Chapter 5 – Enough talk?
To the word the orange pegasus that has stood in the main library's entrance way for the last few minutes speaks up, "Finally, can we go now? I told Amethyst I would have the foals to here before midday."
A laugh comes over Stony as he stops his hoof's digging in his saddle, "Ha! Please, you are the foal sitter...But yes we need to leave. Come betrunken, we have much to do."
"Ya no, i'm not going into a basement again." You give your own chuckle as you look over the grey stallion's almost shocked face.
Volt follow's your words as he pokes his head out a little more towards the small pony, "Ya, why did I even need to come with you?"
Stony's answer comes quickly to the orange stallion as he waves his hoof, "You owe me for fixing your mare's painting that you broke."
Volt rolls his eyes to the comment as he sighs, "That was five months ago and I paid you."
"Yes, but I did not charge full price and it was late. Besides I need a pegasus for this and also a dumpfbacke." He turns his eyes to you with a faint smile, which only brings an annoyed reaction as you speak up, "What does that mean?"
"Ugh, betrunken...you work and live in a library...find a book on Griffin language."
As Stony's comment comes to end your mind tries to wrap around his words, griffin? But your astonishment to the name doesn't last long as Volt speaks up again.
"Can you at least tell me what i'm doing?"
The grey stallion nods his head, "Of course..." He reaches into his satchels pocket as he pulls out a glass jar, but as you look over the brightish green thing inside you go speechless.
Volt on the other hoof immediately speaks up, "Thats a Parasprite! Why would you bring a Parasprite into Ponyville?"
You think over the words for a moment as you squint to the small almost no bigger than a golf ball sized round body with nothing more then two large eyes two small black bug like feet and two bug like wings to it's figure.
From the stallion's loud and fast words the grey stallion smiles as his horn takes the jar into it's magical hold and brings it to float next to the book, "Correct, it is a Parasprite...But I changed this one."
Your silent as the orange pegasus continues to speak fast, "W-what did you do to it?"
Stony puffs his chest out proudly as he tilts his head up, "I put a spell on it to only eat snow-..."
"Why?" Your word brings the stallion down sharply from his self induced high as he rolls his eyes and explains, "Because, a normal Parasprite eats any kind of food no matter if it's full or not..." He wiggles his hoof to you as he smiles, "There are also a few that still eat clothing and buildings thanks to a failed spell your mare did when they first came to town."
You nod your head not really believing the stallion's words as you wait for him to finish, "...This is one of those, but like I said I put a spell on it to only eat snow."
Volt's eyes get a little wide as he points his hoof to the stallion, "Tombstone, you told me it was because no pony put snow clouds above your house, I had to personally escort a few weather ponies there last week!"
Stony blows to the comment as he floats the jar to the other side of him, as he does this Owlowiscious focuses on the bug like animal in the jar,"Yes well, I need you in case the thing gets out..." He laughs as he continues, "When the snow is gone tomorrow this thing will revert back to eating anything and everything; and I can't have it running around town, i'm a mortician, not a animal catcher."
A defeated sigh comes from the orange stallion as he talks, "Fine, lets just get this done before Amethyst gets back from the Winter Wrap up meeting, she's a team leader so I still have time."
Stony nods his head as he talks, "Good then betru-..." The small stallion's words are cut off as the owl darts from it's perch towards the glass jar, Stony's eyes shrink with fear from the talon stretched animal as he drops his magic and jumps out of the way.
Within a moment the glass jar hits the ground with a shattering sound as the bright green Parasprite quickly zips around the room.
Stony drops to the floor as he covers his head with his front hooves, "My Luna it's free!"
The words send the dark orange stallion into a quick jump from the room as the owl's screeches and food wanting primal instincts send it chasing after the fast moving bug thing.
Your eyes widen to the scene around you as you duck your head trying to avoid each swooping sweep of the brown owl that has in one second taken over your house.
To the commotion in the other room the small blue unicorn colt gives off a slightly girly laugh as he starts to hold his sides from the way the older stallion's are acting.
Sparky and Violet don't really follow the laugh though, and as the few moments start to turn into an almost never ending cycle of bird on bug flight the light purple filly moves towards the room with her horn glowing faint green.
You continue to duck your head from the fast moving animals as you try to grab at the frantically chasing bird.
Violet holds her eyes to the room as she traces the quick moving golf ball like bug, but her moments of watching comes to an end as the filly tilts her head forward and sends a quick bolt of green magic into the room. Only the bolt misses the bug and hits you in the face and some of the wall behind you. The bolt turns your laid down mane into a frost combed masterpiece and throwing your warm face into a cold shock, which you can only use to blink in confusion towards the light purple filly standing in the doorway of the main library.
Violet's ears drop down as she realizes her missed spell and her head sinks a little from her once ready and proud stance. But she quickly brings her head back up as she sticks her tongue out a little as she again tries to trace the quick moving bug. Again her bolt comes through the room, the stream of magic misses again as a random part of the room takes on a frosted shimmer from her magic. But the filly is quick to let out another bolt, that this time makes contact with the small bug as it turns into a frozen ball and drops to the ground. As it hits the wood floor the slight bit of ice breaks but the Parasprite doesn't move as it's wings get a little drenched in the quickly melted water.
Owlowiscious slowly stops it's flight path as it flaps it's self back to its perch. As the bird comes to rest you wipe the frost from your face as you hold a smile to the little filly.
Volt slowly brings his head to poke back around the corner of the room as he holds a slightly surprised stare to the little filly, Stony holds the same stare but the grey stallion is quick to dash over to the still grounded bug as he reaches into his satchel, "Good, now you can clean your slight snow globe of a house." He floats a jar towards the bug as he continues, "Ah...this is why I always have a spare."
The grey stallion turns his head to the pegasus at the threshold as he talks, "You know, I asked you to come with me in case it got out...I did not ask you to follow me around so that I could hear foals."
A sheepish nod comes from the stallion as the two colts start up in a slight gasped voice, "WHOA! That was cool!"
Bell takes a hoof forward as he watches Stony scooping the Parasprite into the other jar, "Hey can you teach me that?"
Violet blinks to the comment as she brings her hooves up to speak, but the motion only causes the blue colt to ask again. Knowing the colt won't pick up on the next hoof motion's you talk up, "Uh, I don't think it's the easiest thing to learn."
"Awww..." The colt nudges the filly as he continues through his slightly disappointed but understanding tone, "Why didn't you just say so?"
To the words the filly turns her head to you as you again speak up for her, but this time not really wanting to say what you're about to, "Violet can't talk like you two." You try to give emphasis to the last part hoping to make the two colts understand.
Stony's horn sparks back up as he brings the book to float up to him as he adjusted the satchel around him as he starts to trot towards the door, "Well back to-..."
"How come?"
The grey stallion's voice is cut off which brings him to a slight stop as his path gets cut off from the light orange pegasus.
Violet continues to swing her head back and forth as you speak for her, "Violet has Sombrauism, she talks using her hooves."
Sparky's normal stuffy nosed voice is quick to answer as he blinks to the words, "Can I learn it?" As his words end the two colts poke their ears up awaiting your answer.
But your voice doesn't come up as the orange stallion next to them speaks up, "Not today Sparky, I don't think Mr.Sparkle wants any other foals around the house right now."
You ignore the Mr.Sparkle part of the stallion's words as he shrug to it, "Well maybe not today..." with your pause you think over your next words as you continue, "...Understanding hoofing is easy, trying to speak it is harder." Your words are confident as you think them over for a second, really two hoofs, two ears and a few motions can only do so much...
The two colts nod their heads not really knowing what they're agreeing to but as there gestures end the grey stallion at the door speaks up, "Actually I think the betrunken should watch the foals, my plan was to invite him along this way I would not have to pay the book renting fee...But this might work out better seeing as how you are bad luck."
Any moment of normal conversation is now gone as you turn a slightly annoyed eye to the stallion, "Um...yay?"
Stony waves his hoof to your words as his horn sparks up, "I had wanted to put this Parasprite in the Everfree forest, but if you were to come along there's no doubt in my mind we would be attacked by timber wolves..." He lets out a laugh as he finishes his comment, "...And I don't feel like digging any holes today so here you go." A small pouch comes from his satchel as he floats it to the table, "There is your bits for the rental, do not ask when I will bring this book back...I have need of it until I am done...my payment is correct though..."
He stops as he squints his eyes, "Unless you're going to charge me extra like that dragon does, verdammt book hoarder."
"Tombstone...there's foals." The orange pegasus nods his head down as the grey stallion waves the comment off.
You ignore it as you nod your head, "No, it's fine goodbye Stony."
"Perfect, now come unseriös, I need your help for this high up task." The grey stallion holds his new found smile as he trots towards the door and leaves the house.
Volt rolls his eyes as he waves goodbye to you, the blue unicorn colt doesn't give another glance towards you as he follows Stony out. But the light orange colt waves his hoof to you and Violet as he moves to where the other pegasus stallion stands at the open door, "Bye mister, bye Vio-let."
You and Violet watch the few ponies leave the house as you turn to Violet's hooves, a faint chuckle escapes your mouth as you look over the filly's downed ears, "No, i'm not mad you hit me with your magic."
From your words you look around the room as you pause, the spots where Violet's magic hit have turned into a now thawing mess of water and a few books still lay on the floor from the owl's sporadic flying and Stony's magic, "Um...but we need to clean this up before mommy gets back."
End of chapter 5