8:00 AM

There have been better times to wake up. I don't think I have much of a choice this time around though, not with this dream still lingering around the corners of my mind. It's one of those dreams you can't forget because it is simply too hard to remove from your mind. Like those dreams where you do something incredibly stupid and everyone laughs at you. Well except for one thing; in my dream, no one is laughing. The only other person in this dream dies at the end. She is one of my best friends, Twilight. I woke up in tears. It wasn't even reality and I still could not bear the thought of losing my friend.

That was around an hour ago so, it's about 8:05. I have four more hours until my friends and I head out on our mountain expedition. It's going to be a great adventure, tons of fun.

We made plans about a month ago to climb to the peak of Mt.Sol to see the Eastern Lights. The Eastern Lights are this awesome display caused by lunar lights bouncing off the meteor shower, that just happens to be occurring at the same time. It makes a magnificent aurora across the night sky, or so I've heard. I haven't actually seen it yet, one of those once in a millenia, stars align, kind of thing.Regardless, it should still be a great way to spend time with my friends.
Now, all I need is a muffin and some orange juice and I'll be all set for the morning. Sadly, I think a certain somepony ate all the muffins. Well, guess I'll just make do with a scone. Scones are cool.

12:30
“Crap, I’m late! I gotta get down there as soon as I can” I think to myself as I run around town trying to reach Twi’s house, “We gotta reach our camping spot before dark or we won’t be able to see what we’re doing.” I can see her house from here, luckily it stands out from just about every other house in town.

“I’m here!” I exclaim as I burst in the door, “Wait, where’s everyone else?” The room was completely empty except for AppleJack.
“They all went out for a minute to get some last-minute supplies for outing,” She says, “Where have you been? You’re half an hour late.”
“Sorry about that, lost track of time,” I was actually busy doing flying practice and ended up getting lost in the canyon, but no one need to know that.
“We’re here!,” screams a certain pink pony as she practically breaks down the door opening it, “Didja miss me?”
“Sure, we all missed you,” AppleJack says, “Whad y’all get?”
“Not much really, just some basic supplies and food” Twilight says, “And Rarity needed some more scarves”
“What can I say” Rarity remarks, “One must always stay fashionable regardless of the situation”

I’ve never really understood Rarity’s obsession with being “fashionable” but that’s just me. I almost asked where FlutterShy was until I heard a soft voice coming from behind Pinkie, “Uhmm... Hi RainbowDash”
“RainbowDash! Where!” Pinkie exclaims looking around the room to find me. After locking onto me with her eyes she jumps at me screaming, “Dashie!”
“Uhm, Hi Pinkie,” I say after barely dodging her tackle-hug.
“When’d you get here?” Pinkie exclaims bouncing up and down, “Was it a long time ago, did we keep you waiting?”
“No, I got here right before you guys did,” I say, “I actually thought I kept you guys waiting.”
“Well we were all out getting supplies so there’s really nothing to be worried about,” Twilight says, “What took you so long to get here?”
“I got lost” I say, “I mean I lost track of time.”
“I see. Well at least we’re all here,” Twilight gives me a strange look, "Did you all bring what you were supposed to?"
"Fluttershy helped me make the dessert for tonight," Pinkie says pulling Fluttershy closer with her strange extendable arms, "Right Flutters?"
"Uhm, ye- yes. I guess so," I don't think Fluttershy is very comfortable in that position, "But Pinkie did all the work."
"Nonsense, I sent you on all those errands."
"But you did all the baking."
"You both helped," Twilight says, "AppleJack, did you bring the climbing equipment?"
"Sure thing sugar cube, got it all in my pack," Apple Jack says pointing to the green bag slouched over by a bookcase, "I brought extra just in case."
"Good good, and as we all know I just got back from picking up supplies and food," Twilight points to the bag on her back, "So all that leaves is Rainbow Dash, do you have what we asked you to get?"
"If you mean the awesome, hand-drawn sky-map of our route, the yes," I say, "I got it right here." I fumble around in my bag for the map last night I made some edits. Turns out that if you go the wrong way around the Crystal Tunnel you can get yourself horribly lost. Luckily though, I found that out after re-visiting the area and redrew the correct way to go through Crystal Tunnel.
“Rainbow Dash, you okay? You sure are taking a long time to find one piece of paper,” Apple Jack says.

That’s just it though, I can’t find it. Oh bit, I must of lost it when I was doing flying practice in that canyon. Luckily I left the rough draft in my pack, I guess I’ll have to make a mental note about the Caves then.
“Yeah, the map is right here,” I show them the “map”, “Just had to make sure it was the right one.”
“Well that’s good,” Twight says, “Wouldn’t want that now would we?”
“No we wouldn’t,” Rarity responds, “And Rainbow Dash, I must say, you have quite the eye for detail. A lot of work must of been put into this.”
“Yeah, actually I stayed up all night working on this,” I say, “Needed to make sure everything was perfectly accurate.”
“Well, it looks okie dokie lokie to me,” Pinkie says bouncing up and down on the ceiling grinning, don't ask me how, “Good job!”
“Pinkie, get down from there. You might... Uh...” Apple Jack stammers, “Anyways, good job.”
“Yes, I’ve been to this area briefly before,” Twilight says, pointing to a drawing on the map, “I’m surprised you noticed the way that hill arcs, I thought you wouldn’t for sure.”
"Well I did spend some time on it," I say, "Anyways, Twilight, what food did you get?"
“Not much, just a few apples, which Apple Jack generously donated, some sandwiches, soup and trail-mix,”
“And don’t forget about my cake!” Pinkie Pie says jumping down from the ceiling.
“Well, I didn’t actually have anything to do with that, you and Fluttershy did all the work,”
"Oh yeah..."
"What kinda soup?" I ask.
"A variety," Twilight answers, "But a lot of tomato soup"
"Well good thing I love tomato soup."
I really do love tomato soup, I don't know why though.
"That's just dandy Dash," Apple Jack says, "But I brought something extra special. Two things actually."
"Really! Really!" Pinkie says bouncing again in Apple's face, "Whadja get!"
"Well...," Apple Jack says, raising the suspense. If I didn't know better, I would've thought it was because Pinkie was less than 5 inches away from her face.
"Just some of Sweet-Apple-Acres fresh cider and apple sauce!"
I think Pinkie might need a new face, here eyes are too big.
"Some what!" Pinkie says.
"You heard me, fresh applesauce and cider. My family was trying out some new recipes and after hearing how Dash here rarely ever gets some decided to let me use the leftovers for our expedition. I hope you like this surprise, even though I can't assure you of the taste,"
"Are you kidding me, this is awesome!" I say, pumping a hoof into the air.
"Glad you think so," Twilight says, "Now that everything seems to be in order, let's get moving."
"Why yes, let us embark," Rarity says, "I can show my new scarf to the world all the quicker."
"Rarity, if you didn't notice," I say, "We're going to be climbing, on a mountain. No one will see us,"
"Well, we will be strolling through town won't we?"
“Yeah, and? We’ll only be there for a few minutes”
“Time enough to make a fashion statement.”
I still don’t understand Rarity’s obsession with fashion.

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