She did not want to get up. She did not want to get up at all. That was the alicorn's state of mind, even an hour later. If she had a choice whether to get up, and possibly have to deal with a delusional draconequus, or stay in her bed for the rest of the day to dream about calculus and magical mechanics that she felt she wanted to ponder more, she would, infact—to probably few people's surprise—go for the latter, instead of risk anything today.
But, of course, things just weren't going to be that easy for her. They were never that easy for her.
"Twilight?", called the voice of a certain ex—cult leader turned magical student of friendship. The mulberry alicorn didn't answer. Maybe if she was lucky, whatever Starlight needed could wait, especially since the unicorn should have been aware that this was her day off. But, then, there was a knock. "Twilight, are you up yet? I know it's your day off, but— Well, you see, I think I may have a problem. One that only you might be able to help with."
Well, of course. As if the universe hadn't played ping pong with her life enough just by Discord deciding that he was apparently in love with her, now she had to get up, and more than likely get out of the castle to help Starlight with whatever she needed to accomplish. Although, who knows? Maybe her pupil just needed help with another magical problem, and then she could go right back to bed.
"Be right there!", she called. Hesitantly, she started to get up, looking over at the window, as if the horror of lovey dovey Discord would appear in her room without her ever even realizing, until it was too late. Thankfully, though, whatever the doofy draconequus was doing, it seemed like it was no longer going to take place in her bedroom for the near future.
Once she was up, she started to stretch out a bit, including with her wings. Ough, now that she was actually out of bed, it sort of felt like she might have slept on her wings the wrong way. Definitely no flying for her, until she could get some decent circulation back into them. Groaning a bit, she walked over to her door, and used her magic to open the door a peek. Yep, it was her pupil alright. Twilight let out a yawn, and opened the door the rest of the way. "Morning, Starlight. Now, just what can I help you with exactly?"
"Welllll..." The unicorn looked down at her hooves, moving her upper right leg around anxiously. And, her face? It didn't look like she had even slept a wink last night. The unicorn looked up, and proceeded to show her mentor a fretful frowning expression on her face. "You see, Sunburst— Well, apparently, he has vacation too." And, that's when the unicorn's teeth start shattering. "He's coming here to Ponyville tomorrow, and, a—and, I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do!"
"..." Twilight couldn't help but blink, in both surprise and bemusement. This was a Sunburst problem? That was kind of weird, considering— "I thought you and Sunburst were doing pretty well. I mean, you both seem to become good friends again—"
"Twilight, I've only been seeing him at the Crystal Empire, where he lives! Of course I've been pretty comfortable talking and doing things with him there! But, like I said, he's coming here to Ponyville tomorrow!" The fretting unicorn started making panting noises. "He'll be seeing my natural environment!" Starlight started looking around frantically, as if there were eyes in the walls, her irises shrinking, and her eyes becoming as wide as dinner plates. Twilight couldn't possibly leave this issue alone. It just wouldn't be something that a responsible mentor would do.
The Mulberry alicorn let out a heavy sigh. Well, like it or not, it seemed that today was going to be at least somewhat busy.
"Starlight, you need to calm down.", the alicorn told her, genuine concern for her pupil apparent in her voice. "You and Sunburst have gained back a lot of ground together, and, that's definitely something you should consider before you start worrying too much. He's not going to care about how you live, or what your home town's going to look like. He's coming here for you, to spend time with his best friend in the whole wide world. There's nothing to worry about." An understanding smile appeared on the alicorn's face, as she nuzzled her pupil's nose. "But, if you need me to help, I'm always here for you. Anything you need."
"..." The unicorn sniffled a bit, eyes getting all watery, and a tear of happiness exiting from the figurative window sill of her right eye. Appreciation was pretty heavy on her face. "T—thanks, Twilight~" She started nuzzling her mentor's nose back adorably. "I knew I could count on you to help me with this." She sniffled, the unicorn's expression changing to that of determination, as she stood strong. "Alright, first things first. He's probably going to help me come up with and practice some new spell combinations. I need you to help me find some good spell books, not just from the books you have here, but, maybe from around town? I know Ponyville's not exactly the magical learning capital of Equestria, but—"
"It's fine. I do know some good book vendors that get lots of good reads from out of town. I'm sure I'll be able to find plenty of good books to help you and Sunburst!"
Starlight giggled a little, her laughter sounding a little bubbly for some reason.
"Thanks, Twilight~ I'll definitely never forget this! We'll talk more after you get those books~!" Starlight told her, skipping off happily, almost as if she were Pinkie Pie. Huh. It almost seemed as if the unicorn was hoping that this was going to be more than just some friendly fun.
Ah, well, it really didn't matter. However, as Twilight walked away, in the direction of Spike's room, maybe she would have felt differently about the plans that she had talked about with Starlight, if only she had noticed the lone draconequus ear hiding behind one of the crystal pillars nearby...