Afraid

by Short Stories 2

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Stories I have been nervous about submitting or unsure how to finish

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The Puppets: Puppet Pals

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Background Info: I was going to make this into a series, and was planning to have it done before the next episode came out...well, that failed...after that, I wasn't sure how to finish it.


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Short Description: Tree Huger has to find out how to deal with a new dimension


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What if "Make new friends but keep Discord" had a different ending?

After Fluttershy goes to save her friends from the smooze, and some unflattering last words from Discord, Tree Huger gets whisked away into the Puppet dimension, and has to find a way out.


"Whoa, dude... What is that?!" Tree Huger asked in horror as she pointed at a red sock puppet with a mustache and a sombraro dancing over to his poorly-drawn crayon house. Whatever it was, she did not want to be sent into this portal Discord had opened.

"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm just going to send you into another dimension." Discord replied calmly, as if the whole situation was just a stroll through the park. "I can't have you interfering in my relationship with Fluttershy. anymore" He added, in a tone that suggested he would hurt her if he could.

"Discord! Stop!" Fluttershy called.

Oh, good. Tree Huger thought. My pal is going to, like, soothe his agitated emotions, or whatever.

Discord laughed. "I will!" He said cheerfully. "Just as soon as she's gone." Suddenly, a table, two chairs, a teapot, and two teacup appeared, Both of them sitting in the chairs. "Then, we can have a good laugh about this whole affair over our Tuesday Tea." He concluded by taking a sip from the cup he held.

"Don't worry, Fluttershy!" Twilight called. "We'll stop him!" Fluttershy looked over to her friends, all posed and ready to fight. She smiled. This is why she loved her friends...in a non creepy sort of way.

Cool. They'll rescue me then. Tree Huger thought, still a bit frantic about what she feared would happen. Discord didn't seem the least bit worried. Tree Huger watched in horror as Discord turned a drop of tea into a giant, shiny disco ball, and flung it towards Fluttershy's friends.

The Smooze, seeing the disco ball, followed closely behind. Unfortunately, picking up Fluttershy in the process.

"Now, you." Discord said, turning to Tree Huger. "You have been the absolute last thing I have been wanting to think about. However, since your always hanging around my friend, I'm going to have to do this." With a flick of his paw, Tree Huger went spiraling into the Puppet Dimension.

Landing hard on the crayon grass, she looked up, speechless, to see Discord closing the portal.

"Feel free to stay a while." He said, and evil grin on his face. With that, the portal closed.

"Whoa, dude." tree Huger said again. "That was intense. I need to find someplace to lay down, man."

A shadow fell over Tree Huger as the puppet came back.

"Hola amigo!" It said to her, then it turned to the camera. "That means 'Hi, friend'." Puppet dude turned back to her. "I haven't seen a puppet like you before!" He said, then he leaned in towards her, so his puppet face was just inches away from hers. "Where are you from?" He asked. Tree Huger scooted away from him as best she could.

"Man, I need some space, my aura's still, like, anxious." She explained. "But, I'm from, like, outside of Applewood, man."

Part Time Job: Start Here

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Dark, Random, Adventure


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You are Pastel Sketch, an artist pony who ran out of money. Now, you need to get a job at a hospital. Sounds easy enough, right?
PASTEL IS NOT MY OC! She is the the OC of the creator of the game! I do not own Pastel or the game.


Short Description: Based off the video game


One day in the magical land of Equestria, a young pegasus pony named Pastel Sketch was having serious money trouble. She was usually careful when it came to spending money, but, she got careless and accidentally spent every bit she had. She was now broke. Since she was an artist, selling her artwork was the best chance she could get to get some bits. But, unfortunately, nopony seemed to want to buy any of her work. Now, Pastel has to find another way to get some money.

"I'm in so much trouble if I don't get some money soon..." She moaned to herself, anxiously pacing her floor. "How am I supposed to make any money when nopony wants to buy my artwork?" She paused, as a thought came over her. A most horrid, dreadful thought. "Well, I guess I could get a job..." She thought aloud. Just saying the word made her shiver. "I really don't want to get one, though." I mean, I'm an artist! Why get a job, when my talent is art?!

"I guess it'll earn me more money than my paintings ever could." She thought aloud again, then snorted. Yeah, right. "Oh, I could try selling some of my artwork somewhere else, I've only sold in Ponyville, after all. Wow, this is a tough situation. Should I sell my artwork somewhere else, or take a look at the bulletin board?"

What do you want Pastel to do?
Look at the Bulletin Board
Try selling artwork somewhere else.

Part Time Job: Sell Artwork!

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"I can try somewhere else, but, where? Oh! I know!" She said, rushing over to her table. Scooting over the pile of bills, making some drop to the floor, she found what she was looking for. A flyer for an art show in Hoofington.

"This is perfect!" She exclaimed, flying a bit into the air and hugging the flyer to her chest. Landing, she set the flyer on the table and began to look at it for the fiftieth time since she got it. "There going to start this art show soon." She mused to herself. "I can't wait to put my artwork on display and, seeing my artwork, will inspire others to buy it! I better start packing for this. I think it'll run for about a week."

After she finished packing, Pastel flew off towards Hoofington. Shortly after arriving, she signed up for the art show and immediately displayed her work the day before it started, then checked into a hotel and went to sleep. The next day, she went back to her display and waited for the ponies to come and buy her art.

She soon noticed that a mare across the street was getting more attention than her. A huge crown surrounded this mare's artwork, making it hard for Pastel to see her competition. One one or two ponies have been by, and nopony had bought anything yet.

A small gap in the crowd formed. Abandoning her post, she trotted over to see what was happening, and it didn't take long. This pony had the most beautiful photography she'd ever seen! She felt inspired by the pony's work, but, she also felt a little jealous. And she hated the feeling of jealousy more than anything. Her vision was slightly tinted red at the sides.

She tried everything she could to calm down a lose the jealousy, but, nothing seemed to work. Then, an idea hit her. It was an awful idea, but, it was the only thing that seemed to work.

"OK, everypony, me and the artist have a few words to discuss." She said aloud. "You can come back later." Groaning in disappointment, everypony left. Pastel closed the pink and red curtains that hung around the fantastic artwork and turned to the artist.

"What do you want?" The artist asked, clearly annoyed that Pastel drove her crowd away. "I was in the middle of selling a painting!"

Pastel turned and bucked as hard as she could, sending the artist flying. Pastel went over to check if she had a pulse. She didn't feel any. Excellent. She thought, then flew back to her hotel room, her guilt and jealousy gone.

She now kills anypony that makes her jealous, and she'll never be the same.

Bad End 1: Pastel is Inspired

Start over?

My Thoughts Exactly, Season 1: FIM Part 1

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Short Description: I got bored


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So, I'm not exactly sure how this'll work. I'm honestly bored, right now. So, I figured, why not do this? It's actually been a while since I saw Season 1, I hope it's as good as I remember.
Please note that this is NOT a cross-over! It's my own commentary. Also, the chapters are 'out-of-order' because I am going off of this timeline.


OK, so, I honestly feel like it's kind of clichéd to start with "Once Upon a Time". It makes it sound like a mom is reading this to her daughter before bed. Wait...what if that was actually happening? Like, Twilight and the rest are all a figment of a 6 or 7 year-old girl's imagination, and the story lines are the books that her mom made for her? Since her mom's an author.

Do you really think that, since this show was intentionally meant for little girls, they would know what 'eldest' meant? And 'resentfulness' and 'reluctantly'? I mean, these girls are in 1st or 3rd grade! (Supposedly) The former just learning simple math equations like 2+6 or something. I bet they kept asking their parents or looked up what these words meant. Unless there really smart, then, never-mind this whole paragraph.

So, we have, after the reading of the book, a purple unicorn, and it finds out she's been reading it all along. Why does her voice sound kind of like Celestia's when the show starts, but fades into her actual voice when it's about to play the theme? Plus, the theme, it sounds just to girly. Like, if your watching this, on a really good adventure episode, [Like "Somepony to Watch over Me"] and then hear the theme, your probably just like this.

"Ugh! Why the theme?! It's to---girlish!!" Then again, the show itself is girlish, so, I don't even know why I'm ranting about this in the first place.

After the theme, first-time viewers finally realize that this unicorns name is Twilight. And she supposedly has three friends that she 'ignores' (not actually) just because she wants to find out about the Elements of Harmony. Maybe the Elements of Harmony sound familiar to her because she's one of them, but, she just doesn't know it yet?

Oh, and also, I know about Lyra Heartstrings. And it looks like she's with Amethyst Heart (I think that's that pony's name) in Canterlot. Then, we see her all the time in Ponyville, with Bon-Bon as her BFF. Is she on vacation? Did Amethyst dump her because of her weird obsession over humans? Did she hear that Twilight moved to Ponyville, so she decided to move too? What happened?

Twilight lives in a castle? Wow, her parents are rich!! Oh! Poor Spike! Then again, he really shouldn't be walking with his eyes closed. But, Twi shouldn't have barged right through. He could've been trying to keep out changelings, for all she knew, and she just ruined their last hope of 'survival'. But, don't worry. Changelings don't come until the end of Season 2.

She doesn't even ask if he's OK! he could have a concussion!! I don't care if she's trying to find the Elements of Harmony book or whatever. It wouldn't kill her to be a little more considerate.

"Oh, Spike. You know we don't have time for that sort of thing." Actually, you do. You just choose to be that one nerd who has no friends. Who's fault is that?

And she also (kind of) assaults her baby dragon by ramming doors in his face and making him face-plant to the floor. Remind me, again, why people like Twiley so much?* Plus, she doesn't even say "Thank you"! And leaves a huge mess for her poor dragon to pick up while she reads.

It's not that important, Twilight!!

Have any of you noticed that, in the first episode, her aura doesn't show? It's just a bunch of sparkles? Is this an animation error, or, was it meant to be that way? And, if it was meant to be that way, why didn't they keep it like that for the rest of Season 1 onwards?

"Elements of Harmony. See 'Mare in The Moon'"? Nice one, book. Making her look harder. Plus, being a total jerk by making her look harder...I have mixed feelings about this book. Wait, why are you reading the 'Mare in the Moon' again? Didn't you just read it before the theme?

So, Spike is trying not to fall to his (supposed) death, because no pony is supporting his dragon-weight, but, Twilight isn't paying attention? A+ work, right here, folks!! Supervisor of the year goes to Twilight Sparkle in Season 1, Episode 1!!

Oh, wait, never mind, she caught him. But, still. What if she didn't catch him?

Spike is a fast writer! I wish I could write that fast. Wait a second...Does Twilight not know how to write? I mean, she is a unicorn. We just saw her use her magic, like, five times already. Why is she not capable of writing to the Princess on her own? Why does Spike have to do it for her...Unless she doesn't know how to write.*

Ooo, I saw that Nightmare Moon in the glass! How is the unicorn head Nightmare Moon, though? I thought she was supposed to be in the moon, not in a random unicorn head in Twilight's library.

"And bring with her eternal night!" Twilight, you must have short-term memory*, because, I am not even kidding, you just read that whole chapter to us not even 5 minutes ago. (4 minutes and 50 seconds, to be exact) Plus, Celestia probably went through the whole conundrum. I think she knows her sister will return and try to plunge the word in eternal night.

Is she doesn't, Well, Celestia, forcing someone into the moon is a good punishment, however, they'll only be 10x madder than they were before when they return.

Wait, wait, hold on. "The day after tomorrow is the 1,000th year of the Summer Sun Celebration!" Holy cheese, this pony princess is old! No offense, your majesty, if you happen to be reading this.

Again, I doubt a 7-year old will understand words like "imperative". Also, Twilight, ever heard of personal space*?

Ooo, magic dragon fire? How does that work? How do they get messages back? Can other dragons do that? Can Celestia write back at all? Whoa! The Princess is a fast writer as well. And the fabulous mentor advice she gives is "make some friends". Can she see the future, like that Greek legend? And her sister is the one who can see in the past...like anypony else? (There called 'memories' for a reason.)

Twilight's looking so humble right now...not.* Also, Princess Celestia just said every word that Twilight did. Is she in the same room? was Spike secretly writing for her? Does she have a magic note-taking baby dragon that can send letters as well? Will these questions never stop?

By the look on twilight's face, she's trying to figure out how to hurt Celestia. But, boy, does that letter hold irony!! I love Spike's face when he reads 'make some friends'! That was awesome! Twi's reaction was even awesomer*. I also like on how Spike is being optimistic in a situation that Twilight would clearly not like to do at all.

Twilight is really determined on this. I think I'm starting to like her...And, she does make good points. Who ever said that the fate of Equestria ever rested on you at all? And, yes, it actually does rest on the fact that you have to make friends. Celestia knows all.

Can the 'sirs' talk? That''s the first time in the episode we ever heard a neigh.

Pinkie's reaction is amazing. That's why she's my second favorite. It alternates between her and Fluttershy, to be honest. Right now, Fluttershy is my best pony.

When Twilight says "Well, that was interesting, all right." I'm not sure if she means it in a bad way or a good way. And, ever wonder where Twi's checklists came from? They came from season one, episode one, at 7:20-7:25. Or maybe they came before that, when we weren't around to see Twi's life? (Because the show wasn't on)

Sweet Apple Acres almost sounds like some Strawberry Shortcake thing, when you hear it when Spike announces it in the first episode. I mean, I've heard AJ's farm name plenty of time, and it doesn't remind me of a Strawberry Shortcake thing. but, now that I'm re-watching it, I'm almost expecting to see a pink girl come out of the barn instead of an orange pony about to harvest apples.

I wonder if Applejack saw them coming, somehow, so she called out "yee-haw" so the attention would go to her and her awesome bucking skills, instead of her many, many family members.

"Friiendds?" I bet Twilight would've said that she wasn't looking for friends, but, she was trying to be polite, or maybe she was shocked from Applejack's strength. I mean, the pony can shake Twi's hoof, and Twi's whole body is vibrating, as if Applejack could lift her off the ground within two seconds, and she was trying her hardest to stay on the earth.

It's funny on how all the Apple family's names match up to the food they bring, isn't it? I feel like she took a deep breath because it was to symbolize that big Mac, Apple Bloom, and Granny Smith were all there and they were the ones who were going to stay there.

Apple Bloom's face will always get her what she wants. Except her cutie mark. (Was that to mean? I'm sorry, Applebloom.)

So, a cute filly face isn't enough for twilight, but 22+ (yes, I counted) ponies disappointed "aw"'s are? I love the music the have.

Twilight, if you feel like your gettin full, it's polite to say "I'm getting kind of full". I think the ponies would understand. And, thank you, Captain Obvious, for pointing that out. I think we can all see there's no Rainbow-maned pony clearing the sky.

But, there is a Rainbow-maned pony clearing Twilight...I literally just un-paused and saw that, then I had to write it down.

Awkward...at least she's trying to help, and at least she's being nice, too. Oh, well, never-mind. Not very nice to laugh at others, no matter how ridiculous they look, now, is it? Oh, Spike's joining in too. That's one strike against him, for this chapter.

But, Rainbow just threw Spike off. I think she would've noticed, or felt, a light object on her back. I say 'light' because she easily tossed him off like a sack of flour. And I thought she was going to be nice!

Although, I do like on how Rainbow procrastinates on her 'chores'. She's like most humans!!

"Just as soon as I'm done practicing."

"Practicing for what?"

'Practicing to ignore you so you'll go away*.' Is what I first thought. Because she was laying on the cloud, so, I would've never guessed practicing for the Wondercolts.

When Twilight said "They'd never accept a pegasus who couldn't keep the sky clear fro one measly day!?" with a tone of sarcasm, even though it's some sort of method to get Rainbow to do her job, it's still a bit rude for her to be 'doubting' a pegasus she just met.


Halfway point!

Oh, Twilight, don't bet on the fact that Rainbow' can't clear the sky in 10 seconds. Your going to lose all your bits if you bet on the fact that Rainbow' can't clear the sky in 10 seconds. Trust me.

Well, she just cleared the sky in that area. What about the rest of Ponyville? Unless the Summer Sun Celebration is going to be held there and nowhere else.

Twilight looks like a sheep, kind of. Curly, messed-up mane, huger (than normal) eyes, if you took away the horn, I would think she was a sheep for that shot.

Two promised friends, in their minds. Twilight, I think your going to have friends whether you like it or not. No offense.

See, Spike's kind of nice. When Twilight started walking away, he calls back "Wait, it's kind of pretty once you get used to it!"

Rarity isn't really as nice**. I mean, she could have a smaller reaction. Not a Pinkie-reaction, where it's over exaggerated, (See, I'm making fun of my second favorite pony!) she could have a small reaction, then fix Twi's hair with her unicorn-magic. Then again, Twilight could've fixed her hair before they walked in. She's supposed to be really good with magic, right? Fixing her mane wouldn't take long at all, right?

Twilight is about to be forced into something she really doesn't want to do, and Spike is just not doing anything. He's just in love with Rarity, not helping at all. Spike, this is where you could help and get brownie points. Maybe, if you did help, Twilight would let you visit Rarity's again.

Did she say "We'll be the best of friends for a while!" Well, Rarity, that's reassuring. Hey, Twily, why don't you tell her you know the Princess? That'll make Rarity even more of a 'friend'.

Most mares, especially fillies, would love to have their coat dyed a new color. Or, is that just girls in the real world? (Poor Spike is love-struck)

Yay! Fluttershy! She's adorable***! Also, she's really nice and can talk to animals. That's what made her my best pony, and another thing that's coming up.

Twilight, if your not interested in making friends, why do you ask Fluttershy what her name is? That's one of the signs that says 'I'd like to be friends with you.'

I feel sorry for Fluttershy, but, it's also adorable. like, when she squeaks out her name. I think Twilight should know that she doesn't want to talk right now. Also, where's Spike? I mean, I know he's behind a bush, but, why is he there? He went to the other places with Twilight and not really helping or hurting anything. So, why did Twilight have him stay behind?

So, yeah, I know Fluttershy is technically friends with Twilight because she has a baby dragon, kind of like Rarity. And that is a flaw I will not overlook.

I kind of wanted to hear Spike's 'whole entire life'. To bad they cut it out. Maybe they'll elaborate on it more in another episode, hopefully?

"Do you want to hear about today?"

"Oh, yes, please!"

"Today, Twilight smacked me in the face with a door and forced me to fall on my face off of a high ladder." Well, that's one way to lose a friend.

Fluttershy really is a ninja! Twilight just closed the door on her, and she appeared inside the library within a minute!! How is that possible, you ask? Flutter-physics. Also, ninjas.

Twi, don't you think the ponies heard that? Also, how did you walk in without bumping in to anypony. How did Pinkie know you were staying there? Did she stalk you, or, did she naturally assume that you may or may not be heading towards the library due to your appearance of being a supposed book-horse?

I think Twi's getting tired just listening to Pinkie blab on. Then again, Twi's kind of a jerk in the first episode*, and, Pinkie's just excited. Then again, Pinkie's alwaysexcited...

Why is she pouring and drinking hot sauce? Is she cray? Plus, why not use her horn? We've seen before that she could levitate things, so, why isn't she levitating that hot sauce with her horn? (Since she likes hot sauce)

I'm not even joking, Fluttershy somehow broke into Twi's house. What if Twi didn't have a party waiting for her, and she was studying about Nightmare Moon, and Fluttershy broke in? That would be adorable***! Fluttershy would be like, "Oh, I'm sorry. "I'll just come back later..."

When AJ said "Are you alright, sugar cube?" It didn't sound like AJ. It sounded like anypony in the main cast but AJ! Audio error!! Either that, or, my ears are off.

"Aww, she's so happy, she's crying!" She's also bursting into flames, Pinkie. Well, her mane is.

Everybody realized Pinkie would be the cray one right after she popped the hot-sauce covered cupcake in her mouth, along with the wrapper. (She didn't unwrap it!!)

Want to learn about the elements of Harmony, Twi? Here's a hint: MEET THE PONIES THAT YOU VISITED EARLIER TODAY! Get to know them better! I'm not even joking, those ponies are the Elements, Twi.

Why are you repeating the legend to us for the third time? We already know.

So, is the Summer Sun Celebration like a New Years for them? Because anypony can go out just before Celestia does to watch the sun rise. Usually, if everypony has to watch the sun rise, it's because of a big, important shindig. Like new years, or New years eve.

Why is the hall quiet? You'd expect everypony to be chatting.

Yay! Fluttershy! You did a marvelous job training those birds, Fluttershy!***

Everypony but Twi is cheering? Wow, she really is up tight in the first episode.*

Wait, no, this is the start of Summer in Ponyville. Why does everypony have to watch it then? What if your really tired? I wouldn't watch it, I would just be sleeping, to be perfectly honest.

Oh, the mare disapeered. That's freaky.

Birds make trumpet noises? OK, then. And, of course Celestia isn't there. She's out eating cake at Sugar Cube Corner.

"She's gone!" Thanks, Captain obvious. Everypony can see that, Rarity.

Yeah, I know. Blue fog is never good. It can suffocate you and damage the environment. Plus, it just may be the evil spirit of Nightmare Moon. Or her mane, the blue fog could be her mane. Still, watch out.

Poor Spike! He's been through a lot today, then he faints. Well, Twi was right about one thing. "See? He's so sweepy-weepy that he can't even keep his bawance!"

Whoa! Just a minute!! Apple Bloom, Sweetie belle, and Scootaloo are all together before the CMC ever met?! What, is this foreshadowing? Did they decide to huddle together to create intensity and more adorableness into the show?! U think it was foreshadowing, but,the world may never know...

Poor AJ has to take care of two ponies. One wants to bite Nightmare's head off, the other is annoying her. AJ seemed happy to slam that apple into Pinkie's mouth. So nice, AJ, so nice.

STOP TERRORIZING FLUTTERSHY! She did nothing to you! She probably didn't even know you existed!

How in eternal night bad? Can someone tell me? I don't see it as horrible, so, why is it bad?

To be continued? Ooo, will Nightmare Moon plunge Ponyville into eternal night? I guess I'll have to watch part two!!

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Background Information: Again, I was going to make this into a series, but had absolute no idea how to start the actual book.


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Pinkie invents a new...machine...it was supposed to entertain those who were bored. She said it worked well in the human world. The rest of the 6 thought it was her just being Pinkie, and decided to test it out with her.

It goes horribly wrong.

Now, there all stuck in different digital worlds. They don't know how to get back, and don't know how to reach each other.


Short Description: his is chocked-full of video game, movie, and TV references! :3


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Rainbow's Firefly

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When Rainbow holds a racing competition to train herself to get on the Wonderbolt's, she expects anypony and everypony sign up. What she didn't expect was anypony to be greater than her, to beat her at every race, no matter how hard she tries. Even preform a Sonic "Firefly" (Sonic Rainboom) like it's just a simple trot through the woods.
Has Rainbow Dash met her match?


Short Description: Rainbow might've met her match!


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Ring around the Posey

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Short Description: Fluttershy's identity is in crisis when a pony who looks exactly like her comes to Ponyville.


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Fluttershy is hosting a animal auction for five moons (five days) and anypony who loves animals is welcome to join! On the third day of the animal auction, a pony comes in that looks just like Fluttershy. She even has Flutter's personality!
Will Posey take advantage of this situation?


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