> Ponyville's New Pet
>  by Bubbabob
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> Chapter 1 - Definitely not a chicken.
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	"Y'all sure we should be doin' this, Scootaloo?"

"Yeah, I don't want to get it trouble with Rarity again."

"Will you two relax? Besides, we're not going into the Everfree Forest; we're going 'near' the Everfree Forest."

Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, the infamous Cutie Mark Crusaders, were heading towards the Everfree forest to see if they could get their Cutie Marks by being...um...er...

"What 'er we doin' to get our Cutie Marks again?" asked Applebloom.

"Birdwatching, like Fluttershy suggested," replied Scootaloo. "Maybe I can learn to fly by seeing how birds do it," she mumbled quietly to herself.

"Actually, the correct term for what we're doing is ornithology," Sweetie Belle said. Both of her friends gave her weird looks at that. Sweetie Belle blushed and rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. "I did it again, didn't I?"

Scootaloo just shook her head and sighed. "Yeah, ya did. Let's just get going, Dictionary."

Sweetie Belle turned bright red and humphed, not gracing Scootaloo with an answer. Applebloom was trying to suppress her giggles, not wanting to be mean towards her friend.

As they got closer to the Everfree Forest they got increasingly nervous. Even though they weren't going into the Everfree Forest it still gave them a sense of foreboding. The forest was a dangerous place filled with all sorts of nasty creatures: Manticores, Cockatrices, Hydras, Timberwolves, and Ursa minors and majors. Not to mention all the poisonous plants that have all sorts of weird affects (especially poison joke). And the creatures mentioned before? Those are some of the more pleasant ones.

"Why do we have to go into the Everfree Forest for this? Couldn't we have just gone to Whitetail Woods or Fluttershy's house?" Sweetie Belle asked with a hint of fear in her voice.

"First off, were just going 'near' the Everfree Forest, remember? Second, the birds of the Everfree are probably a lot more exotic," replied Scootaloo who was trying to hide the nervousness in her voice.

"Wow, Scootaloo. Yer actually using yer noggin," Applebloom joked, trying to lighten up the mood. It seemed to work as Sweetie Belle cracked a smile.

"Heh, thanks Apple- hey!" Scootaloo cried indignantly. This caused Applebloom and Sweetie Belle to burst into a fit of giggles while Scootaloo stood there, red-faced and glaring at them.

With their nervousness forgotten, they continued trotting towards the Everfree until they were about 10 meters from the edge. They stood there, just staring at the forest.

Finally, Applebloom spoke up, "So, we're just supposed ta' watch birds?"

"Yeah I guess," Scootaloo answered.

They stood there for about 10 minutes looking for birds. All they saw was a blue jay, a humming-bird, and a crow. When they checked their flanks, they were still blank.

"Y'all think we're doin' it wrong?"

"Maybe we should have asked Fluttershy more about it before running off like that or gone to Twilight and asked her instead," Sweetie Belle said.

"We didn't really think this through, did we," Scootaloo agreed.

They all had solemn looks on their faces at another failed attempt to get their cutie marks.

"Well, let's look on the bright side," Sweetie Belle said.

"What bright side?" Scootaloo asked.

"At least we didn't covered in tree sap this time," Sweetie Belle said with a smile. Both friends facehoofed at her attempt at humor.

"Let's just go home."

Just as the CMC turned around, looking defeated, their ears perked up at a strange gurgling noise coming from a large bush just outside the forest.

"What do you think is is there?" asked a clearly frightened Sweetie Belle.

"Maybe a chicken?" Scootaloo suggested.

"Ya would know that, wouldn't ya?" Applebloom teased.

"Hey!"

"Ah'm just messin' with ya." Applebloom looked back at the bush and thought it was definitely a good time to leave. "Let's get goin', Ah don't wanna know what critter is in there."

"Well, I'm going to check it out!" declared Scootaloo.

"What're y'all crazy?!" Applebloom said anxiously.

"No, I'm brave; just like Rainbow Dash!"

Applebloom just facehoofed. Yeah, brave and stupid, Applebloom thought.

"Scootaloo, wait!" Sweetie Belle yelled.

When Applebloom looked up, she saw Scootaloo running towards the bush while Sweetie Belle was running after her, trying to stop her. "Consarnit, Scootaloo!" Applebloom yelled before running after them. Before either of them could reach Scootaloo, she stuck the upper half of her body into the bush.

When they reached her, Sweetie Belle said, "Scootaloo, are you okay! What's in there?!"

"...Whatever it is, it's definitely not a chicken," she said.

Both of them quirked an eye just before Scootaloo started screaming.

"H-help! It's got me!"

Both of them quickly came to her aid and started tugging on Scootaloo. When they managed to get her upper half out of the bush, imagine their surprise when they saw an orange tentacle wrapped around her right forehoof.

"What are you two doing?! Keep pulling!"

When they shook off their shocked expressions, they continued to pull at Scootaloo. The tentacle suddenly let go, causing them to all fall on their backs. Before they could get up, a shadow descended upon them and wrapped around their wee little bodies from the neck down. They started screaming and hollering for help and begging the monster that had them not to eat them. Slowly their screams turned into giggles, followed by full blown laughter.

"Sweet Celestia, it's tickling us!" Applebloom said between laughs.

"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Scootaloo barely managed to get out.

After about 3 minutes of tickling, Sweetie Belle shrieked, "P-please stop m-mister m-monster! You're going to make me peeeee!" Miraculously, it seemed to work; the monster gently released them on the ground and slithered a few feet from them. It took them a few minutes to recover, giggling here and there from a strange happy feeling that wouldn't seem to go away. When they were able to get onto their hooves, they took a look at their tickle attack assailant. What was before them appeared to be a huge, orange blob. That was all it was; no eyes, no mouth, no limbs to speak of. All it did was make excitable gurgling noises while its body shifted constantly. They continued to stare at it until Scootaloo finally spoke up.

"Kind of looks like a beanbag chair, doesn't it?"

Applebloom facehoofed. "That's all ya have ta say after all this?"

"No, what is that thing?"

"Do you think it's dangerous?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Not unless you count tickle torture as dangerous."

The orange tickling monster suddenly started slithering towards Sweetie Belle, making her freeze up. When it was right in front of her, two tendrils came out of its body, wrapped them around her back, and pulled her into a...hug? After a few moments, she returned the gesture with a smile on her face.

"...girls?"

"Yeah?" Applebloom and Scootaloo said in unison.

"...this feels really nice. You should try it."

They were hesitant at first, but they eventually decided to hug the orange mass for themselves. They immediately had smiles plastered on their faces when they made contact with the strange creature.

"...this feels really nice," Scootaloo said.

"Eeyup," Applebloom sighed.

"...does anyone smell chocolate?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Now that ya mention it Ah do. Is it coming from this critter?" They all took a good a good whiff of the blob and gasped in unison. "Sweet Celestia it is!"

"That. Is. So. Cool!" Scootaloo said excitedly.

"That is pretty cool. Do you think we can keep it?" Sweetie Belle asked hopefully.

"Ah don't know, maybe we should ask it?" Applebloom said. "Excuse me, Mr. Blob, would ya like ta come back ta Ponyville with us?" All Applebloom got in response was being nuzzled by the creature and happy gurgling noises; it reminded her of being licked by Winona. "Ah'll take that as a yes," she laughed.

"Let's go to Twilight first."

"Why Sweetie?"

"I want to see if Twilight knows anything about this thing. For all we know we could have discovered a whole new species!"

There was absolute dead silence.

...
...
...
"CUTIE MARK MONSTER DISCOVERS, YAY!"

And so off they went to Ponyville with a new friend trailing behind.
> Chapter 2 - Peanut Butter
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	“Hey girls, I just thought of something,” Sweetie Belle panted, while they were galloping.

“What is it Sweetie?” Applebloom asked.

“Won’t everypony, I don’t know, get the wrong idea seeing Mr. Blob chase after us?”

Applebloom, who was in front, screeched to a halt, followed by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo who both crashed into her; they became a tangled mess of limbs. The orange tickle monster made gurgling sounds of distress, as if asking if they were okay.

“We’re alright!” Scootaloo said from somewhere in the pile while waving a hoof. The monster replied with a happy, gurgling noise, then preceded to help them out. After they managed to untangle themselves, they got in a circle, with the monster, and began discussing what to do.

“What ‘re  we goin’ ta do!” Applebloom said. “We can’t just go walkin’ inta town all willy-nilly with Mr. Blob following us!”

“Sure we can.” Scootaloo received incredulous looks from her friends at that. “What? In my opinion, this is pretty tame to a bunch of the other stuff we did.” Her friends just rolled their eyes in response.

“Maybe we could try sneaking it to the library?” Sweetie Belle suggested.

“Ah don’t know. Remember when we tried to get ‘er cutie marks as spies?” Applebloom said.

“Oh, yeah,” Sweetie Belle said remorsefully. “Poor Doctor Whooves.”

“He didn’t come outta his house for weeks,” Applebloom continued.

“I still can’t believe we made him lose his mane and coat like that,” Scootaloo said, sounding guilty. As if sensing their mood, the orange slime extended two of its tentacles out of its body and wrapped the Crusaders in a group hug. They all started to feel better instantly, although they struggled to get out.

“Let us go, Mr. Blob! We should feel bad ‘fer what we did,” Applebloom tried to explain. The Destroyer of Bad Moods just hugged them tighter. “Alright, fine, just kill ‘er guilty feelings,” she tried to mope, although it was hard to do while she had a smile on her face.

“Mr. Blob is better at making ponies smile than Pinkie!” Sweetie Belle said happily. Somewhere else, Pinkie felt a shiver go down her spine.

“Better not tell her that or she might try to prove you wrong,” Scootaloo said. They all giggled at that.

“Alright, Mr. Blob, you can let us go now.” It did.

After a few moments, Applebloom spoke up, “Well, we still don’t know what we’re gonna do.”

“I say YOLO and walk through town like we own the place,” Scootaloo replied.

“What’s... POLO?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“It’s YOLO, and it means ‘you only live once.’ That’s what Rainbow Dash told me, and it’s the code she lives by everyday!” Scootaloo excitedly explained. Both of her friends just rolled their eyes. “What? Do either of you have any better ideas?”

They both brought a hoof up as if to speak, but then slowly lowered them.

“That’s what I thought,” she replied smugly and then began trotting towards Ponyville with the orange slime following behind.

“This is a terrible idea,” Sweetie Belle stated.

“Eeyup,” was all Applebloom said in response.

...

The CMC stood at the edge of Ponyville with their new friend, watching ponies walk by who had yet to notice their presence. All of Scootaloo’s earlier confidence seemed gone, as she stood there, just as nervous as the rest of her friends. Suddenly, they each felt something drape across each of their backs. Looking back, they saw that their orange friend had sprouted three tentacles, putting one on each of them to give them reassurance. They smiled, feeling their confidence returning, and the four began trotting (or slithering) into town.

As soon as they passed the third building, ponies started to take notice of their presence. There was a mix of reactions: most ponies gasped, others just stared, some ran away with one in particular yelling ‘The horror! The horror!” Surprisingly, a few number of ponies just shrugged and continued about their day, as if it wasn’t that big of a deal. Given what’s happened to the town in the past, this is very minor. The Cutie Mark Crusaders continued trotting, undeterred by the stares.

Sweetie Belle suddenly stopped.

“Girls?” she said.

“What’s up Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked.

“Something just occurred to me. Instead of walking into town and making a scene, one of us could have gone to Twilight and brought her back while the other two kept an eye on Mr. Blob.” Both of her friends stared with their jaws wide open and then promptly face hoofed.

“Whelp, to late ta do anythin’ ‘bout it now,” Applebloom mumbled through her hoof. 

Before they could say anything else, they heard what sounded like galloping. Turning around, they saw what looked like six ponies heading towards them. Soon enough, they recognized who those six ponies were. At the head of the group was Twilight, whose face showed a hint of worry. Behind her were Applejack and Rarity, with Rainbow Dash flying above them. All three of them had a look of determination on their faces. Behind them was Pinkie Pie who was bouncing happily along, and in the very back was Fluttershy who looked very terrified. The CMC and their orange friend each said something upon seeing them.

“Oh Consarnit.”
“Oh Ponyfeathers.”
“Oh sweet Celestia.”
*Elated gurgling.*

Guess who said what.

The mane six came to a halt about 3 meters away from them, looking ready for a fight except Pinkie, who was still bouncing, and Fluttershy, who was hiding in the back. They were thrown back slightly when they saw the orange blob sitting(?) behind them. They recovered quickly and Twilight spoke:

“Girls, what are you doing?! Get away from that thing. It could be dangerous.”

Scootaloo rolled her eyes and said, “The only thing dangerous about it is that it might make you tinkle yourself.”

Sweetie Belle blushed. “Hey, I never tinkled!” she said defiantly.

“I never said ya did.”

Sweetie Belle’s blush just deepened.

“Girls!” Applejack’s yell snapped them back to attention, “What in tarnation is that thing?!”

The CMC looked at each other and Applebloom began to explain, “Well, ya see, sis, we were headin’ towards the Everfree Forest ta-”

“Ya did what?!”

“Hold it sis, let me explain! Ya see we went ta Fluttershy ta see if she had any suggestions of how we could get ‘er cutie marks. She suggested that we try bird watching and Scootaloo said we should go ‘near’ the Everfree forest ta see if we could spot more exotic birds. We were ‘bout ta head back cause we weren’t doin’ right when we heard a gurgling noise. I suggested that we leave whatever critter was in there alone, but Scootaloo thought it was a good idea ta run head first inta the bush ta see what it was.”

“Hey!”

“Not now Scoots,” Applebloom whispered. Scootaloo just mumbled angrily until the slimy creature hugged her, making her smile while causing the mane six, sans Pinkie, to flinch. “Anyways, this here critter pops out and startles us. When it wrapped ‘round us we thought it was goin’ ta eat us until it started ticklin’ us.” All three of them giggled at the memory. “When it was done, we all felt in a really- how should Ah put it? Happy? Good? Refreshed? Positive mood? Well anyways, we thought we could bring it ta Twilight ta see if she knew anythin’ ‘bout it.”

After she had finished her story, the mane six stood there, processing what Applebloom just said. Pinkie was the first to say anything. The CMC hadn’t notice before, but most of the town had surrounded them and had listened to Applebloom’s story as well.

“So it’s not dangerous?” Pinkie asked.

“Nnope,” Applebloom said.

“And it likes to give tickles and hugs and makes ponies smile?”

Applebloom pretended to think for a moment before answering, “Eeyup.”

That’s when Pinkie full-on tackled the orange, hugging menace.

“OhmygoshIfeelreallyhappywellhappierthanusualwhichisweirdbecauseIdidn’tknowIcouldgetanyhappierthanthisusuallyI’monlythishappywhenIthroughareallyamazingpartybutthisheremonsterfeelslikeIjustthroughoneofthosepartiesheywhatdoesiteat
what’sitsfavoritecolordoesitlikepartiesitlookslikepeanutbutterandfeelslikepeanutbutterheyisitsnamePeanutButter!!!” Pinkie said all in one breath (somehow).

All that the CMC heard was ‘name Peanut Butter.’ Now that they looked at their new friend, he did kinda look like peanut butter. They looked to each other and nodded in agreement, both to the name and the fact that they didn’t want Pinkie to start coming up with an impossibly long list of names. Scootaloo walked up to it and said, “Hey, Mr. Blob dude,” she assumed she had its attention, “We discussed it and thought we should name you Peanut Butter; how does that sound?” Peanut Butter wrapped her in the hug that Pinkie was already in, nuzzling her and gurgling happily. “Alright! Alright, ya like it,” Scootaloo giggled. There was a chorus of ‘D’aww’ at the adorable sight. Scootaloo usually would have been embarrassed, but at the moment she couldn’t care less.

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle joined in the hug, giggling while they did so. The rest of the mane six seemed to lose most of their wariness at the most adorable sight they’ve ever seen.

“Doesn’t it kinda look like a beanbag chair?” Rainbow said, ruining the moment. Her friends who were not involved in the hug all facehoofed (yes, even Fluttershy).

“Hey, you know what this calls for?” Pinkie asked. Peanut Butter gurgled in anticipation. 

“A PARTY!”
> Chapter 3 - I don't dance.
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	After Pinkie announced she was going to throw a party, her friends began to protest. Twilight wanted to study it first, Applejack and Rainbow still didn't trust it, Rarity thought it was icky, and Fluttershy said something about it being scary, but nopony really heard her. Pinkie completely ignored their protests and zoomed off to set up the party.

She set up the party at Sugarcube Corner. She put up a banner that said 'Welcome to Ponyville Peanut Butter.' She packed two tables with confectioneries she baked herself, punch, and candy she bought from Bon Bon. She set up games such as pin the tail on the pony, horseshoes, darts, and Twister. She decorated the shop with balloons and streamers. She set up a DJ table for the famous unicorn, Vinyl Scratch, stage name, DJ PON3. She gave party invitations to all the residents of Ponyville. She did this all in under 15 minutes. How is that possible? Don't ask.

Long story short, everything was set up by the time the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the rest of the mane six, and Peanut Butter arrived. To the ponies it was just Pinkie being Pinkie. Ponies from all over town had come for two reasons: to meet the new resident and for the free food, which, more than likely, most ponies were there for. Vinyl was already at the DJ table by the time they got there, looking very confused at her new location. She saw Pinkie, smacked her head realizing what happened, and began dropping some beats. By then, the party was in full swing. Peanut Butter gurgled and hugged Pinkie Pie.

"Aww, you're welcome Peanut," Pinkie giggled. "Why don't you four get something to eat." Pinkie told the CMC and Peanut Butter. The three fillies and one orange slime all rushed to the snack table at that. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash all followed close behind to keep an eye on the girls. By the time they got to the table, Applebloom had a piece of apple pie, Sweetie Belle had a cupcake, Scootaloo had a brownie, and Peanut had a...cake? No, not a piece of cake, literally, a whole five layered, wedding style chocolate cake being held on top of its body. The six ponies present gave disbelieving looks at that.

"Are y'all really gonna eat all that?" Applebloom asked. Peanut just gurgled and absorbed the entire cake, platter and all, into its body. Almost immediately, the cake began to dissolve inside of it until the entire thing was gone except for the platter. A couple dozen ponies had to pick up there jaws after witnessing the guest of honor complete a feat only Pinkie has ever managed. To top it all off, Peanut pulled a tentacle out that pulled the platter with it and set it back down on the table.

...
...
"Wow," the CMC said in sheer amazement. All the surrounding ponies were amazed as well. All except Rarity, who had such a look of absolute disgust on her face. In the background, Twilight could be seen writing notes, whispering to herself.

"The creatures eating methods appear to be similar of those of an amoeba. Four ponies who have reported contacting it said they felt an extreme sense of happiness that-"

"Um, Twilight what are you doing? If you don't mind answering that is," Fluttershy questioned her purple friend.

"Oh, Fluttershy, I'm just learning as much as I can about the crea- er, Peanut Butter right now so I don't have to do as many tests later."

"...doesn't that seem kind of rude to do at a party?"

"Well..."

"Twilight, its a party, try to have some fun, you've been in the library for over a week. The only reason you came out was because Lily was screaming 'the horror' and 'monster.'"

Twilight blushed and let out a defeated sigh, "Alright, Fluttershy, you're right. I could use a little fun, especially after researching for a week whether or not a tree makes a sound in the forest if nopony is around to hear it." Fluttershy gave Twilight a weird look but decided it would be better not to question why she was researching such a silly subject. She left Twilight to her own devices and searched for a spot where she would be noticed by the fewest number of ponies.

...

Peanut Butter was just as talented at dancing as it was at eating. For one the dances, it 'stood' up tall and sprouted two tentacles, using them as arms, doing some of the craziest dancing anypony has ever seen:

(Pay attention to the second dancer.)


It also performed a strange form of dancing that the ponies at the party dubbed 'the worm.' Ponies tried to imitate the dance the best they could, but sadly a lack of arms makes it quite difficult, although they had plenty of fun coming up with their own moves. The only pony who came close was Lyra, who had learned to walk on her hind legs. She had to see the chiropractor shortly after attempting to copy some of Peanut's more eccentric moves. At the end of one of the songs, Vinyl floated the microphone up to her mouth and decided someone deserved some praise.

"Let's give it up for Peanut Butter, the craziest dancer and biggest party animal I've evar seen!" Her announcement was followed by a clopping of hooves and cheering, until somepony yelled:

"Hey!"

"Alright, alright, you're still number one, Pinkie."

"You bet I am!" she said, cheerfully.

"Anyways, whose ready for another beat?!" There was another round of cheering, except an elated gurgling could be heard this time. During the next song, she felt something tap her on the shoulder. She turned and saw Peanut standing in front of her. "What's up, buddy? Got a request?" she joked. Peanut pointed to her, then the dance floor. She got the message pretty easily. "Whoa there, I don't dance at my own gigs." Peanut wrapped one of its tentacles around her forehoof, pulling her and urging her to go. She began to feel exceptionally happy, but still tried to deny the dancing machine's request. "I'm sorry, I wish I could, but I need to manage the DJ table."

"Don't worry Scratchy! I can handle it while you go dancing with PB!" Pinkie said, popping out of nowhere.

After slowing her heart rate, Vinyl said, "First, Pinkie, come up with a better nickname for me; you make me sound like I have fleas. Second, PB?"

"Short for Peanut Butter, duh!"

"...right. Third, I don't dance."

"Oh yes you will. After all, you wouldn't want to upset the guest of honor, would you?"

Vinyl looked at PB, who actually appeared to look somewhat saddened. She bit her lower lip trying not to cave-in, but it was no use. "Fine," she sighed in defeat.

"Great! Now get out there and have fun!" Pinkie said, pushing her off stage before popping in a new song.

On the dance floor, Peanut was bouncing its body left and right to the beat. The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the mane six, sans Pinkie and Fluttershy, were surrounding it and doing their own moves, Scootaloo's dancing being very awesome and Twilight's being, well, some things are better left unsaid. Peanut noticed that Vinyl and Fluttershy were standing around awkwardly, shuffling their hooves in a failed attempt to mimic dancing. 

You better believe it was having none of that.

Peanut slithered over towards them and wrapped them both in a hug. While they protested (Fluttershy attempted to), they began to have a strange feeling. It was a good- no, great feeling. It's what Vinyl felt when she was putting on a great show, or when Fluttershy saw her friends being hurt by a bully or monster. It was confidence. Once Peanut felt satisfied that they had enough of a boost, it let them free so they could start dancing. They were slow going at first, but slowly started to get caught in the beat. When the CMC joined them, it really became a party. Ponies had actually formed a circle around them to watch them dance. They were surprisingly good, even Applebloom. Vinyl and Fluttershy were having to much fun to even notice the crowd that had formed. After five more songs, Vinyl and Fluttershy had to stop to catch their breaths.

"Well...that was...fun," Vinyl said between breaths.

"I...did too...thank you, Peanut," Fluttershy said before hugging mentioned blob who returned the gesture.

"Hey, PB," Vinyl said, raising her hoof, "Brohoof." Her hoof was met with a tentacle.

The first half of the party was turning out better than anypony expected.
> Chapter 4 - A perfect smiley face.
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	The Cutie Mark Crusaders were laying on their backs, using Peanut as a cushion; it didn't mind and in fact was quite happy about it. They had danced to hard too hard and were out of breath, their little chests rising and falling. There was a rumbling noise and heads turned to Applebloom, who was laying on the left side.

"Guess all that dancin' took more outta me than I thought," she giggled.

"Yeah," Scootaloo agreed was lying on the right side, "let's go get something else to eat." Before any of them could get up, Peanut began to slither towards the snack table with them on top of it. The CMC just giggled, enjoying both the ride and being lazy. Scootaloo sniffed the air, "Does anypony else smell roses?" she asked. Her two friends started sniffing as well, trying to locate the source of the smell. Sweetie Belle flopped over to her belly and took a big whiff of Peanut.

"Oh wow, it's coming from Peanut!" she said to her friends.

"Really?" Scootaloo asked. She took a whiff of Peanut herself. "Uh, didn't he smell like like chocolate earlier?"

"Maybe Peanut can change the way it smells, and what do you mean he? How do you know Peanut isn't a she?"

Scootaloo shrugged, "I don't, I was just getting tired of calling Peanut 'it.' What do you think Applebloom?"

"Peanut isn't either," she said simply. Both of her friends had confused looks on their faces. "Well, ya see, I lived on the farm ma whole life, and with all the animals we have on it, it's kinda hard ta miss the process of makin' babies. I don't know if you two know how that works yet, but I can tell you this: Peanut doesn't have any of the parts of a colt or filly."

There was a long silence before Scootaloo spoke up, "So to put simply, Peanut is genderless?"

"Eeyup."

"Okay...Can we just say Peanut's a he, makes things easier that way."

"Eeyup."

"Ugh, you're acting too much like your brother."

"Eeyup."

"Hey! Don't I get a say in this?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Nnope," Applebloom said with a smirk. Peanut made a gurgling sound that could have been mistaken for chuckling. Apparently he had a sense of humor.

...

At the snack table, the CMC were entertaining themselves and some of the other foals at the party by feeding Peanut different sweets and watching them dissolve inside him. The most entertaining one was when they made him 'drink' a bowl of punch, causing him to turn pink before changing back to normal. This caused all the foals to burst into an adorable fit of giggles. By now, most of the children had gone up to Peanut to see the 'monster' up close and instead getting a hug. All those who were hugged were easily won over.

"Peanut ith tho cool!" Twist said while using a couple of homemade candy canes to give Peanut a candy cane mustache. He kept it on for awhile, much to the amusement of the children and some of the adults, before eating the delicious treat.

"Yeah! I would take him with me on a pirate ship instead of a dumb parrot," Pipsqueak said. All the parrots at Fluttershy's house felt a disturbance.

"Best monster ever!" Dinky giggled while being cradled by Peanut.

"Hey, let's go see if he can play darts or horseshoes with those tentacles of his," Rumble suggested.

"YEAH!" all the foals cheered.

When they got to where the dart game had been set up, there was an intense game of darts going on between Applejack and Rainbow. How did they make a game of darts intense? Best guess would be their competitive nature. The score was currently 64 to 56, Applejack leading. They both threw the darts simultaneously, both hearing dual thunks as the darts stuck to the boards. When they looked up, Applejack had landed on an 8 and Rainbow had landed on a 16. It was a tie.

Again.

For the seventh time.

"OH COME ON!" they shouted in unison.

"Hey, Applejack?" Applebloom asked her older sister, "Can me and ma friends play for awhile?"

"Sure thing, Sugarcube. I think Rainbow and I could use a break anyhow. C'mon Rainbow, let's go get somethin' ta eat." Rainbow nodded and headed off with Applejack to get one of Pinkie's cupcakes. When they returned they saw that the foals had gotten in a line, taking turns at the darts; each one got 10 throws before the next ponies turn. When Peanut was up, they watched with interest to see how he would manage throwing the darts. At first, he did nothing but hold the darts, then he did something nopony expected, again; he absorbed the darts into his body and shot them out one at a time.

Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo. Ptoo.
Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

When he was done, There was a perfect smiley face on the dart board. Everypony that had gathered laughed at the sight. The foals all cheered and wrapped Peanut Butter into a big group hug. He wrapped his tentacles around them in turn and nuzzled them. Applejack and Rainbow smiled at the sight.

"Maybe this here critter isn't so bad," Applejack whispered to Rainbow.

"Yeah, it does seem pretty cool, not as cool as me, but still cool," the prismatic pegasus whispered back to her friend.

"Well I for one find that creature appalling, I mean just look at the mess it's made! Sweetie Belle is definitely taking a bath when she get's home," Rarity, who had overheard their conversation, complained. Sure enough, there was a trail of slime all around the building that showed where Peanut Butter had been. However, most ponies were actually standing in it, enjoying the feelings it was giving them. Twilight could be seen collecting some samples in a few test tubes. Rarity grimaced at the sight. Applejack and Rainbow rolled their eyes at her reaction.

"I don't see what the big deal is, I mean, the slime hasn't made anypony slip so far. In fact when I stepped in it, the ground didn't seem any slippier than usual," Rainbow said.

"Rainbow, dear, slippier isn't a word. Wait you stepped in that slime?"

"Yeah, see," Rainbow said, lifting up a hoof. Sure enough, some of the slime was on Rainbow's hoof. She brought it an inch from Rarity's face, making her scream and run off. Rainbow fell to the ground laughing and holding her sides while Applejack hid her smile with a hoof.

...

When the party came to close, Peanut Butter gave a hug to all those who said goodbye to him, making them leave with a smile on their faces. He even tickled a few here and there. The foals who had played with him and the CMC all promised to come play with him sometime. Peanut seemed to be excited by that news. More than a few ponies were still wary of him, but he didn't seem to mind much. There was, however, one problem that needed to be dealt with.

Who would Peanut go home with?

The Cutie Mark Crusaders bickered about it for a few minutes before Peanut stepped in and worked his magic. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were much more reasonable after that and decided that Peanut should decide. Normally, he would give hugs to those he disappointed. The problem was that this time, he couldn't decide who he liked more. Finally, Twilight stepped in.

"Girls, why don't I take care of Peanut Butter until tomorrow. You can come see him after school and play with him all you want then. There are a few tests that I would like to run on him before reporting his presence to the princesses. Besides, Spike hasn't gotten the chance to meet him yet," Twilight reasoned, also feeling guilty about forgetting to bring Spike who had been left at the library when she went to confront the 'monster' that had the CMC hostage.

"Well, that seems fair, don't ya think, girls?" Applebloom asked her friends.

"Fine by me," Scootaloo said with a shrug.

"I'm okay with that," Sweetie Belle said, much to Rarity's relief.

"Good, I'll see you girls tomorrow then." After saying their goodbyes- Peanut Butter receiving hugs from the CMC, Fluttershy, and Pinkie who also gave him one last cupcake- Twilight began to walk home with Peanut by her side. "When we get to the library, I'll introduce you to Spike, Owlicious, and Peewee. I'm sure you'll love them." Peanut gurgled at the prospect of meeting somepony new. He hugged Twilight and nuzzled her making her giggle.

She had never scene a creature quite like Peanut before, the way he seemed to improve everypony's mood by just hugging them, helping giving a couple of ponies the courage to dance in front of others, or having a love for sweets that rivaled Pinkie's. There were also many unanswered questions that ran through her head: Where exactly did this creature come from? Are there others like him? How does he digest food without organs? What was he made of? How intelligent is he? How does he make ponies happy simply by coming into contact with them?

She couldn't wait to get home and start testing.
> Chapter 5 - But that would take the fun out of it.
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	When Twilight and Peanut arrived at the library, Twilight opened the door and gestured Peanut too go in first. Peanut slithered inside the hollowed out tree and checked his surroundings. All across the library, there were stacks of books; at least a few dozen. Notes were strewn across the ground, almost completely covering the floor. On the table was a large coffee pot with a coffee mug next to it. Twilight smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry about the mess, I was doing some research before you came along." Peanut didn't really care all that much. "Spike! I'm back, and I brought a guest home," she called out.

The little feet of Ponyville's resident dragon could be heard scurrying upstairs. Spike appeared at the top looking relieved.  "Twilight!" he said, "Thank Celestia you're back! I was just about to write a letter to the Prin-" Spike stopped talking immediately when he noticed Peanut. "Twilight, what's that?" he said, pointing at the orange blob.

Twilight chuckled before answering, "This is Peanut, the 'monster' Lily was screaming about earlier."

"Really? Jeez, someponies got tell her to take a chill pill if she's freaking out about this thing. I mean, look at it, it's just sitting there making gurgling sounds. Where'd it come from anyway?"

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders found Peanut near the Everfree Forest, and they're calling Peanut a he."

Spike had walked down to the bottom of the stairs at this point. "The Cutie Mark Crusaders? This I gotta hear."

For the next half-hour, Twilight explained everything that happened since she left to confront Peanut.

...

"You what?!" Spike exclaimed at the end of Twilight's explanation.

Twilight rubbed the back of her head, having a guilty expression on her face. "I'm sorry, Spike, I completely forgot in all the excitement."

Spike looked hurt when Twilight said that, "How could you forgot to bring your number one assistant to a Pinkie Party?"

The guilt Twilight was feeling had just been doubled.

"Did you at least bring me back a cupcake?" he asked, hopefully.

Make that tripled.

"Aww man," Spike said, his hopes crushed after seeing the expression on Twilight's face. Before she could say anything to him, Peanut came up from behind him and wrapped his body around Spike's, leaving his head exposed. "Uh Twilight, what's it doin- heh, hehe, *snort*, *snickering*, bwahahahahahahaha! Twilight! M-make him stop! H-he's tickling mehehehehe!"

Twilight was having great difficulty trying not to laugh at the scene before her. "Sorry, Spike," she said, hiding her smirk with a hoof, "but this will do you some good."

For the next 5 minutes, Spike endured the tickle-torture of his life. When Peanut finally let him go, Spike laid there on the ground, wheezing and giggling here and there, trying to recover from the unexpected assault. "That...that was awesome," he finally managed to wheeze out.

Twilight just chuckled. "Feeling better?" she asked her surrogate brother.

"Yeah, like, tons better. What was that anyway?"

"Well, I can't say for certain, but from what I've seen so far, whenever Peanut comes into direct contact with a pony, that pony feels an immediate euphoria, putting them in a positive mood. He even managed to get Fluttershy to dance at the party. She actually did very well."

"Seriously? Man, now I really wish I was at the party."

Twilight's ears perked up at the flapping of wings. Turning her head, she saw Owlicious landing on his perch and staring at Peanut Butter. "Hey, Owlicious, this here is Peanut Butter," Spike said, standing on shaky legs.

"Who," Owlicious said in response.

"This guy. He's the monster Lily was screaming about earlier."

"Who."

"The one who woke you up from your nap. Anyways, the Cutie Mark Crusaders found him near the Everfree Forest."

"Who."

Spike glared at Owlicious, "You know who they are, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo."

"Who."

Spike groaned in annoyance. Before he could say anything else, he felt a hoof rest on his shoulder. Looking up, he saw Twilight with a smirk on her face. "Spike," she began, not even bothering to hide the amusement, "you're doing it again." Spike sat there for a few moments, blinking in confusion until the realization dawned on him. His face met claw.

"Whoooo~" both Twilight and Spike looked up to see Owlicious being cuddled by Peanut. It was funny to see the owl with half-lidded eyes and what could have been a smile on his face. The moment was ruined when a scribbling noise was heard. Spike, Peanut, and Owlicious turned to see Twilight writing notes. She looked up to see all three of them looking at her. She smiled sheepishly before turning to Spike.

"Hey, Spike, why don't you go get Peewee so he can meet Peanut as well?"

"That's a great idea!" he said before scampering up the stairs to get his pet, baby phoenix. Owlicious went around putting the piles of books back on the shelves, looking livelier than he did earlier. Peanut made his way over to Twilight to give her her first hug from him. Twilight met it with her own.

"So this is what it feels like," she said, smiling.

...

"...I think Peewee likes him," Spike whispered to Twilight. She just nodded her head in agreement. When Spike had brought Peewee down, Peanut seemed confused as to what the little phoenix was. Peewee walked up Peanut and gave him a gentle poke with his beak, just as curious. As soon as contact was made, Peanut snatched Peewee up in one tentacle and began to tickle his belly with another. It was quite an adorable sight.

Twilight and Spike watched as Peanut played with Peewee and Owlicious. Twilight was taking notes while Spike just sat back and watched. About 15 minutes later, Twilight said, "Alright everypony, that's enough playtime for now. I still need to study Peanut and report my findings to the princess."

Spike looked at the clock, it was 9 o'clock. "Really, Twi?" he began, "At this point, we're going to be up all night. Can't you just send the princess a letter what you know so far? I'd rather wait 'til tomorrow to do this. Besides, what your tree falling in a forest research?"

"First off, Spike, researching a possibly new species is way more important. Second, you should know by now that I can't wait when something new and unknown pops up like this. Third, I want to report my findings to Celestia and see if she knows anything about Peanut."

"Couldn't you, I don't know, send a letter to the princess tomorrow and ask her then? She's lived long enough to probably know something about him," he gestured to Peanut.

"Yes, I could, but that would take the fun out of it, wouldn't it?" she said with a mischievous smile. Spike just groaned. "I promise I'll make it up to you Spike. How about tomorrow, after the Cutie Mark Crusaders pick Peanut up, I take you to Sugarcube Corner and buy you the most expensive thing on the menu?" Spike crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. Twilight rolled her eyes with a smile still on her face, "Fine, fine, I'll also add gem shavings to it. How does that sound?" Spike pretended to look thoughtful for a moment before nodding. He went to Peewee and picked him up, putting the bird on his head. He went upstairs to put the little gut to bed. Peewee waved goodnight to Peanut using one of his wings. Peanut returned the gesture in kind. "Come on Peanut, let's go downstairs to the lab and run some tests on you." He gurgled and followed.

...

"Fascinating! Peanut seems to be oil based, but this substance doesn't seem to match any known to modern science."

"That's great and all, Twi, but can we go to bed now?" Spike asked, yawning.

"Not yet, Spike, there are still plenty of tests I have to do."

Spike just groaned.

Twilight was looking at some of the slime that she collected at the party through a microscope. She had noticed that Peanut had stopped leaving a trail sometime before they got home. After some poking and prodding, she discovered that the slime within Peanut's thin membrane was the same as the slime trail he left behind.

"His diet appears to consist entirely of candy and sweets. He hasn't eaten any of the other foods I've given him other than candy."

"Yeah, and the way he eats it is pretty cool too."

"Rarity didn't think so."

Spike just shrugged.

"Although it does make me wonder what he ate while he was in the Everfree Forest."

Shortly after feeding Peanut, Twilight noticed that he was beginning to leave a trail of slime again. This led her to believe that Peanut's membrane could only hold a certain amount of the slime and released any excess that was made. She had to run some experiments with it on Spike.

...

"The slime appears to have similar effects as coming into direct contact with Peanut."

"Yeah it does," Spike said lying on his back, rubbing some of the slime on his belly with a claw with a content smile on his face..

Twilight just giggled.

...

After running several more tests, Twilight was ready to send her findings to Celestia.

"Read the letter to me one more time, Spike."

Spike yawned before complying:

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo (the Cutie Mark Crusaders) discovered a strange creature near the border of the Everfree Forest. The second message that will be sent following this one will be a report of my findings on the creature, also known as Peanut Butter. If you have any information about this creature or how I should deal with him, please let me know sometime before noon.

Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle

P.S. Are there any others like Peanut?

Spike then began to read the 'shortened' version of the report:

Name: Peanut Butter

Species: Unknown

Peanut Butter appears to be a large, amorphous, gelatinous mass of translucent orange slime, weighing about 54 kg (120 lbs) with a consistency similar to that of peanut butter. Subject’s size and shape constantly change, though most of the time its form is the size of a large beanbag chair. Peanut Butter's composition is oil-based, but consists of a substance unknown to modern science. Other than a thin, transparent membrane surrounding the orange mass, subject appears to have no other organs to speak of.

Subject’s temperament is best described as playful and dog-like: when approached, Peanut Butter will react with overwhelming elation, slithering over to the nearest pony and leaping upon them, “hugging” them with a pair of pseudopods while nuzzling the pony’s face with a third pseudopod, all the while emitting high-pitched gurgling and cooing noises. The surface of Peanut Butter emits a pleasing odor that differs with whomever it is interacting with. Recorded scents include chocolate, roses, fresh laundry (discovered by me), and one smell that a resident dragon couldn't identify, but reported smelled delicious and made him hungry.

Simply touching Peanut Butter’s surface causes an immediate euphoria, which intensifies the longer one is exposed to Peanut Butter, and lasts long after separation from the creature. Subject’s favorite activity is tickle-wrestling, often by completely enveloping a pony from the neck down and tickling them until asked to stop (though it does not always comply with this request) .The excess slime that the creature gives off appears to have similar effects. While the creature will interact with anypony, it seems to have a special interest in those who are unhappy or hurt in any way. 

In addition to its playful behavior, Peanut Butter seems to love all animals so far (especially sentient creatures). The subject’s intellect is still inconclusive: though its behavior is infantile, it seems to understand equestrian speech and most modern technology. The creature’s diet consists entirely of candy and sweets, its eating methods are similar to those of an amoeba.

Further research will be necessary.

Spike looked up at Twilight who gave a nod in approval. He blew his magical green flames on the letter before doing the same with the report, sending them both to the princess. A couple of minutes later, Spike burped out a response from the princess.

"Wow, that was fast," he said, surprised.

"Well, she's been doing paperwork for thousands of years, so she's probably a master speed reader," Twilight said before grabbing the letter with her magic. She began to read the report out loud:

To my faithful student, Twilight,

I know of the creature you speak of for my sister and I have met him before (she's practically ecstatic that you've found him), as he is the only one of his kind. I do not know where he comes from or how he came into being. All I do know is that he existed before the reign of Discord who actually kept him as a pet and claimed that he found him wandering alone in some forest.

After we trapped Discord in stone. We took this creature with us seeing as its former home was now destroyed. When we built our kingdom, we allowed Peanut Butter to roam free throughout the city, letting him interact with the other citizens and then bringing him back to the castle when night fell. I suggest that you do the same with him there in Ponyville; it would do the residents some good I'm sure.

He preferred Luna at the time, who was almost constantly depressed that ponies didn't love her night. After interacting with him, she had a much more positive outlook and stayed happy for about a month before falling into her depression again. He disappeared one night and we didn't realize it until the next day. We searched for weeks, but we were unable to find him. Luna's depression slowly became worse and eventually transformed into Nightmare Moon. I'm quite surprised that he has been in the Everfree Forest this whole time, as that was where our capital once presided.

As I said before, let him roam free around Ponyville, let him interact with the other ponies and keep me updated on how he is doing.

Your Friend,
Celestia

P.S. Refer to me as Celestia, Twilight, you're a princess now too.
P.S.S. Tell Peanut Butter that Luna and I said hello.

Twilight and Spike stood there, their jaws agape, unable to believe what Celestia had said. Peanut Butter was gurgling happily when he Celestia and Luna's names mentioned. Spike was first to speak.

"So let me get this straight, Peanut Butter is older than Luna or Celestia, possibly even Discord?"

"Yeah," Twilight said quietly.

"And we're just supposed to let him roam free?"

"Yeah."

...
...
...
"Well I'm off to bed. See you tomorrow, Twilight," Spike said before walking upstairs to go to bed.

Twilight stood there for awhile until she felt Peanut poking her. Twilight went upstairs to join Spike, who was already curled up in his basket. As she got into bed, Peanut hopped up joining her. She hugged him as he cuddled up against her, making cooing noises, gently lulling her to sleep

Her last thoughts before drifting off to sleep were what tomorrow would bring.
> Chapter 6 - Triple Uberberry Sunrise
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	RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG!

A purple hoof reached out on the night stand and silenced the destroyer of sleep. Twilight yawned before turning back to her pillow and hugging it, causing it to make a gurgling sound. Cracking open an eye, she saw that she was hugging Peanut Butter who was enjoying the hug. Twilight smiled.

"Good morning, Peanut Butter. Did you sleep well?" she asked. Peanut Butter gurgled happily in response making Twilight giggle. "That's good. Hey, would you mind waking up Spike? I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you did it." Peanut Butter slithered off the bed and towards Spike's basket where he proceeded to nuzzle the dragon. Twilight got have of bed and stretched before making her way downstairs. She trotted happily towards the kitchen and began making breakfast; haybacon, eggs, toast, and pancakes. Using her magic made things go a lot quicker. By the time Spike and Peanut had made it to the kitchen, Twilight had already had breakfast on the table.

Spike sniffed the air before drooling. "Wow, Twilight, that smells great! I'm surprised you didn't burn down the kitchen this time.

Twilight rolled her eyes, although she was smiling. "Ha ha Spike. Now come on, let's eat breakfast."

"Yes ma'am," he said, giving a mock salute.

Twilight had set bowl full of suckers on the table for Peanut Butter to eat, who slithered onto a chair and 'sat' down with them. He grabbed the bowl with a couple of his pseudopods and stuck his head in the bowl, sucking the suckers into his body and dissolving them, leaving the sticks behind. Twilight and Spike watched the whole thing with interest, barely remembering they had food of their own. They continued watching as Peanut began to move the sticks around inside his body, suspending them into two rows of 12 near the surface of his body. Peanut lifted his tentacles into the air, used the sucker sticks to make it look like it was opening a mouth, and began to wiggle his tentacles around, all the while making a high pitched gurgling noise.

If Twilight or Spike had been drinking anything at that moment, they would have spit it out.

Spike as laughing at Peanut Butter's playful imitation of a monster. He fell out of his chair, but just continued to laugh on the floor. Twilight, on the other hoof, was trying to muffle her laughter by covering her muzzle with her hooves. It took a few minutes, but Spike was finally able to get back up and sit in his chair. He wiped a tear from his eye before saying, "Oh man, that was hilarious."

"It really was," Twilight said, still trying to maintain her laughter.

...

"Spike, why don't we take the day off?" Twilight said. They had finished breakfast an hour ago and were currently cleaning the library.

"Really, Twilight?" Spike asked hopefully.

"Why not? I'm in a really good mood today and we haven't done anything together in a while."

"Alright! But what about Peanut Butter?" Spike gestured towards the mass of fun who was quivering and gurgling in excitement at the prospect of being able to roam free.

Twilight thought for a moment before answering, "We'll let him roam free like Celestia said. I don't think he could get into any trouble." Peanut Butter gurgled and nuzzled Twilight and then slithered towards the door. Twilight giggled, "Somepony is eager to go." She opened the door and Peanut slithered outside, gaining the attention of all of the nearby ponies. "Twilight trotted outside next to him. "Remember, Peanut Butter, you have to be back at the library before night fall. If you absolutely cannot make it back, try and find somepony else to stay with. Understand?" Peanut Butter gurgled which Twilight took as a yes. "Alright then see you later tonight." Peanut began to slither off into town. Most ponies gave way to the strange creature, still wary of its presence, although a few of the ponies who had encountered it at the party waved to him. 

He nuzzled those ponies.

"You think he'll be alright?" Spike asked while climbing onto Twilight's back.

"Don't worry, Spike, he'll be fine," Twilight said while beginning to trot away from the library. "So, what do you want to get at Sugarcube Corner?"

Spike wasted no time in answering, "A Triple Uberberry Sunrise with gems!"

Twilight thought for a moment before turning back to Spike. "I must be in a really good mood if I'm saying yes to that."

Spike wooped.

...

Peanut Butter was having a grand time, nuzzling ponies and sneak attacking them from dark ally ways, tickling them to death. Most ponies tried to avoid him and some looked like they were about to panic whenever he tickled attacked others, although they calmed down once they realized what he was doing. He didn't really mind those ponies who didn't seem to like him; he would deal with them later.

He then saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

They were each wearing saddlebags and were trotting down the road with other foals their age. Curious, and also wanting to play with them again, he decided to follow them; all the while sticking to the shadows. Eventually, he saw where they were headed; a brightly colored red building with hearts on it. He observed as all the children entered the building until the last one in closed the door. Wanting to get a closer look he slithered to one of the windows and peaked inside.

The foals had taken seats at different desks around the room with a purplish mare standing up front. He immediately recognized the Cutie Mark Crusaders along with Pipsqueak, Rumble, Twist, and Dinky; the foals from the party. The purple mare began talking, but it was impossible to hear what she was saying from the outside. At one point, all the foals groaned and took out large text books from their saddlebags. As time progressed, he continued to watch the children while they were in school, none of them noticing his presence. He was about to leave until he sensed a change in the emotions of his three favorite fillies.

They were angry.

Looking back inside, he saw them arguing with two other fillies; a pink one with a tiara on her head and a grey one with a pair of glasses. The big purple one tried to calmly intervene, but the five fillies didn't even notice her. Peanut sensed as the purple one's anger began to build until the dam finally broke. She shouted loud enough that even Peanut Butter could her from the outside.

"ENOUGH!"

That had gotten the attention of the arguing fillies. The purple one began to scold them while the other foals in the class observed the scene, nervousness written on their faces. The five fillies had their ears splayed back. When the purple one was done, she spoke to the rest of the class and pointed towards the door. The entire class, including the CMC and the two bullies, all headed outside and towards the playground. When all the foals were gone, the purple pony sighed and sat down at her desk, planting her face on it.

Peanut Butter could sense that she was absolutely stressed out. Sensing her distress, he slithered to the front of the building and quietly opened the door before slithering inside. He tried to close the door quietly behind him, but it made an audible click. The purple pony's ears perked up and she turned her attention towards the door. She gasped in surprise.

"You must be that creature that Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo mentioned," she said before trotting over to Peanut Butter. She held out a hoof, "I'm Miss Cheerilee, I'm the teacher her at the Ponyville Schoolhouse." Peanut Butter gripped her outstretched hoof with a tentacle and shook it. "You must be Peanut Butter," she continued, now smiling, "and judging by the way I'm feeling right now, I'd say they were telling the truth about you not being a monster." Peanut Butter then hugged her, ridding her of the rest of her stress. Cheerilee giggled, "My you certainly are friendly, aren't you? Why don't you stay? I'm sure some of my students would love to see you again." Peanut gurgled happily in response. "They got into an argument earlier with two of my other students, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. They were telling Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo how terrible they were for bringing a monster from the Everfree into town. Honestly those two fillies sometimes make me want to bash my head against the wall." Cheerilee then got a devious idea.

Ten minutes later at the end of recess, the foals re-entered the building.

On the way in, two groups of fillies were glaring at one another. Cheerilee spoke up, "Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, would you two come here please?" The two mentioned fillies looked nervously at each other before approaching. When they were at the front of the desk, Cheerilee began to speak again, "Did you apologize to the Crusaders like I told you too?"

Their nervous faces turned into angry scowls. "Why should we?" Diamond Tiara demanded, "Those dumb blank flanks brought some monster from the Everfree into Ponyville that's probably going to eat us."

"Yeah! They'll probably get their cutie marks in getting us all killed!" Silver Spoon said. Most of the class nodded in agreement with the two fillies except for the seven who had met him personally.

"Well I, for one, know he's not a monster, see for yourself," Cheerilee said, barely managing to restrain a smile. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had time to look confused before a couple of tentacles came out from under the desk and wrapped themselves around their forehooves.

Anypony who heard the scream could of sworn that somepony was being attacked by a manticore.
> Chapter 7 - May I use the bathroom?
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	"A triple uberberry sunrise, dragon style, just the way you like it, Spike," Mr. Cake said, giving Spike his order. The triple uberberry sunrise was the most expensive dessert at Sugarcube Corner, having ice-cream piled as high as Spike was tall. A large stack of vanilla with chocolate drizzling over the top. There was a sapphire and an emerald used to make eyes on the front, a ruby for the nose, and a piece of licorice used for a smiley face. There were three large shards of topaz sticking out of it, one on each side and one coming out of the top. On the end of each topaz was a crystal berry. Spike was salivating before he even reached the table where Twilight was already enjoying her much more inexpensive dessert.

"This is gonna taste so good," Spike said lifting his spoon, ready to take the first bite. Suddenly, an ear piercing shriek filled the air causing Spike to jump and accidentally knock over his dessert. Everything happened in slow motion at that point. Spike watched in horror as his precious ice cream slowly fell towards the earth. When it finally did, the ice cream splattered everywhere and covered his face with droplets of ice cream (end song after 0:20).

"What was that?" Twilight asked, rubbing her ears. Every other pony were similarly puzzled as to the source of the noise. Twilight looked back at Spike who was on his knees in front of his dessert. He was staring at it with a vacant expression. "Spike, are you okay?" she asked, slightly worried about her surrogate brother. Spike raised his claws and head to the sky and shouted one word:

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"


***


When Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon finally calmed down (mostly due to the fact that they were still in contact with Peanut) they realized that the rest of the class was laughing at them. Miss Cheerilee had a hoof to her muzzle, trying to suppress her laughter. Peanut Butter released their forehooves and slithered out from under the desk. When he 'stood' up he cast a shadow over them, causing them to look away from the class and back to him. He was currently standing to make himself appear at least twice their height. From Diamond and Silver's point of view he looked kind of intimidating.

At least until he wrapped his body around them and started tickling them.

Their squeals of laughter caused the rest of the class to laugh even harder than before. Some of the students fell out of their seats and onto the floor where the continued to laugh. Diamond and Silver begged Peanut Butter to stop, trying to wiggle free as they did so. However, Peanut Butter was relentless in his tickle torture.

"Pleahehese stop Mr. Monster! You're going to make us Peehehehehehe!" Diamond Tiara pleaded. Sweetie Belle had a feeling of deja vu when she heard that.

"Keep at it, Peanut Butter!" Scootaloo shouted over the laughter of the class.

Before Miss Cheerilee lost the entirety of her composure, she finally spoke up, "Alright, Peanut Butter, I think they've had enough." The oily blob complied and released the two giggling fillies onto the floor. It took several minutes for the class to calm down. Silver Spoon was the first to speak.

"Miss Cheerilee?"

"Yes, Silver Spoon?"

"May I go use the bathroom?"

"Me too," Diamond Tiara said.

Cheerilee had to fight back a snicker, "Of course you two can, just hurry back." After some much needed relief, the two fillies had taken their seats at their desks. "Well, that was certainly exciting, wasn't it class?" The foals giggled in response. "Instead of continuing today's lesson, how about we have Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo share what they know about Peanut Butter?" The entire class cheered at the notion.

Getting up from their seats, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were giddy with excitement to share what they know about their new friend. They all hugged Peanut Butter before Applebloom turned to the class to speak first, "Well, as y'all know, this here is our friend, Peanut Butter. We found him near the Everfree Forest where he popped out of the bushes and attacked us." The entire class gasped earning a grin from Applebloom. "Tickle attacked us that is." The whole class giggled.

A chubby, light grey colt with a brown mane and tail with a cutie mark of a knife and fork raised a hoof, "What does it eat then? It doesn't eat ponies, does it?" Many of the other students began to shuffle nervously in their seats.

Applebloom facehoofed, "No, Truffle Shuffle, he doesn't eat ponies. In fact, I believe the only thing he does eat is candy and sweets, ain't that right, Peanut?" The orange blob gurgled which she took as a yes. "Hey, Twist, ya got any candy canes on ya?"

The mentioned filly opened up a paper bag sitting on her desk and pulled out three candy canes. "Ah shure do! Here takthe three." She hoofed the candy canes to Applebloom who then presented them to Peanut Butter.

"Here ya go, Peanut, eat up!" Peanut Butter, who was still being hugged by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo with their faces buried into his body, wrapped the candy canes in a tentacle and absorbed them into his body. The whole class and Miss Cheerilee watched in amazement as the candy canes began to dissolve. The class let out a chorus of 'Cooool' with a couple of fillies saying 'gross.' Guess who they were.

A tan pegasus colt with a brown mane raised his hoof, "Why are Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle still hugging him?" Applebloom opened her mouth as if to answer, but then closed it and walked over to Sweetie Belle and began poking her in the side.

"Sweetie, it's your turn ta answer a question." Sweetie Belle gave a muffled response. "Well too bad, now get yer lazy flank up and git up there." Sweetie Belle let out a muffled groan before letting go of Peanut Butter and walking to the front of the class. Applebloom then took over Sweetie Belle's original position, earning a glare from her.

Sweetie Belle turned back to the class, "Well, to answer your question, Featherweight, coming into contact with Peanut Butter makes you feel really happy. Well, not happy, per say, more of, hmm... What's the word? Content? At peace? I don't know how to describe it really, but all you need to know is that you feel really good afterwards." Featherweight nodded, before writing something down in his notepad. The rest of the class raised their hooves again. "Scootaloo, it's your turn to answer a question!"

Scootaloo groaned before removing her face from Peanut Butter. "Fine," she groaned, "now let's see, who should I pick." She rubbed her chin with a hoof while turning her head back and forth, scanning the students. "How 'bout you, Berry Pinch," she said, pointing towards a pink filly with a darker pink mane.

"Are there any more creatures like him? Cause I'd like to take one home as a pet," Berry Pinch asked hopefully. 

Scootaloo turned to the girls who gave her unsure looks. She turned back to Berry and said, "Well, um, I'm not sure. As we said, Peanut just came out of the Everfree forest when we found him. For all we know, he could be the only one of his kind."

"...That's kind of depressing to think about," Berry said dejectedly. Before any of the other students could raise their hooves, the school bell rang.

"Well class," Miss Cheerilee began, "seems class is over. We'll continue out actual lesson tomorrow. Now I believe it's time to thank Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo for sharing today."

*Gurgle*

"Oh right! And let's not forget Peanut Butter either." The class said thanks before stomping their hooves in applause. The CMC all gave a theatrical bow before heading back to their desks to collect their things. While they were packing their saddle bags, some of the other students gave Peanut Butter a hug before they left. Before the CMC could leave with Peanut Butter, they were approached by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Oh great, what do you two want?" Scootaloo asked unhappily.

Diamond Tiara pawed the ground nervously before answering, "Well, um, you see, the thing is, we, um, wanted to apologize."

"WHAT?!" the CMC shouted simultaneously. Needless to say, their jaws were on the ground, quite literally in fact.

Silver Spoon spoke, "We wanted to apologize for calling all of you liars about finding Peanut Butter, who by the way is really cool."

Applebloom was the first to recover, "Well, um, apology accepted." Applebloom wasn't one to kick a gift horse in the mouth. "Well, um, we'll see see ya'll later then. Me an' the girls are gonna go crusadin' now. C'mon girls, let's go!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo shook their heads before following after Applebloom with Peanut Butter trailing behind. He stopped and waved to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon before continuing to follow the CMC.

Cheerilee had a smile on her face from what she had just witnessed. Just before she closed the door she heard two ear piercing shrieks. "Oh sweet Celestia, we just apologized to blank flanks!" Cheerilee burst out laughing and closed the door before heading to her desk to grade homework.

***

"Um, Applebloom, Scootaloo, where are we going?" Sweetie Belle asked her friends.

"Uh, we're going to the club house to figure out what we're going to try today to get our cutie marks like we do every day. Why?" Scootaloo responded.

"Don't you two remember? We were supposed to head over to Rarity's after school so she could makes us our Nightmare Night costumes."

SMACK! 

"You forgot, didn't you?" Applebloom and Scootaloo nodded their heads before removing their hooves from their faces. They changed direction and started heading towards Carousel Boutique. On the way there, they discussed what they wanted to be this year.

***


Canterlot Castle


"Hurry up time, move faster," Princess Luna was currently in her room glaring at her clock, trying to will it to be tomorrow night.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Come in!" Luna called out, still glaring at the clock.

"Greetings sister, I- Luna, what are you doing?" Celestia asked after walking in, seeing her sister locked in a staring contest with a clock.

"Trying to make time go faster."

Celestia smiled before taking a seat next to Luna on the bed. "You're excited for tomorrow, aren't you?"

"Oh course, Tia. We- er, I will be able to see 999, or should I say Peanut Butter, tomorrow night!" Ever since Celestia had told Luna about Peanut Butter, she's been anticipating her trip to Ponyville on Nightmare Night. "Art thou- darn it, are you sure you don't want to come with me tomorrow?"

"Luna, tomorrow is your night. Besides, I'll get to see him soon enough." They both sat there in silence for a moment.

"So... have you told Discord yet?"

"No! Sweet Faust, Luna, don't you remember Discord using magic after he was hugged by 999?"

Luna visibly shuddered, "Those poor frogs."

"Which is why I'm going to put it off for as long as I can."

"You know he'll get back at you for not telling him sooner."

Celestia shrugged, "I'll cross that bridge when it rears its ugly head."

Luna giggled, "Celestia, it's not nice to talk about Discord like that." They sat there a moment longer before Luna got off the bed. "Well I must attend night duties now, and you need to head off to bed."

Celestia smirked, "I thought I was the older sister here?"

Luna pointed her nose to the air and raised a hoof to her blue breastplate and spoke with an air of superiority, "That may be, Tia, but nighttime is my domain and what I say is law." Both stood there for a moment before giggling. They headed out the door and walked down the hall until they came to an intersection. "Well, this is where we part ways. Goodnight, Tia."

"Goodnight, Lulu, have fun at night court."

They began to walk in opposite directions. Just before Celestia walked around the corner, Luna yelled out, "And no midnight cake, Tia, you know how it goes straight to your flanks!" Luna then broke into a gallop towards the throne room, giggling the whole way.
> Chapter 8 - Nightmare Night
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Next Day 7:00 PM


"Nightmare Night, tonight's the night, everypony in town's dressing up to get down cuz it's Nightmare Night, time for a fright, you heard me right it's Nightmare Night!" Sweetie Belle (who was dressed as a flutterpony except for the wings) sang while on the way to Golden Oak Library with Applebloom (Timberwolf) and Scootaloo (vampony) to pick up Peanut Butter. The night before, Peanut Butter had led them to the library where Twilight and Spike had been waiting. Twilight had showed them the letter that she had received from Princess Celestia the night before to give them some more insight about Peanut Butter. Spike wished he had a camera because their reactions were priceless. After they recovered, they said they liked the idea of Peanut Butter being able to roam free and interact with other ponies; they wanted everypony to experience the joys of being in contact with PB.

"Alright girls, before you go I need to help Peanut Butter into his costume," Twilight (dressed in her coronation outfit) said. The girls and Spike (knight with a lance) looked at Twilight curiously.

"Uh, Twilight, in case you forgot, PB can't exactly where clothes," Spike stated.

"He's not going to where a costume," Twilight said with a grin on her face, "I'm going to magic one up." Before Spike could say anything else, Twilight's horn began to glow. Her magical aura enveloped Peanut Butter and began to glow so brightly that Spike and the CMC had to cover their eyes. With a final burst of light, the spell ended.

"Jeez, Twilight, what did you do-" Spike had started to say until he saw Peanut Butter. When the CMC looked at Peanut Butter as well, they gasped in surprise. Peanut Butter was no longer looked like the translucent, orange blob they all knew. He now looked like a solid, dark purple (and somewhat sinister looking) blob. "Twilight, you're not doing what I think you're doing, are you?"

Twilight giggled, "I sure am, Spike! Just one last thing before his costume is complete; it was the only part that I wasn't able to do with magic." Twilight opened up a desk drawer with her magic and floated out a pair of white orbs. Both of them had a black dot on one side. She levitated them over to Peanut Butter and said, "Here you go, Peanut, a pair of fake eyes to complete the look." Peanut Butter grabbed the pair of eyes before absorbing them into his body. They popped back out side-by-side although they were askew. Peanut Butter rolled his eyes until both the pupils were facing forward. He blinked (much to the amusement of Twilight) and focused the eyes on the CMC and Spike.

"Smooooooooozzze!" the CMC squealed in delight. Spike just faceclawed. Smooze was a well known monster among ponies. although no sightings of smooze had been seen for thousands of years, the legend of the creature remains. Horror stories had been passed down through generations, telling about the smooze. Although the stories very in description of its abilities, one thing remains the same about its appearance: a purple blob with a pair of eyes.

"You girls better run before the smooze gets you," Twilight said playfully. Getting the hint, Peanut Butter began to slither towards the CMC while somehow keeping the eyes in place. The girls squealed and began to run around the library with Peanut Butter chasing them.

"You sure this is a good idea, Twilight? Some ponies might seriously freak out," Spike asked.

"Don't worry about it, Spike, it's Nightmare Night. Besides, I thought the girls could go prank ponies with Peanut Butter while getting candy."

"You sure nobody will panic?"

"Trust me, Spike, nobody will-" the library door slammed opened revealing the rest of the mane six who started entering.

Applejack (scarecrow), who was leading the group, said, "Howdy, Twi! I gathered the girls like you said. What was it that you wanted to- What in tarnation?!" Applejack freaked out upon noticing the 'smooze' chasing the CMC. She and Rainbow Dash (Shadow Bolt) began to chase after Peanut Butter while Rarity (Princess Platinum) shrieked, Fluttershy (bunny suit from when Trixie took over), and Pinkie Pie (alligator) just bounced in place, oblivious to the not real danger the CMC were in. "Get away from mah sister ya varmint!" Applejack yelled before she and Rainbow tackled Peanut Butter.

"Girls, wait! That's not..." Twilight stopped when Applejack and Rainbow started laughing. Peanut Butter had wrapped them up with his body and had begun to tickle them into submission. Applejack and Rainbow tried to get free and begged Peanut to stop, but he wasn't going to let them go without teaching them a lesson. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity to them, Peanut Butter released them of their tickle torture. Both Applejack and Rainbow laid on their backs panting heavily, giggling here and there. Twilight walked up and looked down at them with a smile, "Let this be a lesson to not jump the crossbow next time."

"Sorry about that, Twi," Applejack said sheepishly, finally able to stand, "Shoulda figured it was PB, with it bein' Nightmare Night an' all."

"Rainbow?" Twilight asked her multicolored friend.

"That... that was awesome." Twilight shook her head before going to grab the letter that Celestia had sent. Applejack and Rarity had already been informed by their sisters about the letter while rest of the girls were hearing this for the first time. "That. Is. Awesome!"

"I still find it hard to believe that he knew Discord and the Princesses," Rarity said with shock written all over her face.

"What's really amazing is that he could have existed before any of them," Fluttershy, who had regained consciousness, said while petting Peanut Butter who was cooing gently. "Imagine the things he must have seen."

"Oh, does that mean I can throw a reunion party for the Princesses, Discord, and Peanut Butter?" Pinkie asked excitedly.

"Maybe late, Sugarcube, but we should probably head out now," Applejack said, looking at the clock; it was 8 o'clock.

"You're right, the festivities have probably already started," Twilight said before standing up. "Let's head out girls." Everypony stood up and headed out the door. However, before Twilight could get out the door, Sweetie Belle nudged her leg. "What is it, Sweetie Belle?"

"Um, could you summon me a pair of butterfly wings please?" she asked nervously.

Twilight smiled, "Of course, Sweetie Belle, just give me a moment." Twilight's horn began glow, enveloping Sweetie Belle in her aura like with Peanut Butter. When Twilight was done casting, she wiped the sweat from her brow. While the spell was slightly difficult to cast, it was nowhere near as bad as when she first cast the spell on Rarity a couple of years ago. Being an alicorn has its perks. Sweetie checked out her wings before turning back to Twilight with a large grin.

"Thank you so much Princess Twilight!" Sweetie said, hugging Twilight's foreleg.

"You're welcome, Sweetie Belle, now go and catch up to your friends." Sweetie Belle nodded before flapping her new wings and headed towards her friends and Peanut Butter.

"Hurry up, Twilight, or else we'll miss Princess Luna's entrance!" Pinkie shouted from the opposite direction. As Twilight began to trot towards her friends, she heard a shout of frustration.

"Oh come on! How come Tinkle Belle gets to fly!"

"For the last time Scootaloo I didn't tinkle!"

Twilight just shook her head before she continued walking.

***

"Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite!" shouted the CMC and Spike along with some other fillies and colts that they were trick-or-treating with. Peanut Butter just gurgled along. They were currently at Derpy's house holding there bags open. The cross-eyed mare smiled and began giving each of them a muffin.

"Derpy's weird," Scootaloo said taking a bite out of her chocolate chip muffin.

Spike took a bite out of his muffing with sapphires. "Weird for being considerate enough to make a batch of muffins for any dragons that may show up?" Spike asked.

"Ya gotta admit though, her heart is in the right place and she makes a mean muffin," Applebloom said taking a bite out of her poppy-seed muffin.

"Mmhm," Sweetie agreed with her mouth full of blueberry muffin goodness.

Peanut Butter opened his mouth and swallowed his chocolate muffin whole. His eyes wobbled around as he did so. The girls giggled.

Their night had been a fantastic one so far. They had gone around and pranked several ponies, making them believe they had been attacked by smooze. By far the best reaction was from Lily who ran off screaming into the night. Although the best part was the amount of candy they had. Maybe it was the full moon or maybe luck was on their side, but the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike had the biggest haul of candy they had ever had. Peanut didn't have a haul because he kept eating every piece of candy he got as soon as it was given to him.

"Hey isn't it almost time for Princess Luna to show up?" Scootaloo asked. Peanut Butter seemed to perk up at the mention of Luna.

"Yeah, should be soon now. Let's head towards town hall and meet up with Twilight and the girls," Spike said, beginning to walk that way. The area around town hall was bustling with activity; ponies everywhere were playing games, eating candy, and scaring other ponies. Spike searched the crowd of ponies until he spotted Twilight and the girls. "Hey Twilight!" Spike said running up to Twilight.

"Hey Spike, did you and the girls have fun?"

"Sure did! We pranked several ponies with PB's help and we got a lot of candy!"

"That might explain why we saw Lily running by earlier screaming her head off," Twilight said giving a mock glare. Spike giggled nervously while rubbing the back of his head. "Don't worry, Spike, she'll be fine. Now, why don't you, the girls, and Peanut Butter go play some of the games." Spike nodded and headed off with Peanut Butter and the girls.

Five minutes later, Rainbow Dash approached Spike, "Hey Spike, can I borrow PB?"

"Why?"

"I need his help with a prank that I've been planning for a while now, let me borrow him. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, pleeaaase," Rainbow Dash begged.

"Okay, okay! I was just asking, jeez. Hey Peanut Butter! Rainbow Dash needs your help with a prank." Peanut Butter slithered over to them and gurgled happily.

"Thanks Spike, I'll bring him back as soon as I'm done." Rainbow Dash grabbed Peanut Butter with her hooves and lifted him into the air. As soon as she was out of sight of the others, she nuzzled Peanut Butter. "Sweet Celestia I love hugging you." Peanut gurgled. "Listen Peanut, we're going to prank Luna." Peanut gurgled excitedly. "I need to get her back last year for scaring me and your going to help me. Now, here's what we're going to do..."

***

"GREETINGS SUBJECTS! WE, PRINCESS LUNA, YOUR PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT, HAVE COME FOR OUR OFFERING OF CANDY! IF WE DON'T RECEIVE OUR CANDY, WE WILL BACK TOMORROW TO GOBBLE YOU UP!" Princess Luna had arrived in Ponyville conjuring up a storm of thunder and lightning, terrifying the foals while the adults tried not to laugh at the sight. She landed in front of town hall, where the foals each poured a small portion of their candy in front of her. Luna levitated a piece of candy up and ate it; she had to suppress a smile from all the fun she was having in order to keep her intimidating appearance. She using the royal Canterlot voice again, "THIS OFFERING PLEASES US! WE WILL SPARE YOU OUR WRATH FOR NOW. LET THE FESTIVITIES CONTIN-"

SPLAT!

"-ue?"

Luna felt something slimy on her back. Turning her head ever so slowly, she saw the a mass of purple slime resting on her back and wings. Then she noticed a pair of eyes staring at her.

...

...

...

THUD.

Rainbow Dash landed on the ground next to her friends who were staring at the princess wide eyed with shock. Most of the townsfolk were having similar reactions. "Well, this is awkward," Rainbow said sheepishly. All eyes turned to her, glaring at the one who made the princess pass out. As for Peanut Butter, he was poking Luna's nose in an attempt to wake her up.
> Chapter 9 - Keep us updated
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	"Ugh, what happened," Luna sat up in bed, rubbing her head. She looked around the room she was currently residing in to try and figure out where she was. "Is this Twilight's library?" She tried to remember what had happened last night: she had arrived at Ponyville, made her grand entrance, the smoo-

Luna bolted out of bed and out the door, going down the stairs as fast as she could. She tripped halfway down and tumbled the rest of the way, landing gracefully on her back at the bottom. She groaned before standing up and shaking her head from the dizziness (and likely concussion). She heard noise coming from the kitchen and ran that way. Upon entering, she saw Spike standing on a stool, stirring a bowl on the counter while Twilight was sitting at the table, reading the newspaper in her hooves. She levitated her mug of coffee to take a drink. Spike's back was turned and Twilight was engrossed with what she was reading.

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!"

Twilight spit out her coffee all over her newspaper and dropped her mug on the floor before she began to cough violently. Spike jumped and tried to keep his balance on the now wobbling stool while he held the bowl above his head. He didn't last long. As Spike fell over the bowl flew into the air. Landing on his back, Spike groaned and looked up just in time to see the bowl before it landed on his face, spilling its contents all over him. Once Twilight had recovered from her coughing fit she turned and glared at Luna.

"What the hay, Luna?! What's the idea of scaring us this early in the morning?!" Twilight scolded the older princess.

"Seriously, Luna, you've got to stop shouting like that," Spike said. getting up and trying to wipe the batter off of himself, "You probably woke up all of Ponyville."

Luna had time to look abashed before shouting again (though this time without the royal CAPS LOCK), "How can you two be so calm with smooze slithering around?!" Twilight groaned and facehoofed while Spike just shook his head and began cleaning the would-have-been breakfast, much to Luna's confusion.

"That wasn't smooze, Luna, that was-"

*Elated gurgling.*
SPLAT!
THUD.

"Really, Peanut Butter?! Really?!" Twilight yelled with her hooves in the air, screaming at Peanut Butter who was sitting on top of the unconscious form of Princess Luna trying to wake her up.

...Again.


...


"Smooooooze!" Luna bolted upright screaming, frantically looking around for the smooze that attacked her. She saw that she was in the main room of the library laying on a couch. Has this couch always been here?, she thought. She started to get up until she heard a gurgling noise behind the couch. Moving slowly, she grabbed the top of the couch with her hooves while keeping her head down. She began to raise her head, afraid of what she would see on the other side.

*Elated gurgling.*
SPLAT!
THUD.

Luna never saw it coming. Being tackled by Peanut Butter onto the floor was the last thing she expected. She immediately started hugging back almost immediately.

"SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Triple 9! It's you! Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh!" They hugged it out for about five minutes before Luna decided it was finally time to get off the ground. Twilight and Spike, who had witnessed the whole thing, decided to make their presense known.

"Glad to see you're finally awake, Luna," Twilight said while approaching, "You even managed to not pass out this time!"

Spike covered his mouth and began snickering while Luna's eyes narrowed. "You're definitely my sister's student," Luna said. Twilight giggled at that. "It was Rainbow Dash, wasn't it?" Twilight nodded. "I'll need to get her back with something special after making me pass out in front of the whole town like that." She turned to Peanut Butter, "And you! You know how much smooze creeps me out after the moonpie incident!"

"Moonpie incident?" Twilight and Spike asked simultaneously.

"Nothing you need to know or ask my sister about. Understand?" She said glaring at them. They nodded vigorously. "So what happened after I embarrassed myself last night?"

Spike decided to speak then, "Well, after we got Peanut Butter to stop-"

"Peanut Butter?"

"That's what Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo decided to call him," Twilight answered, pointing at Peanut Butter.

"Ah, quite a fitting name actually."

A thought hit Twilight then, "What did Celestia and you used to call him?"

Luna thought a little bit before answering, "Well, when my sister and I first saw him, he was sitting in a tiny cushioned throne next to Discord who was terrorizing a town. When we asked him what creature that used to be, he told us that he just found it one day in the woods eating sap from a maple tree." Twilight smacked her forehead in realization. "What is it?"

"I had been trying to figure out what Peanut Butter ate before he came to town. I guess tree sap makes sense with its high sugar content."

Luna nodded in understanding and then continued, "Anyways he said that the creature's name was SCP-999." She noticed Twilight's confused look. "It's Discord, when does that annoyance ever make sense? Well, after our first encounter with Discord, we gathered the Elements of Harmony and confronted him a second time. After his defeat, trip- er, Peanut Butter came out of hiding and crawled towards us. We were sceptical at first, but soon came to realize that this creature had no ill intent. He lived with us for many years in the castle as our pet before he went missing one night." Luna sighed. "He had been helping me fight my loneliness before then and with his disappearance, I succumbed to my loniness and jealousy." She turned to Peanut Butter who was now hugging her. She hugged him back. "Don't worry, Peanut Butter, it's not your fault. It's mine for giving in to darkness."

While they hugged it out, Twilight stood to the side feeling kind of awkward, unsure if she should stay and wait or go and leave them alone. Before she could decide, Luna's head shot up and turned towards Twilight. "Oh my goodness, we forgot about Spike!" Twilight's eyes widened before turning towards her assistant who was no longer there. "Where did he go?" Luna asked.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Probably somewhere to mope," then she winced, "although we did kind of interrupt him." Twilight sighed and then noticed Luna's guilty expression. "Don't worry I'll make it up to him later."

Luna nodded before looking up at the clock and then sighing, "I'm afraid I must depart now. I have duties I must attend to before I go to sleep." She gave Peanut Butter a final squeeze before standing up. "It has been a pleasure, Twilight. Thank you for letting me stay here," she said before bowing her head.

Twilight smiled. "Pleasure was all mine, Luna," she replied, bowing her head as well. As Luna was headed towards the door, Twilight said, "Luna, why didn't you change Peanut Butter's name after you defeated Discord?"

Luna turned to Twilight, "I wanted his name to stay the same so I could call him Triple 9. Celestia wanted to call him Oscar."

"...Triple 9 is definitely better."

They both laughed before Luna opened the door with her magic and stepped outside. "Oh, and Twilight," she said looking over her shoulder at Twilight and Peanut Butter.

"Yes, Luna?"

"Be sure to keep us updated about Peanut Butter, we'll want to know what kind of trouble he's getting into." Peanut Butter gurgled and waved goodbye.

Before Twilight could reply, Luna burst into the air and headed towards Canterlot. Twilight closed the door and turned towards Peanut Butter smiling. "So, how about we go make Spike feel better?"


...


As Luna was flying over Ponyville, she spotted a mansion made of clouds. She smirked. This must be Rainbow Dash's house. Time for some payback. As she flew towards the home of her victim she heard the sound of running water from an open window. She flew over to it and cautiously peeked inside. Rainbow Dash was taking a shower in her glass shower. The glass was fogged up from all the steam, obscuring both Luna and Dash's vision. Luna looked up and saw that the water was coming from a raincloud above the shower. Smirking she used her magic to seal the door for about five minutes. Then she focused her magic on the cloud.

"Hm? What's going-" Before that moment, Luna had never heard a more girly scream. "Oh sweet Celestia that's cold!" Luna had turned the rain cloud's temperature down so the water was freezing cold. Rainbow tried to open the shower door, but it wouldn't budge. "What the hay?! Let me out you stupid shower!" Rainbow paused when she heard the sound of laughter outside the window.

"Consider us even, Rainbow Dash! Enjoy the cold shower!" Luna turned around and began flying back towards Canterlot, laughing the whole way as Rainbow's girly screams faded out.
> Chapter 10 - Bon Bon's Candy Shop
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	Shortly after Luna left, Twilight went upstairs to grab a book she had been reading. When she came back down, she noticed that Peanut Butter was nowhere no be seen. "Hey, Spike?" she called out.

"What's up, Twi?" Spike asked, who was currently dusting a bookshelf.

"Do you know where Peanut Butter is?"

"Nope. He left shortly after you went upstairs and I haven't seen him since."

Twilight thought for a second before shrugging, "Well, he went out by himself once, so it shouldn't be a problem." Outside of the library, a random pony suddenly felt the urge to facehoof.

...

Peanut Butter was bored. Bored bored bored bored bored. After Luna went back to the castle, he left the library to see if anypony would play with him. Sadly, all the ponies were either too busy or still distrustful of him. A trio of flower ponies seemed particularly afraid of him. When Peanut Butter tried to approach them, they ran away giving ear-piercing shrieks like a manticore was after them. Everypony nearby just rolled their eyes, use to the trio's cowardly antics. Peanut Butter, however, seemed to visibly deflate at their reaction. While their screams didn't hurt him physically (due to a lack of ears), the fact that they were afraid of him stabbed at his metaphorical heart. He slowly slithered away hoping to find somepony that would be more recipiant to his love hugs.

Suddenly, Scootaloo!

Peanut Butter got completely blindsided by Scootaloo, who was moving too fast on her scooter again. He recovered quickly and caught the little speed demon before she landed on the ground and hurt herself. After shaking her head to stop her eyes from spinning she turned to Peanut Butter.

"Thanks for the catch, PB, I got a little carried away again," she said sheepishly. Peanut Butter waved a tentacle at her as if to say 'Eh, it's alright.' Scootaloo got the meaning and stood up, stretching her legs. She got back on her scooter and started flapping her wings so her scooter moved at the speed of a normal trot. "I was hoping to run into you actually. Well, maybe not literally. Anyway, I was hoping we could do something together. Normally I would be out with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle trying new ways to find our cutie marks, but AB is helping at the farm today and Sweetie Belle is going with Rarity to help find gems." Peanut Butter gurgled to let her know that he understood. "Enough about that, what do you want to do?" He gurgled again. "Right, can't use words." Looking around, she tried to spot something that would catch her interest. Then she saw it.

Bon Bon's Candy Shop.

Grinning, she pointed over towards the building. "Let's head over to Bon Bon's. Dash gave me some speadin' bits since she couldn't hang out with me. She has a really bad cold right now, which is weird because she fine last night." Leaving her scooter and helmet outside, Scootaloo opened the door causing the bell to ring. Peanut Butter followed behind, but suddenly stopped when he saw what was before him.

Candy! Candy everywhere! While he had a plentiful bounty from last night, it paled in comparison to the loot before him. He opened his 'mouth' and grinned like a filly being told Celestia was going to come to her slumber party. Scootaloo wasn't sure what to make of his expression. It was cute, creepy, and kind of disgusting because some slime seemed to drip out.

"Hello, how can I help you- Luna's Moon!" Bon Bon had walked in from behind the counter after hearing the bell ring. She freaked out when she saw Peanut Butter's expression.

"PB, stop make that, uh, face, you're gonna scare ponies," Scootaloo whispered. He did so. Bon Bon visably relaxed before putting on a somewhat strained smile.

"Sooo, how can I help you two?"

"Me and Peanut Butter are just looking right now."

"Peanut Butter?"

"Oh, right, me and my friends decided to name him Peanut Butter. Weren't you at the party two days ago?"

Bon Bon nodded. "Yes, I was just a little more focused on the creature from the Everfree Forest than on the party banner with its name," she said, "Just ring the bell on the counter when you're ready," she said before heading to the back room.

"Alright Peanut Butter, let's pick something out," Scootaloo said before browsing the candy store. Peanut Butter followed Scootaloo's lead. Bon Bon was very good at her craft, able to make a wide variety of candy in a single day. Hermes' chocolate bars, Mix bars, Rainbow Drops, Twisters, Scooby Snacks (wait what?), Peanut Butter Cups just to name a few. Choosing a specific candy was difficult Scootaloo finally decided on something called Sour Garden Brats. First they're sour, then they're spicy is what it said on the package. Sounds like my kind of candy, Scootaloo thought. Looking over at Peanut Butter, she saw the he had picked out a jaw breaker that was as big as her head. After contemplating why Bon Bon would even make one that big she rung the bell.

"Just a minute!" Bon Bon called out. A minute later, she walked out of the back room. "So what did you two get?" Scootaloo and Peanut Butter laid their choices on the counter. Bon Bon eyed the jaw breaker skeptically. "Sure you can finish that little guy?"

Scootaloo snorted. "If you recall at Pinkie's party, he ate triple his weight of sweets there," she said.

Bon Bon smirked. "I suppose you're right. That will be fifteen bits by the way." Scootaloo hoofed her the bits, gave her thanks, and began to walk away with her candy along with Peanut Butter, who was already eating away at his jaw breaker. Bon Bon turned to walk into the back room, but stopped when she got an idea in her head. "Wait you two," she called, making her two customers turn around, "I'm working on a new candy and was wondering if you two would like to try it and tell me what you think." Scootaloo and Peanut Butter looked at each other and then back at Bon Bon.

Scootaloo grinned. "Free candy? I'm in!" she said. Peanut Butter gurgled his enthusiasm.

Bon Bon smiled. "Well come along you two, it's in the back room." Scootaloo and Peanut ran/slithered past Bon Bon, making her giggle. She followed them in at a more sedate pace. Inside, Scootaloo and Peanut Butter were practically bouncing off the walls of the kitchen awaiting the new delicious treat. Bon Bon noticed that Peanut Butter's jaw breaker was already half it's original size. Sweet Celestia, and I thought Pinkie ate fast, she thought. "Alright you two, calm down before I change my mind," she said jokingly. She grabbed a couple of small paper cups and walked over to a bowl on the counter. She scooped some of it's contents into each one.

"Alright you two, this new candy I'm making is called Tortoise Shells. Basically, they're button sized candy shelled chocolcate." She hoofed over the cups of her new candy. Scootaloo and Peanut Butter (who had finished his jaw breaker) both observed the contents. Inside the cups appeared to be small, multi-colored tortoise shells. After a moment, Peanut Butter grabbed a few pieces and obsorbed them into his body and Scootaloo threw a few into her mouth.

"Wow! These are really good, Bon Bon," Scootaloo said, chewing on the awesome treat that was tantalizing her taste buds. Bon Bon smiled at the compliment.

"Glad you like them. What do you think, Peanut?" she said, turning to the blob. Peanut was frozen in place as if he was in shock. Bon Bon traded a nervous glance with Scootaloo before trying to speak. Before she could, Peanut Butter began to vibrate, before letting out a high pitched squeal that sounded like a fanfilly screaming at a Wonderbolts show. He poured the rest of the Tortoise Shells onto his body and absorbing them and quickly snatched Scootaloo's cup barely registering shout 'Hey!' and eating her sample as well. 

He then leapt at the bowl.

"No, wait!" Scootaloo shouted.
"Stop!" Bon Bon screamed at the same time.

It was futile.

Peanut Butter was currently in candy rage mode, the Tortoise Shells reminding him of his favorite candy from long ago. He absorbed every piece of the candy before falling off the counter with the bowl landing upside down on top of him. He gurgled happily. Bon Bon slowly turned to Scootaloo with a neutral expression on her face that quite frankly terrified Scootaloo. Scootaloo grinned nervously.

"Well, at least you can tell everypony that the monster from the Everfree loves your new candy," she laughed nervously.

Bon Bon slowly facehoofed, wondering why Ponyville was cursed to suffer from such strangeness on a regular basis.

...

"Never do that again," Scootaloo scolded Peanut Butter. They were currently outside the candy store where Scootaloo was giving Peanut Butter a piece of her mind. "That was really rude, dude. Next time, ask if you can have more instead of acting like Pinkie when she hasn't had a cupcake for an hour." Peanut Butter seemed to deflate at every word. Scootaloo rolled her eyes before hugging him.

"It's okay, just have a little more self-control next time." Peanut Butter seemed to brighten up a little at her words. Grabbing her helmet and getting on her scooter, Scootaloo and Peanut Butter began to move away from Bon Bon's. "At least Bon Bon forgave you. Though I think you hugging her had something to do with that," she said, smirking.

Peanut Butter pretended that he didn't know what she was talking about.
> Chapter 11 - Rumble
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	"Yo, Scoots!"

Scootaloo and Peanut Butter stopped and turned around to see who had called out the orange pegasus. Approaching them was a very light blue pegasus colt with a bluish-grey mane. Scootaloo smirked.

"Hey, Rumble," she said, meeting him halfway and brohoofing, "How's it going, bro."

"Pretty good. How 'bout yourself?"

"Awesome, I just left Bon Bon's after trying out her new candy. This guy," she gestured towards Peanut Butter, "completely devoured all the samples."

Rumble looked behind Scootaloo and saw Peanut Butter sitting there. He walked over to him and raised a hoof. Peanut met his hoof with a tentacle. He felt a tingling sensation run up his foreleg. "Nice to see ya again," Rumble said with a grin. Peanut just gurgled happily. "So what was that about candy samples?" Rumble asked, turning his attention back to Scootaloo.

"Bon Bon had asked me and PB if we wanted to try out her new candy called Tortoise Shells, which by the way, were absolutely delicious. We go into the back and she gives us each a little sample cup and as soon as this guy tries his, he freezes up before going berserk and eating the rest of my sample and the bowl full of the stuff."

Rumble raised an eyebrow and frowned. "Was she mad?" he asked.

Scootaloo waved a hoof, "Nah, just a little irritated. PB actually hugged her until she forgave him," she said smirking.

Rumble grinned, "He abused the power of his hugs, huh? We'll have to keep an eye on him, he may use his powers to control the princesses."

"I'm pretty sure he actually could." They both burst out laughing. "Come on, let's walk and talk. I don't like standing around." Scootaloo began to move along pushing her scooter with Rumble matching her pace, Peanut following behind them.

"So, where are the guys?" Scootaloo asked.

Rumble paused for a couple seconds before answering, "Featherweight is working on the school newspaper, Button Mash and Truffle Shuffle are playing this new game called 'Minecraft,' Snips and Snails are being Snips and Snails, and Pipsqueak is asking Dinky on a date."

Scootaloo almost tripped and landed on her face. "Woah, what!?"

"I know! I was surprised too. I thought we were still at that age where we think girls are gross. Gotta hoof it to him though, he may be short, but he's probably got more guts than the rest of the guys or me."

"No denying that. Anyway, did you look for me just to chat or did you need something?"

"Oh, right!" Rumble pulled out a pair of Wonderbolt show tickets making Scootaloo's eyes widen. "Would you like to go on a date with me?"

This time, Scootaloo did tip, but thankfully avoided using her face to cushion her fall.

Peanut and Rumble helped her back on her hooves. "EW! WHAT!" she said in disgust, although she was blushing. Rumble burst out laughing at her response.

"D-don't worry. I-I'm just k-kiding," he said before bursting out into more laughter. By the time finished, Scootaloo was blushing in anger and glaring at him. "I did that just to see your reaction, which was funnier than I expected." Scootaloo punched him in the shoulder. "Worth it," he said rubbing where she had hit him.

Scootaloo groaned before asking, "Where did you get those tickets anyway?" Peanut Butter hugged her to calm her down, which she greatly appreciated.

"Thunderlane gave them to me. He tried asking Rainbow Dash on a date again."

"Even after the grape juice incident? How can he even show his face around her again after that?"

"I said the exact same thing to him! He's just lucky that Rarity was able to get the stains out of Dash's coat or I might have been an only child. Still, to actually turn down tickets to the Wonderbolts? Dang, she must be holding some grudge."

Scootaloo barked out a laugh. "Yeah. So, how 'bout them tickets?"

Rumble glanced at them before turning back to Scootaloo. "I actually wanted to make you a deal," he said with a devious grin.

"Go on, I'm listening."

"I need yours and Peanut's help to pull off some pranks and if things go south, you two take the heat. In return, I'll give you both tickets. How does that sound?"

Scootaloo thought about it for a minute with Rumble waving the tickets in her face. "Fiiiine," she said, "but only because I can't think of anything else to do at the moment and this will earn me some serious kudos with Dash. But you'll have to treat PB at Sugarcube Corner," she pointed to the mentioned blob, who gurgled in agreement.

"Deal," Rumble said, shaking Scootaloo's hoof and Peanut Butter's tentacle. "Now, let's go pay the flower fillies a visit." They started heading towards Ponyville market where the flower ponies were hopefully still present.

...
...
"...So, what would you have done if I had said yes?" Scootaloo asked mischieviously.

Rumble tripped, falling flat on his face. He got back up rubbing his muzzle and blushing up a storm. Scootaloo and Peanut laughed at his reaction.

...

"What do you mean they closed early?" Scootaloo asked. She, along with Peanut and Rumble, were in front of the flower ponies stall. They were talking with Time Turner, who had just been passing by when they approached him.

"After your little friend here," Time Turner gestured towards Peanut, "scared them off—don't worry, you're not to blame, those three are just cowards—they hid until he left. When they were sure he was gone (an hour later) they came back and closed up shop before heading to Sugarcube Corner. They're probably still there if you hurry."

Scootaloo and Rumble grinned before speeding off towards their targets with Peanut Butter following behind. Time Turner yelled after them, "A thank you would have been nice!"

"You said we had to hurry!" Scootaloo yelled over her shoulder. Time Turner huffed and walked away, mumbling something about children this day and millenium being disrespectful.

The trio stopped just outside the door of the gingerbread house; Rumble made a shushing gesture before cracking the door open, being careful not to ring the bell up top. Peeking in, he spotted their victims enjoying some milkshakes while chatting amicably. Rumble let the door close before turning to his partners in crime. "Alright, they're talking," he said, "so we have about ten minutes before they leave. What's the plan?"

Scootaloo looked at him incredulously. "Why are you asking me?" she asked, "It was your idea to prank them in the first place."

"Yeah, but if we get in trouble, it will be more believable that it was your idea if we use a prank you came up with."

"...I think that makes sense."

"Don't strain yourself," Rumble said with a smirk. Scootaloo punched his shoulder again. "Worth it."

"You're a jerk, ya know that?" she said, glaring at him.

"Yet, you love me anyways."

"Gross. Anyway, give me a minute to think." Rumble opened his mouth. "I'll hit below the belt next time." He kept his mouth closed.

...

5 minutes later

The flower ponies were still talking when Daisy noticed Gummy staring at them. "Girls," she whispered to Lily and Roseluck, "he's staring at us again." The other two turned arouned at the staring toothless alligator. The three of them visably shivered.

"Ugh, I never liked that that thing," Roseluck began, "the way it just sits and stares at you is just creepy."

"And then there's that feeling of foreboding whenever you try to pet him," Lily said nervously, "Thank Celestia he has no teeth."

"Yeah," Daisy said in agreement. She looked at the clock at the wall. "We should head home now. We've been here long enough and I'd rather not run into that foal eating monster." The other two nodded in agreement.

"Hey, Peanut Butter is not a monster!" Pinkie exclaimed, popping out of nowhere and making the other three mares jump. "He just likes to make ponies smile and laugh and he eats sweets, not foals! In fact, he's me if I was a blob!" she said at the end happily.

Daisy's eyes narrowed, "It's probably just a facade, we let our guard down and then he snatches our ponies up." Pinkie rolled her eyes (something she rarely did) and walked away from them. The three flower ponies stood up and walked out the front door.

What they saw out front absolutely terrified them.

Peanut Butter was dragging Scootaloo and Rumble into his body, the two foals performing some of the worst acting anypony has ever seen.

"Help us, pleeease!" Scootaloo said with an overdramtic voice, raising a hoof to her head in mock distress.

"He's gonna eeeeeaat uuuuuuuusss!" Rumble said in an exaggerated manner.

There terrible acting fooled the three gullible mares, who ran screaming their heads off. Lily shouted out about being right the whole way. Peanut Butter let his 'victims' go and the three pranksters burst out laughing. Well two were laughing and one was gurgling in a way that could be taken for laughter.

Once they recovered, Scootaloo asked, "So, whose gonna be our next victim?"

Rumble grinned, "A better question would be 'Who isn't?'"

...

So as the day wore on, the three little monsters pranked various ponies throughout the town usually by scaring them. They got Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in a hit-and-run tickle attack, running off before the two bullies could yell at them for making them almost pee themselves. When the bell struck five, however, their fun had to end, sadly.

"I gotta head home now, it's getting close to dinner," Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, me too. I had a lot of fun today," Rumble said raising a hoof.

"Same here, bro," Scootaloo said, meeting his hoof.

Rumble raised his hoof towards Peanut Butter. He wasn't going to have any of that. Instead, Peanut gave Rumble a hug making him laugh. He returned the hug before saying, "Alright, alright, you can let go now." Peanut Butter let go, somewhat to Rumble's disappointment. "We definitely need to do this again sometime."

"I hear that," Scootaloo said, "You alright to head back to the library by yourself, PB?" Peanut gurgled an affirmative before giving Scootaloo a thirty second hug. Rumble gave him a hoofful of bits so he could by something at Sugarcube Corner as was their deal. He slithered back to the treebrary after that. Scootaloo turned back to Rumble "Welp, I guess I'll see ya tomorrow at school?"

Rumble nodded, "Yep, see ya tomorrow." He turned around to go home before realizing something. "Hey, Scoots!" he said before she could take off on her scooter, "I almost forgot to give you these." He hoofed her the Wonderbolt tickets.

Scootaloo laughed, "I totally forgot! Thanks for remembering dude."

"No problem."

Scootaloo suddenly got an idea in her head that she'd probably regret later. Key word being later. She planted a big wet kiss right on the left side of his face. Rumble froze in shock, eyes wide and pupils dialated with his jaw hanging. His shock slowly turned into disgust.

"Ugh! What the heck, Scoots?! You know I don't like girls yet! Bleh!"

Scootaloo just laughed, speeding away to Rainbow's on her scooter, leaving behind a disgusted Rumble behind who was trying to get the cooties off his face.
> Chapter 12 - Gummy
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	"What took ya so long, Scoots?" Applebloom asked. She, along with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, were heading to school. Scootaloo had taken an extra fifteen minutes to get ready.

"I had to spend some extra time brushing my teeth this morning," the orange filly replied.

"Why?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"The regret settled in this morning." The yellow and white fillies gave their friend confused looks. "Don't worry about it and don't ask."

"And if we do?" Applebloom said with a smile.

"I'll bribe Peanut Butter to tickle both of you until Pinkie decides to stop throwing parties." Speaking of the blob, he had slithered ahead of the trio, hugging, chasing, and tickling other fillies and colts headed towards school.

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle rolled their eyes. "Fine," they said in unison.

Nearby, Rumble was threatening Pipsqueak and Featherweight in a similar way.

As fillies and colts started to enter the school, Peanut Butter slithered over to the crusaders. "Sorry we can't play with you right now," Sweetie Belle began, "but we promise we'll play with you after school get's out." They all gave Peanut Butter a very squishy hug which he happily returned. The girls entered the school before leaving Peanut Butter outside.

Alone.

Where he couldn't possibly cause any trouble.

Right?

...

"Welcome to Sugarcube Corner! Where everything is super-yummy-extra-suberbly-amazingly delicious! May I take your order?" Pinkie said with her usual enthusiasm to the mare on the other side of the counter.

Golden Harvest giggled. "Just the usual, Pinkie."

"Okey-dokey-lokie!" Pinkie grabbed a pair of tongs and grabbed a couple of maple donuts from the display case and putting them in a paper bag. "That'll be six bits."

Golden Harvest reached into her saddlebags and hoofed Pinkie the bits. "So where are the Cakes?" she inquired. "Don't they usually manage the register?"

Pinkie nodded while ringing up the bits. "Usually, but last night, Gummy got into the twin's room." Harvest winced at that. "The Cakes had to spend all night trying to comfort them. I told them that I could manage the morning without them so they could sleep in."

Harvest smiled, "That was certainly nice of you."

"Yep!" Pinkie said cheerfully before frowning. "I just get it, though. Why are the twins scared of Gummy? He's harmless!"

Golden Harvest chose to not make eye contact with Pinkie at that moment. While it was never openly discussed, everypony who had seen Gummy had always been a bit frightened by him. He always stared with an intensity that they didn't quite like. The fact nopony really knew why they were scared of him terrified them even more. They didn't know whether Pinkie didn't notice and was just oblivious or chose to ignore it.

"Well, I have to get going now; I still need to set up my stall for the day," Harvest said before grabbing the paper bag with her mouth. "Have a nice day, Pinkie," she said through the bag.

"You too, Carrot Top!" Golden Harvest rolled her eyes at her nickname, though it got a smile out of her.

Shortly after Harvest left, Pinkie went back into the kitchen to prepare some more orders. Before she could start, she heard some terrified yelps from some of her customers. Trotting back inside she saw that Peanut Butter had entered the building, startling some of the customers.

"Peanut Butter!" she said excitedly before spreading her forelegs for a hug. Peanut Butter did not disappoint. He leapt at Pinkie and wrapped her in a hug. Pinkie giggled at the sensation she was getting from the hug. After a few minutes she (reluntantly) ended the hug before grabbing a cupcake from out of her mane and giving it to Peanut Butter.

"I believe that hug was worth a cupcake." Or several. Peanut Butter happily ate the delicious treat while Pinkie helped the customer who had been patiently waiting for their hug to end.

Just as the customer left, Mr. and Mrs. Cake came down the stairs looking a little disheveled with bags under their eyes. Pinkie smiled when she saw them. "Morning Mr. and Mrs. Cake!" greeting them cheerfully.

Mrs. Cake managed to smile, "Morning deary, how has your morning been so far?"

"Well, at first it was super good, then it got super-duper-awesome good after Peanut Butter gave me a hug." She pointed to the blob who had just finished dissolving his cupcake. When he saw the Cakes, he paused for a second. Out of nowhere, he pounced at them eliciting startled yelps from the two of them.

After ten minutes of affectionate hugging and tickling, the Cakes were feeling immensely better.

"Thank you, Peanut Butter," Mr. Cake said while petting the blob, "I don't think a cup of coffee would have helped us today." Mrs. Cake was to busy giggling to respond. Mr. Cake continued, "Do you think you can look after Pound and Pumpkin today for us? They had a terrible fright last night and it took us a while to get them back to sleep. They could use a friendly... face?" Peanut Butter girgled happily making Mr. Cake smile. "I'll take that as a yes. Their room is upstairs, first door to the right." Peanut Butter headed upstairs before Mr. Cake turned to his wife, who was still giggling.

Mr. Cake rolled his eyes. "Come on, dear, you're going to need to pull yourself together at some point," he said.

Mrs. Cake took a few deep breaths before responding, "Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. I haven't laughed that hard in ages." They both headed to the kitchen with a slight spring in their steps. "Do you think Peanut Butter will be able to handle the twins? They can be a hoofful at times."

Mr. Cake smiled, nuzzling his wife, "I'm sure he can handle them just fine." He turned to head head towards the kitchen-

*SQUISH.*

Mr. Cake looked down and noticed the slime trail leading all the way from the front door to the top of the stairs. A few of the customers poked at the trail experimentally.

"I'll go get the mop," Mrs. Cake said with a sigh.

...

Pound and Pumpkin Cake were sitting in their room playing with their blocks. Although if anypony were to look at the two, they would say they looked distant. Last night had really rattled the two. The two of them had been sleeping peacefully in their crib before they felt something shift the weight of the small matress. They both blearily woke up trying to see what had disturbed their slumber. When their eyes finally focused, they found that they were staring into the eyes of Gummy who had a look of such malice than Sombra would cringe at the sight of it. They both immediately started bawling causing their parents and Pinkie to wake up and run to their bedroom.

This wasn't the first time that it's happened to them either. Whenever there weren't any big ponies around Gummy would approach them with that face. They didn't know why Gummy always approached them when they were alone, but they always started crying to make the big ponies come, afraid of what would happen.

Suddenly, their door began to open slowly. Both their heads turned so quickly that they nearly fell over. They stared, eyes wide with fear, ready to cry at a moments notice. When the door opened fully, their fear turned into confusion upon seeing a strange bean bag shaped blob. During Pinkie's welcome party for Peanut Butter it had been naptime for them, so they hadn't gotten a chance to meet, much less see, the blob.

They continued to stare as the strange creature entered their room and closed the door behind it. They continued to watch it as it slithered towards them before stopping directly in front of them. Being more adventurous, Pumpkin decided to poke Peanut Butter to see if he would react.

Unfortunately for her, it initiated tickle mode.

Peanut Butter immediately started tickling Pumpkin's belly with one of his tentacles, making her burst out into high pitched laughter. She flailed her hooves in a futile attempt to get him to stop, but Peanut was unrelenting in his attacks. Pound, trying to be the protective brother, flew at the tickle monster that was torturing his sister. He clyded with the orange menace, but bounced off its gelatinous body and was about to introduce his face to the floor.

Before he injured himself, Peanut Butter grabbed one of his hind legs and saved him from a world of hurt. Pound let out a sigh of relief, until the fear returned when Peanut Butter brought him closer so he could give Pound the same treatment as his twin.

Downstairs, Pinkie, the Cakes, and the customers could hear the twins' laughter from upstairs and were trying their best to contain their own laughter.

After a few minutes of tickle torture, Peanut Butter decided that the two had had enough. He set both of them on the ground letting the catch their breath, watching as their little chests rose and fell and bursting into giggle fits here and there. Once the twins recovered, they sat up looking at Peanut with large smiles on their faces. They both felt immensely better no longer feeling tired and completely forgetting their fear from the night before. They went over and hugged Peanut who happily hugged them back.

...

For the next few hours, Peanut Butter kept the twins entertained the twins by going on various adventures with them. On one adventure, they set sail on their ship (crib) to find the Dread Pirate Rubber Neck's (a rubber chicken) buried treasure (a jar of cookies). On another adventure, they had to stop a giant (stuffed) lizard from destroying a city (of blocks). Peanut Butter wrestled the monster into submission before scaring it off by threatening to tickle it. Their most epic adventure, however, was when they went to the moon to help Princess Woona stop an evil filly who was being a big meanie-pants to the moons inhabitants.

They were just reaching the final confrontation before the door opened with no prompting. The twins, thinking it was their parents, rushed over to the door to meet them only to give startled yelps when they saw who it actually was. Gummy was standing before them, glaring at the two of them. The twins stood stock still to afraid to move. As Gummy started to approach them, the two backpedaled as fast as they could until they were both under the crib. Gummy kept moving forward, tail swinging side-to-side as if in anticipation.

When he was only a few feet from the crib, he heard a gurgling sound eminate from his right. He turned his head to see the cause...

...and let out a terrified growl.

Peanut Butter immediately descended upon the green menace, tickling it and elicting squeaky noises that one could call laughing. The twins stared at the scene in disbelief before bursting into giggles at the sight of their tormentor being tickled into submission.

After several minutes, Gummy passed out with a smile on his face. As soon as Peanut Butter released him, a burst of energy was released from the green reptile.

...

"Here you go, Mrs. Cake, five bits!" A blue pony with a messy black mane and tale hoofed over the bits to Mrs. Cake.

"Thank you, enjoy the rest of your day, Bl-" Mrs. Cake didn't get a chance to finish before a wave of energy washed over them. The effects were immediate. Everypony within a quarter mile radius of the building found themselves in crippling fits of laughter. Ponies who were outside the effected area looked at the victims with concern before approaching them and trying to calm them down.

"Somepony go get Princess Twilight!" one of the ponies yelled.

...

1 hour later

For the past 45 minutes, Twilight had tried to reproduce the effects of what became known as the 'laughter wave.' She was in the twins' room looking for any clues as to what had happened. She tried playing with him, tickling him, and feeding him excessive amounts of junk food, which only caused more slime secretion much to the Cakes' chagrin.

"Ugh! Why can't I reproduce the effects!" Twilight shouted in annoyance.

"Maybe he needs more cake?" Pinkie suggested, bouncing into the room with a cake on her back that somehow managed to stay in one piece. She set it down in front of Peanut Butter who absorbed the cake into his mass.

*sigh* "I doubt it, Pinkie." Twilight turned to look at Peanut Butter. "There's just so little I know about him."

"Well why don't you just keep him at your place until you figure out what happened?"

"Because I know that I wouldn't come out for days until I had answers." At Pinkie's look she continued. "Don't give that look, Pinkie. You know that would happen."

"I know. I'm just surprised that you admitted to it yourself!"

Twilight rolled her eyes, "I've been trying to tone it down the research at Spike's suggestion that I need to get out more."

"How's that been working out for you?"

"...I don't want to talk about it." the purple alicorn said in a quiet voice. Pinkie gave a quizzical look before shrugging. "I guess I'll send a letter to the Pri- er, Celestia and see if she knows anything."

"Okie-Dokie-Lokie! Tell her I said hi and that she needs to come over to Ponyville so I can throw her a party and that she needs to let me host the next Grand Galloping Gala because all those rich ponies are so boring and I can add some spice to their lives by-" Twilight shoved a hoof in her friends mouth.

"Okay Pinkie! I'll let the Princess know!" Twilight said before removing her hoof and wiping it on the floor. "I'll see you later, Pinkie."

"Alrighty then, see ya later Princess Twilight," Pinkie said teasingly. Twilight rolled her eyes, although she smiled. After Twilight with Peanut Butter, Pinkie trotted up the stairs and into her room. On the bed was Gummy, who stared at her with a blank expression. Closing the door, Pinkie turned to look at Gummy with a serious expression.

"I told you to leave Pound and Pumpkin alone, Gummy. I've tried to be nice and I've tried to help you, but you just don't seem to be willing to let go of your hatred." Gummy continued to stare at her. Pinkie let out a sigh before pulling out a rope. "It looks like you've given me no choice but to dish out some punishment."

Gummy eyes narrowed, as if daring her to try.

...

"Pinkie, dear, is everything alright?" Mrs. Cake asked as Pinkie came the stairs.

"Yeppers! Everything is A-okay. Now let's get back to baking!" she said merrily before zooming into the kitchen. Mrs. Cake followed behind shaking her head.

Upstairs in Pinkie's closet, Gummy hanged by his tail, suspended in the dark, struggling to get free.

The blood was rushing to his eyes after all.
> Chapter 13 - The Spa
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	After Twilight had let Peanut Butter go again, he wandered around town again looking for something to do. After some searching, he spotted Rarity and Fluttershy walking together discussing something. Curious, he began to follow the two without revealing his presence to them which is impressive considering how much he stands out. After several minutes they entered a building with a roof that resembled a purple tent. Still proceeding with stealth, Peanut Butter decided to try sliding under the door instead of opening it. Admitedly it was a tight fit, but he managed to make it through without any harm to his body.

Looking around, he saw Rarity and Fluttershy talking with a couple of mares; one had pink fur with a light blue mane while the other was the inverse and both had lotus cutie marks. The two lotus ponies led Fluttershy and Rarity to a couple of spa beds where the two laid down on their bellies. Wondering what was going on, Peanut Butter got closer to see what they were doing.

From his point of view, the spa ponies were petting Rarity and Fluttershy.

...

"So, Rarity, has anything interesting been going on in town?" Aloe asked. The pink pony was pressing her hooves into some knots that the seamstress had in her back, earning a sigh of relief.

"You mean other than that disgusting slime monster coming to town, nothing very exciting," Rarity replied. Off in his hiding spot, Peanut Butter visably deflated. "Honestly, I don't know what those girls were thinking leading that, that thing into town."

"Is the creature really that bad?" Lotus asked from the adjacent bed where she was working out a few kinks Fluttershy had. "From what I hear it's quite friendly with other ponies."

Rarity scoffed, "Friendly or not, I don't want that thing anywhere near me or my sister. I don't trust it for a second."

"Um, I don't think you're being fair to Peanut Butter, Rarity," Fluttershy whispered. "After all, he did encourage me enough to dance at his party."

*sigh* "I know darling, I think I'm just being prejudice against him because he's slimey. Cleaning the slime off Sweetie was just a nightmare." The spa sisters rolled their eyes at that.

"Was the slime sticky?" inquired Aloe.

"No, quite the opposite actually. It was slick and oily and strangely enough smelled of roses. While I hardly got any of the slime on myself and it didn't smell unpleasant. Still it took far longer than I would have liked to get it off Sweetie. And don't even get me started on how long it took to clean out the tub."

...

Peanut Butter was hurt by Rarity's words. Was he really that gross? No one had ever complained about it before; they just sort of cleaned up after him and demand hugs as payment in return. But the white mare didn't seem to want one from him. It was strange, he had never been self-conscious about his secretions before. But the white mare's words strung a cord in him. Looking around, he spotted a large tub in the main room. He slowly slid over to it and up the side before slipping into the water. Maybe this would help get him clean.

...

After another half-hour of getting their hooves hooficured and coats clean, the Blossom sisters led Rarity and Fluttershy to the large bath to relax for the remainder of their time. After Rarity and Fluttershy had submerged themselves in the water, Rarity turned to the sisters. "Thank you girls. We'll be fine by ourselves for a little while." The two bowed their heads before trotting away to tend to their other customers.

"Um, thank you again, Rarity, for, um, bringing me here again," Fluttershy said meekly.

Rarity waved a hoof, "You're more than welcome, dear, it's the least I can do. Especially since you occasionally look after Opal for me. Celestia knows that cat can be a hooful sometimes."

Elsewhere, a fluffy ball of fur sneezed.

"Oh, well, she's not so bad," Fluttershy said hiding behind her mane. She didn't have the heart to tell Rarity what Opal had said about her owner. Fluttershy had no idea what sort a foul creature had taught the white cat such words.

Elsewhere, a certain alligator sneezed.

"In any case, your my friend Fluttershy. I'm more than happy to treat you on occasion." The two sat there for several more minutes, Rarity talking her new dresses and Fluttershy occasionally making a comment about her animal friends. "I must say, the water feels exceptionally nice today."

Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "It does. Though, for some reason, it feels familiar to me."

Rarity tilted her head at the statement. "What do you mean, dear?"

"I don't know. The sensation I'm getting from the water, I know I've felt it before but can't seem to remember where."

Before Rarity could say anything else, the water at the center began to bubble. Curious, the two approached the bubbling water to see what was going on. When their heads were just above the surface, a shape emerged from the bottom before wrapping its tentacles around them. The two mares let off shrieks of horror before realizing who it was.

"Oh! Hello, Peanut Butter. How long have you been in here?" Fluttershy asked, returning the hug she was being given. All she got was some gurgling and cooing noises. "Oh dear, why can't I understand you like I do with my animal friends?"

Rarity, on her part, was slowly figuring out what just happened. Her horror of being wrapped by a slimey tentacle was slowing down her brains ability to process information. The first thing she realized was that she never saw Peanut Butter enter the water. The second was that he must have entered the water long before they had. Third, she had been bathing in this water for a solid fifteen minutes. Fourth, she was still being hugged by one of his tentalces.

Her scream of horror would have brought a tear to Discord's eye.