//------------------------------// // A rough morning // Story: In a time of need // by Small Muffin //------------------------------// "Hey Twilight? Twilight? Nope, she's out cold. Guess I'll leave a note." Twilight's eyes slowly opened up about halfway. "Hhhmm..." After moving her head a little, she saw Spike walking away from her bed. "Spike..?" she mumbled. Spike looked behind him, at the now awake pony. "Oh, Morning Twilight. Sorry, I woke you up, didn't I?" he asked. "Yeah," Twilight rubbed her eyes, still half asleep. "What time is it?" she asked as she levitated her duvet off herself, and climbed down off the bed. "About twenty past nine," Spike replied. "Sorry I woke you. I just wanted to see if you wanted to come to Sugercube Corner with me and the others," he continued, "But I guess you might just wanna stay here for now." "What's happening at Sugercube?" Twilight asked. "Well, nothing much. Pinkie just thought we should all hang out there for a while and relax." Spike shrugged, "But, You don't have to come if to tired." "Sure I'll come. Just give me a minute to get myself up," she replied with a smile. "Oh, alright then." Spike walked towards Twilight's bedroom door, and out the room. "I'll be in the main hall when you're ready!" He shouted as he went down the castle halls. "I won't be long!" Twilight shouted back. Her smile quickly vanished from her face, as she went over to her bedroom unit, and grabbed a hair brush with her magic. She gave a tired sigh as she brushed her mane with the aid of a mirror. She really was rather tired. When she returned through the mirror from the human world, it was two o'clock in the morning. She had woken Spike up just to let him know she was back, and he was back to sleep in no time, but when she got to bed, due to everything that had been going on recently, she didn't get much sleep at all. When she had finished brushing her mane, she let go of the brush, and glanced over at her bedside unit. More specifically, the book on the unit. It was her magical diary, the one that her and Sunset would use to communicate. She still couldn't believe she let this whole mess happen. She could've prevented this whole mess from happening. She walked over to the book. She considered writing something. She didn't know what, but something. The thought was quickly disregarded when she remembered that Sunset most likely wouldn't even care anyway. She was done with Twilight, and the others. "But still... You never know..." she mumbled. "You alright Twi?!?" she heard Spike yell. "Yes. I'm coming now Spike!" Twilight levitated a saddle bag over to herself, opened it, and used her magic to grab two books from her rooms bookcase, as well as the diary. She put the diary in first at the bottom of the bag, and placed the two other books on top. With that done, she closed the bag, and put it on her back, before heading out the room, and towards the main hall. "She might write, you never know..." As she walked through the castle, she considered if she should tell her friends about the mess that had happened in the human world. On one hand, she shouldn't keep stuff from them, but on the other hand, in doesn't really involve them. None of them have even been over there, except Spike, and do they really need to know anyway? Maybe not. She arrived at the castles main hall, where Spike was waiting for Twilight next to the castle doors. "You ready to go?" he asked. "Yeah. Let's go." Twilight smiled. "Um... What's with the bag?" Spike asked. "Oh, I've just... Got a book or two for me to read while we're there," she replied. "You know, just if I feel like reading." "Oh... Okay..?" Spike said, a tad confused. "Which one you bringing?" he asked. "Oh. Um..." Twilight opened her saddle bag and brought out one of the books. "...Advanced Magic and You. Volume Five." she replied after reading the title "Haven't you read that one already this month? Twice?" Spike asked. "No," Twilight replied, putting the book back in her bag. "I'm pretty sure you have... Are you sure you wanna go out, maybe you should just rest in bed today?" Spike asked. "Spike, I'm fine," Twilight replied. She walked over to the castles main doors, and opened them with her magic. "Besides, if i didn't come out, then you and the others would just be worried about me being in bed all day." "If you say so." Spike followed Twilight out of the castle, and shut the door behind him. "So how's everypony doing in the human world then?" he asked. "They're..." Twilight began. Maybe she should tell Spike. After all he has been to the human world before. So it would make sense to tell him about the mess that had happened. "Aren't the others waiting for us at Sugercube Corner right now? We probably shouldn't keep everypony waiting." Twilight walked on ahead of Spike before he had a chance to reply to her. Maybe she should, maybe she shouldn't. But Twilight decided to think about it and decide that later. Besides, what good could telling him right now do anyway? Sunset probably doesn't want to see him either. Spike ran up behind her, after locking the castle doors. "That doesn't really answer my question," Spike said. "How's everypony doing in the huma-" "They're fine Spike," Twilight interrupted, "Everypony's fine... Oh and... Sunset wishes us both a happy hearth's warming." Twilight Smiled through her lie, hoping Spike would buy it. "Well that's nice of her. Did she give you anything?" Spike asked. Twilight sighed with relief, as it seemed her bought it. "No Spike, she didn't, and she didn't have to anyway," she replied. Spike snapped his claws, "Hey I've got an idea, maybe we should get her something!" he said, rather excitedly, "I mean, this is her first hearth's warming since she actually got some friends, so we should get her something really nice, and make ait a special one! Right?" "Uh, yeah... We should get her something nice..." Twilight repeated. Her smile began to drop a bit. "Uh... Twi?" "Sorry, just... Thinking about what we could get her," Twilight replied hastily, "Our worlds are a lttle different after all." "I think they're more than a little different." Spike replied. "Let's just get to the others. They're probably wondering where we are." Twilight said with a strong desire to change the subject. "Well, they don't know you're home yet," Spike said. "Well I guess that'll be a nice surprise for them then," Twilight replied. For now she had to not let that this mess get to her. The last thing she wanted right now was for her friends to worry about her. She put a smile back on her face, as she and Spike headed towards Sugercube Corner.