Inside the Mind

A ringing filled Cinnamon Glows ears as he forced his eyes open. He looked to the table to his left and smacked the alarm clock to make it turn off. He gave a rather loud yawn and sat up as his eyes lazily scanned the room. Cinnamon dragged himself out of bed and walked to the door, and into the hallway. As he passed, he gave a quick glance in Peppermint’s room; everything seemed fine, but it felt like Cinnamon was forgetting something. Cinnamon gave another yawn as he climbed down the stairs and into the kitchen. Peppermint was at the stove making pancakes, and turned around when Cinnamon came down.

“How are you this morning?” Peppermint asked, and Cinnamon only replied with a yawn as he walked out the kitchen door into the seating area. He sat down at one of the tables and rubbed his eyes once or twice. Peppermint seems awfully calm this morning, she’s usually rather bitter until she gets her coffee. He started to smile to himself, but then instantly stopped once he remembered the events of last night. He stood up to look at Peppermint over the counter who was still at the stove; she looked happy. I didn’t dream all of that last night, did I? Cinnamon Glow asked himself, but then shook his head in disagreement. No, it was way too real to have only been a dream.

Then as Cinnamon Glow finished this thought, Peppermint came through the kitchen door with two plates with pancakes. She walked over and placed one plate in front of Cinnamon, and placed the other plate in front of an empty chair, which she sat down in. Peppermint stabbed the pancake with her fork and was about to begin cutting until she realized Cinnamon was staring at her.

“Are you okay?” Cinnamon asked with a serious expression.

Peppermint gave a small chuckle. “What do you mean?” She asked as she went back to cutting her pancakes.

“Don’t try to ignore it Pepper.” Cinnamon said, and Peppermint stopped. She put down her fork and knife and gave a small sigh. She then looked back up at Cinnamon with a smile.

“I’m fine. I was just acting rather silly last night.” She said as she looked down at her food in thought.

“You and I both know it wasn’t just you acting silly.” Cinnamon said as he reached out his hand to touch hers, but she swept her hand back. She then stood up and looked to Cinnamon with a rather fake smile.

“I’ll get your luggage, you have to leave soon.” She said as she walked over to the kitchen door, and disappeared behind it.

Cinnamon gave a rather depressed and confused sigh. He stood up and picked up both plates with the pancakes and went into the kitchen to put them into the fridge. Something told him that neither one of them wanted to eat now. He turned around to hear the clunking of a suitcase being dragged down the stairs. He walked over to Pepper and once she entered the kitchen, and she handed him the luggage. Cinnamon grabbed the luggage reluctantly, and gave her a worried look.

“Come on, if you don’t go soon you’ll miss the train.” Peppermint said with a smile.

Cinnamon looked up at the clock and realized that the train will arrive in ten minutes!

Cinnamon looked back a Peppermint who gave him a small smile, he sighed and returned that smile. “I’ll see ya soon, okay?” Cinnamon said, and Pepper replied with a triumphant nod. Cinnamon gave one last sigh and pulled Peppermint into a hug. Peppermint blushed slightly from the sudden affection, but still hugged him back. Cinnamon released the hug and looked at her in the eyes. “I’ll call as soon as a get there.” Cinnamon said and Peppermint replied with another nod. Cinnamon grabbed his luggage and walked out the kitchen and over to the front door. He opened it and before he walked out, he gave her one last smile, and she smiled back. He walked out the door and it closed behind him. Peppermint watched him disappear into the street. Peppermint’s smile slowly disappeared and she gave a small sigh as she walked up the stairs.

Cinnamon walked down the street as he rolled his luggage behind him, he looked at his watch and realized that the train will be there in five minutes!

“Oh crap! I’m gonna miss the train!” He then broke into a sprint toward the train station. While Cinnamon Glow may not work out too much considering he works at a bakery, he still was quite athletic in high school, and could run quite fast. Cinnamon made a sharp turn as his luggage bounced behind him. He then made another turn and saw the train station directly in front of him, and the train was just rolling in! He gave one last burst of speed toward the ticket office, tossed his ticket to the man working there, and hopped over the railing and just barely made it into the train just as the door closed. He stood there panting for a few seconds and when he looked up he saw everyone was staring at him. Cinnamon gave a nervous laugh as he walked over to put his luggage in the shelf above the seat, and he sat down. Cinnamon gave a relieved sigh and looked out the window, now all that was left was the eight hour train trip to Ponyville.

Cinnamon woke with a start, and sat up in his seat. He rubbed his eyes and checked his watch, it was three thirty, they would be arriving at Ponyville soon. Cinnamon Glow looked out the window and after a few minutes saw Ponyville in the distance and Cinnamon couldn’t help but smile. But then he started to remember Pepper, all alone in the bakery. They hired a few extra hands, so running the business wouldn’t be that difficult, but what about after they close? Spending every night and every morning alone, how could he leave her like that? Cinnamon gave a small sigh as he stood up from his seat and pulled his luggage from above. He then walked over to the door and waited there. He looked out the window and slowly saw Ponyville approach until they were finally at the station.

“We are now arriving at Ponyville. Please watch you step on the way out.” The voice on the intercom said as the doors opened, and Cinnamon stepped out. Cinnamon walked over to the front gate of the train station with his luggage behind him. The ticket seller gave a small nod as he walked by, and he left through the front gate. Cinnamon stopped at the exit just to take in everything, while Ponyville may be one of the most popular places, it definitely wasn’t the biggest. But Cinnamon couldn’t help but smile, he was finally here. After all those years of dreaming to work at ponyville, he was finally here.