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// Part 1 - A Walk Through Whitetail Wood 
// Story: Love at First Charm 
// by Creative Charmer 
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   	It was a very gorgeous spring day in Ponyville, and Twilight and her friends were taking a walk through Whitetail Wood. “Isn’t this such a wonderific gloritastic day??” Pinkie Pie enthusiastically said as she bounced along.
"Indeed it is," Rarity replied, "A bit of sunlight can do wonders for the complexion; as long as it's not too much. Nopony would want their complexion ruined after spending so much time outside in the sun."
"Ohh, Rarity, would you stop fussin' over how yah look and just try to enjoy the peacefulness of a walk in the woods?"
"It is not "fussin'" to care about one's own appearance, Applejack. You could learn a thing or two about improving your appearance, as well."
"Ah think ah look just fine, thanks." Applejack replied gruffly.
"Well, it could still be better."
"It's just fine!!"
"Girls, please!" Twilight shouted at Applejack and Rarity. "You're both being very disruptive! Nopony can enjoy themselves to listening to you two argue! Plus, I'd think you'd both have learned to accept how the other chooses to behave!"
Applejack and Rarity looked at each other with guilty faces, and then Applejack said, "Gosh, you're right, Twilight. We're awful sorry..."
"Yes, Twilight; we are indeed sorry..."
"Well, that's good," Twilight turned her head back forwards again. "I'm glad you two know that nopony should freak out over something trivial."
After Twilight finished talking, Pinkie Pie looked down on the path a short distance in front of her and stopped bouncing. When Twilight had walked right next to her, Pinkie exclaimed, "Lookie! Is that a snake up there?"
Twilight instantly froze in her tracks. "A...snake...?"
"It sure looks like a snake! What do you think Twil—" Before Pinkie could finish, Twilight had quickly teleported herself away. "Twilight? I didn't know she had someplace to go."
"Pinkie, ah think she left because of the snake," said Applejack.
"Really? How do you know she didn't have someplace important she had to go?"
"...Ah'm pretty sure it's the snake."
While Pinkie Pie was thinking this all over, Fluttershy flew over to where the snake was supposed to be to get a better look at it. "Actually, this isn't a snake," she said to everypony else.
"It's not??" They all replied.
"It's not??" shouted Twilight, whom had stuck her head out of a tree that was a couple trees behind the other ponies.
The other ponies turned around and saw her. "Twilight, what are you doing up there? I thought you had somewhere important to go?"
"No, I didn't," Twilight teleported herself in front of Pinkie. "I...just wanted to study the anatomy of trees up close while we were out here."
"Oh, okay!" Pinkie said. "See, Applejack? It wasn't because of any snake that Twilight left."
"Could've fooled me," Applejack said with a sarcastic look on her face; and then Pinkie Pie made a big smile.
The girls gathered around what they thought was a snake. "What is it?" asked Fluttershy.
"It looks like a rolled-out scroll," Twilight said. "And there appears to be writing on it." The scroll showed what looked like a bunch of scribbled lines in the form of a list on the scroll.
"And somepony's scribbled some writin' onto it," said Applejack.
"It looks like somepony wrote some words down, but kept crossing them out."
"Why would they do that?" asked Fluttershy.
"I'm not sure."
"Maybe they wrote something secret down and didn't want anypony to find out about it!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
"Yes, I see how that could be possible," Twilight responded.
"Like maybe it was a recipe for some super delicious cupcakes or cookies or a great big cake!!" she shouted as she licked her lips.
The other girls looked at each other, then back at Pinkie Pie. "IIIIII don't think anypony would want to get rid of a good food recipe, Pinkie Pie."
"Of course," agreed Rarity. "Then they wouldn't be able to make it again."
"Well, if that's not what this is, then what could it be?"
"I'm not sure—waah!!" Twilight shouted as the paper suddenly started to move on its own. The others jumped back as well as Twilight.
"What the hay is going on??" shouted Applejack.
"I don't know!" Rarity responded.
"It must be mad at us for trying to read its secrets!!" Pinkie shouted.
"Pinkie, don't be ridiculous!" said Twilight. "That's not why it's moving!"
"Then why is it moving?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Well, see how it's coming out of the bush?" she pointed at the part of the scroll that was coming out of a bush. "If we just follow the rest of it, we're sure to find someone who's making it move."
"Well then, let's get going!" said Applejack, and the ponies started to follow the scroll to find where it led.