Deceit woke up with a smile today. Having remembered the previous day had made him give off a little laugh. 'I can't believe I did that. I hope I didn't traumatize him.' He thought. He made his way out of bed and checked himself to see if he was still disguised. 'At least I haven't waken up undisguised again.' He finally walked downstairs to see that Nopony has woken up yet. "Odd, maybe I got up early? I'll just head out again. Who knows, maybe I'll find a job." He said to himself.
As he walked around outside he didn't see many ponies walking around and instead saw a few setting up shops and getting ready for the day. A couple of them saw him and seemed a bit confused before shrugging it off. 'I guess I might as well check in on Ditzy. I hope her boss is at least giving her the benefit of the doubt like I said.' He decided to walk to one of the stands and ask which way the post office was, but the closest one was, believe it or not, Applejack's.
She seemed to have gotten her stand up already and upon noticing him she gave a smile, "Well, howdy there. Didn't think I would see ya up so early. So what did you come for, some apples or just ta talk?"
"Well actually I was wondering if you knew where the post office was from here," Deceit replied, "I was there yesterday, but I have no idea how to get there from here."
"Oh, well that's alright sugarcube. Just head down that road," She pointed to the left, "Then when you see Sugarcube Corner take a right and it should be straight ahead."
"What does Sugarcube Corner look like?"
"Trust me, you're gonna know it when ya see it."
"Um, are you sure?" He said not quite believing her, but only got a raised eyebrow in response, "Ok fine, I trust you. See you later."
Deceit followed her directions and followed the road for a bit. 'She said that I'll know it when I see it, but I don't see it anywhere. Wait... what is THAT?!' He thought as he saw the building in front of him. It looked like it was made out of cake, a cupcake, gingerbread and a lot of frosting.
"Ok, if this isn't the building she was talking about, then I have no idea what would be..." Deceit said to himself, "So now I take a right."
He continued to walk down the road after going right and once a few minutes passed he saw the post office. Deceit quickened his pace and walked up to the doors, which luckily were open. He walked inside to see only a few ponies either getting ready to work or waiting to get their mail sent. He only had to look for a moment to find Ditzy walking out of a room labeled 'manager'.
"Hey Ditzy, how are you?" Deceit Called out to her.
"Huh," She mumbled confused and looked around before noticing Deceit, "Oh, Deceit? Why are you here so early?"
"I just came by to make sure you were feeling better. You seemed pretty shaken up yesterday."
"Actually, my boss called me into his office. I was really worried that I was about to be fired, but when I walked in he said he was sorry for yelling at me," Deceit got a smile at this, "I don't know what you said, but it worked. He even gave me a small raise and the day off."
"Well, let's just say that I know a few ways to get somepony to do something. Did he look like he was feeling ok though?"
"Well, now that I think about it, he kept looking out his window like he was looking for somepony and seemed kind of nervous. Do you think he's ok?" She said worriedly.
"I'm sure he's fine, he probably just felt bad for yelling at you," Deceit replied with a smile, "If you have the day off then do you want to go to the park or something?"
"Um, sure. Do you mean like a picnic?"
"A picnic sounds great. We can head back to the library and get what we need."
"Well then let's go." She said as they started walking.
Deceit let Ditzy lead the way, but before going he turned around to see her boss peaking out of his office. Deceit gave a small devilish smile and used the same spell from earlier to whisper in his ear, "I am pleased with your actions." The stallion jumped a bit from the sudden voice but sighed in relief shortly after. Deceit quickly followed Ditzy after that and soon caught up with her without her noticing that he was gone.
They walked down the streets without saying much but soon the library was in view. Once they walked inside the library, they saw Twilight walking out of the kitchen with a robe and a cup of coffee. All three of them stared at each other for a moment before just laughing.
"How long have you been up?" Twilight asked.
"Probably around an hour. We're going to have a picnic," Deceit replies while heading towards the kitchen, "We just need to grab a few snacks and a picnic basket."
"I think I have a picnic basket that I can grab for you guys. Just let me go get it."
"Ok, we'll be in the kitchen."
Deceit walked into the kitchen and grabbed a few apples from the fridge. He then made some sandwiches in a way that Ditzy said she liked. As they finished making the sandwiches, Twilight walked in with a picnic basket floating next to her and they filled it up with all the food.
"Thank you for getting that, Twilight." Deceit said.
"Don't worry about it, just be back once it gets dark out." She replied.
"Geez, what are you my mom?" Deceit said which made Ditzy laugh, "See you later."
Now that they had everything they needed, the two of them started walking to the park with Ditzy leading. As they walked, Deceit double-checked the basket to make sure they didn't forget anything. As the park finally came into view, Deceit noticed Ditzy give a small smile and gave one himself.
'Looks like things are going my way... I just jinxed myself didn't I?' Deceit thought.
He then heard something that sounded like screaming getting louder by the second, but when he turned to look at it all he saw was a flash of orange and felt a sudden pain in his head before blacking out.