Danyelle was walking through town with Twilight, Spike and Twily when Pinkie called out.
"Hurry! Before she gets you!" Pinkie says looking around.
Danyelle scurries into Sugarcube Corner with the others.
Twily spoke "For Faust's sake Pinkie... It's just a zebra..."
"What's with all noise down here?" I ask coming downstairs.
Danyelle spoke "Every pony and Mobian is freaking out because of a zebra..."
"I'm sorry but why would they be scared of a zebra?" I ask.
"She's mysterious." Says Fluttershy.
"Sinister!" Added Rainbow Dash.
"And spo-o-o-oky." Finished Pinkie while I on the other hand was getting a bit mad.
"And what else?" I ask.
Twily spoke "For pony's sake... Zecora's not creepy..."
Danyelle was bottle-feeding Bluestar since she was carrying the young cub.
"She is if she lives in the Everfree Forest." Applejack says.
"Can someone cover the young ones ears please?" I ask with a hint of anger in my voice.
Twily puts a soundproof barrier around me so I could vent my anger.
Danyelle spoke "Now you're being racist... Remember when Lillian first arrived? You were a little harsh on her at first."
The others looked down disappointed except for Twilight since she wasn't there when I arrived.
Danyelle spoke "Exactly, you shouldn't judge a book by its.... Wait, where'd Nyx and Applebloom go?"
"The door's open." Says Fluttershy.
Danyelle spoke "Oh feathers... Those two gone after Zecora!"
"Let’s go get them and later we'll have a talk about this." I say.
Danyelle spoke "I so agree..."
Twily spoke "I'll got let Aloe and Lotus know..."
Twily teleported as Danyelle and the others follow Nyx and Applebloom.
In the Everfree Forest, Nyx and Applebloom were following Zecora not making any noise.
Danyelle spoke "Nyx, Applebloom! Get over here!"
But Danyelle was unaware that she and the ponies had stepped in the poison joke.
Zecora spoke in a warning tone. “Beware! Beware, you pony and Mobian folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!”
"Y-You keep your creepy mumbo jumbo to yourself, you hear!" Applejack called out.
I was a bit ticked again not realizing I was walking into the same patch of blue flowers Applejack was in when stomping over to her.
Danyelle spoke "Yeah!"
"Ha! Was that supposed to scare us?!" Asked Rainbow.
Danyelle scoffs "Probably, let's just go back home..."
The next morning,
Danyelle had woken up but her fur was thrice as thick as it was the day before plus she was speaking Neighponese.
Danyelle screams “Nani ga okotta nda?!”
Twilight was also screaming because of what happened to her horn.
Danyelle asks "Twilight-chan, anata wa daijōbu?"
"Danyelle, what's going on with your voice?" Asked Twilight.
Danyelle asks "Nani ga okotta no ka wakarimasen... Tabun Lillian-chan aidea ga arimasu ka?"
Twilight went downstairs looking at all her books for an answer.
“No, no, no, no!” She says looking at every book she had. “None of these books have a cure.”
Nyx was holding a book that had the title of Supernaturals with her magic.
Nyx asks “What about this one?”
Danyelle spoke “Nyx soko ni nanika ga aru kamo shiremasen Twilight-chan.”
“”Supernaturals”?” Twilight says reading the book cover.
“Nyx, the word “supernatural” refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses.” She says.
Danyelle asks “Hon o hyōshi de handan shinai to itta dakede wa arimasen ka?”
“This book is just a bunch of hooey.” Twilight says pointing to the book.
“But what if you’re wrong, Twilight?” Says Spike. "What if this really is--.” He says before being cut off by Pinkie.
“A purse!”
Danyelle mutters “Kami… Sore o iu, sore o supurē shinaide kudasai…”
Tempest spoke “Yeah… What she said.”
“Pinkie! What happened?!” Asked Twilight.
Pinkie tried explaining but all she did was end up spitting at Spike and Nyx.
“Hey say it, don’t spray it, Pinkie!” Spike says.
Tempest was a ball of feathers on two legs.
Danyelle asks “Watashitachiha bakagete iru yō ni miemasu… Shikashi, dokoni arimasu ka Lillian-chan?”
Soon there was a thud coming outside before Rainbow came crashing into the library telling them that Zecora placed a curse on everyone.
“I’m afraid I have to agree.” Rarity says coming into the library as her fur was all long along with Fluttershy.
“I hate to say I told you so Twilight, but I told you so!” Applejack says in a high pitch voice as everyone saw Applejack on Apple Bloom's back all tiny making Twilight and Spike gasp.
“It’s a curse, I tell ya!” She says.
“But Fluttershy and Lillian seem to be fine and speaking of which where is she?” Asked Twilight.
Tempest asks “Lillian? You okay?”
I was outside inside a bush.
“No!” I called out as my voice sounded strange.
Tempest spoke “Can’t be no worse than Danyelle speaking Japanese…. Or me being a walking ball of feathers.”
“Promise not to laugh, say or do anything to me if I come out.” I say.
Tempest spoke “I’d rather choke on chocolate than laugh at you.”
“[Sigh] okay.” I come out the bush, revealing that I was reverted back into a child as I was small and cute.
Tempest spoke “You look adorable at that size. But I don’t think it should last, we better find a way to fix this.”
“We better because I hate to be like this forever, Fluttershy’s lucky she’s okay.”
“Yes there doesn’t seem to be a thing wrong with her.” Agreed Rarity.
“Fluttershy? Are you okay?” Twilight asks Fluttershy as she looks away. “Is there something wrong with you?”
Instead of answering, Fluttershy just nodded.
“Would you care to tell us?” Twilight asks as Fluttershy shook her head. “So… You’re not gonna tell us?”
Fluttershy nodded.
“”Yes, you’re not,” “or yes, you will?”” Twilight asked confused as Fluttershy shook her head again.
“Good gravy, girl!” Shouted Applejack. “What’s wrong with you?!”
Fluttershy looked away before finally answering in a deep male voice. “I don’t want to talk about it.”
Nyx cuffs Spike upside the head.
After taking a photo of me, Tempest spoke “I’m a walking ball of feathers, Danyelle has overgrown fur and a Japanese voice, Rarity has overgrown fur, Applejack’s tiny, Rainbow has her wings on wrong, Twilight’s horn is odd, Fluttershy’s voice is deeper, Pinkie’s tongue is messed up and Lillian’s the same height as Lance…”
“To think that I was sticking up for Zecora for how everyone was treating her, I end up as a child again. I blame this one on Jeff.” I groan.
Nyx snuck off with Applebloom while the others were talking.
Danyelle spoke “Dōi shimasu…”
I see the both of them leave and follow them.
Danyelle asks “Dōshite watashi wa jibun no jissai no gengo o futatabi hanasu koto ga dekiru nodeshou ka?”
After noticing that me, Applejack, Apple Bloom and Nyx were gone everyone left the library to go looking for us.
Danyelle was using a bit of her magic to hold Rarity’s dreadlocks back so that the unicorn could see as the group go after Applejack and I.
Tempest was carrying Rainbow so she wouldn’t crash into more things.
As I followed Nyx and Apple Bloom, Applejack comes out of Apple Bloom's hair stopping them.
"Stop right there!" She demanded. "Turn around! Right now you two!"
"Yeah the Everfree Forest is too dangerous for children like you two." I say coming out of hiding revealing I was following them only for them to look at each other before smirking as they both say.
Nyx spoke "Yeah... No..."
"No?" Applejack and I say in unison.
"You can't ignore a direct order from your big sister!" Applejack says to Apple Bloom.
"Same goes for you Nyx, you can't just ignore what I say, I'm the adult here."
"Correction, were an adult." Says Apple Bloom.
Nyx spoke "Exactly!"
Apple Bloom grabs Applejack and places her on a tree branch.
"[Laughs] sorry, Applejack, but I'm the big sister now." She says before running off deeper in the Everfree Forest with Nyx.
"Lillian get me down from here so we can go after them!" Applejack says turning to me only to see I was gone. "Gosh darn it."
Nyx laughs "We managed to ditch her, I am a genius."
"Yeah!" Apple Bloom says in agreement.
"Applejack maybe, but not me." I say making them stop in their tracks.
Nyx groans "Oh feathers...."
"Look if you two are going to Zecora you might as well have someone watch over you two to be safe." I say.
Nyx's ears twitch before the filly started to growl.
Nyx spoke “I hear something... dangerous...”
The bushes start rustling before a robotic bee drone comes.
Nyx charged up her magic before blasting the robot drone.
Nyx shouts “RUN!!!!”
The drone dodges her attack as Applebloom and I start running before the drone starts firing back.
Nyx kept firing blast after blast of magic at the drone, buying Applebloom and I time to escape.
Nyx shouts "EAT CHAOS SPEAR!!!!"
The attack hits the drone.
The drone explodes after the attack hits.
"Where did you learn that?" I asked surprised.
Nyx spoke "I have my mom's chaos Emerald..."
"Should've guessed." I say.
A few hours later, the group arrives at the Everfree Forest looking for us while Tempest and Rainbow found Applejack on a tree branch.
Danyelle finds the destroyed robot.
Danyelle spoke "Koko ni hakai sa reta robotto ga imasu... Watashi no musume ga yatte iru ni chigainai..."
Tempest picks Applejack up and carried the mini mare.
After walking through the forest, the group eventually found Zecora’s home.
Danyelle spoke "Kanojo wa betsu no gengo de hanashite imasu..."
Tempest spoke "Definitely African..."
"This place looks horrible." Says Rarity when she sees Zecora’s home.
Twilight and others walked up to Zecora’s home looking through her window seeing Zecora’s home decoration.
"Nice decoration -- if you like creepy!" She says.
Zecora soon came back home holding a small jar in her mouth as she walks up to a pot that she was brewing pouring the contents of the jar into the pot before speaking in her native language.
Tempest spoke "Girls... She's speaking Swahili... It's a language from my home world."
"Do you understand what she's saying?" Asked Twilight.
Tempest spoke "Given that Danyelle's currently speaking Neighponese, I'll have to translate. She's reciting chants from her homeland."
"Pfhe psole my psung! Pshe spluh mm mm!" Pinkie tried saying something but all she ended up doing was spitting again.
"She stole your song?" Asked Rarity.
"Oh, Pinkie." Says Twilight. "It doesn't sound anything like your song.”
Pinkie went over to Fluttershy trying to beg her to sing her song so everyone can know what she is saying; with a sigh, Fluttershy starts singing.
Tempest spoke "For Celestia's sake... A friend of mine once said... Sisi Ni Sawa... It means we are the same. You shouldn't judge a hyena by its spots... Or in this case, a zebra by its stripes."
"Yeah what's if Zecora is just making soup?" Stated Twilight until she heard Zecora say something.
"Mmm! The perfect temperature for ponies, I presume." Zecora says after tasting the brew. "Now where are those three young ones Nyx, Lillian and sweet Apple Bloom?"
Danyelle spoke "Son'nabakana!"
Tempest, Rainbow and Applejack all barge into Zecora’s home with Rainbow flying in and crashing into everything as Zecora spoke in her native language upset that her home was being trashed.
Tempest squawks in Swahili at Zecora.
Tempest asks "Je, ulitufanyia hivi?"
"No! No!" Zecora shouted as Rainbow kept crashing into things. “Ponies, Mobians, what is this you --."
She tries to say only to be cut off when Rainbow knocked over her pot spilling out its contents.
"No! You know not what you do!" She says in anger. "You've gone and spilled my precious brew!"
Danyelle growls at Zecora. Bluestar was hidden in Danyelle's overgrown fur with her enlarged wings sticking out.
Tempest spoke "Everyone stop! You are making a big mistake! Zecora was warning us about those blue flowers that we had walked through yesterday!"
Nyx shows up with Applebloom and I.
Nyx spoke "The featherball's right, you're too quick to judge others..."
"Nyx, sweetie, you can't just stand there and tell us that everything that happened to us isn't a curse." Says Twilight.
"Nope it's not a curse Twilight." I say the three of us walk up to Zecora.
"If you will remember back, the words I spoke were quite exact." Says Zecora as everyone went back to remember what Zecora said.
Flash back.
Zecora warns "Beware! Beware, you pony and Mobian folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!”
End flashback,
Nyx spoke "She was warning us about the Poison Joke flowers."
"That plant is much like poison oak, but its results are like a joke." Added Zecora.
"What in the hay does that mean?" Asked Applejack.
"It means the poison joke don't cause itches and scratches but instead just causes laughs by playing little pranks on us." I say.
Tempest spoke "Such as overgrown fur, enlarged wings, wings on wrong... Or overgrown feathers in my case."
"But what about the cauldron?" Asked Rainbow.
"And the enchanting?" Asked Fluttershy.
"And the creepy décor?" Asked Rarity.
"Treasures of the native land where I am from." Zecora says before telling what each mask means.
Tempest spoke "One means "hello", another means "welcome". As to why I can understand the language, I'm part African."
"The words I enchanted were from olden times -- something you call a nursery rhyme." Says Zecora.
"But the cauldron and the Nyx, Lillian and Apple Bloom soup?" Asked Twilight.
"Looky here Twilight, that pot of water wasn't for me." Apple Bloom says showing Twilight a book. "It was for all these herbal ingredients." She says pointing to the ingredients she had. "The cure for poison joke is a simple, old natural remedy."
"You just get to take a bubble bath." I added.
"But I tried to find a cure in all my books and couldn't find anything." Stated Twilight. "What book has this natural remedy?"
She asks looking at the book before Zecora closed it showing the cover.
"Here is the book. You see?" Says Zecora. "Sad you that you lack it in your library."
"Actually I do have this book, but --." Twilight says before being cut off by Tempest.
Tempest spoke "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover."
"I-I um do, sorry Zecora." Twilight says apologizing to Zecora. "I had the answer this whole time if only I'd bothered to look inside."
"[Laughs] maybe next time you will take a second look and not judge the cover of the book."
Me, Nyx and Apple Bloom laughed at that.
"Zecora, would you be kind enough to mix up another batch of herbal bath?" Asked Twilight.
"Mix it up I certainly will." Zecora says with a smile before adding. "Yet I am missing an herb from Ponyville."
"But whenever Zecora comes into town, all the shops are mysteriously closed." Says Apple Bloom.
Tempest pulls out the herb from his messy feathers.
Tempest asks "Is this the herb you need?"
"Yeah that's what we need but I think we might need a bigger bathtub and I think I know where." I say with a smile.
Tempest spoke "The Ponyville spa!"
"Yup let’s go." I say.
A white furball goes with the group to Ponyville. Her fur was overgrown since she had stepped in the poison joke as well.
After we arrived in town, everyone started to get scared, thinking Zecora put a curse on us until we explained the situation before heading to the spa to take a bath.
Danyelle spoke "I'm glad my voice is back to normal!"
Inari spoke "I couldn't see a damn thing since my fur was out of control."
Tempest chuckles “Least I’m not a walking feather duster anymore.”
"I'm glad to be back as an adult, I do not want to be a kid all my life." I say while Twilight wrote her friendship report to Celestia.
"Hey where's Applejack?!" Ask Applebloom as we all look around for her.
"I'm right here little sis, I ain't tiny no more." Applejack called out as she was in a bucket as we all started laughing.
End