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// Entry #25 
// Story: Diary of a Dragon 
// by truekry 
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Wow, reading all that from back then is funny. But it was a really confusing time. Oh look at me, writing about the last year as if so far away. Nearly whole year anyway, with Hearths Warming just passed. Well, I started this to sort my thoughts and it certainly helped me with that. But when there is nothing to sort out, why should I write something down? I think that excuse is as good as any.

So, what has changed? I'm still together with Sweetie, to get the most important thing out first. Twilight and Applejack are married now and on paper, Applejack is now my stepmother. But that didn't changed really that much between us. She first felt like she had to act the role now, but today we're like friend with the rule that she is older and knows better sometimes. I respect her authority, you could say. Also, now she has this fancy title of princess-consort. A lot of potential to make fun of, because she hates titles. And I know Princess Celestia knows that and she goes out of her way to always use her title if she speaks to Applejack. Who thought she is a prankster?  

I'm now working as the librarian officially. We came to the conclusion that it would be best if I take over that mantle from mom. She is too busy with ruling the country. I get paid from town hall, can pay of the damage at the arcade myself and I get a feel for a normal job. Sweetie tries to make money with her singing. She is at the hospital every other day to entertain the sick ponies a little and others she is in the park, making music with the other musicians there. She gets a lot of tip, but I think that's wasted potential. She belongs on a big stage. Apple Bloom of course works on her family farm and Scootaloo is now the safety instructor for the school. You know, teaching young pegasi how to crash the right way. I never thought, when Rainbow said that even crashing has to be trained, she was serious. "Have you forgotten how often I crashed? How do you think I wasn't in the hospital every other week?" Nothing to add here.

Pinkie also has a coltfriend now. Cheese Sandwich just came back one day and never left again, I guess. They moved into the house next to Sugarcube Corner and now they both work there. Well, the Cakes needed the help badly. If a town is a town with a castle, many ponies seem to think it would a nice place to settle down. And with Mom being the alicorn of books - she isn't, she is actually the alicorn of friendship, but everyone calls her that - a lot of young families came to Ponyville in hope for a good education for their foals. A new schoolhouse had to be build and Cheerilee hired two additional teachers. I know both of them because they come over every other day to get material for their lessons. The first one is Blue Light, a CSGU (Celestias School for Gifted Unicorns) graduate. He is a little strange. But compared to moms strangeness, he is a decent fella, as Big Mac had put it. The other is Sunset Shimmer. Yeah, strange how that happened. I kind of forgot the mirror in my rooms closet. And four months back, when Sweetie and I were very busy on my bed, she popped out.

After a very awkward moment for the three of us and we gathered Twilight and Applejack and Sunset explained that she couldn't have a live over there. She had no records and so wasn't unable to take on a job, or rent a place or anything. She had lived with the other worlds Rarity the last years but there was an accident and the police showed up. They wanted to throw her out of country and so she came back before they could do that. She lived a few weeks at the castle after that, but moved out the moment she had the job at the school. "I never want to be in a castle again in my life. Bad memories."

Besides all of that, we only had the normal Ponyville horror. So, why I'm writing again?

Sex isn't the issue this time. Sweetie and I are in a very stable relationship and so on. But of course this is about our relationship. I think Sweetie wants to move in somewhere together. The last weeks she always complained about her sister, how much of a slave driver she is and that Apple Bloom and Scootaloos apartment is so nice. Also, with all the new ponies coming to town houses are build in advance and are cheap. And It's not like I wouldn't like that. But with my savings gone and most of my pay still being used to pay of the arcade, I don't know if we have the money to sustain ourselves. Big Mac helped me a lot in the past and I will talk to him tomorrow. Maybe I could take a second job on the farm or something. I really don't want to tell Sweetie off, but it looks like I will have to.

I think, I was an idiot in the past whenever I said I want to be an adult. You have to take so many things you have to care about.