It didn’t seem like her mother would be wrapping up her chat anytime soon so Velvet sighed and found a nearby spot under a tree.  There, she took a seat and sulked.  She understood that this event was important to her mother since it was the first time she’d been able to see her friends in a long time, but not having anyone to talk to was kind of lonely.  Of course, making new friends was out of the question.  No way did Velvet have the nerve to approach someone on her own.

If only her brother was here.  He’d look after her.  Where was he anyway?  Dad had stayed at home to wait for some furniture to be delivered to the new house, but Diamond Charm should be here by now.  Did he get delayed or something?  What if something bad happened?

As Velvet was running worst case scenarios through her head, a brown filly with poofy black hair approached her.  “Hey there!” the filly said energetically, spooking Velvet out of her thoughts.  “You’re new, right?  Because I know every pony my age around here, but I don’t know you!  I’m S’more!  What’s your name?”

Velvet frowned and averted her gaze, not sure how she should respond.  She just needed to give the filly her name, right?

“You’re kind of shy, aren’t you?  That’s okay.  I can just give you a temporary name for now.  Let’s see, to me, you look kind of like a…”

“V-velvet,” Velvet finally managed with a stutter.

“Huh?  Did you say something?”

“My name…  It’s Velvet Fashion.”

“Oh, I see!” S’more grinned, “well, it’s nice to meet you, Velvet.  We’re going to be best friends starting today, okay?”

“O-okay,” Velvet said, a bit surprised at herself.  No way it was that easy to make a best friend, right?  Still, she supposed it couldn’t hurt to tag along with S’more for a little while.  What was the worst that could happen?

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Blurb Summary:

Velvet was off on her own, so S’more approached her and dubbed her Velvet her new best friend.

Side Notes:

Gah!  Sorry for the long, unannounced break.  Holidays, you know?  Anyway, I don’t think anyone was waiting with baited breath or anything so it should be okay, right? OTL  Anyway, with these two introduced that’s the last of the ponies we need I need to introduce for the first episode!  We should be able to finally move on to some more interesting stuff!