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// Misdirection 
// Story: Wish Unfulfillment 
// by hazeyhooves 
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“Remember, when you find it, it's important that you do not touch it,” says Twilight Sparkle, explaining the mission as you get ready for this  expedition into the Everfree Forest.

Technically that should be Princess Twilight Sparkle, but you've gotten to know her pretty closely that you can just call her Twilight. You know she's such a clever scholar, intelligent in many fields. Still, even you manage to surprise her sometimes with things she doesn't know. Maybe that's why you became close friends so quickly.

“You two start searching this area,” says Twilight. “I'm going to Zecora's to see if she knows anything more about this. Maybe she can help.”

“Alright. You ready? Let's get going!”

That's Rainbow Dash. She seems too aloof to pay attention to anypony for long, always more focused on her athletic goals. She's the fastest flier you know, but you're one of the few ponies who was able to almost keep up in a contest of speed. It was quite a surprise to her, and she started hanging around you more often. Maybe that's why you became close friends ever since.

Hrmm, you need to be brought up to speed as to who you are. You go over the basic facts as you travel.

So, you entered Equestria one day. That's kind of a default, right?

You... showed up in Ponyville! Everypony loves you there. You tried to be friends with as many ponies as possible, because that's just the way you do things. You quickly found a job and rented a room, so you have a little place of your own. It's all these little things that add up to you fitting in to a strange new world.

What else? You have parents and family back home. You're pretty sure they miss you since you left.

That must be all the important facts. Really, what do you need to know? You're good to go. Besides, you can fill in the other details by yourself.

You were so busy thinking about your entire life and everything that's ever happened, that you didn't even notice that Rainbow's already found what you're looking for.

“Hey, it's here. That was pretty fast. Wait here. I'll go catch up with Twilight and bring her.” Rainbow Dash flaps her wings and takes off.

You take a look around. It seems to be a small cave in the side of a hill. There's some faded carvings on the rocks. The cave doesn't go very deep, it quickly ends in some kind of shrine built out of smooth stones. On the shrine you see a tall clay bottle painted with geometric patterns. It doesn't look too heavy, but it might be fragile. There's no stopper on top. You wonder if there's anything inside.

After a few minutes, you hear hoofsteps in the leaves and branches of the forest. It must be Twilight and Dash! You can't wait to show the bottle to them up close, so you pick it up and bring it outside to hurry up the investigation.

Yeah, you pick it up. Why wouldn't you?

Nah, you don't remember anything like that, you must've imagined it. 

You carry the bottle out onto the hillside, and wave it in the air to show Rainbow and Twilight as they climb up the slope. There's a dull squeak as your hooves rub against the dusty surface. It begins quivering, flings itself out of your grasp to land on the ground, and a column of smoke pours upward from the opening. The smoke pulses, and then seems to gravitate towards your mane before dissipating.

“Pinkie! What did you do?!” Twilight's eyes are wide as balloons. “Now the evil genie's been released!”

Oh yeah, that's right. Important fact: your name is Pinkie Pie. Also, that's right, you weren't supposed to touch the bottle. Oops.

Next time you really should remember to remember those kinds of details.