//------------------------------// // A dragon librarian // Story: The Adventures End? // by Dragon Shimmer //------------------------------// Sunset is currently sitting on the mushroom chair as everypony tends to stay away from her. Sunset sighs and taps her finger to think what will we do. A white unicorn with purple sits on another side and asks, "How are you doing, darling?" Sunset glances at her, "just... Not fine. I need a job here but... I don't know who will hire a dragon who has a big sword on her back." The unicorn tries to cheer the dragon." I'm sure that someone will look at you with different eyes. Oh, where is my manner? My name is Rarity. Nice to meet you." Sunset lies, "Name Sunny, nice to meet you. Oh wait, you are the one who is near that fire school." Rarity points at herself, "Yes, it's me. Thank you for saving my sister darling." "No need. That's .... Eh the one that anyone can do it." Sunset stands up , "I will go around to see if there is some job for me." "I'm go with you". Rarity leads Sunset around a town as everypony still tends to stay away from the dragon while thinking that Rarity is crazy. Rarity leads her to a building with many cake decorations on the roof. Sunset admires the building, "Huh, nice decoration for a bakery." "You dragon can make cake?" "Eh... Yeah." Sunset rubs her head while answering quite nervously , " but we don't have any bakery. Anyway, let's go inside shall we?" Sunset grabs the door knob and opens to go inside. She looks around and sees nothing, "look like someone that too scare of dragon" "I hope don't. After you save the kids from school. They should be open with you" "Well no. They are still scared of dragons because those tales are about dragons. " Sunset turns her head to Rarity, "I remember that pony has a legend about fighting two dragons, right?" Rarity rubs her head, " sadly yes. Anyway, you should go somewhere else darling" Sunset close the door as go with Rarity. After the dragon closes the door, Mr and Mrs. Cake are standing up from the counter. Mrs. Cake is surprised that Rarity has no trouble talking with that dragon. Mr. Cake sighs, "lucky that Pinkie Pie is visiting her family." Sunset is watching the Ponyville map while Rarity looks around and sees nopony is not afraid of the dragon. Sunset puts down the map and sees Rainbow Dash is watching her. The dragon shakes her head and put the map on Rainbow's face as she is walking Rainbow throws out the map, " hey. Don't do that to anypony." "Just don't suddenly appear in front of my face." Sunset keeps walking and sees a tree building. She turns to Rarity, " Hey Rarity? What is that building?" Rarity answers, "Just a library or what is it supposed to be." Then Rarity coughs and continues," To answer your future question, it is because no one in that time needed a library. Now, I think we need a library to get books of some sort. I am a fashion designer and I need some books to see some old style." "I see." Sunset step forward to the library, "well, I will live here," Rainbow Dash points at the dragon, "Hey, if you want to do that. You have to have an acceptance from our Mayor Mare." "Okay, maybe she will give me that library. It's a ruin anyway." Inside the Town Hall, a brown earth pony with lịght gray mane. She is currently watching a file of the tree building named Golden Oak as she sighs. The ponies around want her to sign a paper to accept to destroy that building if no one comes there. She takes the feather pen as she is going to sign the paper, she hears the door knock. The mare asks, "Who is there?" "It's me, Rarity," the white unicorn answers from outside, "I found somepony... Eh, someone wants to live in that library." The brown mare smiles, "Come in." The excitement of her face changes into a fearful face when she sees a dragon is come inside into her room Rarity asks the dragon without fear, "Where's Rainbow?" The dragon answers, " She said that she needs to go to the weather team to do her job." Rarity nods in understanding, "I see..." Then she turns to the brown mare and introduces, "this is the one who wants to live inside the library, Mayor Mare. Don't worry, she is a good dragon" "I... See" Mayor Mare gulps when she sees the sword on the dragon's back. Mayor Mare takes a deep breath and asks, "okay what your name, Miss dragon." Sunset lies, " the name Sunny. I hope you don't mind if a dragon is a librarian." The brown mare finds a word to say as she is writing her name, "Well... Uh... As long as you don't hurt anypony, I... Maybe don't mind at all." Then she gives Sunset the paper, "here, sign this and you will be a librarian with a building for free." Sunset tilts her head to confuse, "That's it? I though it will be harder and have to do more paperwork?" "You seem like an understanding dragon, " Mayor Mare praises her, "anyway, that building has no one who wants to live there or no one wants to be a librarian. Yesterday, I got a request to collapse that tree. You are here and grab it so I must say I have to say thank you for you." "I see. Looks like no one needs to destroy it, then build another building to replace it? I get it." Sunset starts to sign the paper. Mayor Mare nods, "that's right." Then she gives her a key, " I will do the paper to make sure that library is your. Well, you have to pay money to buy it but I can expand it into 1 year." Sunset takes the key and smiles, " I see. I have to pay for it or else I get kicked out. Anyway, how much is that library?" "It's cheap. Only 2000 bits." Mayor Mare comes out the door, "you don't have to pay the interest. I will show you." Mayor Mare opens the Golden Oak's door. The library is very dark and many thing is broken. Sunset takes a book and finds that it is a textbook. Rarity doesn't want to go inside because she is afraid her mane is dirty. She says goodbye to them as she has to come back home to watch Sweetie Belle. Sunset goes upstairs and sees a double bed and a lot of books in there. Kitchen, is very dirty. Sunset sighs, "I know why they don't want to live here." Mayor Mare nods, " I know. But I hope you stay here as long as you can." The brown mare goes out of the building. "Have fun". Sunset takes a paper on the table and coal on the bookshelf, she starts writing what to do first. Sunset locks the door and pulls the curtains of all of the windows to make sure that no one sees her. She goes to the basement and finds a bucket. Sunset uses water spells to flood the floor. The water starts to absorb the dirt as it changes into black. Sunset controls the water to the bucket and throws it out. After a while, the floor is sparkling inside the house. She does the same kitchen, the stairs and the bedroom. She takes out the list and ticks it. Then she throws all of the books to the floor to see the bookshelves, she finds that they are all old and going to break. Sunset thinks as she takes out of the map and sees it near Evefree forest. She grins as she takes out the sword and goes outside the library. Near the Everfree forest, there is a lovely cottage. Inside the cottage, A yellow pegasus with pink mane is playing with her animal. She is ticking a bear and singing. Suddenly, she feels a small earthquake near her cottage. "Oh my, what is that sound? '' The yellow pegasus flies to go inside her cottage. "I hope everyone is okay, then she opens a door and sees a blue bird. When the bird is talking to the pegasus, she finds that a dragon is chopping the trees. DRAGON. The pegasus immediately flies under the bed, shaking like a leaf. Sunset drags two trees that she just chopped down inside the library. She sits down and breathes heavily. Sunset goes outside and finds that it is already night. Her work is not done yet, she takes the Ponyville map and goes out. The tool store is at the north of the Town Hall. The shop owner is cleaning his tool, and suddenly he is feeling something. He quickly looks out the windows and sees a dragon is coming this way. The shop owner gulps and quickly lock the door, hiding in the corner and wish that the dragon won't see him Sunset grabs the door knob and sees it lock. She feels weird as she sees the light inside the shop. The dragon looks around; when she sees no one won't see her. She takes out a lockpick, 'look like some lockpick techniques from Karen can use here'. After a while, the door unlocked as the shop owner was shaking in fear. Sunset knows that the owner is under the counter due to her mana feeling. She sighs and starts taking a hammer and a lot of nails. The owner is watching the dragon take the best hammer he got in the store and many nails. He wants to do something but his fear overcomes him. Sunset takes out a red gem and green gem and puts it on the counter, then she leaves the door. Sunset goes inside the library and locks the door. Her claw is glowing green and puts her claw to the logs. The logs are cut and shaped into rectangles. Then she starts building the bookshelves. After 2 hours, she finishes two new bookshelves. "Well, it's not too bad." Sunset admires the bookshelves when she sees those bookshelves. "Haizzz, I thought Eldaro's lesson of building stuff is useless. Well, nothing is useless." She takes it out of the list and ticks it. She looks at the book symbol as she doesn't know what to do. 'Looks like I have to use "rewind" spell." She takes out a chalk and draws a magic circle over the floor, then she takes the book and puts it inside the circle. 'All right, let's do it.' The dragon kneels down and puts her palm on the magic circle. Her body starts glowing blue and it covers all over the magic circle. The magic circle is changed into the clock and it starts running backward. The book starts becoming like a new book. After a while, all the books are new. Sunset lies on the floor and breathing hard, she stands up and starts arranging the books. After two hours, she completes the jobs as she sees the bookshelves with a satisfied face. Now she is feeling so sleepy as she is lying on the door. "Looks like I finished the first part. This is the main part though because customers will come here and see this first." She takes the list as it all finishes ,"well, now I should think about how to earn money before cleaning the kitchen and bedroom." Sunset takes some books out of the bookshelves and lies on them. She suddenly feels comfortable with these books. Then she starts closing her eyes and sleeps. A rough day is over.