//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: Maybe once you... // by Fat1thatyoulove //------------------------------// Chapter 7 - Dinner was fun The night sky has been settled over Canterlot as you return to Twilight's room for the last time. You give a sigh as you plop yourself onto the bed exhausted from either the awkward dinner you and Twilight were forced into by her parents and her brother or maybe it was the questions Cadence seems to have on everything. You rub your hooves over your head as you lay in the bed you feel like you only just left...man and I thought Rainbow and Rarity's questions were hard. Twilight follows your motion as she places the sauce covered Violet beside you. You give a little chuckle as Violet turns her tomato sauce face to you with a wiggle of her front hooves. Her face reminds you of the third pizza that was ruined at dinner. No pizza I get it now...you hold the comment to yourself as you look over the anti-pizza filly. "Well that went better than I thought." Twilight wipes the sauce from the fillies face as she holds her smile to her .. You look over Twilight's dress as you think to continue your thoughts of the evening, well at least she got to use the dress without getting kicked out. Your brought out of your thought before it could go in too deep as you listen to Twilight, "Could you help me out of this?" You nod your head as you bring your hoof to the straps on the back of the dress, yesterday she just used her magic to get the dress off but it still comes off with ease after a few moments of fiddling with it. She takes the dress from your hoof as she walks over to the bag near the purple crib. You lay your head back down on the bed as you give another sigh. You close your eyes for a moment as you listen to Twilight's hooves walking around the room. But your eyes are brought open as you feel a small warmthness up against your side. You bring your head to the little filly that has curled herself up against your side. You give a quiet chuckle as you look over the small bed you lay in. After a few moments you bring your head to Twilight as she moves herself into the other side of the bed. Violet still lays next to you but her small button like eyes are brought half open as Twilight moves her up more to the top of the bed. Violet gives a yawn as her mothers motion stops. You hold your smile to little filly that now lays between you and Twilight. "Good night..." You bring your eyes up to Twilight as she lifts her head from the kiss of the little fillies head. The bed maybe small but neither one of you want to move the curled up pony between you. So instead you stand up from the bed as you walk over to the satchel on the ground. Twilight brings her head up as she watches you take the old book out, "What are you doing?" You give a little chuckle as you walk over to the bag, “Well I didn't really get to read anything earlier you know.” You take the book out of the bag as you turn back to Twilight with a smile, “I’ll be back in a minute.” The hallways is a little dark so you close the door behind you gently and make a quite trot down the stairs with the old dusty tasting book hanging out of your mouth. You bring yourself to one of the couches as you place the book beside you, Shinning and Cadence already went home and Twilight's parents seem to be in there own room so the living room is dark but the large windows bring in the low white light of the full moon from outside. You open the book as you finally settle yourself in one of the streams of light pouring in from the window as you start to read. The encyclopedia of Sombrauim by Star swirl the bearded. You flip through the book trying to hold off your desire to not read. - - - After maybe about a few hours of struggling to read in the dim light you find yourself on about page thirteen out of somewhere over a hundred... You squint your eyes to the old text as you read over how to make different letters using your ears, hooves, legs and mouth. The chart doesn't look too complicated but as you try to flop one ear like it says you find it more difficult than you thought. You give a disappointed sigh as you turn to the next page, you had it set in your mind that doing this would maybe spark something...but it hasn't sparked any memories, only a growing hatred of books...which seeing as how you're a librarian is not a good thing. You give a smile as you think over that last part, forgot to say super pony librarian. As your smile starts to fade from your face the room takes on a white brightness and you drop the book on the ground as you bring your hooves up to your eyes, "Why?" You rub your eyes as you listen to the stallion's voice from behind you, "Kind of hard to read in the dark don't you think?" You take your hooves down as you look to the stallion on the staircase, "I guess." He holds a light smile as he walks down from the stairs, "You know when Twilight was a little filly we could not get her to put a new book down." He gives a light chuckle as he continues, "...It feels like only yesterday." You think over his comment as you pick the dropped book from the ground. "You should go to sleep sonny...it's not healthy to be tired." You stare at the unfinished book in your hooves as you talk back, "...Its hard not knowing any thing." Night Light nods his head to the comment as he stands still towards the stairs in silence. You continue to stare at the dusty book for a moment before you push yourself from the couch as you make your way over to where he stands at the bottom of the stairs. He gives you a look over before he steps aside. Neither one of you say anything as you walk past him and up to Twilight's room. Its not like you could talk with a book in your mouth anyways but it feels nice to have the last comment to Night Light. You open the door quietly as you peer in. Twilight still lays with Violet up against her but they both look to be in a deep sleep. You give the bed one last look before you start to think that the couch might be better then waking them up. But just as you start to close the door Twilight lifts her head up. You stare at her soft purple eyes for a moment before you push the door back open slowly and try to walk over to the bed with no sound. She puts her head back down on the pillow as she watches you with her eyes. You place the book on a nearby table corner as you make you way to the bed. The slow movements make it a little hard to get into the small bed but you try your best at not rocking the pony still curled up asleep. After a few seconds you find the only way you're going to fit in the bed is if you copy Twilight and lay on your side. Your eyes stare at the purple mane of the fillies head for a moment before you bring them up to Twilight's gaze. She gives a smile as she starts to close her eyes slowly. With one last long look at the two sleeping ponies you start to let your eyes drift to a close as you whisper quietly to the sleeping ponies, "Good night..." *end Maybe once you do...