A Quiet Rune Scribe

DEC 28-29. After hearing the loud crack, I move my light closer to see the black egg better, I see cracks all over the egg, its ability to absorb light making it look like a black hole is cracking apart.

After a few minutes of me waiting I see something break the suffuse of the eggs shell, a black beak pushing its way out forming a small hole, I continue to watch as the egg slowly breaks apart and after waiting a while longer, I see the egg finally crack apart at its sides.

I see the top of the egg now separated from the bottom half move, I reach out with my field and pull the top half of the egg up and out of the way, inside is a small bird chick letting out soft chirps as it shuffles around, its skin was all black along with its beak, and it had no feathers like all newborn birds.

I grab a few books from my desk, I had no idea what would come from the egg, but I'd guessed it would probably be some type of bird or lizard, so I made sure to have a several books in my room for when the egg hatched, I flipped through several chapters trying to find anything that would help.

Before I begin my reading, I clean up the chick with a rag and keep it warm by holding it to my chest, I read through the books and don't find anything about what this chick might be the closest I've found is some type of crow, I did also find out how to take care of it, I'm going to need to go buy some food for it and I know a pet shop I've passed it in the city a few times, so for tonight I'm going to let it sleep with me to keep it warm.

As I wake up the first thing, I hear it chirping I get up and hold the little bird "you must be hungry? well then let's go get you something to eat" I grab my bag and place the hatchling on my back wrapped it a cloth to keep it warm and using my field to keep it stable, as we make are way to the pet shop I remember, we arrive and enter I see a mare at the counter and approach, "hello sir what can I help you with?"

"Well, I have a bird that I hatched recently and I'm not really sure how to take care of it" I say with some embarrassment.

She doesn't look very surprised at my statement "you'd be surprised how many ponies I've see come in with the same problem, can I see the bird?" she asks looking at my back.

I pass the bird over to her letting her see it, and after a moment of looking she speaks "well I'm not sure exactly what type of bird this is I can say it's probably a type of crow, are you looking to keep it?"

I nod "yes I came to see what I would need to raise it."

She gives me a smile "ok I'll show you what you'll need and tell you how, although I'll have to charge you."

"That's fine thank you", she spends several minutes helping me pick out a cage some toys for when the birds older and food, the food she gave me is a bottle filled with a mix, it doesn't smell the best but after giving the bird some they seem to like it, she tells me that most crows can start eating solid food after a month so I don't need to buy much and I'll only need to buy more every week or so.

I also bought everything my new friend will need, a water and food bowl along with the cage and toy's I mentioned before, I was also told that most crows can eat most things the only things I can't give it is chocolate and dairy, the final thing I was told was how to keep the chick warm turns out they sold a short guide with a spell so I bought one instead of looking for it in the library, after my shopping I leave the store and make my way back to the library and my room.

I close my door and place the chick on my desk in its cloth nest, I spend some time setting up the cage it's not large, three feet tall three wide and four feet long, it's not the best and I'll probably get something better when he grows some, but it will do for now.

I don't have much room, so I place the cage at the foot of my bed in between the bed and my desk, I assemble the cage and place it on the floor, I hear the chirping of my new roommate demanding food and start feeding them while looking around my room.

I'm starting to realize that I don't have much space and with my plants and my new friend I have even less, I may have to think about moving to somewhere bigger but to do that I'll need permission from the library, and I'll need to find someplace to move to, It's the end of December so in a few days so I can find some time to talk to Daisy and ask her about it, for now though I have my environment spell and this little one to keep me busy.

time skip

JAN 1 Wednesday, it's the new year and canon creeps ever closer.

It's Wednesday which normally means I have the day off but with the new year I get a new schedule my days off are now Thursdays and Fridays so today is now a workday, and I go through my workday as normal.

I do make one change and that's during lunch I leave back to my room to feed the bird, I walk to Daisy's office after my shift is over and knock on the door, "come in" I open the door and see her at the desk with several papers covering it she looks up and sees me, "Shade what can I help you with?"

"Well, it depends, do you want to do something else for the day?"

"To get away from this for the rest of the day would be great, what is it?"

"I need more space and I now have a pet so I'm looking to move what are my options?"

She doesn't look surprised as she's seen my room, "well you have two options, first is asking the library for a bigger room but that's unlikely as there all occupied right now, there also not that much bigger than the normal rooms", she spends a moment looking for something before placing several papers in front of me.

"And the second option is to get an apartment\, but as your underage you can't just live anywhere, but you can live somewhere that is near an employee that's worked here for several years, and I just so happen to be living a few blocks from here in an apartment building with a spare apartment."

"Although I do have to ask if you have enough bits, the apartment I live in is in the upper city so it can get pricey."

I look through the papers she passed me before answering "ya I have enough, I won't get into specifics but let's just say I used some of the bits I've made in the last few months to invest and it's going well."

She nods "ok then all we need is you to sign these papers saying you're moving."

"Wait, I don't even know if I can get the apartment it seems like a bad idea to leave before I have somewhere to live."

She lets out a chuckle "you don't have to worry about that my grandsire owns the building, he even asked me a few weeks ago if I knew anypony that wants to move so this works out well for both of us."

I look through the last of the papers before signing them "well then you said you wanted an excuse to leave want to show me the apartment?"

"A chance to ignore this paperwork for the rest of today? do you even have to ask?"

I wait a few minutes for her to get things in order before we leave, we walk down the street away from the library and after a little while we come to an apartment building with several floors, Daisy introduces me to her grandsire, he's an elderly but strong looking stallion, former guard from the looks of him.

The apartment is decent sized with three rooms and a bathroom, the main room has a large window on the far wall from the front door with both other rooms and the bathroom through three doors to the left when you enter, and the kitchen is in the main room to the right this place is fairly big more than enough room for me.

The main room is fifteen by twenty five feet, both side rooms are fifteen by fifteen one of the side rooms has a window, and the kitchen has a nice island counter a stove with an oven and plenty of cabinet space, the large window looking out into the city overlooking a few other buildings letting you see past them and into a little of the countryside.

After looking at the apartment I decided to move in almost immediately, I can use the main room's window for my plants, and I'll still have space, the side room with the window will be my bedroom and the other small room can be a work room.

I sign a renter's lease for the year, and it can be renewed yearly after that, the rent is a little much but with how much I've gotten so far from the magic light sales I can live here for a decade or more, after getting everything signed and paying him the first month rent Daisy offered to take me shopping for furniture which I accepted.

We stop at the bank so I can withdraw some bits and after we spend time moving from shop to shop buying things I will need, first a bed along with some pillows and blankets two tables and a few sitting pillows, several shelves and two desks for my work room.

Along with a few lesser things, after telling the different shops where to deliver the purchases we couldn't carry with us to my new home we walk back to the library and Daisy helps me move my thing over in several boxes.

When the last box of my things is placed in my new home, I offer to take Daisy out to eat for her help and to wait for my other things to be delivered, we walk around for a while before stopping at a restaurant we spend a few hours eating and chatting over good food before heading back to the apartment building.

It's late and the sun has just set over the horizon when we enter the building and move to the front desk where Daisy's grandsire leads us to a mail room with my new things and we spend half an hour bringing it all to my room, after we finish, we say goodbye and separate.

I close my door and look at my new room seeing the various boxes, I check on my little friend feeding him before I start unboxing everything and setting up my bed and one of the tables in my room to place the birds cage on, after I move to the work room and set up a shelf and desk leaving the others in the boxes for now.

I sort and place everything on the shelf before moving on to the kitchen, I place my utensils and pan away sorting my spices into a cabinet, I use my new larger bathroom to take a shower and clean myself up.

I sit on my bed with the little chick reading a book about birds, I move the small bird into his cage in a small nest made of cloth with a warming spell on it, "good night little one' it gives me a chirp in response "you know I need a name for you, how about shadow? the small chick remains silent.

"Not that then, hmm your dark in every way from your skin to your beak, your egg was so dark it absorbed light itself so how about Entropy?"