Paperwork. Why does it have to be paperwork?
I’m sitting at the police station, filling out paperwork to justify arresting the stallion who tried to steal Togepi. And I hate it. Also, I still haven’t eaten since lunch, and now it’s about 6:30 at night.
Finally, the police chief thanks us, and mom, Sunny, and I exit the police station, with mom going to her hotel, and me and Sunny going to Golden Stables for (a long overdue) dinner. With a side of a slightly annoyed Sunny asking me personal questions that make me feel awkward.
Golden Stables was paradise. There was several kinds of salads, hayburgers, pizza, marshmallows, and (my personal favorite) mangoes. And it was all-you-can-eat. Sitting at the table we got, with several slices of pizza and a mango, Sunny came over and sat down with a salad big enough to feed a squad of guards (and I know from experience). Thus began the questioning.
“Why do you have wingblades?”
“The other guards gave me them for my birthday yesterday.”
“So, you just turned ten?”
“Yup.”
“Well, my birthday was about a month ago. Good thing I got you tons of belated birthday gifts.”
Well, now I can’t throw those things away. “What does your cutie mark mean?”
“I was born into a family of weather ponies. They thought I would follow in their hoofsteps, but I got a cutie mark for always being positive.” She then shows me her mark, which is a sun with a smiley face inside. “I got it when I first went to Ponyville and met Pinkie Pie. I actually stayed in Ponyville with her for about six months before going back to Cloudsdale. What about yours?”
“I got it on my eighth birthday party, when the other guards gave me my own set of armor. I knew then that I wanted to be a guard. I’ve been reading guard manuals ever since.”
Sunny cringed, “Yeesh, tough foalhood. Well, that gives me an explanation as far as what you did on the roof.”
“Oh, one more thing, where did you learn your language?” Seriously, the mare can cuss like a sailor when she wants to, as the thief can attest.
“My parents always fight over the smallest things. I learned it from them.”
“Your parents are terrible influences.”
“That they are. C’mon, let’s eat!” And her salad starts to disappear.
Credit to Sunny, she can pile it away. She ate her first salad, then proceeded to eat about three slices of pizza and even tried a mango (“How have I never had one before?! These things are soooo good!”), and then, to top it off, she ate several marshmallows. As for me, I ate five slices of pizza, three hayburgers, seven mangoes, and a salad. Mighty respectable, but it pales in comparison to Sunny.
Now, it’s about 8 at night, and we both leave and head towards the dorm. “Got anything you want to do on our last day before academy?” Sunny asks me.
“Just gotta say goodbye to mom before she leaves. The rest of the guards tend to get out of shape and lazy when she’s gone too long.”
“Okay. I’ve done everything I want to already, so we coul…CRYSTAL FAIR!!!!!” Sunny shouts at the top of her lungs. Ow, my ears.
“The what?”
“The Crystal Fair! Haven’t you heard of it?! It’s a giant carnival designed to strengthen the Crystal Heart! Pinkie wouldn’t stop talking about it! How have you not heard of it?!” Sunny says all in one breathe.
“In my defense, I didn’t read a lot of magazines.”
“That settles it! Tomorrow, after your mom leaves, we are going to the Crystal Fair all day!!!”
“Ummm, Sunny? What about me being a thestral? Won’t other ponies freak out?”
“Don’t worry about that. I bought a bracelet that has a glamour on it. Same coloration, but you’ll be a Pegasus instead of a thestral! So you can enjoy the fair!” Sunny explains to me.
“When did you get that?”
“When we were shopping earlier. Seriously, you were that out of it?”
“Yes, but in my defense, I was hungry.”
Sunny deadpans at me. “Are you sure you’re not a diabetic?”
“Pretty sure.”
Now, we’re standing in front of the dorms. After heading up to our room, we proceed to crash on our respective beds. “Hey, Cloud?”
“Yeah, Sunny?”
“Aren’t thestrals nocturnal?”
Okay, so apparently, some facts still aren’t available. “Partially. We can work all night if we wanted to, but since the rest of Equestria goes during the day, we tend to be awake during the day, but we can pull all-nighters if needed. Why do you ask?”
“Please don’t stay up all night just to irritate me, please? You’ve seen what I do to ponies who irritate me.”
“Roger Roger, Sunshine.”