Para: Love at First Sight

"Never again!" Perry growled to himself, getting up from the pile of trash bags he fell into. The endlessly-grinning Mechanical was recently shot out of Ogo's homemade cannon, and now, he was angrier than ever; "Never again!" he repeated, hastily dusting himself off. His eyes scanned his surroundings; judging by the dark atmosphere, old buildings, and rusted lampposts, he was in the bad neighborhood. Perry decided to take a walk back to his apartment to clear his head; thankfully, the bad neighborhood was empty, but he still grew concerned about his safety. "I hope nothing's gonna pounce on me." he thought to himself.

Soon, a shadow cut across the sky, catching Perry off-guard; "What the-...?" Perry gasped softly, his eyes widening in surprise. The shadow intrigued him, and he slowly followed it; as he grew closer, he could hear the faint sound of horse's hooves clopping on the ground, "Clippity-clop, clippity-clop." Perry got closer to the strange figure, and once the figure stopped on top of a brick wall, he got a clear view of what it was: it was equine in structure, and Perry knew that it was a pony, but he grew a little fascinated by how this particular pony looked. The pony's mane was neatly tied back in a ponytail (quite ironically), the tail was rather neatly kept, as well, the pony, itself, had wings on its back (which classified it as a pegasus), and it kept a calm composure. "Whoa..." Perry gasped softly. The pegasus took off running again, and once again, Perry followed, keeping as quiet as he could.

The pegasus stopped in front of an old, abandoned, vine-covered blimp factory, and flew up to the roof, while Perry climbed a ladder up to the same roof. But when he got up to the top, his claw grabbed the stem of a red rose that was growing from the roof; at the same time the strange pegasus grabbed the same rose in its mouth. Right there, Perry finally saw what the pegasus's face looked like: the pegasus was a mare, had a black mane and tail, its body was a muddy brown color, and the eyes weren't what Perry expected; they weren't pink, blue, or even lavender, they were merely a plain brown color; all in all, the pegasus was beautiful. Perry was dazed at the sight of her, but the strange pegasus was equally surprised; Perry was glad that the pegasus didn't go crazy like that Pinkie Pie did, before, and he, himself, felt a real smile come to his face.

Soon, the roof beneath the pegasus gave way, making her fall in; she held onto the roof with her hoof, but she let go of the rose. Perry held the rose in his claw, and he knew that the pegasus could easily fly back up, but he decided to help her up, himself; he held out his claw, and beckoned for her to grab on. She took his claw, and Perry pulled her up; unfortunately, he slipped, and nearly fell backward, but he stopped, and found the pegasus clinging onto him. The strange pegasus looked up at the orange Mechanical with her big, brown eyes, and quickly pulled away from him.

"Um," she began in an embarrassed tone of voice. "I'll bet you're wondering what I'm doing the roof of your factory; "It's just that, well, I thought everyone left." she blushed.
"Uh, they did," Perry replied. "I mean, I-I don't work here."
"Oh! Oh, good," the pegasus sighed in relief. "Because I was meaning to get that rose."
"Oh, this old thing?" Perry asked, holding the rose up. The pegasus only nodded in response. "I don't know, babe," Perry chuckled in a cocky manner, smelling the rose. "I think I better keep it.
"Huh?" the pegasus asked. "But I saw it first, so why don't you, uh, hand it over?"
"Well, I grabbed it first." Perry chuckled again. "And possession is 9/10 of the law, you know. "But, if you want it," he smirked. "Come and get it."
"As you like it!" the pegasus replied, stomping one hoof down, making the skylight move up at one end, and knocking the rose out of Perry's claw. "Thank you!" she chuckled, grabbing the rose in her teeth again.

Just then, the roof gave way, again, and the pegasus fell through; luckily, Perry caught the rose, and the mare, both. "Not a bad factory, huh?" he asked casually.
"Oh yeah, you should see it from this angle!" the pegasus chuckled, clinging onto the decaying skylight.
"What, and miss this view?" Perry chuckled back. The pegasus pulled Perry through the hole in the roof, and inside the empty factory; this time, Perry was clinging to the roof, while the pegasus grabbed the rose back, and began walking along the rusted walkways. Perry jumped down onto the same walkway, making the pegasus jump in surprise, and release the rose. "Who's your pony?" he asked in a cocky manner, catching the rose, once more.
"'Who's your pony'?" the pegasus chuckled, finding Perry's cockiness amusing; the walkway broke apart, the pegasus caught the rose, and Perry nearly fell. "Who's your pony, now?" the pegasus asked, tossing him a rope to pull him up.

The two kept chasing each other, each taking the rose from the other, and finally reached the ground level. Perry had the rose, this time, as the two ran outside, again; soon, they both had a grip on the delicate flower, but they both stopped, and looked into each other's eyes. "I'm Perry." Perry slowly introduced himself.
"Sara." the pegasus replied, gazing at the Mechanical with half-closed eyes. Perry was amazed; Sara didn't even mention his perpetual grin, and he liked it. He wondered if Sara even noticed Perry's smile, but that didn't matter, now; Perry was in love.