I waved bye to Vinyl and Octavia. My work day was over, which meant the same for Snow Cloud and her school day. I trotted over to the school, but on my way bought some food for tonight's dinner. I put it all in saddlebags and continued on my way. After a few minutes or so, I finally reached the school, and there was Snow Cloud. And it seemed she already made friends! I was so happy, because when I would start a new school year with a new school, I never made friends that easily. Her friends were the Cutie Mark Crusaders Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. I trotted up to the fillies and said to Snow Cloud, "Hey, Cloudy! I see you made some friends. Nice job!" And I ruffled her mane, which I noticed had a braid. I asked who did the braid, and Snow Cloud looked at me and said "Sweetie Bewwe owiginally bwaided my taiw, but then took it out and did my mane instead." I in turn look at Sweetie Belle and said "How sweet. That's nice of you, Sweetie Belle." I then thought up an idea, and asked Snow Cloud, "Hey, Cloudy; I'm curious right now, but do you want to invite your new friends for a sleepover?" She grinned so wide, I thought her face would split in half. She nodded her head, still grinning widely.
I looked at the CMC, and they were doing the same thing as Snow. I just chuckled and lead the way home. When we got there, I saw Derpy landing in front of the door. Her wings folded and she approached us. She asked why the girls were there, and I told her Snow invited them to a sleepover. Derpy said it was okay, so long as they didn't get too rowdy. I opened the door for the girls and Derpy, then trotted inside. I asked the girls, "You hungry?" They nodded, and so I went into the kitchen to help Derpy cook.
"So, um...Is thewe anything you want to do?" I asked my new friends. I didn't know what to do, since this was new to me. They all looked at me and smiled. Applebloom took a pillow and said, "Pillow Fight!" I heard of pillow fights, so I realized we'd have to do that in my room so Mommy wouldn't get mad. I held out a hoof to then stop her, and told her about it. I told Mommy and Daddy I'd be going to my room. They said "Sure, just don't hurt yourselves, now. We'll call you when the food is ready." I brought the girls upstairs and I gave them each a pillow with my magic. They grabbed a corner of their pillows with their mouths, and Scootaloo threw hers at me. It impaled itself on my horn, and I looked cross-eyed as I tried to see it. I started to giggle, then laughed harder than I did earlier today. They started to laugh, and I took advantage of the moment to get them with the pillows.
After about an hour, Mommy and Daddy called us down for dinner, and we ate hay-fries and a grilled cheese and daffodil sandwich. After eating, I yawned, and the other girls did, too. So Mommy told us to go to sleep and that they'd come check on us at some point in the night to make sure we were tucked in. I went upstairs with the girls, and Sweetie Belle taught me to braid. I asked to braid the other girls' manes. At first, they weren't sure. Then, they let me. I braided their manes, and they found it very pretty. They then told jokes until we fell asleep. When I fell asleep, I saw myself in an odd place, bits of earth floating by me. I tried to find anypony that could tell me what was wrong. I found nopony, and I started to quiver my lip until I saw a huge shadow loom over me. I looked up, and it's eyes burrowed into my deepest fears. I never realized I was screaming outside the dream until I was awoken by a loud bam! and saw my Daddy's head stuck in the door.
He pulled his head out, and Mommy pushed the door open with a poker face directed at Daddy. She then galloped towards my bedside and sat onto it, stroking my mane as she had pulled me in for a warm embrace. Daddy got back on his hooves, and followed Mommy's example. He saw tears rolling down my face, and held out his hoof to wipe them away. He started to sing, and the song made me stop crying. He always said he had that effect on crying ponies when he sang. I looked at him, and he then sang a different tune to help me go to sleep. I slowly closed my eyes, the melody drifting me towards dreamland. Finally, I was sleeping peacefully.