55 Days

55 Days - Day 3

CLOUDSDALE HOTEL, DAY 3, 6:53 AM

These two other ponies... Firewing and Dry Healer... I must find more about them. But... Nobody here remembers them... Dry healer has no living relatives, but Firewing has a sister in Cloudsdale, I could ask her since her memory is intact.

Sometimes I hate being an Investigator...

HEAD COUNT OUTSIDE PONYVILLE, TWO HOURS EARLIER

Sometimes I hate guard duty...

Commander woke us up at 4:01 AM. Today I had to check on "Derpy Hooves", and three others.

I began to stroll through the streets. I was nearing her address.  I heard strange noises from an alleyway. I looked for a moment, but saw nothing. I continued to the house.

I knocked on Derpy's home. No response.

"Hello? Ms. Hooves?"

No response.

"Ms. Hooves?"

"Oh, sorry!"

I jumped, she was right next to me.

"Where were you at such an early hour?"

"Just taking a little stroll, that's all."

"Hmm... Okay. I have others to check on, so i must leave."

I began walking away.

"Why are you checking on ponies?"

I stopped. I had already been briefed on what to say.

"...Celestia's orders. Temporary security measures, for the upcoming visit next month."

"Alright..."

I continued on, towards the next pony's house.

NOW, FIREWING'S SISTER'S HOUSE

I knocked on the door.

"Oh, hello! You're the one who talked to me on the phone, yes, please come inside!"

She motioned to come, and I entered. We sat down.

"Can you tell me about your brother?"

"Ah, Firewing? Yeah, he just moved to ponyville just a couple years ago. He has a few friends. He runs his own store in town. I just visited him last month, yeah?"

"What was... Err... Is he like?"

She doesn't know what happened, best to keep it that way.

"Yeah, he's into flying and photography. He sells his images in his store, he takes the greatest pictures, yeah? Loves the land. He says he sees it differently, he can see it moving, growing, breathing. He can feel the emotion of the land. He knows how to get that into a photo."

"He sounds amazing. Do you know if he knows Twilight Sparkle?"

"Hmm... I don't recall him mentioning that pony. He might know her, you should ask him, not me."

A little over an hour passed.

"Well, thank you for your time."

I got up and headed for the door.

"Oh it was no problem really, it's always nice to have guests."

I walked outside, and said goodbye.

It seems that he is completely different from twilight. Perhaps there is just no pattern.