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Chapter 2
Day 2 in a New World
I walked to the nice man selling Ice cream in the park. I stood up on my toes as I gazed at the flavors. I finally decided on cookie dough and traded the five dollar bill my mother had given me for the two ice cream cones and said thank you before turning away from the nice man, a smile on my face as I walked towards my mother, who currently sat on a bench in the shade of an oak tree. I handed her one and she took it, smiling gently as I hopped up next to her and began licking the yummy ice cream. My mother turned to me with her beautiful, amber eyes, a warm, gentle smile graced her lips, "Oh my sweet little Mar..I think it's about time we headed home..don't wanna miss saying goodnight to your daddy now do we?"
I shook my head and we got up and started walking home, eating our Ice cream as we went. Suddenly, everything went black and seconds later, there was a loud scream. The darkness gained light and color as I found myself hurriedly climbing down a ladder, jumping off about half way down the sixteen foot latter and rushing over to my young, twelve-year-old little sister, who laid limp on the ground, one hand on her stomach. I slid to my knees next to her, grabbing her hand with my right hand as I lifted her a bit with my left arm, tears streaming down my face, "Hanna?…HANNA!..Hann please..please say something..anything..I already lost mom and dad..I..I cant lose you too.."
She looked up at me, her eyes brimmed in tears, the life in them slowly dimming, "B..big brother?..I..I feel so cold..am..am I going to die?"
"N-no no Hann..come on..a little fall isn't gonna kill you..you-you're too strong for that..I.." my voice caught in my throat, "I..I love you too much.."
"I-I L-love y-you t-too…w..will you s-sing m-mom's l-lullaby for me M-Mar?"
"S-sure Hann….W-when the baby blue bird….f-flys apon the great winds...s-she knows her mommy keeps a careful eye on her….when the little wolf pup…p-plays outside it's den….he knows his mother..always watches over him.." I could do little more than watch as the last spark of life in her eyes dimmed and flickered like a candle, blowing out with her soft, final sigh. I gave a choked sob as I laid her hand back apon her motionless stomach and slowly reached up, gently closing her eyes. I placed a gentle kiss apon her forehead as many more tears fell, "S-so know that I'll always be watching over you….even when Im gone..Ill always be with you.." I quietly finished before breaking into quiet sobs. Then everything went black again and I felt the sensation of falling, wind whipping past my ears. Then a swift burning pain in my chest.
Suddenly, I sat up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, hearing a yowl of fear and surprise as I notice a cat sprint from the room. I noticed my shirt, socks, boots, and jacket with a note on top. It read,
Star,
I have to go meet up with a special client today.
Ill be back some time this afternoon. See you later
-Rarity
P.S. Could you please pick up some food for my darling little cat Opal from the town animal expert, Fluttershy
I put my clothes on, put my pack and sword on my back, and left the boutique. I started walking around town and not even five minutes later this girl bounced infront of me, "Hiimpinkiepieihavntseenyouaroundherebeforeareyounewhere" She gasped loudly, "beatsugarcubecornerinafewdaysataroundfourthirtypmbye!" and she sprinted off.
I stood there, trying to piece together what she said, only managing to get Pinkie pie, sweet apple acres, a few days, and four-thirty pm. I walked around and asked a few questions, figuring out where Applejack lived and that Pinkie Pie is apparently a super-party-planner and that I should be expecting a surprise party in a few days at the bakery. I decided to go to this Sweet Apple Acres where Applejack apparently lives. I walked up the path towards this place. About twenty minutes after I started up the road I saw a huge, beautiful orchard of apple trees with ripe apples of all kinds waiting to be picked. I continued to walk until I came apon an arch way, white wash picket fencing stretched off from either side, Sweet Apple Acres carved into the top, a barn and farm house in my view as I stand at the arch. I noticed Applejack talking to a taller guy with short, light brown hair and deep red skin, freckles on his own cheeks, he wore a white T-shirt, a pair of overalls, and a pair of dark brown work boots. I walked towards them, soon in range to hear what they were discussing, "Ahm sorry sis..but ah can't plow the field when tha new plow blade is bigger than the other..It'll curve and plow wrong..unless yall can somehow make the other blade bigga..we're gonna have ta wait till we got the money to order a new one.."
"Dag nab it.." Applejack took her hat off and ran her fingers through her hair slightly.
"Maybe I can help Applejack..just show me the blade.."
She turned to me and gave a smile, "Starshot..If yall can fix this problum..ah may well just kiss ya..it's in tha barn.." she motioned to the red structure with her hat before putting it back atop her head.
I walked over to the barn and opened the door. I immediately noticed the plow and new blade. I looked at the blade that was already in the plow and then I looked at the new blade. I stood it up and estimated the difference to the best of my abilities, which left it maybe a few millimeters off from the actual difference. With a few, swift slices of my wrist blade, I corrected the problem to near perfect before putting the blade in place and attaching it before walking back out, "Fixed..might me off by a few millimeters but it's fixed.."
The guy went inside the barn, coming back out a few moments later dragging the plow behind him, "Is it fixed Big Mac?"
"Eee'yup" was his only reply before dragging the upside down plow towards the field.
I turned towards Applejack, "So..you said you could use some help around here?"
She gave a slight nod, "Yep..ah need help harvestin tha western orchard..It's tha smaller of our orchards but it still takes me a good week to harvest it.."
"I'm gonna guess that one" I pointed at the trees directly across from the barn and house.
"Yall got it sugar cube..do ya know what to do?" she said as she gestured towards one of the numerous trees that had wooden bushel buckets placed at the base of them.
"Hmm..no..but I think I have an idea.." I say as I approach one of the trees. I look at it for a minute, scaling and factoring the force I need to exert, before suddenly cocking my arm back and bringing my fist forwards, it making contact with the trunk of the tree in almost an instant, cracking the bark and making a fairly large fist-shaped dent in the bark as all the apples fell from the tree and into the bushels, a few fairly thick branches falling as well. I looked at my right hand, finding it un damaged, "Hmm..I guess I put a bit too much force into it.."
Applejack gave a whistle of admiration, "Whoo wee..that's mighty impressive..lets get started..the sooner we start this, the sooner we finish" as she went up to another and kicked it, knocking the apples free before picking up the bushels and carrying them over next to the barn. I grabbed my own bushels and took them to the same place. We spent a good six or so hours harvesting apples, gathering all the bushels that had been set out by around two o'clock in the afternoon. I pulled the wagon I had borrowed to make it more efficient, the last of the bushels loaded on it as Applejack carried one herself. We reached the barn and I put the wagon next to the stacked bushels.
Suddenly a thought came to my mind, "Hey Applejack..why aren't we putting these in the barn?"
"Well..dere ain't enough room in tha barn..plus tha good ones need ta be seperated from tha bad ones.." she replied.
"Oh..that makes sence.."
"Would you like to come inside for some Iced Tea?" she asked after wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"No thanks.." Then I remembered, "Oh..um..do you know where Fluttershy lives?Rarity asked me to get some food for her cat…"
"Sure do..she lives in a cottage outside 'a town..It's not too far from here actually..Just keep walking that direction and you'll find it..It has a bridge over a small stream out front..it's actually a might bit hard to miss.."
"Thanks Applejack.." I waved as I turned and left the farm, walking the direction she had indicated. I suddenly realized that I wasn't hot or sweaty, even though I'm in long, dark clothing, Ive been working for about seven hours, and the sun is high in the cloudless sky. I decided to just push the thought away as the cottage came into view. I walked over the bridge and went up to the front door, knocking on the smooth maple wood.
The door opened up a bit and a soft voice spoke, "Y-yes?"
"Hi..are you Fluttershy?"
The door opened up a bit more revealing a girl, about a foot shorter than myself, with pale, butter yellow skin, teal eyes and long, soft pink hair, she wore a white, sleeveless tank top, a green skirt, and a pair of grey shoes, "Yes..how can I help you?"
"Um..Rarity asked me to pick up some food for her cat, Opal.."
"Oh..okay..just let me go get it..what's your name?If you..don't mind me asking"
"Starshot Umbrani..you can call me Star if you want.."
"Okay..nice to meet you Star..Ill be right back.." she turned from the door and walked off deeper into her home, returning a few minutes later with a bag about as big as my back pack, "Here you go.." she gave it to me and I took it.
"Thanks..it was nice meeting you.."I waved as I turned and began to walk away.
"You too Star.." and she closed her door.
I got back to the boutique at around five-thirty and put the bag of cat food in Rarity's room just as the bell on the front door jingled. I walked down stairs and found a girl with pale lavender skin, violet eyes, and magenta and pink streaked purple hair, a horn protruded from her head. She wore a simple outfit of jeans, a purple t-shirt, and purple sneakers, next to her stood a wingless dragon, about three quarters her size, with green eyes, reddish purple pebbled skin, a green under belly, and light green scales in a mokawk on his head. He wore a small, simple pair of jeans. The girl noticed me, "Hello..who are you?And where is Rarity?"
"Im Starshot..and Rarity went to meet a client..she said she'd be back this afternoon.."
"Oh..okay..come on Spike..we need to finish alphabetizing and cleaning the library" she said as she walked out of the door, the dragon following.
I rolled my eyes and put my sword and back pack in the living room before deciding to clean up a bit, leaving Rarity's organized chaos alone, being an artist myself, I know this system very well. I even cooked some dinner, making my mother's vegetarian lasagna since she had all the ingredients to do so. I turned the oven off and pulled the lasagna out of the oven, putting it on the counter to cool a bit just as the front door's bell rang, "Sweetie Bell I'm home….my word..what is that heavenly smell?" I heard Rarity's unmistakable voice call as I grabbed a bottle of light green soda labeled Mist Drop from the fridge. I turned around just in time to see Rarity poke her head in the doorway, "Oh Starshot…did you make dinner?"
"Well..yeah..I just thought I'd be nice..I also cleaned up a bit around here.." as I poped the cap off and took a few gulps. I noticed her eyes widen and her face fill with terror and I chuckled, almost sneezing some of the citrus soda out, "Don't worry..I didn't touch your organized chaos..one artist to another I know the system very well.."
She released a sigh of relief as she walked over and grabbed a plate from the cabinet, making herself a plate before sitting down and taking a bite, almost immediately moaning at the taste, "Oooh my gods..this is exquisite.."
"I know..It's my mom's recipie…no one ever could make it quite like she did.." I said in a slightly saddened nostalgic tone.
Rarity swallowed another bite and looked at me, "I wish my mother was as good of a cook as yours darling…this is truly devine..I'll have to save some for my friends..if I don't eat it all first…"
I smirked at her joking mannor, knowing very well she was trying to cheer me up. I finished my drink and threw the bottle away, "Hey..I um…I think Im gonna call it a night.."
"Okay..sleep well..and pleasant dreams.."
I smiled lightly, replying "You too.." before going off and laying on the couch, letting sleep yank on my eyelids, causing them to droop more and more till they closed and I slipped into the sweet, refreshing embrace of slumber.
Hey guys, Star here.. I want you guys to help give me some Ideas..next chapter will be the party..but I want to add some form of action..also..there will be clop in this story..I am limiting it till after chapter three atleast though…and I will give a brief warning in parentheses, (Like this) before hand..but anyways..Hope you enjoy..and helpful, constructive criticism is always appreciated…and as always..
Im Mar..and I..will see you in the next chapter..Out..