Scrambled Sparkle

by Dr Atlas

Rating: everyone
Tags: Spike, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Adventure, Twilight Sparkle, Random, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Main 6
Length: 5691

Twilight needs sleep, all of Ponyville needs help...They'll get it; tired Twilight or not.

After staying up all night reading, Twilight decided now would be the perfect time to rest.
Unfortunately, all of Ponyville needs her help,
and they'll get it; tired Twilight or not.

Author's sleepy sleepy sleepy: *yawns* Uh...yeah, this is another story based on another episode my favorite show.
You can thank Odnucaf for the idea.

Published 2016-04-30 16:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-04-30 16:00:01 UTC

Sleepy sleepy sleepy...

Author's Note

There's gonna be a lot of transitions in this story.
(meaning one scene quickly going to the next.)
So, hopefully you can catch up.

Also, this story is a thank you for the 700 follower count.
I'd do a sappy speech, but this story's more important.
So, thank you for reading,
and I hope you stick around for more.

Sleepy sleepy sleepy...

Twilight stared intently at the last paragraph of the book in front of her, happy to know she finally finished the series. Once she finished reading the last sentence, she closed the book and sighed with a smile on her face. “Complete…” She looked outside her bedroom window, seeing that it was daylight. “Huh...must’ve stayed up a little late…” She blinked very slowly before uttering the three words that she had to say after such an act. “Shhhhleepy sleepy sleepy…”

Twilight rested her head on the book in front of her, her eyes closed and ready to fall asleep, meanwhile, a dragon in a basket bed started waking up, ready to start another day. Spike got out of his bed and stretched, scratching his back and yawning afterwards. He then started walking out of the room, waving at Twilight. “Mornin’ Twilight.” He stopped and noticed the state she was in. “Twilight?” Spike walked up to the sleeping pony and put his hand over his eyes. “Oh for- How late did you stay up?”

Twilight turned over to face him, one of her eyes opening. “Oh...he...hey Spike…”

Spike tapped his foot. “How long have you been reading that book?”

Still smiling dopily, Twilight turned to her closed book and put her hoof on it. “Oh...sh...Shhspike, t-this book didn’t take that long...a...along with the rest of the series.” She held it up to him. “Ah...after all, a book about warrior cats are pretty *yaaawn* pretty interesting.” She chuckled and set it back down in front of her. “May...Makes you wonder what cats do when they’re out in the forest on their own...is...isn’t that-” She didn’t finish as her head hit the book with a thunk. She then breathed in and out as her eyes shut and her mouth opened.

As for Spike, he didn’t want to see a sleeping Twilight in the morning. “Look, Twilight, you really need to not get so sucked into books that you can’t even remember when you need to go to sleep, even I managed to go to bed on my own last night while you kept reading.”

Twilight just yawned and placed her front legs on the book in front of her, her head resting on top. “Shleepy...shhhleepy…sleepy” She smiled and closed her eyes again, breathing a big breath in her nostrils and exhaling through her mouth.

Spike rolled his eyes, but smiled. “Alright, fine, be that way, as for me, I’ll make my own breakfast. We still have that cereal, right?” With no response, other than snoring, Spike tapped her head a few times, making her briefly wake up.

“Up in the left cupboard next to the...the flower…” She went back to snoring

Spike sighed, knowing that it would probably be a very boring day. “Well, see ya.” He waved and finally made for the door, walking down the small flight of stairs in the treehouse.

Twilight continued snoring as three knocks came from the window. She answered with a flick of her ear. After a third round of knocks, the window opened and a familiar rainbow haired mare flew into the room. “Twilight! Are you in here!?” She spun around three times before seeing the sleeping unicorn. “Oh, good, you’re here.” Rainbow Dash landed right next to her. “Listen, Twilight, I need your help.”

Twilight managed to open one of her eyes. “Oh...hah..Hi Dash...ha...how’s it going?”

Rainbow Dash grabbed her and forced her to sit up. “Twilight, this is serious! The wind is perfect and I need some help with numbers, you’re good at those things, right?” She waited for a response, only for Twilight to close her eyes and lowered her head. “I’ll take that as a yes!” Dash looked around and spotted a quill and paper, which she then grabbed. “Here, you can write with this.” She then wrapped her arms around her friend’s torso and made way to the window. “C’mon! There’s no time!”

The second she flew out the window, Spike opened the door again and turned to where Twilight had been sleeping. “Hey, Twilight, do we have any...more...Twilight?”

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Finally reaching her destination, which was a plain field, Dash set her friend down and sat in front of her. “Alright, now, tell me, what’s the speed I need to go?” With no response other than snoring, Rainbow Dash tapped Twilight’s head.

“Ba-Bring the wings up at a forty five degree angle bef...before takeoff.”

“Forty five degrees?” Dash looked at her wings. “Uh, I think wings need to be at a little bit bigger angle before takeoff.” She patted Twilight’s head. “You mean during, right?”

Twilight looked up and blinked out of sync. “Add air to...to wingspeed in order to...to get maximum shhhpeeds…”

“Twilight, there’s plenty of ‘air’ around here, I need help with wind...wind and numbers.”

Twilight raised her hoof in the air. “Wings must be fully furled for-”

Rainbow Dash shoved a hoof in Twilight’s mouth. “Will you stop worrying about my wings! You don’t even have them, so how would you know how to use them?”

“Snnnch...Soon a pony will reach a...a stage of...of a hood when wings *yawn* are needed…” Twilight laid on the grass and closed her eyes. “Shleepy sleepy shhhhleep…”

Dash just sighed and threw a quill and paper in front of her. “Look, just...like, take the wind speed and tell me how fast I need to go, alright...Twi?”

Twilight yawned again, making Dash impatient. She tapped Twilight’s horn, Twilight’s eyes opening seconds later. “Maaaaths…” She took hold of the quill up with her magic. “Carry wind speed by...by mass of mare to...to diameter of wings.”

Rainbow Dash nodded. “Y-Yeah, whatever that means...just tell me how fast and-”

“Three eighty two while going south west...head first…” Twilight dropped the quill and laid on top of the notes she wrote, which started out as numbers and equations before turning into scribbles.

Dash just smiled and rubbed her hooves mischievously. “Alright, here comes flying from the master!” She extended her wings and immediately took off, leaving Twilight to herself.

The tired mare brought her arms under her chin and sighed. “Shhhhleepy, sleepy...sleeeeep…”

As Dash continued flying, another mare started running up to Twilight, almost losing her stetson while doing so. She was about to call for Dash, but Twilight was closer. “Twi, thank Celestia I caught ya! W-We gotta problem at the farm! Can ya help?” Twilight answered with a yawn, but the orange pony took that as a yes. “Good, now come on!”

Twilight was grabbed by her bottom legs and dragged across the ground, still sleeping. As for Dash, she ended up hitting the ground right next to where Twilight had been laying. She groaned and rubbed her head. “Ugh...Twilight! That was so not the right...right...Twilight?”

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Applejack continued running, hopping over a fence before coming to a stop in front of her field. She stood Twilight up. “S-See what am’ dealin’ with!” Applejack pointed at the many crustaceans that were surrounding her field while Twilight started tilting. “A-Ah have no idea how they got here in the first place!” AJ stood in front of Twilight. “Applebloom’s with her friends, Big Mac’s still out in the trees and I don’t know where the hay granny is. Can ya just figure out someway to get these varmints off mah crops. There’s way too many for me to handle alone!”

Twilight slowly blinked. “Apply shaving cream to...to soothe certain follicles…”

AJ raised an eye. “Shaving cream, eh? Well, if ya say so.” She shrugged, a crab claw clamped on her hoof. “I guess Big Mac’s got some...AH!” It was only when she noticed that she started feeling the pain. “Y-Ya dang varmint!” Applejack started running around, dodging even more crabs that were trying to get her. “Let go!”

Twilight yawned again and curled up. “Sleepy sleepy sleepy…” She closed her eyes, no longer caring where she slept at this point.

“Whoa...look at all the crabs!”

Twilight opened her left eye, seeing three pairs of fillies watching AJ wrestling with the crab. “S-Should we help?” Scootaloo said.

“Ahm still tryin’ ta figure out how they got there.”

Scootaloo shrugged. “Maybe a nearby lake had them?”

Sweetie was still confused. “Do crabs even live in lakes?”

Applebloom started to turn around. “Wha don’t we ask Twi, I’m sure she...Wha?” The three fillies gasped when they saw the librarian on the ground, snoring rather loudly. The three of them walked up to her, confused as to why she was laying here. “Twalight?” Applebloom shoved her, making the mare roll on her side. The crusaders yelped when they saw the look on her face..

Scootaloo was the first to panic. “What’s wrong with her face? A-And why does she look so tired?”

Sweetie belle stepped closer. “I-I don’t think ponies sleep during the day, girls, something must be wrong with her.”

Applebloom stood tall. “Then this looks like a job for the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” The filly took hold of Twilight’s face and opened one of her eyes.

Sweetie belle bit her lip. “S-shouldn’t you be wearing gloves for that?”

Applebloom shook her head and closed her eyes, Twilight seemed unphased by it. “There’s no time, ah think her brain’s not workin’!”

“A nonworking brain!” Scootaloo yelled. “T-This is worse than I thought!”

“Especially for Twalight!” Applebloom tapped her chin. “Alright, we need ta stay calm and figure out how to go about this.”

“Well, where should we start?” Scootaloo pointed at Twilight’s head. “The noggin?”

Sweetie shook her head. “Nah, too obvious, I think the main problem is the way she’s breathing.” She pointed at Twilight’s mouth. It was wide open with the sounds of snoring coming out along with her tongue hanging out on the side.

Applebloom cringed. “That doesn’t sound good.”

Scootaloo tilted her head. “Maybe it’s her horn?”

Applebloom raised an eye. “Does a horn cause her to talk like this?” The two fillies looked at Sweetie, wondering if that was true

Sweetie thought about this before shrugging. “I dunno, I don’t think I’ve ever done this.”

“Maybe you need to be older?” Scootaloo suggested.

“Older unicorns look like this?”

Sweetie raised her hoof in the air. “My sister looks like this when she wakes up, maybe she knows about stuff like this.”

“Then ta Rarity’s it is!” Applebloom grabbed Twilight. “C’mon, there’s no time to lose!”

The other two fillies nodded and helped carried Twilight while Applejack continued screaming and attempting to get the crab off her hoof. “Grrr...g-get...OFF!” With one final tug, she ripped the crab from it’s grip and threw it away, panting seconds later. “Twa-Twilight! Why didn’t ya help...get...it.” She looked around, seeing no mane or tail of the purple unicorn. “Ugh...I knew I should’ve gotten Rarity, she’s always good at fightin’ crabs.” She rubbed her chin while a crab clamped on her hoof again. “Though, ah don’t know wha she’s good at fightin’...OH FOR-”

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“-Celestia’s sake, why won’t it fit!” Rarity continued fumbling with her dress, trying her best to fit properly, but it refused to do so, she eventually threw it on the desk in front of her and sighed. “First a bug visits me and says I’m offensive, then I can’t take a shower, and now my dresses don't fit me! Can’t something just go right for-” Three knocks interrupted her, making her quickly turn to the door and run up to it, slamming it open. “WHAT!?”

Despite her outburst, the three fillies at the door smiled. “Hey, Rarity,” Sweetie said, looking at Twilight. “can you help us? Twilight isn’t feeling that great right now and we were wondering if-”

Once Rarity noticed Twilight and her figure, she smiled, having the perfect idea. “Oh, thank you, Sweetie belle.” She took Twilight off their backs. “I was just about to go to Twilight’s anyway.”

“But we-”

Rarity shut the door in their faces and dragged Twilight to the center of the room “It’s a good thing you’re here.” Rarity set Twilight on the ground while she walked over to a table with many types of clothes. “I know this is short notice, but I need someone to help model for these clothes, and you have the perfect body to fit, are you ready?”

Twilight yawned “Sleeeepy sleepy sleepy.”

“Good.” Rarity grabbed the nearest dress and walked over to Twilight, making her stand up, she then quickly put it on her and walked back, trying to get a good angel of Twilight, who was wobbling in her stance. Despite seeing this, Rarity held her chin high and smiled. “Alright, Twilight, I need you to pose for me.”

*THUNK*

Rarity face went deadpan when Twilight fell to the floor. “I said pose, not doze.” She stood her up again, only to get the same effect. Seeing this made her face hoof. “Perhaps you need something to help you stay up.” She made for the stairs. “Wait here, I have something that helps get me moving to start the day!”

Twilight yawned again, not having the slightest idea as to where she was or what she was doing, all she wanted to do right now was sleep. “Ssssleepy sleepy sle-”

“Rarity!” Twilight’s ear flicked as the door slammed open, a pink pony walking in. “Do you have any...any…” The mare looked at the floor, seeing Twilight in a white dress. “Twilight?” She ran up to her and smiled. “I had no idea you’d be here.” She grabbed her. “Come on! I can ask Rarity about the colors later.” She dashed out of the room with Twilight, her dress coming off and hanging in the air before floating to the floor.

Once the door closed, Rarity came downstairs with a makeup box in her magical grip. “Oh Twilight! I think I found something that will help...Twilight?”

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With Twilight on her back, Pinkie opened the door to Sugarcube Corner and set Twilight next to her. She then wrapped an arm around her and started walking her through the room. “Alright, Twilight, I know you said no, but I really think he’s gonna like this party, I mean, we gotta throw him one, I’m sure the ponies will-”

“Ponies have fended off many monsters over the past month.” Twilight said, snoring soon after.

Pinkie’s jaw dropped. “T-Twilight! He’s not a monster, he’s a friend to you, to the girls...and especially me.” Pinkie finished rather seductively.

Twilight fell to the floor and yawned, her head on her left arm, “Shhleepy sleepy sleepy…”

Pinkie put her hooves on each side of her waist. “Now’s not the time for sleeping! Now’s the time to plan a party.” Pinkie stood Twilight up again, only for her to fall to the floor. The pink pony sighed and turned to the kitchen. “Maybe a snack will help you wake up, it does for me, and especially…”

Twilight flopped her ears to drown out the noise and curled up again, her tail over her eyes in an attempt to block out the light, she still had no idea as to what was happening around her, for all she knew, it was just another day in ponyv-

“I told you she was in here!”

Twilight brought her tail down and looked up to see a pony in a lab coat by the door with another one behind him. “Nurse, help her up, we need to get her to the hospital immediately!”

“Right away, doctor!” The two ponies hoisted her on their backs and brought her outside, Pinkie entering the room seconds later with a platter of pastries on her back.

“So, after we do that! We can move on to…” Pinkie turned around, seeing that her friend was gone. “Twilight?”

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“Listen to me, Twilight, the hospital needs you right now!”

“Ha...Hospital’s down the street...to the left…”

The doctor glared at her as they continued walking. “I know where my work is, and right now, we need you there! Lives are at stake!”

The nurse rolled her eyes. “We just need to move the beds, doctor. It’s nothing too serious.”

The stallion stopped dead in his tracks and took Twilight off his back. “N-Nothing too serious!” The doctor shoved Twilight out of the way and started his rant.

Meanwhile, Twilight fell and slide across the ground until she was inches away from a pair of striped hooves. Twilight opened one eye and looked up. “Ah, Twilight,” Zecora said. “glad I caught you, for I need help in preparing my brew.”

Twilight’s eyes were starting to form more bags than usual. “Brews have been brewed by...e-enchantezzzez for...for many millenniums…”

Zecora raised an eye. “Um...Sparkle, you seem out of it.” She grabbed her by the hoof. “Perhaps helping me will do the trick.”

“Oh no you don’t!” The doctor grabbed Twilight by her tail and yanked her away from Zecora. “This mare is needed at the hospital.”

The nurse came up beside him. “So just go back to your herd and do your own brew.”

Zecora’s face went straight. “Now, nurse, please don’t find me crass, but after saying something like that...” Zecora pushed Twilight way from her grip and went face to face with her. “I’m afraid that I am going to kick. Your-”

“Shhhleepy sleepy sleepy…” Twilight started crawling away from the now fighting mares until she was up against a nearby tree, where she then placed her back on and closed her eyes, wanting to finally get some rest after all that was happening.

While she started dozing, a mare holding a rabbit appeared from behind the tree and bit her lip as she looked at Twilight. “Come on Angel, she has to know…” The bunny simply looked away, not wanting to deal with any of this. She ignored the look of annoyance on his face and stood in front of Twilight. “E-Excuse me, Twilight?”

Twilight weakly opened her eyes, seeing Fluttershy with Angel bunny in her arms, who was still looking away. “Hmmmm?” Twilight managed to say.

Fluttershy frowned and held up Angel, a large patch of fur missing on his ear. “Um...T-Twilight, I-I found this strange patch on Angel. H-His ear doesn’t stay up a-and I’ve never seen anything like this...i-is it serious?”

Twilight paused for a few seconds before going into a state of laughter, she then climbed on top of fluttershy’s head and rested on it, laughing one more time before closing her eyes. Both Fluttershy and Angel looked up at her before Angel crossed his arms and looked at Shy. She nervously smiled and said, “U-Um...I’m sure she was...laughing...with you, Angel.”

Without Shy noticing, Twilight was taken off her head by a blue aura, where she was then thrown on the ground. Twilight blinked out of sync and looked up, seeing a blue blur. “Greetings, Sparkle.” The blue blur said. “Surprised to see your worst foe again?”

Twilight answered with a yawn and rested her head on the pavement. “Shhheelpy sleepy sh-”

“Hey!” Twilight was forcibly stood up again by magic, her eyes now focusing on a familiar cape wearing blue unicorn. “Trixie would appreciate it if you payed attention to her while she’s talking!”

Twilight sighed. “Capes were founded thousands of years ago...once belonging to...to Swarspield the Feared…” Twilight hung her head and snored, making Trixie grit her teeth.

“Come on, Sparkle! Trixie has bought an amulet just so she can face you! Just stand straight and-”

Twilight rested her hoof on Trixie’s mouth. “Sssshushhshshsssssssh...Mares experience their love and relationship type at young ages to prepare for...for adulthood.” Twilight slowly leaned forward until she was up against Trixie, forcing the mare to hold her.

Trixie’s face went blank. “Uh...Sparkle?”

Without warning, Twilight wrapped her front legs around Trixie, making her tense up. “Ca...couples express feelings when...feeling...things…”

Trixie went red in the face and shoved Twilight off of her, the mare landing on her back in the dirt. “Tw-Twa..T-Twilight! T-Trixie is not that kind of mare,” She held her nose in the air. “a-and even if she was, she has very high standards.”

Twilight raised her arm. “Librarians have books on many types of show magic to performing, to...to stunts, and...and assistance.”

Trixie's eyes went wide. “A-Are you saying you know about being a stage assistant?” Twilight answered by covering her eyes with her arm and yawning. “S-She might actually reach my standards!” Trixie closed her eyes and stood straight while Twilight started sliding across the ground by a yellow aura. “W-Well, Trixie supposes she could learn on...Twilight?”

Before long, Twilight was floating right in front of the face chaos.“Ah, Twilight,” The draconequs said evilly. “glad I caught you, for you see, I have finally risen from my confinement, and now I am prepared to-”

“Apply toothpaste to teeth for a whiter, cleaner mouth and breath…” Twilight went back to snoring as Discord held his claw to his mouth.

“H-Hey! My breath isn’t that…” Discord paused before setting her down and breathing into his claw, gaging a few seconds later after he smelled it. “Okay, maybe it is, but that doesn’t change the fact that...Twilight?”

Now in a green aura, Twilight slid across the dirt before coming to a stop in front of a black, hole filled leg. She opened her eyes and looked up, seeing yet another foe. “We meet again, Sparkle, and this time, I’ve decided to attack your home town.” The queen of the changelings leaned down so they were eye to eye. “Are you prepared for a fight?”

Twilight blinked. “Corks have the ability to...plug certain bottles and...and holes.”

Chrysalis brought her head back up and raised an eye. “Wh-wha...D-Don’t try to confuse me, Sparkle!” Chrysalis raised her head and hoof in the air. “For my plans will finally be a success, and soon everypony will bow to my...will?” She looked down to see that Sparkle was gone. “Twilight?”

Twilight was now being held by Mayor Mare. “Twilight, y-you need to help me! I’m currently up to my neck in files and I need a mare who knows a thing or two about organizing.”

Twilight eyes started traveling in different directions. “Folders and binders are one of the many things young stallions and mares need for ssschool…”

The Mayor’s jaw dropped. “N-Now’s not the time to worry about school!”

“Oh, yes it is!” Twilight was torn away from Mayor Mare’s grip, now in the hoof of Cheerilee. “Twilight, so glad I caught you!” She turned her head toward the school “The fillies have way too many questions on the subject of advance magic and I need you to-” Cheerilee was then spun around several times before coming to a halt, after she shook away her dizziness, she noticed Twilight was gone.

“I knew I’d find you here!” Twilight craned her head up to see that Dash was holding her. “I don’t know why you left, but those numbers you were talking about didn’t help.” Dash set her down. “Now, if you could-”

"Twaaaaaliiiiiight!” Dash looked up while Twilight curled into a ball again.

“AJ?” Dash tilted her head, seeing the farm pony with scratches and scars all over her body, as well as crabs clamping on her. “Uh...what happened to-”

“Dash, now’s not the time, ah need Twilight at the farm ASAP!” Applejack was about to reach for her, but Dash stopped her.

“Whoa whoa whoa, I need Twilight’s help with my technique right now, Applejack. You can wait, can’t you?”

“Dash, do you see these crabs!” Applejack pointed at the crabs currently clamped on her tail, hat, and mane. “They’re ruinin’ mah farm! And ah can’t do it with muscle alone!”

Dash crossed her arms as another pony came up to them. “Well, I’m sure if you ask Rarity to help you, she can-”

“Can’t help right now, Dash.” Both mares turned around to see Rarity holding Twilight. “Twilight has dresses to model for.”

AJ pushed Twilight out of the way, making her land into the arms of Rainbow Dash. “Mah farm’s more important than ur dresses, Rare!”

Rarity gasped. “Why, I don’t think you understand-”

“NO! I don’t think you understand-”

“OH! OH! I understand!” The three mares turned to their right to see Pinkie pronking up to them. “I understand that Twilight is the perfect pony to help set up this party.” She grabbed Twilight, but Dash refused to let go.

“You can worry about your party later, Pinkie.” Dash started tugging Twilight out of Pinkie’s grip, but it wasn’t working. “Right now, it’s me who needs her right now.”

“But parties, Dashie!” Pinkie pulled harder.

“Dresses come before parties, Pinkie!” Rarity grabbed Twilight’s leg and pulled.

“Farm’s matter more than any of this!” AJ grabbed another leg and tugged, each mare now holding every leg she had.

“U-Um...e-excuse me…” All of them turned right, seeing Fluttershy still holding Angel. “Uh...g-girls...er...I-I need help with-”

“Not now Fluttershy!” They yelled before pulling again, Making Shy hold Angel closer and sigh.

“O-Okay then…”

“Our problems matter more!” The four mares stopped pulling and turned around, seeing a crowd of ponies coming their way. It didn’t take long for Twilight to be ripped out of the four mare’s grip, now being held by the doctor and nurse, who had a black eye. “Lives are at stake right now!”

“And the town needs bills to sign!” Mayor mare grabbed Twilight by her tail and yanked her out of the doctor’s hooves.

“Revenge is a dish best served with a helping of Twilight on the side!” Discord grabbed Twilight’s entire torso and held her up, away from the other ponies.

“My revenge is more important!” Discord looked up to see Chrysalis flying overhead, pulling Twilight out of his claws.

Twilight was then teleported out of their grip and was now in Trixie's hooves. “Trixie needs Sparkle more than ever...f-for revenge, of course.”

Cheerilee grabbed Twilight’s arm and started pulling. “The children have minds that only she can teach!”

“Not us!” Cheerilee was then tackled by three fillies, all of them holding Twilight. “She’s got a brain that needs fixin’!” Applebloom proclaimed.

Zecora grabbed her. “Her brain is what I need for my brew to succeed!”

Before long, the entire town was surrounding Twilight, each one yanking her way from another’s grip. Voices were raised and yelling started pouring through the crowd as Twilight was tossed through pony after pony, and, surprisingly, Twilight’s eyes were closed the whole time, trying her best to rest despite the fact that the whole town needed her help.

“Shhheeeeepy sheepy sleepy…”

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“Twilight!”

Spike continued wandering through the town, trying to find some sign that Twilight was around, he was starting to get very worried at this point, knowing that Twilight being out and about in the state she’s in isn’t good.

“This is bad, I should’ve found her by now, a sleeping mare can only get so far.” He turned to his right, now noticing something else. “Wait, where’s everyone else? There’s no way everypony stayed up late and decided to sleep in this morning.” He looked down and continued walking, trying his best to understand this, although, most of his theories were either to silly, stupid, or outright weird, he laughed at the last one he had. “Like everypony actually needs Twilight’s-”

*SMACK*

The answer hit him once he fell to the ground, seeing Twilight right in front of him when he opened his eyes. “Twilight?” He stood up and walked up to her, seeing that she was still asleep. “Uh...you okay.”

Twilight opened an eye. “A helping hoof is what’s needed for...for day to day poniez livez…” She yawned and curled up into a ball. “Shhhhhhhhhhleepy sleepy sleepy…”

Spike sighed, knowing her brain was currently fried. “Listen, Twilight, I don’t know how you got out of your room, but we really need to-”

“THERE SHE IS!”

Spike turned around and quickly found out he and Twilight were surrounded by the entire population of Ponyville, he held up his claws and stood closer to Twilight. “Whoa whoa whoa! What’s going on here...w-why is-”

“You don’t understand! I need her to help with my technique!”

“And I need her help dealin’ with the crabs at the farm!”

“Doomie's party needs her help in order for it to be perfect!”

“She’s the only one who can model for these dresses!”

“But this is the perfect opportunity for us to earn our cutie marks in doctoring!”

“The hospital needs her help more than ever!”

“Um...A-Angel has-”

“I’m just an elected official here. I can’t make decisions by myself!”

“The right ingredients from her I need, or my homemade brew will never succeed.”

“Trixie demands her right now!...F-For a rematch.”

“I can’t just face five ponies here, I need her to face me as well! It’s not fun when the hero’s asleep, ya know!”

“My hive is ready to attack, and the least she could do is fight against us!”

“The fillies need to be taught about the history of magic and she’s the only one who knows all about it!”

“But I need her more!”

“She’s the only one who can help!”

“My problems can’t be done alone here!”

“I just want somepony to talk to…”

“QUIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!”

All of them were shocked by Spike’s sudden outburst, even Twilight flicked an ear at it. Despite the stares, Spike breathed heavily and looked at everyone around him. “What...is wrong...with everyone...in this town!? Does everypony need her help? C-Can you seriously not notice the state she’s in!” Spike threw his arms at Twilight, who was still curled up with her tail moving back and forth due to her breathing cycle. “I-I mean, look at her!”

One pony crossed his arms. “Cute sleeping or not, we need her more than ever right now!”

Dash flew in the air. “Yeah, and this wind’s not gonna be here forever, ya know.”

“And mah farm’s overrun with crustaceans!”

“My parties not gonna throw itself!”

“The dresses need to have the right fit!”

“A-And Angel has-”

Spike stomped his foot on the ground. “Can’t you all work together instead of asking one pony to do it for you? Isn't that what friends do anyway?” The five mares looked at each other as Spike started walking around Twilight. “A-And what about you ponies, can’t you do the same? I'm sure if you worked together, you can solve your problems without her.” Spike then noticed the odd one’s out and pointed at them. “And you three! Don’t you have anything better to do than trying to take out Twilight?”

Trixie narrowed her eyes. “Trixie needs to take Sparkle out...u-uh...a-as in dominating her...I-I mean- n-not that way! T-Trixie means that she needs to destroy her. N-NO! T-That’s not what-”

“Oh hohoho no.” Discord stood in front of her. “I’m afraid you’ll have to wait your turn if you want destroy Twilight.”

Chrysalis got in between both of them. “I have waited far too long for some mutant goat and a simple show mare, who...kinda sounds like me, to stand in my way of getting revenge on that purple pony!”

Discord chuckled. “No offence, cheese legs, but I doubt you can-”

“NO ONE CALLS ME CHEESE LEGS!” Chrysalis charged right into Discord, tackling him to the ground and taking several ponies as well.

"Ow, My leg!" One pony shouted, shoving Discord off him, causing even more ponies to back up and hit others. Within seconds, more ponies joined in on the fight, Spike looked around and grabbed Twilight by the scruff of her neck, slowly pulling her out of the crowd.

Meanwhile Twilight’s friends looked at the scene in both horror and fascination. Dash looked at the other four mares. “Um...should we...you know, do something?”

Pinkie looked at the fighting crowd in amazement before smiling. “Fight!” She then hopped in, joining the rest of the ponies. The other four shrugged and decided to do the same.

As for Spike, he ended up dragging Twilight all the way back home, thankful that it was, not only close, but that no one else followed them. He kicked open the door and dragged Twilight inside, shutting the door and propping a bookshelf against it. “O...Okay, I *huff* I think we lost them.” Spike walked up to Twilight and stood in front of the tired mare. “Are you okay, Twilight?”

Twilight opened one eye and smiled, half aware of what went down. “Tha...Thanks Spike…”

Spike smiled. “Hey, what’s a good assistant and friend for?”

“Raising children require many moments of planning...e-education and *yawn* and love…” Twilight closed her eyes and went back to sleep. Spike sat down and thought about doing the same

He sighed and looked back at the barricaded door. “Hopefully now we can-” A belch interrupted him and a piece of parchment hit his snout. He shook his head and looked at it, then at Twilight, who opened one of her eyes and levitated the note to her face, looking through it with a blank face. “Uh...Twilight?”

Twilight blinked slowly and handed it back to Spike, stretching and yawning before resting her chin on her front legs. “Quite persistent, aren’t we?”

Spike was a little surprised at this as he looked over the note, seeing that Celestia needed her help with- “‘Equestria needs your help more than ever, Twilight’?” Spike read out loud. “‘For a great threat is spreading across the land and only you can...can…” Spike started skimming through the lines before looking at Twilight, knowing what he had to do. “Don't worry, I got this.”

With a determined face, he stood tall, pulled out a quill, turned the page over, and wrote in capital letters: “Too tired, needs sleep.” He smiled, rolled it up, and flamed it before closing his eyes, yawning, and falling on Twilight’s back, both of them saying something that needed to be said at a time like this.

“Sleeepy sleepy sleepy…”