Lesson Zero Part 1
Twilight looked around her home, a tree in the middle of the small town of Ponyville. "Quills?" Twilight was aking her assistant, Spike which also happened to be a baby dragon that she hatched herself as a foal,
"Check"
"Parchment"
"Check"
"Extra Ink?" Twilight was sounding more and more excited by each thing she named
"Check"
"Extra Extra Ink?"
Spike was starting to get annoyed "Check" He Groaned
"Alright! We finished the checklist of things we need to make the checklist of what I need to do by the end of the day. Are you ready Spike?"
He nodded "Ready!"
Twilight Smiled "Item One: Make a checklist of things I need to accomplish by the end of the day." Once again annoyed, Spike Groaned.
Twilight and Spike were now in Ponyville completing the tasks on the checklist. So far, they had done about half of the things on the list. "Alright, We already dropped off your cape at the cleaners, returned the chalkboard you borrowed from Cheerilie, and ordered more quills and parchment from the stationary shop"
"Hmm" Twilight thought aloud "It seemed like we just ordered some of those a couple days ago"
"I wonder why?" Spike said sarcastically, snickering at his own joke.
Twilight however, thought that he was serious "Of course!" She exclaimed "Rarity probably took them, you know how she been acting now. Speaking of that Spike, I forgot! I need you to add 'find a way to cure the spell that made my friends become complete jerks' to the list. " Spike nodded and wrote on the end of the parchment "Anyways, what's next on the list?"
Spike suddenly got excited at the idea of the next item. "Cupcakes!"
Twilight and Spike both started heading to Sugarcube Corner, seeing many ponies steering away from both of them, rumors were spreading around that Twilight was also corrupted like her friends. What exactly the opposite of magic is exactly, Science? Nopony knew, but it seemed like the citizens of Ponyville didn't want to find out.
The two errand runners eventually reached Sugarcube Corner, luckily without Pinkie seeing them, she had been kicking out anyone smiling or laughing inside Sugarcube Corner as well as trying to get Mr. and Mrs. Cake to change what they sell from cupcakes to loaves of bread, because cupcakes 'cause high amounts of unnecessary happiness' according to this new Pinkie. In fact, the only reason she hasn't moved back to the rock farm is because she doesn't remember where it is. Twilight entered the building and walked up to the counter. Trying to talk as somber as possible, to not upset a possibly watching corrupted Pinkie Pie, she started greeting Mrs. Cake "Good Morning Mrs. Cake, I'm here to pick up my order" Mrs. Cake nodded and went into some kind of back room, returning with a small pink box
"Here you go" she said
"Uhh. ." Twilight began to point out something, but was interrupted by Mr. Cake, who came in and noticed Twilight at the counter
"Twilight!" he loud-whispered "Thank Celestia you're here, how trying to find the cure going, please tell me it's going well. Pinkie's been scaring away customers ever since she came back home after Discord was defeated, and she's kind of creeping me out"
"Honey!" Mrs. Cake scolded her husband "Twilight was trying to speak, let her before you but in"
Twilight shook her head "No, It's fine Mrs. Cake, I get he's worried, and to answer your question Mr. Cake, sadly I haven't found anything that could help us, but I'm trying to, I'm hosting a picnic for my friends to notice anything that's a sign to what spell Discord put on them"
Twilight decided not to complain about the minor problems about the cupcakes, both of the Cakes have their hands full, and with Mrs. Cake expecting a baby soon, they were quite panicked.
Twilight and Spike both headed into the Golden Oak Library. "We're finally done" Spiked sighed a sigh of relief, until noticing his claw "Just in time too, I have a claw cramp, I don't think I could write another word, luckily we don't have to write a letter to Celestia this week." Twilight suddenly became stiff and nervous
"We didn't send a letter Celestia this week?" Twilight asked Spike
"No. Why? Is there something wrong?"
"YES! There is something wrong. Celestia told me to send her a letter every week about a lesson I learned about friendship, not evry other week, not every ten days, Every . . . Single. . . Week!" Twilight was looking around frantically for something "where's my calendar? Where's my calendar?!"
"Isn't it where it always is?"
Tqilight flipped through the calender even more frantically then she was when she was looking for something "When did we send the last one?"
Spike thought for a second "Last Tuesday"
Twilight frowned "And today is" she looked at the calendar in front of her "Tuesday!"
Twilight ran over to the window seeing the sun moving erratically similar to the hand of a clock, even making a ticking sound "No, no, no, no NO!" She started hyperventilating "If I don't send her a letter by sundown I'll be . . ." Twilight took a dramatic pause that even Rarity would think was overkill "Tardy!"
Spike looked confused "Say what now?"
"Tardy Spike Tar Dee Late, I would be late. Then I would fail, and do you know what happens to students who fail Spike? They get sent back a grade, but Princess Celestia won't just send me back a grade" Twilight took a breath of air and paused for a second "she'll send me back to magic kindergarten" looks of horror flashed across Twilight's face as she imagined what that would be like
"Twilight" Spike tried to get Twilight's attention "Twilight!" He said a bit louder this time getting the attention of Twilight "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, you're not going back to magic kindergarten"
Twilight nodded "You're right Spike." Spike had a smug look on his face, happy that he basically stopped a panic disaster. "because I'm going to solve a friends' friendship problem before sundown and get that letter to the princess"
Spike, simply groaned