A New Life

"First, I'm gonna destroy everything you hold dear, then make sure, your family is finished, then kill everyone you hold dear." "No, you wouldn't dare!" "I'll prove it to you then..." "AHHHH!" Brent screamed as he jumped out of sleep. "Okay, I need to do something about these dreams... more like nightmares actually." Brent stuttered as he spoke. Brent concentrated his look in the direction of the clock on his night stand. "Alright its 8:21 A.M. I should get moving, gotta big day of work ahead of myself." Brent said to himself as he grabbed his bit necklace and wallet, put on his morning shoes, and headed into the kitchen. Unlike yesterday, today was a beautiful day yet it was still a little cold, but still tolerable. Brent got out the cereal, poured a bowl of cereal, got the milk, and sat down to watch the news. it was about 15 minutes and Brent was done with his cereal, he squinted at the living room clock, still a bit tired. "8:36, well better go." Brent said as he threw on his jacket. He traveled down the muddy street and starred at the map he held with his magic. "Hmm, so looks like the library is straight ahead, that's ironic the library looks like a tree! Guess they forgot to put it on here." Brent said chuckling to himself. "Alright, looks like I'm here... at a... tree library?" Brent looked up at what seemed like a grand looking tree. Brent walked over to the sign above the wooden door and it read "Ponyville Library" Brent knocked on the door softly. He started hearing sounds from inside the library, then the door opened.

    "Hello and welcome to the Ponyville library, in what way can I help you?" Brent looked at the young mare in front of him, she had a purple coat, and a purple and pink mane, and she was an Alicorn! Brent looked at her in awe but responded quickly. "Hi, I saw this flyer, and I wanted to know when this job was?" Brent said trying to cover up him looking at her with shock. "Oh, yes, thank you coming over to help!" The mare said with a smile. "No problem, I’m glad to help." "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I’m Twilight Sparkle. The mare said with a friendly look. "My name is Brent, pleased to meet you!" Brent said. "You're the princess right?" Brent asked with confusion. "Why yes I am, but you can call me Twilight, no need for that stuff." "Okay, Twilight it is." "So you said your name was Brent? That's quite an odd name, then again, I've never seen you around Ponyville." "Yeah, I got here about two days ago, I was raised half my life on Baltimare, half of it in Manehatten." Brent said. "Well that explains the name, come inside and we can get started, you came at the right time, Spike had just left to go see Rarity. "Who are Spike and Rarity?" Brent asked with interest. "Spike is my assistant who likes... somepony" Twilight said with a mischievous tone "And Rarity is one of my best friends!" Brent pondered who the 'Somepony' was, then chuckled when he realized who it was. "Okay, and another question, what is a princess doing at a library?" Brent asked. "I decided to stay, since my friends were here, I thought it would be better for me and them, that and I liked Ponyville, anyways let me get my lists of to-do's, and then we can get started!" Twilight said as she entered another room. Brent looked around the library, the smell of recently burnt candles and wood filled his nostrils as he stood there, looking around. He quickly took out the flyer to review his pay, twenty bits, not bad. As he looked around he saw books, beakers, and telescopes around the library. "This mare sure does like science." Brent thought. "Alright, I've got the list, let’s get started." Twilight said breaking the silence. "First we restock the shelves in alphabetical order, depending on Genre and then we double check it, sound simple?" Yeah, sounds good." Brent said, which of course he knew he could. "Great, you start on that shelf, and I'll start on this one, then well move to where we are on the same shelf!" Twilight said with excitement. "She must be a book enthusiast or something." Brent thought, smiled, and got straight to work. They worked pretty much all day, it was repetitive but Brent needed the money, so he said nothing and continued to work. Every now and then Brent would hear Twilight checking off the things to do on her notepad. Brent was in the middle of double checking, his eyes were heavy as he was getting tired from all the lifting and stacking and such. "All right looks like we're almost done, I'm going to put my notepad up." Twilight said as she headed up the stairs. Brent looked over at the clock. the time read 3:21 P.M. Brent felt his eyes were heavy but tried to stay awake. He had stayed up too late, Brent felt his eyes shut and he drifted to sleep. Twilight looked down and noticed this, she beamed a small smile, she didn't wake him, thinking he probably needed the sleep. She simply was quiet the whole time. She propped a pillow under his head and finished double checking the shelves. Though, something bothered her, she couldn't make out what he was saying but it seemed he was mumbling a little.

"So you're leaving?" "Yeah, they want me to be there early for inspection, sorry little bro." "Will I see you ever again?" "Now Brent, of course you will, it's the Royal Guard, trust me, they'll let me take time off don't you worry." "I love you!" "I love you too buddy, now remember, look after mom and dad for me okay? I know you, you're strong, and always remember to be brave." Brent had awoken to the sound of kitchen utensils dropping on the floor. Again, Brent had noticed that when he wiped his eyes, tears were on his hooves. "Ah, sorry did I wake you?" Twilight said peeking her head out of the kitchen. “Yeah, but I'm fine, I needed to wake up, how long have I been asleep 30 minutes?" "Nah, it’s been about five hours." Twilight said going back into the kitchen. "Five hours? I gotta go!" Brent said as he got up. "I have one question." Twilight said getting Brent's attention. "Do you always cry in your sleep?" Twilight asked with concern. "Oh... you uh...you noticed that?" "Yeah, are you okay?" Twilight said.. "Yeah, I'm okay, hey listen, thanks for letting me sleep, I needed it." "No problem, your pay is on the counter there. It was nice meeting you, we should talk later, a friendly chat if you will." Twilight said with a smile. "Sure, and it was nice meeting you too!" Brent said as he put his coat on and grabbed his bits. "If you’re looking for work I'll always be here!" "Thank you Twilight, see yeah later!" Brent said as he rushed out the door. Twilight wondered why he was in a hurry, but went back to cooking. Brent galloped to Roseluck's shop, hoping it wasn't closed. He entered the market, spotted the shop right away. He ran up to it looking inside. The shop was dark, nopony in sight, he looked at the sign in the shop window, Closed. "Damn it, I hope she didn't think I forgot!" Brent huffed in frustration. He walked home in a grumpy mood, feeling bad he didn't keep his promise. But he had a weird feeling someone was watching him, "If Twilight noticed me crying in my sleep, then it must be bad, I need to talk to someone about it..." Brent said in a sigh. Brent had gotten up to his building where his apartment is. He looked back in the direction of Roseluck's shop. And he started to turn towards the door when he saw a figure in the distance, staring right at him. "Hello, who's there?" Brent said. And as soon as he asked the figure ran. Brent was to freaked out to care about who it was now, he ran up to his apartment door, unlocked it and locked it as fast as he could. Then he walked over to the window, to see the figure one last time before he closed the blinds shut. It was quite early for going to bed, so he turned on the TV. Which was quite challenging to do in the dark cold room. He cooked up some dinner and sat down, every now and then he would look at the door, as if it were about to bust open and the figure he saw would be standing there. The clock read 10:17 P.M. it was time for Brent to go to bed. He brushed his teeth, took his necklace off and set his wallet on the table as he took his coat off. He laid there in bed, thinking of what Roseluck was probably thinking about him, the figure he saw. Then he remembered as he drifted into sleep, Tomorrow is Friday...