Farther Than You Think…
~By Alice Anais Gonzalez-Trejo
Our journey begins in a library faraway… "Barbara, Can you get me Shelf 17, section 6, book 12?" asked Duskshine. "Sure thing Dusk!" The little female dragon reached up for the book.
"Is it 'Traveling Spells'?"
"Yes, thank you Barb."
"Where we traveln'?" asked the excited dragoness
"Well I might have to ask the other guys for their opinion!"
"OH! So Elusive is coming? This is sounding better and better!" exclaimed Barbar
"How so barb?" Dusk liked teasing Barbar of her 'secret crush'
"Umm… well he can, umm, MAKE ME A DRESS! Ya! A dress…" Barbar wiped a small droplet of sweat off her brow. Safe…
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"Hmm I dunno! Maybe Fillydelphia! Havn' been der for a while now. And I've got a few days off from working on da' farm!"
"OH! OH! Dusk! Applejack!" yelled the cutie mark crusaders from a far.
"Can we come?!" they all asked as they came closer in an alarmingly fast rate. Scootaroll hit the brakes, the brakes screeched, only an inch away from a collision.
"Scootaroll?" asked Applebuck queasily
"Ya, Applebuck?" answered the Pegasus
"Can you NEVER do that again?"
"Aww, why not? Plus what if Rainbow Blitz was watching?!" The young foal looked around in the sky. "Dang it…"
"Well sure thing haystack! This might be good fun for all ya'll!" said Applejack.
"YAY!" all of the little crusaders cheered.
"Maybe we'll get our cutie marks there!" they all cheered once more at the idea.
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"Phillydelphia you say? Oh what a GRAND idea!" Elusive exclaimed.
"Ya, also, do you mind if Silver Belle comes with us?" Duskshine was worried but prepared for the declining
"Of course I don't mind! He is my little brother!" What a silly question! Elusive mused.
"Great! When you're done packing meet us at the hill." And with that he started trotting away.
"Oh before I forget! I need some Emeralds! And maybe you should bring some other jewels of sorts!"
"Oh whatever what for? If you don't mind me asking." Elusive was now confused with this request.
"Well this traveling needs some certain items to make this work. Plus Barbarb might get hungry!" both stallions chuckled.
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"Phillydelphia? Well it sounds great, I'd love to come, that is, if you want me to…"
"Of course I want you there!" He's always so shy!
"Oh thank you, I'm sorry for asking such a silly question…"
"Oh it's not a silly question, also bringing into mind I need you to give me a small drop of honeydew."
"Oh, of course, but what for, if you don't mind me asking…"
"As the book said 'Drop of sweetness' is needed!" said Duskshine from memory.
"Oh, okay…" shyly said butterscotch.
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"OH! Imma bring lots of cupcakes! The ponies there must LOVE cupcakes. And I can throw a berry bubble-icous-superundocious-cupcakelicous party! And lots of ponies will come and we'll play games and dance and sing! Oh this is gonna be great!" Bubble Berry was now literally bouncing with excitement.
"ALRIGHT I get the point Berry!"
"Oh! This is gonna be so much fun!"
"Yes it is Berry! And I'll soon need you to make a VERY special cupcake I just need one more ingredient!" Dusk chuckled.
"Of course Dusk!"
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"So you're goin' to Fillydelphia? And you need one of my clouds? Well sure!"
"Wow at least I don't need to explain anything to you!"
"Meh as long as we get to go I don't mind."
"Thanks! And why do you always have to stay in the clouds when I ask for you?"
"Umm... OH! Look at the time!" Rainbow Blitz Flew away in such a speed that horribly messed up Dusk's mane.
"Great…"
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"Berry!" called Dusk. "I'm back! And I've got all the ingredients!"
"Oh! Great! Now come into the kitchen!"
"Okay!" Dusk trotted through the doors. "Here's a droplet of honeydew!" 'A droplet of sweetness' "An emerald," 'For the crisp of taste' "And a piece of cloud!" 'For the fluffiness'
"THANKS! Now set it on the counter!" Berry gets serious when it comes to cupcakes.
"I'll leave you to the baking!"
"Alright." Berry was now completely focused on the baking. "All you gotta do is take a cup of flour, add it to the mix," don't forget the cloud! "Now little something sweet, not sour! A bit of salt, just a pinch!" add the honeydew. "Baking this treat is such a cinch. Add a teaspoon of vanilla!" and the emerald… "Add a little more and you count to four and you never get your filla!" he put the tray in the oven "Cupcake! So sweet and tasty! Cupcake, don't be too hastey! Cupcake! Cupcake cupcake cupcake!" and he pulled the finished cupcake out.
"Here you go Dusk!" Berry gave Dusk his cupcake.
"Wow thanks Berry!" they both trotted over to the hill.
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"Alright! Everyone here?" asked Dusk.
"Eeyup!" said Applejack.
"Present!" said all the crusaders
"Here!" said Barbar.
"H-here…" whispered Butterscotch.
"Heeeeerrreee!" smiled Berry Bubble.
"Here! But I can fly there faster, but oh well!" bragged Rainbow Blitz.
"Here sir!" exclaimed Elusive.
"Alright! Okay everyone take a small bite of this cupcake!" Everyone took a small bite. "Yum!" they all said at once. Berry bowed in appreciation. Then everyone started glowing as Dusk started using his magic.
"Great it works! Now I just gotta find the line!" There was a line for Manehatten, Canterlot, Ponyville. Now where's Phillydelphia… Then suddenly he accidently touched the Ponyville line as he backed up to look for Phillydelphia. Oh well we'll try again… But it seemed that moving a few inches was absolutely draining magic out of Dusk. This seems to be taking a lot of energy! A ball of light was surrounding everyone.
"Dusk? Is this supposed to happen?"
"I…I don't know Elusive… AHHH!" yelled Dusk.
"Dusk are you alr- AHHH!" yelled Elusive.
"What's going o- AHH!" yelled Silver Belle.
"AHHHHH!" yelled all the unicorns.
"Wh-what's going on?!" all the pegusi screamed.
"Applebuck come to my side now! You too Berry!" all the earth ponies huddled together.