//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: A Hard Day's Work // Story: The Man in Blue Uniform // by newyorkx3 //------------------------------// Chapter 4: A Hard Day's Work What a great night I had. There's only one problem though. I had no place to stay for the night. I could sleep back at Fluttershy's place but the princess and I had our long talk tonight. She seems to trust me, and she was nice enough to let me stay over at Canterlot. There a guests bedroom which had not been used for a while. It was kind of dusty, but beautiful. It's a lot better than sleeping in the battlefield with all the mud and the dead bodies lying around. It's so nice to sleep on the bed again. It's Monday morning, and I have to get to work. I have to go to Sugarcube Corner to help out Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Before I leave, I go to the bathroom to wash up. Then I went down to the diner room to get breakfest. In that diner room there were a lot of formal unicorn ponies, just sitting eating their breakfest. I didn't stay to eat, I grab a muffin and a sandwich and left. I didn't bother to stay and eat with the formal ponies. It took me twenty minutes to walk down to Ponyville. When I arrived, there was Twilight and Spike. They were waiting for me. "Good morning, Tom." they said. "Good morning Twilight." then I turned to Spike. "Good morning Spike." Twilight took a close look at me. "Do you actually sleep in your blue uniform?" "Well, this is all I have to wear." I said. Actually, I slept with my T-shirt and my underpants. "We really need to get some new clothes. I bet Rarity can make you some." said Twilight. "Well why don't we just go over to at Rarity's place?" suggested Spike. "I know she'll make you some nice clothes." Spike sounded like he couldn't wait to see Rarity, and for a moment I laughed, because although Spike told me the other day that he had a secret crush on Rarity, you can still read him like a book. "Not now Spike. Tommy needs to get to work. Later on, okay?" "Oh, alright...." sighed Spike. When we arrived to Sugercube Corner, I introduced myself to Mr. and Mrs. Cake, they seemed to be a very nice couple. Afterwards, Twilight and Spike left, and I went to work. My job is simple. I was the waiter. I serve drinks and food to other ponies. The Sugar Cube Corner is very busy in the morning, a lot of ponies like to come here to have breakfast and lunch. The whole morning, all I did was run back and forth, into the kitchen and back out. Some other ponies were glad to see me though. They came to stop by and said hello to me. At noon, I took an hour lunch break before I headed towards Sweet Apple Acres. Harvesting apples was the hardest job. I have to carry tons of heavy baskets fill with apples back to the barn. I just realize that how hard it was for the slaves. I can see why the United States Government wanted to banned the slavery in the south. But, I do enjoy working with Applejack and her big brother Big Macintosh. He's a big red pony with blonde mane. Most of the time when I see Big Mac, his face barely changes. He always looks bored. But he is one big strong pony. The funny thing about him is this, when he agrees with something with you, he'll say: "Eeeyup!" and sometimes he'll say: "Nnnooope!" Everyday in the afternoons, I get different job. The next day, I worked at the Carousel Boudoir with Rarity. My goodness, Rarity is extremely busy. She has no time to take breaks or anything. Today, while I was helping her with the dresses, she already finished three beautiful, well-designed gowns. Later on that day, when I finished all my work, Rarity made me a pajama and a suite. Then she gave it to me. "How did you do that? I mean, how did you know my measurements?" "With magic." said Rarity, while using her magic holding up with a measuring tape. "Thank you so Rarity. You're very generous." "Aw, your welcome my dear." The next day, I was in Canterlot doing chores. It's not very hard work. All I do was cleaning windows, mopping the floors, and gardening the princess' favorite plants. Nothing much was going on; it's very quiet. The princess is busy with other things. But, there is a school upstairs teaching younger unicorn ponies about magic. On Thursday, I helped Twilight Sparkle in the library. There wasn't much to do because Spike got it all done before me. She needed my help sometimes when she needs to organize all of her books. This is a really pain in the butt because it have to be very organize or else, she'll take all the books back out of the shelves again. Friday, I was helping with Fluttershy at her clinic for the woodland creatures. Any animal that was not feeling good, they would come to see Fluttershy. Any animal that came to Fluttershy's, you name it! Big or small, that day a grizzly bear paid a visit. I panicked once I saw that creature. Fluttershy really has many ways to take care of the animals. Just a reminder, everyday in the mornings I work in the Sugarcube Corner from 9 to 12. I got different jobs in the afternoons, just like I described. That Saturday morning, I headed down to Ponyville to meet Twilight and her friends to get to know them better. They agreed to show me around Ponyville. When I was about to leave, I was stopped by one of the Royal Guards. The guard told me that Princess Celestia wanted to talk to me about something. She was at the balcony having her breakfast, as I sat down next to her. I wondered what she wants. She sounded very concerned. "Tommy." she said. "How's everything this week?" "Fine." I said. "Why you ask?" "For the past few nights, I heard you screaming. Do you have nightmares when you go to sleep?" I totally forgotten about that. Everynight I kept dreaming about the war. I kept seeing people geting killed in front of me. So I told her about that, and I couldn't stop having those awful dreams. Celestia told me that she heard my screams for the past few nights, the screams of terror and saddness. They always keep coming back to haunt me no matter how hard I tried to forget and no matter how old I got, those horrible memories still stayed with me. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" said Celestia. "I'll be fine. Thank you princess." I got off the chair and ready to leave. "Remember, if you needed to talk, just let me know." To be really honest, Princess Celestia really reminds me of my mother. My Ma always there when I'm feeling down, but she already passed away from illness three years ago, right after I left for the war. I still miss her very much.... End of Chapter 4.