The Best Babysitter

by pchn00

Chapter 8: Down Into the Dark

Chapter 8: Down into the Dark
While Jen sent out her magic to get their new destination, a worried pair of blue eyes watched her move about. Pinkie was up a bit before her human friend, but she didn’t want to move and wake her up. She couldn’t help but notice her new ears…clearly the ears of a pony, covered in short green fur. A little frown of worry worked its way onto Pinkie’s muzzle. She seemed to be frowning A LOT more than usual which was weird. She was SUPER happy Jen was here. So why was she so frowny all the time? Thinking about how dangerous the wilds of Equestria could be, and that her young friend was putting herself in danger for the sake of the ponies who had abandoned her on her home sent nasty twinges through Pinkie’s chest.

Jen should be at school right now. Or reading books, watching TV, playing those shockingly violent games she liked to play. She should be doing anything but being here, a literal world away from home. Risking her life…and very freedom to help her friends. Friends who didn’t deserve such help Pinkie was thinking. We should have tried harder to convince Princess Celestia she belonged here in the first place. She knew she was ignored and miserable at home. Yet she had left anyhow.

Well things were going to be different this time. She had a chance to make it up to Jen, and she wasn’t going to mess up again. Quietly making the most solemn oath she knew…the Pinkie promise…she vowed not to let Jennifer down a second time. She may be a teenage filly but she was still a filly…and Pinkie was a full grown mare (officially…some would argue about her maturity). It would have to be up to her to make sure she was taken care of. Rainbow Dash was the loyalist friend anypony could have. Twilight would always do anything to help somepony in need…but she had a lot of her own responsibilities to look after.

Feeling her mood brighten at the sudden (potentially life altering decision), Pinkie was on her hooves and getting breakfast out for the girls. Jen finally nodded after she’d received her new direction and moved to wake Pinkie first…giving a little ‘oh’ of surprise seeing her up and about. “Morning Pinkie, I was just about to wake you.”

She received the cheery smile she expected. “Mornin Jenny-bean! Love the ears. It’s a great look.” Pinkie tossed her a big wink and gave her own a little wiggle.

A faint blush crept its way onto Jennifer’s cheeks and she touched an ear with her finger tips again. “Yeah I guess I’ve been using a lot of magic…I have something really important to tell everyone!” She knelt beside Twilight giving her a gentle nudge, relieved to see the unicorns eyes focus on her. The milky whiteness was gone from them. “Hey you can see!”

Twilight gave a little nod and stood with a stretch, wincing only slightly from the twinge in her side. “I did tell you girls I’d be fine in the morning and…Jennifer your ears! What did we just talk about?”

Said ears folded back a bit at the admonishment. “I know I know…lemme wake up Rainbow Dash and I’ll explain everything.”

As she knelt to wake the Pegasus she was rebuffed by a flip of her wing. “How could I NOT be up with all the yelling going on?” She shifted a bit in the bed of Jennifer’s jacket she was given last night, turning to face the group.

Twilight planted her behind right next to Dash giving her forehooves a couple quick claps. “Ready to try my new healing spell?”

Rainbow’s panicked look said ‘no she was NOT ready’ but Twilight didn’t seem to notice. She leaned her head over the cringing Rainbow Dash as her horn sparked to life…a soothing purple aura surrounding Dash who immediately let out a huge sigh and flopped her head to the ground.

Jen took a seat by Pinkie with a grin (and a wince as she squished her tail for the umpteenth time). “Looks like it’s working.”

Pinkie nodded and plopped a sandwich in Jen’s lap. “Yup! No one’s better at magic than our Twilight!” This brought a blush to Twilight’s cheeks as she tended Rainbow Dash. As Jen tucked into the sandwich she gave a startled grunt when Pinkie got behind her and started tugging at her tail.

She hastily swallowed craning her head to look behind herself. Pinkie was busying doing…something to her tail. “Pinkie? What’re you doin?”

Pinkie just used a hoof to push her head facing forward again and went back to work. “Well you keep squishin your tail so I thought this might help!”

Not sure what ‘this’ is…but trusting her friend she just watched Twilight tend to Rainbow Dash while she ate. She could see the worst of the bruises fading a good deal. When the flow of magic finally stopped Dash gingerly climbed to her hooves and gave a couple experimental stretches. She even tried hopping from hoof to hoof but this brought a pained yelp.

Twilight just tsk’d and fetched her own breakfast. “I can heal the worst of it, but you still need some time to rest. Maybe later this evening we can cover some ground.”

Rainbow Dash just harrumphed and flopped back down, munching her own food half-heartedly. Jen shook her head though. “We can’t wait that long. I talked to Princess Luna last night…she said there’s a shortcut we can find to beat Discord!”

Instead of the excitement she expected, she was greeted with looks of confusion from Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash.

“Uh…Princess Luna is in Canterlot. Also she’s plastic.” Dash helpfully pointed out.

Twilight nodded with her friend. “I’m sure you had a very vivid dream about the princess but that’s all it was Jennifer.”

The girl gave a little growl of frustration. “It WAS a dream but…but it WAS the princess too! She said that she dream walks to keep ponies safe from nightmares and stuff and…and we did talk…” Now she felt a little niggle of doubt worming its way in. WAS it just a dream?

If they don’t believe me maybe I don’t even NEED them, they’re just holdin me back anyway.

Those thoughts were immediately banished as Pinkie bounced out from behind her. “If Jenny-bean says she talked to Princess Luna then she talked to Princess Luna!” She fixed the ponies with a stern look…then beamed a smile up at Jen. “Sounds like you have a plan! Let’s get our tummies fell and get to trottin ponies!”

Sharing the smile with her pink friend Jen nodded, her confidence returning. Her tail felt a little odd…she’d forgotten Pinkie was evening doing something with it. With a little effort she flipped it around her hip and was surprised to see it woven into a rather sophisticated looking braid. “I…did you do this with…your hooves?”

Pinkie just tilted her head as she slung her saddlebags over her back. “Well duh silly! And my mouth! What else would I use?” She giggled as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Dash and Twilight to her surprise were nodding along with Pinkie’s asesment. Maybe having hooves wouldn’t be the burden she expected it to?

The look of concern didn’t leave Twilight’s face though. “Well even IF you saw the Princess…” She gulped at a glare from Pinkie. “And I’m sure you did! Eh he he…” She wiped her forehead with the back of a hoof. “Rainbow Dash isn’t well enough to travel. Maybe in a few hours I can use the healing spell again and we can get under way.”

Hardly before she finished Jen was on her feet and gently sliding her jacket out from under Rainbow. Once she had it zipped up she emptied the contents of her pack into Dash’s saddlebags. Pinkie claimed them without complaint slinging the extra bags over her back. Next she gently lifted Dash and settled her in the large back pack.

This brought a squawk of protest from poor Rainbow as Jen carefully settled the back around her shoulders. “Problem solved!”

Twilight and Pinkie couldn’t contain a fit of giggles at the sight of Rainbows head and forelegs peeking out of the big pack. For her part she was glaring daggers at the both of them. “The only reason I’m goin through with this is cause our friends are countin on us! But not a SINGLE word to anyone about this! I want Pinkie promises from all three of you!”

The girls all recited the solemn oath, and wasted no more time setting out in the direction Jennifer’s horn was guiding. Twilight was still looking doubtful about the whole thing, but Pinkie seemed back to her old self. Bouncing along lightly next to Jen as they walked. “Hey! Know what would pass the time?”

Jen shrugged but Dash and Twilight shared a knowing look…they knew what was coming next. “A song!”

We’ve come a long long way from home, and still have far to go, The road’s been hard, the going tough, but we’ll win for sure I know.

Jen had to admit Pinkie had a wonderful singing voice, all her usual cheer and bubbliness seemed amplified tenfold. She couldn’t help but grin as she bounded ahead a look of determination on her face. She was slightly surprised when she heard Rainbow Dash pipe up from her pack, adding her voice to Pinkies.

The danger’s great, the days are long, Discord’s certain he’s won! That jerk don’t know who he’s messin with, we’ll soon spoil all his fun!

She still didn’t understand how they did that. Harmonized and made up lyrics on the spot. Discord had said that the pony folk were all connected by some unseen force…then he made a Star Wars joke…ugh and it WAS kinda funny. When Twilight’s light alto joined the rest she was even more surprised…thinking the unicorns sour attitude would hamper her singing.

I’m not sure where we’re going, my maps no help at all, But I’ll keep my faith in my friends; we’ll face the unknown standing tall!

Twilight’s words of support touched Jennifer…even if they were given to her in song form. She felt…something building up inside. It felt a little like when she called up the Find It charm…only so much stronger. She could almost feel the invisible thread connecting her to the three ponies.

I know we’ll be alright, I’ll guide us straight and true, With our friendship keeping us together, there’s nothing we can’t get through!

She almost clapped her hands over her mouth, eyes wide as dinner plates as the music came almost unbidden from her mouth. Twilight glanced at her approvingly from the corner of her eye, as Pinkie grinned wider than ever seeming about to explode with delight. Soon the four were singing together.

Though we don’t know what lays ahead, monsters tricks or traps, We know it can’t stop us, there’s no trouble we can’t mount! Discord thinks his team is strong, we’ll show him he’s so wrong! They may match us in strength, but never where it counts!

She didn’t know exactly how (magic was her best guess though), but she could HEAR the music accompanying their singing. It started soft at first as each girl sang their solo parts than swelled to a booming, inspirational crescendo as the four joined their voices together harmoniously.

Oh they won’t know what hit them; we’ll be there in a flash! Our friends are all counting on us, so we really need to dash!

They were moving at all speed now. The ponies galloping and Jen sprinting as fast as they could. She knew Dash should be weighing her down more, but her limbs felt light as air. She would send out her Find It charm with more frequency…leading them through the hilly landscapes. Twilight and Pinkie were galloping at either side of her allowing her to keep the lead.

Our trials will be over soon, we’ll be back in no time at all! One last leg of our journey, then we’ll return triumphant! Standing tall!

The second they finished ‘tall’…Jen screeched to a halt. Before the group was…a big rock. It was wide and flat, and from the growth of vegetation on and around it must have been sitting there for any number of years. Her softly glowing horn was pointing directly at it. She ended her charm and lifted her head…a little frown creasing her lips.

Pinkie bounded around it, full of more energy than ever. “Good job Jenny-bean! Not bad for your first time!”

Twilight nodded her agreement, but her own good cheer was fading as she noted the look on their guide’s face. “Jennifer? What’s wrong?”

Shaking her head with worry she paced the length of the huge boulder. Her horn constantly flaring…tugging her toward it…then the light around it dying. “It…it keeps saying THIS is where we need to be.”

This caused Twilight to frown all the more, while Dash squirmed impatiently. “Well are we there?! I can’t see what’s everypony…” Jen turned so Rainbow Dash could see the decidedly unspectacular rock. “…oh. Uh…Jen? This doesn’t look like a short cut.”

With a little growl the human sat on the offending piece of landscape. “I know that! I don’t know what’s wrong with this stupid thing!” She gave her horn a flick…then winced. It was surprisingly sensitive.

Ears splayed, Twilight gave her a consoling pat on the knee. “It’s alright, you tried your best and that’s all anypony can ask. When the stars are out tonight I’ll be able to use the map to find where we are and get us back on track. Hopefully we haven’t lost too much ground.”

Tears were welling in the seemingly inconsolable girl’s eyes. Pinkie bounded to face her with a smile. “Aw cheer up Jenny-bean! Maybe another song will help!”

Normally Pinkie Pie’s unending exuberance never failed to put a smile on her face…this time it only served to make her more miserable. “Another song WON’T help! I screwed up! Lead us to the middle of NOWHERE and now we’re going to lose!”

Pinkie shrank back a bit, the smile fleeing her face in the blink of an eye. “Don’t be upset Jenny…we all make mistakes sometimes.” The little earth pony rested her head on Jen’s knee. “We’ll figure it out and be back on track in no time.”

The anger drained from her body…but left only sadness. She seemed about to speak again when her passenger piped up. “Uh…this may seem obvious but did anypony think maybe we should look UNDER the rock?”

Twilight, Pinkie and Jen all raised their heads at the same time and exchanged a look. Slowly Jen slide off it and to her feet turning again to regard the huge slab of stone. She looked down at Twilight. “CAN you lift it?”

Pacing about it slowly she seemed to consider the question. “It’s huge…definitely more weight than even the ursa minor and it took everything I had to get THAT in the air. I’m not sure…”

Dash rolled her eyes, a look only Pinkie could see and set her to giggling. “Uh…there’re TWO of you Twilight. And she launched a sandwich into space earlier. I think with both of you goin at it you’ll be able to move it fine.”

Eyes widening Twilight shook her head firmly. “Absolutely not! She’s been firing off magic all afternoon as it is! I’m surprised we haven’t seen another change already. She can’t take the risk.”

Her protests faltered seeing the determined look on Jennifer’s face however. Carefully sliding her pack off and setting it on the ground beside Pinkie she paced to the opposite end of the rock, nodding to Twilight. “Ready when you are.”

“Jennifer I’m not sure you fully understand the implications…this is going to require the both of us to use a tremendous amount of force…and given what we’ve seen so far it doesn’t take much to elicit further changes. Not to mention it might be for nothing!” Twilight was shifting into full on panic mode.

Jaw set firmly the teen girl shook her head. “I’ll do it by myself then.” She closed her eyes tightly…feeling for the tingling energy inside…then forcing it up to her horn…then out at the rock. The rock however was certainly bigger than a sandwich and she was already sweating just from covering the whole thing in her aura. She managed it…and soon the whole boulder was glowing a shimmering green.

Twilight’s eyes were darting from her pony friends to her human friend in a panic. “Girls say something! Don’t let her do this to herself!”

Dash and Pinkie exchanged a quick look; it was the Pegasus who spoke first. “Only thing I got to say is you better help her out before she hurts herself Twilight. She isn’t doin anything more for her friends then I would…which is giving it her all.”

Pinkie nodded. “Yeah don’t leave her hangin Twilight! She needs you!”

“I…well…that is…” Twilight snorted a blast of air in frustration. “You’re all crazy! Especially YOU!” She thrust a hoof at Jen….but soon her own horn was glowing brightly. Her magenta aura mingling with Jen’s green to produce a rather unpleasant shade of sparkly brown.

Once both girls had a firm magical ‘grip’…they began the arduous task of lifting. Both horns were glowing with more and more intensity and slowly…agonizingly so the rock began to quiver…then twitch…then ever so slowly rise. Pinkie was hopping from hoof to hoof as Rainbow Dash began to cheer them on.

Craning her neck Pinkie let out a shout. “There’s a hole under there! Keep goin girls!”

Both unicorn and human were sweating profusely by now, looking ready to drop. At Pinkie’s words both clenched their jaws…set their feet (or hooves), and gave one great SHOVE…the rock abruptly hopping and jumping to the side…landing in the ground with a dull WHOOM. Twilight and Jen simultaneously flopped onto their backs sucking in great gulps of air.

Dash squirmed out of the pack and limped to Twilights side, while Pinkie zipped over to Jen. Both digging out canteen’s to give the exhausted channelers some water. Pinkie wasn’t as surprised as she should have been to see the state Jen was in. Now covered head to toe in soft green fur to match her ears…her nose and mouth likewise had pushed out and widened into a proper pony muzzle.

“Here Jenny-bean…get a drink.” Pinkie held the canteen to the girls’ mouth as she awkwardly bumped her nose into it before getting her lips around it and gulping the water. Ruffling the girl’s hair (or was it a mane now? Pinkie wasn’t sure how human to pony transformation terminology worked!), she smiled. “That was really impressive, I’m proud of you.”

Finally finished with the water Jen just plopped her head back, smiling sleepily. “Thanks Pinkie…I feel like I ran a marathon.” There was a pause as she considered. “I also feel super-hot.”

This caused Pinkie’s smile to dim but not vanish. She took the zipper of Jen’s jacket in her teeth and worked it up, opening her coat for her causing a sigh of relief from the girl, then gently tugging it off all the way. “Better?”

A little nod as she propped herself up. “Yeah much…” She then noticed she could see her nose…very clearly extending from her face. She didn’t even seem surprised as she wiggled it a little. Only giving a soft sigh of acceptance at the coat of green fur covering her.

Pinkie nudged her side affectionately and let out a soft giggle. “Green is definitely your color Jenny-bean.”

Jen smiled now and gave a little laugh, hugging the earth pony. “Thanks Pinkie…guess I’m gonna have to get used to it huh?” Gradually she pulled herself to her feet and made her way to her fallen pack. Stuffing her jacket in and arranging it to provide some padding and warmth for the injured Rainbow Dash. “Alright girls…let’s head down into our dark creepy hole. The horn says we’re goin thattaway.”

Twilight and Dash shared a concerned look at Jen’s condition, but she waved it off. “Princess Luna asked what I was willing to sacrifice to save my friends…” She shrugged. “If this is what it takes then I can live with it.” She held her pack open for Rainbow Dash who reluctantly took her place inside again…working to get comfy. Pleasantly surprised by the addition of the makeshift bedding she was nodding off soon.

“After that burst of magic she’s going to have to wait til tomorrow for the healing spell again…” Twilight looked down into the hole. Her horn shimmered as a ball of purple light formed and zipped down ahead of them. It revealed a sloping dirt tunnel, big enough for the ponies to walk in comfortable…Jen would have to hunch a bit though.

“Ok girls, I’ll provide the light and lead the way. If we need to change direction or something let me know Jennifer. We don’t know what’s going to be down there.” Twilight took the lead, with Pinkie right behind her, Jen and Dash bringing up the rear. The little globe of magic light settled over Twilight’s head as she pushed into the dark tunnel.

It seemed carved right from the dirt and stone, perfectly smooth around the sides, top, and bottom. Twilight studied the walls as they walked. “I think this tunnel was carved by magic. Unicorn magic to be precise. It’s almost as if someone blasted right through the ground to create it! They must have been very powerful, this is so exciting!”

Rainbow Dash and Jen rolled their eyes at the same time…though neither could see the other doing it. “Yeah yeah its real exciting Twilight, but maybe we should pick up the pace?” The carried Pegasus groused.

This seemed to chase some of the scholarly excitement from the little unicorn who nodded. “Of course…let’s hurry. If we’re lucky this may take us all the way through the Crystal Mountains, bypassing a very arduous climb. I think this was the right way to go after all Jennifer.”

Pinkie looked back and tossed Jen a wink as the group hustled forward. The tunnel came to an abrupt end at a clear hole in a wall. As they emerged Twilight sent her light up…and up…and up. Expanding as it went to almost seem like a tiny purple sun. It illuminated much…but not all of the massive cavern they found themselves in. It stretched from one end of the light to the other, disappearing into darkness as it got further from the glowing globe.

Gradually the group spread out getting a better lay of the area. They overlooked a deep chasm that separated them from going further on, a thin bridge of stone stretched from one end of the span to the next. As Pinkie and Twilight approached the bridge Jen frowned when her shoe stuck to the ground. Lifting it gingerly there was some kind of weird substance that glowed oddly in the light. Almost like wispy bubble gum?

Her thoughts were interrupted by the impatient Rainbow Dash. “Hey hurry up and tie your shoe already, they’re getting way ahead of us!”

Her bearer looked up from the floor to see Twilight and Pinkie already halfway across the bridge. It was wide enough they could cross it easily…but with no rails it still looked pretty dangerous. With a shrug and a tug on her foot she brought her shoe lose and hurried to catch up.

A few steps onto the bridge she froze and looked back and forth, her ears twitching. “Did you hear that?” She whispered back to Dash.

She couldn’t see it, but the Pegasus nodded. “Yeah…kinda…a scuttling noise.”

With a frown Jen looked about…back to the pool of ‘gum’ on the floor. She noticed similar pools on the wall around the tunnel they entered from…and looking closer to the globe of light she could see the ceiling was covered in it. “…I don’t think that was gum on my shoe.”

Without warning large furry bodies began to rapidly drop down at them. Jennifer heard Pinkie and Twilight cry out in alarm…a bright flash near the opposite end of the bridge signaled Twilight using a spell to fight against her assailant. Unfortunately she lost her focus on the light…and the globe winked out of existence plunging the cavern into darkness.

An excited chittering filled the air around the girl and ponies. Jen could feel Rainbow thrashing to get free of her pack and help. Ahead she could see the occasional flash of magic, and hear solid THWACKS as Pinkie’s hooves connected with their attackers. Like some sort of horrifying light show she could only see between the flashes of Twilight’s spells. Their assailants were about twice the size of the ponies…so a little bigger than she herself. Many flailing legs sent a shiver of terror through Jen.

“That’s not gum…those are webs!” The realization of the nature of the threat seemed to send her into a mild panic. She began backing toward the side she’d just come from, hoping to get her feet on more solid ground. Her hopes were dashed as she felt a rush of air just behind her…and another in front of her. Loud chittering from the giant spiders caused her to wail in fright and kick frantically ahead of her. She was rewarded with her shoe connecting solidly to the unseen arachnid…but the force threw her off balance. Arms pin wheeling frantically she and Rainbow Dash with her, teetered over the edge of the bridge and plunged into the chasm.

Pinkie knew they were in big trouble. Being much closer to Twilight she could see the spiders clearly in every flash Twilight fired off. Every beam that connected with one of the spider’s sent the icky things flying away trailing purple smoke. She managed to smash more than a few of her own when she heard Jennifer scream out, her blood ran cold with fear.

“Jenny! Twilight they’re in trouble back there!” The earth pony began to kick at their attackers with more ferocity.

Twilight rounded and sent a spider just over her friends head screeching into the wall with a blast of magic. “I know Pinkie, but we’re in trouble up HERE too and…” She paused to lance out another blast, this one streaked across the bridge illuminating the whole cavern for a second. She could only watch in horror as Jennifer kicked at the spider nearest her…upsetting her balance and sending herself and Rainbow Dash over the bridge. The pair quickly vanished from sight into the gloom; their screams echoing off the walls…before those too faded.

Pinkie let loose an anguished wail and turned as if she were about to jump in after them, but Twilight fighting back tears of her own (and losing), snagged her in an aura of magic and bolted from the bridge to the other side of the cavern. The ferocious assault of earth pony strength and unicorn magic seemed to be giving the spiders pause as they considered how to best attack their prey, and Twilight wasn’t going to let the brief pause in the fight pass without taking advantage of it.

It was almost more of a strain to hold the thrashing, screaming earth pony then it was to move the massive boulder earlier, but Twilight ignored her friends’ cries, lowered her head and charged forward. The glow from her horn providing enough illumination to see they’d entered another tunnel, though it looked naturally formed rather than magically like the one they entered from. She could hear the spiders fast closing in behind them and with a toss of her head sent Pinkie Pie sailing along the tunnel ahead of her. Free of that burden she turned to the tunnel entrance, horn again flaring to life as a searing ray of magic hit the ceiling above the entrance, causing it to collapse and fill with rock and dirt.

Pinkie was on her hooves in a flash shoving passed the exhausted Twilight to pound on the makeshift wall. “Let me out Twilight! Let me out she needs me!” Gradually her slams lessened and lessened…and the miserable earth pony sank to the floor sobbing. “I made a Pinkie promise Twilight…I promised to look after her…”

Her heart felt like it’d sunk all the way to her hooves, but Twilight moved to sit with Pinkie. “…I’m sure they’re fine Pinkie Pie. After all she has Rainbow Dash with her. They’ll make it out alright you’ll see.” She even forced a smile. Thought it was an unconvincing one with tears of her own rolling down her cheeks. “We need to keep moving though…they wouldn’t want us to sit here and mope. We have a job to do…our other friends, the princesses; all of Equestria is counting on us.”

Her mane and tail had by now lost all of their exuberant curl and bounciness, lying flat and straight as the day she thought her friends were going to banish her from the group. Definitely not a good sign in Twilight’s head. But when she looked up to meet Twilight’s gaze there was determination in her eyes. “You’re right…we’ll beat Discord…and those ponies helping him. Then the Princesses can come up with a proper punishment…one that better stick this time!”

She could only nod as she helped her to her hooves. “They will…some things just can’t be forgiven.” Pinkies solemn nod brought more conflicting emotions. She wasn’t sure if she should be happy or sad that the pony who thought every stranger was a friend waiting to be made agreed that their enemy team should receive harsh punishment.

With a heavy sigh she began to lead the way again, a small globe of light once more hovering above her head. “I watched Jennifer perform her finding spell enough I should be able to replicate it without trouble. We’ll find out way out her here soon…and then we’ll beat Discord.”

Pinkie could only nod; eyes focused and anger burning within the deep blue orbs.

Author's Note:

For some reason I had to delete the old posting of this and REpost it so...it's out of order. :/

Comments

[Red Bomber]

I think you can movie though when you edit your story.

[pchn00]

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Haha well thanks. There's a completed sequel up called Settling In, and a third story starting called Galaxia's Equestria if you're interested in more about Jen XD

[pchn00]

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I have tried writing in first person! Just after I finished this one my second story about a new protaganist I tried doing first person. I like it for her stories but with Jen's stuff I switch up the focus on the character alot in her future stories.

[pchn00]

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Haha I mellow and mature Pinkie a lot over the story, probably TOO quickly looking back at it now but this was my first attempt at writing something other than a DnD campaign.

[pchn00]

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Haha I know about the italics thing, I'm ashamed to admit that's pure laziness on my part. Since the italics don't carry over from my word docs to this I didn't want to go through each chapter word by word and hunt down everything that needed to be italicized. I'm glad you liked the story though!

[pchn00]

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Ooo how do I move around the chapters? I'd love to get 8 back where it belongs. I tried to find something to do just that myself but I couldn't figure it out.

[Buckshot2825]

Pinkie could only nod; eyes focused and anger burning within the deep blue orbs.

woah shit!