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// Griffon the Brush Off 
// Story: Spike's Journal 
// by WorkingClassWriter 
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Spike's Journal
Written by The39Ponies
Edited by cwiis


Dear Diary,

If I had to rank Twilight and her friends from least to most serious, I think it would be something like this: Pinkie Pie>Rainbow Dash>Applejack>Rarity>Fluttershy>Twilight. I put Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash on top 'cuz... well, let's just say they started the pranking season.

See, I was delivering some mail (I lost a bet with the mayor and had to do some of her work). This time, I was going to a real post office since we weren't sending them to Celestia, and I'm pretty sure she's the only one who uses that teleportation perfume on her letters. Well, I accidentally sprayed some of the perfume on the letters while spraying some letters for Celestia. I didn't do anything, though, 'cuz I assumed I wouldn't sneeze (or hiccup). I really should stop assuming things like that.

Not two seconds after I walked out the door, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash scared the heck out of me with a thundercloud (wait, isn't taking nature illegal?). I ended up getting the hiccups and accidentally sending all the mail to Princess Celestia. Hope she wanted a subscription to Horse Life Magazine. Actually, I could chalk this down as my getting revenge on her for the ticket fiasco.

The next day, we were invited to a "welcome party" Pinkie was holding. Now, I had no idea who the party was for 'cuz Twilight didn't tell me, but upon getting invited, Twilight made a face along the lines of "Pinkie, are you nuts?” Silly Twilight, she's a pony, not nuts. Besides, Pie with nuts would taste awful.

When we arrived to the party, I hung out and chatted with other ponies for a while. Unfortunately, that all ended when a mean-looking griffon (that's half-pony and half-eagle, and don't ask me how they came to be 'cuz I don't know, nor do I want to) showed up. Judging from everyone's reactions, I assumed she was the guest of honor. And that nobody liked her. Well, I guess Twilight was kinda right. Maybe Pinkie is part nut. I heard Twilight whisper "Gilda", so I guessed that was her name. Also, Rainbow Dash accompanied her inside. What was an Element of Harmony doing with someone like that?

Anyway, the rest of the party consisted of her being rude to all the guests (especially Pinkie), and her falling victim to multiple pranks. For example, candles that lit back up after being blown out.

...Wait, if it was a welcome party, why were there candles?

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Unique Equine Facts #6:

Ponies sometimes use the wrong things for the wrong occasion (e.g. candles at a welcome party). However, you usually don't notice until several hours after the fact for some reason. Probably magic.

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Also, even if it was coincidentally her birthday, there were only around eight candles or so on the cake. Huh, Rainbow Dash has an eight year-old friend that she treats like a young adult. These ponies just keep getting crazier and crazier.

Back to the party. Gilda was getting mad after all the pranks and blamed Nutty Pie for them. Turns out Rainbow Dash set them up to teach her a lesson about something or other. 

After Gilda stormed off and RD apologized to us, she explained what happened. I guess Gilda was an old friend of hers (beats me as to why) and Rainbow Dash paid more attention to her than to her other friends. Also, Gilda was a bit of a jerk. Twilight apologized as well, since she apparently assumed Pinkie was just jealous of Gilda after she complained about her. Leave it to Twilight to not believe without seeing.

So all in all, I learned... actually, I didn't learn anything. Except maybe that pies come in nut flavors. Although that still sounds awful.

-Spike