Written by: Pearple Prose
"Aaaaaaah... CHOO!"
Luna snorted, her eyes snapping open. A moan sounded off from the pony lying next to her in the bed. She turned around to see her marefriend sitting up, wiping her nose with a hoof.
"Good morning, Twilight!" Luna chirped cheerfully.
"Bleh." Twilight bleh'd blearily.
"How are you feeling on this beautiful morning?" Luna asked as she leapt out of bed and walked over to the window.
Twilight responded by way of an askew glance, coupled with a very wet and disgusting snort that — somehow — managed to sound rather indignant.
Luna turned her head away and smirked. This was just too perfect. "Oh, would you just look at this beautiful day?" Luna said, hamming up the "morning pony" attitude that she knew s despised. "Oooh, maybe we should go out for a stroll around Ponyville! Wouldn't that be just divine?"
Twilight groaned as the stream of sunlight struck her eyes, half-heartedly lifting a purple wing to protect herself from the unholy rays. "Nuuuuurr..." She mumbled, before sneezing again.
Luna's eyes were clenched shut with the effort it took to stifle her sniggering. The sight of the normally collected pony in such a ridiculous state was becoming too much for the Night Princess to hold in.
Twilight looked at her giggling marefriend, then crossed her eyes to peer at her snivelling snout. "I thing I hab a cold." She declared, after a few moments of deliberation. Then sneezed again.
That was all it took. Luna immediately burst into fits of laughter, rolling on the floor of Twilight's bedroom while the pony herself looked on with a frown. "Shnot funny." She huffed.
Luna eventually gathered herself back together, crossing the room to examine the bleary, bedridden alicorn, who glowered at her with sleepy eyes. "Oh, I'm sorry, love. I will admit, I have been quite impolite as your guest."
Twilight glared at her. "Yur could shay that."
Luna coughed out another chuckle, then painted on a look of motherly concern. "Oh, my darling Twiley-poo's caught a frightful cold! Now, don't you worry dear, Lulu is here to help!" With that, she scurried out of the room.
Twilight watched her go with confusion, amusement, and more than a little bit of abject terror. She let out a sigh and sank under the covers.
Well, it wasn't that bad, Twilight admitted. It was actually pretty funny. She imagined herself going cross-eyed, and giggled.
I'll let her have her fun. She's deserved it, after all. Twilight relaxed with a bashful smile. There's still that one experiment with the socks that I don't think she's forgiven me for quite yet.
Ten minutes later, Luna still hadn't returned, and Twilight was starting to get anxious. Her optimism from earlier was threatening to fade. It's okay, Twilight. Maybe she's just- The bed-ridden alicorn perked up. Maybe she's making breakfast! Twilight drooled slightly at the thought of pancakes, dripping with syrup. She wondered if they'd get topped with baked apple slices this time...
"Twiliiiight~" Luna called from outside the bedroom.
"Yeah, Luna?" Twilight hollered back, eyes still closed peacefully.
"Do you, perhaps, remember that one incident with the socks...?"
Twilight's eyes snapped open. For a moment, she swore that her heart stopped beating. "Oh no."
A voice whispered right next to her ear. "Oh, yes~"
And to this day, the ponies of Ponyville still remember the mad cackling, against a backdrop of screams.