//------------------------------// // Visitors, Welcome and Unwelcome (Ch. 4) // Story: The Chronicles of Star Well // by Eragon5055 //------------------------------// Chapter 4: Visitors, Welcome and Unwelcome "O.K., you can do this." Star Well stood at the front door to the Ponyville library. "There's nothing to be worried about. I am just going to knock on this door and ask Celestia's prized pupil, a pony who has saved Equestria twice, and is the element of magic, for help. Right." Star took a deep breath and reached out his hoof to knock the door. "IT'S NOT A DATE!!!" The sudden shout startled Star and broke his train of thought. 'What's going on in there?' Star finally built up his courage again and knocked on the door. "Just a minute." shouted a young male voice from behind the door. After a few seconds, the door swung open to reveal a small baby dragon looking a little worried about the commotion that was behind him. "I am telling you Rarity, it is not a date. Luna and I are just going out to do a little star gazing, that's all. There's something unusual about the constellations lately that has Luna worried. She called me over to see if I can find the problem." "Twilight, darling. You got to stop fooling yourself. Your obviously attracted to her and you need my help if you want her to see you in the same light." "I don't need help. Our relationship is strictly professional." "Fine, Twilight, fine. Will you at least let me do your hair. You want to look your best for your da- err... meeting." "They been at at it all day, I hoping for some peace and quiet this afternoon. so can I help you- WHOAH" the baby dragon finally turned away from the commotion to face Star wide-eyed "Your as tall as Big Mac, maybe even taller!" Star sighed at the mention of his height. He did not like it being mention because it always made him instantly self conscious. "Hello. My name is Star Well. I wish to speak to Miss Sparkle, but I can see she is a little busy right now. Perhaps I should comeback at a better time..." "Spike, who's this stallion? You haven't yet introduce me to him." Rarity had heard Star has he spoke and her attention immediately went toward the midnight blue pony at the door. "He says his name is Star Well and that he's here to see Twilight." "Hello Star Well, my name is Rarity. Are you perhaps new to town?" "Yes actually. You see I am visiting from Canterlot and-" "Canterlot!?! Are you by chance nobility?" "Canterlot? Did Princess Celestia send you.? I haven't got a letter from her about a check-up..." Said Twilight as she entered the conversation. "No, no, no. I came of my own accord to ask you for help for an important project that I am working on. And to answer your question Rarity, no I am not a noble. I work for the Canterlot Mage College as a spellsmith." "A spellsmith! I've always wanted to try my hooves at that but a rarely find the time with all my studies. What did you Say your name was again?" "Star Well." "I think I've heard that name before. Did you by chance work on the Memory Enhancer and Refocusing spell?" "Yes actually. I did invent that variation on the Memory spell. I found the original version was unable to get details in clearly so focused the flow of the spell to a more refined point and added a of a Call-back spell." "The one invented by Deep Studying in 607A.N.?" "The very same." "While this is all very fascinating,Twilight shouldn't you get ready for tonight." "Don't worry. I won't forget and I can't pass-up an opportunity to help make a new spell. Besides, you my schedule is free until tonight, and there's no use worrying about the future. Believe me I know. I'll help Star Well here and if we don't finish by tonight, we can always work on it some other time. You'll still be in Ponyville tomorrow, right?" "That's the plan." "See Rarity, know problem." "Well alright, just be sure to come-by my house. I have an excellent dress that should be perfect for you on your date." "I told you it's not a date!" Twilight exasperated too late as Rarity was already out the door and heading home. Twilight then turned to face Star "Well then. What type of spell are you working on?" "It's a new type of Locater spell." "Interesting... Spike! Could you please find every spell book about locations and locator spells." "Could you also get some books on pony ancestry" Twilight gave an instant curious look at Star while Spike grumbled on his way to the book shelf. "Great, now there's two Twilight Sparkle's." .................... "What in tarnation are you doin' chasing some mare through the streets Rainbow Dash?" "She started it!" Rainbow Dash was furious. First, some random crazy pony with swirling eyes and a helicopter hat woke her up in the middle of her nap by nearly blowing her ears off., and Second, Applejack had roped her and the crazy mare down and was blaming her for something. "Rainbow Dash, quit actin like a filly." Applejack then turned her head to the other detain-y, "Miss, I can see that your new in town but causin' a commotion like that isn' the best way to make a good impression. Somepony could have got hurt" Screwball hung her head, "I didn't mean to cause trouble, I just wanted to have a little fun." Tears started to fill up in the young mares eyes. "Whoa, whoa, there's no need to cry. I'll admit I... sorta... overreacted and it was a good prank." "Really?" "But don't think your off the hook. I'll get you back when you'll least expect it, so don't go leaving town for awhile. There, are you done holding us hostage? I got a prank to plan." "Fine," As soon as the ropes loosened on the mares, Dash set off to find the one pony who was better at pranking then she was. She was gonna need the big guns for this one. "Sorry bout my friend, she can be rather hotheaded at times. My name is Applejack, it's nice to meet ya." "I'm Screwball! Hey, wait a second... aren't you part of the Apple family that run's Sweet Apple Acres? I swear I had to do something there... That's right, Zap Apple Jam!" Screwball lifted up her hat to pull out her bag of bits. "All your Jam Belong to us!" "Hold it there sugarcube. If you want some Jam yer gonna have'ta wait in line with everypony else. I can take ya to the line but I don't know how much is gonna be left by the time ya get there..." Screwball gave her her best pout she could muster and sent her adorableness with all her might at Applejack. "Come on now that ain't gonna work... Ya can stop tryin now... I have a li'l sister, I know what your tryin to do" Screwball could see she was about to break and so continued her attack with more ferocity. Applejack started to sweat bullets as the assault continued despite her words. "Look, the best I can do is to save ya a few jars, but ya still hav'ta wait in line so that the other customers don't feel cheated." "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Screwball cried out in victory. No pony could resist her cute attack. Applejack let out a big sigh, "I'm such a big softy, never could resist Applebloom for long either..." A bush rustled in front of the Ponyville Library as binoculars popped out fro, the bushes. The mare inside watched as Twilight and a stallion she had never seen before were discussing over a pile of books. The orange pegasus was determined to figure out who he was and what he wanted with one of the Elements of Harmony, she was not going to fail the counsel again after the Discord incident. "Sis, what are you doing?" "Scootaloo!" Bright Shadow jumped with surprise at the sound of her sisters voice. "When did you get here, Shouldn't you be in school?" The mare gave a nervous grin. "It's a half day, remember. And you still haven't told me what you were doing." "Uh... bird watching, yes, bird watching. Some of the most beautiful birds are around town at this time of day" Bright gave her most convincing grin. "Your a terrible liar. You know what, I don't care what your doing, you can continue being weird after I leave so I don't have to be associated with you O.K." the filly kicked off her scooter and started down the street. Bright hated keeping her job from her sister, but she didn't want her to get involved with the clan. It was best that she didn't know anything. "What's wrong Angel? What's got you so worked up. Is it lunchtime already?" The extremely annoyed rabbit was hand already given up on paw-gestures and was trying to push the yellow pegasus out the back-door. "Come to think of it why are all the animals so worked up. There isn't a big storm planned today, and there isn't a predator nearby... I've never seen them so spooked." Much to Angel's dismay the dismay, Fluttershy flew out off her hunt through the front door to continue her investigation. Just then, a group of Four individuals came up to her cottage, all wearing thick brown cloaks with hoods obscuring their faces. As the group come closer, the animals became even more alarmed and let out their cries of alarm. "Umm... Can I help you?" Fluttershy managed to squeak with surprised as they approached her. "Would you mind standing still?" One of the smaller ones pulled out a strange tubelike object and aimed it at the frightened mare. Pinkie Pies whole body shook violently as her pinkie sense gave off the biggest doozy of a threat she had ever felt. "Fluttershy!!!" The pink mare ran as fast as she could toward the cottage at the edge of the Everfree forest. Notes: Yaaaaaah... just a little context on age to give a better feel of the Characters The Mane 6 are 20-23 years old as are most of the characters. Screwball is physically 15 years old. Star Well best guess of his age would be 21 years old, but more on that later. In context of time line I would say the Canterlot Wedding took place about a month ago, but from there the time line splits. Man, that finally changes a lot of my plans.