Might Be a maybe...

Chapter 2 – just a straight shot

You tap your hoof to the wood floor beneath you as you impatiently wait with at least ten pounds of extra weight straining to your neck and upper back. The thought of bringing the other slightly large bag back up from the ground hasn't even crossed your mind. You hate the fact that you're going to have to carry a heavy bag with your mouth wherever you go today, but a little mouth strain is still a much more welcomed thought then Twilight's speech again about how you're not supposed to use magic for long periods of time. Note to self, prove her wrong.

A sigh comes from beside you as the small purple dragon continues to stare up the empty staircase, "Twilight wakes us up early and now she's not even ready?"

You shrug to the comment as Spike's early morning complaining continues, "Huhhhh..." The tap-tap of his clawed foot comes to the room as a voice from down stairs calls down, "Did you pack Violet's bow? We can't find it?"

You squint to the mare's words as you call back, "Which one?"

"OH...Never mind." The echoed voice from upstairs comes to an end as a popping sound chimes next to you.

Your eyes don't even get to really look over the lavender mare as she trots to where she set her stuff on the table, but as Twilight moves around the room mumbling something to her imaginary checklist you bring your eyes over the light purple filly as the slight wisp of fresh purple magic from Twilight's spell disappears to the air.

Violet's horn sparks up as the undone ribbon held to her mouth comes floating up to you in her blue mind's hold. Without a thought your own purple glow encompasses hers as you float the ribbon to the filly's tail and proceed to make the bow.

"Alright, now we can-..." Twilight's words are cut from the room as the sound of a hoof knocking at the door sparks her horn, "Ugh, who could that be? It's still early?"

With the purple glow to Twilight's horn the door of the library comes up to a cyan coated and rainbow maned pony.

Rainbow's expression holds a little surprise to the sight of you and Twilight both wearing satchels, "Where you guys going?" Her slightly confused face holds as she trots in with the door closing behind her.

The lavender mare speaks up quick as she floats her bag around her, "Tomorrow is Celestia's test."

Rainbow gives a still confused blink to the words, but her words come up as the cyan mare starts up in a light tomboyish laugh, "Oh right forgot, you have to be there a whole day early."

You nod your head to her sarcastic tone as you speak up, "Apparently..."

"Wait...Are you guys really going today? Why? Don't you guys still have like a whole week to practice?" Rainbow's laugh comes to an end as Twilight nods her head almost with a duh expression, "Of course we do, but everypony knows being early is the best way to not be nervous."

The cyan mare nods her head as she flicks some mane from her face, "Pff, i'm never nervous."
Twilight and you roll your eyes as Rainbow continues, "...But still how come you guys would leave today? It's Hearts and Hooves day, shouldn't you two you know...have a nice night out or something?"

A faint smile crosses your face as you pick up on her tone, even though she has the persona of not caring you can see through the tomboyish outlay of the cyan mare, "Aww were you going to offer to watch Violet for us?"

"HA! Do I look like I baby sit?" Rainbow's answer comes fast as she puffs her chest out and quickly continues, "Besides, I can get a date..I was just wondering if you two wanted to come see the Wonder Bolt special today." The cyan mare's wings flare out a little as a slightly more girlish tone comes from her, "There on a speed tour today, three towns and two cities...And Ponyville is the first one on the list, so they won't be all tired out."

You nod your head to her comment as you think, so Rainbows going to be a groupie all day and I get to hang out with Twilight's parents...Nice."

Twilight nods to her friend as she tries to hold her sweet and faked caring tone, "Well Rainbow I hope you have fun but I think we shou-..."

Rainbow cuts Twilight off as she cocks her head and speaks up, "You know i'm surprised you two aren't doing something, I mean heck you guys didn't have a problem hooking up last Hearts and Hooves day and this time you're married."

Whoa, you can't do anything but give a faint chuckle as Rainbow's blunt words hit.

Twilight gives a slightly embarrassed laugh as she starts to ease away from the conversation, "Ok, well we need to be going Rainbow...We'll be back in a few days."

The cyan mare moves back to the door as she holds it open for her friend, but Rainbow stops the little filly from following the mare as she rubs her hoof to Violet's mane. Which messes up the mini Twilight's mane back to its normal almost unbrushed colt lay, "Go and show Twilight she didn't have to be nervous for you, ya hear?"

A smile crosses over the little filly's face as she looks to the cyan pegasus, you can't tell if Violet's smile is from the comment or the fact that her mane was messed up to her liking, but you hold your own slight joy to the comment all the same.

Twilight nods her head to her friend as the cyan mare trots out next to the light purple filly, "Bye Rainbow."

"C-ya Twi, C-ya Guy."

You hold a smirk to the fact Rainbow doesn't even take the time to say your name, but you don't get a chance to shoot your own good bye as the cyan mare quickly takes up into the clouds hanging in the sky.

As the cyan mare's bright rainbow tail leaves your sight Twilight's voice comes back up, "Alright lets get going."

You and Spike follow after the mare as you lock the door behind you.

The roar of the train's wheels running their course of the tracks stays mostly from the inside cabins of the train. However the speed that generates this howling doesn't stay absent from the world outside of the window as you watch the world passing you by.

Going from the library to the train station has always been one of the shortest trips you've made, partly because it's just a straight shot from the house and also because nothing seems as long once you've done it.

Still though the train ride to Canterlot is not the fastest thing, and for most of the ride you've been just silently nodding your head to Twilight's comments. Not because you're not interested but mainly because your mind has been wrapped to the sights outside.

You've always heard that kids grow up too fast and right now it really feels like Violet's life is a train and you...well you're just the station, you're there for her and you always want to make sure she goes in the right direction. But just like the train station you're just something that has to watch her go by, unable to stop the force of life pushing her on...Dammit, I should be a poet.

You turn your eyes still holding the bittersweet thought to yourself as you look over the light purple filly that has her face pressed childishly to the glass...hmm, maybe Violet hasn't grown up too fast.

"...Violet don't put your face on the glass."

The light purple filly's ear flicks to the words as she turns her head to the lavender mare, her left hoof taps to her mouth as her right hoof points to the window.

Twilight nods her head to the filly as she continues, "I know you didn't put you mouth on it."

Violet blinks to the words for a moment before she nods her head and sparks her horn up. The filly goes back to staring happily to the world flying by her, but this time Twilight can't say anything to the filly as you both just stare a little confused to the thin layer of magic Violet's put over the glass that she still more or less pressed her face to.

You smile to the filly's actions as you look back to Twilight, "Well at least it's not the glass."

No response comes from the lavender mare as she just nods her head, but the moment of absent words falls quickly as she turns her gaze to the purple dragon beside you, "Spike you did remember to send both letters yesterday right?"

Spike rolls his hand to the comment as he laughs a little, "Come on Twilight, like I would forget something?"

Twilight cocks her head to the dragon's words as she continues, "Oh really? And did you pack your favorite blanket?"

"Hey!" Spike turns his head around the train for a moment as he holds his claw to Twilight and pokes himself a little closer towards her, "It's not my favorite blanket...I just don't like sleeping in different beds is all."

You give a faint laugh as Spike's words end, which sends his eyes to you as he leans back with a cool guy stretch and talks up, "Ha, let me guess you brought a cape or something right?"
"Nope, I brought a tux." Your answer is quick as you barely pay any mind to the failed joke.

Spike shakes his head as he rolls his head to you, "I can't wear mine, Rarity put a bow tie with it...I hate bow ties." You shrug to his comment as you think, bow ties are cool.

Your thoughts are cut off as the train car around you goes dark and the squeal of the wheels get a little louder; as the short cave comes to it's end Violet's magical wall of magic she had pinned to the window breaks as she blinks her eyes back from the quick darkness.

You on the other hoof begin to adjust the satchel around you as the huge marble buildings of the approaching city started to widen to the the windows.

End of chapter 2