//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Take Two // Story: Twilight's new feather // by Onyxfire408 //------------------------------// Chapter 6: Take Two Eagle woke up to the sound of a constant barking. He got up from his bed as he zapped his dark brown clothes on him, he walked out of his room to find his dog whimpering with misery at him. "What's wrong buddy?" The husky barked as he pointed his snout towards his stomach area, a small rumble came from his belly as Eagle's stomach followed. "Heh heh, guess it's time for breakfast. Let's see if we can't find you some chow, hopefully some dog chow." Eagle said as Rebel barked in tasty agreement. The two walked out of their roomy home as they walked side by side, he stopped as he looked around. He placed a leash around the husky's neck as he whimpered in embarrassment. "Rebel stick with me, we don't want anypony mistaking you for a wolf." The husky nodded as he stoke close to his master. The pair walked around town as they spotted a nearby stand full of apples and apple baked goodies. "Hmmm, Rebel want some apple chow?" His K9 nodded in tasteful agreement as they approached the orange earth pony mare nearby the stand. "Well howdy, you look new in town." She asked with a smile as she checked the stallion knowing he wasn't from here. "Yea, I just moved here yesterday, I was wondering if I could buyyyy-" He paused as he looked at the apple based products. He spotted a single apple pie as Rebel barked at the pie. ",two slices of that pie." "Sure!" She said as she sliced up two slices of the pie, she placed them on plastic plates as she handed one with a fork towards Eagle, and placed one on the ground in front of the husky. "Well that's one fine dog, wut is he?" "This is Rebel, he's a Saddleberian husky." Eagle introduced as Rebel wagged his tail and barked in greet at the mare. "Wah that's neat, Ah have a dog mahself. Her name is Winona and she's one of 'em herd'in dogs." "Cool, maybe these two can have some sort of play date sometime. Also, do you know where I can find some proper dog food, K9 dog food specifically?" He asked with a raised eyebrow as the orange mare scratched her chin. "Well, ah personally get mah food from mah friend Fluttershy, but ah don't know where she gits it. Maybe you can ask her." "Well where can I find this Fluttershy?" "She lives just around the outskirts of town, she lives in a cottage that's surrounded bah animals. Ya can't miss it." The brown stallion bowed in thanks as him and his dog started to walk away from the apple stand, but he paused as he looked back at the orange mare. "Thank you miss?" "M'name's Applejack." She said as she spat on her hand and put it out in front of Eagle. Eagle shrugged as he placed his palm on the saliva drenched hand. "Eagle, Eagle Eye." He introduced as the two left the orange mare to her work. They started to walk around, looking at many things that could swipe their eyes, fortunately for Eagle, nothing could steal his eyes. He continued to follow the according sighs that led to the outskirts of the town, he followed the dirt path leading towards a forest. He continued to follow the path until he was met with a cottage surrounded by other animals, from small ones to big ones, all animals of sorts. Rebel started to snarl at the smaller animals as Eagle tapped his finger on his head causing him to whimper. "No Rebel, they aren't lunch." He said with a cold tone as they walked up to the front door, he knocked on the door as he awaited patiently for the animal lover to come out. "You think she's home?" He asked his dog as Rebel tilted his head in shrug. The two continued to wait as Eagle walked over to the window to take a peak. He could see a yellow pegasus hiding behind a flipped table with a rabbit, the rabbit had a knife and a small spoon helmet. He tapped on the glass to get the two's attention, the pegasus hid her presence behind the table as the rabbit stuck his fork at Eagle. "Uhhhh Fluttershy? I was sent here by Applejack. I need help with a dog of mine." Instantly, she sprung out of her hiding spot with a beaming smile and opened the door, unfortunately the wood slammed right into the stallion's face causing him to fall into a bush. "Ow..." "Oh my goodness, I love you dog!" She chimed ignoring the injured stallion as Eagle got to his feet and raised an eyebrow at the pegasus. "Y-Yea, his name is Rebel." "Oh you are so cute!" She admired as she nuzzled her muzzle against the husky's forehead her licked her face is glee. The pegasus giggled as Rebel laid down on his back as the yellow pegasus rubbed her hand on his belly, causing Rebel to stretch in comfort. "Ummmm...." Eagle said with a confused tone. "Can I ask for some assistance....please?" He pleaded as the yellow pegasus quickly blushed brightly and got to her feet. "Oh...um... I'm sorry, I just..." 'It's okay. My name is Eagle Eye." "Oh, My name is Fluttershy" "What?" "Fluttershy." "Say it again?" "FLUTTERSHY!" She yelped as she blushed brightly. "Oh well good to meet ya Fluttershy, I was wondering if you had any dog food for my K-9 here." The timid pegasus started to scratch her chin as an idea popped on top of her head. "I think I do, come in, come in, along with your husky too." She greeted as the two walked inside the animal cottage. eagle could see multiple birds, mice, squirrels, and rabbits. "Wow, that's a lot of animals." He complimented as the timid pegasus blushed at the compliment. "T-Thank you. I do love animals, especially small ones like Angel over here." She said as she pointed at the overprotective rabbit on top of her head. The two walked downstairs into a subterranean basement filled with bags full of feed and food for animals. The yellow pegasus flew up towards the top of a shelf as she grabbed a large bag full of feed, there was a picture of a germane shepherd on it. The pegasus handed Eagle the bag as Rebel started to sniff the bag and started to wagged his tail and bark in hunger. "You like this boy?" Eagle asked as Rebel nodded in agreement. Eagle took the bag as he levitated over his head. "Thanks Fluttershy, you really saved my dog. You're a natural with animals." Eagle complimented causing the yellow pegasus to blush. "Oh... it's nothing, it's just my special talent." "Well your special talent is probably the best on I've seen in a while." Eagle said with a heavy sigh as he exited the cottage. "Goodbye Fluttershy, it was nice meeting you." "Um...you too....Eagle. Goodbye Rebel!" She chimed at the last as Rebel barked in farewell as the two walked down the dirt path towards Ponyville. As they walked Eagle noticed something strange, his head could feel heavy but light at the same time. Rebel barked as he pointed his snout at the top of Eagle's head. "What is it boy?" Rebel continued to bark at the top of his head as Eagle looked up. He could see a pink curly mane tangling on the top of his head, he levitated the mane and pulled it away from his face revealing a pink earth pony mare with a curly magenta mane and tail. "Um...Hello?" "HI I'M PINKIE PIE AND WHO ARE YOU!? YOU LOOK NEW IN TOWN!" She beamed in glee as she started to bounce up and down in front of Eagle. "Um... Eagle Eye, and this is my dog Rebel." "Aww he is sooooooo CUTE!!!" Pinkie chimed as she scratched behind Rebel's ear making him kick in delight. "And your new in town!? KEWL, we should totaly have a 'Welcome to Ponyville party' in Ponyville and you MUST come!!!" She demanded as Eagle started to sweat a single drop in confusion. This is possibly the weirdest mare I've seen in my entire life. Eagle thought in his head as he shrugged. "Aight, sure why not? Where's this party gonna be at?" "At Sugar Cube Corner! It's where you bonked your head." She said with a stuck out tongue as Eagle remembered that moment. "Oh yea, that was funny heh heh..." " *Giggle* Yup, see ya there! It's at 9 tonight!" She said in farewell as she zoomed off only leaving a scale model of the mare in pink smoke. "What the fuck was that?" He asked himself as Rebel tilted his head in confusion. Eagle looked at his phone which told the time of 5 o'clock. "Alright so we got about 4 hours, guess I could ..." Eagel zoned off as he saw a massive tree like home with a sign which was labeled, 'Golden Oak Library'. "Library huh? I guess I could do some reading to pass the time." He stopped and looked at Rebel who tilted his head in question. "I hope they allow you inside boy." He said as the two walked towards the library and opened the door. Eagle stopped as his eyes widened at a familiar lavender mare. "Hello, welcome to-" She stopped as her eyes widened at her customer. "It's you." She started. "You're the one who I bumped in to." She stated as Eagle face palmed. "Yea, I know who you are." Just in a different way. "You're that lavender mare that treated me. Thanks by the way." He complimented as the lavender mare smiled. "I'm sorry I left so soon, I was worried 'bout my dog here." He said as the husky barked at the mare in greet causing the librarian to flinch in terror. "Ahh!" "Easy, easy. He's just saying 'hi'. " He informed to the nervous librarian as she calmed down and wiped off any bumps. She reached out her hand towards the husky as it licked her hand turning her face into disgust. The brown stallion chuckled as he looked at the mare wiped the dog saliva off her hand. "Heh, well that's his way of trust." "Y-yeaa..." She agreed in disgust. "Soo uh.. welcome to Golden Oaks library. How may I help you?" She chimed back at the brown stallion customer as he scratched his chin and walked around examining any book he saw. A navy blue book caught his eye as he levitated it over to his eyes. Master Spell Book Written by Starswirl The Bearded May only be read by unicorns with elderly years of magic Eagle caught the last line to be interesting as he smirked at it. The mare cocked an eyebrow in confusion as the stallion brought the book towards her for checkout, her eyes widened at his selection as he jaw dropped and hit the floor. "This!? Even I don't know a single spell from this book!?" She exclaimed in shock as she glared at the brown unicorn. "What are you up to!?" The brown stallion raised an eyebrow in confusion as he shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just here to practice and magic, and maybe take a crack at this book again." He said with a chuckle as the lavender mare continued to give a confused look at him. "Don't believe I can do this? Come." He simply said as he took the book and walked outside with the lavender mare following. He flipped to a random page as he found a spell he smirked at. He close the book at the dropped it on the ground causing the mare to burst in agner. "Hey, that was straight from the castle!!!" She spat at the stallion as he ignored the lavender mare and shimmered his horn. His back started to shimmer as a object appeared attached to his back, a tomahawk with a red edged blade appeared as he gripped his blade and brought it out. It started to flame as he threw his tomahawk in the air and shot a bolt of magic at the red flaming hatchet. It then duplicated into multiple different blades as they started to spin and fall down on the two of them causing the unicorn to place a magic shield over her head. "That only works once." The brown stallion warned as a multiplied tomahawk flew down and slammed onto the mare's force field as it bounced off the magical surface shattering the shield like glass as the unicorn mare screamed in pain and fell to the floor. "Told ya." He said with a cocky smile as the lavender unicorn looked up to see a tomahawk spinning down towards her. Her eyes widened with shock as she could feel herself paralyzed in fear. The hatchet came closer to her face that she closed her eyes in fate. "Ugh, really? Wow." The stallion complained as he faced his palm towards the mare summoning a bubble force field around her simply causing the tomahawk to bounce off his shield protecting the mare. The lavender unicorn open her eyes as she quickly looked down on, she could still see the ground and her hands still intact. She looked around to find herself in a tan colored bubble shield summoned by the stallion. The raining fire had concluded as Eagle released the librarian from his protection. "And there's the cloning spell, still easy as ever." He said with a smirk as he picked up the book and blew off any dirt. "Sorry 'bout the book, didn't know you loved them." He said as the librarian remained shocked with amazement. "You okay?" ... "Hello?" He asked as the mare fell to her knees still in shock. ... The stallion scratched his chin as a light bulb shun over his head. He levitated the book over to the mare as he pulled out a lighter. He sparked the flint as a small flame waved above the lighter, he brought it close to the book as the lavender mare snapped back into reality and swiped the book away. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM CANTERLOT'S LIBRARY!!!" She spat out as her face turned sour, she glared at the stallion who remained confused. "From Canterlot? *pffft* I knew waaay better books then those." He said with a smug grin as the mare's face continued to lemon. "Anyways, thanks for the book but I gotta go. Rebel needs to eat his chow." He said as he pointed at his dog. The two started to leave the mare's sight as she screamed in pause. "Wait!" The stallion paused his steps as he turned to the mare in annoyance. "What?" "W-Who are you?" "Just call me Eagle Eye. Oh and..." The mare flipped an ear up in confusion. "I know you're going to ask me to teach you that spell and all, but here's my answer. Maybe, depends what level you are." "I-I am level eight in magic." "Hmm, you might be qualified, normally a level 10 is preferred. But you seemed fond of magic, so I'll help." "Wait, h-how did you know I wanted to learn." The mare asked as Eagle started to chuckle and grin with joke. "Trust me, I knew many, many ponies like you." A small silence fell over the two as the stallion broke the silence. "Welp, Nice to meet you miss..." He paused for the mare to conclude as he put out his hand at the fallen mare. "S-Sparkle. T-Twilight Sparkle." She finished as she gripped his hand being pull back on her feet by the stallion. "Well nice ta meet ya Miss Sparkle, Well I better going, I'm tired, sleepy, and Rebel here still needs ta eat. So I'ma go take a nap." "W-Where do you live?" "Somewhere." He answered with a simple tone and a smirk as he soon disappeared in a blink of an eye in front of the mare. She was soon joined by a cyan mare with a rainbow mane who flew towards the mare with a smile. "Twilight Guess wha-, woh, what's with you?" The cyan mare asked as she looked at the shocked and stressed unicorn. Her hair with stringy and tingy, while her clothes were partially soaked from sweaty fear. "You look like you've just seen Nightmare Moon." The pegasus said as Twilight continued to stay petrified. "I-I- I just..." She said as small pink patch invaded her fur. "C'mon Twilight, let's get you inside, you can explain once you've calmed down." The pegasus recommended as Twilight knoded in agreement. She brought the purple unicorn inside the hollowed out home as a dark hooded figure was standing atop a rooftop at a nearby building. "Looks like I've made a slight discovery."