Notes Of Time:
Chapter 2- Dispute Discovery:
The school bell let out a loud ring from the outside of the building, as what appeared to be dozens of little colts and fillies of all sizes gallop off towards their parents from the double door exit from the facility. But however, when Octave was walking out with her new friend Stardust, she could not seem to find her mother’s gray fur that would seem to stand out in a crowd of pastel colored ponies everywhere.
“I…I can’t find mommy.” Octave continued to scan the crowd, and no results came up.
“Really? Well my mommy’s over here, follow me!” Stardust said, as she took off towards her mother.
“Hey, wait up!”
Octave had to weave in an out of young traffic to get to her friend, and she stopped to the sight of Stardust’s mother.
“Hey Octave, come over to see my mommy!” Stardust raised her voice to her, with eagerness in her voice.
“Is, is this her?”
“Yep!”
Octave looked up at her mother curiously, as to why her mother was a Unicorn.
“Um…but your mother is a Unicorn?” Octave wondered a bit confused for a moment.
“Uh-huh, my daddy is a Pegasus, just like me!” Stardust smiled.
Octave faced back up to Stardust’s mother once again, still trying to gather in that kind of information.
“So…how does that happen?” she asked.
“Okay you two, I think that’s enough now, we need to be going remember Stardust sweetie? Where is your mother by the way Octave? Your mother should be with you by now.”
“She’s not here yet, I don’t see her?”
“Well you poor girl, I’ll help you find your mother okay?”
“But mooom?! We’re supposed to be at big brother’s birthday party?!”
“Stardust? What did I say?”
With a sigh, Stardust gave a nod after looking off somewhere else while following her mother help her new friend. They searched here and there, and pretty much everywhere around the school entrance, and her mother could not be found.
“But…but my mommy promised…” Octave sniffled and started to miss her mommy, as her eyes began to tear up.
“Now-now dear, everything will be okay. We’re not done here, we’ll keep looking alright sweetie?” the Unicorn assured her that everything would be just fine.
“Um…okay.” Octave replied.
“Mooom?!”
“That’s enough from you Stardust, we’re helping your friend here find her parents.” She stated with a bit of sternness coming from her voice.
Octave’s ear twitched as she heard a familiar voice seem to get louder and louder amidst the crowd.
“Octave? Octave dear is that you over there?” the voice called out to her in the crowd.
“Look, it’s my mommy!” Octave then galloped off into the direction of her mother being noticed.
“Hello my dear, I told you I would be here for you when school let out.” She replied with a smile, followed by a great big hug and a kiss.
Octavia then looked back up at a Unicorn and what appeared to be her daughter.
“I assume you’re her mother, correct?” Stardust’s mother spoke up, almost in a tone of disapproval.
“I am in fact, and you are this young Pegasus’ mother I take it?”
“I am in fact, yes. Look, your daughter was worried sick about you, and you arrived here awfully late for a mother who promised her daughter that she would be picked up just as school let out.” The tone of the Unicorn’s voice then started to sound like she was being a smart butt to Octavia.
“I do apologize that I may have perhaps arrived a bit late, but you can’t expect me to arrive literally just as the bell tone rings. Who are you to judge my parenting anyways ma’am?” Octavia raised her eyebrow.
“I’m saying you could have done a better job, such mother’s in Canterlot for arriving in such a fashion should not be having issues with punctuality.”
“I don’t have issues miss, and you need to back off of me and my daughter.” Octavia then brought Octave in closer to her to protect her from anything that might get out of hoof.
“Well hmph…then you need to read up on some things madam…come along now Stardust…we are leaving for home.” The Unicorn turned out to be nothing but a snooty Canterlot citizen. Yet her daughter seemed like a free spirit, so happy and sociable it seemed.
“Ugh, that mare has some real issues.” Octavia looked away from the unicorn in disdain, as Octave waved back to what now appeared to be an unhappy Stardust riding on her mother’s back as she looked back at her new friend.
“Yeah…mommy’s aren’t supposed to be mean like that.” Octave replied.
“Where did you learn that young lady?”
“Uh…right now?” Octave shrugged with an awkward smile.
“You’re bright for your age aren’t you? Certainly smarter than me at your age, come on let’s head over to the music store okay?
With the help of her mother, Octave got onto her mother’s back, as they traveled down a busy street of Canterlot. It was the same time some of the ponies got off of work for the day, and new workers were checking in for their different shifts. They passed numerous stores, but Octave always liked to look at the jewelry stores.
“I wanna be pretty like you mommy, and have all the princess jewelry in the store!” the little filly shouted, raising both of her hooves in the air dramatically. She dreamed of a day she would have all of that jewelry around her neck and hooves, just dragging it all along with her across the floor.
“You silly filly you, of course dear.” Octavia nuzzled her daughter’s cheek as she continued walking forward, until she ended up running into a certain somepony.
“Oof! Hey watch where you’re-…well hey there ha-ha! What a surprise!”
“Daddy!” Octave immediately jumped off, and jumped into her father’s embrace.
“Hey you little gray ball of love!” Maestro replied, followed by tight hug.
“Well I didn’t expect to see you here around this time exactly, where are you heading might I ask?” Octavia grinned a bit from curiosity.
“Oh just heading out after work to visit my mother…but I don’t think Octave wants to see her granny today does she?” he chuckled.
“Oh please- oh please- oh please! Can I- can I- can I?” Octave jumped in place after every word she quickly said, followed by that adorable little bounce in her well-groomed and lively mane.
“Is it okay with mommy? Don’t you both have to do something?”
“We do actually…we were on our way to the music store.”
“Well look no further! Our stores prices will beat any-…oh screw it, I hate the assistant manager there.”
“I’m sorry to hear that.” Octavia giggled at Maestro’s well-acted sarcasm at the beginning of his sentence.
“But…didn’t you say we were going to the music store mommy?”
Octavia looked down at her, then back up to Maestro, signaling with her eyes they hide the plan they had.
“Well uh, um…uh yeah, mommy said that she needed to go to the music store just before daddy left off for work this morning sweetie.” He spoke up, hopefully covering their tracks before Octave caught onto what they might have planned.
“Ooooh, okay.”
“Yeah, and how about you and mommy just go on ahead, and I’ll meet you two there after I check in on a little something at granny’s okay?”
“Okay!” Octave smiled happily.
“Yeah, exactly.” Maestro then whispered into Octavia’s ear.
“I’ll check on the present at mother’s and meet you at the store.” He whispered once more.
“Sounds good…good luck dear.”
Maestro then drew back from her ear and spoke up in a regular tone.
“You know, you don’t have to act like this is an undercover operation you know?”
“Well…it kind of is, since Octave’s birthday isn’t too far off.” She replied.
“Well I…okay true…sort of…but that doesn’t mean-”
“Don’t you have somewhere to be?”
“Oh right, nearly forgot…well see you two later!” Maestro then took off into the street, and out of sight just around a crowd of ponies.
“What were you and daddy talking about?”
“Oh nothing really, just a little something for a little somepony’s birthday that’s coming up soon.” She giggled, as they kept making their way to the music store.
“Yaaay! Wait…who is it?”