The Slumbering Servant.

It's been a week since the Gala. After returning home, Twilight and Zakari haven't really spent much time with their friends. So, to make up for that, today they're having a little get together. All of their friends have been invited to the library and they would be arriving soon.

Twilight was setting up some drinks on the table."Hey, Zakari, can you bring me some more cider from the basement?"

"I'm still not speaking to you." Zakari grumbled.

"I said I was sorry!"

Let me elaborate. A couple days ago, Twilight had the bright idea to try summoning magic.

She summoned a tentacle monster. She got away just fine, Zakari however...

"I got probed. No amount of sorry will ever be enough. You should consider yourself lucky that I was able to get my sword...and that the tentacle didn't go any deeper than it did."

Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Twilight went over and opened it. Rarity was on the other side.

"Hello, darling, I'm heeeere!" She sang.

"Ah, Rarity, great to see you! Come on in." Twilight let her in and closed the door.

"Why thank you. Hello, Zakari."

"Hi, Rarity." He said, somewhat angrily.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" She asked.

"Oh nothing." Twilight said, nervously.

"Easy for you to say!" Zakari shouted." You wren't the one getting a tentacle shoved up your a-" He was cut off by another knock at the door. He sighed, then walked over to the door and opened it. It was Fluttershy this time.

"Oh, hello." Fluttershy greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Miss Fluttershy." He returned the smile. No matter how peeved he was, he couldn't be mad at Fluttershy. That's just impossible. Fluttershy went inside and and stood by Rarity.

After a while, the others arrived. The group told jokes, drank and ate snacks and overall just had fun. Sometime later, the girls decided it would be fun to tell goofy, embarrassing stories of themselves.

They went in turns. First was Rainbow, then Twilight, Rarity, AJ, Pinkie, then finally Fluttershy. After Fluttershy told her story, the group turned to Zakari. They gave him a "Well, what are you waiting for?" look.

"What?" He asked.

"Well, what's your story?" Said Rainbow.

"I ain't telling you story."

"Come on, dude, that's not fair."

"She's right." Said  Twilight. "We all shared something very personal and humiliating. You listened to them and now it's only fair that you tell us a story about you." She gave him a look.

He looked at them and sighed. Fine, if he must.

"Ok, here's one." He started. "When I was about five years old, my dad gave me a little nickname. I was laughing at something and when I laughed...I snorted." He looked at them again and noticed a slight smile forming on their faces. "Well, my dad heard this and and started calling me...Gigglesnort."

He could hear them holding back their laughter.

"And ever since then, my dad has called me his little Gigglesnort. Now, while this was all sweet and adorable when I was a child, it was not when I got older. Even into my teen years my father would say. "Hey, Gigglesnort!" And it really started to get on my nerves. It was embarrassing enough when my friends in school heard it, but he even said it when I went off to boot camp. My drill instructor caught wind of this and EVERY SINGLE TIME he would call me Gigglesnort. God, that was just...I can't even describe how embarrassing that was. I would be lining up for training like all the other soldiers and my drill instructor would yell "Gigglesnort, front and center!" or "Drop and give me twenty, Gigglesnort!" God, I hated that!"

He looked to his friends. There was a smile forming on heir lips. They were trying to hold back their laughter. Then suddenly...the damn broke. They all (except Zakari) bust into laughter.

"Ugh, screw you girls, I'm gonna get more cider." He stood up from his spot on the floor and went over to the table. He noticed that there was no more cider left and that meant he had to go into the basement. He walked over to the basement door and went downstairs. Even down here he could hear them laughing.

As he reached the bottom step, he felt something coil around his ankle. He looked down to see a slimy, green tentacle.

He unsheathed his sword." Not this time, buddy, I'm ready for ya! You're not gonna drag me into the rapey shadows!"

It was the next morning. Zakari had awoken early. He left the library and headed for Sugar Cube Corner. He was going to get a cup of coffee and a banana nut muffin to start his day. As he walked, he heard someone yell "Hey!"

He looked up to see Rainbow Dash. "Good morning...Gigglesnort!" She shouted, with a grin plastered to her face.

Zakari facepalmed. He should have never told them that fucking story.