“So, what do you want to do first?” Twilight asked as the group gathered around in a circle. A fire was crackling in the fireplace next to them, and Twilight was already anticipating the moment they would make s'mores.
“Are we supposed to do something different than what we normally do?” Spike asked with a shrug.
“There’s loads of things we could do!” Twilight said as she levitated a book down from a shelf. “I have a book here that has-”
“Slumber 101…” Trixie read aloud as the book went past her. “Who needs a guide book for slumber parties?” she continued with one eyebrow raised.
“I…well…it’s a good reference guide…”
“Let’s see then,” Spike said as he snatched the floating book and started to read.
“Oh, when I was a little filly, I always loved it when we gave each other makeovers.” Fluttershy giggled at the memory.
“It is listed as one of the things in the book,” Spike said somewhat unenthusiastically as he flipped through the pages.
“Yeah, we had lots of fun when I did it with Rarity and Applejack,” Twilight said.
“The great and illustrious Trixie could do with a little bit of pampering,” Trixie said while running her hoof through her mane.
“Bleh, I’m not interested in some girly stuff like that. And I bet Scruffy isn’t interested either.” Spike patted Scruffy’s leg, who was sitting with his legs crossed close to the fire. He had a content look on his face.
“Aww, come on Spike, I’m sure you would enjoy it,” Twilight coaxed, then leaned closer to whisper. “Besides, I bet that if we used some of that scalepolish that we got some time ago, you could really impress Rarity tomorrow.”
“Really?” Spike asked with a slight tinge of red on his cheeks.
“I’m sure of it.”
“W-well…fine, I’ll join you then.”
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“Remind me again why I agreed to this,” Spike said with a flat tone as Twilight carefully applied a mud mask on him.
“Trixie doesn’t understand why you complain so much,” Trixie said behind her own mud mask. Fluttershy was also currently putting rollers in her mane. “Trixie thinks this is quite pleasant.”
“At least I don’t look like a dork,” Spike muttered silently enough that nopony heard him.
“I just wish Scruffy would also take part,” Fluttershy said sadly as she glanced at where Scruffy was still sitting, looking at the ponies with an amused expression. When they had tried to offer to give him a mud mask too, he had just simply shaken his head, no matter how disappointed of a face Fluttershy tried to make.
“Maybe he doesn’t understand what we are doing? I wonder if his kind have slumber parties,” Twilight pondered.
“If they have, they probably are more exciting than this,” Spike said. “What are we going to do after this?”
“Trixie believes ghost stories are a traditional part of slumber parties.”
“Now that sounds better!”
“G-ghost stories?” Fluttershy said squeamishly.
“It is one of things mentioned in the book,” Twilight confirmed.
“B-but…I don’t really like ghost stories…” Fluttershy looked uncomfortable by the mere prospect of having to tell ghost stories. Trixie smiled impishly.
“You wouldn’t happen to be scared of ghosts…would you?”
“N-no?”
“Good, because they don’t exist…EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE RIGHT BEHIND YOU!”
Fluttershy’s wings shot open in surprise, and the momentum caused her to stumble backwards a few steps and fall on Scruffy’s lap, who also had flinched from the sudden increase in voice. He leveled an unamused look at Trixie, who stopped her giggling and looked away nervously.
“T-Trixie thinks that perhaps we could skip this one…”
“Maybe it’s for the best. Scruffy wouldn’t be able to participate in it,” Twilight added.
“Maybe we could just tell normal stories?” Spike offered. “I was wondering if Trixie has any interesting things to tell, since she travels so much. And you could still use your magic to draw images for Scruffy.”
“That sounds like a good idea,” Fluttershy said as she got up from Scruffy’s lap.
“I’d also like to hear about your travels, Trixie. I bet you have travelled all over Equestria,” Twilight said.
“You’d like to hear…about Trixie’s travels?” Trixie asked surprised, before smirking. “Well, allow the great and powerful Trixie to tell you a story…”
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After Trixie had finished regalling everypony about the more exotic places she had travelled to (during which Scruffy learned not to scratch a pony’s ears, for it was usually considered an intimate act to touch them, and doing so uninvited could lead to embarrassing misunderstandings), the group moved on to making s'mores.
“Wow, that’s so neat!” Spike said.
“What are you guys doing over there?” Twilight asked from near the fireplace where she and Fluttershy were holding the marshmallows over the embers, while Trixie assembled the s'mores. Scruffy had moved over to a different spot with Spike.
“Come look at what Scruffy can do,” Spike urged.
“What is the creature doing with his hands?” Trixie asked as the three mares came closer. She made sure to stay out of Scruffy’s reach.
“Look at what’s on the wall,” Spike pointed.
“Is…that a rabbit?” Twilight asked perplexed.
“It is!” Fluttershy said excitedly.
Sure enough, on the wall was a shadow that resembled a rabbit that was sitting down. Scruffy held his hands close to a lamp, which projected the shadow on to the wall.
“Yeah, Scruffy can do all sorts of shapes with his hands, and it’s really neat!”
Scruffy adjusted his hands, and another shape took form on the wall.
“Trixie thinks that one is a swan.”
“It looks more like a duck to me,” Spike said.
“Ducks don’t have necks that long,” Twilight said while examining the shadow.
“Shouldn’t it have a larger wing then?”
“Scruffy can’t make his hand grow bigger.” Fluttershy pointed out.
“Point taken.”
Scruffy kept making different shapes while the ponies and Spike tried to guess what he was trying to show while they all enjoyed the s'mores.
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“I think we should head to bed. It’s getting late,” Twilight announced with a yawn.
“Aww, but that pillow fight was actually kinda fun,” Spike said.
“Except for the part where Trixie threw one of the pillows in to the fire," Twilight replied.
“Trixie did not know that the pegasus had such good reflexes,” Trixie argued back.
“Her name is Fluttershy, you should already remember that, and you shouldn’t have thrown something towards the fireplace anyway,” Twilight said annoyedly.
“Luckily Scruffy was quick with his hands though,” Spike commented.
“Oh, did I miss something?” Fluttershy asked as she returned from the bathroom.
“I was just thinking that it’s getting pretty late,” Twilight said back.
Trixie let out a yawn, “Trixie agrees that we should head to bed.”
“I’m also feeling tired,” Fluttershy said, also yawning.
“Well let’s get yours and Scruffy’s beds ready then. Trixie already has my guest bedroom, but I have extra mattresses.”
“I think Scruffy might need two or three of them,” Spike said as he looked over to where Scruffy was stretching his arms and legs after an entire day of sitting down.
“We could make his bed near the fireplace, so it’s nice and warm. It’s a bit chilly because of the rain.” Twilight looked outside, where the rain had calmed, but not entirely stopped.
“My bed can be next to his then.” Fluttershy said.
“Trixie shall retire to her bedroom then. Good night.”
“Good night. Come on Fluttershy, let’s get the spare mattresses.”
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Celestia felt slight excitement bubbling inside her as she walked along the castle hallways towards the throne room. Yesterday, she had asked Twilight to try to get Scruffy to stay in Ponyville overnight, so that Luna would have a chance to enter his dreams. Now, she would find out if their plan worked.
“Good morning,” Celestia greeted the guards as she stepped in to the throne room. She could instantly tell that something had happened during the night, as Luna seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, not reacting to her presence in the slightest.
“Luna?” She asked as she made her way closer. The only response she got was a slight flick of an ear. When she got next to her, Luna finally broke out from her trance and turned her head towards Celestia.
“Ah, good morning sister,” she greeted with a tired voice.
“Good morning, although you seem to have something else on your mind.”
“…” Luna’s gaze shifted down and she frowned slightly.
“…Luna? Is everything okay?”
“Yes…yes, everything is fine…I managed to locate and enter Scruffy’s dreams last night.”
Celestia sat down, and waited patiently for Luna to continue.
“Sister…I wish to meet him.”
Are we going to see the dream trip Luna took
8147236 You mean the one she took in last chapter in to Scruffy's dream?
Interesting.
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Nice chapter, also a chapter a week sounds amazing, hope you can do it!
I would love to see a chapter a week, but saying ain't doing. As it stands, I look forward to new chapters with baited breath regardless.
Well, lookie there... 1000 likes.
8147388 Wohoo!
Wrong, Twilight. It is a matter of dignity.
Trixie actually learned her lesson.
Is this the hint of upcoming shipping?
8147243 Wow I derped let me go and reread that chapter
Prediction, Scruffy is the Unabomber.
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Dang, Trixie is tripping around Scruffy like a cat on a hot roof.
Now Scruffy gets to meet a pony his size
I wonder if it'll freak him out, meeting Luna IRL after seeing her in his dream
Yea guys typically do not do facials. However I do like how they enjoyed the shadow puppet show.
8147372 You and me both
Don't look now, but you got featured again, congrats!
Time to read this, looks interesting.
A nice way to end. Great update and look forward to the next.
Well, after about 2 hours of reading, I can safely say this story deserves all the likes and features it has!
One of my new fave fics , thank you. For writing it!
Well, this isn't bad so far. Not too much going on, but it's an enjoyable, light read. You might need to do a bit more proofreading, though. You keep using words wrong. "Ravenous" laughter instead of "raucous" laughter, things like that.
Being abducted isn't so bad - once you convinced the aliens that you need to cuddle after probing. And luckily, most have wifi.
Yes. Updates...
It just hit me. How the heck does he keep his phone(s) charged? Does he have some sort of a self-sufficient bunker in the Everfree? And how he got there with all the lot of stuff, cause I doubt he just happened to have the raincoat and umbrella on him when he got transferred.
I sure hope those aren't plot holes, but even if so, the slice of life part is really entertaining, and I almost joined Tia on the matter of the alicorn amulet
Also, those mysterious… whatever Luna sensed in the Everfree… Might be just the forest itself, but sure looks promising.
Eagerly awaiting for chapters to come!
Aaaah yiss, another chapter!
Well, that slumber party was a success. And amusing for Scruffy. Poor Spike, having to go through makeovers
That evil cliffhanger. Well, it must have been either disturbing or sad for Luna to take such action.
Unless she somehow had a run in with Scruffy in the past and chased him away, thinking him to be something dangerous... and now feeling remorse.
Either way, we won't find out until the future chapter(s). That certainly will be interesting!
8147997 They do have camo gear in Equestria, as seen in the episode where they watch the dragon migration. They even have some paint on their cheeks.
8148219 Worry not, they aren't.
8148177 True, but I need my computer for writing, and I don't think aliens are going to abduct it.
8148150 Hmm, maybe I'll need to look in to getting a second editor to cover the times when lordelliott isn't available.
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8147641 I spend a long time thinking what neat things Scruffy could do during the slumberparty, and then I realized, that since ponies don't have hands, they probably have not seen shadow puppets before.
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Let's hope he doesn't get a curry comb, or a grooming mitt of some sort, and start an inter-dimensional incident-- not that Luna would object to being pampered by an alien. I suspect the incident would mostly be because Celestia could only look on with jealousy.
Yaaay a new chapter keep up the story
Reminds me of this:
‘‘Do you believe in ghosts?’’
‘‘No.’’
‘‘Oh. Then I guess that hand on your shoulder is not real.’’
Perhaps it'd be a good idea to type out what Scruffy is saying, at least sometimes. I mean, even if I were to be completely non-understandable, I would still speak to myself. That finnish is pretty sexy :P
8149360 But then you wouldn't be pondering what he is thinking.
8149369 Still... If he would've said Omena instead of -Apple- it would've been easier to understand why they had a hard time pronouncing it :P
8149415 Hmm, I suppose so.
I'm glad to see that you're back. I'm impressed by anyone being able to regularly update their fan fiction, no matter how much free time they have, because when I am writing for the fan fiction that I have been posting on this site, I find it very hard to come up with ideas when I want to, so it is hard to regularly write for me. I'll probably be constantly looking at this story to see if it has updated, because it is one of the best ones I have read so far.
Found the story yesterday and read it all through, today. I really like the story so far! Very curious to see what Luna is going to say.
Also, a lot of authors on this site update a lot slower, it's no biggie. :)
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