//------------------------------// // Master of Chaos vs. Chaotic Teen // Story: The Day My Life Began // by Authora97 //------------------------------// “Raspberry Stardust!” “GAH!” I screamed, being forcibly awakened by somepony suddenly yelling in my ear. “I’m up!” Turning towards the Mane 6, I saw them all giving me various glares. Except Fluttershy, she just looked confused. “What?” “Miss Stardust.” Celestia spoke from my left. Blinking one last time to avoid sleep, I turned to the white alicorn. “Yessum?” She gave me a slightly disappointed look. The same kind your favorite teacher gives you win you failed a test. “Please, the future of Equestria is at stake.” “I know.” I said, rolling my hoof. “Mad chaos god, trapped in stone for over a thousand years, caused torment, hurt ponies, need the Elements, turn him back, yadda yadda yadda.” Holding my hooves together, I made a questioning look toward Princess Celestia. “But, what I have trouble figuring out, is why I’m here, and not it bed.” “Raspberry!” Rarity called out, surprised. “What?” I asked. “It’s a good question. You guys are all here because you’re the Elements of Harmony,” I pointed at the Princess, “She’s here because she’s in charge,” I gestured to a nearby window where Discord was, “And he’s here because it’s fun.” “All true.” The window spoke. “And I’m here because, blank.” I ignored the astonished looks on the ponies’ faces. “Care to fill in the blank please?” Celestia had a thoughtful look over her face before answering. “My sister and I believe you to be a great help to us.” I raised a brow. “That’s not a real answer.” For a second, I saw a glint of distrust in Celestia’s pink eyes. They turned back into their loving, caring, mentor eyes. “Why don’t you tell us why you are here?” “I was asleep, ‘cause it’s my day off. I woke up with Sparkle of Twilight pounding on my door. She dragged me down here.” I explained. “Said it was an order from you. I just wanna know why I was included.” Celestia looked behind me. “We believe you to be a valuable asset in taking down Discord.” My eyes widened. I turned back, seeing Luna standing behind me. Her mane was only just starting to get sparkly. She still looked serious. “I want to know why.” I asked. Luna raised a brow. “We believe you to be valuable.” I shook my head. “I’m a master at wordplay.” ‘It’s gotten me out of prison more times than I bare to count.’ “Why do you think I am valuable?” The double entendre of my question went unnoticed by any but me. Luna didn’t answer. Celestia did. “You have seen Discord before.” Celestia said. It clicked in my head. My dreams...I had the Phineas and Ferb ones...I had to use Discord as Doof because, quite frankly, he was the perfect guy for the job. On the beach episode, Luna was looking at the volcano. “Oh please.” I groaned, sounding an awful lot like the Doctor when talking about archeologists. “Please don’t be those ponies. I hate those.” “What kind of ponies?” Rainbow asked, protective of the Princess’ reputation. “The kind of ponies that think I’m working for the bad guy.” I groaned, looking at Celestia pleadingly. “I don’t work with Discord.” Celestia kept looking at me with interest. “I know.” “Then why did you really bring me here?” I asked, either calling her bluff or literally asking. Celestia didn’t move, except for one blink. She turned to Twilight Sparkle. “Since Luna and I are no longer connected to the Element, the spell over Discord’s prison has broken.” “No longer connected?” Twilight pointed out. Princess Celestia nodded, walking back towards the Element of Harmony box. “This is Canterlot Tower, where the Elements are kept inside since all of you recovered them. I need you to wield the Elements of Harmony once again and stop Discord before he thrusts all of Equestria into eternal chaos.” “But why us? Why don’t you-” “Hey, look!” Pinkie cheered loudly. “We’re famous!” I looked over at the stain glass window. It was big, and showy. Overall, I thought it looked really nice. One thing different, though, was in one dark little corner of the window, I saw a raspberry pink unicorn with blue and silver hair reading a book. “Huh. Never been in a stain glass window before.” I commented. Turned into stone, wood, that incident with the goop, and a household god in Ancient Rome. Stain glass, is now on my list. Sweet. “You six showed the full potential of the Elements by harnessing the magic of your friendship to beat a mighty foe. Although Luna and I once wielded the Elements, it is you who now control their power, and it is you who must defeat Discord!” Celestia decreed. “Why is Raspberry in the window?” Rainbow Dash pointed out, sounding annoyed. “None taken.” I commented. Rainbow scoffed. “Whether or not you realize this, Rainbow Dash, Raspberry Stardust did have a hoof in helping stop Nightmare Moon.” Celestia said. “She was the one who told you all about the location of the Elements, if I recall.” I smirked. I was getting credit for something! Something good, at that! Twilight Sparkle beamed. “Princess Celestia, you can count on-” “Hold on a second!” Pinkie yelled. We all turned to her. She looked serious. “Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain, you guys. Chocolate rain!” “And, popcorn from corn.” I added. Twilight Sparkle rolled her eyes. “Don’t listen to them, Princess. We’d be honored to use the Elements of Harmony again.” Celestia smiled. She stuck her horn into the small hole that served as a key. The vault opened, revealing a blue box covered in jewels. It was picked up with her golden magic. “Ooh. You can keep the Elements. I’ll take that case!” Rarity squealed. Princess Celestia brought the box to the Mane 6. “Have no fear, ponies. I have total confidence that you will be able to defeat Discord with these!” They all gasped. I just stood there with a confident smile on my face. Pinkie Pie grinned. “Oh, well. If anypony needs me, I’ll be outside in the chocolate puddles with a giant swizzle straw!” She walked towards the door. I considered joining her, but wanted to look at the other windows. That Discord one looked kinda cool. “The Elements! They’re gone!” Twilight yelled. Celestia gaped, just as confused as the others. “That chamber is protected by a powerful spell that only I can break! This doesn’t make sense!” I giggled. Discord chuckled. “Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?” I should know. When has anything I have done made sense? This might be why Celly and Lune wanted me here... Celestia glared, looking around the room. “Discord...show yourself!” I rolled my eyes. When has asking for the bad guy to show themselves actually worked? Discord laughed again. “Did you miss me, Celestia? I missed you. It’s quite lonely being encased in stone, but you wouldn’t know that, would you, because I don’t turn ponies into stone.” The draconequus said, floating around the window like it was a swimming pool. “As a mare who got turned into stone once or twice, I can agree it’s not that great.” I said. “Kinda makes your head go a little wonky.” “Enough!” Celestia snapped, still lookin for Discord. None of them seemed to have noticed (or cared about) my stone commented. “What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?” “He moved them, I think.” Damn my sarcastic nature. Discord laughed. He liked my joke, apparently. “Yes. Just borrowed for a teensy little while.” Celestia stomped her hoof. “You’ll never get away with this, Discord!” “Oh, I’d forgotten how grim you can be, Celestia.” Discord commented. A bored look on his stain glasses face. “It’s really quite boring.” Rainbow Dash flew up to the window where Discord was. “Hey! Nopony insults the Princess!” She flew into the window, making me chuckle. Yes, it was wrong. No, I did not care. Discord grinned. “Oh, you must be Rainbow Dash, famed for her loyalty, the Element of Harmony you represent.” Rainbow Dash tilted her head up in confidence. “That’s right! I’ll always be loyal to the Princess!” “We’ll see about that.” “I can’t believe we’re wasting our time talking to a tacky window.” Rarity commented. “The beautiful Rarity, representing the element of generosity, if I’m not mistaken?” Discord commented, floating over to the stain glass version of Rarity. “So you know who we are, big deal.” Applejack shrugged. Discord grinned. “Oh, I know much more than that, honest Applejack.” Twilight Sparkle had a look of deep thought on her face. Like trying to figure out a puzzle. “You seem to know our strengths too.” “Yes, Twilight Sparkle, and yours is the most powerful and elusive element, magic.” The spirit of chaos and disharmony gloated. Trust me, I know floating when I see one. I traveled with the Doctor for three years, almost four. “Fluttershy’s is kindness and Pinkie Pie’s is a personal favorite of mine- laughter.” Discord flashed in the photo, appearing on Twilight’s head. He started doing the moonwalk. Pinkie and I started to laugh. “Raspberry! Pinkie!” “He’s standing on your head!” “It is funny.” I laughed. “And you, Raspberry Stardust.” Discord commented. Her floated down to the me in the corner. “Just sitting on the sidelines, like you always do.” “What? I actually like that dark, little corner. Thank you very much!” I defended it. “Just ask anyone who knows me. They’ll day you can always find me in a dark corner.” “Never really noticed, never really cared for.” Discord said. Okay...not gonna lie...that stung a bit. “Always showing up exactly when they needed help, but they never appreciate it, do they? That’s all a part of the Plan?” I flinched back. I warned her not to say anything around Discord! “What Plan?” Discord just smirked. “You know what Plan.” If she weren’t dead, I would bring her back just to kill her again. There was a strike of sadness in my heart. Still too soon to joke about it. Give or take another month. “Stop stalling, Discord!” Celestia yelled. “What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?” Discord rolled her yellow and red eyes. “Oh, so boring, Celestia. Really? Fine, I’ll tell you, but I’ll only tell you my way.” The draconequus grinned. “To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events.” I turned to where I remembered Twilight and Discord standing in the flashback. I waved. “Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began.” He flashed away. The game is afoot! The maze was very confusing. I made a few twist and turns before realizing I could really get lost in this place. Dang, I really shoulda brought some gold thread. Making one more turn, I found myself in one of those large empty spaces like from the show. It was filled with bushes cut up like ponies. “You’re such a freak, Raspberry.” I turned to the bush to my left. It was of a mare posing in a raised position. “Why, thank you. I worked ever so hard on it.” Walking on, I glanced at the rest of the bushes in various poses. “Why are you so weird?” The next bush I looked at was of a stallion in a proud pose. “Weird is a side effect of awesomeness, not like you would know.” I explained to it plainly. “Why are you talking to a plant?” A bush-mare asked. “Because, you won’t show your face, Discord, so I have to make do.” *flash* The draconequus appeared before me, an almost annoyed look on his face. His yellow/red mismatched eyes glared at me. “Why do you insist on ruining my fun?” “Why do you insist on ruining my fun? I was trying to have a pleasant conversation with a plant before somepony came and ruined it.” I said, half glaring at the god. He snapped a claw and all the bushes vanished. “You are one tough nut to crack, Raspberry.” Discord said, his head turning into a pistachio nut. “Like Fluttershy.” “Before you used your magic on her and made her turn mean.” I said plainly. “Or with Applejack, and Pinkie Pie, and Rarity, and soon Rainbow Dash.” I walked past him. “Too bad Twilight is too strong for you, like me.” Discord scoffed, flashing himself in front of me. “You? Stronger than Twilight? Oh please, Raspberry,” He squeezed my cheek with his eagle claw. “You are so naive.” “I am too smart!” I argued, stomping my hoof on the floor. “Sure, it’s not book smart like Sparkle of Twilight, but it’s smart!” Discord scoffed again. “No you aren’t.” “Yeah, you’re right.” I admitted, nodding my head. “I suck at book smarts. Lots of stuff just hasn’t clicked. Must be stupid.” Discord blinked. “Do you have any self respect?” I tapped my hoof to my chin. “Hmmm, well. I do have some of my own self respect. Well...I say it’s mine, most of it is just patchwork respect. Don’t you just hate patchwork?” My eyes widened when I realized my mistake. “No offense.” The God of Chaos blinked. I chuckled, realizing that was kinda funny before looking back to the approaching group of mares. “Sparkle of Twilight!” *flash* The purple unicorn looked over at me with a slight distaste. The other four approached, each with just a hint of grayness to their usual color. “Hello Raspberry.” Twilight greeted, sounding exhausted. “You will not believe the adventures I’ve had!” I cheered in a sing song voice. “I-” “Don’t have the time.” I gaped. She was being rude. I shrugged, not her fault. The six of us walked out of the clearing. I was in the back, because apparently they trusted me even less when they were gray. I heard giggling from behind me. My head snapped towards it. “Raspberry, come on!” Twilight yelled. “We have to find Rainbow Dash!” “Sparkle of Twilight, I’m gonna go this way. You go find Rainbow.” I said, walking toward the giggling. There was a good chance they couldn’t hear it. “Don’t you-ugh! What am I even doing? She never listens to me anyway! Why would the end of Equestria make her start?” Twilight grumbled, running off. The other five slowly followed, each having their own petty argument. The giggling got louder. It sounded so familiar... I walked a little faster towards it. There was movement in the corner of my eye, and I saw the end of a red tail. I ran after the culprit. They turned around a corner just when I did, so I could never see them. This went on for five corners, until I ended up back into the empty clearing. I groaned. It was probably just a pegasus, or another one of Discord’s tricks. “Wow. I never thought I would see a day when you chased me.” My eyes widened in horror. “No.” I pleaded, to the universe. Turning to the voice, I saw her. Her coat was pale pink, almost like the pink sand of Bermuda. Her mane was dark scarlet, like blood. Her eyes were a familiar shade of orange. There was a horn on her head, poking out from the mane. Her cutiemark was like mine, except the book was black and without the jumprope. Morgana smiled at me. “Oh. A pony. A magical pony. Always knew you were a child at heart. Haha, remember when you had two of those? Oh. the things I could’ve done with an endless life like that.” She trotted around the clearing, as though getting used to hooves. “I remember when you were a superhero. That girl was fun. Artisans he Fifth Teen Titan, that took some time to make. How about when you were an anti-hero? Mistress Tiger, co-conspirator to the Green Hornet. Oh, she was a bad girl!” Morgana grinned, one that was just like Her’s when a bad idea came to her. “You’ve had a bunch of those, haven’t you? Bad girls. Jo Getter. SSA Megan Quinn. Me.” I shook my head. Discord knew our weakness, and this was just another weakness. “Not real. Not real. Not real.” “Oh come now, Raspberry.” Morgana blinked, hiding her orange eyes for just a second. “Me oh my. I need a pony name. Morgana just doesn’t feel right, does it?” She tapped her chin. “Morning Split. Yes. Cause this coat looks like a pink sky at sunset, and I’m all your darkness split away. Perfect name, wouldn’t you say?” She grinned at me, showing me she had fangs in her mouth. My eyes shrunk. Weird how you can feels your pupils shrinking when you’re a cartoon. “Mor-” “-Ning Split.” She corrected. “If I have to play by your name, you play by mine.” I huffed. “Morning Split.” I snarled. “This body is mine. I’m not gonna let you touch it.” “I said nothing about wanting to touch it.” Morning scoffed. “I want to own it. Were you always this stupid?” I glared. “You’re not gonna own it, either. It’s mine.” Morning rolled her orange eyes. “So childish. Why can’t you just learn the value of sharing?” I growled. Morning pouted. “Come on. You and I used to be so close.” “I hated you.” I snapped. “I still hate you.” The unicorn walked closer to me, walking around me like a predator about to grab it’s prey. “Even though I gave you her?” I turned to her, giving her a hate filled look. “Don’t you dare talk about her.” “What? Still too early to laugh at it?” Morning Split snapped. My eyes widened. “Too early to laugh at how you killed her?” “Shut up.” I hissed. “Too early to laugh at how you were the dangerous one? That you are the dangerous one?” Morning taunted. “Shut. Up.” I hissed. Morning laughed. “How can you even look at Lilac, knowing you killed her aunt? Your own sister-” “SHUT! UP!” She could talk about Her all she liked. She can call me a monster until the cows came home. She can make me remember every life I have ever taken. Hell, she can even talk about when she was in control of me. But she could not. Talk. About. Lilac. Morning Split gave me a curious look. “You actually think she’s your daughter?” “She’s one of mine.” I defended. “I love her, and she loves me. It’s not the love of sisters, but of a mother and daughter. How dare you suggest I would do anything to harm my child? The only reason I stay fighting now, because me falling apart means she’ll lose her mother. I’ve been an orphan before, dozens of times, and I know what it’s like to not have any family. I will be damned if I leave her alone like that.” I ranted. Morning actually looked afraid. “You don’t love her. Lilac isn-” *SLAP* Morning hissed, pulling a good up to her cheek. It turned a darker shade of pink. “Never. Say. Her. Name.” I ordered. Morning looked surprised that I had managed to slap her. “And don’t you dare say I don’t love her. Lilac is mine. I’ve been denying it for too long. She is my daughter. As long as my daughter is alive, as long as she is safe, I won’t let you win. “Morning Split, as long as I have my daughter, you can never take my body.” Morning Split faded away, a shell shocked look on her face. I blinked. Did I actually just stand up to her? Woo-hoo! It was a few minutes after this sorts victory that I heard talking. “Stop it, Discord. You’re not playing fair.” Twilight snapped. “Not playing fair?” I laughed. “Sparkle of Twilight, he’s the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. I think you just defined him.” I just stood up to Morgana. I just stood up to Morgana. Nothing can bring me down from this high. Have you ever conquered your biggest fear like that? It’s like...the best feeling in the world! I feel like singing! I could vaguely hear Discord laughing. I was too wrapped up in my own joy to really care. I just stood up to Morgana. I just stand to Morgana. There was a crash of thunder. I just stood up to Morgana. I just stood up to Morgana. Twilight’s voice grabbed my attention. “You!” “Me!” I laughed. “You were waving at me!” Twilight shouted. Oh. The flashback. Forgot I did that. “I did.” I smirked. “How? How did you even know where I would be?” Twilight asked. “Easy. I knew you wouldn’t be able to decode his riddle, so I thought I would give you a little help.” “Help?!” Twilight growled. “How does waving at me help?!” “Because that means I understood the riddle.” Twilight looked ready to yell again, but stopped. “How?” I took a quick breath. “Twists and turns all part of his master plan. He’s trying to confuse us. He’s Discord, he thrives off of chaos. Us going to this maze gave him the chance to break you six apart. He’s made Applejack a liar, Pinkie a grump, Rarity greedy, Fluttershy mean, and Rainbow disloyal.” “He played us.” Twilight said. I nodded. “You were trying too hard to decipher every little word. He told you exactly where to look.” I walked up to her, giving her a serious yet kind look. “You will find the Elements back where you began.” Twilight scrunched up her face. “Back where we began?” “Twilight, I need you to listen to me, and I need you to be very, very calm.” I instructed. The purple unicorn paid attention. “On the Summer Sun Celebration, where did the Elements of Harmony begin?” “The Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters.” Twilight answered. “Nope, further back.” “The Everfree Forest?” Twilight answered a little more nervously. “Further.” She was so close. Her face was scrunched up in thought, but suddenly lit up. “The Elements of Harmony Reference Guide!” “There ya go!” I cheered. “He put the Elements inside the book back in Ponyville!” Twilight cheered. “We figured it out!” She paused. “Wait...you figured that all out in the Element of Harmony Hall.” I nodded. “I’ve spent most of my life decoding riddles. It’s no big deal.” “Raspberry, that was amazing! You decoded his entire riddle as he was saying it!” Twilight smiled. Then she paused. “You...You’ve been helping us.” I nodded. “Ever since you came to Ponyville, Sparkle of Twilight.” “You-” “Twilight, I would love to have a heart to heart moment with you.” I lied. “But right now, let’s save Equestria from Discord.” The purple unicorn looked unsure, but nodded. “Good point.” I did not Depressed Twilight. Twilight was all gray, which was strange. It made me feel...feelings. I had gotten used to seeing her being purple, with bits of blue and pink. I got used to her being mad at me, because it was fun. Facing down Morgana made me so happy, but seeing Twilight and the rest of my friends hurt made me feel sad. She had just told Discord she didn’t care. She just didn’t care. I did not like Depressed Twilight. Discord circled around me. He looked annoyed. “And you? What about you? Why are you still so happy? I called you a freak to your face!” “Others have.” I shrugged. “Why shouldn’t you?” “All of you friends hate you!” “You say it like they didn’t already.” I pointed out. “Pinkie and Fluttershy were the only two who were actually friendly to me. The others were annoyed by me. Sparkle of Twilight more than any of them.” Discord growled. “What about that mare? The one I saw you with at that big dance party?” “You and I have one more thing in common.” I said, flatly. “What could we possibly have in-” “My family is dead.” I answered. “Everyone hates me, everyone thinks I’m insane so they avoid me. You were right, in the Tower. They don’t trust me. No one ever does. My sister was the first person to really trust me, and she died. She died trying to kill me.” I took a breath. “It all hurts. It never stops.” I wanted to glare at him, but I knew it wasn’t Discord’s fault. “I conquered my greatest fear today.” My eyes widened. “Lilac!” I yelled. I ran off towards my house. She was lost somewhere in the middle of the Chaos Capital of the World! “Lilac!” I yelled. Just the shouts and screams of other ponies. “Lilac!” I called out. Nothing. I grunted. Where was she? It was Tuesday. Where are they at one o‘clock on a Tuesday?” My eyes widened. “The field trip to Canterlot!” My daughter was lost in Canterlot! “Biscuit eating frog turd!” I snapped, running towards the trains. They may not be working, but I could run the tracks to Canterlot! I would keep her safe Story-dammit! Before I could make it to the station, I saw the Mane 6 flying in a balloon overhead. I grumbled. Not enough time to see if Lilac was okay. I grabbed a piece of paper from nearby, using my magic as a pen instead. ‘Lilac, please, are you safe? -Mommy’ I cast the spell that would send it to her. Please have something to write with...please have something to write with...please have something to write with. A puff of blue fire appeared over me, releasing the same piece of paper. There, in black ink, was just one word. ‘Yes’ It was all I would get at the moment. When Discord was gone, the trains would be running and Lilac would come home. She would come home and be safe. ‘When you come back, tell Cheerilee you are going straight to the library. Mommy loves you Lilac, stay safe please.’ I sent the letter away, running over to watch the Mane 6 take down Discord. Twilight guided me into the library, asking me to sit on the couch. I did. “So.” I began. “What questions do you have?” “How did you figure out I was the Element of Magic?” Twilight asked quickly. “Nowhere did it mention what the sixth Element was.” I took a breath. “Let me start from the beginning. When I arrived, I heard whispers of an old legend. The Mare in the Moon. Titles like that are actually better clues. The Mare in the Moon, meaning not just one on the moon. That meant somepony was inside the moon. I found out about the Elements of Harmony during my research, and then I noticed the ponies around Ponyville who would best embody those Elements. Ponyville, of course, because it was closest to the Royal Pony Sister Castle. That also gave me a clue. The Mare in the Moon was Celestia’s sister. I did some searching inside the castle itself, finding a lot of references to Celestia raising the sun, and another blue alicorn raising the moon. After a little more research, I found the name. Princess Luna.” “That’s how you knew who Princess Luna was when we arrived at your house.” Twilight commented. I nodded. “Back to the Elements, I noticed only five ponies who could fit. The Sixth Element I had a little more trouble figuring out. I noticed each of the Elements stood for something in friendship, so I tried thinking of what else there was in friendship. Then it hit me. You became friends with them thanks to a spark, however small it was. The Sixth Element was really just a combination of the other five. So, whoever it was had to be all of the Elements. I couldn’t find anypony in Ponyville like that.” Twilight was paying close attention. “Then I showed up.” “The day of the Celebration. Plus, your cutiemark practically represents the Element of Magic. One giant Element, combined with the other five.” I smirked. “Sometimes, the universe doesn’t even try to surprise me.” Twilight shook her head, as if a weird thought just entered her mind. “Wait. But, if you already knew that much about the Elements, why did you get the book?” I gave her a curious look. “To help you. I like helping.” “You like helping?” Twilight asked, sounding disbelieving. “Yeah. That was a clever lie.” I smirked. “I love helping.” I answered, feeling like telling the truth. “I spent my whole life helping ponies, ever since I knew how to.” “Why would you do that?” Twilight asked. *knock* *knock* *knock* Twilight groaned. “We’re clos-” “Mom?” A small voice asked. I ran to the door, using my magic to open the door and pull Lilac in. “Lilac!” “Mommy!” Lilac cheered. I wrapped my hooves around her, holding tight. She wrapped her claws over me, squeezing. Her claws dug into my coat, but it was okay. She was okay. I pulled her off, looking her over. “Are you hurt? Did anything happen? Twilight has a book on medical procedures if something happened!” I lifted her arms up, looking them over. “Did any of your scales get pulled off? I’ll need to patch them up. Any thorns or scraps? Even if it’s a little one you gotta tell me!” Lilac giggled. “Mommy, I’m okay! Miss Cheerilee took us all to this little shack. The door had a lock, so we were all safe!” I let out a reach of air I had been holding since I remembered she was lost in Canterlot. I wrapped her up into a hug, holding her for dear life. Twilight finally said something. “You do it for her.” I brushed some of Lilac’s blue head scales. I kissed her forehead, still holding her close. “I’ve done it all for her.” When Luna came that night, I have her a great show. “Lune, tonight we are having a party!” I announced. The Night Princess started to smile. “I did a lot of good stuff today. Makes me feel proud of myself. As you can tell, there is no orange door.” Luna looked around, a pleasant smile now on her face. “Discord helped me conquer her. I found that wonderful. That deserves celebration, do you agree my friend?” Luna looked confused, and apprehensive. “You...still think of Us are your friend?” “Why would...” I blinked. “Oh. Right. Thinking I was helping Discord. Forgot you did that.” Luna looked down. “Two parties!” I announced. “One for the me being self confident, and one for us being friends! I’m starting feel like Pinkie, all of these parties.” My friend still looked confused. “Why do you-” “You betrayed me.” I said simply. “I gave you my friendship, a rare deed, and you used it as a tool to prove my guilt of a crime I was innocent of.” I looked her in the eyes. “Do you honestly think our friendship means that little to me?” Luna smiled. “Oh, and, do you like queso or salsa?” I asked. “I can make both, but would like to know if I even need to make the dream queso.” Luna laughed. “Thou art senile!” “Thou ist correct in thy assumption!” I laughed. Twilight Sparkle slept soundly that night. Well, she did. Dreaming of mountains of books for her to study. Of all her friends studying with her. Of her making a checklist for the rest of her life. It was all good, until she showed up. A pegasus, with a blood red coat, and a silver mane. Twilight blinked, confused. Was this somepony her dream invented? A new pony to help organize? “Who are-” “Canterlot, I’m giving you a responsibility.” The pegasus snapped. “I was able to use some magic to get myself here. According to Tracy, I’m one of those Createds that aren’t really Createds and I’m actually 99.Lots-of-9’s ‘Traveler’. It’s kinda like being 99.Lots-of-9’s elf. You just miss the most important part. What a ripoff.” Twilight flinched back. The pegasus was definitely not a part of her dream. “Hey! How did you-” “Razzle needs you.” The pegasus cut Twilight off. “Just like she needed me. There always has to be an opposite. The serious one, and the funny one. I was the funny one, and Razzle was the serious one.” The pegasus looked down, her silver mane falling over her face. Twilight was confused. Raspberry Stardust, who called her Sparkle of Twilight, was the serious one? Now she knew this was a dream. “Look, you can’t go into somepony’s dre-” That was when Twilight heard it. The dripping. The dripping of the pegasus’ tears. She was crying. “Razzle is the funny one, now.” The pegasus said through her tears. “You ae the serious one. I need someone to watch her. I need to know she’ll be okay.” The pegasus looked up, showing Twilight her tear filled purple eyes. “Promise me she will be okay.” Twilight didn’t know what to say. What do you say when somepony invades in your dream, crying, and asking for your help? “I promise.” Twilight said. The pegasus smiled. “Storyline, I’m crying. Andersons ain’t supposed to cry. Cold, emotionless robots, we are.” When Twilight woke up, she didn’t remember the crying red pegasus. She did remember the promise, though. She would be Raspberry’s friend. The mare who made ponies happy, and risked her own, all for her daughter.