Canterlot High
Sunset Shimmer was tired.
"-and then Trixie ate another potato chip an-"
Extremely tired.
The girl gave a sigh of pure anguish and massaged her worn eyes.
"Ooh! And then I almost tripped on a banana!"
"Thats nice to hear, Pinkie." Sunset muttered without even a tinge of interest.
They were currently sitting on their favorite spot on the cafeteria. Twilight and Rarity were busy discussing about the coming math class while Fluttershy hummed a soft tune as she fiddled with her phone.
"Umm, Sunset?" Applejack waved her hand in front of Sunsets face. " Ya okay there?"
"Hrm?" Sunset grunted and slowly turned her head towards Applejack. "Did you say something?" She droned out.
"Well, ya seem to be a little...out there." Applejack said with worry. " Everything alright?"
Her question was met with an loud exhale.
"Its fine, Applejack." Sunset tried to reassure her as she ran a hand trough her hair. "Sleep just has been difficult for me these past few days." She stifled a yawn.
Her friend frowned at her. "Ya been staying up late again?"
Sunset groaned and plopped her head on the table."Its not like that,I just can't get myself to fall asleep." The muffled voice replied. "I have no idea why."
"Have you tried counting the hairs on your head? It always works for me!" Pinkie chimed in happily.
Applejack raised her brow at that. " Ya count yer hair?"
"Yes! All one hundred and seventy thousand of them!" She said proudly.
"...Really." The farm girl deadpanned.
"It takes a really long time for me to fall asleep." Pinkie said with a grin and a twitch of her eye.
Applejack gave her a bewildered stare
"Alright." She said slowly and nudged Sunset with her elbow. "Anyway, have ya considered seeing nurse Red Heart? Ah reckon she could give you something fancy fer that head of yours."
"Yeah." Sunset drawled. "I didn't really want to bother her with such a minuscule problem like this, but it looks like I got no choice." She said begrudgingly, lifting her head up. " Moments like this make me miss my wide variety of spells I had back in Equestria."
"Come on, Shinny," Pinkie patted her shoulder, "you still have your magic here! Granted you can only read minds and shoot rainbows when we combine our powers, but that counts for something, right?"
"I know, I know.." The bacon haired girl gave a small smile. "It just would make life easier if I could cast a sleeping spell, I mean, medicine is fine and dandy, but magic is really more convenient."
"Eeh, I guess," Pinkie shrugged her shoulder, "but enough about that! Happy thoughts, Shinny!"
Sunset chuckled at her antics. "Thanks, Pinkie." She stretched her arms while yawning and quickly stood up.
"Well, I guess I better get going to the nurses office before the classes start," She grabbed her bag, "see you girls in class!"
"We'll make sure the teacher knows if ya can't make it." Applejack said with a tip of her hat. " Can't have them blaming ya for skipping class." She smirked.
"Don´t forget that we have to finish that yearbook Shinny! So remember to get some rest, because we have a lot do tomorrow." Pinkie reminded her.
Sunset gave her an appreciative smile. "Hey, you are talking to the girl in charge of the whole thing, so you can bet that I will not miss out on that. " Giving a thumbs up, the girl swung the bag over her shoulder and quickly jogged out of the cafeteria.
Rarity, having just finished her conversation with Twilight, watched as Sunset left with a curious look.
"Oh? Where did she hurry of to?"
Pinkie reached into her hair,pulling a frosting covered cupcake out of it "Shinny just has a case of the good old insomnia, nothing really serious," She presented the cupcake to Rarity, "cupcake?"
"Ergh.." Rarity gave a strained smile at the sight of the hairy pastry. "Maybe later."
Pinkie shrugged her shoulders. "Suit yourself." She plopped the treat in her mouth, swallowing it whole with a single gulp.
Rarity's smiled wavered at the sight."Right." Quickly clearing her throat, she returned to the subject at hand. "Still that must be terribly for poor Sunset, a lady must have her beauty sleep after all." She said with a frown.
Twilight, having stayed quiet the entire conversation, decided to join in. "Well,it could be stress," She offered. "I mean, she is the president of the year book committee. Id be surprised if she wasn't a little bit stressed out."
Applejack nodded her head." Yeah, the whole thing is a pretty large project if ya ask me."
Rarity sighed lightly, idly fiddling with her hair. " I suppose we might be over thinking this."
"Yeah, all those magic incidents have made us mighty paranoid." Applejack muttered.
Rarity scoffed and waved her off. "Pish posh, darling, we are not being paranoid. Just a little.." She spun her hand, trying to find the right word,"concerned, for the lack of a better term."
Pinkies eyes narrowed in concentration at those words. There was something about Rarity's way of talking that reminded her of something, but she couldn't for the life of her recall what exactly.
Why does it feel that little old me here is forgetting something? She wondered internally.
Lets see, I fed Gummy, did all the chores and the homewor- no wait, Gummy ate those...or was it me? She shook her head.
Anyway! What else? Taking a quick sniff of her shirt, she gave herself a mental head pat. I did remember to take a bath.
She slumped on her seat a bit, ignoring the conversation between her friends. Humph! I hate when this happens. Pinkie groaned, softly hitting her head with her fist. Nothing really special happened yesterday either. I was working the entire day and helped that one tourist with a really strange name to find his way. The girl hummed. What was his name again? Geurnyuduck or something like that. Quirky mister, talked a lot like Rarity now that I think about it. She mentally shrugged. Eh, thats about it nothing really out of the ordina-
She slammed her fists on the tabble with the force of a thousand cupcakes.
"Icompletelyforgottotellyougirlsaboutthisreallynice,manImetyesterday!"
The cafeteria went completely silent as everyone stared at Pinkie with their jaws hanging open.
"Hi girls!" Rainbow appeared with a burst of speed, a sheepish smile on her face. "Sorry I'm late! I had to finish my homework at the library."
Her smile vanished when she noticed that her friends weren't paying any attention to her.
"Umm, did I miss something?" She said with a tilt of her head.
The others continued ignoring her as they ogled at Pinkie with wide eyes.
Canterlot City
"Greetings! May I have a moment of your time?"
"No"
"What a lovely day! Can I persuade you to spare me a few seconds?"
"Leave me alone."
"Good morning! Do you wish to participate in an university sponsored quiz?"
"Nah, sounds like a bore."
"Jolly day! Might I as-"
"Get away from me, you pale skinned, gay basketball player looking freak!"
Görnebog watched with a frown on his face as his latest attempt to gather information ran away from him.
"Hrm, it seems that finding our little anomaly will be harder than I thought." He said to himself as he continued to walk down the street with a steady pace.
"The lack of eye witness testimonies is to be expected, but to also have a shortage in rumors or even gossips! " Worry oozed from his words as he contemplated his situation.
He pinched his mustache and twirled it between his fingers. "Rish rosh, I will have to triple my efforts! The others are certain that the anomaly is located in this area, theres no mistaking it, I just have to find it."
"Um,Sir?"
"Since field research has been rather unfruitful, I must redirect my gaze to other areas, but where?"
"Hello?"
He stopped at the traffic light, hands clasped behind his back.
"Perhaps gossip magazines and newspapers would be the best source of information."
"You dropped your pen."
He smiled to himself. "Jolly good idea, Görnebog!"
The light turned green, signaling that it was time to move again.
"Could you stop, please?"
"I believe that I can find everything I need at the library!" He hummed happily. "Yes, this will work! The others will be very pleased with me when I have dealt with the anomaly."
"SIR!"
Görnebog stopped, head turning from side to side in confusion.
"Hrm? I someone trying to get my attention?"
"Behind you!"
Görnebog slowly turned around, brow raised.
Standing behind him was a young girl with a long green hair and a matching sweater.
"Greetings, young lady." Görnebog bowed his head slightly. "Was it perchance you who called for me?"
The girl crossed her arms, pouting as she did. " I have been trying to get your attention for a while now." She said with a quiet voice.
Görnebog slapped his forehead in shame. "Oh! One hundred apologies, I was so invested in my internal discussion that I completely ignored my surroundings." He said apologetically.
The girl sighed. "Its fine, I'm used to it." She said, muttering the last part.
Görnebog winced internally at the girls sad tone. Rish rosh! I have offended this lovely young lady with my ignorance! This must be corrected.
"Here." The girl said, holding a pen towards him. " You dropped this."
His eyes widened at the sight, hands patting his pockets and not finding his pen.
"Rish rosh! When did I lose that?" The man took the pen from the girls waiting palm.
"When you were talking to yourself." The green haired girl said with a slight deadpan.
Görnebog stared at her awkwardly. My God, when did I become so irresponsible! Quick, salvage this situation!
He gave her a deep bow. "Thank you for being this helpful!"
She blinked in disbelief, before fidgeting in place nervously, eyes looking away from him. Apparently she was not used to someone thanking her. "I-its fine. I just did what any other person would have done."
Görnebog scoffed. "Pish posh, young lady, you have shown an act of kindness by returning my pen instead of taking it! This must be rewarded."
He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out an over sized leather wallet.
"Lets see, what would be the perfect reward for a helpful young lady such as yourself?" He hummed.
The girl gave a strained smile and slowly inched away from the eccentric man. "Oh, theres no need for that! Really, its fine."
She swiftly pointed at her wrist clock. "Oh! Look at the time, I really must be going! Can't be late for..." Sweat started to form on her browns as she tried to come up with a good excuse. "..Gardening."
"Ice cream!" Görnebog suddenly shouted out.
Her smile faded.
"What?" She deadpanned.
The man smiled at her and pulled out a couple of bits from his wallet.
"Your efforts shall be rewarded with ice cream!" He said triumphantly.
The girl groaned, slapping her forehead. This is so awkward.. She moaned internally.
Should I just erase his memory and be done with it?
"Lots of ice cream!"
Scratch that, doing it now. She made up her mind, her hand moving towards her backpack.
"Oh, let me get that burden from your shoulders!"
Görnebog proceed to snatch it from her back with a quick swipe. "A gentleman always helps a lady in need."
"H-hey!" The girl blurted in disbelief.
"Now then!"He swung the backpack over his shoulder. "Let us go find a good spot to fulfill your reward!" The man said cheerfully as he rapidly moved forwards.
The teens jaw dropped at the mans actions, her eyes wide. "Wa-wait!" She yelled in panic, running after the man. "Give that back!"
This can't be happening!