Luke humbly grabbed bis lightsaber and clipped it to his belt in case he needed to use it for his quest with Lyra, Bon Bon, Pip, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Thunderlane, Rumble, and Spike for their big quest to stop the Hay Fever from spreading like wildfire or the bubonic plague.
Looking at Fluttershy who was still listening to Luke's iPod, she was still enjoying the tunes.
Smiling at her he said "Fluttershy." And waved his arms to get her attention. The yellow pegasus noticed and took one muff out. "Listen, i'm gonna go find Zecora and see if she can help me with the outbreak. Don't worry, I won't be gone too long."
"That's really sweet. Thank you Luke." Fluttershy replied in a flattered voice. She made a small cough and took a sip of her milk.
"You're welcome, Flutters." Said Luke.
"Wait. You will be careful will you? The Everfree Forest is a dangerous place."
"Don't worry, I got my lightsaber to help me with that."
"Okay. Because I feel rather horrible." And then she made yet another sneeze
"Just hang in there, Fluttershy, stay strong for me." In his head he thought "what did I just say that for? She's just sick she's not dying of measles or something."
"I will. Be careful." Then Fluttershy continued listening to the music playlist. The human went downstairs and told the animals where he was going and asked them to keep an extra eye on his friend upstairs in bed.
His cronies who were not sick were just waiting outside the front door. "Did ya get the light sword or whatever it's called?" The baby dragon asked him.
"Yep." Luke patted the side of his belt where the lightsaber was attached to. "Everything is all set. "Now, remember we need to check on the Apples and Rainbow, remember?"
"You got it, Luke." Said Lyra with a nod. All of them made a walk down the road to the Apple family Farm, and the animals in the place looked rather hungry and want their food so bad. Worried, Luke thought that maybe the animals living on this piece of land would need their breakfast so bad and it would figure since Applejack, Applebloom, Big Mac, and Granny Smith would be too ill to do anything about it.
"These animals look rather starving. Just look at the pigs squealing over there." said Cloudchaser with a raised eyebrow.
"You're right." said Flitter in agreement. "Poor things."
"I think we should feed them, but first of all, the matter at hand, or at hoof." Luke reminded everyone.
"Right!" they all said in unison. Rumble was the one who promptly knocked on the door, and waited for sixty seconds for anyone to answer. Finally, after tapping his foot, Applejack was the one who answered it. She looked just as sick as everypony else in Ponyville, ans the ones that were with him of course.
"Oh Luke, Spike, and Lyra, Bon Bon, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Thunderlane, Pip, and Rumble." she said in a stuffy voice. "What brings y'all here." then she sneezed.
"say it, don't spray it." said Cloudchaser."
"I'm sorry. This Hay Fever is just killing me, I don't know how much longer I can bear with this." then she wiped her nose with a tissue. "Come on in, just be careful not to get what we have." hen she stepped aside, and revealed her knees slightly shaking, probably because one of the affects of Hay Fever is unexpected chills once in a while.
"You look cold." said Bon Bon
"Don't worry about that. Me and my family have blankets with us to keep us warm." Applejack said
"Right." Luke said in an awkward tone of voice. As all of them stepped inside, there was all the other members of the Apple family, just as sick as the Element of Honesty was. Big Mac was completely wrapped in a turquoise colored blanket, except for his head peeking out like a hoodie, along with a thermometer in his mouth
Applebloom was sitting on the floor, looking so weak to even move a muscle, and shaking like it was minus fifty degrees in the farmhouse.
Granny Smith looked just as bad as the others in a horrible condition. Now Luke was starting to worry that the Hay Fever might spread like a plague for sure. The worst part is, his other friends could be next on the list, ans Spike, who is immune to this sickness.
Winona noticed the otehrs and happily barked in joy, and tried to put her paws on Luke's jeans. The human bent down to his knees and then petted the Aussie, making her really happy.
"Well you're looking live and well, Winona." Luke chuckled.
"Yeah, animals are immune to Hay Fever."
"Figures." Luke said. "Well, we just wanted to see if you were all sick like the rest of the town was."
"Afraid we are, Sugarcube." said Applejack in annoyance. "I myself wasn't expecting this to happen."
"Nope." said Big Mac. He himself made a huge sneeze that was louder than any sneeze in Equestria, and even broke a record for the World's loudest sneeze. "We have no idea how or why this is happening." then he took a sip of hot chocolate with little marshmallows in it.
"We don't even know when this will end." said Applebloom, coughing at the top of her lungs.
"Don't sneeze us on." Thunderlane warned. "We don't wanna get infected either."
"Sorry." Applebloom remarked quietly.
"Have you guys... you know, fed the animals around here by any chance?"
"We would, but we are too sick, plus, we don't wanna get the critters sick, wouldn't we?" said Granny Smith.
"But, animals are immune to the disease."
Granny Smith had a dumbfounded look on her face as if she didn't know what Luke was talking about.
"Never mind her." said Big Mac. "Granny Smith suffers from short term memory loss when she is as sick as a dog." Big Mac remarked. Winona made a bark of offense, making Big Mac a little nervous about what he just said "No offense, Winona." he added. The Aussie just rolled her eyes in irritation.
"Well, we can help you guys out with the animals if you all want. Just to save ya the trouble." Pip.
"That would be mighty kind of you." said Applejack gratefully.
Everyone in Luke's posse went to work on the farm for a little while, just to feed the animals, and did it as fast as they could for they still had a job to do that involved curing all of Ponyville from this Hay Fever madness before it turns to Europe's black death times internationally.
After that was all done, the animals were all happy with all the food they were giving to sustain the breath in their bodies. The next stop was at Rainbow Dash's house, but unfortunately, her house was entirely was made out of clouds, and only pegasus ponies and Alicorns alone can walk on clouds alone, no other type of pony else can unless there was a spell that can help them with it.
"No problem, me and Cloudchaser will get her down from their." said Flitter. Both sisters went in front of the door, and rung the doorbell
"Guys, our friends say that it is probably nothing, but a whole town to get sick, I say there is something fishy going on here."
"You're right." said Lyra. "Maybe a few ponies getting the flew is one thing, and so is pollen count, but this?"
"Exactly. You know in home, there was a horrible timeline in the middle ages called the black death."
"What's that?" asked Rumble
"It's a long yet fascinating historical story." Just then the pegasus sisters came back down with a very sick Rainbow Dash, just as pale as a bone would be like.
"Hey guys." she said, and then greeted them with a sneeze to go with it. However, the others dodged the germs that were flying about. "What's going on?"
"Rainbow, are you perfectly aware that almost everyone in Ponyville is just as sick as we are?" asked the human
"Uh-huh. I feel so horrible. I just feel sorry for everypony who is suffering from this illness. What the hell is even going on here?"
"That's what we're wondering." said Thunderlane. "But, we might have a solution to the problem with a potions master."
"Zecora?"
"Uh-huh. Something is definitely amiss with all this illnesses going on here."
"Can't blame, Luke. Well, good luck. I desperetaly need my nap. She made another sneeze away from the uninfected posse. "Catch ya later." then she went back in her cloud house, and a loud sneeze was heard from within.
"Well, that's taken care of. To the Everfree forest we go." said Luke, pulling out his lightsaber and pointing the green-beamed blade towards where the Everfree forest was. His friends agreed with him and followed suit into the dangerous woods. The human didn't let go of his lightsaber for even a second, for he remembered seeing the Manticore there, even though he was friendly, and the fact that he knew Fluttershy.
Not only that, but he was trying to remember the path that led her to the hut the last time he visited her there.
"Stay in formation, everyone." he warned cautiously. "You'll never know what kind of monster will pop up anytime soon."
"Don't worry, careful is our middle name." said Rumble, looking around cautiously.
They progressed further into the Everfree trees and Luke slashed lots of branches with his lightsaber as if he was in the Congo jungle, one by one every time they were in the way. His friends all stood close behind him. All of a sudden, they heard a small and faint growl out of nowhere.
"Shh, what was that?" Lyra noticed. "I heard a growling noise." She and Bon Bon clung to eachother like sisters would do and stood alert for what might happen next. The grownups kept the kids close to them so they could all keep them safe. Luke readied his lightsaber for anything bad that might happen.
All of a sudden, a jumping growl was heard, and out of the bushes, was a horrible, grey, gaunt, dog-like creature who was completely hairless and a set of spines down his back, with his eyes glowing vermilion red like a pair of suns. It's ears were pointed like needles like a Doberman Pinscher would have on his head
"Oh no, it's a Chupacabra!" said Pip.
"Chupacabra?" Luke said to himself. "A monster kinda exists in my homeworld, I never thought that there would be one in Equestria. Stay back guys, I'll handle this!"
The beast charged with an ear-piercing screech and swung it's claws on the human. Luke however dodged his attacks, and then almost got bitten by it's vampire-like fangs on the neck, even if he wasn't exactly a goat. He would not let a monstrous, evil goat-killer try and suck his blood.
The monster then disappeared for a second into the brush, and all of them were feeling scared for a moment. Luke kept his wits about and waited for the gaunt creature to make his next move. All of a sudden, he heard another screeching sound, and saw the Chupacabra leaping on him, causing him to land on his back, and losing his lightsaber
It was trying so hard to take a big ole bite out of Luke's face, but Luke was tough, and he was using all his strength to prevent this blood-sucking monster from doing that and sucking his blood.
Luckily, Luke kicked the Chupacabra's face, knocking him against a tree while making a whiny shriek of pain like a dog would emit. It gave Luke enough time to get back his lightsaber and ignite it once again. Now the monster was more than angry and determined to suck the blood out of his opponent. With a very fast charge, Luke rolled out of the way just in time, and with one slash from the lightsaber, the monster's head rolled on the ground with it's mouth wide open.
"Oh so gross!" said Cloudchaser.
"keep it away from us!" Bon Bon
"It's alright, it's alright." Luke said, catching his breath. "It's dead now."
"I hope so." said Pip. Since he was a little boy, he felt like touching the skull with it's hoof, but of course, he was immediately stopped
"Don't touch it, Pip." said Lyra moving his small arm away from it, and with a look of disgust on her face. "That's disgusting, you might get germs from it."
"Sorry." Pip said, no feeling glad he didn't touch the monsters decapitated hear. Thunderlane was more than happy to kick the head away from them into a row of bushes. Luke took away the body and flung it into a small chasm nearby, and hoped some other meat-eating animal will eat that corpse sooner or later.
Now that the little Chupacabra problem was taken car of, Luke and the other heroes could continue to to see Zecora. Hopefully, for their sake, it won't be long now.
"I would like a heads up about this, what is the Chupacabra like in Equestria?" Luke asked his friends curiously
"Well, they suck the blood out of goats obviously." Spike said. "And other livestock, and sometimes ponies, along with meat."
"Gotcha."
"Oh, I just remembered, they sometimes hunt in-" then Spike was immediately interrupted by something. Just then, three more came out from another set of thorny bushes. "Packs!" Spike said, feeling more scared than ever.
"Oh come on." Luke said. Then he readied his lightsaber again, and hope that he will survive this kind of attack. The others kept their distance again, and huddled together for safety
One monster charge at Luke, but was easily impaled by the laser sword with a whine being heard. When Luke tossed the body off his weapon, he charged at the second one with a few swings trying to scare them off. It was to no avail, for the remaining Chupacabras wouldn't leave him or his friends alone. With no other option, Luke slices on one's back, and the cut was deep enough for the creature to die.
Finally, the last monster was smarter and dodged every attack Luke could throw at it, but since Luke was a human being, he was smarter than the beast. With a quick spurt, the monster tried to bite him with his dagger-like teeth, but Luke slice it a few times, and it dropped dead on the ground.
"Let's just get out of here before anymore of them come back." Cloudchaser suggested.
then they hurriedly went on, and they were in luck, for they found Zecora's home looking the same as before. At last, they have reached their destination. Everyone was more than happy to reach the safety of Zecora's hut. Luke humbly knocked on the door and waited for her to answer.
"Zecora? Hello? It's me, Luke." the human said
Then she opened the door and was more than happy to see the lone human. "Oh Luke, it's nice to see you, what have you been up to? And Lyra, Bon Bon, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Rumble, Spike, Pip, and Thunderlane. What brings you all here on this fine day
"We would love to stay and chat with you, but we got a problem." Spike said
"A Big one!" Rumble added.
"A problem? what kind of problem would there be in the middle of autumn?"
Then Luke went inside, cleared his throat, and explained Zecora, there is a mass outbreak of Hay Fever all across Ponyville. Do you think you know a cure for all of this to go away?"
"a mass outbreak? Sounds like Equestria is definitely at stake."
"No kidding. Everyone in town, except us of course, are infected with the disease." Thunderlane remarked. "So maybe you can help us out before it spreads to other places in Equestria."
Zecora nodded her head and said "You are quite right, but usually, the potion for everypony will take all night."
"All night?!" Spike said in disbelief. "We have to cure everypony now!"
"Patience Spike, patience." Zecora calmed him down. "Perhaps there is a way for the process to be quick in the creation."
Then the feeling of hope immediately came back to Luke.
"I will make try and create it right quick, and my special recipe for the Hay is for Horses potion should do the trick.,
"Heh, hey is for horses. Good one." Said Lyra with a chuckle. Luke and his friends were more than happy to help out Zecora create this mysterious potio. With a pun name. Spike and Luke did most of the stirring with the ladle, for they were the only creatures that had more than just one toe on their appendages
When it came to potion making and alchemy, it is definitely not easy as it sounds. The human knew he was no Harry Potter, but he had no choice. All the rest of his friends were at stake.
Lyra and Bon Bon would carry the bags of sugar and carefully put a small amount in the cauldron. "That should do the trick." Bon Bon said.
"Yep, thet'a enough sugar." Lyra agreed.
"Wonderful." Said Zecora. "You know all know how to create such fun medicine, for you are giving it more and more adrenaline."
"Oh, I'm not that good." Said Spike."
"Neither am I, either." Cloudchaser added.
"A few small explosions were seen in the large pot but they were only sparks, nothing to serious. They exploded something similar to fireworks on Independance Day.
The kids looked at the sparks in awe, "wow, pretty lights." Rumble said.
"You said it, Rumble." Pip agreed with him, just as astonished.
While it looked like they were all making good progress with this potion making, it didn't take until twenty five minutes for it to be truly ready for everyone to be cured with. Despite it, it was worth it. For Ponyville's sake, it will work one hundred percen, and his little plague will go away.
"How are we going to cure everyone with all this?' Asked Flitter
"Not to worry. I have a plan that will work surely." Zecora stated. "If an infected pony with Hay Fever drinks with one drop, it will cause the spreading of Hay Fever to stop."
"Can it work with putting a drop in another drink?"
"Yes Luke." Zecora replied. "It definitely will work like that and won't be a fluke."
"Perfect!" Luke said with happiness. "We'll need to put all of this in a big jug for when we carry it to Ponyville."
"Not a problem, we'll help with that." Said Thunderlane boldly. He, and the mares pulled out a big plastic jug, and the Pegasus sisters were more than happy to carefully put the liquid in their.
When that was taken care of, all of them were ready to go back to Pomyville. Luke kept his light saber out just in case anymore chupacabras come back, or any other dangerous monster that might try and hurt or eat him and his friends.
"Ooh, you have equipped your lightsaber." Zecora noticed with a smirk. "Very useful that you have that for any impending danger."
"A man must always have a plan, Zecora."
As they all walked back, Spike and the others gathered every Ponyville inhabitant living within the town in the central plaza for an announcement.
"Ponyville, I have a solution for your sickness, and it will help you from aches or dizziness." Zecora said. "Forget about pills, and you will not need to pay any medical bills. I give you the potion called Hay is for Horses, and it will help clear any thing Hay Fever poses."
Luke, Lyra, Bon Bon, and the others were more than happy to put a single drop in a large set of drinks for The Who,e town to enjoy and sand their sicknesses away.
"Okay, everyone, dig in." Luke announced. Everypony who was infected was more than happy to take a sip of their waters that contained a single drop of the cure. It took a few minutes, but everyone wasn't looking sick anymore, and looked well refreshed.
"It worked!" Fluttershy said. Everyone in Ponyville cheered. Luke, Lyra, Bon Bon, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Spike, Rumble, Thudnerlane, and Pip were proud to have safe a whole city from a plague spreading like a swarm of termites or locusts. His friends went on stage to congratulate the others for their valiant effort."
Every single one of the heroes were praised and congratulated, including Luke. "You were right all along, Luke." Said Twilight. "Something was definitely amiss with all the yellow fever spreading around Ponyville. We all have you tp thank for your valiant effort.
"So do we get medals or something?" Spike asked. Some of the others giggled with him.
"Don't worry, Spike." Said Fluttershy. "You'll get a present."
"As a matter of fact, I think you all deserve something for your valiant deed to help all of us." Said Mayor Mare.
"I believe that after all we did, we should all celebrate it with spirit. Pinkie Pie, I believe you know how to bring us a glorious and exciting light."
"Ooh, you read my mind, Zecora." Said Pinkie Pie. "Time for a Thank You for making us not sick Anymore Party!" Then she pulled out her party canon and a wild party commenced in an instant.
While partying, Fluttershy went to mingle with the human living with her. "Luke, I really thank you for helping me and our friends."
"Anything for my friends, Fluttershy." Luke said warmly, then he gently stroked her soft, beautiful mane.
"Oh my gosh, I almost forgot!" She remembered something then she pulled out Luke's iPod and gave it to him. "Thank you so much for letting me music, Luke. It was really relaxing."
"Even though it had some loud stuff in it?"
Fluttershy made a giggle. "It's okay. Discord kind of taught me some loud and chaotic things in life."
"Fair enough. Come on, let's eat some cake."
"Of course." Then both of them went to enjoy the rest of the party. While dancing, Zecora made a remarkable discovery.
"Hold everything!" She said. "I am sorry to interrupt but please let me sing!"
And the record scratches were heard and the music immediately stopped playing. All of the, listened.
"The cause of this little outbreak was.... Pip!" Everyone gasped and looked at the colt. "I thought you should all know this important tip."
Pip never felt so guilty in his life and was shocked himself. Now he felt like crying in complete shame. "No! I'm sorry!" He said. "Okay, I was sick, but I just thought I had a cold! I... I... didn't know it was Hay Fever." And he knelt to the ground and began sobbing as he covered his face on the dirt.
Zecora and the others went to console him about what happened.
"I'm so sorry!" Pip said to everyone everypony with tears flowing down his cheeks. "Oh Pip, it's okay." Said Fluttershy, soothing him.
"Yeah, these things happen." Luke said, patting the colt's back to cheer him up. "Don't be so hard on yourself."
"Yeah, isn't Hay Fever like a rare type of virus? That's what it says in one of Twilight's books of sicknesses and diseases." Spike noted
"Of course." Said Twilight. "It is very rare, yet you will never know when it will strike.
Then Pip began to cease his crying a little. "Don't cry, Pip." Fluttershy said hugging him. "You're not a bad colt. It just caught us by surprise."
And then everypony and Luke said they all forgive him, many in unison, and some one at a time. Pip was so happy that he was forgiven.
"Come now, Pip, do not worry. We all know that you are sorry." Zecora said, gently lifting his chin up to make eye contact with him. "It was just a little sickness, and we all know you would never want to spread any diseases."
"Do you really al, forgive me?" The colt said
"Of course, buddy." Luke said. "You're a good kid. A kid like you would never even dream of spreading a plague around Ponyville."
"Yeah Pip." Said Lyra, trying to console him also. "Some sicknesses and diseases can hide really well, and you shouldn't really blame yourself."
"So yeah, we all love you, Pip." Cloudchaser said. "Nothing will ever change that."
Pip smiled gratefully. "I love you guys, too." Then Fluttershy and some of her friends, including the non-infected posse huddled around Pip for a hug to show how much they care about him.
"Come on everypony! Let's get this party started.... again!" Pinkie cheered, and just like that the party continued.