Twilight blinked in surprise as all stands excluding one suddenly closed. Sighing, she trotted over and quickly ordered the one thing on the menu. While she hated meat, it was something ponies could ingest, at least in small quantities. So, taking her bag of meat, Twilight turned and headed home.
Spike was waiting for her when she got home. However, that wasn’t what caught her attention. For some reason, a wolf was sitting at the table, conversing with Spike. When the door closed behind Twilight, it turned and stood up. They were around the same height.
“Who are you? And why are you in my house?” Crouching, Twilight prepared a spell to cast in case the wolf attacked them. The wolf didn’t react, and confusion rose on her face.
“I’m your neighbor. I came over to introduce myself, you can call me Ware.” Smiling, the wolf only made Twilight more nervous, but she forced herself to be hospitable.
“Sorry, pony instinct. I’m Twilight Sparkle, and that dragon who let you in is called Spike.” Giving a pleasant smile, Twilight glanced toward the packet of meat she had just purchased. Raising it above her, she offered it toward Ware.
“I’m having meat for dinner, would you like to join us?” Grimacing, Twilight saw the wolf almost howl with joy.
“Would I? That would be awesome, thank you.” Quickly returning to her seat, Ware smiled at Twilight, who headed into the kitchen to cook it. While it was likely the wolf didn’t need it cooked, Twilight did. After all, she didn’t want to get sick from it.
“And dinner is served.” Sitting down, Twilight served out two plates of mystery meat, and a bowl of gems for Spike, who gorged himself.
“So why are you called Ware, if you don’t mind me asking?” To be honest, Twilight didn’t know much about wolf culture, as they normally only got Timberwolves around here.
“Well, wolves are named on either their color, or a sense. And well, I’m a very aware wolf.” As Ware grimaced, and Twilight understood why. A name made based sorely so a pun could be made.
“Well, I must return to my home, feel free to come around for a visit.” Bowing her head, Ware stood up, and headed out the door. Twilight waved her hoof in farewell, and waited until the door was closed, to glare at Spike.
“You were trying to get out of punishment weren’t you.” Twilight quickly grabbed the fleeing dragon, holding him in place as he struggled in her magic.
“I’m sorry Twi! Please don’t do thi-,” with a poof, Spike vanished. Twilight nodded in satisfaction, a few hours on the moon would do the dragon some good. Glancing to the calendar, Twilight blinked.
“Oh that’s right, a friend of Rainbow Dash is coming into town tomorrow. Pinkie is likely going to throw a party, I should grab a present for both Rainbow Dash and this ‘Gilda’.” Strange name for a pony as it was, Twilight didn’t choose baby names. If she did, she’d name it something like Thousand Papers. Now THAT was a name.
“Let’s see, I could go with a book, or maybe buy something in town tomorrow.” Twilight glanced at her private collection of books, the one’s that others couldn’t borrow. There was a Daring Doo book. Rainbow Dash might like that series.
Heading upstairs, Twilight settled into her bed, reading while she mused on it. Until she knew what time the party was on, she had the day free too. What did she want to spend it doing? That was a good question.
“Alright, that’s long enough.” Concentrating her magic, Spike appeared in her room. Shuddering, he whimpered, and curled up into his bed. Twilight nodded, glad to see the lesson had sunk in. Flipping a page, she wondered if she should go for a picnic or something tomorrow. Or the spa with Rarity, something relaxing.
It was likely Pinkie would cut them off though, so Twilight didn’t think it was a good idea. With somepony new in town, this party was going to be very loud. Twilight only hoped it wouldn’t take place so late, she needed her beauty sleep after all.
‘I wonder how Applejack is doing. I could always lend a hoof down at the farm once Gilda leaves.’ Speaking once more of Gilda, how should Twilight treat her? Like a friend? Like an acquaintance? She certainly didn’t want to make a bad impression, especially considering it’s Dash’s friend.
Spike began mumbling, and Twilight growled in annoyance. As soon as she set her scathing glare on him, he became silent. Honestly, it was so hard to train a dragon to be obedient sometimes.
Flicking off the switch, Twilight settled into sleep. With any luck, her dreams would revolve around her finding an unknown type of magic. The awards, the recognition, she smiled softly.