//------------------------------// // Discoveries on the Farm // Story: G5 Adventures in Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie // by ponydog127 //------------------------------// Sunny couldn’t help but think about Barney after her friends had fallen asleep that night. I mean... who wouldn’t want to think about a dinosaur doll who had come to life in the shower? But there seemed to be more to it than that. Somehow, Barney seemed to be there to remind her and her friends that there was time to have fun despite the fact that there was a mission they needed to accomplish. And meeting Barney did seem to help them make a lot of new friends and new allies. It did make the ponies wonder, however, if there was something going on other than having fun and helping Bat, Ripper and Noir find their parents. But there would be time for that later. Right now... they needed sleep in order to find out what their real mission was. XXXXXXXX “Come on, guys!” Abby called to her friends as they raced out of the house to play outside. “Hurry up!” “Wait for me!” Ripper said as he leapt down the front stairs after Abby, with his siblings, Marcella and the ponies right behind and Cody trailing the group, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a brand new pair of shoes. The group reached a patch of grass before turning to Cody, still standing on the porch, and Gentle Rain couldn’t help but notice his appearance wasn't very appropriate for playing on the farm. “Forgive me for being blunt, Cody, but, um... what are you gonna do on a farm dressed like that?” “As little as possible,” Cody responded, wiping off his shoes, “and try not to get dirt on my new shoes. Okay?” Pipp nudged her sister with a playful smirk. “I bet you 2 dollars that he gets dirt on his shoes within 20 minutes of us being out there.” “Oh-ho, dear sister,” Zipp smirked, “you are SO on.” But before anything else could be said, a familiar humming was heard from the barn, and Barney emerged from it, dressed in a full-blown farmer costume. As the ponies and Gentle Rain sighed in relief that Barney was all right, but Cody didn't seen as excited as they were. “Barney?!” “Oh!” Barney waved cheerfully. “Cody!” That's when Abby, Marcella and the triplets saw Barney and became increasingly excited. “Barney!” “Hi there,” Barney chuckled and hugged them as Gentle Rain and the ponies, except for Pipp and Zipp, approached as well. Cody, on the other hand, was still stunned to see Barney in his new outfit. “You look...” “Oh, thank you, Cody, so do you!” Barney chuckled. “We got worried about you after you disappeared last night!” Bat told her new dinosaur friend. “Where did you go?” “Oh, I just realized I had something to do-- nothing to really worry about,” Barney chuckled. “Well, I think we better get started having fun right now!” “Yeah, come on!” the dragons, Abby and Marcella cried at once, chasing after Barney. “Let’s go!” “Pipp and I will stay with Cody, but you guys have fun!” Zipp called to the rest of their friends. “We’ll catch up with you later!” “See ya later!” Izzy waved cheerfully, just before the other members of the Mane 6 galloped after their other friends, just as they all began to sing a cheerful song. All: Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there Here a "moo," there a "moo," everywhere a "moo-moo" Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O XXXXXXXX Cody, Pipp and Zipp were currently walking along the side of the barn when a splat sound could be heard. A very disguisting splat to be quite honest. Zipp and Pipp looked down to see that Cody had stepped into a huge pile of cow poop, causing Pipp to giggle and hold her hoof out. “I'll take those 2 dollars, dear sister of mine.” “Fine, fine,” Zipp handed her some dollar bills with reluctance before turning to Cody. “Come on, Cody. We'll help you clean those shoes.” XXXXXXXX At the same time, the rest of the group were crossing a large wooden board in order to get to the other side of the creek, still singing the same song. All: Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a goat, E-I-E-I-O ♪ With a "baa-baa" here and a "baa-baa" there Here a "baa," there a "baa," everywhere a "baa-baa" Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a chicken, E-I-E-I-O With a "cluck cluck" here and a "cluck cluck" there Here a "cluck," there a "cluck," everywhere a "cluck cluck" Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O... XXXXXXXX As the song continued, Zipp and Pipp had just finished cleaning Cody’s shoes when they began to hear a strange sound coming from the barn. But Pipp was not at all excited when she saw what was coming out. “Oh no no no no!!” A whole herd of pigs was coming out of the barn, forcing Cody and the pegasus sisters to run just as the song the others were singing was coincidentally reaching the part about pigs. All: With an "oink oink" here and an "oink oink" there Here an "oink," there an "oink," everywhere an "oink oink" Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!!! By the time that the song was over, everyone was laughing so hard that they could barely see straight. “Oh-ho, wow! We haven’t had this much fun in ages!” Bat giggled. “Hey, do you think Cody is having fun with Pipp and Zipp?” “Oh, are you kidding?” Izzy scoffed with a smirk. “If I'm right, they're having the best time!” “But either way,” said Sunny, “we should probably head out and check on them... just in case.” XXXXXXXX The pigs had chased Cody, Pipp and Zipp right into the barn, and once they made sure that the pigs left, Zipp sighed in relief. “That was way too close for comfort.” “Good thinking, using the barn to hide in,” Pipp told her sister. “If you hadn't... well, we would have been caked in mud, just like those pigs out there.” Suddenly, there came a sort of rattling sound coming from somewhere inside the barn, and when Cody saw where the rattling was coming from, he saw that a metal bucket was moving all on its own, causing all three of them to freeze up, unsure of what to think. “Whoa.” “Come on, guys!” Misty whispered from outside the barn door. “In here!” The rest of the friends filed in behind Cody and the pegasus sisters... just before the bucket began to rattle and move again. “Okay, uh...” Hitch hated to admit it, but this was making her incredibly nervous. “What's going on exactly?” “We’re not sure either,” Pipp shook her head. “We just got in here and... that started happening.” “Well... m-maybe I can help,” Ripper offered. “Night Lights do have a pretty powerful blast, even when they're babies-- maybe I can use mine to knock the bucket aside and see what's making it rattle.” “Good idea,” Sunny nodded. “Oh, but, Ripper? Be careful,” Gentle Rain told the white dragon. “You don't want to hurt anyone or yourself.” Ripper nodded as the group slowly advanced toward the bucket. Then, when they got close enough, Ripper growled and sent a bright blast of plasma out of his mouth and toward the bucket, knocking it aside and causing some of the group to shriek in surprise. Thankfully, no one was hurt. But, what was under the bucket surprised everyone in the group. “That's weird...” Misty said first. “It... looks like some sort of... egg.” True to her word, a large gray egg was sitting in the bucket's place. However... no one knew what kind of egg it was or how it got there to begin with. “It's too big to come from the chickens,” Cody observed. “Maybe it was a big giant chicken,” Marcella shrugged, but this caused everyone to glance over at her out of confusion. “Or not. What?” “Still... the size of it...” Hitch muttered. “It feels kinda familiar.” But before Hitch could inspect it further, the egg's lower portions began to glow with a ravishing pink light, causing many amazed reactions from the group themselves. “Oh ho ho ho!!” “Wow!” “Look at the colors!” “Oh!” “Look, it's glowing!” “How is it doing that?” “It's amazing!” “Whoa! Awesome!” “Plasma-tastic!” Once the glowing stopped, one of the rings on the egg was now a bright pink, causing Cody to genuinely smile once he picked it up off the ground. “Whoa... wow, it's huge! Wow, look at the pink.” “It's not a dragon egg,” Zipp said, “so what kind of egg is it?” “I don't know,” Cody said honestly, “but it looks okay. Not any cracks or anything.” “Can I see it?” Bat asked, and Gentle Rain lifted the egg in her aura so Bat could get a good look at the egg. And if Gentle Rain was being honest with herself... she was just as intrigued about the egg as anyone else was. But before she could say anything, Bat had already turned to the purple dinosaur next to her. “Barney, have you ever seen an egg like this?” Barney gently grabbed the egg from Gentle Rain's aura and inspected it, honestly unsure of what to say. “Um, well... to tell you the truth, I, uh...” That’s when Marcella turned to Abby with a good idea in mind. “Hey, maybe your grandma would know.” “Well, let’s go ask her!” Izzy told her friends. “Come on!” “Oh, okay!” Barney said as the others raced past him, the Mane 6 included, but the force of them running past him was enough to make him spin around, still holding the egg, and losing his farmer’s outfit before racing after them. “Wait for me!” But as the group raced out of the barn, Pipp suddenly stopped. “Wait! I wanna get a picture of where we found the egg! I’ll meet you over there in a second!” “I’ll come with you, Pipperoni!” Izzy said, and the two went back into the barn to do their task. But as Pipp took pictures of the spot where the egg was, another dinosaur, younger than Barney, ran into the barn, like she was looking for something. She was a green and pink triceratops wearing a pink tutu, a pink bow and pink ballet shoes on her feet, and when she saw Pipp and Izzy, she immediately approached them. “I just, um, oh! Hello! My name is Baby Bop,” she introduced, “and I'm looking for my blankie. It's lost. Have you seen it?” “Oh, I’m sorry, Baby Bop-- we haven’t,” Pipp apologized regretfully. “But, maybe we can help find it. I’m Pipp, and this is--”  “Izzy Moonbow, at your service!” Izzy bowed to Baby Bop before getting out a notepad to write some stuff down. “Now, what does this ‘blankie’ of yours look like?” “Well, let me see…” Baby Bop said in thought before stretching her arms out wide. “It's this big, and it's really, really soft and it's yellow.” Suddenly, in the corner of her eye, Izzy saw Ralph with that very blanket in his mouth, causing her to gasp. “Oooh, ooh! I think I just saw your blanket run off that way!” “Are you sure?” Baby Bop asked, since she just came from that way, but Pipp and Izzy nodded in persistence. “Okay. Well, thank you both very much, horsies. Bye bye!” “Bye, Baby Bop!” Pipp and Izzy waved as she ran off. “Uh… Iz?” Pipp looked at the unicorn. “You think we should probably help her?” “She’ll find her blankie again-- I’m sure of it,” Izzy said. “Come on-- we have a little eggy we have to help too!” “Right behind ya!” Pipp said and flew after her, hoping to catch up with their friends before they got too far. XXXXXXXX Eventually, Pipp and Izzy caught up with the rest of their friends, trotting alongside Abby and Marcella at the front of the group. Abby then turned to the others with a wide smile. “Wait till Grandma sees this!” she said, referring to the egg, while Cody gestured to Barney walking behind him, Hitch, Misty and Sunny while Zipp flew above them. “Wait till Grandma sees this.” Barney and Gentle Rain led the dragon babies at the very back of the group, but all of a sudden, the sounds of a fussy baby upstairs caused them to stop. “Uh-oh…” Gentle Rain said in concern. “The baby!” “I better go up and check on him,” Barney said before turning to the kirin and three dragon babies. “Do you all wanna come along?” “Sure-- it’ll only take a minute,” Bat said as the group of five walked inside the house. “Besides, what would really happen if we were gone for only two seconds?” XXXXXXXX “Grandma, Grandpa!” Abby exclaimed as the children and ponies approached their grandparents, doing laundry out in the yard. “Cody found an egg in the barn!” “Yes,” Grandma Ida said, “of course-- we have lots of eggs.” “But this one isn’t a chicken egg exactly,” Zipp explained while trying to not say too much that could hurt their investigation. “It isn’t?” Grandpa George asked. “Well, let’s see it.” But when the group turned, they realized that Barney, alongside Gentle Rain and the Night Lights, had disappeared. “Well, Barney and the rest of our new friends have it,” Hitch said, but internally cringed when he realized how ridiculous that must’ve sounded. “Right,” Grandpa George said, playing along. “Where’s Barney?” “...I’ll go find out. Make sure they don't go anywhere,” Cody told the group before running off. “You have to see this egg,” Abby told her grandparents. “Yeah,” Misty nodded, “it's really big, and it has colors and…” “Well,” said Grandpa George, “that doesn't sound like one of our chicken eggs.” “It isn’t!” the ponies, Abby and Marcella said at once. “Well,” said Grandma Ida, “in that case, you'd better talk to our neighbor, Mildred Goldfinch.” “The bird lady?” Abby asked. “What bird lady?” Marcella asked in confusion. “Oh,” Grandpa George smiled at Abby, “she'd love to see you, I bet.” “We met her last year,” Abby told Marcella and the ponies. “She’s terrific.” “She’s a bird watcher, dears,” Grandma Ida said. “And I think she knows everything about eggs and birds. Why don't you children go on over there?” “Yeah, come on!” “Great, let’s go!” And so, the ponies, Abby and Marcella ran and flew off to find their friends before heading off to meet Mrs. Goldfinch. XXXXXXXX Barney had discovered why Fig was crying a few moments before-- his diaper needed changing, so Gentle Rain was helping Barney do that while the dragons played with some toys laying out on the bed, all while keeping the egg safe. “We’ll get this old wet diaper off of you,” Barney said to Fig as the baby was changed, “and you'll feel much better.” Fig then let out a soft gurgling sound, to which Gentle Rain seemed to understand. “What’s that?” she asked. “You’re tired of the same old look?” “She can understand babies too?” Noir asked his siblings, only for him to be shushed into silence. “Well,” Barney told Fig, “I think I can help with that too.” Barney quickly got to work making Fig a brand-new outfit, singing a little song as he did such.  Barney: If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands If you're happy and you know it clap your hands-- that’s it! If you're happy and you know it  Then your face will surely show it If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! When Barney was done with the song, Fig was now dressed in a sailor-like costume made completely from unused diapers. “Whoa, Fig!” Ripper exclaimed. “You look terrific!” “I must admit, it’s very dashing,” Gentle Rain agreed. “Do you like your hat?” That’s when Cody came into the room to find the five friends with Fig. “So, there you are,” he said, grabbing the egg from where the dragons set it on the bed. “Where’d you go?” “Oh, I heard Fig crying,” Barney explained, setting Fig down in the crib, “so we all went up to…” “Never mind,” Cody dismissed. “I'm taking you to see my grandparents right now.” “Oh, good! Uh… bye, Fig,” Barney bid the baby farewell as he, Gentle Rain, Ripper and Noir were taken out of the room, just before Cody turned to Fig, still standing in his crib. “Oh, Grandma will be in in a second, okay?” “Hey!” Bat cried after Cody left, causing her to run after her brothers and friends. “Wait for me!” And Fig just watched them leave, somewhat enchanted and bewildered all at the same time. XXXXXXXX Cody, Barney, Gentle Rain and the dragons exited the house just as Abby, Marcella and the ponies came by them, with Misty using her aura to take the egg from Cody. “We’ll be taking this, thank you!” “Hey, where’s everybody going?” Noir asked as he hopped on Sunny’s back. “To take the egg to Miss Goldfinch!” Abby said as she, Marcella, Barney and Cody held hands. “Hurry up!” “We’ll find out more about the egg when we get there,” Zipp told the others, “we’re sure of it!” “Wait a second!” Cody tried to protest. “I want Grandma and Grandpa to see him right now. Grandma!!” “Save it for later, Cody-Brody!” Izzy said as she pushed Cody along the forest path before them. “We have an egg to investigate with!” But, what they had no idea at the time was that someone else was watching them, with her own ideas for the egg in mind.