Life and Times of Silver Script

With dropping Scootaloo off with her friends and Cheerilee, meeting Applejack for a brunch ‘That was interrupted, I might add,’ helping Fluttershy with her little problem, and being fitted for a Tail Coat by Rarity, it was almost the middle of the afternoon. At least in the Library things could be a little quiet.

I rap softly on the door, watching it open to a small, purple and green scaled dragonling. I rub my eye, still a little red from the rabbit, “Er, hi. This is the local library right?”

“You got it!” the dragon pipes, “Come on in, what’re you looking for?” he lets the door swing open, moving aside to let me in. I gently unfurl my wing to push it closed.

“Well, Rarity told me I might be able to find a book on self publishing here...” my sentence sputters as I watch the dragon smile dreamily for a moment over the mare’s name. I chuckle ‘Hm....’

The dragon puts his claw to his mouth, deep in thought, then moves to scan the book shelves. “Weird, I don’t see it.” he says with some mild surprise. “Hold on, let me go get Twilight, she’s read about every book in the place, so she should know if there’s one here.” he says as he jogs up the stairs.

My ear flicks at the conversation from upstairs, something about her ‘royal studies’ he had interrupted. After a few more minutes, A bright purple flash made me shield my eyes, making me blind for half a second. As my eyes adjusted, a lavender alicorn princess stood before me. She smiles thoughtfully, “Hi, I’m Twilight Sparkle, what kind of book were you looking for?”

“One on self publishing?” I catch my words, they sound questionable, unsure, a book was only half my curiosity now, why was a princess in this small library rather than in Canterlot?

The alicorn scans the shelves, “Hm... are you a writer?” she questions, I nod, “How fun! Would you have anything that would be here?” her magic continues to scan as her eyes lay on me, but I shake my head.

“Unfortunately, no. I haven’t had a single published book thus far.” she frowns at me, I just shake my head, “Haven’t gotten lucky yet, but I’m hoping to change that by self publishing my works!”

“That’s the spirit! Aha!” Twilight pulls a brown book from one of the middle shelves, the cover had an ink bottle with a sprawl of letters below it, “The Art of Writing and Self Publishing!” she exclaims.

“Cool, thanks Princess.” Suddenly, a three more books come and lay on top of the fore mentioned book. I look to the princess with a slightly confused smile.

Twilight looks from me to the books, “Oh, these are some books on grammar, turn of phrases, and some more interesting words from what everypony uses on a daily basis.” she explained, tapping her front hooves together, “So what do you write about?”

I shake my head, obviously this wasn’t the first time she’s dealt with customers like myself, “Oh, I mostly do fiction works and fantasy literature.” I smile, “Before I moved to Manehattan, my friends, family and teachers all told me I had quite the broad imagination, so I like to put a little bit of that into my stories.”

“I’ve read a few of those!” she smiles, “Though I prefer something that’s not made up,” her smile fades into more of a sheepish grin. “Not that there’s anything bad with fiction!” she automatically follows, worrying she offended me.

“Oh it’s quite alright,” I smile, waving her embarrassment off, “Some ponies like fiction, some don’t. Simple as that.” I smile at her soft nod, “I know a few that like their fair share of fiction and non.” I smile at her cute giggle.

“You’re quite the pony. Most writers try to please all their readers with things that they personally can’t stand. I never understood it myself.”

‘Well obviously they just want attention,’ I smile to the quick thought, “Honestly if you don’t have fun while doing it, it’s not worth doing.” I suddenly put a hoof to my muzzle in thought, “Unless it’s things like, mortgage, or taxes... actually there are quite a few things that aren’t fun that you’re required to do to have things, or just stay alive...” I shake my head, “I rambled again, didn’t I?”

“You do that too!?” Twilight gawked, “Thank goodness I’m not the only one that does it!” she laughs, “Rainbow always pokes fun at me for ‘nerding out’ over the most simple topics.”

I smile, “Well honestly I’ve a bit of an ego, whenever I ‘nerd out,’ as Rainbow would put it, I do it to feel smart.” my smile shrinks into a sheepish, somewhat shameful grin. The mention of Rainbow snaps in the back of my mind, “Oh shoot!” I quickly spin toward the clock; 7:30.

“What is it?” Twilight’s wings fluff softly, my sudden outburst must have startled her.

“I’m so stupid! I completely forgot I was going to meet Rainbow Dash around noon!” I put my face into my hooves, “I’m not going to hear the end of this.” I quickly trot over to the Princess and bow, “It was a pleasure to meet you Princess, could you by chance hold onto those books for me?”

“Of course!” she smiles, setting them on a nearby table with a carving of a stallion’s head as its centerpiece, putting a small note on them, “I never caught your name...”

“Oh, it’s Silver Script.” I chuckle, “Anyway, thank you!” I smile, nod, and fly out the door.

I trot about town, looking for tail or hoof of the rainbow pony. My eyes lock on a swishing colorful tail moving back and forth on a high up cloud. I spread my wings and take flight, landing about a foot from where she was, “Sorry, I know I’m late I just got so held up and-” I stop mid sentence. Rainbow’s eyes are closed, her breathing loud, but steady, I just shake my head, “Well, at least I don’t have to completely worry.” I mutter, smiling. Rainbow shifts in her sleep, then lightly cracks open one eye.

“When did you get here and how long were you staring?” she asked, her half conscious voice seeming rather annoyed and slightly worried.

I laugh softly, “I just got here, maybe 10 seconds ago?” I sit beside her, looking to the falling sun, “Guess we’ll have to catch up some other time, huh?”

“Your fault.” she teased, “I was here at noon, like we said.” she lightly prodded my flank with her hoof, more specifically on my cutie mark, “Jeez you’re such a dork.”

“I like me,” I say, full of my own pride, “Why would I want to change?” I look back at her as she sits up herself.

“Well you know you’ll have to repay me for this, right?” she smirks, “A stallion should never keep a lady waiting, know why?” I shake my head, humoring her, “Because the longer she waits, the more time she has to plot revenge.” she laughs sinisterly, I just chuckle with a soft smirk.

“Well I’ve actually gone the entire day without a bite to eat,” I look down to my gurgling stomach, “I’m wasting away, Dash!” I claim, starting to act dramatic, “Ya gotta help me before I turn to dust!” Rainbow just laughs.

“Yeah I already know what you can do to pay me back.” she smirks, “Let’s go, party starts any minute now.”