Sunday night already, and I've been doing some keen research on artifacts and other relics of past Equestria. I can't believe there's so much stuff for a show that didn't put much thought into the finer details. So far the bewitching bell, alicorn amulet, EEA Medalion all have their unique usages. An abundance of them are possible contenders, but succeeding requires a bit more than just an old piece of history. Maybe when the time comes before that episode, I can take the wishing flower for myself. Anyways, my phone's clock should match the time in Ponyville, so it's currently 10:00 pm and I'm already sleeping from all this reading.
Tomorrow was a very important day as it's the beginning of another week of learning the values of friendship. Yawning on the desk chair, Mobius got up from the seat and almost climbed up the bed when knocking sounds were heard just outside his room. He hid his phone inside his bag and propped up from the bed where Mobius opened the door to reveal Sandbar and Gallus who were bunked in the room just two doors across from him.
"Sup Mobius, you've got a minute?" the griffon peeked his head across his side of the door, "There's something I need help with,"
Sandbar followed his last move and peeked his head too, "I know it's late and all... but Gallus can't stop bugging me to tag along,"
"Alright, come in and tell me what's up..." the unicorn did another yawn when the two creatures came into his dwelling.
Gallus acted unusual tonight when he brushed off his usual carefree attitude and showed a concerned sounding muttering noise, "I... you know... want help with... well it's more of advice for..."
"Friendship?" cutted Gallus off for a second as Mobius took a hard guess. He shook his head.
"Not that...it's kinda like, dating advice"
This gives me the perfect opportunity to ask about the golden question; who is the cannon ship in this universe.
But before Mobius can help the helpless birdy, he needed to act repulsed cringing over at Gallus' plea for help as he sat on the chair to his desk, "Why would you go to me out of all creatures here?"
"It's because, your interaction with Twilight a few days ago..." Sandbar answered back, sitting on the ground next to Gallus, "We saw you smooth talk her like a hot knife through butter, you got the gift dude!"
"All I did was make small talk when she came over to me..." he crossed his forelegs and leaned back. "Suggested that she teaches me some magic spells and played it off as a date. Nothing too serious,"
Gallus was waiting for him to finish before replying, "We know, but I just want to get advice from a bro I trust. You're the last guy in our social group, and our last hope..."
"Fine... just, who do you have your eyes on?" finally, Mobius laid out the first interrogation question.
"Promise you won't tell any creature?" pleaded Gallus, moving up close to him and making doggy eyes.
It's always the high school genre's where romance is always involved. Oh well, time to finally break the ice
"I promise!"
Mewling over to reveal his crush, Gallus raised his talon just next to his beak and muttered, "It's Ocellus..."
Gallus and Ocellus!? Oh shit! The fandom's going to get batshit crazy! I always thought Gallus and Smolder would cut...
"Really!? I mean, really?" he stood out from his chair to give him his best advice, "This is a no-brainer for you Gallus; you like her? Talk to her!"
"What! But I don't even know where to start!" Gallus was astonished by the unicorn's bold advice.
"I know both of you are good friends and only met for a month, but keeping these feelings to yourself won't make any progress," Mobius laid out a simple to learn tip even a griffon can understand, "First, I would start it off slow offering opportunities to build up your confidants to them. Then, you're going to want to make a good judgment on what to say to them. Don't try to make them feel distant; embrace their quirkiness enough that they feel comforted around you. Lastly, when you feel comfortable enough, try to confess your feelings most nonchalantly."
The boys were appalled by the detailed explanation Mobius planned for them, dropping their jaws as it sounded full-proof in the books. James could simply smile within his thoughts as he tried to listen for a response from them.
"That sounds amazing!" cheered Sandbar, finding that newly found confidence as he pumped himself up, "It's like you had experience with the ladies for half your life! We'll take your advice pretty seriously,"
"Why do you care? You don't have an admirer too do ya Sandbar?" the griffon nudged the earthpony with his shoulder, giving him a chill.
"Hehehe... N-No way... I'm too much of a nice guy to have somepony special..." sweat beads formed around him as he laughed off Gallus' claim. "Again, sorry for the intrusion dude. We'll make it up to you when I have the chance!"
Mobius nodded, "Yes, you must. Good night dude..."
Both quietly exit the room as Mobius pushed the door back to its closing state avoiding slamming it. Tomorrow is going to be a very important day as the first target of his mission was just about to come closer...
Today is Monday, the day of the supposed assignments from Professor Fluttershy's class. My morning routine never seems to change at all; woke up, get into a nice warm shower at the communal shower rooms, no need to put on clothes in pony form so I just prepared my stuff and head down to breakfast at the cafeteria. A nice veggie omelet with a blueberry muffin and orange juice. I can NEVER forget that time I ate a hayburger for the first time; I
could consume it, but I needed my stomach to get used to the dietary changes in my pony form. I have Fluttershy's class last, so I powered through the day as usual taking notes and chatting with the students on stuff. I'm currently just entered her classroom which was filled with animals of various sizes.
The class went on as usual as the students got a chance to be up close with the animals and get tips from Fluttershy on basic care techniques. Followed by some group activities involving sharing, the day was just like any other. When the bell indicated five minutes before classes ended, Fluttershy gathered the students in a circle as she approached with three purple folders just crossed insider her forelegs.
"Alright class, I have something very important for all of you!" she hovered around the middle of the half-circle the students made as they all stared down at the folders, "I have here three opportunities of extra credit as most of you have struggled with the written portions of my class. So, therefore, Twilight provided me with this assignment all about doing an act of kindness to others!"
All the students seemed curious at these opportunities to bump their grades up alongside a deep stare coming from Mobius. This was his chance, he must obtain the folder about Manehatten.
"Settle down now every creature!" the professor saw the students about to raise their volumes as she cleared her throat, "Now! These assignments go as far as Manehatten, but I'm aware that your folks won't let you travel that far from Ponyville. I suggest students that came from cities like Fillydelphia or Baltimare should take that assignment."
Hearing most of the ponies coming from Ponyville sigh in misery as they were determined to take those assignments from a far place like Manehatten, Mobius had a perfect alibi for his reasoning to take the assignment; His parents supposedly work around the area.
"Excuse me, Professor Fluttershy," he raised his hoof head high getting the mare's attention as she perked her head, "My parents work in Manehatten, so can I take that assignment just to have a chance to see them?"
"Oh that sounds like an ideal plan of yours Mobius," smiled Fluttershy, but she soon turned it upside down to give him some bad news, "But, you seem to be doing flawlessly in my class; It wouldn't be fair for the ones who're struggling..."
Crap! I should've thought of this in the first place! Now I'm going to miss my chance at... hang on! I can save this!
Playing the sympathy card, Mobius looked away from her curling his bottom lip and eyes all teary. His roles in multiple school play paid off as he tried to sell his sorrow to the teacher, "Yeah... you're right... it's not like they wanted to see me in the first place. They're too busy with their business that they barely get time to. I thought I could surprise them, but I understand it's for the ponies that needed the points..."
Averting all eye contact with the teacher, Mobius sat down moping around in his artificial pity. A crowd of teenage fillies circled him comforting him by stroking his back with their hooves.
"It's okay, Mobius...Professor Fluttershy! Can you just give the assignment to him!? He barely sees his parents for crying out loud!" cried a random filly that was pampering the frowning colt.
"Yes! We should give him the assignment! Nopony here seems to object it!" a colt from the other side of the circle seemed content of giving the assignment to poor Mobius, "He deserves that assignment I say!"
Fluttershy can see the visible support for Mobius as she was assaulted with words of encouragement for him to take the assignment from Manehatten. Her frail heart soon found defeat as she made her final decision.
"I can't say no to you, Mobius! Of course, you can take the assignment!" she gently hovered past her animals waiting to be free from the period as she offered him the folder in front of him, "Here! The round-trip ticket to Manehatten is inside and everything you need to know about the assignment is inside."
He soon noticed the assignment was secured in his fate, levitating the folder to him and opening up a smile, "Th-thank you, Professor Fluttershy..."
Geez, how gullible are these ponies? Twilight should at least do a background check on all the students before attending.
"So that's one down, two more assignments on the line! One in Canterlot and one just in Ponyville." relayed Fluttershy, still offering assignments during the final bell rang indicating the end of classes, "And Mobius, I need to speak to you after class here..."
But James wasn't in the clear yet as there goes a catch in receiving the Manehatten assignment, so he patiently waited until the rest of the assignments were given out and the rest of the students left for the day. Leaving Fluttershy and Mobius in the classroom all alone with the animals roaming around. Confused over at the ambiance of animal noises, Fluttershy moved over in front of Mobius and gave him a little chat regarding the assignment.
"Before you head out, there's something you must know," she relayed important information to the colt as he was directing all his attention to her, "The assignment you've picked won't start until tomorrow morning and you'll be skipping a whole day of class. I can't just stop classes for the whole day, so I'm trusting you to get help from a friend of yours to take notes for you. Is that clear?"
"Y-yes... I'll reach out to one of them," he nodded before Fluttershy asked him another question.
"One more thing, do you find Twilight... up to your standards?"
Was this referring to his chat with Twilight the other day? Mobius thought long and hard by her omnibus question, "What exactly do you mean by that Professor Fluttershy?"
She carefully leaned over trying to elaborate more, "I'm just saying is that, do you have feelings for her in a... step above friendship kind of way? It's perfectly normal to have a crush on somepony, even though if that somepony is a best friend of mine "
Oh no... I don't want to lie to Fluttershy anymore! My feelings for Twilight are genuine, but I can't focus on that now. Stay calm James... just say a simple one-word anwser
Mobius answered back with vagueness in his tone, "It depends..."
"Depends on what?" she carefully tilted her head to have her left ear face him.
"Well...uh...depends if Twilight's brother won't strangle me if I try to ask her out,"
No! What are you saying!? I told me NOT to spill the beans! This is going to stab me in the back later on...
"Eeeee!, you do have a crush on her~" cooed Fluttershy, hovering a few feet off from the air before landing gently on the floor to assure the embarrassed Mobius, "Don't worry! Your secret is safe with me! But I can't believe Twilight has an admirer on the premises, and that admirer is her very own student! Just like Rarity's romance novels!"
Knowing Fluttershy, that ain't going to happen...
The rest of the day for Mobius went as accordingly as he expected; studied at the library for an hour, ate some snacks at the cafeteria, and proceeded to walk over to his usual spot as he reverted to regain composure over his big day tomorrow. He's got to go to Manehatten and do whatever it takes to prevent Cozy Glow from causing havoc in the school. He reached for the folder laying on the ground and viewed its contents. A train ticket indicating a round trip for tomorrows date was held by a paperclip in front of the actual assignment, where he read the guidelines:
An Act Of Kindness: Manehatten Edition
Location: The Sunflower Orphanage, Maneway street
Time expected to arrive: 9:00 am
Time expected to leave: 5:00 pm
Task: Keep the foals company and assist the caretaker in any task they require assistance with. This assignment should broaden your horizons on doing acts of kindness to others. The second part of this assignment is writing a 2-page report on your visit and how an act of kindness can not only change your wellbeing but others as well. Below is the seal of authenticity that should be inspected by an adult followed by a signature that requires a signature upon completion of the assignment:
Signature: ______________________ Time started: ___________ Time finished: ___________
"The Sunflower Orphanage..." James muttered to himself, leaning on a huge tree and thinking out loud, "Cozy Glow's an orphan? This still doesn't answer why she wanted to destroy Equestria's magic; did her parents leave her or was she left at the doorsteps?"
His phone vibrated as another call was summoning him, it was Discord again, to which James answered instinctively, "Discord, what do you have for me?"
"Resorting to petty crimes I see? Twilight surprisingly went up to me and told me about these photos of a strange black-coat figure who's been making ponies bits vanish without a trace."
Hitting his forehead with the center of his left palm, James growled as his stupid actions were catching up to him, "Fuck, I knew I shouldn't be stealing bits! Now It's going to whack me in the ass back!"
"Calm down James, you were lucky to have been blessed with powers like those, or else you wouldn't survive a single day in Equestria. I've told Twilight that I'll investigate this further, but please be careful not to reveal you're true identity to any random creature; even if they are trusted friends of yours.
"Thanks, buddy, I feel that we're becoming closer already!" sarcasm filled James' voice as he sighed, "So what's with the phone call today?"
"I'm here to check up on your progress of course, so tell me about this assignment of yours?"
"I've just received the Manehatten assignment from Fluttershy, saying I need to go to The Sunflower Orphanage tomorrow and do some volunteer work." James relayed the assignment details over the phone. "It takes a whole day, so I'm going to need to get a friend to take notes."
"I see, well I wish you good luck in your mission. Since I'm a good creature on the inside, I will give you one last hint: Mend the hurt and all will go well...how things will change, only time will tell..."
Again with the vague hint disguised as something Zecora would say when Discord hung up his phone call, James will have to think about that one when he gets there. Now, he got his things together before he basked in the sunlight getting his thoughts straightened. Tomorrow is where his work finally begins, making sure that all of his time in Equestria hasn't been taken for granted. He was stoked seeing Twilight and her friends alive and breathing as real creatures and seeing all of Ponyville and its wonderful residents, but he needed to focus on the bigger picture.
But somewhere in the deep part of the forest lied a creature lurking in the darker parts of the forest. She looked like she was looking for something to feed on, but not the typical wildlife staples. It was the former Queen of the Changelings; Chrysalis. Sensing a nearby lifeform ahead, she did some surveillance over at the distance to see something out of the ordinary in her many years on Equestria. A bipedal creature wearing nothing but black clothing seemingly looking defenseless and an easy target for her. But she wasn't that ignorant, keeping low profile peeking behind a tree.
"What in the world is that thing?" she muttered out loud, glaring down at the creature with her eyes, "A dragon? No, something else..."
The creature she was spying on slowly turned behind him as Chrysalis accidentally walked over a branch that snapped in two. She reacted by walking a few feet away to duck behind some shrubs hoping that it doesn't come closer to him. But unknowing to Chrysalis, the creature had something in his sleeve that exposed her location.
James stared down at the dense parts of the forest and closed his eyes; hopefully to activate time vision to sense any living creatures. Not to his surprise, an orange figure was occupied just a few feet away from him. He chuckled, "I'll leave her be, for now. I'll have a chance to form an audience with her during her pathetic attempt at stealing the elements of harmony."
Soon as he sensed that she no longer has his eyes on him, James quickstepped out from her peripheral vision and disappeared just like that. Chrysalis soon got up from her position only to spot nothing in the location where the odd creature stood, "W-Where did it go!? No matter! I need to make preparations for my plans!"
I had a good night's rest as I tried to sleep earlier than usual. It's 8:00 am Tuesday, the day of the assignment; I prepared my stuff and head out to the Sugar Cube to grab something to go. Sandbar was kind enough to lend me his notes for today's class and I've said my goodbyes to the gang as I reached for the train station. It's my first time riding the Friendship Express since coming to this world so I was a bit excited. The round-trip ticket was only good for the day, and I made sure to bring my bits just for emergencies.
Presenting the ticket to the conductor and boarding the train immediately as it took off. In the middle row of the car where Mobius sat, he took off his bag placing it on his empty side of the seats. James doesn't quite know how long it would take to get to Manehatten from Ponyville, so he made sure to keep his eyes peeled to avoid any problems missing a stop. He does remember that the orphanage is just outside the station he was going to get off at. Only a few ponies filled the train car this early at the time, and while Mobius stared outside the runny landscape. He was soon passing Canterlot via tunnel passage, illuminated by some bright crystals around the edges. It was about 40 minutes since leaving Ponyville as passed another tunnel through the hill and came out seeing the big city just within sight.
"Next Stop! Maneway station! Exit on the doors to your right!" the train conductor announced from the PA system.
The train slowly made its descent underground and reached the next stop at Maneway station. Preparing to board off from the train car and to the platform, James' mind was filled with deja vu, exhilarating squeals, and a bit of angry at the same time trotting along the stairway.
Running a bit late as Mobius rushed over to the destination when he reached the station at 9:05 am. Busniess ponies were trotting in every direction reaching their destinations from the time. Typical commuting as usual in big cities such as this. Just reaching out of the main stairway connecting the surface to the underground, Mobius took the next flight of stairs out to the surface. The whole city had this mixture of classic and modern structures with carriages still on horseback and skyscrapers galore.
Mobius was hurrying to the location across Maneway station and soon spotted a residential building with a wooden door in the front of the lobby. Using magic to turn the door handle and enter the main lobby of the building. He would expect a drab interior with dusty old flooring and poor living conditions. All of those thoughts went down the drain when he was greeted with none of that; walls were painted bright yellow with pictures of happy foals with their new foster parents, marble flooring that looked well maintained over the past years, and a bright happy white fur earthpony mare who was politely greeting him behind the counter. She looked very quirky and energetic, as Mobius was simply sinking in at the general vibe of this place.
This place looks amazing! Like you never expect an orphan to live in this five-star hotel. Maybe the orphanages I've seen in shows were exaggerated just to sell sympathy from the audience.
"Oh, I'll be! If it isn't a handsome young colt around here; Are you here to adopt or stopping by sweetie?" she asked him, leaning forward on her chair.
"N-Not exactly," clearing his head and getting to the nitty-gritty, Mobius pulled up the folder from the bag and placed it on the desk table, "I'm here on an assignment from Headmare Twilight's School of Friendship. I was told by my professor Fluttershy that I needed to assist with the caretakers and keep the foals company. I have the form right here."
The receptionist was keen to check on the authenticity of Mobius' visit as she skimmed through the letter with a seal of approval by Princess Twilight herself. She gasped as soon as she finished reading, "Oh! We've been expecting somepony to drop by around here! Alrighty! Wait and I'll get you started by meeting the owner of this wonderful oasis of special foals!"
He noticed that the earthpony was dialing up a number on the nearby telephone plugged into the wall. Princess Celestia wasn't kidding when she said there were phones in this world. Technology in Equestria was a hit and miss for James; Vinyl's Headphones, Flim and Flam's machinery, and just lights, in general, don't fit in a world filled with magic. It took nearly a few minutes before a yellow-furred unicorn mare coming down from the flight of stairs to the right side of the desk was eyeing Mobius as her golden locks and perky smile were greeting him like an old-time friend.
"You must be a student from Princess Twilight's school of friendship! I'm Bright Crest, a pleasure to meet you!" she held a hoof out to give him a sign to shake hoofs. Returning the smile as he replied and gave her hoof a shake.
"I'm Mobius. It's nice to meet you too Ms. Crest,"
"I will get your signature in order as soon as you're finished with your time here; speaking of, how about you meet all the loveable foals upstairs in the play area?" Bright Crest directed him to the stairs, giving out a clear signal as she stepped aside.
More like there's a pegasus that is a psychotic rascal. I wonder if she already has foals around here acting like her slaves and the ignorant adults are playing it off as a game?
"L-Ladies first if you will?" he formally gave her the first few steps upstairs as she chuckled back.
Moving to the second story of the building, looking to be individual room numbers by the labels on the doors, the hallway seemed to have portraits from all the past tenants in the orphanage. Each one of them had happy colts and fillies playing around in different parts of Manehatten; Central Park, Ice Rink, and some playing with toys in the toy store. Bright Crest was happy enough to give him a rundown of the place, "Unlike most orphanages, we at Sunflower offer similar amenities to that of a daycare but for the foals in need. As you can see, each room here holds two foals at a time. The cafeteria is just across from the play area we'll be heading to."
"Excuse me, Ms. Bright Crest, may I ask what types of foals living here came from? Like, where they abandoned after birth?" He didn't feel like asking a blunt question, but Mobius had to gather as much information.
Bright Crest was kind to answer him, lowering her quirky nature to be more serious, "It's okay to be curious, most foals here were abandoned after birth. It's sad that each time I see one on the doorsteps, it means one less foal in a caring family. Also... there's that case..."
"That...case?" he repeated to her, Bright Crest continued her explanation.
"We've just had a new foal who came about a month ago; A pegasus filly whose parents divorced just after receiving her cutie mark."
Divorce...cutie mark?
"I don't know much myself, but she ran off to here during a long fight her parents had. But I've already said too much!" the mare turned to the right and stopped at the double doors, "Better not to mention it to her... so anyways!"
Her horn glowed a golden aura surrounding the door handles, giving them a pushing motion as the room inside was like an indoor playground. Seeing multiple unicorns, pegasi, and earthpony foals playing with the toys on the ground, running aimlessly around, or some reading books near the corner filled with bookshelves. James could describe it as elementary school but during a never-ending recess. Loud cheers and curious stares came from multiple foals as they focused their attention on the teenage colt standing next to the caretaker. They all crowded him as he kept his cringy smile intact when he was assaulted with questions.
"Ooo! Who's this Ms. Crest!?" one random unicorn filly from the crowd shouted, "He sooo cute!"
"Is he your coltfriend!?" a bluish earthpony colt asked, "Nooo! I owe Wave 5 bits!"
Another earthpony came up to him, "What's with your eyes? They can't decide if they want to be red or blue!"
"Settle down my little ponies!" chimed Bright Crest from the room, giving every foal their silent attention, "This is Mobius, he's a special guest that came to play with all of you for the day!"
"Oh...h-hello their...Oh, yeah I see you too!" he was keeping the foals in check as he waved and smiled.
"Okay Mobius, I'll be collecting all the bedsheets in the rooms for washing; How about you start by maintaining order in the playroom for an hour?" she directed orders to Mobius, nodding silently to answer, "Good, see me outside the hall if you have any issues!"
After hearing the first part of his task, James can already feel like this is going to be a long day. He wasn't so well with kids; The best thing he could ever do when babysitting nieces and nephews were stick them at the T.V. screen and turning on the cartoons. But they were no televisions in Equestria, so it would take more hands-on, or in this case hoofs-on interaction. The foals scattered to different parts of the room seconds after, but he noticed a stray one staring at the corner of a wall bearing nothing excited. He recognized that curly blue mane from the backside anywhere, it was his target: Cozy Glow. She seemed awake, but couldn't tell as she was simply sitting at the corner all alone. Mobius went to a random filly just playing with a toy train on the carpet.
"Excuse me, kid, what can you say about...her?" he carefully not to mention Cozy's name assuming that it's his first time here, "She looks lonely,"
"Oh, the new foal? She only sits at the corner muttering stuff, I don't know what kinds of stuff." the filly answered him back, "She always quiet, ever since she came here after her parent's divorce,"
She's not the psychopathic ruler that I and most Bronies would depict her as such, she's just a poor filly who ran away after her parent's separation. It doesn't look like she's acting the part or scheming. Let me gather the information I already know; I know that Cozy Glow and Lord Tirek wrote letters to each other as told by him in the season 8 finale. Exchanging stuff about draining magic and other stuff about the school. Assuming that they wrote to each other during her time there, I could go to Tartarus using my phone and converse with Tirek. But that wouldn't make sense because I'm taking this assignment as a chance to see Cozy Glow before she schemed and what Discord said on 'mend the hurt' might be referring to the loss she's suffering.
Aahaa! I've got it! It was clear from the moment I came here! I need to get her parents back together!
Get her parents back together?
...Her parents divorced a month ago...and I need to get them back?
...Discord you motherfucker!...
Meanwhile at the School of Friendship faculty break room...
"How were those assignments going Fluttershy?" asked Twilight across from her in the faculty break room, grading papers along her side.
"They were amazing, sad that Mobius claimed the hardest one out of all of them."
"Huh? Mobius got one? But he's doing so well in your class?" this caught Twilight off guard trying to correct one students' grammar on an essay.
Fluttershy replied with a sad sigh, "I know, but since his parents already worked in that area, I thought it would be a nice gesture to give him a chance to see his folks."
"That's so wonderful of you, Fluttershy. I would like to meet his family too!"
"Oooo! I bet you do..."
"N-Not like that! I just want to make them know that I'm declaring him my number one student! He learned so much in one month; made 6 friends, was loveable by most of the students, and received excellent grades. I was considering those magic lessons he mentioned a while ago."
"Well FYI, I've done some...interrogation... and I've discovered that Mobius INDEED has a crush on you, Twi!"
"You what!?" she slammed the papers from her aura to the table pausing her business, "H-how could you Fluttershy!? Did you torture him? Blackmail? Gave him the stare?"
She shook her head, "Nope. He came pretty clean easily, but he's afraid of your brother will try to kill him if he tries to ask you out,"
"Oh of course he would! Always try to scare off any stallion I try to hang out with; date or not!" hissed Twilight, reminiscing of previous attempts of relationships, "But he's only a colt...so I guess it's okay for..."
Twilight saw Fluttershy slowly forming a big smile on her face soon realizing her careless mistake. She dropped everything she was doing and shook her head frantically like swarming off mosquitoes in the forest, "No! NO-NO-NO-NO! I'm NOT saying that I like him like THAT!..."
"Oh my Celestia...this is happening right now?" Fluttershy gasped at the sight of her friend's flustered breakdown, "YOU DO LIKE MOBIUS!"
Fed up by these confusing emotions inside, Twilight materialized a pillow from her horn and placed it on the table covering her work. Then, face planting flat on the pillow letting out another muffled scream of agonizing proportions. Moments before she depleted her breath, she rose slightly facing Fluttershy with a mummer, "yes I do!"