Starry Eyes

The time is 5:43; Jack woke up, he felt around for his Rainbow Dash, yet feeling nothing but sheets and pillows.

“Please… not again.” Tears started to well up in his eyes until he heard a noise coming from what sounded like his kitchen.

Jack, suspicious of this activity, carefully got out of his bed and quietly made his way into his living room; the noise growing in intensity. As Jack neared the entrance of the kitchen he grabbed a chair from his dining area and held it up to his face, as if about to knock out whoever was ravaging through his kitchen.

“RAAAAHHHHHH!!!!”

“Ahhhhhhh,” Screamed a small pony, now cowering in the corner of his kitchen.

Jack, in surprise, stood there for a moment, not understanding why his Rainbow Dash was even there, but also in awe, seeing as that she managed to decimate his entire kitchen all by herself. Shortly, after realizing he had just scared the Dash out of Rainbow, he quickly put down the chair and kneeled down to Rainbow’s level and slowly crawled toward her.

“Woah, woah there… s-sorry, I-I wasn’t expecting to see you here, I-I thought y-you were gone again.”

The Pegasus only stared at him, fright still lingering in her eyes and quaking body. Jack then turned over and sat down a couple feet away from Rainbow Dash and began to look around at the mess she had made, and by carefully examining his refrigerator and trash can, he began to understand what she was searching for.

“Are you hungry?”

The mare only continued to stare at him, now in the fettle position. Jack only stared at her a little longer before getting up and leaving the kitchen, the pony, slowly getting up from its position and then quickly ran under Jacks table as she saw him return. He looked in the kitchen first, but then quickly swiveled his head around to the table, locating his little pony.

Jack then knelt down again and slowly stretched out his arm and unveiled his hand, revealing a small piece of taffy about the size of a quarter.

“Hey, um… Do you like taffy? It’s nice and chewy and has a very sweet taste to it.”

RD, noticing the familiar piece of candy, slowly walked towards Jacks hand and quickly retrieved the taffy from his hand. Jack smiled as he saw her open her mouth wide and then close as she struggled to eat the taffy. When she finally swallowed the treat she looked up at him, only to meet eyes with Jack lost in hers.

“You h-have beautiful eyes…,” Jack said with a slight rasp in his voice.

The time is now 6:00; Jack hears the alarm clock ringing, stings of adrenaline quickly surging through his body, fearing that if he were to hit the alarm he would wake up and realize it was all just another dream. Jack then got up and began to slowly walk backwards to his bedroom, never taking his eyes off of RD, in fear that she’ll disappear if he were to look away for a mere second.

He finally arrived at his alarm clock.

“You’re still here… why are you still here? Are you here to torment me forever?”

RD only stared at him.

“Well… you can disappear now if you want; maybe I won’t jump off the balcony if you do it while I’m still asleep.”

RD then tried to hop on his bed, and after a few failed attempts she began to use her wings and inevitably float on top of Jacks bed, with Jacks mouth agape.

“Okay, so now I know I’m dreaming; at least I won’t have to clean up that mess in the kitchen.”

RD carefully walked over Jacks bed and towards his alarm clock.

“Oh.. Oh, so you’re going to end it for me. Alright, alright I’ll play along; come on, hit that button, I dare ya, I double dare ya to hit that button.”

RD only looked at him with her hoof hovering over the now button of death.

“Come on, do it already; I got places to be and things to do.”

RD then tapped the button with her hoof and walked to the edge of the bed nearest to Jack and clawed out to him, as if telling him to come to her.

“Now you’re just messing with me. Come on here; this is getting old.”

Noticing that Jack wasn't complying, she walked to the opposite end of Jacks bed and faced him in a racing position.

“ You've got to be kidding me. What is this, Purgatory? What have I done to deserve this?”

RD then sprinted across the bed and jumped at Jack, whom was knocked back slightly by the impact yet still able to catch RD in his arms. Jack then lifted her up to his face and just looked at her.

“You have a lot of guts doing this, you know? I suspect there’s a bomb planted inside you and you’re about to take my life… but, seeing as I actually felt you impact my chest, I’m starting to think this is reality.”

The mare’s stomach then growled; Jack simply looked at her with a ‘Damn girl, you’re still hungry?’ face. That is until his stomach also growled, with Jack receiving a playful and raspy laugh from RD.

“…You hungry?”

He was quickly responded with a flitter of wings and open smile from RD.

“Yeah, me too... Let’s get some breakfast, shall we?”

With that, he set RD down and walked to his kitchen, once again noticing the mess it possessed.

“We should probably clean this up first.” He then looked to RD who was already sitting in the spot she was the day before.

“Fine, I’ll clean it up.”

After Jack finished the cleaning and had fixed their breakfast, they then both sat at the table, content with what they had eaten.

“You know… that jump actually hurt a little; it was actually pulsating a little, too, after I caught you.”

The mare just looked at him then jumped from her chair and ran to his balcony and stared out his window. Jack then accompanied her.

“It was probably nothing…”