Silicons eyelids slowly opened themselves with the growing rays of light beaming through the window and on Silicons eyes. Without hurry, Silicon, slowly sat up on his bed and rubbed his watery strained eyes. Before he could lazily drag himself off of his bed, the alarm clock
screeched out it’s morning wake up call, loud enough to always snap Silicon out of his dream.
However, he of course, already woke up in time before the alarm could scream at him to wake up, for another busy, hard working day at the office.
He slammed his hoof on his alarm to shut it up, before the loud buzzing drive him insane. He gave a rough grunt and looked at the time on the alarm.
"Good morning Silicon Melody," greeted a calm serene female voice on the alarm "The time is 7:20 AM.".
"I can bloody read it on the alarm, thanks." groaned Silicon, as he gave a long, deep yawn and stretched his back all the way up, relieving the tension and pain that his back is enduring. He licked his dry lips, adding a bit of moisture on it.
After some time finishing his workout routine of lifting weights, pull ups and other exercises, Silicon wiped the sweat off of his face and body with a towel, now already drenched in his sweat.
The city is dangerous, so keeping yourself well built, focused and knowing how to fight back is always important to survive in the most dangerous streets of Manehattan. Even a lowlife thug can become a life and death situation, even worse if the thug had a bunch of friends with him to beat you to a pulp before they snip your wallet.
The nasty truth hidden under the carpet of deceiving looks.
The elevator doors opened. He stepped out of the elevator and went outside. The familiar, memorable Manehattan smell of wretched manure, dumped garbage and pollution filled up his nose. He didn't gag, he didn't barf out his morning breakfast of donuts and coffee from a cafe, or even waved away the putrid stench off of his face. Instead, he only exhaled, like the city smell was actually oxygen, and walked towards the gate.
Crimson smiled as Silicon walked towards the gate, and he pressed the button for the gate to open.
"Did the jellyfish sting ya while you were sleepin’?" chuckled Crimson, with a toothy amused grin on his face, knowing what the answer will be from Silicon.
"You’re an ass Crimson." he said, as he walked outside, with Crimson behind him giving Silicon a laugh in reply.
He tapped his pencil on his wooden desk, already bored of the work laid in front of him. Documents and charts and statistics laid scattered around, waiting for the stallion's eyes to inspect them and do anything what a businesspony would do with them. But instead his eyes only rested on his number 2 pencil, inspecting every chew mark that he made a week or so ago. He sighed and looked out again, the magnificent view of Manehattan laid outside before him. Behind the window panels are the towering buildings, the colony of carriages on the roads racing around the streets endlessly. The specks of ant sized ponies and zebras, still trotting around the city.
"Deja vu" Silicon thought, as he chewed on his pencil. "I just realized, that everyday, it’s me in the office, doing the same thing, and looking out at the sam-"
The doors burst open and Grey Leaf, walked briskly to him with a stack of papers on her hoof.
"Grey Leaf?" said Silicon as he gazed at her. "What’s the news?"
"Well, there are some good news and small bad news." Grey Leaf cleared her throat. Silicon looks down on the papers and starts reading it as she gives out the news "First, it looks like that there have been some large amount of favorability from some other cities have been favourable of your plans for a big step of the advancement of technology."
The news brought a smile on the stallion’s face. Finally, a step to the future! He needs to tell his family about it as well, his friends, and even-
A word from Grey Leafs news had just pierced through Silicons realization.
"Some, cities?" Silicon realized. Grey leaf nodded "This is the part where I tell you the bad news." she continued. The stallion only reclined back waiting for her to give it out.
"It looks like not all the towns have made discussions about the new technology that we will deliver. Well, actually, only one town sir."
"And what might that town be Grey Leaf?" Silicon questioned.
"Ponyville." she said, pointing to a an envelope on Silicons desk. "Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville, actually wants to talk about your plans Silicon." This surprised him. The mayor wants to arrange a meeting with Silicon about the plans that can change the future? He opened the envelope and started reading the Mayor's letter.
"Well that’s surprising," said Silicon, as he dropped the letter on his desk. "I guess we can arrange a meeting, have her here in the meeting room. Simple enough."
"More like you have to see her, in, I guess her own hall."
"Really?" Silicon raised an eyebrow. Even more strange. "Why?"
"The princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle, wasn’t yet notified of the request of you having a meeting with the Mayor and her. The Mayor would need her permission if she can arrange a meeting in Manehattan. Princess Twilight is always involved in these kind of matters." Grey Leaf gave him a warm smile "Your plans are capable of changing Equestria."
Silicon couldn’t deny that. The recent news of Princess Twilight, becoming a new princess of Equestria, spread like wildfire when it was first reported from Ponyville. Four months ago Manehattan was lucky enough during Tireks spree of suffocating the magic and strength of everypony from other towns and cities, before Tirek was defeated by the Elements of Harmony. It wouldn't matter anyway, if the Elements of Harmony can still defeat Tirek with 2 million extra essences of the ponies magic and strength from Manehattan.
"Ahem, sir?"
"Huh?" Silicon snapped out of his thought. "Oh yes ahem, well uhh... If that is what she wants, then so be it. I will meet with her at Ponyville."
"Great!" Grey Leaf gave another warm smile to her boss. "We'll, send Mayor Mare a letter and you're off to Ponyville." She turned around and trotted out of his office before she turned her head to him and say "I am sure that the princess will love you, she is the princess of friendship." She closed the doors behind her.
"She will love me." Silicon thought. One can only hope.