//------------------------------// // past to present // Story: Alternate Mane 6 // by MLPxBRONYx44 //------------------------------// Rose woke up and looked to the couch to see her friends sleeping, but her friends weren't there. She got up and looked in the kitchen, maybe her friends were making breakfast. No dice, they weren't there. She checked her clock, it was 9:20, she would be late if she did not hurry. she ran out the door. Rose was late for work and had to run through crowds of ponies. She jumped fences and ran through alleys, and at one point tackled a random pony that was just walking on the streets. "Hey watch where you're going, you could have killed me!" This pony seemed mad, very mad. Rose looked up and saw Blossom sitting in front of her rubbing her the dirt out of her eyes. " Oh, you're right, it's all my fault and I'm to blame" Blossom was so angry she did not recognize the voice. " You're dang right it..." She opened her eyes and to her dismay, there was a pink and red mane'd pony almost ready to cry right in front of her. " Rose, I'm so sorry, I didn't know it was you. It was my fault, I should have looked where I was going. Blossom felt like a jerk, even though she had no idea it was Rose. " I'm late for work, I have to go" the mare ran off teary eyed and sad. " Wait, Rose! I'm sorry. When rose reached work she went into her boss's office. Mr. Page was as old as Granny Smith, and nopony knows how old she is. " Mr. Page? I'm sorry I'm late" Rose was looking down, her hair covering her eye. " Rose, is that you? " Page was old and had to put his glasses on to get a better look at her. " Rose, I'm glad you're here, I need to talk to you. Now I'm old and this store is just as much yours as it's mine so I just wanted to ask you if, when I die, if you would take over the store? " Rose was really surprised, but he was right, this store means a lot to me and if this store closed down Derpy would have no comfort through bad times. " Mr. Page, it would be an honor to take over when you die" Page had always treated Rose like a daughter, perhaps he had no kids. " Rose, me and your father, may Celestia bless him, had been friends forever, I stayed with him until he died of cancer a year ago. I hope you know I think of you as a daughter, but I must leave, take care" Rose was dumbstruck by this recent transaction of power of property, but she was so happy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derpy was walking down market street when she saw a teal pony that everypony thought went insane when her friend left her. Derpy ran over the teal pony hoping that if she was friendly then she wont be called insane. "Hey, isn't your name Lyra? I'm Derpy" Lyra looked at the new pony, she could not tell if Derpy was being nice or if it was a cruel joke. " Yes my name is Lyra, and if you'd excuse me I have to get back to doing my research" Lyra was about to leave when, " Me and some friends are going to have lunch later at The Hayseed, should join us" Before Lyra had a chance to answer, the pony had left. Derpy kept walking down the street looking at all the cool stuff for sale when she saw he most magical thing in Equestria. She ran as fast as could, filled with excitement until she reached the stand. Behind the stand sat Twilight, she was sitting on a crate counting her bits. " Twilight, whats that thing on the table?" Twilight looked up in shock. "Its a lava lamp it's..." Derpy cut in before Twilight could finish. " It's magic? I knew it, how much?" Derpy could barely contain herself. " The lamp is 5 bits " Derpy got into the bag she uses to carry mail in and dug out 5 gold coins. " Here take my bits!" Derpy took the lamp and ran home with it. Derpy opened her door and rushed inside, she sat the lamp down on her desk. She turned off the lights and went back to lamp she watched as the blobs in the lamp. The top blob went in a circle around the bottom one, then merged into one. Derpys eyes exploded in excitement and she released a tiny giggle. " Best 5 bits I ever spent!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colgate and Dr. Whooves spent the whole day off of work to talk about Lyra and her research. " So for the past 3 months Lyra has been devoting all of her time to finding evidence of humans?" Whooves just sat and nodded. " I don't think its healthy but she wont listen to reason, Even cost her Bon Bon" Colgate had herd the stories about Bon Bon but never believed them. " So Bon Bon was her best friend, you'd think she would stop the research and get her back" Whooves had already thought the same thing. "I believe she thinks that if she can prove that humans exist that she will win Bon Bon's admiration back, but she said she'd never come back until Lyra gave up the human research" To believe that somthing could come between two best friends is really hard to believe but it seems like it's the truth. " Maybe we could ween her, so to speak " Colgate's comment seem to speak to the Dr. " It would be for own good " It was decided to ween her but the problem was how? " Lyra is going out to lunch later this afternoon, maybe we could get into her house and get rid of all the research " That idea was not what a friend would do but it was for her health. " Alright then, we strike at lunch " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blossom had to meet Rainbow Dash for her daily Pegasus chores. " Blossom reporting for choir duty! " Rainbow turned around in slight surprise. " Blossom, where is your choir buddy Derpy!" Blossom had no idea, she had expected her to be here already. " Derpy isn't here already ma'am! " Rainbow took a second to think about where she could be when she realized that it was Blossoms duty to keep track of Derpy. " Blossom go find her and report back to me" Blossom watched Rainbow fly away into Cloudsdale. Blossom then flew over the town twice before realizing that maybe Derpy got sad and went to the flower store. *Ding* Blossom entered through the front door. " Hey Rose is Derpy here? " Rose didn't answer, "Hm,maybe she's out back?" Blossom went out back to check and found Rose painting a sign that said Rose's Flower Store Rose was to content to notice Blossom standing in front of her. " Rose, what are you doing? " Rose looked up with a big smile on her fave. " Mr. Page gave me his store, can you believe it? " Blossom was happy for Rose but she had to find Derpy. " Yea, yea, congrats. Is Derpy here? 'cause I need to find her " Rose was still caught up in the magic of her new store. " Uh, I don't know but she is having lunch at The Hayseed " If Blossom did not find Derpy soon then she may never earn the respect of Rainbow Dash. " I have to find her! "