The next morning the group had continued on their way to the unicorns home of Bridlewood. When they arrived outside the forest that was vastly overgrown and covered in mist, they noticed all the various warning and keep out signs for any earth pony or pegasus. The mutants and ponies looked at it shock while Izzy was the only one happy.
“Then again, maybe it's not so magical.” Hitch told the girls as opposed to what he thought Bridlewood would be like last night.
“Not what I was expecting.” Zanna stated.
“Come on! My house isn't far from here!” Izzy told them as she led the way into the forest humming.
The others followed Izzy into the forest that felt just as creepy and misty as it did on the outside of it.
“Would it kill to get some sun here?” Zink asked seeing three wasn't enough sunlight shining through the large canopy above them.
“Reminds me of the one forest our senseis talked about,” Mushroom recalled, “Everfree.”
“Hey, look up ahead!” Lita pointed.
They saw a clearing up ahead with more sunlight shining down and a massive tree home, “Well, here we are, guys!” Izzy showed them inside, “The Villa Izzy.”
The others walked in looking very impressed, for the place was covered in very decorative and creative arts and crafts projects.
“Wow.” Zanna gasped.
“Well, love what you've done to the place. It's homey.” Lita admitted.
“In a grade school arts and crafts studio sort of way.” Zink put in.
Hitch and Mushroom inspected a canvas of a pony made from macaroni and small objects, with an ice cream cone stuck on for a horn, and gets no small surprise when its eyes suddenly flick towards them.
“That was weird.” Mushroom told Hitch who nodded.
Elsewhere, Sunny and Lita has found a cylindrical drum mounted horizontally in a frame, with kitchen implements of various lengths protruding radially; when she turns the drum using a crank at one end, these strike bottles suspended from the frame to play the first four bars of a certain jingle.
“Catchy.” Lita admitted.
Pipp, Zipp, Zanna, and Zink approach Izzy, who was looking blissfully at a mobile hung with small butterflies in a rainbow of colors.
“Did you make all of this?” Zipp asked impressed.
“Yep! Uni-cycling. Isn’t it funky?” the unicorn asked.
“It is gorgeous!” Pipp answered in singsong.
“So creative.” Zanna added.
“Not bad.” Zink crossed her arms impressed.
“I also make friendship bracelets!” Izzy added before gasping, “Wait! Wait! Watch this! Hold everything!” she pushed an item over to them, “Ah! I’ve never gotten to use it with actual friends!”
“What is it?” Zink asked.
The object looked like a very large pink flower with petals tightly furled, mounted on a wheeled base. Voicing a giddy little laugh, Izzy pressed a hidden switch; the petals fold outward to form a table, nine in all, with a teacup at the end of each and a pot in the center. Hitch and Mushroom moved in for a closer look.
“Ta-daaaaa!” Izzy announced.
“Whoa!” Zipp gasped.
Pipp gasped happily, “I so wish I had live-streamed that.”
“Convenient you have nine cups set up for all nine of us.” Mushroom noted.
“Every pony, we don’t have time for that right now!” Sunny noted, while Izzy looked a little bummed, “If we’re gonna get the information we need on the Unicorn Crystal, we can’t stick out like sore hooves. We need to look like unicorns.”
“Yay, makeovers! I love makeovers.” Pipp said excitedly, while her sister looked less than thrilled.
“No, no. This is not-this is not what I signed up for, no.” she laughed nervously.
“Don't think of it as a makeover, Zipp,” Lita began, “Think of it as just going undercover.”
“Yeah. Like super spies!” Zanna said all chill.
“Well, when you put it that way.” Zipp said feeling more okay with it.
“So, Izzy, can you do it?” Sunny asked.
“A glow-up?” Izzy asked with a smile. She drained her cup and plunks it down with a calculating grin, “Honey, you came to the right cottage.”
“Then let's do it!” Zanna cheered.
Izzy sets up a slide projector on a stool with a smirk, dons a pair of over-sized round eyeglasses, and scoots back to a screen showing an image of three unsavory-looking earth ponies.
Izzy: I thought Earth ponies were the pony ladder's bottom rung
I heard that Pegasi were brutes you'd hate to be among
"You smell like fishes! You're vicious! I bet you eat your young!"
Meet any one of you, the thing to do is run away
Izzy started dancing around, as Sunny, Pipp, and Zanna joined her, while Hitch, and the others watched.
Izzy: But although I know we're all a bunch of different breeds
Take away our wings and horns, and we're just frightened steeds
So let's put aside our differences, 'cause what we need's a win
Oh-oh-oh
Come on, rip out all the pages of your history books
Just because we're undercover doesn't mean we're crooks
When we walk you through the crowd and give your brand new looks a spin
You're gonna fit right in
Zipp's unease started to turn into a smile, as Lita, Zink, and Mushroom also started feeling better about it. Izzy bucked a rolling stool across the floor so that it collides with Hitch’s legs and he lands on it. It carried him over to a vanity mirror, whereupon she whirls the seat.
Izzy: You're gonna fit right in
Once the spin stops, he finds himself wearing a neck cloth and a facefull of foundation makeup, “This is a new low.”
Izzy: You're gonna fit right in
“It's never gonna work.” Hitch continued to be skeptical.
“And why not?” Zanna asked, as Hitch joined in singing.
Hitch: They taught us unicorns were super-scary maniacs
With horns like razors and tongues like tasers and teeth like tacks
They take your hooves and then they grind them into midnight snacks
The basic gist of it is unicorns are not okay!
“This is made from hay!” Mushroom noted to Hitch about the snacks Izzy was eating.
Sunny pulled Hitch away, as the background became a multicolored umbrella that twirls away.
Sunny: Look, I know we’re risking everything for this endeavor
The two umbrellas are lifted clear of the floor, held by Lita and Zink.
But look at us, we're brave and strong and weird and clever
Plus closer to the finish than we've ever, ever been
Whoa-oh-oh
Izzy takes wing and mane measurements on Zipp.
Zanna: So we better take a leap and put our faith in you
Get our crafty on with sparkles, tape, and super glue
Sunny: 'Cause we're runnin' out of options and we're desperate to begin
Izzy: You're gonna fit right in
“If you say so.” Hitch chuckled deciding to go along.
Sunny, Izzy, and Zanna: You're gonna fit right in
Izzy: I know you will, now watch and learn
And so the lessons for the non-unicorns began with Izzy guiding them.
Izzy: This is how a unicorn walks (walks)
This is how a unicorn talks (Mushroom: Talks)
This is how a unicorn hoops (Zink: Hoops?)
This is how a unicorn—
Hitch: Oops!
Sunny: Oh!
Zipp: Geez!
Izzy: Stop!
Izzy: This is how a unicorn struts (Lita: Struts!)
Oh, watch us shake our unicorn butts (Zanna: Butts!)
Now you're in the unicorn know (Sunny: Whoa!)
Soon you'll be a unicorn pro!
Suddenly Izzy turned the song into a rap number.
Izzy: Oh, a unicorn horn makes a unicorn stride
It's the more-head on your forehead, it's the source of your pride
Every unicorn who's born has worn a horn that's unique
So we'll whip them up as we speak, you'll be lookin' très magnifique
We'll fake a phony protrusion to make a bony illusion. It's not the perfect solution, but the world's not big on inclusion
And with those rocks in our pockets, we'll reap the reward
And folks'll be floored, we'll strike a new chord. Our magic restored!
Everyone started to join in for the finale.
All: Lately, all Equestria has lost its heart
But if we can help to find it, we should play our part
Hitch: If we fail, we'll go to prison
Sunny: But if not, we'll start to grin
Izzy: So let's begin
Lita, Zink, Zanna, Mushroom: We're gonna fit right in
We're gonna fit right in
Zipp, and Pipp: We're gonna fit right in
We're gonna fit right in (Ninjas: We're gonna fit right in)
Soon the non-unicorns were ready with everyone wearing fake horns on their heads, the royal sisters wearing shawls to conceal their wings, and the mutant sisters were down on all fours wearing gloves on their hands making them look like regular pony hoofs.
Izzy: This is how a unicorn walks
Pipp and Zanna walked as Pipp smiles and winks as she peels off to the left with Zanna. Following them were Zipp and Mushroom with Zipp offering a cocky waggle of her head before turning right with Mushroom.
Izzy: This is how a unicorn talks
Hitch and Zink followed with Hitch strutting with a suave grin and exits left with Zink.
Izzy: Now you're lookin' unicorn strong
She holds the last note of this line long enough for Sunny and Lita to strike a pose with her, and they zip to the open front door of the house.
Izzy: This is how a unicorn...
Sunny, Lita and Izzy: Ends this song!
Zanna: Yeah!
The door slammed shut at the same instant, leaving them outside. Once out they all looked themselves over.
“Alright, everypony. We look and act the part,” Lita began, “Now let's go find that Unicorn Crystal!”
“Follow me!” Izzy ordered, as she led them off through the forest.