Chapter 6 – Long day
The day since Stony, Volt and the two colts left has gone on like you thought most of the day would have, a few ponies dropping off books or picking one up but for the most part just a day of pretty much nothingness.
It only took a few minutes to clean up the one or two books and Violet's magic was pretty easy to get rid of when you can just heat up the water until its gone using your mind...Note to self, I still got it.
You and the little filly have made your way back to what you intentionally had planned for today, which was just pretty much a lazy day. You figure Violet's unexpected magic use and the few other things you did earlier was good enough so there was no need to start something else.
The library much like the outside world is calm with only a few disturbances changing the tone of the natural world, for the house it's your voice as you continue on reading the foal book Violet picked out. Really you don't understand why a story about a really tall plant would be interesting but it seems to have kept the filly pretty entertained as she holds her ears up to your voice. You push on through the words as you try to shake the thought that you've read this before,
"...Fee-Fi-Fo-Hum, I smell the mane of Sir.Bubble Gum." A deep voice ran around the mist cloud's surface as the bright pink maned white pegasus tries to scan the area around him in search of the source of the voice. "Who's there?" Said Sir Bubble Gum.
"Fee-Fi-Fo-Hum, you should have know better then to come." Again the deep voice rings around the cloud's surface as Sir.Bubble Gum continues his search for the voice.
"I have come in search of the golden pearl laying clam that you have stolen!" Sir.Bubble Gum sprawls his wings out a little more as the stallion tries to hold his own to the building fright that pulses through his wings."
You squint to the last few words on the page as you think to yourself, how is this a foal's book?
To your silence Violet's horn sparks up as it's blue glow wraps to the page to turn it, you quickly move your hoof over the page as you turn it manually with a laugh trying to hold a playful baby like tone even though your trying to be serious, "Violet, this is a book we don't want to be sucked into."
The light purple filly gives a smile to your nonsense as she looks back to the page waiting for you to continue on.
You trace your eyes back to the book as you take a deep breath and start to read again, but as you start to read through your sentence the door of the house comes open. However you don't stop your voice as you push on through the already imbedded riddle of the story, "Fee-Fi-Fo-Hum, that was dumb..."
As your words end you turn your gaze to the lavender mare that enters the house followed by Rarity and Spike, "I thought you said you weren't going to teach her anything like that word again?"
Crap, you give a sheepish smile as you nod to the book, "Uh...it was in the book?"
Twilight shakes her head as she holds a smile to the filly that now happy jumps from next to you as she gallops over towards the mare, "And how were you? Were you good for daddy?"
The little filly shakes her head as she holds her smile, Twilight happily embraces the filly with a warming hug as she giggles.
You float the book closed and bring it to hoover beside you as you bring your legs up under you to push you from the ground, which really should not be a hard task but your back legs feel like needles as you stretch them out.
This of course prompts a response from the purple dragon as he starts to remove his mits from his claws, "You get up like Granny Smith."
You nod your head with no idea as to what he's talking about as you feed back a response, "Well you try reading..." You turn the book to you as you read the name aloud, "Prince Bubblegum and the quest for the magic clam, all day." You nod to your words as you hold the floating book to you, still better than Magic For Derpys.
Spike rolls his hand as he laughs to the words, "That book is du-..."
"Oh really? You read that today? I must say that book was my favorite when I was a filly." Rarity gives a girlish giggle as she puts her hoof to her chest, "I just love the idea of stallion on a quest."
The purple dragon quickly changes his response as he nods his head, "OH ya totally! I love the book, yep best book ever, its my favorite."
You roll your eyes to the comment as you trot over to the table and set the book down, "So how'd it go?"
Twilight's horn comes up in it's own purple glow as she nods her head, "It was fine, but I needed to ask Rainbow something and I couldn't find her when we left."
Rarity rolls her hoof to the words as her proper voice comes up, "Oh she probably went to help Pinkie set up the Winter Wrap up party tonight."
The words spark a shrug in the lavender mare as her saddle comes from her mid torso, "I guess."
At the end of her words you hear a knock at the door, you immediately turn to trot to it but you don't even take a step before the door opens to the cyan pegasus tugging along a yellow and pink maned pony.
"There you are Rainbow, I needed to know if you-..."
Rainbow's tomboyish voice comes over Twilight's as she talks, "Ya ya, you want to know if my team will be doing east, I don't care we can do anything."
"Um ok-..." Twilight's words are again cut short as Rainbow closes the door and puts on a big smile.
The cyan mare swings her head between you and Twilight as she talks, "So I found somepony to foal sit Violet." The mare nods to Fluttershy as she stops her comment.
You just blink to the always shy mare as Twilight gives a little giggle and waves her hoof, "Oh Rainbow you and Rarity both know we-..."
"But now you have somepony to foal sit." Rainbow holds a proud stance as she cuts Twilight off again, which causes the lavender mare to sigh as she finally gets through a sentence, "Rainbow, i'm not going to make Fluttershy take a night for me."
"Oh no Twilight, i'm not doing anything anyways...You know I hate social gatherings...and dances." The yellow mare's words get lower as her words trail on but you understand her for the most part as Twilight again shakes her head now trying to show her respect for the offer, "Fluttershy I can't ask you to watch Violet with such short notice."
"Um, well Angle is at the all day and night pet salon and it really is no big deal if you want to go...um if thats ok with you." The mare gives a smile to her unsure words but your more focused on her comment, all day and night pet salon? The demon spawn...you shake the comment off as you think to yourself I hate you Stony.
Twilight is silent for a moment as Rarity chimes in, "Twilight it's only for a few hours, and it's not even like you two have to stay the whole time."
The lavender mare turns her head to you as she speaks up, "D-do you want to go?"
You never really have seen Twilight unsure on anything, and definitely when her friends are around her...But even as you think it over your answer is clear and fast, "It's fine with me."
Twilight hesitates for a moment before she nods her head, "Well I guess it would be fun."
Fluttershy nods her head as she speaks up, "Um, I can be over at anytime."
Twilight gives a sweet smile as she nods her head, "Thank you Fluttershy."
End of chapter 6