//------------------------------// // Many Longform Returns // Story: Your Best Shot // by PotatoJoe //------------------------------// ENDING ONE - ANTI-CLIMAX EDITION “ ...and then I danced like I had never danced before!” concluded Rarity. “ Wow.” said Spike, looking up at her with glittering eyes. He, as always, was following the mare, hanging on every word. And by following, he was riding on the cart with her. And Rainbow Dash. And Fluttershy. And Pinkie. Applejack was making some rather rude remarks under her breath as she struggled to pull them up the last few stairs to Canterlot Castle. “....and...done.” gasped the hard-working mare, collapsing in a panting heap. “ We’re done. It’s over.” “ Really? We’re done already?” exclaimed Pinkie Pie, leaping off of the cart and looking around in shock. “ No! We just started this adventure! There are so many more side plots to explore! We never had a hotsprings episode! And we don’t have enough episodes to reach syndication!” “ The only episodes we have are the ones your sugar intake cause, dearie.” chortled Rarity, hopping out of the cart. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy floated out, lining up with the other elements. “ And then I sez, I sez - ohmigoshohmigoshohmigosh!” squeaed a familiar voice. A moment later Twilight Sparkle bounded out of the castles mailslot and dashed towards her friends, skidding to a halt in front of then. “ Girls! You're back!” “ We’re back!” declared Pinkie Pie. “ And safe!” cheered Twilight, rushing to hug each of them - except for Applejack, who she checked for a pulse. “ And we have a barrel!” laughed Pinkie Pie. “ Well, naturally.” replied Twilight. “ I’d be more concerned if you didn’t.” “ I know - a bucket just doesn’t have the same punch and a box sooooo overused.” giggled Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash facehoofed as Fluttershy blinked in confusion. “ I mean, yeah, if we strap on the commando leather, we could use the box, but we’d have to be in it.” “ And it’d really be out of place to start a crossover this late in the game - you’d have needed to build up, or at least have skipped the anime references so that the genre restructuring could be - “ “ Um, hey.” muttered Applejack weakly, standing up on shaky hooves. “ Ah know ya’ll got a ton of crazy talking to do, but we’ve got something to deal with.” “ Oh, don’t worry - Discords sealed evil in a can.” said Twilight, trotting over and giving the barrel a kick. A groan came from inside. “ And it’s the last chapter. Stuff like that only gets opened during the rising action part of a story.” “ Yeah, and we are so climactic right now it hurts.” said Pinkie Pie, nodding her head. “ Which, I must say, is a sentence I haven’t had to utter in almost a ten minutes, so you know I’m being serious.” “...when have you said that in the last fifteen minutes?” asked Twilight, looking to her in confusion. “ Skee ball tourney against this cute couple.” replied Pinkie. “ Ladies! We have a bad guy, in a bucket!” shouted Rainbow Dash, rising above the group. “ Can we get it teleported to the moon or something?” “ Hmm...no, Discords more of a ‘sealed in a temple devoted to his evil’ type of guy.” said Twilight, giving the barrel another tap. “ Hey, do you want the module written by Monte Cook or Gary Gygax.” “ gYgaX, plZ.” came the mushy reply. “ hE WearS the shiRTS of tHE HAwaiiAns.” “ Wow, you guys must have pulled a number on him if he’s Torgo-talking.” muttered Twilight. She hopped onto the barrel, then leaped again and bounced off it like a trampoline. Once, twice, thrice, and it was gone. “ Welp, he’s dealt with!” “ B-but your still a monster!” said Spike in alarm. “ Well, yeah.” said Twilight with a shrug. “ I need to get Rainbow Dash that poster I promised her.” “...thats...your reason...” Spike looked shocked. “ Dude, alright!” laughed Rainbow Dash. “ I’d almost forgot! That’s really soon!” “ So...um...” said Fluttershy, stepping forward, then retrating back. After a moment, she continued talking. “ I, um, just need to check. Are we done with, um, Discord?” “ Yep.” said Twilight, nodding. “...so, this is, um, it?” she asked again. “ Yep.” said Twilight, continuing to nod. “...oh. I thought there’d be, um, more.” “ No, this is the anti-climactic ending.” “ Oh.” “...” “...so, um, who wants to help me count out Applejacks tax return?” HOLLYWOOD ACTION PACKED ENDING COMING TO FIMFICTION SOON! STARRING: PONIES THIS FIC HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED. OR WRITED.