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Gigglesmirk: An electric purple unicorn with a silver mane/tail. The tips of her mane/tail are black, and she wears them in a short style that curls at the end. Her tail is bares a major resemblance to a wolf's. She has dark purple eyes. She is a 'blank flank.'
Sweetone: A pink Earth pony with a silver-blue mane/tail, and she wears it in a fluffy curly style. She has ice blue eyes. Her cutie mark is a pair of eighth notes.
Boomerball: A red pegasus with a short black mane/tail. He has yellow eyes. His cutie mark is a bat and a ball.
Link: A green unicorn with a golden blonde mane/tail. He has green eyes. His cutie mark is a controller.
On to the story!
When I arrived home after my exciting day of school, I fixed myself a snack and headed for my room. I've recently checked out a book of jokes from Twilight's library. I wanted to get a few down so I could bring my hilariousness to school the next morning. I read a few when I remembered that I had practice with Twilight on Saturday. I pulled out one of my beginners magic books and started studying. I saw a spell that could levitate an item across the room. I saw my bedside table lamp and decided that its size and shape made it a perfect test subject. I stood up, put all of my concentration in my horn, and soon it began to give off an orange glow. The lamp glowed with the same bright orange glow and began to hover. I concentrated on bringing it towards me. When it was halfway across the room, a thought popped into my head: I wonder if Link's home?
CRASH!
The lamp hit the ground with this thunderous sound. Curse my lack of focus! The question that ruined my concentration was soon answered.
"Giggles?" my brother called up the stairs. I heard his hoof hit each step as he made his way up. He stopped in front of my door. "What was that noise?"
"Um, nothing, Link!" I said without answering the door. "Must of been from your video games!"
"I wasn't playing video games. Did you take them again? Are they in your room?"
"What? No!" I'm insulted he would think this! So what if I've stolen them before!
"I don't believe you," he said pushing his way into my room.
"Hey! You can't just-"
He interrupted me. "Well, I don't see any video games, but I do see a shattered lamp on your floor."
I blushed. "I was, erm, practicing my magic... You see, Twilight suggested that we study together on Saturday..."
He laughed his deep, slow laugh. "Twi suggested the same for me. But I blew her off."
I caught sight of his game console controller cutie mark and stared at it. I realized that even though I spend plenty of time with him, I never knew how he earned it. And how it was helpful. I mean, video games are fun, but how does it help you make a living?
"What's so interesting about my butt?" My brother asked, interrupting my thoughts.
I punched him in the calf. He was just being my typical Nii-san*. "I wasn't staring at your butt! It was your cutie mark!"
"Well, what's so interesting about it?" He said, using his magic to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain off my floor. He put them into the little garbage can under my desk.
"You never told me how you got it."
"Really?" He was using a broom and dustpan to sweep up the rest of the lamp. "Well, one morning, I had an urge to play video games."
"No, really?" I said sarcastically.
My turn to be punched. "Very funny. You see, I sat in front of that TV trying and trying to beat the Ponyville high score set by Pinkie Pie. It was just straight out dedication. Mom and Dad called it obsession though. I was on a roll with this one game, I didn't even notice how high my score was climbing. I soon had the high score beat, but I kept on going. Over time, the console started to smoke and the thing EXPLODED! And that, sis, is how you earn a cutie mark." He smiled at the memory.
"Wow," I said, my eye sparkling with admiration. "I knew you were good, but not that good!"
He looked at me and patted my on my head. "Wanna play with me?"
I pranced around him. "I was waiting for you to ask!" I ran down the stairs and waited for him to catch up.
For the next few hours, my older brother and I bonded over the world of video games. We played a few of his favorites, being considerate enough to leave out the first-person shooters. We made dinner together, but I mostly helped by handing him ingredients. I can't cook in any way, shape or form. We ate and laughed together, but when I looked at the time, I remembered I had homework. It was already eight o' clock! I rushed upstairs and read our required reading book. Then I studied for our spelling test. By the time I finished, it was ten. I dragged my hoofs to bed and plopped right in, falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I dreamed of 'Little Orphan Pony Annie.'
LINE BREAK HAS STRUCK AGAIN!
I went through the next day of school easily. I'm pretty sure I aced my spelling test. The whole day, though, I had trouble paying attention, because tomorrow was Saturday. At recess, I was so excited to meet Twilight! I couldn't stop talking about it with Boomer and Sweetone. At one point, I could tell Boomer was jealous of his lack of a horn. Too bad. I was a little jealous of my lack of wings.
That night, I practiced my magic. I tried levitating nonbreakable items, but there was no improvement. Every time some stupid thought would interrupt my focus. It honestly wasn't that surprising. So I moved on to easier things, like turn pages of the book with my horn, not my hooves. I also picked up a few things and held them in midair. I practiced until my brain hurt. Even when Link asked if I wanted to play video games, I said no. I would have loved to, but I also had to pick a song to sing at auditions on Monday. I was searching through all of my music books, when an idea popped into my head. I would sing a song from 'Annie!' That would surely impress Miss Cheerilee. With that decided, I headed to bed, wanting to rest up for the exciting day ahead of me.
LINE BREAK IS A BORING NAME...
I ran to Twilight's Tree house as fast as I could. I spent to much time practicing my magic, and I was going to be late. I know how much Twilight hates being late. As I was running, I rock jumped out of nowhere and tripped me. Okay, the rock was always there. I just didn't see it until it was too late.
"Gigglesmirk!" A quiet voice said above me. I lifted my head and saw a familiar yellow pegasus in front of me.
"I'm okay, Fluttershy," I said as she helped me up.
"Why were you running so fast?"
"I need to get to Twilight's before noon," I answered, anxiously kneading my hooves on the dirt road.
"Oh I see," she said, "I'll let you go see her. When your done at Twilight's, though, could you drop by my house? I need your help."
I smiled. "Of course! I'll see you around three," I called over my shoulder as I raced to Twilight's.
When I arrived, it was five past twelve. I hoped I wasn't too late when I knocked on the door. "Come in," was the reply. I used my magic to open the door, the spell that I practiced all morning, and entered the cozy library. I've been here plenty of times before, I was always looking for a new book to read. "Hi, Gigglesmirk!" Twilight said. "I see you've been practicing. Nice job opening that door!"
"Thank you, Twilight," I said, "sorry I'm late."
"Five minutes past isn't late!" she reassured me. She picked up a few books and put them in her bag. "Ready to go to lunch?"
"Duh!" I answered as I followed her out the door. We trotted to the diner and ordered our food. The entire time we ate, Twilight pointed me through books full of different spells. They all seemed interesting, but they looked as though they required focus. Not a good sign.
After amusing Twilight by nodding enthusiastically at the endless spells, we headed out the onto the streets to her Tree house. We -well, Twilight, actually- talked about how amazing it is to have another pony with the same interest in magic. We entered the Tree house -I opened the door again- and Twilight seemed to be dying of excitement. We started with easy things, opening doors, turning pages. Once I proved I could hold things up in the air, Twilight brought out an old worn out soccerball.
"Gigglesmirk, I want you to take this ball out of my hooves and bring it towards you."
Uh oh.
All day I have been working with out of character focus. But I was growing antsy. I tapped my hoof on the floor and I caught myself staring off into space once or twice. Focus, focus, focus, I kept telling myself. But my head hurt from all the force I had to put into my horn.
Twilight hugged the ball. "This soccer ball was the first thing I ever levitated. Wouldn't it be cool if we shared the same memory?"
I nodded. At least this item wasn't breakable. "I'll give it a shot." I gave that ball a stare down, and then put my force into my horn. The ball started to glow orange, and so did my horn. The ball was lifted, and I started to summon it towards me. Focus, focus, focus. It was halfway across the room, and a smiled. It was going to work. Well, it was, until a flash of caught my eye. I turned my head slightly, and saw a purple and green figure talking to Twilight.
"Spike!" I dropped the ball and trotted over to the adorable baby dragon. "How's my favorite dragon?" I asked, glomping him to the floor.
"I'm fine Gigglesmirk," he answered, picking himself up off the ground. "Why are you here?"
"Twilight was helping me with my magic!" I said, hugging him. I love dragons, big or small.
"And she was doing great until you interrupted!" Twilight interjected.
Spike looked sheepish. "Oops. I didn't know that. I'll leave," he said starting out the door.
"No!" I grabbed him by the tail. "Stay and watch!" I looked at Twilight, my eyes shining. "Can he?" I pleaded.
Twilight stared into my purple eyes. "Oh, all right."
"Yay!"
"But he can't distract you," she said, her eyes full of laughter.
"I know!" I ran back to my place and stood there, waiting. Twilight picked up the ball walked to the other side of the room. I contentrated on it hard, forcing it to glow orange. I levitated it, and slowly brought it towards me. I saw it get closer, and closer. My head was bursting from the pain of focus, but I still did it. It was practically close enough to touch it, when something new caught my eye.
It was sitting on the shelf: A Pony's Guide to Musicals
That was the book that had 'Little Orphan Pony Annie' in it.
Remembrance of the school's production flooded into my head, causing me to loose my focus. Of course. Maybe I can get an ADHD cutie mark.
"Gigglesmirk!" Twilight exclaimed, interrupting my thoughts. She was chasing the soccer ball that rolled under the table. "If you want to earn a cutie mark in magic, you're going to have to learn to pay attention!"
"I'm sorry," I said, blushing and lowering my head, "It's just, my school's going to put on a production. We're going to do 'Little Orphan Pony Annie!'"
"Well, that is exciting, but we need to practice."
"But Twilight! We've been doing this for two straight hours and-" I realized something. If it was noon when I got here, we spent an hour at the diner, and two hours on magic... "Fluttershy!" I said remembering.
"What about her?" Spike asked.
"She told me that she needed help today, and I said I'd meet her at three. Isn't it three now?"
Twilight checked the clock on the wall. "Yes, but-"
"Aw, come on Twilight. Let her go," Spike backed me up, "She's been sitting through boring spells for three hours. You can at least let her help Fluttershy."
Twilight thought for a minute. "All right. But, take this." She handed me the book of musicals. "Pick a song for it to sing at auditions."
"Thanks! I'll bring it back soon!" I placed the book in my pack -well, Link's, actually, as you can tell by the controller buckle- and trotted to Fluttershy's.
ALTHOUGH IT IS BORING, I SHALL REMAIN LINE BREAK.
I wonder why she asked me to come over, I thought as I knocked on her front door.
"Come in," I heard her say in her already quiet voice. I opened the door and trotted over to the desk she was standing over. She was staring at an oddly shaped speckled ball under a heating lamp. Wait a minute...
"Is that a dragon egg?" I asked, bouncing up and down in excitement. It had to be! I've seen plenty of pictures!
"Oh yes," she answered. "Judging by the red and orange markings on the egg shell, I believe this one's a Scarlet Sunset."
Now this I had to see. I've seen pictures in Twilight's books of this type of dragon, and they were always so beautiful. "Where did you get it?"
"I saw it out in Whitetail Woods abandoned. It was probably taken from the nest and left there. That was earlier taday, and I was lucky I found it before it froze to death."
"When will it hatch?"
"I was examining it all day, but I found no way to tell. Dragon eggs are extremely complicated."
I stared at the egg. Never before have I seen one in person. "Hi there, little guy~" I was speaking to the egg, of course.
The egg jerked in response.
"What? Fluttershy, I think it's hatching now!" I exclaimed, running in circles.
"I think you're right!" she said, watching the egg's jerks become a little more violent.
I was till running in circles "I get to see a dragon hatch! I get to see a dragon hatch!"
"Gigglesmirk, if you keep running around like that you will miss it." I stopped and began to watch the shell crack.
The cracks spread slowly across the hard speckled surface of the egg. Slowly, a little red nose poked out of the top. Soon, a red neck, orange wings, and a red tail followed. The newly hatched dragon's eyes were closed, and it staggered across the little table and sat down. It opened those tiny orange rimmed eyes and stared directly into my purple ones. I was staring into the eyes of a Scarlet Sunset.
And if I remember correctly, the first breathing thing a baby dragon sees is what they interpret as their mother.
The baby squeaked -most likely its way of communication- and walked to the edge of the desk. It held out its arms to me, probably wanting me pick it up. I held out my hoof and it climbed onto it. I placed the dragon onto my back and it curled up and went to sleep.
"That is so cute!" Fluttershy said. "I would hate to send you home with a dragon, but you can't just leave it now that it thinks your its mother!''
"I can take care of it!" I exclaimed. "I read what they eat in Twilight's books! Even as a baby, their diet consists of vegetables and gems."
Fluttershy smiled. "I trust you Gigglesmirk. Your passion for dragons is incomparable. Now, can I please see it quick?"
I nodded. She took the dragon off my back, causing it to wake up, and examined it. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"A very quick check up," she answered. The dragon was now squirming to return to my warm back. Fluttershy placed it on my back. "That dragon is a baby boy!" she said, matter-of-factually.
"A boy," I said, "But I can't name a boy Scarlet!"
"I have an idea for a name," she was staring at the sleeping baby on my back. "How about Flame?"
I thought. It was an adorable name for a fire-breathing dragon. "Perfect!" I said. I own a baby dragon!
A/N
It's nice to know that no one likes my story right now.
*Nii-san: Big brother
And, I must apologize for every time I forget to use pony vocabulary. You know, hooves instead of hands and somepony instead of someone.
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