//------------------------------// // The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 1 // Story: My Little Magician // by Cogz //------------------------------// The town was actually a very busy town for it being so small; people were all around the square shopping and enjoying the rather nice afternoon; what seemed to be a really popular was a stand selling fresh cider; a young man and an old lady were sitting at a booth with a line wrapping all the way around it. Twilight saw an opportunity and walked over with Spike following her to try to formally introduce herself, trying to be serious and diplomatic. Twilight looked over at the old lady first who seemed to be doing most of the talking with the man simply hauling barrels of sloshing liquid around when the cider supply started to run low, he seemed to be quiet. The old lady looked over at Twilight and furrowed her eyebrows as she was approached by Twilight, she pointed a cane at Twilight “Hey you, no cutting in line, you kids today..” she mumbled lightly and turned her attention back to her customer. Twilight raised an eyebrow and looked over at the man; she decided he might be less busy and easier to talk to, she cleared her throat “Hello there, I am Twilight and I’m representing Canterlot, I'm here on official business” she gave a small smile. The man looked over at her with a deadpan expression “Fine..” he went back to what he was doing. Twilight bit her lip, hating awkward situations “So, you selling drinks I see?” she looked at the barrels. The man looked over at Twilight briefly and then grabbed a barrel, hoisting it over his shoulder with a grunt “Yep..” he walked off from her to place the barrel on the table and talk to customers. Twilight stood in awe watching him walk away and shook her head; she gave up and decided to head elsewhere else in a huff. The town had more then she originally thought but it was still no Canterlot. The town had a Theater, a big looking city hall, a weird looking boutique, a bakery, a market place, a fountain area; the town definitely had a country feel to it and everyone knew everyone. Twilight cataloged everything she saw from business to people when she stumbled across what seemed to be a small music hall; she heard lovely music coming from one of the open windows, the music sounded familiar. The music caught her attention and her curiosity got the best of her as she walked inside. The music hall was nothing fancy; it was dark circular room that descended the closer you got to the stage in the center; the seats were made of worn red velvet and the carpet looked old. Above was one VIP area with red velvet curtains drawn. Twilight’s attention was soon drawn toward the woman playing on the stage; a young woman with long brown hair pulled up in a ponytail and bow was playing a cello; her eyes were closed and her bow glided effortlessly across the cello strings emitting a wonderful sound, it was as if the brow was a part of the girls arm. Twilight took a seat in the back and watched her play, completely entranced. This went on for a thirty minutes before the woman finished the piece and smiled lightly to herself in satisfaction. The woman nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard light clapping; Twilight was standing up clapping, a small smile on her face. Twilight's smile quickly faded into embarrassment when she saw that she startled the cello player; she quickly moved to remedy the situation, she started down the stairs to the stage. "You're playing was absolutely wonderful...It sounds familiar somehow." she watched as the cello player gently place her cello back into it's case next to her. The cello payer never moved from her spot; placing her hands neatly in her lap and smiled, speaking in a light British accent. "Thank you, I favor that piece actually.." she smiled at Twilight with a little red in her cheeks "The piece is called Cello Suite No.1 in G major and perhaps you have heard it before. I play it often when I visit Canterlot for functions..." she watched as Twilight perked up at the mention of her home; she recognized the girl now. Twilight was happy to finally meet someone from Canterlot here " Oh yes, I remember seeing you at a party of Princess Celestia's. Are you from Canterlot? I'm from there on official business." she proudly puffed her chest out. The cello player let out a small laugh "Well, I actually don't come from Canterlot, I was born here in Oakville. I have visited Canterlot on numerous occasions though and have even been invited to live there but I turned it down" she finally stood up off her chair and brushed her skirt off, walking over to where Twilight stood, just off the stage. Twilight was surprised, she looked at the cello player is disbelief "Say what? you had a chance to live in Canterlot? Why didn't you leave while you had the chance?" she watched as the cello player gave her an almost confused reaction; as if she was surprised to be asked that. The cello player gave another small smile "Because Oakville is my home, I can't imagine living anywhere else..." she started to look at the the music hall with nostalgia; she quickly turned to meet Twlight's gaze at a sudden realization "Oh, and my name is Octavia by the way, charmed to meet you." she took Twilight's hand and shook it. Twilight returned the handshake and grinned sheepishly "My name is Twilight and I'll be.." she frowned as she continued "Living here for a little while" she sighed again and hung her head. Octavia just chuckled lightly and went to go pick up her cello "Well Twilight, I must be off but Oakville welcomes you and I wouldn't worry, I'm sure you'll find Oakville to be pleasant and quite colorful." she waved at Twilight as she walked away up the stairs. Twilight pouted for a moment and mumbled "Doubt it.." she went up the stairs and was invaded with outside light; she had been in that dark music hall for a while now. Twilight walked out and noticed Spike come out of a candy shop carrying a big bag of rock candy "Spike, why didn't you follow me to the music hall!?" she grabbed at Spike's sweater hood who complained "I didn't want to listen to some boring classical music!" he whined. Twilight let go of Spike's hood "Don't you run off like that again..." she told Spike to follow and decided to visit the bakery next. The smell of fresh baked breads and cakes came from the chimney of the bakery and Twilight watched as Spike started to drool a little; she rolled her eyes with a small laugh "Control yourself Spike, we're not here to buy sweets right now..." she walked ahead into the Bakery. As Twilight opened the door her nostrils were invaded with every kind of sweet scent imaginable; she looked around and noticed no one was here except one person who's head was in a turned off oven, cleaning it; the person's overall flour covered rear end could be seen from front the door. "Lovely..." Twilight thought sarcastically as she called out "Hello?" she watched as almost immediately, the person behind the counter stop and pull their head out of the oven, revealing herself to be a girl. The girl at the counter seemed to be Twilight's age; she had a giant curly head of pink hair that reminded Twilight of pink cotton candy; it was covered in flour right now and it matched her flour covered pink overalls. The girl wore a giant grin on her face, it was kind of creeping Twilight out. "Hello, welcome to Sugarcube Corners, you can call me Pinkie, what can I do for you?!" she spoke in a high pitched voice that caused Twilight to wince ever so slightly; she swore she heard a dog bark somewhere. Twilight coughed awkwardly "My name is Twilight and I am here representing Canterlot on official business." she expecting Pinkie to say something but Pinkie just stared at Twilight for a few seconds with a blank expression "Wait..so..you're new here?" she pointed at Twilight who was taken back. Twilight nodded "Ummm..yes? I am new here" she watched as Pinkie freaked out, jump over the counter, and run out of the door of the bakery screaming for someone Twilight didn't know; leaving Twilight and Spike alone. Twilight didn't even know what to say to that "O...kay then." she just shrugged and left the bakery in confused silence. Completely confused by there people here; Twilight just opted for more sight seeing with Spike who noticed Twilight's sudden anti social stance "You know Twilight, you don't seem to want to really be social here...you really should try making friends; you didn't have many in Canterlot..." he looked at Twilight who just scoffed. Spike's eyebrows furrowed "Hey, maybe Celestia wants you here to save the word or something while you're here.." he grinned at the idea. Twilight rolled her eyes, placing a hand on her hip as she walked "Spike please, the fate of the world does not rest on me making friends..." she kept her eyes in front of her as she walked. They two walked in silence for a while when a shaggy looking man came running out of a store, holding what seemed to be some magical artifact; a clerk came running out yelling for someone to stop him, saying he was a thief. Twilight noticed the commotion as she walked past the store and looked at the thief nonchalantly as he passed her "A thief huh?....." she let magic course through her hand; it took the form of a purple colored energy around her and she touched her forehead with that magic, a light emitted on her forehead and from it, she pulled out what seemed to be a purple twisted wand resembling unicorn horn. "Magicae, quod quidem est per me, et latro..." soon the wand was glowing with bright magic and Twilight pointed it at the thief; her expression serious and eyebrows furrowed in concentration. The magic swirled around her, causing her hair to float around her "Dirigentes stella!" five fast bright lights came speeding from the wand and hit the thief, each giving off a small explosion as it made impact. The thief fell to the ground letting the stolen item go and she fell unconscious, otherwise fine. Twilight stood there with her wand in hand with Spike looking at her in shock "That's one of Celestia's top magic students for ya..." he mentioned to himself quietly.