//------------------------------// // That's What Friends Do // Story: Squarepants are Magic // by yodajax10 //------------------------------// With SpongeBob and his friends, it was now night time and they were sleeping under a tree, but ready to wake up for action in the morning. SpongeBob was tossing and turning in his sleep, he was still worried about how to stop Strife, since he was all-powerful. But then, SpongeBob heard a voice. "SpongeBob..." SpongeBob's eyes woke up and he saw he was floating in the air, in darkness. "SpongeBob..." "W-who said that?!" SpongeBob asked afraid. A bright light then flashed before SpongeBob's eyes. He looked up and saw huge clouds taking shape before Princess Luna's head emerged from them. "Oh, it's you!" SpongeBob said, smiling. "Princess...princess...I'm sorry, just give me a minute-" "You can call me Luna." Luna's voice echoed as she smiled at him. "Excuse me, Luna," SpongeBob asked. "Where are we? Am I dreaming?" "Yes," Luna spoke. "I have the power to enter your dreams as the Princess of the Night." "Whoa," SpongeBob stared up at the majestic alicorn in the sky until a thought came to him. "Huh...I could've sworn I did that once." Luna chuckled, causing SpongeBob to blush. "Quite the imaginative one. But now, is the time to awaken." "How do I do that?" SpongeBob asked. All of a sudden, a Krabby Patty appeared in front of him. "What the-?" SpongeBob picked up the Krabby Patty in curiosity. Then, the bun of the Krabby Patty opened up revealing a naked Patrick. "Hi, SpongeBob!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!" SpongeBob woke up screaming in fear. SpongeBob breathing heavily looked around and saw Patrick and the rest of his friends were still sleeping. SpongeBob sighed in relief. "SpongeBob." SpongeBob looked up and saw Luna looking down at him. SpongeBob was about to scream in surprise, but Luna put her hoof over his mouth. "Please don't scream again." SpongeBob nodded at that as Luna removed her hoof. "Luna, what happened? Where's your sister?" SpongeBob asked. "Strife took over all of Equestria and he was my sister, Twilight and Spike in captivity." Luna answered. "Right now, he probably has guards looking for me." "That's terrible!" SpongeBob exclaimed. "But don't worry." Luna assured. "I know a secret way under the Canterlot Castle." Luna now had SpongeBob and the others on her back as she was flying towards Canterlot. "How long is this going to be?" Squidward asked. "Birds keep flying on my head!" "We're just about there," Luna answered. In the distance, Canterlot was covered in darkness and guarded by dinosaurs. The gang were hiding on top of a building as Luna was watching what was going on with Pinkie Pie's binoculars. "There's Celestia," Luna whispered. Celestia was still in her cage as Strife was standing at the balcony, pacing back and forth for reports on where Luna would be. "Twilight and Spike would probably be underground." Luna said. "We got a find someway to free them without Strife noticing!" SpongeBob said. "But we need a distraction!" "But what?" Rainbow Dash asked. Meanwhile, Strife was looking over his balcony. He was waiting for more information about Luna, until he heard something. "Strife!" Plankton called. Plankton hopped onto the balcony and looked up at Strife. "Now that we got you in control, why don't we talk about what I want, now?" Strife wasn't paying attention to Plankton as he spoke. "Oh, yes, sure, whatever..." Plankton grinned. "Well, I-" Plankton stopped when he felt Equestria rumble. He and Strife looked up and saw a Brontosaurus walking towards them with Patrick and Pinkie Pie on his head. "Hey, Strifey! Check this out!" Pinkie Pie called. Patrick then swallowed a flashlight as Pinkie Pie pulled out a radio. Patrick's eyes then glowed like a flashlight as he and Pinkie Pie began dancing to rave music. "What the-?" Strife asked in confusion. While that was going on, Luna was with the ponies underground as they found Twilight and Spike's cell. "Psst, Twilight!" Luna whispered. Twilight woke up and saw her friends before her and Spike. "Girls!" Twilight exclaimed happily. "Twilight!" The Crusaders said as they jumped on Twilight sharing a hug with her. "Oh, I'm so glad you're alright," Twilight wrapped her hooves around the Crusaders as Apple Bloom nuzzled her neck. "We're glad you're alright, too!" "What's going on?" Twilight asked. "There's no time, we have to get out while we have the chance!" Luna answered. Meanwhile, Strife was still being distracted by Pinkie Pie and Patrick as Celestia was still in her cage. "Celestia!" Whispered Twilight's voice. Celestia looked and saw Twilight, Spike and SpongeBob sneaking up to her cage. "Twilight, are you alright?" Celestia asked. "We'll all be soon!" Twilight answered as she put her horn in the cage lock, trying to find a way to open it. "We have to get those bunny slippers off him!" Celestia whispered. "I watched closely and those are what give him his power!" None of them noticed that Plankton heard the talking and saw them. Plankton gasped and was about to yell Strife's name until Apple Bloom jumped in and put Plankton in a jar. But, Plankton used his might to push the jar out of Apple Bloom's hooves and tried to get away from the filly. Plankton then accidentally knocked a vase over as it shattered on the floor. Strife was startled by the sound and was about to turn around...until Patrick pulled his shorts down. Almost everyone was in shock at what happened. Even Twilight covered Spike's eyes. "Alright! What is going-?!" Strife was about to continue yelling until a piece of the vase rolled under his foot, causing him to slip. Strife looked up and saw the gang with nervous looks. "YOU!!!" Strife yelled as he fired an electrical beam at them but missed. Strife had his eyes on SpongeBob as he flew after him. SpongeBob quickly ran over to the balcony jumped onto the ground with Strife in pursuit. "GET BACK HERE! GET BACK HERE!" Strife yelled as he fired again at SpongeBob. But then SpongeBob stopped in his tracks. "Enough!" SpongeBob ordered as he pulled out the wand and book Celestia gave him. "This is between you and me." Strife narrowed his eyes. "Very well." Strife fired another beam at SpongeBob, but he quickly blocked it with his wand. Strife looked surprised, but still kept himself ready. SpongeBob used his wand to fire at Strife, but Strife used his magic to fire back at SpongeBob. It was going like this for a few times until Strife managed to knock the book and wand out of SpongeBob's hands. Strife leaned closer on SpongeBob as he backed up against a rock. "It looks like you're out of ideas." Strife grinned. "Not yet!" SpongeBob said. "NOW!" Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy then flew in and wrapped a bunch of ropes around Strife causing him to fall over, similar to their fight with the giant. This gave enough time for Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to fly in and pull the slippers off Strife's feet. "NO!" Strife yelled. Then, the energy from the slippers sparked into the sky and in a bright light everything that Strife did to Equestria was restored to normal. Everypony cheered for their victory as they also jumped on SpongeBob for a group hug. "We did it! We did it!" Pinkie Pie cheered. "Equestria is back to normal!" Rainbow Dash added. While every pony was celebrating, Strife narrowed his eyes. He wasn't about to be beaten so easily. Strife noticed a dark looking cloud in the distance. He flew up, grabbed it and pulled out a lightning bolt. "Don't think you've won yet!" Strife laughed. "I can use this to make everything mine again! Bunny slippers or not!" "Boy, that could've been worded better." Plankton said. Strife was about to strike the bolt into the ground until it started to shake. Strife fell on his back as he looked up and saw a huge figure rise out of the ground. "Oh, when this chaos end?!" Squidward yelled in panic. Then a familiar figure popped up in Squidward's face. "Why not?" Discord asked. Squidward then fainted in shock. "Discord!" Fluttershy said happily. "In the flesh!" Discord bowed. Discord then turned around and saw Strife on the ground. "Why, hello, brother!" Discord said, happily. "It's been a while!" "I'll say it has!" Strife growled, bitterly as he turned around. Discord stood back at Strife's tone. "Okay, look, Strife. Perhaps I should explain why I am here. It started back while I was on my vacation." Discord was taking a soap bath while scrubbing his back with water, singing. Discord: Spider-Mare, Spidermare, Pinkie and me will be there at midnight, All of a sudden, a letter appeared in front of Discord. He then grabbed the letter and decided to read it. "It was a letter from the dragon sent by someone named, uh...Square-Bob!" Discord continued. "It's SpongeBob!" SpongeBob corrected. "Oh, right, apologies." Discord quickly said. "He told me what you have been doing." Strife pretended not to pay attention as he started to cringe, waiting for the worst. "And I want to say..." Discord started. "I'm sorry." Strife's eyes widened. "Uh...what?" Strife said, still not turning around. "I was taking too much credit from our parents, I admit that. But I never wanted you to be left out." Discord continued. "From that moment I saw you again after being reformed, I thought we could fix it up just like that. But, I was wrong. It really left a mark I thought would be easy to fix. But, please. I never intended it to go like this. Do you really think it was easy for me being alone too?" While Discord talked, something inside Strife opened up that hasn't been opened for a long time. Strife looked down at his hands. He then felt a paw on his shoulder. "I want to make it right." Discord said. Strife smiled at that. "I...uh..." Strife started to say. "I...well..." "It's alright." Discord said. "We forgive you...now, about the Elements..." Strife looked confused. But his eyes widened in realization. "Oh, right!" Strife then took a deep breath as a dark rumble was heard in his stomach. Strife then spit out the Elements on the ground, as they appeared with a bad smell. "It'll get clean." Strife chuckled, nervously. "NO! NO!" Plankton yelled. "This isn't right! This isn't right at all! This was supposed to be MY day! It was supposed to be MY time to shine!" Plankton then grabbed the slippers from Rainbow Dash and put them on himself. "Now let's see who's weak and puny!" Plankton raised his hands up, waiting for power, but nothing. "Oh, right, they don't work for me." Plankton then noticed the Crusaders looking down at him. "Well, I guess I got some explaining to do, huh?" Plankton asked, nervously. "Look at that," Apple Bloom said, grabbing Plankton by his leg. "So cute, it's almost sickening." Plankton chuckled nervously at that as Scootaloo grabbed his antennas with her mouth and let go, causing him to go flying in the air screaming, and then finally in a jar held by Mr. Krabs. "He won't be doing any trouble HERE, anymore." Mr. Krabs chuckled. It was soon time for SpongeBob to go, but first, SpongeBob was in the Canterlot hall, alone with the Crusaders. "So, girls, I'm afraid I have to go soon," SpongeBob said, looking down. "I wish I could be here to see you get your Cutie Marks." "It's alright, SpongeBob." Apple Bloom spoke up. "When we get them, we'll be sure to think of you!" "Yeah!" Sweetie Belle added. "We'll be able to bring it around town like you said!" "But we'll still miss you," Scootaloo said, walking up. SpongeBob shed a small tear. "I will too," SpongeBob and the Crusaders embraced. "No matter what anyone says, you'll always have special talents to me." The portal was open for SpongeBob and his friends to go home as the Mane Six, Spike, the Princesses, the Crusaders, Discord and Strife watched. "Goodbye SpongeBob, we'll be sure to remember what you did." Celestia bowed. SpongeBob smiled at that as he turned to Twilight. "Twilight," SpongeBob said. "I'm really gonna miss you." "I will too, SpongeBob." Twilight said. She looked suprised as SpongeBob gave her a big hug, but she wrapped her hooves around him sharing the embrace. "Aww, everyone! Over here, group hug, everyone! Group hug!" Pinkie Pie chirped as she grabbed everyone for a group hug. It was now a month after the events with SpongeBob and Strife, As Twilight was finishing up a letter for Celestia with Spike's help. Dear, Princess Celestia, ever since I met SpongeBob, I've learned a great lesson. Just because someone is from a different world or place, doesn't mean they're all bad or mean or even weird, they can bring something truly grand to your life and your friendship, one world, or another, or any kind, we could all be the same. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle THE END