“Twilight, can we focus on the mess at hoof?” Fluttershy inquired, letting out a tired groan. It had been a few hours, and the moon had crept into the night sky not too long ago. Her hooves were uncomfortable to pressed together as she tried to avoid bumping into the furniture and cups.
Pillows and blankets were scattered about as Twilight hyper-focused on everything but the pegasus in the room. Navy mane became more and more frazzled as Twilight became lost in her own head. This was the most disorganized Fluttershy had seen Twilight, though in all fairness her room wasn’t all that tidy to begin with.
“...Twilight?” She asked again, her voice becoming slightly sterner.
“Hm?”
“Why is your room so messy?” She decided to ask, looking around the tilted desks and shelves. Books were out of place, their pages were wrinkled and torn, and tipped over cups crowding the floor and the tables.
The horned mare blushed, tapping her hooves. “Well...I guess I wasn’t the most organized back then...and I never ended up cleaning my room when I moved out.”
A light giggle filled the room. “You? Not organized? I thought I’d never heard that sentence coming from your mouth,” Fluttershy put a hoof over her mouth as she smiled.
Twilight became quiet again, juggling the books above her head. She squinted her eyes as she read each cover. “Should I alphabetize them or reverse alphabetize them?” She wondered out loud, sweeping the cups off of her desk with one hoof.
“How about we clean up the cups and figure out where we sleep before you organize everything?” Fluttershy tapped her distracted friend’s shoulder, gesturing towards the room around her. The horned mare snapped out of her trance, looking back at her room.
“Yeah...that’s a good idea...”
Once the room was in a decent state, Fluttershy stretched. Her wings were cramping against her sides, relieved from the hour's worth of work. It still wasn’t perfect, but it was a big step up from the original state it was in.
“Whew...” she sighed, wiping the sweat off her forehead. “That’s was much more than I was expecting...”
Twilight nervously laughed, averting her purple eyes. “Yeah...this place was more of a mess than I realized.”
A melody of laughter filled the room, dust dancing in the air. Momentarily, Fluttershy coughed, dusting herself off. “Honestly? I’ve seen worst,” she chuckled, digging up fond memories. “When Rainbow and I were roommates her stuff was everywhere!”
Twilight smiled, giggling. She turned her purple eyes towards the newly cleaned room around her. “So...about our sleeping space. Now that everything is organized, we have either my bed or my hammock,” she tapped her chin, humming quietly. “Which one do you want?”
“I don’t mind which one so...I guess you can pick for me?”
“Fluttershy, that’s not an answer,” Twilight sighed, still keep a tight grin on her face. Her tail twitched against the carpet floor, strands of pink and purple hair caught on the fibers. “I don’t mind sleeping on either of them, but you are the guest! You should be the one to pick where you want to sleep.”
“Um...” Fluttershy gaze fell onto the floor, shuffling her hooves. “I really don’t know...”
“Alright, then you are sleeping on the bed.”
“Wait what-“
Fluttershy yelped when she felt herself lifted into the air. Magical aura surrounded her in its magenta hue, levitating her to the bed. It was pearly white, and the blanket that hugged against the mattress was a navy blue.
She widened her eyes, reveling how soft it was. Her body sunk into to mattress, the material cradling around her stomach and hooves.
“Soft, right?” Twilight tapped against the bed.
A soft trill echoed from the back of her throat as she relished the feathered mattress. She hadn’t slept on her own bed for a while, so it was nice to be in one again.
“Thanks, Twilight,” she murmured gratefully, clapping her front hooves together. The friends smiled at one another before Twilight turned back to her desk.
“So...should I alphabetize or reverse alphabetize?”
Last two chapters were written a few weeks back, just thought I’ll post them now.
So we see that before Spike came around Twi was helpless at cleaning her own mess.
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Which probably explains why Spike was the one that had to remind Twi of her Canterlot friends. :-D
Anyway, this was a really good job on this short, but still enjoyable chapter. The characterizations and exchange between Twilight and Fluttershy were certainly good to see.
Yeah, I could see where Twilight would probably be a lot less organized as a filly (before Celestia taught her all that stuff/possibly messed with her head a bit too much). Of course, now I'm looking forward to Twilight and Fluttershy's meeting with Celestia/Fluttershy POSSIBLY meeting Shining Armor and/or Cadance. Actually, looking forward to more of the story in general, but that's beside the point.
But in the meantime, Happy Holidays.
I know right I was kind of surprised myself 😆
Well that's what's a short chapter nice anyway Twilight and Fluttershy were pretty much studying something which I'm not sure what are they doing but Fluttershy kinder bring out Twilight and her Focus to tell her about her mess in her room which I never expected to see that so when they got cleaned up they wanted to decided who sleeps on the bed or Hammack which of course Twilight shows it for her so I wonder how well the day goes for the girls I guess we'll find out next time
Well, I like this chapter, it's short, but it adds a bit of character building to Twilight. I say good job!
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Hehe, na I get you. It’s kinda o e of those things that at the time it was jarring and came outta nowhere it looking back on it it does t seen like much of a big deal lol.
Keep in mind that season 1-3 seems to take place over the course of 1 year or pony equivalent there of. So him not being about isn’t too much of a stretch and could probably boil down to... she mentioned him offscreen etc etc.
Mini all of txt also over lol.
Enjoying the fic none the less, keep up to good work
Story is beautiful, but the cover art is adorable
Aww! Twilight is awesome