//------------------------------// // Trickster // Story: Friendstuck // by Rubix Cube //------------------------------// Pinkie Pie hopped in the Everfree forest. She was on her way to Zecora's so she could invite the zebra to the party she was holding for John, Rose, Dave, and Jade. She was confused when she woke up to Gamzee, Fluttershy, and Lyra unconscious on the ground in the Everfree castle, but she let it go when she saw John and the others. Pinkie hummed a song as she trotted down the path. Next to the path, something fell out of a tree and into a bush. Pinkie jumped and and stood in place. She slowly inched to the bush and looked inside. There laid a green and red spiral lollipop. "Who would leave a perfectly good lolly in the Everfree Forest!" Pinkie thought out loud. The lollipop seemed irresistible, and Pinkie felt the overwhelming urge to lick it. "Wait! I can give this to John! He'll love it!" Pinkie ignored the urge, put the lollipop in her saddlebag and hopped back down the path, ignoring why she came to the forest in the first place. Little did she know she should have left the sweet in the forest. John soared through the air happily. He spent some time mastering the Windy Thing, but now he could fly. He glided downwards to the ground, enjoying the wind on his face and back. He needed to find a way to get back into God Tier, but right now he just wanted to fly. "JOHN! JOOHN!" John looked down to see Pinkie Pie jumping up and down. He had made friends with her, despite the fact she was crazy when they met. He flew down to the ground, his wings folding up slowly. "Hey Pinkie! Wazzup?" He said, stretching. "Look what I found!" Pinkie took the lollipop out of her bag and showed it to John. The stallion looked at the candy with interest. He felt like he knew it from somewhere, and he had an urge to lick it. Pinkie handed him the lollipop. "Bye! I need to do some stuff!" And with that, she hopped off. John stared at her as she hopped off, then back to the lollipop. Half of him told him not to taste it, but the other half was telling him to do it. It did look good, but his gut was telling him not to lick it. But one little taste wouldn't hurt, right? John leaned down and gave a small lick to the top of the candy. And then he felt a sense of relief. Like all his problems disappeared. He began giggling hysterically. He hopped on the ground, his wings flapping at high speeds. He took hold of the candy and stood on his hind legs. He felt amazing as his mane slowly became a bright orange and his cutie mark became a light pink. To top it off, another lollipop appeared in his mane. He felt amazing. In fact, he felt... Peachy. Rainbow Dash napped on a cloud. It had been a short day at work, so she had decided to relax for a bit. There wasn't a problem in town or back at the Weather Factory, so she had thought everything would be quiet. "DASHIE! DASHIE! HEY! HEY DASHIE!" "Maybe not.." Rainbow Dash grumbled as she woke up. "DAAAAAAAAAAASHIE!!!" Was Pinkie Pie on a sugar rush again? She curled up and tried to ignore whoever was talking. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHIEEEEEEEEEE!" "WHAT!" Rainbow Dash yelled, sitting up. She was greeted by a Tan, orange maned pegasus with a dopey look on his face. "HI DASHIE!" He yelled. "Who are you...?" Dash asked, creeped out by how he knew her nickname. "I'M JOHN! DON'CHA KNOW?" He said giddily. "But why are you so...?" Rainbow dash circled her hoof around to show what she meant. "PEACHY!" John yelled. "DASHIE! GUESS WHAT!" Rainbow dash simply stared. "I THINK YOU'RE AWESOME! I WANNA GO ON AN ADVENTURE WITH YA~! I WAS SO SCARED TO SAY IT, BUT NOW I'M NOT! YAAAAY!" Rainbow Dash forced a smile and chuckled. "Thanks kid...?" John's smile somehow got bigger and he neared Dash. The Female Pegasus trotted back slowly until they where at the edge. John giggled before turning around and bucking her in the chest. Rainbow Dash was about to yell at him, but was suddenly overtaken by a feeling of happiness. All anger and her problems were washed away as she began to giggle, and then laugh along with John. Her cyan coat brightened into pink, her wings became fluffy, and her cutie mark became a brighter shade. A pack of the human candy Skittles appeared in her mane. "WE REALLY SHOULD GO ON AN ADVENTURE, JOHN!" She happily said. John and Rainbow Dash laughed hysterically. "WAIT, BUT WE NEED EVERYONE ELSE!" John yelled. He grabbed Rainbow Dash's hoof before they flew off. "That was Delicious, Pinkie Pie." Rarity said, wiping her mouth with a cloth. Both her and Applejack had been invited to taste-test a cake Pinkie had been making for John and the others. "Eeyup." AJ said. "Yay! I really hope John, Dave, Jade, and Rose like it! I want their party to be FUN!" Pinkie hopped up and down, before the door to Sugar Cube Corner was shot open and 2 giggling Pegasi flew in. "My Word, Rainbow Dash, is that you?" Rarity asked, noticing one of the Pegasi's cutie mark. Rainbow Dash smiled. "YEAH! IT'S ME! WITH MY BESTEST FRIEND JOHN!" She squealed, throwing her hoof around John. "OH DASHIE, I'M NOT YOUR BESTEST FRIEND!" "YEAH YOU ARE~!" "NO I'M NOT~!" This erupted in the two Pegasi saying those two things over and over as Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie looked on. "Why do they look so different?" Applejack asked. "I do not know, Darling, but their fashion is atrocious!" The happy Pegasi turned to the 3. Rainbow Dash giggled and got up close to Rarity, the unicorn mare smiling awkwardly. "RARITY! HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT!?" Rainbow Dash yelled. "Err, what, Darling?" "I'VE ALWAYS LIKED YOUR DRESSES! BUT I HAD SO MUCH PRIDE IN ME THAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU BUT NOW I CAN!" Rainbow Dash hopped around before raising her hooves, about to bring them down onto Rarity. "Rainbow, what in hay happened to you--" Applejack ran in front of Rarity, suddenly taking the blow. She fell on the floor before giggling along with Dash and John. Her hair and coat became lighter, her ponytail split into pigtails, and a Caramel apple appeared in her mane. "AWW, I MISSED HER." Rainbow dash said. Applejack put her hoof on her shoulder. "BUT'CHA GOT ME!" Applejack's southern accent was replaced by an extremely high pitched voice. "OH YEAH!" The 3 ponies jumped around before running out of the sweets store, Rarity and Pinkie dumbstruck. "I can't believe it!" Pinkie said. "I know, Darling. That event was so--" "Their group is so much fun!" Pinkie giggled. Gamzee, who was unnoticed by anypony, stared at the door before running into the kitchen. "Not again not again Not motherfucking again..." He said, grabbing a pie and trying to run outside, before being stopped by Twilight. "Can someone tell me why John, Rainbow Dash and Applejack are running outside yelling 'Peachy?'" She asked. Gamzee put his pie down and groaned. "Trickster Mode." "What?" "They get all motherfucking happy and ignore every problem they have. Scary as shit." Gamzee cringed as another burst of laughter came from outside. "Well, they just got Eridan!" Pinkie said, looking out the window to see the indigo pony with a gumdrop in his light purple mane. "How do we make them stop?" Twilight asked, concerned. "They have to burn out the juju." "So we have to capture them?" Gamzee nodded, but didn't move anymore. Twilight's horn began to glow. "C'mon, girls. It's gonna be a long day." Rainbow Dash, John, Applejack, Eridan, and Rose ran through town happily. "AWW, WHERE IS EVERYONE?" Rose asked. "MAYBE THEY'RE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK!" John squealed. The 4 other ponies giggled and began running through the streets, eventually getting to Sweet Apple Acres. "WHERE ARE YOU, BIG MAC!" Applejack yelled. The 5 hopped to the barn, and looked toward the apple cellar. In front of it was Big Mac, oblivious to what was happening. Applejack ran forward with her other Tricksters before leaping to tackle her brother. Big Mac, however, swerved out of the way and let the five ponies crash land into the cellar. Twilight jumped out from behind a tree and locked the door tight. Now they had to wait. "Ugggghhh...." John, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rose were lying down at Twilight's house, waking up feeling like they were having a hangover. "What happened...?" Rainbow Dash groaned. John turned is head to look at the table. On it was the green and red lollipop. Remembering what it did, he groaned heavily before putting his hooves on his eyes. "Don't worry, this is getting locked up where it belongs." Twilight walked into the room and put the cursed sweet into a metal box. "Not feeling so... Peachy?" Rarity asked, trying to stifle a laugh. "Now don't try and trick us, we know!" Pinkie said. "Shut uuuuuup...." Rose said, rolling over. "I am never going to enjoy caramel apples knowing what ah did..." Applejack said, shivering. "Where's Eridan..?" "Sollux took him home." Twilight said. "Now I think it's a good idea to go to Sugar Cube Corner and try to calm Gamzee down."