We interrupt this program to bring you a side story that will eventually fall into play with the main story! Seriously, this chapter will be important, so skipping it is not recommended. Okay, so the chapter isn't THAT important, but it DOES give a look into behind-the-scenes action, which I know most people like. By the way, this chapter will be in the eyes of Bubblegum 16 hours prior to last chapter. I'll try and keep continuity as best as I can! Also, I'll give a cookie to whoever can spot the Kingdom Hearts reference in this chapter!

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I let out a long sigh as I looked into the sky and pondered on what I was going to do. I was so bored after the birthday party had ended, so I just lay on my window.

"Maybe Springy needs help?" I suggested to myself "Nah, I'd just get in the way. Perhaps Blitzy want to hang out? *giggle*... I'd like that, but him and Midnight are probably already getting themselves into trouble."

I rested my head on my front hooves as I leaned on the window looking out of my room. The great daughter of the infamous Pinkie Pie, party planner extraordinaire, shouldn't have to be bored out of her mind like this! There's gotta be something I can do to keep myself busy...

"The twins?" I kept thinking "No, they're too fancy to 'hang out with'. Little Mac? He probably has chores to do..."

Then it hit me!

"Hey, maybe there's somepony in town I could hang out with until my friends get back!" I said out loud "Mum's always telling me to make friends with everypony I meet! Yeah, I think I'll do that!"

I ran down the stairs to the shop, where my mum and Mr. Cake were talking.

"Heymistercakeandmumcan'ttalknowgottagomakefriendswitheveryponyinponyville!" I said as fast as I could whilst packing my things and rushing straight out the door of the bakery.

"Oh, they grow up so fast!" my mum was bawling her eyes out in Mr. Cake's shoulder. Mr. Cake just rolled his eyes as he smiled and patted her on the head in a comforting way.

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"Ooooh, who to make friends with first..." I said as I looked around Ponyville, my poofy bubblegum-pink mane flowing in the breeze and my saddlebag bouncing to the beat of my trotting as I walked around the place I've called home for so long now.

I spotted a few ponies that I tried to speak with, such as two ponies, a colt and a mare, playing a violin and a cello, two drunk mares, and even the local dentist and her son, but they were either too busy or too drunk to play with me. Depressed, I headed off to the park to think about what I was going to do now.

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"Aw... bummer..." I said as I sat on one of the benches in the local park with a frowny face "I guess nopony wants to play with me; sad old Bubblemena Jeanne Pie..."

I happened to look up at that exact moment and see somepony I'm not even sure my mum has ever seen before. He was a light blue Pegasus with a brown mane with a red streak through it. He was currently wearing a black robe. My face lit up. Maybe this stallion was willing to play with me?

"Um, excuse me?" I called out to the stallion, but he didn't seem to hear me, so I pulled out a microphone and yelled into it cheerfully "HEY! ARE YOU LISTENING?!"

My voice and my power to somehow use a microphone not connected to speakers of any kind seemed to startle the pony, whom fell right into a nearby pond. I went over to him to see if he was okay. He was, but I couldn't help but laugh. His robe was soaked, his wet mane covered his eyes and he had a lily pad with a frog and flower on his head.

"Ahahaha! You look... *giggle*... ridiculous!" I laughed.

"Yeah, you keep laughing..." the stallion deadpanned "Look, I don't have time to- AH!"

Another frog from the pond had thrown a small rock at his head, apparently wanting to have his friend off of the stallion's head. This only caused me to laugh even harder.

"You think this as funny?" he questioned "I don't appreciate- OW! Will you stop throwing rocks at me, worthless amphibian?!" he yelled at the frog throwing rocks at him. The frog obliged, but it continued to look at the soaked stallion in .

"Oh, c'mon you!" I continued to giggle "It was just a harmless joke. Learn to laugh a little!"

"Laugh... a little?" the stallion asked, an eyebrow risen.

"Here, let me help you up..." I extended my hoof out to him. After a few seconds, he reluctantly took a hold of it, and I brought him to his feet once more, the lily pad and frog sliding off his head, much to the other frog's joy.

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I had taken his robe off to make sure he didn't get cold from the water, and I dried him off with the beach towel I also packed in my saddlebag.

"You feeling better?" I asked him.

"I suppose..." he looked away from me.

"Wow, you seem really dull..." I puffed out my cheeks "Nothing a little fun can't solve!"

I then began dragging the stallion towards a place that only my mother and I knew about. He tried to struggle out of my grip, but nopony can escape my infamous Sticky Gum Grip of Doom!

"No! I don't wish to join you in your games!" yelled the stallion as he tried to escape my grasp "Do not want! DO NOT WANT!!"

"Oh don't be such a worrywart!" I smiled "This'll be fun! I guarantee it!"

"Clearly our perceptions of 'fun' are very different from one another!" the stallion pointed out.

"Yeah; mine is real fun and yours is standing around doing nothing while being completely dull and boring. Actually, would that be fun? I wouldn't know since I've never actually tried it myself. Maybe it actually IS fun! *gasp*! Does that mean there's different kinds of fun that I don't know about? Or maybe..."

"Ugh... please tell me you have an off switch..." the stallion mumbled.

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"Well, here we are!" I said as I let go of the stallion, causing me to accidentally force him to fall face first onto the ground "Pie Spring! Oh! Sorry about that..."

The stallion got up and looked around the area that my mum and I loved to go to have some alone time. It was a small area a little ways away from Ponyville on a cliff. At the edge of the cliff was a small pond ejecting water from the middle of it. Off in the distance was the horizon, with forest going as far as the eye could see. We named it Pie Spring after ourselves, of course.

"This place... this place is beautiful..." said the stallion "How were you able to discover this area?"

"Mum and I were playing explorers when I was younger and we stumbled upon this place" I explained "Pretty cool, huh? Take a seat; I brought some food!"

The pony did as instructed and took a seat on the ground where he could easily observe the horizon. I took a seat next to him and pulled out two ice cream sticks. I gave one to him.

"Here you go" I said as I handed him the ice cream "Just for you!"

"What is it?" he asked.

"You mean you don't even know what ice cream is?" I gasped is shock "How could you possibly exist and never hear about the most delicious and fun food in the entire world?"

"I don't get out much..." the stallion said simply.

"Oh... well, try a bit first and see if you like it!"

He took a small sample of the ice cream I just gave him with his tongue. An interested look appeared on his face.

"It's salty..." he said "Yet sweet at the same time..."

"Well what'd you expect from sea salt ice cream?" I giggled "Try some more!"

The pony began licking the ice cream some more, and eventually a small smile appeared on his face. He began biting off pieces of the ice cream, which eventually caused him to cry out and clutch his head. This caused me to giggle even more.

"Why does my head hurt so much?!" he demanded the answer.

"It's called brain freeze, silly filly" I laughed "It happens when you eat cold stuff too fast. Next time, remember to slow down, kay?"

"V-very well..."

"By the way, never got your name" I said, remembering that I had to know somepony's name before becoming their friend "So, what is it?"

"You seem harmless, so I suppose I could tell you..." he said after licking more of his ice cream "My name is Rage Quit, commander of the army of order. And you, my good mare?"

"The name's Bubblemena Jeanne Pie," I stated "but you can just call me Bubblegum, or Bubble, or B. No wait, that's Springy's nickname. Never mind then! By the way, Rage Quit Commander-of-the-army-of-order is WAY too long a name. Why don't we shorten it to Rage Quit or even... *gasp*! Ragey!"

"R-Ragey?!" shouted Ragey "That has to be the most ridiculous name I've ever heard!"

"Well since the author already said Ragey in the last sentence, I guess it's canon!" I beamed

"Wait, what?"

"Oh nothing!" I rolled my eyes as I gave a small smile "Anyway, what do you do for living?" I asked as I licked more my frozen treat.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that" Rage Quit said "Highly classified."

"Oh... well, you said you were the 'commander of the army of order', so does that mean you have friends already?" I asked "Could you tell me about them?"

"I... suppose... Although, they are merely colleges" Ragey informed "Spire is the brute of our team, but he's not all too bright. Clarity hardly takes anything seriously, but when she does she can be hard to escape from. Skyfall is our main spy, but he's always so full of himself that he'd rather go to beauty contests than use his exceptional skills in spying..."

I listened intently to everything he had to say. All of his friends sounded really cool, if a little odd acting. Although, something about them felt off. I don't know what, but I decided to brush it off for the time being.

"Miss Bubblegum?" asked Ragey as I was thinking about his friends. I snapped back into reality when he spoke.

"Um, uh, yes?" I asked, still looking slightly surprised.

"May you tell me about your... friends?"

"Well sure!" I heartedly accepted "There's Spring Blossom who's a total tomboy, and Little Mac who's so cute, but so mature at the same time! And, of course, there's... *sigh*... Blitz Wing, who's sooooooooooo dreamy... And how could I forget Midnight Sparkle! He's the-"

"Wait, say again?" Rage Quit suddenly asked.

"Um, Midnight Sparkle?" I repeated.

"You are... acquainted with Midnight... Sparkle?" the stallion asked, trying desperately to comprehend what I had just said.

"Yeah? Why?"

"...never mind. Forget I brought it up..."

"Um, okay?" I said in a confused voice before I took a look at my ice cream stick and saw nothing there "Well, I'm done my ice cream! Why don't we head on back, eh?"

"Yeah, sure..." Rage Quit said

As I walked back to Ponyville, I heard Rage Quit say something.

"Bubblegum? May I give you something?" he asked.

"Sure!" I said happily. He reached inside the satchel I only just noticed he had and pulled out a small circular silver object.

"This is a gift to say thank you for this day" he explained "Keep it safe, for it just might help you one day..."

"Thanks Ragey!" I said before I turned around and began bouncing back to Ponyville. Suddenly, I stopped, turned my head and asked him "Hey, are we friends now?"

Ragey seemed to be shocked by my question. By the looks of things, and since he told me his 'friends' were 'merely colleges', he had no friends whatsoever.

"I... I... I'll, have to think about that..." he finally answered me.

"Cool, cool... take all the time you want" I said "But at least say you'll meet me here every evening?"

"*sigh*... very well."

"Oh yay!" I shouted with joy as I happily jumped back home.

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Rage Quit's P.O.V. (Later that night...)

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"That mare..." I said to myself as I sat atop the Ponyville town hall, watching the moon shine brightly "Why was she so nice to me, somepony who has done horrid things in the past? I suppose it's merely because she didn't know of my life. But still, she was not afraid of me one bit..."

Questions like this rang through my head. Others like 'would she think of me different if I told her about my life' and 'why did she want to be my friend' also circled through my mind constantly, keeping me thinking.

"What if..." I said "What if she really DID want to be my friend? No, Rage Quit, keep it together! You have a mission to fulfill..." I took a deep breath "But now, I'm not too sure what to think..."

I thought for a few more seconds.

"It's been a while since I've had a friend..."

I remembered Bubblegum for a few minutes; where she brought me, how she laughed, what she gave to me to eat. For the first time in forever, I felt a warm feeling inside my heart, a feeling I hadn't felt since...

I smiled as a single tear of both joy and sadness ran down my cheek.

"A friend..." I said as I looked up at the moon. For the rest of the night, I cast aside my mission and thought about Bubblegum all the way through "

Author's Notes:

An inside look at a bit of Rage Quit's inner psyche! I love things like this, so I tried my best to replicate it the best I could! I hope you enjoyed!

Also, I'm sorry for the delay. Exams are coming up on my end of the spectrum, so it might take longer for chapters to be released! It's actually not the easiest to revise a chapter from my fanfiction account, so bear with me, okay?

That being said, I'll see ya later Scraggsters!