(In)sane

Chapter One

"Heya Twilight!" The bookish alicorn looked up from her papers, her mind on study mode as she tried process what the pink thing was screaming. "Oh, hi Pinkie," Twilight said slowly, trying to keep herself focused. She couldn't get distracted by neighborly drop ins. This was a big project! Princess Celestia wanted her to read 5 books in one day, all about the long history of Griffins. How wonderful! "Soo....?" Twilight almost screamed in frustration when Pinkie Pie still wouldn't leave her alone, and then screamed out loud when she turned her head and found the other mares eyes staring straight into hers. Twilight was tempted to use the "By Order Of The Princess Of Friendship, I Hear Declare War Unless You Back Away From Me Right Buckin' Now" but she just smiled wanly and used her magic to shove Pinkie across the library. In a matter of seconds, she bounced back and shouted,"You won't believe what I just found out, all by myself, without the help of anypony, only me me me ME ME ME!" Twilight rolled her eyes, and finally giving in, pushed her Princess duties aside. With a deadpan glare that Pinkie totally ignored, she asked,"What did you solely discover, my dear friend who I would ever never hurt, especially with a hammer that I may or may not have in my kitchen, even if you were annoying me to suicidal thoughts, because I adore you too much to do that?" (Of course she didn't say that part) Pinkie Pie literally bounced on to the nearest bookshelf in one leap, and standing with one hoof raised in the air like a preacher, she declared,"I have found out that Princess Celestia accidentally turned Luna into Nightmare Moon again!" The world barely registered in Twilight's mind, but she stood dumbstruck for a moment, and then scrambled out of her chair. "What?! Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" For a thing so serious, Pinkie's face was lit up with a huge grin, and Twilight would have slapped it off if she hadn't been so worried. "Come on, let's use on super-duper magical FRIENDSHIP POWERS to defeat her! She's right outside!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, and Twilight, without even thinking about the logic of that statement, teleported her and Pinkie outside with a big bang. Air seemed to whistle through her ears and mind, and dim her senses for a minute, as it did whenever she teleported, but it didn't even faze Pinkie. Gathering up all her strength, Twilight steadied herself and fired her alicorn powers at Luna to hold her off while they gathered the rest of her friends-and set a ballon on fire. Huh? A ballon? Where was Luna? Opening her eyes, which were squeezed up seconds before, Twilight surveyed her surroundings. "Surprise! Happy Birthday Twilight!" Twilight almost choked on air. Her birthday? It was her birthday? Wait-it was! December 12th, 4000. Time: 11:11. Oh, how could she have forgotten her own birthday? The area around Twilight was decorated with purple and pink ballons, a banner with the words "Happy Birthday Twilight" printed across it, and a table full of delicious deserts. Not too mention streamers. Streamers were everywhere. She was suddenly enveloped in a group of her friends-Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie. And she was laughing.