//------------------------------// // Part 3 - Learning About Friends // Story: Love at First Charm // by Creative Charmer //------------------------------// Twilight looked over and saw Creo writing, so she walked up to him, curious as to what he was doing. "What are you doing there, Creo?" Creo turned his head towards Twilight while he was still writing. "Well, after seeing you girls and your wonderful friendship, I came up with a new story idea, and I wanted to write it down so I wouldn't forget it." "Wow, that's awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as the other girls came over to Creo. "So, you write stories?" Twilight asked. "Indeed I do. It's my special talent. See?" Creo showed them his cutie mark, which showed a quill writing on a piece of paper. "I discovered long ago that I am good at coming up with ideas, so I set out on my own to find inspiration around Equestria so I might write novels about them." "Wow! That's an amazing!" "Ah'll say!" Applejack said. I'd fancy takin' a look at one of those stories of yours!" "And I'd like to see the story inspired by us!!" Pinkie exclaimed, hopping up and down. Creo chuckled. "Well, I only have an idea now. It may take some time to come up with the whole story, but it shouldn't be too hard for me." "Well, it's good to know you have confidence in yourself," Twilight said. "Thank you very much, Twilight," Creo said, smiling. Twilight smiled back at him. "So, what's yer title goin' to be?" Creo's eyes suddenly widened and his smile vanished from his face. "...I don't have the slightest idea. I never do," he said as put his hoof over his face and shook his head. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. "Well, I—oh my gosh! I totally forgot!" Creo then ran back to the stump, used his magic to pick up the scroll he was writing on before, and started writing on it again. The girls were surprised and confused by Creo's actions. "Creo? What's wrong?" Twilight asked. Creo looked back at Twilight. "Oh! I'm sorry. It's just that when I met you girls I forgot I was working on coming up with a title for another novel of mine, but I've been having some trouble." "Oh, I see. Well, what is the novel going to be about?" "Actually, I've already finished the novel." "Really?" Twilight asked, perplexed. "Then why are you just coming up with the title now?" "Well, you see, the hardest thing about writing, for me, anyway, is coming up with titles. It's just SO hard for me. That's why I do them last, so I can focus on the story instead." "So is that what all the scribbled-out words on your scroll are?" Rainbow Dash asked as she pointed at the scroll. "Yes, they are. I just haven't found a title that sounded good." "But did you really need such an incredibly long long long scroll just to come up with a title?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Well, I had that scroll custom-made to be that long because I knew I would be coming up with titles and crossing them out because, as I've said, it is extremely hard for me to come up with one that sounds right." "Do you do this for each new title?" Twilight asked. "Yes...unfortunately...but, I always settle on one eventually, so it's not all bad. Good things take time, after all." "Well, I can certainly agree with that." "Indeed. Say, I just thought, what were you girls doing out here, anyway?" "Well, we were taking a walk when we found the other end of your scroll, so we followed it right to you." "Speakin' of which, we should git back to it." "Well, I hope you girls have fun! It was nice meeting you all," Creo then went back to working on his title. "Well, I hope you come up with an awesome title for your book, Creo," Rainbow Dash said. Creo then got upset and scribbled out another title. He then looked up at Rainbow Dash. "Well, don't expect me to come up with anything too awesome anytime soon," he then went back to work. The girls looked at each other, and then Twilight said, "Creo, maybe you should take a break from work for a while." Creo stopped and looked at Twilight. "Take a break? What else could I do besides work?" "Well, you could join us on our walk. That should be relaxing for you." "Twilight's right," Applejack said. "You shouldn't be workin' yourself too hard. Trust me, I know what that's like." "I agree," Rarity added. "If you work too hard, the stress will get to you, and your work may not turn out as well because of it. That's one of the reasons why I'm glad I go to the spa every week. It's perfect for reducing one's stress levels." "Oh, I could never go to a spa. It just seems so...girly..." Rarity was shocked. "How can you even say that?? The spa is the best place to be in Ponyville! And I'll just have to show you!" Rarity then used her magic to pick up Creo's things and put them in his bag, and then placed the bag on Creo. "What do you think you're doing??" "I'm taking you to the spa right now!" Rarity then got behind Creo and started pushing him towards the path she and the others were on before. Creo stamped his hooves into the ground to try and keep Rarity from pushing him. "I don't want to go there! I said it's too girly! And I need to work on my story title!" "You're going whether you want to or not!" Rarity then used her magic to pick up Creo, and started carrying him out of the clearing. "Rarity!" Twilight shouted. "What about our walk??" "It'll have to wait for another time, Twilight! This is far more important!" Rarity shouted as she kept walking away and out of sight. All of the ponies stood silent for a few moments. "...IIIII think we should call it a day," Twilight said. The other girls nodded and agreed with her.