Chapter 3 – A chip off the old block?
The early morning sun has creeped up and now shines through the slightly parted window of the unfamiliar bed room. Outside there's the faint chatter of ponies that have already started the day. Sounds of birds chirping from a nest most likely built up in one of the decorative potted plants that adorn the balconies of Canterlot's residential area also chimes to the room.
However, every little sound pounds to the slightly hung over dark cream coated and unbrushed purple and dark blue mane pony's head. As he just tries to quietly slip on the guard armor that he had tossed to the ground last night without disturbing the mare in the bed whom he does not know the name to.
He struggles to get the strap on as he tries to balance on two legs, but he finally gives up as he sparks his light yellow magic up to pull the underbelly straps around himself. The low chime of magic and sigh of finally having the dumb thing on stirs the mare in the bed as she starts to blink to the standing stallion.
Aerolight quickly turns back to the bed mane mare as her timid voice comes up, "Are you leaving?"
The stallion quickly rolls his hoof to the comment as he shoots a flashy smile across his face, "I have to get to work."
The light pink earth pony mare with rose red mane continues to blink to the stallion as she again brings her low voice up, "Um, okay?"
Aerolight moves his hoof to the helmet on the dresser as he quickly puts it on, "Ya I had fun last night Lily."
"I-it's Rose."
"Ya ya Rose." Aerolight wiggles his hoof to the name as he starts to move towards the door, "I knew it was some flower."
The mare starts to sit up a little more in the bed as she watches the stallion's quicker movements, "A-are you going to-..."
"Can't talk gotta go." Aerolight quickly cuts her hoof as he brings a hoof to her door.
"But-..."
"Sorry got to go" Aerolight holds his smile as he moves out into the hallway of the two story house. His trot holds a quicker pace down the short hallway and towards the stairs.
As he starts down the stairs he starts to whisper to himself, "Come Aerolight you got to be quieter." He gives a dramatic chill like shake as he laughs to himself, "I hate it when they wake up."
The young stallion quickly opens the door as he trots out into the morning sun with a laughy smile.
However, the sound of the door closing that now rings through the house just brings a slight bit of confusion to the young mare as she moves from the bed. Her eyes sit to the little note and rose on the dresser where Aerolight's helmet was sitting.
Her hoof comes over the note as she brings it to her eyes,
I hope you had a wonderful night Jasmine hope to see you again.
Sincerely Arrow
The mare just blinks to the wrong hoof printed name as she stands in her room.
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(Outside and down the road)
Aerolight takes a deep breath of air as he tries to place himself in the city. He knows from the buildings that he's in the upper part of the city, and judging by how close the castle is he's not to far from his own house.
However, the stallion's thoughts quickly change as he realizes how late in the morning it really is. A groan comes to the stallion as he just rolls his helmet wearing head, "I would be late..." His trot quickly turns down the street on his left as he continues to talk to himself, "Okay what do I say?..." His face scrunches up as he racks his brain for a plan.
Aerolight's concentration is quickly dropped as the sounds of two mare's giggling next to him flicks his ear. The two mare look to be maybe a little older than the young stallion but that doesn't change his pink eyed gaze as he watches their aimless and slow trot down the road next to him.
The young stallion has lived in the city long enough to know when the back streets and side streets get crowded, with the knowledge in mind he starts his trot up a little faster as he sets his eyes too the square a little further down the road.
Aerolight's quicker trot has brought him to the normal street he trots down to the castle. However, despite the fact he's late for his early morning check in with the guards he diverts his trot to the older mare that stands in front of a flower display.
A young couple stands between Aerolight and the bright red rose he has his eyes set on.
As he waits in the two pony line he turns his eyes back to the two mares that he was trotting near, luckily though they have stopped to stare at something in one of the clothing shop windows.
But Aerolight's smirk is brought to an end as the slow and happy voice of the stallion in front of him rings out with an uppity light tone, "Oh, this tulip definitely will bring out your eyes dear...." The unicorn floats over a few bits as the older dull white mare with gray mane hoofs over a bouquet of green and light blue tulips, "Here you two go, have a nice day."
The unicorn mare sparks her horn up as she closes her eyes and floats the bouquet over to her for a sniff, "Ooooh, they are simply divine."
Aerolight rolls his eyes to the two ponies in front of him as they rub noses for a moment before trotting away. As they do the young stallion takes a step forward as he brings his hoof to the hidden pocket in his armor, "Hello Clair."
The older mare squints her eyes to the stallion a she sparks up an old lady smile, "Oh hello there, the usual?"
Aerolight nods as he hooves over the correct amount with a little extra, "Yes ma'am."
As the mare brings her hoof to the rose red flower that has a few heart shaped like streams that poke out from the bottom of the flower, "She must be a lucky mare hmmm? You always give her so many flowers a day."
The dark cream stallion just gives a little nod as he looks to make sure the two mare have not moved past him yet, they have not and that fact brings a smile to his head.
"Here you go deary."
Aerolight shifts his pink eyes back to the older mare as he nods and takes the small bouquet of flowers into his hoof, "Thank you Clair, but they are in no way as beautiful as you."
The older mare gives a little laugh as she tries to wave her hoof to the stallion, "Oh. get out of here you colt."
A smirk comes to the stallion's face as he looks over the older mare's smile. But he moves from her attention as he quickly floats one of the flowers out to slide into the little hole on his helmet that he made.
The earth pony stallion is always cautious to do his magic out in public, but the thrill and ease of it is just too much to avoid.
As the sound of the two mare's chatter gets a little closer he turns around to face them as he slightly cuts their trot off. The bright daily polished silvery armor shines almost as bright as the red rose in his helmet and that he holds out to the two mares as he speaks up, "Two ponies this nice should not be walking around unprotected."
He holds his little smirk as he nods to the flowers, "You two better take these roses for protection."
For a moment neither mare reacts, but the light blue unicorn gives a little smile to the flowers as her horn sparks up in faint blue magic. The well spoken voice of the higher class mare comes out as she floats the flowers to her, "Well thank you, it's nice to see a guard who's not in it for the armor."
Aerolight slightly turns his gaze to the earth pony mare beside the unicorn as he speaks up, "You don't have to worry about that, this armor is rarely on." He gives a little wink to the mare as she blushes and puts her head down a little.
The two mares trot away with a little giggle as Aerolight stands there a moment, but his gaze moves from them as he turns in back to the castle he's moved a little further from.
With a sigh he brings his trot up.
End of chapter 3