Meatball Marinara

by DEn-eaRP


The Malformed Gathering

Pinkie Pie pounced over, so that was good sign. Rarity too, even better! Applejack eventually showed herself, while Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle were never seen converging towards the faux-library. However, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle then remembered that they were already there, so of course that's why they weren't arriving.

"Elements of Harmony..." started Twilight. "Equestria needs our help once again!"

"What in the hay are we waiting for then? Where's the enemy to blast?" Applejack was sure excited to get to blast something with the powers.

"The enemy is our county's money troubles!" announced Twilight. "We need to raise a lot in order to save all ponykind!"

"I'll go sell some apples then!" exclaimed the orange earth pony as she disappeared from the scene. Twilight was actually kind of hoping they'd get more brainstorming in... maybe with cheese and toasted bread... mmmm... bread.

"So what can I do?" asked Rarity, her beautiful mane shining. As the Element of Generosity, her idea was to step up the gains on her personal fortune to then donate to the cause her great friend had told her about. As long as nothing sidetracked her, she felt she could easily fix this pinch.

It was then that a strange, parachuting, trio landed in the scene. Spike, Princess Luna of the Night, and a strange being in white had appeared. The being in white flipped a switch and the parachute disappeared.

"Thanks for bringing Luna and me back from the moon, Kamen Rider Fourze!" said Spike as he attempted to enter the 2D image that occupied the library's former space. He crashed. Luna laughed.

"No problem! That's what friends are for!" Kamen Rider Fourze posed dramatically and then flipped another switch, this one red.

RAVIOLI ON

Suddenly, a tin can appeared on his legs and launched some lights that hit Rarity. Her perfectly coiffed mane and tail had metamorphosed into ravioli! She cried in panic as she began dripping sauce.

"MY HAIR! WHY? WHY-HY-HY!?" She then ran away because Ravioli Rarity, Rarvioli, was not as beautiful as Regular Rarity.

Fourze looked a bit twitchy. "Oops!" He switched the Ravioli Astro Switch off before he could accidentally turn anything else into delicious Italian packets. He then pushed the button on the correct switch, the one he had actually been intent on using, an orange one.

ROCKET ON

"Sorry!" he finished as he used the rocket that somehow appeared to blast off. "SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!"

"Wow!" Pinkie Pie admired the sweet sight. "Friendship is cosmic!"

"What's Rarity so upset about? My whole body is food and you don't see me whining!" Meatball Rainbow Dash would have crossed her forelegs but didn't because she no longer had those.

"Some ponies are more dramatic than others, I guess." Twilight shrugged.

"Ooh, who's the talking meatball?" asked Pinkie.

Twilight changed the subject because not only did she not want Pinkie to worry about Rainbow Dash, but also because she wasn't really thinking on the same page as anypony else anymore. "Do you want to come with me to go find fortune in strange, new, lands?"

"I'd love t-"

"PINKIE PIE! GET IN HERE AND CLEAN UP YOUR CHERRY MESS!" Whether it was Mr. or Mrs. Cake yelling was unclear, but either way, Pinkie winced and changed her mind.

"I'd love to, Twilight, but it looks like..." She ducked to avoid a rolling pin that was being thrown in her direction. "... I have stuff to do here..." Her Pinkie Sense had luckily alerted her to the fact that a butcher knife was headed in her direction, so she avoided that, too. "... butyoucanborrowmycarheresthekeysbye!" Speeding off in the direction of Sugarcube corner, all that was left behind were the keys to Pinkie Pie's RC Car.

Oh, and that knife ended up hitting Luna, who crashed into Spike, sending the two of them spinning clockwise 9 times, counterclockwise 23 times, and frontflipping once, which sent them to Mars. However, that is not important, so the focus shall now return to Twilight picking up the car keys.

"Well let's go, Rainbow!" She jiggled the keys to show off her unicorn levitation skills.

"What about Fluttershy?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot! Let's ask if she wants to ride with us." She climbed into the automobile, and, after making sure Rainball and the Library were with her, she drove towards Fluttershy's place.

AT FLUTTERSHY'S PLACE

Fluttershy's place was indeed a place that belonged to Fluttershy. Surely one who could competently manage finance well enough to own the cottage and its land could give good advice on proper fiscal responsibility! Twilight, who did not know which switch activated Magic Hand, thought pragmatically and so knocked on the door by driving into it, backing up, and driving into it again multiple times.

Without opening the door, Fluttershy's voice answered. "Can I help you?"

"Hi, I'd like an order of hay fries and- wait a minute! That's not what I want to eat!" Twilight begged the image of Meatball Marinara in her mind for forgiveness and promised not to visualize other food from then on.

"Twilight, this is Fluttershy."

"Oh yeah." Twilight then remembered why she was there. "Hey Fluttershy, do you want to come along with us? The economy is in the WC and Rainbow and I are heading out to other places to go find fortune!"

"Oh dear... Twilight, I don't mean to be rude, but I do know what is going on and this whole scenario is really, really stupid. I don't want any part of it." She was silent after that, and even further knocking on the door didn't elicit any more responses from the yellow pegasus.

"What a yellowbelly!" snapped Rainbow. "C'mon Twi, it's just us, then! Two amigos on the open road, searching for fortune!"

"Sounds good to me!" The car roared to life as Twilight started directing it out of Ponyville Town Limits, but not before running over Fluttershy's chicken coop.

UP IN THE SKY

The mailmare watched as she saw a purplely-pink car head down the highway, leaving Ponyville behind. She dove, hopefully to catch it, because she had mail for the driver. It was always important that mail be on time, after all.