The Call Of The Night

In the morning after the coven was founded Spike woke up as he would on any other day. He rose out of his basket and yawned, he still hadn’t awoken completely. He turned his head to face Twilight only to realise Twilight wasn’t there. He wondered where she was. Thinking back to yesterday’s chores, he remembered that the last place Twilight had gone to was to the hospital and she didn’t come back at all that afternoon. It was late when he had decided that he would go to bed. He figured that she just had to wait a long time at the hospital so she had to stay out longer in order to finish all the things she had on her checklist.

He couldn’t figure out why she wouldn’t come home after that. It’s not that the hospital was far away, it was fifteen minutes on hoof away tops. He was going to go to her friends and ask if they know anything. Maybe she slept over at one of their homes for some reason. First, however, he was going to have his breakfast. There wasn’t anything dangerous that could have happened to her. After all, Ponyville wasn’t that big and somepony would have heard if something happened.

About twenty minutes later…

Spike had just finished his relatively small breakfast that consisted of a bowl of cereal and a gem or two. The first pony he was going to visit was Rarity. He was hoping that she would help him in his search for Twilight. If he was lucky she would and he would get to spend some time with her. He was now at The Carousel Boutique and knocked on the door and soon he heard her voice. “Who is it?” She asked.

“It’s Spike,” he answered.

“Oh, give me a moment dear,” she said.

The door to the boutique soon opened and revealed the marshmallow coloured pony. “what can I do for you darling?”

“Well, Twilight hasn’t come back last night and I was wondering if she stayed over with you or if you knew anything,” he asked nervously.

“I am afraid that I do not know anything dear. I could help you look for her if you want,” she said with a charming smile.

“That would be great!” he said. He was excited that he would get to spend some time with her again, even if it was spent searching for Twilight.

“Excellent! We should split up and go ask the rest of the girls if they have seen her. I will get Pinkie and Rainbow Dash and you can get Applejack or Fluttershy. We will meet at the library after we are done in order to decide what we should do next.”

Spike was now a bit disappointed that he wouldn’t spend time with Rarity alone after all. “Ok, see you soon then,” he said and went to the orchard.

About an hour later Spike and Applejack were on their way toward Fluttershy’s cottage when they heard somepony yelling. “Hey wait up guys,” called the voice. Spike and Applejack turned around and saw Rainbow Dash.

“Oh howdy Rainbow,” greeted Applejack

“Weren’t we supposed to meet at the library?” Asked Spike

“Rarity explained everything to us and since we were done I suggested that we catch up with you guys so we can find Twilight faster,” answered Rainbow Dash.

“That’s all fine and dandy but you really didn’t have to do that. It aint gonna make us get Fluttershy any faster,” said Applejack.

“Well we are here so we might as well all go together dear,” said Rarity.

Applejack just nodded and they all walked to the shy pegasus’s home with the exception of Pinkie who was bouncing.

Fluttershy’s cottage was finally in sight and the group of ponies stopped in front of the door. Spike took a step closer to the door and knocked. “Fluttershy are you in there,” he asked, “We need to talk to you it’s really important.”

“Come in,” she said calmly.

The group walked in the timid mare’s home and saw her sitting on her couch, but she was not the only pony on it. The other pony was Twilight and she was wrapped in a blanket and was occupied with a cup of warm tea. That sight seemed to calm down the others but it also sparked worry and curiosity.

“Twilight you are all right!” exclaimed Spike in relief and joy.

“We were all very worried about you dear,” said Rarity.

Twilight seemed surprised for a second before she decided to respond. “Oh you shouldn’t have been worried about me. What was the worst thing that could have happened to me? Still, thank you for being such good friends,” said Twilight.

“It was Spike who organized the whole thing. When he noticed that you were gone he went to ask us for help. We only volunteered to help him look for you,” said Rarity. Spike seemed to beam with pride and joy for the praise he was getting from his crush.

“Could ya tell us why ya didn’t come home last night Twi?” asked Applejack.

Fluttershy decided to join the conversation at that. “Well, I found her unconscious on the grass near the road. I tried to wake her up but when she didn’t respond I carried her to my cottage so I could check if she was ok. I know I should have gotten somepony to help but I was just so worried about her that I couldn’t think clearly,” explained Fluttershy with a tone that radiated regret.

“Aww that’s okay Fluttershy you were super duper scared and did what what you thought was the best thing to do. We can’t blame you for that,” said Pinkie in an effort to comfort one of her many friends.

“That is very nice of you to say Pinkie,” said Fluttershy

Twilight of course knew that everything Fluttershy had just said was a pure lie. They made up the story immediately after they had woken up. They knew that their friends would come looking for Twilight after she didn’t return. She was pleased that they have bought the story.

“I think I will stay here a little while longer girls. I still haven’t recovered completely. I do not even know why I passed out so I will try to figure that part out.”

“Ok Twilight just don’t over do it like you usually do and come back this time,” said Spike with a small smile.

The group left the cottage and while they were leaving the two batponies grinned evilly at their success at fooling their friends.