//------------------------------// // How Things All Work Out // Story: Zippy, Merlin and Jinkie Pie // by yodajax10 //------------------------------// The next morning, Twilight Sparkle woke up from her sleep. It was another beautiful morning. "Hey, Spike!" She said, nudging him. "Time to get up!" Spike yawned as he started to wake up. "Okay, I'm coming." Twilight went downstairs but Spike just went back to sleep saying. "Just two more hours..." Twilight was going downstairs to organize her books, but then heard a knock at the door. She walked over to the door and saw it was Zippy. "Oh, hi Zippy." Twilight said, smiling. "Can I come inside, please?" Zippy asked. "Sure," said Twilight. Zippy walked inside with Twilight. "So, what's up?" Twilight asked. "Well, it's just..." Zippy started to say. "No, forget it." "What?" said Twilight. "It's not that big of a deal." said Zippy. "Hey," said Twilight, in a kind tone. "You're talking to a very good friend of your sister, you can tell me." Zippy sighed. "I just...don't really know if I'm really brave...or if I'm just a big scaredy-cat." "What do you mean?" said Twilight. "Well, I was helping Fluttershy out with animals and I got really scared by this big bear I tried to help." said Zippy. "Right now, I don't know how brave I really am." "Zippy," said Twilight, putting her hoof on his shoulder. "It's not important how brave you are, you just gotta believe in yourself." "I know that," said Zippy. "I'm just having trouble thinking these kind of things through." "How come?" asked Twilight. "Never mind," said Zippy. "I just have to think a little. Thanks for talking." Zippy then left as Twilight looked concerned. But none of them knew that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were secretly watching them. Diamond Tiara smiled evilly, she had a plan. Twilight then noticed Spike was still upstairs sleeping. "Spike!" She called. "Are you still asleep?" She didn't get an answer. She smirked. "If you don't come down, the tickle monster's gonna get ya until you help me!" She said as she was about to go upstairs. She then heard another knock. She walked downstairs and saw it was Merlin this time. "Oh, hi Merlin." Twilight said. "Hi, Ms. Twilight Sparkle!" Merlin said. Twilight giggled. "You can just call me Twilight." "I heard you needed help!" said Merlin. Twilight looked confused. "How...?" She said. "I heard you through the window!" said Merlin. "So can I help?" Twilight smiled. "Sure," She said. "Why not?" Later, when Merlin was helping organize books in the library, he had a stack of books on his back. "Are you sure you can get those books fine?" said Twilight. "Oh, yeah." said Merlin. "I'm fine," He then quickly set the books down, but noticed one book on magic. Twilight noticed Merlin with the book and smiled. "You're starting to like that book, aren't you?" said Twilight. "Yeah!" said Merlin. "Magic is the coolest thing!" "Well, if you're really into magic, you can borrow that." said Twilight. Merlin's eyes widened. "But Twilight-" He said. "I insist." said Twilight, smiling. "Well, thank you very, very much!" said Merlin. "Now run along and have fun," said Twilight, smiling at him. "Okay! Thanks Twilight!" Merlin said as he happily hopped out the door. "Well, all I need is a visit from Jinkie Pie." said Twilight. Jinkie Pie then popped out of a plant pot, grinning. "You rang?" He said grinning. Later, Zippy, Merlin and Jinkie Pie were playing with the Cutie Mark Crusaders again. Jinkie Pie was playing Rock Paper Scissors with Sweetie Belle. "How do you play this game anyway?" asked Sweetie Belle looking at their hooves. "I don't know." said Jinkie Pie. None of them knew Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon watching them. Diamond Tiara then began to pant as she ran over to the fillies and colts in fake panic. "Zippy! Zippy!" Diamond Tiara said. "Oh, thank goodness! We got trouble!" "What trouble?" said Zippy. "We saw a bear cub! He-he's dangling on a cliff! He's trapped!" said Diamond Tiara. "You must save him!" "Wha-where is he?" said Zippy. "Follow me!" said Diamond Tiara. Zippy followed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon as Merlin, Jinkie Pie and the Cutie Mark Crusaders followed. The rich fillies took Zippy to a cliff and showed him the bear cub over the cliff hanging on to a branch. Zippy's eyes widened. "Well, don't just stand there!" said Diamond Tiara. "Save him!" "Uh, right!" said Zippy. Zippy began to think. "Okay, okay, think-think-think!" He wasn't ready for flying yet, so he couldn't swoop down and save him. Zippy found a long tree branch and grinned. He quickly grabbed the branch and rushed towards the cliff and held it down for the cub to grab. But for some reason, the bear wouldn't grab it! "Come on! Come on! Grab it!" Zippy said frantically. But then the cub fell off the branch and fell deep down onto the ground. Zippy's eyes widened as he looked on to his failure. "So, you lied to everypony." said Diamond Tiara, as the others looked shocked. "You were trying to prove you were one of the bravest colts out there, but deep down, you're nothing but a liar and a coward! Maybe even more then your big sister." She smirked in Zippy's face. Zippy was trying his best to hold back his tears, but instantly ran off crying. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Merlin and Jinkie Pie couldn't believe what they saw, but they all looked over the cliff and noticed the bear cub was stuffed. This was all a setup by Diamond Tiara! They all noticed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughing at Zippy's humiliation. Scootaloo growled in anger. "You jerks!" Scootaloo yelled in Diamond Tiara's face. "What's the matter with you?!" "Well, three blank flanks was enough," said Diamond Tiara, smirking. "Or four, or five, but six just wouldn't do." The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Merlin and Jinkie Pie instantly tried to follow Zippy. "Come back!" Scootaloo called. "Zippy!" said Jinkie Pie. "Wait up!" "Zippy!" said Sweetie Belle. "Come back!" Meanwhile in Fluttershy's cottage, Fluttershy was inside relaxing. She then heard the door open. "Hello, Zippy." She said, turning over to her little brother. Her smile turned into a worried look when she noticed Zippy looking down with tears streaming from his eyes. Fluttershy instantly ran over to him. "Zippy, are you alright?" Fluttershy asked in concern. "What happened?" Fluttershy pulled Zippy's chin up with her hoof and gave him an assuring look that he can talk to her. But Zippy just couldn't talk right now. "I don't want to talk about it." Zippy said, as he ran upstairs. "Zippy," said Fluttershy. "Just leave me alone!" Zippy said as he ran into the bedroom and closed the door. "You always tell me everything!" said Fluttershy, worried. "What's wrong?" Fluttershy looked down in sadness, knowing she probably wasn't going to get an answer. Iago and Angel looked upstairs, sadly and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Merlin and Jinkie Pie were peeking throught the window sadly, feeling bad for Zippy. It was now nighttime and Zippy was still in his room. He stopped crying a while ago, but he hasn't come out of his room since he came home. He looked outside and stared up into the stars. "I'm not a coward..." He said to himself. "I'm not!" He then opened the window and climbed out of the house. The Cutie Mark Crusaders peeked and saw Zippy heading for the Everfree forest. Another pony who was watching was Jinkie Pie. He instantly went to his bed which he and Pinkie Pie shared together. "Aunt Pinkie!" Jinkie Pie whispered trying to wake his aunt up. "Aunt Pinkie!" But no luck. Jinkie Pie then had an idea. "Happy Birthday!" He said. "Birthday?" said Pinkie Pie, waking up. "Who's birthday?" "None, it was a false alarm." said Jinkie Pie sadly. "Aww," said Pinkie Pie. "But Fluttershy's little brother is in trouble!" said Jinkie Pie. "He's in trouble?" said Pinkie Pie. "He's in trouble!" said Jinkie Pie. "Oh my gosh!" said Pinkie Pie. "Oh my gosh!" said Jinkie Pie. "AAAAAAH!" said Pinkie Pie. "AAAAAAH!" said Jinkie Pie. "Should we save him?" "You took the words right out of my mouth!" said Pinkie Pie, winking at her nephew. They then ran out the door. Another pony who was watching was Merlin. "Oh no!" He whispered. "Zippy's in trouble! The magic book!" He realized. He put a bunch of pillows into his bed in order to fool his parents and sneaked out the window, with the book. "Magic book, do as I please," Merlin chanted. "Help me find my friend with the greatest of sneeze! No, wait! I mean ease!" Merlin then felt a twitch in his nose as he started sneezing magic dust. A while has passed and Zippy was walking into the Everfree forest. "There's gotta be some animal I can help." He said. He then heard some whining. He looked around and spotted a wolf whining in his sleep. He looked and saw what looked like a thorn on top of one of the wolf's paws. "Poor wolf," Zippy said. He quietly walked over to him. And took the wolf's paw and pulled on the paw. The wolf instantly woke up and looked at Zippy. Zippy's eyes widened as he noticed the thorn was just one of the wolf's claws. He smiled nervously and pointed and the wolf's paw like it was a joke. But the wolf was growling at Zippy from the start. Zippy instantly ran off followed by the wolf. Zippy tried to climb up a tree, but no luck. He quickly jumped out of the way as the wolf tried to snap at him. He grabbed onto the wolf's tail as the wolf tried to catch him similar to how a dog chases his tail, after a while, he stopped and used his tail to fling him off and onto the ground. Zippy got up and grew frightened when he saw the wolf closing in on him. Zippy covered his eyes, knowing he was done for, but then he heard a female voice. "Look! There he is!" Then, someone flew in and scooped Zippy up. He opened his eyes and saw it was Fluttershy who saved him. She set him on the ground as Twilight, Iago, Pinkie Pie and Jinkie Pie walked/flew up to him. "Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." said Zippy. They then both noticed the wolf growling as he walked towards them. Fluttershy grew mad at the wolf. She instantly flew into his face. "You should be ashamed of yourself, picking on my little brother!" She said, angrily. "If I ever see you doing something like this again, you're never going to hear the end of it!" The wolf started to get scared. Fluttershy then used 'The Stare' on him which caused the wolf to run away yipping. As soon as the wolf was out of sight, Fluttershy walked over to Zippy. "Oh, Zippy." She said, hugging him. "Thank Celestia, you're safe." "How did you guys find me?" asked Zippy. "Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo saw what you were doing and told us." said Twilight. "Yeah, very late in the night I may add." said Iago. Twilight annoyingly bumped Iago off her back. "They also told us what happened earlier today." said Fluttershy putting a hoof on Zippy's shoulder. Tears started flowing in Zippy's eyes. "I'm sorry," He said. "I was trying to be brave like you guys." "Zippy," said Twilight. "It's okay if you're sometimes scared, being brave doesn't mean doing something dangerous like this. I myself sometimes act tough, but that's because I'm sometimes scared too." "That's right, and right now, I was more scared then anything else I've been scared of before." said Fluttershy. "You were?" said Zippy. "Of course," Fluttershy said. "I thought I would've lost you." "Really?" said Zippy. Fluttershy nodded. Zippy thought for a second and giggled. "What is it?" Fluttershy asked, smiling. "I was just thinking how scared that wolf was when you came in." said Zippy, smiling. Fluttershy giggled. "That's because no one messes with my little brother." She said rubbing his head. Fluttershy and Zippy shared a hug with each other, as Fluttershy wrapped both her fore-legs and her wings around her little brother. Twilight smiled at this and Iago raised an eyebrow. "Hmph, mush." Iago said. Twilight smirked and rolled her eyes. "Well, I think we all should get some shut-eye now," said Twilight as she and the others started to head back. "AH-AH-AH-CHOO!" said a voice. They then saw a magical blast from the woods and land right in front of Twilight. It was Merlin. "Merlin?" Twilight asked. "What are you doing out here?" Merlin looked up nervously at Twilight. He tried to say something, but he got stuck. He then thought for a second and confessed. "I've always been a fan of yours, and since you and I live here, I thought it would be cool to learn magic so I can become your apprentice someday, I snuck out to help find Zippy by using magic and (sigh) you now know the rest." Merlin looked down in embarrassment and shame, but Twilight smiled at him. She used her hoof to raise his chin. "You know, Merlin. What you did kinda reminds me of a little filly I happen to know pretty darn well." Twilight said, sweetly to him. "Really?" Merlin asked. "Who was that?" "You're looking at her." said Twilight, winking at him. "Really?" said Merlin, with his eyes widened. "That's right." said Twilight. "Now, I don't know if I can take you as my apprentice, right now. You understand, right?" Merlin still smiled. "Yeah, I guess I got a little carried away." "But hey," said Twilight, putting her hoof around Merlin. "That doesn't mean we can't be good friends...and that I couldn't teach you a few magic tricks." Merlin smiled at that. "If that's the case," He started. He then hugged Twilight. "You're my best friend." He said. Twilight blushed at that as she then wrapped her hooves around him, sharing a hug with Merlin. Jinkie Pie sniffed a little as he used Pinkie Pie's tail to blow his nose. "Sorry," said Jinkie Pie. "It's okay," said Pinkie Pie, also sniffing. "I needed to blow my nose in this anyway." She then blew her nose into her tail. "Could they get anymore weird?" said Iago to the audience. The next day in Ponyville was a beautiful day as we hear Zippy's voice as the following scenes played out. "Dear Princess Celestia, This is Zippy, Fluttershy's little brother. I learned that you shouldn't lie to make friends, you just gotta be yourself, and who knows, you may make more friends you can imagine." As Zippy was out walking in Ponyville, he noticed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon teasing the Cutie Mark Crusaders again. He then stood in front of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and glared at the rich fillies giving them a look as if he were to say 'Back off'. Diamond Tiara harrumphed and turned away as Silver Spoon followed as Scootaloo put her hoof around Zippy, smiling. Zippy blushed at this. We then see Merlin with Twilight Sparkle as Merlin's voice spoke over the following scenes. "This is also Merlin, I learned that you shouldn't rush things, you need to take time in order for your dreams to come true." Merlin was looking at a huge pile of books set up by Twilight and Spike and grinned, determingly. He started to use his unicorn magic as the books started to glow and levitate a little. Merlin grinned enthusiastically as Twilight winked at him and Spike gave a thumbs up to him. We then see Jinkie Pie finishing a letter to Princess Celestia that he, Zippy and Merlin wrote. "And this is Jinkie Pie, Pinkie Pie's nephew. If you ever need any help throwing any parties, you know who to call! Signed, Zippy, Merlin and yours truly." Jinkie Pie finished. Zippy, Merlin and Jinkie Pie put their hooves together and raised them up with a "BOOYAH!" THE END Cast: Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle Cathy Weseluck: Spike Ashleigh Ball: Applejack Andrea Libman: Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie Tabitha St. Germain: Rarity Michelle Creber: Apple Bloom Claire Corlett: Sweetie Belle Madeleine Peters: Scootaloo Max Burkholder: Zippy Alexander Gould: Merlin Jess Harnell: Jinkie Pie Chantel Strand: Diamond Tiara Shannon Chan-Kent: Silver Spoon Gilbert Gottfried: Iago (Just imagine Burkholder and Gould not going through puberty yet)