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// Minty Comfort 
// Story: Memiors of a Mane Stylist: The Daffidazey diaries 
// by Paradise Oasis 
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Minty Comfort

Hello again, Daffey's diary!  Minty here, and boy do I have a lot to tell you! I was over here helping Daffey after she started to fell bad, and  it seemed like I was the only pony in Ponyville who would even talk to Daffey after she messed all that stuff up, and acted so mean to the other ponies! She was even scared to come talk to me, because she was afraid I'd be mad at her for being so crazy the other day!

Oh Daffey, how could I possibly be mad at you? After all the times I've messed things up for other ponies, what right would I have to take it out on any other ponies for making mistakes, too?  When you showed up on my door, crying your eyes out, I would never have turned you away. I mean sure, it wasn't very nice of you to dump all that stuff into my laundry to make my sock collection shrink, but I can't stay mad at you for one oopsie, when I've knocked things over, accidentally blown stuff up, and even almost ruined Christmas for all of Ponyville, right? 

Daffey told me how badly she felt, how she had never intended to hurt anyone... how she couldn't even remember hurting anyone- and I knew she was telling the truth! That wasn't like Daffey at all to do those horrible things to all of those ponies, Miss Diary, and all of us here in Ponyville know that! We all know what a kind, sweet and gentle pony our mane stylist is, and how she could never say those cruel things, or do those terrible things! So after she had drunk a lotta cups of my green tea, and she had had a good cry, the two of us went into town to try to talk some sense into the other ponies. 

But all of our friends... they were too hurt by everything that had happened. Puzzlemint politely asked us to leave, Sunny Daze slammed the door in our face (well, not that I blame her for that, since Daffey but a snappy-clawed crab into her bikini bottom- oh no, that's not helping, is it? Focus, Minty!) After Scootaloo left us in the dust with her scooter exhaust, and Sweetberry threw pies at us to chase us off, I realized they just saw my trying to help Daffey was another one of my famous screw-ups. 

"Get outta here!"

"Go on, beat it!"

"I'm sorry darlings, but I wouldn't care to have you here today, please leave!"

But I know they don't hate either of us, Miss Diary, they've been our friends for far too long, and they love us far too much, they're just too hurt by everything we both did! But who could I possibly turn to? Pinkie Pie was away at Unicornia, Wisteria is visiting the Pegasus... ohhh Miss Diary, that left only one pony to turn to.

And it wasn't going to be easy, let me tell you! I mean, I had really, really, really messed things up for her, just like I always mess things up for ponies in Ponyville. But for Daffeydazey's sake, Miss Diary, I just had to try! 

We walked outside of town, and trotted right up to Kimono's gazebo-cave home. We, like, didn't know what kind of reception we'd get from  the wisest  pony in the land. But I totally wasn't surprised when Kimono came out of her cave, took one look at the two of us, and scowled before starting back into the entrance. Well Miss Diary, that just wouldn't do! I just ran up in front of the other pony, and pleaded with the mare with all my heart!

"Kimono, wait!" I begged, lowering my head in front of her. "Look I know you're really really mad at me for what happened to your mane... and your charm bracelet... but you just gotta listen! Daffey did a bunch of mean stuff, and hurt a lot of ponies, and she didn't mean to! And I don't care if you stay made at me forever, but you gotta help Daffey! I deserve to have people hate me cause I'm such a klutz! But Daffey's my friend, and she doesn't  deserve that hate for what she didn't do! So could you please help her, and I'll never bother you again!"

I was crying, Miss Diary! Not just for Daffey, but for all the friends I hurt, and all the stuff I had messed up! And now, I had messed up trying to help Daffey, and all of our friends were go to hate us forever, and they'd never talk to us again, and-

"Come on inside, you two." Kimono replied with a sigh, rolling her eyes. "I'll see what I can do to help you."

So we came in an talked to her, and after looking Daffey over, Kimono went to look at some old books in the Story Loft library. After studying a bunch of old books, and looking Daffey over again, and looking through the books again, she finally nodded, and told us what we both the big thing we both really wanted to hear; 

"Girls, I suspect Daffey's odd behavior is not her fault." Kimono announced, looking between the two of us. "The Shampoo our dear beautician was accidentally doused in, contained a rare magical ingredient called poison joke. I believe it's random effects may be responsible for Daffey's odd transformation!" 

Both of us sat thier, Miss Diary, and our jaws literally, like, hit the floor! Neither Daffeydazey or I knew what 'poison joke' was, or how it made her act crazy or change or do bad stuff. We were both just glad that Daffey didn't hurt all those ponies' feelings on purpose. We hugged each other, crying over the fact that at least on of us wasn't a screw-up, after all. 

And now we're back here, Diary, waiting on Kimono to tell all the other ponies what had happened. Daffey will have her friends back, and they'll be coming back to her beauty salon again. And you know what, Diary? I know that the other ponies may not forgive me for being as bad a klutz and a loser as I am...

...but at least I know that Daffey is still my friend.