The four goats that used to create chaos in Equestria have just made their presence known in the human world. The Rainbooms are presented with a new challenge. The question is how will they fair against these unpredictable and bizarre creatures.
At the Sweet Shoppe, the Mane Seven finished watching the news concerning the recent incident at the park in Canterlot City.
“Come on! I say we go out there and hunt them down!” Rainbow Dash expressed her eagerness to face the goats.
“Before we do anything, we need a plan first.” Sunset said.
“Sunset’s right. We don’t know much about what we’re dealing with.” Twilight added.
“Psssssh. They’re goats. How hard can they be?” Rainbow retorted.
“Have you forgotten about our school and the news we just saw?” Applejack deadpanned.
“For all we know, they may be terrifying monsters taking on the form of goats.” Pinkie said while trying to sound spooky.
“In any case, darlings, we cannot let these goats go around unchecked. Who knows what they could do next.” Rarity commented.
“Exactly! We need to show the goats that this is our city!” Rainbow wholeheartedly agreed.
“First, we need a way to find them.” Sunset pointed out.
“If they’re magical, then I can build a device to track them.” Twilight said.
“I can also ask my bird friends to keep an eye out for them.” Fluttershy chimed in.
The front door suddenly opened, and entering the diner was one that walks on four legs and is covered in fur.
“Baaaaaaaaaaaaaah...!”
Everyone in the Sweet Shoppe turned their attention towards the diner’s new visitor. It was the white goat, and it was carrying a mechanical baseball pitcher on its back.
“AAAAAAAHHH!!! Isn’t that the goat that vandalized our school?!!” Pinkie shrieked.
The goat then fired a barrage of baseballs, prompting everyone inside the diner to take cover. Rarity conjured up a diamond shield to protect herself and her friends. Twilight used her telekinesis to throw the baseballs back at the goat, but the latter was unfazed. Pinkie threw her explosive sprinkles and destroyed the baseball pitcher on the goat’s back. Twilight then used her power to push the goat out of the Sweet Shoppe. After it was forcibly thrown out, the creature bounced on the ground for a few seconds.
The goat quickly recovered and as it got back on its feet, Rainbow sped towards it. “Take this!” She performed a karate chop on the goat’s head. And it did absolutely nothing.
The goat retaliated by latching its tongue onto Rainbow’s arm.
“What the?! Get your tongue off me!” Rainbow tried shaking the tongue off, but it kept sticking to her like glue.
The goat then swung Rainbow hard into the ground a couple of times before flinging the athlete far into the distance.
Shortly afterwards, Applejack tackled the goat and pinned it to the ground.
“Applejack, hold it still!” While the goat was pinned down, Sunset took an opportunity to look inside the goat’s mind.
She put her hand on the goat’s head and her eyes glowed white as she used her power. In the short time Sunset looked inside the goat’s mind, the only thing she saw was a strange, deformed world filled with nothing but goats doing random and chaotic things. Sunset’s eyes returned to normal when she came back to reality.
“I have... so many questions right now.” Sunset muttered with a baffled expression.
The goat’s fur then released electric sparks, shocking both Sunset and Applejack.
“Applejack! Sunset!” Spike and the rest of the Mane Seven cried out.
While Applejack and Sunset twitched uncontrollably, the goat started dashing away.
“STOP!!!” Twilight tried using her telekinesis to seize the goat.
The goat briefly slowed down, but it was resisting Twilight’s power as it continued making its getaway.
“I... can’t... hold it!” Twilight was straining herself to maintain her telekinetic grip on the goat.
The goat ultimately overcame Twilight’s hold and she fell flat on her face. The goat went towards a nearby manhole cover, lifted it with its tongue, and then jumped into the sewer.
Right after the goat fled, Rainbow came dashing back.
“Where is it!? Where did it go!?” The athlete shouted.
“I’m afraid you just missed it.” Spike answered.
Rainbow then noticed Sunset, Applejack, and Twilight lying on the ground groaning in pain.
“Sunset! Applejack! Twilight! Are you three alright?!” Rainbow asked with concern.
“Define alright.” Twilight said as she, Applejack, and Sunset got back up.
“We just met one of the goats and I know this is going to be such a huge headache.” Sunset mumbled.
“Find out anything about our furry friend?” Applejack asked Sunset.
“How should I put this?” Sunset replied. “It’s like when I looked into Pinkie’s mind but far more bizarre. But to answer your question, no, I wasn’t able to discover anything useful. I swear, that... thing... is more random than even Pinkie.”
Pinkie let out a long gasp. “How can anything be more random than me?” She said in disbelief.
“I think we all need some rest. Let’s meet up again tomorrow.” Rarity suggested.
The Mane Seven agreed to meet at Twilight’s house the next morning, then Spike and each of the Rainbooms went back to their homes. After hearing about her family’s encounter with one of the goats, Applejack set up a plethora of traps around her house and the apple farm.
Next day, the Mane Seven convened at Twilight’s house to discuss a plan of action.
“So Twilight, got something that can help us?” Sunset asked.
“I’m glad you asked.” Twilight then presented a locket-like device.
“Hey, this looks like that gadget you had with you during the Friendship Games.” Pinkie noted.
“I know. I still have some... unpleasant memories. But never mind about that. Here’s how this works. This device will detect the goats’ magical signatures if they’re within a 30-mile radius. Also, I can use this device to drain their magic.”
“Like how you once drained our magic.” Rainbow interjected.
“Exactly. When we find a goat, we just need to immobilize it long enough for this device to render it powerless.”
“And immobilizing a goat will be the tricky part.” Sunset added. “Another thing I’m wondering about is how many of these crazy magic goats are out there.”
Twilight’s iphone started ringing.
“Who could that be.” Twilight picked up her phone. “It’s Timber Spruce.” She noticed after seeing the caller ID. She then answered the call. “Hey Timber, what’s up?”
“Hey Twilight. I heard something terrible happened to Canterlot High. Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. How are you and Gloriosa?”
“Never better. But... something weird happened at Camp Everfree.”
“What is it?”
“Early this morning, I discovered many knocked down trees while I was taking a walk on the hiking trail.”
“Trees were knocked down?”
“It sure is odd. I have no clue what could have done all that. And one more thing. Four wild goats just came to the camp.”
“Wait, did you just say... goats?”
“Yeah. And the campers have taken a liking to them. Here are some pictures.”
Twilight’s phone received some pictures, which were quickly viewed by Twilight and her friends. In these pictures, the campers were happily petting the goats and taking selfies with them.
Though the pictures did not show the goats causing trouble, the Rainbooms were still deeply concerned.
“Timber, keep an eye on those goats. We’re coming to Camp Everfree.”
Worried about Camp Everfree, the Rainbooms left Canterlot City posthaste and made their way to the camp via van.
Speaking of Camp Everfree, the four goats eventually dropped the nice goat act and revealed their chaotic nature. They spent nearly twenty minutes headbutting campers before taking their antics to the next level.
While wearing an elf hat, the brown goat launched snowballs everywhere. The snowballs created snow piles and snowmen and anyone that was hit by these snowballs will instantly have their head covered in a spherical mass of snow. The black goat was carrying a paint brush in its mouth, and the goat was going around painting over the tents and the outdoor benches and tables. While flying a hang glider, the white goat crashed into the rock-climbing wall and knocked it down. The grey goat carried some kind of energy saber that has three blades on each end. While running around, the grey goat repeatedly swung its weapon at campers in a frenzied manner. Lucky for them, the saber just whacked them like a baseball bat and sent them flying instead of slicing them apart. The white goat also went to the boathouse and blew it up with dynamite.
With all the mayhem going on, Gloriosa Daisy was starting to have a panic attack.
“I can’t take this! Why is this happening?! Somebody, please help meeeeeeeeeeeee...!!!” Gloriosa was so distressed that she was on the verge of tears.
The white goat approached her from behind and snatched her with its tongue. Gloriosa was then dragged away screaming.
“Gloriosa!” Worried, Timber ran after the white goat and his sister.
The Rainbooms just arrived at their destination. As Applejack parked the van, Twilight checked her device. “My device is detecting four magic signatures. No doubt about it. It’s those magic goats after all.”
“Then what are we waiting for!? Let’s go get them!” Rainbow shouted enthusiastically.
Right after exiting the van, the Mane Seven rushed towards Camp Everfree and saw many campers running and screaming.
“Looks like they already started causing a ruckus.” Rarity frowned.
At the camp’s main entrance, they found large piles of snow and a bunch of snowmen.
“Snow?! How can there be snow?! It’s not even winter!!!” Sunset exclaimed.
The group then heard Gloriosa screaming, and they saw the white goat still dragging her around. While running by, the goat tossed the camp director face-first into one of the snowmen. Gloriosa pulled herself out and began whimpering as the Mane Seven approached her.
“Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked gently.
“Do I look okay?! Goats are ruining Camp Everfree!!!” Gloriosa snapped.
The camp director quickly broke down sobbing as Timber stopped by hyperventilating.
“Twilight! I’m so glad you’re here!” Timber was greatly relieved upon seeing her.
“Good thing we came. Don’t worry. We’ll stop the goats!” Twilight reassured.
The Mane Seven split up. While Sunset assisted Timber and Gloriosa with evacuating the campers, the other Rainbooms went to confront the goats.
Fluttershy found the brown goat spitting snowballs all over the camp courtyard. The animal caretaker approached the goat peacefully, hoping that it could be reasoned with.
“Pardon me, Mr. Goat. Would you and your friends please stop what you’re doing? It’s not nice and you could hurt innocent people.” Fluttershy said nicely but sternly.
The goat responded by spitting snowballs at Fluttershy, burying her in a pile of snow. The goat was then walking away when it was struck by a barrage of Rarity’s diamond projectiles.
“A shame you chose the hard way!” Rarity grumbled at the goat.
“Yeah! No one acts mean to Fluttershy!” Pinkie yelled angrily.
The goat struck back by spitting snowballs at the two Rainbooms, but Rarity blocked the snowballs with a diamond shield. Pinkie threw explosive sprinkles at the goat, and it was blown away by a colorful explosion. The goat crashed into a nearby propane tank, and it was subsequently engulfed in a fiery explosion.
“OH NO!!! I DID NOT MEAN TO BLOW UP THE GOAT!!!” Pinkie screamed in horror.
While enveloped in flames, the goat spiraled in the air and landed headfirst into the ground. Even with its fur still burning, the goat got back up like nothing happened.
“Um, doesn’t the goat realize that it’s on fire?” Pinkie whispered to Rarity.
This time, the brown goat attacked by spitting fireballs, which Rarity stopped with her shield.
“IT SPITS FIREBALLS NOW?!!” Rarity screeched.
Elsewhere, Twilight found the black goat inside the cafeteria, painting and knocking over the tables. With her telekinesis, Twilight tied up the goat’s legs with rope.
“Now just hold perfectly still. This will be over soon.”
Twilight prepared to use her device to drain the goat’s magical energy. But before she could begin the process, the goat shapeshifted into a rhinoceros and broke free from its restraints.
“IT TURNED INTO ANOTHER ANIMAL?!” Of course, this is something Twilight did not see coming.
The rhino charged at Twilight, and the latter screamed as she ran for her life. The rhino chased after Twilight and the chase later led to the hiking trail.
At the tent area, the white goat headbutted and knocked down all the tents. As the goat was going somewhere else, it found Applejack standing in its path.
“This is as far as you’ll go. And don’t think you can shock me again. I got rubber gloves this time.” Applejack slowly walked towards the goat.
The goat stood on its hind legs. First, a small breeze erupted around the hind legs and soon, a bright blue energy flared up around the goat’s body.
“What in the...”
While Applejack was utterly dumbfounded, the goat struck her with a supercharged headbutt in the blink of an eye. The apple farmer was launched somewhere far away deep into the forest.
Back at the courtyard, Rarity and Pinkie were still dealing with the brown goat. Rarity conjured diamond shields to defend against the goat’s continuous barrage of fireballs.
“Rarity, I got an idea! I’m going to lure it to the lake and when I give the signal, you push it into the lake!” Pinkie told the fashionista.
While running, Pinkie yelled and waved at the goat to get its attention.
“Hey, you stupid goat! Bet you can’t hit me!” Pinkie taunted while sticking her tongue out.
Taking the bait, the brown goat went after Pinkie as it aimed its fireballs at the party planner. Some of the fireballs singed Pinkie’s hair as she ran towards the lake with the goat in pursuit and Rarity not far behind.
Once close enough, Pinkie gave the signal. “NOW, RARITY!!!!”
Rarity launched a giant-sized diamond shield, which bashed the brown goat with great force. The goat was pushed into the lake and the flames covering its body extinguished. Pinkie and Rarity then gave each other a high five.
Rather than attacking the duo again, the goat opted to retreat. A pair of angelic wings sprouted on the goat’s back, and it flew away. Pinkie and Rarity stared with their mouths hanging open as the goat disappeared into the horizon.
Near the beach area, Rainbow Dash was throwing random objects at the grey goat. The creature simply used its energy saber to swat anything Rainbow threw at it. She later threw a sandbag and once it was sliced open, the goat’s face was covered in sand.
Using super speed, Rainbow snatched the goat’s saber. Curious about the weapon, Rainbow examined it.
“Where in the world did you get this?” Rainbow wondered.
The weapon suddenly poofed and disappeared into thin air.
“What happened to it?!” The athlete was taken aback.
While Rainbow’s guard was down, the goat latched its tongue onto her. However, she was prepared for it this time. She ran around the goat at blinding speed and wrapped the goat’s neck with its own tongue.
“Ha Ha! Gotcha!” Rainbow grinned.
However, the goat has its own bag of tricks. It shapeshifted into a small orange fish.
“IT CAN TURN INTO A FISH?!!!” Rainbow had a difficult time processing this as the fish was sliding across the ground and heading towards the lake.
“Never mind! Catch it first, ask questions later!” Rainbow tried grabbing the fish with her bare hands only for it to slip out of her fingers.
“Oh, come on!” With increasing frustration, the athlete continued with her attempts to grab the fish, but it kept slipping out of her grasp.
Eventually, she grabbed a fishing net and caught the fish just before it jumped into the lake. “You’re not getting away from me that easily!”
Unfortunately, the white goat soon hit Rainbow in the back with a supercharged headbutt, sending the athlete flying into the middle of the lake. Thanks to the white goat’s intervention, the fish made its escape.
Sunset then attacked the white goat with an overhead strike using a canoe paddle. The paddle broke, but the goat was unfazed. The creature turned around to face Sunset.
“Uh, my bad.” Sunset said sheepishly.
The goat proceeded to headbutt Sunset. After that, the goat came under attack by an army of forest critters.
“I wanted to settle this the nice way, but I’M REALLY ANGRY!!!” Fluttershy bellowed.
The goat decided that it was done with Camp Everfree, so it made a hasty retreat into the forest.
At the hiking trail, the rhino was still chasing Twilight.
“HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING?!!” Twilight cried out as she ran for dear life.
Fortunately, someone soon came to her rescue. Jumping in the rhino’s path was Applejack, who used her super strength to stop the rhino.
“I don’t know where you came from or why you’re after Twilight but KNOCK IT OFF!!!”
Applejack hurled the rhino, and it flew through several trees before landing hard on the ground. The rhino then changed back to its original goat form.
“Now, I’m more perplexed than ever before.” Applejack uttered with a surprised expression.
“Apparently, the goat, or whatever it is, is a shapeshifter!” Twilight explained.
The black goat ran away from the two Rainbooms and fled deeper into the forest.
“Get back here!” Applejack yelled as she and Twilight pursued the goat.
It wasn’t long before they lost sight of the creature. Twilight tried using her device to track the goat, but it was already out of range.
With the goats gone, the Mane Seven took a breather. Rainbow Dash returned to the camp, and she was soaking wet. After she put on some dry clothes, the Mane Seven gathered at the courtyard.
“Okay, guess dealing with the goats is easier said than done.” Rainbow admitted.
“Just what in the world are we dealing with?! Are they even goats at all?!” Twilight hollered.
“Take a deep breath, Twilight. I know we just had a rough time. But we’re not going to let them keep us down. We never give up before, and we won’t now. Let’s talk about those creatures. Maybe it can help us better prepare for future encounters.” Sunset suggested.
The Rainbooms went over their recent encounter with the goats, with Twilight taking notes.
“Wait a minute. I just thought of something!” Something just occurred to Pinkie.
“Pinkie, what is it?” Twilight inquired.
“Those goats. Don’t they remind you of that video game about playing as a goat?”