The Child of Twilight Sparkle

Present day

Twilight was in her library sitting down while reading a book. “I should go check to see how Jack is doing.” Twilight said before closing her book and going upstairs.

When Twilight reached the top of the stairs she saw a human looking at her. He was wearing light gray pants, black sneakers, a white T-shirt with a black vest over it, and black finger-less gloves.

“Hi, Jack, I just came up here because I wanted to see how you were doing.” Twilight said to the human. “Everything okay up here?”

He may now be 23 years old but he still looked young. His hair was now light blue. Almost the same as Rainbow Dashes coat of fur. “Yeah, I’m doing pretty well up here.” Jack said. “How have you been doing lately?”

“Pretty well, It’s mostly been a pretty standard day, I mostly just studied and occasionally went and got something to eat.” Twilight said. “Not much interesting happened so far.”

“Me neither, I’m currently just waiting for something interesting to happen though.” Jack said. Twilight could tell from the tone of his voice that he was exited.

“That reminds me, I wanted to ask you something.” Twilight said.

“What the fuck is it?” Jack asked curiously.

“Would you like to join me for breakfast?” Twilight offered. “I know that you haven’t eaten anything today, so I thought you might be hungry.”

“Of course, if you want me to do something, then I will do what ever it is.” Jack said in a serious voice. “So if you want me to join you for breakfast, then I’ll do that.”

Jack followed Twilight downstairs into the kitchen. “So what’s for breakfast today?” Jack asked. “I hope it’s not a slice of stale bread for the entire day, because that’s what the guards fed me back at that dungeon in Canterlot palace.”

“When are you going to stop worrying about that dungeon?” Twilight asked annoyed. “You haven’t been there in over 15 years, and you’re never going back.”

Jack looked at Twilight like he didn’t believe her. “You don’t know that.” He said. “I could end up back there later today for all you know.”

“Do you really think that would happen?” Twilight asked starting to get annoyed.

“No, but it could still happen.” Jack said. “So what actually is for breakfast?”

Jack and Twilight both made it to the kitchen. “Pancakes are for breakfast.” Twilight pointed to a table with stacks of pancakes. Spike was also sitting near the table.

“Good morning, Twilight and Jack, how did you sleep?” Spike asked while he went over to the table to sit down.

“Pretty well.” Twilight said. “How about you, Jack?”

“I didn’t sleep at all.” Jack said. “I stayed up the entire night staring at the sky.”

Twilight and Spike both looked at each other confused and then to him. “Why did you stare at the sky the entire night?” Twilight asked. “Also, for a human who didn’t sleep at all for an entire day, you look and act really well rested.”

“Thank you, and the reason I stared at the sky was because I was looking to see if the stars are in different places each night.” Jack said.

“Did you find out if they did?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Nope, they’re were in the exact same spot as the were the night before. I know because while I was looking that night, I painted exactly where every star was.” Jack said. “Wanna see?”

Jack took out a picture of the stars from his pocket and showed it to Twilight. She thought it looked beautiful. “Wow! You are a really talented artist.” Twilight complimented his picture. “Have you ever considered drawing?”

Jack put the picture back in his pocket before saying, “Nah, I’m don’t really draw that much. I guess I never really thought about it that much.”

“Maybe when Celestia said you were special, she meant you were good at drawing, because you really are.” Twilight said. “But I still feel like there’s something else I just don’t know.”

“Me too.” Jack said. “But for now, let’s just eat, because I’m hungry, and I still wanna eat my food while it’s hot.”

Twilight looked at him. She didn’t show any emotion on her face. “You really are a strange creature.” She said.

“Thank you, I try to be.” Jack said as though it were a compliment which he took it as one.

Jack and Twilight both went over to a table and sat down on a chair. Twilight of sitting to the left of Jack and Spike was sitting to his right. “What flavor of pancakes are they?” Jack asked Spike.

“They’re blueberry flavored. couldn’t you tell?” Spike asked before he started eating.

“No.” Jack answered simply before he also started eating. “Mm, these are actually really good.”

“Thanks” Spike said. “I started making them about 15 minutes ago, while when you were almost done staring at the stars.”

“Well it tastes really good for something made in that amount of time.” Jack complimented.

“I’m used to cooking fast.” Spike said. “I at least know how to.”

“I Don’t even know how to cook at all. Well, that’s not completely true. nopony ever taught me, so I mostly learned what I know by watching you and Twilight cook.” Jack said.

“I didn’t know that you wanted to learn. I could have always taught you if you wanted me to.” Twilight said.

Jack started eating more of his pancakes. “I didn’t really ever bother to tell you because I thought you wouldn’t care.” Jack said with his mouth full.

Twilight looked at him disgusted. “Maybe you should talk after you’re done chewing.” Twilight suggested.

“Sorry about that.” Jack said after he finished chewing his food. “It never really stuck out to me to be able to cook well. that’s the other reason I never asked you.”

“If something interests you, of course you can ask me to teach more about the subject to you.” Twilight said.

“Maybe I’ll be able to cook for you from now on. It would be nice for me to actually be useful for something.” Jack said.

“I’m sure you will.” Twilight continued to eat her pancakes. After he finished eating more of his pancakes he continued, “So do you have any plans for today.” He asked.

“No.” Spike answered.

Jack waited for Twilight to finish chewing before she answered. “Not really.” Twilight said. “How about you?”

Jack paused eating to say, “I don’t have any plans either. I’m probably going to do whatever shit you tell me to do, but that’s about it.” Jack continued eating his food. “I really don’t know what I’m going to do with m life, but I’m probably just going to spend it doing what ever you say, and to be honest, I’d probably rather keep it that way.

Twilight and Spike both looked at him. “Why?” Twilight asked.

“It’s simpler this way. I get food and shelter, and you get work done without doing it. It benefits us both.” Jack said.

Twilight and Spike said nothing and continued eating their pancakes. While they were eating they heard knocking on the door. “Who the fuck is that? Twilight, did you order any mail?” Jack asked as he had to stop eating his food because he was rudely interrupted by the knocking.

“No, I didn’t buy anything.” Twilight said. Jack could tell she was telling the truth from her tone of voice. “Spike, is it for you?”

“I didn’t buy anything either.” Spike said.

“Right, I know what to do.” Jack said as his face looked serious. “I’m ready to decapitate whatever is outside invading our library.”

“Is that really necessary?” Twilight asked thinking he was going a little too far. “It could just be one of our friends outside. shouldn’t we check first before you kill anything?”

Unfortunately for Jack, he belonged to Twilight and had to do what ever she said. “Ugh, fine. I’ll check to see who it is first.” Jack said. Twilight could tell he was upset.

Jack stopped eating his food and went over to the door. He opened it to see who was outside. When he did, there was nothing there. “What the fuck?” Jack said to himself. “I really thought I heard knocking. Oh well, I guess I’ll just go back to breakfast.”

Before Jack closed the door he saw a letter on the ground. He picked it up from the floor inside before closing the door. “Mistress! I found a letter on the floor!” He yelled for Twilight to come and see.

“Can you read it to me?” Twilight asked while eating her food.

“No, I can’t read, remember?” Jack said annoyed.

“Why not?” Twilight asked.

Jack stopped looking at the letter and towards Twilight. “According to the guards, teaching a human to read is illegal and I could be given the death sentence if you did such a thing. So that’s kind of an obvious question.” He said.

“I thought we agreed that we would just keep it a secret.” Twilight said.

“I know, but I still don’t wanna risk it.” Jack said nervously. “I already have enough things to worry about.”

“When are you going to learn to take risks? If you don’t, you’re just going to be living like this forever.” Twilight said.

“I’m already happy with my life right now.” Jack said. “Can you please just read to letter?”

“Sure.” Twilight said still disappointed. “Give it here and I’ll read it out loud.”

Jack sat down at the table and listened to what his owner was going to read. “Dear Twilight, you have been invited to a party at Sugar Cube Corner. Arrive at 7 pm. You can also bring Spike or your human with you if you want. From Pinkie Pie.” Twilight finished reading the letter.

“Cool, there’s going to be a party later today.” Jack said exited. “Are we going?”

“Of course.” Twilight said happily. “I don’t have anything important to do then, and I don’t think you do, based on your reaction.”

“I don’t.” Jack said. “I’m totally free the entire day.”

“Perfect!” Twilight said “Spike, are you coming?”

“Sure, I don’t mind coming with you two.” Spike said.

“What are we gonna do in the mean time?” Jack asked.

“I don’t know.” Twilight responded. “We could see how one of your friends are doing.”

Jack looked like he was about to start laughing. “I don’t have any friends.” He said. “I’m just just you, I’m so focused on working that I have no time to make any friends.”

Twilight looked at him like she was annoyed, which she kind of was. “What are you talking about? You have lots of friends.” Twilight said.

“Like who?” Jack asked sure that Twilight would not be able to answer.

“You have Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie. You have me and Spike.” Twilight listed until Jack stopped her.

“Alright, fine. I have friends. Are you happy now?” Jack said kind of annoyed.

“You know, it’s okay to have friends.” Twilight said like she didn’t want to upset him.

“I know it is. It’s just that, I don’t know. I don’t even know why I got mad at you.” Jack said. He realized that Twilight and Spike finished eating their pancakes so he grabbed their dishes and brought them to the sink.

“I don’t know why you got mad either.” Twilight said.

“Since Spike made breakfast, I’ll clean the dishes.” Jack said as he was rubbing a wet sponge on a plate.

“Thank you.” Spike said.

“It’s the last I could do after being made breakfast.” Jack said as he was cleaning a plate. “Feel free to go back to doing what ever you were doing while I clean these.”

Twilight and Spike both walked out of the room while Jack continued to do the dishes.

A little bit later

Jack finished cleaning all the dishes. He made sure they were so sparkly clean that he could see his reflection on them. After a few seconds he said to himself out loud, “It looks clean enough to me.” later he thought about the time since he had spent so long on making the dishes as clean as possible. “Oh shit! What time is it?” He said to himself.

He looked over at the clock which said 12:00 pm, which wasn’t too bad. “Really? it’s only noon? I thought I had spent much longer cleaning.” He said to himself like some creepy dude with an imaginary friend.

Jack went upstairs to see Twilight reading. He didn’t want to interrupt her so he just walked past her. He watched her read until she was finished so he could talk to her. “I was wondering, is there anything that would take an extremely long time for me to do that I could do until it’s time for me to go to the party?” He asked.

“Not really. There isn’t really anything I need you to do right now.” Twilight answered. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay. I guess I’ll just stand here and watch you read that book like some creepy dude.” Jack said.

“As I said before, you really are a strange creature.” Twilight said before she continued to read her book.

Twilight continued to read her book. hours past before she stopped to look around. When she did, she noticed that Jack was nowhere to be seen. “Jack! Are you still here?” She asked wondering where he went. She thought that he was going to stand there and keep watching her.

Twilight closed her book and decided she would look for him. She went over to the bathroom door and knocked on it. “Jack! Are you in there?” She asked before opening the door. He wasn’t in there. She went over to her bed and lifted up the covers while say, “Are you sleeping here?”

“Where are you? Are you trying to hide from me?” Twilight asked before walking downstairs. She went in the kitchen. “Are you cooking in here?” She asked to find that the kitchen was exactly how it was when the ate breakfast.

“What are you up to, Twilight?” Spike asked as he walked into the kitchen. “Are you cooking dinner?”

“Has it really been that long?!” Twilight asked in shock. “All I did was read an extremely long book!”

“Um, yeah, It’s been that long. Right now it’s about 6:30.” Spike said as he pointed at a clock.

“I’m looking for Jack, but he doesn’t appear to be around.” Twilight asked concerned. “I have no idea where he is.”

Suddenly Twilight heard footsteps. “Were you looking for me?” Jack asked as he joined Twilight and Spike in the kitchen. “I’m right here.”

“Where were you?” Twilight asked. “I thought you left.”

“I was just looking outside.” Jack said. “I was protecting the library. Thankfully, nothing dangerous appeared.”

“Why were you worried about that? You didn’t seem worried earlier today.” Twilight asked.

“I don’t really know why. I guess I wasn’t thinking about it earlier but while you were reading, I decided to take a break from watching you since I got tired, and I looked outside instead.” Jack said. “Was I not supposed to?”

“No. you didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t really pay much attention to you since I was reading my book.” Twilight said.

“I don’t even know who’s fault it is.” Jack said.

“It’s not anypony’s fault.” Twilight said before hugging him. He simply hugged back. “I guess I got worried since I couldn’t find you.”

“I can take care of myself you know.” Jack started to look annoyed. “Even if I lived with you most of my life.”

“It’s my responsibility to make sure you’re safe. Celestia told me.” Twilight said before she stopped hugging him since the moment had passed. “But you’re right. Maybe I do try to protect you more than I should.”

Jack simply smiled at her. “You were just doing ask you were told, similar to how I’m simply doing what I was told.” He said before he went over to the counter to grab a glass of water.

“How long has there been a glass of water sitting on the counter?” Twilight asked.

Jack took a sip from the glass before answering, “I have no idea. I just decided to drink it since it was standing there and nopony else seemed to want it.”

“That reminds me, I wanted to say that the party is going to be starting soon.” Twilight said. “Are you ready to go?”

“Jack finished drinking his water and went over to the sink to clean it while saying, “Yeah, I’m ready.”

“We still have a few minutes before we leave so you can finish cleaning that if you want.” Twilight said. “Or we could go right now and be early if you want.”

“I’ll clean this up and then we can go.” Jack said.

After a few minutes he finished cleaning the glass and put it back in the cabinet where it belonged. “Alright, Mistress. Let’s fucking go!” Jack said.

Jack, Twilight and Spike all walked out of the library and began to head to Sugar Cube Corner. “How long do you think it’s going to take for us to get there?” Jack asked.

“Not long,” Twilight answered. “I made sure we left with enough time to get there in time.”

“Good, because I don’t like to be late.” Jack said. “Are you at all worried about the library?”

“Why would I be?” Twilight asked.

“I’m not worried. I think it will still be there when we get back.” Spike said.

“You might think I worry more than I should, and I probably do, but sometimes I can’t help it.” Jack said.

“I’m not saying that worrying is a bad thing,” Twilight said. “And I don’t think you worry too much.”

“Thank you.” Jack was mostly silent during the trip. He occasionally said a few words but he didn’t say much. “I just don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. I have no idea what’s going to happen, if we’re going to be okay or not.”

“You’ve been saying that for the past 15 years and we’re still alive.” Twilight said.

Jack thought about how he could change the subject, because he really didn’t want to keep talking about this. “So, how much further are we going to have to go?” He asked.

“I see it right over there.” Twilight pointed her front right hoof at the bakery.

“Yes! We’ve finally made it!” Jack sounded like he was very happy he jumped up and down, running while yelling. “That extremely long adventure will finally be over!”

“What are you talking about? We’ve only been walking for about 5 minutes.” Twilight asked

“Fuck that, why do you always have to ruin my fun?” Jack lowered his eyebrows and stopped jumping around.

“Why do you always get mad?” Twilight got mad too. “You take everything too seriously!”

“I do not! Maybe it just felt like I was walking a long way because I’m so fucking tired right now!” Jack said.

“You could have slept. I had almost a day now to get some rest.” Twilight said.

Jack no longer looked mad. “I don’t know what I was doing. I just like to look at the sky sometimes, and question my entire existence.” Jack was even looking at the sky while speaking.

While Jack was staring at the night sky he almost ran into the door but thankfully he stopped looking up long enough to notice it was here and stop himself. “Maybe I should pay more attention to where I’m walking.”

Twilight smiled at him. “That would be a good idea.”

Jack opened the door for her. “After you.” He said.

“Thank you.” Twilight walked through the door before Jack followed her in and closed the door behind him.

When they both got inside the lights were off. “Who turned the lights out? I can’t the a damn thing.” Jack said while looking around.

Suddenly, the lights turned on and a lot of ponies that Jack did, and didn’t know yelled, “Surprise!”

Jack stood where he was shocked. “What are we celebrating?”

Pinkie walked over to him and said, “You’re 15 year anniversary here in Ponyville!”

“It’s also the 15th year I’ve been a slave to your friend.” Jack said like he wasn’t exited at all.

“Well sure, it was that too, but come on, we have lots of food and games. Follow me!” Pinkie grabbed his right arm and dragged him inside.

He met Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity while he was inside. “What’s going on?” He asked them all.

“I’m doing pretty good.” Rainbow said.

“I’m good.” Applejack said.

“I, um… I’m good.” Fluttershy said.

“I’m doing just fine.” Rarity said.

“My day was pretty boring to be honest. It wasn’t bad, I just didn’t see anything new or interesting happen.” Jack said before he went over to a table and sat down.

Jack and Twilight’s friends both talked for a while. At some point Jack went over to another table to get a slice of cake since they were serving cake. “I fucking love cake, and swearing while fillies and colts are listening!”

Jack got himself a slice of cake and returned to the table he was at. He saw that Pinkie and Twilight had joined.

“What’s up, Pinkie? We were just talking about how we were.” Jack said as he sat down at the table with them.

“I spent the past few hours working on this party. Do you like it?” Pinkie asked.

“I fucking love it!” Jack said before stuffing his face with cake.

“Aren’t you going to say hi to me?” Twilight asked.

“Sorry about that, hello, mistress.” Jack said with his mouth full.

“On second thought, you could just continue eating.” Twilight said.

“Sorry for talking with my mouth full.” Jack said as soon as he stopped eating his cake. “I’m gonna go get another.” Jack left the table to go get another slice.

“Sometimes I really don’t understand him.” Twilight said while watching him walk away.

“Maybe he doesn’t know better than to act the way he does.” Rainbow suggested.

“I think that’s just the thing. I think he doesn’t know better.” Twilight said turning to the rest of the group.

Jack went over to grab another slice of cake. After he took it he turned around to see three fillies staring at him. The first one was an earth pony with a yellow coat, a bright red mane, orange eyes, and a pink bow on her head. The second one was a unicorn with a white coat, a pink and purple mane, and green eyes. The last one was a pegasus with an orange coat, a purple mane and purple eyes.

Jack looked down at them before saying, “Hi Apple bloom,” He pointed at the earth pony. “Hi Sweetie Belle,” He pointed to the unicorn. “And hi Scootaloo.” He pointed to the pegasus.

“Hey there, Jack.” Apple Bloom said.

“Are you enjoying the party? Cause we are.” Sweetie Belle said.

“I’m enjoying it.” Scootaloo said.

Jack put his slice of cake on the table before saying, “Yeah, I’m having fun too. I mostly spent it eating cake and talking to friends thought. Yes, I have friends, so don’t bother me about it.”

“I knew you had friends.” Scootaloo said.

“You’re my friends.” Apple Bloom said.

“Me too.” Sweetie Belle said.

“I’m friends with all of you too. Don’t ever forget that.” Jack said. “That reminds me, I saw Applejack and Rarity a few minutes ago. I saw Rainbow Dash too.”

They all looked at him. “Where?” Sweetie Belle asked.

Jack pointed to a table where Twilight and her friends were sitting at. “They’re over at that table over there.” He picked up his slice of cake from the table and began to walk over to Twilight.

“That reminds me of something.” Scootaloo said. “Me and my friends were wondering if you would come to our tree house soon.”

“Why?” Jack asked before he started eating his cake.

“Because you’re our friend.” Applebloom said. “We like spending time with you.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.” Jack said as soon as he stopped eating. “I didn’t talk with my mouth full this time.”

They made it over to the table that Twilight and her friends were sitting at. Jack sat back down on the chair he left from earlier. “I’ve found some of my friends while I was getting cake.” He said. “Also, I spent so much time talking with them that when I got back here, I already ate my entire slice of cake.”

“Would you like to get another?” Twilight asked.

“Nah, if I do then when I get back here it’ll be gone again.” Jack said. “You can never trust me with food, Just know that.”

“I completely trust you with food.” Pinkie said.

“Me too.” Applejack said.

“Thank you, but I don’t trust myself.” Jack said. “Are any of you going to get some?”

“I already did.” Rainbow Dash said.

“I’m really enjoying this party by he way.” Jack said. “I think that Pinkie did a great job preparing it.”

“Thank you.” Pinkie said. “The party has only just started. Pinkie Pie Parties only end once everypony leaves.”

“Well I’m going to party until I’m the last one here.” Jack said. “Or until getting no sleep today finally catches up with me. Which ever one comes first.”

“I’ll meet you back at the library then.” Twilight said. “I’m still going to stay as long as I can though.”

“On second thought, I think I will get another slice of cake.” Jack said as he picked up his plate and walked away from the table.

“I don’t think it’s healthy for him to be eating so much cake.” Pinkie said.

“I dunno, I think he’ll be fine.” Rainbow said.

“He eats this much all the time. That doesn’t mean I don’t worry about him, of course.” Twilight said as she watching him grabbing another slice of cake before walking back to the table.

“What did I miss?” Jack sat back down at the table before eating even more cake. “By the way, I overheard you’re conversation and I kinda have to agree that I think I eat way too much cake.”

“Then why do you do it?” Twilight asked.

“Cause I like cake!” Jack said before eating more cake.

“You know, there’s more you can do at this party than just eat cake.” Twilight said. “You could dance, you could play games.”

“I think I’ll go dance, because I’m sick of so much goddamn cake.” Jack said as he finished eating his third slice of cake. He walked away from the table and started dancing.

Twilight simply watched him dancing. He looked like he was having a good time. She looked over to her friend before saying, “Sometimes I worry for him. He’s my human and he may be happy most of the time, but that doesn’t change the fact that he’s held captive.”

“He looks like he’s having a great time out there.” Rainbow said.

“I don’t like it any more than you do.” Rarity said.

“Those guards were meanies to be so hurtful to such a kind creature.” Pinkie said.

“I agree.” Rarity said.

“What can we really do about it, though?” Twilight asked. “As He said before, it’s the law and we can’t change that.”

“Dreams have come true before.” Applejack said. “Maybe this one will too.”

“I’m at least glad that he’s happy and safe now.” Fluttershy said.

“I know, but I’m still worried about his safety. I was assigned with protecting him with my life,” Twilight said. “And he said that it was his job to protect me.”

They all stood silent while She looked at them. She waited to see if they had anything to say, but they didn’t. A few seconds later she looked back at Jack who was still dancing. “You were right, he does look like he’s having a great time.”

Jack spent the next several hours partying. He spent the majority of it dancing and occasionally grabbing a slice of cake. At some point he was sitting on a stage with Pinkie. He said into a microphone, “Hey all you ponies out there! I just wanted to say thanks to every single one of you! For making this the best 15 year anniversary in Ponyville ever!”

He had bags under his eyes and he could barely even stand up. Pinkie looked at him concerned.

“Are you sure you’re absolutely one hundred percent okay?” She asked.

He hiccuped before saying, “What the fuck are you talking about? I feel fucking fantastic!”

“But you look really tired. Are you sure you haven’t partied too hard?” She asked.

Jack lowered his eyebrows. “I’ll party all night!” His legs started to give out on him. Twilight and her friends stopped talking and went over to look at him. “I’ll be here until I’m the last one here.” He could barely even speak.

“Is he okay?” Fluttershy asked in concern.

“I’m great! Fucking perfect!” Jack said before his legs fell onto the ground. He almost fell off the stage but he was able to get off and onto the floor where he collapsed onto the ground.

“Did he die?!” Pinkie yelled looking like she was about to panic.

Twilight put her hoof on his chest and could feel him breathing. “He’s alive. I think he just fell asleep.”

“Is he gonna be alright?” Applejack asked.

“He does this sometimes when he doesn’t get enough or any sleep.” Twilight told her friends which didn’t stop them from looking worried.

“I think he’s partied too hard.” Pinkie said. “What should we do with him?”

“I think I’m going to bring him back home. Thank you for throwing this party by the way. I promise I’ll help you clean up as soon as I get back after bringing him home.” Twilight said as she picked him up with her magic and put his on her back. She walked out the door and back to her library.

“I guess we should start cleaning up for tomorrow.” Pinkie said.

“Yeah, we probably should.” Rainbow agreed.

They all began to clean up the party.