Gilda awoke to a loud scream, being lifted in the air. She opened her eyes quickly,a light purple surrounded her. Looking around, Gilda saw a purple form standing in the doorway. When Gildas eyes adjusted she saw that one pony she had seen at the party. The gryphon didn't remember her name, but she looked different from before...That's when she saw them. Wings. Oh damn this was an alicorn! Somehow though this purple alicorn knew her!
"Gilda?! What're you doing inside of my house? How'd you get in here?!"
"Ah let me down! Your...Dragon let me in and said I could sleep here!" A total lie but hey, not like this pony would ever find out. And it could save her from getting thrown out of this house. The purple dragon was no where to be seen but there were sounds coming from upstairs so he must be up there. But for now he wasn't really a problem. The alicorns magic faded, setting her down on the ground.
"Alright. Well why are you here first of all? Don't you live in Cloudsdale?"
"Yeah, I did... My roommate kicked me out so I just need a place to crash for a week or so... Just some time to get a job and a house."
The mare nodded, clearly not wanting to kick her out, believing her lie. "Okay Okay... You can sleep upstairs. I'll make a bed for you. If you're looking for a job Gilda, I could use someone to help with the library."
Gilda grinned, this was pretty cool. Already a job and a home. "Alright. I'll take the job. What do I do?"
"Clean, put away books after they're brought in, help ponies find books as they look for books. That's about it."
Clean? Really? Gah this job was meant for a dweeb not a cool gryphon like herself. But she didn't really have any other choice, so she gave a forced smile and a nod. "That's fine. Ah what's your name again?
"Twilight... And this will be very interesting. I've never had someone work here before...I'll need to read a book on this no doubt...Oh you can begin right now by just waiting for a pony to come in to return a book or check one out."
Gilda shrugged. Seemed easy enough. She could just sit around, eat, maybe take a nap on the job. Not like many ponies would be coming in. Getting paid to do almost nothing, maybe it wasn't a job for a dweeb after all...
Heading out, Gilda hoped to get out of here as soon as possible. Get some money, get a house, maybe move back to Cloudsdale and try for a job. Laying down by the door, she saw Twilight walking towards the door.
"I'm going out, take care of the place. Remember, if a pony comes in, help them check out or return the book." The door opened, the purple dragon at her hooves, following her outside.
At the sound of the door closing Gilda stood up, shaking herself and pumping the air. Yeah! A house all to herself! What to do though...If she left she risked Twilight coming back and seeing her gone, probably getting her fired too. Something like a nap could do. Sleeping in her bed could be fishy but she could make up a lie like she was looking for a book or something.
Turning around to go look for the bed, Gilda curled her talons as somepony knocked on the door. Of course there was somepony at the door just as she was going to enjoy herself...
Sighing, she walked over to the door, the gryphon opening up the door, seeing a little colt with a book floating barely with his magic. Seeing her the colt stepped back a bit. "Y-You're not twilight" He squeaked, scared of how she towered over him.
Be nice Gil... Just take the book, and send him off. "Oh, I work at the library. She's out. Here I'll take the book and put it away. Have a nice day." Taking the book, the colt nodded.
"Oh! Wow thanks! Have a nice day!"
She closed the door, feeling...Odd from what he had said to her... Have a nice day. Noone had said that to her in so long... Did... She enjoy that? Being nice to ponies, having them be nice back? Shaking her head Gilda dropped the book. No way! She was too cool! None of these ponies were cool enough for her, she was doing this for the money, not to make friends and be nice..
Gilda looked down at the book. "Magic for Colts" Where did that go? Twilight had never told her exactly where each book went. There weren't any letters or sections telling her where the books went. Shrugging, Gilda set the book down on a random shelf, looking around the tree house. She had to admit, it was pretty nice. Gilda liked it actually, it wasn't as good as up in the sky but it was nice. Finding the stairs, she headed up them finding a small basket with a blanket inside of it, along with a bed close by. The bed was no doubt for Twilight while the basket bed for the dragon.
Twilight's bed was small, but the gryphon found if she curled up on it she could fit. It was comfy, very soft, the pillow felt great too. Closing her eyes, Gilda yawned. If this was how her job was going to be, it would be the best job ever. Sleep was crawling up on her quickly, and she was snoring softly less than a minute later.
Twilight would be angry when she came home obviously, because Gilda hadn't washed.