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// Just a bit more reading matieral 
// Story: Twilight and her quest to get the most rare item in Equestria (With comedic hurdles of course) 
// by Mr Mlp 
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"Well... let's keep moving." Twilight said while she set into motion more walking. It hadn't been 5 minuets until she could see something glaring out on the distance. Getting closer she could make out a barrage of colors all gather in one single spot. It was a refreshing taste from the usual taste of white, black, grey. After a bit twilight could finally make out what exactly the peculiar object had been. It was a shopping cart, but this one was rainbow colored. Twilight examined it and found it to have a sticker on it that read "Gay Cart." 

"You know what, I'm fine with this. I don't know how or why somepony got a rainbow shopping cart here, but its fine. I'm fine." Twilight walked further up the mountain, to find a giant abandoned supermarket blocking her way forward. Smacked straight on the door was a note showing a few words written on it. "Gay cart required to get inside." "Sure honey." Twilight replied. She took out her hoof and grabbed the door handle... however it did not respond. 

"sigh Fine." About a few minuets later she was back up with the shopping cart. This time the doors automatically opened. Then the brick let out a tiny whimper of a vibrate. She glanced up at the timer. 3 hours and 30 minutes left. Twilight took a breathe and went inside. The inside was dim and dark, cold and creepy, as well as peculiarly welcoming. The floor was glazed with soft carpet, having blooming flowers printed on the rugs. All around the store were tall shelves displaying all arrangements of things. Anything from food, to toys, to electronics. There were even ladders to gather any item that might be to hard to grab from such a height. They went all the way to the top of the shelves. Right smack dab in the center was a fountain filled with all sorts of coins from different parts of Equestria. The building was completely rectangular and it showed. Not even a bathroom, staff room, or checkout place was seen to be a part of the establishment. 

"What a strange store." Twilight said aloud strolling the rainbow cart to the other side of the structure. She then came to the door on the other side of the store, and it also had a note that read: "Pull lever to open door please." "Alright." Twilight shrugged and pull down the lever. A bit of silence ensued, then a spotlight made a crack in noise revealing a big figure standing atop of the high shelf. "What is that?" Twilight questioned while also thinking to herself that she might possibly need glasses. "Nice to see you again miss sparkle." And just like that her heart went from the normal number for a heart to be at to absolute zero. He was back. Without thinking twilight pounced on the door only to bonk her snout on the metal encasing it now applied to it. "Please don't tire yourself out, that door won't budge... at least not yet."

"I'm going to kill you..." 
"No, not really." 
Twilight was then lifted up off the ground and slowly pulled closer to the menacing sight looking straight back at her.
"Alright sparkle... you won the first round with your cheating. But this time we are going to play a different game.. with different rounds. Maybe I'll let you go if you win. Who knows?! I got the button. :) Doesn't that sound fantastic?!" However twilight's dumb ass did not respond. "Anyway, this is how the first round will go. That gay cart you have right there will be quite useful to you in this round. All you have to do is put as many items in the basket as fast as you can. By the way that brick of yours is looking real nice. If struggles happen then they happen. You will have one singular minute." 
"I bet there will be-"
"Good luck miss sparkle! 3! 2! 1!"

Twilight was dropped down to the ground flopping face first. "LET IT BEGIN!"
At the moment he said it a loud buzzer was heard and the amazing beat of holding out for a hero began to play on the speakers. Twilight did not know the types of items that awaited her in the store, but she did not have time to think this over. It was best to play the stupid bear's game. She sprinted through the corridors of appliances, foods, and furniture finding nothing she was particularly found of. About 15 seconds in something caught her eye. It was a bucket of paint. Maybe she could use it to pour stinging paint in his eyes and figure out a way to escape. She picked it up, only for it to be instantly vaporized. "Nope." Twilight grumbled and and picked up another paint bucket and just like the other one the bear pointed his fat finger and burnt it down to a crisp. "You bore me." She just had to get out of his sight, easy enough. He was only restricted to the space on top of the shelves. However everywhere she went she could see the bear twisting out his finger ready on standby. And each item she picked the bear played dirty and made the desired object not exist. 

"30 second mark! Wild card number 1! YAHOO!" The bear's finger suddenly pointed towards her and off of pure instinct twilight ran just as the death causing lazer come at her. Jumping and weaving twilight was trying her best to dodge them all. She grab a random item and quickly moved it from it's position. Somehow the lazer missed, but sadly got it on the second time around. Still frantically running for her life and having nothing in her basket she had to think of something fast, because there were only "15 seconds left! Wild card number 2!" The bear took of his crown allowing several black birds to emerge from his scalp. Now she had birds and death threatening lazers on her tail. She jumped up avoiding another lazer, then got bonked right back down by a bird flying above. 

About 10 of them swooped down to peck at her, with... wait a minute... saw blades?! She picked up the pace as each item she attempted to place in the cart got immediately evaporated. "5 seconds left! Wild card number 3!" Everything wen't black. Time slowed and just ahead was a spotlight representing a podium with a singular box placed upon it. It was a straight shot down the corridor. Thank god the birds were gone- SQUAK! No hold on a second, they were there to. Feeling the most amount of determination and sweat in her bones she bursted into blinding speeds. The walls rumbled and started to get closer together. Lazers were still now popping out of nowhere pointing left and right, up and down. The birds gaining ground wielding their sharp weapons. "This is the longest minute of my life!" There it was down the hall shining so brightly! Just a bit more... Four lazers appeared creating an x-shaped pattern. Twilight slid down throwing the cart up and over, then lunged with all her might touching the lonely box. 

BZZT! At the sound of the buzzer every danger at that very moment was gone as the state of the store reverted back to its original structure. "Oh ho ho! Good job! And that grace!" Her heart was pounding, and her breath heavy. She took a look at the box she had risked her life to grab and I'm that box was some sort of gun. Upon further investigation she had figured out that it was a splattershot Jr that shoots paint and comes with a paint bomb from the hit game splatoon. "I hope what you got from round 1 is useful, because for round 2 you'll be using the items you obtained from the previous challenge." Soon both the bear and twilight were standing at the edge of the fountain looking into the ripple of waves concealing the possible hundreds of coins waiting in the depths below. 

"Now you see all those coins? Well of course you do your smart like that. But anyway for this round all you have to do is mosey up in that water and find one exclusive silver limited edition quarter pounder coin from MadaMadagascar. You will have excatly two minuetes to find the coin and if you don't find it..." There was an extreme dramatic pause, as if the tone was about to change to express the horrors that could potentially wait if she so happened to lose... but instead he resorted to a jolly response saying "you won't win the challenge." Twilight just stood there saying nothing. "3! 2! 1! GOOOO!" A second of silence passed as twilight just stared at him, as if she was wondering how in the world she was intended to do this. She triumphantly stuck her hooves into the water and presented a singular coin exclaiming, "Found it." "WHAT THE FUNKY FRIDAYS?!" 

"Can we just get this over with please?" Twilight pleaded. 
"You know I'm noticing a general lack of enthusiasm here. Come on you gotta have some fun here." 
"Not when someone is trying to kill me at every turn." 
"Still I find games to be pretty fun."
"Well when your a sick being your a sick being." 
"Well next round!" There was a tinge of iritation in his voice that showed the very subtle cracks in his usual chill tone, even if he did go crazy previously. "This round will be a bit different. This time you will be going against me." 
"You know what's the point in this? Even if I win all these challenges your not going to let me go. So why try? Why put myself to all these hardships when it doesn't matter?"
"Because Twilight... games are a way of life that should not be messed with. Now let's start the next round." 
"No. I don't have to. You didn't lock me down this time, and I'm pretty sure I can handle you without my magic if you go sicko mode on me. So I don't think I will play anymore." 
"Hey... let's not get like this ok. This is important-"
"Yeah! Important for you! I've gone through enough and was able to make it this far! So you know what? I'm leaving." 
"Wha-" 

Before the rest of his sentence could be spoken twilight right hooked him straight in the jaw with all the force she could muster. She scooped up her brick and paint gun, pressed the button that had fallen out from the bear, and went for it. The locked up metal doors slid open revealing the sunlight and how magnificent it felt to see. "NO NOT AGAIN!" The all to familiar blue fire that twilight had witnessed in her last encounter had sprang back into exisistance. She leaped out the door moving her eyeballs back to see the now furious demon full on sprinting at her. Realizing she still had the button in quick sucession the button was pressed again shutting the doors tightly. All that remained were the muffled sounds of anger and screams. "I hope you rot in there you filthy-"

She didn't even care to finish her thought. It was over and now the best thing was to move on. She moved her head up finding there to be 1 hour left. Makes sense that spending obliviously less than an hour inside a store, made the timer decrease to just one simple hour. "Alright we can do this. We have enough time." Right as she took a step there was a loud pound coming from the store. "Will you shut up!" BANG There was a white paw visible coming out from the newly formed hole. "Ohhhh misses spaarkleeee. You know better not to end a game to early."

On her quickest instinct she dashed away from the scene. The rotten beast sprinted at her. It was now a full on chase. While being smothering in panic, a need to be quick on your hooves and thoughts was a necessity. She looked back just in time to find a lazer coming directly for her head and ducked below it. Up ahead was a uncrossable wall blocking the path and off to the right was another one of the rainbow shopping carts. Off to the right instead of just a cliff leading to instant death there were rails. Without thinking twilight put the shopping cart upright and placed it on top of the newly discovered rails, got in, and let the driving do itself. "HA!" Twilight screeched fully believing the bear could not follow her. 

"HA HA!" The bear screeched back spawning in a 2 ton bat. He stood on the bat and controlled it like a surf board gaining on her slowly but surely. The cart ride was incredibly twisty and made it a struggle to stay on the cart. Twilight took her eyes back onto the dangerous being. He was making strange gestures and soon out came several glittery pink puffballs all with their own set of wings. Each shot a multicolored beam in her direction. It was a miracle none of them hit her. They charged up and shot again causing twilight to maneuver her body up, down, left, and right. With another jarring and quick turn of the cart came a good number of ups and downs on the cart ride. Each bounce there would be an attack coming her way and she would have to duck, move left, or even jump a bit, barely landing back in the cart. 

The beastly bat set out a loud wail sending another projectile at the purple mare. The large wail created a massive shock in the mountain making the snow come crashing down straight in the place twilight was riding. "GO GO GO!" Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs. Luckily just in the distance was an opening leading into a cave. By the fur on her teeth she made into the cave, looked back and saw all the snow encasing the entrance she just made it through. "Oh thank celes-" 

Fire then shot out from the pile striking a wall created a rumble. With a blink of an eye the accumulation of snow was gone and into the deep dark cave they went. Only the glaring light of fire was visible. With the power of fire the formiddiable foe lit the wooden parts of the rails on fire. And destroyed the path just up ahead that would surely put the ride to a complete stop. There was nothing but the void underneath her. The first idea that came into her mind was to use the paint gun she kept from the store. With a pull of the trigger a great deal of paint droplets shot from the gun creating almost a tiny wave only going in a straight path.  

She aimed and fired only for the droplets of paint not to reach anything but the void awaiting her at the bottom. The fire was approaching at a rapid rate, the same as the edge of the rails. And now the bear was going in for the strike, swooping down for her, saving her life by grabbing her from the cart, but surely to kill her as soon as he got her. Claws were prominently seen gleaming with a devious smile. With no other option she grasped the shiny brick tightly and took a leap of faith with her back hooves sticking out. Then a sound crack could be heard. And after just a few seconds her belly landed on the rough, but warm topside of the bat. 
She didn't understand how the frick she was able to do that, but she had somehow knocked the bear off the bat and into the bottomless void. "Celestia..." Her breath was as heavy as 5 tons of metal. She just sat there still catching her breath letting the bat take her to the eventual opening on the other side of the cave. Now for absolute certain she was sure the bear was gone. She breathed in the fresh air and glanced all around her, until her eyes caught up on the sky seeing the scaring words of "15 minutes left." 

With a start she began racing up the mountain again. She was so close she could definatly make it. She could hear the magical sound of the item she had risked her life so often to take. And along with that sound came another sound... 
KA BIDDILY BOOM BAM 
And just like that that stupid dumb ass bear had managed to pose a threat to finally put an end to this. His fur was practically gone, only having just a few patches of it left. His clothes were completely tattered and his look was crazed. But that wasn't even the scary part. Right below him was another one of his diabolic monstrosities. A flaming fire bird. "NO MORE GAMES FOR YOU! I'M LIKE A NINJA FROM NINJAGO! HAAHHAAHEHEEHEEHAHHEEHA!" 

"Can't you just leave me alone! Please!" However with no response, the bird open its beak and shot out a huge beam of ice creating several humongous icicles in her path. Twilight with a hop skip and a jump ran and ran faster than ever before towards the top, but alas the icicles became to much and she was trapped in a circle of ice. In a fit of anger she slammed her brick into the ice. It didn't even make a single dent. Her head moved almost like in a glitched state into the sky gazing at the dreadful words of "5 minuetes left." "I'M RIGHT HERE JUST LET ME BE!" 
"You've ruined my game twilight. And now I'm going to ruin your little game as well." 
"Then just kill me then!"
"Heh... I want to see you suffer, feeling the pain of failure."

She shut her eyes closed and flopped to the ground feeling the utter defeat. She did what she did best and went into deep thought. She had got this far. She passed every silly and frankly dumb challenge put in her way. She faced down some sort of demon bear and almost won. She even met an acient sage. This whole experience had been the strangest set of triumphs and defeats she had ever been a part of. And she was ok with that. Most of this stuff required silly solutions so why fight it. The fact that she was sitting here so close to the top was a silly thing in itself. If she was going to die she should probably focus on the good memories up to this point. Taking down the pirate was pretty fun, and the goat while very menacing was kinda fun to laugh at how it posed such a threat. She hoped the ice cream cone was doing good as well. "Same for the sage." she spoke. 

The sage was without a doubt the craziest part of this whole thing. In some way it had taught her the lesson of thinking outside the box... or the "house" as he calls it. The smacked her hoof upon her forehead thinking back to the amount of plates she had to lick that day. But it got her past his trial. And he gave her his own shiny brick. But hey wait a minuete. Licking those plates. She had quite litterlly licked her way to victory. Maybe she could do it again. Her eyes went wide open. 

She stared at the frozen icicle right in front of her and let her tongue spill out. "Let's do this." She leaned back and gave and forceful smack to the ice with her tongue. BAM The ice shattered into pieces and twilight walked through it like it was nothing. In the reflection of one of the pieces she could see the timer counting down from 59 seconds. "WHAT THE ACTUAL SHIT?!" The bear then threw everything he could muster at the mare. Any beam, lazer, monster, or figure sent her way was swiftly defeated with a simple deflection with her tongue. The bear tried everything. When nothing worked with great speed he zoomed down to twilight wrapping her in a air tight grip where her tongue could not reach him. "What are you going to do now. Face it I've won. You've only got 20 seconds left." 

There was a pause and after a moment twilight spoke. "You know you really suck, don't you know that." bonk! With a swift motion of her tail the brick she had stored in there bonked him right on the head setting her free and the bear unconsciously rolling down to the bottom of the mountain. With a grand total of 5 precious seconds she raced to the top and made it just in time. And there it was gleaming beautiful with a radiant light. It was there. It was truly there and it wasn't gone from her sight even after the timer had ticked to zero. She didn't even step close to it. She just stood there for a few moments laughing in relief. 

The magical sound coressing her ear was immensely pleasant. The object was almost to bright to look at. She took a few more steps up to it. This thing was rumored to potentially be a god and help with equestria itself. A few more steps more and she was beggining to sweat. She was right there. Why was this so hard to do? Each hoof placement felt longer and longer until finally... it was in sight. Its shape was a tall cylinder and it contained contents in the object itself. The contents were clear and looked a little blue. There was also a bit of plastic wrapped around the center of it. What was it excatly? It was a god damn water bottle. 

Twilight was almost about to enter another fit of rage until she read the plastic label. "Infinite water source." "Wait... WHAT?! This could solve any water related problems equestria could ever have! This is amazing." She observed quite possibly every feature on the bottle. She was beyond happenies and the whole journey had been worth it. She continued to stare and stare, but then her eyes locked on one specific section of the bottle and her heart dropped. 






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"Holy fuck this thing expired 2 days ago."