Extreme Measures

by Boo Bear


A Messy Start

YAWN~
'Not sure if there were actually 2 ponies messing the tree-house up or it was a dream. Nah, it was probably a dream.' thought Spike to himself. He got up from his bed and stretched and yawned. He rubbed his eyes, careful not to scratch them with his claws. Spike looked up to see that Twilight was out of her bed, and that she HASN'T made her bed yet.
'This is even stranger. Twilight hasn't made her bed!'
Spike crawled down stairs, still slightly tired from last night. 'I'm pretty sure it was all a dream. Just a dr--' "HOLY SAPPHIRES!"
What Spike saw made him faint. Twilight's books were all scattered on the floor, her shelves have been broken, and there on the floor lay Twilight herself, unconscious, surrounded by the eight siblings.
"Is she okay?" asked Arctic Lime, looking worried.
"Spring Frost and Heat Wave! WHAT did I tell you about going to bed early? Instead you decide to mess up a kind pony's house!" shouted Absolute Zero.
"We're sorry, Zero..." mumbled Spring Frost and Heat Wave.
"You shouldn't be saying that to your big brother," said Winter Sky, "instead you must apologize to dear Twilight Sparkle once she wakes up." The two ashamed ponies nodded.
"Twilight? Oh please wake up!" exclaimed Lemon Glacier.
"Oh PRETTY please!" yelped Fiery Rose. She poked Twilight's cheek, hoping to awake her.
"Twilight?" whispered Spring Frost. Suddenly, the purple pony's eyes start to open, steadily. At last, they fully opened and were staring into another 8 pairs of doubtful eyes.
"Wh--what happened?" she asked.
"Ask these ponies!" Absolute Zero pointed to his youngest siblings, who drooped their heads in shame. Twilight got on her hooves, but nearly fainted again because of what she saw around her.
"M--my bo--books!" Twilight shouted, "WHO DID THIS??!!"
Her scream frightened the young ponies, but they answered Twilight anyway. "Twi--twilight...we did all th--this me--mess..." they both mumbled. Twilight looked around and finally glanced at Spring Frost and Heat Wave.
"How? WHY?" she tried to ask kindly.

"Well," explained Heat Wave, "it started off with Absolute Zero telling me and Spring Frost to go to bed. But we weren't tired, so we pretended to go to bed. After you all went to bed, me and Spring Frost woke Spike up, so you know, it won't be a bit weird to play around in some other pony's house. So we three decided to play a game of tag, and so we did. Spike was it. So he was chasing us around and we kept on bumping into the bookshelves--"

"Oh no WONDER I kept on hearing random bumping noises coming from down stairs! I thought it was just the wind!" said Sizzling Sunset, "continue, please."

"So as Heat Wave was saying," continued Spring Frost, "when we're running around the library, we kept on bumping into the bookshelves by accident, as we were so excited to play tag. We were a tad fast for Spike, so he started to breathe out fire to scare us, but we were still faster than him. That explains the broken shelves. So after a while, we got tired and went to bed, not noticing the huge mess we made. We're TRULY sorry, Twilight, right Spike?" everypony turned around to see Spike, who has just got up from the floor, dusting himself off.
"Sorry? Sorry abo--oh...yeah...that..." mumbled Spike.
"SPPIIKEEE!!!!!" yelled Twilight, small flames fuming from her purple mane.
" NO! WAIT!" shouted the two young ponies, "please, don't punish Spike. We got him into this mess."
Twilight sighed. "Okay then, Spike, you're saved for now. But as for YOU two, you must clean this whole mess up!" Spring Frost and Heat Wave nodded.
"Actually, they don't have to!" exclaimed Lemon Glacier.
"Yeah! We'll help!" said Fiery Rose.
"I'll help too! I haven't used my magic in SUCH a long time!" agreed Sizzling Sunset, "step aside, sibs!"
The 6 ponies and Spike stepped aside from the library, and the twins and Sizzling Sunset stood beside each other. They closed their eyes, and their horns started to glow. Lemon Glacier, a bright gold, Fiery Rose, a bright ruby, and Sizzling Sunset, a bright orange. Suddenly, their horns shot out neon beams of light and onto the library shelves. The ponies and Spike covered their eyes, seeing as the light is far too bright. In a few seconds, the light faded, and the bookshelves were fixed, each book placed in its rightful place. The twins cheered happily.
"WOOHOO! WE DID IT!"

Twilight stepped forward, a smile on her face. "Never in my life have I seen such a close bond with a family before! Yours definitely beats the Apple family! Spike! Take a letter!"
"Yes, ma'am!" replied Spike.
"Wait! Are you going to REPORT us or something?" asked Absolute Zero, frightened. Twilight giggled, as well as Spike.
"Of course not, Absolute Zero! I am a faithful student of the Princess herself, and every time I learn something about friendship, I write a letter to her! Trust me, It's a good thing! So Spike, write this down;
Dear Princess Celestia, yesterday I've met some wonderful ponies who came all the way from Manehattan to come live in Ponyville. They are called the Extremes, because they have fantastic names and have brightly colored coats. Their names are: Absolute Zero, Winter Sky, Arctic Lime, Sizzling Sunset, Lemon Glacier, Fiery Rose, Spring Frost and Heat Wave. When they were introducing themselves to me, I had learnt that they have been orphaned. I'm writing to you now because I have learned something very important, and that is to stand up for your family or friends in any situation, in this case, your family. Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle. Okay Spike, send that off!"

Spike rolls the letter into a scroll, walks over to the balcony window, and blows a green fire that sends the scroll into thin air. The 8 siblings were amazed at what they saw. Twilight giggled.
"You'll get used to it."