fandomhigh | The Elements of Friendship, Thursday, Period 1

Pinkie awaited the class in the Danger Shop once again, but this time, instead of Sugarcube Corner, the class would find themselves in a clearing on the side of a mountain in a dark and spooky woods. Pinkie waited for the class to gather along the narrow, grassy ledge, pointing out rocks and sticks to anyone not minding their steps. When it seemed as though everyone had arrived, she began.

"Hi everypony! I'm so glad to see you all back for another week to learn about friendship!" She started to pace back and forth in front of the class, giving little hops over the rougher patches of the ground. "The most important thing to remember about friendship is that it's not always going to be made up of parties and cupcakes." Yes, Pinkie had totally just said that. Even she was a bit surprised. "Sometimes, it's about facing your fears and helping each other through tight spots. That's why today we're going to go on an adventure here in the . . . Everfree Forest!"

A bolt of lightning flashed obligingly across the sky behind the students.

"The Everfree Forest is a forest on the very edge of Ponyville where everypony fears to tread. It's a dark, wild place, where animals run free and have to live out their lives all alone without anypony to help them make their nests or wake them up when winter's over or even control the weather! You never know what's going to happen in the Everfree Forest, or what kinds of spooky, creepy creatures you might encounter!" Pinkie shivered, clearly spooked out by her own lecture. "But don't worry, because none of you have to face it alone! You have all your friends here to help you! So find at least one friend and get ready. You're all going to travel through the forest to the ruins of the old castle, where a special surprise is waiting for you. Don't worry, you can't get hurt in here. But if anypony gets left behind, then nopony gets a gold star! Good luck!"

And Pinkie bounced firmly backward away from the students, just in time to avoid the sudden collapse of the cliff they were standing on.

Time to team up and see just what horrors Equestria had to offer.

[ooc: OCD is up! And I only paused to watch one PMV before finishing it!]

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But -- but -- that was no help at all!

"...You sure that's gonna work?" Miley hissed. "It looks mad."

Thank you, Miley, for that gem of knowledge.

Squall shrugged. "Of course not -- I'm going to kill it if it attacks. But Professor Pie seems like the kind of person who doesn't like violence."

Well, Miley didn't like violence either, but she also did not like the possibility of being dead. It was a conflict.

"Okay." She nodded, and finally reluctantly looked up at the enormous monster thing. "Hey, I'm Miley. Want to, uh, be friends?"

The manticore let out another horrifying growl -- though this one seemed far more whimpery than the one previously. There was something sticking out of one of its paws.

Squall rolled his eyes and pointed at the paw. "See?" he told Miley. "Splinter. We're being attacked by a cliché."

"Awww!" she squealed, rushing forward. She opened her purse and presented a pair of tweezers she kept for emergencies, then bent to remove the splinter from the manticore's paw.

She could be resourceful! Sometimes! Okay, rarely.

The manticore let out a squawk -- then blinked in pleased surprise when the splinter was removed. It started purring.

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