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// 1 - Strange Things 
// Story: Herobrine Comes to Ponyville 
// by Blue Tiger 
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	It was a beautiful summer day in Ponyville. The skies were blue and cloud-free and the sun is shining bright. Spike and the Mane 6 were having a picnic under a shady tree just outside Ponyville.
"Ya picked a great day to have a picnic, R.D," Apple Jack said.
"Yeah, how did you even know it would be a perfect day today?" Twilight said before taking another bite from her sandwich.
"I'm a weather pony, don't you remember?" Rainbow Dash said. "Plus I can clear the skies in 10 seconds flat."
"Oh, yeah, you showed me when I first came to Ponyville," Twilight said.
"Uh, guys," Spike said. "I think there might be something going on." He pointed to a large cloud of black smoke hovering past the village.
"I'll go check it out!" Rainbow said. She was about to fly into the air but was stopped by Twilight.
"But you can't go alone," Twilight said. "We'll go with you. C'mon, girls!"
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The smoke came from the fire in Sweet Apple Acres. Spike and the six ponies were freaked out at the sight.
"Our farm!" A.J. exclaimed. "But how? It ain't hot enough!"
"It ain't the heat," said a frightened voice.
"Apple Bloom! How could you?!" A.J. said.
"It ain't me!" Apple Bloom said.
"But then who else could've done it if it ain't the heat?"
Just before Apple Bloom was about to answer (she probably wouldn't've anyways) Granny Smith and Big Mac came. They were shocked at what they saw.
"Our farm!" Granny Smith turned to Apple Bloom and said the exact same words A.J. said. "Apple Bloom! How could you?!"
"Hey, where did Rainbow go?" Pinkie Pie said suddenly. Right after she said that, a shower of rain fell on the fire, making it go out. They all looked up and saw Rainbow Dash holding a white cloud that use to be a gray rain cloud.
"You're welcome!" Rainbow yelled from the cloud.
"Where did you get a rain cloud in the middle of summer?" Twilight said when Rainbow came back to the ground.
"Oh, this is the thanks I get for putting out the fire?" Rainbow said.
"Right, sorry. Thank you Rainbow Dash."
"What're we goin' to do?" A.J. said. "Our farm is gone and we have no place to stay."
"I have another bed at my house if you and Apple Bloom want to stay for a while," Twilight said.
"Thanks, Twilight," A.J. said. 
"Anything for a friend."
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"What the?!" Twilight said as she, Spike, Apple Jack, and Apple Bloom entered Twilight's house
"We've been robbed!" Spike exclaimed.
"I don't see anything missing," Twilight said. There were many books taken off their shelves and lying on the floor with many pages ripped, many vases were broken, rolls of parchment were unrolled and ripped and scattered all over the floor, and ink was oozing from the broken ink bottles.
"Of course you don't see anything missing," Spike said. "It's a mess in here!"
"Okay, let's clean this place up and we'll see if there's anything missing," Twilight said.
"I'll help too," A.J. and Apple Bloom said almost at the same time.
It took about two hours to clean up the mess. Apple Bloom and Spike were resting in their beds while A.J. and Twilight were talking downstairs.
"I hope the farm'll be back soon," A.J. said. "Without it, what's the point of bein' called APPLE Jack? I'd just be called Jack."
"I'm sure it'll be back in less than two months," Twilight said. "The construction ponies are re-building the barn and the house and planters are planting new apple trees."
"Don't you just find it hard to believe that it was neither Apple Bloom nor the heat that could've caused the fire?" A.J. didn't seem to listen to Twilight.
"Well, it could be somepony who doesn't like you," Twilight said.
"No because they'd never do that no matter how much they hate me."
"Well then, who else could've done it?"
"I don't know. I'm gettin' a little tired." A.J. yawned.
The two ponies went upstairs and went to bed.
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The next morning, Pinkie Pie was in her kitchen at her house making her favorite breakfast: large cupcakes with extra frosting. She reached for the eggs, but they weren't on the counter. She looked over and saw that the eggs were floating in mid-air.
"Okay, Twilight, you can stop-" Pinkie stopped in mid-sentence when she noticed there were no sparkles around the eggs. She made a grab for them but they flew out of reach. "Hey! Get back here!" Pinkie started chasing the eggs.
She knows not how long she was chasing the ingredients for the cupcakes, but she had enough. She decided to tell her friends.
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Rainbow Dash was at her house making pancakes for Scootaloo. Scootaloo came downstairs and Rainbow thought she might've smelled the pancakes.
"Mornin' Scoots," Rainbow said, taking a fully-cooked pancake off the pan and onto a plate.
"Morning, Dash," Scootaloo said, rubbing her eyes.
"I made your favorite." Rainbow gave Scootaloo two medium-sized chocolate-chip pancakes topped with four small squares of butter and syrup.
"Thanks, Dash. You're the best!" Scootaloo took the plate and sat at the table.
"Anything for my-" Rainbow stopped in mid-sentence when she felt cold drop of water land on her nose. She looked up and saw a small leak coming from the ceiling. "What the?"
"What's wrong?" Scootaloo said with a mouthful of pancake.
"We've gotta leak," Rainbow said.
"Ooh! I'll fix it!" Scootaloo put her plate to the side and jumped from the couch. "I could get my Cutie Mark by doing that!"
"Okay," Rainbow said.
Scootaloo went to the drawer and took out a roll of duct tape. She took a piece off and put the roll back. She then flew where the leak was at and put the tape over it. The leaking stopped.
"Done!" She looked at her rear end and frowned when she saw nothing there.
"Oh, it's okay, Scoots," Rainbow said. "Maybe fixing leaks isn't your talent. Or is it..." Rainbow noticed more leaks near the couch, over the sink, and over Tank's food bowl.
"What do you mean, 'Or is it?'" Scootaloo said. She then looked where Rainbow was looking. She took the tape back out and took more pieces. She covered the leaks and looked at her rear again. No Cutie Mark.
"Maybe you're not fixing enough leaks?" Rainbow said. "Either that, or that's not how you fix a leak. Right after she said that, more leaks started to come. Eventually, it started to literally rain inside the house. Upstairs and downstairs. The floor started to get slippery so Rainbow and Scootaloo had to fly out the door. "Yep. Definitely not how you fix a leak." 
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Fluttershy was outside her house feeding her animals. Because she had so many animals, it took her about a half hour to feed them all. When she finished, she headed inside, until she heard something that sounded like a gate opening and closing repeatedly.
She turned to the gate. The noise stopped. She turned away. The noise started again. She repeated this for like two more times until she noticed two of her bunnies hop out of the gate.
"Hey! Get back here!" Fluttershy chased the bunnies into the village.
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Pinkie was walking to Twilight's house but she ran into Rainbow Dash on the way.
"Oh, hey, Pinkie," Rainbow said. "Weird things going on at your house?"
"Yeah, things are flying around," Pinkie said.
"You sure it wasn't Twilight or Rarity?"
"There were no sparkles around them."
"Well at least it's not as bad as my problem."
"What's happening at your house?"
"It's raining."
"Isn't that normal?" Pinkie raised an eyebrow.
"Not if it's raining INSIDE my house," Rainbow said.
"Wow!" Pinkie said.
Two bunnies then came out of nowhere, followed by the quiet voice of Fluttershy.
"Get back here right now or you'll be in big trouble!"
"Hey fluttershy," Pinkie and Rainbow said at the same time.
"Oh, hi," Fluttershy said as she caught the two bunnies. "You two are in big trouble. No more chocolate-covered carrots for dessert for two weeks." The bunnies looked guilty.
"Anything weird happen at your house?" Pinkie asked Fluttershy.
"Yeah, the gates have been opening and closing repeatedly and when I looked for I think the third or fourth time I saw Mr. and Mrs. Nibbles wander out the gate. And before you ask, none of my animals were near the gate and there was no pony around."
"It's raining inside my house," Rainbow said.
"Things are flying around in my house," Pinkie said.
"Books have been taken off their shelves." Twilight joined the group, followed by Apple Jack.
"Ya'll know what happened to me, right?" A.J. said.
"Yeah," Fluttershy said.
"Hey, where's Rarity?" Rainbow said. "She's the only one who didn't have weird things happen to her."
Right after she said that, a loud scream came from the direction of Carousel Boutique.
"Rarity!" The five ponies, well not Rainbow Dash, who flew instead, ran to Carousel Boutique.
When they got there, Twilight pounded on the door. "Rarity! Rarity, what happened? Let us in!"
The door opened, revealing Rarity, whose face was wet with what seemed to be tears.
"Oh, hey," She said.
"Rarity, what happened? We heard you scream," Twilight said.
"My rare blue diamonds!" Rarity said, as she moved a chest to the door. She opened it and it was empty. "They're gone!"
"Are ya sure Sweetie Belle didn't take 'em?" A.J. said.
"That's what I asked her but she said she didn't know what I was talking about," Rarity said.
"I really don't!" said a nearly high-pitched voice that was Sweetie Belle. "You never told me about them. And even if I did take them, I wouldn't've been able to take them all."
"Well, gems are Spike's favorite things to eat," Twilight said. "Let's go ask him."