Rainbow hid just outside the orc camp, waiting for the signal. Suddenly her phone buzzed and a message from Twilight appeared.
"All set. Ready to go?
Rainbow texted back "You bet I am! Let's do this!. She then strutted to the edge of the camp and shouted, "Hey meatheads!"
This got the bandits attention as they looked up from what they were doing and stared right at Rainbow.
"It's a human!" One of the orcs shouted as they prepared their weapons.
"Catch me if you can!" Rainbow said before taking off.
"Don't let her escape!" The orcs then proceeded to give chase. As the chase continued, Rainbow occasionally looked over her shoulder to make sure they were still following her.
"Perfect."
Finally she came upon a small clearing and stopped as the orcs caught up to her.
"Alright little girl, we've got you now..." The orcs stepped towards Rainbow, who just smirked at them.
"I don't think so!" Rainbow suddenly turned to the side and shouted, "NOW!"
Suddenly transparent walls appeared around the orcs, each glowing a different color and corralled them together.
"Hey! What's goin' on!?" The orcs struggled against their new cage, to no avail.
From behind the trees, the rest of the girls emerged, hands glowing while trying to keep the wall together, except for Twilight, who was getting the potion ready.
"They're mages!" The orcs continued to struggle, making it harder for the girls to keep the cage up.
"Anytime Twi!" AJ said, starting to sweat from the strain.
"Alright, lets..." Twilight's voice trailed off and her eyes went wide as she got another good look at the orcs. After a moment of mental calculation, she gasped.
"Wait...there's only six!" The girl's eyes widened too, recalling having seen seven orcs at the camp earlier. They mentally counted the orcs they caught and lo and behold, there were only six trapped there.
"Where's the other one!?"
"GOTCHA!" Twilight turned around and standing there, hammer poised and ready to strike, was the final orc glaring down at her. Before Twilight could do anything, the orc reached and grabbed her arm.
"TWILIGHT!" Her friends cried out in alarm as Twilight struggled to free herself without damaging the potion.
"Alright then girlie....now your gonna get it..." Before the orc could do anything Pinkie spoke up.
"Don't worry Twilight! I've got this!" Pinkie then reached into her hair and grabbed a can of sprinkles. Twilight's eyes widened when she realized her friend was about to do.
"PINKIE NO-"
Before she could finish, Pinkie broke away from the spell just quick enough to grab a handful of sprinkles and toss them right in front of them. True enough, the orc lost his grip and stumbled back...but so did Twilight who ended up tripping on a root. As she hit the ground, the sound of glass breaking could be heard as the bottle broke and the potion spilled onto the dirt. Twilight looked at the spilled contents with horror before glaring at Pinkie.
"PINKIE!"
The pink girl had the gall at least to look sheepish. She blushed and gave a nervous smile, "...oops."
The orc quickly recovered and went straight for Pinkie. Startled, she accidentally tossed the can of sprinkles straight for the cage. The blast not only knocked away the girls, but had freed the rest of the orcs as well. Pinkie's eyes widened at this.
"Uh-oh..."
"Get them!" The bandit leader commanded and the orcs approached the girls.
Applejack managed to use her strength to toss one of the bandits away, but was caught off guard when another orc came up behind her and hit her upside the head, knocking her out.
Rainbow seemed to be doing pretty well holding off her orc with a combination of magical blast and kung fu hits and kicks. However, the orc then pulled out a bolas and managed to get a hit on her. Rainbow tried to break free but they seemed to be enchanted to block magic.
Rarity used her magic to pick up a large branch which she used to hit one of the orcs in the head, dizzying him until one of them pulled out a net which both captured her and cut off her magic.
Fluttershy was trying to hide in one of the bushes until an orc found her and threw her over his shoulder. Poor Fluttershy was too terrified to do much other than scream and whimper.
Twilight was handeling herself pretty well using strong magic blasts that knocked the bandits off their feet and threw them a few feet. That is, until an orc smashed his hammer into the ground, knocking her back a few feet and making her lose her focus. This allowed a few of them to catch her and tie her struggling hands and feet together. Like the bolas and the net, the rope was enchanted and her magic was useless.
The orcs picked up the captured girls and gathered together.
"Think this is all of 'em?"
The orcs tried to think but, as Twilight pointed out earlier, they weren't the brightest bunch.
"uh..."
"Meh. This should be all of 'em. All right boys, lets head back!"
And so the orcs started to head back to their camp, with the girls struggling to no avail.
Watching this from up in a nearby tree was Pinkie Pie, who had decided to get out of the way when the bandits got loose. She felt terrible about what happened.
"Oh no! My friends are captured and it's all my fault! Twilight was right, I guess I am too reckless." She lamented out loud to no one in particular.
"Duh...I'm talking to the audience."
Wait, what!?
"Yeah, I'm monologuing for the readers so they know how I'm feeling."
But...I can type down your thoughts so they do know how your feeling.
"Isn't that kind of an invasion of privacy?"
Well...yes. But....
"I mean, how would you feel if someone went writing down your thoughts for the whole world to see?"
Okay! Okay! I get it! But right now you have more important matters to deal with!
"Like what?"
The story, the orcs, your friends...? Ring any bells?
"Well I don't hear any bells, but what am I supposed to do? The others were right, I can't control my power. All I'm good for is making a big mess."
Hey, don't be like that. Your Pinkie Pie! Your great at lot's of stuff! And your friends still love you. Besides, what's important now is that they need you and your the only one that can help.
"But how?"
Use your head.
"Use my head..." Pinkie mumbled as she went into deep thought. After a few minutes her eyes widened and she yelled "Brain blast! I've got it! Thanks Miss Narrator!"
Anytime.
"Now to go save the day!" Pinkie declared as she stepped forward...
Wait! Your still.....
It was too late as Pinkie tumbled down the tree, hitting various branches before finally landing in a bush below. She emerged, now covered in scrapes, bruises and leaves.
...on top of a tree.
"Thanks for the warning." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Anytime.