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// Chapter 5: Alright, let's settle this in court! 
// Story: Tom & Jerry: Journey to Equestria 
// by ShaggyBoi23 
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Tom and Jerry woke up feeling completely satisfied, for the beds were very cozy. The morning was, alas, rainy. It was raining outside, and the ponies were scurrying around town with umbrellas or raincoats. Tom and Jerry, however, were frightened by something else: the white stallion's revenge, for physical and moral damage. But then again, Tom had started this self-defense, and everyone wanted to live. Jerry understood that Tom would defend himself to the last, and in this case, he deserved such retribution. Mousey thought so, because of the memory of the words of his "Conscience," that he should sail with this cat on the same boat. And Tom didn't think it was his fault because Twilight attacked him herself and he had to defend himself. He didn't even consider the bite of the croup to be some sort of dirty move, but a way of fighting back. 

Tom and Jerry decided to go through the lists of ponies they met and set up for war: first, they stole apples and cider, thus two ponies, Applejack and Rainbow Dash on the "potentially dangerous pony" lists. The former is the rightful owner of the loot, and the latter is her friend. Next up is an encounter with Rarity and Fluttershy. The former doesn't care, but the latter is no longer going to feel sorry for these animals, so there are already three dangerous ponies. Next up: Pinkie Pie is a kind and cheerful pony. Luckily, she's on the side of the cat and the mouse. Next up: Twilight Sparkle. Seemingly an ally, but became an enemy for some unknown reason. However, Tom explained that it was precise because of Fluttershy. Twilight thought it was because of the cat that she had crashed into that damn stand, and so she attacked Tom. 

Now Jerry was 100 percent sure that Tom was just defending himself. That made four dangerous ponies. Lyra Hartstrings was another ally in the world, and that somehow knocked the excitement out of the cat and mouse. But now Shining Armor. He is doubly dangerous, so it counted as two. So a little list was made that turned out "potentially dangerous ponies": Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Shining Armor, and "pony allies": Pinkie Pie and Lyra Hartstrings.

After looking at this list, the pair concluded that it would not be easy to keep afloat with such a lineup. A few seconds later, an earth pony mare who looked like a maid came in. She also brought breakfast, which consisted of a couple of salads, scrambled eggs, and juice. The maid also said that the Princesses were waiting for them in the throne room to talk, and then she got to work. For some reason, the sight of the maid sent shivers down Tom's spine. Either he was embarrassed, or the sight of the pony was too provocative for Tom, but he tried not to look at the pony, and Jerry did not understand what it was. Breakfast was not easy for Tom, for the maid was constantly wiping the table somewhere or other, cleaning up what was badly laid, or even climbing on the chairs, where cobwebs had spun on the corners. Perhaps the reason was that the cat often saw beautiful cats, and gave free rein to various fantasies. For example, he once imagined himself sitting on a couch with two beautiful cats, wearing a luxurious suite and a cigar in his teeth. He bragged about how he got all this wealth and flirted nicely with the girls. And Jerry was in the role of a waiter carrying a tray of goldfish. And a similarly very pretty pussy maid passed by, with a broom in her paw. Tom, dismissing everyone else, approached this girl. Gently caressing and stroking her head, Tom wanted to kiss her... and Jerry's eventually spoiled his whole fantasy. 

Just now, Tom was getting chills from the sight of the maid, only in reverse. And the reason is that she's a pony, and that made the cat very uncomfortable. Jerry finally understood what was going on and then he walked over to the mare and yanked her tail a couple of times. She responded to the call, and the mouse finger asked her to duck to listen. Jerry whispered something in the mare's ear, and she exclaimed. 

"Really?!" She then walked over to Tom, and charged him over the head with the tray, leaving a dent in it. With a disgruntled sniffle, the maid departed. Tom grabbed the mouse to explain why she had hit him. And with a look, he replied, "For all the good stuff!" But all the same, the unnecessary feline energy she threw off with that punch, so the cat calmed down. Now she had to figure out how to get to the throne room...

Tom and Jerry had figured out where to go after all, and now they were walking along a large red walkway, flanked by stained glass windows that depicted, the couple assumed, events that had happened in the world. Looking at most of the stained glass windows, the couple often saw images of familiar ponies... namely those they had annoyed. Both swallowed, anticipating a not-so-pleasant conversation. In front of the throne sat a white mare languidly and tiredly, and next to her stood a very lively and full of energy, but a little smaller, dark blue mare with a mane and tail of blue, which fluttered as well as the white and with the crescent moon cutie mark. Tom and Jerry only now noticed that both mares were both pegasus and unicorn at the same time. The white mare saw the visitors, and those, relying on intuition and the hierarchical position of these mares, decided to bow. The princess rose from her throne, but judging by her face, she did not want to get up at all.

"Hello, cat and mouse..." Celestia murmured reluctantly. "I'm Princess Celestia. And this is my sister, Princess Luna. And you are Tom and Jerry?"

They nodded.

"Then... *cough* I'll take another nap..." Princess Celestia sat back down on the throne and dozed off.

"You will forgive my sister of course. She couldn't sleep all night." Luna apologized to her sister. "So, I'll continue from our messages... Twilight Sparkle has written ten times about you two. And she was extremely aggressive about the cat, which is you, Tom. Each story is more amazing than the next. For instance, she described how the two of you made a mess at SugarCube Corner. And that Tom started the mess himself, and wanted to wake Pinkie Pie." Tom squinted at the mouse, who was now smiling awkwardly at his lies. "Then inflicted moral and physical harm on Fluttershy. What's more, her character changed a lot after you did. Well, and of course." Princess Luna chuckled. "The bite of Twilight's crook. Honestly, it's funny. I laughed about it for about ten minutes. But that's not the point. The point is, you have to tell us what you think happened, and then we'll figure out what's true and what's false."

Tom and Jerry looked at each other as they did not understand what the princess meant.

"Yes, my sister and I are sure that you are mere victims of false arguments. When we first read the letter about you, we ordered the guards to wait for your arrival and arrest you if possible. But then another letter came... another... and another... and with each new one, the description changed and corrected. This led us to assume that something was wrong, and so we waited for your arrest. We didn't warn Shining because we didn't have time, which is why he wanted to kill you. Or rather, to kill Tom. And now he's lying in the hospital because, thanks to you, he suffered a lot of injuries."

With a face of regret, Tom hid his hands behind his back and scuffed the floor with his foot.

"When the Elements of Harmony come, we'll figure it all out..."

But there's a rule. if you think of someone, they show up right away. And so now... as if on schedule, with a loud rattle of doors, six acquaintances came in. Such a rumble made Celestia startle, and she woke up again. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and, for some reason, Rarity, looked at the duo with anger, after they escaped from Ponyvile. They shrieked in fear, now that their enemies have arrived, and hid behind Princess Luna's back for a second. Both begged her to protect them.

"Hello, Elements of Harmony." Celestia greeted, somehow cheering up.

Those bowed patiently but bowed. All except Pinkie Pie were furious, while the pink pony cheered her friends on, albeit not out loud.

"Now that we're all here, let's see what's wrong," Luna said. "On to the courtroom all of you!"



Everyone was in the courtroom, where many different ponies were gathered. The Elements of Harmony sat on one side of the room, and the cat and mouse on the other. In the center of the hall sat the judges: Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence. The latter turned out to be Shining Armor's wife, and thus Twilight Sparkle's sister-in-law. This could not have been good for the pair of animals, considering how much mutilation they had caused, or rather the cat had caused, to her poor husband. And there were also twelve jurors, led by Fancy Pants, a gray unicorn in an elegant costume with a tail, mane, and small blue mustache, and the cutie mark of the three crowns.

"The case," Celestia began, "is pending against these two creatures: Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. They are accused of causing moral and physical harm, theft, and damage to other people's property, as well as humiliation of the mice's dignity. The victims are the Elements of Harmony: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkamina Diana Pie. Defendants, stand up!"

Tom stood up, and Jerry stood as he was.

"Do you understand what you are being accused of?" Celestia asked.

They nodded.

"Do you admit your guilt?"

They shook their heads in response.

"Since you cannot speak, you have the right to use a text. You may prepare your testimony in the meantime. The court is now in session!" Celestia struck the gavel. "The victims have the floor. You have the floor!"

"Thank you, Princess Celestia." Applejack stood up. "I'll start by saying that that night some pony stole apples and cider from us. The next morning it turns out that these boors are the thieves. So, believe me, Element of Integrity, I would forgive these guys if they honestly confessed to me. But no! These vermin just shake their heads like, "It wasn't us!" And then this scumbag," Applejack pointed at the cat, "put a bucket on my head and knocked me on the head..."

"I protest!" Tom pulled out a sign, and Jerry had already finished writing the next one. "That was self-defense!"

"How's that a self-defense?!" - Applejack threw angrily. "You're not going to tell me I rolled the barrel on myself, are you?"

"Yeah," Rainbow intervened. "And she shoved me in there, closed it, pushed me in, and ran off toward the barn!"

"Jerry and I are used to giving back!" Tom continued, holding the sign. "If you give us, we give you! Apples and cider, we took, we won't deny it, but we couldn't ask you about it directly! We're not talkers, are we! And why did you attack us over six apples and one bottle of cider?"

The audience in the audience was surprised.

"Then why did you lie to us?" Applejack asked in response.

"Shame on you..." Tom answered awkwardly.

"Then why did you run away from us?" Rainbow asked.

- "Are you out of your mind?!" Jerry pulled out the sign already, then quickly finished it. "You want to obliterate us! That's why we're running away!"

Silence, in the courtroom!" Celestia intervened, tapping her gavel. "Carry on, Elements of Harmony."

"Rarity and I," Fluttershy continued, rising from her seat, "Were walking through town and met Rainbow Dash and Applejack. They told us everything, and then we heard a pony laughing in the bushes. We walked over and saw the two animals. I was about to intercede for them, and suddenly I saw a mouse poking Rainbow in the eyes, and a cat tying a hat on Applejack's head. Naturally, I flew after the runaways... But then they dug a hole! They dug a hole and went somewhere!"

The audience in the hall was even more surprised, but some convinced themselves that it was a fake, and others that it was quite possible.

"And then they came to me!" Pinkie Pie continued. "They made a mess of Sugarcube Corner and I had to clean it up. Ugh, that wasn't fun. My back hurts..."

Pinkie pulled her hooves to her ear for some reason and she winked at the cat and mouse. Tom realized what she meant and reached for her ear himself. After scratching his ear a little, he felt a small leaf. Unbeknownst to the others, Tom pulled out the piece of paper and quickly opened it. It read:

"I'm sorry boys, but my friends have made me go against you. I'm on your side! I swear, and if I lie, I'll stick a cupcake in my eye! I can't help you, of course, but just know that I'm there for you!"

"Then I got a black eye for this cat, and I ran to Twilight Sparkle's place thinking the cat was there, but it wasn't..." Fluttershy frowned at Twilight. - At least, that's what I thought."

"And I said that on purpose, so I could deal with him later. I said it on purpose so I could take care of it later," said Twilight. - "That cat and I started a fight. I don't think I need to describe how it went."

The ponies all chuckled... Apparently, someone had said something about it... Even Celestia chuckled a little, but then braced herself not to offend the victim. The purple unicorn frowned at Tom, and the cat unfurled its paws.

"And what is the nature of Rarity's claim?" Luna asked.

"My essence of the claim is that these ugly beasts were communicating with our sisters!" Rarity said seriously. "Without even telling us! From my sister's interrogation, I learned that these animals were looking for me to take a cure for the Poison Joke! What if they had robbed me, too! Of course, I resent this duo of boorish people!"

"So tell me, why do you two need a cure for Poison Banter?" Cadence asked the defendants, with concealed anger.

"Because all the wool fell off Tom, we didn't think those flowers were that unpleasant!" - Jerry pulled out a sign.

"And you're also a hitchhiker from another world?" Cadence asked again.

"And may I ask you a counter-question, Princess Cadence? Aren't you asking us these questions because of your husband?" Jerry asked.

"Stop talking!" For the second time, Celestia stopped the impending struggle. "Have the victims said everything?" Those nodded. "Then sit down. Defendants, what do you have to say for yourselves?"

"We are from another world, slept at home, and then found ourselves in the woods." - Tom raised the plaque.

"And after walking through it, passing through the blue flowers, we ended up in Ponyville. Yes, we stole apples and cider at night, but only because we wanted to eat." Jerry continued.

"Waiting until morning was unbearable, and what's the likelihood they'd let us sleep here and eat? We don't know how you feel about strangers!"

"That's why we didn't take the risk, and that's what we did."

"Then why did you lie to Applejack about not taking those apples and cider?" Celestia asked.

"Shame and shamelessness." Tom pulled out a sign. "We trusted the sweet lie."

Can you then explain the purpose for which you wanted to go to Rarity?" Cadence asked.

"The Crusaders told us to go to Rarity because she had this cure to get rid of the Poison Joke." Jerry pulled out a sign. "We think about it, and it's a shame to see Tom wander around town completely hairless, naked."

Some ponies were embarrassed, others rolled their eyes, and some laughed a little. Tom slapped the mouse, and Jerry yanked the cat's whiskers in return.

"We weren't going to steal anything from her, though, we just wanted to figure out where we were going first, but our instincts for self-preservation, made us defend ourselves against Applejack and Rainbow Dash." Pulled out a sign, Tom.

"And yes, Sugarcube Corner is a job we do together. Because we're cat and mouse, it's in our nature to mess with each other. Hence all our experiences." - Jerry continued.

"Then why do you cooperate?" Luna asked.

"Because it's not the right circumstances to be setting mousetraps and throwing bowling balls," Tom replied.

"Now explain to us why you were fighting with Twilight Sparkle?" Cadence asked, curiously.

"I'll say it again: it's self-defense!" Tom slammed his fist on the table. "There's no way I'm attacking you first! Twilight attacked me herself, because of Fluttershy, who crashed into a booth where there were advertisements for books!"

Twilight was embarrassed for some reason, and Celestia looked at the unicorn in surprise. I have to say, Cadence was surprised, too.

"So, we fought in the house, yes I bit her croup, but only because I'm not rubber. I have, like, nine lives, not ninety-nine."

And how can you explain your physiology?! - Twilight couldn't resist asking. "You tuck your head under your neck, your mouth gets wider from the umbrella, your tongue stretches to an incredible length... HOW?!"

"What's the big deal?" Jerry wondered. "Is that an unusual phenomenon for you? Let us demonstrate?" Jerry turned to Celestia.

She had the following look on her face. "What in Faust's name is all this nonsense?" but she gave the demonstration the go-ahead. Jerry pulled a cricket mallet out of nowhere and cracked an unprepared Tom on the head. The man's eyes widened out of their orbits and then went back into place. Then Tom took that very hammer away and hit the mouse with it, crushing it into a pancake. All the ponies were aghast at such cruelty, but when they saw that they bowed as if on the stage as if nothing had happened, they were confused, because they could not understand how this cat and mouse could have such painful thresholds. The jurors, too, were pensive; Fancy Pants even adjusted his monocle.

"Well..." Twilight looked at the defendants with twitchy eyes. "I don't say a word... The question is off..." Snd sat back in her seat.

"Tell me then, for what purpose did you go to Canterlot?" Luna asked.

"No reason," Tom replied. "We didn't have a choice, so we took the first one we saw."

"Speaking of which..." Cadence interjected. "As far as we know, there was a robbery in the buffet on the train you were just riding on. Somepony pulled the fire alarm, and a few minutes later, the buffet was robbed. Somehow I am forced to suspect that it was your doing."

"You know, Princess Cadence, it's better to steal once than to have your stomach hurt." The mouse replied grudgingly. - "We only steal if we want to eat, but there's no way we'd steal something of value!"

"So, do you confess to stealing other people's property after all? - asked an almost confused Celestia.

They nodded sternly.

"Well..." Celestia didn't know what to say. The cat's bouncing eyes and the flattened mouse were enough for her. "Do you have anything else to say?"

The cat and the mouse shook their heads.

"Then sit down. Let's move on to the examination of the witnesses. Call Derpy Hooves to the stand!"

The slant-eyed pegasus that Tom had bumped into and let her lose all her mail entered the courtroom. She walked to the podium with her bag and got ready for questions.

"You are Derpy Hooves, a pegasus, residing in the city of Ponyville, occupation: delivery of mail."  Celestia clarified, as required.

"Yes, Princess Celestia." The pegasus replied.

"What can you say about the defendants?" Luna asked.

"Very strange creatures..." admitted Derpy. "Especially that cat. I remember when he was naked and now he had fur."

"Tell me, what did you see the day they were in Ponyville?" - Cadence asked, probably with a grain of hope that she'd say something bad.

"I was flying through town, delivering mail, having some muffins for the road, and this cat crashed into me. I scattered all the mail and letters. When I got everything I'd scattered, I noticed one of the envelopes was open, and it belonged to Miss Cherilee."

Jerry remembered the letter, and it made him blush. Everyone in the hall noticed it with Tom looking at him and slapping Jerry, knowing why did he have to read somepony else's letters.

"You read other people's letters, too?" Rarity was indignant. "Shame on you! You have no conscience, not to mention shame!

"I do, it's just that this second they're gone," Tom replied, leaning on the table.

"And then I noticed Fluttershy flying after them. She flew up to me and asked me with a scary face where the cat and mouse had run to. She was so mad that I decided to fly away from here as soon as possible, lest she does something to me, too."

"They didn't do anything in front of you?" Celestia asked.

"No, except for that letter," Derpy answered.

"Does anyone else have any questions?" The other two judges were silent. "Have a seat."

The pegasus cast another glance at the defendants and sat down in one of the chairs. Celestia felt like a squirrel in a wheel, spinning and spinning to get the job done, but how? They have to have a lot of patience, and because of Celestia's bad sleep, she didn't have that patience. Luna didn't quite understand everything, but she was convinced of some injustice. And who that injustice didn't share the goodness with was yet to be found out. And Cadence... She wanted to strangle the cat and mouse right in the courtroom, but her tolerance and her aunt's compulsion, made her keep herself in her hooves. The victims, except for Pinkie Pie, also tried to hold on, but there was little patience. Twilight wanted revenge now, not just for the bitten croup, but also for the fact that her brother was now lying in the hospital.

"Spike is summoned to the courtroom!" Celestia said.

The purple dragon boy that Tom and Jerry had already seen walked into the hall. He found it difficult to stand in front of the podium where he could be seen because he was too short. So he stood behind the podium. You couldn't tell from his face that he was on anyone's side.

"Spike, dragon, resident of Ponyville, occupation: first mate to Twilight Sparkle." Celestia listed.

"Heh, you already know that Princess Celestia..." replied Spike thoughtlessly.

Twilight slapped herself in the face and Celestia rounded her eyes, Tom and Jerry tapping their fingers on the table with their eyes away from each other.

"Please tell me about the fight between the defendant Tom and the victim Twilight Sparkle."

"Where should I start?" Spike asked in response.

Twilight had warned Spike from the start that if he said anything wrong, he'd spend the week cleaning up the library himself.

"Start at the beginning," Celestia asked. "Begin at the beginning,"

"So..." Spike began nervously. "I heard the sound of broken glass coming from the bathroom..."

"From the bathroom?" Luna asked back. "What were they doing in there?"

"Twilight had a cure for the Poison Joke... and he was being treated," Spike answered. "After Fluttershy showed up with a black eye, Tom somehow hid in the bathroom without her noticing him... And when Fluttershy left, Twilight yelled something, I couldn't hear her, and a fight broke out."

"And what were you doing at that moment?" Cadence asked.

"I stayed out of it... You know what they say, two fightings, three to go?"

"But you could have stopped the fight." Celestia protested.

"Yes, I could have, but I would have been in the crossfire. Besides, magic doesn't work on those guys, when Twilight tied to blast her magic at Tom, but it backfired at her."

The ponies were all more surprised than ever. Some aren't affected by magic. Twlight was already a little disappointed in her revenge, but now what... She'd wished to take a frying pan and smash the buggers if she had the time to do so.

"Also, this mouse and Pinkie Pie have been known to come to the scene of the fight. What was going on before that?" Luna asked.

Spike got even more nervous. He was as much of a liar as Rainbow Dash was a turtle. The dragon didn't know what words to use, so he was already thinking of an escape plan. Because Twilight's wrath would be much scarier, and he didn't want to experience it. So mentally he prayed, for his next words...

"Twilight and Tom kept fighting... Then... uh... they paused for a second, like in boxing! And then..."

Suddenly Spike hiccupped and then fell to the ground... Everyone got scared, so they quickly went to check on him... A simple faint...

"He was nervous..." said Twilight. "I threatened him too much..."

"Well, no wonder!" Rainbow agreed. "When a week's work is on the line without a break, of course, you get nervous."

And Tom and Jerry whispered quietly to themselves about a plan for possible dialogues and witnesses. For now, they were on a very fine line. If they were convicted, you never know what to expect. So there was plenty of time to endure...

An hour passed...

Throughout the trial, the witnesses included Lyra Hartstrings, who spoke well of Tom and Jerry, and Octavia Melody, that gray cello pony who appreciated their musical talent and their humor, but of course, also stood up for them. Of course, it wasn't without Shining Armor... He wanted to be at the meeting after all, and all the ponies sympathized with him, though they remembered perfectly well how they laughed at him. Here he had said many bad things about the defendants, even about their amazing dexterity. 

And, of course, he reminded him that he had been badly hurt by this cat's paws. Jerry slapped himself in the face. It turns out Tom needs to answer to the law, not the mouse. But it's too late to spin now. Several other witnesses from Ponyville and Canterlot also spoke, and opinions differed: some thought the cat and the mouse were unscrupulous vermin, and some thought they needed sympathy. In any case, the decision of the jury in this trial was imminent. And now everyone was waiting for that moment... Finally, a few minutes later, all twelve jurors arrived. Fancy Pants began speaking.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Based on everything we have heard in this courtroom, we have come to the following conclusions. First: Whether or not the humiliation of the marmoset dignity of these two animals has been proven, and whether or not they are guilty of it... Guilty! " Tom and Jerry shuddered at this conclusion, but it's a start... "Second: Whether the theft and defacement of other people's property by these two animals have been proven, and whether they are guilty of it... Guilty!" 

The elements of Harmony could already taste victory, and Tom and Jerry were afraid."Third: Whether the moral and physical harm to the victims has been proven by these two animals, and whether they are guilty of it... Guilty!" Now Tom and Jerry were preparing a will... "Do the defendants deserve leniency... Yes, they do." This cheered up the cat , the mouse, and the Elements bearers 

"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, of the jury. Defendants, rise!" Celestia said to the defendants as the defendants stood up. "Any last words you two would say?"

"We want to apologize..." Tom began. "We are very ashamed, believe us."

"We came into this world and ... acted like tomboys." Jerry continued. "We could've been friends, and now we're going to war, causing us to bring havoc we didn't want to intent."

Tom suddenly stopped Jerry writing.

"It's all my fault... And Jerry had nothing to do with it, he just followed me... The path I stepped on." Tom looked at all the ponies, especially the Harmony Elements, with sincere regret. "You can do what you want with me, but let Jerry go!"

"Tom!" Jerry was shocked by such self-sacrifice from his natural enemy. "What are you talking about?"

"What I'm saying is that I've learned the importance of teamwork! When you can lean on your friend, put your shoulder to his side to help him... You and I are in the same boat here and we have to sail it together."

"No, Tom! We're both good! We're both ready for nastiness and meanness anything in the world! That's why I'll be proud to follow you even now!"

Tom and Jerry looked at each other as friends, not enemies, but frienemies. Jerry held out his paw for a paw shake, and Tom shook his friend's paw. All the ponies watching this scene were touched, except, of course, Shining and Cadence.

"Anyway, if we're going to be punished, we're ready to take it. Because we deserve it." Tom and Jerry raised one plaque together.

"Okay. We'll confer now and make a decision." With those words, the Alicorns left the hall.

Tom and Jerry see each other as enemies, but that's why they are frienemies, to become friends at least sometimes, especially in a situation like this. Twilight and her friends looked at these animals with a certain amount of pride, as they finally realized that they need to take responsibility for their actions sometimes, and not blame them on others. But also... They now acted like friends... comrades... a team... It was a great joy, for Princess Celestia's faithful apprentice...

The princesses gave an acquittal against the defendants and the Elements of Harmony had no objection to such a verdict. Now, Tom, Jerry, all the Elements of Harmony, Shining, and the Princesses were in the throne room, where the cat and mouse again apologized for everything.

"Come on..." said Applejack. "What's past is past, guys."

"Yeah." Rainbow agreed. "But I won't be flying anytime soon."

"I've been wanting to use my "look" on you and teach you guys a lesson, but now I don't even feel like it," Fluttershy confessed. "Now that you two have spoken the truth."

"Well, gentlemen, you can be good after all, if you wish," said Rarity.

"I knew they could be friends! I knew all along! - Pinky exclaimed.

"I think this will be a good lesson for you," Twilight said.

"You can be sure of that!" Tom replied, as usual with a sign.

"That goes without saying!" Jerry replied.

"Now we must somehow bring you home," Celestia said.

"But we don't even know how they got here." Luna intervened. "They told us that they woke up in the Everfree Forest."

"Maybe the ponies could have moved them here of their own accord," said Cadence.

"And who would want to do that? - Shining asked.

"You can guess three times," someone's mocking voice echoed.

"Well, of course..." said Celestia with a wicked grin on her face. "Who else but him..."

"May I ask who 'he' is?" Jerry asked with some fear.

A very strange dragon appeared in the center of the hall with a bright flash...who looked like Frankenstein's monster, for his head was like a horse, his right horn was deer and the other was the goat; his right paw was a lion's and his left was an eagle; his right-wing was a bat and his left was a pegasus, his right leg a lizard and his left hoof a horse and a matching dragon tail with a brush on the end...All the ponies recognized him...

"Discord..." Twilight hissed.