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// The Squip. 
// Story: Wanna buy a Squip? 
// by Arial_Dreemmurr 
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It was the next day and after finishing up with the animals I prepared for Rainbow Dash's visit. I was pretty excited for her visit and whatever she would bring with her. I couldn't think of anything that could help me more than what she already tried to do. It wasn't like you could just take some pill and become like her.

I set up the table with a small blacket and a tea set. I also put small crackers on a small plate as a small extra. I felt the tea was nice and warm and got on my seat to patiently wait for her. 

After a few minutes I heard a knock on my door. I walked over and openned it to see Rainbow Dash. She had a small shoe box in her hooves and gave me a smile.

"Hey Flutters!" I let her in and we got on the couch.

"It's nice to see you here Dash." I greeted her. "What did you bring?"

She put the box on the table and looked back at me. "It's important I talk to you about something first. Is that alright with you?" Seeying by her face it must be something personal.

I gave her a soft smile. "Sure. Whatever it is I'm listening." 

"Alright.." She let out a sigh and continued. "Do you remember highschool? More specifically, freshmen year?"

"Yea.." I remembered that time. It wasn't that great. Bullies everywhere even more than before that, teachers kept pushing us further than we could go, especially for me and all these things combined made things very dark. "It wasn't great.."

She shuck her head. "No, not that. Do you remember ME from way back then?"

"Uhm.." All I could remember were her being the popular kid in the years after and her pushing me to become the same. "Not from that year.. I do remember you being very popular in the other years."

"Exactly!" She looked like she made a point. "You don't remember." She looked down. "No one did. No one noticed me back then. And if they did, they would just ignore me the next day. Ponies didn't bother to know my name until a year later."

I didn't know what to say. From how she said it, it did sound true but I could never imagine her being that kind of pony. It did look like it hurt her a lot to remember. "Are you ok..?" I wanted to make sure of that before I could start with any other questions. 

She looked back up and got a small smile. "Yea.. It's just a really bad memory to remember." 

I felt save to ask something now. "But why? I can't imagine you as someone like that. I mean, you were the most popular the next three years."

"I know, but I didn't do that on my own. I couldn't ever gotten as far as I did if it wasn't for-" She stopped herself and I noticed a small spark in her eyes. "I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just start at the beginning.." I gave her a small smile letting her continue.

"On the first day I was pretty confident about myself and sure it would go well. And it did go pretty well at first. I started making friends and stuff like that and getting a social status. It wasn't long until I decided to tell them about my Sonic Rainboom." She stayed quiet for a bit before continuing. "They didn't believe me.."

I heard from her voice it was going to get worse. "What happened..?"

"What do you think? They wanted proof. Of course, I only did it once back then and I didn't think I could do it again without lots of practice. It all went down hill from there. They would tell the others about my 'lying' and said I was an attention seeker. And who wants to hang out with someone like that?" She continued after I couldn't get myself to answer. "Aside from you, I was alone at that time. I didn't admit any of it to you because I didn't want you worrying about me. But I hated it. I hate being alone more than anything."

"I know that Dash." I continued. "But in the next few years you weren't alone. Did they forget?"

She shuck her head. "Of course not. But whenever someone wanted to hangout with me the others would say things like 'don't give her attention' or 'this is what she wants you to do'. It wasn't true of course but it still hurt." I saw she was trying to keep herself from letting out a tear. "I hated myself for mentioning that Sonic Rainboom. Everything wouldn't have happened if I didn't-" She stopped herself and looked away from me breaking eye contact. 

"Rainbow.." I got closer to her and looked if she was ok. 

I saw her whipe away a tear or two and look back at me with a forced smile. "Don't worry, I'm fine.." 

"You don't need to force a smile Dash. If you want to let it out, you can." I tried to tell her still looking at her a bit worried. I never knew she felt like this. I mean, being Rainbow Dash I know she wouldn't tell me about how she felt but still.

She looked at me for a bit before I noticed another spark in her eyes. "N-No. Really it's fine. I'm not supposed to cry anyway." She gave me another smile. "Now, time for the good stuff."

She got the top off the shoebox and in there was a small grey pill. "What is that? Why did you bring a pill?"

"It's not just a pill." She got it out and showed it to me. "This is the pill that made me the most awesome pony in all of Equestria after that first year."

I looked confussed at her. "Sorry, what? How can a small pill like that-"

She stopped me before I could continue. "This is a top secret, can't look it up anywhere, stuff. I got this from one of the popular ponies back in first year. It's called a Squip. It's from Los Pegasus. It's a gray, oblong pill. Quantum nanotechnology CPU." She just looked at my still confussed face with an excited smile.

Whatever came out of her mouth didn't make any sense to me. It was more like something Twilight would say to discribe another one of her inventions. "A what?"

"It's like a super computer in a pill with all the information in the world. For present and future events." I noticed another small spark in her eyes but this time it stayed like a small yellow star in her pupil. "The super computer in the pill will travel through your blood until it implants in your brain and it tells you what to do."

Althought she looked excited about it, it didn't sound right to me. "Is it save?"

"Of course it is! I took it years ago and I'm still standing. And once you do the same, you don't have to think of anything anymore. It will just tell you what to do. All you have to do is listen and obey to what it tells you. Next thing you know, all your problems are no more." She handed it to me. "You have to take it with apple juice. GREEN apple juice." That was a bit specific..

I looked down at the grey pill still not sure. "Are you totally sure about this?"

She gave me a quick nod. "120%. I feel like you need that extra help. And if it worked for me it will work for you. You trust me right?"

"Of course." I looked down at the pill again still unsure. "But is it ok if I think about for a bit? I'm still not sure.."

She looked a bit disapointed but nodded. "I understand. This is a pretty big decision." She got it from me and put it back in the box. "You can keep it. But when you decide to do it, tell me ok?"

"I'll do." I got the box and put it on a desk in my room. I got back in the room and saw her getting off the seat.

She gave me another smile and I noticed the spark in her eyes was gone now. "It was great seeying you Flutters but I gotta fly. Good luck with the Squip."

"It was nice seeying you too Dash." We walked to the door and she walked out and got in the air. "Thanks for the.." I forgot the name of that thing already.

"Squip. S Q U I P." She reminded me. "Gotta go now!" She gave me a quick wave before speeding away. 

I closed the door and walked back inside. I got to my room and got my attention back to the shoebox. I thought about what Rainbow Dash told me for a bit just looking at the box. "Can't look it up anywhere.. A super computer in a pill.. Implants in your brain and tells you what to do.." Those were the few words I could understand and remember. I was pretty sceptical about the first part. Why can't anybody look it up. The question was stuck in my head until I decided to test it.





I left my house and made my way to a good friends of mine. I'm sure she would be able to look it up somewhere and maybe give me some more info before I took it. And I know Dash told me it was a top secret thing but I didn't want to take any chances. I just hope she isn't going to be mad at me for this.

I got to the Golden Oak Library and knocked on the door. After a few seconds the door openned up and I saw my friend, Twilight. "Oh, hey Fluttershy. I didn't expect anyone today." 

She let me in. "Sorry for coming unexpected. I just wanted to ask you about something." 

We got to a small table and sat down together. "What about?" She asked me curious.

I knew it was probably a dumb question and sound really weird but I wanted to know if she knew about it. "Do you know what a Squip is?"

She looked at me for a bit with a confussed look before responding. "A what?"

"A squip. S Q U I P." She just kept looking at me with the same confussed face so I continued. "Dash came over to my house today and brought one with her. She said it would help me be more awesome like her."

"Oh.. I don't know what a Squip is.. Why do you want to know?" 

I sighed and continued. "Dash said it was a super computer inside a pill that implants itself in your brain and tells you what to do. I mean, she didn't say it like that but that's what I was able to make out."

She stayed quiet for a bit before answering. "That sounds horrible.. How much did she tell you about it?"

I just shrug. "Just that. And that it would help me with whatever problem I had. I thought you may know what it was."

"Hmm.." She gets up and walks to her bookshelf. "What did you say it was again?"

I remembered what Rainbow said. "Actually, Dash said it was a top secret thing and that you couldn't look it up anywhere."

She looked back at me confussed. "What do you mean 'can't look it up anywhere'?? I've never heard of something which information is no where to be seen." She pauzes before continuing. "Also if that was the case why would Dash know about it? No one could've told her so."

"Dash said one of her classmates in highschool, freshmen year gave her one and told her about it." I informed her.

She still wasn't convinced. "I'm not believing it. If it exist there must be information somewhere." She looked back at the bookshelf. "What was it called again?"

"Squip." I stayed quiet letting her search. I sat in my seat for a few minutes with Twilight trying her best to find it. 

Eventually she let out a sigh and turned back to me. "Nothing. I couldn't find anything close to what you discribed. I can't even find it in the dictionary! And EVERYTHING is in the dictionary!" She sounded a bit frustrated now.

"Then she was right.. You can't look it up anywhere." I got off my seat. "I apriciate you wanting to help but I think I'm done here." 

We walked to the door together and she openned the door for me. "I'm sure I can find something somewhere. I just have to search somewhere else. I'll tell you when I found something ok?"

"Sure." I have her a smile and walked out the door. "I'll see you someother time Twilight."

"Same." She closed the door and I flew back home.