Author's note: This is going to be my first Nyx centered chapter.

Chapter 19: Crazy Ponies' Origins

Ok, then, what is up with the girls?

Today in the library, Nyx and I ran into the girls hanging out there. While me, Nyx, and Twilight have actually been using the library, but the other 5 have been whispering among themselves. And why do they keep looking at us?

I lean over, and poke Twilight to get her attention, "You haven't told them what I am yet?" I asked in a whisper.

"No, I haven't," Twilight whispered back, looking over at the girls whispering to each other, "And I don't know what they are up to either."

Odd, but knowing these ponies, plus Pinkie, it might be some kind of party.

"Daddy," Nyx said to me, "I got to go, the girls are waiting for me. We are going to see if we can find our cutie marks."

"Alright Nyx, and be safe," I told her as she left the library.

Once Nyx left, Rainbow approached me and Twilight. "Hey girls, me and the other girls are going to be hanging out at Café and the hour, and wanted to see if you girls wanted to join?"

"Hmm, sounds like fun," Twilight replied.

"I have nothing else to do anyway," I told her.

"Great, we will meet there in an hour, and don't be late," Rainbow said running back to the girls to whisper again.

I wonder what they are planning.

(Nyx's POV)

I looked down from the platform that the girls and I were standing on. What was Scootaloo thinking?

We were all currently hooked up together to do this thing zip-line thing that she wanted to do.

"Are you sure about this, Scootaloo?" Sweetie asked, staying away from the sides, "I've never even heard of a pony zip-lining before.

"Neither have I, but Spike told me it was awesome!" Scootaloo called out, and then she jumped off, and pulled the rest of us along

This only lasted a few seconds before we all came to a stop, thank Celestia. But my hope was quickly smashed when we saw that the rope was catching fire, and dropped us, thanks Celestia.

We all ended up falling into a tree, and hitting the ground. Wait, am I covered in tree sap? Ew.

I began to wipe off the sticky stuff off of me while the girls talked.

"See anything?" Applebloom asked.

"Tree sap and pine needles, but no cutie mark," Scootaloo said as she cleaned her own coat.

"Plan B?" Sweetie asked.

"Yeah. You know where we can find a cannon at this hour? It's no use! No matter what we try, we always end up without our cutie marks. And, surprisingly often, covered in tree sap," Scootaloo said.

"Um, how about we don't do Plan B," I suggested, "It might be too…dangerous."

"Yeah, lets to something safer like pillow testing or flower sniffing," Sweetie suggested.

Applebloom then had an idea, "This town is full of ponies who have their cutie marks. Why don't we ask them how they did it?"

"Hmm, that is a good idea," I said. Honestly, I just don't want to do Plan B, too many teeth.

"That's a great safe idea," Sweetie agreed.

"Yeah! And we can start with the coolest pony in Ponyville," Scootaloo said excitedly.

"Applejack!" Applebloom called out.

"Rarity!" Sweetie shouted.

"Twilight!" I called out. Twilight is very smart, and can do some great magic.

"Come on, guys, I said "cool"! You know who I'm talking about. She's fast. She's tough. She's not afraid of anything!" Scootaloo shouted.

"Pinkie Pie?" We all guessed.

"No! The greatest flyer ever to come out of Cloudsdale," Scootaloo continued. Oh, I see now.

"Fluttershy?" Applebloom and Sweetie asked.

"No!" Scootaloo said, and I and she said the last part together, "Rainbow Dash!"

"Oh! Yeah, that makes much more sense," Applebloom agreed.

"Of course!" Sweetie said with a large smile.

"Let's do it. Let's find out how Rainbow Dash earned her cutie mark!" Scootaloo said, offering a sappy high hoof. I am not touching that.

"YEAH!" the other shouted, and gave Scootaloo a high hoof, but ended up stuck together.

Sigh, these girls…

After we manage to get them all unstuck, we all got into the wagon connected to Scootaloo's scooter, and headed down the path.

We were on the path for a few minutes before Scootaloo had to stop us; there were rabbits on the pat.

"Get back here, you thievin' varmints!" We heard Applejack's voice coming from somewhere.

"Thievin' what now?" Applebloom asked. But then Applejack jumped out at us, and crashed.

What is with the CMC, and pain?

"Apple Bloom?" Applejack asked as we all started to recover.

"Hey sis! How'd you get your cutie mark?" Applebloom asked.

This might work, multiple sources could help us.

"I never told you that story?" Applejack asked as we all got up.

"Hey! I thought we were gonna ask Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo shouted.

"We need all the help we can get," Applebloom argued.

"Ugh. Fine," Scootaloo said, giving in.

"Why, shoot. I was just a little filly. Even littler than y'all," Applejack said, but then she began to look off in the distant, "I didn't want to spend my life on a muddy old apple farm. I wanted to live the sophisticated life, like my Aunt n' Uncle Orange. So I set out to try my luck in the big city, Manehattan! The most cosmopolitan city in all of Equestria. I knew I'd find out who I was meant to be in Manehattan."

Applejack then stopped talking for a bit, like see was remembering what happened.

"I never felt so homesick in all my days as I did right then," Applejack continued depressed, but quickly changed to amassment, "It was amazin'! A rainbow pointin' right back to... home. In that moment, it all became clear. I knew right then just who I was supposed to be. That's when this here appeared.I've been happily workin' in the farm ever since."

Did that story seem a little disjointed? Like she only spoke about only half of what happened?

Then, to our right, those rabbits from before returned, and blew raspberries at Applejack.

"There they are! Get back here, ya thievin' varmints!" Applejack called out, and gave the rabbits a chase.

"Aw. That was such a sweet story!" Sweetie said.

"Sweet? Try sappy. Come on! We've got to find Rainbow Dash and hear the cool way to get a cutie mark," Scootaloo declared as we rode off again in the wagon. But was stopped when we found Fluttershy.

I wonder what daddy is up to.

(Chrome's POV)

Well Twilight and I ended up both going to the lunch gathering together, and hopefully get some answers from the girls' weird behavior.

When we arrived at the café, none of the others have shown up.

"Where are they?" Twilight asked, looking around.

"Might be late," I suggested, "Lets grab a table." So we both went to a nearby table and waited a bit.

After a few minutes, Rainbow showed up.

"Hey girls, sorry but me and the other girls can't make it, but you two can enjoy, bye," Rainbow said quickly, and zoomed off.

"That was… unexpected," Twilight said, recovering from Rainbow's arrival.

"Yeah, it was. Well I guess it is just you and me now," I said.

"Yeah," Twilight said, leaving an awkward silence.

This is becoming a bit too much, "So Twilight how has your study on the Flower of Life?" I asked.

At the idea of showing off her research, Twilight perked up.

"It is going quite well, I have already found numerous connections to the Flower, and the biology of many living things. I still can't believe how something so simple can tell so much," Twilight said happily.

"Well since I don't have anywhere to be, why don't I help you out with it," I offered, and Twilight's eyes lit up.

"Really?! That's great!" Twilight said as she pulled a quill and notepad from somewhere.

"Alright Twilight, what you need to know is that you need to move beyond the second dimension to understand" I started.

(Nyx's POV)

Well Fluttershy's story was a little helpful, but was still rather disjointed like Applejack's. And what is with this rainbow they saw?

But right now, the girls and I are going through a form of torture brought about by Rarity: We had to be dress models.

"How did we get roped into this? Oh, we'll never hear Rainbow Dash's story," Scootaloo asked, enjoying this as much as me..

"Are you girls still obsessing over your cutie marks?" Rarity asked.

"Not really," I said, but no one heard me over Sweetie.

"Of course! Most of the fillies at school already have theirs," Sweetie told Rarity.

"Mmm, I know how you feel. For the longest time I couldn't figure out why I didn't have mine," Rarity began her story, "I tried every trick I could think of, but nothing seemed to work. The costumes just weren't right. And the play opened that night. I had no idea where my horn was taking me. But unicorn magic doesn't happen without a reason. I knew this had to do with my love of fashion and maybe even my cutie mark! I knew that this was... MY DESTINY!"

Another disjointed story. I'm glad none of them write stories, or a lot of ponies would be confused.

"Ugh! These namby-pamby stories aren't getting us any closer to our cutie marks! They're all about finding who you really are and boring stuff like that," Scootaloo exclaimed as we removed our dressed.

Glad I kept my vest on.

"Yes, Scootaloo, that's exactly..." Rarity started.

"Come on, girls! We need action! We need Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo called out, and led us out of Rarity's shop.

The girls and I got back into the wagon, and headed off into the town.

I then noticed my dad, and Twilight at the café.

"Scootaloo, head over there. We might find where Rainbow is from them," I suggested. Honestly I wanted to hear Twilight's story.

Scootaloo took my detour, and we approached them.

"And that is how Equestria was created," I heard my dad say to Twilight.

I looked over at Twilight, and she had about 5 note pads on the table, and she was writing in one of the quickly.

He was giving Twilight the Flower of Life lesson too? I wonder if she understood it better than I did.

"Hi Daddy, hi Twilight," I called out as we got near them. The two turned to look at me.

"Oh hello girls what brings you here?" Twilight asked.

"I thought you went off to find your cutie marks," Daddy said.

"We are, but we are asking ponies about how they got theirs to help us," I told him.

"Oh, I remember when I got my cutie mark," Twilight suddenly started speaking, "As a young filly in Canterlot, I always wanted to go to the Summer Sun Celebration, where Princess Celestia raises the sun. And I saw the most amazing, most wonderful thing I've ever seen. I poured myself into learning everything I could about magic. My parents decided to enroll me in Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. It was a dream come true! Except for one thing... I had to pass an entrance exam! I knew it was the most important day of my life, that my entire future would be affected by the outcome of this day and I was about to blow it!"

Suddenly Twilight stopped talking, and looked up at the sky.

Then Twilight spoke in, what I guess was royal like, "Twilight Sparkle. You have a very special gift. I don't think I've ever come across a unicorn with your raw abilities. you need to learn to tame these abilities through focused study. Twilight Sparkle, I'd like to make you my own personal protégé here at the school," Twilight then began to giggle, "One other thing, Twilight." Twilight motioned to her cutie mark.

Then Twilight stopped speaking weirdly, and began to jump around like Pinkie chanting "yes, yes, yes, yes"

"Okay, okay," Applebloom said to the happy Twilight.

"We're happy for you, Twilight," Sweetie said.

"Yeah, it was a good story," I said. At least it was less disjointed then the others.

"Yeah, thrilled. Let's get out of here while we still can," Scootaloo said, as we left.

Twilight can be an odd pony sometimes.

(Chrome's POV)

I continued to watch as Twilight jumped around celebrating her past victory.

"Yesyes, YEEEES!" Twilight said, then noticing the crowd she has drawn.

"Are you okay?" One of the ponies asked.

"Um... yes," Twilight giggled, and returned to her seat.

"That was rather interesting," I said.

"Sorry, I just got a little excited," Twilight said blushing at her actions. That was a little excited? Well I have seen her catch fire before when angry.

"It is alright."

Then the waiter came to us, and handed me the bill, "Your bill sir."

Meh, I have piles of gold in the Everfree now, I have money. I put a couple of bits on the bill, and handed it back to the waiter.

"Thank you sir, may you and your marefriend have a nice day," he said as her walked away. A marefriend? Must be another one of those pony terms.

When I turned to ask Twilight what that term was, she was avoiding looking at me. Odd.

"Well it was being here Twilight, but I am off to find Rainbow," I told her.

"Rainbow? Why?" She said, still avoiding eye contact.

"Well, I'm going to find out what she set up."

"Set up?"

"Twilight, Rainbow is a bad liar, so I am going to see why the girls really didn't show up," I said, and began to walk off.

"Wait," Twilight told me and then walked beside me, "I'm coming too… you know, to know?"

"Um, ok," I said. Why is she so off put by that term? Is it a slur of some kind?

(Nyx's POV)

"Ugh! Why don't we ever smash into Rainbow Dash?!" Scootaloo complained as we rode around the town.

Why haven't we tried her house yet?

"You're looking for Rainbow Dash? If I was her, I'd be at Sugarcube Corner. Of course, if I was anyone, I'd be at Sugarcube Corner," Pinkie said, appearing in the wagon.

What the hay?

Pinkie then almost fell off the wagon, but me and Applebloom grabbed her before she fell off.

"Hey! I have an idea! Wanna go to Sugarcube Corner?" Pinkie suggested.

"Well, we're sort of looking for Rainbow Dash, so we can hear how she got her cutie mark," Sweetie told her.

"Cutie mark? Come with me and I'll tell you how I got mine!" Pinkie exclaimed.

5 bits says it involves a party.

"Why not?" Scootaloo sighed.

"Alright!" Pinkie exclaimed, "My sisters and I were raised on a rock farm outside of Ponyville. We spent our days working the fields. There was no talking. There was no smiling," Pinkie's face turned plain, it was disturbing, "There were only rocks. We were in the south field, preparing to rotate the rocks to the east field when all of a sudden... I'd never felt joy like that before! It felt so good I just wanted to keep smiling forever! And I wanted everyone I knew to smile too, but rainbows don't come along that often. I wondered, how else could I create some smiles?"

Then Pinkie started doing voices like Twilight did earlier.

"We better harvest the rocks from the south field," She said in a male voice.

"Pinkamena Diane Pie! Is that you?" A female voice was next,

"Mom! I need you and dad and the sisters to come in. Quick!" Pinkie said in higher pitch voice, "Surprise! You like it? It's called... a party!" Then Pinkie's hair went flat, "Oh. You don't like it." But then the hair went back to poufy, "You like it! I'm so happy!"

"And that's how Equestria was made!" Pinkie finished in her normal voice.

"Wha... huh?" Scootaloo asked in confusion.

"Look! We're here!" Applebloom said, pointing at Sugercube Corner.

Pinkie then got out of the wagon, and walked in, "Maybe on the way home I can tell you the story of how I got my cutie mark. It's a gem!"

…

"Oh, come on. She's just being Pinkie Pie," Sweetie told us.

The four of us then enter the shop, and there was everypony, including Rainbow.

"Rainbow Dash! You're here!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"I hear you're looking for my cutie mark story," Rainbow said knowingly.

"You have no idea what I've been through today to hear that story," Scootaloo sighed.

"It all happened during the race at Flight Camp..." Rainbow started, "...where I stood alone against all odds to defend Fluttershy's honor. I've never flown like THAT before! That freedom was unlike anything I've ever felt! The speed, the adrenaline, the wind in my mane... I liked it... a lot! Turns out the only thing I liked more than flying fast... was winning! Most people thought that the Sonic Rainboom was just an old mare's tail. But that day... The day I discovered racing... I proved that the legends were true. I made the impossible happen! And that, little ones, is how you earn a cutie mark.

"Whooooaaaa..." the girls said in amazement.

So she is fast… I still like Twilight's story better.

"Wait a second. I heard that explosion. And I saw the rainbow too. Rainbow Dash, if you hadn't scared the animals, I never would have learned I could communicate with them and gotten my cutie mark," Fluttershy told Rainbow.

"I heard that boom! And right afterwards, there was this amazing rainbow that taught me to smile," Pinkie added.

"When I got my cutie mark, I saw a rainbow that pointed me home. I bet it was your sonic rainboom!" Applejack said.

"There was an explosion I could never explain when I got my cutie mark," Rarity continued.

"This is uncanny! If that explosion didn't happen when it did, I would have blown my entrance exam. Rainbow Dash, I think you helped me earn my cutie mark too!" Twilight said, putting together the pieced.

"Looks like Rainbow did something right when she stopped thinking, and started doing," Dad commented.

"Whoa!" Rainbow yelled out as Pinkie glomped her.

"We all owe our cutie marks to you!" Pinkie said.

"Do you realize what this means? All of us had a special connection before we even met," Fluttershy said as the other gather around Rainbow.

"We've been BFFs forever and we didn't even know it!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Come here, y'all," Applejack said, pulling everypony in for a group hug.

"I'm so glad we're friends!" Fluttershy said.

"I love you, guys!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Awwww..." Applebloom and Sweetie said.

My daddy was the first one to struggle out of the hug. I don't think he wanted to be apart of it.

"Ewwww... Gimme a break. Come on, Crusaders! Maybe we just need to try zip-lining again," Scootaloo sighed.

"I think that this was all really helpful Scootaloo," I told her.

"Hey. How about a song?" Fluttershy asked, and was met with cries of approval.

"NO!" Scootaloo shouted.

(Chrome's POV)

Ok, it is official, ponies can only sing spontaneously.

After the ponies finished their number, I gathered the girls at a table.

"Alright, now what was with this morning?" I ask them. Twilight's eyes widen as she remembers why we came here.

"Yeah, you guys were acting oddly, and then you never showed up!" Twilight said.

The girls were refusing to meet either mine or Twilight's gaze.

"Well, we just thought it would be good for you girls," Bird Brain said first.

""Good for us"? What are you talking about?" Twilight asked.

"Well darling, since you two have spent so much time together, we kinda decided to give you two a kick in the flank to move," Rarity said.

….Are they really suggesting what I think they are?

"So you just decided that Twilight and I should be in a relationship?" I asked, causing Twilight to realize what really happened and blushed.

"Well ya'," Applejack said, "I mean it is pretty obvious."

I sigh at this, "Girls, I understand that you thought your hearts were in the right place, but you can't force a relationship."

"Yeah, I mean we don't really know each other that well! Most of the time we spend together it is for research," Twilight defended.

"Yeah, we know! It was so boring! So we had to speed it up," Pinkie argued.

"Look girls, just let things progress as they are," I told them as Twilight and I left the table.

Before Twilight and I separated, I decided to mess with them a bit.

"Hey Twilight, want to meet again at the park? We can continue from today." I asked her.

"Hmm, I think I can do that, I'll meet you at 1, alright?" She asked.

"Alright, it's a date, see you then," I said as we both left the store, but before I left I looked at the girl's gobsmacked face.

I love messing with them.