The Lonely Zebra

[Zee]

(January 2nd. Open to Zee and the Mane 6 (except Pinkie Pie who's off doing something random) to teach her about the magic of friendship!!)

Zee, the lonely zebra, walked through the market place, head lowered, eyes drooping from behind her glasses. She sighed. Why couldn't she make any friends? It was impossible it seemed for the striped girl to meet anyone she truly wanted to be friends with. She stopped and looked in a window at her reflection.

"Maybe its me,"she whispered, "Maybe I'm too ugly to have friends. Or too unlucky or too...something."

Femme shoot her head and started walking again. "Maybe its because I'm a zebra," she said, "What pony wants to be friends with a zebra? Then again Zecora...what if my special talent is magic like her's is!" Mumbling to herself she didn't notice the footsteps behind her.

[Twilight Sparkle]

The owner of the hoofsteps, a lavender-pelted unicorn pony with a dark indigo mane, looked quizzically at the new arrival to Ponyville. Now Twilight still wasn't the most sociable of ponies, not by a long shot, but she could still remember the way Zecora had been shunned just for being a bit different, and the unicorn didn't want to find that this new Zebra was recieving similar treatment.

"Hey... are you alright?" she eventually spoke up, giving her best attempt at a friendly smile to Zee. "I noticed that you're new here, so just in case no-one else has said it; Welcome to ponyville."

[Rainbow Dash]

It wasn't difficult to see that there weren't many ponies about that day. This irritated Rainbow Dash. While she was glad she had some space all to herself, she was a bit lonely. So she flew down from her home and was making her way through Ponyville. Of course, she was doing so via flight as opposed to walking since it was faster. What she didn't count on as she flew along, though, was spotting Twilight in the presence of an unfamiliar pony. Or... was that a zebra?

Rainbow Dash gradually slowed herself down and eventually landed. Looking Zee over, she could guess that the zebra was new to the area. She'd never seen her around before. Why not be friendly? After all, zebras were no different than other ponies. They were just stripey and came from a different place. "Hey. Don't think I've seen you around before. What's up?" Rainbow Dash asked.

[Zee]

Her ears twitched as she heard Twilight Sparkle's voice come to her ears. Was somepony talking to her? Willingly? She turned her head and saw the purple pelted pony approach her with a greeting. Offering a weak smile, she turned her body full around so she could see the pony before her. "Hi," she said softly, "Yeah I'm new in Ponyville. Just moved here from Manehatten."

Seeing Rainbow Dash gave her a bit of a fright but she calmed down quickly. Femme nodded to the pegasus pony, envious of her wings. Twilight's horn was a source of envy as well. She wished she was special like those ponies were. not just some cutie mark-less critter rooted to the ground without any magic. Her thoughts trailed back to her new companions. "Hello," she greeted to both of them, "My name's Zee."

[Rainbow Dash]

"Zee, huh? Good to meet ya." Rainbow Dash said. It sounded as though the zebra was new to the area. She'd only caught the tail end of Zee's explanation to Twilight that she had just moved there, so that seemed to be more of a clue to that much. "Name's Rainbow Dash. Welcome to Ponyville, Zee!" she said. Even with having to drop out of the sky sooner than she had expected, she was still in a relatively good mood. It was just a little deter. Everything else was still all right. Besides, Rainbow didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a new pony.

"Maybe Twilight and I could show you around?" Rainbow offered. She really didn't have anything better to do. Never mind that the sky probably could have a couple less clouds. Rainbow Dash wanted to do something more interesting than clearing the sky.

[Twilight Sparkle]

Twilight cast a rather pointed glance up at the few present clouds, but didn't say anything on the matter. As much as she thought the pegasus should be putting her job first, the unicorn couldn't deny that Zee looked like she could use all the friends she could get. So instead of telling Rainbow her job right now, Twilight instead addressed the zebra.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." she introduced herself, nodding her agreement to her friend's offer. "Rainbow Dash is right, we'd be happy to show you around... just as soon as she finishes clearing the sky." she couldn't resist adding pointedly. While it wasn't her job like it had been on their first meeting, Twilight still felt that she had a duty of sorts to make sure that Dash did her job when she was supposed to, and the sky was looking somewhat more overcast than it should have right then.

[Zee]

Zee gave a queer look to the unicorn and the pegesus. Clearly she'd been wrong, ponies WOULD interact with zebras. She lifted her maw and tilted her head to the side. "You guys...wanna show me around?" She mused, repeating what they had just said, "That would be nice...I don't know many places in ponyville." Her ears flicked as she smiled at them, a weak smile but a smile none the less. Straight tail swished back and forth as she turned to the girl fully. "Yeah, yeah I'd like that! It's very nice to meet you Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash!"

[Rarity]

Rarity meanwhile had been picking up new threads and cloth for her dresses that she had to make. She was humming a rather happy tune. And then she notices Rainbow Dash and Twilight. "Hello, Rainbow, Hello Twilight, how are you"? She asked and then she notices Zee. Rarity had never seen Zee around before was she related to Zecora probably not. She might as well be very friendly to Zee."Hello there My name is Rarity" Rarity said politely to Zee.

[Zee]

Ears pinned back as she stared behind her glasses at Rarity. Rarity was pretty. Zee bet that the femme got all the guys. Jealousy burned in her chest again. She wished she was that pretty. She titled her head to the side and shuffled her hooves on the ground. Too many ponies were approaching her. It was all too much for her shy psyche.

"Uh...h-hi?" She squeaked.

[Rainbow Dash]

Part of Rainbow Dash wanted to whine about having to clear away the clouds, but she did have to laugh just a little at the jab from Twilight. Lazy pegasus might have been lazy, but after a jab like that there was no way she couldn't at least get it done. "Okay, no sweat. I'll have this done in no time." Rainbow Dash said. "Be right back!"

And with that, the rainbow-maned gal shot up into the air and began to fly up toward the clouds that remained. One after another the clouds dissipated into fluffy particles. It was, by no means, elegant work but it wasn't something Rainbow wanted to put much effort into making look good. The process of clearing away clouds wasn't meant to be elegant, anyway. She was just doing the job she had been procrastinating on. Soon enough, though, the blue pegasus had finished. "Done!" Rainbow Dash called.

She dropped down to the ground again and flashed a typical, arrogant grin to those present. "Like I said. No sweat." she said. It was then that Rainbow noticed that Rarity had joined them. "Oh, hey Rarity. Zee, this is another friend of ours. She's like... some kind of fashion expert or something." Rainbow said.