“H-hi Twilight, I was wondering if you could do me a huge favour” Fluttershy says looking down timid like she always does. Twilight looks at her for a few more seconds,
“Sure, what is it that you need??” she asks putting on a fake smile. Twilight was still suspicious of Fluttershy, of course she was her friend but something about her seemed to be changing.
“Well I need you to look after my house… I'm going away for a day and a bit to visit an old friend” she says with a shy smile. Twilight gives her a side looks before trotting back to her books.
“Where’s your friend live, you sound like it’s far away” she says opening a book of the world. Fluttershy walks up behind her quietly,
“U-um, it’s not on the map… she lives on her own” the suddenness of Fluttershy appearing right behind her made Twilight jump. She didn’t know Fluttershy could be that quiet; this made her even more paranoid of her and turned around instantly.
“Oh I get it, of course Fluttershy, I’ll look after your house” Twilight says before using her magic to open the exit.
“I'm sorry but I am very busy with my studies, would it be ok if you go, I'll be by yours later??” Twilight asks trying her best not to be pushy. Fluttershy nods quickly before hearing a bird in distress and flying out of the room.
When she’s gone Twilight closes the door and breathes a sigh of relief. Spike walks up next to her before asking if he should come with her too. Twilight shakes her head and tells him to promise her not to let anyone in while she’s gone… even if they need a book just to slide it under the door. Spike scratches the back of his head confused before nodding. Twilight nods to herself one more time before leaving the house and trotting all the way to Fluttershy’s house.
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Knocking quietly three times on the door she waits for Fluttershy to open the door. There is no answer so Twilight crouches down and creeps her way to one of her windows.
“Shh, Angel I need you to keep it down, now Twilight will be here soon can you please keep a close eye on her while I'm gone…??” Fluttershy whispers close to Angel. Angel looks up at her before nodding and hopping away out of sight. Twilight didn’t know where he was so she hurried back to the front door and knocked louder this time. Fluttershy answered it almost instantly.
“O-oh hi Twilight, please come in and make yourself comfortable… I’ll be home as soon as possible” Fluttershy whispers before throwing her bag over her back with her mouth and galloping away. Twilight watched her from the doorway before closing the door and looking at the place.
Everything seemed normal, there wasn’t anything out of place and the animals seemed content. That was until Angel came out of hiding, she looked Twilight up and down cautiously before doing the action ‘I got my eye on you’ and hopping away again. Twilight sighed; she was never going to find anything out if she has something on her 24/7. So walking to the kitchen she makes herself a daisy sandwich she sits on a chair and munches on it slowly for a while. Suddenly, an idea hit her as she looked at the sky; it was already getting dark so she should sleep soon. That also meant all of the other animals will be sleeping. But what she was going to wait for was morning…
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Birds chirped happily and in tune with one another as beams of warm sunlight shined in through the curtains. Twilight groaned and flipped over to facing away from the sun, though when the memory of yesterday came flooding in she bolted out of her sleeping position and to where the food was.
They were exactly where she wanted them as she went to find rabbit food. It was easy enough; the bag she needed had a picture of a rabbit on it. Twilight slung it over her back and trotted into the kitchen, in there as well was a special bowl for Angel. She poured some food in there before seeking a special herb in Fluttershy’s garden. It was easy enough to find and she grabbed the stem of one before yanking it off and cantering into the house. She grinded the plant in a bowl before adding it to Angel’s food; being happy with her work she put it on the floor and continued to feed the other animals.
While she was doing that, Angel stood at the top of the staircase half asleep. Normally Fluttershy would wake her up and send her to wait for her breakfast. Since Fluttershy was somewhere unknown to her –Fluttershy didn’t even tell her pet- she waited for the sound of her food bowl on the floor.
Angel was about to go back to sleep when she heard the too familiar sound of her bowl on the floor. Quickly she sprung down the stairs; her stomach was almost the one pulling her there as she ducked her face into the pile of delicious heaven.
Content with Twilight’s work on the food Angel hopped around trying to find her, though a wave of sleepiness washed over her as she staggered to the wall for support. Something odd was happening to her, she tried again to hop onwards but her eyes drooped closed and wouldn’t open. Angel yawned as sleepiness took over her and fell asleep in the middle of the floor.
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Twilight had just finished feeding the animal and trotted into the house only to see a sleeping white rabbit. Smiling smugly to her Twilight lifted the rabbit and placed it on its bed. When she was sure it was asleep Twilight went to the place secret information was probably kept. Under a bed.
~~Hours of searching later~~
Twilight was almost in a rush, for one thing she had wreaked Fluttershy’s room and she had to clean it up before Angel woke up. Everywhere she had looked didn’t find anything of importance. She was pacing back and forth across the room when suddenly her ears picked up something she had never thought of… only one specific area of the room creaked. She trotted around the room and found that spot. Her horn glowed as the floorboard flew into the air and to the side.
“I knew it” Twilight whispered quietly as she found a pile of documents bound together with a piece of string. Immediately she teleported it to her house and cleaned the room as fast as she could.
Slowly her magic faded away as twilight sighed in relief, everything was cleaned and back in its place and with that Angel came hopping up the stairs. She eyed Twilight before shrugging and going about her business.
“Ugh, I’ll need some help… how does Fluttershy look after all of these animals so easily?!?!” Twilight says flopping onto the couch and curling up. She fell asleep but was rudely awakened by someone knocking on the door.
“Twilight, Twilight!! It’s Spike, I need to talk to you” he says behind the door. Twilight sighed before getting up and opening the door slowly, she narrowed her eyes in the hazy night sky and sees Spike holding the pile of documents she had hidden. The animals are all sleeping, I should be able to go for a short time, Twilight thought as she threw Spike onto her back and galloped home.
“What is it Spike??” Twilight asks him as they are on their way home,
“I’m sorry but I couldn’t help with my curiosity… I read one of the files.” Twilight almost jutted to a stop and Spike clung tightly to her neck so he wouldn’t fall off. Shaking the fact Spike read something she wanted secret off she carried on her way home…