Smiles walked around the city, looking at the buildings that were so familiar, yet so different. The people here were extremely rude and grumpy, not even willing to participate in a musical number. And even the grumpiest ponies back home sang in the musical numbers. But seeing as nopony here was any fun, she decided to be a tourist for a bit.
While on the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, Smiles thought about home. What was happening? How long had she been gone? Would Split have called the police? Was Split even back from her trip? Smiles shook her head. She was being so careless, sightseeing and joking around instead of trying to find a way back home. "I know!" She exclaimed.
Taking out a piece of paper and a pencil from her backpack, she carefully wrote a message to Split. Then wrapping it up with a ribbon, she stuck it in a rusty old mailbox she found in her backpack and put up the flag. Moments later, the flag went down and the mailbox disappeared. With that taken care of, she looked back at the statue.
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Banana Split paced the apartment, slowly wearing a hole in the carpet. It had been two days since she had gotten back from her trip, and there was still no sign of Smiles. Suddenly, a scroll dropped from nowhere and fell onto the carpet. Split picked it up, untied the ribbon, and read the note.
Split, Don't worry about me. I got called away on a trip and won't be back for a while. If you called the police, please tell them to call the search off. Love, Smiles.
"Smiles! This doesn't help!" Split stomped the letter down angrily. "Where are you?!"
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Smiles climbed the stairs slowly, trying her hardest not to fall. When she finally reached the top, she sat down next to the stairwell. These new legs were still a bit strange, with the knees being backward and all. Suddenly, a black glob of something splattered itself across the observation window.
Smiles got up and ran to the window. Stretching away from the window was a thick string of the gunk, attached to some sort of monster that looked an awful lot like the guy she had met earlier. Smiles ran from the window and teleported away as quickly as possible.
The monster crashed through the window, scaring the people in room. "WhErE iSsS tHe sSpIdEr?!" it hissed. One of the children whimpered and pressed against the wall. "wE WaNt ThE sSsPiDeR!!" The creature roared, strands of it shooting out in different directions. Several of the people screamed.
"Hey Mister Tall, Dark, and Ugly!" Yelled Smiles.The monster turned around and got a metal baseball bat to the face. "The freak show is in town and they asked for your resume!" She laughed and swung her bat at it again, but it lashed out and knocked the bat out of her hands. "Uh oh! Does the baby need a nap?"
"I aM nO bAbY, fOoL! i Am VeNoM!" He roared and leaped at Smiles, who teleported out of the way. Pulling a sword out of her backpack, she rushed him.
"Whoops!" She shrieked right next to Venom's ear, sticking the sword into his back. However, the sword was absorbed into the creature. "... Can I run now? No? Ok." Smiles dashed for the window, and leaped out. Venom followed, but Smiles teleported back inside the state's head.
"Everypony out now!" She yelled, and began herding people back down the stairs. Just as she was pushing the last few people out the door, a black web covered the escape. Now two children were trapped in the room with Smiles and Venom.
"yOu WiLl DiE, bUg!" Venom screeched, sending several thick strands her way. Smiles flipped and dodged out of the way, but one of the children got trapped by the symbiote.
"Hey Superfan! Little help?!" Smiles yelled. She pulled another sword out of her backpack and tossed it at the monster. "That didn't work before! Why are you making me do that again?!?"
Because it's a fight scene. Just beat the stupid thing, I'm running out of ideas for this.
"I can't BEAT it, if I don't know how to beat it!" Smiles cried. She cut the child loose and continued dodging Venom's attacks. "If you keep this going for much longer, I'm going to lose! At least give me a hint!"
Fine. It hates loud noises and fire. Figure it out.
Smiles stopped suddenly, allowing Venom to catch her. As it dragged her towards the edge, she pulled an air horn and megaphone out of her backpack. The children screamed as Venom opened its mouth impossibly wide, preparing to finish her off.
Then Smiles blasted the air horn directly into the megaphone. Venom screeched as it let go of her, writhing in pain. The symbiote began peeling away, revealing a man. Smiles began walking towards Venom, still blasting the air horn. Finally it tore away from the man, still writhing about. Quick as a flash, Smiles grabbed a jar from her backpack and trapped the symbiote. Breathing a sigh of relief, she tossed the closed jar into her backpack.
The two children were huddled on the ground, tears streaming down their faces. "You okay?" Smiles asked, crouching next to them. They both nodded, and Smiles picked them up. "Good. Now let's get you down." Smiles teleported down to the crowd gathered below.
Three ambulances and several police cars were parked in front of the statue and tending to the people. Smiles let the two kids down and pulled the jar containing Venom out of her backpack. "There's still one more guy up there." She told a police officer, handing him the jar. "And you might want to put this in a safe place."
"Can we have your name, miss?" Asked a reporter. "That was some amazing work you did back there."
"I'm the Jester, ma'am, and you'd better believe that I'm going to keep doing this until the day I die." Smiles said proudly. She hopped on top of a police car, and pulled out her giant rubber hammer. "See ya!" She said, as she sprang away, laughing.