My Little Pony - The Legend of Friendship (MLP remake with male OC added)

94. A Castle in Ponyville

Another workday at the Iron Hammer...

Star Twinkle was about to leave the workshop to end his day at work. He stretched his legs a little before he was about to head home. "I'm going home now, Steel Hammer!" He announced to his boss.

"Alright! Take care Star Twinkle!" The brown coated Earth Pony replied.

"Yeah," Star Twinkle said.

"And you too, Twilight!" Steel Hammer added casually.

It was then that the purple Alicorn princess stepped out of the workshop as well. For some unknown reason, Twilight really wanted to help the two stallions out in the Iron Hammer. Her mane was dirty and messy from all the work she had done today. Unlike Star Twinkle, however, who was glad to end his day now, Twilight looked a little surprised.

"Are you sure everything is done!? There still has to be something that I can do!" She said as she looked around the place hastily.

But Steel Hammer only shook his head. "I am sure. You are done for today," he assured.

But somehow, Twilight did not seem to like the sound of that. She kept looking back at the workshop with a worried expression on her face. "I think I can still clean up the workshop a little bit! Also, judging from what has to be done for the rest of this week, I can make sure that everything is already done in a few hours with the help of my magic!"

"Are you planning to take away my job?" Star Twinkle asked a little offended. He had to admit that he is not that kind of pony who loved his job but he was not planning on quitting it either. If Twilight would take away his work for the rest of the week, then he would surely have no reason to even come to work.

"I for one love having somepony help us out!" Steel Hammer said happily. "But I'm closing the workshop now! The work is done, and I also want to go home now," he then said a little bit more seriously.

But Twilight didn't seem to care about all of this too much since she already was continuing her work. "Don't worry! It won't take long, I promise!" She said before she rushed inside the workshop again.

The two stallions could already hear sounds from her magic, doing all kinds of work in there. Star Twinkle only looked at Steel Hammer with a non-bothered expression on his face. "I'm still going home now..." he just said.

"Yeah...me too..." Steel Hammer replied.

The two stallions just walked off, hoping that Twilight would not get too overboard. She would not listen to them anyway so the best they could do was to leave and hope that the Iron Hammer would still look the same when they return...

On the next day...

Star Twinkle, Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie all met at Twilight's castle to have a little pancake breakfast. They all enjoyed their pile of pancakes placed in front of them. They all seemed to enjoy it, with the exception of Twilight who was just sitting in front of her pile, and barely awake. The group, however, didn't notice that at first and kept enjoying their pancakes.

"Mm, these are delicious, Pinkie Pie!" Applejack complimented after taking another big bite from her pile.

Pinkie Pie, who also enjoyed her food judging from how her face was covered in cream, was thankful for those words. "Thanks!" She said after she liked her face clean again. "Twilight spent all night helping me pick the flavor! I kept thinking we'd found the right one, but she insisted I make even more to try. And more. And more and more and more and more!" She said while she kept stacking up more and more pancakes on her plate. "It was like she never wanted to—"