Chapter 3 – It must be a Monday
You are awoken by the sound of knocking down stairs, you sit up in the bed half asleep as the sun blinds your eyes, you speak to yourself in a groggy voice as you think aloud, “Who is up early anymore?” You lay back down in the bed as the knocking continues. You give a groan as you think to yourself, half the town was here last night, how can somepony be knocking at the door this early? You look to the window some morning dew on the window helps your thoughts about the time.
“Hellooooo?” Is anypony up?”
You listen to the faint voice calling from outside, oh Celestia its Rarity…we never dropped the soap off. You pull the pillow over your head as her whine can be heard from outside of the tree house. I didn’t get enough sleep for this.
Twilight starts to stir next to you with a low annoyed groan.
You almost stop breathing as she moves, one thing you have found out in the last few days is that Twilight no longer likes to walk up early…you smile at the thought, she is starting to become normal.
You slowly inch your way from the bed as you plant your hooves on the wood floor; with a yawn you slowly walk to the door. For some reason your legs are a bit stiff and it takes you a few seconds to remember how to walk…and not trip over your tail.
As you make your way to the door you try to remember where Twilight put the bag of soaps…great no idea guess I’ll wing it.
“Hi Rarity.”
Rarity holds her hoof up to her mouth as she looks you over, “Oh. I’m sorry I didn’t think you would still be asleep.”
You give a shrug as you think, ya and I can’t believe how important fancy soap is.
Rarity now talks in a more proper voice as she straightens her posture, “Well, I was just nearby and thought I would stop by and pick up my stuff from Canterlot.”
You open the door a little wider as you talk, “Okay.”
As she walks in your ears are assaulted with a high pitched defining sound…Sweetie belle, “YOur back!” She hugs onto you as she continues to talk, “We all thought you were going to stay in Canterlot.”
As you’re ringing in your ear stops you nod your head.
Sweetie jumps in the air as she talks, “Would you like to come with us to get our cutie marks today?!”
Your eyes widen as her voice rings through the sleepy library, “Not so loud.”
Rarity laughs to herself as she talks, “What are Twilight and Spike still asleep?”
You nod your head at her comment.
She gives squints at you, “Well you really have corrupted her haven’t you?”
You give a friendly smile as you brush her comment off, “I’ll go get your bag.”
You quietly make your way to Twilight's room to grab the bag, you stop and stare at the purple dragon still snoring in the big bed, he doesn’t even sleep in his bed…well never mind. You float the bag next to you as you walk down the stairs.
Rarity takes the bag from you as you near her, she gives a girlish giggle as she looks in the bag, “Oh, I cannot believe I forgot these when I left.”
You nod to her as you keep your thoughts about flaming soap away from the front of your mind.
Rarity dips her snout into the bag as she grabs a book, “well, I don’t…” She pauses as she reads the title.
You reach your hoof out to the book but she quickly move it from you, “ummm, this is looks like one of Twilight studying books. I’ll just keep it so it doesn’t get lost.” Her faces blushes a bit as she looks at you with a fake ha ha laugh.
Your ears droop a bit as only one title from last night runs you mind.
Sweetie chimes in to break your thought, “Rarityyyy I told the girls I would be back by the time they would leave, can we go now?”
Rarity rolls her eyes as she finishes her sentence, “Honestly Sweetie, you will get your cutie mark when you’re ready.”
Sweetie’s face turns sour at her sister's words.
Rarity looks to you quickly, “um, would you mind taking Sweetie belle over to her friends?”
“uhhhhh.”
Rarity smiles as she talks, “Please? I’ll tell Twilight you left?”
Sweetie now shakes her head at you with a big grin, “Maybe you could get your cutie mark today too.”
You smile at the thought, if I get my cutie mark today it had better be a badass dragon or sword or something that I can’t flaunt to Twilight’s piece of shi-, “Ya I’ll do it.”
Sweetie pulls on you as she squeals, “You’re going to have so much fun today.”
Rarity waves to you as the door closes, but her faked happy smile only gives you an uneasy feeling as you think about the last time you went with the…cutie mark crusaders…dang I forgot my cape.
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You follow Sweetie for most of the walk just nodding and giving small notions that your listening to here, “uh hu…..ya….ya.”
As you near the end of the road you spot three familiar ponies you know pretty well.
“HeY girls look who we got today!”
Sweetie runs to her friends as they turn to you.
You look to the cyan pegasus that burst out laughing as Sweetie belle drags you closer to the group, “I think you need more friends.”
You think about the comment for a minute, she was here before I was...”Hi Rainbow.”
Scootaloo has a happy smile as she cuts Rainbow off, “Are coming with us?”
You look to the excited filly’s expression as you nod your head.
Scootaloo flaps her wings as she points to a saddle draped over Apple bloom, “Oh, show him the map!”
Apple bloom brings an old yellow piece of paper from her bag with her mouth, Scootaloo quickly grabs it as it nears her. She unfolds the map in front of you as she excitedly points to X on it, “This is where we are going!”
You look over the map…man I wish I knew what Lunar Cave meant, “Okay? What are we doing there?”
Apple bloom steps in front of Scootaloo as she talks, “We’re gonna get our cutie marks in cave exploring today.” She smiles brightly as she waits for you.
You look to Rainbow for a sense of approval as you hoof the map back to the eager fillies. Rainbow throws her hoof at you as she talks, “Don’t look at me with Twilight's disappointed face, there is nothing dangerous in caves.”
Apple bloom smiles at you, “Ya, yesterday we tried zip lining again.”
Sweetie lets out a sigh, “We were doing good till the line broke.”
You give a squint at the comment, why do they try crazy things? And didn’t they already try for a exploring cutie mark?
Scootaloo looks over the map as she heads down the path, “Come on girls.” Applebloom and Sweetie belle follow after their friend with a laugh.
Rainbow waits for you to start walking before she follows after them, “So, happy to be back in Ponyville?”
You nod your head as you keep your eyes fixed on the ponies in front of you.
Rainbow continues to talk in her normal tomboyish voice as you walk, “Did you get caught in my storm last night.”
You ignore her comment as you watch the three ponies playfully running, “How come their parents let them do this stuff?”
Rainbow laughs as she bumps you.
You stare at her in confusion.
She losses her smile a bit, “Oh, well Sweetie belle’s parents dump her with Rarity most the time and Scootaloo is a herd pony.” She pause as she thinks, “Applejack doesn’t really talk about her parents.”
You’re stuck on her comment, “Scootaloo is a what?”
Rainbow looks at you a bit confused for a moment but then talks, “Oh ya, keep forgetting you’re not a normal stallion, she’s a herd pony. Basically her mom takes care of her and she doesn’t get to really see her dad.”
“That’s normal?”
Rainbow stretches her wings as she talks, “Duh, a lot of mares are into that herd thing.”
You swallow as you ask her, “Wh-what does that mean exactly?”
Rainbow stops for a moment as she tries to find the words, “Um, it’s like stallion sharing.”
Your eyes widen as you think about.
Rainbow is quick to speak again this time in a lower voice, “Well, it’s not really sharing it kind of only happens on.” She clears her throat as she talks in ashamed voice, “Hearts and hooves day.”
Your body shifts a little, “okay.”
Her wings sprawl out as she picks up on your shift, “Hey, listen th-that’s not why I did that, I’m not into that herd stuff.” She stiffens her wings as she talks, “I can get a stallion.”
You nod your head kind of wanting the conversation to end, but she continues, “Di-did you and Twilight ever talk about it?”
You shake your head.
Rainbow seems a bit surprised at your action, “What? Why not?”
You search your thoughts as you talk, “well, so much happened that day, we…we never got to talk about it. She was sick in the morning and she was having some trouble with.” You pause at the word as you try to hold back the feelings about it you have had for the past few weeks, “Magic.”
Rainbow folds her wings as she talks, “She still getting sick in the morning?”
You shake your head, “Not every morning.” You give a chuckle “other times she just wakes up in a bad mood.”
Rainbow continues with a newfound sense of confidence, “Twilight was probably fine with it anyways, after all she is a herd pony.”
You blink at her, “What?”
“Ya, Twilight’s mom was into herd stuff.”
You think over it for a minute, well that’s why she looked nothing like her dad.
Rainbow laughs a little more, “You know before you showed up Twilight never even had a…-“
The sound of Scootaloo screaming in excitement stops Rainbow from continuing. You both look in front of yourself to the cave opening.
You look over the rock outcrop, it’s a huge cut out in the side of a mountain, other than the abnormally large opening it has dirt and rocks…looks like a cave to me.
Rainbow darts up to a nearby tree branch as she looks down and talks in a sort of commander voice, “Ok everypony lets not mess around you ponies need to get your cutie marks.” She stares at Scootaloo now as she talks, “Just don’t fall in a hole…got it?”
Scootaloo give a sheepish salute to her as the three fillies run into the cave.
Rainbow lands next you and continues to talk in a commander yell, “Why are you not in the cave yet?”
“Yes commander Rainbow.” You laugh as you slowly walk into the cave, I can’t believe I said commander
You look over the cave with an uneasy feeling, “So nothing happens in a cave right?”
She pushes past you and flicks you with her tail, “Not in less you want it to.”
Your ears poke up as her soft rainbow colored tail bashes your face.
“You coming with us?”
You nod your head as you walk a little faster to get in front of her.
End of chapter 3