It was a cold day and snow was beginning to fall. For some reason, Skript had invited me to Parchment and Party Hats for a 'surprise'. Normally, I was wary when he mentioned a surprise, but considering it was Hearths Warming Eve I doubted he would try to mess with me.
I pulled my scarf tighter around me as I went. The snow was beginning to fall faster and it wouldn't be long before everything was covered. I began to walk even faster, hurrying past all of the other ponies in the streets.
I eventually made it to Parchment and Party Hats, where Skript was waiting for me at the door. "Glad you could make it!" He said.
"I'm glad I could make it here before the snow started to come down too quickly." I replied as I took off my scarf. I was walked further into the building by Skript and I sat down on one of the couches.
"Did you invite somebody else over as well, Skript?" A voice said from the other room. I recognized it instantly and immediately stood up.
"You didn't." I said.
Skript smiled shyly as he said, "I did."
From around the corner walked another pony. Her coat is an azure color with a darkish cyan mane and tail. She's a unicorn, like Skript, and she has a cutie mark that was a pencil, a piece of parchment, and a smile. Her name is Asure Artisan, but I call her Artie just to annoy her. She and I don't really get along very well, but she looks after Skript whenever I can't or when she thinks he needs her.
Our eyes locked and her look of joy and happiness turned into one of annoyance. "Hello Connor." She said.
"Hello, Artie." I replied.
I could see a vein pulsing in her head after I had said that. "You know that I don't like it when you call me that."
"We all know that, but I appear to know it more than everyone else." I stood there smirking while she stood there fuming.
"Considering I know what will happen if I stay, I'm going to be on my way." I said while wrapping my scarf back around my neck. Once I got to the door I attempted to push it open, but it wouldn't budge. I ran over to a window and looked outside. Snow had piled up enough that half of the window was covered, and the door was completely blocked by the snow.
"Of all the days that I could be trapped by snow, of course it had to be this one!" I shouted in anger.
"You need to calm down." Asure said.
"I don't see why I should listen to you Artie."
The vein continued to pulse on her head as she said, "It's time to put our differences aside before we end up killing each other."
"Sorry, but I don't think so"
"You know what, I have had enough of you messing with me and getting Skript into trouble" When she had said that her horn began to glow. Books flew off of their shelves and flew around her.
"You know, we really don't need to mess up Skript's place because of our dispute." I said, hoping she would put the books down.
"Don't worry I'll put them back when I'm done beating you with them." She replied. I began to look around the room for something that I could use to defend myself. On one of the bookshelves was a bag that had a few things that I would use in my act.
I began to run towards the shelf, keeping my eye on Asure. She smiled as she began to hurl the books at me. A few hit me as I ran, but nothing too serious. When I was only a few feet away from the shelf, a wall of books began to form and quickly rush towards me. I could see that at the bottom there was a slight gap, and it seemed like I could just barely squeeze through.
I smiled as I rushed the wall. When it was only a foot away, I lowered myself to the ground and slid under the wall. I then went into a roll and ended up on my feet afterwards. It was then that I reached the shelf and grabbed my bag of tricks. I turned and faced Asure with the bag in my hoof, prepared to defend myself against her onslaught.