//------------------------------// // Chapter Twenty Five- The Letter // Story: The Strings Of Life // by MLPxMaestro //------------------------------// The Strings Of Life: Chapter 25- The Letter: Several months have passed since that one unforgettable day, that Maestro and Octavia traveled to Las Pegasus to take care of business with Vinyl Scratch. Since then, Vinyl has managed to kick off a little gig of her own in Ponyville, and luckily managed to get noticed by some fairly big names in the music industry in Equestria. Maestro had now moved in with Octavia, but he still visited his foster parents four times a month, or once a week. Maestro had also finally managed to land a job. Though being a waiter at a restaurant wasn’t the best job in town, he got by with it, and that’s all he wanted. Through all of this, he still manages to keep in touch with his biological mother by writing letters to her. His mother has a business of her own in the fabric industry. He always gets replies from her, how proud she is of him, and how she couldn’t be more proud of him. He however, two weeks ago, sent her a letter asking if the day would ever come that he could meet her for the first time…he didn’t get a reply back. Maestro arrives home after a long day at work. He approaches the mailbox, but however notices an envelope…it was a letter from his real mother. “Wow, I hope this has the answer I’ve been waiting for.” He says, as he enters through the front door into Octavia’s home. “Well hello there, you’ve arrived back home as I can see. You’re even here on time too, I’m fixing dinner, would you care for some?” Octavia asked him, but Maestro was staring right at the envelope, not hearing her the first time. “Maestro? Is everything okay?” she asks. “W-what, oh um…yeah it’s fine, sure I’ll have some when you finish.” He replied. “Oh…alright then.” He walks into the kitchen, checking out what she’s got cooking over the stove. “Ooh something simple I see…Fettuccine and some fresh vegetables.” He says passing by and kissing her cheek, in the process of sitting down at their table thereafter. “Is that another letter from your mother?” says Octavia, turning off the stove eyes to let the food settle and cool down a bit. “It certainly is, but this one took a longer than usual time for her to reply though?” he wondered to her. “Maybe she was busy perhaps?” Octavia figured. “I have no idea, but I’ll find out as I open this thing up.” Maestro then gets a knife and makes a clean quick cut across the top of the envelope, revealing the letter inside. He then brought it out, then proceeds to open up the piece of paper. “What does it say?” said Octavia, as she pulled up a chair next to Maestro, then resting her head on his shoulder looking at the letter with him. The letter then read: “Dear Maestro, My son…my one and only son I love so much. I received your letter a while back, and I apologize for not replying as fast as I usually do, I’ve been busy with things of my own lately, as for those things I’m sure you’re wondering about, that will be for another time in the not too distant future for me to reveal to you. You asked me if I could ever meet you for the first time ever…I think that sounds like a swell idea, an incredible and wonderful idea indeed! I’d love to see just how much you’ve grown up! I’ve seen only a couple of photos you have sent me of you within the past year or so of how you are, and you certainly have your fathers dashing looks, I hope you’ve found some nice friends…or even a girlfriend. I remember those days when I first met your father, but that will be for another time, and that time will hopefully be soon. I can’t wait to meet you for the first time ever; I’m am already getting excited just thinking about it. But however I must be going now, I will arrive in Canterlot within three weeks in fact, on a Friday, as I have to meet a huge client who buys my fabric where you live. I will be staying there for a few days perhaps too. I love you son, and you’ll always be loved by me, no matter what the circumstances, and that I’ll always be your number one! Sincerely your loving mother, Harmony” The letter then ends, and Maestro is certainly thrilled of the life changing news. “I’m going to see my real mother for the first time ever!” he hugged Octavia. “I know, it sounds wonderful! I’d love to meet her, and she seems like a lovely and down to earth pony.” Octavia replies with a content smile. “Oh she is, and I may only know her through the letters we sent each other throughout the years, but she seems like the most sweetest pony for a mother I could ever hear from.” “Again, that sounds lovely, I’m very happy for you Maestro.” She continues with her smile of content. “Now then, where’s that food? Let’s eat!” “You and food sometimes…” Octavia giggles softly. The meal they had together was wonderful, and after the lovely meal they had together that evening, Maestro had been thinking about something as they settled down for the evening together in front of her fireplace. “Should I start thinking about it? Eh, now is not the time. Maybe sometime in the future, but I’ll just have to see how the future plays out. “Maestro?” he hears Octavia speak softly to him. “What is it?” he turns his head a little facing down to her lying next to him. “Well, you know how much I adore you right?” “How much you love me?” he adds. “That being default between us.” She giggled softly. “I just…I’ve been wondering…” she starts off again. “Yeah?” “What if…oh never mind, it will just sound ridiculous coming out of my mouth.” She turned, looking right into the fireplace. “What? No it won’t I enjoy hearing anything that comes out of that sweet little mouth of yours. Just tell me, I think I can handle it if it comes from you.” he replied. “Well…alright then. Well I was just thinking about…well…a time. Now this is just my imagination…but what if, well…we had a family of our own one day?” Out of being together for several months, this was the first time Maestro had heard anything about a future family escape her mouth. “W-what would I think of it?” “Sure.” She gently nods. “Well uh…” Maestro looked away to collect some thoughts as for what to say to her in response. “Well let’s see here, I mean…it’d be lovely I’m sure. To have a family of your own is a blessing of itself, along with that child being a gift of itself too.” He replied. “Well just dreaming here…but if well…” Octavia’s cheeks began turning red. “What if I did in fact have a child…what would you name him or her?” “Oh, well…oh my.” Maestro was starting to losing focus now, getting mesmerized by her gorgeous purple eyes. Noticing the fire from the fireplace seen in her eyes with a purple tint, with the calming noise of the firewood faintly making crackling noises amidst the blaze. She fluttered her eyes, being mere inches away from his face, feeling an awfully strong tug of love between herself and him. “Would you like to come upstairs with me? I have something special in mind for you this evening after your long day at work.” She looked back at him with a sultry look, flipping her gorgeous black silky mane from part of her face. “I have something for you up here if you’re interested?” she continued up the stairs flicking her tail from side to side. Maestro seemed to automatically have a grin form on his face, wondering but yet at the same time knowing what it could possibly be. He thought that there would be love behind it all, but again he wondered if she was actually implying something back there of having a family of her own one day.