Twilight’s ear twitched as she followed a faint song down one of the many halls within Canterlot Castle. There was a slight spring in her step and an excited smile on her face. Every other step or so, the new princess would giggle to herself. She carried two pieces of parchment with her, each with a cheque attached to them. Twilight brought both in front of her making her smile grow. She stopped in front of a pair of mahogany doors with a treble cleft embedded into both doors. A muffled version of the song she heard came from the other side.
She pushed the doors open letting the music flow out of the room. Twilight looked to the center and found a baby grand piano with a purple baby dragon sitting at it. The baby dragon had his eyes closed and his fingers were dancing along the piano’s keys. Twilight approached the piano, her smile still in place.
“Hi Spike,” she greeted. Twilight stopped at the piano’s open lid. “I need you to-”
“Shhh,” Spike interrupted. “I’m almost done.” Twilight rolled her eyes as Spike continued playing. His fingers moved up the keys at a rapid pace. Each note he played became softer than the last. He pressed a high note with his middle finger before lifting his hands off the piano. Spike opened his eyes and turned to Twilight. “Okay, what’s up?”
Twilight held out the parchments. “I need you to send these out for me,” she said. “Preferably as soon as possible.”
“Not a problem.” Spike grabbed both parchments. He took in a deep breath, holding the parchments in front of him. Twilight gently pushed his hands down making him exhale. “Something wrong?”
“Could you send them one at a time?” Twilight asked. Spike raised an eyebrow. “They’re going to different places.”
“Could’ve said that first,” Spike muttered. He held one of them up and blew a gentle emerald flame on it. The parchment burned into purple sparkling ash. Twilight squealed as the sparkles flew away. “What was that?”
“Nothing, send the next one.”
Spike shrugged and did as he was told. Like with the first burned parchment, Twilight squealed as it flew off to its destination. “Seriously? You’ve seen me send things before and you didn’t react like a fan filly meeting their idol. What’s gotten into you?”
“I just made a couple of orders.” Twilight waved her hoof dismissively. “Nothing to freak out about.”
“Except it is.” Spike deadpanned.
“Okay it totally is!” Twilight brought her hooves to her mouth in attempts to stop herself from squealing. It unfortunately failed. “I ordered a couple of things from CS Toys and made a pre-order! I can’t wait to get them!”
“I can see that.” Spike shuffled through his sheet music. He read through each sheet, attempting to find a song he wanted to play. Off in the corner of his eye he saw Twilight sitting beside the piano. Spike looked up at her. “What are you doing?”
“Waiting,” Twilight answered.
“Waiting for what?”
“My orders.”
“Are you seriously going to sit in front of me waiting for the packages you just ordered?”
“Maybe.”
“Doesn’t CS Toys take seven to ten days to deliver overseas?”
“What’s your point?”
Spike smacked his forehead. “Okay,” he groaned. “Question. What’s coming here that’s got you so excited.”
“A couple of things actually. A few gashapon toys, a few candy toys,” Twilight said, counting on her hoof. “Those sort of things.”
“That can’t be what’s got you excited. You’ve ordered gashapon and candy toys before without being this excited.”
“You’re right! It isn’t!” Twilight giggled. “I just pre-ordered the HG Heroes Sentai EX: Bravest in History Set! That’s an exclusive that should not be seen on Equestrian shores! But I’m getting it! And I’m going to be getting Bunpachy!” She hopped around the piano happily giggling to herself.
“Aren’t you a little too old for toys?” Spike asked following the prancing princess. “I mean, I have an excuse since technically I’m still a child, but you’re an adult. And a princess to boot.”
Twilight landed beside Spike’s bench. “There is no age limit on fun.” She ruffled Spike’s fins. “I believe a certain dragon told me that when he introduced me to those Neighponese children’s shows.”
Spike pushed her hoof away. “Heh. That’s true. Then again, I’d be a hypocrite for looking down on you for buying toys based on those shows. I’ve bought my fair share.”
“That reminds me, thanks for pushing me down this rabbit hole. Now I have to budget for toys as well.”
“You’re welcome.” Spike placed five sheets on the piano. He pressed a few of the keys and closed his eyes. “Didn’t Bunpachy come in the package you received last week?”
“Nope,” Twilight said shaking her head. “I got the cyan ankylosaurus with a hammer tail last week. I ordered the pachycephalosaurus with a hard hat and a flail on his tail.” Spike gave Twilight an unamused look as he played. “I got Ankydon last week.”
“I see.” Spike continued playing his song, his fingers gliding over the keys.
“I also ordered something for you from Mandarake. Something I think you’ll like.”
“Oh?” Spike asked, still playing. “And what would that be?”
Twilight tapped her chin. “Oh, nothing special. Just a Complete Selection Belt,” she said shrugging. Spike’s fingers dropped on the piano’s keys like a dead weight. A deep bass note vibrated in the room. The baby dragon slowly turned his head to Twilight with wide eyes.
“A Complete Selection Belt? Really?” he asked. Twilight nodded. Spike leapt off the bench, grabbing Twilight in a vice grip of a hug. “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Which one did you order? Is it Accel’s? Or the Lost Driver? Wait, is it the Double belt? Please tell me it’s the Double belt.”
“Can’t… breathe,” Twilight choked out. Spike let go making Twilight gasp. “Thank you. And that’s a surprise.” Spike grinned and sat down in front of Twilight. “What are you doing?”
“Waiting for your packages with you. Wait, are you using me as an address or are you using the castle’s mailing address?”
“The castle’s.”
“Then maybe we should wait in Celestia’s chamber. That is where all the castle’s mail comes via dragon fire.”
“Good point.” Twilight got up and headed towards the exit with Spike following close behind. “By the way, the new episodes are out. Want to watch with me?” A cloud of dust sat where Spike once was. Twilight blinked.
“Come on, Twilight!” Spike’s voice called from out of the room. “New episodes! Let’s go!” Twilight giggled as she followed after Spike at a leisurely pace.