Sent in from Mewchu: Have Spike live one of his candy dreams, but with Pinkie Pie instead of Rarity.

Luna's POV

"I made it for you. Ma lady." Spike said as he and the love of his life went over a hill. Looking ahead to see a gingerbread house in the middle of a candy cane forest.

"Aw, but you shouldn't have!" Spike's love answered with a hyper and upbeat attitude. Ready to burst with how excited she was to eat that house.

"But I did. It's the least I could do for my love... Wait." He said, realizing just how different the voices were. And looking off towards what he thought was the marshmallow pony Rarity, he only saw the cotton candy mare Pinkie Pie. "P-Pinkie Pie?!" He asked in utter terror, not knowing it was her.

"Aw, I love you too Spikey-Wikey!" She answered, talking like how Spike wanted Rarity to answer. This was still his dream after all, and it went the exact same way. Only, Pinkie just took Rarity's place. Meaning that whatever and however he originally wanted Rarity to answer, Pinkie would do the exact same. Just with her usual attitude.

"Uh-uh..Uh... AH!" He yelled out, running towards the gingerbread house in fear. Not wanting Pinkie to follow anymore.

"Right behind you my lovely dragon!" She said, giggling and running after Spike. Only to stop in front of the closed door that Spike had locked from the inside. "Oh how I love this house! I wouldn't mind at all eating it!" Pinkie answered, acting as if Spike asked her a question. She then started to eat the door bite by bite.

As she did, I watched from above as she relaxed on the only cloud that wasn't cotton candy. Overlooking the whole scenario. "Tell me Blitz. For what reason did you wish for me to do this to Spike?" I asked. After falling asleep, he found me and asked if we could go over to Spike's dream and change the scene a bit to scare him.

Blitz, who was drinking the chocolate milk rain from a straw that he stuck in the cotton candy cloud he was on. And after swallowing, he spoke up. "To try and make him stop having these weird dreams. Seriously, they're just messed up." He said, reaching into the cloud and pulling out some licorice lightning and eating it.

"Seems ill-mannered, hence the dreams you have of The Element of Loyalty." I answered, raising an eyebrow at his reasoning. This made him go wide-eyed and spit out the strand of licorice. Making it turn into the size of a lightning bolt and strike the ground below.

"I-uh-I don't have those dreams!" He tried to lie, already starting to turn red. And seeing my small grin at his ill-prepared lie, he started going back to the straw to drink more chocolate milk. "Often..." He added, admitting the truth as he tried to hide his red face by drinking from the cloud.

"Anyway, let us read the top comments before Spike wakes up." I said, changing the subject before Blitz turned the color of Philomena.

3: GingerTyPerior.
This cat would help. I love danger, and I definitely understand what happens when something you love breaks.

"Well I think I speak for RJ when he says welcome aboard!" Blitz said, laughing a bit. "Just be careful. RJ usually doesn't have a destination. He just walks blindly into Everfree usually and tries to follow the first dangerous animal he sees. No telling how that ends for any animal that goes with him."

2: gakuseiakira.
(still mixing a potion)
well what the hay is the string for? I can see the sheet and wig and that is going to be hilarious. and to answer the QotC: No if I saw RJ out and about I would try to make my self scarce. just look what happened in over the hedge.

(rummages amongst some bottles for a bit) ah there is the eye of spider. now I just need a dragon's scale and a few test subjects. (the potion which is nearly black is in a corked bottle) should I use Trixie or Rainbow... Hey do you mind if I borrowed Rainbow for a bit and a half (bad money joke) I have this potion which should do something interesting. I wonder what would happen if I mixed this with a certain purple poison. *laughs evilly*

"Dude, I dare you to make that joke again." Blitz said, glaring about what he just said about Rainbow Dash.

"Calm yourself Blitz. I believe that we agreed I would respond to the second comment." I said, turning towards all of you. "It will probably be best that you hide from RJ. That raccoon has almost faced certain death." I then frowned. "And a little warning to you personally Sir Gaku. If you are making the potion I believe you are, then you best be wary. Because once it's taken care of and over with, any pony that gets affected by it will have more than enough reason to get revenge against you."

"Onto the last comment I guess." Blitz said, still pretty ticked.

1: ceeceerocks2000.
Would I help RJ? Well, RJ is an untamed and reckless raccoon. Of course I would help him! Just one question-Can I be a pony that shape shifts into an animal? In my case, I would shape shift into a fox. Oh, well, deal with it.
Anyway, awesome chapter, I loved it!
Sincerely, the self appointed/undisputed ruler of the world.

I glare towards you next. "I'm sorry, but would you mind repeating that to me? Personally? I have a complaint." No way was I about to let that go on by.

"Hey, I thought it was my turn." Blitz told me, chuckling a little at my response. "Anyway, I'm sure it'd be fine. Besides, can we really object to you wanting to turn into a fictional character with the power to turn into a fox in a fictional story based on a fictional story? How can we say no to that fictional dream?...No seriously, how do we say no, because that's pretty confusing."

"Anyway, with the comments wrapped up, let's look back to Spike and see how his dream's going." Blitz told all of you as our focus went back to the dream below.

"Spikey-Wikey, I could just kiss you for everything you've done for me!" Pinkie said, having finally eaten through the door and now cornered Spike in the house. Still acting like dream Rarity.

"No! No! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" We heard Spike yell from inside. The whole dream sequence shacking from Spike finally starting to wake up from his nightmare.

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After waking up, Spike shot up from his bed. Wide-eyed, in a cold sweat, and breathing heavily. Not able to shake what he just woke up from.

"I am never having that dream again...Or three tubs of ice cream before bed..." He said to himself, not wanting to think about that dream again. I need some water..." He said, getting out of bed and out of the room. Careful not to wake Twilight up.

As he got downstairs though, he heard a knock on the door. So before he went to the kitchen he went to answer it. "Who's knocking at the door at two in the morning?"

After opening the door, he got his answer. "Hi there Spikey-Wikey!" Pinkie greeted with a great big smile on her face.

"AH!" Spike didn't even waste any time as he slammed the door right in Pinkie's face. Too scared to even consider what was to happen next. "I'M GOIN BACK TO BED!" He screamed, sprinting up the stairs before going back into the room. Silently pulling his small bed behind Twilight's so he could hide from his latest dream sadly coming true.

Disclaimer: (As told by Princess Luna): Zeke does not own MLP. All he owns is the story, Blitz, Dino, RJ, Theo, and anything else that he has personally created throughout the story. That not including the three background characters that belong to three of the readers that read this story! LET THE ENJOYMENT BE DOUBLED!

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RJ's POV

"Just about...Done!" I yelled out in relief as I jumped off my little project. "Now all that's left is to wait for Angel and-

"RJ! Over here!" Owlowiscious called out from up above, flying down towards me and the project I had been working on since I got to the park. And after landing down near me, he stopped holding what looked like a semi-wet comforter. It was a little air-dried since Owlowiscious had been flying around with it. That being why he was out of breath because that comforter had to be really hard to fly over. "I got your comforter. And don't you dare tell me it won't due, because I will not be able to find something else like this."

"No, it'll do well enough. Now put over next to the skeleton I built and we'll be set." I told him, pointing towards my little creation. It was a rough model, but give me a little credit. I only had branches, bark, vines, rocks, and a boomerang to use as tools. Not to mention only seven minutes to build it. So of course it looked pretty much like a filly's school project that got broken on the way to school and put back together with dirt and mud for glue. Again, I did the best I could here!

"Oh, so that's what your plan is." Owlowiscious said as he laid the comforter next to my part of the work. I guess it was pretty easy for him to figure out since he saw two of the pieces here. "How do you plan on actually putting this together though? Last I checked, you didn't know a thing about sewing."

"Yeah, well, that's where you and Angel come in. Angel's seen and helped Fluttershy with sewing before, and you said that you've seen Twilight hoof-stitch small stuff before. So between the two of you, I'm sure it'll be good enough." I said reassuringly. Besides, it was just sewing the comforter to my creation, and not to mention the tail and mane Angel was supposed to bring.

"Speaking of Angel, where is he? I thought he would've gotten here faster since he didn't have to come the long way to avoid getting caught." I said, starting to get nervous. "We only have like ten minutes before the tournament starts, and-"

"I'm...Right...Here..." I heard an out-of-breath bunny say from behind me. And turning around, I saw him wearing the tail and mane as he came up. Had to admit that even though he looked pretty stupid with a mullet, it was a pretty good way to carry the stuff. Maybe if he had a carrot in his mouth to make him look like some kinda 'tough guy' or something.

"Perfect! And you got a tail instead of a bunch of string! That'll make it even easier to get on with my plan!" I said, getting excited that this might go along easier than I thought. "Next, I need you to-"

"There's more?!" He asked, shocked to hear me asking more of him. "Are you serious?! Do you know what I had to go through to get this?! How much pain do I need to go through to make us even?!"

"Way more than I'm asking, I'll tell you that." I told him, setting the record straight. "But don't worry, this is the easy part! All I need you to do is sew that comforter to that pile of wood. And after that, sew the mane and tail onto the comforter. Then sew this picture onto the back of the comforter." I said, holding up a picture of a sunset that was just the right size.

"And, where did you even get that picture?" Owlowiscious asked me, curious as to how I got it.

"I found a book in the garbage and cut it out of the cover with this sewing needle!" I said, taking a sewing needle out from the lid of my ball cap. "By the way, here you go Angel." I said, handing it to him. Ignoring the glare he was aiming at me ten-fold.

"You-you ripped up the cover of a book?! Are you insane?!" Owlowiscious asked, his eyes going as wide as possible. "I-I don't even know how to respond to this right now!" Wow, he really is Twilight's companion. Still, it's pretty funny watching him freak out like that... Actually, it's funny to watch him freak out over anything. It's like watching a butler just start yelling and stuttering like a maniac.

"Hey, it was thrown out when I found it. So it was a horrible book to begin with." I defended myself. "So Angel, do you think you can sew this up?"

He sighed, knowing that he had no choice but to sew it up. "Fine, I'll sew it up. Just, give me a minute or two." He said, not liking that he had to do even more work instead of just relaxing back at Ponyville right now. Still, he turned towards everything we brought and set up. Only to go wide-eyed at what my plan was. "Oh, you have to be kidding me. That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen! How would any pony even fall for that dumb little plan?" He asked, already insulting my plan.

"Hey! I worked as hard as I could on it! Besides, it looks good enough. All we gotta do is ride it into the tournament, beat every pony that's there, then get the trophy and get outta there before any of them realize what's going on! It's the perfect plan! Please just sew it up! This is the easiest part!" I told him, now starting to get nervous. Angel would only do so much more before giving up in a fit of rage.

And then it would just be me and Owlowiscious. Who, no pun intended, wasn't going to be that useful from here on out. He would just be along for the ride for the rest of this, and would have no way in helping me out. So that meant that I had to rely on Angel for the rest of this. Something that I knew was a hard thing to count on.

"Err..." He growled, trying to decide on what to do. No matter what he could've done though, he knew he was trapped here and already getting in trouble, so he gave up. "Fine. Just be lucky I let you drag me into this." He told me, going back to the comforter to sew it onto the wooden skeleton I made. It was all going according to plan. All that we had to do after this was get into that tournament, then get out with the trophy. Piece of cake.

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Spike's POV

"Twilight, are you sure they came here?" I asked as we got off the train. Stepping onto the station and looking around from where we were. None of the guards were looking anywhere particular, and there wasn't any extra security or lack of ponies. With a bird, and two small animals, you'd think some pony would yell out 'RAT!' or something.

"I'm sure of it. Besides, aren't you the one who came up with this plan?" She asked, wondering why I was starting to change my mind now.

"Yeah, but it was just a paper that RJ ripped up. How could they even get on the train and get off at Canterlot without any pony knowing?" I asked, going over what we've seen already. Not even one pony was looking around to try and avoid any kind of rodent. And unless walking small animals was some kind of new fashion sense or something, one of these upper-class ponies should be freaking out right now.

"Well I guess you have a point, but we need to be sure. We are already here. Besides, according to this newspaper, it says Princess Celestia's overlooking this croquet match. If she finds out that it was our pets that interrupted it, we may very well be in as much trouble as our pets!" She told me, freaking out a little about Princess Celestia getting mad at her.

It seemed kind of over-exaggerated to me. I mean Princess Celestia punishing us? The same princess that invited all of us to the Gala knowing that we would make a mess of it? "Twilight, I don't think that's it." I told her. "Why would the Princess do that?"

"I don't know, but I don't want to find out either." Twilight said, trying to get back on task in order to stop worrying about it. "Let's try and find some clues. We need to find a bunny, raccoon, and owl before it's too late."

"Did you say bunny?" Turning around, we saw a small filly looking at us with a small smile. "I've seen a bunny."

"You have? Where?" I asked, hoping it was Angel she saw.

"Uh-huh. I was in a costume store and I saw a stuffed bunny in there on the ground. But when I convinced my mommy to let me have it, I saw the bunny run out of the store." She told us. "It was so funny too because these two fancy unicorns who were looking up in the air didn't see him coming and they got really scared!" She added, laughing about how funny it was.

Twilight went wide-eyed and looked towards me. "That might be Angel!" She looked towards the filly. "Was there a owl or raccoon with him?! Or, what did the bunny look like?"

"Well... I don't think there was any other animal with him. But he had white fur, and was still wearing that mullet and tail I put on him." She said, trying to think of something else about him.

I then turned towards Twilight, confused by what the filly was saying. To try and ask her something without the filly noticing, I mouthed, "mullet?" Of course, she didn't know what to say either and just shrugged at my question.

"Oh-oh-oh! I remember one last thing!" The filly told us, happy to remember one last thing. "The one reason I thought he was a doll and not a real bunny was because of how pretty he looked!" That in itself made me snicker at what she said. "No really! He had this really pretty tail that was really fluffy and everything!"

"Wait. Pretty tail?" I asked, realizing what she said. "You mean, it was really pampered and fluffed?" I asked, knowing about that one important part all too well. Especially since that was the reason he ran away from me in the first place some time ago.

"Yep! That's exactly what...Wait, did you call him Angel?" She asked, getting a big smile on her face. "That's even better than the name I gave him! I gotta remember that! Mom!" She said, running off to find her mother.

"Wait, which way did he run off two?!" Twilight tried to ask, but it was too late as she weaved in and out of the large crowd of ponies and luggage with no problem at all. "Well so much for that." She said, frowning at how close we were to finding Angel.

"Well at least we know that they're here in Canterlot now." I said, trying to find a bright side to it. "And maybe they're trying to get into that croquet tournament still." I reminded her, showing the newspaper clipping I had with me.

That was enough to make her jump up in sudden excitement, glad to have remembered that much. "You're right Spike!" She told me, using her magic to levitate me onto her back. "Come on, we have a croquet match to go to!" She told me, trying to run towards the park. Only to be slowed down a bit by the crowd of ponies.

"Well, so much for getting there any time soon..." I said, trying to look ahead of her. There was a ton of ponies at the train station right now, and it might be a while until we get there. Maybe this wasn't going to be as simple as I thought...

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RJ's POV

"Alright you two! We ready to go?!" I asked, getting excited about our plan. We were all sitting inside my master creation, and were going to use it to get into the tournament without being noticed.

"Ready to go? We don't even know how to move this thing around! In case you haven't noticed, we're inside your dumb excuse for an animal-controlled pony!" Angel argued, mad what we were doing. "Not to mention, you couldn't make this any bigger?!"

He had a point. The pony costume I made was a little small. The skeleton part I made was made from sticks. Like a Timberwolf, but in the shape of a pony. And our 'operation room' was the stomach/chest area. I made it so all three of us could stand in it. Me at the front where I could operate the front legs and head so I could see what was ahead of us. Owlowiscious just sitting in the middle to make sure none of the wooden ribs cracked and look through a tiny slot in the side of the comforter that was acting as the coat of a pony. And finally, Angel in the rear to move the back legs.

I guess they're wrong about what they say. Nice guys aren't the only ones that finish last.

"Hey, do you think a croquet playing, pony champion would be fat?" I asked him, not even looking forward as we all went ahead. I moved the front right hoof as Angel moved the rear left hoof. Then the front left hoof with rear right hoof. Then just repeated this over and over again until we got to the other side of the park.

"Well, if he's a champion of a stupid game like croquet..." Angel said, considering it for a second. "Chances are, he can't be that successful in life."

"Or that good looking..." Owlowiscious commented as he looked out the small cut that was on the side of the comforter. Watching what was going on from outside to make sure we were safe.

"Hey, we don't look that bad. We could easily pass off for a pony. At least our eyes are pointed in the right direction." I mumbled, noting how I got at least that much right.

"Yeah, well that's not stopping other ponies from giving us odd stares." He told us, watching them. "I don't think this is going to work for too long..."

"Looks can be deceiving my feathered friend. Besides, our skills in croquet will make up for it!" I said, determined to win this.

"Do you even know how to play croquet?" Angel asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh come on, what's there to learn? You hit a ball with a mallet. Go through some hopes. Hit a peg, and...That's it!" I said, explaining the concept of it all in just a few small sentences! That proves that we can easily be the best croquet pony there is!

"Um, no. That's not it." Owlowiscious corrected, frowning at me. "If you're going to be controlling the head, then here's how you play. You go through the rings counter-clockwise. Starting at six o' clock and reaching twelve by going backwards. Then when you get to the twelve o' clock position, hit the beg and go from the twelve 'clock position back to six o' clock. Then after hitting the beginning peg first, you win. Got it?" He asked, telling me all the rules.

Of course, I only paid half attention as I waved him off. "You know too much about this stupid game, you know that?" Seriously, why does an owl, the companion of a nerdy librarian, know so much about stupid croquet?!

"Ugh, you are so hope-oh! Look, we're almost there. I see the registration right there." He said, pointing ahead of us. And thanks to the viewing hole I made at the neck, which was hidden by the head, I could see a pony with a clipboard.

"Perfect. Watch and learn from the master of disguise..." I told them as we made our way over. And stopping in front of the pony with a clipboard, I rose the front left hoof to wave at him. Trying to seem friendly and casual to play it off cool.

"We're doomed..." I heard Angel say from the back of the pony disguise.

"Um...Hello sir...A-are you here for the croquet tournament?" The tournament manager asked. Already being prepared for this, I reached forward and grabbed a handle that was connected to the pony head. Moving it up and down a few times to make the disguise, which I named Crook, nod. You know, like a thief and croquet mixed together? Pretty clever huh?!

"Oh! Are you interested in signing up to be in the tournament?" He asked, to which I made Crook nod again. Grinning towards the others at my genius. "Well, I'll need a few things to let you compete. Such as the entrance fee of ten bits." He said, politely holding out his hoof to take the bits.

"Great, how do we afford to pay that much?" Angel asked from the back, not even needing to be quiet since ponies couldn't hear him talking. Even if he was yelling at the top of his lungs, they wouldn't hear. Bunnies were pretty weird if you ask me.

"Got it covered." I whispered in response as I took off my cap to reveal a small bag of bits. Courtesy of scavenging the train, trash cans, and opposite side of the park. You'd be surprised how much cash you could save up searching public places like that. It all adds up.

So having the small bag of ten bits exactly, I set it inside the head of Crook. More specifically, his mouth. So with it in place, I tilted Crook's head down and unzipped his mouth from inside quietly. Making the bag of bits fall out from Crook's mouth and right into the stallion's hoof.

"I-uh-o-okay..." The pony said, a little disgusted that Crook basically barfed a bag of bits onto his hoof. Luckily, the guy was a unicorn and checked inside the bag with his magic. Counting up the bits before keeping them and levitating the small bag back. To which I made Crook eat when it got close to his mouth so I could take it back. "Well...I guess all that leaves is your name." The stallion said, trying to wrap this up before it got weirder.

"Uh-oh..." I said, getting a little shocked about that. "I forgot to make a name-tag or something..." I whispered to them, trying to think of something quick before we blew our cover.

"Really?! All this and you forgot to write a name down?!" Owlowiscious asked, getting furious. But as soon as he yelled that at me, he immediately covered up his beak with his wings. Me and Angel trying to cover his beak with our paws too in desperation. But it was too late. He already spoke out very loudly. That pony wasn't going to let that go by without acknowledging it.

"Who?! Who else is there, I'm talking to you!" The stallion responded, confused about why Crook just blurted out 'Who?!' out of nowhere.

I gasped as I started getting a plan. Ponies could only hear chittering coming from me, and can't even hear a noise from Angel. But Owlowiscious said 'Who'. At least, that's all ponies can understand from him. And since 'who' was a word...

"Owlowiscious, quick! Say 'who'!" I whispered to him, smiling greatly at the chance we had. Luckily, Crook's mouth was open a little, and moving a bit from all of us moving around. So it almost looked as if Crook was talking.

"What?!" He asked in a whisper now. But knowing my plan, he glared. "Oh, you cannot be serious, can you?" He asked with a dead look, not liking any of this. He hated the word 'who' because of all the annoying gags and jokes that came from it. He even tried to avoid using that word towards those who could actually understand him.

"Come on you stupid owl! We're this far in! Just say the dumb word and get it over with!" Angel yelled, not wanting to lose all of this just because of Owlowiscious' pride.

Of course, that ticked off Owlowiscious as he turned his head backwards to face Angel. Glaring at him with hungry eyes. "You know, that muffin was the only thing I've eaten today. And while you're bigger than a mouse, I'm not afraid to spoil my appetite..." He threatened quietly, looking at Angel with the intent to eat him right now.

Before he could say anything though, I turned his head around manually and glared at him. "Come on. You don't even have to say 'who', just say something." I whispered, angry myself.

"Uh sir...I still need your name.." The pony in front of us said, starting to get confused. And he'll figure it out if the owl didn't say something.

"...Fine..." Owlowiscious said, giving up. "My name is-ZOO!..." Before Owlowiscious could finish saying whatever he was about to say, I slugged him in the gut just hard enough to knock the wind out of him. Making him say 'ZOO' instead of whatever he was gonna say. This making Angel fall to his back laughing like mad hatter.

"Whozoo?" The unicorn in front of us asked. "Is that it? Whozoo?" He asked, trying to make sure he heard Owlowiscious right. To which I quickly turned around and nodded Crook's head. As well as closed his mouth up. The moment I was done with that though, Owlowiscious grabbed my neck with his talons, ready to teach me why I should never sucker-punch an owl in the stomach.

"Alright then, Whozoo... All written down! Just enter this gate behind me and stand by the other competitors. You're lucky too. You're the last one to enter the contest. You make one complete game. Not to mention, Princess Celestia will be over-looking the match today. Good luck." He told us, wanting to move right along and forget he ever met 'Whozoo'.

At this point, my neck was being wrung by Owlowiscious. Who wanted nothing but revenge for what I did. But seeing that now I got just as much pain as he did with the punch, he let me go and turned his attention towards Angel. And while Angel had already gotten up and got ready to move, Owlowiscious just sat there glaring at him. Waiting for us to stop moving Crook so he could have his well needed revenge on Angel.

Angel then gulped as me and him started walking Crook in unison again. Not able to look away from Owlowiscious since he was in front of him. "You're next bunny-boy..." He said, talking with a low tone that showed how angry he was. I think he let me off easy because that was the first time I had done something that stupid. Of course, Angel not only made fun of Owlowiscious 'who' problem again, but laughed obnoxiously at how Owlowiscious got punched.

At least I had a reason for punching him. So we could make a fake name for ourselves. Plus, I helped Owlowiscious say something other than 'who' for once. Which he was probably secretly grateful for. Angel had been annoying since they had met so long ago, insulted Owlowiscious ever since, and now laughed at his pain. There was no helping Angel with this one. I just hope Owlowiscious wouldn't blow our cover while teaching Angel a lesson.

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Spike's POV

Okay, so we have good news and bad news about finding RJ, Owlowiscious, and Angel. Good news was that it wasn't that full of ponies like Twilight thought. I guess it was a little obvious since the event wasn't all that exciting, even with Princess Celestia here.

The bad news? Even with the lack of a crowd, we couldn't see any of them! Even though the ponies of Canterlot didn't like 'rats' of any kind, none of them were screaming. And if they weren't screaming, then that meant that they hadn't been found yet. Which was good and bad since we could still find them without Celestia finding out that we had even come to Canterlot.

"Oh Twilight, what a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect you to come." Or, she could come from directly behind us and find us before we had a chance to hide.

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight answered, quickly turning around to face her. Flashing a big smile to seem like she was happy to see her. And even though it was great to see her, now wasn't a good time. "I had no idea you were here!" She said, trying to be nice.

"Wait, didn't it say in the paper that she would be here to watch the tournament?" I asked, pulling out the newspaper to check. Only for me to 'accidentally' slip off Twilight's back. Which not only hurt, but felt embarrassing since I was right in front of Celestia.

Princess Celestia only giggled a bit. "So what brings you two to Canterlot? Is it by chance the croquet match?" She asked, giving a small sad smile for whoever was running this thing. Only about twenty or thirty ponies came to watch this giant thing, and I guess Princess Celestia was trying to help draw in a slightly bigger crowd. Lot a good that did, it all seemed like a lost cause to be honest.

"Oh, uh, well..." Twilight started, looking around to try and think of an answer. Until she spotted an odd looking pony that was playing croquet with some of the others. And while they had horns or wings to play the game without much of a problem, this guy was the only earth pony playing. Not only that, but he was actually pretty good. By the time all the others were halfway to the first peg, this pony was already there.

"Yes Twilight?" Princess Celestia asked, being really patient about her answer. But before Twilight could continue, something else had distracted her. "Ah Philomena. I've been wondering where you were." She said as her pet phoenix landed on her back. And seeing our surprised expressions, she knew just why. "You remember Philomena, right Twilight?" She asked.

"Well yes, but I thought you said Philomena preferred to stay in the royal gardens." Twilight said, knowing that much. Before we came to Ponyville, Philomena always stayed in the royal gardens or somewhere inside of the castle. Except when she was sick or injured, in which case she stayed by Celestia's side. There weren't that many times where Philomena was seen outside of the castle.

"Philomena wanted to come with me to see what was going on outside of the gardens." She explained. Only, Philomena didn't look all that impressed as she tried to keep from yawning. "I was hoping that her appearance would help make this tournament a little more lively."

"Something tells me that won't be a problem for long." I mumbled to myself, knowing what was probably going to happen. Before either of them could question me though, the small amount of ponies that were watching the croquet game started stomping politely towards one of the players that had gotten a good shot I guess.

"Well it seems as though they're having a good time." Celestia said with a smile. "How about we all finish watching the game and we can catch up afterwards?" Celestia asked, trying not to show just how bored she actually was.

"Uh, sure. I mean, of course Princess Celestia!" Twilight said, trying to think of something that would help find those three. As she quickly looked around to think of a plan, she kept noticing how Philomena was fixated on the earth pony that was winning against the others. You couldn't really blame her though. That pony was really weird looking. His Cutie Mark looked a little off, the tail didn't look that great either. Not to mention, he swayed from one side to the other every once in a while.

What was all that about anyway?

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RJ's POV

"Will you two cut it out already?!" I told them, getting annoyed at their arguing. It was even starting to mess up my game! With using my arms, not to mention thumbs, this game was almost as good as ours. Except that they were messing up my game by how much they were arguing. There wasn't any room for that, and since Owlowiscious couldn't turn around along with his head, whenever he tried moving his wings to make a point, they ended up slapping me in the back of the head!

"You're lucky I don't drop you from a cloud for all the mayhem and annoyance you've caused!" The owl hooted, about ready to blow up at this point.

"I've caused?!" Angel asked, not caring about being quiet or not since none of the ponies could hear him anyway. "Turn your creepy head back to normal and you'll see exactly why we're here in the first place! Seriously, you're not even a bit angry at mask face over there?!"

Angel then started to list stuff I've done. Me adding a few side notes to each. "He forced us to come!" "No I didn't." "Made us get some stupid stuff on his grocery list!" "I asked." "Put us in danger by bringing us here!" "I don't think we're in 'danger' dude." "Attacked Spike back at the library!" "Actually, that was you." "And he put us in this stupid costume!"

At that moment, Angel stomped his foot in anger about all the stuff I 'did'. Making one of the pieces of wood that acted like a rib crack under his foot. This was all getting annoying too. I was only three hoops and a stick in the ground away from winning this pack!

"Will you two shut up?!" I asked them, glaring. "Wait until after this is over! Then yell at each other! But right now, just hold on!" I ordered them with a quiet but yelling voice, both of them hearing me and now just glaring. Silently.

"Thank you." I said, turning back towards the head, aiming the mallet carefully. I was still way ahead, but I wanted to get out as soon as possible. So I carefully lined up my shot and brought the mallet back as much as I could. And then carefully followed through with as much precision as I could. That is until an owl got pushed into my back the moment I started bringing the mallet forward. Causing me to accidentally send the croquet ball flying.

The ball went out of control as it flew way off course. Hitting the peg directly instead of going through the hoops and ricocheting off of it and towards the phoenix on Celestia's back. She quickly flew out of the way though, letting the ball bounced off of a nearby lamp post and towards the trophy table, where the pack still was.

"NO!" I yelled from inside the disguise, trying to get out so I could make a run for it before every pony figured out what was going on. Only, I got caught on one of the front leg controls. Making me and the rest of Crook, along with Owlowiscious and Angel, fall forward to the ground. But since Angel cracked Crook down the middle, it split apart on the inside. The comforter Owlowiscious got being the only thing keeping us from tumbling to the ground.

"Are you alright?" I heard Twilight ask, concerned just like every pony else that was there. Sadly, that made Owlowiscious start to freak out at the sound of her voice calling out towards us.

"This is not good!" He cried out, his 'who'ing being muffled by the comforter around us. Though, it could faintly be heard by any pony next to us. But with Twilight, along with the rest of them concerned, Owlowiscious was about to blow it. "Twilight's right over there! We need to think of a solution right now! If we don't than this is just going to get worse!"

"Oh please, it can't get any worse than this small crowd staring at our dumb disguise." Angel said, not at all fazed by Owlowiscious' reaction. Sadly, he said the magic phrase where, EVERYTHING GOES WRONG!

As soon as Angel finished, the comforter that was around us immediately started shrinking because it was made of pure wool. Making the rest of Crook start to break all around us. Trapping us inside and making the sound of wood cracking ring out throughout the small area that was cleared for this whole tournament. Both confusing, scaring, and disturbing all the ponies around us at once.

Before any of them could even respond to any of this however, it only got worse. Since the wool was shrinking and the wood was splintering all over the place, it started cutting holes into the comforter. And as more and more cuts in the fabric appeared, the wool finally split down the middle. No longer holding the two separate parts of our pony disguise and making the front part fall forward, and the back part backwards. Splitting apart like an egg and revealing us in the middle of the whole crowd. Shocking Spike and Twilight. Generally confusing Princess Celestia. Stunning the whole crowd of Canterlot ponies, and making the phoenix fall off of Celestia's back in laughter.

"The owl!" A white coat, light pink mane and tail, unicorn shrieked out as she and a fancy looking unicorn looked stunned. "And that's the comforter he took!" She added, noticing how that was the same exact thing.

"Hey it's Ranger!" A foal called out with a smile as she pointed towards Angel. "And that's the mane and tail from the toy store!" She figured out, pointing to the mullet and tail that we managed to sew onto the comforter.

So with Angel and Owlowiscious sticking out of the second half of the disguise, they all saw the two of them. Only having a reaction each that wasn't really that of being terrified, but just sudden realization. I was alone in the first half though, and stuck in between the head controls so none of them could see me. Which I realized just a few seconds later might've been a good thing. Because the second I figured my way out of the destroyed head machines, I peeked my head out to try and find that trophy, only to be met with this 'heartwarming' response. One that I almost always hear whenever I go out in clear view to the public.

"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" A civilized Canterlot pony yelled out, in utter terror when he saw me. It's always the birds and usual pets like bunnies and cats that are never yelled at. And why do they always jump to the conclusion that I'm a rat?! Seriously, I look more like a cat or skunk if anything! Some could even say I'm a squirrel! But no. Every time some pony sees a furry little creature that they can't determine, it's immediately 'EEK! A RAT!'

I swear, it's like almost every pony is biased to raccoons! If you ask me, they should be amazed by the sight of a raccoon! Raccoons can climb just as good as squirrels! Can be as smart as monkeys! Civil enough to be pets! We can even eat like goats! Seriously, just give us your leftovers and your garbage can won't smell like rotten food all the time!

So after just deciding I was a rat without any proof, they all went into a panic. Not even caring anymore that 'the rat' piloted a pony costume with an arguing owl and bunny! So to take care of their rat problem, most of them ran like little girls. But like ten of them stayed and were 'brave' enough to take on the evil rat! About three of them actually stood indifferent though. That being the foal that knew Angel, kind of, and the fancy unicorn and, whom I'm guessing, is his wife? They just acted normal about it.

Still, that wasn't good enough as the ten ponies with angry expressions charged towards the three of us. "Run!" I heard a voice yell out to us. We didn't even look to see who it was, we just started going. Not wanting to be caught by the group of angry ponies.

Owlowiscious just flew him and Angel up into the air and towards the nearest building with me right behind them. And when they flew up and over that building, I just made a B-line for the rain gutter. Climbing up it so I could meet up with them. Leaving those ponies behind on the ground so they couldn't get us. We all just stood on top of the roof. Watching all the ponies below try and come after us. Only, we were shocked as we saw one or two of them were pegasi. Flying up to catch us with no where else to really escape

"Come on you three!" We heard a voice call out from behind us, startling us even more than before. And before we could even turn to look at who was behind us, we were all blinded by a flash of light. Disappearing from the roof and leaving the crowd there, confused as to what happened to us.

---

Not even a second later, we all reappeared back at the train station. Tripping to the ground since the footing was different than the angled roof we were just on. We were in the middle of the plaza too. Some ponies, mostly guards, glancing our way. But when they saw what happened, they just acted a little confused more than scared or anything to see three animals just appear out of nowhere.

I would've questioned why they were all ignoring us after a few seconds, but the problem answered itself. Literally. "Do you three know what could've happened to you?!"

We all turned around, Owlowiscious just turning his head, to see Twilight with a concerned look on her face. "We've been looking all over for you three! When Spike said that you three just ran away without warning, me and Fluttershy freaked out!"

"Wait a second," I started, turning towards Owlowiscious. "I thought you said that Twilight told you to follow us."

"Ah, yes, that. Well, you see I... Thought ahead and came after you two. Knowing Twilight would ask for my help anyway." He said, hoping I would buy that.

"No you didn't! Come on, I'm not that gullible!" I said, feeling a little insulted that he think I would buy that horrible lie.

"Alright fine. It's just after your explanation of adventures, I wanted to see just what made it so appealing to go on them. And truth be told, it was a little entertaining." Owlowiscious explained, stating his reason. He looked pretty pathetic with his sad owl face, but I saw his reasoning and let him be.

"You three are not getting off easy." Twilight told us with a frown. "You ran away from home. Made a mess of the library. Stole a comforter, wig, and tail. Broke into the croquet game. Interrupted an important event with Celestia overlooking. And caused a small riot. Why did you three think that any of this would be-"

"Quite the event."

We all turned in confusion towards the air. Hearing a female's royal, yet young and entertained voice call out to us. The voice sounded more entertained than upset like every pony that was around. Not to mention the tone of the voice sounded a little mischievous by nature. As if she was always planning something else for the heck of it.

And once the figure in question landed on Twilight's back, Twilight not really having a way to object, she spoke up again. "So you are the three who came into that boring old game with the pony costume?" Celestia's companioned phoenix asked with a smile on her face.

"Uh...Ahem. Yes, that was us, your highness..." Owlowiscious said, a little nervous to talk with her. To be honest, so was I. One thing was that she was a phoenix. Something that the animal kingdom always thought as natural-born rulers. Not to mention, it was the ruler's companion. Pretty much making her a ruler of the animal kingdom without a doubt.

"Yeah...We made a pretty stupid scene huh?" I added, just as fearful as Owlowiscious. This was one animal I didn't want to get on the wrong side of. Luckily, I think she was a little forgivable.

"A 'pretty stupid scene'?" She asked with a frown, not wanting to agree with that. "That doesn't begin to describe it." She said with a shake of her head.

"We apologize for our misbehavior. You see, we wanted to help our friend RJ here." Owlowiscious explained with as he gestured towards me with his wing. Not wanting to put any blame on me, but make a point. "You see, something meaningful of his was destroyed, and the only way to help him cheer up was to get a replica of that very same object." He told her, me not stopping him. Angel didn't either because he was honestly terrified of the phoenix getting angry at him.

Twilight on the other paw, just stood by. Letting this play out. She might not have understood what we were saying, but she got the point. The phoenix was talking to us about what just happened. And with our sad and guilty looks, she figured that we learned our lesson.

"So, you're all apologizing?" The phoenix asked, still frowning at us. And with all three of us nodding, bowing our heads in shame, she finally spoke her actual opinion instead of just going over what really happened. "Well don't be!"

"Say what now?" "Come again?" "Phoenix say wha...?" Angel, Owlowiscious, and me asked respectively. All of us completely off-guard by what she said.

"Don't be sorry!" She repeated with a great big grin on her face. "What you three did back there was the best thing I've ever seen! I've never seen three small animals dress up as a pony just to win a trophy!" She told us as she took a step forward. None of us could believe our ears. The royal phoenix had gone from regal and wise, to impressed and fan-girl in a matter of one sentence. She acted like we were the celebrities here! It was pretty over-whelming too to see a phoenix fan-girl over us too. You wouldn't really expect it.

"You're...Not mad at us?" Owlowiscious asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Not at all!" She said, smiling all the way. "Do you know just how boring it was to watch all those regal and up-tight ponies play a boring game like croquet?!" She asked us, making fun of the high-class ponies of Canterlot by faking a fancy accent. "I thought I was gonna burst into ash from boredom for the second time this year!" She told us. Wait, second time?

But not wanting this chance to be lost, I spoke up with a smirk. "Well glad some animal liked my idea! Those two were against it from the start!" I said with an up-beat attitude. The phoenix chuckling in approval. She still had that kind of royal-ness about her, but she was way more relatable than any other royal family member. She didn't even act like royalty really. But she still seemed like she could take charge like Celestia at any moment.

"W-well hold on a second." Owlowiscious said, taking a step forward. "I do believe you found out that I came here by my own choice. Meaning that I didn't object with the plan at all." He said, not wanting to be singled out. Sure, he wasn't one for much action unless it was necessary, but he saw what I was doing with staying on her good side. And that bird was more than smart enough to know that being on good terms with the royal phoenix was a good idea.

"Well I think that you're all crazy..." Angel mumbled, not really afraid of the phoenix anymore. Instead, he was just as mad at her as he was us.

"Shush!" We both yelled, wanting him to be quiet before he ruined this for us.

"But..." Angel started, ignoring us. "I guess it didn't end as badly as I thought." He said with an indifferent shrug. That was more than enough for me and Owlowiscious to back off though. Angel didn't want to act like he was impressed by anything, because he liked to look like he was better than everything else. But even if he gave a small compliment like that, the animals that knew him enough could recognize when he was impressed.

"So even domestic bunnies like adventure! Who knew?!" I asked with a laugh, making Angel frown at me and Owlowiscious smile at the irony. Seconds later, Angel couldn't help but smirk a little at the irony too.

"Well, it's good to see that you three are all good friends." The phoenix said, showing just how wise she could act. "I don't think we've all been formally introduced. My name is Philomena. Princess Celestia's pet." She told us, not minding the term.

"Angel Bunny. Fluttershy's companion." Angel said, not wanting to mouth off to Celestia's pet.

"Owlowiscious. Twilight's pet." Owlowiscious answered with a nod, not minding about the term pet. Again, he didn't see what was wrong with it. Guess he just wouldn't get it.

"RJ. Blitz's companion." I answered with a smile, knowing that Philomena was nice enough to just talk to normally.

She nodded. "Yes. Actually, I think I remember seeing you." She said, turning towards Angel. "If you see Fluttershy again, would you mind saying hello for me? I haven't seen her ever since I died one or two deaths ago." She said, saying that last part so nonchalantly. Honestly, did she not care how, when, or why she dies? Is she that cocky about not dying? I know that I can be a little free-spirited, but wow.

"Twilight. There you are."

Before we could have our conversation go on, we were all interrupted by the sound of some pony's voice calling out to Twilight from the bus that had pulled in around the same time we appeared here. It was Fluttershy. Walking off the train with a saddlebag over her back as she came over. Of course, seeing Angel she flipped out.

"Angel!" She cried out, flying over very quickly and hugging the life out of him. Letting the three of us snicker at him. "I was so afraid that you had gotten hurt, or left in between Ponyville and Canterlot, or stolen by some pony on accident! I'm just so glad you're okay!" She said, not letting him go from her tearful reunion.

"Ow...Flutters...Chocking me..." He said with his soon to be dying breath, unable to say anything since no pony could even hear a bunny talk to begin with.

"RJ!" She called out, spotting me next. But in self-defense, I hid behind Owlowiscious. Not wanting my spine to be hugged out of me. Only, I didn't get a hug more than I did a disappointed glance. Not The Stare, thank Celestia, but something I didn't want to get nonetheless.

"You have a ton of explaining to do mister. Are you hurt? Did you try to steal anything? You didn't eat anything too unhealthy, did you?" She asked, concerned about all of that as if she were a worried mother.

"Uh...No." I answered, not sure how to respond to that. I mean, I just ran away and she's asking those questions. "I'm fine."

She sighed with relief, knowing Angel was okay before her bone crushing hug. So was Owlowiscious because he was pretty wise to avoid problems like that. "Well good. I'm glad to see all of you are okay." As she looked at all three of us, she saw a new face. "Philomena? You're here too?"

"Yes. Nice to see you once again Fluttershy. How are you doing?" She asked with a calm smile.

"Glad to see you too." Fluttershy answered with a smile. Apparently, even though she couldn't speak bird all that well, she understood Philomena pretty well. It was probably because phoenix's could almost sound like they were talking in pony language. "I'm here because RJ forgot something back in Ponyville." She told us, reaching for her saddlebag. And what she pulled out made my jaw drop to the floor.

It was my pack. My original pack with all my stuff in it. Not only that, but it had a few newly stitched in pockets on the sides of it. Four to be exact. My umbrella, fishing pole, and even a pretty sturdy looking stick Fluttershy must've found was inside. Everything was brand new and fixed up. Even the parts that didn't rip apart. The strap had some kind of padding on it to make it comfier. It was at an angle where I could pull something out without having to take it off first. And of course, the bottom part was stitched back on.

Philomena saw that I was having my own little moment with my fixed up pack and gladly talked to the other animals for me. Twilight asked how Fluttershy fixed this all up so fast, Fluttershy answering shyly as she carefully gave me my pack.

I put my boomerang in at the top with the fishing rod, walking stick, and umbrella, those three things being the most important. I then put it on, having the memories all flood back to me about all the adventures and stuff I've had.

Wanting to humor myself, I checked the four pockets Fluttershy put in. I mean, if she found that walking stick, maybe she got something else right? So I checked the first one, it having a few silver bits in it. Not much money in pony standards, but still it was nice of her. The second pocket didn't have anything, and neither did the third one. I didn't mind though. I mean, fixing my pack was more than enough, not counting the improvements and stuff she put into it!

The fourth pouch was different though. After unzipping it I reached in and felt nothing at first. But after pulling my paw out, I felt something thin brush against it. Something that was cloth right the rest of the pocket. Reaching in and getting it out, that being sort of hard since it was leaned up against the side, I looked at it. It was a small square shaped piece of paper-no. Not paper. It did look like paper on one side, and the borders of the other side were paper. But in the middle was something much more colorful than just the white paper.

It was a picture. The picture had a little ware on it, not to mention the color had faded a bit, but you could see the picture without a problem. It was taken in a forest, and you could tell that who took the picture wasn't very good at it. Because you could see some of a small blue hoof in the corner where a pony's hoof got in front of the lens while they were taking it.

The picture focused on a group of animals in a small, not Everfree, forest. Where bunnies, squirrels, birds, and even frogs lay in a field all around one small baby animal and a young pegasus. One that looked a little weak and had a pale coat, but was happy and relaxed as she looked towards the small animal. I recognized her as Fluttershy right away. The pale coat, wings, pink mane and tail, and finally her Cutie Mark. This must've been after she got it.

There was a banner above all of them that was painted by hoof. Spelling out: 'Happy 4th Birthday Masker!' In big black and white letters over a green banner. Making it look like it had my colors on it.

Under the mask was a young happy raccoon. Happy to be getting one of the best gifts in the history of ever. A navy blue pack, lined with black to make it look cooler. Fluttershy knew how much he loved running around and finding stuff to use. Especially that weird red bent stick that when you threw, always came back. Even when you didn't want to, as proved by how many times he hit his head on the re-bound.

Still, it was so useful. Without it, I'm not sure how hard it would be to get around with my tools. Like that time I saw an Ursa Minor. I tripped over a tree that was just outside his cave. Which the Ursa was right outside of, meaning that I was right above his head. If the pack didn't hook onto the tree branch and catch me, I'd probably be long gone by now.

I've had that thing for six years now. And one pony year is three in raccoon years. So technically, I was twelve at that birthday, but still. By the time I was six, I didn't show up at Fluttershy's cottage that looked different all that time ago. It was only a fourth of it's size and not as green and filled with animals as it is now.

I guess with all the adventures I went, I forgot about that kind of stuff. Fluttershy is older and different than she was before. She acted like a kind and caring big sister then, but now? She was border-line Super Mom. Not to mention, all her friends made me forget all of it.

By this point, I was tearing up. My mask and fur hiding most of it, but my eyes still had that glassy look to them. Fluttershy, who finished explaining everything to Twilight, saw this and hugged me. Not a death hug like she gave Angel, who by the way was still rubbing his back in pain, but a gentle one. Something I used to hate all that time ago because it always made me go to tears, but now it was different.

Until recently, I was on my own. Not wanting to admit I was alone by going on adventures. Don't get me wrong, I would've probably done adventuring stuff either way.

"It's okay." Fluttershy said, tearing up too. Since I made her probably freak out when I disappeared, she was upset too. That making me feel like the worst raccoon in the history of ever. "I missed you Masker." She said, using the same name she gave me so long ago. I didn't wear a mask back then, nor the hat either, but being a raccoon my fur had a permanent mask on my face. Something she used to choose my name.

As we ended the hug, I couldn't help but just smile at the one pony, or anyone, who was pretty much a mother-figure to me. Sure she kept me from doing the bigger adventures back then, but it was always to keep me safe. Besides, now that I look back at it, maybe climbing up that steep mountain to try and see if I could fly like a flying squirrel was too dangerous.

"Hello every pony."

We all froze in place at the sound of one certain regal voice coming towards us. One even more regal than Philomena's voice. Not only that, but it was a voice that all of us, especially Twilight and Fluttershy, could understand. Princess Celestia. And coming behind her was Spike, who was pulling some kind of wagon with something sort of tall on it. Though, there was a blanket over top of it, so we couldn't see it.

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight said, her and Fluttershy bowing towards her. Philomena flew over to Princess Celestia's back. Angel got on Fluttershy's, and Owlowiscious got on Twilight's. I stayed on the ground though, having nowhere to go really since Blitz was still at home, sick. That reminds me, maybe I shouldn't tell him about this trip of mine...Ahehe...

"We're really sorry about RJ and the other critters interrupting the croquet tournament! We promise that we won't let them come back to Canterlot again, and we promise to take better care of-"

"It's quite alright Twilight. I understand that this wasn't your doing at all. In fact, I'm not angry at any of you. This including dear RJ, Owlowiscious, and Angel." She told us, making us all stop standing stiff.

"She...She doesn't mind?..." I asked, more towards myself than any pony else. "But why?" It didn't make much since to me because of what all we did.

"Because like Philomena might have already addressed, the tournament is awful. Not as awful as the Gala, but still rather boring." She answered, scaring me a little. Yeah, she could probably guess that's what I was saying, but you still gotta wonder. Did she understand me like Fluttershy?

"Not only that, but I'm afraid that costume wasn't that well of a disguise. I saw you all coming." She told us with a sympathetic smile. Pathetic being my plan we she saw it coming. "Still, it was great while it lasted. You even won something." She told us with a smile.

"Won? What do you mean?" Twilight asked, all five of us confused. Spike on the other paw just stayed behind Celestia. Smiling along with her since he knew what she was talking about.

"Well, since all the other croquet players left the field before you three did, that means you won by default!" He said, grabbing hold of the blanket. "Which means, you all won this!" He said, ripping the blanket off to reveal the trophy. And the pack that was on top of it. The whole thing completely intact, despite the whole riot thing that happened.

"We...We won that..." Angel said with a complete look of surprise. Eye twitching at what had just happened. He was just surprised out of his mind that we won that trophy. But after snapping out of it, he jumped down next to me. "So...Any other adventure in mind?" He asked, kind of wanting to get something else out of an adventure.

"Are you sure you want to give them this?" Twilight asked, not sure whether that was a good idea. Of course, she didn't want to go against the princess. "I mean, they did ruin the game."

"I'm sure Twilight. In fact, I'd like them to come back next year. No doubt a raccoon, bunny, and owl playing croquet would draw in a crowd." Celestia told her, figuring a way to help every pony. Keeping us out of trouble, entertaining an audience of ponies, and helping the tournament get a little more interesting. It was a win-win-win solution!

"What do you think guys?" I asked, looking towards the two of them with a smile. "Think we could win another game like this?"

"Well, it would be interesting..." Owlowiscious mused, thinking over how today went. It was definitely different from any usual day of Ponyville. Which even he had to admit was nice.

"Go through all of this again so we could win another trophy?" Angel asked, liking the whole trophy part. I didn't really like trophies all that much, so I wouldn't mind letting him say it was his. And I'm sure it was a sacrifice Owlowiscious could go with making. "Alright, I'll go along with it." He said with a shrug, again trying to hide his enthusiasm.

"So will I." Owlowiscious said with a nod. This making all of us come into agreement about the whole thing.

"Alright." I said, turning towards Fluttershy. "We'll be glad to." I said, telling her since she could translate my chittering into pony language.

She simply smiled, knowing that it would be something we all liked. Not to mention, she knew it would be safe so she didn't worry like she would anything else. "RJ said they would love to." She told Celestia with a smile.

"Alright then. I, along with Canterlot, await your visit for next year." She said with a polite smile. "But, you all might want to hurry back to Ponyville soon. The train's about to go, and I should warn you about-"

"There they are!" All of us turned to see the same small group of ponies that came after us. Intent on catching us before we got our 'filth' all over Canterlot.

"Come on!" Spike yelled out, pulling the trophy towards the train. Having a bit of trouble with it. Me and Angel got behind the wagon and started pushing as Owlowiscious tried to grab the top of the trophy. Wanting to help pull it into the train. And even with the four of us pulling, we only got it moving a little bit.

Fluttershy stood by the door, scared to face the angry small mob that was coming after us. And Twilight faced the princess. Giving a small sad smile at the trouble we were about to be in. "Thank you Princess Celestia. I'll be sure to send my Friendship Report in on time about this. No doubt we've all learned something about this."

"I can't wait to read it." She said with a nod. "Goodbye Twilight. And please tell Blitz that me and Luna wish him well." She told her, having heard about it from Spike.

"Twilight, come on!" Spike said, the four of us almost at the train entrance trying to get the wagon to come up the small step. Don't you hate when something on wheels gets stuck in a doorway or something?

"Bye!" She said, running for the train as the mob was just about here. She used her magic to move all four of us and the trophy, but not wagon, inside the train. And the second she got in a pushed the wagon out of the way, the doors closed. Locking the mob out of the train where Celestia and Philomena just stood with a calm smile. Not really stunned about their anger at all.

After the train started moving, we made our way to an empty cart. All three of us relaxing I a seat while Spike stayed in his own with the trophy, and Twilight and Fluttershy took a different one.

"So, what should we do about their trophy?" Spike asked, drooling over the gems that were set on it.

"Well, I think we should put it in the center of the library where it'll be safe. Not to mention, it can be viewed and not eaten." Twilight said, making sure Spike heard that last part well enough. Making him smile guiltily. "What about you three? Do you think that's a..."

After asking, she saw that the three of us were knocked out. Me and Owlowiscious dead tired since it was day. And Angel because he was awake too early and had run around so much. So, it made sense that we were all too tired to even be awake right now.

Overall, today was a pretty great day. Sure Angel's complaining got under my fur, not to mention ticked off Owlowiscious. Not only that, but the riot towards the end of it all was unexpected. Still, that's the great thing about adventures. You had no idea what to expect or how it would end. You just go along with it. And I knew that it this was just the beginning of the great adventures that were bound to happen. I mean come on, the ponies we were the companions of got into so many adventures and problems! It was only a matter of time before some swung towards us.

And when they come, we'll be ready.

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Wow, this took it's sweet time coming out didn't it?! I'm really sorry about the timing on the episode. On Monday when I was supposed to finish this episode, my family dragged me down to see my other family at the last minute. So I wasn't able to plan around that. Not to mention, with Google+ and my internet dying on me, nothing helped.

I'm sorry about the delay, and I don't think I should ever have a issue like this again. Especially after my family got the realization that they never told me about this 'planned trip'. Sadly, I got a problem now.

Started in a few days, Monday night for me, I'm flying down to Florida to see my grandparents and be going to Georgia to see my aunt, uncle, and two cousins. Not to mention, learn how to drive stick shift so I can buy my grandpa's truck! *Insert Rainbow Dash's 'So Awesome' face here*

I'll be there for about five days, so it'll be a long while before I post the next episode... I'm sorry about that every pony. If anything, I'll only be talking on PMs. Maybe even editing the first 16 chapters to make them better ;). But I'm sure non eof that matters. I mean, ONLY SEVEN DAYS ARE LEFT! Seven small days until MLP S4 is on the air! You know I'll be waiting for that to happen!

One final thing before I go. I know that the 'Halloween Special' I made wasn't all that good. So while I was off any fast internet, I found a good story on FimFiction! Sweetie's Mansion! It's amazing, suspenseful, filled with death, though not so much gore like certain stories, and it's based off one of my favorite games EVER! Luigi's Mansion! You'll see the similarities real soon, but it splits itself from the game in so many ways! For instance, it gives you these choices that can lead to you killing Sweetie. I won't spoil anything else, but you need to try it! Seriously, check it out when you get the chance! It is THE! BEST! POSSIBLE! THING! And it borderlines horror movie status in some parts!

And with that said, I'll go ahead and get going. Got a lot to pack for a plane ride to Florida by myself. Until next time every pony! I'm Zeke, and I will see you next episode!

QotC: If you were a pet for one of the mane seven, which one would you want to be he pet of? And for that case, would you want to be called pet or companion? (Being one of their pets doesn't mean you have to be one of the current pets)