The morning arose quickly as my alarm clock started buzzing off to wake me up right at six. I lazily brought my arm up and hit the snooze button. I tiredly sat up on my bad and reset the alarm clock. I let out a deep awn and stretched my arms and legs as I got up from my bed and picked a random pair of clothes off the ground. I threw a shirt on and a pair of jeans. I put on a pair of socks and trudged my way to the kitchen. I poured myself some cereal… still without milk, and ate it in the other room while I watched TV. I was glad that I didn't have to go in for work today, but the hail storm seemed like it's going to be a real shit storm. Just in case I probably should bust out the candles and a flashlight.
Once I was done with my cereal I walked into the kitchen and put the bowl on the counter. I noticed that I was starting to run low on clean dishes, I guess I might as well stuff the dish washer full and clean some of them before the storm hits just in case the power goes. So I gathered up all the dirty dishes around the apartment and managed to get them all into the dishwasher. I put in one of those little cleaning packets and started the dishwasher. That started chugging along and I let it do what it needs to do. I should also go and do the laundry too… but I can do that tomorrow. I don't want to walk all the way to the end of the building to do that. They said that the storm was going to start around noon I think, at least that's what I heard while I was channel jumping. But of course, knowing the weather channels, we can probably expect anything but whatever they say.
While I was in the kitchen I went ahead and grabbed a bag of small wax candles that my mother had left behind. They weren't huge and majestic scented candles… even though I do have one of those on the coffee table in the living room… it apple pie scented. These candles were just regular wax candles. I put them on the table so I can get them easily if the lights go off. I also keep my lighter in my pocket, so I've always got that. Speaking of my lighter, this is probably the only chance ill get to have a smoke. So I went over to my favorite window sill and opened up the window and sat down on the sill. I lit up a cigarette and started huffing away. I looked outside and even for the winter it was unusually dark and depressing. It definitely looks like there's going to be a massive shit storm later on. It was much longer until I finished my cigarette and threw the butt outside the window. I closed up the window and got back inside.
I walked across my living room and over to the bathroom. I went inside and did my business and came right back out. I took a seat on my couch and got comfy. I threw my feet up on the table which was no longer cluttered with dishes and garbage. I don't tidy up too often, only when I find it necessary. I looked down near my feet to the small red apple pie scented candle that sat there collecting dust. I figured what the hell and took the lid off the candle. I grabbed my lighter and lit the candle. It burned away gently and I sat there and watched TV. This would be a good day to vegetate on the couch… granted the power doesn't go out, if that happens… well, I don't know what I'll end up doing for fun, probably nothing. I think I'll be able to manage though, I always find a way to make the days pass by quicker. I suppose since my laptop does run on a battery it will last after the power goes out, but I usually keep it plugged it so I can use it for hours at a time.
The only problem with that is that if the power does go out that mean the WI-FI router for the building will go too and I won't be able to use the internet, which is a problem. I don't have many ways of keeping myself entertained really. Well… there is that box of magazines under my bed. I suppose I could whip that out, maybe. I stopped thinking about the future after a while and just looked over and watched TV. I sat there watching the TV and looked outside. I saw my window was now soaking wet and it was visibly raining outside. Just as I turned my head back to the TV there was a ringing at the door. I looked over confused to who that could be at this time. I got up and quickly rushed over to answer the door, whoever was out there was probably soaking wet. When I got to the door and opened it up I looked down to see a soaking wet twilight sparkle. She was also muddy and dirty, she looked like a mess, but she had a smile on her face.
"Twilight?!" I said confused.
"Uh…hey." She said smiling.
"Jesus Christ… what the hell are you doing here?" I asked gesturing her to come in. she walked right in and I closed the door.
"Well, I wanted to come over here and talk about yesterday." She said.
"Today of all days when there's supposed to be a storm?" I said.
"I didn't know there was going to be a storm, I don't watch a lot of TV… even the news." She said. "I came over here and all of a sudden it just started pouring… and I'm talking, like the rain just started almost instantly. It didn't even begin with a light drizzle, it just went straight to pouring. I was already close to your house, so I rushed over, I fell in some mud on my way here… I'm a mess aren't I?" she said explaining.
"God damnit…" I said looking her over, she was absolutely covered in mud. It was dripping down onto the tile flooring of the kitchen. "Hold on…" I said walking off. I grabbed a few dirty towels I had laying on the floor and made a little path to the bathroom from the kitchen so she doesn't track mud all over the place for me to clean. "Here…" I said. "You can go and use my shower… get yourself cleaned up." I said.
"Thanks…" she said smiling. "I'm sorry to cause you a lot of trouble"
"Don't worry about it… just, try not to make too much of a mess." I said.
"Alright… I'll try." And with that she walked off into the bathroom using the trail of towels I left out for her. She used me magic to close the door and I picked up all the spare towels she walked on which were now tracked in mud and dirt. I folded them up and threw them into a straw clothing basket I had in the corner. Even though I have a clothes basket most of my clothing just ends up going onto the floor of my room. From in here I could hear the water turn on and then shortly after the shower head sprung to life and the shower started up. While twilight was showering I sat down on the couch and looked over to the TV. Suddenly from outside there was a flash and then subsequently followed by a loud boom. The thunder and lightning must be passing over now. We could start losing power soon, so I better be ready when it happens. It's pretty dark outside right now even though it's the middle of the day, the dark clouds covering the sun. And it gets dark earlier in the winter anyway.
I kept watching the TV for a while and about a few minutes later I heard the shower screech to a stop and the sound of water hitting the bathtub vanished. I heard the shower curtain slide over, as twilight was probably stepping out now. I stayed there and my ears picked up something else, it was a loud pitter patter. It was thicker and louder than rain. I looked outside and couldn't really see anything. I walked over to the window and looked out closely. I saw that now it had started to hail… as promised by our trusty weather station. Everybody's probably inside just waiting out the storm. I could see outside that there was a harsh breeze as the rain from before had now started to fade into a horrible mixture of snow, rain, and hail. Behind me I heard the click of the bathroom door and looked back to see twilight walking out of the bathroom with damp fur and mane.
"That feels much better… thank you." Said twilight smiling now with clean fur.
"Of course… no problem." I said. "I hope you don't plan on walking all the way back home in this weather." I said pointing out of the window. Twilight walked over and looked out the window.
"Oh my god, I didn't think it would be this bad…" she said.
"Oh yeah, the weather forecast was calling for a major shit storm." I said. "I wouldn't even be surprised if we lost power soon."
"I'm sorry for coming over; it was really stupid of me." She said.
"It's fine… besides, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I made you go home in this weather." I said. "So I guess you're just going to have to wait out the storm with me." I said.
"Thanks Zack… you're a good friend." Said twilight.
"There's that word again." I said.
"What…? Friend?" said twilight curiously.
"Yeah…" I replied. "It may sound weird but the word friend isn't really one that I've used often in my life, you're probably the only friend I have that's actually my age… or aren't my parents."
"So I take it you actually have other friends?" she presumed.
"Friend… singular, as in one other." I said. "Old lady grey who lives in one of the first floor apartments. She's a sweet old mare who says high to me most mornings before I go to work. She bakes a lot and usually forks all of the extra food she bakes over to me. She's great; sometimes she's the only one who reminds me that I'm human."
"Oh… she sounds nice." Said twilight.
"Yeah… she's sweet." I said. "Oh… you wanted to talk about something… it was about what happened the other day." I said now blushing a bit from embarrassment about what happened yesterday.
"Yeah, it's about rainbow dash." Said twilight.
"Alright… uh, why don't we have a seat?" I suggested moving over to the couch. I sat down and grabbed the remote and started to turn down the volume on the TV so I and twilight could talk. As twilight came over and sat down I placed the remote back on the table and looked over to twilight. "I uh… well about yesterday… uh… damn." I said. "It isn't easy trying to explain to a friend why you socked their other friend in the face." I said.
"No… I get it, rainbow dash was really out of line." Said twilight. "But… I can't help but feel like she might have pricked a nerve, because you really lost it when she insulted your parents." Said twilight.
"Yeah… I get really touchy on that subject." I said. "It's because, growing up my parents were really the only ones who cared for me and loved me. If people say things about my parents like they're weird or something, I can take that… but it's when they say things like your friend said… about my parents not loving me, or regretting ever having me… that's what sets me off." I said.
"Oh…I see." Said twilight. "Since you grew up your whole life with your parents as the only protection you have you did anything to keep them in your life." Said twilight. "if people or other ponies go around telling you that your parents never loved you or filling your head with lies it takes that feeling of protection you get from your parents and makes you feel completely vulnerable… so you become aggressive because you don't want to accept it." she said.
"Wow… you're really smart." I said.
"Well, I did always do well in school, and I take pride in learning and growing smarter." She said.
"Yeah, you probably graduated top of your class while I barely graduated high school." I said. "Anyway… I know you explained all the stuff about your friend, but I still feel sorry for hitting her, well, I don't feel sorry for her, she got what she deserved… but I'm just kinda sorry you had to see it, I felt like you think less of me."
"I don't though." Said twilight. "If anything I feel less about rainbow dash, she was out of line on that. You weren't doing anything to annoy or bother her and she just started saying those things to you. I don't know why people and ponies have to be so mean."
"What I don't understand is why you or your friend didn't chase after me after I bolted past the door." I said.
"Well I figured you probably needed some time alone to cool down." said twilight. "Also that was one hell of a punch you made and it broke rainbow dash's snout… so she was bleeding, a lot… like, everywhere." I chuckled a bit and twilight smiled too.
"I didn't know I could punch like that." I said still chuckling a bit.
"Yeah, when I saw the punch I swear my heart stopped." Said twilight giggling. "Rainbow dash is one of the most prideful ponies I know; she couldn't believe that you had just knocked the stuffing out of her in one blow." She said.
"Oh really?" I asked still snickering.
"Hehehe, yeah, she was trying to deny it and everything, it was pretty funny really." said twilight. "she was just sitting there with a bloody snout telling me that it was a cheap shot and that it didn't hurt, It was pretty funny." She said making me burst out laughing. We both laughed at the funny tale which really made me start to feel better about the whole thing. After a little bit the laughter died down and we stopped chuckling and giggling with smiles on our faces. "Don't worry about her though, she's fine, she'll just be a bit sore for a week or so." Added twilight.
"Alright, well that's good." I said.
"So… how long have you been living in this apartment?" asked twilight?
"Two or so years." I said. "The rents really cheap and it's got everything, cable, internet, water and heating." I said. "It's a nice place, and it's all that I need really."
"Can you show me around?" asked twilight.
"Uh… sure." I said. "Well, this is the living room… obviously. You've already been in the bathroom. The first room you entered was the kitchen/ dining room." I said. "I usually eat my food out here though, so I don't usually use the dining room table." I said. "The only other room left is my bedroom which is through that door behind us." I said. "Here, come and see, it's nothing special though." I said getting up and twilight getting up too. We both walked over to the door and I opened it up for her. I let her in first and she walked in as I followed her. "This is it… it's a mess, but this is my room." I said.
"It's a nice room." She said.
"Yeah, there are a bunch of clothes on the floor, sorry, but I'm a bit of a lazy slob sometimes, but I pick up after myself eventually." I said. "Like just this morning, before you came here… did the dishes." I said pointing my thumbs up at myself like I had accomplished something important. Twilight just looked back at me and giggled.
"Good for you." She said jokingly which made me chuckle.
"Well that's the closet over there; I mostly keep old junk in there. This is my dresser which I put all of my clothes in" I said pointing out the dresser next to the door to the right. "That's my bed over there with the alarm clock on the end table." I said. Twilight walked over to my bed and looked over it.
"Wow… humans have such bigger beds than us ponies do." She said. "But it makes sense, if you slept in a pony's bed your feet would hang off the end by your knees." She said. I laughed and agreed with her.
"Yeah, probably." I said. Twilight kept looking around and she spotted the trash basket by the end table and saw what was in it. There was an empty packet of cigarettes in there which she pulled out with her magic.
"You smoke?" she asked.
"Oh… yeah, I do." I said.
"I didn't know that." she said still looking at the packet of cigarettes.
"Sorry if I haven't told you, but we haven't really had a good amount of time to talk and get to know each other, so it never really came up." I said. "…is that a problem, that I smoke?" I asked.
"Oh… no, it's not. I just didn't know, you don't really seem like the kind of guy who would." Said twilight.
"I don't?" I said confusingly, since I was obviously the type of guy who would smoke.
"Well, I mean taking your lifestyle into consideration it's obvious that you would smoke. But I mean at first glance it doesn't seem like it, even physically you don't look like a smoker." Said twilight.
"Really… how so?" I asked.
"Well you don't have a coarse or raspy voice, yours sounds smooth." She said. "You also don't have a smokers cough, and your teeth aren't stained from the tobacco. Also I heard that smoking causes wrinkles, and you don't have any… which is strange for all the stress you must go through."
"I never really thought about it." I said. "But now that you say so I guess it makes sense… I've just never noticed it." I said. "I'm twenty three now, I've been smoking since I was sixteen." I said. "So it would make sense that I would start to show signs of these things already… oh well, maybe I can just handle it better, like some people can handle alcohol better than others." I said shrugging.
"I don't think the same rules apply with tobacco." Said twilight.
"Well you don't know," I said. "Maybe it cou-"suddenly the lights in the apartment flickered and went dark as well as the TV. "-and there goes the power." I said stopping my previous sentence and starting a new one. Twilight looked around confused at first but it didn't take long to figure out what just happened. "…great." I said.
"Oh that's not good." Said twilight.
"Yeah, it isn't… but don't worry I've got a plan… or, I've had a plan. I knew the power wouldn't last all day, so I've got some candles we can set up." I said. I started making my way out of the room and into the kitchen with twilight right behind me. It wasn't pitch black, but it was still very dark, so it was hard to see. I managed to get into the kitchen and grab a candle form the bag I had on the table. I took out my lighter and lit the candle. I placed it down on the table and lit a few more which I put on the counter. Soon the room was romantically lit with candlelight.
"Ooh, pretty." Said twilight. I looked back at her and smiled. We moved onto the next room which was the living room. I started placing down candles and lighting them all around the room. Once this room was light I lit up the bathroom and then the bedroom. Soon enough the whole place was lit up cozily with candlelight. Even the large scented candle I lit before was still burning. Twilight even walked over into the living room to where the scented candle was and took a big whiff of air and smiled. "Mmmm, it smells like apple pie in here… it smells wonderful, what is that coming from?" she asked.
"It's that big candle there." I said pointing out the scented candle as I placed my lighter in my pocket. "It's a scented candle, apple pie scented, my mother left it here and it's just been kinda collecting dust until now."
"It smells wonderful." Said twilight. "I don't think I've ever used one of these, I knew that they made them but I could never find any." She said.
"Well I don't really know where to buy them." I said. "It's not like I go candle shopping in my spare time, it's just a leftover from my mom. They're nice… I guess." I said. I didn't want to admit it, but the cinnamon and apple smell in the room was kinda nice.
"So what do we do now?" asked twilight.
"Not really sure…" I said. "I was planning on just going to bed probably, you know, sleep out the storm." I said. "If I went to sleep with you in my house it would be kinda weird." and it's not like I can open up that box of magazines under my bed now with her around.
"I probably would have just read my way through the storm with a few good books." She said thinking off to the collection of books she has at the tip of her hoof back at her house.
"I could have guessed that." I said. "But unfortunately the closest thing I've got to a gook here is the phone book. And the only reason that counts as a book is because it's got the word right in its name."
"Yeah, I don't really plan on reading the phone book any time in my life." Said twilight. I chuckled a bit and walked back off to my bedroom door.
"Well, I probably have something buried around here somewhere." I said. "Maybe in my closet, I keep a lot of junk in there." I wandered into my room and twilight followed right after me. We walked into the room and I moved over to the closet and opened it up. I shifted around and looked around until twilight poked my side.
"Hey look… this box says 'games'!" she said excitedly. I looked over to the large plastic bin and grabbed it. I pulled it out slowly and didn't make anything fall all over the place. I placed the box on the floor and then memories started flooding into my head.
"Oh… now I remember." I said. "These aren't the kinds of games you think they are."
"Uhh… should I be concerned with that?" she asked giving me a strange look.
"It's nothing weird… look." I said opening the box to reveal a assorted collection of video games, consoles, tangled wires with controllers and AV cables at the ends of them, and a few handheld gaming devices, like a game boy.
"Oh… I know what these are." Said twilight. "These are video games, and by the looks of it you've got a bunch of old systems in here." She said. I was somewhat surprised; I didn't think she would be into this kind of stuff.
"Yeah, there's an old Atari in here, a SNES, N64, and a play station 2. Also a gamboy as well." I said. "I didn't know you played video games." I said.
"I don't really, I just heard about them a lot. I did used to have an old NES, my favorite games were the final fantasy games." She said looking back into her head and remembering distant but fond thoughts.
"Oh god… I remember those games." I said. "It only makes sense that you would like them." I said. "I tried getting into them, but it never really worked for me."
"They were the first video games I ever played, I used to be soooo bad at them, but I got pretty good once I got older and understood how they worked." She said. "What was your first video game?"
"Oh god… that's a tough one." I said thinking way back. "Oh… now I know… Doom." I said.
"Doom?" asked twilight confusingly.
"Yeah, I know, strange name…" I said. "It's an old computer game actually; it's the second first person shooter to come out ever pretty much. I remember stumbling upon it at a local game store… I uh… oh, I think I might have actually pocketed it from the store." I said.
"What!?" said twilight shockingly. "how could you do that?!" she asked not quite disappointed but really surprised, I mean… c'mon, I'm the guy everypony hates, I smoke, and I punched her friend in the face, I do have a bit of a delinquent past.
"Hey… don't judge me." I said. "I used to be really rebellious as a kid, I was a problem child." I said. "Besides, that game's ancient, it was on the game stores clearance rack for like two bits." I said. "in fact… I think it might still be in here." I said digging through the box. I rummaged through until a familiar logo with a familiar picture came up, and I found it. I smiled as I pulled it from the box and held it up for twilight to see. The front cover was a marine on a hill, all scratched up and bloody with hordes of demons crawling up to him as he's blasting them in the face… good memories.
"Oh god… this seems a bit… violent." Said twilight.
"There have been worse games, besides… it's old." I said. "The cover art for the game looks better than the game itself. But it's such a good game… such a good game." I repeated.
"I'll take your word for it." said twilight giggling.
"I could put it into my laptop, it has a battery." I suggested. "But you probably don't want to play the game, and probably don't want to watch me play the game either." I said. "But I think I put it on my desk for some other time." I said placing the disk case on my desk next to the laptop. Twilight giggled again and rolled her eyes.
"Playing games is fun… watching others play games… not so much." She said.
"It still surprises me that you're into stuff like video games." I said.
"I like the older ones; I'm not really into the new games that they make, and most of them are either really stupid or really violent… or both." She said.
"Well I wish I had enough money to buy a consol and some stupidly violent video games, but with the shit job I've got my hopes of that are as realistic… as… well, I don't have a punch line for that one… but it isn't going to happen soon." I said completely fucking up the joke I had planned out in my head.
"Nice going with the jokes." Said twilight giggling still at my failure. Her giggling was soon interrupted by a collective growl that resonated from our stomachs. Needless to say we both blushed out of embarrassment. "I think I might be hungry." Said twilight. I pulled up the sleeve on my hoodie to check my digital watch about the time.
"Holy shit… it's almost seven… how the hell did that happen?" I asked wondering how it could have been that long already.
"No way…" she said doubting me.
"What time did you get here again?" I asked.
"I think like around 2 or so." She said. "It couldn't have already been five hours."
"Yeah look…" I said showing her the watch. She looked at it and just shrugged. "I guess time goes by quickly when you're reliving childhood memories."
"I guess so." She said. Twilight's stomach once again growled and mine did too quickly after. "you wouldn't happen to have any food here would you?"
"Yeah… but… there's an issue." I said.
"What is it?" she asked as we both got up and started making our way over to my kitchen.
"well you see, since I don't get paid a lot, I can't exactly afford a lot of food, so I usually heat up a microwave dinner… and since there's no power, we can't have a microwave dinner without the microwave." I said.
"Do you have anything else?" twilight asked as we reached the fridge and I opened it up.
"Not really." I said. "At least not anything that a pony would eat." I said. "A few packages of lunch meats and other stuff… I know ponies don't eat meat, sorry." I said. "Uhh… I could check the pantry." I said walking over to the pantry and opening it up. There wasn't much in here either… but. "I do have cereal…" I said.
"Cereal?" she asked condescendingly.
"I don't know… what do you want from me…? I'm just a guy with a shitty job." I said. "My way of life isn't built to support two."
"I suppose cereal is just fine… beggars can't be choosers." Said twilight.
"God damn story of my life." I said reaching up to the box of cereal.
I and twilight spent a good amount of time eating our cereal with milk, and milk to drink as well. It was a good thing I washed the dishes before the power went out, because I was out of clean bowls in the cabinet. While we ate we talked about stuff from our childhoods, in fact I was surprised to see that twilight and I grew up almost the same way. We were both sheltered, but she lived with a wealthy family in Canterlot, and I was sheltered because my parents were afraid to expose me to the outside world. We also went through most of school without friends. Twilight didn't make friends on her own accord, but I didn't have friends because people and ponies didn't want to be around me. It was alright during the younger years of school when all the innocent kids did want to be my friends but the parents would drag their children away from me and warn them about me, causing a deep seeded hate for me in the minds of small children.
We already established that we both like video games, which was pretty cool. But despite growing up the same way I and twilight were polar opposites… literally. I was a messy slob and she was a neat freak. I barely finished high school and she taught as a personal student to the mother fucking princess. When she mentioned that I stopped her for a second because I couldn't really believe what I was hearing. She then revealed that she was the element of magic, and that her friends were the other elements.
"So… you're a bearer of the elements of harmony." I said.
"Yeah…" said twilight. "I know this is probably something that most others would mention earlier… but I kinda thought that you knew." She said. "I'm an element bearer along with my five other friends applejack, pinkie pie, rainbow dash, rarity, and fluttershy." She said.
"Wait… rainbow dash… isn't she the pony I punched in the face yesterday?" I asked.
"Well… yeah." Said twilight.
"Shit…" I muttered under my breath as twilight giggled.
"Don't worry, she can be a bit hot headed, but I think you might have set her straight… either that or she hates your guts now."
"Oh, like she didn't before." I said.
"Well if she comes after you again just punch her in the face again I guess… that seemed to work last time." Suggested twilight. I paused for a second and started laughing. Twilight started to laugh at what she said too. We laughed for a bit and then the laughter started to die down. Neither of us could think of something to follow the joke with so once we stopped laughing there was just some awkward silence. I diverted my eyes away from twilight and looked outside. It was pitch black outside, but you could still hear the pitter patter of the rain hitting the building.
"It's getting late now." I said.
"I guess there isn't much left to do but go to bed and sleep the storm out." suggested twilight.
"I guess so…" I said.
"So I guess I'll take the couch then, do you have a blanket and pillow I can borrow?" she asked.
"Not a good idea." I said shaking my head. "One night on that couch is equivalent to three straight days of back pain… trust me." I said. "Don't worry; I've got roll-up futon in the closet." I said getting up from the living room couch where we were sitting. I walked over to my room and entered it as twilight followed behind me. It was dimly lit in here, so it was hard to see.
"If we're going to be sleeping in here then I should move all the candles in here so we can find our way around." Said twilight as she lifted her horn into the air and it started to glow a vibrant purple. Suddenly all the candles from around the house began to float on over into my bedroom. She placed them all around evenly and suddenly the room became so much brighter. "There… much better."
"Nice thinking…" I said walking over to the closet and opening it back up. I could see the roll up futon lying against the wall in the corner. I grabbed it and pulled it out. I carried it over to the ground next to my bed and rolled it out on the floor. It unfolded to be only a little shorter than my actual bed… it was a big futon, and the thing was fucking heavy too. I went back to the closet and pulled out the old sheets I used before my parents got me new ones. A simple comforter with a pillow should be enough. I carried them over and tossed them onto the futon. "Well… there you go." I said.
"I don't think I've ever slept on something like this." Said twilight using her magic to unfold the blanket and spread it over the futon and place the pillow down nicely on top. She walked onto it and trotted in place patting it down.
"It's a lot more comfortable than you think." I said. Twilight trotted around in a circle a few times and then crawled under the blanket and rested her head on the pillow. "So…?"
"Wow... this is comfortable." She said.
"Told ya…" I said crawling into my own bed still wearing my clothes.
"You sleep in your clothes…? That can't be comfortable." Said twilight.
"Well… I usually sleep in less than I'm wearing… but I can't do that when you're here." I said guiltily, I don't know why I just told her that I sleep practically naked, it must be because I'm tired. I could see her face turn a little red as mine was also turning red.
"Yeah I suppose that makes sense, after all humans have a different anatomy than us ponies. I forgot that it's not socially acceptable for humans to be naked in public." Said twilight who sounded a lot more technical than she usually is. I probably embarrassed her.
"Hehehe, yeah… well, I'm going to sleep now, good night twilight." I said turning around in my bed and laying my head down.
"Yeah, good night." Said twilight. There was a small moment of silence where the only thing you could hear was the rain hitting the apartment complex. "Oh and Zack…" said twilight turning back slightly.
"yeah twilight?"
"I know everypony seems to pick on you… but I really do think of you as a friend… I don't think you're a freak, you're a pretty nice guy… and uh… thanks for letting me stay the night." Said twilight nervously.
"Yeah, no problem twilight. You're a good friend too… and I'm glad that we are friends." I said. She was silent and turned back to go to sleep. I relaxed again and closed my eyes as I started to drift off to sleep and began getting lost in my own world of dreams and imagination. I was glad that I ran into twilight that one day. A lot has happened between the two of us, and I'm glad that she thinks of me as a friend. And I think of her as a friend too. In fact…
…she's the only friend I've got.
-Authors Note: i hope you guys enjoyed this new chapter and I'll be sure to keep up with this story for a while. i might actually end up making this a big thing like dream machine and the crimson saga ive got going on. it wont be as long and convoluted... but it'll be pretty epic. so i hope you all keep reading on and be sure to check out the other stories if you haven't yet. make sure to leave a review and let me know if you have any ideas you'd like to share, or if you need advice or help with anything I'm always checking my inbox. until next time...
-Stay Shady~