Scars to win them all

by jrock117


Enough!!! part 3

"Hey, wake up kid, c'mon, wake up." A familiar voice can be heard, who is that? I know I've heard it before. Wait, why can't i open my eyes? Oh, this must be one of those subconscious-awareness moments. Never actually had one. I should probably wake up now. Any minute now.

"C'mon kid, you're blocking the entrance." Alright, now I know I've heard that voice before. It sounds feminine, but, strong. Back to the problem at hand, WAKE UP, AH, stupid body. MOVE, DO SOMETHING! Damn it. Maybe if I... nope.

"Wake up, NOW!" Alright, starting to sound pissed. Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. Sigh, alright, something must wake me up. Hm, ROOOOOOSE!!!

"Nyeh." My eyes shoot open as I fall to the ground, a line of drool connecting my mouth to my right hoof. "GAH" Is all I can say, after I hit my head on the ground. I have a knack for hitting my head on the ground. "Ow, I really need to stop doing that. Sorry i didn't wake up earlier." I say as I get up off the ground.

Now that I get a good look at who tried to wake me up, I see that it's the librarian. Miss Safe Search herself. She's a unicorn. She has a light purple coat and a dark blue mane. She has her mane tied in a pony tail and bright green glasses, very fancy glasses. She also has a book with a lock and magnifying glass for a cutie mark. I can't remember the last time she didn't smile, she doesn't look so happy right now. "It took TEN minutes to wake you up, I have to get the doors open before seven thirty. You're lucky it's only seven twenty three." She sounds really annoyed, no smile on her face this time. Jeez, it's not my fault I fell asleep. Hold up a second.

"Sorry, hey, mind if help you get the library ready?" I ask, I haven't spent much time in the library, only when I was reading an awesome book or checking out a book. I didn't pay much attention to the place during either of those situations. She gets a confused look in her eyes, and her smile returns to her mouth.

"Looks like the new generation has more to teach me as well. Sure, come with me." She chuckles a little bit and opens the doors. We both head down for the library at the end of the hallway. Silence is the only one saying anything. I don't talk well with mares, or fillies for that matter. I can only talk with my sister because, well, she's my sis. I'm not the best talker.

We enter the library and I turn the lights on. Holy crap, this place is a mess, how, what, how does it look so nice during first period. There are books everywhere, tables are flipped, and shelves are toppled. "WHAT HAPPENED HERE!?!?" Search had practically screamed this. How does this exactly happen, did someone break in. "How am I going to clean this all up." Wait, what?

"Hold on, you're a unicorn, right?" I ask in confusion, Search just nods. I place my hoof on my forehead. "Than, how can you not clean this up easily with your magic?" She just looks down at her hooves, sadness in her eyes. oh Celestia, what did I just do.

"I, can't really use magic." She places a hoof on her horn, "I've been unable to since I was young." Ah crap, I really screwed up. Maybe I can make it up to her. I scratch the back of my head with my hoof.

"Hey, maybe I can help you clean up the place, the least I could do. I, did keep you from opening those doors and all." She looks at me with a smile, this smile doesn't seem like her usual one though.

"Really, you'd do that?" She asks, I can't help but feel that this is my fault. Why, I didn't cause this. I look away trying to avoid her gaze. I feel really embarrassed for some reason. What the hell is this? Look, just get this done and over with and go to your first period class. Maybe you can get a free book for helping out. That'd be awesome. I turn to see the librarian still looking at me. I point my hoof at her, than I place it on my chest. A smirk crosses my face.

"You know it, I can't leave somepony in trouble like this." That is the truth, I hate seeing others in a predicament that they can't handle. I was raised to help those in need, it's kinda one of my goals. "Lets get started on this, shall we?" I gesture to the broken room before us, a sheepish smile plastered on my face. I want to get this done so I can stop this feeling in my gut.

"Oh yeah, lets." She nods as she says this. We spend around twenty minutes cleaning up the library. Personally, every minute felt like an hour, I never thought we would get this done. Thank Celestia it got done. Every book in the right place on the right shelf, the tables put back the way they were, and the shelves placed neatly back up. Thankfully there weren't any missing books, all of them were in the room. In fact, nothing was missing. That was very convenient. Search walked over to the check out counter and checked to see if there were any damages, none. "Thanks for all your help." She waves her hoof as I head for the exit.

"Whoa, wait a minute. I forgot something." I head back to the counter and pull 'The Mare in the Moon' out of my bag. "I believe I have a late fee as well." I take out five bits and place them on the counter. "And, if you wouldn't mind, could I check it out again?" I rub my left foreleg with my hoof as I say this. A look of disappointment comes to Search's face as I say the last bit.

"I'm sorry, but somepony actually wanted to buy that book three days ago. I said that they could get it after it was returned." Oh, well I can't just take the book, now can I. She puts a hoof to her chin, I wonder what she's thinking. "Well, you did help me clean up the library, maybe I could make an exception."

"No." I say, a very serious look on my face, this seems to have taken her by surprise. "I'm gonna have to decline that offer, somepony else beat me to the punch. Do you think you could tell me their name?" I want to know the name of who's buying the book so I can maybe read it one last time before I move.

"Yeah, sure." She takes out a book and flips through some of the pages, she stops on one and reads closely. "Ah, here we are. Her name is Twilight Sparkle." She gets an evil grin on her face, oh no. "And it seems she's around your age too, maybe you could borrow it from her." Oh crap.

"Uh..." My cheeks feel a little warm, I try to say something, but, "I... Um... Ugh. Nevermind." I look at the ground, knowing that I have been defeated. I look at the clock, just to see that it's seven fifty. Thank you clock, a reason to change the topic. "Oh crap, I gotta get to first period, see ya later Miss Search." I wave her goodbye as I quickly walk towards the exit.

I make it to my first class, just in time too. Seven fifty five, I hope the whole day doesn't end up like it did earlier. I sit in my desk and wait for everypony else to show up. I don't feel to well about class now. Crap.