The Day My Life Began

Meeting in The Forest

The Everfree wasn't a scary place to be. It was unsettling, yes, but not scary. Of some pony could live here, then it can't be that bad right?

The three of us were walking away from the mirror pool. Big Mac helped get the giant rock, Twilight lifted it onto the hole, and I guided them there. It was surprisingly easy and I thank my Story that the Crusaders hadn't found it first.

Pinkie Pie had tried getting me to make one. She had thought about it a lot after the wedding, and said it would be great to have a pony help me. I was barely able to tell her I had that pony once, and I lost her.

This made Pinkie drag me down to the Mirror Pool. I remember that moment vividly.

==DMLB==

"Pinkie, I don't want a double." I explained, staring warily at her double.

The pony bounced excitedly. "Come on, Raspberry! It'll be fun!" The double cheered.

I shook my head. "No. Please Pinkie, respect my decision. If I wanted a double again, I would go out and get one, but I can't."

Pinkie tilted her head. "Again?" She asked, looking confused.

My eyes widened. "I don't want a double." I repeated. "So can I please just go now?"

Pinkie lowered her excited hooves to the ground. She was starting to frown. "What did you mean 'again'?"

"Fun!" The double shouted.

Then, I noticed the double's double.

==DMLB==

Raspberry.2 was thankfully avoided. Once Pinkie's clones became a stampede, I used every profiler tool I had developed to find the real one. After that I made sure to stay close to her.

Twilight had actually given me the benefit of the doubt. I told her Pinkie had used the Mirror Pool, and then all of her clones followed. She had the solution, and wanted the Real Pinkie.

It was at this point I realized that I was so busy talking to Twilight that I wasn't paying attention to Pinkie.

The Paint Drying Test went off without a-

My ear flicked back, hearing an unnatural noise off in the woods.

"Hold it." I said, my ears rotating towards the sound.

"What is it Raspberry?" Twilight asked me.

I gave the unicorn a brief glance.  The noise was long gone, but whatever caused it was still around. "Probably nothing. I just need to go check something out."

"Are you sure? It's not really safe out here." Twilight asked.

I turned to the unicorn, smirking. "I know. I like it too." I chuckled. "But seriously, I'll be fine."

Twilight seemed hesitant. "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow, in that case."

I waved. "See ya later Sparkle of Twilight."

So I followed the sound, unaware of what I was chasing. It was just too difficult to say no.

I was chasing it for what felt like ten minutes, ending up in the clearing where I first arrived in Equestria. Whatever I was chasing had vanished, and that annoyed me.

Panting from all the running, I started looking around the clearing. Maybe it was in hiding. "Hello?" I called out.

There was some rustling behind me. I moved towards it, but saw only shaking leaves.