Hello every pony and welcome to the second episode of A Brony Life! And so far, I gotta say that I've been wanting to do this idea for a while! You see, I've had the idea for this since the first season, but never really had a way to fit it in. Until now that is!

But enough about back stories probably none of you care that much about, let's get this intro started so we can get the story started! And with me today to help start out the chapter, Snowflake! Snowflake, are you glad to be here?

Snowflake: *flies right behind me before speaking up* YEAH!

AH! *falls over from being scared so much* Dude! Please don't do that!... Anyway yeah, he's gonna help me do the top comments for this intro! And... Are you excited dude?!

Snowflake: YEAH!

Hahaha... Yeah, he sounds excited enough. But just barely. Anyway, here's the top three comments!

3: Christ's Disciple: Well, I kinda want to start doing the letters since my story is a, I guess you'd call it parody, of MLP FIM. But only when there's a lesson to be learned in all of it. And the first episode of this season was the only one where it stuck out. That, and the episode ended on Twilight's POV.

Also, I'm forgetful on mainly one thing in particular. Names. I can never remember a name of anyone unless it stands out. Like someone named Maxis or Freddy? I'm gonna forget their names before I finish shaking their hand. No joke either, I had a best friend named Larry who I became friends with in 7th grade up to 10th. It took me until 9th grade to remember his name permanently. Talk about a fail huh? XD

2: FireKitsune1. I'm just gonna say this real quick, and I don't mean to be insulting to anyone ages 12-18. I think what you said perfectly describes almost every teenager on the planet. And that includes me since I fit in that age slot. XD

1: VintageThunder98. I'm probably gonna just look for it myself, but is there a chance that you can PM me a link to that video?! It just sounds too funny not to watch! And if anyone's seen the earlier chapters of the story, I'm pretty sure they'll all know that I love the "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" joke! XD

And there you have it! And to tell the truth, I think they were all pretty good faults. I even wish I had one or two of those faults instead of my own. But still, what'd you think Snowflake? Were they any good?

Snowflake: YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Well there you have it folks! They're all 'Snowflake Approved'! Second highest honor next to 'Chuck Norris Approved' if you ask me. Now anyway, let's finish this up so we can start the chapter!

Snowflake: YEEEEAAAAAHHHH! *flies up in the air with the enthusiasm of his 'YEAH!' then lands on the ground. Cracking in underneath him*

Wow, that's a lot of enthusiasm... Oh well, hope you all enjoy the chapter! *turns to Snowflake and gets ready to say it*

Snowflake and Me: YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Intro Area Decorations to Date: A broken ceiling, wires all around the floor, thousands of tiny pieces of paper, some stray pieces of tape and glue lying around, scorch markings on the floor that spell out 'Blitz Waz Herez', a baby T-Rex named Dino, the TARTIS, Trixie's hat laying next to the TARTIS, a giant golden statue of Stepony (Pony Stephano) who is wearing a Rarity shirt, a chalkboard with names of most the main characters that have tallies under each of them (Rarity having the most), a Rarity flag on the floor, and cracks on the ground.

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP. All I own is this idea, Blitz, Dino, RJ, and anything else that I've personally created throughout the story. That not including the three background characters that belong to three of the readers that read this story!

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Twilight's POV

"Come on Spike, it's your move." I told him, waiting for him to take his turn.

"Hold on Twilight, I'm trying to think! It's not exactly easy to beat you at chess, you know!" Spike said, getting frustrated by my nagging. But I didn't really pay attention to the second sentence as I heard what he first said. About him trying to think.

Perfect. I thought to myself, seeing him get back into deep thought. I then focused my magic on Spike's mind, trying to learn my latest spell. Mind Reading.

It was a very advanced, yet amazingly difficult, spell to learn as you might have guessed. So the only way to truly practice it was to make sure the target of the Mind Reading spell was in deep thought, or had a lot on their mind in general. Which is why I wanted to play Spike in a game where it's all strategy, that way I was sure that Spike would have a lot to think about.

So with my horn glowing lightly, I focused on Spike's mind. Trying to hear just what he was thinking. And after a few seconds, it started to work!

"Okay, you can do this! This opportunity doesn't happen everyday! That giant pile of gems... All for me if I can just take eight pieces of Twilight's side! And I've already taken seven of them! Oh, I can already taste that big juicy sapphire sticking out of the pile! So succulent and juicy... Oh, I just can't bare not eating that gem!"

I can't believe it! It was working! I could hear what Spike was thinking! Only, it took a lot out of me. By the time I stopped the spell, I was trying to keep from panting, and I could feel a headache starting.

Luckily, Spike wasn't paying attention as he got ready to make a move. And even though I read his mind, I didn't know what his plan was. Guess I was a little impatient in using the spell. Oh well, from where his team is, I know that he can't take any of my team this turn now matter what.

He saw this though and sighed, just moving his knight ahead a little, getting him in a position to take my queen. But as soon as he let go of the piece, he immediately regretted it. "Oh wait, I messed up! Can I move my piece back?!" He asked, not seeing my rook on the same row as his knight, which I could now take.

I giggled a little at his slip up and shook his head. "Sorry Spike, but that'd be bending the rules." I said cheerfully as I moved the rook with my magic, taking his knight. This left him with his king, three pawns, on rook of his own and a-OH NO!

"Ha! Got ya Twilight!" He gloated as he took his bishop, bringing it across the board and taking my knight. And more specifically, my eighth piece.

I sighed in defeat, but couldn't help but smile at him. "Congratulations Spike. You took eight of my pieces. You get the gems." I said, levitating the pile from my side, over to his. It was only fair, being that he actually got this close to beating him. To bad it wasn't a real game of chess though, because he had left his king wide-open for my queen to take, thanks to that move of his.

"I can't believe it! I actually did it! Usually, I only take like three pieces before you win!" He said, salivating over the pile of gems he won.

"Yeah well, I had my mind on something else. Well, I'll let you eat that big juicy sapphire of yours before I have you do something else for me." I told him, putting quotation marks around 'big juicy sapphire' with my hooves.

"Thanks Twilight! I've been thinking about that sapphire ever since you challenged me to a game of chess!... Wait a second! How come you knew that I was thinking about it?" Spike asked. That's when he realized it and smiled greatly. "Did you use the Mind Reading spell?" He asked, so proud that I was able to do it.

"Yes. Although, it only worked for a little bit and left me exhausted." I told him, being honest.

He knew that I had been trying to learn about this spell and how to use it for a few days now, and this is the first time I've actually tried it. And while it was an invasion of privacy, it could be really helpful for knowing how to calm down a beast or some pony that was infuriated about something. So it was only meant for the most dependable and trustworthy ponies. Me fitting in that category by Princess Celestia's standards. Which when I first heard, I had to admit I was a little over-joyed...Hehehe...

"Well it's still great! That means that you can use the spell!" Spike said, feeling happy for me.

"Well, sort of." He stopped smiling and looked at me with confusion. "Not every pony thinks the same way, so I'll need to learn how to read different types of minds than just one."

"Got it... How do we do that?" He asked, sucking on the sapphire.

"Well, can you get a few of the others and invite them to come as soon as they can? They might be willing to help me out if I ask." I asked him, still a little tired to go out right this instant.

"Got it! You can count on me Twilight!" Spike said, heading outside with the sapphire in his mouth, and a bowl-full of gems balanced on his tail. I knew I could trust him to do this for me. And I didn't have to read his mind to know that.

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Rarity's POV

"Don't worry sir, I assure you that these robes of yours will be one-hundred percent to your liking." I told him with complete confidence.

"Really? You sure? Because out of what every pony said, you have some kind of obsession with gems whenever it comes to clothes." He said with a risen eyebrow.

"Oh please, it's not an obsession. It's just most of the time a necessity." I said, brushing that little bit of gossip aside. Though I could see why every pony say that. And it wasn't really a bad thing, so I just kept the thought of ponies gossiping about my ravishing clothing line in mind on that subject.

Speaking of, the fact that he had asked around for a place that could make him these robes made me realize that he had to be new to Ponyville. I should've known this sooner though, since Pinkie Pie always throws a little soiree for any newcomers that move into Ponyville.

But back on topic, this new resident of Ponyville's name was Swift Lightning. He had blue eyes along with a dark blue coat, which reminded me somewhat of Rainbow Dash's. And his tail and mane was black with a red streak that went down a little off to the right instead of the middle. Finally, his Cutie Mark was a simple shield with a lightning bolt going across it. What it resembled, I hadn't asked but it wasn't for the literal sense. It had a meaning behind it. Much like Twilight or Cheerilee's marks.

What he was doing in my shop was obvious enough though. He wanted me to make him some white robes with red as the secondary color. He had called them the AC B-hood Robes, which I had no idea what that meant. The 'B-hood' part confused me slightly, but since the design on these robes called for a hood to be stitched onto them, I guessed this just was to make it sound a bit mysterious. Next was the initials 'AC', which I didn't understand either. Though I don't know if I want to. I couldn't quite place it, but the thought of those two letters being side by side like that made me cringe in slight fear mentally. About a very... Violent subject for some reason.

So ignoring the name, I looked back over the design he presented with me, writing down any side notes that I needed to remind myself of the design. 'No Gems' not being a problem for me since it was a very difficult to forget something like that.

"If you say so. Just please don't add anything onto the design. I like it the way it is." Swift told me, not budging on the matter.

"Oh, you won't have to worry about that darling, I honestly love the design myself. In fact, I wouldn't change one thing about it." I said to him with a polite smile and nod.

Though if I had to change anything myself, I would add a few gems here and there, not too many. Along with change the color scheme to white and dark purple. That way it would match my mane. Oh, and speaking of I suppose that I would edit the design to not include the hood. But I digress, the design was great in its simplicity.

"Okay, thanks. When do you think it'll be done?" He asked me.

"Oh, right. I never clarified. Well, luckily I finished all of my critical projects so it should be done soon. Come back in say... Three hours." I said with a nod as I levitated the design off the table, along with the notes.

"Three hours? You sure you can make it in just three hours?" He asked me, unsure of my talent on the subject.

I simply chuckled a little at his question. "Well I suppose it's obvious for a newcomer to doubt my creative skills. But to answer your question, yes. It will be easy for me to finish this clever yet simple design. Perhaps even sooner! Though I won't go that far of course." I told him, sounding a little more boastful than I intended.

"Alright. Thank you again. I'll be back at around three hours I guess. Don't mess it up." He said as he got up to leave. It didn't faze me in the slightest though, as he hadn't yet learned of my talents as a seamstress.

"Oh hi there." I heard a very familiar voice call out as the door opened. After pinning the design in my workroom, I turned around to see Spike coming in as Swift opened the door.

"Hey." Swift said simply as he left, leaving only Spike at the door.

"Okay... Anyway, hey Rarity." Spike said, now all of a sudden forgetting about meeting Swift as he saw me. "Who was that guy?" He asked, not exactly sounding like he liked him being here.

Which was understandable since he did come off as rude towards the poor baby dragon. "Just a customer giving me a simple design to make. So simple, I might just be able to finish it in about twenty minutes. Anyway, what was it you needed?" I asked him.

"Huh... Oh yeah!" Spike said, suddenly remembering. Odd, I wonder just what made him forget. "Twilight wants me to ask all of you if you can come over to the library. She wants some help with a new spell." He told me.

"Help with a new spell? Well even though I am a unicorn, I do not think I have any talent that can assist Twilight in her studies." I said, not wanting to come off even the bit boastful. Even if it would be to just Spike. I am a lady after all, and being boastful is not lady-like in the least.

"Come on Rarity, you have plenty of talent! I'm sure that just your help would be more than enough for Twilight!" Spike said to me, boasting for me.

And even though I was still against that idea of gloating, Spike did make a good point. Twilight wants me and the others to help. Besides, if it will only take around two hours. That still leaves me with plenty of time to make it back so I can work on this custom order.

"Well alright, if you insist Spike. Thank you for telling me that Twilight needs help. I'll head over right now." I said, starting to head for the door. Which Spike held open for me with a smile. My, how chivalrous of him.

"See you there! Rarity..." I heard him say happily as he walked away. I guess I was walking at a slight brisk pace because I didn't hear the second part he was saying. Oh well, if it's anything of dire attention I'm sure he would come after me or simply tell me at Twilight's so I won't fret about it.

Now I wonder just what Twilight wants anyway. Hmm...

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Spike's POV

So after seeing Rarity, I made a B-line for Sugarcube Corner. I just hope Pinkie Pie isn't acting too random today.

And I open the door to find... Mr. Cake moving back and forth frantically. Huh? I wonder what he's up to.

"Hello Mr. Cake. What's up?" I asked, seeing him bring box after box over to the counter. I also noticed that no other pony was in here, though I could hear Pinkie and two giggling twins upstairs.

"Oh, hello Spike." Mr. Cake said, going into the back room.

"Sorry, but we're kind of busy at the moment." Mrs. Cake finished saying as she came from the backroom.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was just wondering if Pinkie could come over for a little while. You see, Twilight needs her help with something." I told them.

"Oh well, we're a little busy at the moment so Pinkie had to watch the kids. But I suppose I could watch them for about half an hour while I box up all the sweets for an important delivery." She said, coming to a compromise. "Pinkie? Are you up there?" She called out upstairs.

But just as she called, Pinkie was already coming down, bringing the twins with her. "Don't worry Mrs. Cake, I heard the whole thing! I promise I'll be back right after I finish helping Twilight!" She said, acting really responsible.

"Oh, that'll be great Pinkie, thank you." Mrs. Cake said, taking the twins and going back to the backroom to help box up all the sweets while Mr. Cake brought them all out to be loaded up.

"Wait, how did you hear the whole thing?" I asked her, confused.

"Oh, well you see I forgot to fix that hole in my floor, so I always hear when a pony comes into the store! One time, I thought the front door was my alarm, and woke up super-duper early! You wouldn't believe how much I've almost tripped in that hole either! But it sure is fun to see Gummy drop his ball down and surprise every pony that comes into the store! And since Gummy's really good at playing catch, the ball bounces right up and through the hole, so Gummy gets a chance to play catch even when I'm not around! But obviously it's twice as fun to play catch when there's twice the players to play catch! So he sometimes waits for me to come back so he can have twice the fun at playing catch! But since Gummy's really creative, and I'm really creative, we have even more than twice the fun! Sometimes, we have three times the fun! Or ten! Oh, oh, and especially this one time, we had three-hundred times the fun! But Gummy always says he has a ga-billion times more fun when I play catch with him! But sometimes, I know that he's only having a million times more fun! But don't tell him I told you! Cause then he'll tell me not to tell him to tell you to tell me!"

Before she could tell me anymore about the really confusing story, I cleared my throat a little. Getting her attention. "Uh Pinkie...Twilight?. Needs your help."

She then gasped really loudly, remembering. "Oh, you're right! I gotta hurry and help Twilight! Bye Spike!" She then jumps up to the hole and talks through it. "Bye Gummy!"

As soon as she landed, she ran outta the store so fast, I lost sight of her once she was out in the street.

"Alright then... Well, that only leaves the others! I better hurry!" I then ran out to get to the closest house from here. Blitz's house.

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Stopping in front of Blitz's door, I knocked on it quickly. Wanting to hurry and get all the others rounded up. When no pony answered the door, I knocked again.

And before I could knock a third time, I heard the window upstairs open. I backed up from the house only to see RJ looking out the window.

"Oh hey RJ. Is Blitz in there?" He simply nodded, knowing that I couldn't understand him.

"Well could you bring him out here?" He then made a few chattering sounds towards me, which had an attitude behind them.

"I'm guessing that was a no... Well, why not?" He then laid against the side of the window and made some snoring sounds.

"He's asleep? But it's two in the afternoon!" RJ simply shrugged, not really sure why Blitz wasn't awake by now either. It was kind of weird though how he was awake while Blitz wasn't, yet he was nocturnal.

"Well could you wake him up? Twilight needs to see him." I told him. RJ thought for a second before giving me a thumbs up and going back inside. Well, at least he wasn't as stubborn as Angel. Though he had an attitude just like him.

A few seconds later, I was shocked to hear a train whistle go off inside the house. "AH!" I heard Blitz yell out, followed by the train whistle stopping. After a little bit of arguing, I saw Blitz come to the window, rubbing his head in pain.

"Note to self: Make ear raccoon proof..." Blitz said before shaking his head to try to make the sound go away. "Hey Spike, what's up?" He asked, trying to act as though nothing happened.

"Well Twilight wants me to try to get every pony to come over to her library to help her with something." I told him, being in a bit of a hurry.

"Oh. Well, I don't have much to do today. Sure, I'll head over right now." He said flying out the window. After a little more chattering, he turned back inside his house and saw RJ. "Don't worry RJ, Fluttershy should be here any minute. I asked her yesterday if she could bring over some raccoon food for you. Plus, there's some food in the fridge." After what seemed to be some calm chattering, Blitz came towards the ground and looked ahead. "Oh, and speaking of, hey Fluttershy. Right on time!"

I turned around to see Fluttershy coming over, bringing what looked like two big bags of food. Each the size of RJ himself. Jeez, that raccoon must eat a lot!

"Thanks again Fluttershy. Sorry I asked for so much." Blitz said. At that moment, RJ jumped out the window and grabbed onto the rain gutter, sliding down it like a fireman's pole. He then ran over to the side of the house for a wagon before bringing it over.

"Oh, it's no problem at all. I'm just glad that I could help." Fluttershy said politely, putting the bags into the wagon RJ brought over.

"Hey Fluttershy, Twilight was wondering if you could come over to help her out." I explained to her.

"Oh. Well I guess I could come over for a while... Though, I need to get back to my animal friends soon to feed them... It's almost their lunch time." She said, not wanting to disappoint either the animals or Twilight.

"Don't worry about it! I'm sure that Twilight will only need your help for a little bit." I reassured her.

"Well if it's only for a little bit then I guess I should go over... Okay." Fluttershy agreed with a nod.

"Alright, great! You two go on ahead, I still gotta get Applejack and Rainbow Dash. See ya!" I said, running off. Maybe after I get Applejack, she can help me find Rainbow Dash.

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Blitz's POV

"Hey Blitz?" I heard Fluttershy say my name.

"What is it?" I asked, turning towards her as we walked towards the library. Which was only a minute away and in view

"What do you think Twilight needs help with?" She asked me. That is, if you know what she needs..." She added, trying not to sound rude or anything about helping Twilight.

"Don't know. Spike was in a hurry to get the others. I'm guessing he was trying to get us all there. Must be important I guess." I didn't really know since Spike didn't go into much detail about it.

"Oh... Well, I hope we can help her. I don't want to end up burdening her more than trying to help her." She said, not sure if she could help Twilight.

"I'm sure it's nothing. Probably just answering some questions, or helping her out with her books. Probably nothing that bad." I guessed, thinking nothing of it.

As soon as we got there, we walked in, seeing some of the others already. Those being Twilight obviously, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie.

"Hey Fluttershy. Hey Blitz. Glad you two could come." Twilight said with a smile.

"Hey Twilight. What did you need?" I asked her, hoping that both me and Fluttershy would get an answer.

"Well you see, I've been trying to learn this spell. And to do it, I needed all of your help. but since Pinkie and Rarity are on schedules of their own, we better hurry. Especially since I know how it is to be late about something." She said, keeping them in mind.

"Oh um... I don't have much time either... Unless you really need me to stay for a while that is..." Fluttershy said quietly.

"Oh, well in that case I guess we can get started now. I mean, I don't need all of you here at once for this. So I'll try to see if I can use the spell quickly. You see, it's a very advanced spell that lets you read another ponies mind." She explained to us.

"Kind of an invasion of personal space, don't you think?" I said, not really liking where this was going.

"Don't worry, I don't plan on using it unless it's during emergencies. It's supposed to be for learning why some pony is doing something wrong or harmful towards others. That way, the unicorn who used the spell could figure out how to resolve the problem. Although, I can see why you might call it an invasion of privacy since some unicorns that have learned it in the past have used it for wrong doings. Still, the princess thought it would be fine for me to learn it in case a problem happened." She explained further.

"Alright, well we trust you Twilight." Rarity said, speaking for all of us.

"How come you needed all of us for this though? I mean, can't you master it after reading one ponies mind?" I asked, still kind of unsure about this. I mean, it was telepathy after all. And I didn't really like anything like this to be honest. It just never seemed right to me.

And when I saw Fluttershy and Rarity giving me some slight frowns in disapproval, Pinkie Pie just smiled at me.

"Oh come on Blitz, this is going to be so much fun! She can be like a fortune-teller if she did this! Like me!" Pinkie then gasped, getting an idea. "Then we can tell each other's fortunes! Then we can team up and use our fortune-teller powers to tell all of Ponyville their fortunes! Every pony will be SO fortunate after getting their fortunes!" She then giggled at the thought of it all.

"Okay, okay, I'll go along with it." I agreed, not really seeing the problem with it if Twilight was only going to do it once to us to try to learn how to do it. Besides, I guess it could be useful eventually.

"Great! Now what all of you have to do is pretty easy. I just need you to think about some pony else in the room. But not out loud! And as you are, I'll read each of your minds one at a time. Once I'm done I'll tell you to stop and I'll tell you who's thinking about who. Just don't make a sound. The spell's needs complete concentration, and something might end up backfiring if I was to break concentration." She informed us all.

"Don't you worry Twilight! Not a peep, shush, or snortle will come from any of us!" Pinkie Pie said, speaking for us all.

"Good. As soon as you've all closed your eyes to think of some pony else, I'll start the spell." She told us.

One by one, they each closed their eyes, thinking about some pony else just like she said. I looked at Twilight one more time, her waiting on me so she could start.

I sighed quietly and closed my eyes, starting to think. I went ahead and just choose Twilight though, since my mind just kept coming back to how her spell could go wrong.

Okay, so what is there to think about Twilight anyway? Well, I guess she's the smartest of us all. Of course, she does have an unfair advantage since she lives in a library. But really, magic does take a lot of studying I guess. And I was never much of a reader. Speaking of, what made Twilight want to read so much anyway? What, did her parents have a private library right next door to her room? I guess that'd be as good reason as any to start reading. Or maybe it's because she was chosen by Celestia to be taught? I don't know honestly. And- wait a minute? I just realized. Twilight said the spell might backfire right? What did she mean by that?!

Oh great, it's too late to back out of this, isn't it?! Great, now there's a slight chance that this might be bad! Wait, hold on there Blitz. This is Twilight you're talking about. She's way more aware about spells and what might happen. I'm pretty sure that everything's going to be just-

Before I could even finish that thought, I heard a loud and surprised gasp. And before I could open my eyes, I felt a sharp pain in my head before falling to the ground unconscious, along with all the others that were in the room.

Oh, what was Twilight thinking?

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Well there ends the first part! I really hope that you all liked this chapter! Honestly, I liked how it turned out, even though it took me a while. You see, schools just now starting for me, and since I just transferred to a new school, it's going to be murder for me! Still, with all of that, I hope that I can still get these chapters done in a decent amount of time. Though, I'm not sure how well since I'm not sure just how much homework this new schools going to be shoveling me.

Still, hope you all enjoyed it! See you at tomorrow for the next episode! Bye for now!

QotC: What do you think about the Mind Reading Spell?