//------------------------------// // Raspberry Sense // Story: The Day My Life Began // by Authora97 //------------------------------// Morgan/Raspberry The incredible bright sunlight shined into my eyes on that delightful Tuesday morning. Some people thought that Mondays were my bad days. That’s a lie. Monday’s are amazing for me. Tuesday’s though, Tuesday’s hate me. The best part of Tuesdays is when Luna visits my dreams. Although, today would be a good Tuesday. Today...Twilight’s gonna explode into flames. This is gonna be fun! Climbing up out of bed, I looked over into my closet. Before Rarity’s fashion show last week, I asked requested she make Killjoy, Lilac and I dresses of our own. It was very easy to convince the fashion mare what with my amazing debating skills. It was a simple dress, much simpler than people expected from Rarity. A thin black dress that matched my requests. It fit quite nicely I add. Lilac’s was almost the same, except it was a shade of white that would sparkle in any light. Lilac loved it. Killjoy’s was little more...problematic. The red pegasus had never set foot around the Carousel Boutique. Rarity had only met Killjoy twice before; at Pinkie’s party and at The Frosty Mug. She was kinda scared of going in there, to be honest. My little sister doesn’t like dresses. Speaking of, something about that Cloud Kicker mare was familiar. Probably a coincidence. Moving my mind to better thoughts, I skipped out of the door. The days plan were running thru my head. Killjoy and Lilac were already downstairs by the time I arrived. Lilac, with a bowl of cereal, and Killjoy, with some coffee. My dragon smiled up at me. “Hiya Mommy!” I nodded. “Sup, Li.” I nodded at my sister. “Sup KJ. How was work?” Killjoy glared at me. “Can’t say in front of child.” She said, chugging her coffee. Lilac titled her heads. “Why not?” I patted her on the head. “Your auntie likes to use really bad words that aren’t allowed in front of foals.” I explained to her. The four year old’s head remained titled. “Why not?” “Because, you need to learn about other words before you learn these words.” I told her calmly. Killjoy slammed her mug down onto the counter. “Why the hell not?” I rolled my eyes. “KJ, you were older than Lilac when you learned these words.” Picking up an apple in my magic, I headed off towards the closet to get my saddlebags. “Also, KJ, I need you to take Lilac to school.” “Where are you off to?” Killjoy barked at me. “The market. They’re some things that we’re gonna need for the day.” I told my sister and dragon. Said dragon walked right up to me and gave me a strange look. “But didn’t we go shopping yesterday?” She asked me. “We did, but I need stuff that I forgot to get yesterday.” I told her. “What?” Lilac asked. “Bee sting ointment, an umbrella hat, a long rope, bungee cords, a bedsheet, a gas mask, an ice pack, and a small jar for your aunt for some new project of her’s.” What I failed to mention, was that project was collecting new samples of blood to make different brands of Blood Polish. Killjoy was quite the scientist when she wanted to be. “Okay.” Lilac smiled. “Do I need to come with you?” “Nope. I should be able to get all of this soon enough. KJ,” Hearing her nickname, Killjoy looked up at me, “stay out of trouble. For clarification sake, my definition of trouble means ‘If you have to run or open a locked door, you’re in trouble.’ Is that understood?” Killjoy groaned. “Yes Mother.” I scoffed, but went on my merry way. ==DMLB== An hour later, I had just about everything except an umbrella hat. I had to hurry or I would be late for Twilight falling into a ditch. Now that was gonna be a sight. I wonder where a store that sells umbrella hat’s would be? Maybe Pinkie had one on hoof in case of double umbrella hat emergency, you never know. Speaking of the pink pony, I saw her hiding under various objects with an umbrella hat on her head. I trotted up to her closest hiding spot. “Twitchy tail?” I asked her. “Yepperoni! It’s been twitcha twitching for a really long time!” Pinkie admitted. “Which means…something’s gonna fall?” I asked, even though I knew the answer. Pinkie gasped. “How’d you know?!” “Rule 4: She knows everything.” I explained to the party pony. Before anymore could be said, Pinkie’s tail twitched. “Uh oh.” Pinkie said. The mare ran out from under the box she was hiding under and dashed towards something else. Five minutes later, things got interesting. We hid under a tree. Then we ran and hid under a porch. Then a rock. It was interesting. After the rich, Pinkie and I waited in a small portion of grass. “Twitchy twitcha twitcha twitch.” Pinkie whispered, a serious look on her face. Looking next to us, I saw Twilight and Spike walking towards us. “Twilight! What’s up?” I greeted the unicorn who instantly started glaring. Spike waved. “Hi Raspberry. Where’s Lilac?” “At school. It’s Tuesday. I had some errands to run.” I said, showing off the bags I had. “Oh. What are you getting?” Spike asked. “Bee sting ointment, a long rope, bungee cords, a bedsheet, a gas mask, an ice pack, and a jar for my friend’s chemistry project. I’m still looking for an umbrella hat.” I tapped a hoof on my chin. “Though, I guess it’s too late for the hat.” Twilight stopped glaring and looked confused. “Why do you need all those things? You look fine, so why the ointment?” Giving the unicorn a knowing smile, I gave her a small reason for annoyance. “You’ll see.” Twilight resumed glaring. She looked over at Pinkie, the mare who had tried to hide under her umbrella hat. “Pinkie Pie? What in the wide-wide-world of Equestria are you up to?” Twilight asked. Pinkie Pie looked as though Twilight had asked her what color the sky was. “Oh! It’s my tail! It’s my tail! It’s a-twitch a-twitchin’! And you know what that means!” “I sure do.” I smirked. Twilight and Spike exchanged looks. “Actually, Pinkie, I haven’t the slightest idea.” Twilight admitted. Pinkie Pie seemed more than delighted to explain. “The twitchin’ means my Pinkie Sense is telling me that stuff’s gonna start falling! You should better duck for cover.” She warned. I glanced up. Fluttershy was flying overhead with a cart full of frogs. A couple frogs hung all around her body. Spike followed my gaze to see Fluttershy. Twilight Sparkle practically rolled her eyes at Pinkie’s naïvety. “Oh, Pinkie, it’s not gonna rain. Why there’s barely even a cloud in the-ugh!” A frog had landed straight on Twilight’s face. Fluttershy floated down a little, her usual apologetic look clear on her face. The frog croaked. “He just said ‘nice catch’ in Frog!” I explained happily to Twilight. Pinkie gasped. “That’s what I was gonna say!” “I know.” I smiled. Fluttershy came down to the point where we could hear her. “Oh, I’m so, so sorry. You okay, Twilight Sparkle? I just couldn’t stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all, so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bog.” “Of course you did.” Twilight said as the frog started crawling over her face. “Bye-bye!” Fluttershy said, but it was kinda muffled. Pinkie Pie raised a brow. “Um... Twilight? You gotta little somethin’ on your face there.” “Oh, really? Did your ‘Pinkie Sense’ tell you that, too?” Twilight asked, annoyed. Pinkie smiled. “Nah! I could just see it. La-la-la-la-la...” I looked over at Twilight happily as Spike smacked the frog off Twilight. “Whatcha doin’?” I asked. The unicorn ignored me. “C’mon, Spike, let’s continue our practice session where there’s a little less commotion.” The two walked away. Well, I guess I still had to gather some supplies. Where can a girl find some bee sting ointment at this hour? Turning myself a little to the right, I saw a store that... somehow... was selling everything I needed! Wow. Luckiest Tuesday Ever! ==DMLB== Wow. That has to be the shortest shopping trip I have ever taken. When I walked back out, I heard a commotion just down the road. Trotting briskly, I found Applejack. She was standing next to a vegetable cart with Pinkie, Twilight and Spike. Pinkie was staring at Twilight with a sad expression. “I’ll start a bath for you.” Pinkie said. Twilight Sparkle only chuckled. “A bath? This thing keeps on getting more ridiculous by the minute!” A cart walked behind her, splashing some mud onto Twilight’s mane and hooves. The unicorn grumbled. I snickered *click* “What was that?” Applejack asked. “Nothing.” I lied as I hid my camera back into my saddlebags, still snickering. “Let’s get ole Sparkle of Twilight cleaned up.” Said sparkle glared at me. I smiled and waved. ==DMLB== Soon enough, Twilight was in a tub in Pinkie’s place. I had offered to come along in case of emergencies. “Phhhhft.” Twilight said, blowing away some of the bubbles. Pinkie Pie came in with a jar of bubble bath. “Sooo, basically, it works like this: I get different, little, niggling feelings and they mean different things. Like when my back is itchy, it means it’s my lucky day. And, when my knee gets pinchy, that means something scary’s about to happen.” “Is your knee pinchy now?” The unicorn asked worriedly. Pinkie Pie moved her shoulder. ”No, but my shoulder’s achy.” “That means there’s an alligator in the tub.” Pinkie and I said at the same time. Pinkie gasped. She went over to the tub and pulled out a green alligator with purple eyes. Twilight jumped up out of the tub. Her mane and tail were soaked. She pointed a hoof at Gummy. “Hey, it’s Gummy!” I cheered. “How come your knee didn’t get pinchy?! That isn’t just scary, it’s downright dangerous!” Twilight nearly shouted. “No, it’s not, silly!” Pinkie cheered. “This is my pet alligator, Gummy. He’s got no teeth. See?” Gummy hopped up. He chewed on Pinkie’s hoof, mane and tail. “Haha!” Twilight Sparkle grumbled. “Okay, okay... I get it.” She turned to me, an angry look in her eyes. “Wait...how did you know about Gummy?” “Rule Four.” I said simply. “Which is...?” Twilight asked, still standing on the end of the tub. “She knows everything.” I answered. “A pony can’t know everything.” ‘Well I’m not a pony.’ I thought. “True, but once one admits they know nothing can they know everything.” “Wow! That was really deep!” Pinkie laughed. Gummy hopped off her tail, realizing it wasn’t food. “I know.” I smirked. Twilight raised a brow, probably curious as to why I needed all of those supplies. ==DMLB== Once Twilight was all cleaned up, Pinkie and I walked her home. Twilight Sparkle continued out debate on Pinkie Sense and Rule Four. “Well, I still don’t believe all this... ‘special power’ stuff. It’s just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo.” Pinkie shrugged. “What’s not to believe? You do magic, what’s the difference?” “Huge! For one thing,” The student paused, seeing a soap box nearby. She stepped up ontop of it. “*ahem* magic is something you study and practice. It only happens when you decide to do it, and it’s meant to make something specific that you choose to happen, happen. With you, Pinkie, uh, it makes no sense at all!” Pinkie glared. “That’s so not true, Twilight!” The party pony smiled. “Sometimes it’s a bunch of random things happening to my body at random times that supposedly predict the future. I call ’em ‘combos’.” “Combos?” “Sure! You know, like, ear flop, then knee twitch, then eye flutter. That means the sky is about to be graced with a beautiful rainbow!” We were almost at Twilight’s. “Mine is just...I know a bunch of stuff that seems random and turns into something totally awesome! Most of the time.” I explained. Sometimes it crashed and burned...literally. Note to Self: Learn how to correctly land a plane. “Yeah, sure.” Twilight rolled her purple eyes. Pinkie paused. “Uh-oh, I feel a combo coming on. Ear flop, eye flutter, knee twitch!” “Twilight watch out!” I called out. *crash* The door to the library opened. Spike walked out backwards holding some books in his claws. I swear I heard car noises. “Ugh!” Twilight groaned. “Ughhh... You said that combo meant ‘beautiful rainbow’.” Pinkie shook her head. “Oh no-no-no-no-no. You’re thinking of an ear flop, then knee twitch, then eye flutter. This was an ear flop, then eye flutter, then knee twitch.” “That usually means ‘look out for opening doors’.” I commented. Quickly, I lifted the ice pack from my saddlebags. “Ice pack?” “You okay?” Pinkie asked. Twilight grumbled under her breath. “I don’t believe this.” “You don’t believe because you don’t understand!” Pinkie pointed out to Twilight. Twilight gained a devious look in her eyes. Uh-oh. ==DMLB== Pinkie and I were hooked up to a machine in Twilight’s basement. This sounds like a horror movie prompt. Hmm...I should call my Horror Movie Guy. He might like this. Egghead finally snaps and kills two people in her basement. Yes. I should get on that. Twilight hooked up the last few cables. “Hmm... okay. Now when you get another twitch, we’ll have all kinds of scientific information.” “Okey-dokey-lokey!” Twilight locked Pinkie Pie into place. The scientist turned to me. “And you, every time you feel like you are starting to know something, we’ll have some more scientific information.” “Does knowing 2+2=Fish count?  I think I know that.” I commented. Not to my surprise, Twilight glared. “No. It does not.”  She then locked me into place. I grimaced. “Don’t try getting out. The cuffs are magnetized.” “Which would mean anything if my hooves were made of metal.” I deadpanned, trying to move my hooves into a more comfortable position in the cuffs. I do not want Killjoy to find bruises on me. We stayed in awkward silence for a minute. “Any twitches yet? Suddenly knowledge?” “Nopey-dopey!” “Umm...no?” Another awkward silence. “Now? Anything?” Pinkie gasped. “Wait! Hold on! Uhh, no.” “Oh! I think I have something!” “What?” Twilight asked, checking some of the documentation being printed up. “3 plus 3 equals 8! And 7 plus 7 equals triangle!” I cheered. “Success!” Removing my hooves from the metal cuffs, I raised them in the air. “How did you-” Twilight started. “Never mind.” “Yeah,” I said, folding my fore hooves over the cuffs. “My roommate says that-” I stopped speaking for a moment, my eyes going wide. “Huh.” “What?” The unicorn checked over some of the reports printing out from the machine. “Are you getting something?” “I think so.” I said. “I have the bizarre feeling my roommate is getting into trouble.” ==DMLB== Killjoy/Darcy Floating up on a cloud, I watched as my victim walked along the path. It was almost too easy. She used the same path every day, not once have I seen her avoid it. It was easy to spot her against the dark green of the leaves and bright red of the apples. Her bright blue coat standing clearly against them as she searched the orchard for the perfect spot. Soon enough, she had found a tree suitable to her needs. Pulling out a blanket and pillow, the pegasus began napping in the tree. I chuckled, pulling out the bag full of bugs from my saddlebag. “Fly, my pretties, and give Dashie a big ole Darcy Style surprise.” I instructed, turning the bag over Rainbow’s napping branch. ==DMLB== Raspberry/Morgan “It’s probably nothing though.” I shrugged. Twilight Sparkle’s right eye twitched. “Wait, hold on, I’m feeling something...” Pinkie said. “Oh my gosh, what? What is it?!” Twilight said, finally sounding excited. *growl* Pinkie smiled “It’s my tummy! That usually means I’m hungry! Let’s eat!” “I could really go for a cupcake. Or pizza! Or a pizza made out of cupcakes!” I suggested. Twilight groaned. “Urgh... You know what?” The scientist stormed over towards the machine, pulling off various cords. “Just forget it! I don’t need to know if this is real or not. I don’t need to understand it! I don’t even care!” Pinkie and I blinked. “Oki-doki-loki.” Pinkie cheered. The three of us began walking back up to the library (okay, Pinkie was hopping). Spiral staircases were always fun in the past, just not much fun to climb up. Pinkie started hopping faster than Twilight and I, although I was perfectly fine with being behind. My sister thinks I’m part turtle. One of my hooves began lazily dragging itself along the wall of the stairs, feeling the contours of the dirt as I trotted up the large staircase. “What are you doing?” Twilight grumbled. “A thing.” I said simply, now watching my hoof along the dirt. Let me tell you, it is awkward walking with three hooves. “What ‘thing’?” Twilight asked. “A boring thing.” I added. This mare isn’t much of an imaginative thinker. At the end of our conversation, we ended up at the top of the stairs. Pinkie gasped as we reached the door. Her whole body physically stopped, her hooves stretched out in surprise. “Uh-oh.” The pony with the sixth sense gasped again. Twilight simply walked past her. Pinkie’s ears flopped. Her eyes fluttered. Her knees started twitching. “Hu-bu-bu-bu-buh!” The mare fell on her back. I took two steps farther back from Twilight. *SLAM* *click* A little purple and green dragon walked into the basement as I re-hid my camera in my saddlebag. He seemed to be looking for something. “Raspberry? Pinkie? Have you seen Twilight?” Pinkie, as if she hadn’t fallen, bounced right past Spike. “Uh-huh.” The mare cheered. I snickered. The door closed itself, revealing the purple unicorn smashed against it. *click* Damn. I’ve only got room for seven more pictures on this thing. I kept snickering as Spike leaned over the edge of the ground, trying to find Twilight by the lab. He looked up, noticed his friend, and slowly backed away. “Twilight?” Spike asked. “What are ya doing back there?” “Did you three plan this?” Twilight and I said. Though, her’s was more aggravated. Mine was chipper and happy. “Plan what?” Spike asked. Grinning, I skipped out of the lab. Today was a good day, but I still wanted some lunch. ==DMLB== Pinkie and I were hanging around the school playground. After the two of us had lunch at Sugarcube Corner, we had decided to walk around Ponyville. We took a brisk walk through the park, smelling flowers along the way. My traveling companion never stopped giggling. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a bush stalking us. At one point, Spike walked up to the bush and I didn’t see him come out. The playground was where we had ended up. “So, anything new happening with you?” I asked Pinkie. The party pony tapped a hoof to her chin. “Hmm, I don’t think so. You?” “Meh. Except for the new job, life has been pretty slow.” I admitted. “That cupcake was pretty cool though, much better than the Baked Bads.” “The what?” Pinkie asked. “Remember during Applebuck Season when Applejack helped you at Sugarcube Corner?” I reminded. “Yeah, you showed up and threw away the cupcakes.” Pinkie said, almost sadly. “Those were Baked Bads.” Tapping my hoof the ground, I explained. “Applejack has used potato chips, soda, lemons, and worms.” Pinkie’s face scrunched up in disgust. “Now you see why I got rid of them.” “Wasn’t setting them on fire a little much?” Pinkie asked. I shook my head. “Pinkie, you were planning on giving everypony free samples of those muffins. If anypony ate them, they would’ve be throwing up for days!” The party pony widened her eyes. “Wow. How did you know that?” “The same way I knew your nose is going to be itchy in two seconds.” “My nose isn’t-” Pinkie paused, scratching her nose with her hoof. “Oh! Oh! My nose is itchy! My nose is itchy!” “Hide!” I warned, running over towards a nearby bush. Pinkie hid under a giant horseshoe. It took only a moment for the bee swarm to appear. They flew over towards the bush that a small dragon had recently come running from. Reaching into my saddlebag, I pulled out the bee sting ointment and tossed it over in the direction of the bush where Twilight was obviously hiding in. “That should take care of it.” Coming out of my hiding spot, I waited as Pinkie came out from the horseshoe. Pinkie nodded. “So, where should we go now?” “Sweet Apple Acres.” I ‘suggested’. “Okie dokie loki!” The mare began bouncing off in the direction of the Apple Farm. ==DMLB== The farm was absolutely delightful when the two of us arrived. The clouds provided nice shade from the autumn sun, the occasion breeze blowing some leaves in my direction. “Wow. Somehow it’s more beautiful over here.” I commented. “You mean beautifuller!” Pinkie corrected. “Sure, why not?” I laughed. Noticing Spike and Twilight hide off behind some hay bales, I trotted around some of the nearby blue and green flowers. I bent down to smell one. “One must stop to smell the roses.” “Oh! That was a good one!” Pinkie said. “I kno-” Looking over towards the pink pony, I saw she was smelling another blue and green flower. Shrugging, I trotted over to the flower to give it a sniff. “Wow. That is a good one.” “I know!” Pinkie gasped. “I knew!” “You did.” I giggled. *flop* *flop* *flutter* *flutter* *twitch* *twitch* “Hmm...” I looked around to see Spike starting to freak out. “No doors around here. We’ll be fine.” Pinkie nodded. The two of us began walking (well, Pinkie was hoping) out of Sweet Apple Acres. “Hey, you wanna go help me pick up Lilac? I think we have a couple hours free before Twilight gets out of the hospital.” I asked politely. Pinkie titled her head. “Why is Twilight in the hospital?” “She fell into the Apple’s new apple cellar.” I explained plainly. “Then I would love to help pick up Lilac!” “Thanks Pinkie.” I smiled. “No problem! Anything for a friend!” My mouth opened to make a retort, but then I thought it over. Pinkie Pie considered me a friend? Sure, the pegasister in me was screaming, but the loner inside me was scared. Pinkie Pie, The Element of Laughter, Premiere Party Pony of Ponyville, and best maker of Cupcakes I know, considers me a friend? Pinkie was a generally curious sort. What if she saw me Jumping? Or accidentally followed me Home? This hasn’t happened before, but it could! Especially when Pinkie is involved. I’ve only known about her for a couple months and I know she’s impossible and unexplainable. What could happen if she found out about me being a human? The worst she could do is tell Twilight, who would in turn tell the Princesses, who would then proceed to perform various medical tests on me. Not for the first time, I was scared of making a friend. ==DMLB== By the time Pinkie and I arrived back at the schoolhouse, foals of all ages were rushing out. It took me a moment to find Lilac, thanks to Pinkie doing this: “HEY LILAC!” Pinkie had shouted. “OVER HERE!” The slightly mortified dragonette had smiled at the two of us. I waved a hoof meekly, still a little unnerved from what had occurred at Sweet Apple Acres. Now, the dragon was standing before me, a curious look on her face. “Mommy, what’s Miss Pinkie doing here?” “Razzle and me-” ‘Razzle and I, Pinkie. Use correct grammar’ “-were just walking around town letting Twilight secretly follow us but she got into a little accident so Razzle asked me if I wanted to come pick you up from school so of course I said yes because Razzle is my new friend and I want to help all my friends!” Pinkie said quickly. I nodded. The blue eyed dragon smiled on. “Oh...well, my friends and I were going to play.” Lilac half-lied. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were a secret club, remember? She couldn’t give up the secret, lest she face the judgment of her pint sized peers. Not that it would be that bad. The worst I’ve seen Sweetie Belle do is take her sister’s cloths to make capes. Scootaloo, of course, could probably cause some damage. Apple Bloom would probably just ask Big Mac to help. I nodded. “Delightful. Stay safe. Don’t go into the Everfree, don’t talk to strangers, and (most importantly) don’t do anything Killjoy would do.” Lilac laughed. “Okay Mommy. See you at dinner!” The purple dragon cheered as she ran off after her three friends. Turning to the party pony, I shrugged. “Anything else you wanted to do today?” Pinkie tapped a hoof to her chin, her face scrunched in concentration. “I did want to talk a walk in Ponyville Park!” “We already did that.” I pointed out. “I wanna go again!” Pinkie smiled. It felt like a child was explaining it to me, as if it made complete sense. Laughing, I gestured a hoof in the direction of the park. “Then let’s go while we still got some daylight.” Pinkie jumped up into the air. She squealed quite loudly and dashed off towards the park. I sighed. I suddenly felt exhausted. Wait... did Pinkie call me ‘Razzle’? ==DMLB== The two of us were enjoying the walk in the park. The sun was now hidden by a couple clouds, they passed by with the breeze. Pinkie seemed upbeat with energy, yet with every step I took I felt more and more exhausted. I had stopped for a smoothie (they have my favorite here, which surprised me. They even called it ‘The Elvis Prescolt’) along the way, it helped a little. Why was I so exhausted? “Oh! Look at that!” Pinkie suddenly shouted. My head shot up. It had apparently titled down in my small exhaustion. “Huh?” I asked. Pinkie was pointing a hoof excitedly at butterfly. “Pretty.” I smiled. Taking a deep breath to try and stay awake. Taking a glance up at the sky, I saw some cool clouds. “Take a look at that cloud!” “What cloud?” Pinkie asked excitedly, looking up at the sky. “The one shaped like a giant cookie.” I explained, trying to point at it with my hoof. “It looks more like a Pegasus Delivery Truck.” The pink pony speculated. “Wha-” Following Pinkie’s eyesight, I saw a large truck being lifted by pegasi. Ditzy and Raindrops were lifting a cart filled with various objects from the back of the truck. *twitch* *twitch* “Drat.” I said under my breath. *crash* *crash* *Crash* *CRASH* “Poor Twilight.” I mumbled. “That must really hurt her horn.” From the corner of my eye, I saw Applejack coming up. Pinkie started running her hoof of her lips, blubbering like a mother does when feeding a stubborn child. She stopped when Applejack reached us, a full apple barrel on her hind. “Hey, Applejack. Whatcha doin’?” Somewhere, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro shuddered. The orange farmer motioned towards the barrel. “Takin’ more apples to my new apple cellar. How ’bout you, Pinkie and Raspberry? Whatchu doin’?” “Letting Twilight secretly follow us all day without us knowing.” I explained, grinning. “You mean you knew all along?!” The purple unicorn snarled. *click* “Seriously, can nopony else hear that?” Applejack asked. “Not a thing.” I lied again. Only got six pictures left. Turning towards Twilight, I saw she was horribly scratched up. She had scuff marks on her face, ears, and hooves. Her two front hooves were bandaged, there was a very slight tremble to her steps. Her right eye was black. Her mane and tail were slightly ruffled, though not Smarty Pants level ruffling. “Of course I did. Rule Four.” I continued grinning. The purple unicorn began twitching all over, teeth grinding. It reminded me of myself trying not to kill Darcy when she broke one of my Rules. Spike appeared behind Twilight’s tail, a worried like on his face. “Tail... still twitching?” Spike asked. The bubblegum pink pony smiled brightly. “All done, clear skies from here on in, as far as I can tell--” She paused, her whole body shaking. “Hu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu!” The surprise of the new sense made Applejack dropped her apples and made Spike hide farther behind Twilight. Spike gasped. “Oh no! What does that one mean?” “It’s the Doozy.” I explained. “It means something you never expected is gonna happen, like in The Sixth Sense when it’s revealed that he’s-” “SSHHH! Razzle, don’t spoil it!” Pinkie Pie warned, both breaking the fourth wall and my mind. Only for three seconds of course. The mare shook again. “Its gonna happen... at Froggy Bottom Bog!” “That’s where Fluttershy’s headed!” Applejack pointed out. “Oh no! Is it about her?” Spike panicked. “Nope.” I stated. “In fact, I can say with complete honesty that this doozy has nothing to do with Fluttershy.” I scratched my head with a hoof. “But...I can’t help but feel my gut telling me that she’s still in danger.” Spike nearly started biting his claws. “Wha-what kinda of danger?” Holding a hoof up to my forehead, I rubbed my temple like I had a headache. I held back a growing yawn. Why was I so tired. “I can’t see it. It must be a pretty big thing.” Applejack turned towards the direction of the Bog. “We better go and make sure she’s okay.” Twilight the Scientist scoffed. “Calm down, everypony.” Pinkie and Applejack had already ran off. “All we know right now is that Pinkie Pie just got a case of the shivers. That’s all.” “Better safe than sorry Twi.” I told the unicorn, running off after the faster earth ponies. Damn I wish I wasn’t so slow. Why am I so tired already? ==DMLB== Some time later, the five of us were walking along the path towards Froggy Bottom Bog. I, since I am usually lazy, was trying not to show I was breathing heavy. The last thing I needed was to take more minutes away from saving Fluttershy and taking a picture of Twilight on fire. Of course, because I was exhausted, I was far behind Twilight. Realizing this, I knew I had to get my act together. The rest of my plan requires my top performance. I’ll have to be fast on my hooves and quick in my mind. So, why am I exhausted? Maybe it was Pinkie offering being my friend that started it. Sighing, I tried to forget what Pinkie had told me. Having Pinkie Pie, party pony extraordinaire, be my friend is awesome. I’ve loved (not that way) Pinkie Pie since ‘My Little Pony’ first came about. Thinking back, I probably still have a doll or two of old Pinkie with her colors reversed. I just don’t want to lie to her. Who would? What if she makes me make a Pinkie Promise that could lead to her finding out about Darcy and I? What if Pinkie finds out that Darcy is a serial killer known in every dimension she’s been to as ‘The Pin Point Killer’, named as such because she was always able to find the right vein that made her victims bleed out in seconds? Or what if she finds out about Dark Morgan- “Raspberry?” A voice said, cutting thru my thoughts. “What?” I stopped, my head shooting up to see Spike looking at me with a brow raised. The dragon shrugged. “Whadda ya think happened to Fluttershy?” I blinked, looking up to see Applejack and Pinkie staring at me. “Fluttershy took the frogs here, that much I can say. The rest has not happened yet, so I don’t know.” “But, Ah thought ya said ya knew everythin’?” Applejack asked. “I do. It’s just...” I shrugged, trotting off towards the Bog. “It’s confusing. I can see twelve different endings for today at least. I can’t see which one is the One.” I said, various theories of today running across my head. Half of them deadly. You should be proud. It could’ve been two thirds. I looked down to see Spike’s worried face. “Hey, don’t worry. We’re all gonna be okay.” “You’re sure?” Spike asked. “Rule Five. I never guess.” I smiled. “I hope you’re right, for Fluttershy’s sake.” Applejack commented, pausing between a break into the trees. “Look! There’s Froggy Bottom Bog!” I placed the gas mask on my face, trying not to snicker. *click* Only five. “Why are you wearing a gas mask?” Twilight asked, apparently having noticed it. “Are you my mummy?” I asked, grinning like mad. The others began looking around, calling for Fluttershy. “Fluttershy?” Applejack called out. “Fluttershy?” Pinkie shouted. While the others were searching, I went over my plan in my head. If only I could remember my lasso training from a century ago... *gasp* “Fluttershy! You’re okay!” Spike cheered. Looking over thru my tinted lenses, I saw Spike hugging a confused Fluttershy. “Of course.” Fluttershy nearly whispered. Applejack sighed. “What a relief.” Pinkie smiled, looking like a weight was lifted off her shoulders. “I’m so glad everything’s alright.” “And that nopony was hurt.” I added. Twilight, ever the doubtful, smirked proudly. “Sorry, I know it’s not nice to gloat but... AHA!” Spike fell into the bog. That was when I noticed the Hydra, and the smoke. Twilight continued. “I told you there was nothing to worry about, and I was right. Pinkie Pie said whatever she was shuddering about was a *cough* doozy, and *cough* and the only *cough* doozy here is how right I am.” Applejack backed towards Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Spike. Meanwhile, I was nife and safe on solid ground. “Um... Twilight?” Applejack started. “Pinkie’s made a lot of predictions today but *cough* ugh, what is that smell?” Twilight coughed. “But what we’ve shown here is that there’s no point in believing *cough* in anything you can’t see for yourself. Spike gulped. “W-well t-then, s-see what’s b-b-behind you, Twilight!” He pointed up at the hydra. *growls* “I see it... But I don’t believe it!” The sceptic gaped. “*ROAR**ROAR**ROAR**roar*” His four heads shouted. “Is that a hydra!?” Pinkie screamed. “Who cares? RUN!” Applejack suggested. They all screamed. I began running. The others followed soon after. *whimper* Looking back, I saw Pinkie frozen in fear while watching the hydra. Sparkle of Twilight had noticed it too. “Pinkie! Come on!” Twilight grabbed the pink pony’s tail. “Ooph!” Pinkie said as Twilight carried her away from the hydra. After another minute of running, we came up to a dead end. “Everypony up that hill!” Twilight instructed. The mares and drake nodded. Pinkie, Twilight, Applejack, and Fluttershy all ran up. Spike would’ve too...if he wasn’t trapped in swamp muck.” “He-e-elp!” Spike called out. Twilight gasped. “Coming, Spike! Hang on!” She began turning back. “I got ‘um!” I said, grabbing my rope that I had tied into a lasso and tossed the end at Spike. The rope wrapped around the dragon. With a tug, I pulled Spike back to our group. “That is why it pays to bring a rope.” I said, patting Spike on the back and loosening the rope around him. “Now run!” *growl* The hydra growled. I had narrowly stopped it from eating Spike. Twilight Sparkle was panting. “I think we’re gonna make it.” “But Pinkie’s still shuddering!” Spike pointed out. Pinkie Pie, still running, was in fact shuddering. It suddenly stopped. “Oh, lookie there, it stopped.” As quickly as if left, it started again. “O-h-h-h, t-h-e-r-e i-t i-s a-g-a-i-n.” Sad to say, the group soon ran into a large gorge. The only way across was the cleverly placed boulders that were far enough apart so that a non-flying pony could get across safely. If Rainbow Dash was here, she would’ve been able to carry us all across. “Everypony, stick together!” I ordered, grabbing the bungee cords. Running towards the trees, I tied one cord around one. Thankfully I had purchased ten cords. I wrapped a second cord around another tree. Using the remaining eight, I connected the two trees while using the bedsheet as a giant holder. “Now, get in the bedsheet!” I shouted to all of them. The four didn’t need to be told twice. They all ran into the large bedsheet, piling in it quickly as the hydra climbed the hill. I began pulling it back like a slingshot with my magic. “B-u-t w-h-a-t a-b-o-u-t y-o-u?” Pinkie asked, shuddering. “Rule 26: I always have a plan!” I said, releasing the sling shot. The four were all slung onto the other side of the cavern, completely safe with hopefully only a few scratches. Turning around, I saw the second biggest hydra I have ever seen. “Hiya.” I waved, pulling the slingshot apart with my magic. “Who wants to play fetch?” My magic grabbed a dead log, lifting it up towards the hydra’s heads. It began panting like a dog, thankfully. I waved the log across the faces, waiting for the right moment to strike. “Fetch!” I shouted, throwing the log with my magic back towards where Fluttershy put the frogs. The hydra ran after it, apparently excited at the new chase. “That should take care of him.” With that, I began hopping along the path towards my friends. “Everypo- Woah.”. I ripped the gas mask off and placed it back in my saddlebag. “Everypony alright?” Twilight gaped at me. “How did you do that? I mean, that thing didn’t look like it would be able to fling us all the way over here!” “I used simple logic a reasoning. I had to spread the bungee cords far enough apart so that once it adjusted to the weights of four mares and a dragon it would be able to move you a certain distance. The distance I rightfully judged as being the amount needed.” I gestured to them all. “You all came out unscathed, and the hydra lost interest in us.” “But, what about you? Why didn’t you come across with us?” Fluttershy asked. “If I did, then the whole thing would’ve been thrown off. Plus, I needed to make sure the hydra didn’t follow us across.” I smirked. “I told you guys. I always have a plan, because I always know.” Twilight sighed, letting out a small chuckle. :I don’t know how it happened; coincidence, dumb luck, or what, but you said there’d be a doozy here at Froggy Bottom Bog, and I’d say we just had ourselves one heck of a doozy. I mean that hydra--” Pinkie shuddered “Pinkie?” Twilight asked worriedly. The mare shrugged. “That wasn’t it.” Pinkie said simply. “Huh?” Twilight asked. Spike raised a brow. “What wasn’t what?” Applejack joined in on Spike’s brow raising. “What are you talking about, Pink?” “The hydra wasn’t the doozy.” Pinkie explained. “I’m still getting the shudders.” To prove it, Pinkie shook. “Oo-o-oh, oo-o-oh. You see? There it is again. Whatever the doozy was at Froggy Bottom Bog, my Pinkie Sense says it still hasn’t happened.” “Makes sense.” I commented. “That wasn’t my weirdest Tuesda-*yawn*” Twilight’s eye twitched. “Huh? But I-- WHAT?! The hydra wasn’t the doozy?! How could it not be the doozy?! What could be doozier than that?!” Pinkie shrugged. “Dunno, but it just wasn’t it.” Any second now... “Rrrgh...” Twilight growled right befoRE BURSTING INTO FLAMES! *click* “Alright, seriously, what is that?” Applejack asked. “No idea.” I lied, placing the camera back into my saddlebag. Four left. The flames soon died out, leaving a slightly charred purple unicorn floating in midair. “I give up.” Twilight resignated. “Give what up, Twi?” Spike asked. Twilight shook her head, slumping next to a rock. “The fight. I can’t fight it anymore. I don’t understand how, why, or what, but Pinkie sense somehow... makes sense. I don’t see how it does, but it just does. Just because I don’t understand doesn’t mean its not true.” “Y-y-y-you m-m-mean you b-b-b-believe?” Pinkie stuttered. The unicorn nodded. “Eyup, I guess I do.” The next moment was a little confusing, but all I clearly remember was Pinkie inflated into the size of a beach ball. “That was it. That’s the doozy!” Pinkie exclaimed. “What? What is?” Twilight asked, sounding hopeful. Pinkie walked up to the purple pony, placing a hoof on her shoulder. “You believing. I never expected that to happen. That was the doozy, oh and, oh what a doozy of a doozy it was! La-la-la-la-la...” With that, our adventure at froggy Bottom Bog was complete. And, I was ready to fall asleep with exhaustion. ==DMLB== The walk home was... tiring. I was barely able to keep my eyes open the whole way. By the time I made it to the house, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Applejack had offered to let me stay at one of their houses. I had to decline, of course. The sun was starting to set, and so far neither Lilac nor my sister has come home. If I wasn’t so tired, I would be so pissed off at Killjoy. Ah, speak of the devil. Killjoy walked into the house. Her whole body was covered marked in some way. Her hooves were covered in small bumps. Her wings were full of twigs and branches, as well as the occasional sticker (those really small plants that are covered in points and dig into your flesh). Her cutiemark had a bandage wrapped around it. Her mane was much more unkempt than it was this morning. From once glance, I saw maple leaves, two sticks, and some ants.Her left ear had a bandage on it. “...hey.” I said, stretching out one of my hooves. “Zup.” Killjoy said, trotting towards the kitchen. “Did you get a picture of Twilight on Fire?” “....*yawn*...it’s on the camera. It’s got room for... *yawn*...four more pictures.” Stretching my hooves out for just a second longer, I placed them in front of me like a pillow. I heard a drawer closing. “Hey, Razz, are you okay? You seem tired.” “I...am...wide awake.” I yawned. “Well, then you will be mad to learn I took a bit of a crash into the Everfree Forest. The zebra patched me up. By the way, what does the warm feeling in my chest mean?” Killjoy said, walking up next to me. “...mhh...don’t know...” “Uh-huh. Yeah. Okay. I dropped some spiders on Rainbow Dash today.” “...mm...funny...” “I killed Carrot Top and buried her in her own carrot garden.” “...yay.” I yawned again. Killjoy slammed her blood red hoof on the ground. “That’s it. You’re going to bed.” “...what?” I asked slowly. “You. Bed. Now.” “No.” I groaned, slumping in my seat. “See? If you were awake, you would be making a sexual joke, and usually you make some kind of comment when I come home covered in bug bites!” My little sister explained. “You are exhausted and need sleep!” “But-” I started. “NO BUTS!” Killjoy shouted. “YOUNG LADY, YOU ARE GOING TO YOUR ROOM AND NOT COMING OUT UNTIL I THINK YOU HAVE GOTTEN A  PROPER AMOUNT OF SLEEP!” I blinked. Climbing out of my chair, I stumbled towards the stairs. It got easier after a few seconds, looking over I saw Killjoy holding me up with her wing. “Why... are you... being... so nice... to me today?” I asked. Killjoy kept her annoyed face, helping me up the stairs and towards my bedroom. “Lilac’s a good kid, and one day she’ll have to find out about Jumping. I know you’re worried about that, because whenever you get worried about Jumping a vein in your neck sticks out, I call him Thomas, so I thought I would give you less to worry about.” During her speech, Killjoy had carried me to my bed and lied me down in it. She bit the edge of the blanket and pulled it over me, tucking me in like I was a kid. “Go to bed. I’ll handle Lilac when she gets home. I know where the Sap Brush is, and some gems in a cupboard. I went to this quarry and dug some up. You’ll be surprised what kinda stuff I found.” “...night...” I yawned, snuggling up against the covers. “Night Morgue.” Killjoy said as she walked away and closed my door. Finally....some......shut.....ey....e...... zzz zzz zzz ==DMLB== Soon after I drifted off to sleep, I started preparing it for Princess Luna’s arrival. Around the time I learned Lucid Dreaming I taught myself how to start dreaming as soon as I drifted off to sleep. It was a necessary trick when dealing with a nightmare monster that would kill you in your sleep. The dream was gonna be fun tonight. The scenery was very quick to put together. It took all of three seconds. The house, the tree, all of it. Double checking my outfit, I watched as the other characters manifested themselves. Killjoy, check. Twilight Sparkle, check. Rainbow Dash, check. Gleaming Armor, check. Bolero, check. Celestia, check. Lilac, check. They were all wearing their assigned outfits or accessories. Now, all that was needed was- Ah, speak of the princess. Princess Luna appeared in just over the large fence. She looked around the empty space as Killjoy, Spike and I got into position. I glanced at my twin sister. Killjoy was dressed in purple overalls, a cream colored undershirt, and black and white sneakers. I was dressed in a orange and white striped shirt, jean shorts, and matching black and white sneakers. Luna’s dress appeared in seconds. It was hot pink and had a white undershirt. She had a giant pink bow now resting in her powder blue mane. She looked over at me with a brow raised. “So, Killjoy, what do you wanna do today?” I asked her. The pegasus shrugged. “What about Lilac, what does she wanna do?” I asked. Lilac hissed lazily. “Well, she’s a dragon, they don’t do much. I for one, am starting to get bored, and boredom is something of up with which I will not put! The first thing they’re gonna ask us when we get back to school is ‘what did we do over the summer?’. I mean, no school for three months. Our life should be a roller coaster! And I mean a good roller coaster, not like that one we rode at the state fair.” I told Killjoy. “Man, that was lame. Why, if I built a roller coaster, I would...” My face brightened with the idea. “That’s it! I know what we're gonna do today!” In a blink, Killjoy and I were surrounded by various blueprints and drawboards. We got to work on our rollercoaster. “RASPBERRY! KILLJOY!” Gleaming Armor yelled from the house. She ran outside with an angry glare on her face. Her favorite outfit (a red tank top, white skirt, red belt, white and red sneakers). “Mom says I’m in charge, conditionally.” I nodded. “Whatever.” Gleaming smirked. She was about to go into the house when she noticed the various blueprints. “Wait a minute, what are you doing?” Gleaming asked. “Homework.” I lied, scribbling on the blue paper. “It’s summer.” Gleaming deadpanned. “That’s cool, you wait till the last minute then.” I said smugly. “Well, I’m watching you.” The white unicorn glared at the two of us. “And I’m in charge, conditionally.” Gleaming added, going back into the house. I smirked, looking back to see Luna still watching us from the fence. I have got to do Phineas and Ferb more often.