"So you're sure about this?" Spike asked as I set a rock onto the library table.

"Absolutely," I replied, "those books Celestia sent were pretty simple." Celestia had sent me some of Starswirl The Bearded's books since I had pretty much run out of useful spell books in the Ponyville library.

"I know, but there was that note she sent with them that really rubs me the wrong way..." Along with the books she sent a note. Apparently future me had done a lot more than I previously imagined, including asking her to send the books at a specific date. She'd said that future me was talking about 'needing to keep certain things fixed' and something about 'time-streams merging'. What else did future me do? "I don't understand who she meant by 'Stetson Cloud'."

"It's fine, just an inside joke between us. Okay, time to test this spell!" I was trying the spell 'Transmutation Beta'. It seemed interesting and transmutation would be useful in so many situations. Double benefit!

I summoned a Support Circle to power myself up, got into a casting stance and began the spell. The rock glowed blue and floated into the air, slowly spinning. Its spin became faster and faster until it was only a blur. I hit the highest surge of energy required for the spell, causing colour to explode from the rock. It slowed down and stopped glowing, lowering itself back onto the table in front of me. It had become a small gem. The spell was a success.

"Buck yeah!" I shouted, hoof-pumping a few times.

"It worked perfectly!" Cried Spike, picking up the gem. "And it looks delicious! Do you mind if I take a bite?"

"You can have the whole thing."

"Thanks!" He popped it into his mouth for a second before spitting it back out. "Ew! It tastes disgusting!"

"I guess you can't really transmutate flavour. Actually, now that we're on the subject, what do gems taste like for dragons?" Spike scratched his chin for a moment.

"I guess they're sort of... Hmm... I'm not sure how to describe it... In a way, it's like cake icing; sometimes there's a distinct flavour, sometimes you don't know what it tastes like but you can still taste something. You know what I mean?"

"Yeah, I get it. Sometimes it's like chocolate, sometimes it's like pure sugar."

"Pretty much. Anyway, I've gotta take some books to the town hall."

"Wait, Twilight still has you deliver stuff for her? Why doesn't she just teleport it?"

"She said something like 'I need to learn my way around Ponyville better'. It's baloney! I could make my way there backwards and still be fine!"

"You're a dragon of many talents, Spike, but I kinda doubt that."

"It's true! Look, I'll prove it to you!" Spike grabbed a pile of books and Luna-walked to the library door, slamming it open. Did he just reverse-slam a door with his butt? The door closed itself afterwards. A few seconds later, Twilight burst through the door, dragging Pinkie with her tail in her mouth.

"Twilight, what are doing?"

"I need to do some experiments on Pinkie!" Twilight exclaimed, her voice muffled through Pinkie's tail.

"Hi, Cloud!" Pinkie greeted happily as Twilight dragged her towards the basement.

"Hey, Pinkie. I didn't expect you to be so crude about this, Twilight, and I thought it would be with either Rarity or Rainbitch."

"What?" Twilight asked.

"Just know that I respect you even if you find you are."

"If I find that I'm what?"

"Well, I'll give you some privacy for your 'experiment'."

"What do you- Oh! No-no-no-no-no! That's not what I'm doing!"

"Have fun down there!"

"No-! Gah! Pinkie's having twitches that predict the future! I'm not gay!"

"You tell yourself that."

"Ugh! Just help me bring her down here, would you?!"

At some point, Twilight had set up a lab in the basement. I have no idea when or why. We hooked Pinkie up to some sort of seismogram-like machine and Twilight shackled her hooves.

"Okay," Twilight started, "now when you get another twitch, we'll have all kinds of scientific information."

"Okey dokey lokey!" There was an awkward silence.

"Any twitches yet?"

"Nopey dopey!"

"Now? Anything?"

"Wait! Hold on! Uh... No."

"Are you kidding me?! After a whole day of non-stop twitching, now that I've got you all hooked up, you're not getting a single one?!"

"I don't control it, they just come and go."

"That makes no sense!"

"Sometimes you just have to believe in things, even when you can't figure 'em out."

"I will not believe in anything I cannot explain!"

"Wait, hold on, I'm feeling something..."

"Oh my gosh, what? What is it?!" Pinkie's stomach rumbled.

"It's my tummy! That usually means I'm hungry! Let's eat!"

"Ugh! You know what?" Twilight yanked some wires out of the machine, causing it to stop working. "Just forget it! I don't need to know if this is real or not. I don't need to understand it! I don't even care!" Twilight headed back upstairs. I unshackled Pinkie and we both followed her.

"Okey dokey lokey!" When Pinkie came close to the door, she suddenly gasped and backed off. "Uh-oh!" She started shaking and doing weird movements.

"Twilight, I think Pinkie's having a seizure," I said, turning to see Spike holding the door open. Pinkie bounce towards him, now apparently fine.

"Pinkie?" Spike asked, "have you seen Twilight?"

"Uh-huh," she answered as she bounced past and through the door, closing it behind her. Twilight was squished on the back of the door.

"Twilight? What are you doing back there?" Twilight groaned.

"Did you three plan this?" She asked.

"Plan what?" Twilight fell onto the floor.

"Ugh! This is ridiculous! This can't be happening! This makes no sense! I have to figure this out!"

"Twilight, why are we sitting in a bush?" I asked, casting a quick anti-bug spell.

"Pinkie Pie, scientific name: Pinkius Pieicus, in its natural habitat," she murmured to herself, scribbling notes onto a scroll.

"Actually, better question, what's even going on?"

"There's something fishy going on with the whole twitchy prediction thing, and I'm getting to the bottom of it."

"Twitchy prediction thing?"

"Yes."

"Why am I here?"

"Spike was busy, and this is better with a companion of sorts." If I had a bit for every time I've heard that one... I would have one bit. Stop ruining my thought jokes! I sighed.

"Fine. What's going on?"

"Pinkie is having twitches that she claims predict the future. We are going to disprove her."

"Twitches that predict the future?"

"Yes."

"And you don't believe it?

"You do?"

"Well, it is Pinkie, she's done weirder things."

"I refuse to believe that twitches can predict the future."

"How long is it gonna take for you to believe?"

"You haven't even seen it yet and you already believe in it!?"

"So how long will it take for you?"

"I will never believe!"

"So it's gonna take all day, huh?"

We'd been following Pinkie for about four hours, seeing prediction after prediction coming true. Pinkie was sitting on the ground, doing something weird with her tongue and a hoof, when Applejack walked up to her with a basket of apples perched on her back.

"Hey, Applejack," Pinkie greeted. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Takin' more apples to my new apple cellar," Applejack replied. "How 'bout you, Pinkie? Whatchu doin'?"

"Letting Twilight and Cloud secretly follow me all day without me knowing." Twilight walked up to her looking pissed.

"You mean you knew all along?!" Twilight exclaimed, "why didn't you tell me?" This day has been surprisingly boring considering all of the stuff that happened. Nothing exciting goes on around here. I assume that's excluding the fallen gods, dragons, myself from the future of an alternate timeline and multiple personalities? Shut up and let me complain!

"That's where Fluttershy's headed!" Cried Applejack. I probably should have paid more attention. "We better go and make sure she's okay." Pinkie and Applejack ran off.

"Calm down, everypony. All we know right now is that Pinkie Pie just got a case of the shivers. That's all." Twilight saw that the other two had gone, groaned and ran after them. I followed soon after.

"Where are we going?" I asked as I ran with her.

"Weren't you listening?"

"No." Twilight groaned again.

"Froggy Bottom Bog!"

"Look!" Yelled Applejack, "there's Froggy Bottom Bog!" She pointed towards a bog. I cast a short-range heat tracking spell and found a clump of readings about twenty meters to my right. I followed it and found Fluttershy with a basket of frogs.

"She's over here!" I called to the others, who hurried over to us.

"What a relief!"

"I'm so glad everything's alright!" Chimed Pinkie. I was about to deactivate the heat tracking spell when I suddenly picked up some strange readings. Why is there so much heat from almost directly below us? I soon realized what the heat was coming from when it brought its heads up and out of the muddy water.

"What does that even eat?" I said to myself, "there can't possibly be enough food around here to keep a giant hydra alive. Well, unless... Hey, Fluttershy, are hydras carnivores or omnivores?"

"Who cares!?" Yelled Applejack, "run!" I grabbed us all in a telekinetic hold and teleported us back the library. "Oh. Tha' was easy."

"This is interesting to me now. I'm gonna research hydras for a while, I'll see you girls later."

Author's Notes:

Did he just reverse-slam a door with his butt?

He really does!
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