Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash began walking out of town, and as they approached the city limits Rainbow Dash realised something.
"Man I'm bored," she looked over to her bouncing friend, "wanna race?"
"Not really, sorry.", Pinkie stated with a smile.
"Well... wanna play I Spy?", Dash asked.
"I love games!", Pinkie said in an excited voice, "You go first."
"Okay um... I spy with my little eye... something... green.", Dash said as her eyes finally landed on a tree.
"Tree!", Pinkie shouted, "You're gonna have to do better than that Dashie.", Pinkie said and Dash lowered her head. "Okay, I spy with my little eye... Applejack!", Pinkie said while looking down the road.
Rainbow Dash looked up, and sure enough Applejack was trotting towards them. Her hat was cocked forward a little like she was a mare on a mission.
"Hey Applejack! What's up?", Pinkie Pie asked as Applejack got closer.
"Hiya Pinkie, RD. Ah'm lookin' for Applebloom and her little friends.", Applejack said with a frown.
"Is everything alright AJ?", Dash asked.
"No.", Applejack plainly stated.
"What happened?", Pinkie asked.
Applejack drew in a ragged breath.
Earlier that day in Sweet Apple Acres...
"Cutie Mark Crusaders Cattle Drivers YAAAAAYYY!", three very excited little fillies yelled as they high hoofed each other.
Back in the present...
"Need Ah say more?", Applejack asked.
Rainbow Dash absent mindly kicked at the ground before replying, "No, and I haven't seen them."
"Me either!", Pinkie added with a smile.
"Well alright then, but if'n ya'll see those little varmits, tell'em to get back to the farm. There's plenty of work that has to be done now that they've destroyed half of it.", Applejack fumed, "Say would you two mind giving a helping hoof?", she asked.
"Sorry AJ, but Pinkie and I are heading over to Zecora's.", Dash said.
"Zecora's? Why?", Applejack asked with an arched eyebrow.
"I hurt my wing, and there's no way I'm going back to the hospital.", Rainbow Dash explained.
"It's not to bad is it?", Applejack asked in a tone that was thick with concern.
Dash flicked her hoof, "Nah, but it does hurt, and I don't think I can fly with it.", Dash said.
"Well alright then. Be sure to let me know when you get better sugarcube."
Dash gave a little salute, "Will do, and then we'll help out with the clean up."
"Yep, yep, yep!", Pinkie added in agreement.
"Thanks girls. Ah'd better be headin' back now. See ya'll soon.", Applejack said as she waved and continued walking towards what was left of Sweet Apple Acres.
"Bye!", Dash and Pinkie said at the same time before continuing on their way to Zecora's hut.
A few minutes later Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie stood in front of the Everfree Forest, gaping at how dark the path was.
"Ya know Pinkie Pie, it's darker than I remember.", Dash said as she swallowed a lump.
"Ye...yeah, but we have to get to to Zecora's!", Pinkie said as she pranced in place.
"Pinkie Pie? What are you doing?", Dash asked with a raised eyebrow.
Pinkie looked over at Dash and flashed a sheepish smile, "I can't help it Dashie! I'm just so excited!"
"Excited about what?", Dash blurted out.
"Just think of all the things that could go wrong! We could get eaten by a monster, or get lost, or even...", Pinkie Pie was cut off by Dash's hoof.
"Heh," she half heartedly laughed, "right."
Dash cautiously stepped forward and eyed her surroundings.
"Coast is clear.", she said as confidently as possible.
Pinkie Pie bounced past her and began laughing and giggling at nothing in particular. Dash followed alongside Pinkie Pie, occasionally glancing about for anything that may threaten them.
"Are you ready?", Pinkie asked in a sing-song voice.
"Ready for what?", Dash asked.
"For more I Spy silly! It's my turn remember.", Pinkie Pie said with a grin.
"Oh yeah, sure.", Dash said.
'Good. A game should take my mind off of things.', she thought to herself.
"I spy with my little eye something that has eight legs, nine red eyes, and large sharp fangs!", Pinkie Pie said excitedly.
"Wha...?", Dash said as she stopped and looked around, "Wh...where is it?", she asked as a sliver of fear shot up her spine.
"Come on Dashie! I can't tell you that! It would ruin the game!", Pinkie exclaimed.
"Pinkie this isn't funny. Where is it?", Dash whispered.
"Oh alright," Pinkie sighed, "it's in your mane."
Dash instantly felt the thrill of terror hit her, so much so that she began screaming, "Get it off! Get it off! Get it offffff!"
Pinkie Pie fell onto the ground on her back and rolled around holding her sides, laughing up a storm. She sat up and watched Dash frantically use her hoove to comb through her mane, searching for the creature that Pinkie had described.
"Gotcha Dashie!", Pinkie said before rolling around and laughing some more.
Rainbow Dash heard that and calmed down.
'A prank! A prank! She pulled a prank on me at a time like this!', Dash thought as she stared daggers at Pinkie Pie, 'She pranked me?', her train of thought continued before she began giggling.
Soon the darkness of the forest was filled by the laughter of the two mares. Dash fell to the ground, unable to hold herself up from laughing so hard, as Pinkie Pie finally stopped rolling and sat up on the ground.
Dash held her eyes closed so she could hold back the tears that were forming in her eyes as she turned to Pinkie Pie and said, "Ha! You got me good Pinkie Pie! You got me!"
Pinkie laughed and snorted, "Yeah I know Dashie! You should seen the look on your face!", she said as continued her laughing fit.
Dash openned her eyes and her pupils shrank to tiny dots, "P...Pinkie?"
"Yes Dashie?", Pinkie asked between giggles.
"Don't move.", Dash said.
Pinkie Pie looked to her friend, "What?"
"It's on you.", Dash whispered.
"Oh come on Dashie! You said so yourself that I'm smarter than what everypony thinks! I'm not going to fall for that.", Pinkie said as she shook her head slowly.
Dash slowly walked over to Pinkie and quickly pushed something off of Pinkie's mane. Pinkie looked down and her eyes went wide with fright. She and Dash screamed and ran the rest of he way to Zecora's hut in the heart of the Everfree Forest.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie hurriedly pounded on Zecora's door to which a voice from inside said, "Who ever is pounding upon my door, please tell me what you are here for."
""Zecora it's Rainbow Dash!", she started.
"And Pinkie Pie!", Pinkie Pie interjected.
"Please let us in!", Rainbow finished.
Zecora openned the door and Dash along with Pinkie rushed inside.
"My dear pony friends you seem to be scared, but what could have frigtened such bold little mares?", Zecora asked.
"Weird... bugs!", Rainbow Dash said as she tried to catch her breath.
"BIG... weird... bugs!", Pinkie Pie added.
"Yes, yes. The creatures of the forest can be quite scary, but that is why you must be extra weary.", Zecora said with a smile and a chuckle.
Zecora walked over to her cauldron and began to stir its contents. It glowed green and began to bubble profusely. Raibow Dash walked over to it and decided to take a little sniff.
"Blah! What is that stuff?", she asked with her tongue stuck out in disgust.
"This is a potion that is completely new, not even I know what it will do.", Zecora answered.
"So why'd ya make it?", Pinkie asked in her normal bubbly voice.
"Curiousity can lead one to many things. It can make the rich poor, or turn the the poor into kings.", Zecora said as she added a new ingrediant to the mixture making it glow red, and smell of lilacs and roses.
"So you don't know what it will do, but you made it anyway?", Rainbow Dash asked.
Zecora simply nodded her head and continued to stir her brew. Pinkie Pie watched from behind Rainbow Dash and her curiousity began to rise. She watched intently as the brew bubbled and steamed, wondering just what exactly it would do once it was used.
Zecora and Rainbow Dash walked over to the ancient tome that Zecora had found the recipe for the potion in and the two began looking it over. The writing in the manuscript was ancient and Rainbow Dash stared at it in wonderment.
'Wow! So this is how Daring Do must feel every time she finds an ancient artifact!', she said as she surpressed a small giggle and allowed herself to drawn into a daydream, where she and Daring Do go on a totally awesome adventure. Her daydream however was ended shortly after it began.
"Foolish pony you know not what you have done! We know not what it does! It might be the opposite of fun!", Zecora exclaimed bringing Dash out of her dream.
Dash shook her head and glanced over at Pinkie Pie who was now glowing. Pinkie Pie was looking at each individual part of her body and saying, "OOOO, pretty!", she clapped her hooves together and danced in place.
After a few seconds Pinkie said, "Hey Dashie! You should really try some of this stuff!"
"Pinkie, we don't know what it does! It could hurt you! Why did you do that?", Dash scolded.
Pinkie Pie pursed her lips together and said, "Well I tasted it, and I feel great now! My hooves were hurting from all that running we did from those icky bugs, but now," Pinkie jumped up and did a flip while holding her back hooves, "I feel super-duper great!"
Rainbow Dash looked over to Zecora who was intensely studying Pinkie Pie. Zecora looked over at Dash and said with her hoof brought up to her chin, "It is possible that this potion is a cure all remedy, from a stiff back to an achey knee."
Rainbow's curiousity was peeked to say the least. 'This potion is a cure all!', she exclaimed inwardly. She had to have some. It would fix her wing, and by the looks of Pinkie Pie, completely rejuvinate her. She walked over to the cauldron, cautiously grabbed the laddle, and poured some into a brown bowl that was sitting nearby.
She replaced the laddle and grabbed the bowl with her mouth saying, "Down the hatch.", through clenthed teeth.
The warm liquid entered her mouth and she swallowed. Even though it smelled like flowers, it tasted like vanilla cream. After she finished swallowing it, and licking her lips, she began to feel slightly strange. She looked around and realized that her whole body had began to glow, and the pain that was in her wing had disappeared. Dash gave her wings a few test flaps to see if the pain would return, and to her amazement it hadn't. She jumped into the air and began hovering with ease.
"The pain's all gone!", Dash happily exclaimed.
"See? I told ya so!", Pinkie said as she bounced around Dash.
"It would appear that the potion is quite safe, but if something goes amiss reurn post haste.", Zecora said as she flipped through her book once more.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie happily waved good-bye to their zebra friend and rushed out the door to tell their friends the good news. Zecora continued to flip pages in her book, barely noticing that the two mares had left. Eventually she came upon a page that made her blood run cold.
She rushed to her door and shouted into the darkness,"Little ponies return to me quick, for the next pony you touch, your minds will switch. If the effects are not altered by the end of two days, then in each other's body you shall stay!", but she was only speaking to the darkness of the forest.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were already to far away to hear her, so Zecora ran back into her hut and began making the antidote that the book prescribed, and said to herself, "I must be fast, I must be quick. I hope that this potion will do the trick. But alas it takes a full day to make, and if those two touch any pony else, it will be a big mistake."