Morning came a little too early for me the next day, but I didn't care. I sat up in bed and stretched out, careful not to wake Dash, who was sleeping on the other side of the bed. I got up and walked over to my closet, opening it slowly to avoid making any sound. I looked at the rack of clothing in front of me, trying to choose which t-shirt to wear.

"Hmm... No, I wore that one yesterday... Green really isn't my color... Purple? Eh, why not?" I pulled out the purple t-shirt and a pair of jeans, closed the closet, and then walked over to my dresser to grab some undergarments. As I was opening the top drawer, I heard Dash stir in bed.

"Hey babe...", she said, promptly yawning afterwards. "How'd you sleep?"

"Not very well, woke up with a pain in my neck..." I rubbed the afflicted area on my neck before turning around to face her. She started to giggle like a filly. "What's so funny?" I asked her.

"You're naked!" She responded, having a very hard time hiding her laughs. I noticed she was right, blushing as I covered my groin and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. I could still hear her giggles through the closed bathroom door. I disregarded them and turned on the shower. You know, I don't know how she does it, but Dash has her home rigged to pre-heat the water going to the showers so you don't have to wait for it to heat up, and it's pretty useful when you are in a hurry. So, with the water on, I set my clothes on the counter and slipped into the shower.

"Ahhhh...." The warm water was soothing and relaxing, and it begged me to just lay down and enjoy it, but I had to get ready for the tour I was going to be given today, so I got down to business. The cleaning and scrubbing took about twenty minutes, and then, I got out to get dried and dressed. Promptly after dressing and grooming, I stepped out into my room to find Dash gone, but the smell of pancakes told me where she was. The delicious smell almost lifted me into the air as I walked downstairs to greet Dash in the kitchen. I sat in my chair at our table, waiting for her to bring breakfast. She came by a bit later with a plate containing a tower of rainbow colored flapjacks, and set it in the middle of the table.

"Look, I know you usually make breakfast, but I thought I'd make something special for you today!" She pointed at the tower of pancakes, "These are my mother's special recipe, they're called Rainbow Cakes, they are made with an special extra-thick batter that is jam-packed with lots of caffeine. The day I did my first Sonic Rainboom, my mother had made me these for breakfast. So if these things allow me to do mind-bending stunts, they'll surely get you going in the morning!", Dash explained. She went to sit at her side of the table, leaving me to stare at the delicious looking pancakes.

"Why are they called Rainbow Cakes?", I asked Dash, seriously wondering why they were called that.

"When I was younger, believe it or not, I was not the most energetic kid on the block, and as a matter of fact, I was pretty lazy. But one Sunday morning, we needed to go somewhere in a hurry, and my mom didn't have time for my laziness, so she made pancakes with a lot of sugar and caffeine in them, and she was in such a hurry that she knocked over some bottles of food coloring, and they spilled onto the pancakes. She acted like she had meant to do it and called them Rainbow Cakes, and the name stuck!", she explained with a smirk on her face before grabbing a couple pancakes and dropping them on her plate, I did the same. We both drowned our Rainbow Cakes in syrup before scarfing them down. She wasn't lying about the caffeine, those pancakes got me up and ready for the day, which was good, because it was going to be a long day.

***

Once we both were ready, Dash called up all the girls, telling them we were on our way so they could get ready. We grabbed our coats, and headed out the door, locking it on our way out. First stop: Twilight's Library. Dash and I flew down to Ponyville, and headed towards the library. When we arrived at the odd-looking tree, Dash knocked on the door pretty hard.

"I'm coming! I'm coming! You don't have to break the door down!", said a voice on the inside, but it wasn't female. What happened next made me jump three feet in the air, it wasn't a pony who opened the door, but a dragon! I've heard stories about them, fierce, menacing, killers that eat ponies for breakfast! I guess he noticed my fear and sighed, "I'm not going to hurt you, man. I'm not like those other dragons, I'm actually pretty harmless!"

Dash was the next to speak, "Yeah! I mean look at him! Short, squat, doesn't even have wings yet! Couldn't even hurt a fly if he wanted to!" She started to laugh, I kinda did too, I mean it was pretty funny!

"Hey!", the dragon yelled. Just then I heard a female voice yell.

"Spike, are you going to just stand there, or are you going to let them in?" Spike I'm guessing is the dragon. Anyway, Spike flinched and stepped aside to let us in. When I saw the amount of books in this place, my jaw dropped in awe. I had never seen so many books in one place before! I could tell I was going to visit often. The young lady who I'm guessing is Twilight spoke once more, "I see you're liking this place!" She extended her arm and hand to shake mine, which I reflexively did. "I am Twilight Sparkle, owner of this library, which I take you will be visiting later, am I right?" I just nodded, still in shock from the sheer amounts of genres this place had. "What is your name?", She asked. I snapped back into reality.

"Zero, it's a pleasure, Twilight," I responded. "You have quite the place here! And all inside of a tree? Ha! My friends back in Mexicolt City would call me a liar if I told them about this place!" She blushed and smiled.

"Well, that's very nice of you..." She trailed off and then remembered what she was going to say. "We're just gonna wait for the rest of the girls to get here and then we'll get going, sound good?" I nodded affirmatively. "Alright, so, would you like some coffee?"

Author's Note

I am so sorry this took so long, guys. With school and family issues I just don't have the time anymore. But our finals are coming up soon and the year is almost over, and as soon as it is, I'll get to writing!

-Spaztastick