The New Beginning
Daedelus spent days avoiding the Royal Guards as they searched for the murderer of a mare in her own home and the kidnapping of her son. Grazing lightly on berries he knew not to be toxic from his alchemic practices, he scraped by on the edge of the Everfree and knew he had to abandon any hopes of coming back into society. He set his course for deeper into the dark woods, knowing of a small town housing a select few ponies whom he had never met before.
After about another two painstaking days of walking through the massive forest, he saw a break in the heavy foliage and smiled as the light held a new opportunity for him. He pushed his way through the last few branches and vines and broke into the light, the hamlet of Hoofville before him. He cackled again and made his way onward, noticing a stark white pegasus circling overhead and a cloaked figure laying in a tree above the street. Noting this, he changed course and headed rather for a construction shop, as building a new home would be a mission in itself not to mention the lack of help he expected.
Not a moment after he stepped within the town boundaries was he greeted by the pegasus once circling overhead. "Hey, I'm Brave Charger, mayor of this town, who are you?" the flying stallion spoke, the words nearly passing Daedelus right by with their speed.
"I am Daedelus, Mister Brave. A wonderful town you have here," Daedelus said, trying to butter the stallion up, "surely the property costs here must be enormous!"
"Nah, just pick a spot and build. And please, just call me Brave." was the reply, shocking the scientist.
"Oh, thank you very much. Good day." Daedelus said, walking past the mayor and into the hardware shop.
The store housed a meagre supply of sharp objects, focusing rather on taps, door hinges and cupboard handles. Noticing this, Daedelus frowned and trotted along until he saw what he was looking for; the axes and pickaxes. He lifted a pick and two axes from their handles along with the sole saw in the aisle and headed towards the counter to pay, when the cloaked figure could be seen leaving the store. Ignoring this, the scientist paid for his goods with the bits he had taken from his host's home.
After completing the purchase, Daedelus began looking around town for somewhere to build his home. Nowhere struck his fancy tough, and soon he found himself wandering towards the Everfree again when something in the near area caught his eye; a cave.
Galloping towards what he thought to be a grotto, he realised it to in actuality be a massive cavern, the inside large enough to hold a.. house...
Immediately, he removed a piece of chalk from his saddlebags and drew upon the stone at his hooves a detailed diagram of the house he wanted and smiled. Said smile soon dropped as he remembered the workload fell to him. "Well, it'll be worth it.. I hope." said the stallion as his challenge began; building his new and hopefully permanent home.
[A/N Another chapter done and more to upload. Thanks for reading and as I said before; PM and review and be prepared for more content very soon. And the same goes as before: Thanks so much to all my Chatzy friends, I couldn't do this without you. 'Till next we meet.]