Sunset sat facing the portal, her back leaning against nothing. She had been patiently waiting there for almost 45 minutes, reading the book she had brought along in case it was as long as last time, or longer. She looked up from where she was reading every minute or two, not giving her much time to read in between.
The last time she looked up from her book, the glassy surface of the school's statue wavered. She gently placed a bookmark to mark her place, then stood up, book in hand. She expected Twilight to come through the portal, but that didn't happen. Instead, a purple dog with little green spots around the middle of his back appeared.
She stepped backwards in confusion. "Spike?"
"Hey, Sunset." The dog replied. Yup, that was definitely Spike. "Twilight wanted me to come get you. Do you have your Wish Granters ready?"
"Wish Fetchers", Sunset corrected, "and yes, there in this bag." She held up a plastic shopping bag with ten Wish Fetcher inside. "Where's Twilight? I would have expected her to come get me."
"Twilight? Oh, she pulled an all nighter, trying to get those three spells down."
Sunset cocked her head. "Three spells? I thought we just needed two."
Spike began scratching his ear. "Well, yeah, but, what about the spell that helps grant the wishes?" He pointed out.
Realization hit Sunset like a runaway train. "Right!" She tried to ignore the warmth spreading over her cheeks. "Where is she now?"
Spike tried his best to point over his shoulder. When his attempts were in vain, he turned around and pointed a paw towards the portal, looking towards Sunset all the while. "She conked out on the castle floor. Like I said, she wanted me to come and get you." He added as soon as he saw Sunset's look of confusion and sympathy.
"If she says so..." She mumbled. "Okay, let's go. I can't wait to sell these tomorrow!!" She jiggled her bag of Wish Makers before running ahead of Spike and jumping head first into the portal.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Spike called after her, although he knew she probably couldn't hear him, and jumped head-first into the portal as well.
Twilight was so close to slipping into a deep coma, but two voices interpreted her. "Whoa, she looks exhausted." the first voice noted.
"Yeah, I told you. She was up all of last night, trying to get these spells perfect for you." The second voice replied. Her brain was to tired to try and place the voices owners.
"That's really kind of her, but, I can wait until tomorrow...it looks like she really needs to sleep." The first voice sounded closer than before, it must've came up to see if she was still breathing or something. Twilight wearily opened her eyes to see a blurry Sunset Shimmer standing before her. She looked exhausted, as well. "Oh! She's waking up!" Sunset turned her head to look over her shoulder, probably talking to Spike, or, perhaps, somepony else.
She lifted her head to get a better view. Sure enough, a blurry little purple and green dragon came running up to her. "Twilight? You awake?" He asked.
She groaned, hating how pitiful it sounded. She shakily got to her hooves and smiled at her guest. "Hi, Sunset. How are you?" She asked.
Sunset didn't answer. Instead, she replied with: "Twilight, you look and sound exhausted. Are you sure you're well enough to cast thirty spells?
Twilight shook her head. "20."
"20?" Sunset asked, raising a hoof.
"Yeah, I just realized we don't really need the extension spell. I guess I can use it for a different time. The Solar Spell is basically like the extension spell, except it's a whole lot better if you wish to enchant the object for more than two weeks."
"Ah...gotcha..." Sunset slowly nodded her head. A wave of fatigued hit her like a slap to the face. Her all-nighter was catching up to her pretty fast. "Alright, let's get to casting these spells...I'll try to help out the best I can."
Twilight smiled. "Thanks, Sunset, but, do you know the spells?"
"It's been awhile since I've actually used them, but, I think I can do it. I may be a bit rusty, though." With that, she started taking out the Wish Makers that had thankfully teleported with her--they were hanging off the edge of her horn somehow--and separated the evenly into two piles. "You do five, I'll do five, OK?" She asked.
Twilight nodded, fighting back a yawn. "Alright."
It took twenty minutes, mostly because Twilight and Sunset kept dozing off. Thankfully, Spike stayed there and was able to gently wake them in a flash. There was also this slightly awkward moment where Sunset accidentally teleported one of the Wish Makers to the sun, supposedly, because she was trying to do the Solar Spell. Twilight told her not to worry and duplicated one of the Wish Makers from her pile.
The last one lay before Sunset's eyes. Twilight was watching her from a slight distance, laying on the couch Spike had sat on earlier. With two bright flashes of minty-blue magic, the spells were done, and all the Wish Makers were enchanted. Sunset's hooves gave out from under her as she fell to the ground with a oof.
"Sunset? You OK?" Twilight asked, getting off of the couch.
Sunset responded from the floor. "Yeah, I'm fine...I pulled an all nighter too, like I said in my message, but it wasn't that bad. I guess casting spells on these Wish Makers drained my remaining energy."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but, don't worry. I'm fine." She got to her hooves, then weakly levitated the enchanted Wish Makers and the bag, putting them in the bag. "I should probably rest up for tomorrow." She mumbled. "Thanks, Twilight. I honestly couldn't ask for more from you."
"Anytime, Sunset. Since I know these spells, just let me know when you need more enchanted." Sunset nodded, Twilight wasn't sure if she was nodding off to sleep or just agreeing with her, but, she supposed it worked either way.
Sunset stepped up to the portal, looking over her shoulder towards the alicorn. "I'll see you soon, Twilight. Keep that book on hand." She nodded the book that Spike had brought in earlier today that was now being used as a 'battery' for the portal. "You never know when I'll message you."
Twilight let out a soft chuckle. "Don't worry, I will. I'll see you soon, Sunset."
"See you soon, Twi." With that, Sunset faced forward and walked through the portal. As soon as she was back in her familiar human world, she instantly wished she could teleport. With all this sudden exhaustion running throughout her, it would be a miracle if she didn't pass out as she was walking home!
The bag she had been levitating fell, and landed right on her ear. She wasn't sure how that was possible, but, she was way to tired to figure that out now. Instead, she began walking towards the huge, familiar hill. The one her house sat on top of.
Yup. She really wished she could teleport.