//------------------------------// // chapter 5 // Story: the life of a human turned pony. // by Shadow Blaze //------------------------------// chapter 5 Shadows Pov I woke up in a warm bed i was slightly confused although im not sure why guess due to the fact i had spent most of my time in equestria sleeping by trees or in the grass of fields, i then remembered the events of yesterday i was still pretty happy that i had got to bunk at my favorite pony's house. i got out of bed stretching and hearing some cracks from my back and neck i had had time to adjust to my pony body near a week now i still was getting used to the fact i had magic and no fingers, it was going to get hard to use hooves but i would manage, i then realized something, i hadn't showered since i got to equestria except for the one time i fell into the river, i decided i would ask twilight if i could use her shower as soon as possible i didn't want to smell around the pony's i hadn't met yet or around the ones i knew. i walked out of my room still pretty confused about how to get around the house so i just followed my nose(or is it snout now?) until i reached the kitchen it really did smell pretty good i quickly sat near the table as spike was preparing eggs. "morning spike" i said the small dragon seemed to jump at my voice "geeze dude don't do that you don't exactly make much sound for a stallion of your size" spike said while still cooking " sorry spike i guess i should try and make more noise or something you're not the first to tell me i don't make much noise for my size" it's true it seemed that my stealth had followed me when you went around in the dark where i was you learned to be fast or not make much noise as to not attract attention to yourself i thankfully learned both. i was pulled out of my thoughts by a plate of eggs and what i think was hay bacon being put in front of me "there you go eggs and hay bacon" spike said wow guess i can guess the foods i started using my magic to eat with a fork that had been placed on the plate i even though i had been eating grass for a week while traveling to ponyville i was still getting used to eating food the pony's ate as i was not the slightest a vegetarian it was a big leap eating barely any greens to nothing but them but to be truthful the hay bacon was pretty tasty i continued to eat as spike walked up with a bowl of gems "your going to eat all of those?" i asked him he seemed confused for a moment and said "well yeah im a growing dragon i need my gems" he told me whatever not my problem how much he eats he bit into the gem making a loud crunch making me cringe as he crunched the gems with his teeth dang that sounded painful if i tried to eat one of those i think i would break all my teeth. "does that hurt at all when you eat those spike?" i asked i wanted to start some sort of conversation "nah I've been eating them all my life not once have they hurt my teeth"he told me i shrugged as best i could with my pony body. "hey wheres twilight?" i asked she should have been down before me if anything just as spike was getting ready to answer twilight walked in *yawn* "morning spike, morning shadow" she said walking to get a plate of eggs "morning twilight" i said spike mumbled something along the lines of good morning with a mouth full of gems as she sat down at the table to eat. "hey twilight are there any job openings around town?" i asked not that i wanted to leave the library any time soon i wanted to get some money at the very least "well you could always help at the library...."she trailed off as if she wanted to ask more but couldn't spike finished for her saying "well there's a message board in the middle of town if you take a look at it there should be some job listings there" spike informed me so now i knew where i was going hmm seemed like something out of an RPG get a job do a quest earn gold.... ok now i can tell im just making myself sound stupid. "why do you want to get a job shadow do you want to move out of the library so soon?" she asked she seemed a little hurt "i wasn't aware i was allowed to stay as long as i wanted if that's the case sure i will stay as long as you let me pay for me staying here" i told her i wasn't one to take others charity without paying them back for no reason. "well i guess that's ok you don't really have to" twilight said i was surprised yesterday she seemed like she thought i was evil or something now she seemed like she really liked me... no probably just being friendly noticing i was not going to hurt her i put my plate in the sink and started out i took a book with me about basic magic in case i had time to read at any time in the future. "ok im heading out to see if i can get a job twilight be back later!" i yelled back into the library as i left the sun was bright and warm as i walked out of the library i headed off to where i supposed the middle of the town was. then the three filles from yesterday came up to me i had striped my clothing off yesterday so i was just my natural coat color and tail and mane. i then realized i had never looked at my cutie mark huh guess it never occurred to me. i turned my head to get the best look i could without looking weird my cutie mark was the symbol from assassins creed i thought that was pretty badass. the three filles came up to me i turn around and asked "hi there you three got something to ask me" they tried to play it off as if they were not following me for the past 5 minutes i didn't really care applebloom then asked me "where did ya get your cutie mark mister?" hmm what to tell her oh well might as well tell what is sort of the truth well i got mine from doing something i really wanted to do i spent my life training for it and well one day i got it" i really wasn't about to tell pony's i was some sort of an assassin even though i was not... or in this world was i? "well i think it looks pretty cool" scootaloo told me well that's nice the crusaders followed me around for the rest of the trip to the message board when i started reading they started asking me questions "are you getting a job mister?" sweetie belle asked me "i sure am,and by the way you can all just call me shadow if you want"i told the three filles "ooh ooh can we help you pick out a job" scootaloo asked me "sure i don't see harm in it" we looked over the message board until apple bloom pointed out a message for a help wanted sign at a magic shop. "that looks like a nice one i think i will check that one out" i said grabbing the message and putting it in my saddle bags "well i will see you three some other time im going to check out this job bye!" i yelled to the crusaders as they ran in the other direction screaming something about roofing tar.... you know i don't even want to know after some directions from a passing pony who i couldn't figure the name of i found the shop i walked in the shop making a ringing sound as i pushed through there was a small line in the shop i stood in line until it was my turn to talk to the pony at the counter. the pony was a mare she looked at me noticing i was a unicorn she said hello "hello there sir" the pony said to me "hello there miss?" i wanted to know the mares name "im sorry my name is night mist" that was a pretty cool name "well hi there night mist im shadow blaze" i told mist "oh your that new pony in town right?" she asked me i returned with a nod "that's me mist i came here looking for a job?" she seemed confused for a moment then remembered about the job offer "OH yes the job offer umm you will just be my assistant getting things from storage and helping me recharging enchanted items the pays good twenty five bits an hour" twenty five bits wow that was a good offer "that sounds good to me i'll take the job" she smiled and looked very happy that i accepted the job offer "that's great you can start right now we close at five at night each day for 4 days a week Friday Saturday and Sunday are all days off so don't worry about time we open at ten each day but people don't start showing up till about an hour later so be in around ten to eleven" geeze she said that all on one breath of air she reminded me of pinkie pie whenever she talked on the show. it was about one now so i decided to get started " can i just start now?" i asked she nodded i went behind the counter -time passes until the end of the work shift- the job was kinda fun i got to run to the basement to get some artifacts sometimes and i learned a bit of enchanting from my boss as we recharged enchanted items like lamps and gemstones. "ok here's your pay shadow don't spend it all in one place!" she yelled at me as i left wow i had earned almost 200 bits in one day almost seemed unfair. oh well i wasn't one to complain about making easy money i walked for a bit before starting to decide where to go i was about to head back the the library when i heard "HEY SHADOW!"dash yelled at me from the sky landing next to me "oh hi dash whats up" i said turning to face the cyan mare "oh nothing just coming to visit my new friend and i haven't seen you around all day where have you been?" she asked "well i got a job enchanting and assisting somepony in a magic shop" "really?" she game me a funny look"you don't look the type to work in a job that slow" "well looks can be deceiving dash" i said as i continued walking "oh well now that you have some bits lets go to sugercube corner!" she seemed pretty excited about getting to the sweets shop oh well i could go for some sweet snacks. "sure dash let's get going" i said happily as i walked down the street. -after a short walk- "ok here we are" dash said as we walked up to sugercube corner.\ "geeze i think i just got diabetes just looking at the place" i said dash laughed "well they have some good sweets lets get inside" she said walking inside i followed her only when i got inside did i notice it was dark i then heard a loud "SURPRISE" evreypony in ponyville shouted pinkie pie bounced up to me talking so fast i could barely understand her "sohuhuwereyousuprisedhuhimadethispartyjustforyouitwasasupriseandnowwecaneatcakeandplayagamesand-" she was silenced by dash sticking her hoof in her mouth. "sorry about that pinkie gets excited around new pony's in town" dash told me removing her hoof from pinkie's mouth "i don't mind dash and yes pinkie the party is great you really surprised me" i smiled as the pink party pony got a huge smile and bounced off somewhere into the party. the rest of the mane six came up to me as i reached the snack table "so how are ya enjoin the party shadow?" applejack asked me "it's really fun so far apple jack thanks for asking" i reached for a muffin as another hoof reached at the same time i looked up to see none other then ditzy doo grabbing or the same muffin she had a face that said give me this muffin or it will be the last thing you eat "you take it" i said she smiled "thanks hi im ditzy doo most pony's call me derpy though" "well you enjoy that muffin ditzy" i smiled and took another muffin which i happily ate twilight walked up as i finished my muffin with a drink in her magical grasp and one in her hoof "here shadow i thought you might like this" she said handing me the drink "oh thanks twi" i said as i took a drink i was expecting punch except i got something that tasted like punch with something extra "twilight i think somepony spiked the punch" i told her sh smiled and said "yeah that was probably pinkie or dash just enjoy it" we sat there enjoying the party twilight after about 30 minutes of drinking got a look on her face between happy drunk and worried "something wrong twi?" i asked her "no its nothing really..." she trailed off "no really twi you can tell me if you want to i wont get mad or anything" she sighed and took another sip of her drink "i really like you even though i just met you" she said blushing i smiled she just looked away embarrassed "im sorry if you think im weird or something its just your one of the only other stallion unicorns in town and well your the only stallion who doesn't avoid me at every turn" she said putting her head in her hooves i put a foreleg around her she looked up at me confused "well twi i kinda umm think your cute too" i told her i felt a blush she was some shade of red that i couldn't even tell anymore "really?" she asked almost confused "yeah twi i really do would i lie to you about something like that?" i asked her she smiled and hugged me "shadow i know you just showed up here but since your staying at the library and well you need a house would you like to be my umm" she couldn't seem to finish the sentence "i think i know how to finish that sentence twi would you like to be my marefriend?" she smiled wider then i though possible "yesyeyesyes" she said rapidly while hugging me tightly it brought a smile to my face i just showed up here got my favorite pony as a marefriend and managed to get a job all in one day i was on a lucky streak geeze. then again i was on a bad luck streak a mile wide before i got here so i guess luck does exist she however was called over by her friends soon after so i let go of her embrace the seemed to talk the smiled i think she told them we were going out now dash walked over a few moments later "so you and twi going out now huh?" she asked "yeah i almost can't believe it myself" i said "well umm good luck there i guess" dash told me she walked away to go talk to somepony i didn't recognize big mac and another pony i didn't recognize walked up to me "hi there shadow im nova blitz" he told me he extended a hoof for a hoofshake big mac did the same "so dating twilight" nova said "yeah you already heard about it?" i asked shocked news traveled so fast "big mac told me applejack told him"nova told me, ah that explains it "well good luck with that it's getting late hope to see you around we might be able to hang out sometime soon" nova said before walking away i looked outside it was pretty dark and to confirm my beliefs twilight walked up to me "we should probably get going shadow" she said while looking at me with a smile "ok lets get going twi" we both left the party and walked back to the library at some point she started leaning on me i didn't mind she was light we walked in and spike saw us he look confused "whoa are you two dating to something now?" he asked jokingly i smiled " as a matter of fact spike we are" his mouth dropped open and he just looked between twilight and me he couldn't seem to get the words out " i know im a lucky one ain't i" i smiled as we went upstairs "you know you could always sleep with me in my room" twilight said as i was heading to my room i smiled "ok twi i would like that" she got into bed and i followed she seemed to be eyeing my flank "see something you like?" i asked her she looked at me with a blush and said "well yes but i was mainly looking at your cutie mark" she said ... oh no i really hope she didn't read something about assassin's and know what the mark was from. "yeah it is pretty cool looking ain't it?" i said hoping to get off the subject "yeah i never saw anything like it around here at least" she said, phew ok so she has no idea what it is i laid down next to her she ran her hoof over my cutie mark "eh twilight we just started dating today can we wait a bit before we get into things like that" i asked as much as i would have liked i still wanted to wait so she could know me a bit better "oh ok then lets just sleep i guess" she said i laid down and put a hoof around her and she pulled close to me the only thing about the bed was the only way i could fit was if we spooned... well i didn't mind and nether did twilight so i was ok with it. i fell asleep with a beautiful mare in my arm's (forelegs?) and fell asleep faster then i had in the past few days.