As the day continued onwards, two mare walked together down the rather busy sidewalk heading downtown. The one mare was the familiar with the deep red coat, while the one that walked next to her had a sky blue coat, pink eyes, and a mix of a purple mane with a bright orange tail. The red coated mare walked with her head slightly lowered, as if thinking hard; while the other mare looked over at her and softly smiled.

"Were you able to get his name at least?" She asked her friend, her voice soft and sweet while her expression was truly curious. When her friend shook her head, the sky blue mare softly sighed, then looked forward. "Do you remember what he looked like at least, Pepper?" She asked her friend, known as Pepper Leaf, and her cuite mark being a few of them together to show her love of cooking strange foods.

Pepper then looked up a little, the same soft eyes that she had before was there; clear as day. "You ask a lot of questions sometimes, Archena." She said back to her friend in a soft tone of voice. Archena slightly gave a pout to that response, thinking she was asking perfectly find questions. As they continued to walk, Pepper continued. "He had a white coat, bright orange eyes; about as bright as your tail, orange and red stripped short mane and tail, and he was rather tall--"

Before she could finish her sentence, Archena interrupted her abruptly. "Whoa, whoa, wait! Are you talking about Sol; Solfire?!" She asked in rather amazement. Sure, Solfire moved a lot around the town, but the chances of one of her friends bumping into another one without it being on purpose and her being there to introduce one another; it just astounded her.

Pepper quickly looked over at Archena as she made her statement. "Do my description of the young stallion I ran into trigger a resemblance with this Solfire character?" She genuinely asked Archena. If she was about to find some information that could help lead her to the stallion once more, she would take it, but she wouldn't show any reaction that would give away her true intentions.

"Resemblance? You basically described him down to the correct style of his mane and tail. There's no mistaking him. I just think that it's kind of cool you got to meet him." She said with a soft smile. Pepper continued to look at Archena with a slightly raised eyebrow, then looked forward again.

The two didn't say much of anything after that, but then Archena spoke up again. "You know, I have a meeting with the Bit Trotters. Sol should be there as well." She began to state, then continued. "Tell you what, how about you come with me to the meeting and see if Solfire is the one you saw earlier. It's going to be amazing if he is!" She said with slight excitement; a reaction Pepper did not share with her at the moment.

Nonetheless, Pepper gave the idea a thought, then nodded to Archena. "Very well then, I shall come along. I don't believe I had anything else planned today. If nothing else, I can finally get to see what this little group of yours is all about." She said back to her friend, who in returned slightly rolled her eyes.

"It's nothing extremely fancy, yet it does make bits, and lots of it; so I'm not really complaining about it too much." She said to Pepper.

Pepper Leaf looked at her for a moment, then looked forward again as they continued down the sidewalk, saying nothing more.

It didn't take long before the two were now standing in front of the building with a sign above the door that read 'The Travelers.' Archena looked up and smile softly. "Well, here we are." She said to Pepper before she walked over and opened the door up, revealing the inside as what looked to be a shipping warehouse kind of building. Pepper looked all within the building as she stepped in and had a look of amazement on her face. "Wooow~, and you said this wasn't anything fancy." She commented to Archena.

"Heh, well I meant we were not some lounge-around club or anything like that." Archena further explained herself as they walked towards the center of the room where other members were gathered.

"Alright, settle down everypony!" A strong feminine voice said in the center of the crowd. "We have plenty of jobs for all of you, and then some! Just wait your turn and you'll know what your duty will be for the coming month!" The mare continued as some of the other ponies whispered amongst each other.

Pepper blinked her eyes a few times, then looked over at Archena. "A whole month? That will be the longest you've been away. Why so long though?" She asked her friendly worriedly. Archena herself looked slightly confused. There was truth to Pepper's words.

As Archena got her cart together with items she thought she would be able to easily sell. Pepper helped out as much as she could, then noticed the mare in charge trotting to each caravan, giving the owners each a destination. She finally made it over to Archena, but instead of just telling them where to go, a question formed. "Do you know where Solfire is?" She asked her.

Archena looked at the mare, then shook her head. "No miss Dreadhoof, I do not." She simply replied. She could hear the sigh coming from under the mare's breath. "If Sol is late again, I'll have to drop him. He's a great trader, but I can not have unreliable ponies here." She said, then looked over at the red coat mare. "I don't believe you're an employee here. What is you're name?"

"My name is Pepper Leaf." Pepper said in quick response. Dread lifted an eyebrow for a second, then nodded. "Pleasure to meet you, Pepper, and welcome to The Travelers. Are you here to become a new trader?" She asked her. Pepper tilted her head, then looked over at Archena. To her surprise, Arch looked slightly thrilled.

"Pepper, you should defiantly become a travel assistant! We would be able to see each other even if I'm sent out on a run, because you'll be there!" Archena said happily with a big smile. Dreadhoof nodded, then added in. "Not only that, but you will be paid for every run; not that whole every now and again deal that other business do."

Pepper thought on what both ponies were saying for a moment. It seemed like a good idea; not just because of the bits, but to see her friend more often. With a smile, she nodded. "Yes, I would like to be a trader." She said softly. Archena smiled happily as Dreadhoof nodded as well. Before anything else was said, the sound of doors being flung open capture almost every pony's attention. At the entrance stood a white coat stallion with red and orange layered mane and tail. Pepper looked in the direction and saw the stallion, seeing it was the same one she ran into earlier today. "It's... him." She said in surprise. She wasn't sure if Archena was right at first when she asked if it was someone that worked here, but now that she saw him; fate was a funny thing.

The young stallion took a few deep breaths, then looked up and over where Dreadhoof was at. "I'm here miss Dreadhoof! I'm sorry for being late again." He said while still catching his breath. He then saw Pepper and instantly remembered her from earlier as well. 'It's her! She works here?' He thought to himself as he stood there for a moment longer, his breath catching back up to him again as he stared. The two noticed that they were staring at one another and slightly looked away at the same time. How would this play out?

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