Author's Note

sorry for the long wait for anyone who'se been waiting for updates, been busy with other fics and projects. but hopefully you enjoy this chapter. now remember, the events that take place in the actual MLP:FiM show will be tweaked and changed for the purpose of this fic. so please keep this in mind, as the OG of the Ep. this chapter is based on has a few things changed.

Chapter 11: A Favor Regrettable

The sun was barely just above the horizon, when a deep rumbling sound, and massive quake shook the entire castle, which caused Zack to jump out of her bed and land right on her ass, causing a painful jolt to run up her spine as she tipped over onto her side. Aside from the pain that shot up her back, the alicorn also felt the last bit of the shaking leave the castle. After recovering from, whatever it is that happened, Zack got up to her hooves, magical hand being created to sooth her sore butt.

“What the fuck just happened?!” the alicorn squawked in both fear and frustration, not exactly being happy to wake up via quake level rumblings. Exiting her room the alicorn went about to search for Twilight to learn WHAT caused that rumbling, and if its frequent. Along her search the mare found Spike rushing through the halls.

“Spike! What the hell was that quake?”

“No clue, but I have a pretty good idea on who caused it.” as the little dragon continues to waddle off, Zack’s pace slowed as a thought came to her.

“…someone CAUSED, the quake?” the thought didn’t linger too much, as Zack was now even more confused, and a little terrified as she chased after the little dragon. Eventually though the pair came upon the library, and upon entering the room they both saw Twilight and Starlight, among all the books in the library scattered about the floor.

“Anyone of you two want to explain the mess, or the QUAKE SCALE RUMBLING THAT KNOCKED ME OUT OF BED!” both mares jumped when they heard Zack’s, less then nice voice.

“Oh Zack, eh heheheheh sorry about that we might have gotten, just a little carried away with magic practice.” Starlight said, as a later came crashing down, causing a few books to scattered. Zack just gave a raised eyebrow as she said.

“Clearly.” Both ponies chuckled at the mess apparently they made, but before anyone could say anything, Starlight made her way to the center of the room.

“But don’t worry I’ll have all this cleaned up in no time.”

“How?” Spike questioned as he and Zack joined Twilight.

“Well, as you know, speed spells like Accelero are not easy. But if done correctly, they can allow you to be much more efficient with your day.”

The light purple unicorns horn was lit with magic for just a second, before Zack watched her become a blur of colors matching her mane, coat, and highlights. The blur ran about the library’s interior, picking up mounds of books, and the furniture of the readying room before all of the books were shelved neatly. While the ladders, tables and chairs and the few lamps were placed back up and in their proper places. Once the cleaning was done, the blur darted back in front of the trio, where Starlight saw Spike and Twilight looked impressed, while Zack just looked tired and still grouchy.

“Way to go Starlight!” Spike complimented the mare, which got a short chortle out of her.

“Oh, I’m not finished.” Starlight blustered.

“I’ve discovered a very old spell, Similo Duplexus. When combined with Accelero in just the right way…” the unicorns horn then swirled with magic as she gathered up power, before she was bathed in light, where an exact duplicate of Starlight swooshed off to the side. “You can literally be in two places at once!” once her little demonstration was over the clone was sucked back into Starlight when she canceled the spell.

“Now, I’m finished.”

“Great.” Zack said getting the others to look at her. “Then would you mind not causing any more castle shaking, i would like to get my proper eight hours of sleep without thinking the castle will collapse.”

“Sorry Zack, we didn’t mean for things to get out of hoof.” Twilight said before turning back to Starlight. “But I do have to admit, your skills with magic really are nothing short of amazing. I’m very impressed.”

“I’ve always been something of a natural.” Starlight tooted her own horn as Zack shook her head before making her way to the exit, and going back to sleep.

“However, it doesn’t look like you’ve tackled any friendship lessons since you moved in.” that statement caught Zack’s attention as she turned to look at her double.

“What do you mean by friendship lesson? Actually what the heck is a friendship lesson” She questioned as she approaches the group. That’s when Twilight indulged into one of her favorite pass times, explanation of vital information!

“Well you see, a Friendship Lesson is where Starlight studies the magic of friendship by interacting with ponies, with a set goal in mind. And during this process will she learn the values of friendship!” Twilight said with a level of pride and excitement, but as the alicorn looked thrilled at the prospect of the assignment, Zack just looked at her twin with some mild confusion.

“You’re kidding right?” was all Zack could say, causing her look-alike to look at her with a befuddled look.

“What do you mean?” Twilight replied.

“Are you really saying that you’re making Starlight, a grown woman—err mare—engage in ‘learning’ friendship, a life experience that has VARIOUS of VARIABLES in how people interact with each other, and see if they have chemistry with each other or not…as if it was a school project for class?” Twilight and Starlight looked at each other with a little bit of confusion of their own, before they both looked back to Zack while Twilight replied.

“Yes?”

“…” Zack didn’t say a single word, but the flat almost perfectly neutral expression on her face seemed to tell the two mares, that she was not amused by the response. “I’m going back to bed now.” With that emotionless response, Zack made her way out of the library and back to her room. but as she was trotting about she couldn’t help but let out some statements about what she just learned.

“I have a feeling that whatever this ‘friendship lesson’ is going to be, it’s going to go down the drain fast, and hard. I mean, you can’t teach someone to be friends, or how to spend time with people you just to…do it! You can’t just teach someone how to be friends.” reaching the corridor of where her room resides the mare opened the door and just dropped to the floor, still half asleep despite the rude awakening.

“Then again…this world does have some unusual social economics, so I wouldn’t be surprised by this. I mean, if these ponies are so friendly to throw parties for absolute strangers…” Zack then looked down the corridor for a second before continuing.

“And give someone like Starlight, with a checkered past, pretty much a clean slate from her crimes without any kind of trial or anything.” While still conscious, Zack created her construct, which lifted the mare up with little ease and dumped her body onto the bed where she quickly fell back to sleep.

“Well whatever this friendship lesson is, it can’t be too bad.”

~~~~

Roughly two hours have gone by since Zack went back to sleep, and after a bit more sleep she decided to finally wake up just as it was turning nine o’clock. Once she had, and took a quick bath, the alicorn departed her room and went about to get something to eat, and instead of making anything to time consuming, the mare opted to make some oatmeal with slices of banana and strawberries and a good cup of coffee, with a side of peanut butter toast. With breakfast in hand, figuratively speaking, the mare made her way to the dining room.

“Finally awake Zack?” The voice of Twilight called out as she, and Spike, were walking towards violet mare.

“Yeah.” Zack simply said as she took a sip from her coffee. As she did so, she noticed the large suitcase Twilight was levitating, Spike was lugging a pile books around. “And where are you two off to today?”

“We’re going to Canterlot. Princess Celestia wants me to give her students a quick overview of enchanted objects in Equestria, we’ll be back after the presentation, which should be—”

“Twenty moons from now.” Spike quipped with a sour tone, expression, to Twilight.

“Tonight.” Twilight remarked as she looks back to Zack. “It’s a quick presentation.”

“Sure. Keep tellin’ yourself that.” Spike muttered.

“Anyway, we should be back sometime either later afternoon, or at night.” Twilight then looked at Zack with a questioning look. “But before we go Zack, can I ask you to do me a…favor?” both Spike and Twilight gave the alicorn a confused expression.

“…you’re already asking me to do you, a favor?” Zack asked before taking another sip of her coffee, and a bite of her oatmeal. She has a feeling this is going to drag on for a bit.

“I know I shouldn’t, since we’re not that close. But while we’re gone, you’ll be the only one here, and I would like you to keep an eye on Starlight.”

“And why do you want me to keep an eye on her?” Zack asked before taking another bite from her bowl.

“Because I feel that she’s been neglecting her friendship lessons on purpose.”

‘Gee, I wonder why.’ Zack mental quipped before swallowing then talking. “Fine, I’ll do it. but don’t think you ask me to do these favors so long as I’m here.” Twilight wrapped her twin in a hug, nearly causing Zack to spill her breakfast.

“Oh thank you Zack, I promise this will not be a recuring theme.”

“Twilight…boundaries, please.” Twilight quickly detached herself from Zack who now looked just a bit miffed.

“Sorry, I keep forgetting you don’t like hugs.” Zack groaned as she brought a hoof to her face.

“I like hugs Twi, but I still don’t think WE—” she gestured between the both of them. “Are close enough, or acquainted enough to just hug someone out of the blue, without some kind of consent or invitation.”

“Sorry. But still, thank you for doing this favor for me.”

Once Zack agreed to look after Starlight like a baby sitter, Twilight and Spike bid the alicorn farewell as they made their to the castle entrance, and made their venture to Canterlot.

After eating breakfast the violet alicorn was off to see how the other pony of the castle was doing, and as she approached Starlight’s bedroom door and giving it a few knocks, Zack could hear something shuffling about before she opened the door. When the door opened Zack looked around the room, which looked pretty normal by human standards, and found Starlight sitting at a desk, while acting like she’s doing something.

“Hey Starlight, I just came to tell you that Twilight asked me to keep an eye on in case you need anything, while she and Spike are off in Canterlot. Do you need anything right now, or…” Zack said to the mare who quickly started to blurt out long series of words.

“Nope! Not at all! I’m good here, not good, great in fact! Not a problem in the world!” the mare then threw on a probably the worst fake smile Zack has seen in her life, plus the way that the mare just acted, was pretty clear something was bothering her.

“Uh-huh.” Zack simply said before asking. “So…what are you doing exactly?”

“I was…” Starlight said as she tried to come up with something. “Just trying to decide which ugh…Friendship lesson I was going to tackle while Twilight was away! Yeah that.”

The mare then began looking around her room for these friendship lessons, which Zack saw were sticking out in her garbage bin next to the desk. Using her magic to create her magical hand, the alicorn plucked the slips out of the bin and gave a curious glance to the unicorn, who seems to be sweating a little when she watched Zack grab the slips.

“Are these the lessons you’ve been looking for?” Zack simply asked as the magical hand waved the slips.

“Oh, yeah. Right that’s where I left them…” Starlight said in a nervous tone as Zack looked the slips over, actually curious what a friendship lesson is. She still thought that teaching how to be friends is ridiculous, but nevertheless she was still curious.

“Lets see, what do we got here. Bake a cake with Pinkie, scrapbook with Applejack, sew with Rarity—” Zack heard Starlight groan as she continues to read each task. “Then we have helping an animal with Fluttershy and finally…chillax with Rainbow Dash? Seriously?”

“I don’t even know what chillaxing is either.” Starlight bemoaned.

“It just means to relax and mellow out, but trying to sound ‘cool’ in the process.” Zack replied as she turned to face the mare. “Look Starlight I may know what this silly friendship thing is about, but if your nervous about these lessons—”

“Nervous, me!” Starlight faked a chortle as she trotted over to the alicorn. “Oh Zack you are a kidder you. Do you really thin I’m nervous that I’m going to fail something as simple as baking a cake?”

“Well, if you were, it would be—”

“Silly right!” Starlight cut Zack off in mid-sentence as she swipes the cards from the magical hand. This of course made Zack slightly crossed that she was just cut-off, but Starlight doesn’t seem to notice this, and continues on with her ranting.

“Twilight just said how impressed she was that I combined a speed spell with a duplication spell. Now, THAT! Was a challenge!” Starlight then spread the cards out in front of her so she could read them herself. “I could combine all five of these at the same time without even breaking a sweat.”

“I think you missing—” Again Starlight cuts off Zack mid-sentence.

“An opportunity to really impress Twilight?! Great idea, Zack! I’m gonna get right on that, good talk!” the excited mare said before trotting out of the room, leaving Zack to stand in her room, looking bewildered.

“I have sinking feeling that what she’s going to try and do, is going to go down in flames.” The alicorn said to herself worriedly as she trots off after the unicorn.

Once Zack had caught up with Starlight they left the castle, and headed out into Ponyville to collect all of Twilight’s friends like in a fetch-quest game.

After finding the pony they needed for this plan that Starlight is cooking up, the unicorn explained to the pony to meet her at Twilight’s castle for a friendship lesson, which they were pretty happy to do. Even if it stopping whatever they were doing beforehand. For example, Pinkie Pie & Rarity were more than happy to drop their duties at their respective shops, to do their friendship lesson. Even Applejack was willing to dump her load of farm work on the rest of her family, as she gathered up everything needed for a scrap book. The pegasi of the group were the easiest, as Zack and Starlight found Rainbow just lazing around on a stray cloud, and Fluttershy was just at home looking after her animals.

Once the five mares were collected, all seven mares trotted back to Twilight’s castle, where upon entering the foyer Starlight began to tell the other five ponies of her plan to tackle each friendship lesson, at the same time.

“Are you sure about this Starlight?” Applejack commented after hearing Starlight’s admittedly rushed, and not-so-thought through plan. “Maybe you should take your time with each of these lessons.”

“But! By working as a team we can get them done faster.” Starlight countered Applejack’s question. “And besides, isn’t teamwork a key factor in friendship?”

“Yeah, but not when you try to approach it like this.” Zack remarked as she hung in the back, but it seems Starlight didn’t catch her remark and just started to tell her plans to the others.

“Pinkie Pie, since we’re baking, you will be in the kitchen.” The pink mare smiled before puffing her cheeks up like a squirrel with nuts in them.

“Rarity and Applejack why don’t you two set things up for our lessons in the library.”

“Oh, I don’t know that the dusty old library has the proper lightning lighting we need for sewing darling. Perhaps we can stay out here in the foyer?” Rarity said to the other unicorn.

“Actually I thought that Fluttershy and I could work with the animals in the foyer.”

‘And…here comes the confused and jumbled up disorganization of an un-planned get-together.’ Zack mental lamented as she watched Fluttershy begin to talk about her ideas for where to handle the animals, and Starlight just haphazardly listening them, before basically telling her to shut up as she continues with her plan. But that’s when Rainbow came swooping by.

“I don’t know if we can chillax properly in the castle. We need very specific conditions for optimal chillaxing.” Zack just snorted at that statement which got Rainbows attention. “What’s so funny?” the pegasus asked.

“Rainbow you don’t need to make chillaxing sound like it’s a big deal. All you need to do is find a nice quite place, and just relax.”

“That’s not chillaxing!” Rainbow countered.

“Yeah it is. You’re just trying to make it sound cooler, and be more of a chore than it needs to be.” Zack said to the cyan mare who just scoffed and bolted off.

When the pegasus shot off to who knows where, Zack went back to the focus on Starlight and the others. And it seemed that every time Starlight makes a suggestion about what to do, one of the other ponies would comment on why she shouldn’t do this before doing the thing with them first, as well as saying how long their activity will take. This all appeared to be too much for the unicorn to take in, and bolted out of the room and galloped towards the library.

“Wow. That pony really needs to chillax.” Rainbow said.

“No. she just needs to admit that she’s taking this whole lesson thing in the wrong direction.” Zack commented getting the others attention. “She’s treating these lessons like a school project, with a deadline to get them done, and trying to impress her teacher.” The violet mare then groaned as she rubbed her forehead with a hoof.

“This is why you can’t teach a life experience like making friends in a ‘teaching way’. It’s all about trial and error, see if your compatible with the person you want to be friends with, and see if create a bond and not just be strangers that just happen to know each other.” after finishing her little rant Zack looked towards the others who all seem to be giving her a weird look. “What?”

“It’s just…you sounded a lot like Twilight just now.” Applejack said.

“Well considering she’s a doubleganger of Twilight, that’s to be expected right?” Pinkie remarked.

“Yeah except Twilight doesn’t ‘sound’ like her.” Rainbow said.

“Of course I don’t because I’m me.” Zack chuckled slightly. “But anyway, this whole thing is silly and unnecessary. I mean, when you five meet Twilight did she have Celestia teach her this way to be your friend, like its a school class project?”

“No.” Rarity simply said. “Actually our first meeting with Twilight was—wait!” Rarity stopped as she saw something. The others noticed something come flying out of the library.

“What is—” Before Zack could say anything the, thing, exploded into a blinding flash of light…and everything went, blank.

~~Starlight~~

After the blinding flash of light had dissipated Starlight emerged from the library, and gazed upon her hoof work, and found all of Twilight’s friends as well as Zack standing like statues, all of them having blank stares. When she realized what her combination of spells have done, the unicorn activated the spell to give the other mares their commands. Starlight then gave each of the mares their desired task, Pinkie went to the kitchen, Applejack and Rarity made their way to the library, while Fluttershy was told to stay put and Rainbow was ordered to find a spot in the castle to, chillax.

“There. now let’s—oh right.” Starlight said as she passed by Zack, who was still standing still like a ponyequin. “What should I do with you Zack?”

“Whatever you want me to do Starlight Glimmer.” Zack said in a traced like manner. Starlight hummed as she heard this.

“Anything I want…” the mare looked at the alicorn, and a idea came to her mind.

“That means I can learn what kind of world Zack came from, and what her people are like.” Starlight then looked at the alicorn as she gives her an order. “Zack, why don’t you head the library as well, and wait for me there, I have a few questions for you.”

“As you wish Starlight Glimmer.”

Zack then made her way off to the library, while Starlight headed to the kitchen to bake the cake with Pinkie. But when Starlight began listing off items need to make a cake, she noticed Pinkie’s forelegs just stretching and grabbing items before putting them into the bowl. So the mare decided to leave Pinkie behind to make the cake herself.

After leaving the kitchen the mare noticed that none of the animals that Fluttershy brought were not with her, and when she questioned the pegasus where the animals went, Fluttershy simply stated that they ran off. Starlight then ordered the butterscotch mare to go find the animals and bring them back to foyer, which she did without hesitation. Just Starlight was about to make her to the library, Rainbow Dash informed the unicorn that she’s found a spot to chillax, which the light purple mare was happy to hear as the cyan pegasus flew off to finish preparations.

Entering the library the light purple mare looked around the room, finding Applejack and Rarity situated at one of the two tables, while Zack was sitting on the couch. Deciding to start things off with Rarity, as dress making takes just as much time as cake making, but when Starlight asked what kind of dress she and Rarity should make, the white mare simply said whatever Starlight wanted. So the unicorn simply told the fashionista to create a dress from a magazine she pulled off from the shelf. After instructing the white unicorn what to do, Starlight headed over to Applejack’s table, where she and the apple farmer began talking about random stories about the Apple Family, but Starlight was finding these stories boring and left the farmer to just talk to herself. Now the mare was off to where Zack was sitting.

“Alrighty then Zack, time for you to answer some questions that I’ve been holding back because you asked us not to ask them.”

“Whatever question you have Starlight Glimmer, I’m more than happy to answer them.” Starlight smiled as she leaned forward in the chair she sat in.

“Okay first question, what is world like?”

“How do you mean Starlight Glimmer?” Zack questioned.

“I mean, compared to Equestria, what’s it like?” Starlight clarified.

“Well first off unlike Ponyville or Canterlot, my world is more advance technology wise, and has various forms of methods that can occupy ones times aside books. Furthermore its not as blindly or grossly over colored like your world, which is so brightly colored it honestly hurts my eyes.” While Starlight was a little hurt to hear that her world is somewhat inferior to Zack’s, she was even more curious.

“What do mean by more advance technology?”

“To put simply, compared to Earth, Equestria’s level of tech is basically pre-industrial. You still use a steam train, have no form of refrigeration, and you still use candles and basic lamps. Not to mention you’re writing tools are still quills and inkwells. And that’s just the surface level.” Starlight was really getting drawn in with each word Zack says about her world, and her curiosity only grows more as the mare continues.

“Starlight!” Rarity called out, pulling the mares attention away from the alicorn. “I’ve finished the dress.”

“Not now Rarity, Zack was about to—”

Starlight was then cut off by the sound of pans, trays clattering and great deal of other things falling onto the floor. Getting up from the chair the mare trotted to where the sound came from, and found a mess! There were indeed pans and trays, and cooking sheets, and other baking supplies with ingredients, all jumbled up in half-baked cakes and other culinary treats. Pushing through the mess Starlight found Pinkie still busy at the table, eyes glued to the book as her forelegs flail about and haphazardly toss ingredients into the mixing bowl.

“Pinkie how—what?! I left you alone for only a few minutes, how in Celestia’s name did you make all of this?!”

“Well firstly I add the vanilla, and then I—” the pink mare was silenced—via her mouth being magically sealed—and was then lifted into the air by Starlight’s magic.

“Actually never mind I’ll figure this out later.” Starlight said as she carried the mare out of the kitchen and out into the foyer, where she found all the animals Fluttershy brought cowering down the hall.

“Where’s Fluttershy?” the bear then pointed off to the side where Starlight turned to look, and jumped back as she found the pegasus, covered in snakes, spiders and a but that’s roosting under her mane.

“I did as you asked of me Starlight Glimmer, I found all the animals in the castle, and brought them to the foyer.” The mare said in her dazed voice.

“Starlight, I finished the dress you asked for!” Rarity said as she came trotting up to the mare, holding a drawing of the dress from the magazine.

“Rarity I thought you were going to make an actual dress! Not a drawing!” Starlight groaned.

“But you asked me to make a dress exactly like the one from the magazine.” Rarity countered.

“I meant sew a dress that looks like the one in the magazine, but bigger!”

“Actual dress. Right, very well Starlight.” Rarity said as she tossed the drawing to the floor, and stomped on it. “Make a real dress but bigger.”

“Exactly!” Starlight said with a minor bit of relief, only to watch Rarity snag the rug out from under the animals, and trotting off to the library. where the mare then heard Applejack say.

“They may take our farm, but they can’t take our freedom!” the light purple unicorn groaned as she rubbed her eyes with her hooves.

“Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all.” That’s when the mare’s nose started to smell something, burning? Looking up she saw a huge smoke cloud drifting throughout the castle foyer.

“Where is this smoke coming from?!” Pinkie mumbled something through her sealed mouth, which caused Starlight to undo her restricting spell. “What did you say?”

“I said: the cakes in the ovens are burning, you didn’t take them out.” Starlight then galloped towards the kitchen, where smoke and a good amount of fire was coming from. Some of the cakes, and even the tools and cook books were catching fire, only making even more of a mess!

“We need water!”

“Yes Starlight Glimmer.”

The voice of Rainbow Dash called out before the pegasus shot out of the castle, and not even a few seconds later the unicorn saw storm clouds being moved in by several other pegasi. A moment later a resound ‘CRACK’ echoed through the air, before the sound of rain came falling down over the castle. However the sheer quantity of rain that came pouring down over the castle was so much, that it flooded the entire castle, and while it did wash away the fire and the mess Pinkie made in the kitchen, but it also flushed everything that wasn’t bolted to the floor out of the castle and soaked everything else. So now Starlight and the other mares laid drenched and piled on top of each other, all except for Applejack who was sitting a table as she floats down on a little waterway.

“Big Mac told me one time, ‘With great powers, comes a heck a lot of responsibility’.” The farmer said as she continues to drift down the waterway.

“This can’t get any worse.”

“Starlight!” the purple mare looked up to see a bewildered Twilight and Spike, standing in the hallway, both soaked wet from the flooding water.

“And its worse.”

~~Zack~~

Zack felt…like she had just sobered up from the biggest drunken hangover that she’s ever been apart of. Her head was thumping and beating, like someone was using her skull as a drum, and it felt like something was squeezing her brain. Pushing past the pain the mare manages to open her eyes, and found Twilight, Spike, and Starlight looking down at her. But the moment that Zack saw Starlight, a very enraged expression quickly grew on her face.

“Zack? How do you—”

“You have five seconds to get the fuck out of my sight, before I rip that damn horn of your forehead!” Zack said with such anger that the two mares and dragon could feel the raging heat radiating from her. Starlight immediately left the room as Zack focused solely on Twilight, who tries to calm down her enraged twin.

“Zack, now I know—”

“NO!” Zack shouted causing Twilight to jump back. “Don’t you, FUCKING, try to defend what she did.”

“In fact, do you even know what she did to me, and what I assume the others?!” Twilight nodded.

“She used some form of hypnosis spell on you and the others.”

“Oh no, that was not a simple hypnosis Twilight.” Zack growled as she sat up in her bed. “Starlight put us under mind control. Sure we can talk, and act, BUT it was not our own action! I could feel myself talk when I didn’t want to, and I felt like I had no will to do anything but follow Starlight’s commands. She even used this to get me to talk about my home world Twilight!”

“Zack please calm down!” Twilight said firmly, actually surprising Zack as she never saw her double loose her cool. “I know what Starlight did was wrong, and I’m sorry that you were affected by her poor judgment. But, please, just…calm down.” Zack took in a deep breath as she does try to calm herself down.

“I assure you; Starlight will be reprimanded for not only using a spell on you, but for going against your desire to keep your personal life and world secret, after giving you her word she wouldn't bring the subjects up.”

“You better Twilight, cause right now after dealing with Celestia’s lie, your brothers assault, and now this…I’m more afraid of YOU ponies than anything else in this world!” Twilight and Spike actually looked hurt when Zack said she’s actually more afraid of them, like their un-trustworthy backstabbers and thugs.

Not saying another word, Twilight placed Spike on her back--who looked just as hurt as his caretaker that Zack now has so little faith in them to be trusted--and trotted out of Zack’s room to let her rest up. Which was a good idea, as the massive headache the mare has been feeling through out her rant, was only getting worst. So the mare curled under her bed covers, and tried to fall asleep. And put this day behind her.