When an author gets bored

Chapter 2

"The start of something beautiful."

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Equestria-Ponyville

12:34pm

10 / 8 / 1857

Starlight Destructor

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Starlight had a plan now, even if it wasn't fully fleshed out, it was a plan.

He only had to find a women named Twilight Sparkle and ask for her aid in making his father proud. He lacked the experience to do this himself, so hopefully this Twilight would be nice enough to name the cheapest hotel around.

That is, if this town even has a hotel. Sure, he never left the safety of his home, but he knew the town never got that many tourists. It's a simple village after all, the only thing worth sightseeing is the Everfree Forest. But it's dangerous, and you're guaranteed to get hurt if you're not careful.

Starlight pushed the thought aside and walked into town, the dirt road branched off into 5 other roads. Applejack mentioned Twilight lives in the old Golden Oak Library, so that's his first goal.

Starlight followed the road, occasionally turning, eventually Golden Oak Library stood before him. He approached the big wooden door and pushed it open, he shouldn't have to knock since it's a public library.

The door creaked open and he stepped inside, the walls were shelves, and each shelf was positively filled with books. Starlight approached a shelf and pulled a book from it, it was about the latest games and their cheat codes. Upon reading about the Carrot game, he face palmed, turns out, he could've just punched a couple buttons and instantly skip to the sex scene.

He peaked at a few more pages, trying to memorize a few more codes. The librarian walked in from her kitchen and looked surprised, the library NEVER got visitors. She walked behind the man, who seemed to not notice her, and peeked over his shoulder. She was quite curious as to what he was reading.

She followed his eyes and read what she believed he was reading, she wondered why a grown man wanted cheat codes to a child's video game. She backed up and coughed, catching the attention of the man.

Starlight jumped and quickly placed the book back on the shelf, he turned and smiled at the woman.

"H-h-hello." Starlight sputtered.

The women smiled and replied with, "Hello to you! Is there anything I can help you with?"

Starlight scratched the back of his neck, "You're twilight right?"

Twilight smiled and nodded.

"Your friend Applejack told me to ask you for help." Starlight looked away, too shy to look her in the eyes.

Twilights eye's narrowed, "Did she now? . . Well, I'll hear you out."

Starlight's face brightened up, "Really!? That's awesome!"

Twilight sighed, "As long as you don't ask for anything outrageous."

Starlight spoke with a renewed vigor, "I need you to help me make my father proud! He thinks I'm a failure and kicked me out of the house!"

Twilight gasped, "That's terrible! What kind of father calls their son a failure and outcasts him!?"

Starlight replied with, "My father! Moonlight Destructor!"

Twilight's face instantly reverted to neutral, "Wait, you're Moonlight Destructor's son? As in the Destructor farm?"

"Yeah, my father owns and runs his own farm, we're quite renown." Starlight bragged.

"Yeah. . . Besides having the most Ironic farm name, and having what the town calls the most 'Useless' child, I'd say you're quite renown." Twilight deadpanned.

Starlight raised a finger, but lowered it.

"So which son are you? Starlight? Or Starbright? I've heard you both look the same, but theres  a large muscle difference." Asked Twilight.

The man gulped, "Uhh, Starlight."

"Ahh, the deadbeat." Replied Twilight.

Starlight felt a metaphorical arrow piece his chest, he frowned and looked away. Then a small flame within him sparked.

"That's why I want to change! And I can only do it with your help!" Starlight stepped forward and put a hand to his chest.

Twilight raised a brow, then smiled. "That's the kinda enthusiasm I wish my other male friend had."

Starlight stepped back in confusion.

Twilight looked surprised, "Surely you've heard of the man who fell from the heavens a few weeks ago! He's been the star of the town ever since!"

Starlight shook his head, his reply was a simple, "I don't get out much."

Twilight sighed and looked Starlight in the eyes, "Exactly what do you need me to do?"

Starlight grew a confident grin, "First, I need you to help me find a place to stay!"

Twilight replied with, "You're not staying here, the guest room is already in use. But I can help you get a room at a hotel or something."

Starlight asked, "Who's using the guest room?"

"Scott." Twilight replied.

"Is he the dude that fell from the heavens?"

"Yeah, now go west for about 5 minutes and you should come across a hotel called Sleepers Delight, it's a 3 star and each room costs 25 bits."

"You're not walking me there?" Starlight nervously asked.

Twilight scoffed, "You're a grown man, grow some balls and do it yourself."  

Starlight laughed and snatched his neck, "O-of course! I was just joking! Hehe."

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Yeah, real funny. Is there anything else you need?"

"3 more things actually." Starlight held up 3 fingers.

"Alright, let me hear them."

"Okay, #1- I need you to help me get a job!"

Twilight nodded, "I can ask Pinkie or Applejack. If not, then you'll have to job search yourself."

Starlight nodded, "#2- I'll need you to help me get a girlfriend!"

Twilight shook her head, "I don't play matchmaker, you got two legs and a mouth, use it."

"Okay! Jeesh." Starlight mumbled, no luck there.

"And last but not least, I need a reputation!"

Twilight nodded, "Do you have a Mage-mark?"

Starlight nodded and pulled his sleeve up, revealing a tattoo forever attached to his skin.

"You any good with magic?" Twilight asked.

"I'm a novice. The only spell I really needed is Telekinesis." Starlight mentioned, letting go of the fabric and letting it recover the tattoo.

"Well, maybe I'll give you few fancy spells and have you slay some beasts from the Everfree Forest, it might even help you get a girlfriend, since women are attracted to danger these days." Twilight rubbed her chin.

"It sounds much better than what I had!" Starlight added.

Curious, Twilight asked, "What was your plan?"

Starlight smiled and said, "Go to town, buy a axe, chop down some trees, and build a house!"

Twilight was surprised, "You can build houses?!" She asked.

Starlight sheepishly smiled, "Yeah, I helped my father build our current house and barn."

"What would you do after you build a house? Stay in it forever and ever?"

"That was the plan." Starlight replied.

Twilight sighed, "Okay, you should go book a room before it gets any later."

Starlight nodded and turned to leave. As he opened the door and stepped out, Twilight hollered.

"Come back tomorrow and we'll see about that job!"

Starlight looked back and smiled.

This was the start of something beautiful.

Starlight ran outside in a hurry, accidentally running into a man. Starlight looked up and shrunk back in fear, a very tall, very burly man, stood before him. The man was wearing a backpack just like Starlight, but he also had strange devices attached to his hip and thigh.

The man's clothing completely covered his body, his neck was slightly bulky, as if it held something inside. Starlight couldn't find it within himself to speak, so he ran past the man and then off into he distance.

The burly man grunted and walked inside the library, mumbling, "I'm back."