Nightmare's Parallel

Chapter 2: Twilight's Arrival

Brock had been preparing the spell in the field when he looked up and saw Twilight riding in a chariot overhead.

"My dearest Twilight, i am sending you to supervise the celebration preparations in this years location, Ponyville. And i have an even more essential task for you to complete, make some friends!" spike said to Twilight as the flew overhead.

"Hey at least Princess Celestia arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?" spike asked.

"Yes, yes it does spike, because I'm right and after I'm done checking up on the preparations I'm going to do research on this whole nightmare moon myth." Twilight said.

"But when will you make friends like the princess said?" Spike asked.

"Spike the princess said i need to check on preparations, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends." Twilight said proudly.

"Oh miss sparkle, you have no idea how wrong you are." Brock whispered and watched as she flew down to land. Then Brock gasped and sprinted into town he stopped as he saw Twilight walk up to Pinkie Pie.

"Uuh, hello?" Twilight said weakly. Pinkie jumped into the air and gasped and then shot away as fast as Brock had gotten there. "Well that was interesting. Ok what's first on the list, Spike?"

"The celebration banquet preparations at the farm called, Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight and spike kept talking as they walked away. Brock realized he was running out of time to get to the town hall to assist in the decor for the celebration. He sprinted there and slowly walked inside.

"Hello? Hello? Is anybody here?" Brock called.

"Over here, just a moment please." A female voice called. Brock walked towards it and gasped at who he saw. Who he saw was a beautiful Woman using her magic to sort through a bunch of different colors of ribbon and then finally picked one and turned to face him. "Oh hello, my name is rarity and you are?" She asked and walked forward.

"My name is Brock FIreheart, and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance miss rarity." Brock said and bowed.

"Oh a gentleman are we?" Rarity asked with a snicker.

"Yes i am quite the gentleman, and i have a to-die-for taste in fashion." Brock replied with that and she went on inquiring on how she had never met him before. "Oh i don't live inside of Ponyville, i live near the base of the mountain that Canterlot is built on." Brock said with a smile.

"Oh you live below Canterlot? It must be quite boring living by yourself isn't it?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, well it allows me to keep up on my studies in magic, fashion and other things." Brock said and waved a hand.

"You like to... study?" Rarity asked.

"Yes of course its among the only things i do in my spare time." Brock said with a smile

"Well then you should stop by the library in town." Rarity said and smiled.

"Oh yes, i used to work there until today." Brock said with a frown.

"Oh why would you quit if you love to study?" Rarity asked.

"Oh i didn't quit i was forced from my job by Princess Celestia." Brock said.

"You were WHAT?! Thats just awful! Why would anybody want to take you away from something you love so much?" Rarity asked angrily.

"Im not particularly sure of that all i know is that somebody named Twilight Sparkle is coming to town and she's going to be staying in the library for a few days until after the Celebration. Which brings me back to the reason i stopped by." Brock said and stood up.

"Oh, and why is that?" Rarity asked.

"I heard someone say you were decorating the town hall for the Princess and i stopped by to see if i could help." Brock said with a smile.

"Oh of course you could help me with the decorating! Why didn't you say something earlier?" Rarity asked and stood up.

"I was telling you about myself and you were telling me about yourself." Brock said sarcastically.

"Oh... Right well to start off you could help me by hanging up a few of these banners while i run and grab some more ribbon from my boutique, i'll be right back!" Rarity yelled and ran home.

"Finally i can stop using this uptight voice and attitude. Now to hang these banners up and wait for Twilight to arrive and Rarity to return." Brock said and laughed quietly to himself. It had been about ten minutes before Rarity came back and started decorating again. And not five minutes later had Twilight Sparkle walked in.

"Decorations.... Beautiful...." Spike said hazily.

"Yes the decor is coming along nicely this should be quick." Twilight said.

"Not the decorations..... Her. How are my scales?! Are they straight?" Spike asked before being lifted onto Twilights back.

"Focus Casanova. Uh hello?" Twilight said.

"Just a moment please im in the zone, as it were." Rarity said happily. "Aah, Glitter always does the trick does it not? Now what can i do-" Rarity screamed when she turned to face twilight.

"What....... What happened to your hair darling?!

"Oh its a long story, but in just here to check up on the decorations and i'll be out of your hair." Twilight said smiling.

"Out of MY hair what about YOUR hair?!" About ten minutes later Brock started sweeping up Twilight's hair. After having it cut she left. Brock looked around quickly and took the hair and levitated it onto his bag and placed it next to the scale he yanked off of spike earlier.

"Yes i have all the ingredients i need to finish the spell." After a half an hour more Brock left the town hall and waved goodbye to Rarity. He then sprinted to the crescent moon circle he painted on the grass. "Good its still here." He placed the dragon scale and lock of hair in the center of the circle and encircled the crescent moon with sulfur. the smell burned his nostrils but he quickly casted a spell on the sulfur to eliminate the smell. "Good that was horrid..... And now i wait."