//------------------------------// // Cookie Learns The First Lesson of Friendship // Story: The Rather Peculiar Life of Cookie and Her Dearest Companion, 'Sparky' // by Inkin //------------------------------// Cookie Learns The First Lesson of Friendship; Be Quiet When Sternly Instructed By Grouchy Mares “Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored-” “WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT?!” The Pegasus catches the ball she's been bouncing for the past- she glances to the clock- two hours then grins over at the unicorn sat nearby. “Hey there, Sparky! You sound particularly grouchy today!” “My name isn't 'Sparky'!” The unicorn retorts sharply with a glare. She's mad. Cookie can't fathom why she's so annoyed. Maybe she's got brain ache. She's been writing for ages. “... It could be,” Cookie says simply because it's true and the other pony slams her face into the table in front of her a few times. “Don't do that. You'll hurt yourself. You might get double amnesia and forget what you've forgotten..” “Oh sweet Celestia, what did I do to deserve this?” “Nopony deserves to batter their own head against a table, Sparky. No matter what they've done...” Cookie replies seriously as she juggles her ball, rolling it off her wings before catching it neatly with her hooves. “Stop calling me 'Sparky'!” “What should I call you then?” Cookie quips curiously with a smile and eyes, as blue as the ocean, narrow at her like they have done many times in the past before the left one twitches. Cookie's left, not Sparky's left by the way. Cookie is about to ask if Sparky has something in her eye but the unicorn talks over her before she can get the words out. “I don't even care. Just... please... stop talking...” Cookie quirks a brow at her and opens her mouth to ask her friend if she's got a headache but then she remembers she's meant to stop talking and closes it again. She nods and watches Sparky carry on scribbling before she goes back to bouncing her ball. Not long after, the rhythmic thud is joined by a slightly less rhythmic thud of Sparky bashing her head against the table again. Cookie almost speaks but catches herself just in time and carries on bouncing her ball. She wouldn't want to upset Sparky by making too much noise. The unicorn groans loudly.