Heart Beats

♫ Heart Beats - Chapter 4: The Meeting ♫

Hakke was making his way trough Ponyville after a visit at the pegasi named Fluttershy, hoping to meet Twilight Sparkle. Unfortunately, his search didn't bear any fruit yet but he continued without giving up. As far as he knew she was able to be found in the Ponyville library. Now, he was heading towards it, strolling trough the town.

Hakke reached the center of Ponyville. He decided to take a break and sit down with a cup of hot chocolate milk. A Cafe was located nearby. He sat down and ordered the chocolate milk and for safety reasons, he checked the area for any threats of ruining his refreshment. Nothing was gonna prevent him from drinking now.

As he was sitting at the Cafe sipping to his hot chocolate milk, time passed by way faster than he had expected. In the center of Ponyville the Ponyville tower was located. A huge watch was fastened on the side of the the tower. Hakke looked at it and gasped, as he realized how fast the time went by.

"8 PM? Wow, how did that happen?"

The main event of the summer sun celebration was starting at 11:59 PM. The after party should be right after that. If he was going to find Twilight Sparkle he was going to hurry up. He slurped the rest of the hot chocolate down which resulted a little burn in his throat.

"Erch, I need to stop doing that," he said to himself. Hakke payed the bill and continued toward the Ponyville library.

He had walked for around half an hour since he left the Cafe and finally arrived at the library. Standing outside the library, Hakke started to practice some phrases to say with no luck. As much as he hoped she was in there, he wanted her to be gone so he could avoid doing this. After minutes of doing nothing but trying to find words to say, he decided to knock on the door. Like when he visited Fluttershy, he raised his hoof from the ground and stopped as it was about to knock.

"Oh gosh, this is going to be so bad," Hakke said to himself as he closed his eyes and knocked on the door. He opened them again waiting for the door to open up. 30 seconds without any response. Maybe she wasn't home. Hakke started to feel sad. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the door opened. Hakke was shocked and made a loud gasp as the door was opening. Hakke's fur began to bristle and he got goosebumps. The door was now fully opened and right in front of him stood Twilight Sparkle.

"Hello?" She said.

Hakke felt some sweat rolling down his forehead.

"Hello," he replied nervously.

A moment of silence appeared. Both Twilight and Hakke was looking awkwardly at each other. Twilight started to smile awkwardly.

"Is there anything i can help you with?" She asked nicely.

"Uh.. Eh, do you remember me? I'm the pony from previously this day."

Twilight was looking at Hakke with an confused facial expression. She didn't seem to remember him.

"I don't think I've seen you before. When did we meet?" She asked.

"Uhm, it was kinda like... Eh... I spilled cola all over my coat," he answered. A small gasp exhaled from Twilight's mouth, as she suddenly remembered the awkward episode that day.

"Oh, Its you! The pony I... Oh, are you okay? I mean, I hope i didn't ruin anything last time we met," she replied. Hakke could see that the pony in front of him was feeling terrible because of the accident.

"Naw, Its nothing special, don't feel bad about it," Hakke said, winking to Twilight. A small smile appeared on Twilight's face. Hakke smiled back. A short moment of silence happened.

"So, do you want to come inside? I can make some tea," Twilight asked as she opened the door.

Hakke almost trembled as he heard the words come from the purple mares mouth. He felt a weird joyful feeling inside, but at the same time he was scared of messing something up. He squished his underlip up under his teeth in nervousity.

"Uh, are you all right?" She asked.

"Oh... Y-yea of course I am."

"Then would you like to come in or are you busy doing something else?"

"Yea, sure!" Hakke answered.

"Great! Come inside," Twilight said as she walked into the library, followed by Hakke.

The library was huge. It consisted of two floors. One with books, and one with kitchen and bedroom. The walls was full of bookshelf's, packed with books containing all kinds of various information. A small table with open books spread all around was placed in the middle of the room.

"Ill go make some tea, make yourself comfortable," Twilight said as she headed upstairs to the kitchen, preparing the tea. Hakke scouted around the first floor. He found a big variety of different books laying on the shelf's.

"Potion brewing, Advanced spells, Practical forms... She must be loving science," Hakke thought to himself as he flipped the pages in different books. He putted the books back and continued to the next shelf. A small sign was displayed on the top of the shelf saying "Novels". He picked a random book from the shelf. It was a romantic novel.

"Rolando and Julietta, A Story About Love Lost," Hakke said, reading the title of the book. He flipped´some pages open and read.

"Rolando, oh Rolando! What a horrible life without you! Will I ever be able to see your beautiful face again?

"I'm afraid not, my precious Julietta! I have to leave for all eternity, and never show myself here again!"

"Oh Rolando! I wont be able to finish my life without you by my side! Please, don't leave! I beg you! Stay with me!"

"I can't Julietta! Its just impossible! I can't hide forever! One day, they will find me, and i will be imprisoned and sooner be executed! You must understand Julietta!"

"Tea is done! What are you reading over there?"

Hakke closed the book in shock and dropped it on the floor. Twilight walked up to him and looked at the closed book laying on the ground.

"Ah, Rolando and Julietta! Great book, i read it a couple of times. I love the romantic novels," Twilight said with a smile on her face.

"Hehe, ehm... Yea sure," Hakke replied. He followed Twilight to the table with books all over it. Twilight sighed as her horn started to glow, whiping all the books away.

"I'm so sorry about the mess, i was studying before you arrived."

"Oh i see. You like studying much?"

"Yea, i use much of my time studying."

Hakke and Twilight sat down at the table. Twilight's horn began to glow again, bringing the two cups of tea down to the table.

"Here, some nice apple tea! Promise not to spill it all over you this time," Twilight said with a smile one her face. Hakke giggled, grabbed the cup of Tea and simply replied with a "Thanks". They both took a sip from the cup of tea.

"So, i never really got your name," Twilight asked.

"I'm Hakke. I live in Canterlot," he replied.

"Oh really? I'm from Canterlot too! I moved to Ponyville about a year ago, since my teacher told me to go meet some friends," Twilight said.

"Oh, I'm Twilight Sparkle by the way,"

"Yea, i already know that," Hakke replied.

"You do? How?" She asked.

"I met two other ponies, Rarity and Fluttershy i think?"

"Oh yes! Two of my best friends. They are really outstanding!" Twilight replied excited.

"Wait, does that mean you were looking for me?" Twilight asked questionably.

"Uh, yes. I wanted to say thanks to you, for helping me out today."

"Oh gosh, you really shouldn't. I was the one messing up," She said in shame.

"You really shouldn't think about it, I'm okay now. It was only an accident," Hakke said to Twilight, which was frowning a bit. Her face shined in a smile as she heard the words of Hakke. Hakke smiled back at Twilight.

"Oh thank you Hakke, I'm glad to hear that. You seem like such a nice pony!" Twilight Sparkle replied Hakke. Hakke started blushing a bit.

"Hehe, no problem at all, Twilight."

Twilight smiled to Hakke again while sipping from the cup of tea again. Both Twilight and Hakke started to feel more comfortable with each other. Even though they haven't met before other than the accident the same day, there was a good connection between the two unicorn ponies.

"So, what are you doing when not walking around the city? What is your special talent?" Twilight asked.

Hakke showed his cutie mark on his flank. It was a musical note, almost similar to Vinyl's cutie mark. "I make music! I'm one of the top DJ's in Canterlot! Have you ever heard of me before?"

"Not really, the only DJ i know is DJ PON-3. She lives here in Ponyville too," Twilight said.

"Oh yea Vinyl Scratch! She's my friend. I use to hang out with her, from time to time,"

"Oh. Do you and her have something together?" Twilight asked.

"Oh no, not at all. We are just good friends. Besides, Vinyl is a les... Uh... Never mind," Hakke said sheepishly, rubbing his hoof on the backside of his head while smiling to the purple mare in front of him. Twilight giggled sweetly.

"Well that sounds just great!" Twilight said. Hakke started to feel warm and delightful inside. He felt the beat in his heart, like when he was playing music. He recognized it. The same feeling as when he fell in love with the music.

Hakke started thinking about his foalhood.

• - - Flashback - - -

Ever since he was a little filly he had loved music. Especially electronic music and Jazz. One day when Hakke was a little filly, he was visiting Phillydelphia with his parents. They didn't visit the Metropolis' that often, or they never really did. In his foalhood, they lived in a small town outside Canterlot, where there was no electronic music at all. Hakke was really excited, since he never had visited a great city before.

"Sweetie, come on," his mother called. The little filly was busy looking at some toys that had caught his attention. He turned to answer his mother.

"But mom! I want to stay here looking at the toys!" He said saddened. His mother looked at him seriously.

"Okay then, promise me you stay here at the toys? Then me and dad will be back in 10 minutes, okay?" She said to her son which was still looking at all the amazing toys.

"Yes, of course mom! I Will be waiting right here."

"Good. Mom and dad will be back soon," She said as they leaved the area with the toy store and walked across the street. Soon they were out of his sight as they turned around a corner. Shortly after, Hakke got bored of the toys in the store. It wasn't that funny anymore when he wasn't able to get anyone of them down from the wall. He sat down and sighed in boredom.

"I should have went with mom and dad," He said to himself. Suddenly, he heard a very quiet sound, like it came from afar. He got on his hoofs again and started to walk towards the direction where the sound came from. The sound became louder as he walked towards it. It slowly started to sound like a melody. A sweet melody played on a piano. Filly Hakke started to run towards the source of the sound. The melody was very clear now but suddenly he's path was blocked. A crowd of ponies was standing in front of him. He managed to get in between the crowding ponies. They were all starring at a huge scene while cheering. Hakke wasn't long about finding out that the music was coming from the scene. A grey pony with glasses and a black spiky mane was playing music the on a big very confused looking instrument.

Hakke was glaring in awe, as the grey pony kept on playing the sweet piano melody. Shortly after, a heavy beat was added, kept pounding and pounding. Slowly, there was added more and more to the tune and suddenly it exploded into a multitude of electric sounds. Hakke started to shine as a huge smile appeared on his face. He started to feel warm and delightful inside... He was in love... In love with the music. It was the most fantastic feeling he ever felt in his entire life. His heart was beating as the bass pounded. he was enjoying this moment, more than anything ever. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, but suddenly someone layed a hoof on his shoulder. Hakke gasped in shock and turned around quick and to his surprise, it was his mother.

"Hakke! I told you to stay at the toy store!" She yelled. Hakke looked surprised at his mom, then he looked back at the scene, then back to his mother.

"But mom, I..."

"Come with me now! We are going home," she said to him.

"I am very disappointed Hakke."

• - - Flashback End - - -

Hakke recognized the emotion he felt before. It was the same as when he was a kid. He WAS in love with Twilight, even though he just met her. He knew it just had to be those two together, or he hoped at least. Twilight and Hakke talked for quite a long time, and slowly getting to know each other. They talked about everything from hobbies to their pasts. Twilght told Hakke about her being picked by Princess Celestia herself as her student. Even though Hakke didn't like studying, he was very amazed about that. Hakke looked at the watch. The time was 9 PM. Only 3 hours until the summer sun celebration, which gave Hakke an idea.

"Hey Twilight. I was thinking of something," he said.

"Oh, what is it Hakke?" She asked sweetly.

"Ehm, are you going to the summer sun celebration today?"

"Of course I am! I do it every year. I have loved it since i was a little filly."

"Oh great! Uh, i mean... Eh... Its because there is this after-party i promised Vinyl to show up at. I wanted to ask you if you maybe wanted to go there... With me?" Hakke asked nervously. Twilight laughed and Hakke started to blush.

"Well, of course id like that," She replied happily. Hakke lightened up again.

"Really! Oh that's just awesome!" He almost yelled. Twilight giggled again and smiled at Hakke. He made a huge smiling grimace on his face. Hakke thought of the time again. He wanted to visit Vinyl before the party started.

"I have to go now though, ill see you at... Ehm... 11:40?" He asked Twilight curiously. Twilight smiled and answered him.

"Yes, that seems like a good idea. I have to fix my self up a bit," Twilight said.

"Oh awesome! Ill see you then!" He yelled as he left the library. Twilight sighed in delight and putted the two empty teacups away.

As soon as Hakke closed the door to the library, he started jumping up and down in joy.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! I succeed! And got a date too!" He said to himself. He started to feel warm inside again. It ended up being a good day after all!