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// A Cry For Help 
// Story: 30 Minute Prompt One-Shots 
// by Trish Hankins 
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“Dear Elements of Harmony,

Thank you all for coming to our quaint little village to deal with the ostrich attack. We have a few problems with how you conducted yourselves while here, however.

•	The town confectioner claims the pink one ate his entire stock, and the spectacle caused by her consumption of said sweets have caused him enough mental anguish that his wife was forced to hire a psychologist to provide him with the help he now requires. The bill is attached below.

•	Your attack on the ostriches, while successful, destroyed our town’s windmill, bridge, civic center, water supply, and dreams. The bill is attached below.

•	Princess Twilight Sparkle took time for a visit to our library with her assistant. After said visit, every book from the library unexpectedly vanished, leaving only a faint burning smell. The bill is attached below.

•	Your magical rainbow attack seems to have changed the pigment of the park’s flowers into, surprise, rainbow stripes. It also left them emitting an odor that causes happiness and ‘friendliness’ to all who smell it. They have been classified as a dangerously addictive narcotic, and the park has been burned to the ground in order to mitigate the health hazard. The bill is attached below.

We would appreciate you send the required funds within the month; otherwise we will have our lawyer sue the pants off of you. Please stay out of our lives.

As the white one called us,
The Quaint Village of Cruddy Coltington”

As promised, following the signatures of each and every citizen of the town was several expensive bills. The five ponies assembled stared at the parchment for several tense moments, before turning to their hopeful gazes to their royal friend. Twilight sighed and rolled her eyes, before writing a short reply to the town.

“Dear Coltington, 

I can send you to the moon. To the moon.

Signed,
Princess Twilight Sparkle

P.S. To the moon.”

The group never heard from the town again.