//------------------------------// // Life In Quarantine // Story: Life In Quarantine // by Closer-To-The-Sun //------------------------------// Sunset Shimmer turned the light on in her bedroom. The entire room was just as she had left it earlier that morning. While it bothered her that she didn’t take time to make her bed or clean up elsewhere in her room, she just lacked any energy to do so. In fact, she was still wearing her pajamas that she fell asleep in from the night before. There was so much she could be doing right now. She could be trying to cooking new recipes, getting some exercise, or learning a new skill. But, to her own disappointment, she spent almost the entire day mindlessly in front of the television. On a small level, she hated herself for doing such, but it felt comfortable for her during this time. Walking to her bed, she saw her cell phone resting on the nightstand. Had she really left it there all day? Picking it up, she saw a number of alerts from her friends from their group chat. “Oh dear,” Sunset said to herself, “I hope they don’t think I’ve been ignoring them all day....” Tapping away at the the screen, Sunset sent a message: Text Message Yesterday 10:21 PM Hey girls. Pinkie Pie SUNSET!!!!!!! 😄😄 Applejack Evening, Sunset. Rarity Sunset, it’s good to hear from you. Twilight Sparkle Good evening, Sunset Rainbow Dash What’s up! Fluttershy Hello! How are you all doing? I’m sorry I didn’t respond earlier Rarity Oh, pay it no mind, dear. There’s a lot going on Applejack Rarity’s right, don’t worry about it! Twilight Sparkle Fine over here, and Spike says hi! Pinkie Pie Hi Spike! 🐶 Haha, hello Spike Fluttershy I’m doing okay over here. Rainbow Dash Doing alright, but just really restless Pinkie Pie OMG, I know what you mean, Rainbow! I’m so bored lately! Applejack Well, we’re all in lockdown right now, it’s kinda expected Yeah, we’re all in quarantine right now. What day does this make? Rarity I think day 18? Rainbow Dash I lost count after four Applejack That certainly sounds like you, Rainbow Twilight Sparkle 😆😆😆 Fluttershy My calendar says it’s the twentieth day Just counted. We’ve been in quaratine for twenty-one days. Pinkie Pie THREE WEEKS?!!!! 😱😱😱😱 Rarity Time sure flies when you’re forced to stay inside for public health Rainbow Dash You’re telling me, feels like the days are just blending together now 😩 What did everyone do today? Fluttershy I was tending to my small garden for the animals around my house. Taking care of all of the animals has really helped take my mind off a lot of things. Applejack Mostly just did farmwork with Big Mac and Apple Bloom. A lot of stuff might be shut down and what not, but our farm still needs to be tended to. Pinkie Pie I got to bake bread today with Mr. and Mrs. Cake! It’s a lot more tricky than I thought! Did you know there is some bread made with rice? 🥐🥐 Rarity I’ve been busy designing and sewing. Creativity never rests it seems! Rainbow Dash Did a whole lotta nothing Twilight Sparkle Just doing some late night reading right now. Went out for a walk with Spike around our neighborhood. Fluttershy Oh, you went outside of your house? Twilight Sparkle Yes, Spike and I both needed some exercise, and we said hi to some of our neighbors I hope you took precautions, Twilight Twilight Sparkle Of course! I made sure I had my mask on and over both my nose and mouth. Spike and I kept ourselves six feet away from others. And when we came back, I was sure to wash thoroughly. Applejack Good on ya, Twi. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Rainbow Dash Especially since their ain’t a cure yet We just have to be patient Rainbow. That’s why we’re in quarantine, to help us slow the spread and buy us time to find a better way to fight this virus that’s going around. Pinkie Pie I know it’s what we should do, but it can just be so boring sometimes! 😣 Rarity Pinkie does have a bit of a point. I do love having all this creativity time, but I feel so cooped up. Not to mention it certainly seems to be taking a toll on poor Sweetie Belle. Fluttershy Oh dear, how is she holding up? Rarity She’s been growing stir-crazy. If it weren’t for the music she’s been working on, I feel she would go absolutely crazy. She’s also been growing quite tired of modeling my outfits. Twilight Spakle She’s writing music? That’s really neat of her to exercise her talent like that! Applejack I hear ya, Rarity. Apple Bloom has been more wild than a hog at supper time. She wants to go and visit the rest of the Crusaders, but we have to keep her around the farm for both our chores and for the quarantine. She sorely misses Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo Pinkie Pie Aww, that’s so sweet! They all miss each other! ❤❤❤ Twilight Sparkle Speaking of the Crusaders: Rainbow Dash, how is Scootaloo? Rainbow Dash ….how would I know? Twilight Sparkle Isn’t she your younger sister? Rainbow Dash What? No, she’s not my sister. She’s a cool kid and all, but we’re not relatndjkla Rarity Rainbow? Applejack You still there Rainbow Dash? You seemed to send something weird Fluttershy I think Rainbow Dash stopped typing. Pinkie Pie Do you think she went to get ice cream? Cause I would! Rainbow Dash Sorry, I’m still here. I just found out that Scootaloo was right outside my window. She was asking if I wanted to hang out. I told her that, even if we both had masks on, we shouldn’t be hanging out at each other’s houses. Especially since it’s after 10 pm. Pinkie Pie OMG! 🤣🤣🤣 Oh my goodness! 😅 Applejack She certainly takes after ya, Rainbow Twilight Sparkle 😂 Rarity She came to your house? Goodness, how are her aunts okay with that? Rainbow Dash Don’t worry, I told her we can do something later. It just means I have to beat her at Pony Kart later online 😂 Now don’t beat her too badly, she just wants to hang out with you Pinkie Pie I want to hang out with all of you! 😭😭😭 Rainbow Dash SAAAMMMMMEEEEE 😫 Rarity I agree, I do miss having fun with each of you Applejack I swear, the first cider is on me after all of this quarantine stuff is over Fluttershy While this is a nice break from the busy world, I would much rather be with all of you instead Hear, hear! Rainbow Dash Twilight, make that vaccine faster! Twilight Sparkle I’m not making the vaccine, Rainbow Dash! 😑 Applejack 😂 Rarity Oh, Applejack, I before I forget, I want to thank you for dropping off those apples and the rest of that care package the other day. It was very thoughtful of you and your family to drop those off! Twilight Sparkle Yes, it was a very welcome surprise and nice to see you in person, even if it was from six feet away! Fluttershy She dropped off a care package? Rainbow Dash Yeah, she and Big Mac drove around and dropped off apples, eggs, and a bunch of other stuff to everyone Fluttershy Oops! I’ve been so busy tending to the garden and the animals, I must not have noticed! 😂😂😂 Pinkie Pie LOL 🤣🤣🤣 Rarity 😅😅 Fluttershy Well, I do hope my parents got it! Applejack Lol, They did get it, and they were very grateful. Pinkie Pie It’s super nice that you’re delivering all sorts of stuff to folks! 😊 Applejack I feel it’s the least I could do. Just trying to make these times a little better for those in need. Just be sure to take care of yourself too, Applejack! We worry about how hard you work Rarity Sunset is absolutely right, darling. Do take some time for yourself. Next time you make a delivery, I’ll be sure to leave a gift for you to take home. A skin care kit, some bath bombs, and a custom outfit! Applejack I might take you up on that, Rarity Fluttershy I also hope you have been keeping clean too. Even being out and about can carry some risk Applejack No need to worry. Each of us washed up the moment we get back home. Rainbow Dash Good to hear. 👍 Twilight Sparkle It’s always good to be extra careful and clean nowadays Rarity You’re telling me! Whenever I go outside, I make a point of it to clean myself head to toe when I am back home, and change into a new set of clothing and wash the old ones right away. That does seem a bit like overkill, Rarity. Rainbow Dash No kill like overkill. Pinkie Pie She’s just being extra careful! And we all should! I don’t know about you, but being sick is no fun at all! I can’t hold down my chocolate when I’m feeling under the weather. 🤢 Fluttershy I do have to agree with Pinkie, I much rather none of us get sick at all. Twilight Sparkle Agreed. So it’s obviously settled, none of us are going to take any chances Rainbow Dash Guh, it’s just so dull right now though. I can barely even watch anything on TV Applejack You ain’t wrong, Rainbow. It does feels like the days just drag on over here at the farm Pinkie Pie It’s just so lonely without you all! I swear, the next time we’re all together, I’m going to give you the biggest hug of your lives! 😭😭😭😭😭 I can’t believe I’m saying this, Pinkie, but I’ll happily take it. I miss all of you too. Twilight Sparkle Spike and I really miss you all too! Rarity Oh, don’t you all start crying because you’ll get me starting as well! 😭😭 Fluttershy Aww, I miss all of you! Rainbow Dash Are we all getting sappy here? Twilight Sparkle Come on, Rainbow, join in! Yeah, you know you miss all of us, Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash Just because you’re right doesn’t mean I’m going to give you the satisfaction of me getting all mushy! Rarity I think that’s the closest we are going to get to having Rainbow Dash getting emotional with us. 😂 Applejack 😆 Twilight Sparkle 😂 🤣 Fluttershy 😆😆 Pinkie Pie 🤣🤣🤣 Rainbow Dash Yeah yeah, rub it in Applejack Don’t worry, Rainbow, we will Twilight Sparkle There’s nothing wrong with admitting that you miss your friends! Rainbow Dash There is if you guys keep laughing at me. Pinkie Pie We’re not laughing at you, we’re laughing with you! Fluttershy We just miss you dearly, Rainbow Rainbow Dash Yeah, Yeah, I do miss you guys too. Geez, I can’t wait for us to hang out again. Oh man, I’m already getting ideas of what we can do when quarantine is over. Fluttershy Just being in the same room with you all again will be more than enough for me Rainbow Dash Applejack, I’m holding you to that cider you promised! Applejack You got it! 👍 Pinkie Pie And I got that hug ready for all of you! I know we’re all stuck inside right now, but it’s absolutely great to be able to keep in contact with all of you. ❤❤❤ Rarity Amen to that, Sunset Twilight Sparkle Oh wow, it’s gotten late. I’m going to turn it. Spike’s already fast asleep. Fluttershy Sounds like Spike has the right idea, I should turn in as well. Applejack I hear that, I’m gonna get some rest for tomorrow. Good night y’all! Rarity Rest well, Applejack! ❤ I’m going to sleep soon as well. Twilight Sparkle Night, Applejack! Night, Rarity! Rainbow Dash I was gonna finish this movie, but I’m too lost to keep up, so I think I’m going to call it a night as well. Take it easy, everyone. Fluttershy Good night, Rainbow Dash! Pinkie Pie I’m still waiting for my sugar crash to kick in. If I did my math right, it should be soon! Twilight Sparkle Pinkie, you really need to get better at healthy eating habits. Mark my words, I’m going to give you a proper lesson about that. I’ll help you with that Twilight. I’m getting concerned about how much sweets she consumes on a daily basis. It can’t be healthy. Fluttershy Then I wish you both luck with that 😅 Good night and pleasant dreams! Twilight Sparkle Good night Fluttershy, and good night to you too, Sunset! Good night, everyone. Stay safe. ❤ END