Everyone stood stock still, Sweetie’s unusual behavior and her extremely ominous words having unnerved the whole group. After about a minute of silence and shock, Rarity broke the metaphorical dam of panic, releasing the floodgates of fear and unease.
“What has happened to my sister?!” Rarity screamed as she rushed over to Sweetie Belle who sat stock still, her eyes a bright white. “Sweetie Belle! What is going on with you?!”
“This is going to be a terrible night….” Sweetie repeated, and Celestia neighed, actually NEIGHED in panic.
“No! NO! This can’t be! Guards! I need to bring in a battalion!” Celestia whinnied before she quickly teleported away.
“Why is Celestia freaking out?!” Twilight panicked. “What’s going to happen?! Why is Sweetie repeating the same thing over and over again?! WHY IS SHE SAYING IT’S GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE NIGHT?!”
“She’s possessed, clearly. But not by a malevolent spirit….” Bronze stated, having had to deal with the Nightmare brainwashing him before.
“Yeah, not a malevolent spirit my ass. Always being so fucking cryptic.” Richard said, walking over to Rarity and grabbing her. She flailed in his arms for a second before he slapped her across the face. “Calm the shit down. This is only temporary. She’ll be fine in a second, but if we don’t get ready before they show up, we’re all going to die. Now, how fast can you make that armor?”
“We’re all going to die?!” Rarity screamed. “But I have-”
“No! Pay attention to the task at hand.” Richard commanded, delivering another slap to Rarity’s cheek and snapping her back into the real world. “How fast can you make that armor?! We only have so long before the Twins show up, so you need to get to work on it NOW!” Richard released Rarity, who ran to her fabric station, and then he turned to Bronze. “Bronze, gonna need that obsidian. We don’t have long and we need to get this done now.”
“J-Jeeves, JEEVES!” Bronze shouted, and suddenly a trapdoor in the air dumped a pile of obsidian clumps in the middle of Rarity’s drawing room floor as she hastily scanned Richard and bronze with a spell while also levitating out bolts of silk and bits of obsidian.
“Alright, I can get this done in an hour or so for the two sets of armor-”
“One set.” Richard said. “For now, we need one set. I’m sorry Bronze, but you’re going to have to go into this naked. You’re an alicorn, you’ve got good magic. Use it. In fact...” Richard reached into his pocket and pulled out the Last Prism, then tossed it to Bronze. “Use this if you have to. It’ll respond if need be, just pour as much magic into it as you have and point it towards the enemy.”
Bronze took the prism into his magic’s blue aura worriedly. “O-okay, oh gog, I’ve never been this tense before. Not even rushing that hydra with nothing but a sledgehammer made me this-.”
“Fifteen minutes at best!” Rarity called out as she was magically infusing the black gem-like stones into the bolts of white silk, turning them a shiny black, and also having formed a mannequin wireframe of Richard with her magic, sweat pouring from her brow.
“You have at least twenty from when Sweetie started repeating shit.” Richard stated. “If we’re lucky, you’ll have forty minutes. But no guarantees.
“So approximately 17 minutes! On it!” Rarity swore as she rapidly cut and shaped sections of the obsidian silk.
“Okay, since I don’t know how to actually fly yet, Twilight, can I use you as a mount for aerial combat?” Richard asked, his tone not faltering.
“Y-you’re asking to r-ride me?!” Twilight stuttered out, a blush appearing on her face. “I-I don’t know about that, I mean I’m fine with it, but you and Celestia-”
“Enough of the dirty thinking!” Richard yelled at the fantasizing alicorn and giving her a slap on the face. “We don’t have time for that! I’m sorry for slapping all of you but we only have so long! We need to get ready NOW! If we’re still fucking around like morons when Retinazer and Spazmatism get here, we will die. I’m not sure about you, but I’d rather not have you, Rarity, Bronze, Sweetie, or anyone else in town die. I’m willing to make the sacrifice of myself, but no one else is allowed to die. Do you understand that?!”
“Y-yes, but I’m a horrible flier! The only reason I stood a chance against Tirek earlier was because of all the magic I had surging through me making even idle wing flaps keep me aloft! I’d just crash us!” Twilight admitted with intense worry. “I-I’m still a very capable battlemage though! It came with the lessons Princess Celestia taught me.”
“Great. Use it.” Richard said with a harumph. “I’ll battle on the ground, then. Keep its attention.”
“What about me? I can-.” Bronze was interrupted by the sounds of numerous ponies screaming, loud crashes and fwooshing sounds synonymous with swathes of fire.
“Oh great, they showed up early.” Richard moaned. “We’re out of time! Rarity! Status on the armor!”
“It’s not done! I-I still have to finish the longcoat! If you can buy me a few more minutes I can get it done quickly, but it won’t be that good!” Rarity shouted as she removed the slacks and black stockman hat off her wireframe mannequin, and hastily cut and sewed together a sort of scarf that she also had ready within seconds, Richard guessed as a temporary replacement for any facemask she had in mind.
“That’s alright. Just give me everything else and we’ll get out there and distract it before it starts killing ponies.” Richard insisted and Rarity practically threw the slacks, hat, and scarf at him.
“Dressing room’s right there! Hurry!” Rarity pleaded as she kept forming the longcoat and undershirt.
“We’ll head out right away! Come on Bronze!” Twilight stated as she levitated Bronze out the door.
“But I can-!” Richard didn’t hear what Bronze said as Twilight had rushed out the door while he quickly got behind the privacy screen to get dressed.
“Damn jeans! Did I somehow gain weight as a tree?!” Richard complained to himself as he got undressed. “You wouldn’t have happened to have made me a shirt, would you?”
“Just finished it, darling.” Rarity said as she tossed the shortsleeve undershirt over the privacy screen, Richard fumbling to catch the sudden incoming shirt, especially considering the thing was as heavy as a chestpiece of light metal armor despite it’s thin and soft feel.
“Thanks.” Richard said as he hurriedly put the shirt on, then wrapped the scarf around his face, tying it in the back. He marveled at the pitch-black yet shimmering clothes in the mirror for but a moment before he dashed out from behind the privacy screen and to the door, only stopping to talk to Rarity. “When the coat’s done, either call me over or do the stupid thing and bring it to me, just don’t get caught in the battle. I don’t want anyone getting badly injured because of me or any of my fights.” Richard then darted out the door, down the hall, across the entrance room, and out the front door. Richard could see the fight just down the street, the giant cybernetic eyeballs that were the Twins were making their way over towards him, albeit slower than normal because of the extra interference from Twilight and Bronze.
The mare wasn’t kidding, even with her barely-recovered magic from Tirek’s demise, she was still visibly slowing Spazmatism down with her magic blasts, and Bronze was frustrating Retinazer by somehow seamlessly appearing out of nowhere, bucking it, and then vanishing to dodge it’s laser to repeat the act again. Considering how weak he was, he was flying rather well. “Time to send you to hell again.” Richard growled as he gripped Meowmere’s charm, and she formed in his hand with a ‘nya!’.
Richard charged towards the Twins, sword charged and at the ready. The moment he was about to attack Spazmatism, it changed its focus to him and charged at him, cancelling Richard’s attack and sending him flying a few yards, only to suddenly find himself over Spazmatism instead of the ground where he’d been the instant before, and he yelped as he brought Meowmere under him, stabbing the blade into the ghostly machine, getting it to jerk before it rolled and tossed Richard to the ground, but again he found himself not hitting ground, and landed atop Retanizer. “WHAT THE FUCK?!”
“ATTACK DUMBASS!” Bronze screamed, his horn shining brightly before he vanished and panted next to Richard before he wrapped all of his hooves around him, and lifted him off the abomination before it could toss him off. “I gave you a good opening and you wasted it with a question?!”
“THE FUCK KIND OF TELEPORTATION IS THAT?!” Richard yelled at the top of his lungs.
“I’M THE FUCKING ALICORN OF SPACE! LISTEN TO PONIES WHY DON’T YA?!” Bronze angrily shouted before dropping Richard several dozen feet in the air, and he was instantly plopped hands-first into soft grass like he’d just rolled over. “No time to explain! Just go with it!” The winded stallion shouted before he vanished out of the way of a massive fireball fired by Spazmatism.
“He’s merely displacing sections of the physical plane around! It’s basically the highest form of teleportation!” Twilight shouted as she jerkily flapped her wings and managed to evade Retanizer’s beams due to her erratic flight pattern. “Swap cube A with cube B! It’s nothing beyond magical metaphysics!” Twilight yelled, more likely to keep herself calm as she dove hooves first right into Spazmatism’s pupil, getting an unearthly hollow sort of echo of anger from it in response.
“I’m over it, thanks. Getting back to the fight now.” Richard said as he charged back in, sword ready once more. It looked like the same thing was going to happen, but this time, Richard was ready. He swung Meowmere in a large arc in front of him right as Spazmatism came into range, slashing the giant bio-mechanical eye and sending a beam of rainbow energy into its face, forcing it to cut off its attack. Retinazer noticed its twin’s hesitance and went for Richard instead, shooting lasers at him as it approached.
Only for Bronze to surprise Richard by tackling him from behind, and suddenly he found Meowmere stabbing INTO the pupil of Retinizer as if he’d been launched at the thing like a missile with Bronze as his guidance system. The red-irised monstrosity sparked and emitted a forlorn grinding sound before it dropped like a rock, vanishing into the ground and leaving Richard and Bronze with the freed Meowmere crashing into the dirt road like they’d been suplexed.
Spazmatism though, was NOT happy, and suddenly the eye’s iris, pupil and all, had giant metal fangs sprout from all around it, literally eating it’s own pupil and iris to reveal a bottomless pit within as it roared with a grinding mechanical keening sound like a thousand knives being put through a giant blender, the enormous teeth serving a grim similarity with a quick spin inside the maw.
“Aaaand...Phase 2...fuck.” Suddenly, an elongated version of Retinizer’s laser cannon phased clean out of the ground, barely feet away from Richard’s head. “Double fuck! You cheating bastard!” Richard rolled himself and the exhausted alicorn away just in time to evade a scattershot of red lasers, and the barrel retreated back underground. “They’re smarter this time! Last time one just charged and the other tried to stay overhead!”
“Shit. I’m spent dude. I can barely move anything but my wings.” Bronze admitted, before gasping and aiming the Last Prism over Richard, the familiar rotating rainbow blast flashing out and shoving the giant floating bottomless maw from them, visibly searing it and causing it’s bloodshot outer layer to bruise. “Okay...yeah...no more magic….” Bronze weakly wheezed as his horn started sparking weakly from magic overdraw and he dropped the prism as he collapsed into Richard.
“Tough shit, buddy.” Richard said. “Sadly, we don’t have the option to let you rest right now. You’re gonna have to fly me, okay? Hopefully it’ll get Spazmatism to follow and drag Retinazer out of the ground.” Richard pointed at the barely-visible cord of pure necromantic magic connecting the two and looking like a ghostly optic nerve, and Bronze took a steadying breath as he got a devil-may-care grin on his face.
“Heh...tried to say I’m a good flier. Nobody let me say it. Get on.” Bronze stated as he weakly rolled upright as Twilight distracted the two monsters.
“Wait!” The two quickly looked up to see Rarity galloping towards them, the finished longcoat and an obsidian saddle in her magic. “Quick, put this on. Come here Bronze!” The stallion yelped as she levitated him to her, and Richard turned away as he put on and buttoned the heavy, strong, and shimmering black longcoat that went down to his ankles, and even had sewn-in gloves. It fit perfectly.
“D-don’t touch me there!” Bronze’s voice nervously shouted and Richard groaned when he heard Rarity titter. “Okay, saddle’s on, get on!” Bronze demanded as he trotted next to Richard with a burst of embarrassment-fueled energy. Richard nodded and despite the size difference, settled into the saddle that was thankfully due to pegasus/thestral physiology, behind the wings but still on his back, and the stallion surprised him with the strength of his takeoff. Then again, the wings were bat-like, and bigger than most he’d seen on ponies of Bronze’s size. He’d be a huge babe magnet since a lot of mares like big wings apparently.
“Okay, here’s the plan! You dive in and I’ll sideswipe Spaz, hopefully we can anger him enough to charge and drag his ground-sniping brother out. We need to take care of Retinazer first, especially if we leave him down there and he can just keep sniping at us.” Richard explained, and with just a nod, Bronze dove towards Spaz as Twilight barely dodged a long stream of fire coming from the living giant mouth, and Richard swung Meowmere at it as they passed, gouging out a side of the great beast and drawing it’s ire, but it just attempted to breathe fire at them as Retinazer fired another scattershot at them from below ground with it’s protruding barrel.
“Going for another pass!” Bronze shouted as he pulled a hairpin turn, managing to twist around Spaz’s flamethrower and Richard slashed another line into the ghostly biomachine’s unnatural hide, and this time Spazmatism roared and charged after them, forcefully dragging Retinazer out of the ground, clearly to the sniper’s dismay as it tried to pull back on it’s charging partner. “Going for it!” Bronze announced, and Richard prepared to make a decisive blow as Bronze dove down under Spazmatism.
“TASTE THE RAINBOW!” Richard yelled as he took aim for the eye’s laser barrel and charged energy into the Last Prism, firing off the rainbow lasers that rapidly spun into the huge spiralling one. The laser barely hit Retinazer, due to another charge from Spazmatism forcing Bronze to change course suddenly. “Keep it steady, will ya?!”
“Sorry, but I’d rather not find out if that thing IS bottomless!” Bronze shouted in reply as Retinazer dragged Spaz back down and both proceeded to fire at them, Twilight having landed someplace to recover a moment. “We need help! These two are just trying to pull a battle of attrition, and there’s no way we can outlast them in a face-to-face shootout!”
“THOU CURS DARE TO RETURN AND HARM OUR LITTLE PONIES!?” An imperious mare’s voice echoed through the night, and the light of the moon grew brighter, framing the silhouette of a mare Richard hadn’t seen in over a millennium. “WE SHALL SMITE THEE! FOUL REMNANTS OF THINE PARENT PARASITE!” The Mare of the Moon, Princess Luna, practically roared in the Royal Canterlot Tone before firing a massive beam of her cerulean magic into Spazmatism, smashing the eye so hard it flew into the ground with it’s partner. “GUARDS! EVACUATE THE AREA!”
“YES MA’AM!” Came the collective shout of guards as they all fanned out to help evacuate the immediate area of town.
“Luna! You are a sight for sore eyes!” Richard exclaimed as Spazmatism warily surfaced. “I wish we could catch up, but first we need to kill these bastards!”
“Agreed! We shall be glad to reunite as battle-kin once we are through with these charlatans!” Luna exclaimed before dodging a laser blast courtesy of Retinazer, only for the barrel to suddenly receive a gigantic golden energy arrow as punishment, and Richard turned his gaze to see Celestia wearing armor akin to her guards only specifically for her, levitating a gigantic greatbow and with a fierceness in her that Richard hadn’t seen since the old days.
“We hath thy backs!” Celestia called as she deftly evaded a fireball from Spazmatism as the gaping maw regained it’s bravado despite the circumstances. “Draw it out and we shalt slay it with our sunlight arrows!”
“Right!” Richard called back, getting his focus back in on the fight at hand. He took aim again at Retinazer with the Last Prism, only for Bronze to jerk them both out of the way to avoid a burst of flame from Spazmatism. “Keep Spazmatism off me and Bronze! I don’t want to miss another shot!”
“Right!” Both Celestia and Luna simultaneously replied as Luna prepared several spells while Celestia kept her eyes searching for Retinazer.
“BUCK YOU YA UGLY PILE OF PLOP!” A bolt of rainbow crashed into Spazmatism out of nowhere, practically tossing the gigantic thing through the air to reveal the impact had been one of Twilight’s friends; Rainbow Dash. “How dare you burn some of Twi’s feathers?!” She was so angry, her mane and tail were flowing with the surge of pegasus magic running through her. “I am going to KICK YOUR PLOT!”
“Alright then…” Richard said, the sudden attack from Rainbow Dash throwing him completely off guard. “The more the merrier, I guess.” Richard then tapped his ankles into Bronze’s flanks, the stallion nodding before he swooped down at Spazmatism alongside Rainbow, and while Rainbow flew hooves first into the beast’s ‘cheek’ on one side, Richard slashed the edge of it’s other cheek, and again it agroed and charged Dash this time, dragging Retinazer out as the sniper eye focused on Bronze and Richard since it knew they were going to try for it again.
But it was thrown off-target by a huge shaft of sunlight slamming it’s barrel aside, and several moonlight missiles impacted it, which bought Richard the time he needed, aiming the Last Prism again as Bronze dove at the eye again. When it turned it’s barrel on them, Richard shouted in pure determination and adrenaline. “SUCK IT YOU MECHANICAL PIECE OF CRAP!”
Retinazer fired at them rapidly, scoring several hits on Bronze and making him scream and accidentally toss off Richard who continued his flight path towards Retinazer. A laser hit Richard, causing him to flinch for a second in pain, only for the pain to subside as the Star Veil kicked in immediately afterwards, making him temporarily invincible and sending a small flurry of three tiny stars at Retinazer, damaging it slightly. Retinazer kept firing in vain as Richard plunged towards it and readied his sword as the prism began it’s firing sequence.
“DIE YOU PILE OF SCRAP!” Richard yelled as he plunged into Retinazer’s laser cannon before pouring as much mana as he could into the Last Prism, speeding up its rotation and firing the spiralling laser beam directly into the center of the bio-mechanical monstrosity, ripping it apart from the inside-out, sending blood, eye jelly, and assorted mechanical parts everywhere as Richard landed softly with his wings in the blood-soaked grass below..
“INCOMING!” Came the shout of Celestia, causing Richard to look up to see Spazmatism rapidly charging towards him.
“INCOMING YOURSELF!” Richard yelled as he forced the Last Prism’s beam upwards and across Spazmatism’s open maw. The laser cut the circular maw in half, which promptly exploded, raining more viscera everywhere. And a bloated storage sack, which fell neatly on the ground at Richard’s feet. “...Still won’t get used to that…Terraria and it’s odd loot mechanic.”
“Richy~!” Richard barely managed to brace himself as his old friend Luna barreled into him with a powerful hug, tackling him to the ground as her wings happily fluttered and she nuzzled his face. “We missed thee so much!”
“I… missed… you… too… Luna.” Richard choked out. “But… could you… dial it back… you’re choking… me!”
“Oh thou can take it. Let us have our treasured snuggles.” Luna hummed happily as she at least rolled off of him, but kept hugging him on the bloody grass, not caring about the sanguine possibly staining her coat. “We art so glad thou are free of thine own imprisonment.”
“Me too Luna.” Richard then quietly enjoyed the moment, the relaxation under the moon much like when they would take a breather after a harsh battle way back when.
“Yeah...just...ignore the scorched and weak stallion in favor of snuggling the princess….” Bronze weakly snarked from his smouldering place several yards away. “Buck...burned fur stinks horribly….”
“Stop whining.” Richard said. “You’re ruining the moment.”
“You can snuggle my sister later...I need help now….” Bronze said even more weakly, and Richard quickly bolted upright to see the stallion was way worse off than he thought. His left wing was bent the wrong way, his neck was at an odd angle, and one of his forelegs wasn’t supposed to be sideways. “Seriously...help….”
“Alright, fine. Thanks for ruining my snuggles.” Richard said as he pushed Luna away and got up as she looked on worriedly while Celestia landed next to her. “Just… don’t start complaining about my help. The healing is not as rewarding as the hurting.”
“Just do it….” Bronze managed to roll his eyes as they started drifting shut, telling Richard he didn’t have long.
“Don’t forget that I warned you.” Richard said as he took hold of Bronze’s messed up leg. “Celestia, if you could please help me with this. I need a healing spell going constantly so he doesn’t pass out.”
“Oh...yes, right….” Celestia nervously stated as she readied a spell. “I am SO sorry in advance young colt.”
“What’s happening?” Rainbow asked Princess Luna as she hovered nearby, her high having gone down and her mane and tail back to their shaggy selves.
“Something thou really doesn’t want to see….” Luna stated right as a resounding ‘crack’ came from the direction of Bronze’s downed body, followed by a loud yelp of pain. “Richy’s healing magic is-.” Another loud ‘crack followed by a pained cry was heard. “-unorthodox at best…” A third and final crack was heard along with a wailing cry of ‘WHY~’.
“I warned you.” Richard said as he stood up.
“Buck...whatever...I’ll live, and that’s better than dying on my first summoning.” Bronze commented as he stood up weakly, hissing as he psychosomatically felt pain in his healed foreleg. “Ew...blood everywhere. That whole fight was bucking metal though. I need to git gud son.” Bronze joked as he flapped some of the blood off his wings. “But seriously, ugh, we all need showers, or baths. Who’s up for bugging the spa ponies for a late-night session?”
“Wait...thou art familiar...sister, does he seem familiar to you?” Luna asked Celestia as she approached alongside Rainbow Dash.
“He bears a striking resemblance to our father Luna. Apparently he’s somewhat your son from another dimension, even though his version of us treat him as a sibling.” Celestia informed, and Luna blinked in amazement as she looked at Bronze with awe.
“Then thou art mine progeny?” Luna asked as she got closer to him and sniffed his mane to his blushing embarrassment. “Thou are...we smell it.” Luna grinned before she started nuzzling his head. “Oh our little foal is all dirty.”
“Sis~!” Bronze whined as he wilted under Luna’s teasing
“Whoa, Luna’s son is hot….” Rainbow commented, and Bronze curled into himself a bit, his face flushed. “I mean, he’s a bit scrawny, but his face, and those wings.”
“I agree, his general appearance is quite appealing.” Twilight commented as she slightly limped towards the group, one of her wings heavily singed and missing a lot of feathers. “His horn is nicely shaped, and his muzzle is well chiseled.”
“Do either of you require some medicine?” Richard asked as he turned to the blushing alicorn and pegasus, an ominous look on his face.
“I’m good.” Rainbow hastily said as she stopped staring at Bronze.
“I can restore my feathers later, the singed bits just need washed out, a trip to the spa sounds good.” Twilight smiled as she looked at Bronze. “You were very brave out there.”
“I-it’s my talent...to be brave in the face of adversity.” Bronze Brave admitted, smiling softly as he tried not to look at Twilight. “Now...about that spa trip?”
“Ah...this is nice….” Bronze sighed out as he submerged with only his head out of the hot water of the huge tub.
“I agree. It’s been so long since I’ve had a nice bath like this.” Richard said.
“I apologize again for the trouble Aloe.” Rarity said as the pink earth pony mare gently kneaded rarity’s scalp and horn, she’d exhausted herself making the obsidian attire on the fly.
“Again, it’s no problem. Your friends and the princesses killed those things that were setting fire to the town, a good shower, bath, and massage is just what you all need.” Aloe said as she leaned down to whisper, and Rarity tittered while Bronze’s ears twitched and he sighed.
“They’re talking about me….” Bronze quietly muttered, and in response Luna sidled up to him in the bath and nuzzled him.
“Tis only natural my child. Thou art a fine specimen, even if thine musculature is lacking.” Luna preened at the idea if she had a son he’d be so handsome, and Bronze groaned as he looked away from the lunar princess.
“Oh leave him be sister, he’s had a trying time in the short period he’s been here.” Celestia said from the other side of the tub next to Twilight and Rainbow. Both she and Rainbow had been helping twilight preen and mend what was left of her wing’s feathers before starting the slow magic process of restoring them.
“So, now that we’re all clean and just relaxing now, could you explain a bit more about Displaced?” Richard asked as he splashed his face.
“Not really, this was my first time being summoned. All I can say is be wary of random summonings at probably inopportune times, and also apparently ‘beware the Architect’, whatever that means, Dox was pretty insistent on that point.”
“Okay, who’s Dox?” Richard asked. “Is he that weird Displaced you mentioned earlier? The changeling?”
“Yeah, the guy who likes thongs. He said to beware him, and others like him who would only bring calamity to my world, and any who unintentionally encounter their machinations. Also there are apparently a lot of bad eggs out there, so there’s that too.” Bronze stood up and climbed out of the bath, Dash, Twilight, and Rarity all shamelessly staring as he flipped his mane out of his face. “Well, I think I’m good. Do you know how to send me back? I don’t want Dash and Gilda to think I got lost or something.”
“Yeah, you’re in luck.” Richard said. “I met a Vash Displaced that-”
“ZOMIGOSH WHAT?! A VASH THE STAMPEDE?!” Bronze suddenly jumped back into the bath, practically shaking Richard’s shoulders. “Was he?! Really?! Tell me! How do meet him?!” Bronze practically squealed in a total fanboy moment, making Rainbow cringe at seeing what everypony else sees when she goes all gaga over the wonderbolts.
“Stop shaking me!” Richard yelled at the fanboying Bronze. “You’re an alicorn, or do you forget that?! Act like it!” To Richard’s dismay, Bronze would not yield. “Bronze Brave! Our contract is complete!”
Suddenly, a door opened in the tub, draining the water as it sucked Bronze through, but he held onto the invisible frame. “Must...know! No~!” Bronze was yanked through the door and it slammed shut, but the water had already mostly drained from the tub, exposing everyone and making them all sigh.
“Every party needs a pooper and that’s why they invited you. Party pooper~. Party pooper~.”
“Where’s the Party Pooper?!” Pinkie Pie shouted angrily as she was summoned by the song, still wearing her candy-print pajamas. “Oh, hey girls! Can I join?” Nobody disputed it, and Lotus refilled the tub.
“Well… You’re certainly… a thing.” Richard deadpanned.
“Thanks!” Pinkie Pie giggled.