//------------------------------// // a new home // Story: Equestria plane of ponies // by SliverBrony //------------------------------// It took them about half an hour to get to Fluttershy´s, so they could learn how to care for their companions. After Wolfhard was convinced that Fluttershy had the girls and the beast under control, he returned to the clearing and considered, how he could turn it into a new home. Now before I start working on anything, let´s make a rough plan on what I want and where I want it. Wolfhard thougth, The first thing we need is a path to the edge of the forest, if Fluffy tears out the trees that should be sufficient for now. With the Wood I then can build a small hut to sleep and maybe cook in. Finally in the center of this clearing, I would like too have a yurt, but after what Celestia said yesterday, huntig animals in order to use their hides for it would be a very bad idea, so I need to get some cloth and rope, if the wood from clearing the path isn´t enough for the yurt we can cut down some of the trees around the clearing. As he finished his thougths, he told Fluffy to start tearing out the trees where the path should be, before he went to visit Twiligth to ask her where he could get everything he needed and, as he planed to 'play by the rules', which laws he needed to consider while building. ----------------- It was a slow day at Ponyvile Public Library, but that was to be expected, most ponys prefered to do something outside over reading on their sundays. So it was a mild surprise for Twiligth when there was suddenly a hard knock on the frontdoor. "I will get it Spike, you continue looking for that copy of Shaman traditions of Griffons and Zebras" Twiligth told her assistant, who let out a silent growl, as she made her way to the door, "Hello Wolfhard, how did the lesson with the girls go?" "It went pretty good, they were eager to learn about something so new to you ponys and actually did better than I estimted. But as I formally took them in as members of the Burning-Tree-Clan Scootaloo looked at me for a moment with an expresion of gratitude I didn´t expect." the pegasus explained to the unicorn. "That´s probably because she doesn´t have a family. As far as I know she lives in the Ponyvile orphanage, since before I came to live here." "If what you say is true, what I came here to talk about just became a whole lot more important."Wolfhard replid while mentaly enlarging the hut to inclued a room for his pegasus aperentice. "So What did you want to talk about Wolfhard?" Twiligth askd the Planeswalker, making a mental list of what topics could become more important, by learning that the orange filly lived in an orphanage. "Yesterday evening I found a clearing in the Everfree Forest, where I taugth the fillys this morning, and I wanted to build myself a hut and a yurt fo the clan there. But now that I know this about Scoots, I plan to build a bigger hut then I planed before, so She has a place to call home if she wants it. But as Celesti warned me to break the law here, I wanted to know what there is to consider so I don´t end up as a pile of ash under Celestia´s wrath." Twiligth let ou a small gigle before saying: "Don´t be silly, Celestia won´t destroy you for not knowing equestrian construction regulations. Now isnßt a yurt just a special kind of tent? If so, you don´t need about regulations for it. For the hut n the other hand there are some, but at least you won´t need to get a permit, as you are building outside of Ponyvile, but I will gladly help you to follow them all. now do you need anything else, if not, I would like to ask, if you would mind staying with one of my friends this nigth, because I just started to research if there is any kind of magic working like your manabased magic in Equestria and I must not be interupted till I finish it." "I only need to know where I can get enough cloth and rope to build the yurt, maybe you know someone, from whom i could get it in exchange for some work, as I have neither a job nor any currncy, thats valid here." "Then it would be best to go over to Rarity, she has most kinds of fabric for her dressshop, maybe you can even stay at her´s tonigth." Twiligth replied, already reading the book Spike fetched her. Wolfhard gave her a short "thank you" before leaving the library and making his way deeper into Ponyvile, looking for Rarity´s shop, which should be easy to spot, accordng to the description he got yesterday. ----------- Outside of Carrousel Boutique, Wolfhard met Fluttershy, who was escorting Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle home. "Hello you three, I hope your afternoon was alright?" he greeted them. "You bet it was, Fluttershy showed us what to wtchout for when careing for our new friends, what to feed them and how to best excercice with them. She also agreed to let Inu, thats´s what i named my little rampager, and Sweetie´s Jade, stay at her cottage, because we don´t have the room needed to care for them." Scootaloo immediately answers. Before Wolfhard could reply, Fluttershy adresses Scootaloo: "I will bring Sweetie Belle inside so you can ask Wolfhard what you wanted to all day long." After that she ushered the little unicorn inside, where they were greeted by Rarity. That definetly got Wolfhards interest. "So what´s so important to you?" "Well you see I don´t know my parents as I lived in the Ponyville Orphanage for as long as I can remember. Now tomorrow is my turn for Family Appreciation Day at School, the last time somepony of the orphanage staff came and talked about how live in the orphanage is, but since you made us members of your clan and explained how a clan is akin to a really big family, I wanted to know, maybe, if you don´t have other plans, you could come to my class instead tomorrow and tell the other foals about the live in the clan and maybe perform some of your less dangerous spells?" Good now that she told me herself she migth be more inclined to accept my offer to stay with me once the Clan-hut is finished. "Well of course I can make time for one of my apperentices. On another not, I want to build a small hut in the clearing we trained this morning and if you want to I could build it big enough for you to stay with me, only if you want to of course." Wolfhard was saying as he watched the little pegasus´ eyes growing bigger than it should be possible, while her face took on an expresion of over whelming glee. "Of course I want to get away from that place, sure everypony there is nice to us, but I never have a room all for myself, we only have a common room and a filly and a colt domitory. Also besides my Scooter I never had anything to call my own." Scootaloo managed to answer, her words barely understandable because of her happy squees. "Then let´s get inside and tell everyone the good news." -------------------- After Scootaloo told everypony that Wolfhard would participate in tomorrow´s Family Appreciation Day and that he offered to take her out of the Orphanage, Wolfhard asked Rarity if they could talk in private, while the filly´s celebrated. The Unicorn led him into her room. As soon as she closed the door, Rarity turned to the pegasus and inquired: "Now what did you want to talk about without the girls interrupting." "As Scoots said, I want to build a hut and a yurt, the Wood from clearing a path through the forest should be enough for the hut and the posts of the yurt, but I still need some rope to tie them together and some fabric to make the 'roof'. Twiligth suggested asking you for the fabric in exchange for some work i could do for you." Wolfhard confessed. "So you need some fabric for a kind of tent if I´m not mistaken? I don´t have one that would work, but I can order it I also could get you the rope. It would be nice if you were willing to discuss the fashion of your home with me and run some errands for me. If I order the fabric tomorrow, it should be here by the end of next week, I suggest that you stay with in my guestroom ´til then and help me out at the shop, starting tuesday, so you have still time tomorrow for the Speach you hold for Cheerelies class." "That sounds like we have an understandig, now could you tell me where the guestroom is, I think I will go to slep early this evening." Wolfhard agreed. After Rarity showed him where he would be staying, he wished her good nigth and went to bed. Let´s hope tomorrow will be more relaxing. With this thougth the planeswalker drifted off to sleep.