Saturday, September 26, 2015

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Today's Horoscope (Virgo): You should try to relax today.

Morning

By mid-morning, everyone is gone except me, Twilight, and Cadance. Shining Armor went to the gym, Fluttershy is taking care of everybody's pets as usual, Pinkie Pie is at work, and Applejack and Rarity are with Rainbow Dash at the hospital.

Twilight comes downstairs to have breakfast with me and Cadance. "How do you feel?" Cadance asks.

"Better," Twilight says. "My head's stopped hurting."

"Well, I still want you to take it easy today, just to be safe," Cadance says. "Stay here at the dorm, don't exert yourself..."

Twilight rolls her eyes. "I was just planning to catch up on what I missed at school yesterday, do some reading." She wolfs down a pancake, then drains a glass of orange juice. She looks at me, then at Cadance. "So...that Zodiac thing...you said we can go in there whenever we want, right?"

"From the app on your phone, yes," Cadance says.

Twilight nods. "Next weekend, I want...I want to go in."

"Twilight..." Cadance says warningly.

"No, listen to me," Twilight says. "I have the same power the two of you have. Somebody tried to kill me. Somebody tried to kill the two of you." She looks down at her plate. "I want to know what's going on. I want to help." She looks back up at us. "Don't try to talk me out of it."

Cadance frowns. "I...don't know..."

"Oh, so you're willing to risk Flash's life, but not mine?" Twilight asks. She shakes her head. "I'm in this now. We need to work together to figure this out."

"And to protect people from those Shadows," I say. "I don't like the idea of you being in danger, but...I saw your Persona fight. Honestly, I'd love the help."

Cadance sighs. "Alright...fine."

"There is one thing, though," I say, holding up a finger. "We need to do something about making sure we don't get caught without weapons. That mess at the hospital would've been a lot less of a pain in the ass if I'd had my axe."

Twilight stares at me. "You have an axe?"

"You don't know everything about me," I say with a teasing grin.

Cadance frowns. "That's going to be tricky," she says. "It's not like you two can just walk around armed. That's assuming we can even predict when we're going to have to rescue someone."

"About that," Twilight says. "I have a hunch Pinkie Pie may be the next target."

I stare at her. "Pinkie Pie? What makes you say that?"

"She's a Scorpio," Twilight says. "If you and I are being targeted, it stands to reason our friends..." She looks down. "Our friends are going to be targeted too." She sighs. "I spent all day yesterday thinking about this. If I'm right, then Pinkie Pie's going to be the next target." She frowns. "And...and if she is, then that proves my theory...and everybody in this dorm is going to be targeted."

Cadance and I look at each other. She's visibly shaken.

"Twilight," I say, "I really, really hope you're wrong."

"So do I," Twilight says glumly.

Cadance sighs. "Twilight's never been wrong in her entire life," she says. "But...just to be safe, I'll put together a list of all the students at CHS who are Scorpios." She turns to Twilight. "When's Pinkie's birthday?"

"October 28th," Twilight says.

Cadance nods. "Then...then we have time to prepare. We should definitely go to Zodiac next Saturday to train." She frowns. "I'll have to find a weapon for you, Twilight. What do you think you'd be comfortable with?"

Twilight shrugs. "I don't really know how to use weapons..." She trails off. "Well, no...there was that time when I was thirteen and I took fencing for three weeks." She plays with her fork. "It's better than nothing."

Cadance frowns. "Yeah...okay, I'll see if I can find you a rapier." She looks sternly at Twilight. "Are you absolutely sure you want to get involved in this?"

"I'm already involved," Twilight says. "I'm not about to just ignore this. I'm going to fight, and we're going to figure this thing out together."

Evening

Everyone returned to the dorm by late afternoon. Rarity is in her room working on some project or another, while Fluttershy decided to turn in early.

Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, and I are sitting in the lounge watching television.

Or trying to.

"Man, there is just nothing on tonight," I mutter.

Twilight has the remote. As she goes through the listings guide, the girls comment on everything that's on.

"Phi Beta Cannibal...sounds really gross...Extreme Knitting..."

"Fluttershy watches that, but I never really got into it," Pinkie says.

"Just Add Fleur...why are these stupid reality shows so popular?"

"Hillbilly Shotgun Weddings," Applejack mutters sourly. "Now some stuff just ain't necessary."

"Who Wants To Marry A Fetus?" Twilight exclaims, turning green. "Bleah! What is WRONG with these people?!"

"Oh hey look!" I say. "It's that old Neighponese cartoon that's really a Pranch cartoon!"

"Ooh, the one about a bunch of kids running from conquistadors?" Pinkie asks.

"Yeah, and they flew around in a big gold bird!"

"Oooh, I remember that!" Pinkie says happily. "Let's watch it!"

Twilight shrugs and puts it on.

Pinkie's as excited as I am when the show starts, and we both start singing the theme song. "Children of the sun, see your time has just begun!"

I can't believe I still remember the whole theme song after all these years, but neither of us misses a word.

When it's over, Twilight and Applejack are staring at us.

"Y'all are weird," Applejack says flatly.