Left Brain, Right Brain

Twilight paced the floor. Her hooves clattered rhythmically as she walked this way and that. Spike sat on a couch, munching on a bowl of popcorn and watching intensely. Twilight's hooves struck the same exact places with every step, and she was slowly but surely wearing a deep rut into the wooden floor. It was actually very entertaining to watch.

But when Spike's popcorn bowl ran dry for the third time, he hopped out of his seat, stepped in front of the pacing Twilight and planted his claws firmly on her front legs. "Okay, okay! I give," he said, grinding Twilight's pace to a halt. "What's on your mind?"

Twilight looked down at Spike for several moments. Then she blinked as if she was just now registering that she wasn't pacing anymore. "Oh, what?" she asked, rubbing her eyes. they felt like they hadn't blinked all day. (Which they hadn't; Spike had been watching).

"I said," Spike said, giving Twilight's legs a shake, "What's on your mind?"

Twilight looked at Spike again and drew in a long, slow breath through her nose. She held it for a moment, and then let it out slowly, like a balloon deflating. Twilight started slumping to the floor as she exhaled, looking more like a deflating balloon. Soon, she was sprawled out on the floor, the last of her breath puttering through her lips.

Spike looked at her, "Um... okay?"

Twilight's hooves flew to her head, and she let out a long groan, "I just can't figure out what to do!"

Spike sat down on the floor next to her, "What about?"

Twilight looked up at him and stuck out her tongue, "Thbbbph." she said, giving him a raspberry.

"Is that so?" Spike asked flatly.

Twilight rolled over, letting out another groan, "Uuueeeuueeueueueueueueueeeeeehhhhh hh."

Spike grew quickly tired of Twilight's groaning. "Well, what's so complicated about it?" he asked, clamping his claws over his ears.

Twilight threw her hooves in the air in defeat, saying, "My brain won't decide! It's telling me to do two different things, but I can't do both!" She whipped her hooves around and whined loudly, "They're mUtuAllY exclUsIIIvvve!"

"Two different things..." Spike repeated to himself. He hopped up to his feet and walked over to the couch. He knelt down and pulled something out from under it. "This magazine says that when you're brain can't decide, it's because your Left brain and your Right brain aren't agreeing," he said, flipping to the article and showing it to Twilight.

Twilight took the magazine and skimmed the article, creatively titled, "I CAN'T DECIDE: The Secret War Between your Left Brain and your Right Brain."

She flipped through the pages and looked at the front cover, recoiling in disgust, "This is a tabloid! Spike!"

"I just read it for the articles!" Spike objected, snatching the magazine back, "Besides, this article says Equestria is gonna be flooded within the next year, so I've been stocking up on ice cream! You should be proud of me!"

Twilight put her hooves over her eyes and let out another groan, rolling back over and flailing her limbs indecisively.

Spike rolled his eyes and walked to the kitchen, stopping at the portal to the kitchen and saying, "I'm getting some more ice cream, do you want any?"

"hh hhhh"

Spike rolled his eyes and left the room.

Twilight flopped to once side, her eyes looking at nothing in particular and her snout scrunching up as she muttered to herself, "Left brain and Right brain..."

Spike walked back into the main room some time later, with a rather large bowl of ice cream. This time, the room was littered with large pieces of paper, covered in various schematics and sketches. Several books lay strewn about, opened haphazardly, and several more floated around Twilight's head as she scribbled notes frantically on another scrap.

"Twilight...?" Spike asked carefully, stunned by the suddenness of her change.

Twilight turned around with a big smile on her face, "You were right, Spike! My Left brain and Right brain are in disagreement! That's the key to my problem!"

"Glad I could help?" Spike said carefully, dodging books zipping this way and that and protecting his ice cream.

"You sure did, Spike!" Twilight said, dashing over and giving him a nuzzle, "Because now I know what to do!" she said triumphantly, returning to her books.

Spike carefully stepped closer, "and that is...?"

Twilight turned around eagerly, "I'm gonna split my brain apart and ask me what's wrong!"

"Wat," Spike asked.

Twilight gasped suddenly and all the books orbiting her workspace dropped, "I found it! The spell I was looking for!" Her face was beaming as she powered up her horn.

"Uh Twilight, maybe we should think about this first-"

Spike was cut off as a bright flash of light filled the room, and Twilight's body was engulfed in a magical sphere. The sphere rose off the ground as winds whipped around it, scattering her papers. Suddenly, the sphere elongated, turning more into an ellipsoid. It widened more and more until the middle of the ellipsoid caved in, and two equally sized spheres split off.

And with a high pitched magical Shhhinggg! the spheres dissolved, leaving behind two exact copies of Twilight.

"Uhh, Twilight?" Spike asked.

Two identical heads turned towards Spike.

Chills ran up Spike's back as he was reminded of every scary movie with clones in it he had ever seen. "W-w-what just happened??"

"I believe I can answer that," said one of the Twilight's, magically floating over her reading glasses and tying her hair up. "I successfully split my neurological functions into two distinct entities; the left hemisphere of my brain occupies one, and my right hemisphere is in the other. I can now communicate effectively and efficiently about my dilemma, with myself."

Spike looked at the Twilight clone, confusion painted over his face.

The other Twilight stepped in, kneeling down next to Spike and rubbing his head, "Can't you see he doesn't understand?" she said to the other Twilight.

She shrugged, "Nothing I said was false."

The other Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled at Spike, "It's just like you said, Spike!" she explained, "My Left brain and Right brain were at war, so I split them apart!"

"Ohh," Spike said, nodding slowly. The other Twilight rolled her eyes. "Ssoo, you're...?" Spike said, pointing at her.

"I am the Left Brain," Twilight said, "I am logical, precise, efficient."

"And no fun," the other Twilight added.

"And you're...?" Spike asked, pointing at the other.

"I'm the Right Brain!" Twilight said, "I'm emotional, spontaneous, creative!"

"And an idiot," the Left brain added.

Right brain stuck her tongue out at her.

Spike put his claws on his head. Now it was his turn to groan, "I never understand anything you do, Twilight," he said, "Neither of you."

"It's okay, Spike!" Right said, giving Spike a big hug, "I'm still Twilight! Just half of her. The friendly half!"

"And I'm the smart half," said Left.

Spike pushed away from Right, "Alright, whatever," he conceded, "So long as you figure out your problem and stop groaning about it, I'm okay with that."

Right smiled, "Okay, Spike. Yeah, I'll...figure out...my problem..." she looked slowly at Left, and they realized something at the same time.

Right dashed for the door, but Left got there first, blocking her exit. Right pushed at her, "Let me go!" she demanded, "Let me through!"

"We split ourselves to talk!" Left argued, not letting her pass, "Not dash out on a whim!"

"But I need to go!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"What are you talking about??" Spike yelled, confused out of his mind.

Left and Right looked at Spike, then at each other, then back to Spike and said in unison, "When you're older."

Spike threw his hands up and walked out of the room backwards, shaking his head in disapproval of whatever craziness Twilight was up to. He walked out of the room, stepping back in to grab his ice cream, and then walking back out.

The Twilight's turned back to each other and continued struggling at the door.