//------------------------------// // Ein // Story: Love is in bloom // by bookwormbrony //------------------------------// Chapter one A Brand New Day The morning light shone throughout Equestria, bathing all it touched in Celestia's morning beauty. As the magnificent, life-giving, yellow orb crept up into the sky, it's light shone upon a small little town, nestled between a dense forest, and a large mountain range, with an equine-made stream snaking its way through the village. Sitting in front of the town, next to one of the very few roads that connected this village to the rest of Equestria, was a small wooden sign that read, "Welcome to Ponyville" As the morning light shone over the village, it's inhabitants awoke, basking in the morning beauty, and thanking Celestia for such a wonderful day. The morning light slowly worked its way across Ponyville, and soon, it reached a building that everypony knew well, the Ponyville Public Library. The sun shone in through the windows of the hallowed-out tree, and in the early morning beauty, our protagonist awoke, ready to begin a new day. Bookworm hit the ground as he fell out of his bed, as he threw the mangled bed sheets off of him, he blindly reached for his glasses. At last, his hoof rested on something that felt like a pair of rectangular-lensed spectacles. Bookworm put the glasses on and started to put the sheets back on his bed. His room was rather simple, it included a wardrobe set up next to his bed. As well as a bookshelf taking up most of the far wall. There was a desk on the opposite wall from his wardrobe, and his bed was in the far left-hoof corner of the room (if you are looking in from the doorway). A large, moon-patterned rug sat in the center of the room, and next to the desk, there was a closet which Bookworm used to store his things. His bed was a two-pony bed, no, Bookworm wasn't in a relationship, he just liked the comfort. Well, the room was simple compared to the room he used to sleep in. After he made his bed, Bookworm walked down the hallway to the bathroom, he didn't bother knocking, Twilight was like a sister to him, he knew that she was still fast asleep in bed. Bookworm entered the bathroom and started up a hot shower. As he waited for the shower to warm up, he took off his glasses and splashed some cold water on his face. Bookworm wasn't blind without his glasses, but they helped him see. He looked at himself in the mirror and tried to move his mane out of his eyes. Bookworm was an orangish-green unicorn colt, although many teasing stallions had said that he was built like a mare. His mane was black with white ends, and was more unkempt than the library during one of Twilight's study sessions. His tail shared the same qualities as his mane, except it was cut rather short. Bookworms eyes were a light blue, and he had a splash of freckles across his face. Around his neck, he wore a silver-chained amulet, with a gold sun on it, set in the center of the sun, was a perfectly circular, orange fire ruby. This amulet was given to him by Celestia, as a gift when he left Canterlot. Bookworm wiped the sleep-crud out of his eyes and looked down to his flank. There it was, the symbol of who he was, what it meant to be him, and the single thing that defined his past, present, and future, his cutie mark. His cutie mark was rather interesting, it was an open book with a purpleish-blue hardcover, the spine of the book faced outwards, and it consisted of exactly 3,000 pages. Bookworm left his glasses on the counter and stepped into the shower, he cringed slightly as the almost scalding hot water hit his coat and skin. But he soon relaxed, feeling how the hot water both woke him up and relaxed him. As Bookworm cleaned himself off, he heard the sound of Twilight waking up, and then the sound of Spike being shaken out of his sleep by Twilight. Bookworm finished washing himself off and, using his magic, grabbed the bottle of shampoo and squeezed some out onto his right hoof. Putting the shampoo bottle back on the shelf, he proceeded to wash his mane and, when he had finished, enjoyed the shower for a bit before turning off the water. Bookworm stepped out of the shower, dried himself off, put on his glasses, and went downstairs to eat breakfast, and begin his day. After breakfast, Bookworm picked up a list of things for him to do. His day wasn't completely packed, and Twilight knew it. "How about you take the day off? You did earn it, watching the library while the Doctor and I were off on an alien planet." Twilight was a lavender unicorn mare, with a very neat-cut mane and tail, both of which consisted if various shades of purple. Her flank was adorned by a five pointed, pink star, surrounded by a bunch of smaller stars. "Uh, gee, thanks, sis." Said Bookworm, "But, I still think I'll do some of these tasks today," Bookworm motioned towards the list of things to do. "I mean, some of these house calls really need to be done," "Okay, whatever you want, lil bro." Twilight said teasingly as she hugged Bookworm and then went to checking the Library's inventory. As bookworm stepped outside, he looked back into the Library and said to Twilight, "Y'know, I'm three months older than you."