Sapphire woke up with a headache. Nothing out of the norm for a Saturday morning, Sapphire always partied hard on Friday nights. He should have drank some water last night or something...ow...he could feel the pain through his horn.
Sapphire slowly opened his eyes and saw that a petite teal pegasus was still sleeping in his bed. She had an empty wine glass cutie mark on her flank. What exactly happened last night? Sapphire must have drank too much, he could barely remember anything. The pegasus mare was cute though, too bad he couldn't remember anything about her. Sapphire could deduce what likely happened. However, he needed a trigger of some sort, something to bring back his memories.
Sapphire got out of bed and could smell something from the bathroom. Sapphire would have assumed it was alcohol-induced vomit but it smelled far too pleasant, kind of like berries. Sapphire walked towards the bathroom and saw a broken perfume bottle on the ground. Sapphire never owned anything like this. He took a whiff and then... ah yes... Perky Wings, that was her name, wasn't it? He scooped up the broken shards of glass and then went to his closet to get a vacuum to ensure that no glass was left behind.
Sapphire heard some rustling. Perky Wings must be waking up.
"Huh..oh...last night wasn't just a dream", said Perky Wings wistfully.
Sapphire walked towards Perky Wings and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"It was better than any dream I ever had", said Sapphire.
"Your magic couldn't do any better, I guess", giggled Perky Wings.
"Magic is so lame", joked Sapphire, "almost as lame as flying."
"Says the pony with the symbol pi as his cutie mark", quipped Perky.
"You just don't like math because you don't understand it."
"Tell me, nerd boy, what is 441 x 144?"
"63504, that's the best you could do.. jeez.. you even gave me two perfect squares. 252 times 252, duh."
"Fuck you, keep that up and you might stop getting laid."
"Does that mean you might want to sleep with me again?"
"Nah, I only sleep with ponies who aren't geniuses these days."
"Starting this morning, huh? Damn was I lucky."
The doorbell rang.
"I will be right back, Perky."
Sapphire groaned, who wanted him at 11 AM on a Saturday morning? Fuck, he hoped it wasn't one of his parents stopping by for a surprise visit.
Sapphire took the trek downstairs to open the door. The downside of buying such a big house for himself? Everything was too damn far away.
Sapphire opened up the door, expecting to see his dad walk in lecturing him on discipline and responsibility and all that other sort of bullshit.. but instead, the sapphire blue unicorn saw three male ponies. The one in the middle was a short and stout gray unicorn. Sapphire knew he was, Big Boss. Sapphire got nervous. Big Boss, stopping by to visit, wasn't good news. Sapphire didn't recognize the two earth ponies by his side but they were likely his bodyguards : tall and muscular with stern expressions. The bodyguards were nowhere near as frightening as Big Boss though.
"Good morning, Sapphire. How are you these days? I like what you did with the mansion."
"I am fine. You always know the right time to visit."
"Oh, yes I do. Is your Wonderbolt groupie friend still here?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"You know. I know. The whole drill. You meet Wonderbolt fan. You tell her that you know them personally. You fuck her. She gets a discounted front-row ticket to a Wonderbolts show and an after-show backstage pass."
"Nah. You must be talking to the wrong pony. I think that pony is up your asshole, you might want to look there."
"You remember how I gave you some money when you were just starting out?"
"Yea, and I am grateful to you for that."
"I hope so. You made a nice living for yourself. You took the scraps I gave you and increased it tenfold. Damn, who would have thought the Wonderbolts would be making most of their money from that hedge fund you created for them? You think any of them Wonderbolts know shit about how money works, it was all you, kid. Soon enough, they will have more money than those damn princesses."
"Yea I know, makes me a bad unicorn, huh? I didn't need to use magic for any of this."
"The thing I am most ashamed in you is that you still sleep with floozies. It's time for your ass to go find himself a wife."
"Alright, so what do you want? Which of your eight ex-wives should I make my own?"
"Look kid, you knew this day was coming", said Big Boss with a grin, "I help you, you help me."
"I will write you a check. One hundred thousand bits, no big deal for me."
"No big deal for me either. You really think after what I did for you that makes a good deal."
"Hold on here.. I was the one who turned your money into an enormous fortune."
"But it was my money. Remember where you were seven years ago... you think anypony except me would have given you a second of his fucking time?"
"I will double my offer."
"I don't want money from you. I already have plenty. I need you in Ponyville."
"Pony-what? Isn't that.. wait.. the newest alicorn princess currently resides there."
"And you know her."
"Yea, I did, I guess.. Twilight Sparkle and I did go to school together."
Sapphire remembered Twilight well but he hadn't seen her in years since magic school, she was also his next-door neighbor as a kid but Big Boss probably knew that. Twilight and Sapphire had very similar upbringings.
"I need you to move to Ponyville, for the purpose of rekindling whatever bond you had with Twilight. I need you to spy on Princess Twilight Sparkle for me. All you need to tell me is everything you know about her. Hopefully, the booze didn't destroy that memory of yours."
Sapphire definitely didn't want to do this.. but saying no to Big Boss wasn't a viable option. It never was. Sapphire had some ideas as to why Big Boss wanted this to happen - none of them were good.
"Uhh.. fine.. I will do it. Life has been getting kind of monotonous around here anyway."
"Good, good. The best part is that I already prepared lodging arrangements for you at Ponyville. How do you like that? Free housing."
"Thanks, you have always been so gracious."
"I will give you 24 hours to pack. You better be ready, I will be back at your mansion. See you tomorrow." Big Boss and his two bodyguards left.
Sapphire didn't like this at all, but he supposed he had to pay the piper. Ponyville? First of all, from what he heard, Ponyville was a pretty boring town with not much to do. Everypony in Canterlot would talk about how it was Princess Celestia who sent Twilight, her most faithful student, to Ponyville regarding her studies. Now Big Boss was sending him to Ponyville to do who knows what to Twilight. Big Boss hated the princesses - so it must have not been too good. With that said, Sapphire wasn't exactly a princess-worshipper himself, maybe this wouldn't be such a bad way to return the favor. Sapphire worked his way back upstairs.
Perky Wings was still there.
"What took you so long downstairs, big boy?"
"My boss told me I have to spend some time in Ponyville."
"I thought you were your own boss."
"Me too, but some bosses just don't go away."
"Oh and there was some glass on the floor. I took care of it."
"Thanks, so hey, would you want to get some lunch or something?"
"Oh..um... would that.. I mean... if I don't..does that mean I don't get to meet the Wonderbolts?"
"Never mind. Do you have 50 bits?"
"Yea", Perky pulled out a 50 bitcoin from her wallet.
"Good. Here you go, front-row Wonderbolt ticket and backstage pass. Have fun."
"Oh, thank you thank you Sapphire, you can't even imagine how happy I am right now!!", Perky gave Sapphire a big hug.
"Yea, I guess I can't."
"Will I see you at the Wonderbolts show?"
"Depends on how long I have to stay in Ponyville."
"Oh, right. Well, yet again, thank you." Perky flew out the window. Fucking pegasi, they never use the front door.
Sapphire sighed. This was one of those moments that he realized how lonely he truly felt. Perky may have just been a Wonderbolt groupie but being with her meant something. Yet at the same time, it really meant nothing.