I Am NOT Twilight Sparkle!

The sound of an alarm clock buzzed and beeped throughout Zack’s room, causing the young man to grumble as he blindly swats a hand near his bed post. Eventually the hand struck the blasted noisy contraption, shutting it up as the teenager rolled around in his bed, his blanket sliding off to the side and crumbling onto the floor. a few more minutes of sleep later and eventually Zack finally got out of his bed, by means of rolling out of it and flopping onto the floor, knocking the back of his head in the process.

“AH! Damnit all.” The young man says as he rubs the sore spot as he grumbles to himself.

Recovering from the little tumble, and blow to his head, the young man stretches out his body as a loud yawn escapes his mouth, afterwards Zack stumbles to his feet and begins to act out his daily routines. After a nice hot shower, and getting dressed in clean clothes, the young man made his rounds around the house, seeing that his parents were already gone, no doubt they’ve left for their jobs an hour or so ago. Checking the last room on the second floor Zack quietly walks into his little sisters room, making his way over to little Latina who was still sleeping. Kneeling down in front of the bed, Zack very gently rocks his sister.

“Latina.” He says sweetly and gently.

“Latina, it’s time to wake up.” the little four year old grumbled like her brother did, but she at least replied to whatever tried to wake her.

“Don’t wanna.” Zack just chuckles as he gives his sister a few more shakes.

“Come on baby girl, it’s time to start the day.”

Little Latina succumbed to the whims of her brothers wake-up call, and sat up in her bed. the little girl then turned to her brother; arms stretched outwards signaling for uppies from him. Chuckling a little Zack wrapped his sister in her blankets, and lifted her up before holding her securely, and grabbed a fluffy dog stuff toy before walking out of the room and down stairs. Making his way to the living room Zack places Latina on the couch, where she laid down to try and rest some more, while her brother turned the TV on and turned it on to one of the children’s programs. Once everything was set up, Zack gave his sister a little kiss on the forehead before heading into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Rummaging around the fridge Zack got out what he needed to make pancakes, eggs, and hash browns. For the next ten or so minutes the young man diced up the potatoes, green onions, and the other vegetables that would go into his hash browns and eggs, while also mixing the pancake mixture and already making stacks of pancakes for both him, and Latina. Time ticked by and after everything was cooked, the young man began to plate the little ones food first while also getting a cup of milk, once everything was made up Zack headed into the living room where he saw Latina more awake than before.

“Here you go kiddo.” Zack says as he places the plate and cup on the coffee table.

“Thanks bubby!” Latina says as she slides off the couch, and sat on the floor and began eating her breakfast.

Zack returned to the kitchen to finish fixing up his own breakfast, by adding the mixed veggies to his hash browns and eggs, while also melting some shredded cheese to his eggs. After his breakfast was made, the young man returned to the living room and sat down next to his sister where the two ate their breakfast, while one of Latina’s favorite shows plays on the TV. As they ate, and watched Zoboomafoo, the girl looked over to her brothers plate and saw the mixed vegetables among the cooked potatoes and eggs.

“Bubby.” Latina says as she tugs on her brothers sleeve.

“What’s up pinkie?” Zack asked.

“Can I try one of those green things in your potatoes?”

“Are you sure?” Zack said as he used his fork to stab a small piece of green pepper. “These are pretty spicy Latina, are you sure you want a bite?” the little girl nodded as she opened her mouth. Zack then places his fork into her mouth, where she starts to chew on the piece of pepper, but each chew causes a bitter look to come over the little girl’s face.

“Bleh, its so bitter!” Latina says as she swallows, and then quickly takes a sip of her milk.

“I told you.” Zack says as he takes a big bite of his mix veggies hash brown.

“Yuck! How can you eat those.” Latina says as she watches her brother eat.

“Years of practice.” Zack teased as he sticks out his tongue, causing Latina to giggle.

Once breakfast was over, and Zack finished washing the dishes, the two siblings went back upstairs where the older brother prepped the tub for Latina to take a bath, while also getting clean clothes readied for her when she was done. After getting the clothes ready, the adolescent places the clothes on the counter, and started to help Latina clean herself while she played around in the tub. At times like this Zack does feel like being his little sisters dad, than her brother, but it doesn’t really bother him as much as he knows his parents work tough jobs. And since he was done with most of his college classes this year, he has more time to help out where he can, plus, it’s been awhile since the young man was able to spend some time with his family. After Latina had finished with her bath, and was dried and clothed, the pair headed back down stairs. At least Zack did, the little girl went back to her room and came back down with some coloring books, so that she and her brother could color.

As the two colored, and watched TV together, simply enjoying being with one another both Zack and Latina jumped when they heard the house phone ring from the kitchen. Getting up from the coffee table Zack made his way to where the phone was hanging on the wall.

“Hello, this is the Johnson residence.”

“Oh good Zack your awake.” The sound of Zack’s mom’s voice said from the other end of the line.

“Hey ma, how’s work so far?” Zack asked as he leaned against the door frame.

“Busy! In fact that’s why I’m calling. I unfortunately won’t make it till around, eleven or twelve-ish, so if your dad comes home just have dinner without me. Kay.”

“Sure thing ma.” Zack then noticed that the phone showed that there was another call coming in. “Hold on mom someone else is calling.

“Alright, I’ll hold.” Zack then pressed the dial to answer the next call.

“Hello, this is the Johnson residence.”

“Zack! Oh thank god I gotta—HEY! I’m on the phone, come back latter!” the rough voice of Zack’s father called out. “Sorry about that son.”

“No problem dad. Let me guess, things are hectic at work?”

“To the ENITH degree!” his father replied. “We’ve already had five people call in, and four others are a no show, so I have to handle some of their work load on top of mine. So I probably won’t be—HEY! I just said I’m on the phone! I’ll get to you, when I get to you!”

“You won’t be around for dinner. Right?” Zack guessed.

“Yeah, so can you handle things at home?”

“Come on dad, this is me your talking to.”

“Thanks champ! Say hi to Latina for me.”

“Will do, and kick some ass!” Zack joked.

“I’m this close to actually doing just that to some of these knuckle heads!” Zack chortled as he shook his head, before dialing back to talk to his mom.

“You there ma?”

“Yeah I’m here honey, who was that?”

“It was dad, things are just…let’s say, chaotic at work.”

“Oh geez.” The woman groaned.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the house and Latina tonight, just focus on work okay?”

“Thanks baby you’re a life saver. Oh! By the way, I left an envelope with some money it, there should be enough for you to buy stuff for dinner.” Zack glanced around the kitchen, and saw the envelope in question attached to the fridge door, walking over to it the young man un-tapped it and stuffed it into his pants pocket.

“Alright. Try not to burn yourself out mom, okay?”

“I’ll try, but I make no promises. Give Latina a kiss for me.” Zack then hanged up the phone and made his way back to the coffee table, where Latina looked away from her coloring book.

“Who was that bubby?”

“That was mommy and daddy. And they told me to do this.” Zack then kneeled down, and give his sister a kiss on the forehead, causing her to giggle. “Now unfortunately sweetie mommy and daddy will be stuck at work, so they won’t be able to have dinner with us tonight.”

“AW!” Latina groaned. “It’s not fair, why does work have to keep mommy and daddy away.” Zack just plopped down next to her, and brought her into a hug.

“That’s what grown ups do, work and work. eventually I’ll have to work and work—”

“NO!” Latina half-shouted as she wraps her little arms around her brother. “No work for you!” Zack couldn’t help but chuckle at his sisters antics as he returned the embrace.

“Well Latina, since it’s only the two of us for dinner, do you wanna go shopping to make your favorite?” the little girl looked up at her brother with a big smile.

“Hamburgers and French fries!”

“E’yup, and if you behave…” Zack then tilted his head down so he can whisper into Latina’s ear. “If you’re a good girl, we can stop for ice cream before coming home.”

“I promise to be a good girl!”

Zack chuckled again before placing Latina on the floor. The two then got ready to head out for the grocery store, by getting their coats and shows on. Zack also grabbed his own smart phone in case anyone tries to call again, and placed the money in the envelope into his wallet, and when all the was done and after turning the TV off, the two siblings left the house to get stuff to make homemade hamburgers and french fries.

As the two walked little Latina stuck close to her brother, holding his hand as she sings a little tuneless song, while her brother just hummed a little tune while his eyes scanned the area as they walked. Making sure that nothing to terrible would happen around them. several minutes of walking later and the siblings made it to their local grocery store, and started to wander about looking for the items needed for dinner, while also snagging some other items for snacking on. Rolling up to the cashier Zack paid for what they gathered, they left and made their way home, but before they did they made a quick stop to a little ice cream shop for a little treat, as Latina was on her bests of best behavior. After the siblings got their frozen treats they made their way home.

“Hey bubby.” Latina asked.

“What’s up Latina.” Zack replied as he looked down.

“…are you really going to move way?” the little girl asked with a worried tone, while a look of trepidation on her face.

“Well yeah, but don’t worry Latina, I’m not moving away forever. I’ll only be ten-minutes away, so don’t worry, you’re big brother will always be around. Kay?” Latina smiled as she held her brothers hand more tightly as they continued their walk home.

After making it back home Zack started to put away all the food, and the other miscellaneous items, while Latina returned to the living room and went back to coloring and watching TV. While in the midst of putting things away, and cleaning up the kitchen until lunch time rolls around, Zack heard someone knocking at the door prompting him to make his way to front door, where upon opening it was meet with one of his best friends.

“Hiya!” Amber says cheerfully.

“Hey Amber. What are you doing here, it’s Friday, don’t you have classes today?”

“No, today’s classes were canceled because of some kind of drama.” Amber said as she swayed a hand. “So I decided to stop by and see, if maybe we could, you know…”

A slight blush came to Amber’s face as she lowered her head. Zack started to develop a little blush of his own, as he scratches his right cheek with a finger. He’s had a feeling that Amber’s had a crush on him, but it was mostly one-sided as he doesn’t really see Amber as a romantic partner. But…lately things have change his perspective on this, however he was still unsure about his own feelings.

“I’d love to Amber but I gotta stay and look after Latina, both my folks won’t be home probably until midnight.” The blush on Amber’s face vanished as she perked up.

“Oh! Well if that’s the case I’ll—”

“Amber!” the voice of Latina cried out as the little girl ran past her brother, and tackled the young woman.

“Hey there Latina.” Amber said as she leans down to give the little girl a hug. Out of Zack’s circle of friends, Latina was closest to Amber, treating her like an older sister.

“Are you here to spend the day with us?” the little girl asked as she looked up to Amber.

“Actually I just came to see your brother, and I was just about to leave.”

“Why don’t you stay and play with us, it’ll be more fun.”

Amber looked back to Zack to see what she should do, but he just shrugged while giving a small smile. Chuckling slightly, the young woman decided to join the siblings, and spent the rest of the afternoon with them.

~~~~~

Zack rolled around in her jail cell as she slept, a small smile present on her muzzle, it was probably the most earnest and genuine smile she has ever had ever since she came to Equestria. Outside the cell, Thorax and another changeling guard stood on the side of the cell, but that was a several minutes ago. At the moment Thorax was still standing at his station by the cell, but it looked like he was struggling to stay in place, however, the other changeling guard was not standing at his post. He was instead inside the cell, mouth open, and a pink mist emanating from the sleeping alicorn was shifting into his mouth.

“Charnel, I think you had enough!” Thorax said with a strained voice, resisting the urge to barge into the cell and feed off the love that was wafting off the mare. The other changeling clamped his muzzle, licking his lips as he swallowed.

“Come on Thorax, this is the best love I’ve had in ages! I’m not passing this up!”

Charnel said as he went back to eating the love energy that was wafting from the alicorn. But his feasting was caught short when the mare suddenly woke up, eyes wide and breath short and ragged, as if something terrible had just happened. Charnel clamped his muzzle shut, while his translucent eyes stared into the lavender eyes of the alicorn, which went for shocked, startled…to narrowed and angered.

“Umm…pay me no mind…I was just—”

“Get. out. NOW!”

Even though the alicorn was still restrained to the floor, and was basically powerless, she was still intimidating to a normal changeling. Quickly leaving the cell, Charnel bolted back to his post and slammed the cell door shut.

“If you were trying to ‘use’ me while I slept, then I swear if I ever get my hands on you…I will rip your dick, OFF!” both changelings clenched their hindlegs as Zack made that threat, and tried to go back to sleep.

“She’s…kidding, right?” Charnel whispered to Thorax.

“I will clench so hard and wiggle so much, I will throw you across the room, while your dick rips right OFF!” Both changelings ‘eep!’ loudly as they shuffled off to the side of the cell’s door, so Zack wouldn't be able to seem them. and see how terrified they were.