Rainbow Dash flew in the air while Pinkie pie hopped down the streets. The two mares were in close proximity to each other as they moved along the dark, but street lamp lit way. The lamps had candles inside of them that did not appear to be dripping wax, suggesting they had been enchanted in order to burn for an extremely long time.
"Hey Dash." Said Pinkie. "What?" "Why are there so little ponies around?" "Beats me, maybe Twilight will figure that one out, but for now we need to go around asking ponies questions." "Excuse me." Said a Bat stallion on the ground. "But you look like you like to party." He said facing Pinkie pie. She gasped. "How did you know?" He closed his eyes in delight. "Lucky guess." His mane was a very spiky, punk Mohawk that was mostly green and its tips were red. His coat was near black and his tail was grey. The tail was shaped like a corkscrew and his Cutie mark was what appeared to be a red soda cup with a pink liquid inside. His eyes were purple. He had a piercing of a brass ring in his ear and one on his lower lip. He opened his eyes again and said with an expression of excitement. "You should totally come to the party, it will be so rad to have some ponies at the party." Pinkie opened her mouth to say yes but Rainbow Dash shoved her hoof into Pinkies mouth before she could blindly agree to go to a party. "Hold on a second." Said Rainbow Dash. She looked at him suspicious. "How come I get a feeling there's more to this than just a party?" For Pinkie being invited to a party seemed like a change of pace considering she had always been inviting instead of being invited. Rainbow Dash how ever was seeing some red flags being lifted by such a direct approach.
He nodded his head. "I know, you don't know me and I don't know you. But hey, that's what parties are for right? Anyway..." He pulled out of a tiny pouch two cards with his wing. Pinkie leaned her head forward and with the speed she used the edge of her hair picked up the cards. "Here are the addresses, we are doing karaoke. Some cider pong, a bit of poker. Oh and fun. We will be doing that too." He said grinning. "Oh by the way, my name is Cream soda. Or CS." He said. "Thanks for the invite, I am so. There!" Said Pinkie. "I guess I'll go... but we got a lot of work to do so don't expect us." Said Dash still slightly suspicious. "Sure sure, hey! Bones!" He called over to another bat pony who turned his head to him. The bat pony took off and flew over to him.
"He seemed nice." Said Pinkie still hoping along. "Well, in all honesty Pinkie..." She said collecting herself to say it carefully as not to upset her. "I don't think we should go to that party." "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooot?" She said shocked. "Well, he just came right up to us. Guessed you liked to party, and without even telling us who he was first invited us to his party." "Sooooooo?" She said. "Soooooo, he saw us. Thought he needed some mares at his party, and invited us and I get the feeling if we go, we'd be the only mares there." She shuttered at the thought. "I mean I could handle myself but you Pinkie..." "I know when to stop eating cake. I figured that out the last time." She said. "it's just hard with... all the textures.. and frooosting..." She said beginning to think about cake licking her lips. "No you didn't, and what I mean Pinkie is I don't think there having a Pinkie kind of party." "Well what kind of party is he having?" "The kind where a bunch of guys try to convince the mares to drink a lot of cider and..." She brought a hoof her her chin trying to think of the best way to put this to her friend who misses things by a mile but still get the message across without bluntly putting it out. "Try to convince the mares to let them use there ovens for there pastries, if you catch my drift." She said.
"Huh?" Pinkie thought for what looked to be heavily about her usage of words and trying to form sense in it. "Ooooooh!" She said apparently figuring out what she meant. "Its that kind of party?" "Yeah... So if you go Pinkie, I'm going to have to go with you. Just to be safe. I don't want to see my friend be taken advantage of okay?" "What are you talking about? I can't even go to the party." "Oh... Good right, lets keep asking around." As she began to fly Pinkie continued her sentence. "I can't bring my oven with me, I mean sure I can bring my party cannon but the oven would be a lot more heavy and then I need to..." Rainbow Dash seeing she couldn't get her point across to her without telling her directly decided it was now best to just float down to her and whisper into her ear. After she whispered it, the eyes of Pinkie opened wide and her pupils seemed to shrink with her mouth opening slightly. "What!?" She said. "Yeah..." Said Rainbow Dash. "But... Why?" She asked. "Because some stallions are like that, and yeah it's not a hundred percent that's the kind of party he wants us to come to, but there's still a small chance. Pinkie?" She looked around to see that Pinkie had mysteriously vanished. Not that it was something new of Pinkie to do as to vanish, but being in a new town were such things could possibly happen. It was concerning enough for Dash to panic. "Oh no!" She said bringing her hooves up to her head in concern.
She began to fly around the nearby blocks to see if she could find Pinkie pie, she searched for what felt like to her hours until she found her talking to the same stallion that invited them. "There you are!" She flew down to the two of them and defensively stood in between the two of them. "Oh hi there! Dashie right?" He said with a teeth grin. "Back off!" She said seriously. "Huh?" He said surprised. "Dash what are you doing?" Asked Pinkie. "Why did you run off like that?" Asked Rainbow both relieved and unhappy "Cause I wanted to ask him if it was that kind of party?" "What!? You don't-" "Relax Dashie..." Interrupted CS. "She told me you were concerned about such a thing as... adult interactions, and I want to say right quickly that this is a party being held by the mayor." "The mayor?" "Yeah, so don't you worry about a thing." He said patting her shoulder trying to calm her down. "No one is going to leave with more then five ciders into them without a designated guide, I can assume that if the two of you are going you will have that figured out who drinks five or less and who drinks more?" He asked.
"W-wha?" "What? You thought we bat ponies are wild, and irresponsible?" He said smiling. She still looked at him suspiciously but said. "Alright... We'll go." She said. "But I see anything funny..." "We'll laugh?" Asked Pinkie. "No! Just... When is the party?" "At eight." Answered CS. "Oh and by the way... Pinkie tells me you have some other friends, see if they want to come would you?"
Hallow Shades Library.
The door opened to Twilight and Circuit Hooves. The place was covered with cob webs, spiders and seemed neglected. Twilight was offended at such a sight. "I... I can't believe this!" She said looking at the place. "How could they leave such an amazing place of learning and inspiration so abandoned and forgotten?" "Vell, I don't think itz abandoned." He said pointing towards a mare at the desk, she was lit by a single candle. The rest of the library was unlit. "Perhaps itz cleaning crew iz on strike." They walked over to the mare at the desk who was writing away onto something. She was all white. Her mane, her coat even the irises were white.
"As for forgotten however..." He started. The mare looked up. "Oh, hello. Are you looking for something?" She asked without any hint of quietness in her voice. "Do you have any books on Shagonon?" "Shagonon?" Said the Librarian surprised. "No pony has ever asked about a book on him for a long time, I think maybe the last time I was asked that was... Centuries ago." Circuit raised an eyebrow with no change facial emotion. "Centuries?" "Well shes speaking figuratively of coarse." Said Twilight grinning with her eyes closed. The mare sighed sadly. "If only that were true." Her hoof came straight through the front of the desk, there didn't seem to be a point in which it came in contact with it or even if it was there. Her hoof just came out the other side. Circuits grinned. Twilight however jumped. "Ahh, your a ghost are you?" He asked without fear and a more sarcastic 'ahh'. She floated into the air, her two front legs crossed themselves while her own ghostly tail which waggled as she floated, unamused with his response. "Really? No 'Ahhh it's a ghost'?" "You do not appear to be frightening." Twilight looked out from behind Circuit slightly frightened. "I do not fear death or vat may come after." He stated. "You consider yourself brave?" "No... Zere are vorse things to fear zen ghosts." He said thinking of Nightmare moon.
"Your a real life ghost?" Asked Twilight. "Yesss..." She said. "That's amazing!" Said Twilight. "I have so many questions about the past, what was it like knowing that Starswirl The Bearded was becoming a legend?" "I wasn't alive in his time, I am only three centuries old." She said. "Oh." Circuit pooked her with his hoof as to remind her why they were here. "Oh right, What can you give us on Shagonon?" "Well..." She floated around the library quickly much faster then Rainbow Dash could fly in a race, as she did she flew straight through every shelf. She did so for almost a full minute until she came back to Circuit and Twilight. "Go to section C-7. There are several titles on the subject of Shagonon. Before you head off though is there a specific reason why you are looking for books on the vampony lord?"
Twilight set to work going to the section while Circuit walked at a slower pace explaining. "Ve are on a mission asked of us by Princess Celestia to research and locate za vials of Shagonon." He said. "Goodness!" She said surprised. "What?" He said curiously. There motion stopped as she stopped floating. "You better have a bat pony with you at least if your going to find those." "Are they dangerous?" "Well, they can be in the wrong hooves." She said resuming motion. "See, the vials of blood contain as you know the blood of the ancient lord. It is well known by the bat ponies of the Hallow Shades area as the tail of the downfall of Shagonon. He rose to power after he formed a cult of believers of a god named Nosfertameos, who was considered the god of the bat ponies. Now many historians would tell you that bat ponies are the creation of Luna as guardians of the night. That is true, however that claim was challenged by his cult which grew in numbers, it grew for two centuries as Shagonon convinced many that his immortality was because of his diet which was of blood. Blood can sustain the life of bat ponies but bat ponies can survive on a large array of food, insects, fruit..."
"Not to be rude or anything, but Twilight here has told me all about the anatomy of bat ponies and what they eat. Could you explain more of za downfall however?" He asked. Twilight had grabbed a book off of the shelf. "Oh yes, anyway his immortality was actually because he was a vampony, he was the most powerful, most fast, and most skilled flying vampony to ever exist, why he had such abilities is not known. He however just played it as such to convince those who dieted purely on blood that his fake god would provide them with the gift of eternal life if they stayed pure to his ways. He created such a powerful force that he eventually created a ritualistic army that rivalled the Royal guard. He and his army overthrew Princess Celestia and Luna and for nearly a hundred years he ruled Equestria from this town, he made bat ponies the highest species and any pony that wasn't born bat pony was considered cattle." "Cattle? Like Cows?" Said Twilight lifting her head out of the book "Yes in the term of blood. As well as slaves. That was until Discord who was the only thing powerful enough to stop him took him down with a special dagger made of elder wood. Discord stuck the dagger in his heart and killed the tyrant. His dagger left behind his body but turned his heart to ash. That was the end of Shagonon's rule."
Circuit Nodded. "You have been a valuable resource mare, ve thank you for sharing zis story vith us." He said. "I am glad I could have been of service to you..." "My name is Circuit." He said. "and I am princess Twilight Sparkle." "You are a princess are you?" Said the ghost floating over to her, she looked at her spiralling horn and her wings. "I see, well princess I welcome you to my library. I have been watching after it for nearly three hundred years." "If you have then how come its all, dusty and filled with cobwebs?" "Alas, because there have been changes to this library ever since three hundred years ago I cannot interact with most of my library. I would ask of more ponies to help, but since so little amount of ponies come in I can never convince anypony to clean this place up." She said. Looking at a spider creating a new web. "Thankfully the candle on my desk had been enchanted and has been here for as long as I have. I can light new candles with it as it has been burning as long as I have been in the afterlife, the floor however has been here for three hundred years." "How did you die? If you don't mind me asking that is." "Unfortunately I do not know how I died, and before you ask I do not know my name either. Most just call me the Hallow Shades ghost Librarian."
"Well, if you do not mind. I wish to borrow this book." Said Twilight. "By all means go ahead, You will have to sign it out yourself however as the book is not of my death time." She stated.
Hollow shades pub.
Apple jack had insisted on getting a drink and Fluttershy was to follow, so Golden Touch naturally came along with Fluttershy. Song however did not wish to join them and left with Rarity to take her to an inn that they were to stay in. Apple jack opened the door, considering that Fluttershy had never set foot in a bar before as did Golden. They were to stay close to Apple Jack, considering they have never been to the bar scene before and had no idea what to expect. "Now the two of you just sit at a table and I'll come join ya. I just need to get some cider fer us." She said. "Make sure mine is non-alcoholic." Said Golden. "Uhmm, can you ask for milk?" Asked Fluttershy. "Sure sugar cube. Now don't talk to anypony else without me there okay?" The two nodded. Apple Jack was quite aware of Godldens mental state was probably about the same as Discord minus the insanity, which was a child. Fluttershy was more mature but considering her own sensitivity and social experience beyond there group made her nervous, so Applejack naturally knew what to do. The sound of many squeaks and high and low pitched noises could be heard as they walked in. Golden looked around for an empty table as did Fluttershy.
There was a bat pony playing an organ, his wings were used in playing as was his hooves. Some were playing poker at tables while others were just drinking cider as well as other were eating from wooden bowls that had dead bugs in them. This was a very social bar, but Golden thought it was a party. "Wow, there is a lot of fun happening here." Said Golden looking around and adjusting his glasses to put them closer to his eyes. He smiled at it. "We should do what Apple Jack says." Said Fluttershy. "Right." He said. "There's a table. Over there." He pointed out. It was a table in the back corner towards the window, it was not a table that had chairs but rather two benches. "Okay." She said with a little smile. They made there way over to the table, along he way a Bat pony stallion bumped into them as he stepped back taking in too much cider. He bumped into Golden who was thrown out of balance. "Woo!" He said. He fell into Fluttershy which he ended up falling over as well under his force. Fluttershy yelped quietly in pain. The stallion looked back to them and coughed a little and said. "Sorry." With a chuckle.
Golden had fallen onto her side pushing on her right wing, it probably wouldn't hurt as much if she had used her wings more like Rainbow Dash. "Here let me help you two up." He put his hooves down for them to grab onto. Golden grabbed a hold and was hoisted up. "Up ya get filly." He said pulling up Fluttershy with ease. "Thank you." Said Fluttershy. "Ah, I knocked you two down. Might as well pick you guys up, Titan by the way." He said with a two fanged smile. "Your really tall, and strong." Said Golden looking at his muscles of his front legs as well as how he was a head above of him. "Yep, I am called Titan for a reason." He said, he took another drink. "Anyways, you two love birds get to your table." "Oh... N-no we aren't together." Said Fluttershy who corrected him with a small amount of red showing under her eyes. "I am just her servant." He said. Titan stopped glutinously drinking his drink to look at the two.
A only head taller yellow unicorn with a seemingly insecure pegusi that denied being in relation with the other. The stallion was malnourished, had broken glasses and smiled obliviously. The mare was just thin, hided behind her long pink mane and the slight blush was appearing on her face. "Are you sure? Not like you need to hide it or anything after all. No pony is going to judge." "No we aren't in any sort of relationship whatsoever." Said Fluttershy trying to get him to understand. "Okay then." "I-I mean we are friends but nothing else really beyond a boss and employee relationship." "Okay then." Titan repeated.
The two reached the table and sat across from each other. Golden looked over to the organ being played, thinking it was really cool the song he was playing. "Hey Golden..." Started Fluttershy. "Yeah?" "I... Hope you don't mind me asking this, I really do hope you don't." She said slightly nervous. "What is it?" "How do you know that bat pony?" "You mean Seductive Song?" He asked. "Yeah, is she somepony you knew in the orphanage?" "No, actually... She was one of my class mates in my elementary school." He said smiling thinking back. "Really? It must be great meeting an old friend like that." She said smiling. "How did you recognize her?" "Well.. you know how a few days ago I went to Baltimare because somepony told me they seen my father there?" "Yes?" "Well a messaging guy came and found me telling me I was ordered by Princess Luna to come to Cantorlot at once." "Really? Why?" "I'm getting to that, but the whole reason I was summoned was because they discovered I was directly related to Starswirl the Bearded." Her mouth hung open. "What?" "Yeah... I know, I have been thinking about it for the past few days. Anyway, when I came out from the meeting she was on night duty and she realized it was me." "Wow, so... you two are friends?" "Yeah, I think..." He said scratching his head.
"Hey you two." Apple jack had arrived. She had been carrying the drinks on her back, Hers was in a glass bar mug. Goldens was in a more cylindrical glass and Fluttershy's milk was in a carton. The two looked to the drinks. Golden used his magic to pick up the two drinks and with his telekinesis he put his drink in front of him and the milk in front of Fluttershy. "Thank you Golden." Said Fluttershy. "At your service." He said putting his hoof to his forehead again. "Could you stop doing that please?" Asked Fluttershy. "Uhmm, what?" He said taking his hoof off his head. "That... saluting, you don't have to be so dutiful about doing things for me you know. It... just doesn't feel right letting you think you have to do this servant stuff." "But I must, I mean that's what I am here for to help you." He said. Apple jack took her drink off of her back and slid into the bench next to Fluttershy. "I know you are but, I just don't think you should treat helping me like its your job." "It is." He said. "Well yeah I just-" She struggled to think of a way to put out what she wanted to say.
"I think what Flutters here is tryin to say Golden is, you don't need to do everything for her out of the employe relationship the two of ya have. Do it cause yer friends. I mean that's what yall do with me right?" She asked. He nodded. "Well, I think that's what you want right?" She said looking to Fluttershy. "Y-yes, that's what I mean." "Oh, well sure thing then." He said happily. " I am kinda a freeloader so... I kinda have to treat it like a job." He said looking away. "No your not." Said Fluttershy. "Your so much further away from that Golden." She said. "You really are a friend to me I'm helping. I mean you see me as a friend don't you?" "Of coarse!" He said. "Well... I want to be." He said. "You are." She said. "Yer also my friend too Golden." Said Apple jack. "Heck, I'd probably come to you if I need help harvestin apples like any of my other friends." She said rubbing her head under her hat. "Even if you can barely buck a tree you still sure can pick an apple or two with that special horn of yers." She said looking at his curved horn swing a hoof happily. "Yeah, and... You want to help so much around the place even though you don't have to. You are always so nice and friendly that even Angel gets excited when he sees you coming up the trail from the window." Said Fluttershy.
"I mean... you are more then what you think you are to me Golden." Said Fluttershy. She put her hoof across the table and placed it on his shoulder He looked into her caring eyes. Fluttershy spoke from her heart. "You really are one of my friends, even if I only met you about a weeks ago. So please stop saying things like you are serving me, I just want to be your friend. Not really your land lord or your boss. Okay?" She said. Golden looked into her eyes for a moment, then he said. "uhmmm, O-okay." He said feeling tears coming to his eyes. "So... You really just want to be friends?" "Y-yes." She said. I... think so. She thought. She brought her hoof back and she used the straw in the carton to take a sip.
Golden took a drink of his Cider. He gulped it down and then said. "Okay, Fluttershy... But I still need to do what you tell me." "I know, but when we get back from this. You don't have to help me around the cottage if you don't want to, the same goes with cleaning the place up at dusk." He nodded. "Well look at the two of ya, gettin along better then a truffle and a tree." Said Apple Jack grinning. She drank a glug of her hard cider. "Hey, you two never gave me your names earlier." Said Titan coming up to their table. Apple jack looked to them slightly disappointed. "Hey, we just said thank you when he picked us off the ground." Said Golden. "But, yeah. My name is Golden." He said. "Fluttershy." Said Fluttershy. "I'm Apple jack." She said. She raised her hoof up to shake his. His hoof seemed to be twice her hoof size as he shook it. "I am Titan." He said. "You look like a very strong mare." He said. " Thats right, so don't you be gettin any ideas." She said. He laughed as if it was a joke. "Relax, I'm more of a gentle giant then a terrible titan. Besides, I wouldn't think of it." He said. He drunk his full glass of cider in less then a few seconds. "After all, more then likely you'd probably knock me out the moment I even suggested such a thing with those tree bucking legs of yours." He said.
Apple jack was really well built from the many, many years of bucking apples off of trees. That and she trained often to compete in the yearly competitions she went to. "I gotta say you do have some interesting friends here. Some homeless dude and a daisy." "What? You can tell?" Said Golden. "Sure, you smell of dirt and your glasses look like they needed to be changed years ago." He said. "Well aren't you observant." Said Apple Jack starting to become uncomfortable by his presence. "Not really, it is like really obvious. That's not my thing anyways." He said. He flexed his front leg muscles. "I'm a muscle bat!" "Cool!" Said Golden. He used his magic to lift himself into the air and circle himself around Titan who grinned at his amazement. "You really are strong!" Said Golden. "Yep, I could probably lift all three of you in one hoof. "Hey I could probably do the same with my magic!" Said Golden.
Titan laughed at this. "Right right...!" He said bringing his wings up to his eyes wiping away some joy tears. "I can... watch." His horn glowed and all of a sudden, he Apple Jack and Fluttershy were picked up in Goldens magic. Fluttershy at first paniced at being lifted into the air without consent aand her hooves shook trying to reach the ground. Apple jack was not amused by it however Titan seemed joyed that he could in fact lift all three of them with magic. "You weren't kidding!" He said looking down at the ground. "Yeah I can pull trees out of the ground." Said Golden. "Woo!" He said. "You gotta show me that sometime." He put them down on the ground. The music had stopped playing at some point as all the bat ponies were looking at Golden. Some leaning out from stalls and even the piano bat pony was looking to him. They seemed surprised in his display of magical strength. "W-what?" Said Golden Looking around.
"No pony could lift Titan!" Said one. "Not even with magic!" "Oh, really? Didn't seem too hard." Said Golden. Fluttershy got right back into the bench not wanting to be involved in it any more then she needed to be. Titan brought a hoof to his chin thinking back. "Oh yeah, their right actually. I don't think any unicorn I met could lift me." He said. "Good for you." He said cheerfully. "Well, okay..." "Hey! Free drinks for that guy!" Said one stallion. "Wait I don't-." Before he could finish all the bat ponies in the bar squeaked in agreement and cheers. The stallion behind the bar grinned saying. "Oh what the heck? We always surpass quota in two of the three weeks needed to pay for everything." The unicorn bar tender poured a beer and then levitated him over to Golden, who looked down at it like it was a bomb. "I-I..." He stuttered looking at the drink. "Come on!" One Bat pony said. "Put her down the hole!" Somepony said. "But..." "Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!" Repeated every bat pony in the bar. Golden looked down at it extremely conflicted on if he should drink it. The pressure of doing so was a lot, he didn't want to disappoint anypony but he swore to himself he would never drink. "Stop this!" Said Apple Jack. "Please... don't." Said Fluttershy quietly covering her ears not liking the noise. He put his hoof on the glass. Fluttershy saw him contemplating it, and she could not stand the thought of him breaking his promise over bat ponies pressuring him. She lost control of her quiet nature and shouted. "STOOOOOOOOOP!" Everypony in the bar became silent. Fluttershy noticed all the eyes on her and before she sunk back into her seat afraid to say something out of fear of being watched. "I-I... I Don't drink..." Said Golden nervously.
There was silence in the bar after he said that. Saying such a thing was almost like saying 'I don't like frosting' in a bakery. "Can I... Get a drink of... just cider?" He asked. There was squeaking amongst ever bat pony taking in what he just said. "You don't drink?" Said Titan surprised. "N-no, I don't." Said Golden. "Well... Here." He took a hold of the beer and gluged it down in less then two seconds. "Now go get your cider." He said giving him the glass. The bat ponies around squeaked in excitement and cheer at the resolve. "Okay..." He said feeling acceptance. He got out from the seat and with pats oh his shoulder from tons of bat ponies as he made his way, he got his cider.
Hanging inn.
Song opened the door to the room where Rarity would be staying in for her to walk in, she trotted in and Song brought in her bags. "Thank you darling." The bags were a lot for her to handle carrying with her wings. Rarity used her horn to take her bags and put them down. Seductive Song did something that Rarity did not expect. One of the bags were enveloped in a purple field of magic. Rarity looked behind her as to see if there was a gent or a mare helping her. "Here you go." Said Song. "Are you doing that?" Asked Rarity. "Yeah, I can do magic. Basic magic anyways." She said. The bag hovered over to the bed and was placed on it. Rarity seeing no harm in taking it off, removed the head piece of the suit. "Why are you wearing that thing anyways?" Song asked. "Why to keep the bugs away." "Hey by all means I could eat them." Said Song. "Oh pleeease don't, I can't bear the idea of seeing you put one of those disgusting insects in your mouth." She said with her cheeks becoming slightly green. "Whatever." She said unamused. "Anyways I'll go take care of the other bags." She made her way out not wanting to talk anymore, she was still quite unhappy and angry with Golden which was the reason why she didn't join him and that yellow mare since Song would have probably flipped out on either him or her. She just couldn't understand why would he such a tender hearted and beloved colt from her past would even think about showing his heart to another mare. She felt betrayed and hurt. She couldn't stand to look at him, she remembered what it said on the letter he left the morning he left. His terrible grammar and writing still rung in her head when she finally figured out the lettering in his barely legible message.
Song, when you read this I'll be long gone. Beleieve me, I realy do want to stay with you and do all the things we talked about, like going back to the swings and pushing each other, but I can't. I can't just abbandon what I started, I need to find my father before I can return. I made a promise to him that I would find him. I'm sorry. I am thinking of you, I'll miss you for as long it takes and I'll come straight back when he sees I am well. Goden touch.
It came to her mind that Golden was never really very smart but he never lied, she remembered that day on the school grounds when they were telling whoopers and he said. "Hey whoopers are fine but lies are not. I will never tell a lie. Never ever ever." From now a stand point where she was more relaxed and thinking more clearly she realized that Golden really didn't age too much in his head from the day she met him. Meaning that she was probably wrong to accuse him of adultery with another mare when he probably didn't even have it in his heart to even consider such a thing, or any knowledge to do such a thing. She opened the door to the room where Golden would occupy by himself, it was next to Fluttershys room as well as next to hers. She breathed in a breath that marked a transition from anger and disappointment to Golden to regret for herself and her actions towards Golden. "What am I doing?" She said to herself. "I can't just jump to conclusions, Golden really is a nice colt. I should go apologize to him and talk to that mare." She said thinking it over. "Excuse me." Said Rarity who had appeared behind her. "What are you talking about?" She asked curiously. "Oh, nothing really. Just a few private matters. Nothing to concern yourself over." She said waving a hoof. "Are you sure? It sounded like to me you had quite a temper about it the way you were talking to Golden Touch. Did he do something to you to put you in such a state of unrest?" Asked Rarity. Song sighed. "nothing I just..." She paused thinking. "Do you know that yellow mare he said he was a servant to?" "Oh yes that is Fluttershy, shes one of my many best friends." She said. "She is quite quiet if you couldn't tell." "Yes I got that from her hello." She said straight faced.
Holding such a face wasn't so hard considering she did it on a nightly bases, but in such a situation she found it slightly difficult to maintain. "Do you know if she... Likes him?" She asked. "Likes him? Why yes I'd say so.." She said. At that Song felt her heart beginning to tear at the top. "Oh well, not like like if that's what you mean." She said shaking her head side to side. "They are just friends is all, he lives in a shack on her property and he does work for her for letting him stay on her property." "Okay..." She said sighing in relief. "By the way how do you two know each other? Are you a past friend of his?" "Yes actually, I was his best friend through his school time in Cantorlot. I didn't know what happened to him ever since he suddenly disappeared from school." "Well... it must be great to know he's well." She said with a smile.
"Yeah, but you see. He... He came to Cantorlot, my typical station of work as a lunar guard and well, I offered him a place to stay and he left the next day to go to Ponyville to work. All because he has this... Promise he made to his father." "Right... He promised his father he'd come and find him. He has told me this before." She said nodding her head. "Well, I don't think he should be running around the way he is. I mean, you seen how thin he is." She nodded understanding her concern. "That and he still isn't really well..." "Yes I do know what you are talking about. He just as much as a child like a certain draconiquistic friend of Fluttershys, but that isn't up to you though." Said Rarity. "I... I know it isn't. I just hope he can see how bad of a choice it is to do what he has been doing." "Believe me, I, Fluttershy and Apple Jack have all tried to convince him he should try to settle down." She seemed to frown. "Problem is he's either too stubborn or too determined to find his father." She closed her eyes as she spoke. "He just says it's something he has to do and I can't stand in his way, after all he says its the reason he got his cutie mark."
"You know, Apple Jack tells me he once became enraged when a snobby obnoxious Manehattener looking to buy in bulk insulted her crop and her family when he wasn't getting his way. She said he turned all 'shiny' and began to argue to the best of his ability how 'rich bloods' were the reason why things were garbage turning things not real or some other word he heard Circuit used... I think it was synthetic or something." She said bringing a hoof to her chin in thought. "Either way AJ knew the deal wasn't going to happen when the insults began between him and her. She did say even though it wasn't any of Goldens business defending her family, she still thanked him for it."
"He really cares for you guys huh?" Song said curiously. "Oh yes, he is most kind and very trusting of us." Rarity said as they walked back to Rarities room. "This is because we are very trusting of him though since we know he doesn't want to do anything to disappoint or harm any of us. He really is a good friend and we'd love to help him as much as we can, but he would rather do things on his own." She said.
It seemed to occur to Rarity that her whole conversation about how Golden was a good soul had made her forget another question she probably should of asked when Song asked what was going on between Golden and Fluttershy. "Why were you so interested in knowing if she liked him or not?" She sighed. "Me and Golden decided to be together during his short stay in Cantorlot, he left a note saying he was leaving but returning when he found his father." "He left out the part that mentioned he was coming to ponyville?" She nodded. "I'm sure he just forgot to dear, believe me." She placed a hoof on Song's shoulder. "As a fashionesta, we try to fit in every detail we can possibly think of in a short amount of time to meet demand, but even then we forget something that would have been important sometimes and we get unnecessary hate over missing such a small detail." She took her hoof of her shoulder. "But in the end we still made a rather enchanting attire that we know somepony will accept and adorn and smile proudly knowing they made the right decision in accepting it for what it is. Do you understand what I am saying?" She asked.
After Seductive Song thought it over for a few seconds, she figured out the message behind what she said. "I mostly understand... Thanks Rarity." She said. "Your welcome, now go see if he's still at that place and talk it out with him. I am going to go see if I can find a clothing store and sample some of the styles this town has to offer."
Well, that was interesting way of doing things in my mind. I hope the mature content doesn't mean I have to bump it up to M+. You know since it kinda part of modern society to speak of adult things here and there. Also the reboot is coming... It's going to be on Fimfiction, I am excited to announce the return my first series is soon. How the reboot will work? Still working it out, I going to have to look at my old content and revamp it. I also have to do some permission dig up as well.