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Chapter 6
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Near Ponyville Library
3:45 P.M.
The walk from Sweet Apple Acres to Ponyville was quite calm and relaxing. Besides the few moments where a pony or two would notice me and choose to keep their distance from me, everything went quite well.
As I continued walking downs the path through Ponyville taking in the light summer breeze that was flowing through the town, I noticed that most of the town-ponies were making glances at me and began whispering to each other. I didn’t really enjoy being talked about much, but I felt no malice in the whispering made from the ponies so I just shrugged and kept walking on towards the library.
“Hmmm I wonder if Twilight has already gotten her errands done for the day.” I thought to myself as I slowly approached the library.
At least that was until I stopped dead in my tracks while noticing that the door to the library was completely ripped from its hinges. I proceeded to think of the worst possible scenario for this situation.
Someone may have broken into Twilight’s house.
I then began creeping up towards the doorways entrance while forming a Grade 2 Shocking gem in my hand. I was prepared to use it if necessary.
I took a deep breath and proceeded to enter the library.
“Twilight, are you alright?” I call out to see if she was still inside.
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Ponyville Library
Five minutes earlier
Rainbow Dash listened through most of Twilight’s lecture about Zekeal even though she almost nodded off on most parts especially about the anatomy and science parts about his species. Although her mood picked up when Twilight began explaining how Zekeal was from a different dimension entirely. This only continued to peak Rainbow Dash’s interests when Twilight began explaining the different kinds of magic Zekeal uses and the monsters he fights that are from his dimension.
“Wait so let me get this straight. This Zekeal guy is a wizard who likes to read almost as much as you, but knows how to kick butt?” Rainbow Dash asks Twilight.
Twilight sighs and says “Well to put it in your terms Rainbow, Zekeal is almost somewhat like that.”
Rainbow Dash then begins imagining a hairless ape wearing a robe and a wizard’s hat while standing on top of a pile of dead monsters while flexing some overly sized biceps.
“Wow he sounds pretty cool, not as cool as me, but still cool.” Rainbow Dash says after her moment of imagining Zekeal “When can I meet him?”
“Hmmm he should be back in a little while-” Twilight began when she was interrupted by another voice.
“Twilight, are you alright?”
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I entered the den to see that Twilight was indeed alright and she was talking to a blue, cyan Pegasus with a rainbow tail and mane as well as a rainbow lighting bolt was on her flank. If my hunch was correct this was Twilight’s friend Rainbow Dash that she mentioned before I left for Sweet Apple Acres. Also the fact that she has a rainbow mane and tail was a dead give away.
“Oh hello Zekeal, we were just talking about you just before you came by.” Twilight says to me with a warm smile “And why did you ask if I was alright?”
I look towards her and say “Well the front door was completely ripped from the hinges so I thought somepony broke in.”
Rainbow Dash then chuckles while she flies up to me extending her hoof and says “That’s sort of my fault, by the way my name is Rainbow Dash.”
“My name’s Zekeal Grendale which you no doubt have already heard from Twilight, and it’s nice to meet you too Rainbow Dash.” I tell her while shaking her hoof.
“Nice to meet ya Zeak!” Dash replies to me, apparently giving me the nickname Zeak all of a sudden “But to tell you the truth you don’t look like what I was expecting.”
I look at her quizzically and ask her “Oh really? What were you expecting me to be?”
“I was expecting you to be maybe 20% taller, maybe have a little more muscle, and not wearing glasses.” She proceeds to say to me while flying a circle around while inspecting me.
“Well maybe you shouldn’t judge me so quickly, I may be small but I pack quite a punch with my spells.” I tell her while smirking a little.
Rainbow Dash proceeds to chuckle a little and says “Don’t worry, that much I can agree on totally. Just don’t try to call yourself the fastest here, that title is mine!”
“Hmmm if that’s the case then maybe you should demonstrate your speed for me sometime in the future then,” I tell her with a hint of curiosity in my voice.
Learning how fast the pegasi here go would be quite interesting really.
“I would be more than happy to Zeak!” Rainbow Dash says to me with a big grin on her face “Just as long as you show me how you create those gems that kick major monster butt!”
I chuckle lightly at her comment and reply back “Sure why not? But my gems are used mainly for defensive purposes and very rarely offensive purposes only and not only just for butt kicking Miss Dash.”
“Yeah, sure whatever Zeak.” Rainbow Dash replies back nonchalantly waving her hoof at me.
Twilight then interjects “Anyway I am sorry to have to breakup this interesting conversation, but unfortunately Rainbow, Zekeal and I have small errand to run over to Carousel Boutique.”
“Oh alright Twi I’ll see you two around then,” Rainbow Dash says as she walks towards the broken doorway “And I’ll get started on repairing this door, but first let me go get Pinkie Pie to help me out as well.”
With that Rainbow Dash flew out the doorway out into the blue, cloudless sky.
“So she broke down your door why?” I proceed to ask Twilight again.
Twilight giggles and says “She sort of thought of you as some sort of creature that would probably do some harm to me. She was just being protective.”
“Oh alright.” I reply back to her “So shall we get on over to your friend Rarity’s place then?”
“Sure, let me just see if Spike wants to go-” Twilight begins to say before she is interrupted by none other than Spike himself.
“Ready to go when you are ready Twilight!” Spike says with a hint of enthusiasm in his voice.
‘The feeling of being young and in love, such a strange feeling,’ I thought to myself seeing how the young dragon acted.
Twilight smiles at him and nods to me while saying “Well that’s just about everything shall we get going?”
“Lets,” I reply back to her walking out the door first while followed by Twilight and her dragon Spike.
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Just outside Carousel Boutique
4:11 P.M.
Our little group proceeded through Ponyville with relative ease with only the occasional gasp from every passerby.
Although I did notice that more and more ponies were pointing hooves at me and whispering things that I could not hear. Still no sign of malice in these whispers, but they did give off the faint hint of excitement for something occurring later on today. I was starting to get nervous and curious at the same time.
Just what are they hiding from me?
I was snapped out of my train of thought when Twilight says “Well here we are Zekeal Carousel Boutique.”
I look up at the building we stopped in front of, it looked like all the other buildings around it, but looked almost like the building was in a dress of its own. At least that was how I could describe it.
“So this is your friend Rarity’s place eh?” I tell Twilight “Looks pretty fancy.”
“Yeah it does. Plus she makes dresses for a living and creates dresses for some of the most famous ponies in Equestria.” Twilight replies back while making her way towards the door of Carousel Boutique “Also just to warn you she is sort of a fashionista.”
A fashionista? I may not know what a fashionista is, but I doubt it can be something that bad.
Right?
As we proceed to enter the building Twilight is the first to speak up “Hey Rarity are you curre here? If it won’t trouble you much can I ask you a favor?”
The question Twilight asked gets answered almost immeadiately “Yes Twilight I am here and sure darling anything you say, just come into my workshop and tell me what you need.”
The voice sounded very regal to me, almost like someone from royalty or something, but with a hint of generosity in.
As Twilight and I entered the workshop I saw all over the place there were mannequins, fabrics, sewing utensils, and other instruments used for making clothes.
Although the things that caught my eye the most were the dresses, not by the fact they were so expertly stitched together, but by the fact the number of gems on them.
This scared me for a moment or two, because the only reason an article of clothing would have that many gems on it either meant you were well prepared for a monster attack or you were about to make yourself a walking Gem bomb. But I quickly moved the thought out of my head after remembering that these ponies had no gemcrafting magic, these gems on the dresses were just precious minerals.
“Alright darling what is it you wanted me to- WAHAHA!” came a voice that I quickly turned my head to see who it was.
I was looking at a white unicorn with a purple mane and tail and three diamonds for a cutie mark on her flank. She was currently looking at me with a hint of displeasure, horrific, and shocked expressions drawn on her face.
Oh boy this is going to end badly.
“Wait Rarity let me explain this here is friend and he needs-” Twilight began trying to calm down her friend before said friend interrupted her.
“No no no no no no NO! This is simply atrocious, completely horrific, this is just simply the WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!” Rarity began shouting at me while she circled me.
Hey I may not be the most handsome person in the world, but come on do I really look that bad?
“This is just simply a slap in the face for everything fashion!” Rarity then exclaims while she examines my robes “When was the last time you had this ‘thing’ washed deary?”
Oh she was mentioning my clothing.
I look at her with a confused look, but managed to reply “Uh about maybe three weeks ago?” while scratching the back of my head in an embarrassed way.
“…Take it off.” Rarity said to me in a stern tone.
“Huh?” I reply back to her with a confused stare.
“You heard me take it off… now.” She says again this time a little more sternness in her voice.
“Uh why?” I reply back starting to get scared.
“I am going to have to wash this ‘thing’ and if you don’t take it off now I’ll just have to take it off for you.” Rarity explains to me still with the stern look in her eyes.
“Oh ok well can I sort of get behind something first and change?” I ask her just before I get lifted off the ground by the magic coming from Rarity’s horn and put behind a changing curtain.
“Yeah this’ll do just fin- whoa hey!” I yell out as I am forcibly removed from my robes by Rarity’s magic.
These ponies keep amazing me every second I spend time with them. This is quite the experience.
A sudden crash is heard as I hit the floor with only my undergarments on.
Even if my pride takes a couple hits here and there.
I proceed to sit up trying to get my bearings all I could hear was “SAP?! Really!? Doesn’t this creature know how to take care of his clothes?!” coming from Rarity as she moves to a different room probably to clean my clothes.
“Hold up Rarity let me help you with those!” says a certain love-struck purple dragon that also enters the same room as Rarity.
I then I hear an all too familiar giggle coming from Twilight.
“Sorry about that Rarity can be a little… eccentric at times, but mostly she is quite nice really.” Twilight says to me from behind the curtain.
“*sigh* No problem I could tell she was a nice person before this incident, although my pride is a little bruised from being man-handled by a pony, or pony-handled in your case.” I reply back to her chuckling.
Twilight smiles at me and replies back “That’s good to hear although don’t you think three weeks is kind of long to not wash your clothing?”
“Well that’s the thing with a wizard’s robe since most wizards, like myself, are always on the road going from one place to another we don’t really get a chance to wash our clothing at times and only on rare occasions.” I explain to her.
“Hmmm interesting, but I hope your species takes more baths than your clothe washing every three weeks.” Twilight replies back with a giggle.
“Don’t worry; we try to take baths at least every two days.” I reply back with a smirk on my face.
“Well if that’s the case you are in need of one then,” Twilight says to me with a smirk.
“True, but can I take one at your place? That is if you have a tub to begin with.” I ask her while poking my head over the curtain.
“Sure you can, and yes I do have a tub its up on the top floor where I sleep,” Twilight replies back.
“Thanks Twi,” I say to her with a nod.
She nods back at me and for the next fifteen minutes we discussed how my time over at Sweet Apple Acres went. I told her everything that happened then even the parts where I was stripped of my magic through a contract to pay off my debt. She giggled at that and replied by saying “That’s Applejack for you”.
We continued discussing the topic until Rarity came back in with my old robe. Only this time the robe is completely clean and sap free. To me my old robe looked like it was brand new.
“There we go dear now this robe is as good as new,” Rarity says to me as she levitates my robe to me which I quickly grab it and put it back on. Wow I can actually feel the cleanliness coming from it.
“Thank you Rarity for cleaning my friend’s robe, but that is not the reason we came here,” Twilight says to Rarity after I walk out from behind the changing curtain.
“It’s not? Then what is it Twilight dear? Oh and where are my manners my name is Rarity and who are you my dear?” Rarity says to Twilight and me.
I look at her and replied back “My name is Zekeal Grendale at your service Miss Rarity and thanks for cleaning my robe, even if you had to rip it off of me.”
“Oh it seems this creature is also a gentlecolt as well and I’m sorry about that Zekeal it’s just, well, it needed to be immediately cleaned.” Rarity says only slightly embarrassed.
I chuckle softly and say “It is not a problem Miss Rarity.”
I suddenly feel a menacing glare aimed right at me and I look over Rarity to see that Spike was glaring at me. Oh boy I must be making him a tad bit jealous.
I better change the subject right now unless I want to wake up with part of my robe a-blazed.
“So uh Rarity the main reason why Twilight and I came here was to ask you if you could make me another robe.” I told her plainly.
“Of course darling I would be more than pleased to make you a new robe, in fact since you are friends with Twilight I’ll even make yours for free.” Rarity replied to me.
“Wow for free? That’s very kind of you Rarity,” I reply back to her.
“Think nothing of it dear, now if you would may I take your measurements? This is really the first time I have ever tried making some clothing for a bipedal creature of your size before,” Rarity says while pulling out a measuring tape “Also how would you want this new robe of yours to look like?”
“Go right ahead Rarity and how I want it to look? Well I don’t really want something too flashy, something that’s durable, and with pockets on the inside, lots and lots of pockets!” I said to her with a small gleam in my eye “Also I want its colors to be like my old robe’s colors.”
With the colors of my old robe being mostly tan all over with green squares and diamonds going around the neckline.
“Are you certain that’s all darling? I can add more if you want and why do you want so many pockets?” Rarity replies back to me while finishing the measurements and heading back over to her workspace.
“I just really like pockets and who knows, it may come in handy some day and don’t worry that’s all that I want on this new robe.” I reply back to her with a smirk.
Rarity smiled and just shook her head and says “Whatever you want dear, whatever you want.”
She then proceeded to get to work on my new robe.
We spent the next few hours talking about what I am and where I came from. We also discussed many stories to help pass the time. Apparently I learned that Twilight and her friends were this country’s heroines and also the bearers of the “Elements of Harmony” and how they defeated Nightmare Moon, also known as Luna before she turned evil, and the Spirit of Chaos: Discord. Their stories were quite interesting almost like something coming from a fairy-tail where the heroes pull off some last minute shenanigans to save the day. Well I am in a world where the main sentient beings are a bunch of talking ponies so I guess that rule does apply here.
We kept discussing up till Rarity finally got finished with my new robe.
“And done!” Rarity says with a hint of enthusiasm in her voice “Please try it on Zekeal, I think you’ll find it quite comfortable.”
She proceeded to levitate my new robe to me where I grabbed it and proceeded to get behind the changing curtain to try it on. After a second or two I got out from behind it.
To say the least I was completely amazed at how it felt as well as how it looked on me. The inside felt like silk, but for some reason it felt as durable as leather to me. I could also feel the multiple pockets Rarity sewn into my robe which I requested for.
“This is possibly the best article of clothing I have ever worn Rarity, you have my thanks.” I told her with a warm smile on my face.
“Aww think nothing of it darling. Consider it a gift.” Rarity replied back to me with a smile of her own on her face.
I continued looking at me in the mirror as Twilight began thanking Rarity for her help with my robes.
“Really thank you Rarity, you really helped us a lot today.” Twilight says to her.
“No problem darling. But if I may ask as to why you had to get Zekeal a new robe on such sort notice?” Rarity asked her with a curious look.
“Well you see Rarity Princess Celestia is coming by tomorrow and she wants to meet with him.” Twilight explained to Rarity.
Rarity’s eyes widened and she replies “Wow! Then I should have taken more care into Zekeal’s robe then if it was made for an event like that.”
Twilight smiles at her friend’s concern and says “Really it is ok Zekeal’s robe is the way he wanted it and we should respect that.”
“*sigh* I guess you are right darling just next time don’t leave a detail like that out please.” Rarity says “Also since we are discussing about the Princess I should just say that I am done preparing the curtains and decorations for the Summer Sun Celebration in a few days, all they need is to be hung up in the ballroom.”
“Excellent Rarity, I was planning on seeing you about that sometime tomorrow, but thanks for telling me anyway.” Twilight says with a hint of relief in her voice.
“Well you know what they say: Why put something off tomorrow when you could finish it today?” Rarity replies back.
“You’re right about that Rarity, anyway I think it is about time for us to get going right Zekeal? Spike?” Twilight calls out to me and Spike.
I was currently taking my time in looking at myself. I felt somewhat sexy with this new robe on for some reason.
Spike in the meanwhile was ogling at Rarity with a loving gaze.
Twilight sighs as she proceeds to pull both of us away from what we were respectfully looking at and placed us at her sides, even though we both still had a trance in our eyes.
Rarity giggled a little at Twilight’s little stunt and says to her “Well you can go on darling hopefully we’ll see each other later on tonight I suppose.”
“Huh what do you mean?” I ask her suddenly snapping out of my trance.
“Oh nothing darling nothing, I can’t ruin a surprise you know.” Rarity says as she returns to her workstation.
I was a little confused at the moment, but that quickly changed as Twilight began heading outside through the doorway which I proceeded to follow her after.
After catching up to her I began to ponder on what Rarity said just before me and Twilight left. A surprise? I wonder what this surprise could be.
But whatever this surprise could be I was not going to be on the receiving end of it that’s for sure. No one surprises a wizard.
“Hey Twilight I sort of have something else to do right now is it alright if I meet up with you back at the library later? Also can you levitate my old robe please, I don’t want it to get wrinkled or dirty after all the work Rarity put into it.” I asked Twilight in the most non suspicious way possible.
“Sure Zekeal, do whatever you want.” Twilight replies to me with a smile.
I give her a nod and a thank you and began walking in a different direction.
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Ponyville Library
6:48 P.M.
Twilight Sparkle and her assistant Spike were closing in on the darkened Library and from afar Twilight could see that the door was fixed, a little haphazardly, but fixed none the less.
“Well Rainbow must have finished repairing the door it would seem.” Twilight commented as she continued levitating Zekeal’s robe.
“Yeah now let’s see if it even works,” Spike says as he walks over to it and turns the knob opening it to a darkened room.
“*sigh* that’s right we forgot to light some candles before we left, Spike if you will can you help me-” Twilight began to ask when suddenly a light immediately ignites and brightens the entire room in a yellow glow.
“Surprise!”
Twilight was suddenly taken aback as she looks into her library to see that about half of Ponyville was crowded inside of it.
“What the hay is going on here!?” Twilight exclaims as she enters the library.
Every pony that was inside the library grew silent and looked at her and trying to look for something else that wasn’t there.
“Uh sorry Twi I guess we should have told you first before you left, but you were already heading over to Rarity’s before Pinkie and I came back to work on the party also fixing your door.” came Rainbow Dash’s voice from the crowd as she made her way up to Twilight “But where is Zekeal shouldn’t he be with you?”
“Wait. So this is supposed to be a surprise part for Zekeal?” Twilight asks in a slightly confused state “But why my house?”
“Yeah! Pinkie managed to get the entire town involved in this Twi,” Applejack says as she appears from the crowd “And well isn’t he staying at your place to begin with Twi?”
Twilight thought for a moment and mentally facehoofed “Right that is correct and about Zekeal well he sort of gone off to do something else he should be back in a little while.”
There was an audible groan amongst most of the ponies seeing as the guest of honor was not here yet.
“But where is Pinkie Pie? Shouldn’t she be here as well?” Twilight asked to Rainbow Dash.
“Well she just disappeared not too long ago so I have no idea where she is.” Rainbow Dash replied back.
Twilight sighed and says “Well this is an interesting turn of events.”
Unfortunately for her things were about to get even more interesting.
The lights in the room began to dim slightly and over time they began to flicker slightly due to some unknown force. This quickly grabbed everypony’s attention in the library at least until the lights all went out completely.
“Huh? Alright who is messing with the lights?” Rainbow Dash asks in the darkness.
The room remained quiet until a small set of eight lights began shining from where Twilight’s room was.
“You shouldn’t try to surprise a wizard my equine friends, especially me,” came a voice from where the lights were “It is somewhat a bad omen from where I come from.”
So they planned a surprise party for me eh? That was very thoughtful of these ponies, if it wasn’t for the surprise. Not that I am mad at them or anything I just don’t like being surprised is all. At least if I am not the one surprising that is.
I managed to pull off this little feat of mine by climbing up on the opposite side of Twilight’s tree library. Also thank you Applejack for giving me a little practice in tree climbing today. As for the gems giving off the lights that are around me well that was a no brainer with some simple gemcrafting and levitating. But now that I have them mesmerized by my little trick I think it is time to proceed.
I slowly made my way down the staircases to the library below with a face that showed almost no emotion. With each step I took made a slight creak which made some of the ponies gasp slightly. I really hope I wasn’t scaring them too much.
Once I finally stepped off the staircase I proceeded to speak “But it would seem you are throwing me a party.”
I then stop for a moment and I begin to levitate each gem to a different corner of the room.
“For throwing a party for a wizard like me it is something of an honor for me back where I come from.” I proceeded to say after placing every gem in their respected corners.
“For that I am really honored that you all threw me one and for that,” I then snap my finger making all the lights that were turned off come back on and I had a warm smile on my face “I thank you.”
The room was silent for a moment or two until eventually.
“That was so awesome!” shouted Rainbow Dash from across the room and soon after cheers could be heard coming from all over the place. Well I think that this was a mission accompli-
“HEY MY NAME’S PINKIE PIE WHATS YOURS?” came a voice from right behind me.
I turned my head towards the voice only to come face to face with a pink pony.
All that planning on me not getting surprised, wasted in only two seconds.
“Agh!” I shouted as I fell backwards in comedic fashion landing on my back.
All thanks to a pink pony, named Pinkie Pie.
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End of Chapter 6
I really hope this chapter didn’t end too abruptly, but when I wrote that last sentence: “All thanks to a pink pony, named Pinkie Pie.” I just knew that sentence was a good ending sentence for this chapter. Also thanks to a certain person’s antics from the last post-chapter discussion, I won’t name anyone *cough* Zekeal *cough*, I also had to end the chapter early.
Zekeal: Hey!
Quiet Zekeal you are still in fanfiction detention until further notice.
Zekeal: What? I only wanted to make things more interesting by giving some spoilers and stuff. And also one question: why is Pinkie Pie here with me?
*Pinkie Pie is currently tied to a chair with a cloth gag over her mouth, but smiles on thinking that this is a game*
Because I have no idea what else you could have told her to make her spoil more of the story.
Zekeal: Yeah, but don’t you think that is mean?
Don’t you think that bringing someone in to do your dirty work is nice?
Zekeal: …Point taken.
Good. Now back to the readers.
Again thank you for taking your time to read my chapter and go ahead and comment on anything you want whether it be errors, continuity or grammar, or anything that you found interesting in the chapter.
Anyway this is Registered Anonymous.
Zekeal: Zekeal Grendale.
Pinkie Pie: *muffled* And Pinkie Pie!
Signing off check ya’ll later!