Attack of the Bronies

by SapphireRose87

2) Problem Solved

{Princess Twilight}

I woke up the next morning baffled when I saw I had been changed into a human. Lovely, could this get any worse? Hopefully, now that we know what the friendship problem is maybe we'll be able to stay until we figure it out? I would hate for another gust of wind to take us away before we can solve this!

I looked around to see that the others were still asleep when I heard Alley's voice say. "Wow, you guys turned into humans? I didn't think that was possible. But here, I want to show you something. Which of the Mane Six are you?"

"I'm Twilight," I said.

Alley nodded. "Okay, I have something to show you."

"Okay," I said.

Alley went over to her bag and took out what looked like another thin book. Judging by the differences it wasn't a book, just like the other one she had shown me the night before. "This is what's called a tablet. It's a small computer device much like the one you popped out of last night."

Before we could do anything else, my stomach growled.

"Oh, you're hungry," said Alley. "Fortunately for you, I'm vegetarian. I don't eat meat."

I smiled, "Works for me, I'm pretty sure the others will-"

"Hi, guys! How's it going?" Pinkie asked.

Alley and I jumped a foot in the air at Pinkie's voice. Pinkie then started playing with her hair.

Alley raised an eyebrow, "What are you doing, Pinkie Pie?"

"Huh," said Pinkie, "I could've sworn I had a cupcake in my mane when I got here."

"Oh boy," I said. "Your mane isn't a mane anymore Pinkie Pie."

"Yup, when you're human what you have now is called hair," Alley said, "I take it you're hungry too?"

Pinkie nodded.

"What in tarnation?" I heard Applejack say. I turned around to see that she, Rainbow, Rarity, and Fluttershy were puzzled about why they had been turned back into humans again and wearing the same clothing they had on when they were humans before.

"Yeah I know," I said. I rolled my eyes, "We're back in human form."

"Well, this sucks!" Rainbow groaned.

"What the heck?" I heard Daniel's voice as he entered the room, "How did you guys turn into humans?"

I shook my head. "I have no idea."

I could tell by the look on Daniel's face he was not happy about something. "What's wrong Daniel?"

"Oh nothing," said Daniel, "Hey Alley, I was just wondering, what do you think about trolls?"

"You know what I think about trolls, Slayer2000," Alley snapped.

I looked back and forth between them confused about what they were arguing about.

"I knew it!" Daniel asserted, "So you did do it! Do you know how much of an idiot you made me look?"

"Oh? I made you look like an idiot?" Alley asked, "I think you made yourself look like an idiot. What's the matter? I thought you weren't going to meet anyone on the internet in real life? What did you say the other day? Oh, that's right, the internet's a joke isn't it?"

Daniel grit his teeth and looked like he was ready to tackle Alley and strangle her.

"Yup, we've found our friendship problem," I said, "And it involves you, Daniel."

Daniel paused. "Wait, what?"

"Uh-huh," I said, "If I recall correctly the internet is a form of communication, right?"

"Well yeah," answered Daniel, "But it's not to be taken seriously."

"Then why were you so angry with Alley just now?" I asked.

Daniel paused again. "You know something, I don't know."

"Oh, I forgot to mention Daniel's little buddies Mark and Chucky think the internet's a big joke too," Alley indicated.

"I think Twilight's right on this," Applejack said, "We have our friendship problem. Whatever you guys are doing on this internet thing seems to be what the Friendship map called us here for."

Daniel narrowed his eyes at Applejack. "You're kidding right?"

Applejack shook her head. "Nope. Not one little bit. Now I say we probably get your friends over here so we can have a little chat with them. So we can fix our friendship problem and go home."

I thought Daniel's and Alley's reaction to what Applejack said was strange. They practically choked on what Applejack said.

I looked at them in confusion. "What's wrong? I think Applejack's idea is a sound one."

"Um, if Mark and Chucky come over and see a group of girls in the room," said Daniel. "They're bound to go into pervert central if you know what I mean."

"Yeah, those two have weird ideas about women for sure. They hit on anyone with boobs," Alley said.

"You're joking!" I gasped.

Daniel and Alley shook their heads at the same time. "Nope, not joking!"

"Lovely," I said.

"Well, what do we do now?" Rainbow asked.

"Hmm," I said. Then I came up with an idea. "Do you guys have a long rope?"

Daniel raised an eyebrow. "Uh, yeah?"

"Well if we tie you guys up and teach you a lesson, then the problem is solved and we can go home," I suggested.

Daniel deadpanned. "Yeah that might backfire on you, but okay we'll go along with your plan. I don't think it's gonna work though."

"It just might if they're learning a lesson on friendship from the Mane Six, " Alley said.

"Good point," Daniel said, "I'll give them a call. I have my doubts though. This might give them ideas to add to their fantasies."

Rarity seemed to know what Daniel was talking about and had a look of disgust on her face. "Yuck! You male humans are nasty!"

"Tell that to Chucky and Mark," Daniel growled, "Okay then let's get this over with."

"You know it might make it easier if the other girls go hide in the guest room. If only Twilight is here, I can say she's a friend that I recently met," Alley said, "Then they can come out once we have them tied up with the rope."

Daniel raised an eyebrow. "I guess."

So that's what we did. Pinkie, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy went to the guest room and Alley served them a huge plate of vegetables. I sat down at the kitchen table with Alley and Daniel, eating a plate of vegetables myself. Daniel seemed very anxious after the phone call he made to his friends telling them to come over for a bit.

"Well at least they'll be dressed in normal clothes like I am," Daniel said.

"Why is that important?" I asked.

"Remember what you saw me wearing last night?" Danie asked.

"Oh yeah," I said, "Those pj's with those pictures of me and my friends on them. I did think that was a little weird when I first saw you."

Alley chuckled at that. "Yeah, My Little Pony fans can be a little weird, especially when they're adult males like Daniel."

Daniel put his head in his arms on the table and groaned. The doorbell rang and Daniel got up from the table and answered it. Daniel greeted his friends one at a time. The man that entered the room first looked a lot like Daniel but he had black hair and grey eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans. "Hi, Mark," The next man that entered the room had on a blue t-shirt and blue jeans. He had blonde hair and black eyes. "Hi, Chucky."

"So," said Mark, "What did you want us to come over here for?"

Mark stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me. He whistled. "Now who do we have here? Alley who's this beautiful creature sitting next to you?"

"You see what I mean?" Alley whispered into my ear.

"Uh, my name's Twilight," I said.

"Excuse me?" Mark asked, "Did you just say your name's Twilight?"

I nodded. "Yes."

Mark looked at Daniel. "Is this a joke Daniel?"

Daniel shook his head. "No, it's not."

"Uh-huh, yeah, sure it's not," Chucky said, "You've played jokes like this on us before."

"Yeah," said Mark. "Come quick! The Mane Six just stopped over for a visit! Oh, I'm sorry, April Fool's!"

I giggled at the fact that Daniel would actually play that type of trick on his friends. It sounded like something Rainbow would do.

I looked at Alley. "Okay Alley, get the rope, please. It's time for their friendship lesson."

Alley groaned. "I'm not sure if this is going to work, but okay."

Mark raised an eyebrow and exchanged a confused look with Chucky. I took the rope that Alley got and with her help, we tied Daniel and Mark and Chucky up with them facing back to back.

"Hey," Mark said, "What's the meaning of this?"

Chucky rolled his eyes "Yeah Daniel, you've really outdone yourself this time. You added in an actual girl whom I'm going to say you paid to say her name was Twilight, and you added an extra effect by having her and Alley tie us up with a rope. And a friendship lesson on top of that? Really!"

I was trying to figure out how to even go about teaching this friendship lesson to them as right on cue a huge gust of wind came out of nowhere. I heard Pinkie's, Rainbow's, Applejack's, Rarity's and Fluttershy's screams come from the guest room. A black hole appeared in front of us sucking Daniel and his friends into it first, and then I sucked into it next. I hoped this time this gust of wind, along with the black hole, would transport us back to Equestria so we can teach Daniel and his friends their friendship lesson.

* * *

{Daniel}

The next time I opened my eyes, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The place where I was standing looked a lot like Equestria from the show. It was clear skies overhead, with flowers and perfectly cut lawns in front of different houses to the right and the left of me. There were ponies of different shapes and sizes everywhere and they didn't seem phased at the fact that a human just popped up in their world all of the sudden.

I didn't realize I was still tied up when I heard Mark and Chucky groan. I also heard Princess Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity groaning, lying on the ground beside me. Princess Twilight stood up and shook herself off like a dog that had come in from the rain. She looked around and smiled. "Awesome! We're back in Equestria! Now let's get you guys over to the castle before ponies start to panic at seeing you three."

What I saw next was a flash of blinding light in my eyes and the next thing I saw was the castle in Ponyville from the show. I groaned because I had a headache from the light.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing Daniel?" Mark asked. By the sound of his voice, he was in awe at what he was seeing.

"Unless we're having a shared dream, which I doubt, yeah I'm seeing that we're inside the castle in Ponyville," I said.

"Woah!" Chucky said.

I looked and saw Princess Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy sitting around the friendship map with the same setup from the show. My jaw dropped when I saw it.

"Now that we have these three idiots here," Rainbow Dash said, "What are we going to do about them?"

"The Friendship Map obviously called us back here for a reason," Applejack said, "And no Pinkie, we're not having a party for them. This is a time to be serious. Not a time for jokes."

Princess Twilight perked up. "Wait a minute! That's it!"

"What is it, darling?" Rarity asked.

I watched Princess Twilight and her friends discuss what to do with us. Princess Twilight looked over at us. "Oh, I'll tell you guys later. But first, we need to figure out how to get them outside the castle without panicking ponies when they see humans are here."

"Darling, remember that spell you used to turn us into Breezies?" Rarity suggested.

"Oh yeah, that's right!" Princess Twilight said, "I can use that same spell to turn them into ponies! That's a perfect idea! Thanks, Rarity!"

"Now hold on, Princess Twilight, I don't think we have to be-" There was another flash of light and once the light cleared I noticed that I was on all fours.

Mark's eyes went wide when he saw me. "Whoa! You're an earth pony, Daniel!"

I looked at Mark to see that he had been changed into a unicorn. "And you're a unicorn, Mark!"

"Why did I have to get the girly unicorn body?" Mark whined.

I looked over to see that Chucky had been turned into a pegasus. "Are you serious? I have wings! Awesome!"

Well, at least they untied us. I thought.

Princess Twilight cleared her throat. "Sorry guys, I had to make you young ponies and not adult ones with cutie marks. I wasn't sure what your special talents would be. Now that we have that out of the way. We'll be starting your friendship lesson soon. Hopefully, with you guys being in Equestria, you can absorb the magic here and the friendship problem will be solved."

"I don't know if it's going to be that easy Twilight," Applejack said.

"Nevermind that Applejack," Princess Twilight said, "We should get them set up in their guest rooms and start their friendship lesson tomorrow."

Everyone except me, Mark, and Chucky nodded their heads in agreement. I have no idea what friendship lesson Princess Twilight had in mind.

* * *

{Princess Twilight}

Soon after Daniel, Mark, and Chucky were set up in the guest bedrooms in the castle, I went and talked to Starlight and everypony else in town via a town meeting to explain what was going on. Everypony agreed to do certain things to help teach Daniel, Mark, and Chucky the friendship lesson that needed to be taught them.

The friendship lesson had to be something dealing with forms of communication. If something is a way to communicate with others, you should watch what you say because your words could come back to bite you in the flank. I couldn't wait to start teaching Daniel, Mark, and Chucky this lesson, but it would have to wait until tomorrow.

* * *

{Daniel}

The next morning when Mark, Chucky, and I woke up, Princess Twilight called us to the kitchen in the castle to eat breakfast. The breakfast consisted of pancakes and eggs.

"Don't worry about eating the eggs," Princess Twilight said, "We use magic to make sure there are no baby chicks in there, and if there is we don't pick those eggs. Even if there's just a fetus in there, we still don't pick that egg. A lot of times when chickens lay eggs there's not always baby chicks in them. They lay eggs just about every day, so you're good. Here, have some more orange juice."

Princess Twilight floated three glasses of orange juice over to us. While eating came naturally to us in pony form for some reason, trying to pick up a glass of juice wasn't easy in the slightest. She frowned. "Oh, I forgot to add being able to drink a glass of juice to the spell. Here, I can fix that."

Her horn lit up and another flash of light appeared and after it disappeared, we suddenly found ourselves able to pick up a glass of orange juice and drink it no problem.

"Now," Princess Twilight said, "Why don't I show you around town, hmm?"

We nodded and I didn't know about Mark and Chucky, but I was fascinated by what Ponyville actually looked like in person. "Wow! Ponyville looks so much more awesome than it does in the show!"

"No kidding!" Mark agreed, "I still can't believe I got the girly unicorn body."

"Hey, a unicorn body's not that bad," I said, "Think of it this way, you're a pony now and that's awesome."

"I doubt anyone's going to believe us when we get back home and tell them what happened," Chucky said.

"Yup," I said in agreement, "They'll probably think we're high on something."

Princess Twilight raised an eyebrow. "High on something?"

"You don't want to know." Chucky deadpanned.

Princess Twilight didn't respond to Chucky's reply. We kept walking until we came upon Rainbow Dash arguing with a pony that looked a lot like Starlight Glimmer. We gasped when we saw a kite that looked like it had been slashed down the middle of it with a knife lying on the ground.

"What's the matter Starlight?" Rainbow Dash said.

"You slashed my kite!" Starlight declared, "I was going to send Trixie a very important letter with that kite!"

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "Oh please! That is the dumbest way to communicate with somepony that I've ever heard of!"

"But it's still a way I communicate with her! She's traveling to her next show in a week!" Starlight said, "We were testing it out so we won't have to use the post office to send letters!"

"Yeah, you two are not only weird, you're stupid too, " Rainbow Dash said.

"Now that's mean, apologize right now Rainbow!" Starlight demanded.

Rainbow Dash blew a raspberry at Starlight. "Like I'm going to do that. Oh well, gotta dash!"

Before Starlight could argue with Rainbow Dash some more, Rainbow Dash took off and Starlight sat down, giving a sad look at her kite.

"Is there anything we can do to help her?" Mark asked.

Princess Twilight sighed. "I don't think she wants help. She'll figure out a way to get another kite to send a letter to Trixie."

"But-" I started.

Princess Twilight cut me off. "What's the matter, Daniel? It's not like they're going to see each other face to face for a while anyway. And like Rainbow just said, that form of communication is a joke. Isn't that how you guys feel about the internet?"

I didn't have an answer for her and neither did Mark or Chucky. We looked away from her. Princess Twilight motioned for us to keep walking and we followed her. We kept walking until we saw another argument taking place. It was between two ponies that we didn't recognize. I'm going to assume they were background ponies from the show.

"Hey," said one of the ponies involved in the argument "You ripped up my letter from the post office! I'm charging you with a crime."

"Really, Lemon Hearts?" The other pony said, rolling her eyes, "It's not like you're going to see that pony face to face anyway. Doesn't that mare live in another country anyway?"

"She does Rose," answered Lemon Hearts, "I was trying to tell her the good news about my cousin having a baby earth pony colt this week! Now I have to rewrite the letter thanks to you!"

"Really?" Rose said, "Well why don't you go tell her face to face? That would be much better than sending some stupid letter. Besides sending a letter you won't get to see her reaction to the news. Am I right?"

"Well that might be true," Lemon Hearts said, "But it's still a way I can communicate with her! I don't have the money to travel to that country at the moment."

"Well, who's to say your letter won't get lost in the mail?" Rose argued, "The post office system is a joke anyway. Although I can't blame them very much considering Derpy's the one that runs the post office in this town."

"Why you little jerk!" Lemon Hearts growled.

As we stood there watching Lemon Hearts and Rose argue with each other Princess Twilight cleared her throat and got our attention. "I think we should probably keep moving."

We followed Princess Twilight down the street.

"I don't believe this!" Chucky said, "First Rainbow Dash arguing with Starlight about that kite and now Lemon Hearts and Rose arguing about a letter? What are these ponies' problems? They seem like they got up on the wrong side of the bed today."

"Why do you think their attitudes are bad, Chucky?" Princess Twilight asked.

"It's just they're being awfully mean to each other," Chucky said, "And they're interfering with the ways they communicate with each other! I'm surprised their arguments didn't last longer," Chucky paused, "Oh, I see."

"Uh-huh, isn't that what you're doing when you get into endless arguments that serve no purpose when you communicate with each other? I mean, wow, I'd say your attitudes are bad too." Princess Twilight countered.

"Uh…" Chucky replied.

Once again, we had no answer for her. We stood there and looked down at the ground. Feeling guilty about what we've done over the internet, I couldn't help but kick myself in the butt. Alley's right, I made myself look like an idiot. No one can undo the damage but me. How do I even begin to fix this? Maybe make a new account and then apologize to people on the old one before I delete it?

Chucky nudged me on the shoulder. "What are you thinking about Daniel? Feeling guilty now too?"

I sighed. "Yeah. But I don't know what I can do to fix this. All those mean and awful things I said to people and for no reason? I thought it was all fun and games up till now. I mean, we do have AI to communicate with now. Who's to say we can't use that as a means to communicate with real live people too?"

I looked over to see Mark with the same guilty look on his face that Chucky had and I'm pretty sure that look was on my face too. Before we knew it, we were almost to the castle when we came across another argument. This time it was between Fluttershy and Rarity. They weren't arguing over communication this time. We looked to see that they were arguing over what looked like a torn piece of clothing.

"Fluttershy, what have you done?" Rarity shrieked.

"Was that piece of clothing important to you? Because I think it was the ugliest thing I've ever seen! It needed to be put out of its misery. You should be thanking me. Can you imagine how that piece of clothing would affect your reputation if you put that in with your new line?" Fluttershy reasoned.

"It doesn't matter what you think!" Rarity cried, "That was my piece of clothing! It's not like I'm going to meet all of those ponies that read the newspaper anyway!"

"Really now? Even if you don't meet them they'll still read about it and they won't come to your boutique to buy your clothes. I was doing you a favor. You can thank me anytime you like." Fluttershy insisted.

Rarity turned and ran away from Fluttershy in tears.

"What was that for Fluttershy?" I asked.

Fluttershy looked at me and smiled. "As I just said to Rarity, I was saving her reputation. She'll thank me for it later. Bye!"

My jaw dropped as I watched Fluttershy fly away without a care in the world. Princess Twilight looked at me. "Why so shocked Daniel? It wasn't like Rarity was going to meet all of those ponies that read the newspaper anyway. Fluttershy means well but Rarity does have a point. Come on, let's keep going, we're almost to the castle."

I groaned and thought, I hope we don't run into any more arguments. I don't know how much more I can take without going insane! I think we get the picture already!

Of course, we had to come across another argument ten feet away from the castle. Mark, Chucky, and I rolled our eyes as we looked down at the ground to see a smashed cake in front of Applejack.

"You smashed my cake, Applejack!" Pinkie Pie snarled, "I was trying out a new recipe! How dare you take the cake!"

"I smashed the cake because I'm giving an honest review about it," Applejack said, "It was horrible. That new recipe of yours needs to go in the garbage. I'm saving you from sending out a cake that tastes awful! Don't you remember the last time you did that? You made everypony sick in this town and they didn't come to Sugarcube Corners for a week!"

Before Applejack and Pinkie Pie could argue anymore, I snapped, I had enough of this friendship lesson. "I get it! Make it stop already! Forms of communication aren't a joke! Words can come back to bite you in the butt even if you don't meet people you're communicating with in real life! I get the picture! I'm sorry!"

"That makes two of us!" Mark agreed.

"And that makes three of us! Seriously, I don't think we can take it anymore! Just send us home and turn us back into humans please! " Chucky begged, "We'll change our ways, just make it stop!"

It wasn't until we heard cheers from Princess Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash that the argument stopped. We looked to see that all of the Mane six cutie marks were glowing.

"Looks like we solved our friendship problem!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

"Ha! Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.

"You mean to tell me that those arguments were set up?" I questioned.

"Yup," Princess Twilight replied, "But set up or no, every form of communication we came across are actually real forms of communication in Equestria. The post office, the newspapers, word of mouth, and believe it or not the kite. Those forms of communication are our way to talk to others. It's not a joke, those are real ponies that the information is going to. The same thing with your internet."

"Well, we do have AI which is Artificial Intelligence," I said. "But who's to say that can't be used for communication for real people one day. Either way, I think we get the point. Can we go back home now?"

"A job well done Twilight." Mark, Chucky, and I turned around and gasped when we saw Princess Celestia standing there. We bowed to her when we saw her. After we stood up Princess Celestia smiled at us.

"Yeah I know," Princess Twilight beamed, "I forgot what it felt like to teach ponies about friendship. The map hasn't summoned us in years!"

I tilted my head. "Really? The map hasn't summoned you in years? But you're the ruler of Equestria and the Princess of Friendship! Why wouldn't the map summon you? I'm pretty sure there's plenty of friendship problems to solve. If not for you, at least for the others."

Princess Twilight shook her head. "Apparently not. According to Starlight, the map's been summoning other ponies but not me or the others."

Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy nodded.

"Okay," I said, "Now that we've learned our lesson, can we go home and be turned back into humans? While pony bodies are nice and all, I think I might snap if I'm in pony form for too long."

"I know exactly how to send you home." Princess Celestia said. "And to the right place. Follow me."

We followed Princess Celestia into the castle to where the friendship map was. She pulled out a scroll and her horn lit up. "Let's see, the first part of the spell is to turn you back into humans."

I looked down to see that a gust of wind had surrounded me. A second later, I was changed back into a human along with Chucky and Mark.

Princess Celestia nodded. "Now the second part of the spell is to send right back to where you started."

Another gust of wind happened and a black hole appeared in front of us.

"Goodbye guys," Princess Twilight said. She waved farewell "Promise me you'll remember the lesson you learned today."

I nodded. "Yes princess, I don't know about Mark or Chucky but I'm definitely going to remember it."

"I'll remember it!" Mark said.

"And I'll remember it too!" Chucky said.

The next thing I knew we were sucked into the black hole and sent home.

* * *

When I opened up my eyes again, I was back in my apartment. Alley was sitting at the kitchen table when she saw us. She came over and helped us get to our feet.

"So what happened?" Alley asked. She looked eager to hear our story. "What did you learn?"

I proceeded to tell Alley everything that happened. I also told her about my plan to fix the damage that I did online.

Alley smiled. "Well, I never thought that learning a friendship lesson in Equestria would help you see the error of your ways. I'll take down my account and apologize to people for it. You apologize to people on your account, and I don't know what you want to do afterward."

"I was thinking about after I apologize, delete that account and create a new one," I said. "You know, start over with a clean slate."

"Sounds like a plan to me!" Mark said.

"Yeah, I totally agree!" Chucky agreed.

That's exactly what Mark, Chucky, and I did. I know one thing for sure, I'll never forget the friendship lesson taught to us by the Mane Six in Equestria.

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[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

I woke up the next morning baffled when I saw I had been changed into a human. Lovely, could this get any worse? Hopefully, now that we know what the friendship problem is maybe we'll be able to stay until we figure it out? I would hate for another gust of wind to take us away before we can solve this!

"Yeah I know," I said. I rolled my eyes, "We're back in human form."

"Well, this sucks!" Rainbow groaned.

What the heck is wrong of being a Human???!!!

Besides, it's "temporary". So don't freak out about it.

[SapphireRose87]

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Well, the Mane Six are used to being ponies. They're more irritated than freaked out because they haven't solved the friendship problem yet.

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