//------------------------------// // Vibrant's Journal Part 1 // Story: One Tree in the Whitetail Woods // by Sketchbeam //------------------------------// 11/8/2199 Entry 101 He knows. I saw the look on his face. It was the same look my parents had when I told them who I am. I should’ve locked my door, but I didn’t think he’d come back that quick. There I was, and he saw everything. But you know what? Even though him finding out my secret was a mistake on my part, what happened in Manehattan won’t happen again. I’m tired of being pushed around. I’ll move if I have to, but I’m staying in Ponyville. I know the housing committee in Ponyville can help and I’ll fight this every single step of the way, even if it costs me a few more years on what I want. But above all, I’ve got to think positive. If I didn’t before, I wouldn’t have made it through college on my own. Who knows? Maybe he’ll just silently disapprove like my parents did, and if that’s the case, maybe I can change his mind about things. 11/9/2199 Entry 102 He hasn’t said anything about it. Like, did he just not see my broad shoulders or something? I don’t think so, but he’s still calling me a mare, so that’s one positive thing. Is he waiting to out me in front of the town? Possibly, but what would he gain? Ponyville has got to be the most welcoming community in Equestria! The Elements of Harmony live here! Does he not care and was just surprised? What is going on in that head of his? It’s hard to read his emotions, since it’s been one month and he still talks to me like I’m a business associate or something. Oh well. At least if was going to blow up about it, he would have done so already. So his calm, formal voice is a good thing, if a little weird I suppose. Maybe I should just confront him about it in a public area, so if things get weird, he won’t be able to say anything too nasty. I should pack some of my things, just in case. 11/22/2199 Entry 106 Wow. I didn’t think it was possible, but I am living with someone who wants to educate himself on something I think he doesn’t know much about. Who would have thought? I’ve been glancing at his reading material lately and some of them are on LGBT issues. Seriously! He even knows about Dysphoria, one of my favorite novels. The weird thing is that he is trying to keep all of this hush-hush. He thinks he’s being sneaky, but I know that he checks out like five or so books on subjects like the history of Equestria or its economics, only to hide the one book like Dysphoria within the other books. It’s just odd to see that behavior from my straightforward roommate. But aside from that, I don’t think I have anything to fear from him but cold glares. Although I wouldn’t be able to tell from that serious face of his! Ha-ha. Maybe I can help him. 1/21/2200 Entry 109 All in all, it’s been a good month. With the amount of bits I’ve made so far, it’ll probably take just a year to reach my goal of transitioning. I even have enough leftover bits to purchase some alchemy reagents! I hope the smell doesn’t bother anyone, but I've been looking to create a brew that’ll allow me to read two books at once. So far, my attempts at this have ended in cross-eyed failure, but I’ll get it eventually. I just need to find my logbook of alchemy changes since I swear I left it on the kitchen table. Maybe my roommate knows where it is? Probably not since he has been checking out so many textbooks lately; it’s probably buried under all of that knowledge. I wonder if that knowledge has been doing any good for him. He knows well enough to call me what I am and he’s been oddly respectful of me in general. Not that I'm complaining mind you. But I find him sitting in a chair more often than not, with a book in his hands, so I guess he’s more confused than anything else. He’s also still trying to hide his borrowing, which is pretty amusing, since he’s taken to swapping the books he doesn’t want me to see with the book covers he’s okay with me seeing. I don’t think he’s noticed me noticing him so keep this hush-hush journal, okay? 2/28/2200 Entry 115 Journal, you know how I said that I didn’t come here to make friends? Scratch that. My roommate certainly needs a friend. He’s just been looking like a train wreck these past few days. So I sat him down today and talked to him about nothing in general, to get his mind off of things. It worked for a bit, until the conversation drifted to which college we went to. He told me that he lost all of his college friends in one day before his senior year, so a year later he walked alone on the graduation stage. None of his parents and relatives were there. They were all busy according to him. When I heard that, I grabbed him and flew kites with him. After a while, I reeled my kite in, cast a wing spell, and chased his kite while I asked him to keep it away from me. I didn’t think he was the athletic type, but he can run! And before long, it was the early evening. At the end of the day, my roommate even thanked me. You’re welcome. 3/7/2200 Entry 121 I finally got that potion to work! I can see so much more now. No book is beyond my reach now, no text will go unread in my presence, especially if it an alchemy textbook. I have so many new ideas for potions and plenty of material to refine old ones now. I should revisit that changeling love coagulation potion, if I perfect it, think of all the good it can do and all of the bits it could bring. Speaking of bits, I found this cheap, but quality sporting goods store in town. I loaded up my saddlebags with as much camping gear I could purchase and signed up for a membership at their in-built gymnasium. I can’t believe they have a rock climbing wall there too! All in all, today was a pretty good day. Even my roommate has been looking a little better now; he’s asked me to recommend him some romance novels. Not sure if he asked me because he expects it of me or because he knows I like them, but eh. I gave him a list and sent him to the library. He seemed okay with my choices on that list, even though I thought he'd complain about some of the types of romance those books had. Maybe I'm doing some good with him.