“Hey Violet!” Derpy called from the entrance to the garage.
“Huh? OW!” Violet said as he looked up and banged his head on the machine he was working on.
“Oops, sorry Violet.” She said apologetically.
“It’s ok, it wasn’t your fault and I’ll be alright.” He said rubbing his head.
“That’s good. Anyway I have another delivery for you.” Derpy said handing him a clipboard and pulling out the package.
“Alright, thanks.” Violet said as he sighed for the package and handed back the clipboard and she handed him the package. “Ah, the Cooling Fan I ordered has arrived. I can finally finish this infernal contraption.” He said opening the box.
“Cool. You know I don’t have any more deliveries to make until the evening, so do you mind if I watch?” She asked hopefully.
“Sure, I don’t mind, and I could use some company.” Violet said inviting her into the garage.
Once the fan was installed he began the startup procedure.
“Ok, fire’s going, water’s boiling, turbines spinning, pistons working, cooling fan cooling, aaand….” Violet said as the machine started up.
There was a screeching sound and the garage door started to close.
“…It opens and closes the garage door. Well that was anticlimactic.” He said flatly.
“Well I like it. Sure It’s a bit pointless but interesting to watch.” Derpy said trying to cheer her friend up.
“True. Thanks Derpy, you always see the brighter side of things.” Violet said as he wiped some oil from his hooves.
“You’re welcome.” She said blushing from the compliment. “So what are you going to do with it now?
“I don’t know; probably use it for spare parts.” He said looking at the overly complicated door opener.
“Well, it was nice seeing you Violet.” Derpy said as Violet opened the door with his magic.
“You to Derpy.” He said walking out as she took off. “Well now that I have this useless piece of junk out of the way,” He said kicking the door opener with one of his front hooves. “I can move onto more interesting inventions of my own design. “ Violet said walking back to the shop to retrieve some blueprints.
There was a light knock on the door catching Violets attention away from the blueprints he was studying.
“We’re closed, come back tomorrow. “ He called.
“Mr. Runner? It’s the Mayor. I wish to talk to you.” The Mayor called.
“Oh! Um, just a sec.” Violet said walking over to the door and opening it. “So how can I help you?”
“Well you see, the clock in the towns’ clock tower broke down and its usual caretaker, Time Turner, is out of town for the week. So I was wondering if you were up to the task of fixing it.” She asked pointing to the clock tower.
“Oh, of course. I’d love to.” He said looking at it. “Is there a specific day or time you need it done by?”
“I would prefer if it was finished in time for Applejack's award ceremony tomorrow.” Mayor Mare said fixing her glasses.
“Can do.” Violet said eagerly.
“That’s good. Here are the clock's Blueprints, I trust you can find the problem.” She said pulling them out of her saddle bag and handing them to him.
“You can count on me.” He said as he locked his shop door and began walking towards the clock tower.
“Ok, I think that should do it.” Violet said as he replaced the last gear. “All that’s left is to re-enchant the weight system so they automatically reset, but I’m going to need another unicorn for that.”
Violet walked out of the clock tower for some fresh air, he still had a few hours until the award ceremony so he decided to get some lunch. On his way to the restaurant however he ran into Rarity.
“Why hello there Violet.” The fashion pony said walking up to him.
“Hello Ms. Rarity, how are you this fine evening?” He asked politely.
“I’m doing fine darling, I’m just on my way to Town Hall to help prepare for the award ceremony. What about you?” She asked.
“I’m just taking a break from working on the clock in the clock tower. I’m almost finished to; I just need another unicorn to help me re-enchant the weight system.” Violet said a little matter of factly.
“Well, I’m sure my friend Twilight would love to help you with that. She‘s really talented at all kinds of magic. I believe she’s at the Town Hall preparing her speech. Follow me and I’ll introduce you to her.” Rarity said as she started walking towards Town Hall.
“All right.” He said following her.
“Excuse me, Twilight?” Rarity said politely getting the violet mares’ attention.
“Huh? Oh, hi Rarity. Who’s your friend?” Twilight asked putting her speech down and looked at Violet.
“Hi I’m Violet Runner, I run the shop Steam & Clockworks down on Stirrup Street.” Violet said introducing himself.
“Hi Violet, you’re the pony who give Princess Luna that Airship right?” She asked.
“Yep, that was me.” He said adjusting the goggles on his head.
“Well it’s nice to meet you. I’m Twilight Sparkle. I'm the Librarian at the Golden Oaks Library here in town.” She said also introducing herself.
“Like wise. Anyway, the Mayor asked me to fix the clock in the Clock Tower and now all I need is to re-enchant the weight system but I need another unicorn to help do that and Rarity told me that you are quite adept at magic, so I was wondering if you would give me a hoof with it.” Violet said pointing to the clock tower.
“All right.” Twilight said as she put her speech into her saddle and began walking to Clock Tower.
“Alright, I’ll just set the clock to the correct time and we’ll be done.” Violet said once the weights were re-enchanted. “Thanks again for helping me with this.”
“No problem. I’m always looking to helping the community in any way I can.” Twilight said admiring the inner workings of the Clock Tower.
“Anyway I should be able to handle it from here so you’re free to go give your speech now.” He said as he walked over to the control panel to change the time.
“Alright, see you later.” She said turning to leave.
Once Twilight left and the time was all set, Violet looked out at the view of the town from a small balcony like window in one of the faces of the clock.
“Hey Violet.” A voice said from above him.”
He looked up to see Derpy flying just above the clock tower.
“Hey Derpy.” Violet said as she flew down to talk to him. “How’s your day been?”
“Not bad. By the way I have a letter here for you from Manehatten.” The mailmare said handing him the letter.
“Hey it’s from Iron Thorn.” He said opening the letter.
“What does it say?” Derpy asked.
“It says that he would like me to go see him in Manehatten sometime this week.” He said reading the letter.
“What for?” The gray Pegasus asked.
“Don’t know the letter doesn’t say. He probably just wants to catch up on what I’ve been doing since I moved to here in Ponyville.” Violet said tucking the letter into his saddle bag.
“Well see you later Violet.” Derpy said starting to take off.
“Not if I see you first.” Violet said back as she flew away. "Now to get some lunch." He said leaving the clock tower.