//------------------------------// // Spider! // Story: The night before Hearth's Warming Eve // by Bambisbb //------------------------------// Doodle Bug sat up as fast as a Pegasus on crystal meth, knocking her dragon, Buster, off the bed and onto the floor. She squealed and ran out of her room, picking Buster up and running out to the living room. She ran across her mother and step-dad, dropping Buster on them as she did. Her step dad yelped and fell off the couch, getting pinned by the Hearth's Warming Eve tree Doodle Bug had knocked over. "BYE MOM, BYE WORKER!" Doodle Bug squealed and ran out. "DOODLE BUG!" Her mother screamed after her. "Sorry mom! I'll pick it up laterrrrr..." The rest of Doodles' voice faded out and her mother, Rattles Lullaby, sighed and face hoofed. "Okay, keep it together Lullaby..." Rattles turned around and watched her husband, Lazy Worker, try to get out from under the tree. "LULLABY! HELP!" He cried and flailed, one of his hooves hitting Buster, the Hedgedragon that Doodle Bug had found and accidentally awoken after it being frozen in the Crystal Mountains for 1000 years. Buster fell backwards and got stuck in the floor, his eyes going cross eyed again as he stared at the ceiling. "Sorry mutt!" Worker said, trying to wiggle out from under the tree. "I'm coming Worker..." Rattles sighed and used her magic to pick up the tree while pulling Buster out from the floor, tearing off a piece of carpet with him. She sighed and looked at the other patches of carpet that were missing. "Funny what a little filly can cause." Rattles shook her head and set everything right again while Worker rolled around dramatically. "Really, Worker, I've saved you already, you can stop being a Drama Queen..." "Never woman!" Worker shouted rolling around and acting as if he was dying. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A few accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doodle Bug squealed yet again and crashed into Hoops' window. "OWWWW!" She groaned and held her head before getting up and going around to the front. "Hello?" She opened the door, immediately having to duck as Hoops' baby sister threw a bowl at her. "Oh goodness, sorry Doodle Bug, I guess baby Harper got mad." Hoops' mother, Lovely Rhymes, sighed and picked up the young foal with her hooves "It's fine Mrs. Rhymes!" Doodle Bug smiled and walked in, shutting the door behind her. "Oh Doodle Bug, you don't have to keep calling me Mrs. Rhymes!" "Yea, but I think it suits you!" "Alright sweetie, if you say so." Lovely chuckled and put baby Harper in her playpen. "Is Hoop up yet?" "No sweetie, not yet but if-" Lovely turned around blinked. Doodle Bug was already gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A few accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "HOOP!" Doodle Bug jumped into Hoops' bed, knocking him and his blankets off. "OH MY CELESTIA WHAT?!" "Hi." Doodle Bug smiled. Hoop got up and hit his head on the under side of the bed. "Ow!" He groaned and rubbed his head, backing out and staring at her. "Hi? You wake me up like that and say, 'Hi'?" Doodle nodded and hopped down, "Yuppers! Oh, and on the way here I nearly destroyed some of Ponyville." "How..." "I'm me Hoop!" "That doesn't explain how-" "Shush, yes it does! Now come on, we have Hearth's Warming Eve stuff to do!" "Do I-" "You don't have a choice." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A few accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hoops groaned as Doodle Bug added yet another thing to his saddle bags, "Doodle, I can't carry anymore stuuuuf! I caused a cart to topple over when you added the present for Static! I'm just one little colt, Doodle Bug!" Doodle Bug huffed "Gosh Hoop, stop being a baby..." "No!" "Fine then..." Doodle Bug smirked lightly before digging around in her saddle bag, pulling out a plastic spider and throwing it at him. Hoop blinked a few times before the plastic spider landed on his muzzle. Hoop squealed and ran around, dropping things as he did. "SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER!" Doodle Bug cackled and chased after him, picking up the things he dropped. After a few minutes, Hoop finally stopped running and fell over. "I..Can't...Believe...You...Did...THAT!" "You sound weak, Hoop." Doodle huffed before 'lightly' hitting him with her hoof. "Owww." Hoop rubbed his cheek, "That's gonna bruise..." "I barley hit you!" "Barley hit me Celestia's flank!" "You're lucky your mom didn't hear that..." "What would she do? The best she can do is send me to my room..." "Hoop...She's right behind you." "...RUN!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A few accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hoop and Doodle hid inside an abandoned building. Doodle lit a match, the light barley lit up her and Hoops' faces. She looked around. "Do you think she knows where we are?" Hoop shook his head. "She'd already be in here strangling me...You think your mom knows?" "No, she would have already thrown Buster at me..." "Good, so we're fine until they find us..." "Don't forget until Ponyville finds us. And the Griffins..." "Who knew two little foals could start a war with the Griffin Empire...And make Celestia mad..." "Yea..." Doddle Bug shivered. "Where did we go wrong?" "Well, I think it happened when you knocked over the fruit stand, and then nearly burnt down the Ponyville jail, then nearly got hit by a train before hopped on said train and dragging me along. Getting off in Canterlot, running into the castle and running across the table where the Griffins and Princesses were signing a peace treaty, then ducking under the guards and hiding in this building was just over kill..." "Well I had to get away from them! They were really really mad, and-" "And now the Princesses are after us, along with Ponyville and some of Canterlot! How do we get into these situations?! Oh wait, I remember, YOU PUT US IN THEM!" "Stop yelling or they're going to-" "DOODLE BUG!" "HOOP SHOOT!" "Oh no..." Doodle Bug whispered, blowing out the match.