A little later in time....

Sandy felt the sun hitting his face. He opened his eyes, looked around his room from his bed and was off like a rocket. Across the corridor, down the stairs and into the kitchen. Immediately he started munching away at the cereal he had left out last night (after adding milk of course.).

Sandy guzzled it all up then looked at the clock. It was 10 on a Saturday morning. His parents had already gone- farmers' market today, and they were helping out. They'd asked Sandy if he wanted to help but he didn't feel like it. Oreo had only moved house a little while ago, so he wanted to go visit her and see how she was doing.

Sandy missed her living with his family. In the morning, while not nearly as hyper as he was, she'd usually get up with him and they'd sit and have their breakfast while talking about what they'd do that day. Usually they'd get Nikki and they'd pop off together.

Nikki was another pony Sandy missed. She'd gone off to that unicorn school to learn magic. Sandy couldn't go there since he wasn't that good at magic. Plus, he hadn't got his cutie mark yet so he didn't know what he'd use magic for.

Anyway, Sandy galloped out the door after locking up then ran up to Oreo's new cottage and knocked on the door, bouncing in anticipation.

Oreo had just gotten out of the shower and was drying her mane and tail as somepony knocked on the door, before she could put her towel down she realized it was Sandy. She smiled to herself. Since she was still a little wet she put on her bath robe and put her mane in a pony tail as she went down the steps to greet her friend (and secret crush). "Hey Sandy! Come in, I was just getting done taking a shower." She moved out of the way to let him through.

Sandy bounced into the house, grinning like the ball of energy he was. He hugged his best friend as he came in then dashed around the house, seeing everything in a span of 20 seconds.

"This place is awesome Ores! You really lucked out on this place!"

He was liking it already- it was nicely furnished, with the couches all being really soft and the wallpaper nicely done. Of course, to Sandy it just looked nice. He didn't focus with specifics. He looked at all the little ornaments and stuff. He really fancied playing with them to be honest.

"Y'know, the house has been really quiet now that you're gone. I miss when we'd eat together and everything. Still, we can see each other a lot anyway since we're pretty close together."

Nikki was mumbling to herself as she trotted along the street. She had just had a very interesting encounter with another foal, just two or so years older than herself, and she wasn't really sure what to make of it. It had been a couple hours ago... but still really weird. And then, the thing had happened, and she wasn't really sure what to make of it.

She hadn't seen her friends since the beginning of the term. She wasn't really sure if it would be the same... but then she shook her head, her waves bouncing around. That was absurd. This was Sandy and Orey she was thinking about! Her best buddies!

She stopped abruptly at the end of the street as she stared at Sandy's front door. There was nopony inside... she could tell, as none of the energy from the lights was hitting her.

That was odd. Usually, either one or both of the foals who lived inside would be there...

Oh, well. She had a lot to ponder over. She could sit on Sandy's porch and wait for them. Meanwhile, it was time to try the thing again...