My Little Half Life

Beep… Beep… Beep… The digital alarm clock rang out through the small bedroom where a sleeping lavender pony and a baby dragon lie. The purple pony, more specifically unicorn, turned on her side, mumbling something about cake along with it.

Chocolate… Vanilla... Strawberry… Oh Celestia! It’s like heaven! What’s that Mr. Rocky Road? You want me to eat you next? Sure! Wait…What’s that beeping sound?

Twilight Sparkle awoke in her bed, mouth watering, images of cake floating around in her mind. She slowly started to regain all of her senses, hearing first. Mostly in her left ear, she could hear a distinct beep resound from, what she presumed, was her alarm clock. Next was taste. Her taste buds frantically danced around in her mouth, the images of cake overwhelming them. After that, came touch. Twilight reached a hoof up to her mouth and wiped away the stray saliva that had managed to make it’s way out of her mouth. Finally, came sight and smell. Twilight opened her eyes a bit, still adjusting to having been woken up from her dream so abruptly.

Deciding she had gotten annoyed at her alarm clock, she turned over on her side to face it. She lazily guided her right hoof over to the general area of it and began slamming it against the top of the clock. After a few miss-presses of different buttons, Twilight finally managed to stop the incessant racket. She turned only halfway in her bed so that she could face the ceiling of her room before sighing and slowly lifting off her bed covers with her magic.

Gonna’ have to get up eventually anyway…Twilight thought to herself. She placed her back hooves over the edge of the bed and unceremoniously slid off. She would have fallen flat on her stomach, had her front hooves not landed first and supported her weight. She steadied herself, then yawned, still not fully awake. She trotted slowly around the base of the bed until she came to a small basket on the floor in front of the bed. Inside she could see a small, scaly head poking out, the rest of his body covered by a blanket.

Twilight nudged the baby dragon a bit with her left-front hoof. No reply. She nudged a bit harder. This time she got a grumble out of him.

“C’mon Spike, get up! We’re gonna’ be late!” Twilight used her magic to levitate Spike’s blanket off his body and set it on a nearby chair. Spike searched the nearby area with one claw for his blanket while also trying to keep up his sleep. After being unsuccessful, Spike turned over and tried to go back to sleep. “Give me a minute…” He mumbled.

“Nope! Up-and-at-em’!” Twilight encased the small basket in her magical aura and lifted it a foot in the air. Focusing on it, she flipped the basket upside-down, her intentions being to get Spike out of it.

“Ah!” Spike yelped, not expecting to be thrown to the floor so suddenly. He now lay on the floor of the bedroom, back sticking up. “Jeez Twilight, I’m getting up!” Spike climbed to his feet, still tired.

“Sorry Spike, I just don’t want to be late. You know how Black Mesa is.” Twilight could remember the day she left for the Black Mesa Research Facility. It was a sad one, but at the same time, a happy one.

Twilight and Spike stood in front of the train that would take her away to Black Mesa, where she and Spike would work from now on. Her five closest friends, or the other five element bearers, also stood in front of her. Princess Celestia stood with them. One-by-one they all came up and hugged her, wishing her good luck at her new job. By the end most of them were in tears. As she stepped into the train her friends gave her one last wave goodbye before the train’s doors closed, locking her and Spike inside. She trotted over to the window to see her friends sad-smiles greeting her. She couldn’t help but adorn one herself. She kept looking through the window as the train exited the station and until she couldn’t see them anymore.

Coming out of the memory, Twilight came back to her room, a small living space, adorning a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. It wasn’t the best home they had had, but it was better than nothing. Twilight turned and trotted over to the door that lead into the bathroom. Pushing it open with her right-front hoof, Twilight was greeted with the same thing as every morning. An even smaller room, having a sink to the left with a mirror hanging over it, and a small shower on the right. In the shower, there were three bottles of liquid, one for shampoo, one for conditioning, and one for the body. Next to the shower sat a toilet, a few rolls of toilet paper nearby.

Twilight trotted over to the sink and encased a brush of hers in her magical aura, not having to focus much. She used the brush to toy with her hair a bit, just putting it in different styles to see if anything worked. Deciding that her normally straight hair was better, she set the brush down and worked with the toothbrush next. Doing the same with the brush, Twilight picked up the brush and the toothpaste. She could easily multitask with her magic, after all, magic was her special talent. She unscrewed the cap of the toothpaste and applied pressure to the tube, the paste covering the bristles of the toothbrush. After deciding what was enough, Twilight screwed the cap back on and wet the brush with water.

Twilight brought the brush to her mouth and started cleansing her teeth, going up and down, side to side, even diagonally. After a minute of vigorous brushing, Twilight brought the brush to the sink and rinsed it off, then tapped it on the sink to ensure it was mostly dry. She then used her magic to grab a nearby plastic cup and fill it up with the tap water. She downed the water and swished it around in her mouth, trying to get the rest of any germs out of her mouth. She swallowed, and then threw the cup in the trash.

“Ahh… good.” Twilight said to herself. She got out of the bathroom, letting Spike enter so he could freshen up himself. Twilight slowly trotted over to her wardrobe, where all her clothes were. She opened the doors using her magic once again and viewed her wardrobe of different outfits. Picking out her standard white lab coat, Twilight lifted it down to herself. Using her magic, she slipped her hooves through the sleeves until she had it fit nicely. She left the lab coat un-buttoned, as it was more comfortable. Twilight turned around and trotted past the bathroom, where Spike was finishing up. She turned around and glanced at the clock. 6:45 AM. 15 minutes to eat before we get on the train. Perfect. Twilight then turned back around and headed into the kitchen to make breakfast.