//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Prime Timber's Mother // Story: Vinyl and Octavia's roommate // by Element Reading //------------------------------// After a week of Prime picking up mares everywhere he went, it came time for his mother to come pay him a visit. It was a little before lunch time, Vinyl was in the kitchen drinking a glass of milk, Octavia was lying on her couch reading a magazine, and Prime was in a corner practicing his violin. Octavia asked, "So Prime, what time is your mother coming over?" He replied, "Any minute now." "So, what's she like?" Asked Octavia. "She's one of the sweetest changelings you'll ever meet, you two know about the reformed changelings right?" "We do." "Well, right as I was born she turned into one of the new changelings, she had something to love. Also she doesn't know about my really active social life, so let's keep that a secret please, I don't need her giving me tips. She did that once and I've never spoken to her about my social life again, blegh." "Alright, is there anything else we should know about?" "Not much, but one major thing." "Yes?" "Don't bring up cats! She lives with about twenty or so cats, I'm not joking, twenty cats, I myself grew up with thirty, and I had the wonderful job of litter box duty, ya that was fun. But you two'll listen about cats for 4 hours followed by a trip to the pet store, I'm not having my legs become a cat's scratching post again." "Again?" Asked Octavia smirking. Vinyl was snickering in the kitchen. "Vinyl, what's so funny?" He asked sarcastically. Octavia replied, "She's just overhearing our conversation." Vinyl nodded her head. "It's very rude to overhear someone else's conversations." Octavia replied, "As rude as you listening to my conversations with vinyl?" "Wait you could hear me?" "Of course, you breath heavily." Prime took a big breath in and a loud breath out. "See!" "Fine, but my advice with my Mom is still valid." Just then a knock was heard, "That's her!" Prime ran over to the door and said, "Remember, say nothing about cats nor about my love life." He opened the door to an older mare, she had brown eys, a grey coat, and a brown mane with gray streaks, she said in a very warming voice. "It's good to see you son." It's great to see you to Ma." Prime wrapped his right arm around her neck and hugged her, he let off and she walked in. She sat on Octavia's couch, she sat on the end, Octavia and Vinyl were sitting next to her, Prime sat down in Vinyl's seat, she said. "Well, what are you waiting for, introduce us Prime." "Oh, sorry Mom, Mom, this is Octavia." She shook hoofs with Prime's Mom, "And this is Vinyl." They shook hoofs as well. "Octavia, Vinyl, this is my Mom, Graci." She bowed slightly."And Mom, they know what you are." "What?! Why would you do that?!" "They're my flatmates, I kinda had to tell them how I came to existence, and the truth is the only thing I've been able to think of, but a lie might be coming soon." She sighed, "So, might as well get comfy." She stood up and with a pink glow she transformed into her true form. She sat back down and said, "So, what's the first question?" Octavia asked, "Well, first off, how did you come to live in Canterlot?" "It had a lot to do with posing as a pony, besides that, not much." "Alright, so when did you get reformed." "Oh they have a term for it?" Graci asked. "Since Chrysalis was defeated and most of the changelings reformed, they're good now." "I was wondering why everypony was talking about changelings, for a little while, I thought they were talking about me." "So, when did you reform?" "Oh right, sorry deary, it must have happened when little Prime here was born, I felt something, that was selfless love." Octavia was surprised and amazed, she asked, "One more, how did you get to Equestria?" "That's a decently long story, but what the hay, I got time. I was sent on a mission to make a new colony, one to take over Equestria, I found a great spot in the Everfree forest and I was going to become the queen there. But timberwolfs were all around me, so until I could be alone, I had to blend in, so I became a timberwolf. 2 weeks later I found out I was pregnant. And I realized that I needed to find a good place for this little cub, so I got out of there and found myself imigrating to Canterlot. I was gonna go back to make a hive, but once I had little Prime, I didn't have the urge to make a hive, so I settled down and raised him." Octavia was a bit stunned, "Wow, that's some story. Now I have a simple question. Should we get a cat?" Prime face palmed and grunted some very naughty words. Graci asked. "What did you just say?" "What? Oh nothing Mother." "Nothing? I definitively heard some very bad words come out, now go to your room until you learn not to cuss around me." "But I'm an adult, I don't need to go to my room, this is basically my house." "Go, to, your, ROOM!" He got up and said, "But I'm an adult." "Now." Was all she replied. He walked away with his head down, when the door closed Octavia asked, "How did you do that?" "I raised that pup for 18 years, I know how to make sure he doesn't get out of line." "Well, could you teach me some of that?" Graci got an evil smirk. Prime closed his door and sat on the bed, he closed his eyes only to hear something in his sheets, he opened his eyes up only to see Aloe and Lotus in his bed, they were just waking up, he said. "Oh right, sorry, I forgot you two were here." They looked at each other before sighing. That evening Prime came down to the smell of Graci's cooking, there was a tray of beautifully cooked corn on the cobs, there were other various foods on a small table that was set in the middle of the room. Prime asked, "What's the occasion?" Graci replied, "Well, I know you have things to do later, and I thought we could sit down with your roommates when they get back from the market." "That's so nice Mom, sorry I cussed, I just don't wanna become a scratching post again, it sucked. So please don't let them adopt a cat." "Alright, just sit down son." He sat down on the chair as Graci walked out of the room, Prime asked. "What'd ya doing Ma?" "Just getting something out of the back!" She shouted back. He laid his head back for a moment, before he heard a loud crack, he looked around a bit only to be scared with this! He screamed out, "MOMMY!" And fell off of his chair, the lights turned on and it was Vinyl wearing a fox mask. Octavia was laughing behind the couch, and Gracie walked in from the back, "What just happened?!" Asked Prime. Octavia replied, "It's called a prank." Before she fell on the floor laughing even harder. Even Vinyl was laughing. Graci replied, "It feels good to scare you again." "Ma, why do you prank so much? You're a mother, kind supporting, generous!" "Just because I raised a pup doesn't mean I don't enjoy pranking any less. Did that all the time in the hive, part of the reason I was sent away." Prime replied, "Ma, that's more sad than funny." "I know. But the face you made was to good." She started laughing again. All Octavia said was, "I like her." Prime lowered his head and face palmed. "I'm going back up, got some.... Work to do." He walked up the stairs all the while everypony was laughing.