Once upon a time there was a little green Usul named Twilight_8. Twilight_8
was a sweet little Neopian always helping at the Soup Kitchen and donating at
the Money Tree and she always had lots of friends. One day Twilight_8 was walking
with some of her buddies from school and they started talking. One of Twilight_8's
friends is a Faerie Usul, and another one is a Mutant Kacheek, so most of Twilight_8's
friends were pretty unique looking. Now Twilight_8 told her friends that she
was tired of be a boring old green Usul, and that there was nothing really special
about her, now before her friends could say anything Twilight_8 dashed off in
search of a paint brush.
Twilight_8's first stop was the Rainbow Pool. Now she didn't have a paint
brush so she decided to check out some of the colours she could be. So she looked
through the whole list of Usul colours and finally came to one she liked. Twilight_8
ran home as fast as she could. When she arrived home the first thing she did
was run into SilverKitty_8's room. Out of breath she asked SilverKitty_8 how
many Neopoints they had. SilverKitty_8 looked up from her book and answered,
"25,000 and something, I'm not sure, why?"
Twilight in her sweet, innocent voice said, "Well, I was talking to some of
my friends today and we got in this discussion about paint brushes and I was
just thinking about getting myself painted, ya know, so I don't have to be so
boring?"
At this point SilverKitty_8 was thinking very hard and she said, "Well, I guess,
what did you want to be exactly?"
Twilight_8 looked thoughtful, "A cloud Usul."
SilverKitty_8 said, "Uh... Twilight that is a little expensive, I don't think
we can afford it, is there something else you'd like to be?"
Disappointed Twilight_8 answered, "No" and walked off towards her bedroom.
Twilight_8 sighed and said, "This isn't fair! I never get anything I want, now
I'll look stupid forever!" Twilight was obviously upset and SilverKitty_8 knew
that, but she hoped maybe she'd feel better after some rest.
The next morning Twilight_8 woke up still a little upset about not getting
a paint brush. She brushed her teeth and got ready for school, just like any
ordinary day, but when she called for her owner there was no response, just
silence. Twilight_8 figured her owner had gone out like she sometimes does.
So Twilight_8 poured herself some coco neocrunch, her favourite cereal, and
then she poured herself a glass of orange juice. After Twilight_8 ate her cereal
she finished off her orange juice. Then on her way out she spotted something
sticking out of the bush by her house, it was brown and looked like wood, like
a handle or something, curious, Twilight_8 walked over and picked up the thing
sticking out of the bush. To Twilight_8's surprise it was a paint brush, a cloud
paint brush. Twilight_8 was shocked, not many Neopians would just leave something
so valuable just lying around, now as much as Twilight_8 wanted to be painted
she just wasn't the kind of person to keep something that wasn't hers. So on
her way to school Twilight_8 stopped by a few places and asked if anyone had
lost a Cloud paint brush and everyone shook there head and said no, so Twilight_8
thought that since nobody claimed it then it was hers to keep--this made Twilight_8
VERY happy.
Then a tall, nice looking Lupe with a deep voice asked Twilight_8 where she'd
found this paint brush. Twilight_8 looked up at the look and answered, "Uh...
in a bush by my house."
The young Lupe looked at her and said, "Well, just recently I lost a Cloud
paint brush, I'm not sure where, but I think that might be it."
Very disappointedly, Twilight_8 handed the Lupe the paint brush and said, "Oh,
well, here then."
He smiled at her and said "Well, thank you for finding it, and since you found
it I'd like to give you something in return." The Lupe pulled a box out of his
bag and handed it to Twilight_8, then thanked her again and walked off.
Twilight_8, upset that she didn't get to keep the paint brush but was still
happy to have been given a reward... quickly Twilight_8 opened the package,
inside was a... paint brush, a skunk paint brush. Now it wasn't a cloud paint
brush and it wasn't even really pretty but Twilight_8 thought it was rather
funny and it would still be better than being green. So Twilight_8 started to
walk towards the Rainbow Pool when she remember something: "SCHOOL!!! OH NO,
I'M LATE FOR SCHOOL!" Twilight_8 decided that, because of school, she'd
wait to go to the Rainbow Pool.
After School Twilight_8 ran to the Rainbow Pool in such a hurry that she forgot
she was supposed to walk home with her friends, but she figured she'd talk to
them after she got painted, they'd be so surprised.
After Twilight_8 got painted she just had to go look in a mirror and when she
did she burst into laughter, she looked so funny, she thought her friends would
get a real kick out of it too, but that's not exactly what happened.
Once Twilight_8 finally caught up to her friends in the woods she was totally
out of breath. Once Twilight_8 finally caught her breath she looked up at her
friends, they were all staring at her. Twilight_8 was confused, didn't her friends
recognise her? Twilight_8 spoke for the first time in her long run: "Hi guys!"
They stared at her again for a second then ran off screaming. Twilight_8 was
so confused--her own friends didn't recognise her, they thought she was a real
skunk. Now Twilight_8 was really sorry, she wanted so badly to be painted cause
she was afraid her friends wouldn't want to hang around with her anymore after
a while cause she was so dull looking, and now her friends don't wanna hang
around her because they thought she was a skunk. Twilight_8 sat down on a log
near by and said, "Oh wow, I've really messed up, instead of having lots of
friend I have none." Twilight_8 broke down in tears.
Soon a yellow Wocky came and walked up to Twilight_8 and asked, "What's wrong,
Why are you crying?"
Twilight_8 looked up at the Wocky. She was frowning as she answered, "My friends
don't like me anymore."
The Wocky sat down next to Twilight_8 and said, "Awww, that's too bad, why?"
Twilight_8 answered, "Because they think I'm a skunk!"
The Wocky was smiling again and she said, "Well, why don't you just tell them
who you are?"
Twilight_8 thought for a moment, "Of course, why didn't I think of that. Thanks,
what's your name again?"
The Wocky still smiling said, "It's FoxyBlaze13."
Twilight_8, who was now smiling as well, said, "Mine's Twilight_8, wanna help
me talk to my friends?"
FoxyBlaze13, who looked very happy at the idea answered, "Sure, I'd love to
meet your friends, I don't really have any friends!"
"Great!" Twilight_8 exclaimed.
So Twilight_8 and FoxyBlaze13 went to find Twilight_8's friends, it didn't
take long to catch up to them. Twilight_8 explained to her friends what happened
and they all laughed.
"LOL! I can't believe we actually thought you were a real skunk!"
"Yeah that sure did stink!"
Twilight_8 introduced FoxyBlaze13 to all of her friends and they spent the
rest of the day laughing at how funny Twilight_8 looked, but it wasn't in a
mean way. Twilight_8 thought she looked funny too. It's not everyday your friend
gets turned into a skunk.
The End | 
