Tom & Jerry: Journey to Equestria

by ShaggyBoi23

Chapter 7: The Fight Analysis

MelTom and MelJerry have continued to wreak havoc in Ponyville, and how to stop them is a difficult question. Besides, they are wearing the Elements of Harmony, and it is virtually impossible to make them give these artifacts back. Now the horror and nightmare for Ponyville were happening at the market, where they were selling all sorts of food and trinkets. Tom and Jerry still decided to attack first, but possessing magic, the clones had no problem throwing the cat and mouse in different directions and returning to their goal of beating, smashing, breaking, and destroying. The wearers of the Elements didn't know what to do now, since taking away the Elements of Harmony wasn't as easy as it seemed. Yes, and magic doesn't work on clones the same way it does on their originals. And while Tom and Jerry were zealously trying to approach the villains, the ponies were discussing a plan...

"Okay, girls, we can't take away our Elements of Harmony easily. So we have to figure out how to take them away." Twilight began, figuring out the plan.

"How about some cupcakes?" Pinkie asked, pulling out a couple of cupcakes.

"Okay... Worst idea ever..." Rainbow replied, in response Pinkie squinted at her friend so that she was almost lying on the ground and her head on the floor.

"Do you doubt the incredible power and strength of cupcakes!" Pinkie asked, sternly and without taking her eyes off

"I... doubt it." Rainbow fearlessly answered. Though she was the one who played fearlessly.

Pinkie took a bite out of the cupcake and it made her crinkle for some reason.

"Eeeeeeeeee! No sugar! Boo!" Pinkie didn't like it when there was no sugar in the cupcakes.

Pinkie, you haven't bought sugar since Wednesday..." Applejack replied.

"Oops... That's right!" Pinkie slapped herself in the face. "And then how did I bake cupcakes?"

"Enough!" said Twilight. "Focus girls, it's time for sweet talk! We have to help Tom and Jerry!"

"How are we going to help them?" Fluttershy asked. "Their clones are already overpowering them!"

"You have to think about it Fluttershy..." said Twilight. "I think we have to be as clever and cunning as the cat and mouse."

"I could have done them with one hand if it hadn't been for my wings!" Rainbow complained.

"That's the third time you've complained about wings." Rarity interjected. "You make it sound like a tragedy."

"What's it supposed to sound like?" Rainbow asked, holding the unicorn's face with two hooves. "But, without wings, my life is not sweet... It's corrosive and greedy, for me... I want to be a free bird again... To fly away to a clearing of clouds..."

"Ooh... That's it!" Applejack waved at her friend. "She's already got the urge for poetry. I think, Twil, you should give her more psychology than Daring Doo."

"Twenty-five again!" Twilight groaned with anger. "Why does everything have to be my fault?!"

"Because you hit her on the head with a book once," Fluttershy replied. "She's been taking poems from you ever since."

"I wonder where my poetry books go..." Twilight said, until she looked at the pegasus.

- Oh... My soul... broken, miserable soul..." Rainbow's poem continued. "I can't fly without wings... I can't stand still ... I can't do the Rainbow Punch with courage and skill... I can't keep up with my other wish..."

- I guess so..." Twilight looked at her friend as if she were a well-worn book kleptomaniac with her own inner world. - We should take her to a shrink once...

---

Meanwhile, there was another squeal from Tom, who had his tail caught by the cartwheel, and he flew up in a cloud in pain. The cat flew out of it on an orange-colored pegasus with a mane and tail of orange and red. The one was dressed in a uniform or costume of azure blue with yellow patterns. She instantly reacted to the cat saddling her.

"Get off me, you lump of fleas! - The lizard tried to shoo the cat off her, but she was held fast to her, not about to fall from such a height. "Oh, so that's it?! I'll show you then!"

The pegasus flew high above the ground with Tom and began to take turns in the air, doing tricks like a dead loop or a barrel roll. Tom was getting carsick from such a flight, but either Tom would hold back the urges from his stomach or he would be hurt again by the padded track. And at this point, Jerry kept running away from the ice cream flying at him, which, though it tasted good, tasted terribly cold, and so the mousey boy tried to stay out of the way. Then Jerry decided to go back to the old tactic: using the tactic itself! Mousey found a piece of cheese in one of the "discarded" refrigerators on the market and left it next to one of the tables. Jerry was counting on the predictability of his clone's behavior, and with one eye on whether or not it came up. Mousey had already prepared his hammer to hit the clone... But then he received a soft blow to the head. Jerry turned around and saw his doppelganger, who was wagging his finger.

"Aah!" the clone smirked. "This trick is as old as your ingenuity."

Jerry didn't hesitate to hit the clone with the hammer, making a nail head. The mouse immediately tried to take away the amulet with the orange apple, and as a result, they both began to roll down the path. The clone, to spoil the mouse, created a huge ball of snow, in which Jerry stayed and MelJerry disappeared. Satisfied with his success, the clone clapped his paws and walked back. MelTom had already finished painting a picture of Tom and Jerry sitting on the moon, thinking about something. Jerry's clone had already come up, and with a cheeky face, he leaned his palm on the pole.

"Now this mouse, like the cat, won't be a problem," MelJerry said.

However, MelTom looked at the mouse and saw something missing.

"WHERE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY?!" MelTom yelled, demanded as he tries to find the Elements of Harmony around him.

MelJerry looked at his neck... And it turned out that he had indeed lost the Honesty Element, and so he shrugged awkwardly. However, he received a hard slap from Tom's clone, from which the mouse fell to the ground, grabbing a small portion with his mouth.

"YOU E-DI-DOT!" said MelTom. "We can't screw up like this, you dummy!"

"I know we can't!" MelJerry replied angrily. "Aren't you a scientist!"

"Oh, really?!" MelTom clapped his hands together. "If you were a scientist, you'd glue that amulet on!"

"Don't let them rip the crown off your skull!" MelJerry replied.

---

Meanwhile, at the ruins of the ancient castle, Tom was still flying on a pegasus in uniform, and the latter was already infuriated by the cocky cat, who even before the safe zone for landing did not jump off.

"I don't know what you're up to, you flea-bitten scum, but you're gonna jump me sooner or later!" the pony made a threat.

But Tom didn't listen to her and prayed to god that he hadn't lost all nine lives. The mare tried to pull the cat away from her with her hooves, but he was wiggling and wiggling. Completely losing their sense of attention, the mare and the cat crashed into a tree, and together with the cat slowly fell to the ground, like a sheet thrown over the bed. Once down on the ground, the cat was already preparing to run away, but the mare quickly came to her senses, and with equal swiftness got in front of the cat. The cat tried to dodge, but the pegasus grabbed him by the breasts with her hooves...

"Do you have any idea, even with the back of your feline brain, who you've just saddled?!" The mare spoke in a gruff, army tone.

He shook his head.

"Why, of course not. You're a creature of opportunity, just like that mouse! Then you'll remember my name because you'll be hearing it more than once, Spitfire's Captain Wonderbolt. And the fact that you saddled me WITHOUT making a difference, by yourself or not, would be the worst mistake you've ever made!"

The pegasus was about to hoof it in the face when the snow came flying at her... Though it was still early for winter, as far as she could remember. Shaking all the snow off her face, a brown mouse was lying on the mare's muzzle.

"Another..." muttered Spitfire. "I can't understand you, are you related?!"

Spitfire brushed the mouse from her face with a hoof, and it fell to the ground with something. Tom was about to run away, but the mare hoofed the fleeing wretch's tail.

"I'm not done with you yet, cat!" Spitfire growled, and then shifted her gaze to the mouse, who had already sensed the wrath of the pegasus, and so covered his amulet as a shield. "And what is this? - The pegasus began to examine the amulet and after a few seconds... "The Elements of Harmony and you're trying to steal, aren't you? I will slowly strangle you for stealing such an artifact, once I inform Rainbow Dash about this!"

And once again Tom and Jerry found themselves in trouble, although Tom had already been booked a long time ago, only he had not yet managed to get a "death certificate". And Jerry... No comment. To keep the pegagsus from catching up with him and his friend, he decided to shoot a snowball at the filly. With an accurate hit to her face, the cat and mouse ran backward.

"Oh, I've never let a pony get away so easily..." Spitfire's voice sounded like a cat hissing. "I'll make a brûlée cat and a soufflé mouse out of you two!"

Again this forest, and again the same wolves met the cat and mouse. Jerry decided to climb a tree, however, Tom followed the same tactic. And already in the trees the cat and mouse headed further. The main thing is not to fall down, otherwise, it will be the same, and maybe even worse, than the time when the dog Spike (Tom and Jerry only now thought about the fact that the dog is namesake) was tearing and tearing because Tom "stole" his piece of meat. Seems like a trifling incident, but Tom got quite a few insurance receipts. And Jerry didn't get away with it, because Tom threw him into one of the cannons, which sent the mouse very far, all the way to Italy. He came back the next day, with souvenirs and a cat portrait. Jumping and climbing in the trees continued until...

"Where are you going?!" came the mare's angry cry. - I'm just warming up!

Spitfire was very close to the cat and mouse and was about to give them a good kicking, but Tom and Jerry pulled one of the branches and slapped the lizard in the face. It was a cat and mouse flying over her head from that blow, chasing each other.

"I'll get you anyway..."

And there was ALSO a plan being discussed in Ponyville! Rainbow suggested Fluttershy's "look," but it turns out it could work in reverse. There would be fewer questions if it worked the same way on Discord. As a result, Fluttershy got scared of herself. So then Applejack offered to be clever, and for that, she prepared a good trick... Hiding in a barrel, Applejack tried to get close to the villains, but the plan went awry... Because Applejack forgot about the squeaky toy in the barrel she was hiding in... Then she made a good crow scarecrow.

Then Pinkie decided to try singing against the villains, but her vocal record was jammed, thanks to clone magic, and now she was humming some random gibberish. Rarity didn't want to fly somewhere a second time, but her plan was to attack quietly and unexpectedly, but the element of surprise was lost, thanks to the punk singer, who kept singing nonsense like a record that just cuts. And Rarity became a sunflower, thanks to her dresses, self-taken from her boutique. The plans dried up, but in the process, everyone noticed that one Element of Harmony was gone, which meant Jerry managed to take at least one away.

"Okay, so Tom's clone has the other five," Twilight said. "We have to get them back somehow..."

"Uh-huh... But how?" Rainbow asked. "We've tried lots of ways and it's no use!"

"All, not all, but shhh! "Applejack was freed from her frightening captivity. "But that these guys are too stubborn, that's for sure. Apple Bloom even overpowered, and she begged me after school, to give her a couple of hammers, and nails. I even asked her why, and she..."

"AUK!" Twilight interrupted, holding herself back from snarling. "ALL STORIES, UNTIL NEXT TIME! WE STILL HAVEN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING!"

"Maybe... they need to... get mad at each other?" Fluttershy suggested.

"And how would we do that?" Rarity asked. "They're too alert and watchful to let their anger call each other obscene words."

"While the idea is a good one," Twilight agreed, "There's a problem... We can't pit them against each other so that they fight each other like cat and mouse."

"And that's because Tom and Jerry are frenemies" Pinkie concluded.

- Wait a minute... - Twilight stroked her chin, catching the thought, and a light bulb went on above her head. - "EVERYTHING!"

"The kind that has a light bulb above your head?" Applejack asked, looking at the lightbulb above the unicorn's head.

"What light bulb...?" - Twilight tried to look around and she did see a light bulb. "What the hay..." There was confusion on Twilight's pony face.

"THIS IS THE IDEA!" Pinkie exclaimed. "A light bulb is like a brain with lots of ideas in it! And when the most ingenious one comes along, the lightbulb above her head goes on!"

"Pinkie, what are you talking about?" Rainbow asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I don't know what you mean!" Pinkie answered with a pleased look on her face.

"Anyway, I have an idea!" said Twilight. "And it is as follows..."

---

In the meantime, Tom and Jerry reached some kind of hut, which resembled the lair of some hermit or aboriginal. The couple tensed up somewhat, really, when an angry pegasus is on his tail, you don't have to choose a hiding place, so the cat and mouse went in there. And inside it turned out to look a lot like a tent for some alchemy specialist, and there were all sorts of scary masks standing in various places in the house. Tom and Jerry already sensed something wrong, and so they were getting ready to leave when a woman's voice called out to them.

"The cat and the mouse have come to me, they have decided to get away from their problems..."

It was a mare who looked like a zebra: the same black and white stripes, not everywhere, but they were there, and she had the couture mark of the old Sun symbol. She also had gold bracelets on her hoof and neck and gold earrings in her ears. She didn't look too scary, but she still made the couple a little scared.

"You two are running away from an angry pony, not in love with being a saddled horse." Asked the mare with rhyme.

Tom and Jerry nodded. They didn't even bother to ask how she guessed.

"I see there's a lot of trouble from you, and you've been getting on everyone's nerves more than once. But all right, I'll hold you to it, I'll need your help a lot."

The cat and the mouse shuddered at these words.

"Do you think you are more likely to be eaten by me, leaving you without everything?" The mare asked. "Then you are mistaken, my dears, the help with the potion was very useful to me. I thought I was going after Apple Bloom, and then you decided to come to me."

The pair were now completely at ease, for if Apple Bloom had been mentioned, then the filly was familiar. But as they pointed their fingers toward the exit, they indicated that they had to hurry because they were expected.

"I'll take you for about five minutes, I won't keep you long, that's for sure." The mare replied, but then she looked at the mouse, who had an amulet with an orange apple on his shoulder. "Do you carry the Elements of Harmony with you? Have you taken it away from the evil brotherhood by wrestling?"

Now Tom and Jerry wanted to know how she knew about it.

"I know what's going on here. Your evil brethren soon want to make sure none of the "kittens" are taken. So I'm brewing a potion now because magic has no effect at all. To finish this potion soon, I need to pull your hair."

Tom and Jerry had no idea why she needed wool, but they decided to give her a few pieces each. She gave them small cups, and tearing off a couple of wools, she carried them in a hoof to the cauldron, where something incredible was brewing. Inside the cauldron was brewing a caustic green slurry that was terribly thick, and so Tom and Jerry tried not to imagine its purpose.

"We should have met at once, and we didn't even say hello once." The mare remarked. "I am Zecora, I live in the forest, and I make potions and amulets."

Tom and Jerry again faced the problem of representation, but...

"I know you, cat and mouse. Tom and Jerry are your names and if you're curious why I know you two, I heard Apple Bloom told me about your antics with Twilight Sparkle and her friends. And now wait a little bit, soon the potion will go with you on the road."

After a few minutes, the potion was finally ready, and it reeked of a very unpleasant stench, reminiscent of slop, and it made my eyes sting. Tom wrinkled his nose at the mere idea of drinking it, and Jerry wanted to run away, but the cat grabbed the mouse and wanted him to drink first. Jerry resisted, but again they were interrupted by Zecora/

"The potion is not tasty at all, and it will be very thoughtless to drink it. You must pour it on your doppelgangers, but only then should you do so when they begin to show anger towards each other, and in such a way that it is worth running away from them afterward. Their magic will be gone, and their wickedness will not come off their hands."

Tom and Jerry could already smell something bad, though it was the smell of the potion itself. Thanking the zebra for her help, the cat and mouse ran on again. Before the cat and mouse could get very far, Spitfire was right there.

"You can't run away from me forever, cat and mouse!" Spitfire shouted. "So you better start praying!"

Spitfire was already in a fight stance, but she was interrupted by a nightstand that came flying in from Ponyville, sniping at the pegasus. Tom and Jerry became alarmed, and so they looked into the nightstand... Captain of the Wonderbolt was in a sort of dazed state.

"I... of you... cut ribbons..." after these words, the pegasus fell out of the nightstand completely senseless.

Tom and Jerry decided not to leave the pegasus here, and so the cat put it on his shoulder. Tom didn't really want to take her with him, though, since she promised him terrible torment at her academy for saddling her. But Jerry reminded him that it would be even worse if anything happened to her. Guess who the suspicion would fall on? Whoever was flying on the back of the pegasus! So Tom didn't argue, so he dutifully carried the pegasus on his back.

Finally, Tom and Jerry reached their friends' hiding place, and it was in an ordinary tent. When Rainbow saw the knocked-out Spitfire, she was very frightened.

"Oh my goodness... What have you done to her, you fiends?!" Rainbow asked in a subdued voice.

"Aw..." Spitfire woke up right on Tom's shoulder. "Where am I...? I don't remember anything..."

"And Tom jumped into the sky and the-" Pinkie was interrupted by a mouse who asked her not to say it.

Tom asked for a good story, and with a gesture of a slashing finger across his neck showed what would happen to him if the official version was told.

- Ahhhh... Tom saved you, Spitfire! - Twilight began.

"You crashed into a tree as you were flying here, and he came running in like a hero, giving you CPR and CPR." Rarity continued.

Tom was stunned by what he heard above, and Jerry laughed at such "heroism.

"So that's what it means..." Spitfire digested what she'd heard. "Then... put me down, please..."

Tom lowered the pegasus to the ground, and now he tried not to get close, and Jerry continued to laugh at Tom's resuscitation, and he was not burdened with yanking the mouse by the tail. Quickly explaining the situation, Spitfire remembered her job and immediately flew out of the tent. Tom didn't want to tell what really happened now, instead, he pointed to the Honesty Element, which was now on the mouse's shoulder.

"Great! I've got one!" exclaimed Twilight. "Now guys, listen to the plan as we came up with a plan with the girls."

Tom and Jerry prepared to listen.

"Here's the deal: Discord created your doppelgangers using your wool, which means they still have a part of you. And since you're friends, therefore they're friends with each other. But if you start feeding, then they'll feud, too! They will drive each other down, and then we can take the rest of the Elements of Harmony away from them! All it takes is for you to become enemies again!"

Tom and Jerry approved the plan, but they had their trump card, too. Tom pulled a small bottle of green slop from his "pocket," Tom shook the pony in front of his eyes and opened it. The stinky smell spread throughout the tent. The stench made everyone twist, and Rarity felt nauseous.

"Holy apples, what is that?!" Applejack asked. "It smells like they've been bathed in the garbage a hundred times!"

"It's a 'we don't know what' potion." Jerry pulled out a sheet. "It was given to us by Zecora to douse our clones with, but only if they're feuding. So we can combine our plan!"

"Zecora?" Rainbow wondered. "Does she know the smell of dumps?"

"Ugh!" Pinkie grimaced at another inhalation of that potion. "My nose... And it makes me want to shed a lot of tears."

"You're not the only one..." Rarity kept her mouth shut just to hold her breakfast.

"And what will this potion do to them?" Twilight asked, keeping her nose closed.

"It's supposed to rob our clones of the magic Discord gave them," Tom replied, holding a sheet. "We just need to pit them against each other."

"Oh... I hate to see you two fighting again," Applejack admitted.

"But it won't be for long..." Fluttershy nodded.

Tom and Jerry shrugged.

"Okay..." Twilight said, anticipating an interesting battle. - "Then let's begin."

Comments

[Starlight Nova]

Please tell me Fluttershy is going to go insane trying to keep Tom and Jerry from tormenting each other.