MINIFIC MAYHEM

“This is a simple plan,” Twilight whispered to herself. “Get in and get out. Just in and out.” She chuckled nervously at her own words.

The night and her black bodysuit helped keeping her hidden as she stood under one of the many apple trees. She looked over her target: the Apple family’s house. As the final light went out in one of the windows, Twilight pulled her checklist and put a tick next to “Wait for everyone to fall asleep”, which was right under “Sneak into the Sweet Apple Acres”.

“So far so good.” She hid the list away, before letting out a sigh of relief.

She sneaked towards the door keeping herself in the shadows. With a loud creak, the door opened and Twilight poked her head in. Her ears laid back as she quickly looked around. The corridor was dark with the moon barely giving enough light to see the contour of the stairs. Twilight pulled her trusty checklist again and put another tick.

“All that planning paid off,” She chuckled to herself, trying to push away her nervousness.

Carefully placing her hooves, she headed upstairs. Once there, she looked around in the darkness, trying to remember the layout of the place. She has been studying a map of the layout for the last few nights: every corner, every door and every creaking floorboard. She took a step forward and hit what sounded like the most creaky board in the whole building. Her self-confidence immediately evaporated.

“No, no, no...” Twilight whispered. “Just one mistake, it happens...” She tried to calm herself down, only to realize how much her legs were shaking.

“Twi?” Twilight jumped as she didn’t notice the door next to her has opened and Applejack was standing in the doorway.

Before Twilight even felt the floor with her hooves again, she teleported herself herself outside. Feeling the hard ground under her hooves, she sat down, panting from the scare.

“Applejack is going to kill me,” Her ears fell and she lowered her head. “Better leave before she tries to check if she was dreaming or not.”

Twilight lift herself up, before looking up at the house. She levitated her checklist and put a big cross next to “Retrieve Miss Smarty Pants”.