//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 Heavy is the Mane that Wears the Fruit Crown // Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 2 // by JesusG0987 //------------------------------// Chapter 2: Heavy is the Mane that Wears the Fruit Crown In the Crystal Brighthouse, Izzy tossed some necklace in the air as she caught it in her horn, wearing a bunch of them around her and a bandana on her head and on her hind legs.  Zipp puts on some goggles, a yellow color, and a cape with blue stars on her with her hooficure rainbow streak.  Hitch flips his mane as he is wearing a purple scarf with stars and Sparky lands on his head wearing a bucket with feathers and a seashell on it before Hitch puts on his Sheriff hat, with seashells on it as well. Sunny came rolling in on her rollerskates, with her mane done in curls as she stopped and summoned her Alicorn form as she did a pose. Sunset flew in the air as she got her mane done in a ponytail and with curls on the side as she was wearing a necklace with her Cutie Mark on it. Pipp looked at her friends with a smile. “As this year's Maretime Bay Carnival Queen, I just want to say that you all look, like, totally chic!” She exclaimed as she jumped back as the group took a pose together with smiles. Misty then came up to the group wearing yellow sunglasses while holding a basket with beach supplies as she looked at her friends in confusion. “Um, aren't you ponies a little dressed up for the beach?” She asked them with a giggle.  The rest of the Mane 7 looked at her in confusion. “The beach?” Pipp asked with a brow before she gave a laugh as she walked up to Misty and took off her sunglasses. “Misty, be serious, okay? Come on, get dressed.” She said with a smile as she walked off. “Dressed? For what?” Misty asked in confusion before Izzy came up next to her with sparkles in her eyes. “Well, it's Carnival, Misty!” Izzy answered cheerfully with a wave of her hoof. “And you can wear anything you want! The wilder, the better!” She explained with sparkles still in her eyes. “It’s a tradition we do for fun,” Sunset explained with a smile. “And we dress as wild as we could be.” She added. Misty eyes widen in realization. “Oh, no! That's today?” She asked, totally forgotten about that holiday. Sunset gave a chuckle. “Don't feel too bad. I got so caught up in working on, you know, the project, that I almost forgot that Carnival was today too if Sunny hadn’t reminded me." She said while giving a wink to let Misty know that she’d been busy working on the spell to bring Twilight back, she almost forgot about the Carnival if Sunny hadn’t reminded her. “Yeah. It happens to all of us.” Sunny assured Misty with a smile. “So you can still get ready for it.” “But I don't have anything to wear!” Misty said sadly as she looked down, not noticing the magic rainbows around her, which she quickly noticed as the magic rainbows circled around Misty, lifting her up as she yelped and then giggled as her friends watched on with smiles. Misty floated around as the magic rainbows changed her look, her mane was now tied in two buns with some yellow bracelet on them, and on her tail while wearing a sparkling coat, and her hooves were made in a butterfly hooficure as she was gently levitated down. Misty looked at her new look as she trotted around and did a pose. “Whoo!” She cheered. Sunset chuckled. “Well, now you do, Misty. Magic sure has evolved further after two years. And it did you a favor too.” She said. “It sure did!” Misty said happily. Pipp then looked at her phone as she squealed and giggled. “My costume's almost here!” She exclaimed excitedly as she spun around with sparkles in her eyes. After Pipp’s costume arrived, the Mane 7 looked in shock at what they saw, especially Pipp when her right eye twitched when they saw the Carnival crown, which was really big and had a lot of fruit than they expected. “Uh, don't want to point out the obvious here, Pipp, but—” Hitch started with an uncertain smile before Izzy spoke. “That's one big Carnival crown.” Izzy finished for Hitch. “And a lot of fruit.” Zipp added as she picked an apple from the crown and took a bite of it. “I think they might have gone overboard with this crown.” Sunset noted as a banana fell on her, which she caught and peeled off as she ate it. “Must’ve forgotten about the proper size for a pony.” Pipp flew up as she inspected the crown. “How am I supposed to sing, dance, or fly in that?!” She questioned, pointing out that the crown would be too big and heavy for her to wear for the Carnival. Sunny gave a giggle as she flew to Pipp in her Alicorn form. “It's not that much fruit.” She said. Sunset then came up to Sunny. “Sunny, I love ya, and I love your optimism. But you call that not much fruit?” She questioned while gesturing to the crown. “There’s enough to feed maybe two, no, four families of ponies.” She pointed out with a brow. Sunny looked at the crown again as she gave a sheepish chuckle. “Okay, maybe it’s a bit much. “But, if anypony can do it, it's you, Pipp.” She encouraged as Pipp smiled. Zipp then got behind the crown and between the three ponies.” Hold on. Maybe I can just... just lift…” She strained as she tried to lift the crown up with her hooves and then tried to move it and pulled on a feather. “Ugh!” She groaned as she pulled, but was pulled back and into the crown as she got some fruit contentions on herself. “Wow.” She said. “Any ideas, Sunset?” Pipp asked Sunset in wonder. Sunset rubbed her chin for a bit as she thought of an idea. “Well, Sunny, Izzy, Misty and I could probably help you handle that with our combined telekinesis, but that would only help so long as none of us got distracted. We need a more long-term solution.” She said. “Yeah, even we can’t focus on the whole festivity.” Sunny said in agreement. Misty then thought of an idea as she gave a smile. “I might have an idea.” She said as she turned to Izzy and Sunset. “Izzy, Sunset, I'm gonna need both your help.” She said as Izzy smiled with sparkles in her eyes while Sunset nodded with a smile. “Just fill us in, Misty.” Sunset said with a smile. (All the Love for Trash Song) (Izzy) T-R-A-S-H Doesn't mean it's waste Back inside the Brighthouse at Misty’s crafting table, Misty pulled out a blueprint of a crown holder made of bottles for Pipp’s crown as Izzy and Sunset looked at the plans as Sunset smiled with a nod while Izzy smiled cheerfully while clapping her hooves, approving with Misty’s idea. T-R-A-S-H With a dash of taste Izzy then levitated some bottles as she removed the caps and cut them in half with her scissors as she moved them around. Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo Make it brand new-ooh, ooh-ooh Whoo! Izzy then brought out a wheel, which she spun as she smiled with sparkles in her eyes. Then, the two Unicorns and Alicorn started working on the crown holder as Izzy brought out some tools, Misty glued a bottle and placed the others on top of it while Sunset measured it to make sure it fit right for Pipp. What the three ponies didn’t know is that their Cutie Marks are glowing while they are working on the crown holder. Come on in, the trash is lovely Lookin' for a ring for Sunny Misty place the wheel at one end of the bottle while Izzy and Sunset stack some bottles as the three smiled. Call it waste, call it misplaced But always with a dash of taste After a bit of time, the three finished as they smiled with sparkles in their eyes at their work as the Carnival Crown was on the holder while it was held in place. “Well, ponies. We’ve done a great job here.” Sunset said with a proud smile. “We sure have, Sunset.” Misty said with a smile. Izzy looked at it in thought, “Hmmm... Still missing something.” She said after scratching her head before she placed her hoof on her chin in thought. “Like what, Izz?” Sunset asked. Before Izzy could answer, she smiled as Misty’s Cutie Mark glowed as a magic butterfly flew out of it as the three looked in surprise before they smiled. (Izzy) ...But I think you have forgotten It's anything really for trash (Oh, yeah!) T-R-A-S-H Izzy sang after saying ‘Oh, yeah!’ as the rest of the Mane 7 looked at her, and Sunset as they smiled. “Mares and gentlecolt, and baby dragon,” Sunset started with a smile as the others smiled and Sparky giggled. “May we present one of Misty’s creations, the crown holder!” She announced as she and Izzy moved aside. “Ta-daaaaah!” Izzy cheered with sparkles in her eyes as Misty stood with the crown holder on her as she gave a smile as it sparkled up. Zipp walked up to Misty in amazement. “Ingenious!” She awed. Pipp gave a wide smile with sparkles in her eyes as she flew up and went under the holder and put her head underneath the crown. “Carnival, here we come!” She exclaimed in joy as the rest of the Mares cheered. “Whoo-hoo! Yeah!” Hitch cheered as he took off his hat and waved his mane around while the girls looked at him with brows while Sunny gave a blush at his coltfriend. “Isn’t he a bit overdoing it?” Sunset asked with a cringe. “I think all the glitter has gone to his mane.” Izzy joked with a smile. “Or trying to impress his marefriend here.” Sunset joked while nudging Sunny, which caused her to blush while she and the other mares giggled at both the jokes and Sunny’s reaction. “That’s Hitch being Hitch.” Sunny said as she walked up to Hitch and gave him a kiss on the cheeks. “The stallion I love and never change.” She said. Hitch blushed a bit before he gave a smile. “The same to the mare I know.” He said as he and Sunny nuzzled each other lovingly. “Aaww.” The rest of the mares said in unison, finding their moment adorable and sweet while Sparky gagged a bit from that. At sundown, the Mane 7 are on the streets of Maretime Bay as they walk down the path with streamers falling and the ponies cheering them as they wave with sparkles in their eyes while the Mane 7 wave back while dancing in the path. Izzy danced as she moved close to the crowd. “Carnival! Whoo-hoo! Oh, yeah!” She cheered as she hopped around, but then a balloon floated by as her horn popped it by accident. “Whoop!” She called in surprise when she in surprise. “Hey! Watch it!” Posey exclaimed as she walked up to Izzy’s face with an angry expression, revealing that it was her balloon that Izzy popped. “Oh.” Izzy said as she gave a sheepish giggle and gave the broken balloon wrap to Posey, “Sorry, Posey.” She apologized with a cheerful smile as she walked off to her friends while Posey growled as her face turned red before Sunset walked up to her as she passed Izzy. “Izzy, I think you should be more careful about where you dance.” Sunset advised. “The horns are sharp after all.” She said while flicking slightly on Izzy’s horn, which the unicorn giggled. “I’ll try to be more careful. I promise” Izzy said as she trotted off to her friends. Sunset then turned to Posey, “And Posey, Izzy is sorry. And you don’t need to be angry about the popping of your balloon, it was an accident.” She pointed out. “But still, she should watch it!” Posey angrily said. “You be angry to every little thing, Posey. You need to stop being overdramatic.” Sunset advised while giving Posey a brow. “Just enjoy the festivities, go nuts, but no anger.” She said as she walked up to her friends. Posey watched them go as she sighed in annoyance. “I hate it when Sunset’s right.” She muttered. Sunset walked up to Sunny with Misty next to her as the Unicorn looked in awe. “Wow! Look at all these ponies!” Misty called in awed at the crowd. “That's what Carnival is all about. Bringing everypony together.” Sunny said to Misty with a smile. “Having fun and joying time together with your friends and families.” Sunset added with a smile as the three ponies smiled to the crowd as they walked down the path. “We love you, Pipp!” Glory called as Pipp stopped and saw the Pippsqueakes filming her, while their manes were purple with hoofmade versions of her tiara on their heads while having prop wings, while Glory’s wings was dyed purple, looking exactly like her. “Best Carnival Queen ever!” Seashell cheered. “Can't wait to hear you sing!” Peach Fizze excitedly said. “Hey, Pippsqueaks!” Pipp said with a smile at them. “Ah! Looking iconic!” She added with a smirk. The three Pippsqueaks looked at her with sparkles in their eyes, feeling star-struck. “She saw us!” Glory called. “She likes our costumes!” Seashell exclaimed as they got in front of Pipp as Peach Fizz held out her phone with a selfie stick. “I feel just like Pipp!” Peach Fizz cheered as the four smiled at the camera with sparkles in their eyes before a banana hit Pipp on the face, which startled the four as Peach Fizz screamed. Pipp got the banana peel off her as she looked around in confusion. “Hey! Was that a...?” She was about to ask in confusion. “Pipp, look out!” Sunny called out from behind Pipp with Sunset next ot her as she pointed up. “Coming in fruit!” Sunset screamed as more was thrown and started falling. “We're under fruit attack!” Sunny yelled as the fruit fell on them while some of them covered or moved out of the way while Misty haunched down in fear. Pipp was then getting hit with more fruit. “Ugh! Hey! Owww!” She yelled as she was getting hit with more fruit. The crowd kept throwing fruit while an orange hit Zipp by her wing. “Ow!” She cried out. Sunset used her magic shield to block most of the fruit, but some like grapes hit her from the side of her head. “Ow! Why are these ponies throwing fruit at us?!” She questioned as a strawberry hit her to the wing. Izzy, however, gave a wide smile with sparkles in her eyes. “Bring it on!” She called as she gave a smile. “Gotta love that fruity rain of good luck!” She exclaimed with a twirl. “What?” The rest of the Mane 7 called while looking at Izzy in confusion. “Izzy, what are you talking about?!” Sunset exclaimed as she ducked from an incoming apple. Izzy turned to her friends in surprise. “You ponies don't know this extra one?” She asked with a smile as some fruit hit her. “Ha!” She called as she caught a pear with her magic. “It's a tale as old... as Maretime.” She started as she was still getting hit by fruit. “Ponies offer fruit to whoever wears the fruit crown, granting them— ow —good luck all year.” She explained after holding a banana before it was hit away.  “Izzy, would’ve been good to know earlier!” Sunset exclaimed before an apple hit her on the head. “Ow! Seriously! Giving would’ve been fine, but throwing isn’t!” She called as she ducked a watermelon. Izzy gave a sheepish chuckle. “I guess I was caught up in the excitement I forgot to tell you ponies. Oopsie.” She said as she looked at the crowd with a smile. “Wow, they really love you, Pipp.” She commented before she noticed that Pipp was gone. “Pipp? Pipp!” She called out in worry as she searched around the Carnival crown. “A little help here?!” Pipp cried out as her friends looked down, seeing that Pipp was being crushed by her own crown and the crown holder was dented because of the added weight of fruits the ponies threw as more were being stacked to the top. “Hang on, Pipp! We got you!” Sunset exclaimed as she, Zipp, and Sunny quickly grabbed Pipp’s hooves and pulled while Misy and Izzy moved the crown slightly before they got Pipp free, but the four mares were sent flying as they landed on the floor. “That works. Pipp stood up as she wiped her brow. “Phew! Thanks, ponies.” She said to her friends with a smile before she looked at her crown, which was even bigger than before as she frowned sadly. “Aww, but how am I going to wear my crown now?” She asked sadly. Sunset looked at the crown and Pipp again as she gave a determined smile. “Don’t worry, Pipp, we’ll solve this.” She assured the pegasus. “How exactly? It’s too big.” Pipp pointed out. “We can do anything when we work together!” Sunny called as she skated next to Sunset while the rest of the Mane 7 came together with the same look as their Cutie Marks, san Pipp, glowed.  “No fruit is gonna stop us!” Sunset called with a determined smile. “We faced distorting magics, reunited ponykind, restored magic, made new magic, fought Opaline, twice, made friends with dragons, fought the lord of chaos and helped him see the error of his ways, and faced a winged mind-control snow leopard. When we work together, we can make the impossible possible!” She declared. “With hope!” Sunny exclaimed as she skated around as her Cutie Mark glowed. “Empathy!” Sunset called next as she flew up with her horn lit as her Cutie Mark glowed next. “Bravery!” Zipp called as she flew around and landed as her Cutie Mark glowed. “Heart!” Misty called next as her Cutie Markglowed as she raised her hoof up. “Kindness!” Hitch called next as he took off his hat while Sparky smiled as Hitch’s Cutie Mark glowed. “Creativity!” Izzy cheered as she rubbed her hooves together, which sparkled in magic as her Cutie Mark glowed as well. Then the magic from each pony Cutie Marks shot right onto the crown as it was levitated up and was put onto Pipp’s head, while said pony looked with a wide smile and sparkles in her as the rainbow magic lifted Pipp into the air, without using her wings, as she giggled and spun around as the crowd below looked on in awed with sparkles in their eyes. Pipp’s Cutie Mark then glowed as well. “And confidence as my song!” She finished as she twirled and glowed a bit as the magic shot up into the sky as fireworks exploded in the sky. The crowd looked in awe at Pipp and the fireworks with sparkles in their eyes. Pipp opened her eyes as she began to sing with her microphone. (Bestie Life Song) (Pipp) Bestie life When I got you by my side Pipp sang as she flew to her sister. Zipp smirked as the two sisters hooftap each other and flew into the air in sync as they held each other hooves. Nothin' that we cannot do All I really need is you Pipp then flew to Sunny and Sunset, the former was skating while the latter flying beside her Sunny took into the air as Sunset caught her as the two posed.   The bestie life, the bestie life Oh-ohhh, ohhh, ohhh-ohhhh While Pipp sang, Sparky was eating the watermelon on Pipp’s crown as Hitch tried to get Sparky off, which made Pipp uncomfortable as the MAne 7 and Sparky stood together with smiles as they gave a wink to the crowd while having a fun time at the Carnival. End of Chapter 2.