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// Learning the ropes  
// Story: Before the Solar 
// by typervader 
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	I didn't get much sleep that night. I couldn't stop thinking about Spike and how worried he and all my other friends are. If they even knew what happened in the first place. I was stuck thinking about this until early light when I awoke from the sun's light. I got up and grabbed the small walking stick and made sure my cloak covered my wings before walking out of the alleyway. I noticed more ponies walking around then when I first entered the town. 
"Ok Twilight. Mental checklist time. First, I am in the year two thousand B.C. Second, I seem to be the only alicorn around here. Third, I think they speak a similar language to me. Finally, I have no bits, no place to stay, and nothing to help me focus on  getting home. Heck, I can't even remember how I got here.  I need to work on getting a place to stay or a job of some kind."  I thought to myself to get my thoughts in order. I deiced to take a look at the buildings in order to see what kind of town I was in. Before I was able to start walking, one of the guards I saw the other day came up to me, 
"Cuse me Miss? Ye' happen to see this mare around town?" He asked in a strange voice using strange words. I panicked as he showed a picture, rather poor, of me. He didn't notice who I was, so I gave the stallion a reply. 
"Can't say I have. I am just a traveler? What she do?" I answered, mustering what I could from oldy pony talk from the books I've read. 
"Well, she seemed to have wings and a horn! We wanted to find out more about her. Personally, I think we were seeing things, but the captain said we need to find her." He explained. 
"Wings and a horn? That sounds like crazy talk to me." I told him. "If I see her, I will let ye' know!" 
"Thanks! Save travels to you!" He said before walking off. This cloak is doing a well enough job. I guess I should see if there are any jobs around here. I started to walk down the street, taking a better look at my surroundings. The town was very old looking, and didn't seem to large either. There were a few guards walking around, but there wasn't a big variety of ponies, which was strange to me. I continued walking for some time until I came upon an Inn.  
"Ye Ponilde Inn" I read on the sign as I walked in. The Inn itself wasn't too big, but it very country like, if  could call that a thing. 
"Welcome! How can we help you ma'am?" The bartender asked me, and so I walked over to him. 
"I was wondering if you were hiring. I need a job, and if you don't mind, room as well." I told him in my now made-up accent. \
"Well, that would be up to the boss. Let me go get him for you." The big brown and black stallion said, before walking back into the back room. I took a quick look around the Inn, and it seemed to be in good condition. It didn't seem too busy, only seeing a few other ponies around. I took a seat and waited for the stallion to come back. 
"The boss would like to talk to you first. Just head behind that door if you would." He told me, pointing a hoof towards the door her walked though. I nodded and got up, walking towards the back of the bar. 
"Word of advice to you." He dragged me in close. "We aren't a normal Inn." He then let me go. Not a normal Inn? I wonder what he meant by that. I went over and knocked on the door. 
"Hello?" I called out. 
"Come on in." I heard a feminine  voice say. I was expecting some sort of big deep stallion voice.  I walked in and I saw a pegasus mare sitting down on the desk. Her mane was a deep green and yellow, her fur a tan color. She had short cut hair. However, her purple eyes is what caught my attention. There was something 'off' about them, like they weren't normal. 
"Please take a seat." She told me. Her voice was, I'm not sure how to put it. It was, beautiful yet scary. I took a seat, and looked at her. "So you want a job here?" She asked me. 
"Yea. I'm from out of town, and I need a place to work, and if you can, give me a place to stay?" I asked her, hoping she could help me. 
"Well. We do need someone to help out around here. Like cleaning rooms, severing meals, anything along those lines. I could also offer you up a small, unused room." She said. I was surprised by this, and how easy this was. I smiled. 
"I'll take it. When do you want me to start?" I asked her. 
"How about right now? We will get your room set up for you. And good luck." She said with a calm look on her face. I got up to shack her hoof, then stopped myself. 
"I won't let you down." I told her. 
"Before you leave, make sure you talk to the stallion out-front, he will lead you to where you will begin working. I did as she said, telling that same stallion what she said. 
"Alright then, follow me." He said, leading me to a small room. "You will wait in here until you are called for a job." He then walked out, leaving me alone in this semi-empty room.