I walked out of the library with a copy of Dining Fancy. It wasn't the kind of thing I normally read, but I needed to get some ideas for Thursday. Twilight had guessed that I was practicing my cooking again. That wasn't the real reason of course, but I nodded my head anyways and had left.

I walked through town to Time Turner's shop. Time was dusting the various timepieces in the main room. As the door closed he turned to me. "Hey Speedy. How's it going?" I set my saddlebag down. "Right on schedule. Were you able to get those curtains up in the workshop?" He nodded. "I still don't see why we needed to cover everything." I smiled. "It make's things easier on the both of us. Mind if I go check it out?" He nodded towards the cabinet. "It's unlocked."

I opened the cabinet door and walked in. Impressive. Long, black curtains hung from the ceiling to the floor. You couldn't see a single jewel or piece of gold. The cabinet cleaned up nicely. A table was set up in the middle of the open space. I smiled. "All we need now is some candlelight." There was a flicker of flame and two candles appeared on the table. I looked at Time Turner. "Did you do that?" He shook his head. "It wasn't me. You?" I shook my head. We stared at the candles as they burned.

A knock on the door interrupted us. We turned to find Big Mac sticking his head in the cabinet. "I brought the dessert." He walked in with a tray balanced on his back. The tray held an apple pie and some fritters. The smell alone was enough to drive me crazy. "Thanks Mac. Time knows where to put it. If you two will excuse me, I have a dinner to prepare." I walked to the door and left the cabinet.

I set my supplies down on the kitchen counter. I opened my library book and turned to the recipe section. One by one, I added ingredients into my mixing bowl. This was going to be delicious! I looked down at the recipe and muttered to myself. "Add two eggs."

'CRACK' 'CRACK'

I paused. What was that noise? I looked down at the bowl and found two eggs sitting on top of the pile of ingredients. How had the eggs gotten in the bowl? I looked around the room. Nopony was there. I looked back at the bowl. The eggs were still sitting there. It didn't make sense. I discovered the egg shells sitting on the counter next to the bowl. They were cracked in half and empty. I picked up one of the shells and examined it. Nothing. I looked around the room again and my eyes fell on the clock. Oh no! It was getting late! I decided to worry about the eggs later. I finished the recipe and stuck the mix in the oven. I had to go and wash up while it cooked.

I knocked on the front door. Fluttershy opened the door and smiled. "Hi Speedy." I motioned a hoof towards town. "Ready to go?" She nodded and away we went. I led her to Time's shop. She looked through the window. "What are we doing here?" I pushed open the door and smiled. "You'll see." I led the way to the blue cabinet. She looked at the cabinet in confusion. I chuckled. "Would you like to see what's inside?" She put a hoof to the door and pulled. The look on her face made me smile even more. The cabinet interior was dimly lit. The only light came from the candles on the table.

I stepped inside. I began to walk forward. When all I heard were my own hoofsteps, I looked back at the doorway. Shy was still standing there wide-eyed. I nodded towards the table. "You know, you could come inside." She slowly put a hoof forward. Step by step, she joined me and we walked to the table. We sat down and she looked around again. "What is this place?" I looked around. "Time Turner's magic cabinet. It's bigger on the inside. Got it from a dragon's horde if I remember correctly. He let me use it for tonight. After all it is a pretty special occasion." She eyed me and smiled. "It's amazing. We've known each other a whole year now." I put my hoof on hers and smile gently. "And I hope we know each other for a lot longer."

I stepped inside my home and sighed. That had to have been the best evening of my life. And the goodnight kiss was the icing on the cake. I looked around the main room. Boy was it a mess...I'll clean up tomorrow. I went to my room and jumped onto the bed. I let out another sigh as I nestled into the soft covers. My eyes were almost closed when I realized that I had forgotten to turn out the light in the main room. I growled to myself. I didn't want to get up. Why couldn't the lights turn off themselves? After all I wasn't in the room anymore.

The light went out.

I froze on the bed. What had just happened? I listened for anything, hoping that somepony had gotten in and had turned the light off. Why they would I had no idea, but it was the only thing that made sense. I slowly got up and walked to the doorway of the bedroom. I peeked around the corner. Nothing. I stepped into the main room. It was dark. I couldn't see anything. I shook my head. "Where's my flashlight?" Of course it was somewhere in this mess.

The sound of rustling pages hit my ear and I turned. My pile of discarded papers was shifting. And then, from under the pile, my flashlight appeared. It levitated into the air, surrounded in a pale green aura. I stepped backwards. "Who's doing that? Come out!" No response. I looked back at the flashlight. "I don't know why I even need you. I'll just turn the light on."

The light came on. I whirled around. Nopony was there. I was all alone. Then how...

My mind flashed back to earlier in the day. The candles...the eggs... I was the only pony in this house. I had wanted the light off, then on and they had done so. I had wanted my flashlight and it had appeared surrounded in an aura of....

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