Do I Know You?

''Why do timberwolves need to brush their teeth, which they never do, Tia?'' Luna blurted out as she had been bored of sitting on her throne alongside her sister and two swiftly rushing waterfalls beside them.

Celestia raised her eyebrow for her sister to just say it already and not bother her with any more unfunny jokes.

''Because they stink!'' Luna answered herself, hysterically laughing on her throne.

Celestia scrunched her nose. ''Luna, that is not a very... original joke, per se.’’

''Oh, come on.’’ Luna rolled her eyes. ‘’You’re no fun at all.’’

There was a dutiful knock on the grand double doors, opening within a golden illumination to reveal a grey unicorn guard with polished golden armor to match the decor standing by next to three candy corn fillies. The guard announced their arrival with a bow of dignity to the day and night princesses.

Celestia perked up, remembering they were relatives of three special friends of hers. Confused as to why they were not with them felt a bit odd to her so she gestured for them to come in and explain themselves. But to her uneven anticipation, the unicorn filly zoomed into the grand room within an excited squeal.

''Oh my gosh!'' Sweetie Belle squeaked. ''I haven't been in this part of the castle before or met the princesses in pony.'' She bounced onto one of them. ''You are even more beautiful in pony.''

''Thanks,'' Luna replied.

''What are you doing here, my little ponies?'' Celestia had finally asked the three little fillies staring innocently intrigued at them who were shown to be brightening with glorious radiance as part of their appearance.

Sweetie Belle responded, ''we are here because we need your help.''

''For what?'' Luna questioned cautiously.

Scootaloo sighed. ''Rainbow Dash did a double sonic rainboom and...''

''Amazing,'' Celestia interrupted accidentally, not hearing the last word to indicate she wasn’t finished with her sentence yet as she was already appalled. ''She was the first pegasus to perform a sonic rainboom, proved the legends true and now she stepped it up further and did a double one?''

''Yeah, well,'' Apple Bloom said. ''Don't get your mane in a tangle, her memory is now lost because of it.''

''So we came to you if you have a cure to memory loss?'' Scootaloo asked, lighting a hopeful glow on her face.

Luna shook her head. ''I am sorry but not even the princesses know a cure to this horrid catastrophe.''

''But,'' Celestia declared, ''I do know where to research cures. The Canterlot Archives.''

''Oh, yeah!'' Scootaloo exclaimed. ''I told you!''

''And in Zecora's hut.''

The two fillies smirked at the pegasus filly, who screeched down to the ground in embarrassment but grunted in slight triumphant secretly as she turned herself around.

Luna announced, ''so my sister and Apple Bloom will search for a cure in the Canterlot Archives, whereas Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and I will go to Zecora's hut.''

''What?'' Scootaloo moaned. ''Why do I get to go to Zecora's?!''

Apple Bloom raised her eyebrow at her. ''You want your sister back, don't you?''

Scootaloo rolled her eyes, and readied herself to trot out of the royal doors again but this time with royalty.

Rainbow Dash was laying on her bed and looking at the ceiling while throwing a ball against the wall, attempting to bounce it right back to her for her to catch. This continued again and again until the door slammed open and dropped the ball onto the ground.

''Hi, Rainbow Dash!'' country and enthusiastic accents boomed into reality, revealing two orange and pink earth ponies standing at the doorway with amiable smiles.

''Who are you?'' she asked. ''And how do you know my name?''

''Dashie!'' Pinkie Pie exclaimed, zooming in to hug her. ''I missed you so much! And don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you. We will find a cure for you as soon as possible!''

''Don't jinx it, Pinkie!'' said Applejack.

''You still haven't answered my question,'' said Rainbow Dash. ''Who are you?''

A nurse entered inside the room and trotted towards the patient's bed with a trolley of food.

''Alright,'' Nurse Redheart said. ''Dinnertime for Rainbow Dash.''

''Oh, I am so hungry!'' She stuck her whole face in the green mucky squishy substance and splodged her whole face in the pink wobbly and jiggly jelly. Although, it did not quite taste like it, can she even remember that?

''No rush, sugarcube,'' Applejack assured her and sat on top of her bed. ''We ain't goin' to judge ya.''

''That looks good!'' Pinkie Pie said, bouncing up and down. ''Can I try it?''

''Uh, sure?''

Pinkie Pie sighed. ''This reminds me of the memory where you were in the hospital and discovered Daring Do.''

''What is Daring Do?''

Pinkie Pie gasped. ''Rainbow Dash would not like to hear that!'' She remembered herself and frowned. ''Oh, right... well, I do have another memory to remind you...''

Applejack blocked her mouth. ''The memory of us competing for the most daring pony.''

''Gummy's Birthday party!'' Pinkie Pie piped.

''We ran out of apple cider and then Flim and Flam came to kick us out of our own farm and destruct it.''

''Twilight was homesick and made us, Rarity, and Fluttershy decorate her new home for her.''

''We discovered the elements of harmony to defeat Nightmare Moon. You are the element of loyalty.''

''When you secretly tried to like my pies and then I discovered the truth.''

''QUIET!'' Rainbow Dash yelled at the top of her lungs, splaying her bandaged wings apart. ''Look if I don't know you then maybe you shouldn't, oh, I don't know. TORMENT ME AND JUST LEAVE?''

Pinkie Pie and Applejack's ears perked up as she started yelling and told them to leave. They exited out of the room with frowny faces. Before Pinkie Pie did, she got out a note from her mane and placed it atop the patient’s bed which the pegasus had picked it up and read it:

''Dear Rainbow Dash,

I know you lost your memory and I am not going to have the same little Dashie anymore but I just wanted to let you know that you are my best and close friend I have. I love you! We would always prank, joke, laugh, comfort...so what I really want to say is that even if you don't remember me, I will always remember you and still have memories with the new Dashie. I could never leave you, just like how Dashie would never leave me and always stay loyal. We are like Batpony and Robinpony.

Hehe, I know that was a cheesy reference but Rainbow Dash loves to hear me say cheesy jokes!

Love,
Pinkie Pie''

Rainbow Dash was on the verge of tears. She couldn't hold it in so blasted a waterfall in the whole room. The doctor came in and slipped on the water. He saw people needing to use saddle boats in the hospital again.

''Not again,'' he muttered under his breath.

In the treacherous Everfree Forest, Luna was walking through with two other fillies: Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, to go to Zecora's hut and ask her if she has a cure for memory loss. There was no doubt in this, Zecora has always been an expert when it came to things like this. Although, Scootaloo did not want to go to her hut as she will only rhyme and hurt her head. She will never give them a straight answer and always have to figure it out by themselves.

They reached her hut and knocked on the door gently. A zebra trotted towards the door to open it and see an alicorn and two fillies approaching her.

''Your Highness,'' she bowed, ''do you care to explain why you three were in the darkness?''

''No need for that, Zecora,'' said Luna. ''May we come in and have a talk?''

''Indeed,'' she replied. ''Would you like something to feed?''

She poured tea inside four cups.

''No thank you,'' Sweetie Belle said politely. ''We are actually here to see if you have a cure to...?''

''Memory loss,'' Scootaloo completed, turning herself away from the zebra, and wanting to get this over with.

Zecora widened her eyes a bit until she started trotting towards her bookshelves that were arranged in chronological order from the most dominant to the least dominant.

''To find a cure to memory loss is hard, we may end up getting scarred.''

Scootaloo rolled her eyes. Sweetie Belle ignored her rudeness and stepped forward.

''So is it possible to make a cure for it?'' she asked.

''I can't assure you because I have no clue, but do not hold such worry if I can't make this in a hurry.''

''What can we do to help?'' asked Luna.

''You can start by handing that bottle over there, but do not fear of the spider.''

Sweetie Belle grabbed the bottle and saw a spider crawling on top of it. She yelled and almost dropped the bottle but Luna catched it with her magic just in time before it was about to fall to the floor and crack open the lid and spill all over the place, turning into a lack of the ingredient needed. Zecora hushed them down so she could concentrate.

''This is a herb I am making so do not disturb. Now, trot on over here and hand me that bottle, dear.''

Sweetie Belle trotted over to the brew and handed the bottle over to Zecora. She then opened up the lid and poured a drop inside the cauldron.

''Now, fetch me a ghost orchid and hid before it's dark.''

''Ghost Orchid?'' Sweetie Belle shivered at the name. ''That seems terrifying. What is it?''

''I can assure you, it is not quite what you think. Although, I really do need it for this brew I am currently making.''

Scootaloo was already standing at the entrance to not hear the zebra's rhyming and get a headache from it. However, she did hear that they need to look for a 'Ghost Orchid.'

Luna and Sweetie Belle trotted on over to the door and exited outside of the hut with the pegasus filly to travel on a scavenger hunt as the zebra’s request.

* * *

''No,'' Celestia said after throwing a book that was useless to the subject away. She kept saying it after throwing each useless book on the floor.

''I got it!'' Apple Bloom exclaimed. This perked up the princess' ears up. ''It says that you will need to grab...'' She paused as she skimmed further on the page. ''Oh, but it isn't the book we are looking for.'' She threw the book on the ground. ''Shoot.''

Celestia royally hummed. ''Apple Bloom, sweetie, care to explain what has caused this memory loss. Probably Discord just cast one of his nasty tricks again.'' She rolled her eyes.

Apple Bloom was interrupted from her search and lifted her head from the big pile of books once she caught the full attention of the alabaster alicorn. She cleared her throat earthly to begin the story that she was told.

''Wow.'' Celestia was appalled. ''Glad she didn't die from hitting her head with the ground otherwise that would be even worse.''

''Not helping,'' Apple Bloom muttered through her gritted teeth and under her breath as she can't say anything towards the princess. ''Anyways, I wonder how the others are doing...''

* * *

''Do you really think we are able to find this rare flower thing?'' asked Scootaloo. ''I mean, I am not saying that because I'm scared or anything.'' She chuckled nervously whilst Sweetie Belle was staring at her.

''Please,'' she said. ''Stop being such a chicken, Scootaloo. Not even Fluttershy gets scared at everything.''

''Are you kidding? That pegasus is afraid of her own shadow. Also, she is afraid of clowns too. At least, that is what Spike told me about what Discord told him and Big Macintosh.''

''Hush,'' Luna exclaimed. ''Quiet down. I think we are getting hunted by wild animals.''

She trotted on faster. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo both looked at Luna walking quicker and glanced at each other shakily.

Luna trotted through the gate made out of leaves, behind was following two little fillies. She had found a giant and dark cave. Well, not too dark as there were magenta gems lighting the tunnel in. She walked inside with curiosity and confidence. Sweetie Belle followed her along as she was curious as well. However, Scootaloo stayed outside of the cave as she was too chicken to go in.

''I am not a chicken!''

''I never said!'' echoed Sweetie Belle.

''Hush!'' Luna shouted and blocked the little filly's mouth, which made her squeal.

I think she heard me.

She ignited her horn with a glow to see through the dark cave further and further. Although, it wasn't dark anymore, thanks to Princess Luna's abilities.

As they got deeper into the cave, they reached the dead end. But there wasn't anything in the dead end. There was a beautiful magenta brooch. Princess Luna examined it and remembered a story her sister has told her when she was a foal. She slid it through her wings for Zecora to examine deeper. Other than that, there was nothing else so they both headed outside again to get some fresh air and more light.

They still needed to find that rare flower which they hadn't forgotten. They continued walked through the forest deeper and further.

There was a flower bed full of such lovely flowers. They were all red, except one of them was white and had an odd shape.

''Maybe that is the one we are looking for!'' said Scootaloo.

''I don't know,'' Luna responded. ''This flower was pretty easy to find and it is meant to be rare. It can't just be right in front of our...'' She was suddenly caught off by a terrorizing, horrifying, huge, and green ugly beast. It roared at them so loudly, his spat flew right through them.

''Ew,'' the unicorn filly gagged. ''Gross.''

The unicorn filly yelled as the beast nearly pushed her against a tree but suddenly Scootaloo was fast enough to move her unicorn friend away.

''That was a close one,'' said Scootaloo, breathing heavily simultaneously with her friend that fell to the ground in the process of rescuing her.

Sweetie Belle wiped the blush that decorated her cheeks as she got off from her friend’s rescue embrace.

I knew this was too easy, Luna thought to herself. ''Quick!'' she exclaimed. ''Get to the other side of the forest to Zecora's and I will reason with this fiend.''

She glared at the horrid beast and powered up her horn to get ready to attack it. However, the two fillies ran as fast as they could to Zecora's hut.

Twenty minutes later, they had finally reached Zecora's hut and were relieved. They were out of breath and their legs were aching with all the running. They quickly knocked on the door to go in and sit down. The zebra opened the door and the two fillies came running inside just to sit on the two seats.

''How surprising,'' said Zecora, ''but why were you running?''

Sweetie Belle went crazy and was shaking Scootaloo to dizziness. ''There was a beast and Princess Luna told us to run to your hut and now we are out of oxygen.''

''We...found...the...rare...flower...though,'' she said, scattering around in dizziness and fell on the floor.

''Brilliant, you two!'' the zebra said. ''Now place the plant in this brew.''

Sweetie Belle had taken the flower from Princess Luna's wing before they ran away from the beast. Princess Luna told her to and gave her permission.

She soon dropped the pretty little white flower off inside the big, bubbling cauldron.

The zebra trotted forward and got out her spoon to mix up the brew. ''You two were a wonderful help with this cure. Anything I can do to repay the favour?''

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looked at each other before they shook their heads in response. The zebra smiled at their innocence and modesty.

Meanwhile, Luna crashed through the door with no oxygen inside her lungs. ''Do you have the cure now? I defeated the monster and...'' She paused and looked at the bubbling cauldron.

''It is ready,'' Zecora replied. ''I stirred it to be steady.''

''Perfect,'' said Scootaloo. ''Now let's bring this potion to Rainbow Dash as soon as possible!''

She rushed out towards the door. Before she did, Sweetie Belle nudged her on the shoulders and smirked.

''Looks like Zecora ain't that bad after all,'' said the unicorn filly.

Scootaloo chuckled. ''Let's not get ourselves hasty here.''

''Fair enough.’' The unicorn filly shrugged, still smirking at her.

At the Ponyville hospital, Luna was pouring the potion in an empty glass cup so Rainbow Dash would drink it. She gobbled it all down her throat and felt some queasy things in her tummy.

''I don't feel so good.''

''Is this part of the effect?'' Apple Bloom whispered to Scootaloo, who just shrugged in response.

Rainbow Dash then closed her eyes and opened it back again, only to reveal it white. She had her face on the pillow when she woke up again.

''What happened?'' she asked in confusion. ''Why am I in a hospital? The princesses? Cutie mark crusaders? Pinkie Pie? Applejack? Twilight? Rarity? Fluttershy? Spike?''

With a gasp, the cutie mark crusaders ran up to her hospital bed to embrace her with a warming hug.

''Huh?'' Rainbow Dash asked, scratching her head in confusion.

''Well, you sort of lost your memory for a week for doin' your double rainboom but everythin' worked out fine as we knew,'' Applejack explained.

''Which was totally awesome by the way.'' Scootaloo nudged her.

''Oh, yeah. Did that work? And WHAT?''

''Yep,'' the southern pony replied.

''Well, what can I say? I am awesome,'' Rainbow Dash said, placing a hoof to her chest proudly.

Pinkie Pie poofed her mane back into curls again and hugged her best friend tightly, never letting go. She sobbed a fountain of tears but this time was happy tears.

''We thought we lost you, darling.'' Rarity sighed in relief.

''But thanks to Zecora, we managed to get you back!'' said Apple Bloom.

''I...I...missed you, Dashie.'' Fluttershy hugged her.

''Well,'' said Twilight. ''I don't know how she does it but that zebra sure is something and by the way, I missed you too.'' She hugged onto her, but pulled away to send a glare and added on, ''but you better not do it again!''

Rainbow Dash chuckled. ''I won't.''

''Yeah,'' exclaimed Sweetie Belle. ''They were all in depression mode, especially Pinkie Pie. She was in the worst type of state.''

''It was chaotic like Discord,'' Scootaloo laughed.

Discord materialized in front of the patient's bed. ''I heard that!''

Fluttershy hugged him. The draconequus accepted the hug.

''Wait. Please, don't tell me that Fluttercord is still not a thing.'' Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes sarcastically.

''What?'' Fluttershy squealed. Discord was blushing harder than her.

She fell back onto her pillow, leaving everypony shocked. She opened her eyes again.

''Who are you all and where am I?''

The ponies gasped in terror. Of course, Pinkie Pie was the loudest of them all in the room.

''But Zecora...'' Twilight started to say.

''Gotcha!'' Rainbow Dash hysterically laughed and fell on the floor. ''Wow, I got you guys so good.'' She started laughing hysterically even more.

Pinkie Pie joined in the laughter as well. They all did.