Constellations

by Burritoburger

Chapter 5: The show

I kept walking along as I sorted everything out in my head. Everything seemed to be back to normal, no evil ponies, no destruction of the world, no Celestia trying to get rid of us. Everything was back to normal, and that was a good thing... right?

I shook my thoughts off and decided not to worry about something that's already been fixed. I then remembered something I was going to do before we got thrown out of Equestria. I remembered the ring hidden in my house. D was out hunting.

I quickly flew towards the house, getting more focused as I went. This is serious, and I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. When I arrived, I ran to me and D's room. I looked in the cabinet next to the bed and lifted up the piles of unused papers and looked in the back. A black box was there. I placed the papers on top of the drawer and I heard the door close. Funny, you don't usually hear doors close inside of a house made out of clouds. I grabbed the box and hid it behind me as I walked out of the room and down the stairs.

"I was wondering when you would get home! I got so bored that I went hunting!" She said, dragging the dead carcass of a deer behind her. Despite her face being covered in blood, she was still pretty beautiful. She walked into the kitchen and washed her face off with a rag until she noticed me holding the thing behind my back.

"What are you holding behind your back...?" She asked, trying to look around me to spot it. However, I turned so she wouldn't see it.

"Okay, I am not big on stupid speeches, and you probably know that. But, even if I could say a half-wit speech right now, I would make a half-wit speech you would never forget. But anyways, let's cut to the chase." I said, pulling out the blakc box from behind me. I opened it, revealing the ring.

"Will you marry me?" I asked. Honestly, I wasn't too into all this love crap, but it made me feel better when I was around D, and it made me feel way better when she hugged me and said yes. So that kind of happened, and I put the ring on her hoof. She then looked as if she realized something that seemed potentially important.

"Oh! I totally forgot! You know Digit, right?" She asked.
"You mean that guy that practically screwed himself over when we were being pranked by Nightburn, not to ention he was the only one that could potentially piss her off for the hell of it? You don't really forget stuff like that." I chuckled.
"Well, he apparently is becoming a magician or something, and he's having his first performance tonight! We should see it." She explained. I scratched my head. Him? A magician? I thought he would be a psychologist... or something. Plus, his first act? This sounds a bit like Trixie to me.

I shrugged, "Sure."

A few hours later, the stage was set up and we were standing in the crowd, along with the rest of our friends, excluding Stargazer. Said he couldn't come for some reason. Pinkie came too and gladly joined us. Ponies were talking, some about rumors spread of Digit, others thinking his act will crash and burn. Me? I just wanted to see how it would play out. Digit is like a male version of Pinkie Pie, only with a bit more subtlety, and can adapt to the best of situations. Nonetheless, he still had that random Pinkie Pie feel, and can practically shift reality to his will. Sort of. Not really. More like he can do things that no other pony can pull off. You know what? Forget it. It's hard to explain.

"Fillies and Gentlecolts! Digit, who recently joined our town, apparently has a thing for magic!... I guess. Anyways, without further ado, here is Digit!" Mayor Mare announced. Honestly, they make such a big deal about Digit. Does anything exciting ever happen around here?

Digit stepped out from behind the curtains, looking a wee bit, no wait, really worried. With his top hat on, he stepped to the microphone.

"Um, hello! Uh, I've recently came here and I can apparently do magic although I'm not a unicorn, I'm a pegasus, so... yeah..." I facehoofed. However, he took off his hat and reached his arm inside of it. He pulled out a bunny.
"Ta-da!" He said, putting on a fake smile. the bunny frowned in annoyance and kicked Digit in the face, where he let go and hopped off. Apparently, the bunny was none other than Angel.

The crowd didn't cheer. In fact, I'm pretty sure some crickets joined the crowd too. Digit looked around, worried.

"Uh, okay. My next trick involves me... uh..." Apparently, he had run out of tricks. His eyes widened and he ducked when a tomato whizzed above his head, in which the stallion booed at him. Other ponies joined, and Digit looked a bit horrified. I facehoofed harder. When I looked up, his face expression changed. He looked a bit angry.

"Fine!" He practically yelled. The sudden outburst made the crowd a bit quieter.
"You want magic? Here's magic!"

Digit pulled his hat off and reached inside of it. He took out a small seed and threw it over at the ground next to the stage. He then placed his hat over the seed, covering it. He slowly lifted his hat up and the crowd gasped at what they saw. As he was lifting the hat, a trunk, wood, branches, and leaves were coming out of the hat as he flew up. He got to the top and placed the hat back on his head, and smiled at the full grown tree. He then pushed the hat inwards into the largest branch, and it completely fit inside without ripping through the hat. He flipped the hat and the spot where the branch was disappeared. He pretended to look inside of the hat, and he started shaking it. A bonfire pupped out, lit and everything.

"Y'know, I one time heard a good saying." Digit said. "As things grow..." Digit referred to the large tree. "...And as accidents happen..." He kicked the bonfire into the tree, and the tree slowly caught on fire, causing a bit of alarm to all the ponies. "...Those memories originate..." He flew up. "..From a single..." He threw the hat down, completely enveloping the blazing tree and hit the ground, with no more fire. He flew down and picked the hat up, picking up the small item from the ground. "...Seed."

Aaaaaand the crowd cheered. Seriously, I have no idea how the heck that happened, but I don't think I'll be able to make anything of it. Digit got back on the stage and smiled. He bowed, and moved back behind the curtains.

"That was simply a remarkable performance, Digit! We hope to see you again soon! Next performer..."
Next performer? I didn't know there was a next performer. I shrugged and walked off with D and The rest of my friends to congratulate Digit. We saw him approaching us, a big smile on his face. It was a quick celebration, and Pinkie even planned a party, but Digit assured her that the party should wait until tomorrow. With that, we said good night, and he suddenly grew quiet.

"Uh, I kinda need a place to sleep. He smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"What? Why?" I asked.
"Well, I kind of got here recently, and I don't have enough bits to buy a house, so... yeah. That's the problem. Pinkie suddenly perked up.
"Ooh! Ooh! There's a guest room at Sugarcube Corner! I bet the cakes won't mind!" Pinkie smiled.
"Uh, sure, okay. Maybe I could show you some magic tricks when we get there." Digit suggested.
"That would be amazingly splenderiffic!" Pinkie said, bouncing towards Sugarcube Corner. Digit waved to us and said goodbye. We did the same and went our separate ways to get to sleep. It has been an exhausting day.

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You happy, Thunder Cloud? YOU HAPPY?!
It's the middle of the freaking night, thanks a lot.
Well, that's all for today. See you all next time!
-Burritoburger