Assessing The Situation
I woke up after hearing an alarm go off. I couldn’t remember setting an alarm at all. I looked around the room, my eyes not quite adjusted so everything was blurred for a moment. The ringing of the alarm became clearer, although I was still having trouble locating it. My head turned left only the face the sky blue wall. I looked up to see the same blue dominating the room’s colour scheme. The ringing was now sounding far more intense and I shot my head to the sound’s source to my right; my hoof immediately stomping on where I had made the alarm out to be. I heard a cracking noise and I looked to where I hit. Thankfully the ringing stopped, but I could now see the smashed up alarm clock that had somehow made it to my room, along with a bedside table that wasn’t there before. I rubbed my eyes and pushed the covers off me, hopping out onto my hooves. However, it wasn’t long before I found myself hobbling weakly again and I couldn’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu from my first day. I made my way to the mirror and saw that my mane was a complete mess; the black hairs had crossed over into the red and it dulled down both colours. I looked behind the mirror to see that the sky blue paint wasn’t on the wall, and instead there was a rather blank looking beige patch. Obviously they had missed a spot when decorating the room. I yawned and carefully got down from the desk chair. I stumbled across the room, my black fur completely contrasting the carpet on the floor. It was quite surprising that I hadn’t actually taken the carpet’s colour in at that point, and it was equally odd that the owners had picked the colour that is probably most easily stained. However, looking from the floor to the walls again and I could see why. The room was clearly made for any young Pegasus that was going to be living there, like I already was.
I was immediately thankful for the doors being able to open both ways. I pushed the door open and walked through the hallway. It took longer than I thought it would to get through the halls and I found myself looking at the various pictures hung up on the maroon coated walls. There were even numbers on the doors of the other rooms; it looked just like a hotel. I made it to the main room and I saw the same desk that Twilight had come with me to just the day before. I was too tired to feel sad and I just wanted to wake up properly. Unfortunately because I broke my alarm clock I was unable to see the time, but I guessed that whoever had set it up, set the alarm for a time I was meant to be up, but it seemed awfully quiet. When I reached the middle of the room I noticed that the whole room had actually been styled as a mini scale version of their world. I was standing on the sun and moon, which was a little bit confusing considering that the same symbol was on the ceiling as well. However, on the ceiling symbol, pillars of light in the colours of the spectrum covered the rest of the area, sanctioning off their own colours. As my eyes followed the colour, I saw that it directed itself to a hallway of the same colour. I wandered around the room to see if it was the same for every colour, and as boring as it may sound, I found it was a good way to pass the time. I heard some steps approaching and I knew it was either one of the Groves. It was Earnest, the steps were sounding far too calm to be his wife. I followed their source and smiled when I saw him walking down the blue hallway. “Ah, good morning Aero. I trust you slept well last night?” I gave a small nod. He smiled back, chuckling “Well of course; it is to my understanding that Miss Sparkle has that kind of effect on some. I believe that she will be suitable, of course she must go through the same routine as any other pony who wants to adopt.” He lectured and I nodded to keep him happy that I was listening, but my mind had gone elsewhere.
“Hmm? Something bothering you?” he frowned, raising his eyebrow. I nodded and looked up at him, keeping my eyes half closed because the light of the hallway was still too harsh. “Are you looking for the showers?” I nodded and he chuckled again, smiling down at me “You fillies are always the most keen to keep clean. Come on follow me.” He strolled past me and I kept close behind him. We were quickly back in the main room and he led me down to the yellow hallway. The intensity of the yellow was almost too much to bear even as my eyes adjusted. We went around the corner to continue down the hallway and thankfully the hall’s colour had transformed to a rather dull looking yellow in comparison. He stopped just in front of two large doors. “The bathroom is in there, and you’ll be allowed to use the shower for ten minutes at most. Remember that other ponies will also want warm water for their showers.” I nodded and smiled at him again, he really was kind to me.
I pushed my rear against the doors as I backed into them “Thank you Mister Grove.” He nodded and started walking away. I was completely inside as I saw the doors close in front of me. I could already see that the room was filled with steam. I turned around to be greeted with a thick mist caused by all the steam; obviously someone liked their water hot. I strained my eyes to see through the steam, but I could only just make out a shower cubicle. I kept walking over the white tiles, making sure I didn’t slip on the moistened surface. I could make out another shower, and another; there were more than I thought. I walked towards where I thought the end of the room would be when I bumped into a familiar pony from before. I looked up to see I had bumped into Joy and she was wearing a towel to cover up her mane. She looked down at me with a quick twitch, showing the smile that was growing wider the longer I looked at it.
She stepped past me for just a second before flicking the towel off of her head “Do you need some help, sweetie?” she smiled, giving a very short twitch to follow it up. I tried to shake my head, but it seemed that resistance was utterly useless because I was being dragged into one of the cubicles before I knew it. “I think we need to get that black coat of yours literally shining.” I felt some of the water pour over me and immediately I forgot all of my worries. The water was a perfect temperature, soothing my muscles and tensions, whilst getting rid of my constant fears; replacing them with thoughts of saving the world’s problems. This was stopped abruptly when I felt hooves on my back and I turned my head to see what was going on. Joy was rubbing soap into my back and humming out a tune, which was melodic in a certain way, but in my situation I could hardly admire a tune. It was impossible to protest as she brushed across my fur with her hooves. “Us ladies need to be fresh and clean for the day ahead am I not right?” she chirped. The hissing of the water splashing on the floor was not doing any good at drowning out her humming, so all I could do was wait and endure ‘The path to heaven.’ I thought to myself, knowing that it would somewhat settle my mind.
I looked back to see that despite the warmth of the water there was actually very little steam being made, so I guessed that some pony’s bodies could take more of the heat. However, what I noticed more was the lack of a shower curtain and I started to feel insecure. “Uh, Miss Grove…I…think I can do this by myself.” I nodded. However, it was apparent that my plea had gone unnoticed. I sighed heavily and let her continue. I closed my eyes out of reflex reaction as I felt water running down my head. I kept my eyes tightly shut as the water streamed down my face and over my closed mouth, just leaving out my nose, allowing me to breathe comfortably. I felt her hooves going through my mane, somehow untangling any knots that had been made in my overnight tumble I seemed to have made with my hair. Luckily, my tail was too short to be affected, so the water running down it was enough to clean it to a good enough standard. I gasped for air as the water stopped covering my eyelids, despite being able to breathe normally anyway. I looked around to see that everything was indeed fine. The water stopped completely and I was once again forced away from where I stood. Joy got ahead for a second and returned from the fog to wrap a towel around my head, catching my entire mane in it.
She grabbed another, larger towel and started drying me off. “You’re a funny little filly aren’t you? Most other fillies would have been happy for me to help, but you just seemed to freeze up. Are you okay dear?” she asked and I nodded in response, not really wanting to say anything in case I gave too much away. “You didn’t look like you would’ve been able to do it yourself either. You’re no unicorn, you can’t use magic to get the shower, and your wings are now far too water logged to do any flying.” She chuckled, drying off the two appendages carefully. I stumbled as her drying was forcing me to shake a bit and move around. “When you grow a little bit you should be just fine. Until then, I can help you any time you want.” I physically shivered at the thought, not wanting to go through that same humiliation every day for the next two weeks, or if Twilight didn’t pass the test then she I would have to face it for several more days, possibly even weeks. Unfortunately this only brought my thoughts back to getting out of this place, and although it wasn’t bad, it wasn’t where I wanted to be. In truth, going to Twilight’s wasn’t where I really wanted to be, I just wanted to get home, but it seemed the closest I could get to calling a place home was in Twilight’s despite the fact I still barely knew her.
Once again I was being paraded to the next place that Joy had planned to take me, although this was the least humiliating as she just needed to hang up towel. “Come with me now.” She smiled and started skipping along happily. I followed behind; looking to the floor despite telling myself not to after how weird it looked to some ponies, even if they hadn’t mentioned it. She guided me out of the shower rooms and back down the hallway I came in from. This time when I noticed the other pictures that were hanging up against the wall, I saw that it had Joy and Earnest with a happy looking foal; it became clear to me that it was their way of remembering past residents of the orphanage, and it showed me just how long they had been keeping it up because I could see that both of them looked much younger, although Earnest seemed to have only got slightly greyer hair in his mane, and relatively unchanged. I stopped in front of one of the pictures and see that Joy and Earnest are standing either side of a young Pegasus; he had a light blue coat and his smile was broad. I felt Joy stand next to me and she gave a small sigh “That little Pegasus there is Rain Dancer. He was adopted by some very fancy family from Manehattan just a couple of weeks ago. He was with us for only a few weeks. I guess some are able to get out quicker than others. We like to remember the children that we looked after here by keeping them part of this place forever.”
I looked down the hallway, right to the corner where I saw the row of pictures. “We’ve sure seen a lot of you young fillies and colts come and go, but you’re all special to us, each and every one of you.” She nudged for me to move on and we made our way down the rest of the hallway, and although it was visually uneventful, I couldn’t help but think of how much this orphanage had done for ponies. We turned the corner and my eyes were met with the vibrant yellow once again. It made me cringe almost; yellow had never been my colour and seeing it in such a bold way was all I could take. “Did you like the alarm clock? It was a present that Earnest and I thought you might appreciate.” I laughed nervously and nodded, keeping my eye contact on something else. Both of us walked past the counter where I had been previously introduced to the female Grove. The counter itself had nothing more than various parenting leaflets and the occasional picture of them with a filly or colt, showing their success in the business they do. It hadn’t occurred to me that I had walked into the food hall and I saw Earnest at the end of the table, awaiting mine and Joy’s company. “The reason we needed you up early is because we need to discuss something with you okay? It’s nothing bad I promise, we just need you to be okay with something.” I listen, nodding at them as I take my seat in between the two of them, so they can both face me evenly.
I chose to stare ahead of me, looking at how long and narrow this room was. This was of course the place where every pony would be eating when it was any meal time. “Now as you know, today Joy and I are going to be assessing Twilight’s suitability for being a possible parent for any child in this orphanage. However,” I took a deep breath in and briefly met my eyes with Earnest’s. I held back the tears as I looked across the room again, noticing how the ceiling was a blue and red chequered pattern, stopping at halfway down to let a black backdrop fall down to narrow and stop at the chair that was at the other end. “because Twilight has already stated her interest in adopting you, we are able to take you along as we inspect. It is in a rare chance like this we are able to see if the child likes the place themselves because it may be okay by our standards, but just like any other pony, you will have your own opinion, so if you came with us it would give us a better idea if Twilight was a suitable parent.” They smiled and I couldn’t help but co-operate with my own. “We will of course need to know if it is okay with you. If you don’t want to come with us then we will be fine with that and it will be carried out just like our normal inspections.” Earnest reassured, putting a hoof up on the table he smiled at me and when I looked back I noticed a small spark in his eyes for just a second.
“Yes yes please.” I beamed and outstretched my wings, showing how excited I was about it. I could easily help Twilight now, and I wouldn’t have to worry about being stuck in an orphanage for the rest of my…this new life. I could feel the hope in my heart start to soar. “Why is it so rare though?” I asked, feeling curious about the decision and a small part of me was even questioning if it was too good to be true. I had said my words too quietly and they weren’t heard, or I hadn’t heard their response, but I was too happy to care about that at the time. When I calmed down I noticed that Earnest was walking away from the table, into another room behind a closed door. I guessed it was the kitchen, considering it also said ‘Chef at work. Do not disturb.’ On the door. I caught a brief glimpse at the inside of it, and I was able to make out the various apparatus in there.
When he returned, he was dragging his trolley again and he turned to smile at Joy and myself. “I present to you, your breakfasts.” He put forwards plates of fruit to us. Mine had apple slices and orange segments, along with a mug of water. I say much because it had a handle. I quickly discovered that the handle was only needed for those who can’t use magic. I watched as Earnest seemed to hook his hoof into the correct place, so he could hold the mug as if he had fingers. I eyed the mug cautiously and put my hoof through the hole of the handle. I lifted my hoof and found that the mug was staying in the right position from where I held it. I grinned at it, inspecting my hoof to see if there was any trickery, but to my amazement there was nothing. When I looked again, nothing and I giggled at the sight of it. “Are you okay Aero? You’re acting like you’ve never held a mug before.” Earnest chuckled as he took another sip of his drink. I snapped back to my senses and went quiet again, lathering my lips of the mug’s edge and I poured the water down slightly. I slurped up the water, but I quickly put the mug down as I heard the sound of Earnest clearing his throat. I looked at him and he looked irritated “Young lady.” He started “You must know better manners. Slurping your drink is not only rude, but incredibly annoying.” He warned, and although his voice remained soft, I could feel a tingling sense of fear creeping along my body.
I decided that I would put the drink down for now and move on to the food. I had my apple slices without any problems, although it was because I was far more conscious of what may sound rude to them. The orange segments gave me yet another brilliant taste to add to the list of things in this world. I had finished and I was waiting for either of them to speak so I could leave the table before I did anything else that they might think me rude for. I didn’t want to risk it by staying any longer. “We’ll be leaving in ten minutes, so if there’s anything you want to do before then, I’d suggest you go and do it.” Joy urged, and I swiftly leapt off of the chair and forced a gallop towards the exit, hoping to get out of there as fast as I could. “Watch out!” Joy screamed as I bumped into something else. I looked at what I collided with and saw none other than Fluttershy. She helped me up and smiled at me.
“Are you okay today Aero?” I nodded, still a little bit surprised that Fluttershy was here at this time in the morning…whatever time it was. Joy approached Fluttershy boldly and she visibly stepped back a few paces, getting nervous already. “I’m here early. I just thought that it would mean you could get ready.” She looked to the floor and muttered something that I couldn’t quite catch, although it seemed Joy had because she nodded and wandered off to get some things, like something to write with, or whatever she needed for assessing another pony’s home. I was left in the room with Fluttershy in a rather awkward silence. She dragged her hoof across the floor slowly to break the silence. However, all it did was create a noise that made the scene feel all that more awkward. “Are you enjoying it here?” she gently asked and I shot her a look that told her exactly how I felt about being in this place. She stumbled back a little bit and nodded “Oh I see…well I’m sure it’ll all work itself out.” I gave a small nod to her, hoping she was right. I felt better than yesterday, but it wasn’t hard to achieve that victory. I still felt like I was missing out on something better and that I was left to rot in this world completely alone. I knew this wasn’t true, but I kept on telling myself that I was truly alone here.
Earnest came back into the room and he smiled sincerely to Fluttershy “So good to see you. We trust you know what to do. Your skills in calming little creatures served you well and you seem to be able to look after other ponies with the same expertise. I’m sure we don’t need to tell you what to do.” Earnest beamed, looking like he was going to hug the yellow Pegasus. “Of course we won’t be too long; two maybe three hours in total. A mere fraction of your day. Joy and I greatly appreciate you volunteering on such short notice.” He bowed to her and smiled at the floor, although it was obvious the smile was directed to the Pegasus in front of him. She looked away and hid her face behind her mane as she blushed from the compliment.
She looked back at him after a short while, but kept her head down “Well thank you Earnest, so much. It was no problem volunteering for you. All of these little angels will be as good as gold. I just know that they will behave themselves if I just show them a little extra kindness.” She smiled, believing every word she spoke. A small smile started to form on mine and Earnest’s face as we knew the reality. Looking after this many children was going to be a challenge, even for Fluttershy. “You just leave it all to me and have fun in what you’re doing.” She chuckled heartily and lowered her head in a sort of, pseudo bow. I wanted to tell her otherwise, but I think Earnest almost saw it as some fun to watch and see the ways different ponies would handle that many children at once.
He nodded back at her and gestured to the whole room “This is where they will have their breakfast, and you will make sure that all of them are up before eight thirty. The three of us who are leaving will be back before lunch. Make sure that none of them go into the kitchen, we can’t risk anypony getting injured whilst we’re away.” He smiled at Fluttershy “Joy and I know that you’re capable of looking after them, but if in doubt, don’t do what Pinkie Pie did and throw a party. Just calm them down, like you do with the animals you look after.” She smiled, looking happy more than nervous now ad she had visibly relaxed to a normal level. “Fluttershy, we’re leaving it to you now. We’ve got to go. Come on Aero.” He ushered as he walked past me and Fluttershy. I waved to her before turning away and walking out of the food hall into the main room. “Don’t worry Aero. She’s done this a few times before, so she knows where everything is and what needs to be done. I would never leave her under prepared.” He assured and stood at the exit with me. “Joy, have you got everything we need?” she appeared as if on cue and nodded back at him, carrying a small brown saddlebag on her back. It appeared to be strapped on tight and she winked at me. “Well what are we waiting for? Let’s validate a new parent!” he cheered as we exited the orphanage.
I smiled as I breathed in the sweet morning air. The sun was clearly past rising and it was now just making its way to the peak to only fall back down again in its continuous cycle, although…here it was to do with princess Celestia raising the sun. I cleared my thoughts with just those single breaths. I felt rejuvenated and I felt optimistic about today. I would make sure that Twilight was eligible to adopt me; it was the least I could do for her considering she and her friends had saved me from Everfree forest, when I first woke up in Equestria. The walk to Twilight’s home was nothing special. We passed SugarCube Corner and saw the array of old fashioned houses in all different colours.
When we were getting closer to the centre I noticed the purple dragon from before, Spike. He also noticed us and quickly darted away to his home. That dragon seemed in a rush from the moment he had seen us, but I was only left to my thoughts as to why. As we continued through the streets we made it to where the market would be when it opened for the day. Some ponies were already there setting up, so it wouldn’t be much longer before they opened up for business. I was nudged by Joy “Twilight’s house is only just over there.” She pointed her hoof and I could see the oak tree house about three hundred metres away. “I’ll give you a race there if you want?” she beamed “I know how you young foals like to think you’re the quickest Equestria has seen, but let me tell you, I am not too slow myself.” She reared up and started galloping away. My competitive drive instantly kicked in and I galloped as hard as I could, not gaining any distance on her. I slowly spread my wings and flapped once, lifting my feet off the ground for a second. I flapped a few more times to get myself into the air and then I leaned into the wind and flapped harder, catching up to her bit by bit. When I knew I was overtaking her I slowed down to make sure I didn’t crash into anything. I landed shakily on the ground, taking a few extra steps to steady myself on the ground. “A little race always makes things that bit more fun for the day, wouldn’t you agree?” she cheered, rearing up again.
“I do agree with you…although I don’t actually have any wings.” A familiar voice chimed. We looked in its direction to see the purple unicorn we had travelled to meet. I gained a smile on my face just from seeing her, and she seemed to do the same as she looked at me. “Would you like to come in? Spike has just been telling me how you were on your way and I thought it would be a good idea if I prepared some drinks for us all. I read up and found out that one of the things you will do is give me an interview, so I thought why not let it be comfortable for all of us?” she chuckled and moved out of the way to let us in. The library had been cleaned and organised more efficiently and it was all Twilight and Spike’s effort to make it perfect for the assessment. The books had been stacked in an orderly fashion, matched to suit them in alphabetical order and it appeared that the wood shelves had been polished to look new. The refurbishment would not only help their home look better, but it would also make the library a better place to be. I could see above that the owl was watching us and it kind of creeped me out a bit. Its small eyes were set on to me, almost like it was sensing my fear.
We waited as Earnest finally arrived. He looked to me and Joy and we both returned with a sheepish grin, although mine didn’t include the slight twitch that Joy’s did, I guess it was out of excitement, but I couldn’t tell at all. “Shall we get started?” he heaved the air into his lungs and we all went up the stairs. I noticed that there had been a rail put on the side of the drop. I also noticed that Joy and Earnest had already started evaluating and were no doubt writing down their comments on the stair rail, seeing that it was in place to prevent any pony from falling, which would mean it is safer for everypony. The table was in the middle of the room and it was made of oak, carved into an oval shape. On the table was a tea set and around the table were three four seats, meaning we could all sit down to discuss what was needed. We sat down and Twilight poured the drink into our cups before putting it down in the centre again and chuckling nervously at them. “Thank you Twilight. You know why we’re here. Should we deem you eligible to adopt, then you will be able to adopt Aero Crown with immediate effect and we will organise between us the legal information so that she can live with you as soon as possible.” He smiled, sipping at the drink. I couldn’t help but look around this floor because I had never actually been here before. I noticed that there was a smaller flight of stairs leading to Twilight and Spike’s bedroom, and where my bedroom would likely be. There were still many books that were neatly stacked, although it appeared that these books were mainly part of Twilight’s studies and not all part of the library. This was her own personal collection of books that she loved to read more so than any other book. “We’re just going to start with a few questions, okay?” Twilight nodded.
It was Joy’s turn to talk and she smiled at Twilight, looking suitably calm. “Twilight tell us a little bit about yourself, where you come from, what you enjoy, those sorts of things.” Twilight seemed to smile as her answer started to form in her head. I frowned at the question. It didn’t really seem to relate to adoption at all, or so I thought, but I wasn’t the one who had been doing that job for years.
She cleared her throat and put down her cup “I started out in Canterlot when I was a little filly and I was raised by my mother and father, Twilight Velvet and Night Light. I have a big brother, Shining Armour and we were all living in Canterlot. When I was still very young I tried out for a place at Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, and I was lucky enough to pass and get my Cutie mark on the same day. Celestia wanted me to be her personal student, so she could teach me how to handle my magic. I studied for years at her side and eventually I was sent on the task of making sure plans were ready for the Summer Sun Festival, but also to make friends. I was sent here, and well…you know what happened.” She blushed a little bit, not sure how they would react. They only nodded, waiting for her to continue. Joy and Earnest were both jotting down notes on paper, but I couldn’t read it because of my shorter stature. I could fly up, but then it would be too obvious and I would likely fail the whole thing for Twilight. “As you can see around you, there are books. I enjoy reading and I do enjoy studying; how else is a mind supposed to gain knowledge.” She beamed, proud of her work ethic “It’s not the only thing I enjoy though. Spike and I both enjoy baking a few things now and then, but Pinkie and AppleJack are usually the ones to do the baking. I like to go take Owlowicius and Spike outside to the park with my friends. It’s just good for them to get fresh air, as well as myself.” She paused as the other two continued making notes. “Is that enough?” she smiled sheepishly, looking from ones to the other.
“Very good Miss Sparkle, now could you tell us what your views on discipline are.” I watched as Twilight almost grew a smirk on her face. I was almost sure of what was coming next. Her face must have come across as nervous because the other two because Earnest was quick to comfort her “We just want to know so that we can see if you would be able to make sure a child would behave under your rules, or if you’re on either extremity. There is no need to worry about it. If there’s anything that needs to be changed we would tell you at the end of the assessment.” He took a sip from his drink and then looked directly at me for a second, smiling warmly before returning his gaze on Twilight. “We understand that because you have no child of your own, that setting rules may be difficult for you at first because you’ve had no need to enforce them on anyone.”
Twilight smiled again “Because of the experience I had in raising Spike, I find discipline essential to not only make sure that there is order in the household, but it also gains you respect from the child. I can’t even count how many times I’ve had to remind Spike not to breathe fire on curtains; when he was younger it was a real issue, but when he was told not to, constantly, he learnt it was best to do as he was told. Since then, the only issue from Spike is that he’s a little bit lazy, but he does do as he’s told most of the time. When he doesn’t, he knows I’ll be on to him and then he will comply. I choose to not let my anger out on him, after all he is younger and it is very rare for me to get angry at him. I would have a set of chores for the child to do. Not only would it make the jobs around the house quicker, but it would also mean that the foal would learn to handle responsibilities that would benefit them in the future.” The two Groves smiled at her and seemed to be jotting their notes down with glee. Twilight smiled down to me and winked; I knew she had probably been up all night preparing for this, but I had no idea she would be so confident on the questions. She seemed to have learned a script inside out, and it was working wonders so far from the looks of things.
Joy put her notes down on the table and smiled at Twilight, taking a gulp from her drink, the white cup tapped the table’s surface as she put it down. “What would you do in the instance where the foal you have adopted is not behaving well?” she raised an eyebrow; her cheery expressions seemed to have disappeared and she was now just being completely serious. “We need to know if you would have the right disciplinary actions.” She nodded and waited for Twilight to respond.
Twilight looked down at me for a moment and frowned as she thought of her answer “Well it really does depend on the severity of the action. If it was something not very serious, like refusing to eat something because they don’t like it. I think what I would do is I would tell them that it is all they would be having. If it was something serious, like if they were bullying another pony then I would definitely ground them and tell them off. It would be important to teach the foal how bad bullying is and then to tell them not to in the future. If the victim was known to me then I would also make sure that my child would say sorry, so the two of them can make up and move on.” She kept her tone rather blunt. However, Twilight seemed to be getting quite passionate in the middle of her answer, and it made me think just how seriously she was taking this and it was all to get me out of there because of my want to get out. It was only because of what I wanted, and despite the fact Twilight only knew me for a few days, she was still willing to do this for me. “I do allow flying in the house, although any form of racing, especially flying will not be allowed. The only case I would allow flying inside is when they would be trying to get a book or up to a windowsill. The only exception to this is Rainbow Dash because she sometimes thinks it is a good idea to knock all my books down, after trying out one of her exercises.” Twilight sighed, just remembering the countless times it had happened, and how she got everypony’s help to re-organise it all again, only for Rainbow to crash it down again.
“Very good. Twilight, I must say that you are surprisingly well prepared for this, most other ponies come across far more nervous. You’re not hiding anything from us are you?” Earnest chuckled, winking at Twilight “You haven’t got any children hidden away?” he smirked; it seemed like he had a rather dry, dark sense of humour. He looked across to his wife and she was twitching more often now, almost fuming with irritation. What I could see was Earnest winding up Joy; it seemed like he had a lot of practice at doing it too. Twilight caught on to the joke and chuckled with him, nudging me to chuckle as well. I couldn’t understand why we wanted to get Joy wound up. Earnest was making it seem like a sport. He shook his head and patted her on the shoulder. “Calm down dear. You know I was only joking.” He turned and faced Twilight again. “Perhaps we should see how Aero would feel about those rules?” all three nodded and looked at me. “Aero Crown. Do you think you would be able to live in this house with those rules? Would you be a good filly and make Twilight happy?”
To say I felt patronised was an understatement, but I’d almost gotten used to it after being in this body for three days. However, I took advantage of the situation and I was determined to make Twilight look like the perfect candidate “Yes. They seem like they would be good rules. They seem firm, yet fair. I cannot fault them at all. I think that I would be under a good set of rules to live my life by let alone in this house. I just know that Twilight would be happy if I went with these rules, after all, I want to make Twilight happy.” I beamed, sporting a large grin; my eyes were darting across to see each of their reactions. I widened my grin when I saw that they were all giving me an odd stare. As I thought about it my cheeks went red as I realised I was speaking a lot older than I looked and it must have sounded odd coming from a filly as young as I was. I coughed a bit “I-I mean yes, I would try my best.” The impact I had made from my speech earlier left their stares to focus on me. I started feeling a bit insecure and squeaked “Uh…is that o-okay?”
They still looked at me as if I was some kind of alien, which in all fairness wasn’t too far from the truth. Earnest was the first to shake himself out of the stupor and he smiled at me, chuckling nervously, looking at me to see if there was any abnormality. “Why yes it is just fine. I just didn’t expect such an answer. You talk as if you’re five years older than you actually are.” I just thought to myself how odd that must have looked to them, but I smiled to myself, knowing that my normal thoughts and speaking skills were still there. It was just harder to use them now that I seemed to be nervous around most things. “Are you sure that you would be happy to live under these rules. We would expect you to always obey them.” I rolled my eyes and nodded “That attitude might need to be fixed. Although I’m sure that Twilight would be happy to help you with that.” He smiled back at me, seeming to notice I was getting bored of being mentioned and asked questions. I just wanted to get this over with so that I could be adopted.
Joy hushed her husband and leaned forwards to look Twilight in the eyes; her glare was intense and it seemed to be judging Twilight. I could see her get more nervous as the stare was held for an increasing amount of time. “Twilight. We are happy with the rules you seem to have set in place. Obviously your experience with raising a baby dragon has helped you greatly. However, I’m going to ask you a question on what you would do in an emergency event. So, if the pony you were looking after had run away, what would you do?” Twilight seemed to freeze up upon hearing the question. I doubted that she had prepared for this question, and so it would probably require her some more time to think of and answer for it.
“If they had run away I would immediately alert all the authorities and I’m sure the princess would help me in a search if she wasn’t busy. Because of who I am I would also use a locator spell and I would be able to track down the pony. I would ask them why they ran away and I would try and comfort them, making them feel better. I would ask if they want to come back. Generally the right thing to do would be just make the foal feel safe and make sure that I could get the foal back home without any trouble.” Twilight explained, looking more nervous than before and I could tell she was trying to go off of pure logic with some of her answers.
Earnest raised a hoof to silence her. “Very good. Now shall we move on to inspecting your household?” he asked and Twilight nodded. I couldn’t help be surprised. I thought that the interview would have taken much longer, but then again, I didn’t know if it was over.
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4342138 Aha, I will be. I've got to make sure I pass my exams though. I don't wanna re take the whole year again whilst my friends are in their last year. Don't worry, I'll work on it.
4342154 WORK ON IT FASTER!
please?
4342295
I do try. I promise it'll be out before the start of June. It's just that these exams are particularly hard. Once they're over, you can expect the updates to be a bit faster.
A bit to often a wall of text to read but otherwise a awesome chapter. I would say that was a good start for Twilight.
4342154 Oh! You have exams? Good luck ith that^^ Maybe Twilight can help you
4342675 I hope she can :3
Just an extra word.
4343298 ah right. I'll be quick to get rid of it. Funny thing is I remember typing it
4398574 Uh.....good or bad?
4400187 you make me nervous.....I like you
This story has a great amount of potential
I love the storyline, how the characters are portrayed, how well things are described, (not too much, not too little), and how there's just a teensy bit of suspense.
We have all had the point in our lives when we were thoroughy bored with our lives. 
but, even though she is given a chance for a new life, very possibly a better life, she is still plagued by thoughts of home and how worried everyone must be.
Our main protagonist is relatable because (as far as the beginning) we've all been there.
And... Pinkie Pie.
Sweet Celestia, i LOVED Pinkie Pie! 
One thing that really ANNOYED me was Diamond Tiara.
Don't get me wrong, in this case she was portrayed to a tee. She was perfectly in character. She was just as much of a bi- i mean, she was just as rude and unpleasant as you could expect her to be. 
I hope to see more of this story in the future. In the meantime...
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4403339 Well thank you very much. I'll be sure to update soon. I'm mixing the writing in with the revision for my most intense exam week I'll probably ever have (apart from next year)
I feel like in the second to last paragraph, you could have left out the 'because of who I am'. The sentence works better without it.
Twilight shouldn't adopt her. Rainbow Dash is a much better choice.