//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: A Star Is Born - Part 2 (edited) // Story: A Big Brother // by xd77 //------------------------------// They had finally reached the castle, Twilight levitated the doorknob open and they walked inside, once Nathan entered one question came to his mind... "Aunt Twilight, where am ah' s'pose to sleep?" he asked, resisting the urge to yawn, Twilight took him upstairs. "You'll be sleeping in the guest bedroom which is that room right there." She said pointing her hoof to a door on the far end of the hall, Nathan picked up his stuff and walked towards the doorway, and entered his temporary bedroom, complete with a furnace, a nice warm fresh bed to sleep in, a sink, candles on each nightstand, and a nice balcony view of Ponyville. Nathan unpacked his iPod and music dock and set it on the left nightstand, then he unpacked his toothbrush and toothpaste and set it on the side of the washing sink, last he took his Pikachu pillow and put it on the bed. Once he was unpacked he went into the new library, flew up to the shelves, and proceeded to pull out a book. "Daring Do And The Quest For the Sapphire Stone", it read "Huh, looks and sounds a lot like Indiana Jones, this ah' gotta read." He thought, as he pulled it off the shelf, he went back to his bedroom and started to read it, a few minutes into the book he was soon interrupted by the door opening, it was Twilight. "Hey Aunt Twilight." he said fixing to turn his attention back to the book. "I see you're reading the first story in the Daring Do series, I told Rainbow Dash once that I own every book in the series." "Ah' know, ah' saw." Nathan said, not paying attention to her. "Ah'm reading it because it sounds and looks a lot like Indiana Jones." "Who?" Twilight asked "Indiana Jones, he's like Daring Do, an adventurer, but he's also a history professor, and he's always out searching for treasures, but always has to fight, bad guys, booby traps, and gross things to get to the treasure, and he carries a whip and a gun with him, in fact ah' brought a book of him for you to read ah' read the whole thing, Aunt Twilight." Nathan went into his bag and pulled out a book, when Twilight levitated it, it read... "Indiana Jones And The Army Of The Dead" "Thanks Nathan I'll start reading it maybe it sounds better." Twilight said "Oh don't worry Aunt Twilight, he sure is." Nathan said. "Listen sweetie, I'm going to go out and meet with my friends at Sugarcube Corner for some cupcakes, if you want you can join us later on, we'd be more than happy to have you." Twilight said "Ah' will Aunt Twilight, but ah' wanna read this book for a while, and if ya' want ya' can take that Indiana Jones book ah' gave ya'." Nathan said, "Show it to Rainbow Dash when you see her." "I will sweetie, see you over there soon." Twilight said nuzzling his cheek, Nathan wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. "Bye Aunt Twilight." Nathan said, Twilight then left, leaving her nephew to continue his reading of the first Daring Do novel. =================================================== Twilight was quickly joined by Spike just outside of the castle with a small bag of gems clutched in his right hand. "Spike, where did you get that bag of gems?" Twilight asked "Rarity gave them to me for helping her unload a box of new sewing equipment." Spike said "Well that was very generous of you Spike." Twilight said, as they walked away from the castle, Spike turned his head back at it, he really wasn't sure about something, so he tapped Twilight. "What is it?" Twilight asked "Twilight are you really sure about leaving Nathan in there by himself?" he asked, Twilight rubbed her chin, but then cut off the thinking, "Don't worry Spike, he can handle himself." "Twilight he's six years old, I don't really follow this, we have to go back and get him, I don't find it right to leave a kid his age someplace alone by himself." Spike said Twilight finally got some common sense knocked into her, "You're right Spike, what am I thinking!" and so she marched right back into the castle up to the room that her nephew was staying in.. "Hey Aunt Twilight, forgot something?" Nathan asked. "Come on sweetie, I forgot I can't leave you here by yourself, let's go." Twilight said lowering herself for Nathan to hop on. Once Nathan did, they were away from the castle and onto Sugarcube Corner. ================================================== Nathan was sitting down enjoying cupcakes with Twilight and her friends. "So Nathan, you ready to become a big brother?" Pinkie Pie asked "Am ah' ever!" Nathan mumbled with mushed cupcake in his mouth. "Nathan chew with your mouth closed sweetie." Twilight said "Yes Aunt Twilight." Nathan said swallowing. A question came to Nathan's mind, "Hey Applejack, weren't ya' excited when you heard you were going to be a big sister?" "Ya'll bet ah' was sugarcube." Applejack said smiling as she pulled out a picture of her as a filly holding Applebloom when she just came out of the hospital. "What about you Rarity, weren't ya excited as well when you heard about Sweetie Belle coming?" "Of course I was darling." Rarity said levitating a cup of tea. Nathan really couldn't believe it his aunt had two friends that were big sisters and he was about to join their club.