//------------------------------// // The Vist // Story: For My Son // by Cobra 1 //------------------------------// I continued up to the door and move a hoof up to knock. I stopped as I remembered that this was a public library, so I just opened the door and walked in. As I came in I was greeted by the purple librarian unicorn herself. "Hello and welcome to Golden Oaks Library, how may I help you?" She sounded just like Tara Strong. I'm starting to sound like a dying record player. "Yeah I was looking to see if there was anywhere I could help out and make some..." I paused, 'oh shit what was their currency called again. Oh that is right', "bits, so I could pay back a pony, who gave me some apples. And well I have had experiance in working at a library, so I thought this could be my first stop." "Well, I have Spike and Owlicious to help me..." She trailed off, meanwhile my ears flattened against my head. "Oh, I see, well it was worth a shot." I wasn't finished yet, I knew I could get her to help me out somehow. And I was right. "Well just to let you know, I'm new around here. I haven't got a place to go, but I can manage, I hope." "I'm sure there is something I can find out for you to do." I knew she might soften up after the sob story, which was sadly true. "Thank you so much." I was truely thankful, it wasn't like I wanted to sleep in a park on a bench or something like that. "It's not a problem, really." She replied. "There is something I want you to do for me first." "Sure, what is it ya want?" "I want you to deliver this book to Rainbow Dash, I was just on my way to deliver it when you came in." She then noticed my look and added, "Do you know her?" "I believe we have been acquainted before, yes." "Well, I need you to take it to her cloud house, just outside of town." "Alright, got it." And with that I trotted out the door. On the way there the only pony I saw was a grey unicorn with a light blue mane. He looked at me before giving a nod and walking off. I thought it was strange but I was in a new land, so I shrugged it off and continued on. It was near sundown when I finally found the home. It was pretty big for just a single pony. The thought of if one or more pony living in this house of clouds was interupted by a new thought: how the hell do I give her this book? I then remembered I had wings. This brought up the problem of me actually using them, as I had never flown without a plane before (but then again I never had wings before either). "Well here goes nothin'." I said to myself before jumping into the air... only to promptly 'splat' on the ground. "OW. Come on ya damn things." A few more tries, a few more hard landings. On about the fifteenth try I finally was able to at least hover several feet off the ground. With newfound confidence I start to fly up to the front door. But if you were to see me I would look about as graceful as an overwieght man running on a treadmill. I proceeded to knock on the door, which was answered by a yawning cyan pony. "Ms. Dash your friend wanted me to give this to you." I said as I handed, or is it hoofed, over the wrapped book to her. Her mood took a complete 180 upon seeing the book and me with it. "It's you again?! And why would she give you this and not tell me to come get it? You better not tell any pony about this or I will-" "Woah, it's okay I won't tell." I interupt her before she could finish her threat. "Humph; okay, and thanks, I guess." "Well I should, um leave now, soooo... goodbye." I say as I make my quick getaway. 'The farther away from her right now the better.' I thought to myself as I flew rather clusimly through the air. When I arrived back at the tree-library combination the sun had gone all the way below the horizon and I knew the first thing I was gonna ask. "Where do I sleep, Ms. Sparkle?" "Well, there is an extra bed, I believe it is down in the basement." She replied. "I'll get it, I will be the one using it anyway." With that I headed down the stairs and found myself staring in awe at what I saw: there was a type of machine I had never seen before, it appeared to be more advanced than anything I have seen here. "Wow." "You like it?" Came the voice behind me. "Yeah, I haven't seen something like this before. It is very impressive." "Well, thank you." She said followed by a yawn, "Well it's getting late." "Your right. Goodnight Ms. Sparkle." "Please, call me Twilight." "Okay then, Twilight. Goodnight." And with that I got the bed in the main room and got settled in for a well-deserved rest. The next morning I awoke well rested. I am not kidding that night I had gotten probably the best sleep I had in years. As soon as I had moved the bed out of the way I was startled by the door opening revealing the grey pony from the night before. "Hello." I greeted. "How can I help?" "Good morning, my name is Techno Watt. I'm just here to browse." "Alright then. I don't believe Twilight Sparkle is up yet, but I don't think she will mind if you look around if I'm here." After a few moments of him looking around I decided to get something off my chest. "Didn't I see you last night?" "Right, now that you mention it you are the pony I saw last night. Once again I am Techno Watt." "And I'm..." That's is when I knew for some reason I shouldn't use my real name. Thankfully at that moment Twilight decided to wake up. "Oh, who is this and what is he here for?" She asked; she seemed concerned, but wether that was from having someone in her home this early or the fact she was not ready I still don't know. "This is Techno he was just looking around to see what he could find." I replied quickly. I didn't want her to worry too much. "I already told him if he needed help to ask me." "Oh, okay then. I'll be ready in a little bit." She then went back up the stairs to do, whatever it is ponies do in the morning to get ready for the day. "Heh heh, is she your wife or something." He snickered. "Ha ha ha, no I just work for her for right now. In fact I just got here yesterday." I couldn't help but get a little bit red, which I don't think was visible due to the fact of my already red coat. "Weird, I just got here yesterday as well. And you were saying your name was what?" "Just call me Snake." I said. Deciding on a variation on my old callsign. I couldn't help myself but to start to like this guy, for some reason he just gave off an air of happiness. "Well anyaway, did you see anything you liked?" "No, but I want you to meet me at noon, at Sugar Cube Corner, I would like to talk some more. I think it was not coincidence that we arrived at the same time." Was he coming on to me. It would later turn out that he was right, this wasn't a coincidence, it was the begining of something new for me, something I hadn't had since before my world was turned upside-down. A new friend.