//------------------------------// // The Meanbooms part 2 // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Magical Mayhem // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// In the cafeteria, Mikey was looking under tables with Lancer and Bright Eyes helping. "They're not under here either," Lancer said. "Same over here," Bright Eyes chimed in. "Boy this was a lot easier with Pinkie helping," Mikey noted. "Um, Mikey Sensei, can I ask you something?" Bright Eyes asked. "Sure," Mikey nodded. "What's up, Bright Eyes?" "What were you going to say earlier?" Bright Eyes inquired. Mikey looked nervous, "I don't know what you're talking about?" "Yeah I saw you about to raise your hand but stopped," Lancer noted. "Like you know something about why everyone accused Fluttershy." "Well, I-" Before Mikey could say anything, he happened to look outside and saw someone familiar run by. "Hey look! There's Pinkie!" They hurried by the window to see her to run up to what appeared to be Fluttershy. "Looks like she's found Fluttershy!" Lancer said. Bright Eyes squinted, "Does something feel off?" "Yeah, I feel it too," Mikey agreed. Outside, Pinkie ran up to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, I'm glad I found you! I heard about how Applejack and Rainbow Dash accused you of doing meanie things to them." What Pinkie didn't know, was that she was actually talking to Flutterbrat who replied, "You did? I mean!" She quickly pretended to be sad. "Oh yes, they were so mean!" "I hear yah!" Pinkie frowned. "Those meanies then accused me of doing meanie things to them, even Rarity! And I didn't do anything to them!" "Oh no! That's awful!" Flutterbrat gasped, while secretly smiling to herself knowing it must have been Meanie Pie who did that. "Yeah, but when I heard how mean they were to you, I thought I'd cheer you up... with this!" Pinkie held out a cupcake to Flutterbrat. "For me?" Flutterbrat said, taking the cupcake. "I love it!" But then she purposely dropped it on the ground and squashed it, much to Pinkie's horror. "Love to smush it that is!" Pinkie gasped and knelt before it in tears. "Fluttershy, how could you?!" "Oh, boo hoo! Are you gonna cry now, like the crybaby you are?!" Flutterbrat mocked. "Applejack and Rainbow Dash were right about you!" Pinkie ran away, crying. Mikey, Bright Eyes, and Lancer gasped before the Turtle quickly pulled the two kids down out of sight before Flutterbrat could spot them. The Fluttershy clone looked in their direction, but when she saw nothing, she shrugged and walked away, laughing cruelly. "Did you guys see that?!" Lancer asked in shock. "I can't believe Fluttershy would do that?!" Bright Eyes gasped. "Well I don't believe it!" Mikey said. "The Fluttershy I know would never be a total jerk!" Then he muttered bitterly to himself, "Like my bros!" "What was that?" Bright Eyes asked. "Nothing!" "Hey, did you hear what Pinkie said?" Lancer noted. "That Applejack, Rainbow, and Rarity accused her of doing bad things to them but she didn't do anything?" "Yeah. That's so weird?" Bright Eyes said before she noticed Mikey looking thoughtful. "Mikey?" Mikey looked hesitant to answer, "Uh... Well, I have a theory about what's really going on, but it's probably too crazy." "The whole time I've been here, I've seen Equestrian Magic do a lot of impossible things, so I doubt it's that crazy," Bright Eyes rebuked. "Alright," Mikey gave in. "What Lancer said earlier after Fluttershy was accused, it reminded me of something that happened back in Equestria." "What happened?" Bright Eyes asked. "Before we left Equestria last time, we were visited by the Tree of Harmony," Mikey explained. "It told us that Chrysalis had made clones of Princess Twilight and the other girls, just like she did with us and the Dark Turtles. The girls were going on a retreat to the Tree of Harmony at the same time. Chrysalis made them in order to steal the Elements of Harmony. The clones were the exact opposites of the girls. Rainbow was lazy, Applejack was a liar, Rarity was selfish, Pinkie was rude, Fluttershy was mean, and Twilight was a snotty know it all." "What happened to them?" Lancer asked. "They went separately and tricked the girls that they were the real deal. It caused confusion and ruined their retreat. When they came to the tree, they turned on Chrysalis and the Elements destroyed them." "You don’t think they came back, do you?" Bright Eyes inquired. "Either that or someone made their own clones," Mikey replied. "I know! It’s the stupidest idea you both ever heard!" Actually, I believe you, Mikey," Bright Eyes said. "Wait! You do?" Mikey asked and Bright Eyes nodded. "So do I," Lancer added. "Why?" "You may be immature, a prankster, and not the sharpest tool in the shed, but you're definitely no liar," Bright Eyes explained. "Besides, someone very wise told me that." Mikey knew it must have been Splinter. Bright Eyes went on, "And it would explain everything. But, the main problem is, how do we prove it?" Mikey thought for a moment before he had an idea. "We get proof! And here's how we'll do it: We each split up and look for one of the Rainbooms or the Meanbooms!" "Meanbooms?" Lancer raised a brow. "That's what I'm calling the evil clones," Mikey said. "If we spot one of the girls, we take a picture of them, using the camera tablets from the photo class, then contact the rest of us through our phones so we know which Rainboom or Meanboom to find and then take a picture of them. Then we do the same with the rest and show the pictures to Principal Celestia and Vice Principle Luna." "That's actually a pretty good plan," Bright Eyes admitted. "And let's write down the time the picture was taken so they'll know they weren't taken at different times." "Let's go tell the others," Lancer said. "Whoa! Hold up!" Mikey interjected. "I don't think that's a good idea." "Why not?" Bright Eyes asked. "Well, uh... because my bros and friends are too busy trying to find the geodes," Mikey explained. "And-And if there are evil clones of the girls running around, we can't trust any of the Rainbooms until we know who's who." Bright Eyes and Lancer looked at each other before the girl replied, "I guess that makes sense." A few minutes later, they came out of the photo room each holding a camera tab. "Okay, I'll look around outside the school, you two look around inside," Mikey stated. "Once we're done, let's meet back here, and be careful. We don't those evil clones to know we're on to them." "We won't," Bright Eyes replied. "You be careful too." "Good luck," Lancer said, and Mikey hurried off down the hall. But as soon as he disappeared around the corner, Lancer asked Bright Eyes doubtfully, "Did you buy his explanation?" "Not one bit," Bright Eyes said dryly. "So why do you think he doesn't want to tell the others about the Meanbooms?" Lancer wondered aloud. "I honestly don't know?" Bright Eyes shrugged. "But if I had to guess, it must be something personal." Meanwhile, Zach and Caitlyn are checking a room for Applejack and Rainbow’s geodes. Caitlyn checked a box before turning to her brother. "Found anything?" Zach crawled from under a desk. "Nothing. Just some loose change." "Those geodes have got to be around here somewhere," Caitlyn said, drumming her fingers on another desk. Just then, Pinkie came running in bawling. "Pinkie? What’s wrong with you?" Pinkie looked up, "First, I get accused of assaulting Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash! And when I found Fluttershy and tried to cheer her up, she SMASHES MY CUPCAKE!" Caitlyn looked at Zach, "This sounds serious." "Real serious," Zach agreed. "Fluttershy's not the type that wastes desserts like that." "I know RIGHT?!" Pinkie exclaimed. "This keeps getting weirder and weirder by the minute," Caitlyn stated. "What’s going on in here?" The three look to see Twilight at the door. Or so they thought. "Twilight?" Pinkie said, noticing that Twilight was frowning in an unfriendly way. That was because it was really Midnight Sparkle, but neither she nor the siblings knew that. "Did you find Fluttershy?" Zach "No," Midnight rolled her eyes. "I have more important things to do than looking for that meekling." "Huh?" The three gasped at her rudeness. "But you said you were going to comfort Fluttershy?" Pinkie said. "She was really upset." Then she muttered, "Even if she did smash my cupcake." "Well, she needs to learn to get over it!" Midnight snapped. "And you should learn to pay attention more instead of always getting distracted like a complete idiot!" Pinkie gasped and looked hurt. "Hey, you're being rude, Twilight!" Zach scolded. "I don't pull my punches, no matter how mean it is," Midnight rebuked. "You're obviously too boneheaded to understand." "Hey, don't call my brother a bonehead!" Caitlyn yelled. "That's my job!" "Or what? You'll tattle on me?" Midnight asked. "Cause that's all you're ever good at! You're a lousy journalist, and an even lousier singer!" Caitlyn jerked back with a hand on her heart, as that last comment really hurt. "Twilight!" Pinkie exclaimed. "How could you say mean things like that?! "Get over it!" Midnight spat. "And you know what else? This is a waste of my time!" Then she lifted all three of them up with her magic and tossed them into a nearby closet. Then she took Pinkie's geode. "My geode!" Pinkie cried. "Twilight, why are you taking it?" "None of your business!" Midnight retorted, slamming the door on them. Then she left the room unaware that Bright Eyes and Lancer had gotten a picture of her and quickly sent a text to Mikey. After receiving the text, Mikey looked around outside until he spotted the real Twilight looking for Fluttershy. Then she ran into Rainbow Ditch. "Rainbow Dash?" Twilight said in confusion. "I thought you were with-" Rainbow Ditch snatched her geode then ran circles around her, making her spin and fall on her face, before racing off. But not before Mikey got a picture. "As if, dorkwad!" She snorted. Twilight sat up, feeling hurt, "Dorkwad?" Mikey then texted Lancer back. "I hope I’m not too late," he started to head back when he bumped into Wallflower and Trixie. "Mikey!" Wallflower said. "Thank goodness! It is you, right?" "Booyakasha," Mikey exclaimed. "Okay, good," Wallflower sighed in relief. "There’s something weird going on here. I just saw Sunset being rude to Fluttershy and then she was in a runaway dumpster shortly after. Like there were two Sunsets at once!" "And Twilight called to me saying Blade wanted to ask me out. And I can’t find him!" Trixie complained. "Any chance you know what’s going on here?" Wallflower asked. Mikey looked around, before he motioned for the two to follow him. He lead them around a corner of the school before he answered, "Okay, Wallflower, you did see two Sunset's. Only one of them was an evil clone." "What?" Wallflower asked in confusion. Mikey turned to Trixie, "And, Trixie, I'm pretty sure the Twilight you saw was an evil clone too." "Huh? How do you know that?" Trixie inquired. "Because I just took a picture of the real Twilight," Mikey showed them the photo he had taken. "Wait, is that Rainbow Dash?" Trixie asked. "Nope, it's an evil clone of her; Rainbow Ditch!" Mikey stated. "Rainbow Dash too!" Wallflower gasped. "How many clones are there?" "There's evil clones of ALL the Rainbooms," Mikey answered. "And they're causing all sorts of trouble and the real Rainbooms are getting blamed!" "We need to tell the others!" Wallflower said. "NO! I mean, they’re focusing on trying to find the missing Geodes. They’re a little busy," Mikey rebuffed. "I, on the other hand, have to find my Blade! He can help us!" Trixie said. "Are you sure we shouldn’t at least tell Leo about this?" Wallflower asked. "Nah I got Bright Eyes and Lancer helping me, we should be fine," Mikey assured. Wallflower gave a flat look before she said, "If you say so. If this helps, I saw Sunset's clone walk off in that direction." She pointed toward one of the entrances to the school. "Then that's where I'm going!" Mikey said. But just as he started off, Wallflower called. "Wait! I wanna help." "You do?" Mikey looked back at her. "I understand I'm no ninja," Wallflower explained. "But after the Rainbooms helped me not feel invisible, even after I used the Memory Stone on them, I feel like I owe them for accepting me. I want to make it up to them by saving their friendship!" Trixie chimed in. "And Trixie wants to help Sunset Shimmer because.... She... was the only friend I ever had. She actually treated me as a normal human being. She was the only one I didn't have to act Great and Powerful in front of before you guys followed after." Mikey smiled at their willingness. "Welcome aboard! Now let's go find one of those Meanbooms!" "Meanbooms?" Trixie raised a brow. "The evil clones," Mikey explained. And the three hurried off. But as they did, a thought ocurred to Trixie. "Wait? If the Twilight I saw wasn't the real Twilight, does that mean Blade never wanna to ask me out?!" She asked. "Big time!" Mikey answered. "Then I will prove myself to him by helping our friends!" Trixie declared. Mikey and Wallflower look at each other deadpanned. Wallflower whispers to Mikey, "Should we tell her Blade isn't interested in her?" Mikey whispers back, "Nah. If it'll help us, we'll let her be." Meanwhile, Donnie and April follow Rainbow Ditch while still hiding and follow her to an old shed. "There she goes," Donnie said. "How much you wanna bet we'll find the answers in there?" April inquired. "I bet you're right," Donnie replied. "C'mon!" The two snuck up to the shed and hid on each side of the door. Donnie motioned to his head, silently telling April to use her powers. April nodded and held and hand to her head, using her psychic abilities to detect if Rainbow was in there. After a while, April shook her head, saying she didn't sense anyone in there. Carefully, the two went inside and looked around. The shed was filled with cobwebs and old gardening tools, but no Rainbow Dash. "I know we saw her come in here. Where'd she go?" Donnie asked, unaware that a shadowy figure rose up behind him and April. "Right here!" "What?!" April gasped as she and Donnie whipped around. WHAM! The Turtle and the redhead dropped to the floor, knocked out cold. Rainbow Ditch had snuck up behind them and hit them both with a shovel. "Evil Dorkwad was right, you ninjas are catching on!" Rainbow Ditch took their weapons and slammed the door shut, propping the shovel against it so they couldn't get out. Then she threw the weapons in the bushes and raced off. Elsewhere, in the hallway, Carter, Buffy, and Angel were searching for the geodes. "Anything?" Angel asked her brother. "Nothing," Carter shook his head. Buffy huffed, "We’ve been looking around for a half hour and still no geodes!" "They gotta be around here somewhere," Carter said. "How would you know?" Buffy asked. "Cause I go with my gut," Carter answered. "Hey look! There’s Rainbow!" Angel pointed. Sure enough, Rainbow came storming down the hall until she spotted the three. "I'm glad to see you guys." "Any luck finding your geodes?" Buffy asked. "None," Rainbow frowned. "And get this! Pinkie then jumped us and mocked us then had the gall to claim she didn’t! Now I lost Donnie, April, AJ, and-" Something bumped behind her. She looked up to see what appeared to be Rarity but was actually Greedity. "Rarity! Where were you? Have you seen the others?" Carter noticed the items she was carrying. "Aren’t those Raph and his groups’ weapons?" Greedity quickly backed up with a sneer, "These are mine!" "Yeah, I'm pretty sure that stuff isn't yours," Rainbow retorted. "Wait a minute!" She noticed Sunset's geode. "Is that Sunset's geode?" She reached for it, only for Greedity to kick her back. "Back off! It's mine I tell you!" Greedity growled, then she started throwing more kicks at Rainbow, as the girls dodged them. "Whoa! Rarity! What's gotten into-you!" Rainbow exclaimed, until Greedity managed to land a kick and knock her into the lockers. Carter grabbed Greedity's arms to hold her back. "Easy, Rarity!" But Greedity managed to flip him over her shoulder and threw him into Rainbow. "Hey!" Buffy shouted. Then Greedity grabbed her arm in one hand and sent a chop to her chest with the other, before she upper cut her in the jaw, then she kneed her in the gut and threw her into the others. "Alright, that's it!" Angel got out her sticks and whacked Greedity before she spin-kicked her off her feet. Then she turned to the others. "There's something wrong with Rarity!" Suddenly, she was scooped up Greedity's diamond shield and flatted against the others. While unknown to everyone, someone had just taken some pictures of the whole scene before disappearing back around the corner. Greedity ran up and grabbed the things she had taken from Raph's group, before she yelled, "It's mine, you hear me?! All mi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hine!" Then she ran off, laughing crazy. "What... just... happened?" Rainbow groaned in pain. Meanwhile, Bright Eyes and Lancer (who were the ones who had taken the pictures) were hurrying down the hallway. "Just sent the text to Mikey," Lancer said to Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes nodded. "Good. Now let's find another-" A locker suddenly burst open and a figure fell out in their path. The two screamed and held onto each other before Bright Eyes saw who the figure was, "Blade?" Blade stood up and straightened his back, "Sorry 'bout the scare. I was hiding from Trixie. What are you guys doing?" Bright Eyes and Lancer saw they were still holding each other and quickly pulled apart, blushing. "We’re trying to gather evidence," Lancer explained. Bright Eyes spoke, "Mikey believes that there are evil duplicates of the Rainbooms." "Like how Chrysalis made those evil clones of the Turtles?" Blade asked, having heard about the incident. "Yeah," Lancer nodded. "And we’re trying to find out who’s behind all this." "You know, it makes sense really," Blade stated. "Rarity stole our weapons claiming they’re hers, Applejack felt off when she led the others to her, and when I tried to tell Twilight about it, she sicked Trixie on me. And I’ve been hiding in the locker since. We need to find Leonardo." "I thought so too, but Mikey said they’re probably too busy trying to find the geodes," Bright Eyes told him what Mikey said. "Okay?" Blade raised a brow, not really buying it. "Yeah, we thought that sounded lame," Lancer agreed. Bright Eyes continued, "Anyway, Mikey's plan was to get pictures of the evil clones and the Rainbooms then show them to Principal Celestia and Vice Principle Luna. "How's it going?" Blade inquired. "So far so good," Bright Eyes replied. "Maybe I can help you guys," Blade suggested. "Great!" Lancer smiled. "Let's go!" And they all hurried off. Karai and Shinigami were searching the auditorium for the geodes. "Senpai, no sign of the geodes," Shinigami said to Karai. "I had no luck either," Karai replied. "Let's do one last sweep before moving elsewhere." As they continued searching, Shini spoke, "You know, I can't stop thinking about what Rainbow and Applejack said about Fluttershy. She was with us the whole time, so how could she have also been with them?" "I'm curious about it myself," Karai admitted. "I've also thought about what Lancer said before about there being two Fluttershys," Shinigami continued. "It might not be off? "What do you mean, Shini?" Karai asked. "Well, it reminded me of when we learned about those evil clones of Princess Twilight and her friends, how the clones caused confusion among the real ones and made them blame one another." Karai thought about that when suddenly there was a loud cluttering sound from backstage that made them both double take. "What was that?" "I'm not sure?" Shinigami replied. The two kunoichi moved cautiously backstage and peeked through the curtain. There stood what appeared to be Rarity, swiping all the stage props and costumes in sight. "Mine! Mine! Mine!" She cackled with delight. "Is that Rarity?" Karai asked, confused. "What's she doing?" Shinigami recognized one of the things she was holding. "Those are Raphael's sais." "And Blade's sword. And.... Sunset's geode!" Karai noticed. "Why would Rarity claim everyone's stuff?" Shinigami wondered aloud. "Unless...." "She's not Rarity!" Karai realized. "Remember that disappearing trick we practiced with the Dazzlings, Shini?" Shinigami grinned, "I was hoping to try it since we came to Canterlot." Greedity was still marveling at the weapons and geodes. "Mine! Mine! Mine.... Mine? She noticed smoke surrounding her. Before she could react, two shadows jumped her. When the smoke cleared, Shini held Greedity in a full nelson as Karai grabbed the stolen goods. "Those are mine! MINE!" Greedity struggled against Shinigami's hold. "I have a couple friends who'd beg to differ," Karai retorted. "I think they'll want to have a word with you." "No!" Greedity cried. "Don't want to? TOO BAD!" Karai rebuked. "We're going back to find our friends and you're gonna give us some answers!" Greedity responded with a crazed grin that made the two confused. Before they could question, Karai noticed something and looked down. Greedity had generated a diamond shield underneath her feet. Next thing Karai knew, she was then tossed into the air and she crashed into Shinigami, making her release her hold on Greedity. The evil clone then grabbed the stuff and made a run for it. Karai hissed and transformed into her serpent form. Then she lunged forward and sweeped Greedity's legs, tripping her up. The clone backed up against a wall as the two kunoichi had her cornered. "Nice try!" Shinigami smirked. "You're not going anywhere!" Karai hissed. Greedity looked around frantically before spotting something that made grin again. "No, but you two are!" And she pulled a lever. A trap door opened up and Karai and Shinigami fell down it. Karai morphed back and grumbled, "I'm really starting to dislike her!" Then a shadow fell on them. The two looked up and their eyes widened. Greedity was holding a bunch of heavy stage props on another diamond shield right above the trap door, and above them! "Oh no!" Shinigami said as Greedity dropped the shield and all the props came crashing down on them. Meanwhile, Mikey, Wallflower, and Trixie looked in the School library and saw Meanset Shimmer knock down books from the shelf. "That’s definitely not Sunset!" Wallflower stated. "She reads books almost as much as Twilight." Mikey had an idea. "Maybe if we trick her into thinking we weren’t expecting her, we could grab a pic of her? "But who will act as the bait?" Wallflower asked. Trixie cleared her throat, "My time to shine." Shortly after, Trixie pretended to look for a book as Meanset saw and walked up to her. "Hello, Trixie," Meanset greeted, pretending to be Sunset. "Sunset Shimmer," Trixie smiled, pretending to be fooled. "Have you seen your cousin anywhere? Twilight told me he wanted to ask me out." "You mean Blade Swipe?" Meanset inquired. "Actually, I have." "Really? Where?!" Trixie asked giddily. "He went to go, for getting the heck away from you!" Meanset spat. "Wait, huh?" Trixie mouth dropped open. "Did you really think Blade would ever even consider asking out a egotistical mediocre magician like you?" Meanset asked, insulting her. "Mediocre?!" Trixie exclaimed. Meanset continued to belittle her. "Because you're egotistical, self centered, and full of yourself! Get over yourself!" "Ah! My feelings are hurt!" Trixie cried, overreacting. "How can you say such horrible things!" "Oh go cry me a river!" Meanset mocked. Wallflower spoke to Mikey sounding annoyed, "Trixie is such a ham." "As long as I get a pic of Meanset over there, it's cool," Mikey replied. "How could ever be so cruel, Sunset Shimmer?!" Trixie asked, still acting hurt. "And I thought we were friends after I helped you out during that Memory Stone incident!" "Well, you thought wrong, Ms Great and Powerful!" Meanset grabbed Trixie's arm and flipped her over her shoulder onto a book cart then pushed it, just as Mikey snapped a picture, sending it rolling with Trixie screaming. Mikey and Wallflower shut their eyes and winced as Trixie crashed. Meanset laughed and walked out of the library. As soon as she left, Mikey and Wallflower ran up to Trixie, who was sprawled beneath a pile of books. "Are you okay, Trixie?" Wallflower asked. "Trixie has been better," Trixie groaned. "Good news is, I got the photo," Mikey showed them the picture he took. "So the plan worked?" Trixie asked, then she stood up looking smug. "Ha! That fool clone was no match for Trixie's Great and Powerful acting!" "Looks like it," Wallflower rolled her eyes. "Let's head back to the photo room," Mikey said. Soon the three left the library. But then Meanset peeked around the corner and watched them with curiosity. Meanwhile, Bright Eyes, Lancer, and Blade Swipe saw Rainbow Ditch in the music room smashing The Rock n Beats' instruments. Bright Eyes handed Blade the camera and he snuck in. Lancer twitched as Rainbow Ditch smashed his guitar but still kept it together as Blade secretly took a picture. He then snuck back and said, "Got it. Come on." As they hurried, Bright Eyes spoke to her friend, "I'm sorry about your guitar, Lancer." "I know that's not really Rainbow Dash," Lancer said. "We can have whoever's behind this pay. I'm more worried at how Melody will react if she sees-" he was cut off by a loud scream from the said girl. "We should go find Michelangelo," Blade said. "We should have enough evidence." Soon, both groups were in the photo room and Wallflower was arranging the photos on the computer. "Wow, you're really good at this, Wallflower," Bright Eyes complemented. "Well, I am part of the yearbook committee," Wallflower stated. "Impressive," Blade admitted. "Almost as impressive as a great team we make, eh Blade?" Trixie asked, leaning up to him, batting her eyes. "Uuuh yeah. In fact, why don’t you wait here while I go stand over there," Blade stepped closer to the door away from Trixie. "And done," Wallflower said as she finished. "All the photos are in place and marked with the time they were taken." "Ah yeah! Great!" Mikey pumped a fist. "Now let's go get Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna and show 'em!" He started for the door, when Blade stood in his way. "First, tell us the real reason you didn't want to tell Leo or the others," he ordered. "Uh, what are you talking about?" Mikey asked. "I told you all the reason." Bright Eyes spoke, sounding skeptical, "No offense, Sensei Mikey, but we don't think you did." "AHA! I knew there was a deception in motion!" Trixie declared. "I’m not deceiving anyone!" Mikey insisted. "I just want to help The Rainbooms is all." "Without even telling anyone?" Wallflower asked rhetorically. "They’re too busy finding the geodes to be bothered by such foolish ideas," Mikey repeated his previous answer. "In case you hadn’t noticed, Michelangelo, those foolish ideas are deceiving Sunset and the others and making them turn on each other. AGAIN!" Trixie stated firmly. "Mikey, is there a personal reason you don't wanna tell the others what we know?" Bright Eyes asked. "What makes you think it's personal?" Mikey replied, getting nervous. Lancer recalled "Cause we also noticed you frowning when you were about to say something after Fluttershy was accused?" "Is it personal, Mikey?" Blade asked. "No, of course not!" Mikey denied, and began walking around, ranting, "I mean it's not like I don't trust them anymore because they didn't believe me about Cozy Glow at all. And it's not because I'm mad at my bros for being total jerks to me lately. And-and it's totally not because they've never believed me about things like this even once, even though I've been right about a lot of things." Then he shouted out in anguish, "BECAUSE THEY ALL THINK I'M JUST AN IDIOT GOOFBALL AND ALL MY THEORIES ARE STUPID!!!" Everyone stared in wide eyed surprise, while Mikey looked sheepish at his outburst. "Uh, sorry…" he said. "So that’s what this is all about," Bright Eyes realized. "You haven’t forgiven them for not believing you about Cozy Glow?" "Yes," Mikey finally admitted. "But it's not just about Cozy. It's about all the other times they didn't believe me!" "Other times?" Lancer asked. "How many times have they never believed you?" "A lot!" Mikey answered, bitterly. "But they promised to listen to you more," Blade recalled. "You didn't believe them?" "Would you believe anyone who's never listened to you?" Mikey retorted. "Like how you vowed to never trust another pony again after Tempest betrayed you?" Blade flinched at the memory of Tempest leaving him for dead in the Serpent Canyon and realized that he couldn't really argue with Mikey's reasons. "Point made," he admitted. "Have your brothers and friends really never listened to you?" Wallflower asked. Mikey nodded. "Every time I told my bros and friends about things like this, they just brushed me off and ignored me! And when I warned them about Cozy Glow back in Equestria, Sunset yelled at me and called me a Goofbag!" He walked over to a wall and sat on the floor against it. "So if they're not gonna listen, then I'm not gonna bother telling them! They can figure it out by themselves! If they even notice! I don't expect any of you to get it. After all, it's not like you guys ever went through that kind of stuff." Trixie looked thoughtful for a moment before she said, " Actually... I have." Mikey looked up in surprise as she sat next to him. "I just wanna be known as a great and powerful magician, but no one takes me seriously. They think I'm just a joke and a hack! So trust me, I get it." She looked away. "And I know what it's like to be ignored more than anything," Wallflower spoke, recalling her experience. "And some students still don't trust me after I erased their memories." "Viper Kai labeled me weak because I couldn't keep up as fast as them," Lancer added. "My fellow cadets turned on me the minute I returned as a mutant," Blade added his past experience. "And Tempest Shadow's betrayal was the last straw for me, so I definitely understand what you're going through." Bright Eyes looked hesitant for a second before she said, "And I totally went through what you went through, Mikey." "What do you mean?" Mikey asked. "I sorta lied about my reasons for coming here," Bright Eyes confessed. "You see, Princess Twilight and the other professors think I'm as bad as Cozy Glow because I took her old job. So... they've been treating me with distrust and suspicion. Rainbow Dash even accused me just for smiling! So with Starlight's help, I basically ran away here." "It's true," Blade confirmed. "You got accused just for smiling?!" Wallflower asked in shock. "Are you serious?" Lancer gasped and Bright Eyes nodded. "Whoa. That's deep, girl," Mikey said in sympathy. "So I guess you all really do get it." He admitted. "But I still don't wanna tell them. It's just how I feel." The five looked at each other knowing that Mikey wasn't gonna budge. Then Blade had an idea. "Tell you what, Michelangelo," he began. "We’ll go along with your plan, but only if you tell your the others afterwards. Deal?" Mikey thought about it before he gave in, "Fine. But I still say they'll never listen." "They're your family, Mikey, they'll understand," Wallflower reasoned. "I doubt it," Mikey retorted, as he stood up and they all left the room. But after they had left, a figure appeared at the door and crept in. It was Meanset. She went to the computer and looked at all the photos. "Nice try, Goofbag!" She said to herself and deleted all the pictures.