//------------------------------// // Chapter 12 A Rhyming Shaman // Story: my life as pinkamena // by ultrasolarflare //------------------------------// It was a couple of days since the situation with the dragon was resolved. Apparently, I had gone so nuts that some veins in my eyes had burst sending blood down my face. Luckily that had not rendered me blind. Thanks to the miracle that is magic my eyesight was saved. I was still a little cross for not getting my dragon fight but I got over it. Recently while getting my kung fu gi repaired Rarity told me of an unintended but appreciated sleepover at Twilight’s house. Both she and Applejack had been fighting again about each other's habits while rarity was prim and proper Applejack was rowdy and rough and those personalities clashed something fierce. That day a torrential rainstorm was scheduled to make up for lost days. While the wind whipped and blew the ponies of Ponyville had flocked to the Ponyville trees to get rid of loose branches. But because of conflicting personalities, Applejack would tear off the loose branches while rarity would do something to make them look beautiful before re-attaching them. Their arguments escalated until the point that rain began to fall and lightning struck. Twilight had called them into her home in the nick of time. Twilight in all of her innocent excitement had suggested a sleepover to which both Applejack and Rarity tried to leave both with botched attempt as the horrific storm kept them in. Over the night things kept getting worse and worse, until a broken window due to the top of a tree next door brought them together to get the tree limb out. There were still minor damages to Ponyville. As for me during the storm, I had to run every which way inside my house desperately keeping up with the leaks because heaven forbid that they give me a house that had an intact roof. Just a myriad of things I had to repair around the house on top of this one. Along with the roof now I also had to repair the pipes. I only found that out when I was taking a shower and the water stopped coming right as I was washing off my face. Tracking the problem I found that my pipes were held together with horribly tapped up pipes. That was really fun to repair let me tell ya. All it took was one burst sewage pipe plenty of things falling on my head. With just a splash of colorful language. Next problem came a few weeks after that. I was minding my business preparing my dinner when my left wall spontaneously collapsed. Frustrated with yet another thing wrong with the house I looked over the rubble. To my anger, I found that the wall was beautifully painted over and that the wall had many small holes in it and when I cracked it open termites flooded out. Which in turn made me have to call the exterminator before rebuilding the walls. Also had to replace the wiring in the house so I could have light. It was ridiculous. I remember when I had first come to Ponyville I had hired a real estate agent to find me a house. The mare in question had a blue blazer and dress pants. Her fur was cauliflower blue with a black straight styled mane and tail. Her cutie mark stitched on the shoulder showed a feather pen and papyrus with a house in the background. She told me the praises about the house how with its state it was a steal and at the time the house looked great. Now the roof was leaking after months of inactivity from my rebellious house. I made a mantra if I ever found that mare that sold me this house I was gonna yell her into submission. Then maybe introduce her to a wool sock full of wood screws. Anyway, this morning began like any other one except I had to once again refill my fridge. So I gathered some bits and left my home. While I walked I stewed in my thoughts how I was going to get revenge on that realtor I knew she lived in ponyville she may be one of Pinkies friends but that didn’t matter she ripped me off. No one ripped off The Mare Juggernaut. I would need to consult Rainbow and Solar because despite their differences they both loved pranking ponies. As soon as I got my ammo I would come down in a pranking storm until either she apologized for this. Or she gave me my money back in fear. I rubbed my hands together in evil anticipation hee hee. My vengeance would be swift and slightly terrible. I snapped out of my planning when I didn’t hear the usual sounds that I hearwith walking through town. No chatter amongst the townsponies. No clop sound of ponies hooves going down the street. Not even a sound of chirping birds it was all silent. I couldn’t help but look in confusion everywhere was empty. The stalls, the businesses, even the very streets. I knew there was no abduction. There would have been signs of a struggle, or destroyed buildings from the townsponies panic. Course magic could have been involved but I was gonna hold that judgment for now. I also could have sworn that I saw a tumbleweed go across the street. “What the hay? Where is everypony?” I asked Walking down the street I noticed that it wasn’t that everypony just decided not to come out today but had left in quite a hurry. Stalls were part way open. Debris like fruits and veggies and watches were strewn throughout the street. Cloven dents were in the dirt showing the panic that the ponies had in trying to get away. The birds that lived in the town were agitated. But most of all everything was silent. Walking further through Ponyville just made it worse if not for the fact that today was sunny I would confuse this for silent Ponyville (never again stupid silent hill) It wasn’t until I turned the corner to head towards Twilights treebrary that I saw her. She was cloaked in a long hooded brown trench coat. I couldn’t see her features but she was doing the most peculiar thing she was digging the ground up. Looking closer I saw a root in her hand. Most peculiar I decided to approach to try to start a conversation when all of a sudden I found myself in sugarcube corner. I looked up just to see Pinkie looking at me with wide eyes “Pinkie how many times have I told you to not randomly teleport me places?” I asked irritated “Several thousand times but this is important why did you approach that person? She’s evil!” yelled Pinkie “And how would you know Pinkie you haven’t even met her yet and speaking of which how do you even know she’s a she? she’s wearing a cloak.” I said “From the way she walks. you don’t swing your hips like that unless you're a mare. Well except for you, you kinda walk like a stallion sis.” said Pinkie as I glared at her “Anyway hiding from her in a darkened sugarcube corner alone won’t help anything.” I said “I’m not hiding in here by myself.” said Pinkie lighting a candle and revealing the rest of the mane six. I facepalmed “really guys really she’s just one pony are you really hiding in here from one pony?” I asked “Don’t look at me I was dragged in here same as you.” said Twilight “Can somepony please explain to me why you are alienating some random pony in a cloak?” “Ah can she keeps comin into town at least bi-weekly and all that time she digs in the ground as if looking for somethin.” said Applejack “She lives in the everfree just a horrid filthy unnatural place where the animals care for themselves and the weather is not controlled.” said rarity SHE EATS PONIES!” yelled Pinkie “Seriously Pinkie are you absolutely sure about that?” I asked “Well no but she’s that evil. She could do that in secret” Said Pinkie At that time the mysterious pony decided to throw her hood back revealing the pony inside All of Twilight’s friends gasped “Will you cut that out?” asked Twilight But I was surprised instead of a pony It was a zebra. She had light blue eyes a black muzzle and some seriously cool triangular stripes on her white face. Her mane was in a mohawk shape and black and white. She also had five neck rings on as well as some golden earrings. “Those stripes so garish!” said Rarity “Ah that's so cool! She’s a zebra.” I said “What?!” asked Twilights friends “A zebra probably from Zebafrica by the looks of it those stripes are not a fashion choice. it's what she was born with.” said Twilight “Reminds me of my fight against the raging rhino.” I said getting a flashback *flashback* zebafrica I recall that it was my second match-up in the current tournament. After my victory last year taking the title of Equestria’s Champion, the entire world was inspired to also begin their own boxing divisions. Zebra Gryphons Minotaurs Catarans Aquafors (think the fishlike people from the my little pony movie.) Thestrals, even Dragons saw a significant challenge from my victory. Soon enough all of the current world leaders got together and formed a grand world tournament. My first match was against a slim Aquafor. Taken place in Cornel the Aquafor capital. His speed was impressive but I was able to predict his run path and throw quite the haymaker knocking him out in one punch. Now my second match was taking place in a village in Zebafrica. All I had heard was that the fighter I was up against was a beast. At least twice as big as I was. Can I say that I was perfectly fine at this point? No not really my nerves were a bit shaken cause this was the first time that I was going to face someone bigger than me. I was anxiously trying to think of anything I could do to come out on top. My advantage was that I had speed in spades and pretty good strength to back up those hits. But my disadvantage was that my opponent was two times as big as I was. That came with slow speed yes but it also came with strong defense and endurance so as I try to whittle down his defense he could endure then as I slow down he will eventually get in a bone shattering hit to take me down. And unfortunately for me I had no idea how to access my red form (I renamed it to berserker mode later) Big Jackpot that was walking right next to me looked at me with concern “Hey ya alright kid?” he asked “Yeah, I’m just trying to find something that can give me an edge in this fight.” I said “Why would ya need that you should do fine kid.” said Big I quickly explained my analysis from what I had heard from info around town. Surprising big from what I said “That’s how you come up with your wins? strategy?” asked Big “Boxing is more than just punch your opponent till he or she is down. It takes smarts to I may not be smart regarding science or mathematics. But when it comes to combat I’m knowledgeable. It takes a keen mind to stay one step ahead of your opponent.” I said Soon we approached the village of kakama where the fight was going to take place. It was a small village out of the way of most travel roads the houses were small and made out of hardened clay, straw roofing and doors made out of a wood mesh. Many of the males wore long loincloths while the females had a cloth bra with their own long loincloths. Farms were quite widespread around the area growing all kinds of vegetables. From carrots to asparagus. Fruit trees were also quite abundant oranges and cherries grew on the healthy green trees. Their young ran throughout the village playing with each other. A big ornate building stood right in the middle of the village. I guessed that this was the chieftains home. The Chieftain herself was standing right outside her home. She had on a fancy hat with feathers the visor of said hat was in the shape of a beak. She also wore a more fancy cloth top with bird feathers on it. She also had a royal purple loincloth on. Her mane was done in dreadlocks. Finally, she wielded a fancy trident with a jagged tri-pronged blade. It was quite beautiful the chieftain looked like she was talking to one of the other zebra. She turned her head and saw us approaching. She nodded a dismissal to the zebra she was talking to and approached us. Her voice was deep and exotic as she spoke “Ah so this is the challenga rhino has heard of your proas on deh field of battle and is glad to accept your challenge for a spot in the world tournament. Mie name chil’ be Cheiftain Zane.” “It’s nice to meet you Chieftain.” I said “Hmm polite despite er reputation come walk with me to de arena.” said Zane As we walked I saw a little more there were a lot of warriors equipped with spears, slingshots, and blow tubes for poison darts. From the looks of things, the warriors seemed tense as if waiting for an attack. The children who were playing earlier had been ushered into the house. Everything then went dead silent. I turned to Zane “what’s going on why are people retreating into their houses?” I asked the Chieftain sighed “ova da past month we ave been getten threats from our enemies de lions. we ave to take time each dae to patrol de surroundin area to make sure dere are no lions liein in wait. Or chargen with a war party. Its been difficult tryin to hunt and gatha with da threat dat the lions could be waitin to put an end to some of our people. So every dae when its time to begin da patrol all non-warriors must be gettin in their homes till da patrol is complete. It is unfortunate but it is necessary for now. I long for the time where our brotha’s and sistahs could be outside till the sun slipped below the harizon where we could tell stories about our ancestahs without fear of death. But dat time not be now but maybeh in da future.” said Zane Around the corner, I finally saw it. It was small but it did its job. The walls were made of hardened clay just like the houses. with seats made out of the same material. Standing inside was the biggest Zebra I saw so far. His muscles bulged with unbridled strength his mane was done is a dreadlock ponytail He had a grizzled look that held experience. His bare chest had several crisscrossing scars. I will admit at this point that I felt slightly intimidated. The old champion of the equestrian boxing league wasn’t as big as this guy was. Anyway long story short I fought against him in the arena and unfortunately lost because I couldn’t come up with a legitimate strategy against this guy. Because despite his big bulky appearance, somehow through some sort of unique way the zebra train their warriors he was really fast as well as strong. It wasn't the end of the world though. it just meant that I had some studying to do about the different ways other species trained their warriors. *flashback end* Ah that was a great match. Running so fast around the stadium. trading blows that send shockwaves with each impact. It...was...great. “Ah sis you have that bloodthirsty look on your face again.” said Pinkie concerned I shook my head to get myself out of my temporary bloodlust. “Born where? I've never seen a pony like that in these parts, 'cept... her!” said Applejack “Well, she's probably not from here, and she's not a pony. My books say that zebras come from a faraway land. But I've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?” asked Twilight “That's just it, she lives in... the Everfree Forest!” said Applejack Suddenly a loud thunderous noise came from the kitchen. When everyone looked it turned out to be spike who in his haste to get candy dumped several pots and pans on the floor. Spike looking sheepish “Spike!” yelled twilight “Uh, sorry.” said Spike The Everfree Forest just ain't natural. The plants grow…” started Applejack “Animals care for themselves…” continued Fluttershy “And the clouds move…” finished Rainbow Dash “All on their own!” said the three at the same time Rarity fainted “And that wicked enchantress Zecora lives there doing her evil... stuff! She's so evil I even wrote a song about her!” said Pinkie “Seriously Pinkie this is stupid. This is as bad as the time you chased after the mailstallion because you were curious about why dogs did it.” I said Everypony looked at Pinkie with weirded out faces “what it was fun I thought the pale look on the stallion's face was priceless. Anyway” said Pinkie before she blew on a harmonica to start her song. “She's an evil enchantress She does evil dances And if you look deep in her eyes She'll put you in trances Then what will she do? She'll mix up an evil brew Then she'll gobble you up In a big tasty stew Soooo... Watch out!” Pinkie was standing on the table at the end of her tune panting with exertion. I facepalmed while looked at her strangely “Wow catchy.” said Twilight “It's a work in progress,” said Pinkie Twilight looked at Pinkie in annoyance “This is all just a lot of gossip and rumors. Now tell me; what exactly have you actually seen Zecora do?” asked Twilight “Well... Once a month, she comes into Ponyville,” said Rainbow “Oooooh,” said twilight dramatically “Then, she lurks by the stores.” said Rarity “Oh, my.” said Twilight putting the back of her hand on her forehead “And then, she digs at the ground.” said Fluttershy “Good gracious! Okay, I'm sorry. But how is any of this bad? Maybe she comes to town to visit?” said Twilight “People do that from time to time.” I said “And maybe she's not lurking by the stores, maybe she's going to them, lurk free, to do some shopping?” Asked Twilight “Yeah there is no way anybody can last in the Everfree without some supplies from town that you can’t find in said forest.” I said “W-what about digging at the ground? You've got to admit that's weird.” said Rainbow “What if she's digging for innocent creatures?” asked Fluttershy “I am sure there is an explanation for everything Zecora does. And if anypony here were actually brave enough to approach her, she would find out the truth.” said Twilight “Challenge accepted” I said before walking out the front door. Ignoring the protests of the other ponies. I saw her standing at that spot I saw her at earlier digging at the ground as they said. I walked closer to her and tapped her shoulder to get her attention. She looked over to me in curiosity. “hei mag ek jou help?” (Hi may I help you?) The zebra stumbled a bit in shock I was probably the last pony she expected to be able to speak her language. “O my goed, vergewe my. Ek het nie verwag dat iemand van Ponyville my taal kan praat nie.” (oh my goodness forgive me I did not expect anyone from ponyville to be able to speak my language.) said the zebra “hoekom ja ek kan Toegegee dit is 'n rukkie sedert ek jou land besoek het. maar ek het die tyd daar spandeer. spesifiek die stryd teen die woedende renoster was een van die beste wat ek gehad het. seker ek het die eerste keer verloor, maar dit het my geïnspireer om weer te probeer. alhoewel ek bly is dat die sebras wat ek gekry het, hulle lewens nou sonder bedreiging van die leeus kan leef.” I said (why yes I can. granted it has been a while since I visited your country. but I enjoyed the time spent there. specifically, the fight against the raging rhino was one of the best I have had. sure I lost the first time but it inspired me to try again. though I am glad that the zebra I have gotten to know can now live their lives without threat from the lions.) “ah ja vuurvuur, alhoewel hy die monicer geneem het. Raging Rhino Ek glo hy was deel van die stam-getaloplossing terwyl ek van die stammaker kom. Hy het ons vertel van die groot uitdaging van een calle merrie juggernaut is dit jy?” asked the zebra (“ah yes fire fist though he took the moniker Raging Rhino I believe he was part of tribe antelope while I came from tribe plain rider. he told us of the great challenge from one called mare juggernaut is this you?”) “ja dit is ek Ek is verbaas dat hy my onthou dat ek darem dink hy het 'n beter uitdaging as ek gehad.” I said (“yeah that's me I'm surprised that he remembers me that fondly I figured that he had a better challenge than me”) “Ag ja, hy was baie opgewonde toe jy meer as tien minute geduur het. Hy het ander uitdagers geneem en hulle het skaars twee minute geduur.” (“Oh yes he was quite elated when you lasted more than ten minutes. he has taken other challengers and they barely lasted for two minutes.”) “hmm okay, hoe gaan dit? staan ​​jy net daar en grawe met jou hoef op die grond.” I said (“hmm okay. anyway, what's going on? you were just standing there and digging at the ground with your hoof.”) “vergewe my waar is my manne my naam is zecora. Ek is 'n sjamaan deur te maak drankie maak is my spel. Ek maak baie drankies wat geneesende effekte het. Ek kom in die dorp in die hoop van die verkryging van bestanddele wat buite seisoen is. Ek benodig elke soort bestanddeel, so ek is voorbereid vir enige soort siekte.” said Zekrora (“forgive me where are my manners my name is Zecora. I am a shaman by trade potion making is my game. I make many potions that have curative effects. I come into town in hopes of procuring ingredients that are out of season. I need every kind of ingredient so I am prepared for any kind of sickness.”) “en die paranoïese ponyvillians hou wegsteek van jou maak dat bykans onmoontlik. ok hoe gou jy die bestanddele nodig?” I asked (“and the paranoid ponyvillians keep hiding from you making that practically impossible. ok, how soon do you need those ingredients?”) “Ek sou graag wou hê om hulle vandag te kry. maar ek sal verstaan ​​as jy tyd nodig het om die townsponies uit hul huise te kry.” said zecora handing me a list (“I would prefer to get them today. But I understand if you need time to get the townsponies out of their homes.”) “seker ek sal hierdie kry om jou so gou as moontlik.” I replied looking at the list (“sure I'll get these to you as soon as possible.”) Zecora smiled and then began to walk to the edge of the everfree. I turned around when I saw all of the ponies from Sugar Cube Corner standing behind me staring at me. “What?” I asked Suddenly a certain purple unicorn zipped in front of me. “you know the Zebafrican language?” asked Twilight in excitement “Well yes before I went on my journey to learn Kung Fu. Many different people from around the world saw my performance in the Canterlot finals. They were inspired by my will to never give up. Despite the odds against me I kept going eventually coming out on top. Sure I lost the first time but the second time through I became champion of Canterlot. On my free time, I decided to learn other languages. This way when I went to other countries I could talk to anybody.” I said “Ooh fascinating I’ll have to look into that myself.” said Twilight “Anyway back on topi-is that Applebloom?” I asked pointing to a certain cream colored pony headed towards the Everfree “Gosh darn it bloom I told y’all to stay home. I won’t have ya cursed cause you were curious” said Applejack running towards the edge of the Everfree a fearful look on her face. I walked behind at a leisurely pace I knew Zecora wouldn’t do anything so there was no point of running after them. Paranoid the lot of them well except twilight. I mean seriously I even saw my friends Apple Cider and Solar Dash running with them. Though it seemed they saw my slow pace and went back “Come on Pink we gotta get my sis away from Zecora.” said Apple Cider “Yeah we can’t let this happen.” said Solar “Seriously? That curse stuff is a bunch of baloney I have been all around Equis and I have seen no evidence of curses, hexes, or voodoo. So sorry if I am not as alarmed as you all seem to be.” I said “But..” started Solar “Oh for Celestia’s sake we were humans! you guys are borderline treating this like the Salem Witch Trials. Creating false situations to increase paranoia and pure unneeded fear where none is needed! Just because Zecora is different!” I yelled snorting steam in anger. “That’s the point sugarcube we used to be human. In a world where magic didn’t exist. Whereas now magic is real, we’re now ponies, and anythang can happen. All though you do make a fair point about the judgment thang. But ain't it better preparin for any kind of thang that can happen. Rather than do nothin at all?” asked AppleCider “Yeah if the species or person is unknown. But I have been to Zebafrica I have met with all of their people. Zecora doesn’t have that kind of magic the only magic she has is making potions with curative effects. “Curses” or Voodoo is not in her skill set.” I said We arrived just as Applejack grabbed Applebloom. “Consarn it Applebloom I told y’all to stay home.” said Applejack “But sis I just wanted ta see Zecora Y'all keep draggin me away whenever she shows up.” said Applebloom “That is because I don’t what you to get curse by that Zecora.” said Applejack “Beware beware you pony folk those leaves of blue are not a joke.” said Zecora I impulsively looked down and saw a field of blue flowers everything was blue the petals the stem and there was little blue powder on each and everyone. “Crap.” I said “Y-you keep your creepy mumbo-jumbo to yourself, ya hear?” said Applejack “Beware beware.” said Zecora as she disappeared into the forest “Yeah, back at ya, Zecora! You and your lame curse are the ones who better beware!” yelled Rainbow “Grade A racism right there” I said to Solar and AppleCider both looking sheepish “Oh for..You guys, there's no such thing as curses!” yelled Twilight “Well, that's interesting to hear coming from Miss Magic Pants herself.” said Rainbow My magic, real magic, comes from within. It's a skill you're born with. Curses are artificial, fake magic. It's conjured with potions and incantations; all smoke and mirrors meant to scare. But curses have no real power, they're just an old pony tale.” said Twilight “Just you wait, Twilight. You're gonna learn that some pony tales really are true.” said Applejack ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` After that everypony dispersed to get on with their day. Me to my dojo, twilight to her Treebrary, the apples to their farm, Rainbow to her weather job, Fluttershy to her animals, Pinkie to her bakery etc Eventually, I began heading home though along the way I started feeling weird and tired I went through my usual night routine but right in the middle of it, I collapsed completely out unbeknownst to me the powder that got on me earlier began to change me it wouldn’t be until morning that I would find out what had happened. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah what a lovely morning the birds are singing, the sun is shining and there is not a cloud in the sky. I wonder what I did last night to make me feel so happy and full of energy I feel like I can take the world and share my happiness. Now let's see what was on that list again that Zecora wanted me to get? I remember that it was a lot of flowers and plants so maybe the flower trio could help. Their stand isn’t too far from here oh hey there it is huh I wonder how I got here so fast oh well. “Hey, Daisy just the mare I’ve been looking for.” Hey look daisy gave me a smile isn’t that nice “Hey Pinkie how are you? What can I help you with.” responds Daisy “I need some plants can you help? I have a list and its Pinkamena silly you should know that.” Huh Daisy lost her smile for some reason and is now looking at me with concern “Sure… Pinkamena let me see that list” says Daisy as I hand her the list. Huh, I never noticed how cute she looks her mane is a nice lime green and she has a really great coat of pink fur. With two daisy flowers on her shoulder for her cutie mark. Huh, when did I start thinking like I’m talking to an audience? Weird oh Daisy is trying to get my attention. “Pinkamena are you ok I’ve been trying to get your attention for about five minutes now.” says Daisy “Don’t worry Daisy I am a-ok just lost in thought *Squee*” “Ok well anyway, some of these plants you’ll probably have to get from the garden emporium down on trotter avenue. But I can get you the Daisy of course as well as the Geranium, Calendula, and Nasturtium that will probably get you about a total of twenty bits.” says Daisy “Great I’ll take them” I say with a smile. Ooh, I am halfway done at this rate I’ll be able to find Pinkie and have a day of fun as sisters. I am so excited -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Hey Pinkamena mind if I have a turn? I just thought since I was really involved in this event that those who read this can get another point of view.” “Well, at least you asked too many of your friends have been doing it without asking. So here.” *gives journal* ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Twilight P.O.V I was not having a good morning first I kept having ridiculous dreams where Zecora casts some sort of curse on me, even though I knew curses didn’t exist Then I woke up that morning with less energy than I would have liked the piece that finished the horrible morning that I was having. I found my horn flopped over blue spots all over my horn. You know I love spike with all of my heart but when he started laughing at me it made glower in anger at him. Over time I began getting more desperate to find a cure looking through several books and putting them on the ground when I didn’t see anything “No no no no no! None of these books have a cure! Ugh! There has to be a real reason for this! An illness? An allergy?!” I said panicked “A curse!” said Spike “I said a real reason. Something that points to something real.” I said “How about this one?” asked spike "Supernaturals? Spike, the word supernatural refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses. This book is just a bunch of hooey!” I said “But what if you're wrong, Twilight? What if this really is a-” started spike before we heard somepony come into the room. “Ah, pfurse!” spat the voice as if they were trying to speak while having their tongue out of their mouths. A purse? How could it be a purse? I looked over in confusion before jumping up in the air in alarm. Pinkie pies tongue was hanging out of her mouth swollen and had blue spots on it just like my horn. Because of how big her tongue was her words came out as if she was literally spitting them out. “Pinkie? What happened?” I asked “Pee pah Zthecora! Sthe put a cursthe on me!” spat Pinkie “Hey, say it, don't spray it, Pinkie!” said Spike [thud] “Ow!” [thud] “Oh! She's” [thud] “trying to say-ow!- Zecora” [thud] ”-oh!-” [crash] “she slapped us all with a-ow- curse!” said Rainbow as she came in running into walls and other things in the library. I took a close look at her and saw the blue spots on her wings...that were upside down… ouch “I'm afraid I have to agree.” said rarity spike and I both cringed and turned around before yelping. Rarity was a bit of a wreck her mane, tail, and coat was all overgrown all of her fur and hair reaching to the ground. “I hate to say I told ya so, Twilight, but I told ya so!” yelled a high pitched voice Fluttershy walked into the room with a miniature Applejack on her nose as Fluttershy carefully put her onto a small circle table in the middle of the room. “It's a curse, I tells ya!” said Applejack “But Fluttershy... seems just fine!” I said “Yes, there doesn't seem to be a thing wrong with her” “Fluttershy? Are you okay? Is there something wrong with you? Would you care to tell us? So…” Fluttershy shook her head no “you're not going to tell us?” I asked Fluttershy nodded this time “Yes you're not, or yes you will?” I asked “Good gravy, girl! What's wrong with you?!” asked Applejack “I don't want to talk about it.” said Fluttershy in a shockingly deep male voice That was the straw that broke spike he burst out laughing. This is hilarious! [laughs] Look at all of you! We got: Hairity, Rainbow Crash, Spitty Pie, Apple Teeny, Flutterguy, and... uh... I got nothin'... Twilight Sparkle. I mean seriously, I can't even work with that.” said Spike “HEY TWILIGHT” yelled a voice right next to me. “AAUGH” I yelled jumping into the air I quickly looked to the left where the voice came from and froze. This mare was a carbon copy of Pinkie pie bright pink fur poofy pink mane and tail and a bright smile on her face. “wha-bu-bu-Pinkie aren’t you over there?” I asked “What are you talking about Twilight I’m not Pinkie.” said the mare This confused me a lot. (“how could it not be Pinkie she looks an awful lot li- wait!”) I looked closely at the mare's flank where a clear mark of a hoof punching a ponies muzzle sat it clicked then. Pinkamena was also with us when we chased after Applebloom into the everfree. The changes came into effect and OOH BY CELESTIA’S FLOWING MANE TWO PINKIE PIES! My fur grew pale as I realized the current situation one Pinkie was hard enough to predict but two? You might as well take the laws of physics stomp on them set them on fire before spreading the ash into a pig trow. “Ooh sis nice tongue you can lick a lot more lollipops that way.” said Pinkamena before instantly teleporting near Applejack. “Applejack is soo small but I bet she can fit into a lot more nooks and crannies. Whoops focus Pinkamena anyway Twilight I came over hoping you could help me locate dragon root its the last thing on the list I need to find none of the stores have them so I was hoping that you could help me find it.” said Pinkamena Everypony else went pale as they realized what was happening. “Oh Faust not two of them why does there have to be two of them?” asked rainbow “There’s always two of us silly we’re sisters.” said Pinkamena “NOT WHAT I MEANT PINKAMENA!!” yelled Rainbow as she hit a bookshelf head first. Great I’m gonna have to re-organize those later “Ow anyway I think we'll find a cure to this curse at Zecora's place!” said rainbow “It's not a curse!” I yelled getting frustrated “I agree with Dash! We'll go to Zecora's and force her to remove this hex!” said AppleJack “It's not a hex either!” I yelled Little did we know that Applebloom decided at that moment to head towards the Everfree. But Applejack noticed “Now where does she think she's goin' this time?” said Applejack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, Twilight mind if ah have a turn? Uh, you do know this isn’t my- Thanks, Twilight ah’ll bring it right back APPLEBLOOM THAT’S MY JOURNAL BRING IT BACK HEY! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applebloom P.O.V I quietly left Twilights treebrary ah knew that mah sis Applejack said not to go after Zacora but ah had ta do somethin. if ah hadn’t gone after Zecora then mah sis wouldn’t be sufferin like she is now. Mah thought was if ah can find Zecora then maybe we could help find a cure fer this together. Ah was just about to pass those blue flowers when ah felt like ah was bein watched. “Stop right there! Turn around right now, missy!” said a tiny voice Ah turned around and glared at the voice it was mah tiny sister Applejack “No” ah said “No?! Ya can't ignore a direct order from yer big sister!” said AppleJack “Hehehe. Sorry, Applejack, but Ah’m the big sister now.” I said as I put Applejack on a tree branch “AppleBloom, you come back here right this instant! Ah'm gonna tell Big McIntosh on you! Aw, pony feathers.” said Applejack as I walked away --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah’m awful sorry Pinkamena Ah just wanted to tell mah part Ah am part of this event with Zecora after all. That is ok Applebloom to want to put your part in the Journal. But like I try to tell my friends ask first I don’t mind sharing journal space. But I’d like it if they asked first. Ok ah’ll remember that in the future. That’s all I ask. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL P.O.V Everypony soon noticed that both Applejack and Applebloom went missing and so went to go find them along the route they went yesterday to chase Applebloom. Though Pinkamena separated from the rest she still had to find Dragon’s Tongue after all she was a mare of her word and she always kept promises. Of course because of the effects of the poison joke her patience was not there. So instead of searching carefully or asking a local plant specialist where she can find some, she went warp speed and because of this speed, she began going through dimensions. The first she visited was a futuristic place filled with flying cars and army men in white armor. If she was able to see her surroundings she would have known this was Coruscant. She asked an interesting alien with what looked like two tendrils for hair if it had seen any Dragons Tongue. But by the confused look on its face it either didn’t understand or just didn’t know what Dragons Tongue was. So with warp speed, she went to the next place. The next plane was a wash, as well as several humans and aliens, were shooting at each other. Pinkamena had to dodge both bullets and plasma as she asked both human and alien alike if they had seen Dragon’s Tongue. unfortunately, she was met with shots from both sides as well as sending some scientists and weird bird-like aliens onto the ground in the fetal position unable to deal with the fact that the laws of physics had been violated. The last place she visited was really really cold. trees spread throughout the land a nice little brook bubbled on by. Oh and a human in a horned helmet fighting a dragon with wings for arms (AN: seems like a Wavern to me an actual dragon to me has four legs and has the wings on its back) “hmm seems like that human would be too busy to answer my question. Ooh I know” said Pinkamena as she drew out a giant mallet she smashed it into the ground creating a small hill from the hit. Running up Pinkamena brought the giant mallet to bear on the dragon. It impacted on the side of the dragons head knocking it out cold. “That takes care of that.” said Pinkamena Hail strange creature quite a hit you have done. What brings you here?” asked the warrior “Hi I’ve been traveling from place to place trying to find the last plant on my list for a friend of mine. Have you seen Dragon’s Tongue anywhere?” asked Pinkamena “Why yes I have some right here.” said the warrior as he handed the plant in question over to Pinkamena. “Hey thanks here have this diamond I found.” said Pinkamena “B-but where dist you find this?” asked the warrior “I found it when I smacked the dragon across the face flew right off his body.” said Pinkamena “B-but the dragon didst not have a diamond on it.” said the warrior “Then where did I get this diamond.” said Pinkamena with a hand on her chin “Oh well gotta go thanks.” said Pinkamena as she warped away forever would this warrior remember the strange creature even as he continued on his quest to defeat Alduin. When Pinkamena entered Ponyville she was snagged in a net when she looked up she noticed a few differences for one everypony looked cured of their various afflictions. Two they were heading towards the Ponyville spa for some reason and third Zecora was walking right next to them “Hey, guys what’s going on am I in the right dimension I could have missed. Oh hey Zecora I have all of the plants.” said Pinkamena as she held a bag of plants Soon they all entered the spa and took her to the back where a foaming hot tub sat They held Pinkamena over the tub but before dropping her in she heard Dear Princess Celestia My friends and I all learned a valuable lesson this week: Never judge a book by its cover. Someone may look unusual, or funny, or scary. But you have to look past that and learn who they are inside. Real friends don't care what your "cover" is; it's the "contents" of a pony that count. And a good friend, like a good book, is something that will last forever. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle“Sorry sis but there can only be one hyperactive mare the world is not ready for two.” said Pinkie before Pinkamena was dropped in. Soon Pinkamena broke the surface. Her mane and tail were back to normal and she was her standard dark colors. “Ooh my head what happened.” asked Pinkamena “You stepped into the Poison joke just like we all did. The plant switched your personality around and made you a carbon copy of Pinkie.” said Twilight She yelped as Pinkamena pulled her forwards and narrowed her eyes “Tell nopony!” growled Pinkamena “I promise” twilight squeaked Pinkamena then looked down at her clothes “ugh this is going to be a pain to wash out” she said looking at the plasma burns from barely avoided plasma shots. “Don’t even try dear I will have to make you a new one.” said Rarity “How are things for you Zecora is everything better?” asked Pinkamena “Though they came and spilled my brew a lesson for them was long overdue. The lesson they learned was to look beyond the cover of a book.” said Zecora -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.S. never let Pinkamena step into poison joke she basically turned into A SECOND PINKIE PIE this is a thing that cannot happen again. I don’t think Equis can handle it. It would implode from all of the physics breaking. Not to mention all of the burns she came home with. From what she said was Plasma fire. (I didn’t really get that part how was she burned by plasma wouldn’t you have to fire a concentrated sunbeam for that?) anyway long P.S. short Pinkamena+poison joke=no