> Toby's Wish > by darkmage1997 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1: Never give up hope and the wishing star > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many moons ago, in the happy little town of Ponyville, there lived all sorts of happy inhabitants, including the florists, the bakers, and the candlestick makers... and a mime. "Well no place is perfect," Silver said with a shrug of his shoulders. That's true, but Ponyville was a close to perfect as can be... except for the mime that is. "RIGHT!" Silver said again. Now Ponyville was part of a peaceful country known as Equestria, which was ruled by four benevolent alicorns, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Twilight. Everyone loved them, and under their rule, everyone prospered. But one day the alicorns, the elements of harmony, and Discord all mysteriously disappeared, and there was a struggle for control of the kingdom. The end result was a hostile take over of a rival kingdom on Trotlantis. Now the new leaders of Equestria was King Zanzibar the Pushy and his wife and son and daughter, ruthless corporate leaders that vowed to rule Equestria with tight hooves, but the economic regime didn't agree with their rule, and the countries fortunes plummeted. The tyrant family's vaults grew dangerously low. The tyrant family sent out an edict for the country to start turning a profit or else. To fill their royal coffers, all cities and towns were to be taxed, and this included Ponyville, where the family sent their tax collector, Baron von Nixel, was taking to the extreme. One after the other, ponies and Mixels alike gave what little money they possessed to pay their taxes. "NIX! NIX! NIX!" a Nixel soldier said, which everyone just assumed he said "That's right keep the line moving! Please give till it hurts! NEXT!" An elderly pony came up, leaning on a crutch, "Well?" the Baron asked. "Oh, forgive me Baron Nixel, but I have nothing to pay my taxes with, you've taken everything, my livestock, my land, my home, and left me with nothing to eat!" the elderly pony cried in despair. "Yes, yes, these are hard times. I can barely keep the fire going myself," Baron Nixel said, snatching away the crutch and throwing it into his fireplace, "NEXT!" he yelled, as more ponies and Mixels gave him what little money they had to spare. The baron squeezed the life out of Ponyville, until the once prosperous town was crushed. And so, our story begins in the miserable town of Ponyville, with pathetic and downtrodden destitude townsfolk... oh, an a mime too. And several orphans that live on the streets ever since their families disappeared, and the orphanage they stayed at shut down. The humans and ponies of harmony, and Spike. So the village hoped through the spring, they hoped through the summer, and they hoped through the fall, but by the following winter, hope was running low for poor Heaven, who needed an operation, and while Silver stayed behind to look after his sick sister, the other titans went out into the world to seek their fortune. As the whistle on the train blew, the train took off. And so, the town waited for the boys to return, they waited through the spring, they waited through the summer, and they waited through the fall, and by the following winter, they were still waiting, when a young colts fancy turned to collecting snails. "Duh, eat up guys!" Snails said, feeding his pet snails, which they all did, very slowly. "Snails, I need your help," Snails shot his head up in surprise when he heard Snips' voice. "Duh, guys I did not know you could talk!" Snails said, not noticing his friend behind him. "Snails, knock it off!" Snips said, getting annoyed at his friends antics. "You know, you guys sound a lot like my friend Snips," Snails said, smiling at his snails. Having enough of Snails' antics, Snips bopped him on his head with a small stick, "Oh, you guys bop like Snips as well," Snails said, before taking notice of his friend, "Oh, Snips, we were just talking about you," Snails said, trying to sound innocent. "I figured you'd be out here with these bugs, now come on," Snips said, motioning his fellow unicorn friend to follow, which he reluctantly did. Back at the train station, Silver and Heaven were just sleeping, waiting for their brothers to return. Heaven opened her eye when she heard a distant train whistle. This fully wakened both of them, as they turned to see the train coming towards the town. The entire town heard the train whistle and they all rushed to train station to greet the titans. "Oh the train carrying our brothers is rolling down the tracks now," Silver sang. "I'm sure that is the train that our brothers are on. We've missed them everyday they've been gone!" Heaven sang as well. "They went to seek their fortunes, and now they've returned," Viynal sang. "Brining back the treasures of everything they've learned!" Diamond Tiara sang. "Oh, the train carrying our brothers is coming closer," Silver sang. "Bringing the buckos, down the track-o, back home!" everyone sang, while making train sounds as the train came to a complete stop at the plat form. "And we're all happy for your good fortunes boys, now then about your taxes," Baron Nixel said with a greedy smile. Everyone in town all groaned in despair, knowing what was going to happen. "Taxes? What taxes?" Brian asked. "Well, lets fill out your tax forms and see, first we'll total your income and calculate you deductions for the year, well this will include city, county, state and federal taxes including license fees. Oh that takes you boys up into a whole new tax bracket, the king will be absolutely delighted!" Baron Nixel said greedily. "The king is a jerk!" Icezer said. "Oh good, that qualifies you for the calling the kind a jerk tax," the baron said, writing some more on the documents, while the boys looked at each other with confusion, "Now we add property tax, sales tax, excise tax, stamp, tea, and thumb tax, multiply by your shoe size, and you boys owe a grand total of," the baron said, swiping the ha'pennies that the titans worked so hard for, "Exactly three pennies," he said, before retreating into his stagecoach "Your federal government thanks you!" Baron Nixel said with a greedy smile. "Hey!" Heiru said. "We can't let him do that to us, its not fair! We got to stick together and stop him!" Brian shouted, before he realized he was surrounded by stallions with spears, "Or not. If you guys have any questions, just talk to my lawyer, he'll explain everything," Brian said, pulling the mime into his place, before running off. The mime noticed the stallions surrounding him, and made gestures that he didn't want any trouble. Despite this, the guards just started beating up on the mime. Later that night, the ponies, humans, and Mixels all went back to their originally miserable lives. "So much for the titans ha'pennies, now Ponyville is back in misery!" Flain sang. "Should I, or do you guys want to carve?" Gobba asked his fellow Fang Gang tribal members. "Frankly, we'd just as soon starve!" Chomely replied bitterly. "I'm starting to feel the stress," Doctor Whooves sang. "PONYVILLE IS HA'PENNY-LESS!" he and his wife and daughters all sang miserably. Meanwhile in a local, yet run down water tower, Toby was strumming the cords on the underside of his bed, while the others were all getting ready for bed. "Good night Heaven, sleep tight," Silver said to his sick sister. "*Cough* Tell me the story," Heaven asked. "Oh ok, there once was a man from Nantucket," Silver began. "Not that story!" Heaven said with a pout. "Look, its late, go to bed!" Silver asked of his sister. "Aw c'mon, PWEASE?" Heaven pleaded with a cute smile. "Oh alright, but then its lights out, deal?" Silver asked, which Heaven nodded in understanding, "Ok, once upon a time, a brave knight married a beautiful princess and they had eight sons," Silver began. "But they wanted a daughter too!" Heaven said. "Right, so they planted a garden all over the kingdom, and on the first day of spring, ever flower in that garden bloomed, and out of the prettiest flower came," Silver said, looking at his sister. "ME!" Heaven happily said. "Right, so the knight and his bride, Mom and Dad, took you home, and every night at bed time they'd come and ask 'who's the cutest girl?' and you'd say," "I am!" "And then they'd ask 'how'd you ever get so cute?' and you'd say," "I was born that way!" "And then they'd ask 'tell us your name' and you'd say," "Princess Angelina Contesa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the fifth, but you can call me Heaven!" "And then they'd ask 'can we call you Heavy?' and you'd say," "No, just Heaven! Call me Heavy and ya die!" "And mom and dad would laugh and laugh and laugh, and they'd tickle you" Silver said, poking Heavens belly, drawing some giggles from the little girl, "And you'd laugh too," Heaven let out another cough and a few more giggles, "And you'd fall asleep with a great big smile in your heart," "I like that story!" "Good night sis," Silver said, leaving Heaven to go to sleep, as he went back to his room. "How is she?" Mike asked Silver. "Not great, those acting lessons never really sunk in," Silver bluntly replied, which drew incredulous looks from the others. "NO! He means her health!" Nyx said. "Oh, well who knows?" Silver said, closing the curtains to Heavens bedroom. "If only we had earned more," Icezer sadly said. "Hey, you guys did your best, we'll pay for her operations some other way," Silver reassured his brother. "I guess," Raiden said, going with the others into the next room. "You turning in Toby?" Silver asked Fluttershy's son. "To what?" Toby asked. Silver tried to think of something but couldn't, "Never mind, see you in the morning," Silver said as he left Toby, strumming on the strings of his bed, as he began to sing As he finished up his song, a bright green light lit up the night sky, "Uh oh, I think I broke something," Toby asked, wondering what was going on. Just then, a green ball of light came into the water tower, "Who are you?" Toby asked, as the ball of light turned into a fairy. "I'm your desire fulfillment facilitator," the fairy said. "Huh?" Toby asked, not knowing what the fairy just said. "Well I used to be called 'the good fairy' but that sounds so old fashioned," the fairy explained. "Oh, ok" Toby said in understanding. "So, I'm your desire fulfillment facilitator, but everyone just calls me Pip," the fairy said extending his hand. "Nice to meet you Pip!" Toby said with a smile. "The pleasures likewise, and may I be the first to congratulate you Tobias Mason, you did it, out of all the stars in the night sky, you selected the one and only wishing star," Pip said, shaking Toby's hand. "I did?" Toby said, before realizing the handshake was going on longer than he expected and trying to get out of Pips grip. "Oh yeah, I've been waiting centuries for someone to select the right one, it must be this clear country air, oh yeah, look at that, you don't get visibility like this in the cities, your request for a wish has brought me here, so now you can have any wish you want," Pip explained. "You mean besides wishing you'd let go of my hand?" Toby asked, pointing at the hands. "Yes besides that. The wishing star is ready Toby, are you ready to make your wish?" Pip asked. "You bet!" Toby said with a big smile. "Then here goes!" Pip said, as the wishing star lit up the night sky and flew across the land. The Mixels, and some ponies on the streets saw what was happening, and quickly hid, "What is that?" Dee-Gee asked. "No idea," Tenetro replied. "Now go make your wish," Pip said, leading Toby to the door of the tower, showing him where the star landed. "What do you mean 'go'?" Toby asked. "To where the star landed, wishes need to be made in person," Pip explained. "No kidding?" Toby asked. "Its in the manual, and I quote, 'the first one to touch the star will be granted one wish'," Pip explained the rules. "Huh," Toby said. "Funny, I thought it would land a lot closer, oh well, have a safe journey, bon voyage, and remember, ya got to cheer up, and never give up hope," Pip sang. "I won't mope!" Toby sang as well. "Just cheer up, and never ever give up hope, hope, HOPE!" they both sang. "Ciao," Pip said, before flying away. The ruckus caused the others to wake up and come and see what was going on, "You guys will never guess what just happened!" Toby exclaimed cheerfully. "Try us, we're gullible," Chris said, smiling at the young child. > Chapter 2: The race begins and the kings orders > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning, the children of harmony all jumped out of the water tower, and made their way to an old shed, while singing another song. And as soon as they finished their song, they noticed that the little musical number woke up all of Ponyville, who were all gathering around them to find out what was going on, singing their own song. "Heh, what a bunch of losers!" Baron Nixel said. Just then, he and Constables Guman and Mephestio felt their cart coming to an abrupt stop. "Minions, why are you stopping?!" Mephestio angrily asked. "Guman, guman!" a guman soldier said, which Constable Guman knew meant, "We have company!" "What?" they all asked, stepping out of the cart to see what was blocking the road. "Nix, nix!" the Nixel said, which the Baron knew meant, "All the kings soldiers have set up a road block!" The leaders saw, and recognized the uniforms, and quickly jumped at the surprise. "Uh, hi fellas, are we some sort of trouble officer?" the baron asked, before the soldiers all pointed their spears at the three. Looking on from the distance, the children of harmony saw what was happening to the deadly alliance, "Look who got pinched for speeding!" Heaven said. "Couldn't have happened to any nicer tax collectors!" Cory commented. Back in Ponyville, Snips and Snails were standing around a workshop, going over some schematics for a flying machine, "But Snips, how will we ever get to the wishing star before everyone else?" Snails asked his friend. "Simple, with the help of the great Leonardo DE Vinci!" Snips replied. "He's going to give us ride there in his fanny pack?" Snails asked. "No Snails, De Vinci is dead," Snips deadpanned. "Oh, how sad, whens the funeral?" Snails asked. "He died a long time ago," Snips simply said. "*GASP* And I forgot to send flowers?! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!" Snails snapped, hitting himself on the head. "Oh please, allow me, STUPID!" Snips said, whacking Snails on the head with a rolled up newspaper, "Now zip it!" Snips ordered, which Snails complied, making a zipping noise, "Leonardo De Vinci, not only a great human artist, but an ingenious inventor as well," Snips said, before noticing Snails was making motorboat sounds, "I'm going to have to hurt you!" Snips warned, which Snails just re-zipped his mouth again, "He designed the humans first flying machine, the air screw, and with a few clever modifications to the De Vinci plans, this baby will fly!" Snips said with strong determination in his voice. "Egad brilliant Snips! Oh, wait, no, if land dwelling ponies were meant to fly, we would've been born with little bags of nuts!" Snails said, only to be whacked again in response. "Snails, you are a little bag of nuts," Snips pointed out, which Snails responded by re-zipping his mouth, again, "Now come! We have an airship to build!" Snips said, looking at the plans. Back with the racers, the Doctor and his family were all making good progress in making their way to the wishing star, with the children of harmony tailing them, while they were singing another song, "Sailing through the slush, in our wagon sled, down the road we mush, Heavens still in bed!" they sang. "I'm getting really bored, I've read these magazines, if we don't get there soon, I think I'm gonna scream!" Heaven said with a pout. "Oh wishing star, from afar, Heavens getting worse! Be a sport and grant our wish, or we'll sing another verse!" they all sang as they continued to the wishing star as they passed Wills ranch. In a patch of the snow, some of the newborn Pokemon were playing in the snow, while all the adult Pokemon watched them to make sure they didn't get hurt, "Cindy!" Will called to his sister. "Yeah Will?" Cindy asked her brother. "Hi mister man!" the baby Eevee said to the trainer. "I'm Will, call me Will," Will deadpanned to the baby pokemon. "Ok Mr. Man," Eevee said. "*Groans* Now Cindy, I need you take this fresh Pecha Berry Pie to the seniors in the retirement village, if they don't get their sweets by four, they start doing wheelies on the shuffleboard court, and Houndoom and Luxray, you two go along with her," Will said, giving them instructions. "Can we eat first?" Luxray asked. "You can eat when you get back," Will replied, which incited growls from his two Pokemon, "Don't you sass me!" Will warned. "Luxray and Houndoom go grr!" Eevee said with a giggle. "Just make sure Cindy gets home safely," Will told his Pokemon, "I'd go myself, but I'm too busy keeping Seviper and Zangoose from killing each other," Will said with an annoyed sigh. "Hi Mr. Man!" Eevee said. "Call me Will, busy, busy Will," Will said the evolution Pokemon. "Ok bumblebee Man, I love you bye-bye!" Eevee said, waving to the trainer as he went back into the house. "We'll be back Will!" Cindy called to her brother. "Bye sis," Will said. "You think the seniors would like some fresh fruit as well?" Cindy asked her bodyguard Pokemon. "Maybe," the two said to the young girl. "Ok, I'll go and pick some Mago Berries!" Cindy said, rushing off to the berry orchard. Eevee looked into the basket to see the pie, and saw that Luxray and Houndoom were looking depressed, "LOOK! Pie for Luxray and Houndoom! Good puppies!" Eevee said, petting the two adults on their heads. They looked at the pie, bamboozled at what had just happened, "Thank you!" the two said thankful for the pie, and began devouring it. Eevee went back to playing in the snow, when she heard the Flexers, who were stretching from tree to tree, making their way to the wishing star a lot faster than the others, "C'mon guys!" Balk called to his team mates, as he swung to another tree. "Yeah, yeah, just wait a minute," Kraw called back, as he and Tenetro swung to the tree that Balk was waiting at. "At this rate, we'll be at the wishing star in no time!" Tenetro happily commented. "Yeah, its just like I said guys," Kraw said, going into mini musical number mode, "We take the high road, and they take the low road, and we'll reach the wishing star before them!" "But sad is me heart until we meet again by the bonny-bonny ville of Pony!" Balk sang, which made his friends look at each other curiously. "We definitely need to get you some singing lessons Balk," Kraw said. "Oh, and look who's talking!" Balk said, swinging to another tree. "Hey, watch it, I'm out of practice!" Kraw said. "Oh yeah, like you could sing back in the rubber lands," Tenetro pointed out. "Hey, watch it Tenetro!" Kraw warned, as they continued to swing from tree to tree. "Funny stretchy wetchies!" Eevee said, proceeding to climbing the tree. Houndoom and Luxray had finished the pie, when Cindy came back, "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PIE?!" she asked hysterically, looking at the two adult pokemon, who looked down guiltily, "Hey, don't worry guys, I'm sure the workers at the retirement village can use these Mago Berries to make another pie," Cindy reassured the two, who smiled slightly as the evolutions of Eevee came walking towards them. "Hey guys, have you seen Eevee?" Glaceon asked her friends. Looking around, Luxray, Houndoom, nor Cindy could see the small pokemon, before they heard giggles coming from the trees. They all looked up, and gasped in horror when they saw the baby Eevee jumping from tree to tree, and they all raced to try and save the baby, "Ha-ha, silly adults, puppies cant climb trees!" Eevee pointed out just as the adults and Cindy reached Eevee. Looking down, they could see that they weren't on a secure branch, and plummeted to the ground, "Ok I love you, bye-bye!" Eevee said, waving goodbye to her friends as they hit the ground with a loud and painful thud. They all sighed in annoyance. Back to Snips and Snails, they had finished construction on their airship, and began to make their way to the wishing star, "Peddle Snails, peddle as if our very lives depend on it!" Snips instructed, looking out from the basket he was in, "Which, may well be the case," he said uneasily. "AYE-AYE Captain Snips!" Snails said, as he continued to peddle the part of the airship he was on. "YES, just picture our future, cute fillies always kissing up to us, other foals helping us with our homework, and school that is better for all! Are you picturing that?" Snips asked. "Actually, I'm picturing the snails' slime," Snails replied. "Ugh, you've left the lens cap of you mind on again Snails, with the wind at our backs, all we have to do is maintain this velocity, we'll be the first ones to touch the wishing star, do you know what that means?" Snips asked his friend. "Yes I do!" Snails cheerfully replied. "What?" Snips asked. "What?" Snails asked, immediately forgetting the conversation he and Snips were having. "What does it mean?" Snips asked. "What does what mean?" Snails asked. "Never mind, it means we get our wish!" Snips replied. "What means we get our wish?" Snails asked. "Skip it," Snips simply said. "Skip what?" Snails asked. This made Snips' temper boil past its limits, "JUST STOP!" Snips ordered. "Ok," Snails said, stopping his peddling, which in turn made the airship drop like a rock. "AHHH! NO, KEEP PEDDLING! KEEP PEDDLING SNAILS!" Snips cried in terror, which Snails complied, "*Pant* You almost killed us Snails, what were you thinking?!" Snips said, grasping his chest. "You said 'stop' Snips, you really did," Snails replied. "IGNORE WHAT I SAY!" Snips snapped at the orange colt. "Really?" Snails asked. "Yes, just keep peddling," Snips replied. "Ok," Snails replied, as he stopped peddling. Snips realized what he meant, and they dropped like a rock, once again. "What are you doing?!" Snips asked hysterically. "Ignoring what you say," Snips replied. "Not about that!" Snips yelled. "Not about what?" Snails asked. "JUST. KEEP. PEDDLING!" Snips yelled, which Snails complied. "You are so confused sometimes Snips," Snails commented, which was met with a bop on the head, as they flew above the once beautiful Canterlot castle. Inside the castle, the deadly alliance was being forcibly brought in by the guards, "Hey, not so rough!" Constable Guman complained, as he and his friends, and their minions were pushed to the ground. "WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?! I DEMMAND TO KNOW..." Baron Nixel demanded, before realizing they were in the presence of the king and queen, "*GASP* King Zanzibar and Queen Jewely!" Baron Nixel said with a bow. "Baron von Nixel, what a pleasant surprise," Zanzibar said, as he and his wife were in a hot tub and clapped his hooves for robes.. Zanzibar was a brown Alicorn stallion with a goldenrod mane and blue eyes. Queen Jewely was a ruby red alicorn mare with the same mane and tail color as her husband, and she had sapphire blue eyes. "Oh no sire, the honor is ours," Baron Nixel insisted, with his friends nodding in agreement. They then blocked their faces as the two alicorns got out of the hot tub. "We hear of a star brighter than the continence of our family," Queen Jewely said, as she and her husband walked to the alliance. "Oh, that's hard to believe my lady," the baron replied, trying to lead the two off of the subject. "You seem to believe it Nixel! Our guards found the three of you and your minions racing towards it!" King Zanzibar yelled. "We were?" Constable Guman asked incredulously. "Don't play dumb with us constable!" Zanzibar yelled at the guman. "Ok, what do you want to play then?" the Guman commander asked, holding a fanned out deck of cards. "NOTHING!" Zanzibar yelled, swatting away the cards. "Just tell us about the star!" Queen Jewely demanded, as she and Zanzibar went behind their own changing screens. Baron Nixel placed his hand up to his mouth to let Mephestio and Guman know that he'll do the talking, "Well, its big and shiny," the Baron replied. "And big too," Guman added on. "And kind of shiny," Mephestio added on as well. "Uh, and big?" Guman added(?) on. Zanzibar clapped his hooves, which in two seconds flat, the deadly alliance was surrounded by the guards, "And the first one to touch the star gets one wish!" Baron Nixel quickly replied, holding onto his minions and his friends, who were also holding onto their minions. "One wish? Who could ask for anything more?" a voice asked. The alliance jumped when they heard the voice, and turned to see prince Taxer. Taxer was a royal blue alicorn stallion with the same mane and tail color as his mom and dad, and he inherited his mothers eyes. "Ah, Taxer, good to see you again my son," Zanzibar said, as he and Jewely came out from behind their changing screens, "Now then, Nixel, what would you and your bumbling cohorts wish for beyond the joys of serving the royal family?" Zanzibar asked the Nixel. "Oh uh, you know, regular stuff, nice things like a weekend in Lansing Missouri," the baron replied. "Oh! Andy Wormses has a place there!" Constable guman pointed out. "Oh yes, I like him!" Mephestio said as he and the others of the alliance smiled. "Or perhaps you were simply rushing off to secure the star for my family," Zanzibar said in a warning tone. "That's right, secure the star for your family, that's exactly what we were doing, yep!" Baron Nixel said, trying to stay on the Kings good side. "Good, we see eye to eye, now come and let me show you the fly of the ointment," Zanzibar said, leading the alliance out to the balcony, where a telescope stood. "Uh, that's not a fly sir," Mephestio said. "Its a telescope," Baron Nixel said, backing up the Rageling. "Look into it!" Zanzibar ordered. "OH!" the alliance said, which gained an eye roll from the king, as the baron looked into it, and saw the children of harmony. "Oh, its those kids from the village," Baron Nixel said. "Yes, the children of harmony," Zanzibar said with a sneer, "They're going to go and touch the wishing star! Those kids are going to be rich but about my family?!" Zanzibar sang. "I don't know!" Baron Nixel replied, also singing. "You better bet that we'll be getting there first, and if we don't your lives will be cursed, the wish of the wishing star will wind up belonging to us!" Queen Jewely sang. "I wish!" Constable Guman sang. "We want it so much, we have to go and touch that star," Taxer sang. "OK, OK!" Baron Nixel sang. "They're getting ahead, they're getting it instead of us," Zanzibar sang. "Uh," the alliance said in unison. "You got to be quick, you got to be fast, to beat out the rest of the cast, and capture that wish for we!" Taxer sang. "We're on our way to find the wishing star!" the girls of harmony sang. "Got to get there first!" the boys sang. "We're on our way to find our dreams come true!" Heaven sang. "Got to find it!" the titans sang. "We're poor and needy, never greedy, so we're going to sing it again now, we're on our way to find the wishing star, its all for one, and one for all times we!" the children all sang. "We're taking a stand, we're making a vow, this the place, the moment is now, this is our golden opportunity! The wishing star belongs to three!" the alliance and the family sang. "Me, my wife, and kids!" Zanzibar sang, glaring at the alliance, who cowered at the glare, "Your job baron, is to stop those villagers from getting to the wishing star, by any means necessary!" Zanzibar said, giving the alliance their instructions. "Yes sir!" the three rang, as they began to leave. "Oh, and those kids I showed you, the group with the humans and that dragon?" Zanzibar said. "Yes sir?" Baron Nixel asked. "I don't want them showing up at the wishing star," Zanzibar said. "We'll slow them down!" Baron Nixel said. "You're not catching my husbands drift," Queen Jewely said with a shake of her head. "Well, we can try to steer them off coarse?" Mephestio offered. "We don't want to see them again, ALIVE!" Taxer said, clearing up what his parents were saying. "But they're just kids, how much trouble can they be?" Baron Nixel asked, feeling scared of what might happen to the kids. "You have no idea, so don't think of them as kids Baron, think of them as the dearly departed, or you'll be likewise, understood?" Zanzibar snapped at the alliance. "Clear as crystal sir!" Baron Nixel replied. "THEN GO!" the three ponies yelled. "Ahh, we're gone!" the alliance said, running out of the castle, making their way back to their cart, and taking of again. "Bring me an inkwell and quill, and some parchment, I need to write a letter to Cleo," Zanzibar instructed his guard captain, as he and his wife and son were seated down to some cannoli. "Yes sir!" Flash Sentry replied. "And prepare our train for travel," Queen Jewely instructed. "Yes ma'am, anything else?" Flash asked. "Yes, along with what I asked you bring, I also wish to see the overgrown rats," King Zanzibar instructed. "Yes sir," Flash said, leaving the room, and then coming back in with a cage holding the Diamond Dogs, who were all squabbling like little kids, and with some parchment and the inkwell and quill that the king had asked for. "Cheese it, its the boss!" Fido whispered to his friends, who stopped fighting and turned to family. "YOU MAJESTIES!" the three said with a bow. "Shush, you bizarre, chattering rodents!" Taxer snapped. "Uh, technically your highness, we're dogs," Spot simply said. "You are disgusting overgrown rat, and you will do as we say, or we'll feed you to OUR puppies!" Zanzibar yelled, pointing to a corner, where monster sized Dobermans and rotwilers were chained to the wall, trying to break free. The Diamond Dogs all grimaced at the possible fate that might befall them, "Uh, nice puppies," Spot said, hiding behind Fido. "At your service boss," Rover said. "Whatever you say," Spot said. "SCILENCE!" Zanzibar shouted, which made the trio stumble in their cage, "And listen, I want you to follow Baron von Nixel and make sure he does his job, I don't trust that trio one little bit," Zanzibar instructed, letting the Diamond Dogs out of their cage. "Sure thing boss!" Spot said. "We'll do," Rover said. "Consider it done!" Fido said. "But before we go, can we have a little taste of those cannoli?" Spot asked, as he and the others stuffed their faces with the royals cannoli. "NO! Go now, or you're puppy chow!" Zanzibar shouted, pointing at his dogs, who broke free from their restraints, and went to devour the Diamond Dogs. "AHHHHHH!" the trio screamed, running out of the castle, rambling incomprehensible dialogue, before digging hysterically into the ground. "That king really crossed my hairs, 'overgrown rats', he insulted us right to our faces! Are you insulted Fido?!" Rover asked. "A little bit, maybe just a little bit," Fido replied. "They treat us like we're nothing," Spot simply said. "And that's on a good day!" Rover snapped. "I pray for a day like that, its like that 'Christmas' holiday those humans celebrate, you know what I'm saying?" Fido asked. "Absolutely! I mean, how does a dog get a little respect around here?" Spot raged. Stopping, Rover realized something, "Maybe we can wish for it," Rover said, thinking hard about what was happening. "What do you mean?" Spot asked. "We can wish for respect, at the wishing star," Rover explained. Fido laughed, "But Rover, the king wants us to...," he said, before being cut off. "Forget what the king wants! I say we get what we want!" Rover said, which his cohorts soon caught onto what their leader was getting at. "You mean?" the two asked. "You got it," Rover said with a nod. "We're taking a stand, we're making a vow, this is the place, the moment is now, this is our golden opportunity! The wishing star belongs to three! Us, ourselves, and we!" the three said, as they made their way to wishing star. > Chapter 3: What wish woud you make, arrival at the wishing star, and capture (edited) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The children of harmony were now making their way through a forest, with the Baron in hot pursuit, "Hurry it up Guman, we're gaining on them!" Baron Nixel ordered. Later on, Doctor Whooves and Derpy got caught up in a pothole and were trying to push their cart out, "Girls! Come out and help your mother and I!" the Doctor called to his daughters. "Coming dad!" Sparkler called as she and Dinky jumped out of the cart. "Ok, so while you girls push the cart, I'll try and pull the cart," Doctor Whooves instructed, which his wife and daughter nodded in understanding, trying to push the cart while the Doctor tried to push the cart. Meanwhile, the children of Harmony came to an old wooden bridge. Silver, and the other titans got out and looked over the edge, "Whoa, just don't look down!" Silver exclaimed. "Do you get vertigo?" Stealth asked. "Nah," Silver replied. "Me neither," Raiden said. "Yeah, I've seen that movie three times and I still don't get it," Brain commented, as he and the other titans began to pull the sled themselves. They continued to pull the sled until Icezer fell through a broken piece of the wood on the bridge. The others looked down and started to pull him back up. Once Icezer was back on the bridge, he, along with the others continued to pull the sled towards the other side. Back on the opposite side, the Mixels saw what happened to Icezer, and they all began to cautiously make their way across, with Flurr and Mesmo flying above them, not noticing a young Eevee baby looking at them in interest, "Lots of colors!" Eevee said, skipping towards the Mixels, with her friends from the ranch following her. They soon say that a plank of wood was about to give way, and Luxray rushed to save Eevee, who would've fallen to her death if not for Luxrays quick reflexes. Luxray tossed Eevee back on to the bridge, to which, she walked across Luxrays back, "Silly Luxray!" Eevee said, petting Luxrays head, before continuing towards the Mixels. "Don't worry Luxray, we'll get her," Cindy said, as she and the others carefully stepped over Luxray, who then felt heavy footsteps on the bridge. Looking back, Luxray saw in horror that several ponies with clogs on their hooves were walking the bridge. Meanwhile, in the skies, Snips and Snails continued to make their way to the star by the skies. What they didn't notice was that Rumble and his brother and their friends, Cloud Kicker and Flitter, were flying dangerously towards them. As soon as the Pegasus quartet got close enough, they got tangled up in the unicorn colts ship, and they soon started to drop like rocks, while all six of them were screaming in terror. Back to the children of harmony, they saw the ship was dropping, and gasped in horror, but none as scared as Clover when she saw Rumble was tangled up as well. She gasped in horror, and leaned forward, making the sled go faster, in hopes of catching up to her falling coltfriend. Seeing the ship also drop, Derpy then took the Doctors place in pulling the cart, and rather quickly raced to save her friends lives. She barreled through the ponies with clogs, and Luxray, who were all sent onto, or in Luxrays case, into, the cart. Back with the children of harmony, they took notice of the deadly alliances cart, and how Constable Guman pulled some levers, which activated some rocket launchers. He then fired a rocket at the children, which thankfully missed them by a long shot, mush to the Barons dismay. Next the constable activated some side rocket shooters, which fired more rockets, which missed the kids as well. Having enough, they activated the cannon, which was able to put a hole in their sail. The next shot got their mast, as they began making their way into the mountains, where the next shot reduced their sleds into toboggans, and then after, into snowboards, as the made their way down a lower road, while the alliance was racing on the same ledge with the Doctors cart working its way around their cart. "FIRE!" Baron Nixel ordered, which fired the cannon at the Doctors cart, which thankfully missed Luxray, but it also made a vial of the Doctors elixir fall of a bench, and exploded, which gave the two ponies and Luxray an idea. Opening the back of the cart, Sparkler tossed the crate of elixir at the alliances cart, which in turn, exploded said cart. Back to the falling airship, they still continued to fall, which the children of harmony looking on in worry, Clover especially. Just then, they saw Derpy racing to save the airship, running over the Diamond Dogs in the process. Then, they saw the Mixels, who went to help with the rescue. After awhile of falling, they all soon felt that they were sliding on some sort of slide, and looked to see Flurr, smiling happily down at them, as they slipped their way back to solid ground. Clover then rushed over to her coltfriend, and hugged him really tight. Looking around, the small group could see everyone recovering from that instant sprint that occurred, the diamond dogs rubbing their heads, Eevee hugging Dee-Gee by her leg, which prompted the Electoon to give the little Pokemon back to her respective group, which Eevee and the adults and Cindy all smiled in relief. Walking back into his cart, the Doctor could see some fluids being mixed into a small bottle, "Why, what's this now?" he asked, taking a swig of the drink, and smiling at ho good it was, and gave it to Derpy to drink, who also smiled at the delicious flavor. The others, save for Baron Nixel, who was unconscious after his cart exploded, looked into the cart to see the two ponies bringing some crates of the elixir out, and giving a bottle to everyone, including the deadly alliance. Brian then put a bottle to Baron Nixels mouth, who smiled at the tasty drink, and they all drank the new and tastier elixir. Finishing his elixir, Echo-Echo then let out a very loud burp, which echoed through the mountains, also weakening the snow on a cliff, thus causing an avalanche. Everyone was looking over the horizon when they heard the avalanche. They all looked back, and gasped in horror at the avalanche that was making its way towards them. They all tried to escape, but they were eventually caught up in the avalanche, one by one, the Mixels, the Pegasus quartet, Snips and Snails, the deadly alliance, and the doctors cart were all swallowed up by the avalanche. The children of harmony were trying to ride the avalanche on their snowboards, but they too were swallowed up by the avalanches wrath, as it made its way out of the mountains, and into a tundra. Poking their heads out of the ground, the children of harmony were amazed that they were even closer to the wishing star then ever. "Well, we're taking a stand, we're making a vow, this is the place, the moment is now, this is our golden opportunity! The wishing star belongs to a family!" they sang with smiles on their faces. "Me, my wife, kids!" King Zanzibar sang, as he, his wife, and his children, along with some guards surrounded them, totally killing the mood. "Uh, this wasn't the wish I had in mind," Silver said blandly. And, just like the children, the others were also surrounded by the guards. "Secure the area!" Princess Cleo ordered. Cleo was a sky blue alicorn mare, with the same goldenrod mane and tail as her parents and brother, and she had emerald green eyes. One by one, everyone was taken to a prison camp, where they were all just standing around, either filing their hooves or hands, reading magazines, or just hanging around, when they heard hoofsteps coming towards them, "All hail the mighty King Zanzibar's family!" Flash Sentry called to them. "SALAD BAR? All right I'm hungry!" Heaven said, as she and the others in her group went to greet the royal family, "You got any bacon bits?" Heaven asked, much to the royal family's confusion. "Hi there Salad bar, I'm Silver, and these are my brothers, Raiden, Brian, Stealth, Heiru, Francisco, Icezer, and Echo-Echo," Silver said, introducing himself and his brothers. "I'm Toby, and this is Serenity," Toby said with a smile. "I'm Capri-core, or as my friends all call me Cory, and these are my little brothers and sisters, Josh, Spike, Crystal, Kelly, Nyx, and Trinity," Cory said, introducing his family. "I'm Conner, and this is my sister Crystal Charity," Conner said with a smile. "Names Echo Dash, and my sister Vibrant sky," Echo said. "I'm Mike, and these are my brother and sister, Season Harvest and Bolt," Mike said. "I'm Melody Smith! And these are my sisters Clover and Lucky Joy, and our cousin, Blueberry Muffin!" Melody said. "I'm Chris, and these two are my little cousins, Drake and Timmy," Chris said. "Ah'm Nathan, and these are mah little sisters, Skyla and Mavis, and our brother Guard Armor," Nathan said. "And I'm Heaven, the impossibly cute one, with a cough," Heaven said, letting out a small cough, "But you got to admit, even the cough is cute," Heaven said, letting out a gross hacking cough, which Zanzibar threw her away in disgust. "WE'RE THE HARMONY BROTHERS!" the boys rang. "AND THE HARMONY SISTERS!" the girls sang. "We know who you are! Get back in line!" Jewely ordered, which the children did with their heads hung in disappointment. "Uh, you got any garbanzo beans?" Heaven asked Zanzibar. "Its 'Zanzibar' not 'salad bar', Nixel!" the king yelled. "Yes sire?" Baron Nixel asked. "I thought we told you to get rid of those little monsters!" Zanzibar snapped, glaring at the children, who were all making goofy faces, "Why are they still alive?!" Zanzibar demanded. "I tried my best sire!" Baron Nixel insisted. "You failed the crown Baron, lock him up with the rest of the prisoners!" Cleo demanded, which the guards did without hesitation. "The same goes for the constables, their minions, and the overgrown rats!" Taxer ordered, which the guards did, leading the alliance away with spears, and locking the Diamond Dogs up in a cage. "Never try to double cross the crown!" Zanzibar snarled at the dogs, "Take them away!" he ordered, "And as for the children of harmony," Zanzibar said, glaring back at the children, "Execute them," he simply said, which made the other prisoners, including the deadly alliance, gasp in horror. "Oh, you don't have to treat us special," Silver said, as he and the others were taken away. "We insist," Zanzibar simply said, watching the children be taken away, "As soon as those children are disposed of, me and my family will proceed with making our wish," Zanzibar said to the captain. "Very good sir!" Flash replied. "Ok Salad Bar have it your way, but we know secrets about the wishing star that you don't!" Silver sang in a teasing manner. "What, no you don't," Taxer said, denying what Silver was saying. "Oh, yes we do!" Nyx sang. "We do?" Icezer asked, which was met with an elbow from Brian, "Oh, do we ever!" Icezer said, now getting the idea. "Like what? Tell us," Jewely demanded. "Uh, perhaps we can get to some sort of 'arrangement'?" Silver asked, with the other looking at him with looks that said 'Silver, you sly dog'. Later in the castles dining room, each of the children was eating a bountiful feast, "Our new special friends, the royal family," Silver said. "Who knew?" Kelly asked. "Now tell us the secrets of the wishing star," Zanzibar demanded. "Oh, right, yeah the secrets of the wishing star, right. Well, the key to the whole thing is uh, you guys got a little something in your noses," Silver said. "Really? Where?" Cleo asked. "Right there," Silver said, pointing nowhere in general, which the family all rubbed their noses. "Did we get it?" Taxer asked. "Yeah, no, no its still there," Silver said, which had the royal family rubbing their noses. "How about now?" Zanzibar asked. "No its over there now, eww," Silver said, shielding his face as the royals kept rubbing their noses. "How about now?" Jewely asked. "Nope, eww," Silver said once again. The other children caught onto what Silver was doing, "EWW! GET IT! GET IT! GET IT!" they all cried in unison. "Please, can you go to the bathroom and take care of it? I mean whoops!" Silver said, making gagging noises. "Oh, alright!" Zanzibar said, as he and his family walked to the bathroom, closing the door behind them, which Conner locked with a smug smirk on his face as he ran back to his friends. "WE'RE IN CHARGE! WE'RE IN CHARGE!" they all sang. Just then, Zanzibar broke down the door, also revealing his family, who were also angry, "You horrible children, who taught you how to behave?!" Cleo asked with a glare. This made the smiles on the children's faces go down to frowns, "No one ma'am," Josh solemnly replied. "You see, *cough* we're all orphans," Heaven said, as she and the others gave the royal family puppy eyes. "Yeah, boo-hoo, everyone has problems," Taxer said, as he and his family walked away. "You know, we'd all like to be adopted," Nyx said, as she and the others suddenly appeared in front of a bamboozled family, who then tried walking back the other way. "Will you be our new daddy Zanzibar?" Conner asked. "Certainly not!" Zanzibar snarled. "Buy me a toy daddy! Buy me a toy, buy me a toy!" Heaven pleaded. "Oh, please dad do!" Brian said. "I am NOT your father!" Zanzibar yelled, throwing all the children away. "That's not what mommy said," Silver said. "When will this insanity end?!" Jewely asked. Just then, the family turned to see Mike, Nyx, and Francisco all standing behind game show podiums, all asking to be called on, "Uh, yes, you!" Jewely asked Nyx. "Duh, what was the question?" Nyx asked, pretending to not know the question. "GOOD ANSWER!" her friends rang. This put bemused looks on the royals faces, "Are you going to tell any of us the star secrets or not?!" Taxer asked. They all turned away, "NEVER!" "Well, we have ways of making you talk in my castle, how about a trip through the cave of your worst nightmares!" Cleo asked, pulling a lever, which made all but Nathan, Vibrant, and Silver fall. "Uh, have you forgotten that some of us can fly?" Vibrant asked. "Oh, we haven't forgotten," Cleo said, as she pulled a second lever, which released a cage that fell on the three, sending them through the floor, and onto a flatbed behind a cart their friends and family were in, which soon turned into a cart as well. "Please remain seated while the tram is in motion," an automated voice said, just as the tram took of like a roller coaster. "You know, for a cave of your worst nightmares, this isn't so bad," Trinity commented. "Never say that, things can always go from good to bad to worse, just like that," Kelly told her sister. And she was right, they were entering what appeared to be an office building, and they saw a man dressed up in a blue suit jumping on a table, with music playing in the background, "OH LADY! I KNOW A LADY WITH HIGH HEELED SHOES, AND SOCKS AND PANTYHOSE, OH PRETTY LADY!" he sang, very off key. This incited screams of terror from the family, "Hello cute little children with the ponies that look like puppies, HOYL!" the man said in a high pitched voice, which drew more terror filled screams for the family, "FROYNLAVEN!" the man yelled as he hit the upper half of door, with the tram going through the bottom. "I'm glad that's over *cough*," Heaven said as they continued to what appeared to be a gas station. "Be careful, I haven't cleaned that restroom in three years," an old man said, as he laughed manically, as the tram went into the bathroom. "Someone hit the lights," Silver said, and when the lights did come on, the children screamed once again at how nightmarishly disgusting the bathroom was, as the tram moved on. Next, the tram went into what appeared to be a first grade class room, and they all looked ahead to see a giant orange dinosaur who giggled at see them, "You make me feel all fun-fun doodle dumb!" he said with a great big smile, which the kids all screamed in terror at, once again, "Won't you be my special friend?" Baloney asked, jumping onto the cart. "NOOOOOOO!" the kids screamed, sending the dinosaur back into a backdrop piece of scenery. "Duhahahhaha, gosh and golly gee," Baloney said, as an anvil was dropped on him. The kids exited the cave, and stopped right in front of the royal family, "Well?" Zanzibar asked. "We'll tell you anything!" Chris said. "Just please, don't send us back there, please!" Heaven begged. "We'll see, now tell us the secrets to the wishing star," Jewely demanded. "Well, its not what you wish for, its uh, how you wish?" Timmy explained, with the others nodding in agreement. "Really?" Taxer asked. "Oh yeah, but ya got to be careful, things are taken so literally nowadays," Nathan explained. "You don't say?" Zanzibar asked. "Absolutely, now what are you considering?" Silver asked. "Well, tops on our wish list, we would like to own the world!" Cleo said with a devious smile. Reaching off screen, Francisco pulled out a globe, "Here you go, the world, and it spins, nice huh?" he asked. "No, we don't want that, ah here we go, how about fame and fortune?" Zanzibar asked. "Here's fame with Irene Cera, and a subscription to fortune magazine," Nyx said, giving the king a VHS and a magazine. "Rats!" Taxer said, "Wait, we could wish for the Midas touch, then everything we touch would turn to gold," he suggested. "Yeah, including food, try eating solid gold ice cream, adios extra carbs!" Icezer said, holding a bowl of ice cream, which, when Taxer touched it, turned to gold. "I had no idea this wish business was so complicated," Zanzibar said, as he, his family, and the children were all rubbing their heads in a thinking manner. "Tell me about it," Silver said. "Wait, what if we wish for youth and beauty?" Jewely asked. "Here, take Nyx, she's young, and to humans, black ponies earned the nickname 'Black beauty'," Cory said presenting his sister. "Why me?" Nyx asked, giving Cory puppy eyes. "Because the producers couldn't find another black pony, so you're all we have," Cory replied, which Nyx gave a bemused look on her face. "Ok, let me rephrase that, how about eternal youth? Then we could be sixteen, forever!" Zanzibar suggested. "Then you'd go back to being sixteen, and you'd have zits and no one would ever date you!" Season Harvest explained. "Ugh, never!" Zanzibar said, as he and his family all started to pace around, and think, "I've got it! We'll wish for a million bucks! No, make that two million bucks!" Zanzibar suggested, before taking notice of a stampede of deer trampling over him and his family. "Just be glad its not mating season," Silver said, as a deer came up and moaned seductively at the king. "Wait, I've got it! What if we wish for all the dough in the world?" Taxer suggested. "Sounds good to me," Silver said, as millions of pies were thrown at the royal family, "Ha, dough, its like pastry dough, its a joke, get it," Silver asked, taking a dab of cream and tasting it, as the family all grabbed him with their magic. "Yes, and now its your turn to get it," Zanzibar said, as he and his family threw Silver at his friends, "Captain, take the children of harmony away, and have them all executed!" Zanzibar ordered. "Yes sir!" Flash said, as he and the guards began taking the children to be executed. "Our joke was funnier," Silver commented as they all walked. > Chapter 4: The wish and never give up hope reprise > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a cave below the palace, the children of harmony were all tied up to large stalactites, "Sorry to do this kids, but its my job, so lets get it over with, any last requests?" Flash asked, as he tied a blindfold around Chris' eyes. "Yeah, set us free," Heaven asked. "No way pretty missy, I have my orders," Flash said, looking at the little girl. "Please let us go?" Heaven asked, putting on her cute charm. "No way man, forget it," Flash said. "Pweety pwease with whipped cweam and chewwy on top?" Heaven asked, really starting to put on her cuteness. "Whoa man! You're working your cuteness on me man, your cute, weirdness! Stop it, wrong, wrong!" Flash said, covering his eyes. "Pweasy squeezey cheesey weezie wease?" Heaven asked, which really got to Flash. "NOOO! FIRE!" Flash ordered, which drew the sounds of magic blasts which reached the ears of the royal family. "Ah, music to my ears," Zanzibar said with an evil smile. Back in the cave, it was revealed that the children weren't killed, but set free, "Oops, missed!" Flash said, trying to sound surprised. "How can we ever thanky wanky you?" Heaven asked, still working her cuteness. "Don't, you're all free, just no more of the thing of cute, we can't take it!" Flash said. "YOU'RE TOO CUTE!" the guards said, covering their eyes. "Now go!" Flash said, pointing to the entrance. "Its a gift," Heaven said, which made her brothers roll their eyes, as they raced out of the cave, and towards their goal; the wishing star. Back inside the castle, the family were discussing what they should wish for, "We could wish for everything in the world," Jewely suggested. "Yes, but then, where would we store it all?" Zanzibar asked. "Or maybe, we could wish for a hundred wishes," Taxer suggested. "That may not be allowed," Cleo explained. Just then, they heard Flash Sentry coming in the room. "Your majesties!" he said, trying to catch his breath. "Yes?" they all asked. "I'm afraid the children of harmony have escaped," Flash said. "WHAT?! But we told you to execute them!" Zanzibar said, glaring at the captain. "I tried man! I really did, but the cuteness was too much! They're too clever!" Flash explained. "Just like their parents," Jewely snarled. "Huh, what?" Flash said, looking at the royal family as they left the room. "We should've gotten rid of those kids when we banished their parents to Tartarus," Taxer said. "At least we now know what we should wish for," Cleo said, which her family nodded in understanding. "We're going to wish those horrible children would leave us alone, FOREVER!" Zanzibar said, just as he and his family heard Heavens cough, and turned to see the children of harmony racing towards the wishing star. "NOOO!" the royals all cried in distress. As they were running, Heaven stopped to rest, while coughing, "I can't make it," she said in a soft voice. "C'mon Heaven, we're almost there," Silver said, as he and Stealth took her hands, and helped her to the wishing star. "Stop them! Fire! Fire! FIRE!" Zanzibar commanded. The guards reluctantly lit the fuse on a cannon, which fired a cannonball at the children as they were running, blasting away all but one of the children, "YES!" Zanzibar exclaimed as he and his family smiled evilly. As they were shaking off the blast, the titans, as well as the other children, looked back at where the cannonball impacted, "NO!" the titans cried in distress, as they, along with the other children and the royal family and the guards all surrounded an injured Heaven. The guards and the other children gasped in horror at the sight. "Heaven?" Silver asked, supporting his sisters head. Opening her eyes, Heaven smiled softly at her brother, "Tell me the story," she said. "Huh?" Brian asked. "The story, about Mommy and Daddy, I want to hear it *cough* one last time," Heaven requested weakly. "You should rest," Stealth said. "*Cough* Once upon a time a brave knight married a beautiful princess and they had eight sons, but they wanted a daughter, so they planted a garden," Heaven began. "And out of the prettiest flower came," Heiru continued. "Me, *cough*" Heaven said with another cough. The other children and the guards looked on at her in worry, but it wasn't just them, everyone in the prison camp, ponies, Mixels, even Nixels, Gumans, and Ragelings all looked on in worry, some teary eyed. "AND SO MOM AND DAD TOOK YOU HOME, AND EVERYNIGHT AT BEDTIME THEY'D COME IN A SAY 'WHO'S THE CUTEST GIRL?', AND YOU'D SAY," Echo-Echo said, joining in telling Heavens story. "I am, *cough*" Heaven said with another cough. "And then they'd ask 'how'd you ever get so cute?' and you'd say," Francisco said. "I was born that way," Heaven said. If the fact that she was dying wasn't sad enough, the way she was telling her story was really jerking tears. "And then they'd ask 'tell us your name,' and you'd say," Icezer said, brushing Heavens hair. "Princess Angelina Contesa Louisa Francesca *cough* Banana Fanna Bo Besca the fifth, but you can call me *cough* Heaven," Heaven said, which really touched everyone's hearts. "And then they'd ask 'can we call you Heavy' and you'd say," Brian said, as he and his brothers began to cry. "No, just *cough* 'Heaven', call me... 'Heavy'... and ...you'll... die," Heaven said, as she lost consciousness. Her brothers, as well as the other children and the prisoners all began to cry long and hard. "She's... dead," Flash Sentry said before turning back to the royal family with an angry glare, "AND ITS YOUR FAULT, MAN!" he said, jabbing Zanzibar's chest with his hoof. "How dare you?!" Zanzibar snarled. "SHE WAS THE CUTE ONE MAN, THE IMPOSSIBLY CUTE ONE, AND NOW SHE'S GONE! You killed her man! Wrong, wrong!" Flash said, as the other guards glared at the family as well. "STAND DOWN! We had a good reason to kill her. Because she and those others children friends of hers were driving us crazy, these kids and... wait, where's the runt with the glasses?" Cleo asked, not seeing Toby. "LOOK! ITS TOBY!" Vulk yelled, pointing towards the star, where the young lad was running towards the star. "NOOOOO!" the royals cried, holding their heads with their hooves as Toby continued to run to the star. "He's going to make it to the wishing star!" the prisoners sang. "Stop him now, before he gets to far!" Zanzibar ordered. "Help me spirit, wherever you are!" Toby sang. "He's going to get wish from the wishing star!" the prisoners sang. "WISHING!" the Mixels all sang. "Wishing!" the alliance sang. "Wishing!" the ponies all sang. "Wishing!" Cindy and her Pokemon companions sang. "The wishing, the wishing STAR!" they all chorused, as Toby leaped for the star. "I'm feeling better now!" Heaven said, as she woke up from her 'unconscious' state, only to be hugged by her brothers. "THE WISHING STAR!" they chorused once more. "She's alive man! The cute ones alive!" Flash called, which everyone cheered happily for. "Wow, those acting lessons really paid off after all!" Silver commented. "Do you really mean it?" Heaven asked hopefully. "NAH!" her brothers replied. The star began to swirl more and more magical energy, which everyone there watched in awe, "Mrs. McCarthy would love this scene if it wasn't just words," Silver commented, forming his fingers to look like a camera. Toby stood before the star with a very large smile on his face, as he and everyone watched the face of Pip materialize in the star, "Nice job Tobias, you've done well, the power of the wishing star is yours, at the sound of the tone, please make any wish you desire, and it will come true, no matter what it is," Pip explained. "Ok, here goes, I wish for," Toby said, thinking his wish really hard, which everyone gasped in anticipation. Just then, Toby was surrounded by a bright light. When the light vanished, they saw Toby, along with the other children of Harmony, with their parents, "I wished for the return of all family members of every citizen in Equestria who was unfairly taken from them," Toby explained, as he hugged his Momma Fluttershy, with Serenity rushing up to join in the hug. "King Zanzibar, the crime you and your family have committed is beyond forgiveness, so as punishment, you are all banished to Tartarus, where you will spend the rest of your lives without magic," Celestia said, as she and the other alicorns glared at the faux royal family, and cast a spell that sent them to Tartarus. "No! We can't be here!" Zanzibar steamed, "Hey Mac, what're you in for?" the family turned around, and saw Tierek in his cage, and Sombra in shackles. Back up where the wish came true, the townsfolk all rushed to carry the family of Harmony back to Ponyville, as champions, "They've got their families back today! They've got their families back hooray! No more worries, though it sound cliché, its the answer to our prayers," the townsfolk sang. "And no more taxes to pay!" Baron Nixel sang, ripping up some tax forms. "Now its back to the town of Ponyville, with the families of Harmony!" they sang as they continued back to town. And, unsurprisingly, Toby made the perfect wish, because with the return of Discord, Heaven got her long overdue operation, "She's going to be fine, boys!" Discord said, as the brothers all rushed back to see their sister. "What was her operation for anyway?" Baron Nixel asked the draconequss. "Plastic Surgery; to implant a beauty mark on her cheek," Discord explained. "I'm going to call it my own cutie mark, Cindy Crawford, eat your heart out," Heaven said to the camera, "So, do look cuter now?" Heaven asked her friends and family, who all nodded. "Your cuteness is like, out of control man! Its perfect!" Flash Sentry said. "Perfect huh? *Yawn* Well, I guess that'll have to do," Heaven said. And with the return of his Tardis, the Doctor also got back all his money, and bought all the ingredients for his new elixir, which was mixed together by his crack team of beverage technologists, "More sugar, Dinky?" Sparkler asked her sister. Taking a swig of the elixir, Dinky nodded, "Yeah, we need a lot more," she said to her sister. At the same time, Ditzy Doo came up with a new bottle design, one with a more attractive shape, "It just came to me, from who knows where?" she said as some stallions gave her a wolf whistle, much to the Doctors dismay. Then they put their new drink to the ultimate taste test, as the titans all drank the new elixir, "Well?" the doctor asked. A few moments passed, and the titans all looked at Echo-Echo, who rubbed his chin in a thinking manner, before letting out a loud burp, which broke all the glass in Ponyville, including Twist, Silver Spoon, and Toby's glasses, much to their dismay. "That's a big thumbs up!" Silver commented, as he and his brother drank some more elixir. And while the doctor and his family went off to market with their new drink, the titans, with their allowance money, went to town, and the bought, "Hay burgers at the grillers," Silver sang. "Blintzes at the bakers," Icezer sang. "Groceries at the grocers," Raiden sang. "Season tickets for the Lakers!" Brian sang. Toby's wish changed hands all throughout Equestria, and everyone prospered, including the farmers, the bakers, and the candlestick makers.... and a mime, "Like Silver said at the beginning, no place is perfect," Rainbow Dash explained. That's true, but Equestria was a close to perfect as possible, and thanks to Toby's wish, other wishes came true as well, with the spring thaw, the florists flowers came back to life. "Ah, sweet bliss," Daisy said, as she and her friends tended to their gardens, as they saw Balk and the other Flexers walking by, singing a merry little tune, which all the wildlife were happily listening to. "See, I told you we would get you some singing lessons, and we did," Kraw said. "Yeah, ain't it the truth?" Balk said with a blush. Meanwhile, Cindy was returned to the ranch by the adult Pokemon who accompanied her to help chase Eevee, "Cindy! You're back! You're safe! Oh thank goodness!" Will said, as he saw the group, save for Eevee collapse from exhaustion. "Hi Will!" Eevee said with a smile. "*Gasp* Eevee, you called me Will! You called me Will! Its a miracle!" Will happily said, as he took Eevee and Cindy back into the ranch house. And Luxray, Houndoom, and Eevees evolutions got their wish, to be rewarded for their loyalty, which was presented to them in the form of a mountain of Pokemon candies, such as Poke'blocks, Poffins, and Poke'puffs, which were all eaten happily. Dinky and Sparklers wish came true as well, "Life is good," Sparkler said, as she and her family were all surrounding a cozy fire place. They finally had an actual home, thanks to their father, whose elixir was renamed 'Whoovian Cola' and was a huge success thanks to the corporations savvy CEO. "HELLO DITZY!" a couple of stallions rang to the grey mare, who was finally taken seriously for her massive brain, and not her wall eyes. Chrysalis got her wish as well, for Mephestio to appreciate friendship, "And lets not forget the others!" Mephestio called to the narrator. Right, the gumans all realized that they were vegetarian, and stopped hunting the humans. Baron Von Nixel and the Mixels all achieved their wish as well, for the perfect peace treaty, "And Pinkie Pie is giving me some baking lessons!" the baron called. Even the Diamond Dogs, who wanted a little respect, got their wish, "There they are!" a mare called. "Our heroes!" a stallion said. "Those three are the best!" Charity said with a smile. "Finally, everyone's looking up to us," Rover said, not knowing, or caring that he and his cohorts were standing on a statue of the children of harmony. As for Toby, Josh, Kelly, Crystal, Melody, Bolt, Mavis, Mike, the titans, and Heaven, they all wound up with more than they ever dreamed. While having a picnic with their families in the park, along with the Mixels and their new friends, the former deadly alliance, Toby heard a woman that he loved dearly call to him, "TOBY!" Turning slowly, Toby gasped to see his real mother, not as an angel, but as a human, "My sweet baby, Toby," Ashley said, smiling at her son. "M-mommy?!" Toby asked, overjoyed to see that his Mommy was alive again, as he ran to embrace his mother. "That's Toby's mother?" Madin asked. "She's beautiful, just as Toby described her," Serenity commented. "I-is it really you Mommy?" Toby asked, shaking from uncontrolled happiness. "Yes baby, and I'm not alone," Ashley said, as she looked back behind her, and showed Toby more adults that some of his friends recognized, as they all rushed to embrace their respective parents. "But how did this happen?" Flain asked. "It might've been because of the wish Toby made," Trinity theorized, which made everyone look at her in confusion, "Remember when Toby wished for all citizens of Equestria who had their family members unfairly taken from them?" she asked, which everyone nodded, "Well, the wish must've had an effect on Toby's mommy, as well as the other's parents, and brought them back to life as well," Trinity explained. "So, I wished for our real parents to be brought back as well?" Toby asked in shock, which Trinity nodded, "Whoa," was all he could say, as he and his friends and family, and their reunited families continued with their picnic. "Why, Kelly, your eyes, they're," Kelly's mother said, overjoyed to see that her daughter has actual pupils. "Fully operational? Yeah, well, sometime after I came here, my new Mommy, Princess Twilight Sparkle, before becoming an alicorn, used a special stone that helped me get my vision back!" Kelly explained. "Oh, thank you Princess Twilight," Kelly's mother said, bowing respectfully to the lavender alicorn. "Oh, there's no need to bow," Twilight insisted. "But what shall become of us, now that we're back in our children's lives?" Mavis' father asked. "Well, we have plenty of rooms in the Crystal Empire palace, so, you two are welcome to stay with us in the Crystal Empire," Cadence suggested to Mavis' parents. "Please Mommy and Daddy, won't you come and live with us?" Mavis asked her parents, giving them puppy eyes. "Of course we'll come with you," Mavis' mother said, hugging the happy daughter who came a long way from being heartbroken, thanks to her new family. "I can supply shelter for you all at my castle, if you want?" Twilight asked Josh, Crystal, and Kelly's parents, who all nodded in agreement. "You sure we won't be a hassle?" Josh's dad asked. "Oh, don't worry, it won't be any trouble at all!" Twilight said with a smile. "Same goes for Sweet Apple Acres," Applejack said, looking at Bolt and Mikes parents, who nodded in understanding. "And I'm sure I have an extra bed for you Ashley," Fluttershy said, looking at her sons real mother. "That would be much appreciated Fluttershy, thank you," Ashley said, as they all continued their picnic. Meanwhile, Snails was appointed town snail collector, and was busily removing snails from Diamond Tiaras manner, where he struck it big time when he found all sorts of rare snails and slugs, "Ooh! A gold striped slug!" Snails said, as he put the slug in his bag. This position was given to him by the mayor, and Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiaras second most trusted advisor, Snips. "YES! Come Snails, we must prepare for tomorrow," Snips said, leading his friend off of the Rich manner. "Gee Snips, what are we tomorrow?" Snails asked. "Same thing we do everyday of school, plan for the sequel when we'll overthrow Diamond Tiaras popularity reign, and then all of school!" Snips said as the two trotted off on another quest for popularity. In the end, everyone in Equestria got his or her wish, except for the mime that is, as a safe was dropped on him, "I don't know about him, but that sure was my wish!" Discord said, as he joined his friends in Ponyville to sing one last song. The End!