All She Wanted was a Nap...

Terra cast her gaze across the expanse of Ponyville, noting the locations of a few places that were of any worth to her, such as her house, Hay-Fil-A, and the houses of her friends, Ben, Itch and Simply. She shook her her head, looked down at the two ponies on the stoop of Golden Oaks Library and sighed, "Looks like somepony dun goof'd, and I know for a fact that it was not me. Wait," She gasped slightly when she another fact hit her--which was actually becoming painful at this point-- and stared down at Pinkie Pie, "did you say that the jewelry you put in the cupcake--that I ate--" she emphasized, "was a +2 Cloranthy Ring?"

Even from her new height, Terra could see Pinkie's giant smile beam as she replied, "Yepperooni!"

Terra's eye twitched, "...Where the heck did you even get a +2 Cloranthy Ring?"

"I can answer that." Twilight irritably growled, "A King from a Faraway Land gave it to Celestia as a gift," Anguish washed over her face as she brought her front hooves to her head and lamented, "and she entrusted me with the task of learning more about it!"

"Well, I don't mean to state the obvious, but," Terra poked her stomach, then returned her gaze to Twilight, "I don't really think that's a possibility at this point."

"Well, thanks for rubbing it in!" Twilight moaned.

Terra shrugged, "Meh. It's not like it was my fault."

The alicorn shot an icy glare at Pinkie, who merely continued to smile. Her eyes then shot open and stared at Terra in shock, "Wait, Terra, how... do you know what a Cloranthy Ring is?"

The pegasus rolled her crimson irises and smirked, "Easy. Tartarus Soul 2. It's a fairly common ring that increases stamina regen. I've got like four of th-" She gasped as her face suddenly filled with panic, "Twilight? Exactly who gave your princess that ring?

Twilight tapped her chin, "Hmm... I didn't really catch his name, but Celestia mentioned something about a V-something of Drakeleic. Why?"

Horror, dread, and dismay all but drowned Terra's face as her heart began beating unnaturally fast. She nervously quoted, "She warned our lord of the looming threat across the seas--of the Giants. The King crossed the ocean, and defeated them with his queen at his side. The King commandeered their power... and created the golems... The King crossed the seas and pillaged the land of Giants, and brought back a prize." She picked up Twilight, "I don't want be the cause of the Age of the Dark, Twilight!" She cried and shook the princess violently, "I DON'T WANNA GO HOLLOW!"

"WOAH, OKAY THEN." Twilight gagged at her rising nausea. Her horn flared as she cast a stasis spell to stop the giant, incessantly shaking hoof. While trying to keep her nausea to a minimum, Twilight rubbed her chin in thought, "Hmm...The prize then must be the Cloranthy Ri- Wait a minute!" She looked up and scowled at the pegasus, "Tartarus Souls is just a game, right? It's just a fantastical, virtual, experience, therefore, it isn't real! I can assure you, Terra, you won't die."

"Not die; Hollow. You CAN'T die. You just lose all sanity."

"Whatever!"

The pegasus, all semblance of fear now gone from her face, shrugged and gently placed the Alicorn next to Pinkie, still standing on the Library's stoop. "Meh, you're probably right. At any rate," She pulled her phone out of her pocket and started scrolling through her music, "I don't have to work again until next week, but seriously, this needs to be fixed before then. I kinda need my job, y'know? Gots to make them bits, yo."

Twilight sighed, "Alright. If you just wait here, we'll-"

"NOPE." Terra announced as she leaped over to the other side of the Tree Library. "I'ma take a nap. Got a movie night tonight."

"But," Twilight scowled and yelled, "I need you so I can run some experiments! I may not be able to fix this otherwise!"

Terra replied, "Eh, there's like, a bajillion books in the library. I'm sure you'll find something. Wait, quick question--" she glanced over the tree at Twilight, "how come I can hear you so clearly from up here? Shouldn't the further away my ears are from the sound, the less I should be able to hear it? I mean, I AM failing Physics, and didn't do so well in Physical Science, so correct me if I'm wrong, but..."

Twilight stared in disbelief, "How did you... even make it to Highschool?" She gave a disheartened sigh and rubbed her head, "I don't--I don't even know... Maybe the Ring amplifies the stamina of your eardrums?" She shook her head and stated as she entered the Library, "I just don't know."

Terra went back to scrolling through her music, until she noticed Pinkie Pie staring at her quizzically with her head cocked to the side. The pegasus raised eyebrow and commented, "I'm almost afraid to ask..."

"You don't have a Cutie Mark!" The tiny pink mare exclaimed.

Terra brought a wing to her forehead and grumbled, "Of course. Why should have I expected anything else?"

Pinkie continued without missing a beat, "I mean, I can't believe I didn't even notice at first! I was just so excited! Not even the normal excited, but the super excited that's CRAZY! But, you're so super-duper big now that it's impossible to miss! I mean-"

"That's it. I'm leaving." Terra growled, frustration and anger finally winning over her. She began walking in the opposite direction of the library

"Well, alright! See ya later, assistant!" Pinkie smiled and waved, "I Pinkie Promise that we'll definitely, absolutely, positively, without-a-doubtedly fix this!"

With that, the pink mare did a strange motion with her hooves and zoomed into the Tree after Twilight. Slight fear dropped into Terra's chest, quickly replacing her anger, "I... am now absolutely terrified." She shuddered thinking about accidentally ingesting another Cloranthy Ring, or something similar.

She shook the thought away and hopped over another small building. "Then again," she thought aloud as she walked through the streets, careful not to step on anything or anypony, "if I could fight giant robots in the 10th dimension by throwing whole galaxies around for a standard attack like in Tengen Toppa Maren Lagann, that'd be fun!" She shrugged, "Meh."

She then pulled out her phone and saw that Itch had sent a group message over Facehoof to her, Ben, and Simply.

"So the thing's at my house tonight, right?"

"So I've been told" Simply popped.

Terra typed, "Actually, not so sure. Something's popped up on my end."

Itch questioned, "so were not doing a thing? ... *we're"

The pegasus replied, "Well, we could POTENTIALLY still have it, but... We'd just have to talk in person first."

"When did they build giant gray pillars outside my house?" came from Simply's end.

Terra looked down to her left, noticed Simply's house, and chuckled, "That's actually apart of what popped up for me. Kinda had a run-in with a pink earth pony, and stuff happened and things and... yeah."

"..." Simply sent, clearly figuring out what had happened, "...How?"

"I don't even know." She responded, "But, hey, I'ma find a decent place to nap. So, just, like, come find me or something and we can attempt to plan an alternative movie night." Terra continued her search for a good napping spot while staring at her phone.

"*sigh*" Simply wrote, "Fine."

"wait whats going on" Itch asked.

"apparently we're meeting with terra somewhere" Simply replied.

"Meh. effort. can you pick me up?"

"Why?"

"Lazy"

"Eh. Fair enough." There was pause. "Where the heck is Ben?"

Terra laughed, "Where is the heck Ben ever?"

"Good point" Simply agreed.

Terra smiled as she slipped her phone into her pocket. Her eyes scanned past all the buildings to the outskirts of town. She then unfurled her wings to take to the sky and sleep on a cloud, but then decided against it for various reasons: First and foremost, none of her friends, being a panda, unicorn, and a bipedal cat called a Cait Sith (pronounced Ket She), could even fly, let alone stand on a cloud. She also didn't want to create tornadoes and stuff by flapping her wings haphazardly attempting to take off. Flying also wasn't her forte, so crashing into the earth was definitely a possibility. She figured earthquakes were probably frowned upon in society.

Instead, she continued walking, stepping over various buildings and such whilst ignoring the gawking townsponies below her. She eventually saw a nice valley on the other edge of town. She slipped on her headphones, scrolled down to her anime music playlist, and started with Mares' Dead Monster from the anime Alicorn Beats!

She hummed to the tune of her music as she laid herself down in the valley, instantly succumbing to her exhaustion.