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- >You are Twilight Sparkle.
- >It's been another day of exhaustive research, and it's only five minutes to one.
- >A sense of warmth makes itself known in your chest as you trot back from the market.
- >The celery stalks whisper against the flaps of the satchel, giving a peaceful background noise to your trip.
- >At once, something catches your attention.
- >There's Anon, the human from earth, standing in the middle of the town square.
- >He's looking up at the clock expectantly.
- >How strange!
- >Curiosity getting the better of you, you trot over and give him a smile.
- "Good afternoon, Anon!"
- >"Oh, is it?"
- >Though he responds, his voice is flat and he never once takes his eyes off the clock face.
- >A little put off by his rudeness, you rub your left foreleg and wonder if you came at a bad time.
- "S-so, what are you d-"
- >Anonymous holds up a finger to silence you.
- >Well, he doesn't have to be nasty!
- >You huff a little, but decide to wait until the finger drops to give him a piece of your mind.
- >There's a dull clack from the clock tower as the hour hand finishes its sweep to the first digit on the right side.
- >Officially one o'clock.
- >Anonymous gives a heavy sigh and squats onto the ground.
- >His sullen expression helps to assuage your anger.
- >He really does seem upset.
- >Sitting down beside him, you smile.
- "So, what's got you looking so down, Anon?"
- >After a momentary glance in your direction, he grunts and shakes his head.
- >"It's nothing!"
- >You press forward, leaning closer.
- "Doesn't seem like nothing to me."
- >Anon huffs and turns his back to you.
- >Well, so much for that.
- >You sigh and get back onto your hooves.
- >"Twilight..."
- "Yes, Anonymous?"
- >A long pause almost causes you to leave, but as you turn he speaks again.
- >"The problem is, I've lost all track of time since I arrived here."
- >Ah hah!
- >You can help with this!
- >You smile and straighten up a little.
- "It's been three months, twelve days, twenty hours, thirty-eight minutes and seven seconds since you arrived in Ponyville!"
- >Anonymous gives you an incredulous look, to which you can only give a sheepish smile and shrug.
- "I have a knack for numbers."
- >"That's all well and good Twilight, but what I mean is..."
- >Anon sighs and points up to the clock tower.
- >"Your bonger's broken."
- "E-excuse me?"
- >"Your tickity-tockity chimey-whimey?"
- "Anon, I, I don't..."
- >Pounding his fist on the ground, Anonymous shouts at you.
- >"How am I supposed to tell time if your enormous timepiece doesn't go BONG?"
- "You, can't read a clock?"
- >"I never had to! Any time I needed to know what time it was I'd just wait until the top of the hour and the bongs would let me know!"
- >Be strong, Twilight.
- >It's perfectly normal for someone to be unable to tell time.
- >Perfectly... normal...
- >An unintended giggle escapes your lips.
- >Anon scowls and gets to his feet as he puffs his chest out in indignation.
- >"Well, I suppose I should have expected as much of a reaction."
- "O-oh no Anon, it's not like..."
- >Oh, it really is like that.
- >Another flurry of giggles escapes your lips, only serving to further infuriate the biped.
- >Whirling around on the heel of his foot, he begins stalking off in the other direction.
- >"Well then, I suppose I'll just go and see if Rarity has finished my knittedy-wittedy sheepity-sleepity yet. Good day, Twilight."
- >Your laughter grows as he stalks off, punctuated by brief snorts as you struggle for air.
- >After the human disappears and you regain control of yourself, you glance up to the clock tower.
- >Perhaps it would be a nice thing to do for the human, just to make him feel more at home.
- >Humming to yourself, you resume your trek back home, repeating that it would be a good idea to see if the library has any books on clockwork mechanics.
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