Rainbow Dash quickly finished the rest of her breakfast and gave her mane a quick brush, but not too much.

She took a look at her weather schedule, and looked under today's date.

"Hm, sunny skies today." she said to herself. "I'd better get a move on, don't wanna keep them waiting."

She walked over to her front door and placed a hoof on the doorknob. She gave it a slight turn and a push, swinging the door wide open. She gazed out across Ponyville, the dark swirl of grey clouds shadowing the town. She didn't like it when it was overcast, it was so grey and pointless, unlike the beautiful azure sky.

Scanning the sky, she saw that the clouds began to thin out around the edge of town, only a few clouds hanging over her house.

She took a single step outside and spread out her wings. She kneeled down, ready to soar into the sky, but stopped when she caught something in her vision. She looked up, and saw something small and orange in the sky, floating down towards her.

She eyed the object which had so easily gotten her attention as it fell. At first, she couldn't tell what it was, it looked sort of like a tuft of fur. However once it was close enough, she could tell what is was. It was an orange feather, falling from a large cloud overhanging her house.

She stared at it as it floated past her face and landed perfectly on the doorstep in front of her. She lowered her head and observed it closely, disregarding her job to clear the sky. As the wind began to pick up slightly, she stepped on the feather to stop it from blowing away.

She picked it up and held it to her face. She didn't know why she found it so interesting; it looked just like an ordinary feather. She looked back up to the cloud of which it had fallen from. Her curiosity quickly infused her, so she placed the feather inside on a shelf and began flying up to the cloud, eager to discover where the feather had come from.

Upon landing in the cloud, she immediately saw what, or more correctly who, had dropped the feather. It was an orange pegasus, who was holding a map in her hooves, looking quite confused. Rainbow Dash thought it was Spitfire for a moment, but quickly remembered that Spitfire had a yellow coat, not an orange one. The pegasus was so busy looking at the large sheet of paper that she hadn't noticed Rainbow Dash.

"Uh, can I help you?" Rainbow Dash asked.

The pegasus turned to her. "Oh, hello." she said monotonically. She turned back to her map and studied it, rotating it slightly. "I'm looking for Ponyville. Do you know which direction it's in?"

"Yeah, that's it down there." she replied, pointing to the town below.

The pegasus lowered the map and looked down towards the small town that she was pointing to. "Huh. I can't believe I hadn't noticed that." She looked back at Rainbow Dash. "I'm Amber, by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Amber." she said, giving her a smile. "So why are you going to Ponyville?"

Amber used her mouth to open up one of her saddlebags and pulled out a letter. "I came from Cloudsdale." She looked at the letter closely. "Do you know a pony named Rainbow Dash?"

"Yeah, that's me..." she said, wondering why she was trying to find her. "Why?"

"Really? You're Rainbow Dash?" Amber showed her the letter. "I'm the new weather pony in Ponyville and I was told to come see you."

"Hm, a coworker?" Rainbow Dash asked with a grin. "Awesome! How about you show me what you've got by helping me clear Ponyville?"

Amber stuffed the letter and map back into her bag. "Uh, are you sure?" she said nervously. "I mean, I haven't even gotten to Ponyville yet."

"Yeah, why not? Come on, I'll help you." Rainbow Dash said, lowering her stance and spreading her wings. "I can clear this sky by myself in ten seconds flat."

"Well, I guess I can help you out a little..."

Rainbow Dash grinned and lifted up into the air. "You ready?"

"Yeah..." Amber said, also hovering above the cloud. "I'm ready."

"Then let's go!"

Rainbow Dash shot like a rocket straight towards Ponyville, Amber flying not too far behind. She flew through the gloomy swirl of the cloud layer above the town, leaving a single streak of blue sky behind her.

She flew back around and cleared another row of clouds, the ponies on the ground looking up as they saw the beautiful sunlight shining through the gap between the grey. She curved her wings up slightly, sending her flying up above the clouds. From here she could see Amber, also slicing through the clouds.

"Hm, she's not bad..." Rainbow Dash thought to herself. "She'll be useful..." Rainbow Dash closed her wings, and dived back towards to the clouds. Once she had reached them, she spread her wings out again, slicing through the clouds once more.

"So where will you be staying while you're in Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash asked as she look a bite of her sandwich. She and Amber were getting some lunch at the café.

"Oh, that's my house there." she said, pointing her hoof to a nearby house which was formerly empty.

"Oh, okay. You live next door to Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon. They're pretty nice."

"Well, I'll be sure to say to hi to them later."

Rainbow Dash took another bite of her sandwich. She looked behind her, and saw a very familiar pink pony bouncing towards them. "Uh oh..."

"Hi Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie called out as she got closer. "Whatcha doing?"

"Hi, Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash said, rolling her eyes.

"Hey Rainbow Dash. Having some lunch?" She looked down at her sandwich, and then to Amber. "Ooh, who's this? I've never seen you before!"

"Hi, I'm Amber. I'm new here." she said with a smile.

"Ooh, yay! I love new friends!" She excitedly shook her hoof. "Nice to meet you, Amber. I'm Pinkie Pie!"

"Well, nice to meet you too, Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie had a huge grin on her face, which seemed to stretch from ear to ear. "Since you're new, I'm gonna throw you a huge party to welcome you to Ponyville. It'll be great fun!"

"Oh, that won't be neces-"

Before Amber had a chance to finish her sentence, Pinkie Pie whizzed off down the street again at full speed.

"Uh, she's very... ecstatic..." Amber said with a confused smile.

"Yeah, you'll get used to it... Hopefully..." Rainbow Dash replied with a smirk. Suddenly, she had an idea. "Hey, why don't I introduce you to some of my other friends?"

"Um, other friends?"

"Don't worry, they're not all crazy party ponies like Pinkie Pie. They're really nice."

"Well, okay. Why not?"

Rainbow Dash knocked on the door of Twilight Sparkle's library, and the purple unicorn quickly opened it. At first, she almost didn't notice Amber.

"Hello Rainbow Dash." Twilight said. She looked at Amber, who was standing next to her. "And who's this?"

"This here's Amber, she new in town." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Well, it's a pleasure making your acquaintance. I'm Twilight Sparkle. I hope you enjoy living here." she said, smiling.

"Nice to meet you too, Twilight." Amber said, giving her a short smile.

Twilight stepped aside slightly and pointed her hoof back inside. "Would you like to come in?" she offered kindly.

"Actually, Twilight," Rainbow Dash said before Amber had a chance to respond. "I was just showing her around town. Maybe some other time, okay?"

"Yeah, okay. But you're always welcome to swing by for a chat or something."

"Okay, thank you, Twilight." she said as she and Rainbow Dash began to walk away. "I'll see you later, bye."

"Hey, Rainbow Dash." Applejack said as she bucked yet another apple tree, causing the apples on the branches to fall into baskets below. "Who's ya friend?"

"The names Amber." Amber replied with a smile.

"Well howdy, it's a pleasure meetin' ya! I'm Applejack." she said, happily shaking her hoof. "This here is Sweet Apple Acres, finest apple farm in all of Equestria. Why don't you try one?"

Applejack grabbed a bright red apple out of one of the baskets and tossed it to Amber. She grabbed it and took a big bite.

"Mm... That's good." she said as she chewed and swallowed. "Sweetest apple I've ever eaten."

"Thanks." Applejack said with a warm smile. "You should try our apple pies, they're mighty tasty."

"Rarity? You in?" Rainbow Dash asked as she and Amber walked through the door of Carousel Boutique. "I've got someone I'd like you to meet." She looked around, and couldn't see Rarity anywhere. "Uh, Rarity?"

The room was silent, Rarity most likely wasn't home. But Rainbow Dash wasn't sure why the door was unlocked then.

"Maybe we should come back later..." Amber suggested.

"Yeah, I don't think she's home." Rainbow Dash said, turning back to the door.

Rainbow Dash pulled the door back open, and was about to leave when she heard small 'bang' noise coming from upstairs. They looked at each other confusedly, and walked back into the main room.

"Rarity?" Rainbow Dash called out again, a little louder this time.

"Hello? Is someone there?" a voice called back, which Rainbow Dash could tell was Rarity's.

"Yeah, it's me, Rainbow Dash."

"Oh, Rainbow Dash. Just a second, I'll be down in a moment."

Rainbow Dash sighed, and she and Amber sat down on Rarity's lounge. A minute or so passed, before they heard Rarity's upstairs door open and saw her trot cheerfully down the stairs.

"Good afternoon, Rainbow Dash." She was wearing a dress which was decorated with all sorts of jewels. "How does my new dress look? Fabulous, isn't it?" she said, striking a pose. "I just finished it then."

"Uh, yeah... It's great." Rainbow Dash said. "But I came over to introduce you to my new friend, Amber."

Rarity looked over to the couch were she sat and saw the orange pegasus. "A new pony? How wonderful!" she said with a grin. "I haven't had a pony to model for me for a while."

"Rarity!" Rainbow Dash said, disapproving the idea. "Amber's not modelling for you, you can't do that with every new pony you meet!"

"Yeah, sorry, Rarity." Amber said, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm not really the type of pony for that."

"Hm, okay..." Rarity said, frowning. "Mannequins are good, but they don't work like a real pony."

"There's one more pony I need you to meet." Rainbow Dash said to Amber as the pair walked up the path towards Fluttershy's cottage. "My friend Fluttershy, she used to live in Cloudesdale as well."

They walked over the small bridge outside the cottage and up to the door.

"Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked, knocking. "Can you open the door please?"

They stood there for a moment, before the door opened, but it wasn't Fluttershy. Rather, it was Angel.

"Hi, Angel." Rainbow Dash said with an agitated frown. She didn't particularly like Angel. "Is Fluttershy home?"

Angel pointed inside, signalling towards the next room. Rainbow Dash and Amber walked passed him and into the lounge room.

Once they were in the room, they saw Fluttershy sitting on the couch, reading and eating a bowl of hay.

"Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Fluttershy jolted her head to the doorway in fright. "Oh, Rainbow Dash, you scared me." She lowered the book and closed it in her lap. "Can I help you?"

"I just wanted to introduce you to my new friend, Amber." She ushered Amber forward towards Fluttershy.

"Uh, hi Fluttershy. Nice to meet you." Amber said with a smile, extending her leg towards her for a hoofshake.

Fluttershy looked down timidly, trying to ignore Amber's welcoming hoof. "Uh, um..." she mumbled shyly. "Hello..."

"Uh, okay..." Amber said, awkwardly retracting her leg. She turned to Rainbow Dash unsurely.

"Oh Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash chuckled. "You're way too shy."

Fluttershy looked back up sheepishly and sighed. "I'm sorry, Amber." She apologetically offered a hoofshake in return. "It's nice to meet you too."

"That's more like it." Rainbow Dash said, grinning.

"There's not really much more to say." Rainbow Dash said to Amber as they walked down the street, the sun had almost vanished over the horizon. The street was mostly barren of ponies, many of them had already gone home. "Have you got a weather schedule yet?"

"No, not yet." Amber said as they approached her house.

"Okay, I'll get you one and give it to you, sometime this week. It's going to be raining on Tuesday, and then we clear those clouds away on Thursday."

"Okay, I'll write that down somewhere until you get me a schedule."

Amber got her new keys out of her saddlebag, and proceeded to unlock the door.

"I'll see you later then?" Rainbow Dash asked as Amber walked in and set her bags down beside the door.

"Okay, see you later, Rainbow Dash." Amber said, shutting the door as Rainbow Dash began to walk away.

"See ya Amber."