Tune of A Tortured Heart

by Blitz Stratus

Quickening Tempo

"Well this is grand. Not only do I have a bag of sweets. I now own a snow cello." Treblen hummed

to himself as he made his way from the shop. But his happiness was short lived as his head began

to pound like an anvil. He began to stumble as the pain increased in tempo causing him to have

to brace himself against a wall.

"Should have known better then to play this thing." Treblen said to himself through gritted teeth.

It was taking all his concentration to keep his legs from buckling from the pain now shooting

throughout his body.

"Hey mister are you all right?"

"Huh?" Treblen lifted his head to find a gray pegasus standing next to him.

"You don't look so good."

"Its just a migraine." He said trying to keep himself standing. "I just haven't eat yet that's all."

He said as a forced smile came across his face.

"Are you sure your ok?" Her yellow eyes showing concern.

"Yeah I'll just eat one of my muffins and I'll be fine."

"You have muffins!" The mare shouted, a smile painted on her face.

"You know yelling doesn't help my head."

"Oh I'm sorry." She mumbled, her muzzle turning bright red.

"Its fine, here have one." He said as reached into one of his bags. "Do you like english muffins?"

"Blah." She stuck her tongue out.

"Ok, so no to the english muffins." Treblen said digging back into his bag. Another wave of pain

washed over him and Treblen as forced to sit down. "Here you look." He said as he tossed her

his bag. He took out a small bottle out of his other bag and uncorked it.

"What's that?" The mare asked looking up from his bag.

"You don't want to know." Treblen said as as drank its contents. It tasted like tar and burned like

fire as it washed down his throat. "Hayden can sure make a good potion." Treblen thought as

he coughed to clear his throat.

"Here you go mister." The pegasus said give him a toffy muffin.

He was about to thank her when a cyan pony yelled at them.

"Hey Derpy hurry up every pegasus has to be at the wings meeting."

"Oh sorry Dash." Derpy said as she handed back Treblen his bag. She flared her wings and

started to take off.

"Hey wait." He shouted at the mare. "Here take this as my thanks Derpy." He pulled out a small

parsel of muffins and tossed it to her.

"Really your giving me some of your muffin?" Derpy asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"Yeah and there's no english ones" He said with a smile.

"Hurry up Derpy" The cyan pegasus shouted again.

"I got to go, thanks for the muffins." She called back as she started to fly away.

"How about next time I'll treat you to some fresh ones." He yelled as he waved goodbye.

"Sure, that would be fun." She waved back as she flew out of his view.

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"So you had to take the potion?" Hayden asked as he gathered up the ingredients to make

another bottle.

"Yeah, you need to make them taste less awful." Treblen said as he pulled the cello from

its case.

"Its not suppose to taste pleasant, and it didn't help you drank before you took it." Hayden replied

glancing over his shoulder.

"Hey I said I was sorry about that and I also ate something so it shouldn't have effected it."

"That's not the point Treble, you know what can happen when you mix cider with this stuff."

"Yeah I know, how are your wings by the way?" Treblen asked trying to change the topic.

"There fine, don't change the subject." Hayden scolded.

Treblen just sighed. He never could win a argument against Hayden.

"Hey Treble you know Im not trying to be a jerk put you know I only do this cause I.."

"Don't finish that sentence please." Treblen said putting his hoof up.

"Sorry but you know its true." Hayden said going back to his potion."So how did you get the

cello Treb?

"Oh I was exploring Ponyville and I found this store an I saw it in the window, so I went in an

I bought it." Treblen said polishing the cellos neck. He didn't have the heart to tell Hayden he

got it for free.

"Oh really? How much did you pay for it then?" Hayden inquired.

"About fifty bits." Treblen shrugged.

"Now let me get this straight, you got a Stradivarius cello well worth a couple thousand bits for

only fifty?"

"Uh oh this won't end well for me." Treblen thought bracing himself for a tongue lashing.

"Sounds about right to me." Hayden hummed as he began to stir the brew.

Treble faltered. "Hayden believed that thin lie. Somethings up."

"By the way Treb I have something to show you after Im done making this." Hayden hummed,

mischief sparkled in his eyes.

"Hayden what have you been up to?" Treblen asked, nervousness filled his voice. Hayden had

a streak for having mad scientist impulses, which was why he lived on a mountain instead of

living in Ponyville.

"Oh relax I haven't made another golem Treb." He said with a laugh. "Although I do miss Hecter,

he was so full of pep." He pulled on his necklace to see the gold gear that once belong to his

mechanical friend.

"Anyway can I see that bottle cause the potion is done." Hayden said reaching back toward

Treblen.

"Oh yeah you kind of need that." Treblen said rubbing the back of his head as his face turned

a little red.

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"Here hold this." Hayden said passing Treblen his torch.

"Why did you put your workshop inside of the mountain?"

"One my workshop is in the old barracks, this is my Tinker Lab. Two remember what happen when

my clockwork dragon Percy got out." Hayden said defensively.

"Oh yeah. Did Hoofdale ever figure out that was you?" Treblen asked. That was the day Hayden

lost his beloved Hector.

"Am I in prison." Hayden chuckled as he punched in the combination to he steel door leading into

his lab.

"Why did you even make a dragon anyway?"

"Cause I could." Hayden said with a shrug.

There was a loud click as the final mechanism slid into place unlocking the foot thick double doors.

Treblen was still amazed when he was allowed in Hayden's Tinker Lab. Pipes lined the walls and

ceiling, catwalks lead to what seemed like endless space for all of Hayden's toys and work bench's

of things yet to come.

Hayden smiled as he flicked the heavy power switch turning the four massive steam generators

humming. "Its amazing what magic and metal can inspire." He said looking out over his shop floor.

"Why did you make it so you could fit an entire army in here and still have room?" Treble asked

staggered by the scale of the room.

"A colts got to have room to let his baby's flex there muscles." Hadyen said as they made there

way down the brass spiral staircase.

They reach the shop floor and where greeted by a soft crimson mare with a set of welders

goggles hanging loosely on her head, her sliver mane tied back into a ponytail.

"Welcome back Hayden." She said with a smile.

"Its nice to be back Petunia." Hayden said returning the smile.

"And I see you brought Treblen with you." Her emerald eyes falling upon him.

"Yes, by the way could you locate project five-two-eight-four for me please?"

"Processing.....item found in secture four, table twelve." She answered as her eyes shifted to

yellow as her memory place where the project was.

"Would you please fetch it for me?" Hayden asked polity.

"Right away sir." She said as two flaps opened on her back allowing two mechanical wings

to unfurl. She flapped once and she was in the air making her way to the projects location

"Man that still freaks me out." Treblen whispered when she had flown out of earshot.

"Your right those springs aren't releasing soon enough."

"WHAT! Your kidding me right. Two wings just came out of her back and then she flew off!"

"What? That's how I designed her." Hayden answered as he put a heavy leather apron on.

"But why did you have to give her wings!?"

"Cause propellers would have been to clunky." Hayden said as he pulled his goggles down

over his eyes.

"I don't get you sometimes." Treblen said as he face hoofed.

"Could you turn on the gas for me?" Hayden asked ignoring Treblen's last comment.

Treblen did as he was asked and walked over to the gas nozzle and turned it till Hayden had

a hot flame coming out of his torch.

"So what are you making?" Treblen shouted as he walked back over to Hayden.

"Some replacement feathers for Petunia. I'm making these ones out of a stronger alloy." He

said as he brought a hammer down on the metal feathers.

"How can you make those so accurate?" Treblen asked in awe has Hayden plunged it into

a trouf of water.

"Practice and skill." He said as he examined his handy work, it looked just like the real thing.

"Hayden I have project five-two-eight-four, where should I set it?" Petunia asked as her hooves

touched the stone floor, clicking softly.

"Thank you Petunia just set on the table three." Hayden said putting the finishing touch's on the

last of her replacement feathers. "Now would you be so kind to sit here on this stool."

"Yes Hayden." Petunia said, as she sat down allowing her wings to fully extend to be worked on.

"This won't take but a minute." He said as his hooves seemed to blur as he removed the old

feathers and replaced them with the new ones.

"So whats in the box?" Treblen wondered as his eyes shifted form them to the box.

"Could you pass me that flat headed screwdriver Treb?" Hayden asked, focusing on the task at

hoof.

"Which one?"

"The wood handled one." Hayden replied removing his goggles from his head and loosing his

apron, it was always easy to fix her wings "That should be it Petunia." He said as he tightened

the three springs in her right wing. "Give them a test flap if you would please."

"That feels much better Hayden." She said flexing her newly feathered wings. "They feel much

lighter."

"Good, hopefully these won't break as easily." Hayden sighed, as he wiped the sweat from his

forehead. "They also compliment your coat much better then the old ones."

"Oh...thank you they really do." She mumbled as her cheeks began to turn red.

"Now back to what I brought you here for Treblen." He said as he made his way over to the

box sitting on the table." You know that every time you want to leave here you have to go down

that old trail right." Hayden said as he dug into the box throwing straw out of his way.

"Yeah I know, so you did..?"

"So I thought why walk when you can fly." He said pulling a set of wings out of the wooden box.

"These Treb are a set of pseudo mechanical wings." Hayden said with a proud look on his face.

Treblen just shook his head. "Hayden you and your ideas."

"Hey! Would you please try them first before you shove them off to the side." Hayden retorted

defensively.

"Oh fine. but Hayden I'm a earth pony I'm no pegasus." Treblen stated in hopes to talk some

sense into his friend.

"Ah but here's were magic comes into play."Hayden said motioning to the glowing spheres built

into the wings. "These will pick up your muscle signals and translate them into wing movement."

"Ok, so do they work?" Treblen wasn't a hundred percent sure they would.

"Just try them on will you." Hayden said as he undid the leather belts of the wings harness.

Treblen really didn't want to but Hayden had put a lot of time and effort into them and he didn't

what to hurt his long time friends feelings.

"OK fine, I'll try them but your going to have to help me put that thing on."

Five minutes later after a lot of awkward movements, swearing, and fits of the giggles Treblen had

the wings strapped to his back and was gingerly testing his movement.

"So how do I make these things flap?" Treblen asked, adjusting the harness so it would fit more

snug.

"Move your shoulder muscles like you would if you were going to take a step." Hayden answered

as he made some final tweaks to the wings.

"Ok, so like this." Treblen said as he moved his shoulders causing the wings to flex and then flap

a few times."

"Yeah like that." Hayden excitedly spoke. "Get yourself a good rythem and then take off." He said

as he did the action with his own wings.

"So like......WOW! Hey Hayden look I'm flying!" Treblen gleefully shouted as he flew around

Hayden's lab.

"See I told you they would work." Hayden shouted back as Petunia joined them in there flight.

"Wooo! Hayden why didn't you give me these earlier." Treblen shouted.

Hayden only sighed as his friend took off in a race with Petunia.

"Treblen I know these won't cure you of your curse, but anything I can do to make you forget

about it for a little while I will gladly do it." He said to himself as he shot after them.

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