“Success! I’ve done it!” Twilight beamed proudly as Rarity cast the spell, and teleported to the other side of the room without hassle. On her horn was a small circular ring with a glowing purple jewel in it. As soon as Rarity’s horn stopped glowing, the jewel faded to a gray color. Twilight had a similar ring on her horn.
“It’s not perfect, but this is just the first step in both long-distance teleportation AND easier teleportation spells. With this, anypony can borrow the magic from somepony willing, and use to to cast a spell. If enough ponies are wearing the matching jewel, then we could even charge higher power spells. Why, we could even move the sun!” Twilight raised her head to the sky and couldn’t help but give a maniacal laugh.
“Is that all Twilight? I really must go. Sweetie Belle will be home soon.” Rarity levitated the ring off her horn after Twilight nodded. Taking both rings, Twilight placed them down and showed Rarity to the door, closing it after her friend left. Trotting over to the desk, Twilight quickly composed a letter with her findings, and held it out for Spike.
“Send this to the princess at once!” Twilight shivered as she passed through something, and glanced toward the closed windows in confusion. Shrugging it off, Twilight watched as Spike sent the letter, and returned to the table to look over her notes. Flipping through them, she smiled.
“This Sunset was as much the genius as her ancestor, Starswirl. The notes she left in her journal cut back months of work. Without this journal I would have never even figured out that the reason teleportation is hard for most unicorns is not due to the magic required, but the fine control of the spell. I mean it’s an easy mistake to make Spike.” Twilight frowned as Spike nodded, a bored expression on his face as he folded his arms.
“Uh, well, anyway. How about I start on dinner?” Twilight smiled sheepishly, and Spike nodded, patting his stomach as it growled. Both turned and headed into the kitchen, shivering as the air dropped in temperature once more. Shrugging it off, they returned to their eagerness for dinner. After all, it was only Nopony.
‘I’m glad, my old friend is finally getting the recognition she deserved for her work.’ Nopony smiled softly as she glided over to the table, looking over what notes were visible. How she wished she had the ability to touch them, but even over the many years, she still hadn’t figured out how to make herself tangible enough to touch stuff. As most, she could probably keep a glass cold.
‘I wonder what Pinkie Pie is up to.’ Nopony spared a quick glance toward the kitchen, before floating out the door and gliding toward Sugarcube Corner. Entering, she quickly headed for the back rooms, where the family actually lived, and found the Cakes eating. There was no sign of Pinkie Pie. Rising up, Nopony went through the ceiling, and entered the bathroom.
“And so I said, that’s not an alligator, that’s a crocodile!” Pinkie Pie beamed down at Gummy as she shared the bath with him. Having already finished dinner, she giggled as her stomach asked if it was ok to have another dessert after her bath. Pinkie Pie quickly agreed it was definitely ok. One could never have too many sugary treats.
“So if anyone asks, your mother was a crocodile. I want to surprise everyone when she turns up to your next birthday, and she’s actually an alligator. Won’t that be fun?” Pinkie closed her eyes and giggled, standing up to get out of the bath. Slipping, she splashed lukewarm water on the tiles, and bit her lip.
“Darn, Mrs Cake is going to get up me if I don’t clean that up.” Standing up, Pinkie stepped onto the tiles, and shivered. That was strange, the water on the ground was now cold. Shrugging it off, Pinkie grabbed a towel and mopped up her mess, and dried herself with the same towel. Pulling out the plug, Pinkie giggled as Gummy complained, and placed it back in. Pouring a very small amount of water in the bottom for him, Pinkie left him to his bath.
“I’ll see you two later,” she spoke without thinking, rubbing her hair dry as she stepped into her room. Opening her cupboard, she pulled out some of her treats, and jumped onto her bed. Pulling out a comic book, Pinkie smiled, and began to read. Eating a cupcake, her mind caught up and she paused. Wait, two? Shrugging, Pinkie discarded it and went back to reading. It wasn’t important, she was 77% sure of that.
Nopony left Pinkie Pie alone, and slowly floated toward Twilight’s. By now, they should be done with dinner, and if Nopony was lucky, Twilight would be ready to continue. Entering the house, she realised that wasn’t the case. No matter, Twilight deserved an early night. After all, she had been up for two days straight.
Turning, Nopony slowly glided through the houses, watching families and friends slowly go through the motions and head to bed. Flying into the Everfree, she watched as the nighttime creature slowly woke up, and watched them shiver as she passed by. Stopping at the ruins of the castle, Nopony sighed.
Tracing the ruins back into the forest, Nopony followed a nonexistent road by memory alone, pausing by a tree that had fallen over a creek. Looking at it, Nopony wondered what had once been here. Had it been her home? Closing her eyes, she looked upward, remembering that it was irrelevant.
Nopony slowly flew back into Ponyville, and found one pony that was currently partying the night away. There were a few crowding around the mare, and it took Nopony a moment to recall her name. Vinyl, a DJ who was known for staying for all times of the night. Nopony turned, and trotted back towards Applejack’s stall.
At the moment, it was just wood, but in the morning it would be a bustle of news and energy. Nopony curled up on the same piece of grass she normally did, noticing how the grass had started trying to grow away, leaving a small circle in the ground. Closing her eyes, Nopony knew soon she could have to find a new place to sleep. Maybe sleeping at the farm, or at Twilight’s.
Nopony supposed it didn’t matter, ponies wouldn’t really pay much attention to some weird grass.