Chapters Chapter 1
Maybe thats all you need
Chapter 1 – Maybe it’s...
The beds tangled covers let in some cool air that almost stings against the parts of your body that are still nice warm. But the thought of just moving your body under the covers does not even cross your mind.
Your two front legs still are draped across the sleeping mare who resides silently against your body, so really moving any part of yourself would wake her up. Its kind of funny how this bed is much bigger than the one at the library but yet you two are crowded next to each other in the center.
You give a light sigh as you stare at the various shades of purple mane that lay only inches away from your face like you have done for the last few minutes since your thoughts about yesterday brought you awake.
The thought still bounces in your head as you look over the still slightly dark burnt like color on your leg that rest in contrast to the lavender coat. How can I have any magic if i'm not a unicorn? You may not know a lot about magic but you know the idea of a non-unicorn pony with magic must be pretty rare.
A smile across your face as you think a little more, oh ya I forgot i'm a super pony library hu-man thing.
You take in a long deep breath as you let those words again settle into you like they have for the last few days, not knowing anything about a life you once lived is almost a scary thing, just the fact that you can do so much and have nothing left but feelings and shady images... You give a slight chuckle to yourself as you think further, its a little worse when just getting emotion will cause a bolt of green burny stuff to fly from your body...er face.
Your stomach gives a low rumble that breaks you free of your thinking dazy, why did I forget to eat last night?
Twilight sleepily moves her back from your stomach's rumbling call. Her body movement brings a small crack of cold air against your body as she moves away...oh ya. You give a slight blushed cheeked smile as you poke your muzzle into her purple web of unbrushed hair. Note to self don't step on Twilight's dress...wherever it is.
But your new found complacency is brought to an end as the silent room plays as a microphone to your rumbling stomach call ...Oh man...i'm hungry.
A faint giggle escapes the lavender pony as she starts to stir, "You to?"
"We should have gotten a pizza..." You give a yawning sight as Twilight's moving starts to increase.
You move your legs from her as she turns her face towards you, "Hows your side?"
She moves her hoof over the bald spot on your leg slowly as she waits for your answer. Your muscles in the leg tense its still a bit sensitive but it doesn't bother you as much. You poke at her nose with your hoof as you talk, "Fine."
"Good, then you can carry the bag." With another giggle and a rock of the bed Twilight sits herself up and rubs her eyes with her hooves in a yawn, "...Lets get ready."
You roll your eyes to the thought of carrying the bag, she should have asked hows my mouth.
Twilight stretches her legs out as she stands on the outside of the bed, "Ugh, my back hurts..." She pokes her hoof back to the mattress as she talks, "...You know for a royal sweet its not very comfortable."
Her voice picks up as she holds her hoof out to you, "Don't let me forget to send that letter to Celestia, she needs to know about Blue Bloods antics."
You nod your head as you think that over for a moment, or I could just kick his face in...
Twilight's horn glows a low purple as the satchel sitting on the nearby counter comes floating over to her, "Ok well lets get ready..." She looks down as her ruffled dress comes lofting up to the same height of the purple satchel, "...Theres no telling when they will decide to teleport us out of here."
She floats her things towards the bathroom as she follows behind them.
Give a chuckle as you lazily put your head back on the pillow while thinking, jokes on you all I got is a tooth brush. You hear the faucet cut on from inside the bathroom and you pick your head up to the closing door, ...and a cold bath.
You plop your head back down to the pillow as you give a sigh and close your eyes not because you're tired but so that you can prolong the slow morning just a little bit longer. Your mind sets on ease and you attempt to do your own memory searching as you think over one of Twilight's comments from yesterday. "..When I was a filly me and my brother would sit on the balcony and pretend we live in the castle." You hold the words as you try to think over a name, but only two come to mind and either bacon or sausage sound correct.
Its really a shame that we have to leave early thinking here is a lot easier than back at the library. All in all this was one of the better vacations you've been on...or at least from what you have been told. You move your leg back under the covers but it hits your legs soft spot against the abrasive covers to fast and you end up kick the cover off of you leaving your body no longer in its partially warm cocoon.
Your stomach starts to rumble again as you lay in the bed cover less, do I really need to take a bath? You look over your matted fur and tangled strains of mane that fall in front of your eye, Your fur also has a sweaty musky smell to it and overall your assignment of other areas bring only one thought to your head... I hope Twilight doesn't take too long.
End of chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 – Better cold
"Come on Violet here comes the train..." Night light holds a fading smile as he again tries to bring the spoon of apple sauce to the little fillies mouth.
The little filly pauses her biting on the blue rattle for a moment as she stares at the blue stallion's third attempt at the failed train trick. Violet's baby like O face is brought to a smile as her free hoof knocks the spoon back to the stallions mouth.
Velvet lets out a loud laugh as she looks over the apple sauce covered coat and face of the blue stallion, "Um...Maybe you should stand? At least this way you won't get it all over you."
Night light's straight faced smile is directed to the little purple filly who in return shows the stallion a happy smile from behind the blue rattle.
He squints at her smile trying not to let his faked sternness falter at the fillies innocent stare.
Velvet gives another slight giggle from her spot on the couch as she stands up, "Maybe shes not hungry?"
Night Light places the spoon back into the jar sitting next to him on the ground as he gives a little chuckle, "Nonsense, Twilight gets up earlier than this. Of course Violet would eat around this time." He pulls another spoonful of applesauce out of the jar as he looks back to the filly in determination.
Violet holds the rattle in both hooves in a motionless stare to the raising spoon. Her blue eyes trace the spoon as it raise in the stallions hoof.
"...Ok Violet say awww."
Violet stare’s a little confused to the stallion's terrible baby like voice as she takes the drool covered rattle from her mouth.
Night Lights smile widens as he slowly moves the spoon back to the filly.
But before the spoon gets close to its designated stop Violet bangs her blue rattle at the spoon causing it to drop from Night lights grip and clang on the floor. Violet gives a happy wheezing sound as she wiggles her hooves to the blue stallion.
With a sigh Night Light picks the spoon off the ground, "Fine, you win...Velvet your turn."
The blue stallion stands from his spot as Velvet trots over with a freshly warmed bottle of milk.
Velvet takes Violet's weapon of spoon destruction as she trades the filly for the bottle. The light purple filly happily wraps her hooves around the bottle as she stares to the defeated stallion.
"See told you." Velvet gives a closed eyed smile as she pets at Violets small mane, "Oh, honey could you go get her brush?"
Night light nods his head in defeat to the victorious filly as he answers Velvet, "Yes dear..."
(Back at Fantaisie Gras)
The early morning sun has just started to creep over the tall line of white marble buildings surround the outside dining terrace of fantaisie gras. You shift your eyes around the second story view as you try to take in the sight of the city being drenched in early morning's gold rays.
"This is the first city in Equestria to wake up..."
You turn your eyes away from the city as you look to the yawning lavender mare in front of you, "Because its so high up?"
Her horn glows a low purple as her tea cup floats up to her, "No, because Celestia raised it from here."
You let out a little chuckle to her comment, "Ok, so tell me how does that work anyways?"
Twilight gives a little giggle as she floats the still steaming cup of tea towards you. The low chiming of the cup makes your ears perk up as you watch the cup start to gravitate around your head. Twilight's voice is a low calm voice as she talks,
"...Magic any and all forums are just feelings..."
You drift your eyes from the cup that moves around you and you look over her happy expression.
"...and these feelings when used by a unicorn properly can be manipulated into anything the user wants or thinks."
You give a smile at how happy her explanation has made her and you instinctively drag the conversation on as you ask another question, "How?"
Twilight's voice picks up a little as her eyes focus back on yours, "Oh that's easy, unicorns turn the thoughts and feelings into telepathic waves which we use to bind onto an object to do what we want with them..."
You start to lose your smile as you try to listen to her increasingly confusing explanation.
Her hoof comes up to her chest as her voice picks up in a know it all tone, "...Now some magic like combat magic is more emotion based and is not necessarily about binding a thought onto something but more on just using your thoughts and concentrating to make them real..."
Your smile has faded as you just nod your head trying to keep up with her.
Her eyes start to sparkle with her knowledge as she continues on her rant, "Now pony magic as I am sure you are aware is generated from happy feelings or actions. Like talking, parties, having any kind of fun, or anything that sparks a release of endorphins like Oxytocin or Serotonin..." Her face blushes a little as she realize your blanked out stare.
"Sorry...I may have gotten carried away."
The cup of tea that was only moments ago spinning around your head now slowly floats back to the table.
You smile at her as you give a light hearted chuckle, "Twilight its ok it was kind of...cool."
She nods her head in a smile as she fiddles with her cup, "I forgot you don't remember."
"Hey..."
Twilight picks her head up from the cup as she looks at you.
"So how did I get to use magic anyways?"
She stares at you for a moment, "I thought you just wanted to relax while we're here?"
You give a little laugh at her comment as you talk, "Well I mean where getting kicked out because of magic and I don't even know how its possible I can do magic so..." You hold your hoofs up waiting for her to talk as you break from your words.
Twilight's earlier smile comes back over her face as she talks, "Well human magic..."
Your body still cringes at the word but you push past it as you listen to her.
"...Is different than pony magic, its not just created by love and toleration like ours. It can be generated just by a heavy emotion, and with a much larger effect to."
You listen to her words as your spine starts to shake a little, "So I really do have to watch how I feel?"
Twilight nods as she clears her throat, "yes, but after you saw how the magic reacts you seemed to be able to control it very well." She gives a little giggle to her words as she continues, "...you know its funny how..."
"Your food madam and misure..."
You and Twilight both break your conversation as you look to the light amber unicorn stallion. He has a slight discomfort look to him as he sets your food down. You can't help but smile as he put your plate in front of you, he probably should be a little freaked out after seeing an earth pony do magic...Note to self librarian human thing....still a badass.
You bring your plate closer to you as you take the aroma into your nose which starts the waterfall in your mouth...fuck ya....pizza.
Before you bring your hoof to a hot piece Twilight's voice stops you.
"We'll talk about it later ok?"
You nod your head to her as you reach your hoof to the first slice of cheesy heaven.
End of chapter 2
Chapter 3 – How about now?
You don't bring your head up from your coat as you give another sigh thinking over your stupidity only a little while ago, don't wait brain says....the cheese is settled brain says.... You stare at the still slightly matted cheesy fur of your chest as you walk behind Twilight, next time i'm not even going to bother with a bath...
"Ugh, are you sure?"
Twilight gives a giggle to your third time asking as her pace down the road does not slow, "Yes, your coat does not smell like cheese ok?"
You kick your leg up to adjust the sliding satchel as you try to pick your pace up to bring you next to Twilight.
Your two story destination is only a few steps from you now and you can't help but give a sigh, knowing that your vacation was cut to short.
"Ok so one more time what are my parents names?" Twilight turns her head to you as she waits for your response.
You nod your head as you answer, "Night Light and Velvet..."
She smiles as she turns back, "Good."
As you reach the door she holds her hoof up to you, "Ok, so Night Light should be home...try and be nice."
You try to hold your smile as you think over her words, why would I not be nice?
With a knock of the door you and Twilight wait for a moment until the door is opened by white mare from yesterday.
Velvet blinks at you two a little confused as she talks, "Twilight? Why are you back today? Did something happen?"
Twilight gives a little shrug as she talks, "Well...ya kind of."
Velvet losses her smile a little as she brings her hoof to her chest and talks in a stern feminine voice, "Twilight you're not pregnant again are you?"
"What? No no no, we were very careful..." Twilight tries to cover her comment up with a quickly laugh and change of tone as she talks, "....I mean I should go and check on Violet." Twilight gives her an embarrassed laugh as she ducks away from her mother's stare.
Velvet's eyes are a little wide to what her daughter's comment was so you give a forced smile as you walk around her, "Um...it was a nice vacation..." Velvet's eyes stay at their surprised width but now focused on you.
You nod your head as you quickly dart into the next room after Twilight, note to self never try talking again.
As you and Twilight both stand in the living room you bring your eyes to the smiling blue stallion who is playing a game of peek a boo with Violet. But his smile and game are quickly brought to an end as the little filly jumps from her spot on the ground and happily gives a hopping gallop over to where you and Twilight are.
"Hey honey..." Twilight sits back side to the ground as she holds her front legs open to the little fillies gallop. A few heavy wheezing sounds escape the little filly as her tail happily wiggles around her diaper.
Your brought from your gaze of the filly as the blue stallion stares at you two scrambling to stand on his hooves, "OH Twilight? Wh-why are you back so early." He clears his throat as he tries to take on a more manly voice, "...I uh I thought you two would be gone for a few days."
Velvet makes her way from behind you two her face no longer in a shocked expression. Although you can't really tell seeing as how she is avoiding eye contact.
Twilight looks up from the filly nuzzling her coat as she talks, "Well we kind of got kicked out."
The blue stallion's slight smile has now been cut from his face as he looks at you, "Oh really?"
Twilight clears her throat as she talks, "Yes, Blue blood and um...well there was kind of a fight and we were told to leave."
Velvet now stands at Night lights side as he thinks over Twilight's words, "So...you just happened to get into a fight with a prince hu?"
You listen to his voice that is starting to take on a heavy doubting tone you don't know why but his light orange eyed gaze has not moved from you since you entered the room and you're starting to feel like he is already judging you even though you have not even meet him before.
"No, Blue blood said some things that ..."
Night Light cuts off Twilight as he talks in a low but doubt building voice, "Oh no i'm sure there was a good reason why he attacked prince Blue blood."
You try to hold a smile as you think of something to say luckily Twilight talks before you can fail at speech again, "What no, Blue blood..."
"Yes the prince Blue blood was the problem I understand." Night Light again talks over Twilight in sarcastic voice trying to emphasize his words..
You feel your words start to come out of you with a building annoyance to how this stallion has not let Twilight say even one word yet, "Hey I..."
But your voice is calmed as you feel a warm fur brush up against your leg. You stop your words for a second as you look down to the little filly who has wrapped her front legs around your left middle and lower leg. The little unicorn stares up at you in a baby like blissfulness as she clings to your leg.
You take a deep breath as you look back from the little fillies face with a changed attitude, "How was Violet?"
Night Light's squinted eyes change a little as his own gaze drifts down, "Fine." He gives a little laugh as he points his hoof to the unicorn around your one leg, "...That pony doesn't like to eat i'll tell you that much."
With the simple laugh from the blue stallion the rooms mood has changed.
Twilight pauses for a moment at her father's laugh before she talks, "Oh ya, that reminds me." She dips her hoof into the bag that still sits around your body. After a second of searching she brings it back out with a piece of paper, "...I forgot to give you the instructions on how to make the milk the way she likes it."
Velvet brings her hoof up to her head as she lets out a light hearted sigh, "Oh honey there were more list?"
Twilight scoops up Violet from below your legs as she walks over to the empty seat next to Velvet, "No only that one." She turns back from the seat to you as she places Violet down. Twilight walks back over to you as she helps you take the satchel off.
"What happen to your leg?" Velvet points her hoof at you as she waits for your responds.
You look over your fur as you talk with a slight laugh, "Magic."
"Ok, well we need to get ready to go." Twilight pushes on you to start walking but you have no idea where you're being pushed.
Night Light's voice gets its tone back as he watches you get pushed past him, "Where are you going?"
"Well I intended to get a hoofing book for Violet before we left, might as well do it now." Twilight continues to move you along as Night Light and Velvet try to talk in almost innocent, "But we need to talk to you two."
You finally see the point of her push as you take your first step up the stairs.
Twilight stops at the stairs for a moment as she turns back to her parents, "Whatever it is can wait until we get back."
They both look at each other for a moment before they give a nod to the lavender mare as she turns back to you, "First door on the left."
You walk down the hallway into the room with Twilight close behind you. The room has light purple walls and on one side of the room there is a faded painted on emblem of Twilight's cutie mark. You bring your head around the room as you look over every shelf, table top and chest around the room... whoa Twilight really liked books even when she was a filly.
You bring your head back to her as she quickly dumps the satchel clean on the bed. Its at this point you notice the purple crib on the other side of the room, the covers are neatly folded and the bag that you carried yesterday rest up against it.
"Thank you."
You bring your head up from the bag as you look to Twilight, "For what?"
She gives a giggle as she pushes the contents of the satchel to one side of the bed, "For not doing what I know you would have done."
You nod your head with a smile as you wait for her to finish her cleaning of the bag.
As she sets the items in a neat pile on the side of the bed her horn glows a low purple as she brings your tooth brush up from the pile, "Oh Spike must have forgot to take his brush out."
You stare at the brush as Twilight turns back with the empty bag over her, "Ok lets go."
End of chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 – Reading is magic
The midday sun shines high and bright in the sky as you follow after Twilight towards the large encased castle in front just a little ways down the road. You now understand why you can see the castle from Ponyville....this fucking building is huge!
Your head almost all the way up as you walk under the draw bridge overhang, you continue to hold your head as you look around but as you bring your mesmerized face to the armor suited ponies that look down at you, you sheepishly avert your eyes, "Hey Twilight why are we going to the archives again?"
"Because the Canterlot library does not have any books on hoof language."
You nod your head to her comment as you look towards large gold and white towers you walk away from...from what it looks like you're not going to the castle. You hold that thought as you sit of the castle's walls are cut off by other buildings, for some reason though your kind of happy your not going to the castle...according to everything you have been told so far your track record of good experiences in the castle are not really the best.
Wait...You look back to the pony in front of you as you think over her early comment, "How do you know the Canterlot library would not have a book?"
Instead of a wordy reply your only met with a giggle from her, "...I would know, and besides the Canterlot archives have the oldest and most unique books in all of Equestria, plus we're going to the Star swirl the bearded section of course they're going to have a book."
Oldest and most unique books? "You sure we can just get a book?"
Her voice changes tone a little as she lowers her head, "Yes, and believe me I found that out the hard way."
You nod your head to her comment as you look around the stone statues that line the path way.
After a few moments of your walk you finally see a large what looks like three story building just down the road. The top of the marble white building is dome with two shades of gold and yellow stripes to it and on the very tip of the building there seems to be a small sun statute, but you can't really see it without breaking your neck to look up.
"Hey Twilight long time no see."
You bring you head down from your tourist like sight seeing as you look to the armor suited pony standing in front of the gated door.
The stallion's armor is a different color than the other ponies armor and instead of the bright bronze like the others this pony has on a dark blueish black chest piece that cover most of his body. His voice is a raspy almost tired sounding voice as he looks over your gaking stare, "Uh we can't have tourist in the building sir."
Twilight waves her hoof in front of the stallion as she talks, "Oh no hes with me."
The purple eyed stallion stares at you for a moment before he nods his head, "Ok, just don't move too many things."
"Here you go Twi."
She nods to the stallion as she goes into the room.
You take a moment to stare at the stallion not knowing if you should just nod your head or try saluting him...so you try both.
The guard pony blinks a little confused as you stumble into the building.
Ok...next time just smile and wave er smile don't wave need four legs.
Your thoughts are stopped before they consume you as Twilight taps her hoof to your chest, "Ok, anything that looks like a hoofing book just take it ok?"
You nod your head as you try to picture what the book might look like.
"I'll start over here."
She takes her hoof from your chest as she starts down one of the rows of books. You stand at the door for a moment as you look over the almost never ending ocean of dusty books that your mind was not focusing on. There seems to be nothing but row after row of dark wood shelves tattered with dusty books. You make your way to the center of the room as you hold your gaze to the large hourglass like object in the middle of the room. You look up from the hourglass as you stare at what seems to be the source of the brightness in the room, the gold like glass dome.
I need to stop looking at things... You take your head back from the glass as you look around the rows again. With a light sigh you start down a row scanning the book titles. Most of the books are caked with a film around them so the titles are going unread but you stop at a few as you walk past them. LifeDeathand-Rebirth, Put Reality Aside, DawnDaze... You move your eyes around the shelves as you stop in place for a moment, i'm looking for one book out of hundreds....
You look around at the books as you start your search backup. Your eyes how ever meet a book that is not covered in dust and the title is very visible, Star Swirl the bearded book of teleportation . You stare at the book for a minute as you feel an uneasiness start to come over you slowly bring your hoof up to as you think over the name, why have I seen that before?
But before you place your hoof on it your breath becomes quick and you let out a loud sneeze, which only sends more dust into the air and in turn cause you to have a frenzy of sneezing.
You move yourself from the dust studied row as you try to catch a clean breath of air. Your eyes water a little as you let out another loud echo sneeze in the empty library.
I hate books...you rub your hoof to your nose as you shake your head. With a low sigh you squint at the books you now stand in front of your eyes immediately meet one title as you pull the book from the shelf with a half cracked smile, Magic for derpy's? You hold the book in your grasp as you look over the perfectly clean book. You take a look to each side of you before you stare back at the book, "Ok book...fly."
You hold the book in your hoof as you again try to command the book, "Levitate? Move? Open?" As you stare at the book you start to feel a little stupid but you push the thought aside as you close your eyes and try to remember what Twilight said earlier today, "...Calm your mind and think about what you want to do."
You feel a slight tingling sensation start to come over your body as you think about the book just hovering above your hoof.
With another deep breath that brings a little cough, you feel the tingling sensation start to build up a litte more just under your coat. The sensation you get from magic feels weird even though you have felt it every time Twilight tried a memory spell or any time you have used your own magic...but the small moving and hair standing swirls that come from the magic under your coat still make you feel a little afraid of the unknown to you.
But you push past it as you try and focus on the idea of the dusty book floating from your hooves. You hold the thought as you feel your body's tingling start to flow more around you. However your thoughts change as you feel the sensations pressurize around your leg and side still a little tender from yesterday.
The only thing that is brought to the front of your mind now is the sight of the green bolt of magic hitting against your leg and side from yesterday.
The thought comes front and center to your mind as you faintly hear Blue Blood's nazely laugh ricocheting in the back of your mind. Your hooves starting to feel like there near an open fla...fuck!
You open your eyes to the charred book in your grasp just as it falls onto the ground in a pile of ash. Crap...you push the burned ash up against the shelf as you try to flick the charred blackness from your hooves as you think in a slight panic, the book had better not be some priceless thing!
Your ears perk up to Twilight's voice as you try to rub your hooves against your coat while at the same time making a mental note to stay away from magic until you better understand the stupid stuff.
"... I got the book...."
You call back to her as you give one last good fling of the hoof while you walk towards the hourglass at the center of the room.
As you exit the row your ears are assaulted with a loud booming feminine voice from your side.
"Halt! No pony is allowed in the Canterlot archives."
You turn to the sound of the voice as you look over a tall slender dark blue unicorn with pegasus like wings. The pony looks a lot like Celestia, but unlike the sun god this pony has a dark blue mane that almost looks like it sparkles like the night sky as it flicks itself around. The pony doesn't really seem to be taking you in at all as her voice again calls to you.
"We said no pony is allowed in here, how did you get here?"
We? You squint at her words for a moment trying to figure out if shes standing in front of somepony else.
"Princess Luna!"
Twilight comes up behind you as she gives a head bow to the pony still staring at you.
Luna? You give a little smirk as you put two and two together, oh I get it this pony is supposed to bring the moon out...
"Twilight do thee know this pony?" Luna shifts her eyes between the two of you as her voice takes on almost a limp like roarly voice.
"Princess Luna you two have met before." Twilight pushes you a little close to the pony as she waits for Luna's reply.
The princess walks her eyes over you as she lets out a low aww, "You must excuse me, I have not seen you since you became a pony." She holds one of her long legs out towards.
You bring yours up as you both give an awkward bumping shack, she looks like she has almost no idea how to do the greeting which is good seeing as how it has always felt a little weird since the first time you did it to Stony.
"Our sister is away at the moment...what brings thee by Twilight Sparkle?"
You squint at the comment as you voice your slight confusion out, "Twilight your sister is Celestia?"
Twilight gives you a nudge as she talks over your voice, "Oh no, we were invited up for a vacation." Twilight's voice takes on a slight giggle as she continues, "...But it was cut short."
Luna squints her bright teal eyes to the mare as she voices her confusion, "I was not aware that the Canterlot archives where the best place for a." The pony almost comply stutters on the word before she can properly say it, "...Date."
You give a little chuckle to her words as you again look over the dusty book tomb.
Twilight holds out a book from her bag as she talks, "We needed to find a book for Violet."
Luna's eyes stare at the book for a moment as her large horn takes on a slight blue aura, "Hoofing?" Luna lets out a loud laugh that almost seems unneeded as she expresses her thoughts about the book, "...We have had much practice on this when we were away. Do you wish for help Twilight Sparkles?"
Twilight takes the book back as she carefully puts it back into her bag with a low sigh, "It's not for me princess."
Luna nods as her over excited voice is brought back down, "We have forgotten that you are no longer the only one who needs teaching on such old things." She clears her throat as her voice takes on a slightly casual voice, "We hope that Violet will become a strong unicorn just like you are Twilight Sparkle."
There's a slight sad tone to Twilight's voice as she answers Luna "Thank you Princess."
Twilight holds her pose to the lofting unicorn before she turns back towards the door of the building. You hold the slight downed tone as you turn to follow after her, but before you do the dark blue pony says one more thing this time directed to you.
"We do think you look much better as a pony."
You give a friendly nod to the night princess as you follow after the lavender mare.
End of chapter 4
Chapter 5
Most of the walk home has been a slightly quiet one with only a few questions and comments back and forth. But you quickly change the pace of the walk as you finally bring yourself to the question that has been eating away at you sense you noticed the change in Twilight after Luna's comment. "Twilight, why would Violet not be able to do magic?"
The lavender pony's ears perk up to the question as she almost stops to turn back around to you, "...Unicorn foals are never supposed to have magic around them...." Her voice lowers as she takes her pace back to the street. "...But that didn't get to happen."
You listen to her words as you think over the light purple pony in your mind, maybe Violet doing magic is not the best thing...All magic has done for me was make me forget everything. You give a low sigh to the fact as you speak to the pony in front of you, "She might not be able to do magic?"
Twilight ignores the comment as she continues down the bustling streets.
Your mouth quivers as you anxiously wait for her answer, "Twilight?"
She stops as you both enter the side road, "A foal gets there own magic, some may just take a little longer than others." Twilight gives a low sweet smile as she looks away from you and back to the two story house at the end of the road.
Even though magic to you seems like a dangerous thing you can’t help but feel a heavy sorrow come over you as you look over the lavender mares almost forced smile....what's a unicorn without magic...
You may have set out on this vacation as a relaxing break from all the spells and question games. But now as you stand atop the hard stone roads of Canterlot grinding at the teeth in your head you beg at the memory gap to fill...
The first time you saw Violet's and Twilight's teary eyes in the library your dormant mind screamed out sending waves of emotion through you. But the sheer volume of them with no idea why made you not want to follow after them...you bring your head down a little as you think over how happy you were at getting a break.
Your pace picks up as you bring yourself to the mares side trying to push the guilty feeling back knowing that no matter how badly you want the void in your mind to fill, the gaping hole will only stay that...a hole. You voice is low as both of your eyes meet each over, "I'm sorry, Twilight."
She holds her head to you with a questioning stare, you know there's no way that she could know what you just battled within yourself and you also know that right now you don't really feel like talking. Instead you just give a smile to her as you bring your heavy head to the door of the building.
The silent street does not stay silent for long as you watch the door fling open to a tallish pink unicorn/pegasus much like Luna and Celestia. The pony has a large happy smile as her gold dark pink mane bounces with her energetic voice, "Twilight!"
Twilight stares at the pony almost in shock, but before she can say a word the pony has Twilight wrapped in a hug, "OH Twilight! Where so happy for you!"
The pink pony quickly lets go of the still shocked Twilight as her pale purple eyes move to you. She tries to clear her girly squeal as she holds her hoof out to you, "I'm Cadence Armor." Her wide eyed smile and happy expression draws a smile directed to you as she brings her hoof up to you.
You voice is still low as you try a friendly smile to the pony, "I'm sorry I don't remember you."
She gives a giggle as she shakes your hoof, "We have never met, but I have heard about you from Shi-..."
Twilight snaps out of her daze as she gives an almost nervous but cheerful laugh, "Cadence! W-what are you doing here?"
Cadence points her hoof to the white mare that struggles to come out of the door as she holds onto the squirming little filly in her grasp. "Velvet told us to come by."
The pink unicorn turns back to Twilight as her voice changes back to an almost girlish squeal, "How long were you pregnant?! I know we haven't seen each other since the wedding but Twilight that was not eleven months?"
Twilight stutters for a moment as she tries to think of a good place to start.
But before she can begin the pony cuts her off, "And Twilight how long have you two been together? Shinning only told me about you two a few months ago!"
Twilight again stammers to answer the pony who continues to riddle her with questions.
You feel a smile start to creep through your heavy mind as you watch the know it all Twilight struggling to answer.
Velvet finally breaks her soft voice through as she walks over to the two other mares, "Cadence we'll have plenty of time for questions when we get going." The white mare nudges Twilight to follow as she walks past her.
"Wait, where are we going?" Twilight stares at the two ponies confused as she shifts between the house and them.
"You're coming with us honey." Velvet stops with Cadence as she tries to adjust herself with the wiggling filly. Velvet looks down to her occupied hoof as she talks, "Twilight would you mind taking wiggle flank I think i'm too old for this."
"Hold on." Twilight quickly takes the satchel from herself as she holds it to you. You take the bag as you turn yourself to follow after them.
As Velvet sees you doing this she holds her now free hoof to the house as she talks, "Sorry honey I just need to talk to Twilight for a little."
You and Twilight give each other a look before you nod your head, "ok?"
Velvet points her hoof to the still slightly open door as she talks in her sweet voice, "Go on in."
You toss the bag over your back as you slowly make your way to the door, I guess that's good...not like I want to be around three mares anyways... You give the group one last look as Twilight gives the same confused look as you.
After a few seconds you bring yourself inside and close the door.
The house seems very very quite and all the windows look to be closed. As you make your way to the other room you start to feel a little creeped out.
Your feelings are brought to a point as you turn your head to the living room and stare at the two stallions looking directly at the opening of the hallway.
Night Light is sitting in a chair with his front hooves cupped in front of his face. But your eyes are more focused on the blue maned white stallion standing next to him...the stallion has a death stare almost fixed on you.
You try to hold a friendly smile as you stand in the room with a weird thought crossing your mind, this is how i'm going to die....
End of chapter 5
Chapter 6 – fun and games
The silence is broken as Night Light holds his hoof to the empty seat in front of him, "Would you take a seat?"
You listen to his extremely calm voice as you hesitate for a moment to walk forward. But you do as you bring yourself to your seat and stare back at the stern looking stallion.
"Did you have a good trip?"
You give a quick low answer still not really in the mood to talk, “ya...”
Night Light gives a smiling nod as he talks, "Good."
You copy his motion as you try to lighten yourself up.
"So what are you going to be doing now?" His smile is brought to an end as his next question hits against you.
You try to think over what he means before you talk,, "I'm going to carry this bag up to Twilight's room?" You give a smile hoping that your answer can be a simple end to this not wanted awkward conversation.
Night Light lets out a light chuckle as he lowers his top hooves, "I mean what are you and Twilight going to do now hm?"
Before you can’t answer his question the silent white stallion buts in, "What we mean is what are your future intentions?"
You stare at the pony for a moment, "Uh..."
But the stallion's patience runs thin to your mindless expelling of air as he talks again, "I told you one time before that if you did anything to hurt my baby sister that I would find out right?"
You nod your head as you look over his sharpening eyes, "Yes Shining?"
Night Light squints at your answer as he sits more towards you in his seat, "How do you know his name? No pony has said it yet, I thought you had some kind of memory loss?"
You stare at the stallion as you think over his question, really? Because Twilight could not have told me outside or before just now? You smirk as you answer him, "Uh Twilight said it."
Shining holds his hoof out to you as his voice picks up a little, "If I find out that you are playing some game to mess with Twilight I..-"
You can’t help but give a sarcastic laugh as you move the bag onto your lap, “ya its a fun game to lose your memories. You should try it sometime.”
Shining stomps his hoof on the ground as he talks down to you, “My sister is not some mare you can just mess with.”
Night Light cockes an eye brow to your change in attitude as he holds his hoof to the white stallion, "If you're playing some joke on my little girl you had better just tell me now...or i’ll make you tell me.”
You shake your head at his comment as you think it over, "Why would I pretend to not be able to remember anything?"
Night Light shrugs as his voice takes on a poking annoyance, "I don't know why are you pretending to be a pony?"
You hold your building annoyance back as you think over your last magic accent, there's no way i'm going to char myself over this crap... You stand from the seat as you put the bag over yourself, giving a little slack to your still raw feeling leg.
Shinings voice is fast as he watches you move, "We're not done, where do you think your going?"
You give another chuckle as you shift your eyes from the stallions no longer wanting to stay in the room, "What do you want hu?" Your voice strengthens but you hold your emotions back as you talk, “...I’m not in the mood to talk so can we just get this over with?”
Night Light taps his hooves together as his horn glows a low blue, "I just want what's best for my daughter."
The bag around you slowly comes off and is floated to the nearby couch as Night Light gives a sigh and continued talking in a lower voice, "I want you to do what's right ok?"
You blink at him as you wait for him to continue.
His eyes are a little shifty and the slight smile across his face bring a weird sense of calmness to you as you take your seat again.
(across town)
Twilight rubs her free hoof over head head as she tries to answer Cadence's question, "...I told you I didn't know when I was pregnant."
Twilight gives a huff as brings her hoof back down to the little filly in her lap who continues to bang her hoofs into the unguarded salad on the table. "Violet, don't play with your food."
The little filly looks up from her mothers lap with a smile as she continues to mash up the fresh salad laying in front of her.
The pink mare holds her eyes to the little filly as she lets out a low aww, "Shinning says it wouldn't be smart to try for a foal...not with all the things celestia wants us to do." Cadence brings her hoof up to Twilight as she talks, "Ever since that changeling attack Celestia has had us all over equestria making sure the security is in place in the event something like that happens again."
Her horn glows a light blue as her tea cup is floated from the table, "I mean really when would changelings ever come into a city or town again?"
Twilight gives a friendly smile as she silently moves her hoof around Violet a little tighter.
Cadence releases her cup as she looks to twilight with another comment again, "What's the best way to get pregnant?"
Velvet finally speaks up as she takes her hooves from her head, "Oh please Cadence honey...I need time for this ok?" The white mare closes her eyes and brings her hooves back to her head as she tries to calm herself down from all of the questions Cadence has been asking.
Twilight bushes Violet's mane a little as she looks to the flustered mare, "Mom what did you want to talk about?"
Velvet opens her eyes with a sigh as she looks over her daughter, "...Nothing you don't already have handled." Her sweet smile is brought to an end as Cadence again speaks up.
"Twilight what do you think would be the best way to..."
Velvet gives a loud sigh as she brings her head to rest on the table.
(About an hour later)
"...Ok here they come." Shining gallops away from the window as he takes his spot behind you.
As his words hit you a nervousness starts to fall over you as you realize what you're about to do. You feel your body starting to shake a little as you wait facing the hallway like you agreed to...the sound of the door slowly opening brings your steady heart to a gallop as you wet your lips to what you're going to say.
The three mares enter the room with a giggly tone but they quickly lose it a little as there eyes focused on your shifty body, even Violet seems to have a baby claimed O face to your stance.
You on the other hoof are not adjusting your eyes from the lavender mare as you start your voice with a cracky teen like tone, "Um Twilight...."
She blinks at your tone a little confused as she waits for you to stammer out your words.
Your body matches your shaky words as you expel your thoughts”will you marry me?"
Her mouth hangs open with a completely shocked expression.
You swallow hard as you stare your shaky eyes waiting for her response.
Twilight gives a sweet smile as her voice exits her mouth, "No."
What? You blink your eyes to her answer with your mouth hanging open. You don't need to say anything as Shining and Night Light both show the same awestruck confusion, "What?"
Twilight gives a giggle as she lowers the filly down to her wiggling hooves, "Sorry dad, but I still have an option to who I want to marry."
Night Light's eyes widen as he looks at Velvet while his hoof points at Twilight, "Velvet?!"
The white mare gives a silent smile as she motioned her head back to Twilight.
With a brush of the little filly's mane at her legs she smiles back to you, "I can't marry somepony who doesn't know why he’s getting married."
You close your mouth as you give a slow nod to her comment with a low voice, "ok Twilight..." The mixture of feelings in you makes your words almost sound sad even though you still feel slightly relieved at not having a forced marriage...but at the same time you feel disheartened at the fact that she turned you down. Good reason or not the mother of your child just straight up said no to you with a smile.
Night Light still holds his hoof to Twilight as he looks over her in defeat, "But...But...."
Velvet walks in front of Twilight as she leads her defeated husband out of the room, "Just come sit down honey."
Shining now steps in for him as he talks, "But Cadence even you said that they....-"
The pink unicorn taps her hoof to her mouth as she gives a sly smile, "What do you think Twilight does Amethyst sound like a good filly name?"
Twilight gives a giggle as she plays along with the pony, "Oh I think that sounds like a great name."
Shining’s eyes almost shrink into himself as he stutters, "Your not...are you?"
Cadence gives a smile as she shakes her head, "But we need to talk."
Shining gives a sigh of relief as he walks over to the mare. As he does this Twilight scoops the little filly up as she walks over to you, "Come on."
You nod your head with a smile as you look over the smiling filly who stares up at you. Before you follow after Twilight up the stairs you pick the satchel bag off the couch with your mouth.
Twilight waits at the top of the stairs as you walk up to her, Shining and Cadence's conversation still rings through the house but you slightly ignore it as you look over Twilight's still sweet smiling face. You give a smirk as you walk past her into her room.
You flop the bag onto the bed as she walks over to you and sets Violet on the same bed next to the bag.
Violet bangs her hooves on the purple bag she sits next to as Twilight looks over your searching of the bag, “What are you doing?”
You stop your motion as you look at the little fillies happy smile each time her hooves hit the bag making your searching inside a little harder. You hold the stare to the filly as you direct your voice to the mare behind you, “...Remembering.”
You don't turn to see her reaction as you pull the dusty book out of the bag, you read the title as you wipe it off a little, The encyclopedia of Sombrauim by Star swirl the bearded.
As you sit yourself on the bed you finally get a glimpse of her sweet lowered eyed smile.
You both bring your heads to the door as you hear the clanging of hooves up the stairs. The blue stallion stops at the threshold as he holds his hoof out. But he pauses for a moment as he looks over the book in your hooves, “You two are coming to dinner with us tonight got that? You're not going to stay in this house alone.”
Twilight and you give a little laugh to his comment.
He nods his head like he accomplished something small. You think over his comment as you look back down to the book you didn't win the war but you won a battle.
Twilight sits beside you as she pulls Violet closer to her, “Ok Violet lets look over this book hm?”
You smile a little as you pass the book to Twilight's extending hoof.
End of chapter 6
Chapter 7 - Dinner was fun
The night sky has been settled over Canterlot as you return to Twilight's room for the last time. You give a sigh as you plop yourself onto the bed exhausted from either the awkward dinner you and Twilight were forced into by her parents and her brother or maybe it was the questions Cadence seems to have on everything.
You rub your hooves over your head as you lay in the bed you feel like you only just left...man and I thought Rainbow and Rarity's questions were hard.
Twilight follows your motion as she places the sauce covered Violet beside you.
You give a little chuckle as Violet turns her tomato sauce face to you with a wiggle of her front hooves.
Her face reminds you of the third pizza that was ruined at dinner. No pizza I get it now...you hold the comment to yourself as you look over the anti-pizza filly.
"Well that went better than I thought." Twilight wipes the sauce from the fillies face as she holds her smile to her ..
You look over Twilight's dress as you think to continue your thoughts of the evening, well at least she got to use the dress without getting kicked out.
Your brought out of your thought before it could go in too deep as you listen to Twilight, "Could you help me out of this?"
You nod your head as you bring your hoof to the straps on the back of the dress, yesterday she just used her magic to get the dress off but it still comes off with ease after a few moments of fiddling with it.
She takes the dress from your hoof as she walks over to the bag near the purple crib.
You lay your head back down on the bed as you give another sigh. You close your eyes for a moment as you listen to Twilight's hooves walking around the room. But your eyes are brought open as you feel a small warmthness up against your side. You bring your head to the little filly that has curled herself up against your side.
You give a quiet chuckle as you look over the small bed you lay in. After a few moments you bring your head to Twilight as she moves herself into the other side of the bed. Violet still lays next to you but her small button like eyes are brought half open as Twilight moves her up more to the top of the bed.
Violet gives a yawn as her mothers motion stops. You hold your smile to little filly that now lays between you and Twilight.
"Good night..."
You bring your eyes up to Twilight as she lifts her head from the kiss of the little fillies head. The bed maybe small but neither one of you want to move the curled up pony between you.
So instead you stand up from the bed as you walk over to the satchel on the ground. Twilight brings her head up as she watches you take the old book out, "What are you doing?"
You give a little chuckle as you walk over to the bag, “Well I didn't really get to read anything earlier you know.” You take the book out of the bag as you turn back to Twilight with a smile, “I’ll be back in a minute.”
The hallways is a little dark so you close the door behind you gently and make a quite trot down the stairs with the old dusty tasting book hanging out of your mouth. You bring yourself to one of the couches as you place the book beside you, Shinning and Cadence already went home and Twilight's parents seem to be in there own room so the living room is dark but the large windows bring in the low white light of the full moon from outside.
You open the book as you finally settle yourself in one of the streams of light pouring in from the window as you start to read.
The encyclopedia of Sombrauim by Star swirl the bearded.
You flip through the book trying to hold off your desire to not read.
After maybe about a few hours of struggling to read in the dim light you find yourself on about page thirteen out of somewhere over a hundred... You squint your eyes to the old text as you read over how to make different letters using your ears, hooves, legs and mouth. The chart doesn't look too complicated but as you try to flop one ear like it says you find it more difficult than you thought.
You give a disappointed sigh as you turn to the next page, you had it set in your mind that doing this would maybe spark something...but it hasn't sparked any memories, only a growing hatred of books...which seeing as how you're a librarian is not a good thing.
You give a smile as you think over that last part, forgot to say super pony librarian.
As your smile starts to fade from your face the room takes on a white brightness and you drop the book on the ground as you bring your hooves up to your eyes, "Why?"
You rub your eyes as you listen to the stallion's voice from behind you, "Kind of hard to read in the dark don't you think?"
You take your hooves down as you look to the stallion on the staircase, "I guess."
He holds a light smile as he walks down from the stairs, "You know when Twilight was a little filly we could not get her to put a new book down." He gives a light chuckle as he continues, "...It feels like only yesterday."
You think over his comment as you pick the dropped book from the ground.
"You should go to sleep sonny...it's not healthy to be tired."
You stare at the unfinished book in your hooves as you talk back, "...Its hard not knowing any thing."
Night Light nods his head to the comment as he stands still towards the stairs in silence.
You continue to stare at the dusty book for a moment before you push yourself from the couch as you make your way over to where he stands at the bottom of the stairs.
He gives you a look over before he steps aside. Neither one of you say anything as you walk past him and up to Twilight's room. Its not like you could talk with a book in your mouth anyways but it feels nice to have the last comment to Night Light.
You open the door quietly as you peer in. Twilight still lays with Violet up against her but they both look to be in a deep sleep. You give the bed one last look before you start to think that the couch might be better then waking them up. But just as you start to close the door Twilight lifts her head up.
You stare at her soft purple eyes for a moment before you push the door back open slowly and try to walk over to the bed with no sound. She puts her head back down on the pillow as she watches you with her eyes.
You place the book on a nearby table corner as you make you way to the bed. The slow movements make it a little hard to get into the small bed but you try your best at not rocking the pony still curled up asleep. After a few seconds you find the only way you're going to fit in the bed is if you copy Twilight and lay on your side. Your eyes stare at the purple mane of the fillies head for a moment before you bring them up to Twilight's gaze. She gives a smile as she starts to close her eyes slowly.
With one last long look at the two sleeping ponies you start to let your eyes drift to a close as you whisper quietly to the sleeping ponies, "Good night..."
*end
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