Chapter 2: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
The Mane Six brought their clones to their place of origin. They planned on doing whatever it takes to get their job done. First off, Applejack brought her own clones home.
"All righty, buckeroos, we done got some chores 'ta be done here." Applejack explains to her clones with a smile. "So yew know what 'ta do, right?"
"Eeyup," The clones said with a nod.
"Then let's get 'hese chores a-going; HEEHAW!"
"HEEHAW!"
The Applejacks got to work on the chores. Some of the clones buck trees while catching them in apples, some begins plowing the field, the clones fix fence, etc. It looks like the chores will be done in no time.
The real Applejack smiles eagerly. That Mirror Pool may be the greatest idea ever! Things should get better, right?
But then, something goes wrong. One of the clones frown while snapping, "Come on, move it; 'Git 'de wagon over there, y'all!"
"Hey, Ah done got 'dis covered!" Another clone snaps to the first one in annoyance. "Besides, Ah is in charge."
"No, Ah is, no, Ah!" Some of the clones exclaims angrily. Soon the whole things begins to get wrong big time. Many of the Applejacks are trying to take charge in giving the other what to do while not listening since they believe to have it cover.
The real Applejack yelps while exclaiming, "Whoa there, darlings! Hang on! We're all 'de same Applejack, so let's not git bossy. We can do 'dis if..."
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT 'TA DO!" Some of the Applejack snaps in annoyance, sending the real deal to the ground. As she got up, the mare looks worried as the mares knocks down trees, trying to take over some chores, even the barn isn't safe as it gets knocked down the second time.
Applejack gulps in worry. Perhaps this idea wasn't doing well at all.
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The real Rainbow smiles as she put her clones to work in the weather, some of which involves rain, sunshine, etc. The cyan Pegasus pony calls out, "All right, ponies; looking good!"
"Yeah, sure are!" One of the Rainbow clones exclaims eagerly. "Hey, I will race you slow pokes!"
"You're on!" The other clones laugh. Soon they begin speeding all over Equestria and that's when the terrible part happens.
The weather ends up going out of control, ponies are dragged in by the Rainbow Dashes' competitive streak with buildings getting destroyed. Many of the ponies were forced into hiding by the madness being spread here. Some join one or the other to make the fastest number of Wing Power to bring enough water from lakes to make more rainclouds. But it becomes too much that it'll cause disaster of dryness and floodings!
"Whoa, whoa," Rainbow exclaims in alarm as she tries to stop her clones. "This is getting out of hoof here! We can't be destroying Equestria!"
"You're jealous because you're slow!" One clone exclaims with a taunt, much to the real Rainbow's annoyance.
"Who are you calling 'slow', 'chump'?!"
Rainbow yelps as some rain blows her around, followed by snow. The freezing rain combination frosts her wings, sending the mare to the ground. She recovers, looking up to see the disaster that the clones are making all over like mad.
"Oh man, this isn't cool." Rainbow said with a groan of concern. Perhaps this idea wasn't a good one after all. Now Equestria has gotten a whole lot of weather thanks to her clones...and to her for making them in the first place!
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Even Rarity is having trouble with her clones. Once at the Carousel Baroque, she got them to work on some dresses and models, trying to make the latest fashion and work. For a moment, it looks like everything is doing so fine.
But then the fighting starts. One clone gags at a dress, snapping, "This is a fashion disaster! I wouldn't be caught dead in this!"
"Well, how would you like to be dead in that," The other clone snaps as she points at a model work that the clone's working on. "Honestly, I don't see what kind of fashion is that."
"Well both yours needs some changes!" The third clone remarks as she uses her magic to make some different alterations to the dress and model work. Needless to say, this doesn't please her 'colleagues' at all.
"STAY AWAY FROM THAT,” The clones exclaims furiously.
The real Rarity came in to see a fashion disaster, majorly! Some of the clones fight while making different alternations which end up making more fighting and ruining makeup. The real unicorn shouts out, "Hey, hey! STOP THAT!" The clones stop fighting to hear her out. "What are you doing, we are supposed to..."
Rarity yelps as she sees a green/black combination dress on a mannequin. The mare groans, "Ugh, what kind of disaster is that? Ohh, I pity the ponies who wears that one."
"Hey, I love it, it was a great work of art!" A Rarity clone snaps to the real Rarity in annoyance.
"Right, art of disaster, you mean!"
Now things got even more worst. Rarity and her clones begin fighting, ruining makeup. Some ponies came in, looking confused by the white unicorns running the place. They were forced to run in terror as some of the fabric got thrown at them from out of nowhere.
Rarity sighs in concern, "This idea is...THE WORST...POSSIBLE...IDEA EVER." The mare tries to get on her couch but some of her clones are piling up on it. "HEY! GET OFF THAT!"
"MINE!" The Rarity clones snaps as they kept the real deal off the couch. The white unicorn looks saddened and worried. She can't even use her own couch? Oh, the horror!
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Fluttershy and her clones are at the cottage right now to do the original's normal kind of work. The original explains, "Okay, you want to help animals, right?"
"Right," The Fluttershy clones all replied with nods.
"Right...well, I guess it's time we get to work." Fluttershy said to the clones.
The Fluttershys got to work on animals. For a while, some of them are doing fine, fixing animals' limbs and getting food. The original smiles proudly. For a moment, it looks like things are going to be okay.
"Oh dear, oh dear, not good if I can do this," One clone said in self-doubt, looking up at a bear that has a headache and needed and ice pack.
"Oh, can you slow down, please?" Another Fluttershy clone asks a squirrel that went too fast for her.
"Eep," Two Fluttershy clones exclaims as they bump into one another. "Don't do that, please!"
Another Fluttershy flew into a box, knocking some stuff over. When she emerges, the mare has costume stuff all over, causing her to look like a monster.
"EEEEEEK," Most of the Fluttershys screams in terror as they run to hide or just run around, the Fluttershys are freaking the animals out, some of them run or even hide from the Pegasus clones.
"Wait, calm down. Please stop." The original Fluttershy said meekly as she tries her best to calm them down. One Fluttershy accidentally smacks her into the couch, knocking her down.
The original sighs a bit in sadness. This is getting out of hoof big time.
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Even Pinkie Pie...
"Mr. Narrator?" Pinkie pops up to me.
Uh, yes, Pinkie Pie?
"I think the fans who saw the episode know what's going to happen. I mean, look." Pinkie said in concern.
Sure enough, the Pinkie Pies are getting out of hoof just like in the original episode. There is too many, bouncing around like mad. Some of the ponies scream and hid.
"And worst yet, my parties are getting out of hoof all over than before, especially since I had too many extras and a few went to the parties of the other." Pinkie explains. Sure enough, some of her clones zip to another's party, using cannons and other crazy stuff.
I see...
"Well, things go downhill fast." Pinkie said to the narrator with a smile. "Sooo, how about we just cut to Twilight and see how she's doing?"
Right, I see. Okay...
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Twilight took her clones home back. She begins work with organizing books, making spells or experiments, even studying. Things were doing fine, right? Wrong.
"Hey, hang on. You are doing it wrong!" One Twilight clone complains to another.
"Hey, careful," Two Twilight clones exclaims in annoyance.
Some of the clones' spells went out of control, some of which make holes in the library. As for Twilight, she is doing her best to keep up but to no prevail. These clones are too much like her. They can't coordinate well and get into each other's way.
"Come on, we're all the same mare here." The real Twilight said to calm her own clones down. The mare tries to use a spell to stop them but they keep teleporting out. "Oh, come on!"
It was at this time that Ben, Nyx and the Dragons came back. Their eyes widen upon seeing what's going on.
Spike begin, "What the-"
"Buck is-" Ben continues on, shocked at seeing what's happening.
"Happening?" Nyx ask as she finishes the sentence.
"Ben, everyone, thank goodness." Twilight said seeing the others arriving. "Spike, help me deal with this problem."
"Uh, sure, no problem," Spike said as he rushes in. "Spike, I need a copy of the spell book." A Twilight clone said as she gives out a scroll to the baby Dragon.
"No problem." Spike said in concern. But more came up, "Spike! More quills! Spike, why aren't you at Sugarcube Corner?! Spike, Spike, Spike!" The Twilight clones exclaims like mad.
Spike is getting freaked out. He can't follow or even know which Twilight he was doing what for.
"Mommy," Nyx exclaims as she tries to find the real Twilight.
"Yes, Nyx," Most of the Twilight calls out while throwing some spells around. Nyx looks worried. She likes having more than one Twilight around, but this is getting out of hoof!
"Wow, and I thought Lorcan's Dragon war was insane!" Phobos comments in amusement.
"Twilight, which one of you is the real Twilight," Ben calls out to the Twilight.
"I am, Ben!" One Twilight exclaims to Ben with a smile.
"No, I am!" Another Twilight snaps to the other angrily.
"No, me, me, it's me, Ben, don't you remember when I free you from that curse and how we reunited?" Yet another Twilight calls out.
"Hoo boy," Ben said in concern. Apparently, all these Twilights are the same and has the same memory. How can he tell which one is his girlfriend?
The answer, not a simple one.
The real Twilight goes to the group who are backing away. She exclaims, "Ben, Nyx, Spike, Phobos, please, it's me."
"And how do we know that?" Phobos asks Twilight in concern.
"What about how we save the Crystal Empire? How we..." Twilight begins to say but Ben sadly cut her off.
"I'm sorry, but until we know which one is the real Twilight, we are staying away." Ben said to Twilight in sadness. The real mare's heart appears to be heartbroken. "Come on, Nyx, we're leaving."
"Okay." Nyx said sadly.
"Sorry, Twilight," Spike said as the group leaves.
Twilight looks down in sadness. Her idea of getting clones to help has drove Ben and the others away. She ask herself sadly, "Oh, what have I done?"
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It didn't take long for things to go out of control. Lyra and Bon-Bon were talking when they saw a bunch of animals charging at them. The two moves out of the way as they saw a bunch of Fluttershys exclaiming, "Come back here, animals, come back!"
Daisy, Lily and Rose runs as some of the Rainbows' clouds start shooting lightning, knocking down their flower stands. Daisy screams in terror, "The horror; the horror!"
Things got worse, more Pinkie Pies run around Equestria, begging the ponies to play with them and have fun but that freaks the locals out big time. Add a bunch of Raritys using magic to clean up dirt, Applejacks challenging one another to some challenges or so and a lot of Twilights using magic and you got one Tartarus of a mess on your hooves here.
Needless to say, Ponyeville, even most of Equestria is driven to the point where they are even TOO Many Mane Sixes for them to handle. But who will they contact? The only one who would've has a lot of Twilight clones! Most of the locals lock their doors, scared and alarmed to come out.
"This is too much even for me to handle!" The Mayor exclaims as she hid in her house, getting rid of the welcome mat. "I'm staying in here until this mess is taken care of."
"Shouldn't we call someone like the Royal Guards or something?" Derpy ask Time Turner while the two and Dinky hide in the stallion's house.
"And risk hurting the real deals?" Time Turner asks Derpy in concern. "If only that was the case...no, only an idea can save us all from this madness..." The stallion ducks to dodge a stray magic blast from a Twilight clone that came through his window, "And hopefully soon!"
The real deals in the confusion are running around, trying to get the situation under control. But with so many of their clones, it may be difficult in doing so. Suddenly without warning, the six bumps into each other. Upon recovering, they saw one another.
"Girls...wait, you are my friends, right?" Twilight ask her friends in concern.
"'Dat's depends. Are yew Twilight or 'de real deal," Applejack ask the others in concern.
"Oh dear, there is so many of us here...even I am confused." Fluttershy said meekly. Most of the ponies are concerned. How will they figure out which one is which?
Pinkie on the other hoof smiles as she exclaims, "No worry; I took the precaution should the Mirror Pool gets out of hoof again!" Her friends look at her oddly. "Well, in the actual series anyway. Look, check your hooves, girls."
The Mane Six checks their own hooves. To their surprise, there are brand sticker marks on themselves which read 'Mane Six Brand, Original...' And of course it ends with each pony's name.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Rarity asks Pinkie puzzled. "And how did these stickers get onto us?"
"Oh, put them on us without the other knowing just in case!" Pinkie explains to her friends happily. Some of the ponies are puzzled as to how they got these things. But the Mane Six decided not to worry, what's more important are the clones running amuk."
"Well, at least we found the real deals...but how are we going to deal with the clones?" Rainbow asks while frowning at the Rainbow clones speeding and causing weather chaos.
"Perhaps using the Mirror Pool was a bad idea." Fluttershy said while looking down. "We should've known that our clones has too much of our personalities in them."
"Right, if we only asked for each other's help in the first place..." Rarity said with a sad sigh. "But it's too late. The damage has sadly been done."
"No it isn't. We got to round up our clones. I know of a send back spell that can send them back." Twilight explains to her friends in determination. The mare knows that if she uses the send back spell, Twilight can send the clones back to the Mirror Pool.
"One problem, sugar cube...once we do round 'em up, how can we tell each other apart?" Applejack ask Twilight in concern. "We done may end up sending 'de original to 'dat there pool. Ah mean, yew is easy since yew're 'de original who can blast her own clones...but not us."
"No worries, I got an idea on what to do...I got to find Ben, Nyx, Spike and Phobos, show them that I'm the original...then we will deal with the attack of the clones."
"Oooh, I love that movie!" Pinkie exclaims happily, making her friends chuckle a bit.