Sparkle

   Twilight looked at the time. "Seven thirty..I'll wrap up and go to bed." She signed a few more papers, then crawled into to the soft bed. Before falling asleep, she realized the had forgotten something. "Smarty Pants!" She jumped out of bed, and dug into her saddlebag. She knew she brought her. She did! She did! She lifted up the bag, and dumped all of the contents out. None of those contents were Smarty Pants. She remembered that she brought her saddlebag with her while she was shopping, and she would have noticed if she mailed Smarty Pants. "Oh no... I dropped her!" She quickly drew Smarty Pants on every blank paper she could find, making posters so that if she didn't find her, somepony else would, and return the doll to her. She crept out of her room, and headed out of the castle.

  She retraced her hoofsteps, while posting her posters on poles, walls, and some even on the floor. She ran into the bakery, which was just about to close.

  "Heya Twilight!" Marble greeted her with a very friendly voice. We're closin' in five minutes, if ya' want to order anythin', feel free!"

  "No time to talk! Have you seen a doll that looks like this?" Twilight shoved a paper in her face.

  "Hold on, hold on! You seem pretty shaken about this here doll of yours. Ah wish ah could help ya'll, but I ain't seen anything like it b'fore!"

  "Ohhhh never mind!" Twilight growled in frustration. She ran out the door to continue her search for Smarty.

  "But ah can keep an eye out for it!" Marble called. Twilight asked any pony that was outside, went in every shop, but the answer was always the same.

  "No, princess."

  "Sowwy. I haven't seen youw dowwy. You can have miss coco, my dowwy though!"

  "Doll? Nope."

  "Haven't seen it."

  "Sorry, don't have that in stock. Not sure if we ever did."

  "GET OUT! WE'RE CLOSED! AND NO. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR DOLL!"

  When Twilight thought she had looked everywhere, she gave up, and sat down on a nearby bench. An hour passed, and Twilight didn't move from her original position.  When she felt tired, she decided to go back to the castle. She hopped off, and slowly walked towards the castle, her head hanging, tears flowing from her eyes. If anypony saw her, they would realize that she had lost someone, or in this case, something special to her. Just then, she saw a hooded figure hiding in the alley. She hadn't asked this pony yet. Having a last bit of hope, she trotted up to the pony.

  "Excuse me, have you seen a doll that looks like this?" She held up her paper one last time. Much to Twilight's surprise, the pony flipped their hood off, showing their face.

  "Indeed I have, Twilight Sparkle." Said a familiar orange unicorn.