Later the next morning I was abruptly woken up by the horrible buzzing of my alarm clock. As it's annoying buzz rung through my head my arm automatically went and hit the snooze button. I slowly began waking up and my eyes clamored open. I let out a yawn and rubbed my eyes and looked around. I stretched my arms and lazily rolled over in my bed. I didn't want to get up; I was feeling particularly lazy today. I closed my eyes regardless but before I could really drift back to sleep I felt something wrap around me. Surprised I quickly woke back up and turned to see that it was Itt who once again crawled into my bed naked. I just looked over at her and she was still sleeping and was gripping onto me in her sleep. I just let out a sigh and let her do whatever, though having her naked in bed with me still makes me uncomfortable.
I figure that if I just don't look at her it will be fine, but she tightened her hold on me and pulled me back into her. I could feel her soft breasts pushing up against my naked back. She was surprisingly warm and soft, and I could feel myself starting to get slightly aroused... But I fought back my feeling and pulled out of her hold. I moved back to the other side of the bed, but I had woke her up. She moaned slightly in her sleep before letting out a cute yawn and stretching her arms. She brought her arms back down and rubbed her eyes and then opened them up to look over to me. She seem somewhat surprised to see me looking back over at her,
"Oh... Good morning master!" She said smiling. "Would you like me to make you breakfast?" She asked.
"Why do you keep crawling into bed with me?" I asked in a serious tone.
"Because it's comfy up here..." She said happily to which I just let out a defeated sigh.
"Whatever... C'mon, it's late; we need to get ready for work today." I said crawling out of my bed. Itt got out too and snapped her fingers instantly putting on her usual getup. Linen bandages wrapping her breasts and a medium length skirt also made of bandages. Though, I did notice that when she's naked she doesn't were those cuffs, but she does still have the collar on. "Say... What's that collar for?" I asked.
"This... It's a symbol of my slavery." She said. "When I choose a new master or if one is given to me the color links my soul with theirs and I can't stray too far from my master...or I'll start dying."
"Well... How far away can you go before that happens?" I asked.
"Well it difficult to say... My master can go as far away from me as he wishes; he can leave my side and tell me to stay here... But I cannot stray from him; this prevents accidents and insures I don't run away." She said. "I'd say... I'd probably only make it a mile before I would drop dead."
"That's... Kinda dark... I don't need this so early in the morning... C'mon, why we get the day started." I said.
"Okay... I'll prepare breakfast for you master and you can shower." She said.
"Speaking of showering, you haven't showered since you got here... You should take one too." I said.
"You would let me?" She asked.
"Well... Of course... Why not?" I said.
"Thank you master... I will shower once breakfast is complete..." She said. "I'll get started now..." She said as she rushed into the kitchen to make breakfast. I just smiled and rolled my eyes as I went to go shower. The morning routine this morning wasn't so bad, it's was rather normal I'd say. Itt made breakfast while I showered and when I got out we ate. She had made pancakes which were freaking delicious. I wolfed mine down and she ate hers as well and I didn't need to remind her that she didn't need to wait for me to finish first. Once we ate Itt went to shower and I sat down on the couch and caught up with the news. Despite sleeping in a little there was still plenty of time before I need to be at applejacks. Besides, we're friends and she wouldn't really mind if I was only a little late.
There wasn't much on the news today, boring stuff... A missing child, weather... Such and such. I watched TV for a while before Itt finished in the shower and came out drying her hair, naked... Of course. I had to tell her to put clothes back on. I didn't really yell at her to do it, but you could tell by the sound of my voice that I was annoyed with how many times I've had to tell her to put clothes on in these past two days. Once she was changed I turned off the TV and we made our way out the door. I locked the house and we started making our way to applejacks farm. Though, not too far along the way, once we got on the path through the apple orchard, my side started to ache once again, but I sucked it up and kept going. It wasn't too long before we reached the farm where applejack was waiting for us.
"There y'all are..." She said. "Yer a few minutes late... But it don't matter."
"Sorry... It's my fault for taking such a long time in the shower..." Said Itt apologizing.
"You were only in there for like six minutes." I said.
"I'm sorry..." She said.
"Don't worry yourself..." Said applejack. "It don't matter... We got work to do."
"I'll do my best..." She did determinedly.
"So what's on today's agenda...?" I asked.
"Well... Carrot top had leant me her cows a week or two ago and no I figured I would return them... So I need you to help me herd them." She said.
"How do you herd cows?" I asked.
"Me and whinonah will handle most of the work... But I need to two to stay at the sides and just make sure that there aren't any stragglers." She said.
"Sounds simple... Let's do it." I said.
"Right then... You wait here..." She said as she went to the barn a fetch a herd of cattle, about ten or so of them. She lead them over and then she had us follow her as she lead the cattle down the path. Whinonah, applejacks dog, stayed behind and kept them moving and me and Itt stayed at either side to make sure there weren't any who tried to get away. Applejack started leading us down the path of west ponyville with the cows and we didn't face much trouble. But then one of the cows started to move away from the group over to a nearby creek on Itt's side. She tried to keep the cow in check... But wasn't too good at it.
"No... Mr. Cow... Stop... You can't go that way..." She said pushing up against the cow who simply kept moving as it she didn't even exist. "No... stop... Ooh... Go back with the others." She said but the cow had made its way past her and over to the creek and started drinking from the flowing water. "Aww... I failed."
"Don't y'all worry yourself...? This one's a stubborn one he is." Said applejack. "Ey you... Git back o'er here..." Applejack said strongly as she whistled at the cow who perked his head up from the creek and then mozzied back to join the herd of cows which were still moving. Itt just sat there for a second but then rushed back over.
"Wait for me...!" She said rushing back over. It wasn't long before we reached the farm which was a rather familiar farm. All around us were fields of carrots and a large familiar house and barn just past them. Applejack lead the cows over to the barn but when she got in there she froze and stepped back and clenched her nose.
"Oh what is that mighty awful smell?" She asked stepping back. Me and Itt just looked at each other nervously. Then a familiar mare came out of the farmhouse and started rushing over.
"Wait... Applejack don't go in there..." She said rushing over.
"Huh... Carrot top... What's wrong with yer barn?" Asked applejack.
"Oh... I'm sorry applejack; I've been meaning to tell you... But, I had a bit of a problem with timber wolves for a while now, but it's alright now... Though... There's still a mess in the barn, and it still wreaks of timber wolf breath." She said.
"Timber wolves... Carrot top... You haven't been leaving those pies of yours out on the window sill again... Have you?" Asked applejack.
"Well... Yes." She said admittedly.
"Damnit girl... I told you that you can't do that so close to the woods." Applejack said scolding her.
"I'm sorry... I forgot, but I've certainly learned my lesson now." She said. She looked at applejack. Her eyes wandered across the herd of cows until they stopped suddenly at me and she smiled. "H-hey... It's you!" She said.
"Huh?" Said applejack looking back. "Do you know Zack?" Asked applejack.
"Yeah... He's the one that fixed my timber wolf problem... How are you feeling?" She asked.
"Uh... Better now." I said nervously.
"You helped her out?" Asked applejack.
"Yeah, he came here late afternoon with a bill I had posted up at the wooly sheep, and then he came here and whipped out those nasty wolves for good... Saved my farm he did... Aw, but is your side doing any better?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's... Uh fine." I said. "Still a bit sore."
"So you decided to take my advice after all... See... I knew you would be good at this..." Said applejack. "So what's wrong with your side?"
"Well... One of those wolves got to me." I said lifted up the left side of my shirt and showing her the stitched up claw marks running along my side. She looked at it and winced from the sight. It still looked pretty ugly and it'll definitely leave some heavy scars. The wounded flesh was still a bit red and raw while they are around it was all pink and rashy.
"Ooh... That looks pretty bad... You sure you okay to be working?" She asked.
"Yeah it's fine." I said.
"So what are you doing back here?" Asked the orange mare... Carrot top I think her name was.
"Well Zack is one of my farm hooves... Uh, hands." She said. "Works the farm with me during the weekdays." She said. "But enough of that, what about your cows... Is it still alright for them to be back here?"
"Well they don't seem to mind." Carrot top said gesturing to the cows who were making their way back into the barn on their own.
"Guess they're glad just to be back home." Said applejack.
"Thank you again... Zack... And applejack for taking good care of my cattle." Said carrot top. "Once the new harvest comes in I'll be sure to drop off a little something for all the trouble..." She said.
"That sounds mighty nice... Granny Smiths been waiting to bake up a carrot cake in time for the new harvest." Said applejack. We waved goodbye to carrot top and started making our way back to the farm and started wandering back down the path and country side of west ponyville which was arguably the largest part of ponyville due to all the farmland. The walk back was a bit boring until applejack said something.
"Y'all did a good thing helping her out..." She said. "Carrot top is a good farmer... But the poor girl made the mistake of farming too close to the everfree forest... She usually gets some critters in her garden all the time and spends more time chasing them off than actually farming... I don't know how she does it." She said. "Though... Timber wolves... Nopony woulda seen that one coming..."
"I was just trying to help... And make a bit of extra cash on the side." I said.
"Well I can't blame ya... It always does good to have a thicker wallet... But he reward shouldn't be the only reason for doing something good." Said applejack.
"I know..." I said.
"So... Are you going to take another one?" She asked.
"Another one?"
"Another job... Once we're done at the farm are you going to go back and take another?" She asked.
"I... I think so." I said looking back at Itt who just smiled at me. "Though I don't think I'm ready for the big leagues yet... I'll stay local for a while."
"Good... Because your gonna miss us if you go." Said applejack.
"You sure you won't miss me too?" I asked to which she giggled a bit.
"Yeah... We'll miss having you round the farm." She said. "Though if you do, someday, become a mighty adventurer... Don't forget your roots... Okay sugarcube?"
"Yeah... I won't..." I said. "Though me becoming a mighty adventurer is unlikely..." I said. "Even if I do get serious about this I'll probably just be an average adventurer." Applejack just rolled her eyes and we talked the rest of the way until we got to the farm. Once we got there applejack told us that we were free to go, today was going to be an easy day and she doesn't want me to push myself with my current injury... Even though I told her I was fine she insisted... So me and Itt just smiled and waved goodbye as we left to go into town. Before we got to town though I had Itt change back into a sword on applejacks path and I strapped her over my back.
As we headed into town the people and ponies gave us looks yet again, though... They were different. Smiles this time, not discerning or condescending stares... But looks of pride and happiness. It was kinda strange seeing that. The streets were bury yet again and it wasn't even noon. We made our way through the crowd streets until we ended up at the wooly sheep inn once more. I pushed my way through the crowds to get to the door and what happened I could barely even comprehend. As we pushed through the doors there was a huge crowd of people there surrounding the notice board all of them putting things up, and the notice board was completely chalk full?
"Hey look, it's him..." Said one stallion to the side and then every bodies attention was on me suddenly and I just... Froze. Suddenly people and ponies started to crowd around me asking me questions and holding up bills. I just looked around and froze. The noise was loud enough that I couldn't hear my own thoughts. I couldn't even hear Itt who was trying to speak to me in my head. I just covered my ears and then I just kinda snapped and lost it for a moment.
"ALRIGHT SHUT UP!" I shouted as loud as I could which caused everybody to just suddenly be quiet and the whole place fell into a deafening silence. "Sheesh... Calm down people... I'm just one guy."
"Please you have to help us... My shops been being terrorized by street thugs for a year now." Said a guy close to me holding up a bill.
"No... Help me. My son has been getting mugged by a group of thugs in my neighborhood." Said some pony across the room.
"There's a vicious timber wolf in my shed and I'm afraid it might attack my family." Said another man holding up a bill. It wasn't much longer before it started getting out of hand again and the crowd of people and ponies started yelling and shouting at me to help them. So I had to shout again to get them all to shut up.
"HEY...HEY!" I shouted getting them to be silent again. "Geez... What do you people want from me?" I asked. "I'm one guy, I can't solve all of your problems in one day and I'm sorry... But I'm going to get to them... Don't worry." I said. "Now...I'll take yours and yours for today..." I said pointing to two random people. One of them an older stallion, the other a man.
"Thank you..." They both said.
"The rest of you, if you post your bills on the board I will get to them... I promise." I said holding the two bills. The others seem disappointed as I left the inn and the two guys who's bills I accepted followed me out. I walked over to the side and faced them both.
"So what is the problem?" I asked.
"My store has been getting terrorized by thugs for the past year... I need you to fend them off." Said the older stallion.
"And you?" I asked.
"A group of thugs had attacked my wife and stole her wedding ring... It's very important to her and me and I want you to get it back... I know where they are, but I don't have the confidence to stand up to them." Said the man. "It's a group of five thugs just over at Grove Street."
"That's the street I've got my store set up." Said the stallion.
"Then it could be the same group of thugs... I might be able to kill two birds with one stone." I said.
"We should hurry... They're probably sulking in the alleyways now." He said leading me down the street. I followed the two guys through the town and into the southern end of ponyville. We walked down familiar streets until we got to Grove Street. There was a small corner store there and a few housing apartments. We walked through and stopped in to look at an alleyway where there were four guys wearing thuggish looking clothes just hanging around near the alleyway.
"That's them..." Said the store clerk. "Those are the thugs who have been holding up my shop."
"And the thugs that stole my wife's wedding ring." He said. "I don't expect you to get the ring back... No doubt they've pawned it already... But I want you to teach them a lesson and run them out of town." He said.
"Well... This probably won't be too hard." I said walking forward. "Just... Uh... Wait here." I said as I made my way towards them.
"Be careful master..." Said Itt speaking in my head. "Two of them have guns." I sucked down my nerves and kept moving forward. I started waking over and it wasn't long before they noticed me and set their steely eyes on me. I walked over in front of the alleyway and stopped in front of them.
"Yo man... What the fuck you want?" Asked one of them.
"I want you to stop terrorizing the corner store on this street." I said.
"Yo man... We ain't terrorizing it... We just protecting it." Said another one laughing with the others.
"I'm not going to ask again." I said reaching back and grabbing Itt's handle and unsheathing her. I held her in my hands and I got that feeling again like I could take on the world... And I could definitely take on these pathetic thugs. I pointed the blade at them and held it with both hands.
"Man... What the fuck do you think you are...?" Asked one of them violently pulling out a pistol and pointing it at my head.
"Dodge now..." Said Itt in my head and I did so moving right out of the way of his gun just as he fired and missed. I spun around and brought my sword upward at the man's arm and cut clean through his wrist and cutting off his hand. His hand dropped to the ground with the gun still in it and the guy started screaming in pain and clenched the bit of arm before where his hand used to be. He fell to the ground on his knees and kept yelling in pain.
"Yo man... What the fuck." Said one of the other guys. One of the other guys pulled a gun out too but I acted quickly and slashed my sword at him and disarmed him... Literally cut his arm off. He fell to the ground and started screaming in pain too.
"Does anybody else wanna point a gun at me?" I asked propping up my hands with the sword like a walking stick.
"Yo man... The others are gonna hear about this... And we gonna find you." One of them said.
"Yeah yeah that's great... Anyway." I said. "Have you thugs by any chance stolen a wedding ring from a woman recently?" I asked.
"Yo man... What of it?" Asked one of them. As they picked up their friends on the ground who were quivering from the pain and blood loss.
"I'll be needing to give it back." I said holding my hand out.
"Ya...ya whatever man... Just... Fucking take it." One of them said sliding a ring off his finger and tossing it at me. I caught the ring and the four thugs hobbled off defeated. I held the ring in my hand and looked at it; it definitely looked like a wedding ring... This must be it. I smiled and walked back from the alleyway.
"Good job master... You made easy work of those thugs." Said Itt speaking in my head.
"Thanks Itt... Let's go tell them of the good news." I told her walking back to the two guys who were waiting outside of the door of the corner shop. I walked over to them and they looked at me with anticipation.
"Is it over... We heard gunshots and screaming..." Said the store owner.
"I taught those thugs a lesson... They won't be coming back." I said. "But if they do just find me... I'll learn them another lesson." I said smiling.
"Thank you... I... We can't thank you enough... You've saved us both a lot of trouble." Said the store clerk.
"Yes... Thank you... I'm sure my wife will be pleased to know about the thugs." Said the man.
"Speaking of your wife... I'm sure that she'll be wanting this back." I said holding up the wedding ring to the man.
"That... That's her wedding ring..." He said taking it from me. "Thank you..." He said. "Please... It's not much but... Take this as a reward." He said handing me a bunch of dollar bits.
"And this too." Said the store clerk handing me money too. I gladly accepted the money and put it in my pocket. "If you're ever in the neighborhood and you need something just stop by, I'll make sure you get a special store discount."
"Thank you..." I said.
"I'd better let my wife know of the good news..." Said the man.
"Yes... As do I." Said the store clerk and they left going their separate ways with smiled on their faces. I let out a sigh and sheathed Itt whom I was still holding in my hand. I felt a wave of dizziness wash over me as I let go of her hilt but it wasn't as bad as the other times I let go of her.
"Your getting good at this, and quickly too." She said in my head. "Your able to use your skills more freely and without wasting as much energy."
"Yeah... I can feel it getting a bit easier..." I said "I think I'm starting to get used to it... But I'm still not used to others being so friendly with me." I said. "And I didn't expect there to be such a large crowd at the inn... I mean... It was ridiculous."
"It must be that word has spread through town." She said as I started making my way through the streets again. "I guess now that people know that they can rely on somebody, they stopped being afraid." She said.
"I suppose." I thought. "But it is a bit ridiculous..."
"You should head back and take another bill..." She said.
"Alright... One more..." I said making my way through town and into the northern end of ponyville. I pushed my way through the thick crowds of ponies and eventually got back to the wooly sheep. I swallowed my nerves and pushed the door open to enter. Luckily for me though the crowd had dispersed. But the bill board was absolutely chalk full of bills and fliers. I walked over and there were bill spilled and overlapping and layer around. I just grabbed the first one I could and read the address on it. Then I set out back into town. The address led me to one of the more further outlooks of northern ponyville, closer to the everfree forest. I kept my eyes on the houses until I spotted the acres on the bill. I walked up and opened the door. I waited for a second until a stallion opened up the door.
"What so you... Oh... You're the adventurer...!" He exclaimed. "Are you here about the bill I posted?" He asked.
"I am..." I said.
"Yes... Thank you, please come in." He said inviting me in. I was hesitant but I walked into his house and he closed the door.
"So...uh... What is it you need me to do?" I asked.
"Well you see I've got a bit of a spider problem..." He said.
"And what's the problem?" I asked.
"Well... I'll show you... This way." He said leading me through his house to the back door. We walked out and onto a raised porch where he walked over to the steps and walked down them quickly. I followed him and he turned to face the house. He grabbed a stick laying on the ground and tossed it to one of the openings of the fencing covering the underneath of the porch. The second the stick hit the ground two large and hairy legs shot out and pulled the stick under the porch and nearly scared the shit out of me.
"That's a big spider..." I said.
"I've figured out a way to lure it out... But I need you to take care of the rest." He said. He walked over to a cooler that he kept on the porch and opened it up, and then he took out a raw steak. "The spider likes meat... So I bought this to lure it out... If I can get it out will you slay it?" He asked.
"Uh... Of course..." I said.
"Alright... Whenever you're ready." He said. I reached back and drew Itt out of her sheath and held her handle as I felt my confidence raise. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, then opened them focusing back on the hole in the porch.
"Alright..." I said. He nodded and then tossed the steak out a good distance from the porch. I waited for a second and suddenly a long hair leg slowly reached out from under the porch. Then another and another and soon a head and then the whole spider was slowly crawling out of its nest. It slowly crawled out but when it sensed me it hissed at me and lurched back like it was ready to pounce. The spider didn't take long to leap right at me and I trusted my sword forward and skewered the spider. A good amount of blood spurted out of the spider and stained me as more blood fell to the ground as the spider writhed in agony still skewered by Itt. I pulled Itt out of the spider and the beast fell to the ground writhing before it's legs curled up and it went stiff as it died.
"I think that did it..." Said the stallion. "Wow, you made it look so easy."
"Well it was only one spider..." I said.
"Thank you so much... Here... Take this as a reward, it isn't much... But it's what the bill promised." He said walking over to me and handing me money. I took my reward and let out a sigh. "Thank you so much and don't worry about this mess... I'll get it cleaned up in no time... You should go see if you can do any more good." Said the stallion. So I thanked him for the reward and left walking down the back streets of north ponyville covered in spider's blood. I sheathed Itt and then she started talking to me.
"Your good at this... And it's still early; I bet you could get a bunch of quests in..." She said.
"Alright... Only one more." I said making my way through the streets. I said one more, but that one more turned into two, then four... Then before long I had spent the entire damn day a king bills and doing jobs. I took a bunch of bills with me so that I don't have to keep heading back to the wooly sheep and I just spent the whole entire damn day slaying monsters, warding off thugs, and returning lost or stolen property. They were all very menial maters but for most people and ponies I suppose that they aren't things that you can just do on your own. There weren't any huge quests like saving princesses or slaying dragons, or uncovering lost dungeons with hidden treasure in them. By the time it was only 7:30 I had already blown through 17 bills and was pretty much done for the day.
My head was killing me, I had sustained a few cuts, and bruises and scrapes, and my clothes were stained with various liquids most of which were blood that isn't my own. It was late, getting dark now and I was freaking tired, hungry, dirty, and in mild pain. I kept sulking through the streets of east ponyville trying to get back to south ponyville and my apartment. I made my way through the streets and just looked up at the setting sky. It was a flurry of beautiful purples and reds all meshed together and it was beautiful. The light of the sun was on the horizon and the moon was slowly creeping across the sky glowing brightly.
"Are you feeling okay master?" Asked Itt. At one point she changed back into her normal form when there was nobody around to see it. She walked beside me and was seemingly unharmed. "Your hurt... When we get home you need to rest, and I'll make you something for dinner."
"That sounds nice." I said.
"Do you want me to heal your wounds...?"
"No... It's fine... There's nothing serious... Just a few cuts and scrapes." I said.
"Why won't you let me help you?" Asked Itt seeming somewhat worried and feeling left out.
"Well... I don't want to make you feel like you're obligated to." I said.
"But I am... Your my master, and I'm supposed to protect you, and you're the best master I've had and I want to help you but you won't let me." She said seeming upset now. "Why won't you let me help you?"
"Because..." I said pausing to let out a deep sigh. "Well... It's because I'm not used to getting help... I've been alone for almost my entire life... So seeing people being so nice to me... And having you here helping me it's... It's not something I'm used to." I said. "I'm just used to dealing with things on my own, and handling things by myself."
"But you don't have to anymore..." She said. "I'm here now... And I'm going to look after you." She said.
"Itt..." I said looking at her. She had a worried look in her eyes but I just smiled back at her. "Thanks... I appreciate it...alright... I'll try and lighten up a bit... But first we should get home first." I said walking along. She smiled and we walked back home together. I approached my apartment and unlocked the door to enter. I walked into the apartment and Itt followed after me. I locked the door behind her and made my way over to the living room.
"You should change out of those disgusting clothes, and then I can help you heal your wounds..." She said.
"Alright... Give me a moment." I said walking into my bedroom. I closed the door behind me and walked over to the drawer. This is my second shirt that I've ruined in two days. The last one was severely torn up, and this one is slightly torn up but completely stained in blood which isn't going to was out no matter how hard I put it through the wash. I changed out of those clothes and stripped down then put on some new clothes. I put on my boxers and some sweatpants and then a shirt. Once I was changed up I walked out and made my way into the living room where Itt was sitting down on the couch.
"Come over here..." Said Itt moving over and making a spot for me on the couch. I walked over and sat down and Itt knelt down on the couch and faced me. "Take off your shirt..." She said.
"Uhm... Okay." I said lifting up my shirt and then tossing it onto the ground. My torso was covered in cuts and bruises. Itt grabbed my shoulder and made me turn away from her so my back was facing her. I looked back and she placed her hands together and they started to glow with faint green energy.
"Don't worry... This won't hurt." She said placing her hands on my back. She started rubbing her hands across my back and began to massage my back and it felt amazing. Her hands were warm and comforting and I could feel my wounds on my back starting to close up. She moved her hands down to my lower back and started massaging down there and on my sides. I just closed my eyes and started to enjoy it while it lasted. Then she brought her hands up and started pressing against my shoulders. I could feel myself loosening up and starting to grow a bit faint and tired. She rubbed her hands down my shoulders and across my arms and down to my hands. She grabbed my hands and held them as she leaned into me and placed held her head up on my shoulder. "Now lay back." She said pulling my hands and moving me back.
She started moving back and I did what she told me to drop and laid down. I laid down and she rested my head on her lap. I looked up at her, thought I couldn't see her face because her boobs were right in the way. She brought her hands back up from my hands as they kept glowing and she brought them up to my chest. There was a cut along my chest but her hands swept past it and I watched as it rapidly closed and healed. She kept rubbing and massaging the front of my chest and I was pretty much ready to fall asleep right there. Her lap was soft and warm and the heat of her hands massaging my chest was so soothing and comfortable... I swear that I was literally melting.
"Are you feeling better now?" She asked.
"Mmmmm..." I moaned unable to speak because I was so relaxed.
"Good..." She said smiling. "Just relax and let me help..." She said moving her hands down to my lower chest just above my stomach. She rubbed her thumbs around and massaged my muscles and then moved her hands down to the side of my chest. She moved her hands down to the side of my lower chest just above my waist by my stomach. She moved her hand over the stitched up claw marks on my side and I waited for it to hurt but instead I felt my side become warm and when she removed her hand the stitches and wound were gone, the only thing left was a nasty looking scar. She moved her hands over to my stomach and started massaging my stomach and thigh. I let out a bit of a moan as she massaged my stomach and then pulled her hands back up to my chest and shoulders and started running my shoulders again and around my neck and head. Her hands stopped glowing and my wounds were all gone. Her hands had stopped glowing but she still kept her hands on my chest and looked down at me and smiled. "There... All better."
"T-thanks Itt..." I said slowly regaining full consciousness. I could feel my body start to regain mobility and I and my muscles started tightening up again. I sat up from her lap and stretched my arms and let out a short yawn. "That felt incredible..."
"Thank you... I'm glad I could help." She said reaching down to the floor and handing me my shirt. I grabbed my shirt and smiled as I put it on. "You must be hungry now... I'll go make dinner." She said getting up and heading to the kitchen. I watched her walk in and start preparing dinner. After a little bit I turned the TV on, but I didn't actually watch it, I just like the white noise it causes. I sat there and instead of watching TV I just started to think. I thought about how much of a lucky guy I must be to have a girl like her who enjoys doing things like helping me with work and making me food... I barely know her and our relationship right now works better than most marriages.
Plus, having her around... Makes me happy. Just seeing her makes me happy... It really does. She's kind, and beautiful... She has a great body and she's very caring and concerned for others. I just... Why? How is it somebody can be so perfect? I mean, sure she has her imperfections. She's a bit too devoted, a bit shy which only makes her that much more cute, she can be a bit persuasive, and I have to tell her to put clothes on more often than I should. There is also the fact that she's a fairy that turns into a freaking sword. It's kinda hard to see her as a fairy, I always thought they were just small people with bug wings that live in flowers or some shit, and she doesn't have any of those qualities other than being a human... But she does have magic, which is unique.
"Dinner is done master..." Itt said abruptly stopping my train of thought as I shot back into reality. I looked over and saw her standing there smiling. "Well...let's eat." She said walking back into the kitchen. I got up and followed her into the kitchen to see what was for dinner. As I walked in the smell of food hit my nose and it smelt great. I looked down to see what there was and she had made steak with corn, mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans. It was a big dinner and she made it all in just a few minutes?
"Wow... How did you make this so fast?" I asked as we sat down.
"Fast?" She said. "It took me an hour and a half to prepare this dinner."
"H-hour and a half..." I said with slight disbelief. "Man... I must have been more deep in thought than I thought."
"What were you thinking about?" Asked Itt.
"Oh...uh, nothing. Just some stuff." I said embarrassed to admit that I had been thinking about her for the last past hour and a half.
"Was it important stuff?" She asked as she started eating her food.
"Eh, not significantly important stuff... But I think it's somewhat important." I said.
"What was it?"
"Well... Uh... It was a bunch of things." I said thinking of a lie right on the spot. "About my parents and how they might be doing. After getting caught up in all this stuff I only kinda wonder how they might be doing." I said.
"Oh, where are your parents... Maybe we could meet them tomorrow." She said excitedly.
"Well they live all the way in manehattan which is quite the journey."
"Aw... Maybe when you get better at adventuring we can go meet them." She said.
"Yeah... Maybe." I said taking a bite of steak. We sat there eating for a while and we didn't really have much left to say. I just kept my head down and ate my food until I was full and my plate was clean. Itt was just finishing up her own food and I waited for her to finish. It wasn't long before she was done and she saw my empty plate too. She took both plates and put them in the sink. I had noticed that the sink was piling up, which is strange since I do have a dishwasher.
"I should probably wash the dishes..." I said getting up.
"No please... Let me." She said. She walked over and stood in front of the sink and grabbed one of the wash cloths and started running the water and... Is she washing them by hand?
"Uhm... Itt..." I said.
"Yes master...?" She replied.
"You do know that we have a dishwasher... Right?" I asked.
"I know... But washing them by hand means that they're nice and clean and you put love and effort into it too and I'd like to think that the dishes would rather be hand washed than thrown into a machine. "She said.
"Uh... Okay... You know what... Sure." I said. "Whatever makes you happy."
"So did you enjoy the dinner master?" She asked.
"Uh... Yeah... It was really good, thank you." I said.
"I'm very happy to hear that." She said. "Why don't you go watch the TV while I finish up here?" I just shrugged and walked into the living room. I then went into my bedroom and fished my keys and wallet and stuff from my other pair of pants. I grabbed my wallet and opened it up and it was chalk full of money. I must have made something close to five thousand bits today. I made more in one day than I would make in a year working at the farm. Maybe I should be an adventurer like applejack and Itt suggested. It does seem to be exciting work, and I'm pretty good at it, but it's only because of her...hmmm.
I sat there thinking for a while and just holding my wallet as I moved into the living room and sat down on the couch with the TV still on. I think that maybe I should treat Itt to something nice... Take her to dinner, buy her a present... Something. I mean... She's been kinder to me than anybody else has. I think I will... Tomorrow I'll take her out for lunch... Though, all those people and ponies are going to be expecting me to help them with their jobs, and I would feel bad if I just kept them all waiting... Oh geez. What should I do? Maybe I'll just take her out for a late night dinner then... Go to the farm, work, go to the notice board and try and finish as many as I can before eight or so... Then I'll take her to a nice place... Yeah, that sounds good. There's a fancy restaurant in north ponyville... I'll take her there.
"The dishes are done..." Said Itt breaking my chain of thought again.
"Huh?"
"Were you deep in thought again master?" She asked.
"What... Oh, yeah I was." I said.
"What were you thinking about this time?" She asked.
"Oh nothing really... Just plans for tomorrow." I said.
"It's getting late master, you've had a long day and you should go to bed." She said.
"Yeah... That actually sounds pretty good." I said getting up and walking into the bedroom. She followed me in and we ended up going to sleep. I laid down in my bed and of course Itt stripped down and then crawled into her bed. She seemed comfortable, even though I'll probably wake up with her right next to me in my bed. I just smiled a little and rolled my eyes as I turned off the lights and closed my eyes to go to sleep. I was thinking about my plans for tomorrow. And I thought that it would be a great day for the both of us. I'm sure that Itt would like to go out to dinner instead of making it for a change. I slowly drifted to sleep with those thoughts in my head.
I ended up sleeping with a smile on my face...
Authors Note: there is no authors note...
-Stay Shady~