Lunch with the doctor

Chapter 34

Water dripped, making a soft plinking sound. It was all quiet in the brig. Not a single 'bot protested. Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Bluestreak, and Electric Storm were all there. And waiting.

…for something. They weren't exactly sure what but they were positive they were waiting for something. Otherwise, they had absolutely nothing to do. Which meant they would be bored. And Prowl had warned them not to be bored, because a bored Bluestreak, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, or Electric Storm meant trouble with a capital uh-oh.

Speaking of Prowl, the SIC had left to retrieve someone who needed to be brigged. After about five million stellar cycles, he returned.

And Jazz was with him. After throwing Jazz in the brig, the trouble making group was complete.

"Hey," Sideswipe greeted in a deflated tone.

"Hey," Jazz greeted back, also in a deflated tone.

They finally silenced speaking. It was all quiet until Electric Storm yelled, "Why are we all HERE?!"

Meanwhile, in Ponyville…

Twilight entered the restaurant and looked around for Noonblaze, Nightwatch's father. She eventually spotted the yellow pegasus in a corner table and made her way towards him. He saw her just as she was about to sit in the seat opposite him. "Hi," Twilight greeted warmly while settling into the chair, "I'm sorry if you've been waiting here a while."

"Oh its quite all right, I just got here myself so I haven't been waiting long."

"Good," the unicorn mare looked around for something to say, "So have you already ordered?"

"No, I was going to wait till you had arrived."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"So what do you think of Ponyville?"

"It's a nice town, the ponies here are friendly and I believe this will be a fine place for me and my son to live."

"Good, so have you found a home yet?"

"Not quite yet, we're currently staying at the hotel, but we hope to move into the apartment building close to the Hospital, which is where I'm going to work."

"Oh, so that's why you were at the hospital, what kind of work do you do?"

"Oh, well I help mothers during and after their pregnancy. You see after Butterscotch, my wife, and I had Nightwatch, I was astonished that a few tiny cells could form a life after only nine months. My amazement and curiosity led me to going back to school so I could study how to become a doctor and help others during that time." The pegasus smiled, "My wife was wonderful during that time, she took care of our son while I went to school, she managed to feed us all and clean the house, and she never complained once." Noonblaze glanced down at the table. "How dearly I miss her."

"I'm so sorry. Nightwatch told me that she died, how did it happen?"

Noonblaze exhaled hard and continued staring at the table. "It's something I'd rather not discuss."

"Oh," Twilight's eyes widened in horror, "I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"

"No, it's not your fault, I'm sorry for rambling on like I did."

"Oh, don't worry, its fine, I don't mind.

"Really?"

"No, though at some point we should discuss your son's teaching arrangements."

"Oh! Of course, that's why we're here."

"So, I guess first off, would you like me to teach him at my house? Or would you prefer me to teach him at home?"

"It doesn't matter to me," Noonblaze smiled again, "He's so excited to learn magic, especially from somepony with your reputation and experience." Twilight blushed at the doctor's statement.

"Because Butterscotch was an earth pony, and me being a pegasus, we weren't able to teach him. He probably inherited his horn from my grandfather, but he unfortunately died before I was born."

The two ponies continued to talk for over two hours, even through their lunch, but then had to stop when Twilight remembered she had to talk with the Autobots some more and Noonblaze said he had to get back to Nightwatch at the hotel. During their conversation they decided that Twilight would teach Nightwatch after school at her home (so that she wouldn't have to take her books all the way to either the hotel or the small family's future home), until Noonblaze came to pick him up at 5:30.

The two decided, however, that they would start the week after next so Nightwatch could grow accustom to Ponyville, and get over the recent trying experience with the Decepticons and the loss of his mother.

But before Twilight could go to the Autobot's base, she had to pick up a little something at her house.