PARADISA LOST

[a timid little voice speaks over the journal.]

Happy... Happy Hearth's Warming Eve, everypony. I hope you can all remember how important friendship is...not just for the holidays... but everyday. Um, I made... some chocolate cake, in the kitchen, if anypony wants some... but you don't have to have any if you don't want to.

[The cake has pink frosting and is shaped like a heart, and she is patiently cutting it apart with a knife held in her mouth. Care to go to the kitchen to witness such cuteness?]

[Outside of the castle, and heard over some of the journals, there is a squeaking sound. Like someone struggling to do a physical activity and failing at it.You see, this little Pegasus just can't seem to get her wings to work.

Oh, and she's somehow stuck in a random land with complete strangers. But first, the flying.

She flaps her little wings, gets an inch off the ground... and then flops back on the ground, face first. Moooan. Tries again... same results. Life is terrible. Giving up, she flops on the grass, sighing.]

[This pony has not been having a good week, and it's only Tuesday. Pinkie Pie is a statue, her friends are suffering losses, and now she's learned that Spike has been kidnapped. There is only so much a Pegasus can take.]

[Dictated.]

E-excuse me... I'm sorry to bother you all, but my good, dear friend Spike has been kidnapped... He's a baby dragon, so he needs all of our help... He's little, and purple, and green, so if you see him, please let me know...

... And... and the man who stole him, who wore armor, and is a 'jackass'...

... You shouldn't have... I mean, it wasn't nice to... If we could just talk...

[... No. No. You know what? This won't stand. Her voice is getting stronger...]

... Give... Spike... Back. Right now! Do you hear me? He's just a baby! What kind of terrible person tricks a baby with candy? You have got to be one of the meanest people in this entire castle! You better tell me where he is!

You do not - I repeat - you do not! Hurt! My! Friends!

[Thirteen truly is lucky for anyone who comes across the castle's resident Pegasus Pony. She trots down the hallway, and anyone just so happens to walk there too, they'll get shoved hard as she passes. She goes to the kitchen to have some dinner, and manages to create a gigantic mess that she refuses to clean up. Then at the library, she happily kicks over bookshelves and uses the dropped books like soccer balls. When she gets outside, uses her tail to trip anyone she sees walking. Finally, she goes to where the Pokemon are beind held, and dangles food out of their reach, laughing when they can't get out.

Feel free to go through any of these options, or just put where you are. Because no doubt Fluttershy will be there too, and she will be rude to you. She will find a way. Beware, Paradisa!]

[Some of you with your journals open, or are outside of the castle this starry night, might hear a tremendous THUMP. Followed by a demure little 'Owww...']

What just... Huh? ... Oh, dear, not this again... Owww...

[For those choosing action, you'll find a sprawled out pink-haired girl face first in the grass. Sucks to turn human when you were just flying five seconds ago. She groans in a bit of pain, trying to lift herself up, but keeps falling back down. She has to remember how to walk all over again!]

... At least the kidnapper won't get me, but... This isn't very nice... Ow.

[Lovely day outside, isn't it? That's what Fluttershy thinks. She's outside, smelling the flowers, enjoying the shade of trees, and genuinely enjoying herself.

Little does she know that Invader Zim is in one of those trees! You see, he wasn't too happy when the Pegasus messed up his earlier plans, and he's devised some revenge. As he deviously watches in the branches, he sets these babies into action. Those of you outside, or have your journals open, may hear some faint 'bzzzz.']

Huh...? Is someone there...?

[Fluttershy looks around... and then... the quietest screaming you'll have ever heard! Those robotic bees are after Fluttershy! She runs left, she runs right, but they're swarming all around her! Stinging her! Making her ble-oh no, wait. They're... just mildly poking her. And it's very annoying.

This is a double-post, so expect tagging from Zim! And feel free to lay waste your revenge on him too!]

[she is happy that her friends are back safe and sound, and that she's back to being a pony, albeit now one with a scar hidden under her fur, but there are still troubling issues to settle.

Like, you know, sharing a room with the one you gave you the scar. So she's wandering the halls, looking for a new place to sleep, since she can't very well share a room with Courage anymore. She carries the journal on her back, open so she can speak. She meant to filter this to her bronies but doesn't know how.]

Is everypony all right...? I'm really glad this is over...

... Um... Do you know where I can find a new place to sleep...? I... I can't really use my old room anymore...

[Naturally, in the wave of vanishing babies, there's going to be some tears. Naturally, the pony who loves animals and children is going to have a lot of tears.

Unable to find her winged puppy of a daughter, Fluttershy is outside the castle, huddled under a tree, laying on her legs and mournfully holding what looks like a paper with childish drawings on it. Said drawing is getting blurred because of pony tears. Comfort, mock, 'what the hell a pony with wings', have at.]

[Guess what sound you get to hear again, Paradisa? Hooves! A third pony is now wandering the elborate hallway of the castle, but there's no rambled chatter or panicked talk to accompany the hooves this time. In fact, there's sheer silence with this new arrival, as she shyly peeks into each room, but then quickly retreats at the sheerest hint of a shadow, quickly trotting away.

Eventually, a tiny voice does finally make itself known... and do I mean tiny! It's as good as a whisper.]

... Um... Excuse me, but... Is... is anypony there? I think I'm lost...

... This... couldn't be the princess's castle, could it? ... Princess Celestia? ... Twilight Sparkle....? ... Anypony...?