Chapter 3 – For all its worth
The walk home is quite hell warmed by the beautiful day's sky above. You walk a little behind but still beside the lavender unicorn mare still feeling sorry for yourself...which only makes you feel even worse as the silent journey has made you realize you didn't even take her thoughts on Violet into consideration when you first spoke. Your eyes have been fixated on the dirt road path before since you left the hospital, you finally let them drift to her as you notice the library coming into view in the distance.
Her gaze in front of her has not altered unlike yours, so you stare at her trying to just grasp the way she might be feeling. The area around her big purple eyes are damp and looked to have been quickly wiped. Which could explain why you had to wait so long in the hallway.
With a light laugh only heard by yourself you take your eyes from her and start to look around aimlessly as you think, How can she even say I don't care...I wonder if that’s horse shit is still an expression. You smirk to the joke that you know you would only find funny.
But the arrogant feeling of self righteousness is short lived as your eyes drift back to Twilight and set on the small blue eyes that are looking up at you. The only thing you can do is hike your head back to the path as you give a silent sigh.
At this moment you can see the library is just a short burst of energy away. You kick your body into a sprint as you run to the side of the door to hold it open.
You bring your eyes to Twilight as you patiently wait with your hoof pressing the door open wide. Twilight gives a simple nod to you as she walks in.
As you follow behind her she stops at the bottom of the stairs and turns to you, "Could you watch Violet for a little." Her voice is not a sad tone but more of a somehow beaten tone, almost as if she was tired.
You nod as you watch her walk over to the high chair. She places Violet down gently and kisses the little fillies forehead as walks over to the table where the blue and rainbow rattle sits. Violet smiles happily as the rattle is hoofted to her.
As the rattle is plunged into the little fillies mouth by her own hooves Twilight turns back with a fading smile.
She glances at you as she makes her way back to the staircase.
"Twilight, for what its worth I’m sorry." You hold your head to her as she stops at the first stair.
She doesn't say anything but she gives a nod as she continues up the stairs.
You look away from the top of the stairs with an annoyed sigh as her mixed purple toned tail leaves your sight.
The library is quiet and has a sense of emptiness to it. You look to the light purple filly that now stares at you with a face of baby like bliss.
You can't help but smile to her little face as you talk in a low voice, "You're not mad are you?"
Violet smiles back to you and wiggles her hooves to you. As she does this the rattle is freed from her grasp and rolls off the small table that is attached to the high chair.
The rattle clangs against the wood with a low rattling clang. Violet pushes herself up on the table as she tries to look for the rattle.
You smile to her reaction as you slowly make your way over to the high chair, "Where did it go Violet?"...note to self baby voice still sound bad.
You continue to try and play around with her as you look to the rattle that now rest up against the box Rainbow Dash brought by early.
Violet pushes herself from the chair a little high as you pick the rattle up. You don't notice her as you place your hoof on the rattle, still would be easier with hands you think with a smirk. At this moment you realize the high chair starting to tip over a little.
You quickly bring you head up to Violet's smiling face, "Violet don...-" You're unable to continue the as you watch Violet push herself from the seat and stand on the table. In the blink of an eye as her weight shifts onto the table completely the high chair tilts forward. You flop onto your back as Violet falls onto your chest, you embrace her with your hooves as you sit on the ground for a moment. The high chair hits the ground with a loud echoing clang.
Violet gives a happy little wheezing sound as she bounces her front legs up and down on your chest. You give a relieved laugh to her as you talk in a low but stern voice, "Don't climb on stuff. What did mommy say hu?"
She is unaffected by your light scolding as she lets out another smiling happy laughing wheezing sound.
You feel your own low laugh follow her as you kiss her forehead, "Great, I’m the one you don't listen to." You rest you head on the hardwood floor as you release Violet from you grasp. She again playfully bounces her front legs on your chest.
Your voice is a little huffed at each one of her little bounces as the air pushes out at different speeds, "If Twilight saw that she would be yelling at you right now." You turn your head to the stairs to see if Twilight had came down from the sound, but you don't see her.
The pressure from the little filly that sits on your chest starts to shift a little as she looks to the ground that may only be a few inches from her current stance.
You place your hooves around her as you lower her to the ground. You give another chuckle to her as you sit on the ground, "Hey Violet...I don't think I can get up." You stare at the little filly who stares back to you clueless to what your say. You smirk to her as you roll yourself away from her to push yourself off the ground.
As you stand Violet playfully kicks her back legs up as she makes her little hoping trot to where you stand. You smile to her as you go to pick up the high chair.
You look it over for a moment, there doesn't seem to be anything broken on it...but then again you are not really good at being a handyman. You turn to the little filly that sits with her diaper butt on the floor still staring at you as you talk, "You're not going to run too far are you?"
Violet stares at you with her baby like O face until she gets bored and begins to staring at random object in the room.
To your surprise she didn't go for the rattle so you pick it up and place it on the table to clean it later. As you place it you notice a folded letter.
You pick it up and then look back to make sure Violet has not knocked over a bookcase or something. She still sit on the ground so you open the paper and read it. You smirk at the writing you know its Spikes and he has spelled your name wrong again, you push past the spelling error as you read,
Rarity stopped by and asked me to go gem hunting. I should be back later tonight,
love Spike.
ps. I might have broke the high chair.
You roll your eyes to the letter as you toss it back to the table as you think, well Spike I hope your fucking fire proof.
You snap out of your plans as you notice Violet moving from her spot towards the bookshelves in the other room, "Wait Violet."
You gallop in front of her as you stop her, "I think we should just stay in here."
Violet walks darts through your legs as she gallops towards the large wooden bookshelves. But she stops and sits on the ground after only a few steps, she gives a little yawn as she look up to the bookshelf.
You breathe a sigh of relief as you realize how close you might had been to chasing her, "Ya Violet there called books...sleeping pills for ponies." You give a smirk to your comment but her baby like O face doesn't fuel you any further. You look to the bookshelf as you walk a little closer to it, "You want me to read you a story?"
You turn back to her with a smile. Violet stares at you so you decide to take that as a yes as you start to scan the book titles. Shady Groves, Demon days, Last Trail on the right... You continue down the row of books for a little bit as you think, I think I’m in the wrong section. You move your eyes to the next shelf as a dusty old title stands out to you, A pony whisper, you pick the book from the self and burst a little bit of dust of it. It’s surprising that any book can have dust on it in this library but as you open the book you realize why nopony has picked it up. You read the description with a little frown, one out of a thousand ponies suffer from Sombrauim, the in-ability to talk. And life for these strange and unlucky ponies c...-
You flip to the first chapter as you ignore the description, the book has old pictures of a hoof and ears and describes how to talk using hooves and ears. You sit down on the floor in front of the bookshelf as you hoof through the book to chapter one, Hoofing it.
"Come here Violet." You reach out and bring Violet to sit in front of you as you look over the pictures in the book for the first time. The pushed back feelings from the hospital come back to you as you look from the dusty book back to the light purple unicorns happy smile.
End of chapter 3