//------------------------------// // Short 3: Little Drummer Pinkie // Story: Digital Dustin (redone) // by Prince Dustin Hogan //------------------------------// “Talking” “YELLING” ‘Thinking’ “Telepathic link” Songs Flashback "Transformation Index” Little Drummer Pinkie "Just remember," Granny Smith said to Pinkie Pie, holding a bowl of cookie batter in one arm, and a wooden spoon in the other, "the most important thing about sugar butter cocoa cookies is to fold you batter," she explained, handing the bowl and spoon off to Pinkie, "Too much arm turning'll make your cookies tougher than a lump of coal!" she added with a wink. She then headed over to the other side of the kitchen, while Pinkie began to stir the batter as instructed. "Come on Pinkie," Rainbow Dash said as she entered the kitchen, "You're supposed to help me find a drummer for my band." "I guess I could fold a little faster…" Pinkie said as some batter spilled. She then realized something and raced over to the cabinets, pulling out and flinging objects as she was looking. "Most people don't know how hard it is to find someone who could use both hands the way a drummer does," Rainbow noted as Pinkie now had two bowls of batter, and was stirring them quickly with two wooden spoons. "I'll bet!" she replied as both bowls were flung into the air, batter spilling everywhere. After hearing a loud crash, Granny Smith turned and gasped to see Pinkie and Rainbow covered in batter, with the bowls each upon their heads. Pinkie just smiled sheepishly while Rainbow glared and growled at her. “Yo ladies, what’s-" Dustin immediately stopped talking as he entered the room to see Pinkie and Rainbow covered in batter. "Uh, is now a bad time?" Dustin asked, scratching his head. Rainbow only gave Dustin a deadpan look, allowing him to understand the situation. "I’ll take that as a yes." he said with an embarrassed look and trickles of sweat. Later A while later, the three of them were outside on the soccer field, all over a giant blank banner with green and purple paint buckets. "Now, it's important that our banner look awesome!" Rainbow explained, "So feel free to use as much glitter as you want." As she began to set down some paint on the banner, Pinkie looked behind her, her eyes widening as she found something. "A drummer just can't be anybody," Rainbow added as she continued to paint, with Dustin also joining in. Pinkie then appeared with a big glitter jar in her hands. "Oh, of course not!" Pinkie agreed. She then began to beat down on the bottom of the glitter jar, creating a beat as glitter fell on the banner. "They need to have the right instincts, you know?" Rainbow noted as glitter began to move towards her. "Totally!" Pinkie said as she began to drum on the jar between her legs, sending out a huge burst of glitter that covered the banner. Rainbow coughed as she was covered in it as well from head to toe, glaring at Pinkie while she just smiled with her hands on her face, and her elbows on the empty jar. "Oh!" Dustin exclaimed as he saw Rainbow all covered in glitter. "Don't worry, I got ya covered," he said, turning on the Digitrix and tapping the Digitrix screen after finding the right transformation. In a flash of blue light, he transformed into a humanoid insect. “SONICADA!” Dustin exclaimed in a high-pitched, scratchy voice. (Transformation Index) Name: Sonicada Species: Cicadoidean Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's Sonicada. This humanoid bug's claim to fame is his ability to emit sounds to ultrasonic frequencies capable of overloading machinery, shattering steel and stopping projectiles in mid-flight. "Whoa!" Pinkie said in amazement. “You might wanna hold onto something. This could get messy." Dustin said, confusing Rainbow Dash and Pinkie. "Messy?" Rainbow asked, "What do you mean by-?!" she stopped her question as she saw Dustin take off into the air. He then began to flap his wings with insane speed, creating a huge gust of wind, blowing all the glitter away from the banner. Rainbow opened her eyes as the wind ceased, seeing that all the glitter was off her body. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You've got all kinds of tricks in that watch, huh?" she complimented, but then noticed that Dustin had come back on the ground, changing back to normal. Later They were all in the cafeteria for lunch, with Applejack and Rarity at the table as well. "It's gotta be someone with a lot of… energy," Rainbow explained with a disappointed look as Pinkie was squeezing out some strawberry flavoring into her drink. "Absolutely!" she exclaimed in agreement as she stirred the flavoring in her drink with a spoon. As she finished, she then began using her spoon to tap against the glass to make some beats, and then she grabbed a fork and did the same with her salad bowl. "Uh, Pinks?" Dustin tried to ask as he was eating a burger, but Pinkie was still tapping loudly. "I mean, a lot!" Rainbow said, "Energy, enthusiasm…" she noted as Pinkie began going crazy, going so far as to beat on the table, causing her other friends to spill their drinks and drop their food. "Pinkie!" Applejack shouted as she jumped on the table, grabbing her fork and spoon while they were still in her hands. "Whaaaaat?!" she said in a whiny voice. She and Applejack stared each other down for a moment, but that soon ceased as Pinkie went back to beating on the table. "Hey, wait a second…" Dustin said in realization, " Yo RD, what if Pinkie could be the drummer you’ve been looking for?" Dustin asked Rainbow Dash. “Now that ya mention it, he’s got a point. Who else is more energetic than Pinkie?” Applejack asked in agreement, and Rainbow smiled widely at Dustin’s idea. Later The gang, including Allister, was in the band room, observing Pinkie playing a wild solo performance on the drums, crashing cymbals, beating down wildly on the drums. As she continued, a magical aura embedded her, growing her ears and creating a ponytail puffy as her own hair. The girls all gasped in excitement while the boys all continued to watch as Pinkie laid down the final beats with a spin, and then a crash of the cymbals. She breathed heavily with her tongue hanging out as she had finally let out her energy. "Whatever made you think of Pinkie for the drums?" Rarity asked Dustin. “Just a thought.” Dustin shrugged while Pinkie just performed a quick rim shot on the drums with a wide smile. “New transformation added to playlist.” The Digtitrix said with a beep. “Again?” Dustin asked as he examined the Digitrix screen, which displayed the image of the new transformation. “Wow. That is kinda like Pinkie.” Applejack said while looking to Pinkie, who was still drumming. “I’ll never understand how this thing does that.” Dustin said with a confused look.