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// 4. Problem at the pink puffball's party 
// Story: The Antithesis of Harmony 
// by Battery1320 
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4. Problem at the pink puffball's party

"Alright, just gotta put the finishing touches right... here!"

Pinkie Pie's work was finished! Streamers strung across the ceiling and walls, covering the hundreds of books on the shelves in an assortment of colors, a large table covered in delicious and delightful desserts ranging from cakes to pies, several different games scattered across the party room, and upbeat music ready to blast and send ponies into a dance craze. Given that the pink pony was a major party mare, such a set up was very standard to her, and she smiled proudly at her hard work to make this party particularly special for the puffball of the hour.

A familiar lavender unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, and a little purple dragon joined Pinkie Pie in the amazement. Twilight knew just how good Pinkie Pie was at arranging and setting up parties after years of partying, but the speed and efficiency that the quirky pony could set the stage was still mind boggling to her.

The overjoyed Pinkie Pie bounced for joy, "It's finished! The party is ready to start!"

"You did a great job here, Pinkie, as always." Said Twilight Sparkle, "I'm sure that the little Kirby will love it."

Pinkie Pie landed right next to her friends in a gleeful, one hoofed stance, "You betcha! How could a ball of cute like him not like a party like this?"

"Especially with all of that food over there!" The very young dragon added. Drool starting to slip from his lips, he begged, "May I please get a head start?"

"Nope! You have to wait for our guests, Spike, and they'll get here as soon as they can."

Spike folded his arms, for he always stood on two legs, and groaned at the deny. There was a pretty pink party cake as pink as Pinkie Pie's pelt on the long table, and he was just dying to taste it. The cake even had vanilla cream oozing out from in between the layers, an image that made his forked tongue impatiently tingle in delight and was the primary catalyst of his impatience.

"Can't I just—?" He futilely started to ask. His request would have been finished if he didn't see Twilight's stern, disapproving glance. The short instance of seeing Twilight's slight scowl was enough to tell him he was about to come off as rude and he needed to stop. Years of working as Twilight's assistant trained him to recognize that, and as such he slowed his roll and shut his mouth.

Twilight loosened up and grinned back at Pinkie Pie, "Spike's right though; that cake does look scrumptious. What did the Cakes do with this one?"

"Theeeeeey had a little help." Pinkie grinned back. Pinkie's emphasis made Twilight's smile grow slightly wider – there was no secret where that help came from.

Twilight chuckled, "And what did you do to improve?"

"A secret little combination!" Pinkie chirped.

"Care to tell?" Spike asked.

"I can't tell you, silly; it wouldn't be a secret!" Spike could only roll his eyes at the mild tease, but his eyes and the eyes of the mares quickly snapped to the front door as it was opened. A pegasus stepped inside, and Pinkie Pie lit up like a happy torch. "Rainbow Dash! You came!"

The name "Rainbow Dash" was a very appropriate name for the pegasus. The defining trait in the cyan pegasus' appearance was her rainbow mane and tail. Though slightly rugged and aggressive looking, the the six rainbow colors blended together in an almost artistic transition from one color to the next.

"Uh..." Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow, "of course I did Pinkie; you invited me."

"I know, but I'm just so excited for this party!" Pinkie squealed, "Hey, did you meet Kirby yet? Please tell me you've met Kirby yet!"

"That little pink thing that Fluttershy's carrying around? I have, and Fluttershy told me you're throwing some sort of party for him."

"That I am! And it's fantastic, just look at the decor and food me and the Cakes had set up for him! Oh, I can't wait until he gets here, then it really starts!"

"How many ponies did you invite to this party, Pinkie?" Twilight asked. The thought had only just then occurred to her that Kirby would probably be overwhelmed by curiosity rather than welcoming hooves, something which obviously couldn't have been good for the child. Quantity wasn't quality here.

"Everypony I found!"

Twilight groaned, those three words basically translated to "everypony in town", "Pinkie, I don't think that was a good idea..."

"What do you mean?" Pinkie was nothing short of confused. Inviting everypony to her parties was always a good idea, why not now?

"Well, Pinkie, when I was new to Ponyville, I wasn't particularly fond with having an overcrowded party thrown for me right off the bat."

"Don't worry your silly little head Twilight." Pinkie aptly patted the top of Twilight's head, "It's not like Kirby will be completely out of place; I found his two friends and invited them too!"

"What?" Twilight jerked back, completely shocked at the word "friends". Her mind stopped focusing on the problem with the party and started being filled by a rush of questions and thoughts, particularly ones revolving around the fact that Kirby wasn't alone. Was there family too?

"Wait, so there's more than one Kirby?" Spike asked, just as curious as Twilight.

"There's more than one Kirby?!" Pinkie gasped, "That wonderful!"

"No, no! I was asking you if there other aliens like Kirby."

Pinkie Pie recoiled back, almost as though Spike's words had punched her in the chest, "Kirby's not an alien!"

Rainbow Dash chuckled, but it was Twilight who retaliated, "Spike's probably right actually. I dug through all of the books in the library trying to find information on his species or homeland. There's nothing, Pinkie. By this point, I don't think there's any doubting it. Kirby must be from a different planet, possibly the stars above."

This is the kind of moment where one would have to stop to absorb the realization. One's mind would have to slow down to wrap itself around the concept of knowing, and possibly befriending, an alien. However, it would seem that only Twilight truly grasped the concept; Pinkie Pie, just being Pinkie Pie, was only interested in the broadest interpretation.

"Wait, so that means he's from outer space?!" Pinkie barely managed to spit out before bouncing up and down across the attic floor with an ecstatic squeal, "That's so cool!"

"Now, Pinkie," said Twilight as she and Rainbow Dash stepped back, "it's just a theory." Twilight was slightly confused by Pinkie's sudden change in opinion on Kirby being an alien, but she was Pinkie Pie after all...

Pinkie stopped and took an uptight stance, almost as if she was imitating Twilight, "Yes, and your theory theoretically correct!"

"What's theahretically currect?" The new voice snapped all of the attention to itself, revealing itself to have come from the apple-jack of all trades herself – Applejack. She briefly, oh so very briefly, took a stance with her left hooves over her rights, but her stance had to shift back to all fours flat when Pinkie Pie expressed her joy in her face.

"Applejack! You came to Kirby's welcoming party!"

"Course I did Pinkie!" Said Applejack, "That li'l thing deserves a warm welcome."

"You betcha!"

"Applejack," said Twilight as she and Rainbow Dash stepped in, "good to see you."

"Nice to see you too Twilight, and you too Rainbow." Applejack greeted back with a chuckle, "Y'all realize that everypony's downstairs, right? Nopony knows the party is supposed to be up here."

"I'll get them!" Pinkie Pie squeaked. Before any of the other three ponies knew it, Pinkie had already stormed out of the room and shouted, "Hello everypony! The party's upstairs!" Given the fact that she was an entire floor underneath them, none of the three remaining ponies should have heard her voice. Then again, the voice in question came from Pinkie Pie, so they didn't bother wondering why she was only barely muffled.

Pinkie quickly returned with a small ensemble of ponies closely following her tail. Fluttershy and Rarity were the first in line after her, followed by four other ponies of different races, colors, and manes. Two of them briefly clamored over the grand set up Pinkie Pie made for the party. The other two, possibly due to knowing Pinkie Pie enough, weren't as verbal in their reactions.

"Here he is!" Pinkie announced as she pulled a short 90 degree turn to show off the little pink puffball on her back. Kirby waved a hand and greeted Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash with his familiar "haiii!"

"Hey there li'l guy." Said Applejack as she waved a hoof. She gave Kirby a quick wink and added, "Ready fur the greatest party ya ehvur seen?"

Kirby dropped down and enthusiastically nodded. He came extremely close to asking what was going to be done first, but Pinkie Pie beat him to it with a surprising objection.

"Wait! Not everypony is here yet!" Pinkie yelped.

"So? Kirby wants to get this party started." Said Rainbow Dash.

"An' we were only gonna play a game or two." Applejack added, "In fact, Kirby, ya ehvur heard a "pin the tail on the pony"? Kirby's shaking of his head was a clear indicator that he had no idea what it was. Applejack could only chuckle, "Alrighty then, c'mere."

Applejack led Kirby to a poster hung up on a wall, a poster that bore an image of a brown four legged creature. Very similar to the ponies, but more rugged and unattractive. It's countenance appeared surprised, either from the apparent lack of a tail or the method that would be used to put it in place. The combination of the cartoonish appearance and expression gave Kirby a quick little giggle.


"Here, I'll show you how you play!" Pinkie cartwheeled to the poster, "You take a blindfold like this and you cover your eyes like this!" She demonstrated her exact words as quickly as possible with a cloth that she somehow managed to wrap around her head and a pin and tail in her mouth, "And after you do that, you spin and spin and spin and spin and spin and..!" She reared up on her hind legs and spun herself around and around in poorly maintained circle several, several times, "... and then you stop and pin the tail on the pony!" Pinkie dropped back to all floors, wobbly in her posture and flailing all over the place. And with that sharp pin in her mouth...

"Dang-nabbit Pinkie!" Applejack jumped back, barely saving her eye "The target's behind you!"

"Ohhhwoaah! Sorry!" Pinkie swung around, dove forward, and planted her face against the poster. Everypony laughed, even Kirby, as she sloooooooooowly slid down the wall. Even funnier was where she ended up pinning the tail. 

"Did... did I get it?" Pinkie pulled off the blindfold and saw where she made her mark, which was far off target. She was nowhere near the pony's flank; she pinned its face!

"Not even close!" Said Rainbow Dash.

"It sure beats pinning the tail on my eye though." Said Applejack.

Pinkie Pie broke into hysterical laughter, "Look at him! He looks so silly!" 

Kirby leaped to Pinkie as she stood up and swiped the blindfold right off the top of her mane and wrapped it right around his spherical body. He cooed excitedly as he finished tying it around his eyes, and he swung his arms around playfully as he waddled in a circle. Some "awws" were scattered amongst the viewers to watch the cute little puffball act like the child he was.

Applejack chuckled as she plucked the pin off the eye in her mouth and tossed it to Kirby, "Alright bull's-eye, spin yerself around."

On one foot, Kirby's spin held much more control than Pinkie's, barely faltering or shaking as his features blurred from one side of his body to the other. Kirby couldn't notice it, but this action alone baffled and amazed everypony watching, with their wide opened eyes and sometimes slackjaw mouths. Adding to the incredibility was when Kirby 
finished; he didn't wobble at all or even slightly lose his footing. He hopped to the wall and felt it for a moment, still standing perfectly straight, and slapped the tail right on the poster. Confident he hit his mark, Kirby tore the blindfold off and saw that he... completely missed. The pony's kneecap wasn't exactly his target.

"Hey, you did better than me at least!" Said Pinkie.

"Probably because he wasn't wobbling." Twilight added, "How was he not...?"

"He must have practiced spinning!" Pinkie chirped back, "He must be a dancer or something!" She gasped, for an idea had spawned in her head, "We should crank the music up! Get some flanks shaking around!"

Faster than anypony could ask for a go at Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Pinkie hopped over to a strange metal box and slapped it. For whatever reason, the box emitted a rather bouncy, rhythmatic sound. Several rhythmatic sounds actually, and they all blended together into a catchy song. Kirby already forgot about his shot at the pony game and leaped to Pinkie Pie, who was the first to start dancing to the music by bobbing her head and bouncing her legs. Kirby decided to join the fun; dancing was always fun.

Right next to Pinkie Pie's new movement of swinging her front legs from side to side and putting weight on the leg that wasn't in the air, Kirby joined in with a funky breakdancing move by spinning himself around the ground like a ball. After about two seconds of the spinning, he bounced up and landed on his feet, after which he backflipped and began spinning around again, all while keeping it vaguely on beat with the song.

While the two pinks boogied to the music, the rest of the ponies decided to mingle and chat. More ponies joined over time, some partaking in some of the other games available, some forming a circle and cheering Pinkie and Kirby for their skills, and some enjoyed themselves with the sweet and tasty delights set at the table.

Things began to slow down once Pinkie Pie and Kirby stopped dancing and engaged in other activities. Although the jumpy Pinkie wanted Kirby to join her in a couple of rounds at the games, Kirby's first choice was to jump right into the food. The ponies around him were nice enough to step aside and let him get some bites to eat, and he picked up a plate that was half full of circles that were made of bread and coated in a brown color. Kirby's face lit up just by looking at them; he had recognized them. He didn't know what they were called, but he remembered eating food just like this in Dreamland, and they were absolutely delicious. 

"Those donuts are very good." Said Spike with a mouth full of food, "Give 'em a try."

Kirby nodded and did just that.  Popping one of the "donuts" in his mouth had plunged him into a squealing fit. These things were good, really good! Much better than the Dreamland equivalent. Kirby could barely contain himself. He opened his mouth – it was massive! It was as though a large red hole had been cut into his body! – and before Spike's eyes the donuts flew off the plate and into Kirby's mouth! He sucked them up like a vacuum!

"Woah!" Spike jumped back as Kirby dropped the plate, "How did you—?!"

A few of the ponies around the table shrieked as badly as Spike flinched, some of them immediately moved away from the table in panic. The sudden clamor greatly startled Kirby; the poor thing dropped to the floor and covered his head as though the roof was about to come down. Thankfully the commotion ended very quickly, and now every pony in the room was staring at Kirby very curiously.

"What was that?" Rarity flatly asked, if only slightly tense. Kirby perked up at her, "That... thing you just did with those donuts..."

"That was really cool!" Said Pinkie. Everyone took a moment to briefly express their confusion as she bounced to Kirby, "Do it again!" Kirby was given another set of donuts, and he inhaled them all in one fell swoop just like before. Most of the ponies in front of him felt the wind being sucked towards him, but every single one of them was just as amazed as the next pony at this... interesting ability.

"That's so cool!" Pinkie bounced some more, "I wish I could do that!" then she stopped, "But wait, if I were able to inhale food, I wouldn't be able to taste them." She let out a deep gasp – she almost sounded like she hadn't breathed in minutes, "Kirby! Can you even taste food when you're doing that?!"

Kirby enthusiastically nodded, "Ya! Taste good!"

"He talks?!" One pony blurted out.

"Not very fluently though." Fluttershy said, barely audible.

Everypony jumped as the door suddenly flew open, slamming against the adjacent wall in a powerful and very loud smash. A single arm had shoved it aside, now holding it in place against the wall and making way for King Dedede and his particularly small cohort, Waddle Dee. Several ponies distanced themselves from the duo automatically, either out of shock from the entrance or their completely foreign appearance, but the intruders payed no attention to their lack of approval. 

"Dedede, Waddle Dee! You came!" Pinkie Pie felt it was ever-so important to loudly announce.

The king rolled his eyes, "Only 'cause you said there would be food."

"And there's plenty! Help yourself!"

The towering penguin was quick to take advantage of the offering and made his way to the food table, Waddle Dee following him close behind. Everyone at the table, including Kirby, watched them suspiciously and distrustingly, some worried.

Rarity came close to Pinkie and whispered into her ear, "Why did you invite him?"

"Because he's from Kirby's place." Pinkie whispered back.

"Have you seen how that brute acts? I met him a few hours ago, and he is just..." Rarity trailed off into a growl.

"Oh, so you two don't see eye to eye, huh?"

"That's putting it simply." Before Rarity knew it, Pinkie Pie was pushing her over to the food table, much to her annoyance, "What are you doing?"

"Simple. You and Dedede are going to settle what makes you two butt heads." Said Pinkie, her mane almost wrapping around Rarity's side.

"I'm not going to—!" Rarity attempted to protest before she found herself right next to the ruffian. He had payed little attention to her as he rummaged through the desserts, but when Pinkie accidentally shoved Rarity into his side...

"What do you want?" Dedede snapped.

Rarity didn't bother responding; she just rolled her eyes, "See Pinkie? What did I say?"

"Wait, you're that pony from before, the one who dared to yell at me!"

Rarity must have completely forgotten she wanted to avoid any conflicts, because she was now voicing her incredulous opinion as though it could blow off the worst of her steam, "What?! You yelled at me first!"

"I did not!"

"Okay, break it up!" Applejack attempted to separate the two, "What's got you two riled up?"

"This pony is trying to cause trouble!" Dedede pointed a finger at Rarity.

"I am n—!" Rarity stopped herself and took a deep breath, "I told Pinkie Pie that this... man and I had a fight earlier and she wanted to try and make us settle it."

Frustrated, Applejack gave Pinkie Pie a hard glare, "Pinkie, if you knew they would clash, why would you pit them together? Not to mention the time and place."

Pinkie Pie briefly glanced at everyone in the room. Being put on the spot and in everyone's attention told her that she almost screwed up badly. Pinkie never screws up a party. She shied back for several seconds, horribly embarrassed, as she tried to conjure a valid excuse. Even if it wasn't long, seeing the always-happy-always-jumpy Pinkie Pie like this gave the whole room a gloomy vibe.

"Well, you see," Pinkie slowly spoke up, "I thought that if they were both here, then whatever problems they had should be settled so that we wouldn't have any problems while the party was still going."

"Yes, that was a good idea Pinkie, but not during the party." Said Rarity.

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright Pinkie," Rarity bit her lip, "look, I probably should be going anyway to get back to work."

"Rarity, you don't have to leave because–" said Twilight Sparkle.

"It's fine Twilight. I told Pinkie I couldn't stay for the whole party anyway. You all enjoy the party now. Bye!"

"Later!" Pinkie chirped as she joined her friends in a short series of goodbyes, each one of them waving a hoof at Rarity as she departed.

"Baiii!" Kirby called from the food table, making himself known. He didn't hear Rarity respond though; she was already out the door.

Dedede scowled at Kirby, "I still can't believe you're friends with these things." Kirby scowled back.

"Well, sire," said Waddle Dee, "if I may, he is Kirby after all."

"Yu-ku-vek yab lez maluh tay!" Kirby yelled, stepping towards Dedede as though to threaten him.

"I do what I want!" Dedede yelled back, "Now go someplace else while I try to enjoy myself!"

"That does it!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she flew right to the king's face, "Who in Equestria do you think you are?!"

The furious Dedede heaved his hammer into both hands, preparing himself for a move that nopony wanted to see, "Pony, I am King Dedede of Dreamland. Who do you think you are?!"

"A pony who's protecting her friends!" Rainbow Dash hovered even closer to Dedede's face.

"You know what, pony?! I have been trying to find a way home all day, and all I've been getting from you ponies is aggression! Now it's my turn!" As fast as Rainbow Dash was, her anger left her too distracted to dodge Dedede's hammer as it slammed right into her side, blasting her across the room and into the opposite wall.

"Rainbow!" Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike all called at as their blue friend flew over their heads. They quickly rushed to her aid as the rest of the ponies rushed out of the room for their lives, leaving them with the dangerous king.

Kirby screamed and leaped up to Dedede's head, latching on and covering his eyes. His effort to knock the king down was completely fruitless, as Dedede quickly pried him off his head and threw him across the room, away from the ponies.

"Waddle Dee, he's yours!" Dedede ordered.

"But sire–!" Waddle Dee stepped back.

"Do it!" Dedede screamed at Waddle Dee with a deadly stare, sealing the poor thing's fate. The glare froze Waddle Dee in place from fear, but life returned to him when Dedede turned away. A deep breath passed with him and he turned to Kirby, who was just getting back up. It was in his instinct to run and hide – he knew how dangerous Kirby could be – but it would take more than Kirby to break his loyalty to the king, and as such he readied his spear for the battle.

Dedede dragged his hammer against the floor as he slowly approached the ponies. All of them had their eyes on him – Pinkie Pie, Spike, and Fluttershy were utterly terrified and Applejack and Twilight were clearly furious. Rainbow Dash appeared to be the angriest of them all. He brought the hammer over his head, and after a pink flash he swung it down and crushed... nothing! Dedede nearly gagged on his on breath.. Even when he saw the group out of the corner of his eye, he was still utterly dumbfounded.

Twilight Sparkle stood tall and brave in front of her friends, her horn coated in a sparkly pink haze. Whatever it was that teleported them away from Dedede must've been done by her, and she was fully prepared to do it again. She tensed up her stance when Dedede took a charge at them, and with well focused power she successfully teleported her friends and herself out of Dedede's path in another bright flash. Dedede was far too enthusiastic in his run, he couldn't stop himself from slamming into the wall.

"Rainbow, keep him pinned there!" Shouted Twilight. Rainbow Dash immediately shot passed her and rammed into Dedede, slamming him back on the wall. She propped her front legs on Dedede's back and continued flapping her wings, pressuring Dedede into place against the wall.

"Applejack, get that hammer away from him!"

"You got it!" Applejack called as he rushed to Dedede's side. She shifted her weight onto her front legs and kicked both her back legs into the king's side as hard as she could. As expected, Dedede dropped his hammer, but the kick was so powerful it shoved him out of Rainbow Dash's pressure and left her to slam into the wall herself. Applejack quickly apologized and grabbed the hammer with her teeth, but the hammer barely moved even with her hardest pulls; it was extremely heavy! Just as she was about to voice her problem, Dedede had already thrown Rainbow Dash out of his way and got his hands on her shoulders. His face was just inches away from hers – the absolute rage it showed was stifling – and she feared the worst. Applejack was thrown towards her friends, each of them narrowly avoiding her.

"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy panicked.

"Fluttershy, get Spike and Kirby out of here!" Twilight ordered. Fluttershy gave her a shaky nod and did just as she was asked. Moving with her wings as quickly as possible, she scooped up Spike in her hooves and headed towards Kirby, but she stopped herself dead in her surprise. Kirby was running away from a badly wounded Waddle Dee, intending to fight King Dedede.

"What's he doing?!" Spike blurted out.

"Kirby!" Fluttershy wailed. She hoped that Kirby would listen and run away from Dedede, but he just kept running towards him. She watched in utter horror as she imagined what Dedede was going to do to the puffball, and an icy feeling choked her neck when that awful hammer came down.

It missed him! Kirby had jumped back from where the hammer was about to hit and leaped on top of it when it struck the floor. He then leaped from the hammer itself and spun his body around, smacking his foot into the side of Dedede's face. Kirby landed perfectly on his two feet and jumped back out of Dedede's reach. He waited for Dedede to attack and leave himself vulnerable again, but suddenly a big blob of white hit Dedede square in the face, completely covering it.

"Don't hurt him, you!" Pinkie Pie yelled. She was on top of the table, throwing the pastries and desserts at Dedede with her hooves. She scored another direct hit, on Dedede's left arm, with an pie, "How do you like them apples–?!...Pie!"

"Keep it up, Pinkie!" Said Twilight.

A large grin formed on Kirby's face; it was as if a lightbulb had gone off in his head. He rushed to the food table and opened his maw, inhaling a good number of the food and the plates that held them into his mouth. As Dedede wiped the food off his face, Kirby turned his bloated, wobbly body to him and made a target out of the king. With just a simple action as opening his mouth, a bright golden star shot out of his body like a cannon. All of the pony's nearly lost their jaws at the spectacle. The glorious glowing light from the star was fascinating! The star's life would be short, for it landed right on target and splashed onto Dedede, dissipating on impact. The blast slammed Dedede back into the wall, and he groaned and slowly slumped before falling face first on the floor. He didn't move, but he kept groaning. Rainbow Dash and Applejack moved over to him and shook his body, getting no response but more groans.

"Is he done?" Spike asked as Fluttershy set him down.

"I think so." Said Applejack, stepping away from the beaten king.

"Kirby, that was amazing!" Pinkie squealed, getting close to that puffball, "What was that trick with the star?! That was so cool!"

"Pinkie, another time." Applejack snapped, "We need ta do something about tha brute here before he wakes up."

"I agree," said Twilight, examining Dedede, "but what do we do about him?"

"Just send him out of Ponyville!" Rainbow Dash proposed.

Twilight shook her head, "That won't do; he'll be somepony else's problem."

"Um, girls?" Fluttershy quietly brought attention to herself, "He's from Kirby's world – he's the king there. I don't think..."

"Well, then let's just ask Kirby!" Said Pinkie, "Kirby, what do you think we should do about King Dedede?"

Kirby gave a quick glance at Dedede and shrugged, not knowing how to say "I don't know".

Applejack groaned, "Well, I figured one of us would hold on ta Kirby till he found his way home, but I don't reckon any of us wanna deal with this heap a trouble!"

"None of us can risk watching him alone," Said Twilight, biting her lip, "not if he's this violent."

"Again, just send him out of Ponyville!" Rainbow Dash repeated herself, "Whoever he finds next just might put him back in line!"

"Again, Rainbow, we can't risk it." Said Twilight.

"Then what do we do, smarty pants?"

"I'm thinking!" Twilight snapped.

"I have... an idea..." Said a shaky, weak voice. The whole room turned to the source – a bruised and barely standing Waddle Dee.