Spike's Journal
Written by The39Ponies
Edited by cwiis
Swarm of the Century
Dear Diary,
Princess Celestia did something wrong again. Today, completely out of the blue, she decided to visit Ponyville (maybe she was trying to get back at the mayor for the magazine thing, still not knowing that I was the actual culprit). Naturally, the whole town went into Neat Freak Overdrive Mode (or in Twilight's case, Default Mode).
I was helping out at the library by putting the books in their proper places, but Twilight decided that she would check how the other ponies were doing with their cleaning. So I got stuck cleaning the floor in her place. Let Spike do all the dirty work, huh? At least the books are tidier.
Plus, there's something I don't get here. I know that Twilight is Celestia's student and all that, but why did we have to clean Golden Oaks if there was no guarantee that Celestia would stop by there?
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Unique Equine Facts #10
When somepony important is set to come to town, everypony works together to clean the entire town. No exceptions.
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Anyway, just as I had finished spreading glitter on the floor (that's what she gets for leaving me with the hard work), Twilight showed up with a cute little bug. Yes, a cute bug. Well, forgetting the lesson I learned when I took care of Fluttershy's Army Of Darkness that time the mares went up that mountain, I added it to my metaphorical friends list. I really should have thought it through more, because when I woke up the next morning, there was a whole swarm of insects everywhere. Hurrah.
Twilight ran out, shouting something about Fluttershy (I assume she was the one who gave Twilight the bug in the first place). I was gonna try to catch the bugs until I remembered my recent experience with the pets. So, instead, I sacrificed some of my cookies to distract them and hid in the garden. I'd like to think the cookies died for a noble cause.
By the time Twilight returned, she had gathered Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity. They were going to try "rounding them up", so I stayed behind again to hold down the fort. After ten minutes of waiting, I decided to peek at what they were doing out there.
When I reached the forest border, I didn't see them, but I did see a giant multicolored bowling ball making strange noises and rolling toward the lake. I assumed that the problem had finally been solved and I could finally take a nap.
I was wrong. While passing by the town, I saw a giant swarm of the things eating everything but food. Apparently Twilight had messed up with a spell or something.
That did it. I screamed, tossed my hands in the air, and ran to Zecora's hut. She had no idea what to do with me, and after several minutes of hearing me scream (I never stopped to actually tell her what was wrong), she gave up and threw me out.
By the time I reached the town outskirts, the bugs were gone and the ponies were tearing down all the surviving "Welcome" banners. I heard some of them mumbling about how Celestia had put off her visit at the last minute. Against all common sense, I made my way to the town square to check out the damage.
It was a complete mess. How much of a mess? Well, let's just say that out of the goodness of my heart (and because I won't get ice cream for a month if I don't), I'll probably be helping fix the town. Which means I probably won't be writing again until winter's almost done. See ya then, Diary.
-Spike