Chapter 21: Timid-sponsible

SZ: *snores on the couch, a small snot bubble blowing in and out of my nose*Zzz...

KKD: *Walks in* Ugh… after such a great month, I had to sit through the most BORING one shot EVER! It took me forever to write up the script for its review and… *hears SZ snoring* Huh?

SZ: *still sleeping, snoring very loudly*

KKD: Oh jeez… *pulls out pin and pops the snot bubble, waking SZ up*

SZ: Huh?! Wha?! What's going on?! *looks up to see KKD*..oh hey, Aibou.

KKD: Hey. Just thought I'd drop in after some good news and bad news.

SZ: Uh…wh..what's the good news?

KKD: Good news… *pulls out Gaburevolver and the… GIGAGABUREVOLVER?!* I got these. You already know of the Gaburevolver, but the red, white, and blue here is pretty new.

SZ: Cool...demo, what's the..*yawns a bit* bad news?

KKD: The fanfic I last reviewed for Pokevember… it was too boring for me to finish it up on time! And this is like the THIRD time I held off on posting a review for a month only for it to be posted the month after! *groans*

SZ: Yikes…

KKD: Yea… so I just decided to drop in in hopes of finding something to lift my spirits after something so dull… Oh, and just this once… Yo, Mischief! Catch! *Tosses Mischief the Gaburevolver while preparing the Bragigas Zyudenchi with the GigaGaburevolver.*

Mischief: ...Is this what I think it is?

KKD: Care to do the henshin dance with me before we kick off this chapter? *tosses Mischief the Gabutrya Zyudenchi*

Mischief:*grins* Oh don't mind if I do.

KKD & Mischief: BRAVE IN! *activate Zyudenchi before inserting them into the guns*

=GABURINCHOU! GABUTY~RA!=

=GIGA GABURINCHOU! BRA~GIGAS!

KKD & Mischief: KYORYU CHANGE! *both spin the chambers of the guns before dancing to the respective tunes before firing* FIRE!

Mischief: Hear our roar! Kiba no yuusha!*poses* Kyoryured!

KKD: Senkou no yuusha! *snaps fingers before posing* Kyoryu… SILVER!

SZ: *looks at the two with stars in my eyes*Su-gei~~!

KKD: I love that sequence.

Mischief: Same here. I never get tired of it! *accidentally fires a shot offscreen*

?:*off-screen* My leg!

Mischief:...uh...oops?

KKD: That's normally why I don't trust others with my guns. This is a one-time thing, got it, Mischief?

Mischief: Yea yea… I know. Now uh… don't you guys have a chapter to get to?

KKD: First off, Disclaimers. *pulls out an all black Zyudenchi and sets it into his GigaGaburevolver.*

=GIGA GABURINCHOU! BRA~GIGAS! DIS~CLAIMERS~!=

*KKD fires the GigaGaburevolver, firing the Disclaimers at the screen*

Disclaimer: As usual, we don't own anything in this story aside from the OCs Timid swallow, Silver Hawk, Quirky, Dawn Star, and Amethyst. MLP: FiM belongs to Hasbro and The Hub (or Discovery Family as it's now called).

It seemed like a rather calm day in Ponyville, but then a scream was heard as a large splash of dark green and blue paint was seen in the park.

"Dang it! Again with the paint bombs?!" Mischief's voice snapped as the camera zoomed in onto the park, revealing the son of Discord covered from head to toe in paint.

Nearby, Quirky was just laughing at how silly Mischief looked in the paint job he had on, the dark green filly holding a few balloons filled with paint.

"I swear when I get this paint off, I'm gunning for you, Quirky!" Mischief snapped.

"Sorry, but no!" Quirky giggled before bouncing off, ducking underneath a throw water balloon from Mischief.

"Doh, I missed!" Mischief growled in annoyance before groaning, "Dang it...I lost again!...ugh...might as well head home to take a bath," he sighed as he disappeared, leaving a paint 'clone' before it melted into a puddle.

"Well, I win again. Guess I'll just head home myself," Quirky shrugged before bouncing back towards Sugarcube Corner, "Pinkie's probably got something biiiiig planned! Li..."

"It's closed?!" Quirky gawked seeing Sugarcube Corner had a closed sign on the door, "B-But… WHY~!" she then noticed a small note on the door before she looked it over, "'Dear Quirky, I'm very very very very sorry me and the Cakes not home. Cheese Sandwich needed some help with a huge party he's throwing in Manehatten. But no worries, you can sleep at one of your friends' houses until we get back. The Cakes promised they'd be back by the end of the week, so no need to worry. As for me, I promise to come back before Hearths warming day eve, so I can get back to hanging out with my favorite filly friend. Love, Pinkie Pie.' Aww~...Pinkie's going to be gone for a LONG time...but...at least I get to have sleep over with one of my friends! But whose house to sleep over at is the question… hmm…ooh I know! Maybe Applebloom if sh..."

"Sorry Quirky. Ah'm gonna be busy helpin' mah brother and sister bringin' the apples in before it starts snowin,'" Applebloom apologized as she had to turn Quirky down before returning to the fields.

"Aw~... that's no fun… well… I still have four other friends I could be hanging out with," Quirky shrugged.

"I'd love to have a slumber party Quirky, but I'm gonna be busy practicing for the contest in Canterlot," Sweetie Belle apologized.

"Aww~ No fair~!" Quirky pouted.

"Maybe you can check in with Scootaloo."

"A Sleepover? That sounds cool… if I wasn't grounded," Scootaloo sighed.

"Oh… uh… sorry…" Quirky sighed in response.

"Hey. Maybe Dawn could offer you a place to sleep."

"Hey yeah! Dawn has to ha-"

"What do you mean she's not here?!" Quirky gawked as she stood at the front gates of Twilight's castle/library.

"S-sorry, Quirky. She went with Twilight to the Crystal Empire for something important,' Spike apologized.

"Aww~! Ooh! Maybe Amethyst! She…"

"Went to visit her mother for the week. Sorry."

"Shoot! All that's left is Timid… hopefully she'll be willing to let me spend the night."

"A-a… sleepover?" Timid repeated as Quirky stood at the front door of her place.

"Yes. I tried everypony else, but they were busy with their own thing...please tell me you're not busy, Timid," Quirky whimpered as she gave the shy fill a sad pouty look, her eyes all watery.

"A-ano.. no. I-I'm just w-watching the house until Onii-chan and Onee-chan return," Timid replied.

"Pwetty pwetty pwease~?!" Quirky begged, "I'll help any way I can… just please let me stay here with you, I got no where else to go until the Cakes come back~!"

"A-ano… ok. But o-" Timid began before Quirky pulled her into a tight hug.

"Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!" Quirky beamed as she dropped the shy filly and bolted into the house.

"Oh dear… Q-Quirky! You didn't let me finish!" Timid called out as she ran in to see the energetic dark green filly bouncing on the couch a bit, "Y-you can stay, demo… only if you promise to behave and not break anything."

"Okie dokie lokie! Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Quirky vowed as she stopped jumping on the couch, "I, Quirky, promise to behave and not break anything!"

"R-right… A-ano…" Timid began as she closed the front door, "Q-Quirky-chan… c-can i tell you something?"

"Hmm?" Quirky blinked as she looked at her shy friend, "What's up?"

"Uh… well… t-to tell you the truth… I-I never h-had anypony sleepover before," Timid admitted, causing Quirky's jaw to drop to the floor… literally, "G-gomen…"

Quirky, however, still had her jaw on the floor before Mischief came up and help put the filly's jaw back into place.

"Y-you never...had a sleepover..before?"

"...Ano… n-no. G-gomen," Timid apologized.

"...Well… I gotta help you out, my friend! For starters, when you have sleepover… you can wear whatever you want to sleep in! Oh, and you serve snacks! lots and lots of snacks!"

"A-Ano... r-really?"

"Really really! Pinkie told me EVERYTHING about sleepovers, so I know what to do!" Quirky beamed as she gave her a small smile, a 'squee' sound being heard.

"Well… if you say so…" Timid replied, a bit nervous about all this.

"Great! Let's head to your room, asap!" Quirky shouted as she grabbed the shy filly and bolted upstairs in a dark green blur before they ended up in Timid's room, "And we're here!"

"E-eto…" Timid dizzily groaned, swirls in her eyes while her mane looked like it went through a typhoon.

"Whoopsie! Sorry," Quirky chuckled sheepishly before she began to look around Timid's room, "...You have a nice room, Timid."

"Ano… th-thanks." Timid replied, the shy filly still a bit dizzy.

"You're welcome. Now… let's see what we can find in here," Quirky pondered as she searched Timid's room for anything fun, "Do you have any board games or something we could play with?"

"A-ano… w-well.." timid began.

"Ooh~! What's this?" Quirky asked, the filly rummaging through Timid's closet before pulling out a pair of costumes, "I don't think I've..."

"P-put those back!" Timid yelped as she quickly took the costumes back, put them in the closet, and closed the door, "G-gomen Quirky… demo… I-I don't want you t-touching those..."

"Oh… sorry about that. I didn't know those were off-limits," Quirky apologized.

"I-it's ok… w-why don't we f-find something else? L-like maybe.."

"Ohh! Like maybe read one of your books?! Or ooh ooh! Play hide and seek!"

"A-Ano… m-maybe Hide and Seek?"

"Sweet! I'll hide! You seek!" Quirky beamed as she blurred off into another part of the house.

"Oh dear," Timid gulped as she decided to follow along and began to count, "I-Ichi.. Ni… S-san…"

"Ugh… I hate getting paint under my armpits," Mischief grumbled as he finished peeling off what remaining paint he had on, the son of Discord sitting on top of a cloud above Ponyville, "I swear I'm gonna get back at that green boo…"

Suddenly, he was spun around rapidly as a green blue zoomed past him, the son of Discord spinning in place like crazy before stopping, his face suddenly his butt and his butt suddenly his face.

"...ok first; not funny guys," Mischief frowned at the authors as he snapped his fingers, switching his face and butt back to their normal places, "And second; what the H-E-Double Hockey sticks was that?!"

To answer your question, Mischief, Quirky's playing hide and seek with Timid.

"...Hide and seek… really?"

Yes really.

"...wow. Talk about boring," Mischief deadpanned.

Well, the challenge Quirky has to face, if you read the script, was that she promised to behave and not break anything, and- 0_0… uh… whoops.

"..." Mischief stared at us for a few moments before gaining a big, grinch like grin, "Hehehehehe.'

KKD? You realized you jynxed it..right?

Yea yea, I know, I know. But part of it brings on more conflict to the plot, so we'll just roll with it for now. Knowing Mischief, he was gonna do something like that regardless.

...I guess that's true. Let's just hope he doesn't go overboard.

...Okay, now you just jynxed it, Sean.

Neptune dang it!

Meanwhile, Quirky was desperately trying to find a place to hide.

"Ok… where to hide, where to hide?!v...Ooh I know!" the dark green filly gasped as she leapt into a dark green bush, "Tee hee… nopony would think to look in here."

However, little did she know that… another Quirky was skipping nearby… wait… oh no.

"Shh….." 'Quirky' hushed the readers as she resumed skipping to Timid's house, sneaking in, and sliding right behind the curtains.

Oh boy…

This won't end well..

After she finished counting, Timid walked out of her room and began looking for Quirky.

"A-ano… h-here I come, Quirky-chan!" the shy filly called out as she began to search the house for the dark green filly, starting upstairs since it was the closest place to her room.

Nearby, Timid's pets, Peaches and Yuki, looked from the stairs before looking downstairs, seeing the shaded figure of 'Quirky' hiding behind the curtains. Looking confused, seeing as they had seen Quirky run outside, they decided to peek over at the 'Quirky' behind the curtain.

Yuki took a few sniffs before sneezing a bit, the smell of paint filling her nostrils a bit. And last she checked, the dark green friend of her owner smelled more like pastries and stuff, not paint. Getting an idea, Yuki pulled a transformation, turning into Timid before before giving a small nod to Peach.

The cat gave a small nod before bringing one of her claws out and slightly poked 'Quirky's' leg.

"YEOWCH!" 'Quirky' screamed as she jumped from behind the curtain, "Oh you little…!" she soon froze when she saw 'Timid' frowning at her, "...uh… hey. Y-you found me!"

"Mischief… quit the charade," 'Timid' responded, "I already know it's you."

"...Clever girl," 'Quirky' frowned as she changed back into Mischief, "What gave me away?"

"Your smell," 'Timid' pointed out.

"...Dang it," Mischief grumbled.

"Now knock it off before master give you… the stare," 'Timid' scolded Mischief, making him whimper in fear before he instantly poofed out of there, "...That's what I thought."

"A-ano… Q-Quirky-chan?" Timid's voice called from upstairs, making 'Timid' gasp a bit before returning to being Yuki and ducking under a couch before Mischief noticed, "A-ano… w-where are you?" the shy filly asked as she walked downstairs, seeing her pet cat standing next to the curtains, "P-Peach-chan, have you seen Quirky?"

The kitten just nodded before pointing outside, making Timid pale a bit.

"Sh-she's outside?! Mou… I-I thought she was st-still in the house," Timid whimpered a bit.

Nervous, Timid walked outside, Peach hopping ahead of her and looked around a bit.

"...H-Hopefully she didn't go far…" the shy filly hoped as she nervously walked out of the house before looking at Peach, "P-Peach-chan, I want you t-to look after our home. A-at least until I-I find Quirky-chan."

Peach just nodded as Timid flew off, Yuki peeking out the door as she watched her master leave.

"...Ugh… now what can I do?" Mischief frowned as he was back on his cloud the son of Discord bored out of his mind, until he heard Timid's voice calling out for Quirky, "...Wait… if she's there… then… oh that little sneaky fox! She tricked me! I'll get that vixen one of these days! I… hold the phone..." he paused as he held his hands in front of his eyes like a pair of binoculars, 'zooming' in at the food market to see Fluttershy and Silver Hawk leaving, carrying a few bags of food, "...oh this is going to work out perfectly."

...Oh no. Mischief, don't you even dare…

"Oh… but I do," Mischief smirked at the authors.

Oh boy, here we go, I knew this would happen…

Quick! Stop him befo… and he's gone.. great… ugh, let's move on before the 4th wall gets anymore broken.

Back with Quirky, the dark green filly remained in her hiding spot, her eyes open as a...mini snot bubble rose in and out of her nose while s-she's sleeping?!

"Zzz"

Wait a second… how the heck is she asleep with her eyes open and… oh good golly… QUIRKY! WAKE UP!

"Ahh! Boogie man!" Quirky screamed as she shot out of the bush she was hiding in.

Relax, it's us, the authors. You were hiding so long you fell asleep. Not only that, but Timid's worried about you, and thought you hid farther from her house. She walked RIGHT PAST YOU, and you didn't even notice!

"..She did?" Quirky tilted her head, causing the authors to face palm.

Oh for the love of Luna… she's to your right!

"She is?" Quirky responded, looking to her right, our readers' left, to see Timid not too far away, the shy filly looking behind a small set of bushes, "Oh… she is. Hey, Timid!"

This got Timid to look up and over towards Quirky, who was sitting on a tree branch.

"Q-quirky-chan!" the shy filly gasped as she ran up to the tree, "What're you doing up there?"

For that matter, how'd she get up in the tree when earlier she was hiding in some bushes?

She got startled… remember?

Oh yea… whoops.

"It's okay guys. I forgive you," Quirky smiled.

"Uh… Quirky, who're you talking to?" Timid asked.

"The authors, silly," Quirky giggled, making Timid blink in confusion as she watched the dark green filly jump off the branch and landed on the ground, "And I guess you found me."

"Oh… y-yea… I guess I did… A-ano… w-we should head back to the house. O-Onii-chan and O-Onee-chan might be back any minute now."

"Ohmygosh, you're right! We better hurry back!" Quirky responded, grabbing Timid before bolting out of there in a flash.

Nearby, a certain son of Discord rose his head slowly from a trash can, a grin on his face.

"Hope they like the surprise I left," Mischief smirked as he hid back down in the trash can, the son of Discord chuckling a bit before a passing by mare tossed her trash into the can, "Ugh! How gr… wait. Who throws out half a smoothie?!"

Back at Timid's place, the two fillies had arrived at the front door, both their manes blown back.

" we hurry in, w… Timid? Why's the front door open?"

"N...nani?!" Timid gasped, seeing the front door was wide open before she quickly ran inside before giving out a loud scream,"KYAAAAA!"

"Now what?" Quirky asked before she noticed the entire living room was a completely mess, "...OMC! What happened here?!"

"I… I don't know…" Timid admitted, walking in to fully see the damage done, "Y..YUKI-chan! Peach-chan! D-daijoubu?!"

Yuki then crawled out from under the couch while Peach poked her head out from behind the knocked over table.

"Oh thank Celestia-hime…" Timid sighed in relief as she flew to her two pets and hugged them, "I'm so glad you're both ok. Demo…" she paused as she put the two down, "D-Did you two s-see who caused this?"

Yuki nodded before morphing into Mischief and mimicking him to get a point across. After Timid's jaw dropped, Yuki returned to normal as she and Peach stood back.

"...Uh… Timid? A-are you ok?" Quirky nervously asked, seeing the shaking form of her shy friend before…

"MISCHIEF!" the shy filly snapped loudly above her normal tone, causing the dragon to teleport into the room.

"Hey. Like th-oh sweet dad no!" Mischeif yelped as Timid began to give him The Stare, "Gah! those eyes… those disapproving eyes~!"

"Why did you do this? You know very well I could get in trouble for what you've done!"

"I'm sorry i'm sorry! I was intending to get Quirky in trouble for making me lose in our prank war!" Mischief yelped before closing his mouth.

"You WHAT?! Quirky gawked, her mane and tail springing up for a bit while spiking out, "THAT's The stupidest thing I've ever heard! I would never do something this-thi-this mean!"

"...Would it also be bad if I said your brother and his marefriend are almost here?" Mischief gulped, making the shy filly pale.

"Y-Yes…," she nodded before staring back at Mischief, "You better fix this mess NOW, MISTER!"

"Uh…."

"NOW! OR ELSE!"

"O-Or else wh-wh-what?" Mischief gulped.

"Or else… I'll have Onee-chan talk to your tou-san about what you've done," Timid frowned, making Mischief gulp before he snapped his fingers, and the house was completely clean and spotless,"Good… now I want you to sit in the corner, and think about what you've done!"

"Yes ma'am," he whimpered, doing so, Yuki and Peach walking over to Timid, just as Fluttershy and Silver Hawk walked up to the house.

"Hi Fluttershy! Hi Silver Hawk!" Quirky smiled.

"H-Hi Onii-chan… Onee-chan," Timid greeted, the shy filly having calmed down

"How was your day, nee-chan?" Silver asked his sister before noticing Mischief in the corner, "...Mischief's misbehaved… didn't he?"

"H-hai…"

"Good to know you're keeping him accountable, sis," Silver smiled, making the small filly blush a bit.

"H-hai… a-ano… d-did you and Onee-chan have a good time, Onii-chan?"

"Yes we did," Silver confirmed as Fluttershy blushed and nodded in response.

"Onee-chan… I'm glad you're around," Timid smiled, with Quirky blinking for a moment.

"Wait a minute… they got married? When was that chapter?! Did they get married off screen?!" Quirky stated, making the other ponies raise an eye.

Fluttershy on the other hoof blushed greatly at that, the shy mare's face brighter than a tomato.

"M-m-Married?!" she squeaked out, while Quirky began to bang on the screen.

"Well?!" she demanded to know.

"W-We're not married, Quirky!" Silver Hawk informed.

"Huh?"

"I-it's just a titled I gave her…" Timid informed.

"...Oh. I see..." Quirky blinked before she began to chuckle sheepishly, "Eheh… sorry about that."

"Also, what is she doing here anyway?" Silver Hawk asked.

"Oh. W-well… Q-quirky-chan wanted to spend the night here. A-at least until P-Pinkie-san came back…" Timid explained

"Oh. Okay, I'm fine with that, as long as she doesn't break anything," Silver informed.

The two fillies sat with Yuki and Peach by them, both reading in Timid's room. Timid was reading one of her Sailor Moon mangas, while Quirky was simply reading something that looked… script like. Wait...

Quirky, is that the script you got there? Did you forget your lines or something?

"Hmm?" Quirky blinked as she looked at the authors, "Oh no. I was just bored and needed something to read. You guys broke the 4th wall a LOT this chapter. Also… I managed to slip this." She then took out another script, which read 'Younger Generation Chapter 22', "So… Amethyst's author creator is the guy in charge of the next chapter. Oh! This is so cool!"

The script was snatched out of her hooves by an invisible force.

No reading ahead Quirky!

"Ano...Who are you talking to?" Timid asked Quirky.

"I told you, the authors, silly!" Quirky giggled, making Timid sweatdrop a bit.

"I'm going to go to bed," Timid informed, curling up in her bed.

Pikatwig: Oi… *walks off with the Chapter 22 script.* How Quirky and Pinkie can do that… I will never know… I heard a theory it's some Earth Pony magic or somethin'.

SZ: *too busy repairing the 4th wall*

Pikatwig: Uh… aibou… Sean?

SZ: Hmm? Oh sorry. Since GT's not here, I had to fix this after Mischief's little stunt.

KKD: Remind me to call in a professional next time this happens. *turns to Pika* Also, that's something interesting I don't think I would've thought of, Pika. Earth Pony magic being the cause of Pinkie and Quirky knowing that. Hmm…

Pikatwig: Also, while I was on my way here, you guys forgot to mention Amethyst when Quirky was going around asking the other Crusaders to stay somewhere. I'm just saying.

SZ: It's alright. We managed to fix that anyway… speaking of fixing, Mischief should be here as well fixing the 4th wall he broke… again!

Pikatwig: Eh. *shrugs* Anyhow… so… any favorite parts? Mine is when Yuki and Peach worked together to try and stop Mischief… even if it didn't work.

KKD: Yea, that was funny. And… for me… it's a tough call, but I guess the closest I can say would be that same scene you mention. ...Sean?

SZ: ...Hard to tell which was my favorite scene. So… I guess I'll go with the same scene you guys mentioned.

Pikatwig: Anyway… *looks to script again, looking over some bits* I'm gonna go and put this someplace safe. Just Live More. *walks off*

KKD: Well, I guess that's the chapter, then. *picks up Gaburevolver.* Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the firing range with these two. Gotta practice dual-wielding guns for a later episode on my next Fanfic Review season. Whoops! Spoilers. Anyway, I'll be back later. Jaa ne, minna-san. *walks off*

SZ: Well...until next chapter minna...ja ne.*goes back to repairing the 4th Wall*Rassa frattin Mischief breaking it every dang time.