an old soul

With a groan twilight wakes up her eyes bloodshot from the last nights studying with a groan she gets up “what happened” her head pounding

Her ever faithful assistant arriving “hey twilight i got you some coffee” the little dragon said handing her the steaming cup of coffee the strong aroma permeating her nose

“Thanks Spike,” twilight said with a smile, taking a look around. Something seemed off without being able to put a word to it she resorted to saying “is it just me or is there something weird with this room”.

The dragon, thoroughly confused, said “I don't see it, maybe it was just a long night” Spike said, hoping to assure her.

his answer failing to convince her she decided it was prudent to get up from her bed “maybe it's just me” she smiled a way to convince herself

Walking down the stairs of her room finding herself in the main room of the library a thought struck her ‘why does this seem odd’ pursuing her instincts she checked the room the loud cacophony of things being thrown around only served to concern spike further

The dragon proceeded to run down the stairs “hey twilight are you alright down there” his voice tinged with concern.

“Oh yeah!” she said out of breath calming herself then looking around at the mess “sorry” she said with a small laugh ‘i look like a crazy pony don't i” her inner voice stated. ‘Oh yeah i should clean’ she thought proceeding to levitate the books back in place on there shelves after cleaning the last of her mess a distinct lack of something made itself known ‘where are my wings’ she asked herself looking to where the should be only finding her back ‘wait did i even have wings’ she questioned ‘why would i have wings why does it feel like i should’ the thoughts swarmed her finally deciding enough was enough she pulled herself to her hooves and then she realized ‘where's spike’ she looked for him noticing him on the balcony his form questioning

The dragon looked at her “twilight you there” he said
‘had he been saying that this entire time no i would have heard’ his voice pulling her out of her stupor “yea-yeah spike” her voice a mess as was her mind

“If you say so” the dragon retorted walking down the stairs past her to the kitchen

‘Why would he walk right past me’ twilight asked herself walking outside ‘same old Ponyville’ she thought walking down the streets of the small town ponies walking past her she eyes a distinct pink pony talking to a random towns pony standing calmly she disregarded the fact as she continued walking

Arriving upon an apple orchard she looked around ‘i guess it makes sense no one comes out this far’ the lack of ponies unnerving her as she trotted along ‘why are there no birds’ the lack of chirping fueled her fear further she continued to trot along turning into a gallop ‘there's no sound no creatures what's going on’ she questioned herself

Galloping up to a farmhouse she spotted a farmer with an orange coat ‘applejacks here wonder if she's noticed it to’ as she drew near the sound of birds made itself known finding this odd she walked up to her

“Hey AJ how are ya” she asked happy to see a friendly face

“Hey Twi how are ya this mighty fine day” applejack responded in her usual confident voice

‘That's odd’ “um yeah yeah I'm fine AJ” she said unnerved “how are you” she said with a nervous smile

“Sure whatever you say Twi” she then proceeded to pat her back “if ya ever want to talk I'm here Twi” she said reassuringly

‘Can i trust her… should i” applejacks face seemed wrong like a facsimile of her friend ‘should i trust myself’