The Adventure of Jack

As usual, I woke up to the smell of pancakes, but this time they where plain. I got out of bed, got into my wheel chair, rolled out of my room, and me and Spike exchanged good morning's as usual.

"Spike, I'm going to the blacksmith's to get something reforged, be back in awhile." I said after I ate my pancakes.

"Do you have any bits?" the dragon asked me.

"Bits, what are those?"

"You know, currency."

"Oooh, no." I responded with a chuckle.

"Then take this, 60 bits." he said as he tossed me a sack full of little gold coins.

"Thanks Spike, be back soon."

20 minutes later

I finally reached the blacksmiths, and I was tired because willing a chair to move around for 20 minutes straight takes a lot out of a non-magic-user. Anyways, I entered the store and rolled up to the counter. I noticed there was a bell on the desk so I rang it. I heard banging and and a brown earth pony in a black apron stood behind the counter.

"Welcome to Ironhoof Blacksmith, how may I help you?" he said like he had said a hundred times.

"I'm hoping you can…forge something for me." I said looking up at the very large pony. I was around 3.7 and he was like 4.5, so he was big.

"What do you need forged; a buckle, a latch, a lo-" I cut him off

"A Diamond Sword." I said. He simply laughed.

"A hahaha Diamond hehe sword hohar.. oh wait, you're serious, aren't you?" He said, I nodded.

"Well, first off, I need diamonds."

"I have diamonds with me"

"Really?" he asked

I showed him the diamonds, and he got excited. "Those are the biggest diamonds I've ever SEEN. Where did you get them? How did you get them? Who tol-mmph." he was muffled by my hoof to his mouth.

"Just make the sword." I said sternly.

"Ok ok, don't bite my head off, that'll be 50 bits," he stated

"Here." I handed him the money, diamonds, and stick.

"It'll be ready in about 20 minutes" he said, walking towards the back.

"Can I watch?" the words slipped from my mouth. I was worried, but he said yes.

"You know, I've never made a Diamond weapon before, It's rare to be able to." he said as we walked to the forge.

"Really, why?" I asked him

"A. Diamonds are rare, B. they have an extremely high melting point."

"Well, thats unfortunate, where I come from, diamond tools are common."

"Did you say they're common? the smith said.

"By common, I mean its everyone's goal to have diamond tools." I said.

"Have you ever made any?" he asked me, looking at me with an excited look in his eyes

"Well….yes." I said with a sheepish smile.

"Then you make it." he said. I looked at him and he simply winked.

"Umm…sure." I said, walking up to the forge.

After and eternity of waiting, the diamonds had melted into shape and the sword was cooled enough for it to not burn, but still soft enough to engrave. And thats what I did, I engraved the sword, but I'm not telling what I engraved.

"There, done" I said with a victorious expression.

"How you did that, I will never know." the blacksmith said with his jaw hanging open. As I rolled past him, I pushed his jaw up, so his mouth was closed.

"Goodbye, Ironhoof!" I yelled as I left the smith still staring at me in amazement.

"Goodbye."

When I got home to the library, I looked at the clock and I was surprised to see the time was 7:42.

When spike saw me, he just said, "You've been gone for awhile, what kept you?"

"Diamond Swords take awhile to make, Spike." I said as his jaw dropped.

"You made a Diamond sword? How?"

"It's a secret." I said with a chuckle "Well, good night Spike."

"Goodnight Thunder.