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// You give me Whiplash, Baby... 
// Story: A day at Equestria Land 
// by The Blue EM2 
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The previously not so full white space had become very full indeed, as Twilight, Pinkie, and Sunset appeared from nowhere and crashed onto the ground. Getting themselves out of the pile, Twilight looked around her, adjusted her glasses, and groaned. "I can't believe we're trapped in Vignette's phone," she complained.

Rainbow Dash shrugged. "We're no strangers to getting stuck in magical objects." She then looked at Pear and Apple Bloom, who were trying (and failing) to entertain themselves. "Well, maybe not those two, but us at least."

Sunset shrugged. "At least Rarity and Applejack are still free. Maybe they can get us out of here."

Twilight then had a brainwave, her eyes lighting up as the idea flashed through her cerebral cortex. "We can't just sit around hoping to get rescued. If we're in the internet, we can hack our way out! Well, I can. Maybe."

"If we're data an' all and we get corrupted by yer hackin' attempt," Apple Bloom started, her face drained of colour, "would that mean we would cease to exist? Ah really don't wanna explore that problem."

"Or other issues, like different hair, skin colour, or even-"

"Don't mention it!" Fluttershy cried. "I'd rather not be Flutterguy." She then glanced at one of the walls. "But first they have to stop arguing. A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"Lincoln?" Pear probed briefly. "Ah used ta have the entire Gettysburg address on memory."

"OK then," Twilight nodded, before suddenly, out of nowhere, her phone went.

Dee da dee dee; dee da dee dee; dee a dee dee dee! Dee da dee dee; dee da dee dee; dee a dee dee dee!

"Hello?"

"Twilight?" asked the muffled voice of Applejack on the other end.

"It worked!" Twilight cried, though what had worked was not entirely clear. "Applejack, we're stuck in Vignette's phone! I found a way to hack her apple popper app to route a VoIP connection to your IP address!"

"That means Voice Over IP," Sunset added. "Though why you need to use AJ's IP I have no idea."

Applejack's response was muffled by all the talking, so it went unheard. Twilight went on. "Listen. We've come up with a plan to set all this right. You'll need to  remotely install a virus that creates a backdoor admin account, which  you can use to reset all the permissions on her phone and make a proxy  backup. That should get us out of here! How much coding do you know?"

There was a pause. "Uh, none. Uh, Ah can rub two sticks together. "

Pear facepalmed. "How can Ah have a daughter who's more tech illiterate than Ah am?"

"Ah'm usually the one to fix her computer problems," Apple Bloom sighed. "Ah remember that time she thought it broke. Turns out she had no clue what a screensaver was."

"Oh boy," Twilight sighed. "Okay. Get a pencil."

"Uh, hang on. Ah think Ah can hear you talkin'." Applejack's voice was progressively getting louder, which was confusing to say the least.

"Come again?"

Suddenly, a light shone into the room, and Applejack and Rarity stepped into a massive white room. "Really, y'all?"

"Oh!" Twilight said, somewhat surprised. "The phone just teleported us into some random white room in the park."

"We were just sitting in a white room the whole time?!" Sunset asked, her face red.

"A room we couldn't exit because there's no door handle on our side?" Apple Bloom pointed out. "Seriously, how does that even work? A room y'all can enter but not exit?"

Suddenly, Micro Chips appeared from nowhere, dressed in an apple themed outfit and looking very silly indeed. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked. "Did Vignette take your picture just now?"

Micro Chips nodded, his glasses wobbling on his face. "I was just minding my own business making perfect caramel apples, when suddenly, Vignette saw me and said I wasn't as cool a nerd as she thought. Then she took my picture, and I ended up here, violating all known laws of space and time."

Sunset's angry face was replaced with one of panic. "Guys, this is bad! It means Vignette is on the parade route, and she's using her phone to change whatever she doesn't like!"

"What happens if she decides she doesn't like the crowd?"

"Everyone in the park is watching that parade!" Twilight exclaimed. "If her phone teleports that many people into this tiny room at the same time...!"

"SQUISH CITY!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Our friends are in that crowd! Sweetie Belle is in that crowd! We've got to stop her!" Rarity exclaimed, then suddenly got tapped on the shoulder. "Huh?"

"We're right here," said the voice of her little sister. "The parade is on the move, and Vignette is nearing the largest concentration of the crowd."

"We need ta get in there and stop her!" Applejack cried. "Our combined friendship should be enough ta stop her!"

Scootaloo facepalmed. "You do realise that if you try that, she'll just take pictures of you endlessly and warp you into this room in a never ending cycle? We need a distraction!"

"And Ah have an idea," Pear smiled, standing up. "Come on folks. It's time ta show them what we can do."





Meanwhile, the parade was a horrific mess, to say the least. Owing to Vignette's demanding personality and tastes, that seemed to change faster than the seasons, none of the parade floats looked consistent, and all of the actors on the floats were not wearing costumes at all, as the designers had not had a chance to create anything without it being scrapped by Vignette seconds later. The not-Rainbooms were on the central float, playing horrifically whilst dressed in outfits that were a crime against fashion, whilst Vignette stood out front singing. Singing, actually, is entirely the wrong word. You would have heard a much more pleasant sound dragging a knife down a storm drain whilst covered in cow poop accompianed by a cat being strangled. Not you, Opal!

"Be yourself, but better 
Or don't be yourself at all 
Follow Vignette on Snapgab 
That's V-I-G-N-E-T-T-EEEEEEE!"

It was horrible, and people in the crowd had jammed their fingers in their ears. Grand Pear tapped Bright Mac on the shoulder. "What on God's Green Earth is this rubbish?" he asked. "And why is it here, of all places?"

"If Ah knew the band Applejack was part of sounded so bad," Bright admitted, "Ah'd give them guitar lessons!"

Vignette saw the argument going on, and she frowned. "This crowd isn't cheering enough for my taste. Luckily, that can be tweaked with the flick of a finger." She raised her phone. "Say 'cheese', everyone!"

Before she could take the picture, the float crashed to a stop and broke, one of the wheels having come off.

Rarity smiled from down below. "Sorry to rain on your parade! But I have to say you must consider this plan, derailed."

The Real Rainbooms assembled before her to start to try and persuade her to hand over her phone. But Vignette wasn't buying it. She simply snapped a picture of them, and they vanished. "You should never monologue when you have the advantage!" she said.

Suddenly, her phone vanished from her hand, and she turned around to see Pear and the Crusaders standing behind her. "What? How did you get here?"

Pear swiped about on the device, and smirked. "This 'country bumpkin' just deleted yer almighty app from yer system. When monologing at some who is monologing, you should always look behind yerself."

The look on Vignette's face was priceless.





Apart from the magical shenanigans, the first day of Equestria Land could be considered a rip-roaring success. Not only did the park enjoy large scale attendance, the rides kept running and shoes didn't get lost in the tarmac. In short, it was a most succesful day, although they did get back very late indeed.

Apple Bloom was leaning on her sister's shoulder as the streetcar came to a stop at there stop. "Ya sleepy, youngin'?" Applejack asked.

"It's been a lon' day, and teleportin' endlessly does kinda wear ya out," Apple Bloom replied, before yawning and stretching her arms above her head. "But we're all safe now, and that's good."

As they got off the streetcar, Pear turned to Applejack. "So, when did ya get super strength?" she asked.

Applejack looked awkward. "Oh boy, this won't be fun to explain..."