Cavern Days

The magician and the princess laid on their backs next to each other observing the reflections of the gems around them. It had been a few hours since Twilight was sent down at this point, and it was starting to take its toll on the young pony.

"Hey Cadance?"

"Yes, Twilight?"

"I'm hungry."

The bride-to-be looked over at the little pony complaining to her with a raised eyebrow. "How long have you been down here, now?"

Twilight's brow furrowed. "I don't know, about six hours I think?"

"Yeah. Imagine how I feel."

She tried. The purple mare concentrated hard on trying to imagine how famished her old foalsitter must be, but she was unable; she was missing a key data point!

"Well, how long have you been down here?"

Cadance rolled around on the ground, groaning unhappily almost like a little filly, before slumping back down. "I dunno.  It was right after Shining put up that barrier around Canterlot."

Twilight jumped to her hooves and gasped. "Cadance! That was four days ago!"

For her part, Cadance just sighed. Twilight's surprised expression fell back to boredom and she let herself fall down onto her stomach, facing the alicorn. Minutes passed in silence, allowing Cadance to drift off a little until Twilight spoke again.

"I'm so hungry, I could eat three daisy sandwiches."

Cadance chuckled. "I'm so hungry, I could eat the plate those sandwiches are served on."

"I'm so hungry, I could eat the table the plate is on."

"Oh yeah? Well I'm so hungry, I could eat your brother!"

Twilight growled. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

"TWILIGHT!"

The unicorn in question nearly parted with her fur at how hard she jumped. "Y-yes?"

Cadance was glaring at her with her disappointed-foalsitters' glare. "You shouldn't talk about your mother that way."

"YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!"

Cadance rose to a defensive stance. "Yes, I do believe I did. Whatcha gon' do 'bout it, filly?"

The purple blur hit Cadance so fast she couldn't react before she was on the ground rolling in laughter. When she was a filly, Twilight had plenty of opportunities to figure out her foalsitter's ticklish points. Now she was using the knowledge to its fullest.  This continued until the two were completely out of breath, both from laughing.

The pair laid next to each other like before, minutes passing in silence.