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A purple hoof reached out on the night stand and silenced the destroyer of sleep. Twilight yawned before turning back to her pillow and hugging it, causing it to make a gurgling sound. Cracking open an eye, she saw that she was hugging Peanut Butter who was enjoying the hug. Twilight smiled.
"Good morning, Peanut Butter. Did you sleep well?" she asked. Peanut Butter gurgled happily in response making Twilight giggle. "That's good. Hey, would you mind waking up Spike? I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you did it." Peanut Butter slithered off the bed and towards Spike's basket where he proceeded to nuzzle the dragon. Twilight got have of bed and stretched before making her way downstairs. She trotted happily towards the kitchen and began making breakfast; haybacon, eggs, toast, and pancakes. Using her magic made things go a lot quicker. By the time Spike and Peanut had made it to the kitchen, Twilight had already had breakfast on the table.
Spike sniffed the air before drooling. "Wow, Twilight, that smells great! I'm surprised you didn't burn down the kitchen this time.
Twilight rolled her eyes, although she was smiling. "Ha ha Spike. Now come on, let's eat breakfast."
"Yes ma'am," he said, giving a mock salute.
Twilight had set bowl full of suckers on the table for Peanut Butter to eat, who slithered onto a chair and 'sat' down with them. He grabbed the bowl with a couple of his pseudopods and stuck his head in the bowl, sucking the suckers into his body and dissolving them, leaving the sticks behind. Twilight and Spike watched the whole thing with interest, barely remembering they had food of their own. They continued watching as Peanut began to move the sticks around inside his body, suspending them into two rows of 12 near the surface of his body. Peanut lifted his tentacles into the air, used the sucker sticks to make it look like it was opening a mouth, and began to wiggle his tentacles around, all the while making a high pitched gurgling noise.
If Twilight or Spike had been drinking anything at that moment, they would have spit it out.
Spike as laughing at Peanut Butter's playful imitation of a monster. He fell out of his chair, but just continued to laugh on the floor. Twilight, on the other hoof, was trying to muffle her laughter by covering her muzzle with her hooves. It took a few minutes, but Spike was finally able to get back up and sit in his chair. He wiped a tear from his eye before saying, "Oh man, that was hilarious."
"It really was," Twilight said, still trying to maintain her laughter.
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"Spike, why don't we take the day off?" Twilight said. They had finished breakfast an hour ago and were currently cleaning the library.
"Really, Twilight?" Spike asked hopefully.
"Why not? I'm in a really good mood today and we haven't done anything together in a while."
"Alright! But what about Peanut Butter?" Spike gestured towards the mass of fun who was quivering and gurgling in excitement at the prospect of being able to roam free.
Twilight thought for a moment before answering, "We'll let him roam free like Celestia said. I don't think he could get into any trouble." Peanut Butter gurgled and nuzzled Twilight and then slithered towards the door. Twilight giggled, "Somepony is eager to go." She opened the door and Peanut slithered outside, gaining the attention of all of the nearby ponies. "Twilight trotted outside next to him. "Remember, Peanut Butter, you have to be back at the library before night fall. If you absolutely cannot make it back, try and find somepony else to stay with. Understand?" Peanut Butter gurgled which Twilight took as a yes. "Alright then see you later tonight." Peanut began to slither off into town. Most ponies gave way to the strange creature, still wary of its presence, although a few of the ponies who had encountered it at the party waved to him.
He nuzzled those ponies.
"You think he'll be alright?" Spike asked while climbing onto Twilight's back.
"Don't worry, Spike, he'll be fine," Twilight said while beginning to trot away from the library. "So, what do you want to get at Sugarcube Corner?"
Spike wasted no time in answering, "A Triple Uberberry Sunrise with gems!"
Twilight thought for a moment before turning back to Spike. "I must be in a really good mood if I'm saying yes to that."
Spike wooped.
...
Peanut Butter was having a grand time, nuzzling ponies and sneak attacking them from dark ally ways, tickling them to death. Most ponies tried to avoid him and some looked like they were about to panic whenever he tickled attacked others, although they calmed down once they realized what he was doing. He didn't really mind those ponies who didn't seem to like him; he would deal with them later.
He then saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
They were each wearing saddlebags and were trotting down the road with other foals their age. Curious, and also wanting to play with them again, he decided to follow them; all the while sticking to the shadows. Eventually, he saw where they were headed; a brightly colored red building with hearts on it. He observed as all the children entered the building until the last one in closed the door. Wanting to get a closer look he slithered to one of the windows and peaked inside.
The foals had taken seats at different desks around the room with a purplish mare standing up front. He immediately recognized the Cutie Mark Crusaders along with Pipsqueak, Rumble, Twist, and Dinky; the foals from the party. The purple mare began talking, but it was impossible to hear what she was saying from the outside. At one point, all the foals groaned and took out large text books from their saddlebags. As time progressed, he continued to watch the children while they were in school, none of them noticing his presence. He was about to leave until he sensed a change in the emotions of his three favorite fillies.
They were angry.
Looking back inside, he saw them arguing with two other fillies; a pink one with a tiara on her head and a grey one with a pair of glasses. The big purple one tried to calmly intervene, but the five fillies didn't even notice her. Peanut sensed as the purple one's anger began to build until the dam finally broke. She shouted loud enough that even Peanut Butter could her from the outside.
"ENOUGH!"
That had gotten the attention of the arguing fillies. The purple one began to scold them while the other foals in the class observed the scene, nervousness written on their faces. The five fillies had their ears splayed back. When the purple one was done, she spoke to the rest of the class and pointed towards the door. The entire class, including the CMC and the two bullies, all headed outside and towards the playground. When all the foals were gone, the purple pony sighed and sat down at her desk, planting her face on it.
Peanut Butter could sense that she was absolutely stressed out. Sensing her distress, he slithered to the front of the building and quietly opened the door before slithering inside. He tried to close the door quietly behind him, but it made an audible click. The purple pony's ears perked up and she turned her attention towards the door. She gasped in surprise.
"You must be that creature that Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo mentioned," she said before trotting over to Peanut Butter. She held out a hoof, "I'm Miss Cheerilee, I'm the teacher her at the Ponyville Schoolhouse." Peanut Butter gripped her outstretched hoof with a tentacle and shook it. "You must be Peanut Butter," she continued, now smiling, "and judging by the way I'm feeling right now, I'd say they were telling the truth about you not being a monster." Peanut Butter then hugged her, ridding her of the rest of her stress. Cheerilee giggled, "My you certainly are friendly, aren't you? Why don't you stay? I'm sure some of my students would love to see you again." Peanut gurgled happily in response. "They got into an argument earlier with two of my other students, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. They were telling Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo how terrible they were for bringing a monster from the Everfree into town. Honestly those two fillies sometimes make me want to bash my head against the wall." Cheerilee then got a devious idea.
Ten minutes later at the end of recess, the foals re-entered the building.
On the way in, two groups of fillies were glaring at one another. Cheerilee spoke up, "Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, would you two come here please?" The two mentioned fillies looked nervously at each other before approaching. When they were at the front of the desk, Cheerilee began to speak again, "Did you apologize to the Crusaders like I told you too?"
Their nervous faces turned into angry scowls. "Why should we?" Diamond Tiara demanded, "Those dumb blank flanks brought some monster from the Everfree into Ponyville that's probably going to eat us."
"Yeah! They'll probably get their cutie marks in getting us all killed!" Silver Spoon said. Most of the class nodded in agreement with the two fillies except for the seven who had met him personally.
"Well I, for one, know he's not a monster, see for yourself," Cheerilee said, barely managing to restrain a smile. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had time to look confused before a couple of tentacles came out from under the desk and wrapped themselves around their forehooves.
Anypony who heard the scream could of sworn that somepony was being attacked by a manticore.