Cutie mark crisis

Chapter 5: ‘’Let me tell you a story’’
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‘’Come on you lazy ponies, we got some job to do!’’ Rainbow Dash and Lixidie wake everyone to breakfast.
‘’I made some berry soup, after you have ate those we can start tracking Her down.’’ Lixidie says with a cup of berry soup on her hoof.
‘’I have already packed all the stuff we need, so we can get going immediately’’ Rainbow Dash continues.
When everypony is eating, Lixidie and Rainbow start to explain the plan.
‘’I remember that she started going that way, so I expect her to live somewhere in that direction.’’ Lixidie starts.
‘’Yeah, and because the forest burned a little yesterday, we can see her hoof prints easily.’’ Rainbow Dash continues.
‘’And she also was probably in so big hurry that she didn’t remember to clear her trail.’’
‘’Okay then, It sounds like you two have a plan. Now we just need to get Rarity out of the bed.’’ Applejack informs.
‘’I’ll handle that.’’ Pinkie says and takes a bucket of cold water and pours it all on Rarity’s face.
‘’What in earth is going on?’’ Rarity says and jumps out of the bed.
‘’Handled.’’ Pinkie announces and everyone, except Rarity, start to laugh.
When they all have eaten their food, they start leaving the house or what’s left of it.
‘’So, she went that way, and look, her hoof prints are visible. Now, let’s follow the prints and we’ll find her in no time.’’ Applejack tells.
‘’Why everything has to be covered in mud?’’ Rarity asks and tries to avoid the mud.
‘’Maybe because we are in a forest?’’ Twilight says with a clear frustration in her voice.
When they move deeper and deeper in the forest, they notice something.
‘’What is this?’’ Fluttershy says and points at a piece of brown cloth.
‘’That must be from Her robe.’’ Rainbow Dash says.
‘’Well at least we are walking to the right direction. By the way, can anyone tell: How long we have been walking?’’ Lixidie says.
‘’According to suns position, we have been walking about five hours.’’ Twilight tells proud.
‘’Anypony want to keep a break and get something to eat?’’ Lixidie suggests.
‘’I do.’’ says Rarity immediately.
‘’That’s a good idea, let’s get something to eat and gather our energy. We still have a long walking ahead of us.’’ Twilight says.
‘’Fortunately, I packed a lot of berries for us to eat.’’ says Pinkie and takes a bag full of berries out of her bag.
Everypony eat their belly full and take a little rest, but now they have to get moving again.
‘’Let’s get moving.’’ Lixidie commands.
‘’Do we have to?’’ Rarity starts whining.
‘’Sorry Sugarcube but we can’t wait too long.’’ Applejack says and lifts her friend up.
They continue following the hoof prints when they see a tree with windows and a door.
‘’That must be where She lives.’’ Rainbow says and walks towards the house.
‘’Wait. Is this what I think it is?’’ Fluttershy says and picks a brown robe from a bush.
‘’Yes. It is.’’ Lixidie tells.
‘’Let’s go get her!’’ Rainbow says, walks to the door and knocks it.
For everyone’s surprise, Someone opens the door, but that is not the reason, why they all are surprised. It’s Zecora, who opens the door.
‘’Are you The thief?’’ Rainbow asks and starts backing up.
‘’What do you mean Rainbow Dash?’’ Zecora asks confused.
‘’We found this from the bush.’’Fluttershy says and shows the robe.
‘’And that is?’’ Zecora asks and seems even more confused.
‘’Thief’s robe.’’ Fluttershy says and throws the robe in front of Zecora.
‘’This explains everything.’’Zecora says and looks at the robe.
‘’What?’’ Rainbow Dash says and everypony seem confused.
‘’Come in and I’ll explain.’’
When they all are inside Zecora’s house, Zecora starts explaining:
‘’Yesterday at evening, I was visited by one pony who looked like zebra. She told me that she had used all of her healing powder when she healed an old friend of her, and she wanted to buy some more. That must have been the thief you are looking for.’’
‘’A friend of her?’’ Twilight says and turns to look at Lixidie, who looks like she would be about to run away.
‘’Yes. She is my former best friend, and she’s not a zebra. She is a pony who looks like zebra and her name is Zeabra.’’ Lixidie tells and walks next to window and looks out.
‘’Let me tell you a story.’’
Everypony gathers around Lixidie.

‘’I was at ninth grade. I was one of the most famous students in school. It was a normal looking day…

‘’Hey students!’’ Said the teacher, when she walked in the classroom.
‘’Good Morning teacher!’’ Whole class greets together.
‘’We have a new student in our class, come in!’’ Says teacher and looks at the doorway and so does the whole class.
New student walks in the class looking as ready as a pony can.
‘’This is Zeabra, she comes from a faraway land. How about if you tell us something about yourself?’’
‘’Well, My name is Zeabra, but I’m a pony.’’ Says Zeabra before she gets interrupted.
‘’That doesn’t make any sense! You can’t be a pony named Zebra! You even look like one!’’ Yells a colt from behind the class.
‘’’Don’t interrupt her.’’ The teacher commands and looks angrily at the colt in the back line.
‘’It’s okay. My name is not Zebra, it’s Zeabra. I love making potions and powders. I also like gathering herbs.’’ She tells before she gets interrupted again.
‘’So you are some kind of witch?’’ a mare asks.
‘’No I am not. I am a normal pony who likes different things than you.’’ Zeabra says and walks to her place. Everypony around her changes their place.
When the lesson is over and Zeabra goes to get her books, some ponies start pushing her around and steal her books.
‘’Now listen, Zebra, if you think you can do whatever you want. You’re wrong and remember it.’’ One of the bullies say and throw Zeabra’s books in the trash can. Then they walk away laughing.
Then when Zeabra gets to her locker and takes her other books and puts them on her back, somepony comes and slaps the book off her back.
‘’Look, she is a zebra, everypony can hold their books on their back, but she can’t. You know why? Because you are a zebra.’’ says the colt and walks away.
When she is about to pick her books up, she sees that someone has already picked them.
‘’Please, I beg you, give those books back.’’ Zeabra says and stares the one who took her books in the eyes.
‘’Of course I will give them back, I just helped you collect them.’’ says the mare and hands over the books.
‘’Thanks.’’ Zeabra says with a questioning face.
‘’Name’s Lixidie.’’ says the mare and smiles.
‘’Zeabra.’’ she says and smiles back.
They start walking towards the next class.
‘’So, you’re the new one on our class.’’ Lixidie confirms.
‘’Yeah. I can see that there is some sort of ‘’gang’’ leading the school.’’
‘’Oh, you met them.’’
‘’Well, they threw my books in a trash can.’’
‘’That’s terrible. I can tell them to leave you alone.’’
‘’You’d do that?’’
‘’Of course. I’d do anything for a friend.’’ says Lixidie and starts staring at Zeabra.
‘’What?’’ Zeabra says and smiles back.
‘’You really look like a zebra. No offence.’’
‘’None taken.’’
Lixidie and Zeabra spend every day of a month together, but one day when Zeabra is waiting for Lixidie. Somebody crabs her and drags her in the girls bathroom.
‘’You freaking witch!’’ says the mare and spits on Zeabra’s face and then continues.
‘’Did you really think we wouldn’t revenge?’’
‘’What do you mean?’’ Zeabra says terrified.
‘’Lixidie told us that you beat her and tried to feed her some of your potions but she managed to escape.’’
‘’I didn’t! I didn’t even see her after the school.’’
‘’That sounds like an excuse to me.’’
‘’But I didn’t do anything!’’
‘’We are going to make every single day of the rest of your life a living hell.’’
‘’But…’’
‘’Don’t say that you didn’t so anything! It’s not going to work! Here’s the deal, Next weekend there is a party at my place and you better be there.’’
‘’Why would you want me there?’’
‘’Well, we need someone to laugh at.’’
‘’And if I don’t come?’’
‘’Let’s say that then you won’t anymore recognize yourself from the mirror.’’
Then the mare let’s her go and walks away.
Zeabra is getting bullied everyday through whole week. Lixidie is not in school whole week, because she has a terrible fever. Or that is what they say.
It’s the evening before the big party. Zeabra is in her room mixing something and talking herself.
‘’I heard that Lixidie will come. I have a surprise for her… a surprise she will never forget…’’
At the party Lixidie sees Zeabra and runs to her.
‘’Hey Zeabra! How nice that you got here!’’
‘’Well hi you liar…’’
‘’What did you say?’’
‘’Umm... Nothing. It’s nice to see you again!’’
‘’I missed you so much! I had a really terrible fever.’’
‘’Of course you did…’’
‘’Could you talk louder? I can’t hear you over the music!’’
‘’ I said: Hi you liar! I have something for you!’’ Zeabra yells furiously and shoves a bag of some dust down Lixdie’s throat.

Some of the ponies start staring at Lixidie other stare at Zeabra, who is standing at the door, holding some sort of box open. Suddenly Lixdie’s cutie mark rolls of her flank and flies inside the box that Zeabra is holding open. Then Zeabra closes the box and runs away. No pony runs after her.

‘’That was my story.’’ says Lixidie, who is still staring out of the window.
‘’Whoa…’’ Applejack says amazed.
‘’That was quite a story.’’ Rarity says and gets closer to Lixidie.
‘’But how did you get your memory back?’’ Twilight asks.
‘’She invented the powder with memory loss afterwards.’’
‘’Oh…’’
‘’I am not only after her because I want my cutie mark, I am also after her ‘cause I want to tell her the truth.’’ Lixidie explains.
‘’And I also know that she led us here, if you saw her hoof prints, she didn’t turn in any point, and she also didn’t even slightly try to cover her path. She wanted us to come here, to safety, to Ponyville.’’
‘’Ponyville?!’’ Everypony says at the same time.
‘’Well, look.’’ Lixidie said and pointed at the Ponyville clock tower.