Ponyville...
It was a nice and sunny day in the little town of Ponyville. Most ponies already got up a few hours ago. The dirt road of Ponyville was already filled with ponies who started their day by going to work, or to school, in case of the younger ones. It was usually the busiest time in Ponyville.
One of the ponies who got ready for his job was a Unicorn stallion who walked around the main road of Ponyville while pulling a cart with him. The stallion had a dark orange coat color and a dark red spiky mane. His eyes were dark blue and he had five glowing stars as a Cutie Mark on his flank. The name of this pony was Summershine and he was a citizen of Ponyville.
The stallion used his magic to levitate a list in front of his eyes and took a look at it. "Let's see where to go first..." he said before he scrolled his eyes through the list carefully. After confirming what he wanted to know, he put the scroll away again and smiled. "Looks like as if I get to see everypony on my route," he said before he grinned with some excitement in his face.
As Summershine walked through the town, he made sure to take a good look around to see what everypony else was up to. Ponies in the skies were taking care of the clouds to let the sun shine through, sale ponies made sure to open their shops and let in their first customers into their stores, some fillies and colts seemed to be late for school and ran past him in order to still arrive in time, and so on.
Those were the same things that Summershine usually saw in this town. Ponies of all kinds lived their quiet and relaxing lives without any worries. Watching those ponies almost made Summershine feel relaxed as well. Ponyville was perfect for a life like that, unlike Manehattan for example, which was a much more crowded and hectic place.
Before he knew it, he arrived at the first location that he needed to be at. It was a workshop that strongly resembled a giant anvil. Right above the entrance, there was a sign which said "Iron Hammer,". It was the local wooden and metal workshop of Ponyville. Summershine stopped and looked inside the cart to pick up what he needed right now. As soon as he found it and began walking towards the entrance an Earth Pony stallion with a brown coat, a silver flat top mane, dark blue eyes, and a hammer as a Cutie Mark stepped out of the workshop. It was the owner of this workshop.
"Morning, Summershine!" The Earth Pony greeted with a smile on his face as soon as he saw Summershine walking up to him with a package levitating above his head.
"Hey, Mr. Steel Hammer!" Summershine greeted back.
Steel Hammer sighed in response. "How many times do I have to tell you that you don't have to add "Mr." if you talk to me?"
Summershine laughed a little in embarrassment and rubbed his neck. "Sorry," he apologized before he levitated the package towards Steel Hammer now. "Here, I got a package for you today,"
A formed on the face of the Earth Pony. "Ah, yes! Those must be the new tools that I ordered!" He said in excitement as he took the package from Summershine, who now levitated a list towards him so that he could sign it.
"Thanks a bunch!" Summershine said happily before returned to his cart and checked the list from before one more time to see where he was about to head next. However, as he looked through it, he noticed how Steel Hammer was looking at him with lowered eyebrows. "What's with that look? Did I say something funny?" Summershine asked confused once he noticed the strange expression on Steel Hammer's face.
"No, nothing," Steel Hammer replied while he made sure to keep that look on his face. "Just making sure that you look happy," he added.
Summershine got confused by those words but still formed a smile on his face. "Why wouldn't I be happy?" He then asked.
Steel Hammer went over to the package that Summershine brought to him and started to carry it inside while answering Summershine's question. "You know...delivering packages to little old me," he said, which was not really enough for Summershine to understand so Steel Hammer continued. "Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't your special talent magic?"
Summershine still didn't quite get it. "Yeah, so?" He asked in the hope to get a more clear answer.
"What do you mean, so?" Steel Hammer then replied almost shocked. "I heard you even went to Princess Celestia's school for gifted Unicorns! Don't you want to do something related to all of that magical stuff? I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't see a problem with delivering packages and all that but since you are already gifted with such a talent, shouldn't you be doing something related to that?" He straight out asked.
About now, Summershine finally realized what Steel Hammer wanted to get at. He began to smile and appreciated that Steel Hammer was thinking about his well-being but from the looks of it, Summershine seemed really happy with his current job. "I'm perfectly happy, Steel Hammer," he assured. "I mean look at this," he said before he levitated his list over to Steel Hammer.
The Earth Pony stallion took a look at the names that were on the list. "Aren't those your friend's names?" He asked after he was done reading.
"Yep!" Summershine replied happily. "It just so happens that I have to deliver a package to each of them today," he explained.
"Wow, that is a pretty good coincidence," Steel Hammer replied before he gave the list back to Summershine.
Summershine smiled. "All of my friends live in this town, here in Ponyville. There is nothing that would make me happier than living here and spending my time with them. It doesn't really matter what I do as long as that is the case," he explained with a warm smile on his face.
Steel Hammer began to understand. Of course, if someone who lived a more eventful or extravagant lifestyle would spend a few days here, they would get bored pretty quickly. He figured that Summershine wasn't one of those ponies so what right had he to question his happiness?
"Well, as long as you are happy, I guess there is nothing more than I have to worry about, huh?" Steel Hammer replied with a grin on his face.
Summershine grinned back. "Still, thanks for worrying about me. Now if you excuse me, I have to get those packages delivered," he said before he went back to his cart to continue his work.
After the Unicorn walked away from the Iron Hammer, he took one more quick glance over his list and read the names of his friends. Just knowing that he will see all of them today made him already happy and put a smile on his face.
"Alright! Let's go!" He then said in excitement as he walked to his next destination.
Later...
The first package that he had to deliver, was going to the Golden Oak Library. It was a library inside of a giant tree. There was a Unicorn mare living inside this tree-house who was probably waiting for a book. At least, that's what Summershine guessed, based on how well he knew this pony.
Once he stood in front of the door of the library, he knocked several times and waited for a response. After an unusually long time of waiting, someone finally opened the door slowly but only so far that only one eye peeked out of the house.
"Yes?" The Unicorn mare behind the door asked almost mistrusting.
However, despite that weird behavior, Summershine smiled and levitated his package in front of the door. "I got a package for you," he said with a grin on his face.
The mare looked at the package with a serious and thoughtful expression on her face for a few seconds before she finally gave an answer. "Oh," she simply said before she opened the door completely, revealing her purple coat, her dark purple mane, her light blue eyes with a pair of black glasses in front of it, and a light blue book as a Cutie Mark. The mare took the package with her magic inside. "Thanks," she then said before she closed the door right in front of Summershine.
Of course, Summershine was a little confused by this, especially since he needed her to write her name on his list first. "Wait, Brilliance!" He said as he knocked on the door multiple times. "You still need to sign this!" He shouted at the door in the hope that she would hear this.
Again, the door opened slowly and Brilliance stood in front of Summershine. "Oh, it's you again, Summershine," she said, much to the stallion's surprise.
"Of course, it's me again!" Summershine replied before he let out a sigh and levitated the list in front of the mare. "Here, I just need you to sign this,"
"Oh," Brilliance replied in her realization. "I'll go and get something to write," she then said before she walked inside.
"No, wait I already got-" Summershine said but Brilliance didn't seem to be aware of his words and continued to walk inside to get either a pen or a feather.
Summershine shook his head but then he put on a smile again. He knew how Brilliance could be a little hard to deal with. It's not like she was not interested in talking with Summershine or anything, it's just that she was not really good at it. She spends most of her time inside the library and reads books all day so naturally, her social skills were pretty poor. That's why Summershine decided to be the one who would start a conversation.
He walked inside so that Brilliance wouldn't close the door on him again. "So...mind telling me what was inside the package?" He asked in order to start somewhere.
Brilliance came back with a feather and replied. "A book," she said with a deadpan tone in her voice.
"Figures..." Summershine said.
The mare wrote down her name on Summershine's list. "Done," she then said.
"Thanks," Summershine replied.
After that, there was only an awkward silence in the room. Brilliance only kept looking at Summershine with an emotionless expression on her face. She wasn't telling him to go or anything so Summershine had no idea if he was bothering her now or not. Maybe he was and she just couldn't bring herself to tell him.
Still, Summershine attempted one more time to get into a little conversation with her. "Mind telling me what book it is?"
"No," Brilliance replied before she ripped off the package from the book and revealed its title.
"Monstrous Manual?" Summershine read. "A book about creatures of Equestria?" He asked confused. "Didn't know that you were interested in something like that,"
"Me neither," Brilliance replied, much to Summershine's surprise. "I once read in a book that it is good to have a hobby to talk about with your friends," she explained.
Suddenly, Brilliance's true nature shined through. Despite her being a little socially awkward, her friends were pretty important to her and she wanted to make sure that it would stay like this. Still, Summershine couldn't help but point out something. "You know, I think that only applies if your friends have the same hobby to talk about,"
Brilliance began to get a little embarrassed since she was sure that her thought process was the right one, however, once Summershine said that her glasses dropped down a little due to her surprise, causing her to lift them up again properly. "I-I guess you're right..." she then said a little flustered.
Summershine began to laugh. "Hey, don't worry. You don't have to get a new hobby just so you can talk to others about it. Reading is your hobby, right? I and the others also love a good book from time to time so I guess you can talk with us about that. After all, you read almost any book known to pony kind, right?"
"Yeah," Brilliance replied. "I seemed to have forgotten that," she admitted.
While the situation must have been a little awkward to Brilliance, Summershine felt like it lifted the mood a little so he was happy and smiled. Still, the silence in the room was still present so Summershine figured that he should continue his work again. "I have to go now, delivering the remaining packages and stuff, you know. Also, I don't want to bother you any longer," he said before he turned around to get back to his cart.
As the stallion was out of the door, however, Brilliance said some words that caught him a little off guard. "You don't bother me..." she said.
"Huh?" Summershine replied as he turned around confused.
Brilliance had a hard time looking straight at Summershine but she still went out with what she had to say. "I like spending time with you...and the others," she said while a warm smile on her face started to form.
Summershine was really happy to hear those words and smiled back before he left the library and returned to his cart. At least he could now leave, knowing that one of his friends was happy seeing him. As much as he wanted to talk a little more with her, he still had to finish his job so he continued to deliver the other packages.
Later...
"Alright, next stop..." Summershine said as he walked through the main road of Ponyville to get to his next destination.
On his way, he noticed how clear the sky was and he was grateful for such a nice day so far. There was only a hoof-full of clouds in the sky and on one of them, a pony was sleeping on. Summershine quickly recognized who it was and decided to shout out the pony's name.
"Nightsky! Hey!" He shouted.
The pony on the cloud quickly was quickly aware of how someone was shouting its name and got up. It was a Pegasus stallion with a dark blue coat, a light gray and dark blue mane, yellow eyes and light blue and yellow shooting star as a Cutie Mark. He had a rather confused look on his face, probably because he just got up. He looked down at the ground and recognized Summershine, who looked up at the sky to him.
"I got a package for you and your sister!" Summershine shouted up to him.
As soon as Nightsky heard those words, he got up on his hooves and slowly dived down towards Summershine. "A finally!" The stallion said with a relieved tone in his voice. "I was wondering if it would come anytime soon," he added.
"What did you order?" Summershine asked out of curiosity while he provided a list for Nightsky to sign on.
"Just a little present for my sister," Nightsky replied as he put his name on the list for Summershine.
Summershine smiled. "Yeah, of course," he said.
Nightsky seemed to be confused to hear that and lowered his eyebrows. "What do you mean?" He asked.
Summershine explained. "Oh, nothing! I just figured that you would do something nice to your sister as usual. Nothing wrong with that, by the way," he said as if he wanted to make sure to not be too direct.
But Nightsky shook his head. "It's nothing special, really. I think it's normal to present her something from time to time," he explained casually.
The Pegasus stallion didn't seem to notice how thinking like that was exactly what made him look even nicer. From the outside, Nightsky may look like a cold pony who doesn't seem to show any interest in others, however, one couldn't be further away from the truth. He was actually a very polite and kind pony once someone takes the time to look at him properly. He also has a little sister that he puts above all else and that he likes to protect from harm.
"There you go," Nightsky said as he gave the list back to Summershine.
"Thanks a bunch! Here!" Summershine replied as he finally gave Nightsky his package. "One thing is a little strange though, Nightsky," he said with a little confused look on his face. "There is your and your sister's name on this package. Normally there should only one pony who is the address,"
"Okay," Nightsky replied confused before he inspected the package himself. "You're right. It also looks a little bit bigger as I ordered,"
"You think your sister ordered something as well?" Summershine asked, assuming that this way two packages were out into one.
But Nightsky only shook his shoulders. "If that's the case, then I make sure to give it to her," he assured. "Thanks. Now if you don't mind, I would like to get back to sleep," he said before he rubbed one of his eyes.
"Oh, you did the night shift again?" Summershine asked.
"Yeah. Again..." Nightsky replied with a slightly bored expression on his face.
Of course, knowing that Summershine made sure to leave again so that Nightsky could get his well-earned rest. The Pegasus flew back up to his cloud while grabbing his package and continued his nap. Summershine wanted to advise him that taking a package with him on a cloud was probably not the smartest idea but Nightsky was already gone and fast asleep again so he figured that he should continue his work again.
Later...
Summershine found himself in front of a shop. It was a yellow colorful building with a sign above the entrance that said: "Toys N Stuff,". It was a local toy store here in Ponyville that, as one would imagine, specified on selling toys. The Unicorn had to deliver a package to one of his friends who was working there.
When the Unicorn entered the store, he was quickly greeted by a stallion, who seemed to have waited right at the entrance of the store.
"Hey there, Summershine!" The pony greeted cheerfully.
"Hi, Crash," Summershine greeted back.
The pony in front of Summershine was an Earth Pony Stallion with a yellow coat, a light orange mane, red eyes and a whoopee cushion as his Cutie Mark. The stallion had a bright grin on his face as soon as he saw Summershine coming into the store.
"Did you came to buy something!? I knew secretly liked toys as much as I do!" He expressed, completely unaware of Summershine's real reason to be here.
"Actually, I-" Summershine replied before Crash dragged him further inside the store.
"Here! Let me find you something!" He said while he pulled Summershine to some shelf with a lot of stuffed toys. "How about some little friend that you can cuddle in a dark and rainy night?"
"Well, I-" Summershine said before he was dragged to another shelf again.
"Or do you want board games!? We have lots of those too!" He said as he showed off every board game imaginable in this store. "But maybe you're more into the classics?" He asked before he took Summershine to yet another shelf. "How about a good old wooden toy train or maybe-"
"No!" Summershine then exclaimed to finally put a stop on all of this. "Here!" He said as he levitated a package in front of Crash. "I got a package for you!"
"Oh!" Crash said in his realization. "Well, why didn't you say that earlier?" He said as he took the package from Summershine.
"I was trying to but-" Summershine replied before he was interrupted yet again by Crash.
"But then you saw all the toys and got distracted, right? I know, happens to me all the time," he said, completely unaware that he was the one driving Summershine to this point. Crash was shaking the package a little and for some reason knew what must have been inside. "Must be the book I ordered: Pranksters 101,"
The Unicorn only released a frustrated sigh after that and tried his best to continue his job. "Whatever, I need you to-"
"Show you around some more? Sure thing!" Crash interrupted in the middle of Summershine's sentence, much to Summershine's dislike who started to get a little annoyed by all of this.
Crash was a pony who could get easily excited by the smallest things and sometimes, he doesn't realize how others around him react to that. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't care about others, he just was a little oblivious to it.
Later, outside...
Summershine was kept inside the store for quite a while because it took a while to get Crash out of his excitement. Eventually, he got him to sign his list so that he could continue his job, even if he was put on hold for a while. But Summershine wouldn't let himself get dragged down like that and continued.
His next destination was not too far away, it was on the marketplace of Ponyville. Ponies would usually put up some stands and sell stuff there. He figured that the pony he was looking for was somewhere there at this time of day.
The stallion walked through the marketplace while pulling the cart behind him and keeping his eyes open. "Now...where could she be?" He mumbled as he looked for the receiver of his next package, unbeknownst to how fast he would get his answer.
"Fifty bucks!? Are you kidding me!?" He heard a female voice screaming through the marketplace.
Hearing this voice actually made him chuckle a little. "Found her," he said with a smile on his face. He decided to follow the voice in the distance and soon found the pony he was looking for arguing with another pony that was standing right in front of her stand.
"Those gems are never worth fifty bits!" The female pony exclaimed once more. She was an Earth Pony mare with a red coat, a yellow mane, purple eyes and three bitcoins as a Cutie Mark. The mare seemed really upset about an offer that one pony made to her, who was offering a basket of gems to her. "I'll give you twenty bits at most! Final offer!" She then replied.
Almost offended by that offer, the pony in front of her left again with its basket of gems. Everypony around her, especially the other sale ponies laughed heavily as soon as that was all over.
"There she goes again!" One pony commented.
"Yeah, she sure showed this pony one or two things," another pony added.
"Well serves that pony right trying to rip off Happytrade, am I right?" One more pony said with a grin on his face.
Happytrade however, didn't mind all those words and waited quietly for the next customer to arrive. Summershine took the opportunity to talk with her now so that he could give her the package. He placed it in front of her, much to her surprise, until she saw Summershine in front of her.
"Looks like you are in your element. As usual," he commented before he placed his list on her counter so that she could sign it.
Unlike, the others, Happytrade quickly realized that he was bringing her a package. Knowing her, she probably knew that a package was coming today for her. She was really good when it came to planning things ahead, after all.
She wrote down her name and returned Summershine's list. "Please. You think I gonna lose some precious bits to some amateur trader who tries to rip me off?" She said confidently in her abilities with a grin on her face. "And this will help me out even more," she added, referring to the package that Summershine brought to her.
The mare opened the package and revealed what was inside of it. It was a book. "The how to make quick Bits Business Guide?" Summershine read out loud from the book that Happytrade was holding out in front of her. "A book with trading advice? I don't think you really need that," he said, knowing how good of a trader Happytrade was, especially after what he witnessed just a few minutes ago.
But Happytrade disagreed. "It can't hurt trying to improve, right? Maybe there is something in here that I wasn't aware of," she explained.
Happytrade's specialty was trading. She always knows how much something was worth and how much you should pay. Ironically, she wasn't trying to rip off anypony else even though she would be pretty good at it. She always wanted to keep things fair and felt bad taking more money for an item that wasn't worth that much. It was actually that honesty that made her into a pretty well-known trader in Ponyville.
"By the way," Happytrade then started before she presented some stuff to Summershine. "Can I interest you in some of my wares? Do you like hats? I got hats! Do you like books? I got books!" She said before went on and on to present more and more stuff to the stallion.
Luckily, Summershine knew exactly how to deal with this situation. "Bye," he said before he walked with an attempt to never turn around again. When it came to stuff like this, Happytrade would not stop until she would sell him something.
Of course, being the natural trader she was, Happytrade would not give up that easily and sprinted right after Summershine. As soon as the stallion noticed that, he began to panic and ran away. He knew that once Happytrade started to make an offer, she would not stop anytime soon.
"I will make you a special friend offer!" Happytrade shouted after Summershine.
"No thanks!" Summershine instantly replied.
From an outside perspective, this would look probably a little heartless, especially since Summershine is a really good friend to Happytrade but if he started to buy something from her, then she would not stop until he would have bought like twenty things at once. There was a rather wild and almost silly looking chase going on through the market place, one that would probably not end anytime soon...
Later...
Eventually, Summershine managed to get away from Happytrade and her intentions to sell him something that he really didn't need. He didn't really felt that bad because he knew that Happytrade would eventually sell enough of her stuff even without him buying something. Right now, all he was feeling was just annoyance and exhaustion.
"Ugh...that sure took some time," Summershine expressed in an annoyed tone as he walked through the town again, pulling the cart behind him.
"Wow, you look really exhausted!" A female voice commented on Summershine's current state.
At first, Summershine thought it was Happytrade, who caught up to him but he then quickly realized that it was another voice, which was coming above his head. A Pegasus mare with a light blue coat, a white and light blue straight mane, light orange eyes and a pink flower as a Cutie Mark laid down on a cloud that was levitating above Summershine's head.
"Hey, Lightbeam," Summershine replied. "Let's say that I got a little distracted by something before I could continue my job," he explained.
Lightbeam giggled. "I'm sure it wasn't that bad," she said with a smile on her face before she jumped down from the cloud she was sitting on.
"Yeah, it really wasn't," Summershine had to admit after putting some more thoughts into it. "I mean, I got to meet my friends like that. Including your brother,"
"Oh?" Lightbeam replied. "Does that mean that Nightsky ordered something?" She asked confused.
"Yep," Summershine replied. "Although, it was kinda weird because the package had both your brothers and your name on it," he explained.
"Huh?" Lightbeam said confused.
"Yeah, you ordered something, right? I guess the packages were both put into one since they were going to the same address so don't worry, I gave Nightsky the package,"
"AAAAAHHHH!" Lightbeam then screamed all of a sudden, drawing some looks at her and Summershine.
Of course, Summershine was highly confused about this reaction that practically came out of nowhere. "What!? What!?" He asked confused.
"No, no, no, no! Nightsky can't see what's inside the package! It was supposed to be a surprise!" She explained right into Summershine's face. "I have to get that package back before he opens it! When did you give to him?"
"Probably an hour ago?" Summershine replied almost casually.
Again, Lightbeam screamed in shock. "We need to get that package back! Now!" She said as she grabbed Summershine's hoof and dragged him back to where he last saw Nightsky.
"Not this again!" Summershine mumbled to himself as soon as he realized that his job wouldn't be done for quite a while with all those things interrupting his work. But right now, it couldn't be helped.
Later...
Summershine returned to the place where he found Nightsky before. The stallion didn't seem to have moved away from his cloud and peacefully took a nap. This was actually perfect for Summershine and Lightbeam.
"Alright!" Lightbeam expressed after seeing this opportunity. "I'll go up there and take the package away and you wait here!" She suggested.
"Wait...if you go up there and take the package away, then why do I even need to be here?" Summershine asked in confusion. But before he could listen to an explanation, Lightbeam was already flying towards her brother in order to snatch the package away without him even noticing it. "Oh, boy..." Summershine simply said as he watched this all unfolding.
Nightsky seemed to be in a deep slumber right now, so hopefully, Lightbeam would be able to get the package without a problem. The mare slowly levitated towards her brother and moved her hooves towards the package that Nightsky was holding between his legs like a pillow.
Lightbeam had a victorious smile on her face as if she already got the package. Unfortunately, though, Nightsky began to stretch and rubbed his eyes only moments before she could reach the package. It looked as if he was about to wake up, which made her panic a little. The only thing she could think of now was to grab a nearby cloud above her and hid on top of it and above Nightsky's head.
"What is she doing?" Summershine wondered as he watched her hiding from her brother.
Her brother didn't seem to have noticed how Lightbeam was hiding literally on a cloud above his head, though he still noticed some movements on the cloud and tried to investigate. Summershine noticed that and decided to help out a little.
"Hey, Nightsky!" He shouted at the stallion.
This seemed to be enough to distract Nightsky from the cloud above him again, much to Lightbeam's relief. The stallion noticed how he was visited by Summershine once more and wondered why he was visited by him again.
"Yes?" Nightsky asked with a slightly tired tone in his voice.
"Um..." Summershine replied confused while he thought about an excuse of why he spoke to Nightsky. "Nice day we are having now...right?" Summershine said with the most awkward and suspicious grin ever.
Luckily, Nightsky still seemed to be not fully awake and didn't notice the obvious awkwardness in Summershine's face.
Lightbeam quickly saw another opportunity and decided to try taking the package away now. She slowly moved her cloud towards Nightsky while his back was turned towards her. The stallion didn't seem to notice anything so chances were good that Lightbeam could actually pull this off. Her hooves were dangerously close to the package now and it was only a few moments left until she would get the package now.
"What are you doing, Lightbeam?" Nightsky asked with his back still turned around to her sister.
"Eek!" Lightbeam instantly jumped after realizing that Nightsky actually noticed her easily.
Nightsky turned around and saw how his sister was right next to him now. "What is all this about?"
The mare rubbed her neck and decided to just go out with the truth. All three of them decided to meet up on the ground. Summershine and Lightbeam explained the whole situation to Nightsky.
"So that's how it is?" Nightsky asked although he was still confused. "And why didn't you just tell me to give you the package?" He pointed out.
A shocked expression formed on Lightbeam's face. "I actually didn't think about that!" She said. "But I couldn't tell you anyway because it was a surprise!"
Nightsky looked at the package. "You mean this? Is that why both our names are on it?" He asked. Of course, Lightbeam couldn't explain what was inside because it was supposed to be a surprise. "Here you go," Nightsky then said as he gave his sister the package almost casually.
"What?" Lightbeam replied confused.
Nightsky explained. "If it is really that important for me to not see what you ordered, then take it. That's okay, is it?" He asked before he gave the package to his sister, who happily took it in her hooves.
Right now, Summershine felt as if he should talk with Nightsky about this so he decided to pull the stallion towards him and away from Lightbeam. "Hey," he whispered. "I thought you ordered something for your sister as well. If she opens the package, then she will see what you bought for her," he pointed out.
"That's okay," Nightsky replied happily. "It seems like it is more important for me to not see what's in the package. I mean, she was supposed to get what I bought for anyway so..."
"Here you go!" Lightbeam then said cheerfully out of a sudden as she gave Nightsky a book. "I ordered something for you!" She said happily.
Of course, both stallions were confused by this sudden action, especially since Lightbeam wanted to make sure to keep whatever was inside of the package away from her brother. But now she put out the book as if it was nothing and showed it to Nightsky right away.
"Wait!" Summershine interrupted in his confusion. "I thought we wanted to make sure that Nightsky doesn't see what was inside the package!" He asked.
"Yeah, of course," Lightbeam replied. "So that I can give it to him," she said with a wide smile on her face.
While the frustration in Summershine was more and more visible, Nightsky appreciated this and took the book from Lightbeam. "Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone?" He read out loud.
"Yes! It's an adventure book! I'm sure you will like it!" Lightbeam said with a beaming smile on her face.
"Thanks, sis," Nightsky replied happily before he advised his sister to take one more look at the package to see the second thing that was inside of it. "I ordered something for you as well,"
"Oh!?" Lightbeam said in her excitement as she took one more look inside of the package to see what else was inside of it. It was another book with the title: "The Beautiful Nature of Equestria,". Lightbeam seemed to be happy about it and hugged her brother as thanks for the book. "Thank you, Night! I love it!"
Summershine still felt some frustration about how this situation could have dealt with much easier but seeing the two of them happy like that was actually worth a little hassle so he just forgot about it. In fact, Summershine decided to leave the scene since the two of them were probably happy enough without him. He still had one more package to deliver too so he might as well do that now.
Later...
With only one package left, Summershine went to his final destination. He stood in front of a wooden house and knocked a few times on the door. He didn't expect anypony to open the door but he figured he should still try.
"Guess, he hasn't returned yet," Summershine figured as he stood in front of the door with the last package levitating in front of him. "I'll hold on to it until he comes back," Summershine said with a smile on his face before he walked away from the door again.
It wasn't long until he returned home again after his work was done. He lived in a relatively normal house in Ponyville. It was well decorated, but not too much, pretty big but not too big. He placed the package on a cupboard next to his bed with a smile on his face.
Moments later, Summershine could hear some knocking on the door so he went ahead and opened it. All of his friends, who he saw earlier this day were standing now in front of him.
"Hey, you ready?" Happytrade asked with a grin on her face.
"Yup," Summershine replied before he closed the door behind him and spent the rest of his day with his friends in Ponyville.
Even though there were a lot of things happening today, some of them more exhausting than others, Summershine still wanted to spend more time with his closest friends. The rest of his friends probably thought the same and were happy as well. It only proved that despite all of them being different or doing different things, they were still happy to have each other.
As the door closed to Summershine's home, the sun began to shine on the lonely package on the cupboard where Summershine left it. He had to wait for one of his friends to return to Ponyville so that he could personally give it back to him.