It was morning again in Minecraft. Twilight and her friends woke up from their beds around the same time. She greeted her friends and assistant while the others were still getting up. She trotted downstairs and walked outside, unsure of what she should do for the day. 'Well, I kind of enjoyed mining, so maybe I can convince the others to come down to the caves with me to explore more paths.' She thought to herself. It was a good day for doing some exploring, the sun was rising, the Zombies and Skeletons were burning, so that meant all was well. Twilight deeply inhaled the fresh air, then it started raining. The sky was instantly dark and the Mobs stopped burning. She quickly exhaled and felt her mane and tail droop down from the water. Twilight turned around and went inside to get out of the rectangular raindrops that were pelting down from the sky.
"Hey Twilight, why are you wet?" Pinkie asked her. "Is there a pool party? I wanna go! I wanna go! I wanna g-"
"Thats enough Pinkie." Applejack said, pushing her hoof in her friends mouth. "Ah don't think theres a pool party anywhere around here. Twilight musta got herself wet within the few seconds she was out there."
"You're right." Twilight began. "I inhaled deeply, thinking about what we could do today, then it started raining. The sky had barely any clouds in it, and now everywhere is wet and the Mobs aren't burning." She sighed. "I was kinda hoping we could go back down to the caves to go explore and collect new materials."
"Well dear, we can still go mining. We just have to craft more tools and stay indoors until the rain lets up." Rarity explained to her.
"Actually, lets just go out there and find the cave while its still raining. It never hurt anypony, and I for one, really enjoy the rain." Rainbow said with a grin at the end of her sentance.
"Now hold on there, I'm not getting my hair wet because of rain. I'm also not going to get my perfect coat ruined by the filthy mud outside." Rarity retorted to Rainbow with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Umm... Girls?" Fluttershy tried to get their attention.
"Well I'm not sure why a LITTLE bit of rain makes you so upset! When I'm on weather patrol I fly into storms and get SOAKED. But you just don't want to get wet don't you?" Rainbow was starting to get her anger out of control as she argued with Rarity, again.
"Rain makes a big difference to my hair! Once it is wet it is quite hard to get it back to its normal shape!But you wouldn't care because all you do is never brush that rainbow mess thats on top of your head!" Rarity yelled back.
"Girls.." Fluttershy tried again.
"Who cares about your mane? I get worse than muddy and wet almost every day back at home, and I don't make a big fuss about it!" Rainbow continued.
"I care about my mane! Also, who cares if you get muddy! You never wash in the first place so it never matters!" Rarity screeched.
Fluttershy took a deep breath, and with all the strengh she could muster she yelled. "GIRLS! STOP FIGHTING! Umm... That is, if you don't mind."
Twilight was surprised at how loud Fluttershy could get if she wanted something. 'Maybe she's getting tougher since we came here. She used to be afraid of her own shadow, but now she can fight with a sword without any regrets.' She thought. She watched Rainbow and Rarity stop fighting out of pure shock that Fluttershy could be loud. "Okay, well that was interesting. We can still go mining without getting wet though. While you two were argueing Applejack, Pinkie, and I came up with a plan. We can use the cobblestone to make a path out to where the mining site is. The path will be above our heads, therefore we won't get wet. But if you want to go faster you can just run out there in the rain." Twilight told her friends. All three of them nodded to the idea, and they all got to work. Rarity and Spike gave the cobblestone needed to the ponies while Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Fluttershy built the path.
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It took a few minutes, but the cobblestone path to the cave was finally built. Twilight's internal clock told her it was around noon when they finished, but in the end building this would be more fun than sitting around all day. She looked in her book about the levels of pickaxes, and they could create one of the best pickaxes. The ponies (and Spike) could create Iron pickaxes to mine Gold, something called Redstone, Emeralds, and Diamonds. Using most of their Iron, all seven of them created the Iron pickaxes and prepared themselves to leave. Twilight grabbed her book and some food, while making a chest and putting her extra items in it. She told her friends to do the same, and within a few minutes they were set to go. The sun was reaching the edge of the world when the friends stepped out of their home. An orange glow started to show up in the sky followed by a blueish color, signaling it was sunset. Twilight watched the Sun disappear as she walked along the path. It was still raining, but you could easily see the Sun and the Moon appear in the sky. She followed her friends down the path they built together and entered the cave just as the stars were showing up through the square clouds.
Twilight led her friends down the path Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy took when they explored this place the first time. They soon passed the place where Fluttershy burned her foot, and Twilight looked it up. Apparently the liquid was Lava, and it could seriously hurt you if you swim in it. After giving a long lecture about staying away from the Lava, She allowed the others to split up and find things for them to explore. Although it would be more dangerous, more ground could be covered and more resources could be found. "Okay girls, if we do split up, we have to be more than careful. Once we feel like we acomplished something, we have to come back to this spot near the Lava. Don't go back up to the surface, and please don't die here. If Fluttershy nearly died herself, it could be way worse for the rest of us." Twilight explained.
"Ah'll right." Applejack told her. "How 'bout we go in teams like last time? We were able to get some work done without too many problems along the way."
"OOO I LIKE that idea Applejack!" Yelled Pinkie, obviously happy at her friends plan. "Why don't we go in the same teams as last time! It was SO much fun!"
"But what about me?" Spike asked her. "I didn't come down with you guys last time, so what do I do?"
"Why dear you can come with Fluttershy, Applejack, and I." Rarity said to him. "It will be an enjoyable experience for everypony!"
"Okay then!" Twilight said happily. "I guess that means we're all set to go with the teams we want. Like I said before, this place is very dangerous. We have to be very careful. I don't know what dying is like here, but I don't want any of you to experience it."
After Twilight finished her short speech, the ponies (and Spike) went their seperate ways in the cave. Twilight, Rainbow, and Pinkie went down into a slightly lit cave. Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike however, went into a very dark and long cave. Both teams knew of the dangrs within the caves, but Twilight wasn't too sure that they would be able to stay away from the hazardous Lava and Mobs. She led her two friends down the cave, collecting every bit of Iron and coal that she could find.
"Hey Twilight!" Twilight heard Pinkie yell from a distance. "I found red-lighty stuff!"
Twilight looked to where she heard Pinkie yelling, and found her far ahead in the cave than she was. 'But Pinkie didn't pass me while I was leading her down the cave, hm.' "Alright, I'm coming."
Rainbow followed Twilight down the cave, putting up torches whenever the light was getting too low. She flew ahead of her friend to see what Pinkie found. When she got over there, she noticed Pinkie was jumping up and down on an ore block, making it give off light. The ore inside he stone was colored red and glowinged when touched. When Twilight finally made it over to where Rainbow and Pinkie were, Rainbow was jumping on an ore block next to Pinkie. "Twilight! Check out this cool rock!" Rainbow yelled to her friend, still jumping on the glowing stone.
"Rainbow, Pinkie, stop jumping on it so I can see WHAT it is exactly." Twilight commanded. Once her friends stepped off the blocks she walked over to them and pulled out her book. She flipped through it and eventually found what it was. "Girls, this block is called redstone. It is common, but requires an Iron or Diamond pickaxe to mine. The ore itself gives off dim light for about nine seconds. Once mined, the ore drops four or five pieces of redstone dust. I'll go ahead and mine it, but you two can keep exploring and collecting this stuff."
"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie yelled to Twilight before running off to where she spotted more redstone.
Twilight sighed as Rainbow flew after their friend. She took out her Iron pickaxe and began mining away at the redstone. She collected quite a few pieces when she noticed Pinkie and Rainbow were gone. There weren't any torches placed further down the cave, and that could only mean trouble. She took out her torches and began placing them on the wall in panic.
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Applejack was leading Rarity, Fluttershy, and Spike down the dark cave. They collected plenty of coal and Iron, but they didn't find much else. They DID however find a small crowd of Creepers, but they were able to take them down by making the one in the center blow up. Surprisingly, Fluttershy was the one to make the center one blow up by running i, hitting it once, then flying out with an explosion behind her.
"Wow Fluttershy! That looked really cool!" Spike told Fluttershy. "But I have a question, why aren't you very afreaid of stuff anymore?"
After that question Applejack lightly kicked Spike on his head.
"OW! Hey, what was that for?"
"'Twas fer ya askin' Fluttershy a sensitive question!" Applejack replied.
"But dear, you didn't have to hit Spikey-wikey on the head did you?" Rarity asked with concern in her voice.
"Yes ah did." Applejack replied.
"Girls, please don't fight. I umm.... I'll just answer Spike's question." Fluttershy squeaked. She took a deep breath and turned to her friends. "My father was a pony built for adventure. He was strong, brave, and he never hesitated in a fight. When I was in Flight School after I got my Cutie Mark, I learned that I had another side of me. Rainbow showed me not to back down from a fight after she stood up for me, and I used that lesson in the wrong situation. The same bullies from before were hurting me, and I hit both of them really hard. Although I never got in trouble for it, I still live with the memory of not showing kindness and wrongly using my traits." Fluttershy finished. Then she added something. "Please don't hate me."
It was quiet for a few seconds, and not a single soul moved. Fluttershy thought that her friends didn't like her anymore, and she started to back away. Out of pure fear, which is very unlike her after coming to Minecraft. But Rarity was the first to speak.
"Why dear, I'm so sorry about what happened to you.... But I don't hate you! You're one of my best friends, and when we get home I'm going to make you a dress so fabulous, you won't have to think about the past anymore!"
"Umm... Thank you Rarity." Fluttershy replied to her.
"And ah don't think that yah 'r makin' any sense." Applejack told her. "Of course we don't hate ya!"
"And I agree with Applejack." Spike said. "None of us will ever hate you for something that already passed. Besides, that trait of yours can be very useful here."
Fluttershy got hugged really tight after her friends said their thoughts. She embraced them as well to complete the group hug. After a few seconds, theyall let go and continued down the path, discovering redstone along the way.
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Pinkie had the perfect plan. She and Rainbow found a large Lava lake with a blueish rock next to it. Her plan was to trick Twilight before she could read about the stone, and Rainbow could help. What they did was they grabbed two blocks of green wool (Pinkie somehow got it, even thought Twilight never crafted it), rubbed some of an ink sac on it, and placed the blocks on top of each other. There was hardly any light, so the fake Creeper looked like two blocks of stone that were just randomly placed. Rainbow volunteered to be on watch first, that way they would know when Twilight would come. "Oh this is going to be so fun!" Shrieked Pinkie.
"I know that, but we have to be quiet. If Twilight knows what we're doing, we'll be on the wrong end of a spell she'll cast." Rainbow replied. "Now shush, I can hear somepony coming."
Twilight made her way down the rest of the cave when she heard whispers. She looked around, but nothing she could see was making any sort of noise. The Lava was making bubbling noises though, but other than that it was quiet. Then, Twilight noticed a blue ore in the ground. It was reflecting the light of the Lava, and its color was close to white. Confused about what it was, she took out her book and walked over to it. She flipped open a few pages and began looking at the types of ores. Twilight looked at the one it resembled most, and it was called Diamond. 'YES!' She cheered in her head. 'I can now finally research it and discover its usefulness in this world!'
"Okay Dashie, when she takes out her Iron pickaxe, then sneak over and make a hissing noise." Pinkie whispered.
"Alright. But wait, why can't you do it?" Rainbow whispered back.
"Because silly, I can't break the fourth wall too many times without the time-space continuum breaking and sending the future to the past. It will also make the fanfictions come to life and destroy everyponies very being!" Pinkie happily replied.
Rainbow just looked at her friend like she was nuts (which is true). She sighed and watched Twilight walk over to the ore and take out her Iron pickaxe. She quickly got up and silently flew over to where the fake-Creeper was hiding. Rainbow waited for the right moment, and when Twilight levitated her pickaxe high in the air, she hissed. "SSSSSSS!!"
"AAAHHHHH!!!" Twilight screamed. She never expected a Creeper to appear behind her and get ready to blow up. Because she was so scared, her horn flared with a magenta light that lit up a majority of the cave for a second. A large magenta dome appeared around her, but had one tiny opening. She used that opening to shoot a thin, yet powerful spell at the dimly-lit creature. An explosion occured after the firing of the spell, and when the smoke cleared Twilight got a surprise. "Rainbow! What are you doing behind the now-destroyed Creeper!"
"I-" Rainbow began. But before she could truely start the sentance, she fell over on the stone. She felt like fading after falling, and she realized it was a lot like how Fluttershy described her near-death experience. 'At least I had fun while it lasted.' Rainbow thought. She watched Pinkie spring up to try and help her while Twilight was screaming something, but Rainbow just let her eyes close and vision fade.
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Rarity was starting to get nervous. She and her friends fought off plenty of Mobs, but she felt something wasn't right. They kept hitting dead-ends too, like they weren't supposed to explore that way. But they did find plenty of materials. Spike helped Rarity discover Lapis Lazuli, gold, redstone, even emeralds during their expedition. But no matter what happened it felt like they should turn back.
"Ah think we found enough here in this here cave." Applejack told them. "Besides, maybe the others need our help in somethin' or another."
Rarity agreed with Applejack, saying that it was like they weren't supposed to be in this particular cave. So they traveled back the wat they came and out to the intersection. They ran down the cave that Twilight and the others traveled down to see what was bothering them so much.
"I umm... I hope there isn't too much trouble down there." Fluttershy told her friends. "I hope nopony got hurt."
"Well I dunno Fluttershy." Spike replied. "Twilight and I have a special connection between us. Either that or we have been living with each other for so long, but anyway we know each other a lot and can tell whenever something i wrong. Kinda like now."
"Well I hope it is just a fashion emergancy instead of anypony being hurt." Rarity said. "That way I can easily help and nothing will be wrong."
"Well, ah think we're gonna find out soon enough." Applejack told them. "Ah can see Lava down that there tunnel. Ah think thats were they are right now."
They sped up the running pace until they reached the cavern. What Rarity saw shocked her. Pinkie had her mane flat, Twilight looked like crying, and Rainbow was on the stone floor. But Rainbow wasn't moving, and she was slowly fading away. Rarity watched Spike run over to Twilight and ask what happened. But that was when Pinkie lifted her head and spoke.
"We tried to prank Twilight."
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Twilight and Pinkie each told their end of the tale to their friends. Applejack deemed them both guilty and innocent, because they each made grave mistakes. All six of them sat in front of the fading body of Rainbow Dash, and they cried. Twilight probably cried the most, because she caused the death, but they all truely cried. It felt like an eternity later when Rainbow's body finished fading away. All of the tears of the ponies (and Spike) were dried up. Twilight decided to try moving on, and she took out her pickaxe to mine the Diamond. She mined about seven of them, but when she picked them up a ding was heard. She was happy she got an Achievement, but not happy enough to celebrate. She passed the Diamond to her friends, and they got the same result. Pinkie picked up all the items Rainbow's body left behind, then they memorized the location of their friend's death and got ready to move out of the cave.
Twilight touched the dry dirt after they finally reached the outdoors. It was around noon, and the rain was all gone. All of the friends slowly made their way back to the house in the forest in complete silence. 'I never expected any of this to happen.' Twilight thought. 'I just want to go home.'
Apparently, all the others were thinking the exact same thing. Minecraft was starting to slowly tear their very way of life apart. Friendships were truely brought to the test in this world. Survival was the most important thing here, and fooling around wasn't very smart. Twilight led the others home, obviously upset and angry at herself for causing the death. 'Maybe I shouldn't be the Element of Magic. I'm too powerful, even for my friends.' She finally reached the front door of their house after thinking about what happened. She opened up the door and led the others inside. Because she wanted to be alone, Twilight decided to go upstairs and sulk. She walked up the stairs and saw a miracle. "GIRLS AND SPIKE!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. "COME UP HERE NOW!!"
Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike ran upstairs to see what happened. "What is it Twilight?" Pinkie calmly asked her when she made it up the steps.
"Look." Twilight said, pointing to one of the beds.
Pinkie followed her friends hoof and saw the best thing so far. Rainbow Dash was asleep on one of the beds, her chest going up and down in rythem for each breath. She felt her mane poof back up to its normal state and a smile spread across her face. Pinkie was so excited she squeazed herself down, then jumped back up with an explosion of confetti behind her. She jumped onto the bed Rainbow was on and started bouncing and saying something incredibly fast. She jumped off when Rainbow started stirring.
"Where am I?" Rainbow asked.
"You're back at the house silly! You were gone then we were all sad and then we went home and now you're here!" Pinkie replied happily.
"Oh... you mean after Twilight sent that spell at me." Rainbow said.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry for doing that to you. But when you made the hissing sound, I was terrified." Twilight said to Rainbow. "But we were all really scared and sad that you died."
"Wait, I WHAT?!" Rainbow yelled.
"Settle down there!" Applejack yelled back to her. "Ah guess we all have to share our stories now."
After each of them told their stories, Rainbow was shocked. It was then that Twilight explained death and respawning after reading a section of her book. Apparently nopony can ever truely die in Minecraft. Unless you are on something called 'Hardcore' mode then you will just respawn to either the place you last slept or the spawn point. Rainbow was more confused than ever at that point, but it didn't matter. She was with her friends and she was learning how to survive.
"Oh!" Twilight said. "I almost forgot, here. I found seven Diamonds, one for each of us."
When Rainbow was given her Diamond, she heard a ding that signaled she got an Achievement. She cheered in happiness, and soon her friends did also. For the rest of the short day, everypony enjoyed themselves and were happy that Rainbow was alive and well.