//------------------------------// // Episode Eighteen: Lance's New Car // Story: House of Pony: Season 2 // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Thanks to the good reviews of Azure Phoenix, Sunset Shimmer and Flash Sentry, more folks came in to visit the House of Pony that Twilight and her friends are happy to give out. The Dazzlings didn't give out any further trouble, since Sonata is happily innocent and Adagio and Aria paid off their bill, but chose to stay away from the club for a while. The gang, now back to their original selves, continue on with the club activities. Thanks to the club running so well, Twilight and her friends decided that it's time to do a show related to special themes in hopes to attract more customers to the House of Pony. Lance Justicestrike, who is taking Shining Armor's place as car valet while he is busy with his duties in the Crystal Empire, suggested that the first theme be cars. The idea was approved as it was run with for this show. And trust me, folks, it was a doozy especially when the P.M. version of Shadow Dragon was taking Pinkie Pie's place as waitress while she was throwing a lot of parties that night... --------------- Spike grins as he spoke to the audience, "Mares and gentle-colts, start your engines for...TWILIGHT SPARKLE! The audience applauds as Twilight arrives on stage. She exclaims, "Good evening, ponies and everything else! Since Spike references cars, how about the car parking valet, huh? He's the one pony I know who doesn't own a car or has a ride, but still drive the hippiest wheels in town. Taking the place of my brother while Shining Armor is working on his job as Prince of the Crystal Empire is my nephew from the P.M. world Lance Justicestrike! So let's take a look!" In the backstage, Ben spoke to Applejack via his headset, "Applejack, put it on my nephew." "Roger 'dat!" Applejack exclaims as she presses a button to turn on the camera for outside the club. The screen now shows Lance Justicestrike at the entrance doing Shining's job while he's out. The mare calls out, "Hey, Lance!" "Hey, my stepmom's TUPGVerse Version!" Lance exclaims, waving to the TUPGVerse Version of his step-mom. "Care to introduce any cars to us?" Lance smiles as he motions to someone coming in on Grimlock from Transformers. As the rider got off, Lance smiled as he comments, "Now that's what I call a 'Dino Ride'. Did you know that the G1 or any animated series never gave the idea of a robot riding a Dino robot? Coz it never happen before Michael Bay gave the crazy but best idea! Isn't that right, Grimlock from the Movie?" Grimlock transformed from his Cybertronian T-Rex into his robot mode. He roared wildly before entering the House of Pony restaurant. A few moments later, Lance motions to a group of cars, all of them are Bumblebee, also from the Transformers franchise with fives versions of him. With a smile, Lance comments, "And here's one of fans' favorite characters - Bumblebee. From Bug Volkswagen to the muscle modern car Camaro. Isn't that right folks?" As the Autobots transforms, Bumblebee (G1) spoke, "You've got it. I admit it. Both Movie Version and Prime Versions got the best vehicles. I'm so proud of my kids.” Bumblebee (Movie) salutes as he said, "Won't let you down, Bee-G." Bumblebee (Prime) remarks, "You bet. And besides. War for Cybertron Version is still your hot form." Bumblebee (WOC) remarks, "But the best of all, we've got your traits. That's the secret." Bumblebee (Animated) agrees, "You bet. All is us are the best." Everyone gave odd looks at him. "What?! What is that everyone looking at me for?! Don't blame me! Blame Derrick! He made me what I am." A few moments later, various versions of Optimus Prime drove in before transforming. Lance proudly announces, "And here's the best, everyone. The very first but classic mode for Optimus Prime - a truck. Did you know why he always choose that form in every animated or movie version that came after G1? It symbolize the leadership and hero. And of course, that's what makes him the only Autobot to carry his same vehicle. Am I right or wrong?" All Optimus Prime (G1, Movie, Animated Unicron Trilogy and Prime Version) versions answers, "You are absolutely right, Lance, we are honored." Now to come to the House of Pony are the Decepticions in their giant warship, and trust me, folks. There's a lot of them, versions and all. This is turning into one big parking lot! Lance whistled in amazement, "Now that's what I call a giant warship, it transport thousands of Decepticons to anywhere they want. And here's the surprise tip - Nemesis is Tryoticon. And funny thing is that Megatron's G1 Old Mode is a gun before a tank or jet took over. I would laugh at that." The Megatrons (G1, Unicron Trilogy, Movie and Prime Version) angrily demands, "I beg your pardon - what was that?!" Starscream screamed, "Incoming!" Lance hears an engine revving and looks up to see 4-Speed in his race car vehicle laughing madly as he drove past the Transformers and Lance, going through the club's doors. Lance, recovering, groans, "That...would be 4-Speed from the Gen 1 era." "Welcome to my...GAH! NOT AGAIN!" Rainbow screams as she ducks for cover while 4-Speed drove right over her. 4-Speed drove past Rarity's desk, making the unicorn snaps angrily, "Hey! This isn't a drive-thru, darling!" 4-Speed laughs through the dining area like a lunatic, freaking out the animals and spinning Fluttershy around. The mare, recovering, ask, "Uh, was that order to go?" Shadow Dragon (P.M.), who is substituting for Pinkie while she is busy with parties, has had enough. Time to put a stop to it. "Dragoking, Strike Tail on that vehicle." Shadow Dragon (P.M.) orders. Dragoking roared wildly as he swung his tail right at the race car while 4-Speed came out and was thrown straight to the walls hard. "Good boy..." Twilight cringes a bit from the stage, that's gotta hurt. The mare shrugs as she said, "Well, if you folks hadn't figure it out yet, today is Car Day, so this is a drive in for cars and anything else you drive or ride with! Buckle up and strap yourselves because you will so car crazy over today's cartoons, Doctor Hooves's Car Tips, and, after not getting them 3 times in a row far, we are having the performance of the Cleveland Bays! For now though, let's rev it up for the Cutie Mark-Works!" The audience applauds while the Cutie Mark Crusaders, now a new band, are playing on synthesizers. Fluttershy came over to Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg (fictional versions of themselves), speaking, "Hello, I'm Fluttershy and I will be your waiter tonight. What would you two like to order?" "Our usual. E.T. Soda with a Twist of Lemon." Steven Spielberg orders to Fluttershy. "As well as the Transforming Cherry!" Michael Bay orders to the mare on what he wants. "Coming, sirs." Fluttershy said. She flew off for a moment then came back with the teams for Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg. So far, this looks like a good night so far. -------------- Though for a certain Mystic Pony, that isn't the case. Lance was in the parking lot, watching the cars as the Humans leaves. Sam Witwicky remarks, "Our Autobots pals are awesome throughout their franchise." Cade Yeager nods as he and the Humans leaves, adding, "I know. I will be glad when the next movie comes out for them too." Lance sighed, "What cool wheels, especially my dad and Dragoking. They're the best..." Just then, Teenage Nyx (P.M.) came up, asking, "And it's okay for you not to have one?" Lance is startled a bit but calms down upon seeing who it is. "Oh hey, sis. Didn't see you coming." "Didn't mean to startle you. But I overheard what you said. You want a car or a ride so badly, don't you?" Lance concerned ask, "Me? Why would I need it for? I can fly without any transport." The Mystic Pony look at her sister's glaring eyes. "Okay. I do want one so badly. I want to have at least a partner or companion like the Transformers or my dad and Dragoking, They're the best." "Lance... If you want it so badly, why not have your own?" Nyx (P.M.) suggests to her brother. "Besides, you're older than me like a 900 years old pony." "Yeah... You're right! I should get one. And I know who to ask. And by the way, Nyx - I'm 700 years old." --------------------------- Lance heads into the club and was going near the kitchen, Shadow Dragon was coming in and out with various dishes, doing his best not to fall. "Dad!" Lance calls out to Shadow Dragon. "Yeah, son?" Shadow Dragon ask while passing by him with an order, coming back. "Any chance you got a minute?" "Sure, go ahead, son! I am here if you wanna talk to me about something." The P.M. version of Shadow Dragon goes back into the kitchen, coming out with an order. Lance breathes in as he speak, "I was wondering..." "About what?" Shadow Dragon ask, wondering what his son wants while coming right back after giving the meal to a guest.. "Will you buy me a car?" Shadow Dragon was about to enter the kitchen when what his son said made him stop, then turn to Lance in surprise. His son wanted a car? "A car? You mean as in what humans usually drive?" Shadow Dragon ask Lance in surprise and concern. "Or at least a ride like you and Dragoking." Lance adds to his father with a hopeful smile. "Well, not sure, Lance. A car or a ride are big responsibilities to have. You must be responsible like me." Suddenly the animals came out with orders, knocking Shadow Dragon down while coming out of the kitchen. Lance cringes a bit. That's gotta hurt. "I know...but dad..." Lance said to his father in concern. "Look, you got to at least prove you are responsible to have your own car or ride and..." Shadow Dragon then sighs a bit. "Look, give me time to think about it, okay?" "Dad, when it comes to fighting, he's excellent. When it comes to thinking though? Not always good." Lance sighs, heading off while getting a bit nervous. He hopes that his dad would let him have a car or a ride, but Shadow Dragon is mostly on the negative side of things. Lance can only hope that he will get what he wants tonight. ------------- "Well another night and it revolves around cars and vehicles." Golden Heart said, commenting on the theme for this show. Pinkamena nods as she adds, "Yep and also, seems Lance wants a car; who knows what will happen but for now on with the show." On the stage, Twilight pretends to sniff around, while asking, "Hey, folks? You smell that? I believe it's the smell...of a new cartoon!" The audience laughs, applauding as the first cartoon of the night begins. ------------- JUSSONIC PRESENTS... A TWILIGHT SPARKLE CARTOON Twilight's New Car Inside the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom Castle, Twilight was busy writing in a book as she hums the "My Little Pony" theme song. The mare looks at the clock then smiles. It's almost noon, she can't be late! Twilight teleports over to the phone and picks it up, dialing a number. The mare waits as she puts the phone to her ear. The familiar voice of Ben is heard picking up the phone, "Hey, hello?" "Hey, Ben. You ready for our date?" Twilight ask Ben happily. The stallion is at Applejack's, helping her out at the farm. "I should be done with helping Applejack. Try not to be late like the last time, okay?" "Last time was a fluke. I will be right over." Twilight said with a smile as she hangs up, preparing to leave. "I will use the car this time. It will make getting over to Sweet Apple Acres in no time." ------------ Big mistake, folks that Twilight ended up regretting a few minutes later. The mare is driving along the roads. She noticed that her car is about to break down, especially since the fender kept falling off by the rope. Twilight has to push a button to get the fender back up. Of course, when the car came to a complete stop at a stop sign, Twilight felt her tires going flat. The vehicle, along with her, flew upwards for a moment before breaking down. "Come on, oh come on, I'm going to be late!" Twilight groans a bit. She would've used her wings to fly but the mare wanted to pick up Ben in style. The mare got out, head to the front of the car and lifts the hood, yelping as smoke came out. Twilight gasps as some oil squirting out, landing on one of her wings. "Oh horse feathers! The car was working fine two months ago! Now, I got flat tires, dented fenders and there's oil on my wing! I can't take Ben out with that old broken down thing. What should I do? I don't want to fly with no style!" Suddenly, the car radio is turned on by itself as if by magic, "Hey there! Did your old car went and left you stranded on the way to your big date?" "Yes?" "Having flat tires, dented fenders, even squirting oil on your shoe?" "Wing." Twilight corrects the radio. "Right, wing." The radio corrected itself as Twilight uses her magic to make a cloth wipe the oil right off. "You betcha it does." "Well, why not trade that broken down piece of junk for a new car? Not wanting to fly to your date with no style?" Twilight pauses, then smiles a bit. She could fly or teleport to Sweet Apple Acres, even when her car is broken down. But the mare wants to pick up her colt-friend in style. "Well, you know what? That's what I'm going to do, by getting myself a new car!" Twilight announces as she wrote down the address of the place that radio suggested to go to. This will be perfect! ------------- Twilight drove all the way, the best she could anyway, and drove up a hill to where the car lot on the address. Upon arrival, the princess got out of the car, excitedly. Though Twilight sighs as she looks back at the broken down car. The mare felt a bit guilty, abandoning her old car which brought a lot of memories. But it didn't last long as the car is still broken down and leaking. Twilight frowns, her mind is made up. Time for a new car or pick up Ben by flying! Twilight proceeds to go inside the place and trade in her old car for a new one. The manager gave the princess half off for being royal which she happily pays with no problem, then got the instructions to the new car that Twilight will be having. Twilight came out of the building, smiling as she saw it with a gasp: the shiny red car that is sitting in front of the parking lot. Upon getting closer, the Alicorn saw the car door opening up all by itself. "That manager guy wasn't kidding when he told me that this car is so ahead of its time. Amazing!" Twilight exclaims as she jumps into the driver's seat, feeling the steering wheel. To her further amazement, the car buckles the princess and it started all by itself, driving off. "Wow, this car is much better than the old one! Check out all the neat gadgets!" Twilight pushes a button while saying, "Surround Sound!" Without warning, the mare yelps as various instruments plays all around her for a brief moment. Once it stops, the princess groans while recovering, "Well, must be in the works. Let's see...'Salon-O-Matic'. May as well give it a shot." Twilight pushes the button, causing a mane salon machine to come down on her hair. Once it's done, the mare now has a nice blonde mane with a bow. The princess remarks, "Must be for mare drivers, ironic since I'm a mare. Well, I will see if Rarity will want a shot at it later." As Twilight got the mane, which is really a wig, off, she spots another button, making her say, "Cool. A convertible too!" Twilight pushes the button to bring the hood down, only for it to automatically go up again. "Huh? Maybe I didn't do it right." Twilight tries again to bring the hood down, only for it to go up once more. The mare pushes the button again various times as the hood kept going up and down. Upon stopping at a spotlight, the princess saw the driver nearby as the hood goes up and down. The driver, known as Jeff Letrotski, gave the mare a confused look, causing Twilight to chuckle nervously. "Err, automatic." Twilight explains sheepishly. Jeff blinks as the light turns green, allowing him to drive on his way. Twilight decides to get going herself. The mare saw another button labeled 'Climate Control'. Probably the conditioner for heat and cold so the princess try it out. But then she herself got pretty got as the car went on fire. This causes the Alicorn to push the button, only for a rainstorm to appear, much to her frustration. What the hay is up with this thing? Twilight pushes the button, resulting in a windstorm to appear inside the vehicle, making her lose brief control of the car for a moment. The Alicorn was able to push the button once more, causing snow to be summoned inside by the time she stopped at the next spotlight. Ironically, Jeff was still on the same road next to her, looking over at the car now covered in snow. Twilight, freezing, chuckles nervously to the stallion saying, "Good air conditioning. Right?" Jeff just blinks as he drives on. The less he knows what the Princess of Friendship does, the better! ---------- A few minutes later, once Twilight recovered from the car freeze, the mare drives along the road once more, relaxing. She kept looking for new buttons to experiment on in her new car. Rainbow spots a sign on the vehicle which said 'Enter Destination'. The mare, smiling, said, "Well, time to pick up Ben. I know he's at Sweet Apple Acres. Time to make it quick like Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow types in 'Sweet Apple Acres' and pushed the 'Make it Quick' button. But to her alarm, the car begins going up to the speed of Rainbow, driving very fast. Twilight yelps as her vehicle goes into a one way tunnel. It put a virtual reality helmet on the princess’s head, passing very vehicle and going around before flying right out of the tunnel. The vehicle kept on hopping onward before it stops right at the next stoplight where, surprise surprise, Jeff is at. And Twilight ends up inside the hood of the car as she got out with a dizzy look. After shaking herself, Twilight ponders what caused her new vehicle to stop. There's her answer: Twilight saw a dime on the road, picking it up with her magic and showing it to Jeff, joking, "Hey, a dime. My vehicle really did stopped on it." The bowling stallion just blinks and kept going. The mare shrugs, then gasps, "Yikes! I'm late for my date, I gotta get going!" Twilight jumps back into the car and prepares to hit the gag, but frowns upon noticing that the vehicle isn't moving at all. "Ugh! Stupid vehicle! What's wrong with you?!" Twilight demands angrily. She thought it was a good idea to have this car, but all it does is give her car trouble! Twilight notices that the fuel gauge was low, making her groans. Great! She needs to refill! ---------- It was a few minutes later as Twilight pushes her new car into the gas station. The attendant, Big Macintosh, who is volunteering at the place, just sat there, minding his own business. "Hey, Big Mac." Twilight said to Big Mac who just stared on. "Hey." Big Macintosh said, chewing on his straw, making Twilight frown. "Look, don't say anything, okay? I know what you're thinking? Why would a princess of Equestria wanted to get a new car when her old one was perfectly fine or she could fly or teleport? Right? Well, my old car wasn't fine! I can't take Ben out in that broken up thing. This car is better. Also, I wanted to take my colt friend out in style which is why I am not even flying or teleporting! So I rather not hear one word from you about it, got it?" "Nnope." Twilight trots over to the car, pushing a button on the outside causing a pop to come out. Twilight, smiling, said, "Electric. Very smart." The mare took the plug with her mouth and pulls it, looking for someplace to plug this thing in. The mare goes around the stallion who just yawns a bit while Twilight walks over him, literally. "Don't get up, Big Mac." "Nnope." Big Macintosh remarks with a shrug. Twilight looks around until she spots an outlet on the side of the station. "Ah, there we go!" Twilight hums as she puts the plug into the outlet. And sure enough, the car is charged up in no time. Unfortunately, the stick is on drive and it went off immediately. The Alicorn screams as she held onto the cord as best as she could, the car begins turning all over the place, sending Twilight into some trees and hitting various fence posts before ending up in the back seat of her car, landing right in the foal seat which locks her in and stuck a bottle right in her mouth. How embarrassing! Twilight teleports to the driver's seat, snapping. "Hey, stop it! I had have enough of you! Now let me drive!" The mare grabs the steering wheel...and pulls it right off, much to her shock. "Not good." The car drove into a construction area as it begins running over signs which reads as follows... "Stop!" "Danger!" "Turn Around!" "Yield!" "Hey!" "These Signs!" "Are Expensive!" "So Stop!" "Running!" "Over!" "Them!" Now the princess and her car flew off the bridge, landing right in the water, turning into a submarine-speed boat. Twilight in a panic screams as she saw that the vehicle is about to go over a cliff. Luckily or unluckily, the car turns into a jet that flew up the cliff, landing right on the road. Eventually, looks like even the car had have enough of Twilight as it opens the door and threw her out. The mare got up as the vehicle closes the door right in front of her. "What are you doing?! You can't drive without a driver!" Twilight protests angrily to her new car. To Twilight's disbelief, the 'Automatic Driver' Button was pressed on. As a result, the car drove off very fast, most likely never to be seen again. Twilight groans angrily. Well, perhaps it's a good thing that crazy car is gone, it caused her nothing but trouble! Perhaps wings and magic is the way to go after all! But the princess sighs sadly as she looks up to the sky. It is now turning yellow. Hoo boy, Twilight is definitely late for her date with Ben, and now her new car is gone. "Well, I can always get my old car back." Twilight said as she begins to fly off to the car lot. The manager did told the princess that she can always get it back if Twilight herself isn't satisfied with her new ride. ------------ The sky turned orange and is at a late sunset by the time Twilight arrived at the car lot where she got rid of her old car a few hours later. The mare heads over to the spot where she left it. But to her sadness, Twilight saw that her old car is now gone. It was either bought or gotten rid of. "Oooh, what have I done?" Twilight ask in sadness and regret. "You have been an old broken down car...but at least you're my old broken-down car, now you're gone..." Twilight sighs in sadness, feeling bad. She didn't just got rid of a car, she got rid of a good friend too. But then, to her confusion, Twilight hears a familiar roar, huff and puff of her car. The mare turned asking, "Huh?" "Hey, Twiley, over here!" A familiar voice calls. To Twilight's surprise and happiness, there's Ben in her old car, driving right over to the princess. "Ben! You brought my old car! How?" "Oh, well, Applejack wanted me to pick up some tractor parts for the family's new tractor, though why she got one when the family preferred to do it the old fashioned way is beyond me, so I came here to get some. Imagine my surprise when I saw this car in the lot and found out you sold it, getting a new car out of the whole thing. I decided to buy your old car and fix it up as a surprise. So where is your new car anyway?" "Long story, it went rogue." Twilight said in embarrassment but sigh in relief. "Still, I missed my old car more." "Well, you had your old car back now, so after our date, we will get this thing fixed up good as new." Ben said, kissing Twilight on the cheek, causing the mare to smile. "So, ready for our big date now?" "You betcha I would, honey!" The couple drove off in the car. It is still broken down a bit and leaking oil...but as far as Twilight is concerned, she got one of her old friends back. That's all that matters. THE END A JUSSONIC PRODUCTION --------------------------------------------------- Once the cartoon's over, the audience applauds once more. They love that one! In the backstage, Nyx giggles as she turns to her mother, saying, "Wow, that's a good one. Though I can't help but be curious: what happened to that new car anyway?" "I don't know and I don't wanna know!" Twilight exclaims angrily. "That car was nothing but nothing! I hope it stays away as far away from me!" ------------------------- As Lance continues waiting around outside, doing his task while waiting for his father to make up his mind, a car pulled up. Unknown to the Mystic Pony, this was the very same automatic car from that short that everyone just watched. Lance looks at the car as it opens. The pony grins as he exclaims, "Awesome! Now this is a car!" Lance couldn't resist getting into the driver's seat to check the car out. But without warning, the Mystic Pony is buckled in with the car starring on his own. Lance gulps, "Oh, horse apples..." Lance can only scream as the car drove off, taking the hostage with it! ---------------------------- On stage, Spike grins as he announces, "All right, time for Car Tips with Dr. Hooves!" The audience applauds as they watch Dr. Hooves on stage. He grins while saying, "Thank you, Spike! Today, I will show you how to turn a regular car into a black metal Dragon!" The Doctor goes over to the car and claps his hooves. Soon the car transforms into a huge black Dragon! "Yes. The Dragon will be so fast, it will get there before you would even leave! Now, observe." Dr. Hooves motions to the right as Metalgear, his assistant when he was making it, appears, saying, "Greetings, flesh ponies! I was picked by the black metal Dragon, and Dr. Hooves didn't even left yet! Pretty fast, right?" Suddenly 4-Speed laughs madly as he hops onto the Dragon, kicking it while saying, "Sweet! A car made into a Dragon!" The Dragon quickly turns back into a Dragon. Dr. Hooves yelps, "Hey, stop! That isn't your car or Dragon! Get out of there!" Dr. Hooves and Metalgear jumps into the car, but 4-Speed hits the gas, causing the vehicle to leave the stage, taking the trio with it with a huge roar. -------------------------------------------------------- Shadow Dragon needs some opinions, trying to think of his decision of whatever he should let Lance have a car or ride or not. So the PM version has a word with his family near the desk area. "I still don't think Lance is responsible enough to handle his on ride." Shadow Dragon said with a concerning frown. Nyx (PM) insists, "Daddy... Lance can handle it. After all, he's 700 years old as you are." Teenage Spike (PM) nods as he backs Nyx (PM) up, "She's right. Come on, dad. Just give him a ride. He deserve it." "Besides, you worry too much. He did well of being older brother to his siblings. He can't be all that bad." The PM version of Twilight said to her love with a giggle. Iris Crystal nodded as she said, "Just give him a chance. I'm sure he can handle it." -------------------- "How do you stop this crazy thing?!" Lance screams in panic, trying his best to use the steering wheel but it won't work. This car has a mind of its own! Lance drove through a red light, forcing Trixie to stop her trailer in time. The mare peeks her head out, yelling, "This is why Trixie doesn't trust wheels!" ---------------- In the backstage area, Shadow Dragon is asking the other Twilight and Ben for opinions of their own. "Relax, we know Lance is a very mature and responsible colt." Twilight said to Shadow Dragon with a giggle. "Your son is growing up after all." "Right, I can vouch for that. Lance could take care of a car or a ride." Ben said with a nod. "He drives really safe for a Mystic Pony." --------------- Lance yelps as his mad drive drove inside a random hotel, go up the stairs and went out onto the roof before being send flying. The stallion screams as he is about to make a crash landing. --------------- "All right, Cleveland Bays. You guys will be on after the next cartoon." Ben said to the Cleveland Bays who got their instruments ready. "Right, awesome! Looks like we get to perform, guys!" Chain Link exclaims to his band with a smirk. After the last few times ended up in failure, the Cleveland Bays will finally perform. At her table, Pinkamena comments, "You know, I have a feeling that car will show itself; my senses are going off." "How so?" Golden Heart ask. A loud crash is heard, catching him by surprise as Pinkamena held up something. Rubble bounced off it and she puts it away. "I knew it come; well, brother, let's see if we can help out our friends ok?" "Ok." They both get up and head to where they heard the crash. In the backstage area, we saw the same car that crashed through a wall, and breaking the instruments much to the dismay of the Cleveland Bays. "Ugh, forget this. Come on, we're outta here, gang." Chain Link said to his band with a groan. A car drove past as Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg are at the wheel. The Cleveland Bays got in as Michael remarks, "All right, next stop: to whatever movie I am making!" "Ugh, I can't believe it. Not this car!" Twilight groans, recognizing the same car that gave her trouble in the first cartoon. "So much for our musical act." Ben said with a sigh of disappointment. Nyx, Spike and Phobos came in with Pinkamena and Golden Heart. The Dragon calls out, "Hey, what's happened?" "Hey, is that the car from..." Nyx begins to speak as the car opens up, allowing a familiar Mystic Pony to come out, shaken. "Lance?" The group ask in surprise as Lance came out in worry. "Uncle Ben! Twilight from JusSonic! It’s not my fault! Really! It’s this crazy car!" Lance explains frantically, motioning to the crazy car that gave him trouble. "What the heck is going on over there?" Shadow Dragon is heard, making Lance gasps in horror. If his dad sees this, the colt may as well forget getting a car or ride period! "It's dad! He's going lose his temper when he sees this!" "Don't worry, Lance. Leave everything to me and Uncle Ben." Twilight assures her PM nephew, patting Lance on the shoulder. "We won't let him see this." Ben said in agreement. "Give me a wall." Pinkamena said thoughtfully. "A fake one." Now a couple of moments later, the gang set up a wall to hide the crashed wall. Shadow Dragon came in with Dragoking in tow. "Oh hey, Shadow Dragon!" Phobos exclaims meekly to Shadow Dragon. "How are ya?" "We were just hanging with my nephew from another world, talking with him." Twilight said to Shadow Dragon with a sheepish smile. Dragoking gave out a suspicious growl. Shadow Dragon, frowning, demands, "What's with the wall? I don't recall seeing that here before." "I set it up." Pinkamena said happily. "Sounds pretty neat, building a wall." "Right, not like we're hiding anything or something." Spike adds awkwardly, making the others groan at him. "What?" Dragoking approached the empty wall and sniffed carefully. Ben quickly kick his face hard while exclaiming, "Back off, snake face!" Dragoking roared in anger as he fired His Mystic Dragon Flame at Ben. The son of Celestia dodged down while the fire hit the wall, destroying it and revealing the broken car, much to the horror of the ones in the know. "What is this?" Shadow Dragon demands as he glares at the crashed car right on the wall. "Err, a new decoration?" Nyx ask Shadow Dragon, giving out a sheepish smile. "A pile of junk we're collecting?" Spike ask Shadow Dragon, hoping that he would buy that excuse. "A hope that we won't get killed anytime soon?" Phobos ask with a meekish smile. Dragoking roars in annoyance. "What?" Shadow Dragon screamed in fury, "What the Tartarus is this?" His eyes are glued at Lance who shudders his hooves nervously. "Lance Justicestrike, I'm truly disappointed in you." "Dad, please. This isn't what you think!" Lance insists to his father frantically. "Right, Lance saw the car when it drove up, he got in it for a few seconds and it came to life, took him to a drive!" Pinkamena exclaims happily. However, that made Shadow Dragon frown deeper and angrily. "Good idea, not working." Golden Heart said to his sister with a sigh, shaking his head. "Enough! I don't want to hear it. You're not getting a car or a ride." Shadow Dragon snaps as he storms off with Dragoking growling while following his owner. Lance looks down as the others look at him in sadness. So much for getting a car or a ride. ------------ Back on stage, Twilight grins as she spoke, "All right. Now for a cartoon with the brand new, washed shine!' The audience applauds as the next cartoon of the night starts. ---------------- JUSSONIC PRESENTS... A TWILIGHT SPARKLE, RAINBOW DASH AND PINKIE PIE CARTOON Car Washers Inside the Friendship Rainbow Kigndom castle, Twilight, Rainbow and Pinkie got a new job occupation. Whenever they aren't on adventures or doing problems involving friendship, they decided to run businesses, by changing their jobs every months even though they got original one. This time? They are car washers. Inside, the trio are happily sleeping at the table when the phone woke them up. Twilight gasps, "the phone!' "Ooooh, let me get it!" Pinkie exclaims as she happily grabs the phone and speaks into the receiver. "Hello? Hello? Anypony there?" "Let go!" Rainbow exclaims angrily. Turns out Pinkie grabbed the Pegasus pony by mistake and is using one of her wings as a telephone receiver. "Huh? Sorry?" "Pinkie, let go!" "Can't understand you! You're starting to sound like my friend Rainbow Dash." Pinkie said, still not realizing her mistake. Rainbow, getting fed up, hits her friend on the head, making the Earth Pony let go. "Owie! Silly Pegasus phones!" "Let me get it." Twilight said as she uses her magic to pick up the phone which is inside a bucket. "Hey. Princess Twilight Sparkle of Car Washer, we wash cars!" ----------------------- It was a few moments later as the trio, in their work clothes, arrives at the parking lot of a corporation owned by Filthy Rich. Once they stopped their truck, the mares got out and salutes the impatient business pony. "Ugh, about time you all got here!" Filthy Rich snaps impatiently. "My car is right over there and it's a big mess!" Twilight, Rainbow and Pinkie saw the car: a red convertible...but they look confused as the vehicle looks sparkly clean. It can't be dirty, can it? "Uh, Mr. Rich? It looks clean to me." Twilight said puzzled. "Oh, looks clean, is it?" Filthy Rich ask with a sarcastic chuckle. He then grabs Twilight and points her to certain spots on his car. "Well, what do you call that?! There's a spot there! And there, and there! And even there!" Twilight now saw what Filthy Rich's referring to: there're spots right on the car! The business pony snaps while frowning, "Does that look clean to you?!' "Ye...well, no, sir." Twilight said, shaking her head. "And you shouldn't have to be like that. I don't recall you acting like your daughter!' "Well, sorry, but when it comes to my car, I got reasons to be upset! Now listen up, in a couple of minutes, that horn will blow." Filthy Rich points to a nearby horn nearby. "Once it does, I will be on my lunch break! And in 45 minutes, it will blow again, which means I will be back! I want this car spotless by the time I do get back from my lunch break! And if isn't by the time I do, well, come on! Ask me what I would do if the car isn't spotless." "Okie dokie lokie! What are you going to do if the car isn't spotless?" Pinkie ask Filthy Rich curiously. "THIS!" Filthy Rich snaps as he stomps on a bucket, crushing it like a bug and making Twilight and Rainbow shudder a bit. "Eeek! That bucket has kicked the bucket!" "That won't mean I will be crushing you, oh no. I am going to sue you girls and your Friendship Rainbow Kingdom for the spots!" Filthy Rich snaps. The business pony is threatening a big law suit if anything happens to his car, like spots or worst! The horn then blows meaning that it's now lunch time. "All right, I will see you girls after lunch!" Filthy Rich leaves, making the girls nod as they watch him go. Twilight's group must get this car cleaned or else the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom won't survive a lawsuit! -------------- The trio got to work. Rainbow hums as she carries a sponge and a bucket of soapy water over to the girl. The Pegasus put the bucket down before putting the sponge inside the bucket. But as Rainbow checks the car, she is startled as the sponge absorbed all the water! Hoo boy. Rainbow groans as she take the sponge to squeeze all the water out until it is normal again. The Pegasus pony with a smile put the sponge aside to get another bucket of soapy water, but to her surprise, the sponge just absorb all the water on the ground, causing it to puff once more. "Oh, a wise pony, eh?" Rainbow ask in irritation. Rainbow grabs the sponge, causing it to spray water right into her mouth and eyes. The mare recovers and tries, but that causes bubbles to appear on her head., The mare frowns as she got rid of the bubbles, though her work hat float away on one of them. Rainbow frowns as she flew at the sponge and hits it, but the thing attacked by sending water at her. In annoyance, the Pegasus pony then knocked the sponge over before going after the thing and grabbed it. Too bad the sponge slips into her coat, causing her to be shrunk down, much to Rainbow's shock and confusion. Rainbow yells as she tries shaking to get rid of the sponge. It managed to go right into the air and into her mouth, inflating her to be big just as her hat fell right back onto her head. How embarrassing! --------------- Pinkie meanwhile was working on cleaning a spot off with her rag, only to see the spot now on the rag. The mare gasps, "My good rag!" The Earth Pony uses her hoof in hopes to wipe the spot off, but saw it now on her hoof. "My good hoof!" Pinkie now uses her left hoof in hopes to get rid of the spot, only for THAT hoof to now have it. "My other good hoof! Hey!" Pinkie got to work on wiping the spot on her left lower leg, then to her right one before moving up to her neck. The mare has got to get rid of that spot! Pinkie soon wipe the spot on her flank, trying to remove it from cheek to cheek. To Pinkie's surprise, the spot somehow disappear! "Hey, the spot's gone! Spot, here's spot!" Pinkie exclaims randomly as she looks for the spot. To her surprise, there's spot that somehow came to life, hopping back to the pink pony who caught it with her hooves. "Gotcha!" Pinkie then hammers onto the spot until it's back onto the car. "All right, stay there, little guy!" Rainbow, recovered from the sponge incident, groans, "Pinkie. We had to get the spots off the car, remember?" "We are?" --------------------------- "Wow, one tough spot." Twilight remarks as she flies off the hood of the car, failing to get rid of a spot. "Time for the buffer. Would've used magic but I tried that already." Twilight came back with an electric buffer and got to work. She turns the thing on...and held on tightly as the machine begins buffering all over the place! It buffered the sky, background and everything. Everything has been buffered... All but spot which Pinkie happily points out, "Oopsie! I think you missed one!" ---------- As everything is back to normal (sort of), the mares groan while pacing. So far, Twilight and her friends can't get rid of those spots. Worst yet, lunch is almost over and that horn is going to blow at any given moment! "There must be a way to get rid of these spots!" Twilight sighs a bit, worried. "There must be a simpler way, but how?" Pinkie paced the other way for a moment, then goes back to her friends. The Alicorn smiles, having an idea. "Hang on! We will use the last minute resort!' Her friends nod, knowing what their leader mean. Twilight takes a remote control out and presses a button. Their car is turned into an automatic car washer! Rainbow and Pinkie smiles in approval. The car wash is used as a last resort, so hopefully this will get rid of those spots once and for all. Once the car is put onto the conveyor belt, Twilight activates the automatic car wash as she say, "Mr. Rich's car will be fixed in no time and the kingdom won't have to go through a lawsuit!" Pinkie sighs as she prepares to lean down. Unknown to the Earth Pony however, she is about to lean on a level...in fact, the mare just did turning the setting from 'Wash Car' to 'Destroy Car', causing the machine to change the gadgets into sharp objects. The automatic car washer also doubles as a way of getting rid of cars for junkyards. "Yeah, that was...huh? Hey, what just happened?" Pinkie ask in confusion as she saw the car destroyer was activated. The pink pony yelps as she saw that the car washer has been changed somehow. "Uh oh!" "YIKES!" Rainbow and Twilight screams as they flew over. They got to get that car out of the conveyor belt before... Too late, the car was sent really fast into the sharp objects. The trio of mares cringe as they heard crunching sounds of the vehicle being destroyed. They rush over to the other side to see the results: a ruined car. Not good! To make matters worse, Twilight's group heard the horn blowing off as they look at it. They can imagine Filthy Rich's head taking its place, snapping, "And if isn't by the time I do, THIS!" The group can hear a sound of a bucket squashing, making the mares yelp. And if a bucket isn't crushed, then a lawsuit will happen! "Yikes! Filthy Rich is going to come back at any second!" Rainbow exclaims in horror. "And he will crush another bucket!" Pinkie exclaims randomly, missing the point. "Worst, he will sue the coat off the kingdom!" Twilight exclaims. She needs a solution and fast. The mare set the car washer back to 'car wash' before checking on the remains. Then she smiles as an idea came into her head. Twilight got out a wheelbarrow and uses her magic to quickly put the ruins right into the wheelbarrow itself. As she pushes it, Twilight calls, "You two, stay here and I will be right back!" Her friends looks confused, what is Twilight going to do? The mare rush over to a garage next door, selling the parts for bit. Next, the princess flew over to a car lot and brought a car that almost look like Filthy Rich's! It could work... ...except for one thing. The car was small, but Twilight has no choice but to use it right now. As she shows the small car off to her friends with a smile, Rainbow frowns as she ask, "And how would this make things better?" "Well, at least it's a Compact, right?" Pinkie ask happily as she gave out a squee. "I betcha Filthy Rich won't even notice!" Twilight exclaims with a smile. Unfortunately, Filthy Rich chose that time to show up, gasping in shock as the three mares turned in horror, "My car! What the hay did you do to my beautiful car?!" "Err, it got shrunk in the wash?" "Oooh, I will shrink you in the wash, along with any money your kingdom has!" Filthy Rich furiously prepares to strangle Twilight, but the Alicorn dodges in time, causing the business pony to trip over the small car. He slipped while falling right into the automatic car wash. The mares can hear Filthy Rich yelping in alarm as he was being washed and dried like mad. Once Filthy Rich came out of the car wash, the mares gave a look of amusement: Filthy Rich is now as small as a wash! "I will get you for this!" Filthy Rich yells out in a squeaky voice while snapping angrily at the car washers. "I got lawyers! You will wish you will never been born once I'm through with you! I eat ponies like you for lunch!" The mares just smirk as Twilight put a bucket over Filthy Rich, shutting him up. The princess chuckles, "Now HE got shrunk in the wash!" THE END A JUSSONIC PRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------ Once the cartoon's over, the audience applauds once more for a good one. In the backstage area, Lance sighs regretfully as he spoke to Ben, "Ben, I am really sorry. I didn't mean to crash that car into the wall.” "Relax, we believe you, Lance." Ben assures Lance with a nod. "Your father may not wanna listen but we do believe you." "I wish I can make up for it somehow...." "Well, we don't have a musical act now, so we got time to fill." "Lance!" Twilight, the PM version, exclaims as she, her group, and Tao came onto the scene. "What happened? Your father came in, telling us that you crashed a car." Lance sighs, shaking his head while saying, "Awww, it wasn't my fault. That car from the first cartoon show up, it took me for a ride and crashed right through a wall. Dad now won't let me have a ride or a car now! He doesn't think I am responsible like he was for Dragoking. Dad always claimed to be the better rider." "My son did what?" Tao ask in shock and alarm, getting a bit upse.t "He dare used my credit for taking care of his ride! Compare to his - your father had the worst in taking care of his pet. " "What do you mean?" Teenage Spike (PM) asked Tao in surprise. "Are you saying dad was reckless when it comes to taking care of Dragoking?" Nyx (PM) asked Tao with an arch of an eyebrow. "Yes. It is true. I'll show you." Tao said with a nod. "In fact, I even did a cartoon of it years ago, starring Shadow Dragon and his driving skills." "Ohhhh, I think I know what you mean." Iris Crystal said with a thought, getting the idea. "I saw clips of it. Lance, I think we got something that could help teach your father a lesson." "Yes! Ben, we will use that!" Lance exclaims to Ben with a smile. "Instead of just clips, we're showing the whole thing. It will be a good educational story to show safe driving, and proves that dad wasn't responsible when he was a driver or a rider back in his young days!" "Good idea. I will asked Applejack to run the cartoon once you introduce it." Ben said to Lance with a smile. "Thanks, Ben! You're the best!" "We're family, after all." "I shall fetch the cartoon!" Tao exclaims as he gallops off to get the cartoon that was mentioned. Time to prove that not every driver is perfect, even a Mystic Pony like Shadow Dragon! ------------------------ Spike got on stage, smiling as he announces, "And now folks, making their House of Pony debut, the best substitute valet and his family in their world...LANCE JUSTICESTRIKE AND THE SPARKLE DRAGON FAMILY!" As Shadow Dragon was serving water to Starlight (My Little Pony Tales), Sweetheart and Melody when he heard the announcement, making him ask, "Wait what?" The Mystic Melody turns, unknowingly pouring the water into a Sea Pony's bowl. Even Dragoking growls in surprise as he and Shadow Dragon saw Lance and his family are on stage. The Mystic Pony Lance smiles as he said, "Hey, my name is Lance Justicestrike and this is my family." "We're here to introduce a special cartoon about the riding skills of my step daddy Shadow Dragon." Nyx (PM) said with a smirk. "Right, this one I did years ago when he was Dragon Hope. You may think he's a safe driver but what do you really know about him then?" Tao ask mysteriously to the audience. "Time we find out! Roll it!" The spotlight is put onto Shadow Dragon who gave a small smile. No, they wouldn't. They would as the audience applauds as the final cartoon of the night plays on screen. ----------- JUSSONIC PRESENTS... A DRAGON HOPE CARTOON Based on the classic Goofy short 'Motor Mania' "MONSTER MANIA" ----------------- The cartoon starts as an image of a crashed car is at a dump of vehicles like it, with monsters being impounded in a nearby cell. During this time, we can hear Tao, "Motor cars or certain rides as monsters. They are rapidly facing extinction or imprisonment because of foolish riders!" We see a nearby house as Shadow Dragon, back when he was Dragon Hope, came out with a smile being happy and innocent...or is he? "Yes. Truly the average Mystic Pony is a creature of strange and unorthodox habits. For example, take my son Dragon Hope. But to protect the innocent if he was, we shall called him "Mr. Trotter". Dragon Hope goes over to the yard where his fateful pet Dragoking is chained up. The Mystic Pony is planning on a drive today and is ready for some fun and relaxation. "Mr. Trotter lives in a quiet, respectable part of the Mystic Realm. He is a typical, average pony." Dragon Hope spots the flower bush as he pick a flower, smelling it. Yes, sir. Looks like it was going to be a great day for him, right? "Truly a good citizen of average intelligence. Or so it seems at first." The pony heard birds singing, making Dragon Hope smiles as he whistles back while moving onward. "My son is a kindly pony. Courteous, punctual and honest." "Hey there, Dragon Hope!" Laxtinct calls over to Dragon Hope, waving to him. "Morning, Laxtinct. What a great Mystic Realm day we're having." Dragon Hope said, smiling as he heads on over to Dragoking. "Mr. Trotter wouldn't hurt a fly nor step on an ant." Dragon Hope stops to see an ant on the ground, making him smile as he walks around the insect. Looks like a nice Mystic Pony, right? "He believes in live and let live." Time to get going so Dragon Hope unchained Dragoking, got him up and climbs onto him. "Mr. Trotter owns a huge Hydragoon and considers himself a good rider. But once he's on that creature, a strange transformation overtakes him." Dragon Hope prepares Dragoking to head off. But as soon as the Hydragoon begins growling, something happens. The Mystic Pony begins to snap as his eyes begin to transform. Dragon Hope turns into something he wasn't...a different form of driver, the Dark Mystic Pony kind as Dragon Hope laughs insanely. "Aiiii! Mr. Trotter is charged with one overwhelming sense of power, his whole personality changes him. Suddenly, he turns into an uncontrollable monster, a Dark Mystic Pony driver. Mr. Trotter is now Mr. Dark Rider, an insane rider!" Madly, Dragoking yelps as his owner kicks him, causing him to get moving. Laxtinct moves out of the way in time in alarm. "GET OUT OF THE WAY, LAXTINCT YOU IDIOT! WATCH IT!" Dragon Hope yells furiously. He yelps while backing into a vehicle that was able to get off the curb. The riders of both transportations yells to each other while Dragon Hope and Dragoking heads off. "Jerk! You think you own all of the Mystic Realm?!" The other rider snaps furiously at the mad pony. "Well, yeah, I own it. Tao practically owns this dump! My taxes pay for it!" Dragon Hope chuckles cruelly. Dragoking roll his eyes as his owner thought of road streets and signs named after himself. "Yes, sir! I voted for the road bonds, I pay for the roads and blast it! I will use them!" Dragon Hope and Dragoking stops at the entrance of a freeway for Mystic Ponies to the city as rides/cars goes past. The Mystic Pony looks impatiently for an entrance, then he forces his Hydragoon to get moving into the road without bothering to look. "OFF THE ROAD, MOVE OVER, LET ME PASS!" Dragon Hope snaps furiously as he and his pet passes every vehicle on the road, making most of the Mystic Ponies riding to frown at him. The son of Tao was in the front with vehicles tailgating him. Dragoking stops while his owner glares at the riders yelling or honking their horns, wanting him to move faster, "Shut up all of you! You think you're better?! They will wait, it's a beautiful day." Draogn Hope sighs as he get some air then turns on a radio that he himself brought along. After turning the device on, the Mystic Pony hums to the music. That's all he wants, fresh air, nice music... Dragon Hope and Dragoking continues down the middle of the road, ignoring the angry ponies behind them yelling or honking their horns. They want the mad Mystic Pony to get off the road already. "Off the road you road hog!" A driver snaps furiously. Dragon Hope doesn't seem to notice or care. He is feeling like an actual road hog, relaxing as he just honks back, yelling. Suddenly, a spotlight up ahead turns red, forcing Dragoking to stop. "Ugh! 30 seconds now out of my life! For the love of Lauren Faust!" Dragon Hope growls in frustration. He saw the other riders revving up beside him, making him smirk wickedly. "Oh, they wanna race, huh?" The Mystic Pony prepares Dragoking in determination. "Okay, boy. Let's see those fools get by us." The riders waits until the light turns green. They rode off to the next spotlight, making Dragon Hope and the other riders wait there for the next light to turn green. Soon it did as the riders kept going. But Dragon Hope forces Dragoking to go down a middle sidewalk and right into a spotlight as the other vehicles passed him. A bus coming from the other side came over and opens its doors. The passengers of it got off and climbs over Dragoking, going past Draogn Hope, much to his irritation. What is this? The passenger to come off waves to the Mystic Pony, saying, "Morning." As the passenger leaves, Dragon Hope frowns, then saw a pony carrying groceries to the curb as well as a puddle of water. With an evil grin, he makes Dragoking backs up and goes back onto the road, going through the puddle of the water to splash the grocery carrying pony. Dragon Hope laughs to himself. That was fun... That is until another car did the same thing to him, getting both Dragon Hope and Dragoking wet and making the mad pony rambles furiously. Just then he spots a parking place nearby. "Aw, what luck; it's a parking place, a rider's pot of gold. Not everyone got one of those to stop at." Dragon Hope saw that somepony is about to take the place he wanted. Furiously, the Mystic Pony made Dragoking go faster and stopping at the spot, claiming it. Dragon Hope laughs at the driver, making him groan and goes off to find another parking space to be at. Dragoking meanwhile squeeze himself between two cars. The parking space doesn't fit him but it will work. Dragon Hope got off of his pet though a rider goes past the pony, almost knocking him down. Dragon Hope growls as he yells at the rider. What a jerk! "Once my son is off his protector, Mr. Dark Rider, the rider, changes back into Mr. Trotter, the nice pedestrian." Back to his true self, Dragon Hope trots along a sidewalk and picks up a newspaper in a stand on the other side of the street. He is happy and cheerful, as well as calm. It's like what happen before never happened at all! "As a pedestrian crossing the street, a wise pony often said..." Dragon Hope looks both way before preparing to cross the street. But a car run over one of his hooves, making him stare in shock. "Foals step in where Alicorns fear to tread or..." Dragon Hope waits as several cars/rides goes past. He hears a horn honking, making him smile and waves to the driver before starting to walk on the crosswalk. What a nice pony. "...a friend in need is a friend indeed." Turns out however that the driver wasn't stopping for Dragon Hope but for a cat carrying her kitten across the street, passing him unknown to the Mystic Pony. Once the felines got off the street, the cars moves, making Dragon Hope yelps as he rush back onto the street. What rude drivers! Dragon Hope prepares to cross again, holding both hooves to stop two cars. "And there's also the saying 'where there's a will, there's a way'!" Unfortunately, one of the cars isn't stopping and is aiming right at Dragon Hope! He yelps and gallops over, only to get run over, sending him flying back to the side of that street that the pony was crossing. The driver, Tech, laughs as he put a stamp of 'Dragon Hope Ran Over' on his car window. The dizzy Dragon Hope now walks around in the middle of the road where he quickly recovered...and quickly yell as he ran all over the road, doing his best to find a safe spot while dodging the mad cars. The Mystic Pony found one on the other side, jumping up a car. The cars/rides became sentient and begin acting like dogs trying to get him...then gave up and went on their way. In relief, Dragon Hope came down the lamp post. At least he's where he need to be right now. "Extra, extra! Read all about it!" A news pony calls out. "Here you go." Dragon Hope said as he give a bit to get a newspaper. The pony opens it up and begins reading, with a headline saying 'Accident Increase, Especially on the Road'. And of course when the Mystic Pony begins trotting across the crosswalk, he didn't notice that he is avoiding the cars while also failing to see a four way accident while going right by it. Dragon Hope got back onto the sidewalk...just as Tech reappears, running him over, this time on a motorized bike. The mama's colt laughs as he put a stamp 'Dragon Hope Ran Over' on his bike handle. Dragon Hope groans as he heads back to Dragoking. Time to get out of here, this place is mad! "Yes, safe! Mr. Trotter returns to the haven of his pet, now knowing how the other fellow feels." Dragoking nods as he owner got back onto him, preparing to go home and relax. "But ugh! Once my son is behind the "wheel", Trotter once again form..." Dragon Hope got Dragoking ready...then begins to feel strange as the Mystic Pony laughs evilly like before. "...Mr. Dark Rider, the rider, the Dark Mystic Pony return-th!" Dragoking got out of the parallel parking, rushing off very fast...then got into an accident offscreen. Ouch! A few moments later, Dragon Hope is still riding Dragoking, yelling at a medic carriage that is pulling the injured Dragoking, "Come on, move it! Out of the way, road hog, ugh!" Dragoking groans as his owner kept yelling at the camera. He just doesn't get it, does he? "What a shame, son AKA Mr. Dark Rider. You went and hurt your pet. But this must be a lesson to you. Ride safely, play fair..." Dragon Hope glares at the camera, mostly at his adopted father. "Give other ponies a chance, and..." "Oh, shut up, you old goat!" Dragon Hope snaps angrily at the story comes to an end. "Well! Remind me to ground you later or hit you on the head!" THE END A JUSSONIC PRODUCTION -------------------------- Once the final cartoon is over, the audience applauds wildly. Once again, a really good one. Pinkamena couldn't help but giggle, "Well, looks like the apple does not fall far from the tree, that's for sure." Golden Heart nods in agreement, saying, "Well at least chances are now Lance will be able to have a car to drive/ride." "I am sure things will go good." Shadow Dragon looks a bit sheepish as did Dragoking. They both remembered those times that the Mystic Pony drove/rode so badly, especially when both got into trouble with Tao, Azure Phoenix, and their friends later on for the trouble. Oh, the humiliation! Shadow Dragon tries to sneak off to try to save what's left of his dignity. But the pony stops as he saw Twilight and Ben, who are standing nearby. "Well, well, apparently Lance isn't the only one in your family who isn't so responsible, right Mr. Dark Rider?" Twilight ask Shadow Dragon in amusement. "Well, uh...okay, I admit, I was young and foolish back then." Shadow Dragon said nervously. "I didn't know any better and was close to the dark side..." "Right, kinda like what Lance is now, huh?" Ben ask, pointing out a fact to Shadow Dragon. Like father, like son, one may say. "Still, I..." Shadow Dragon yelps as Tao appears, hitting him on the head. As the rest of his family from the PM universe appears, the Mystic Pony scowls, "Aiiiiiiii! Have you learned nothing from your reckless foolish driving?! Don't you get it at all?!" "Lance may not be a good driver but you weren't exactly Mr. Perfect at a young age." Teenage Spike (PM) said with a sigh. "Lance can do better and prove himself responsible if you give him a chance." Nyx (PM) said to her step-father in concern. "He's right. Come on." Twilight (PM) said to her love, batting her eyelashes at Shadow Dagon. "Come on, Shadow Dragon." Rarity said as she, Rainbow and Fluttershy came over. "Give him a chance. Lance has really worked hard." "You got that right!" Rainbow exclaims with a nod. "Lance wants a ride so bad. Please be a good dad and let him have one." Fluttershy said shyly to Shadow Dragon. "So how about it?" Twilight ask Shadow Dragon with a smile. "Wanna give your son another chance?" Dragoking came over, grunting as he snorts. Shadow Dragon groans, even his pet is against him! The pony sighs, "Maybe..." "So does this mean you will consider getting Lance a car or a ride?" "What? A car? Hay, I got an even better idea!" Shadow Dragon smiles as he trots off, making the others looks confused. What does the Mystic Pony has in mind anyway? Hopefully it will make Lance happy at least. ----------------------- Lance is back at the parking lot, preparing to park the cars for the customers once the show is over. Just then, he saw his family coming over as Shadow Dragon spoke, "Hey, Lance! I've been thinking." "Oh great. What?" Lance groans a bit. "Simple, I know you've been working hard to be responsible...I decided it's time you get a reward." "Really? Does it mean that you're going to let me have a car or a ride?!" Shadow Dragon leads the family into the parking lot as he chuckles, "Well, what's a car and a ride when you can have..." The pony smirks as he points to...an empty parking space that has a sign over it saying 'Reserved for Lance Justicestrike'. "...your very own parking space?" "A parking space, really?" Teenage Spike (PM) ask his father. The rest of the family are disappointed as the Dragon is. They were hoping that the Dragon would at least get Lance a car or a ride. "Wow, that's...great." Lance said, looking at the empty parking space, a little disappointed. "Very wonderful, I love it. Now if only I had something to park IN it." But as if to answer a prayer of sorts, the family hears notice. They saw the same car from before landing right in the Lance's parking spot before changing into its black metal Dragon form, roaring. 4-Speed laughs madly as he runs off. "Hey, get back here!" Dr. Hooves exclaims furiously as he got off the Dragon and chases 4-Speed. "You flesh ridiculous speedy pony!" Metalgear exclaims as he jumps off the black metal Dragon. The metal pony put a 'For Free' sign near it. "If anyone wants this Dragon, they can have it!" He then rushes off to join Dr. Hooves in chasing the mad 4-Speed. Lance gasps in hope then gave some begins eye to Shadow Dragon, much to his notice. The father then saw the others looking at him hopefully, making him sigh. Looks like he has been outvoted. Oh...all right, Lance. You can have a ride." Shadow Dragon said with a smile. "It is free and you deserve it after all." "Oh, thanks, dad!" Lance exclaims happily as he hugs Shadow Dragon then goes over to his new pet (ride). "I will call him Xtreme!" What do you think, boy?" The Dragon roars, approving of the name and its new owner. "Well, no trouble at all, son." "Yeah, he isn't like the other Dragons." Teenage Spike (PM) chuckles as he pats Extreme by the tail...before the Dragon swallows him up. "No, no, no Xtreme, spit him out!" Lance scolds Xtreme, ordering him to spit Teenage Spike out. "Spit him out!" Shadow Dragon snaps at the black Metal Dragon in annoyance. "Honestly, this is like Ben being swallowed by Dragoking all over again!" Twilight (PM version) said with an annoyed groan. Yeah, Lance is like his father: both have pets that swallowed something they shouldn't! -------------------------- The show is about to come to an end. Pinkamena, who somehow knew what happened, spoke, "Well, things went wonderful. Lance has gotten a car to drive/ride or how the term goes." "Indeed, my little sister. Things did go well but seems like it is almost time to wrap things up." Golden Heart said to Pinkamena with a smile. "You're right about that, Big Brother." Indeed, Spike prepares to finish tonight's show as he said, "The House of Pony auto insurance is provided by..." ----------- We see the words appearing as the commercial is shown. "Hasbro Insurance!" Now see Lance laughing as he drives a car like mad. "Teenage driver or rider in the house?" Now we see a frowning Trixie being pulled over by a Royal Guard who begins to give her a ticket. "Got way too many speed tickets as of late?" The next still shows 4-Speed looking through a police car window as he watches a tow truck towing a wrecked motor car that he was driving. "As well as reckless driving convictions?" We return to the words on the screen. "Yay! We will cover everyone who has really horrible driving skills!" Spike then finishes the advertisement with a low voice, "Horrible drivers will have to pay extra though." ------------- As the show comes to an end, Twilight smiles as she spoke, "Well, until next time, later, ponies and folks! Drive safely!"