The new colt was making his way down the wooded path pulling his converted ambulance wagon, which was not unlike those used by settler ponies, with all his furniture and belongings behind him. He was a Pegasus with a light yellow coat and a cloudy red coloured mane. His Cutie Mark was a bottle of red medicine.

He was on his way to his new house in a small town called Ponyville, a town much like his old one. His new home was a hollowed out tree that the estate pony had described as the luxury form of housing in this part of Equestria on the edge of the town, near something called the Everfree Forest. His name was Dr Blaze Carousel, or Blaze to his friends, and he was moving from Hayton. He was on his way here to study the Everfree forest and its wildlife, plants and eco-system, but more specifically to see if they could be used to make medicine.

As he crested a hill and saw both the Everfree forest on his left, Ponyville to his right, and a massive apple orchard, he realised he was hungry. He heard a rustling in the canvas behind him and as he turned to look his pet Guinea pig Hammy jumped on to the seat of the wagon.

“Squee Squee” he said, rubbing his belly to indicate he too was hungry.

“Okay, we’ll stop over there for a picnic then get to the house in a bit.” said the colt, indicating a small clearing next to the

road that was set back against the woods.

He walked over to spot he had indicated to Hammy and took the wagon harness off his back. As Hammy jumped down the colt went round to the back of the wagon, opened the drop down flap and started searching for the basket he had put his picnic in. When he found it between the wardrobe and the books chest, he grabbed the handle with his mouth and walked over to where Hammy was sitting. He expertly grabbed the blanket from the basket as he threw the basket into the air, laid out the blanket and grabbed the basket again with his mouth; all the while Hammy was sitting there with a bemused look on his face.

“Oh, sorry” he said “Didn’t mean to show off.

This merely made Hammy raised his eyebrow, but was soon won over by the tin of nuts Blaze placed on the blanket.

As for the colt, he preferred a hay and flower sandwich, with blueberry jam. As he sat down on the blanket and started eating the sandwich, while thinking about the number of things he had to do when he arrived at his new home, he heard some rustling in the bushes across the road. Both he and Hammy looked up, looked at one another then looked over at the bush that was rustling.

Blaze stood up as whatever was in the bush made its way to the front, then suddenly…

…a small bunny jumped out.

“Whew” said Blaze as the small bunny hopped across the road towards them. “Thought you might be something bigger” he said as the bunny stopped and sat on the blanket.

“Want something to eat little guy?” asked Blaze, to which the bunny replied with a nod.

Blaze opened the basket and grabbed a carrot, which he then handed to the bunny, who began to nibble on it.

“So, are you a wild bunny?” asked Blaze, looking down at the small rabbit. As soon as he had said this, there was a rustling from somewhere behind the bush where the bunny had appeared.

“One of your friends?” said Blaze as the bunny looked up.

“Angel?” asked a quiet and shy voice from the bush.

“Hello?” said Blaze to the mysterious voice, looking up.

He heard a small yelp, so went over to investigate.  Behind the bush was another pony, a Pegasus with a light yellow coat, almost the same as his, and a pink mane, kneeling down to the floor and covering her face with her hooves.

“Who are you?” asked Blaze, to which the other pony removed her hooves from her face to look at.

“I-, I-, I’m Fluttershy. I was feeding my pet bunny Angel, but t- then he ran off. Have you seen him?” She asked.

“Do you mean this bunny?” said Blaze, moving to reveal the picnic with Angel and Hammy watching the scene interestedly.

“O- Oh yes. Thank you!” said Fluttershy as she walked over and picked Angel up in her hooves and began to cradle him. “Momma thought you had run off” she said, while Angel huffed and looked annoyed. She turned around again and blushed as she realised Blaze was still there.

“T-Thank you for finding Angel” she said. She looked to where Angel had been sitting and noticed Hammy for the first time. “Oooh, you have a pet too” she said, turning to look at Blaze.

“Yeah” he said “His names Hammy, he’s a Guinea Pig. Oh, and my names Dr Blaze Carousel, but Blaze for short” he said, realising he hadn’t told Fluttershy his name.

“I don’t recognize you, a-are you new here?” she asked.

“Oh yes, I was just moving into town as a matter of fact.” As he said this, Fluttershy looked over to the ambulance insignia on the side of the wagon.

“O-Oh, is that an ambulance?”

“Sort of. I used to be an emergency doctor, but I didn’t need it any more so I just use it for moving stuff around.” he said, turning around to Hammy and Angel eating happily on the blanket.

“Oh, well, welcome to Ponyville” she said to Blaze. “Do you know where your house is?”

“Sort of” he replied with a grin “I have a map, and I don’t think there are many houses near hear.”

“Okay then” she said “I should probably get back to my house, I have lots of animals to feed. Sorry.” said Fluttershy.

“Oh, it’s ok. Nice meeting you Fluttershy.”

“It was nice meeting you too, Dr Carousel.”

“Please, just call me Blaze”

She smiled, flying over to where Angel was sitting on the blanket, nibbling the remains of the carrot. She swept him up in her mane and went back into the bushes from where she had appeared minutes earlier, thanking Blaze again for finding Angel.

Blaze turned to Hammy “See, we haven’t even seen our house and we’ve already met one nice pony. I told you moving here was a good idea.” To this Hammy just shrugged and squeaked at him with his mouth full.

“I do NOT like her.” He said, feeling his face go hot “Now hurry up, I want to get to the house soon. We still have to get some proper food from the store, AND move everything in.” He picked up the blanket and basket, chewing on the last morsel of sandwich and thinking back to the conversation he had just had with Fluttershy. She seemed nice, and clearly loved animals. As he put the basket in the back of the wagon, he realised maybe Hammy was right.

On the other hoof, he was only a Guinea Pig.

But a smart one.

Fluttershy moved through the bush towards the hidden path she used for moving animals to their new homes, but stopped when she heard the new pony talking.

“See, we haven’t even seen our house and we’ve already met one nice pony. I told you moving here was a good idea.” After this she heard a small squeak and heard him continue. “I do NOT like her.” She blushed to this. “Now hurry up, I want to get to the house soon. We still have to get some proper food from the store, and move everything in”.

He seemed nice, and he was the only pony she knew other than herself who understood what their pets said.

She smiled at this and began walking back to her house with Angel still in her mane.