you tell me here and now.” I smiled widely waiting for the princess to tell the secrets of my cutie mark.

The white Alicorn shook her head. Her face became serious again. “YOU WILL DISCOVER YOUR TALENT ON YOUR OWN!” the Princess said in a royal Canterlot voice.

I jumped back in fear of her sudden raise in tone. I didn’t think the royal Canterlot voice was that powerful. I shuddered, “Okay! But what exactly am I supposed to do?”

“Well you see,” Celestia started with her tone softened, “every once in a while, a mishap occurs in Equestria. Ponies get lost, animals from the Everfree roam into towns, and others. All you have to do is remedy these accidents from time to time.”

“And this will help me find out the meaning of my cutie mark?” I asked. The Princess nodded. “And how will this help me in the situation I’m in?”

“Well you’ll be paid for your work, of course. How about one hundred bits a month and three hundred bits for every mission I send you out on?”

I pondered the pay for a moment. One hundred bits a month seemed pretty small. I could have received that much bits for only ten hours of work at Applejack’s. But 300 bits to go out and find a lost pony seemed like a good idea. “That sounds like a good offer Princess.”

Celestia nodded. “Also, I brought you here to tell you that your house in Ponyville is ready. Completely furnished and everything.”

My heart skipped a beat. Everything was finally starting to go my way again. I got a job again and a brand new house.

I bowed down. “Thank you so much Princess!” I exclaimed in joy.

The Princess smiled and nodded yet again. “You are welcome Night Rave. Now then, it’s getting late and we both should be getting are rest.”

My surroundings began to blur. “Until your first mission…” were the last words I heard before I found myself looking at my new house.

It wasn’t anything special. It looked exactly like the other houses. Two floors, a patio, rooms for sleeping and dining, and more. But it was a home all to myself. My first home since I first arrived in Ponyville.

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