Unicorns have all the fun ch 2
"Where in the name of Equestria is Prim?!" He groaned as he flopped down on the ground outside of Sugarcube Corner. A bell rang as the front door opened. "Turn that frown upside down!" A happy pink earth pony said. Demeter picked up his head and glanced at Pinkie. "Have you seen Prim?" The pony thought for a moment and shook her cotton candy mane. "Nope. Why? Are you looking for her?" Meter nodded as he stood up and shook his mane back into place. "I saw her flying around though! It looked like she was racing Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie said bouncing with excitement. The gray unicorn looked into her blue eyes. "How long ago?" Demeter asked. "Hmm... About five minutes ago?" She said looking up at him. "Thanks Pinkie. Catch you later!" He said going at a full gallop toward Slight Light's observatory in the canopy of Twilight's library.
As the great Rainbow Dash would say, Demeter got to the library in 'ten seconds flat'. One would think with the amount of running he did the unicorn would be out of breath. Not at a time like this he wouldn't! Trying to control his breathing, Dem thumped a hoof against the door. "Twilight! May I come in?" He called to the door. In a manner of moments the door was opened by a small purple and green reptile. A baby dragon to be precise.
"Hello Demeter. Did you come by to see Twilight?" Spike asked as he opened the door entirely for the stallion. "Actually I was hoping to find Prim and Slight here." The unicorn said looking down at the dragon. "Are they here by chance?" Spike closed the door and turned to look at the gray unicorn. "Yes, they are upstairs in the observatory. I think Twilight is up there too." "Thanks Spike!" Demeter said as he trotted to the stairs and ascended into the canopy of the tree house.
"... I know! He won't listen to me though." Prim said to the unicorns. The white unicorn shifted his mane to uncover his red eyes. "He does have talent. Octavia performs his pieces for a reason." The purple female unicorn sat with a book open on the floor. "The few of his works I have are wonderful. He really should perform this year." Demeter hung his head low when he reached the top of the stairs. Do they truly mean that? I didn't think Octavia was that picky. Is it true I really do have talent? He thought to himself. Had he really been doubting himself that much?
"Dem! Just the pony we wanted to see!" Prim said flapping her wings and hovered slightly above the deck. The gray unicorn trotted over and looked at the others. "Why is that?" He asked. "Prim was informing us of the invitation you received from Celestia." Slight Light said swaying his tail to the rhythm of Prim's beating wings. "We were speaking of how you should take the offer." Twilight said getting up from the floor. Demeter glanced to Primrose. "So I take it I should reply to Celestia?" "Of course!" The other ponies replied in unison. Demeter blinked his icy eyes with surprise. "As a matter of fact, I think you could write a letter to Celestia about friendship while you're at it, Demeter." Twilight said making quill, paper and ink appear out of nowhere.
The gray unicorn chewed on the inside of his mouth. "What should I say?" He asked the others. "I usually tell Spike what experience I had with friendship... Today you experienced your friends cheering you up and believing in your talents." The purple unicorn said as she glanced to Demeter and then the others. "Spike?" Demeter said over the banister to the dragon. "Yes?" The dragon replied from downstairs. "I want to write a letter to Princess Celestia." The unicorn said again. The patter of feet were heard as the dragon reached them. "Whenever you're ready." He said taking the quill and paper into hand. "Dear Princess Celestia," Demeter began and then paused. "I accept your kind offer to perform at the Gala. I only ask to have tickets for my friends. Nine tickets in all please." He then said after a moment.
The sound of quill on paper was heard as Spike wrote the dictation. "I also had an experience with friendship. Friends stand together to keep each others spirits lifted. Even when they doubt themselves." Demeter continued once Spike caught up. "Primrose, Slight Light and Twilight are the best friends a pony could ask for. Sincerely, Demeter B. Clef" The gray unicorn said at last. Prim landed beside him. "Aw Meter you're so nice!" She said before wrapping her front hooves around his neck in a hug. Demeter smiled a bit. "You're far nicer than I, Prim."
Slight Light smiled at the sight and glanced to Spike. "May want to send that off as soon as possible." The baby dragon nodded and took a deep breath and blew a jet of emerald flame. The letter disintegrated and flew out of the window. Demeter watched this and looked to the dragon. "How does that work exactly?" The dragon shrugged. "Not a clue, it just works some how." Demeter looked around the others and bowed his head. "I will be going now. Thank you for everything everyone." The other ponies waved the unicorn goodbye with a mix of their voices.
Demeter made his way out of Twilight's library and walked down the street. He made sure not to bump into anypony and got to thinking. If he were to perform at the Gala, he would have to put together something even better than what he currently had written. He sighed and kicked his movement into high gear to go into a gallop back to the theatre. It took a few minutes to return and make his way back inside.
The unicorn sat himself back at his piano and read over his current work. His eyes narrowed as he attempted to read what he had written. "What in the world is this?" He said as he scribbled out an entire line of work and crumpled up the sheet and found a new sheet of composition paper and got back to writing a fresh piece.
