The life of a Princess of Friendship is a tough one. There's never enough time in the day to do what you want to do. So forget the day, thought Twilight Sparkle, and just use the mid-morning hours as your private time?

And that's just what she's used it for. During the night-hours, she's memorized 115 pages of Ulysses, enjoyed meals of roasted pork, and scared away the bums sleeping on her porch. Plenty of time, and all before the daylight. It's a wonderful deal! The best part about having all this time to herself, is that it also gives her time to enjoy her most valued possession: her Swatch.

She's gone to great lengths to get this Swatch, and now it holds a place in her heart higher than the soft words of her mother's voice. The Swatch is everything to her. If it were to go missing, there would be trouble and somepony may even get hurt. She's never had to imagine the possibilities of such a scenario.

Until this morning...