Advice
Flurry Heart stepped off onto the second floor of the Crystal Brighthouse, thankful that the elevator was nearly silent in its operation, as she made her way down the curved ramp to the first floor as quietly as she could, not wanting to wake any of the second floor's other occupants. She headed down to the kitchen, and started the coffee pot, and was grateful that this was something else that hadn't changed a whole lot during the time that she'd been gone.
While the coffee maker churned drizzled out the fresh hot beverage, she got two slices of whole wheat bread, and put them in the toaster. The pot of coffee was nearly ready when she heard another set of hoofsteps come down the ramp to the first floor. She turned, and saw Pipp come into the kitchen, looking positively half awake.
"Oh, good morning Pipp, I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you," Flurry greeted.
Pipp gave her a tired smile.
"You didn't do anything, I'm almost always up this early; I've got a salon to open. It'd be simply amazing if I can get a cup of that coffee," Pipp replied.
"Yeah, absolutely. I was just going to do one cup myself," Flurry told her, reaching up into the cabinet and getting two mugs out. "I'm glad Sunny showed me where everything is already."
Flurry's horn lit up, and the pot of steaming hot coffee floated up in the grasp of her magic, and she poured it into the two mugs, up to about three-quarters full, leaving room for additions. The alicorn's and pegasus' choices were identical; a spoonful of sugar, and adding a bit of creamer.
"Well, since you beat me down to making coffee, I've got a few minutes. What do you have planned for today?" Pipp asked.
"Well, I'd like to head down to the sheriff's station and finally meet Hitch Trailblazer proper. Sunny also tells me he has an egg that's taking up all his free time, and I'd like to take a look at it, see if I can give him any advice. After that, I'm headed over to CanterLogic to see if they can get me fitted for any cold weather gear before our trip back to the Crystal Empire.
"Yeah, I'm glad we're headed back so soon. That's what my day is going to mostly consist of; making sure Jazz and Rocky are going to be able to hold down the fort again while we're gone, and make sure the appointments don't stack up to an unmanageable level."
"Well, things seemed perfectly orderly when you took me there yesterday. I'm sure they'll be fine, Pipp. I'm glad you'll be coming back with us to help," Flurry said, beginning to sip at her coffee.
"Not just me, but my sister too. Hitch isn't tagging along because of this egg of his," Pipp told her.
The toaster popped up with the two darkened pieces of bread. Flurry grabbed them both with her magic, quickly buttered them, spread strawberry jam on both, then offered a piece to Pipp.
"Why thank you," Pipp said, immediately taking a bite of toast.
"I wouldn't be waking him up early, would I? If I show up in ten or fifteen minutes?" Flurry asked.
"Oh no," Pipp answered, before swallowing her food. "Hitch is normally one of the first ponies up in the morning, and you'd be surprised at how early some of Maretime Bay's shops open for the early risers."
"That's a relief," Flurry replied, finishing her coffee, and taking the last bite of toast. "Well then, I believe I'll be off. I'll see you later tonight."
Pipp nodded happily.
"I know you're not done with your traditional painting just yet, so I'll probably hold off on getting you set up with a digital tablet, probably until we get back from up north."
With that, Flurry rinsed her coffee mug out in the sink, then put it upside down on the rinsing rack, before heading out the front door into the brisk Maretime Bay morning. The sun wasn't quite above the horizon yet, and wouldn't get up above the roof of CanterLogic for at least another hour. The morning tide was coming up onto the beaches, so nopony was out there yet; it would likely be too cold until the sun began to warm the sands up anyway.
Flurry kept to the coastal street, as that would take her right to the sheriff's station just a little halfway through town. True to Pipp's word, she passed by a few ponies, either out for a morning jog, being one of the first ponies in line for breakfast, or opening up their shops for the day to come.
After trotting down several blocks, she came to what could only be the Sheriff's Station, due to the giant five-pointed star surrounded by a horseshoe above the front double doors of the blue and white building. On either side of the horseshoe and star were large announcement speakers, no doubt used for public service announcements. She stepped up to the double doors and knocked. She heard muffled footsteps on the other side moments before the right door was pulled open, revealing the light orange stallion Hitch Trailblazer.
"Ah, you must be Flurry Heart. Sheriff Hitch Trailblazer, at your service. It's great to see you on your hooves," the stallion greeted as he sipped at a cup of coffee.
"Nice to finally meet you face to face, Sheriff Trailblazer. Sunny tells me you found an egg on the beach while she and I were headed back from Zephyr Heights? I thought I'd stop by and see if I could offer any insights," Flurry replied with a smile.
"Certainly. Come in, come in," Hitch said, stepping aside and holding the door open for the alicorn as she stepped inside the station. "It's just over here," he continued after the door closed.
Flurry followed him around his desk to the storage cabinet, and the stallion slowly and carefully opened the doors, revealing the pink speckled egg resting on the pillow, and having the desk lamp shine down brightly on it. Flurry took a moment to look at it before glancing over at Hitch's desk, and picking up the magnifying glass from the holder cup.
"May I?" Flurry asked, levitating the magnifying glass with her magic. Hitch nodded, and Flurry moved in closer with the instrument, taking in the almost crystalline shell in greater detail. She studied it from several angles for nearly a full minute before lowing the magnifying glass and stepping back.
"Well, Sheriff, I want to make the somewhat educated guess that you have a dragon egg here," she told him.
Hitch's eyes widened.
"A d-dragon?" Hitch stammered.
"Dragon eggs are the only ones I know of that frequently have that crystal-like coating on the bottom, having to survive the rigors of their climate."
"Well, what would optimal hatching conditions for a dragon egg be?" Hitch asked.
"A bed of volcanic rock warmed by lava pools underneath," Flurry answered, and the sheriff's mouth fell open. "Yeah, not exactly going to get close to that, but from what I can see, you're doing the best you can with what you've got," Flurry said.
"So... How do I know when it's ready to hatch, and, well, what do I have ready to feed it? What to dragons eat?" the sheriff asked.
"Pretty much anything. Seriously. The dragons I knew could handle Equestrian foods with no issue. If you have gems, they can even handle those. And when it does hatch, there's a pretty good chance the hatchling will imprint on the first living thing it sees, so, try to be close by if you can. You could even add another lamp, or even a heat lamp to this nest you have. It can take it, trust me. To dragons, it's even comfortable."
Hitch was clearly trying to take in all this new information that Flurry was giving him.
"Um, wow... So, at least there won't be any shortage of things for them to eat. What about fire? Don't they, you know, breathe fire?"
Flurry nodded.
"Dragon fire is inherently magical, so you will want to be careful until you can safely determine what it does."
Hitch gulped.
"So... This means I'm... I'm a..."
Flurry nodded.
"Congratulations, Sheriff. You're going to be a dragon dad."
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Well that's too bad but I guess that's what happens when you have a child you don't want to bring any dangerous situation
Yay just like Twilight how she got Spike
So it looks like flurry heart is getting ready to meet with hitch about the egg he found just having breakfast with pipp having a nice chat and thinking about the next trip of the Crystal Empire after that she went to the Sheriff's Office and finally meet hitch Trailblazer and she checked out the egg and it turns out to be a dragon which apparently hasn't been around for a couple of years which that's still begs the question what happened to the other creatures but he asked some advice about dragons since flurry heart kind of knows dragons because of Spike and yeah hitch is going to be a daddy so I wonder what else could happen guess we'll find out next time
can give him advice.*
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Does that even taste well together, toast with both butter and strawberry jam on it?
That's sure gonna be a challenge!
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Not sure if it was your blog post or not but someone mention it would have been cool if Flurry and Cadence appeared in a background for the Valentines Day episode which had me wondering how Flurry views the holiday since sadly Hasbro never really shown it to be celebrating Cadence like how the other Alicorns have their own holidays so was Flurry always jealous of not having one or feeling a bit emotional because her mother was the Alicorn of Love?
This might not come till way later since right now you are building up to return to the Empire which nothing wrong about returning Sombra if you unless you decided the redemption comic is canon?
I think it would be interesting if Rocky asks Flurry for advice about his feelings for Zipp and how to get her attention since Flurry being the daughter of Love might have been train by her mother’s talents. Though I wonder if she has embarrassing memories about that holiday from her mother trying to get her a colt friend or having her help with a love situation between two couples who aren’t well in court?
Now thinking about it yea… it might be a long awhile since you haven’t gotten to the Nightmare Night and Wishing Day holidays yet. But at least you can plan ahead or play around with the idea.
Btw it’s a nice chapter. It’s nice Flurry is here for Hitch but I think you forgot that maybe she could transfer Magic into the egg for it to hatch like Twilight did for Spike.
Hopefully Flurry will be able to help when Sparks there hatches
Just like Twilight who was a dragon mom
Breaking the news so softly! 😇
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Well, Twilight was more of a big sister than a mother to Spike (kind of justified in that Twilight was a bit too young to be thinking of herself as a mother when Spike was hatched AND her folks had to help her raise Spike). Hitch, at least, is already a young adult, so it makes more sense for him to think of himself as a father.
Hey there. Thanks again for getting the next chapter up. Definitely love the work that went into the dialogue and characterizations as well as the future chapter set-up. Really loved Flurry's dialogue with Pipp before the former went to talk to Hitch. Also really appreciated Flurry giving helpful observations on the type of egg as well as providing Hitch with helpful pointers in dragon care.
Definitely looking forward to more of this.
awesome chapter.
yep Hitch you need lots of heat.
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Well I didn't mean like that it's just when hitch got the egg it kind of reminds me how Twilight got spike
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Yeah. That's more than fair. Sorry I misunderstood.
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I always accepted the idea that in back of his head, on a fundamental level Spike saw Twilight as his mother and likely called her such when he first learned to speak and grasp the meaning of the word, but over time as he grew he was more or less taught to associate word "Mother" with Twilight Velvet instead. I also expect Velvet and Nightlight treated him like their own child rather than a grandchild which helped cement the habit of calling Velvet Mom, Mommy and Mother.
Sparky will always see Hitch as Dad because we'll Hitch lives on his own. But I am curious if Sparkey will single out one of the girls as his Mother figure or just see them all as his Aunt's.
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