Ponyville had one chaotic day. Without warning, four goats came out of the blue and instilled panic in the town. Fortunately, nopony was severely injured despite all the damages the goats caused.
While picking up Flurry Heart, Cadance and Shining Armor were surprised by what transpired, but they were glad that their daughter wasn’t hurt, physically speaking. The baby alicorn was still upset over what happened to her Whammy.
After Flurry Heart left Ponyville with her parents, Twilight and Starlight placed a barrier around the town to keep the goats out. The princess also sent a letter to Celestia, informing her of the chaotic creatures.
As repairs were being done, Twilight spent the rest of the day investigating. Unfortunately, she had no luck acquiring anything that could help her better understand these creatures. She swept the places that the goats set hoof in, including Zecora’s hut, but she was unable to find a single strand of their hair. She also examined every object that the goats put their mouths on, but there was no saliva on them. Needless to say, Twilight was left with more questions than answers. She had no idea where they came from or if they had any motives. Not knowing much made it difficult for her to go to bed after Luna raised the moon.
On the next morning at the Rock Farm, Limestone Pie prepared for a long day of work after having her breakfast. When checking on Holder’s Boulder before going to the rock fields, she was surprised to see the grey goat sitting on top of it.
The goat was peacefully staring at the sky, but Limestone did not take kindly to anycreature coming into contact with the boulder, much less sitting on it.
“Hey! Get down from there!” Limestone yelled at the goat.
The goat acted like it did not hear her and continued gazing at the sky.
“Can’t you hear me!? I said get down from there!” Limestone yelled again even louder.
The goat continued to ignore her. Limestone then threw a small pebble at the goat’s head to get its attention. The goat didn’t flinch, prompting the mare to throw more pebbles. No matter how many pebbles she threw, the goat did not pay Limestone any mind, making her more frustrated.
Losing patience, she picked up a much larger rock, but before she threw it, the goat jumped off Holder’s Boulder and landed in front of her. While looking into the goat’s eyes, Limestone gave a threatening glare.
“I don’t know where you come from, but listen carefully. I run this whole rock farm. Cross me and you’re going to regret it.” Limestone said in an unfriendly tone while poking the goat with her right front hoof.
While keeping its blank expression, the goat turned around and walked towards Holder’s Boulder.
“I’m warning you! Stay away from Holder’s Boulder!” Limestone growled.
The goat then latched its tongue on the boulder and hurled it to a faraway distance. Limestone let out a long gasp as her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. While she was still frozen with shock, the goat casually licked her face and walked away without a care in the world.
Near the town of Appleloosa, the buffalos were doing their traditional stampede. Their stampede was going smoothly as they ran on the open path through the apple orchard. But before they get past the orchard, Chief Thunderhooves noticed something up ahead.
There was a lone creature standing in the buffalos’ path. It was the brown goat and it was standing next to three cannons fully loaded with firework rockets, and they were all aimed at the incoming buffalos. In its mouth, the goat was carrying a match, which it used to light up the fuses.
The cannons fired and the buffalos were met with a barrage of fireworks. As the fireworks exploded around them, the buffalos stumbled and collided with each other. While watching from his home, Discord giggled as the buffalos piled on one another.
The citizens of Appleloosa were alarmed by the sound of fireworks. Braeburn was about to go investigate, but the goat bolted into the town on a skateboard with a rocket attached to it.
The goat zoomed around wildly, sending the ponies into a panic as they scattered. Anypony that was unable to dodge the goat was sent spiraling in the air.
A mare eventually threw an apple pie at the goat’s face, causing it to fall off its skateboard. The skateboard kept going until it crashed into the sheriff’s office. The rocket attached to the skateboard exploded, setting the station ablaze.
As the goat got back up and licked the pie off its face, Braeburn, Sheriff Silverstar, and several other Appleloosans surrounded the creature with the intention to capture it. The ponies rushed the goat, but the latter leaped over them and ran away at super-quick speed. The Appleloosans tried to pursue the goat, but it was too fast for them.
Right outside of the weather factory in Cloudsdale, three of the workers, Hoops, Dumb-Bell, and Score, were taking a break after hours of work. The three were drinking smoothies.
“This sure hits the spot.” Hoops said as he enjoyed his beverage.
Soon, they heard screams and saw a few pegasi flying frantically, like they were fleeing from something.
“What’s going on?” Dumb-Bell asked his friends.
The trio then saw the white goat heading in their direction. Moments later, it stopped and stood a few feet in front of them. It was carrying a megaphone on top of its head. The three pegasi were dumbfounded to see a goat roaming around alone on Cloudsdale.
“Wait a minute. How is this thing walking on clouds?” Score wondered.
“BAAAAAAAH!!!” With the megaphone, the goat released a powerful sound wave.
Hoops, Dumb-Bell, and Score screamed as they were blown away and launched out of Cloudsdale.
Afterwards, Spitfire, Soarin, and Thunderlane rushed to the scene.
“There it is!” Soarin spotted the goat.
“Don’t let it get inside the weather factory!” Spitfire bellowed.
The Wonderbolts swooped down on the goat at high speed, only to get blown away by the goat’s megaphone.
The goat then entered the weather factory and continued bringing disorder. All of the factory employees fled for their lives as the goat repeatedly fired sonic blasts. The worst-case scenario had arrived once the goat reached the laboratory where clouds and snow are manufactured. The goat damaged the machines, causing them to go haywire.
With chaotic weather forming over Cloudsdale, the goat discarded its megaphone device and left the cloud city on a paraglider.
In Canterlot, Prince Blueblood was dining at a luxurious restaurant. After finishing the main course of his meal, he waited for the dessert. A waitress arrived and placed a small plate of fancy-looking vanilla cake on the table.
Eager to start eating his dessert, Blueblood used his magic to lift a fork and prepared to cut off a piece of the cake.
“Baaaaaaaaaaah...”
“Huh?!” Blueblood yelped upon seeing some unexpected company. Standing near him was the black goat and it appeared to be wearing a huge jet pack.
The goat blankly stared at Blueblood, who stared back with a perplexed expression.
“W-where did you come from?” Blueblood stuttered.
“Baaaaaaah...” The goat simply replied.
“Well, I don’t appreciate being disturbed by a lowly creature such as yourself! Now shoo! Leave at once so I can enjoy my delicious dessert!” Blueblood said irritably.
Using its tongue, the goat swiped the cake and devoured the whole thing in one bite.
“Aaah! You filthy scoundrel!” Blueblood snapped.
The goat then seized him with its tongue, which took the prince by surprise. As he wondered how the goat’s tongue was able to stick to him like glue, the jet pack activated and the goat took flight and dragged Blueblood along for the ride. They flew out of the restaurant by breaking through a glass window and they soared high into the air over the streets of Canterlot.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!! PUT ME DOOOOOOOOOWN!!!” Blueblood screamed in terror while flailing his hooves.
After they zigzagged in the air for a few minutes, the unicorn was released from the goat’s grip. Blueblood cried out as he plummeted towards the ground, until he fell into a dumpster. As he climbed out of the dumpster, Blueblood whimpered as he was completely covered in trash. Meanwhile, the goat then flew towards Canterlot library.
In the library, Moon Dancer was reading a book as usual. When she turned to the next page, the goat suddenly busted through the roof, surprising Moon Dancer and everypony inside. With the jet pack still active, the goat erratically flew around inside the library. The ponies had to either move to the side or duck to avoid getting hit. While flying, the goat bumped into the book shelves again and again. Because of the jet pack’s rocket thrusters, some of the books caught fire and the flames quickly spread. All the ponies evacuated in a hurry and the goat managed to fly out through the hole on the roof as the library went up in smoke.
While watching the goat’s movements, Discord snapped his finger and teleported the goat close to the royal castle. The goat soon flew through a stained-glass window, alerting the guards.
The goat flew around in random directions and bounced off the walls multiple times. The guards were at a loss of what to do since a goat flying into the palace with a jet pack was the last thing any of them expected. Eventually, the jet pack got loose, and the goat dropped down and tumbled on the floor. The jet pack crashed into a wall, resulting in a huge explosion.
The goat swiftly rose back to its hooves nonchalantly, but found itself surrounded by the guards, all pointing their spears at the goat.
“Halt, intruder!” One of the guards commanded.
A circular metal shield suddenly materialized on the goat’s back. The creature then used its tongue to hurl the shield. It hit one guard and ricocheted to another guard. The shield bounced around like a pinball, striking many more guards. Discord snickered as the guards were getting knocked out, one after another.
“ENOUGH!!!” A certain alicorn shouted in her royal Canterlot voice.
Appearing before the goat is the ruler of Equestria herself, Princess Celestia.
“Stand down, creature!” Celestia demanded.
The goat responded by throwing its shield at Celestia, who put up a magical barrier and deflected the shield back at the goat, knocking it down. The sun alicorn then used her magic to pin the goat to the floor.
“It’s time we find out what you are.” Celestia declared.
Discord secretly intervened by conjuring a swirling vortex beneath the goat. The creature then vanished from the palace, leaving Celestia baffled.
The goat reappeared in front of Canterlot Carousel. It gazed at the boutique briefly before walking in through the front door. After hearing the door opened, the boutique’s manager, Sassy Saddles, went to greet the new arrival.
“Hello, welcome to...” The unicorn was bewildered to see that the visitor wasn’t a pony.
Forty minutes later...
A group of guards arrived at Canterlot Carousel after receiving word of a public disturbance occurring there. They found Sassy Saddles in great distress but she was unharmed. However, everything in the boutique was in tatters, as if a storm went by. As for the perpetrator, it was long gone.
Later that day, the Mane Six and Spike gathered in the Castle of Friendship for an important meeting.
“Girls, I have important news that I need to relay to you.” Twilight said.
“What is it, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked.
“The goats have struck again.” Twilight answered with a serious tone.
Naturally, the rest of the Mane Six were concerned.
“What did those ruffians do this time?” Rarity inquired.
“At Appleloosa, the brown goat disrupted the buffalos’ stampede and destroyed the sheriff’s station. The white one attacked the weather factory at Cloudsdale. And the black one stirred up trouble at Canterlot.” Spike explained.
“Nopony was seriously hurt, thankfully.” Twilight added.
“We need to stop them before they could do something worse!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
“What about the fourth goat?” Pinkie chimed in.
“No major incidents concerning the grey goat reported so far.” Twilight stated.
Spike belched up a burst of green fire that formed into a scroll, which the dragon then caught in his hand. He then handed it to Twilight.
The alicorn then unfolded the scroll and began reading it. “It’s a detailed report of all the damages the black goat did at Canterlot.”
As she read through the scroll, she discovered what happened to the Canterlot library.
“Seriously! What does the black goat have against libraries?!” Twilight thought out loud in shock.
“So, is there a plan to catch these varmints?” Applejack questioned.
“Princess Celestia has posted guards at every town and city in Equestria. We’ll be notified right away the next time the goats show themselves. When they do, we’ll be there to stop them in any way we can.” Twilight replied before turning her head to Spike.
“And Spike, if we see the black goat again and if capture proves to be too difficult, you may eliminate it with fire.” Twilight said sternly.
“Uh, isn’t that a bit excessive?” Spike asked.
“That creature has committed the gravest of sins! Not once, not twice, but thrice! I swear, it must be punished for all the innocent books it harmed!” Twilight bellowed.
“Twilight, darling, aren’t you getting a bit too melodramatic?” Rarity interjected.
“There’s something you need to know.” Twilight then showed Rarity the part of the report revealing that Canterlot Carousel was vandalized.
“THAT GOAT MUST BE DESTROYED!!!!” Rarity screeched.
“TWILIGHT!!!” Trixie rushed into the castle.
“Trixie?” Twilight was taken aback.
“When you go searching for those dastardly goats, please let me join you. I have a score to settle with one of them! The brown goat ruined my precious wagon! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE NEEDS JUSTICE!!!!” Trixie bellowed dramatically.
“O-okay, you may assist us when the goats appear again.” Understanding where Trixie was coming from, Twilight accepted her request.
Unbeknownst to the ponies and dragon, Discord was spying on them.
“Good luck, my little ponies. You’re going to need it.” The Lord of Chaos said with a grin.