The Home That You Made

Twilight opened her eyes and saw a ceiling. She quickly sat up, thinking she was in her room back in the shrine, but she could see that wasn't true. She was in a bedroom filled with odd stuffed toys...they were all ice cream-looking creatures. She did see stuff purple and green dragon. She held it, and it reminded her of the one she had.

"Where am I? Is this the goddess home?"

Twilight jumped out of bed and quickly noticed she wasn't skinny anymore. She headed to the door and opened it as it wasn't locked. She could see a hallway, but she could also see black smoke and a loud beeping noise. She hurried to the source and almost entered where the smoke came from but stopped. She could hear voices.

"SPARK! I TOLD YOU NOT TO COOK! YOU ARE AWFUL AT COOKING!"

"But Dawn! I want to make her something to eat! She hadn't eaten in weeks just by looking at her!"
Twilight could hear the tough-sounding voice being soft and caring now. "I understand, but please let me cook, okay? I don't want the fire department here again. The last time, we almost had the whole building evacuate!"

Twilight decided to enter, seeing a weird-looking earth pony.

She was wearing a pink leather jacket and jeans. She was tossing out the burned food. She saw the goddess blushing in shame as she wore a chief apron.

"Hey! It's not my fault the burner was set too high!"

"No, it's your fault for not cooking it right. What are you making anyway?"

"Pancakes, I will add berries and cream on them."

Dawn looked shook her head in disbelief. "You just like your mother, Dashiell, you know that, right? How the hell can you two catch any food on fire? Hell, just pouring milk into cereal will start a fire! How do you manage to do that!?"

Spark blushed even more as she played with her fingers. "...I-I have no idea..."

Twilight stepped into the kitchen, which made them notice her. She quickly sat on the floor and bowed to the goddess.

"Goddess of Spark! It's an honor to meet you finally! My name is Twilight Sparkle!"

Spark looked at her, nervous. Dawn looked at her and then back at Spark.

"...so I want to make sure I understood everything, Spark. You saved a universe from Fayth a year ago, and that universe saw you as a goddess, made a religion out of it, and worshipped you. They believed you would return to save a group of chosen children, which the only one to survive was her..." Dawn points to Twilight. She picked her up from the floor, set her on the chair, and quickly made the child food. "A version of your mother, Twilight...and now you want to adopt her." she sighed as she made the pancake batter and turned to Spark.

"...Are you okay with this?" Spark asked, looking at Dawn with pleading eyes.

Dawn thought about it and sighed. "As long as you take responsibility for her, I guess it's okay. Besides, we wanted to have a child anyway. But please let me cook."

Spark jumped for joy and hugged Dawn tightly, spinning her around.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, DAWN!"

Dawn blushed bright red. "Okay! Stop spinning me around!"

Spark set her down and rushed over to Twilight.

"Hi, sweet pea. Listen, I'm not a real goddess. I'm a...universe jumper, but the ponies that made a religion out of me are true. I did save them from an evil person, but the truth is, she needs help. She isn't evil." Spark could hear Dawn huff at that. Spark ignored her and kept talking to Twilight. "Also, the spark is real. The spark that resides in the heart of us all."

Twilight could remember her mother saying the same thing. "So that's what the spark is."

"Yes. The spark will never burn out, even in the darkness. It won't ever be gone."

Spark held her close and pointed to her chest. Twilight looked shocked to see that her cutie mark appeared. In her universe, cutie marks appeared on one's chest.

"A pink star with five white stars?"

Spark nodded. "It's your spark! Those five white stars are the friends you had..." Spark became sad, remembering finding the remains of the others. "They are a part of your spark, which made you keep moving forward! That's why you are here! Because of them, they believed in you, and the spark brought you to me."

Spark held her closer, feeling happy.

"You have a special spark, Twilight Sparkle. A spark that will bring so much happiness to many. I can see it..." She hugged her at last. "...It's so bright...It was what I saw."

Twilight touched her cutie mark, remembering her friends and mother. Finally...

"Dash..." she started to cry, and she hugged Spark tightly, "MOM!"

"That's right. I'm your new mother."

Twilight didn't care that she wasn't her real mother. To her, her mother was her and the one she left behind. They were alike, believing in the spark.

Dawn placed the freshly made pancakes in front of Twilight, adding syrup, whipped cream, and ...ice cream, which caused Spark to glare at her.

"Here. You need to eat. We will talk about our life together later."

Spark stood up, upset with her putting ice cream on the pancake. Before she could fight about it, she could see Twilight eating it like an animal. Spark sighed; she let it go as she knew the poor girl hadn't eaten when she found her and healed her. She hugged Dawn, smiling.

"We have a family now!"

Dawn nodded, and the two sat with Twilight, telling her about the life they had in store for her. Twilight ate the pancakes and listened to them.

The spark within Twilight grew bigger and brighter. Within the colorful flames of her spark...was a tiny white flame.

Hope.