Twilight Tries...

by Peni Parker


Exploring Her Castle's Basement

Hi, everypony, and welcome to another episode of Twilight Tries!

Today’s episode is going to be an especially exciting one, because today I’m going to try…exploring the castle’s basement!

Now I know that exploring the castle’s basement may not sound very exciting, but hear me out. You see, in all the time I’ve been living in my castle I’ve never actually been down in the basement before. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have been down there once or twice before, but only to the room at the bottom of the stairs where we store all of our Hearth’s Warming decorations. But I’ve never ventured past that room though, so the entirety of the basement is still unknown to me.

If you’re wondering why it is I’ve never explored my basement before, the answer is because I’ve never really needed to. I know most ponies make use of their basement for things like home gyms or game rooms or extra storage space, but I’ve never needed my basement for such things. The castle is so big that there’s plenty of room on the ground level or above for stuff like that.

Not that I ever see myself putting anything like a home gym or a game room in my castle, mind you.

My point is, aside from having an out-of-the-way place for my Hearth’s Warming decorations I’ve never had any real use for my basement, so I’ve never felt the need to take the time to go down there and have a look around. Until recently that is.

See, lately Spike, Starlight, and myself have all been hearing some weird noises coming from the basement. I’m sure it’s probably just something like creaky pipes or the water heater, but nonetheless these mysterious noises require somepony’s attention to make sure there’s nothing wrong with the castle. So that’s why I’m doing this today.

Now before I venture down these stairs to the basement, I just want to make one thing perfectly clear to everypony; The reason I’m recording this is because I think it’ll make for a good episode of Twilight Tries and not because I’m scared of going down into the basement alone, despite what Spike and Starlight may think.

They’re the ones who are scared to go down there.

So with that, let’s head on down to the basement!

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As you can see here, these are all of the Hearth’s Warming decorations that I mentioned earlier.

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Huh, that’s strange. I don’t ever remember putting this sled that says ‘Rosebud’ on it down here.

I wonder if it’s Spike’s or Starlight’s.

Anywhoo, onto the parts of the basement I’ve never been to before.

Here goes.

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Okay, so past the Hearth’s Warming storage room is a long, dimly-lit hallway with doors lining the walls.

T-Totally not scary at all.

Well, since I haven’t heard any of the weird noises yet I guess we should just start by going door-to-door and checking each of these rooms for anything unusual.

Might as well start with this one over here on the right.

*CREAK*

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Nothing unusual in this room.

Since, you know, it’s empty.

Moving on to this door over here on the left.

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*CREAK*

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Nope, nothing unusual here either. Just a bunch of Power Ponies comics.

Give you three guesses who those belong to.

Moving on.

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*CREAK*

Okay, these creaky doors are starting to get to me a little bit.

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Oh, found the water heater.

Best take a closer look at it to make sure it’s functioning properly.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yep.

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I have no idea how to tell if this thing’s working right or not.

I’m just going to assume that since it’s not visibly damaged or making any weird noises right now that it’s working fine.

Moving on.

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*CREAK*

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Just another empty room here.

Moving on.

*CREAK*

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*SLAM*

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Moving on.

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Note to self: Have that door sealed off.

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*CREAK*

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*CLANK*

Eep!

D-Did you hear that? I think there’s something in here. Like maybe a wild animal or a leprechaun.

Okay, maybe not a leprechaun.

But whatever it is, I’m guessing it’s probably the cause of the weird noises.

*CLANK*

I’m not scared, I’m not scared, I’m not scared.

H-Hello? Is anypony there?

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C-Can you please come on out? I p-promise not to hurt you if you do.

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Guess I have to g-go inside and find whatever’s in there.

You can do this, Twilight. Deep breaths.

*DEEP BREATHING*

Here goes.

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WHA!!!

W-Wait a minute. Trixie?!

What in the name of Celestia are you doing in my basement?!

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You’re living down here?!

I…are you…what?!

Why are you living down here?! Don’t you have a wagon that you live in?!

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It…got washed down a stream you were trying to cross?

Oh, I’m…I’m sorry to hear that, Trixie.

But why did you come here? Did Starlight say you could stay here?

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No, no, I’m not trying to blame Starlight for you being here without my knowledge. I just want to know if she’s aware of you being here.

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She doesn’t know. Okay then.

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Oh dear.

P-Please don’t cry, Trixie. I know it must have been hard on you losing your wagon like that.

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No, I’m not mad at you for sneaking into my basement.

Look, why don’t we go upstairs, have a bite to eat, and then find you a nicer room than this one to stay in.

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Yes, really. You can stay here in the castle until you get back on your hooves.

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Hug…too…tight.

You’re welcome…Trixie.

Can you please…let go of me now?

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*DEEP BREATHING*

Thank you.

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It’s fine, no need to apologize.

Let’s just get upstairs, okay?

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Okay, follow me.

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Oh, one quick thing, Trixie.

You see that door over there? You've never opened it have you?

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No?

Okay, well, don’t ever open it.

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Trust me, you don’t want to open it. I think it might be a gateway to another dimension or something.

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TRIXIE, NO! FOR THE LOVE OF LUNA DON’T OPEN IT!


Well, this episode was certainly…different than I’d expected.

Seriously, I never expected to find Trixie living in my basement like that.

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We’ll find you a room in a minute, Trixie. I just want to wrap up my vlog first.

So, yeah, I’m just going to end this episode here. As always, thanks for watching everypony, and I’ll see you next ti-

Oh, I almost forgot.

Actually, before I go I want to do something that I don’t normally do at the end of these episodes; I want to tell you what the next episode of Twilight Tries is going to be.

I tend to do episodes for this vlog on-the-fly and rarely do I know at the time of posting an episode what the next one will be, but I had an idea for what I wanted to try next. For it to work though, I’m going to need your help. You see, what I want to try next is…doing a Q&A!

Ooh I’ve always wanted to do a Q&A. I mean, technically I did one once on a cruise run by a minotaur named Iron Will, but as far as I’m concerned that one doesn’t count. It may have been a panel where I was answering questions but it wasn’t my Q&A, you know? I wasn’t the one running it.

But anyways, this Q&A episode will only work if I get sent questions, and that’s where you all come in. So if you have a question that you’d like to ask me, then please write it in the comments section of this video and I might just answer it in the next episode! Though please, don’t ask any lewd or otherwise inappropriate questions. Also, please don’t ask me for any favors, including asking me to marry you.

Yes, that has actually happened to me before.

Other than that, ask away! And I look forward to seeing all of you next time on Twilight Tries!

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What did I just say about asking lewd questions, Trixie?!