Wind.
That was the first thing I noticed when I came from a seemingly endless sleep. It was nice, feeling this wind whip and blow across my face and body, the whistles of the wind playing a sweet melody to my current state. I smiled a bit at the sensation, enjoying the moment of peace and serenity.
I took in a deep breath, savoring the fresh open air for just a moment, before exhaling and letting it all out. I felt relaxed. I felt at peace. I cracked an eye open, to be greeted with a gorgeous view of the starry sky, and with a brilliant full moon. I felt like I was flying, looking up I tried to get a better view of the stars. Only, I didn't see the sky anymore, but it was the ground.
"..Wait." I looked down to see more stars. I looked back up to the ground. After a moment, It finally hit me. I wasn't flying. I was falling.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" I shouted in alarm, extremely confused as to how in the world I got this high in the first place. I flailed my arms wildly about, shouting and screaming uselessly, my eyes desperately scanning the ground for something, anything to break my fall. I saw a large lake, just off from what looked like a.. tower? No, a castle, next to a small town. Acting quickly, I tried angling myself towards it, getting a little closer, but the ground was coming way too quickly for any comfort. And I had no idea how deep or shallow the lake was, but I was nearing the bottom, fast.
I closed my eyes and put my arms in front, shielding my face from the inevitable impact of the surface of the water.
... Only for it not to come at all.
I slowly opened my eyes, moved my arms aside, and my breath caught in my throat. The tip of my nose was less than an inch away from the lakes surface. I also noticed there was a light blue aura around my arms and hands, I looked down and saw the rest of my body encompassed in the same aura.
"What..?" Was the only response I had to what I just experienced. Of course I was relieved that I didn't plummet into the lake, causing injury, or even death. Then, I started going back up at a slower pace.
"I-I got you! J-Just a second..!" I heard the feminine voice come from the balcony of the castle, strain in her voice. From here I can't exactly tell who it was that saved my life, but nonetheless I closed my eyes, and paced my breathing, and waited. I felt my weight shift back into an up-right position, and soon enough I felt my hands and knees on a smooth surface.
I panted heavily for a few moments, hearing the one who saved me do the same, probably from exhaustion. I was the first to speak after a little while.
"Thanks," I began, I went to stand. "You have no idea how--" I froze, shocked at what I saw when I opened my eyes. Oh. My. God. Was all I could think. It was a.. unicorn? Not only that, but it was smaller than a normal horse, like a pony. It had a lilac coat, with a mane and tail that was purple, with teal streaks running along both. She was wearing what appeared to be purple pajamas with with polka dots. And it was staring at me, it's mouth agape. It looked just as shocked as I was.
"What's going on!? What happened Starlight!?" Another feminine voice, bit more raspy was heard a few ways away from the both of us. I looked up to see yet another pony beside the entrace, this time a light blue pegasus, with a rainbow mane and tail. She was also wearing pajamas, hers being a darker shade of blue with yellow stripes. "Are you ok-" It stopped in it's tracks, hovering in the air. Then it charged at me before I had time to react. I let out a pained "Oomph!!"
"Rainbow Dash, wait!" The lilac unicorn shouted, Starlight if I went by what the rainbow one yelled, "Stop! It's okay!" Rainbow stopped right as her hoof was about to connect with my jaw, her other clenching the neck of my hoodie. She lit up with the same blue aura as before, and she was forced off of me.
Grimacing, I sat up against the railings of the balcony. "Ow.. Well so much for coming out uninjured, haha.." I chuckled halfheartedly, looking back up at the two ponies. I saw the horn glowing the same color on Starlight as Rainbow was pulled further away from me. "Starlight, was it? Thank you for saving me, twice." I rolled up off the ground into a standing position. "I owe ya."
Starlight's mouth went agape again, she had to crane her head up just to able to look at my face from her position below me. I knelt down, to hopefully appear less intimidating. I smiled. "Sorry if I scared you. Thanks again though." I held out my hand for a handshake.. hoofshake..? A friendly shake.
"Erm.. No problem.." She held out her hoof, but she was trembling a bit. I gently took her hoof in hand, and shook it respectfully. She returned it after a bit, a smile of her own appearing. "I'm sorry about Rainbow, she can jump to conclusions pretty fast." Rainbow huffed indignantly, and crossed her forearms. "Uh, your name is..?"
"..I.. Isaiah.." I began, a bit reluctantly. "Isaiah Chase." I started to feel light headed, hearing the beat of my heart in my ear drums."B-But I think my friends call me Zale?" I said, bringing my hands up and slowly messaging my temples. Did.. did I even have any friends? I thought hard about what I just said and thought, but I came up blank.
Starlight seemed to notice my discomfort. "Are you okay? What do you mean you 'think'?" She put a hoof against my leg, my headache getting worse.
"I.. ugh.. can't remember.." I feel like I was forgetting something very important. But no matter how hard I tried, my mind was.. completely blank. I remember a lot of other things, about my world, about the technologies, even my name and nickname. but I couldn't remember anything about my life. I started to panic again, but before that got too far, I felt a tug on my hoodie.
I looked down to see Starlight, looking very concerned. "I'm sorry. But, could I go sit down somewhere? I'm feeling pretty light headed.." I continued massaging my temples.
"Oh, uh.." She began, looking worried. After a moment, she shook her head, and smiled. "You know what, sure! Follow me." She turned and trotted towards the entrance, Rainbow following between us, probably warning me to keep my distance. I picked up the pace and followed them into the castle walls.
After a few minutes of a somewhat uncomfortable silence, Rainbow spoke.
"So.. uhm.." Rainbow began, sheepishly rubbing her mane, hovering a little ways away from me as I followed. "Sorry about, you know. Tackling you. I thought Starlight was in danger, and I maybe jumped to conclusions a little bit."
Starlight snorted, looking back directly at Rainbow.
"Okay okay," She said begrudgingly. "I really jumped the gun on that one." She huffed, facing back into the corridor.
I chuckled at that. "It's okay, I understand. I can't blame you for only wanting to protect those you care about."
"See? He gets it!" She pointed a hoof at me, smiling victoriously.
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Another few minutes pass, Starlight and Rainbow bickering about what counts as 'Loyal' versus 'Unnecessary'. They eventually gave up, both huffing in exasperation.
"So, Isaiah," Starlight said, rounding a corner "You said you can't remember? Remember what exactly?"
"Anything." I said simply. Both ponies raised an eyebrow at me, stopping at a larger door, larger than any of the ones we passed by. "Well, I can't remember anything about me, other than name and age. I can remember my world and everything in it, but myself and my life.. It's just comes up blank." I clarified, the headache flaring up again.
Starlight and Rainbow both showed concerned glances and looked back at me.
"So you have amnesia is what your saying?" Starlight asked. I nodded. "Well, lets go back to the slumber party and continue our discussion there." She opened the door, walked inside and motioned for me to enter. There was pop music coming from inside.
I raised an eyebrow. "Slumber party?" We entered the room, and I saw just what she was talking about. But the room itself was massive! The first thing I noticed was that there was a god damn tree, at least the roots of one inside the ceiling, illuminated with lights dangling from each root. The walls lined with pillars of crystal, each one having a door that I assumed led to other rooms connected to this one. Above the doors on the next layer had a grand window between each pillar, I'm pretty sure those windows were taller than me.
And then in the center, Was a table, surrounded by 6 chairs, all made of crystal. Now that I think about, Majority of the castle was made out of crystals and gems. Also nearing the center, were 6 other ponies, and a purple lizard thing all in pajamas of all kinds. There were blanket rolls of different colors next to each of them. When we went a bit further into the room, the music that was playing stopped, like a record scratch. All eyes were on me, save for Starlight and Rainbow, both chuckling nervously.
"Hey guys, haha.." Starlight broke the silence after a couple of seconds. "We have a.. bit of a situation on our hooves." She had a somewhat strained smile plastered on her face, her eyes darting back and forth between the group.
One of the other ponies, a purple unicorn but with wings and a purple mane and tail with a magenta streak in each, shot up to her hooves and blinked out of existence in a purple light.
"Oh no.." The lizard said, pinching the bridge his nose and sighing. "Here we go."
Another purple flash of light not even a few seconds later, and she returned with several stacks of papers, and a quill. I then promptly found myself back against the table, attacked with a flurry of questions. "WHAT IN EQUESTRIA ARE YOU!? WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!? YOU LOOK LIKE HUMANS FROM THE MIRROR WORLD! *GASP* ARE YOU A BRAND NEW SPECIES OR SUB SPECIES OF SOME VARIANT!? WHA-" She was cut off from any further questions I couldn't answer at rapid speeds by the orange pony putting a hoof over her mouth, a deadpan expression on her face.
"Now now Twi, settle down," She pulled 'Twi' away from me, and I could have sworn she was foaming at the mouth a little bit. Ignoring it, I chuckled nervously.
"Ahah.. nice to meet you too?" It was more of a question than a response. The others gasped, seemingly surprised that I could speak. I brushed myself off, hoping the foam didn't get on me. As I did, I felt something in the pocket of my hoodie. Before I could investigate what is was though, another question made itself known, at least it was a single one this time.
"Oh my darling, Whatever are you wearing?" I stiffened a bit at her voice. It sounded so familiar, like I knew who that voice belonged to. Looking up, I saw a pristine white unicorn with a purple and bouncy mane look up at me, apparently very interested in my clothing. It took me a moment to regain my composure and answer her.
"O-Oh, this?" I looked down and pulled a little on my hoodie. "I'm just wearing a hoodie over a white T-Shirt, and shorts." I unzipped my hood so she could get a better look. She circled me, humming in thought. I feel like I'm being judged.. I thought, starting to feel uneasy.
Starlight cleared her throat, grabbing everyone's attention. "I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions, but first, let me explain to you what happened.."
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We were all sitting in the room, with me being the center of attention. It only took a few minutes for Starlight to explain the situation, and the room felt a bit lighter now.
"Well shucks, I'm mighty sorry y'all had to go through that." The orange pony said sympathetically. She held out a hoof towards me. "The name's Applejack, partner! Pleasure ta' meet cha!"
I took her hoof and shook it firmly, and she immediately returned the shake, a wide smile on her face.
"Heya Applejack, I'm Isaiah Chase, and my.." I paused for only a second, correcting myself. "I also go by Zale" I let go of her hoof, only for my hand to be taken again immediately by two pink hooves and started shaking sporadically.
"Hiyamynameispinkiepieit'ssonicetomeetyouzaleywhaleydoyoulikecupcakesilikecupcakes- *GASP*"
She stopped for a second, and exploded again.
"imadecupcakesfortheslumberpartybutsinceyou'rehereyoucanhavesometoo!"
I didn't realize when Pinkie released my hand, but after a second or two my arms stopped shaking, they feel like spaghetti now. "Uh.. nice to meet you too Pinkie Pie, and.. I can't really say i like cupcakes, because I don't remember if I like them or not."
Rainbow blinked. "Wait, you actually followed all of that?" Rainbow asked in disbelief. I shrugged.
"Well yeah, it took me a moment to process what was said but I understood her." I stretched my arms out, hoping to relieve some of the stress from the frantic hoofshake of a super hyper mare.
"Hi there Zale," The purple one from earlier began, smiling sheepishly. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship. Sorry about the uh, onslaught earlier." She laughed nervously, clearly embarrassed. I chuckled and scratched the back of my head.
"It's okay, don't worry about it. If you want I can answer any question you have to the best of my ability some time." Her ears perked up at that.
"Yes! I-I mean.. sure that would be nice." She regained her composure and smiled genuinely. "I'll let you know when I have the questions ready!" Twilight giggled excitedly, and tapped her hooves together. I saw that the lizard rolled it's eyes at her, and walked up to me.
"I'm Spike," he pointed a thumb at his puffed out chest. "And yes, I am a dragon!" Spike said matter-of-factly. My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "I'm Twilight's loyal assistant."
"Wow, a dragon.." I admired him a bit, looking him over again. "I never would have guessed if you didn't tell me. I thought you were just a lizard."
Spike deadpanned. Rainbow and Applejack snorted, trying to contain their laughter. Spike looked back at both of them, a pout on his face. "Oh come on, I know I'm small but you'll see! One day I'll grow and get wings, then we'll see who's laughing!" He huffed, crossing his arms and walked back to Twilight's side.
"Hello Zale, I am none other than Ms. Rarity, Owner of the Carousel Boutique, maker of fashion trends!" She dramatically made her mane wave, swiveling her head from one side to the other. "And I must say, your clothes are out of this world, Darling!" Her eyes sparkled with glee as she scanned me up and down for about the 5th time. She held her hoof out, but it was pointed toward the ground rather than at me. I got the idea.
"Hello Ms. Rarity, It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." I got down on one knee, gently took her hoof in hand and planted a soft kiss on it. "And I should say that you look stunning in that night gown." Rarity waved her hoof at her face the moment I let go.
"Oh my~" She breathed, a hue of pink going across her muzzle. "What a gentlestallion.." She fainted, landing on a velvet chair that I don't remember being there before.
I raised an eyebrow. Gentle..stallion? So that's how terms are here, huh? I thought, humming in understanding.
I looked around, seeing only 2 other ponies that haven't introduced themselves yet. One was a mulberry pony, a unicorn with a magenta mane and tail, only her horn was broken. My eyes widened at the scar on her face in surprise. She looked more built, and if she were standing I'm pretty sure she'd be the tallest pony here. She hasn't said a word ever since I arrived, and all she did was stare back at me, a slight blush on her face. Even as I looked at her for a few more moments, she didn't even flinch.
The other, was a yellow pegasus, a pink mane and tail. She let out a little "Eep!" when she saw my gaze shift towards her. She tried to hide behind her mane but it did little to cover the poor timid thing. Deciding that I should make the first move, I walked up to her and knelt down, so I could be more at eye level with her while maintaining a reasonable distance.
"Hello there. What's your name?" I asked in a soft disarming tone, putting on a friendly smile.
She hesitated for a moment, but she answered. "Fluttershy.."
"Nice to meet you, Fluttershy. It might not mean much, but I hope we can become good friends." I reached out with my right and started petting her mane gently. She gasped, but didn't show any resistance after the first contact. She leaned in when I cupped my hand around her ear, giving a few quick scratches.
Rainbow blinked again. "You caught THAT too!? Just how good are your ears?"
Stopping the pats, I shrugged again. "I guess they're pretty good" I turned back to the mulberry unicorn, still staring at me with the same expression. I looked at the others and raised an eyebrow. They all shrugged unanimously.
Turning back again, I walked up to her and sat down, right in front of them. Nothing. I got an idea, a risky one, but a risk I'm willing to take. Stifling a laugh, I brought my hand right up to her muzzle, and ceremoniously booped her, right on the snoot.
She seemed to be taken aback by the sudden touch, As she went cross-eyed for a moment, gasped, and sneezed, all at once. My finger was still on her muzzle, and she started at it, still cross-eyed. "Hi there." I said, removing my finger from her muzzle and putting it back down, smirk on my face. Rainbow and Applejack couldn't hold there laughter this time, and the rest chuckled along with them. Her cheeks swelled into a deep crimson.
"H-Hello.." She began, looking down at her hooves. "My name is Tempest. Tempest Shadow.." She fidgeted slightly.
I whistled, impressed at the name. "Wow, that's a pretty badass name. I like it."
"Thanks, ahah.." Tempest seemed to calm down, and looked at me directly. "..Do that again." I blinked.
"Whistle?" I asked, confused as to what she meant.
"No, when you touched my muzzle.." Tempest clarified, making little circles with her hooves.
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Well, okay." I booped her again, same as before. She again, went cross-eyed, but instead of sneezing, she wriggled her nose and giggled at the sensation.
"Hehe.. Ok that's enough." She said with finality.
I took my hand and saluted. "Yes ma'am." I said jokingly.
I turned around and sat between Tempest and Fluttershy. "So.." I began. "What happens now?"
Twilight hummed in thought. "Well.. since you can't remember nearly anything about yourself, you could stay here in the castle, in one of the guest rooms." Twilight suggested. "Maybe in time you'll start remembering more things about your past, and then we can go from there."
I stroked my chin, thinking about it. It wasn't a bad idea actually, and it's not like I really had anywhere else to go anyway. I nodded, accepting her offer. "That sounds like one of the only things I could do really, thank you Twilight." I paused for a moment, a frown forming on my face. "I'm really sorry too."
"'Sorry'?" Twilight repeated, confused. "What are you sorry for?" She sat down a little ways away from me, relaxing on one of the blankets that were laid out.
"For crashing in during your slumber party, I didn't mean to interrupt." I clarified, rubbing the back of my head. "And on top of that becoming a burden too."
"Oh nonsense darling," Rarity chimed in, "You have nothing to be sorry about. You had no control over what happened to you, so don't you worry yourself about it." She stated.
"Ya ain't a burden to no pony either, sugar cube." Applejack assured.
"Yeah, I mean," Rainbow began, "It's not everyday you wake up free falling with amnesia. You need help, we got your back!" flew up to me and put her hoof in the air. I bumped it with a fist.
"Yeah dude, you're fine, you're in good hooves and claws!" Spike said, siting in what appeared to be a basket with sheets.
"We're friends now, so if you ever need us, just ask." Fluttershy said next to me, putting a hoof on my side. "Um, that is if that's okay with you.." She added timidly.
I stiffened at the word 'Friend', and I couldn't help but smile sadly at that. I felt tears well up in my eyes, and I started sniffling. I didn't know why it brought me such joy hearing that, but I was so happy in that moment that I didn't care. I felt another hoof rest against my other side, caressing my shoulder.
"It'll be okay, Isaiah. Your friends are here." I heard Tempest say, trying to comfort me.
"And if you ever want to talk about anything, I'm your mare." Starlight declared, smiling at me from her seat across from me.
I was about to open my mouth to say something, but found that a cupcake with pink frosting found it's way into my mouth, seemingly out of nowhere. I look up and see Pinkie Pie giggling madly while hanging upside down in my field of vision. I grabbed the cupcake, and took a bite. I smiled, delighted with the taste of it. "And if you ever want to hang out, I'm always around~!" Pinkie said in a sing song voice.
I swallowed. "Thank you guys so much.. you have no idea how much this all means to me." I wiped a stray tear off my face before continuing. "And Pinkie Pie, I'll have you know that I do in fact, like cupcakes." I declared, taking another bite.
"GASP YAAAAY!!" she bounced around, happy to hear what I thought on the topic. "Now lets get this slumber party underway! We still have plenty of moonlight left to spare so get comfy everypony!" Confetti literally came out of the walls and ceiling, everyone cheered and went on with the party.
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"Uh guys," Rainbow Dash began, sounding a little down, "The phonograph kinda busted."
Applejack sighed. "Pinkie, I told ya Not to add the record scratch thing. The needle was worn already and ya broke the darn thing." Everyone let out a disappointing "Aww.." and the mood went down.
I perked up when I remembered what I had on me. "I may have something to help with the music. Not sure if you'll like the kind from my world though, or the type I listen to." Fishing in my hoodie a bit, I found my iPhone. Everyone stared at it with curious expressions. I tapped the screen, and the screen flashed to life. Everyone's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
"Whoa.. Dude what Is that?" Spike asked mesmerized by the device in my hand.
"It's called an iPhone," I stated. "it's a type of smart phone that was made back on Earth, which is what my planet was called back in my world." I heard the sound of scratching on paper, I looked up to see a paper and quill in Twilight's magic.
I smirked in amusement.
"What can it do?" Rainbow asked, eyeing the thing incredulously. "Doesn't look like much to me."
"Well, this particular iPhone can take pictures, play music, browse the web, record videos, and you can even play games on it." I explained. "It's also used to take notes without the need of pencil or paper, as many as you could want. It even has a library, stored with books upon books-" I was cut off in mock surprise when the phone was snatched out of my hand in a pinkish aura, and levitated towards Twilight, who was practically drooling and hyperventilating over it.
"Hey, hey, make sure you don't get drool on it." I said teasingly, giving Twilight a knowing smirk. She laughed sheepishly, levitating the device back to me.
"Sorry about that, I guess I got excited.. hehe." She admitted, a small blush forming across her muzzle.
"Don't worry about it Twilight, I can show you the books later." I told her, making her ears perk up a bit more. "But for now.." I paused at the lockscreen, looking at the image. It was of a character, and if I remembered correctly her name was 'Toriel', eating a pie. Ignoring it for now, I typed in my password, it seemed my muscles remembered it on instinct, and opened the music app. When I did, a handheld speaker popped into existence, my eyes widened in surprise, and I caught it mid-air.
"Wow, it can do magic too?" Starlight asked, even more intrigued than before. I looked at the speaker more closely. It was Bluetooth, no doubt about it. I found the power button, and the pairing button. Other than it magically appearing out of no where, it was an ordinary speaker. Shrugging, I turned it on, and paired it with my phone.
"Uh.. I don't remember it being able to do that..." I replied carefully, as I was sure it wasn't supposed to. "But hey, it's convenient I guess. Now the sound will be clearer and louder than it coming from the phone itself." They were listening to more peppy music earlier, but I wanted to get their requests in. "What do you want to listen to?"
"Ooh! Ooh! Me me me me me!!" Pinkie waved her hoof in the air, trying to be picked.
"Alright Pinkie, you get first pick. So what'll it be?" I showed Pinkie the screen and the songs she cold choose from. I made sure to swipe upwards at an even pace so she could read it.
"Hmmm.." Pinkie hummed in thought, looking through the different names. "OOOooh, this one!" She pointed at the song by the Black Eyed Peas; I Gotta Feeling.
"Excellent choice Pinkie." I turned up the sound and bass, set the speaker down on the table, and clicked play. Everyone ears perked up at the beginning notes, after the first loop, Applejack started tapping a hoof to the beat, while Rainbow bobbed her head to it.
At the bass first base drop, everyone in the room was singing along, like they know all the lyrics just like that. I was dancing with Pinkie, Twilight and Fluttershy, while the rest just enjoyed the song, either tapping a hoof or head bobbing to the rhythm.
Twilight's dance was.. entertaining, to say the least. Pinkie seemed like she was defying basic anatomy with her moves, and Fluttershy looked like she was having fun. I, on the other hand, was actually surprisingly good at dancing, all the considered. Improvised moves based on the beat, and I had a blast doing so.
I smirked, getting an idea. For one of my moves, I needed a partner. I took Pinkie's hooves in hand, and starting to spin us around. I kept in mind how much bigger I was compared to her, so I kept it steady. Then, once she was off the ground, I placed my hand under her barrel, lifted her up above my head, and held her out. She held her hooves out like she was flying, giggling like a little kid.
As the song came to an end, we all shared a laugh, both at our silly dances and because of how much fun it was. Smiling, I picked up the phone. "Who wants next pick?" I asked. This time, Tempest raised her hoof. "Alrighty, choose anything that catches your eye." I held the phone in front of her, much like I did with Pinkie.
"Oh, this one looks interesting." Tempest motioned towards the song, Fall Out Boy - Immortals (Metal cover by Solence)
I smirk slightly. "You have a keen eye for true art Tempest. A keen eye indeed." Taking a bit of a cautious approach since I knew how it began, I turned down the volume a little, tapped the play button, and the song began.
Their ears perked up at the loud and robust opening it had, and Rainbow Dash really got into the guitar, and so did Tempest. They were now standing. slightly bobbing their heads slightly in the start, and even Fluttershy and Rarity joined in. The other watched and listened, I couldn't quite tell what the others expressions were, As i was bobbing my head myself now.
Right at the start of the first chorus, all 5 of us started head banging. Hard. Mid way through it, we started singing along, we even had the growls and the screams down pat, especially Fluttershy. We were rocking our hearts out, all the way throughout the first chorus and the mid section of the song.
When the second chorus hit, the rest of our friends joined in, and soon we had a moshpit going. I was careful not to trample anyone with my height, now doing air guitars with Rainbow. Applejack was a real wild one, nearly knocked me over twice, but regardless this was the best time of my new life.
Right before the guitar solo came in, Rarity pulled out a Ukulele out from behind the velvet chair, and actually played with the solo! It even sounded metal. However I threw all logic out the window in this moment, because damn, she was good. And in the last part of the song, she held out the scream, and even I couldn't do that.
All of us collapsed in a pile on the floor, exhausted and panting from the session, silently chuckling.
"That. Was. AWESOME!!" Rainbow exclaimed from her position on the floor, catching her breath.
"Look at us, huh? Who would'a thought we'd end up being this tired.. whew." Applejack commented, wiping her forehead with a hoof.
"Yeah, Applejack's right.. We should hit the hay right about now.." Twilight agreed. We had no arguments, not even Spike. We got off of each other and headed to our respective sleeping spots. I paused, realizing that I didn't have a blanket, or designated spot.
"Uh Twilight, Where do I sleep?" I asked, cocking an eyebrow. Her eyes widened, like she completely forgot about that detail all together.
"Ah shoot.." She said "Well, there's a-"
"You can share with me." Tempest interrupted, Twilight and I turned to her. "My blanket is more than enough for us to share. If you want to anyway.." A slight blush spread on her cheeks. I chewed the inside of my cheek in thought.
Shrugging, I complied. "Sure, if you're offering, I wouldn't mind." I took off my hoodie and hung it against one of the chairs. I left everything else on me, and I got down in a comfortable position next to Tempest, who used her hoof to share her blankets with me. My eyes drifted to her broken horn, now that I got a closer look, I saw a large crack running along the side of it, looking like a lighting bolt. I was curious as to why her horn was like that, but I figured I'd ask some other time.
"Good night everypony.. yawn.." Twilight said with finality, turning out the lights with her magic.
One by one, everyone fell into a comfortable, silent sleep.