//------------------------------// // Rapunzel // Story: Pony Tales // by Vixie //------------------------------// "Okay, you ready, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked, holding the bullhorn up to her mouth as she spoke. "Do my mane extensions have to be this long..?" Fluttershy whispered from her tower. "Yes! It's so that somepony will be able to climb your hair and rescue you from your tower!" Twilight replied. "Can't we just have stairs?" Fluttershy looked down at Twilight, who was at the base of the tall structure. "And maybe make this a little shorter?" She was getting dizzy just being this high up for a prolonged period of time. "Then what's the point of your long hair? We have to follow the scripts I brought from CHS perfectly!" Twilight had gotten to take the scripts from the drama class as Canterlot High. "This will be just like the original film! Except for the fact that it's being re-enacted by ponies!" Fluttershy nodded. "Okay... I'm ready." She had managed to sneak her critters onto the set for moral support. She stroked Angel bunny's fur. "Good! 1! 2! 3! Go!" Twilight ordered, Spike switching on the camera. Rainbow Dash flew onto the scene. "Cut!!" Twilight shouted, clearly unhappy. "Rainbow Dash! You aren't meant to be here!" "Why not?" Rainbow asked. "It's just like with the tower! If the one meant to rescue Rapunzel can fly, what's the point of her extra long hair!?" "But you need somepony awesome like me to star in this movie!!" Rainbow protested. "Well we need an earth pony! Get off the set!" "Fine! This is a stupid idea anyways." Rainbow huffed, slowly flying back to the dressing rooms. "Get Applejack out here!" Twilight demanded. "Do I have to wear this get-up?" Applejack asked, hesitant to leave the dressing rooms. "Yes!" Stressed Twilight, she was getting a bit irritated. "You look fabulous, darling. Now go on!" Rarity pushed Applejack out where Twilight could see her. "Couldn't you have gotten a stallion to do this instead, Twi? Big Mac could've done this." Applejack suggested. "But Big Mac is always working on the Apple farm. He doesn't have time to be filming this. I also don't want to seem like a FlutterMac shipper! But you're the next best earth pony! So chop-chop! Let's film at least half of the movie by the end of the day!" Said Twilight. "You know the lines, 1! 2! 3! GO!" Spike turned on the camera again. Applejack sighed. "Hello, Flutterpunzel." Applejack recited a line she thought was from the script. "I shall climb your mane." Applejack continued, with no enthusiasm. She trotted up closer to the tower to take a look at Fluttershy's mane. "Wow, mighty long mane y-... Oh my Celestia! Rarity let you walk onto set lookin' like this?!" "What's wrong???" Fluttershy asked, checking the top portion of her mane. "There's a bird's nest in your mane! There are even some rabbits!" Applejack said, parting Fluttershy's mane to get a closer look. A mortified Rarity was visible poking her head out of the dressing rooms. "Th-that is impossible! I made sure Fluttershy's mane was perfect!" She ran onto the set, looking through the hair before seeing the camera was following her. She blushed profusely, she sheepishly raced back to the dressing room. Rainbow Dash snickered. "I might have pulled a tinsy tiny prank! That's what you get for not adding a dash of awesome to your movie, Twilight!" Twilight growled. She turned back to Applejack and Fluttershy, not having the energy to stop and start over again, she motioned to them with her hoof to continue. "Well, come on down, Fluttersh-! I mean, Flutterpunzel!" Applejack quickly corrected herself. Fluttershy shook her head. This wasn't at all how the story went. Applejack was meant to climb up her tower, she was meant to hit her with a frying pan, tie her up in her hair and then go out on an adventure. "W-Why don't you climb up my tower instead?" Fluttershy whispered, pretending that her correction was more of a suggestion. "I mean, if you want to..." "Well, if you don't want to come down, I'll help you." Applejack grabbed the tip of Fluttershy's mane and ran in the opposite direction of the tower. She yanked Fluttershy out of the tower rather roughly. "Oof!" Fluttershy felt down to the ground, her animal critters gathering at the windowsill of the tower to make sure she was alright. "Sorry about that, Flutterpunzel. But you seemed to need a little push. Or in this case, a pull." Applejack helped her up. "It's okay." "Um. My name is Appleflynn." Applejack quickly tried to remember what the script had said."Not the best name Twilight could've came up with..." Applejack muttered to herself. Fluttershy froze, she didn't know what to do. They had strayed too far away from the story. "Um... Let's go this way!" She improvised, pointing north. Twilight face hoofed as she watched Fluttershy running off with her hair trailing behind her, leaving Applejack to stare at the camera. "Wait for me!" Applejack shouted as she followed. Spike was catching their every move on the camera, trying to hold back a laugh when Angel bunny poked his head out of Fluttershy's mane, obviously not amused. "Spike. Stop laughing. I want this to be a Ponyville hit! It will even be played in Canterlot cinemas. We just need to get this to be perfect!" Twilight grabbed Spike, lifting him up so that they were eye level. "Got it." He nodded as she dropped him to watch her actors hurrying off set. "From the top! Fluttershy, fly back up to the tower! Applejack, more expression! And Rainbow Dash, No. More. Pranks! 1! 2! 3! Go!!!" Twilight barked. Applejack trotted onto the set, proceeding to climb up the tower. "This is harder than I thought." She murmured, her hooves slipping off the stone walls. "Here, darling. This might help!" A voice called. It wasn't Fluttershy's. Long purple locks were thrown out the window. "Rarity..." Twilight growled, but tried her best to keep her cool. And this was going somewhat better than before. Applejack was about to climb Rarity's mane. "Wait! Stop!" She paused. "You're going to ruin my amazing mane-do! Do you know how long it took me to do!?" Applejack put all four of her hooves back on the ground. "Then what do you want me to climb?!" "Well I don't know. Maybe a ladder?!" "But that's not how the story goes!" Applejack finally realized that she was playing her part wrong before. "Oh! Now I remember! The script said to climb her hair by deceivin' her into thinkin' it's her evil stepmother who she doesn't know is evil!" "Now you remember? Now?! I give up! I am not making this movie! None of you know how to act! I quit! I quit, I quit, I quit!" Twilight yelled, stomping out of the building. "Yeah, I think we ticked Twilight off..." Rarity admitted. "And we didn't even get to my part!" Pinkie complained, wearing a black curly wig and bouncing onto set despite the frown on her face. "This is going viral..." Spike looked over the video her took, trying to stifle his laughs.