These Maroon Feathers

Nothing really interesting happened during the walk back to the library, though the second we got to our destination my stomach made its presence known with a deep guttural growl that made Twilight tense up for a moment.

“Sorry” I said “But I haven't eaten anything in like a day or so” I started drooling slightly thinking about if it would be too much to ask for some salmon or maybe a burger.

“Now that I think about it I am quite peckish myself after this little adventure, you want anything special? I refilled the fridge earlier today” Twilight replied while she opened the door leading into the library.

“Yeaahh...” I drooled out “I could totally go for a hamburger or some salmon right now” The second these words left my mouth Twilight looked absolutely horrified.

“P-Please tell me that was a joke, you don't really eat meat do you?” she stuttered, looking ill and slightly green.

“What do you mean? Meat is awesome! If it wasn't for eating why would they sell it at the market then?” I deadpanned giving her the 'Are you shitting me?' look.

“M-Market? Bu-But they don't sell mea-, ohhhh” She looked like she just had figured out how magnets worked “You must have grown up in a griffon village and had very cruel griffon adoptive parents that fed you meat even though you were a pony!” She finished with clopping her hooves together and looking proud over her revelation.

My brain having finally caught up to why she was so upset, I decided to just roll with it not having a better explanation to why I ate meat “H-How did you know...” I gasped in a well-faked shocked tone.

Just as she opened her mouth to probably continue prodding the subject my stomach decided it had just about enough of our rambling and voiced its protests with another of its near demonic growls.

“Oh right we were getting something to eat” Twilight said dropping the previous subject and looking quite sheepish as she walked towards what I assumed was the kitchen. “I have enough vegetables for a salad or we could make some daisy-sandwiches. Unless you have a better idea?” she said while rummaging through her fridge.

“Sandwiches sounds nice” I replied not having a better idea and really not caring what I ate as long as it was tasty.

We didn't speak much more before going to bed, well apart from me thanking her for the sandwich. Soon I found myself in a small room just big enough to house a bed, a bedside table and some cardboard boxes. I guessed she used this room for storage when she didn't have stray ponies to house, and it's not like the 'cramped storage' feeling the room gave off was bad, in fact I kinda liked it.

As I laid there in the darkness it suddenly hit me; I was in a different dimension, I was now a pegasus and I should probably learn flying the first thing in the morning before someone started asking questions about it. And I should probably relax and sleep before I go into my state of being awake for too long which includes; sudden screams, bursting into song, talking at a ludicrous speed and relocating sleeping spot to somewhere just plain odd like under the bed or under someone else's bed and sometimes the closet, the bathroom floor works fine aswell not to mention on or under the kitchen table.

I woke up next morning to someone opening my door and closing it again in a hurry and then jumping in under the covers with me giggling. And in my drowsiness of just waking up I did the most sensible thing I could think of at the moment; I hugged whoever it was and started snuggling like my life depended on it.

“Whoa! What? Who?” my newest victim gasped out as I nuzzled her cheek “Oi! Quit it I'm trying to hide here!” she protested.

“Dun wanna” I yawned continuing to nibble on her ear causing her to start moaning.

“You're gonna blow my cover” she complained as I sleepily buried my face into her mane “Who are you anyways?”

“I'm Swift Gleam and you are my new snuggle buddy” I stated. She opened her mouth to respond but I put a hoof on her lips and said “Shush my most comfortable friend it is sleepy time” she struggled to get away but failed miserably as my hug held her in place.

“Ugh... fine, I guess I was going to take a nap sooner or later anyways” she sighed completely demolished by my military-grade snuggling. Though by the time she gave up I was already fast asleep again, my muzzle buried deep in her mane which had a nice smell of rain.

Next time my sleep was interrupted it was by Twilight knocking on the door “Swift Gleam are you up yet? It is noon!” she said to which both my new snuggle buddy and I grunted at the same time in response to.

Twilight proceeded to open the door “It's time to wake uuup” she continued.

“We dun wanna” I responded sleepily gazing towards her, the other pony who inhabited the bed decided to add “Yeah Twilight you can't tell us when we can or cannot sleep”

I think that broke Twilight. Yes it probably did, I mean the thousand-yard stare and the half open mouth kinda gave it away.

I looked to my snuggle buddy and asked “Is now the time where we kiss right in front of her so she'll never get the images out of her head?”

She gave me the bedroom eyes and said “I'm down with a good joke”

And then everything sexual happened, is what I would like to say if Twilight hadn't started hardcore panicking. Yup we broke her good.

We managed to calm Twilight down before she set the library on fire, apparently she was already stressed out because someone had hidden her quills so she couldn't make today’s checklist. My snuggle buddy introduced herself as Rainbow Dash and the reason for the quills being gone. I managed to calm Twilight down before she set Rainbow on fire.