Wool of Magic

by Zeprto678

Jokes Can Be Hazardous For Your Health

Solight, Spike, Dawn and Dusk, and their friends, except for Jasper, were trotting through Ponyville.

“Ponyville has been really quiet today,” remarked the alicorn.

“That’s not all. Have you all noticed that the town has been empty for a while now?” asked Gentle Hope.

Everyone stopped to look around. All of them have noticed how empty the town is as there wasn't a single pony anywhere.

Banana Pie looks around, confused. “Banan?” questioned the unicorn stallion.

The whole thing felt off to Melon. “This is weird. The streets were originally filled with ponies a few hours ago, but now there's nopony around for miles,” remarked the melon pony.

“Do you think something happened to everypony?” asked Cinna, concerned.

“Possibly,” said Solight.

“What if it was zombies?” asked Spike, scared.

They rolled their eyes. “Spike, I’ve told you this before, but there is no such thing as zombies. They only exist in those comic books you read,” said Solight. “Sooner or later, those things will give you nightmares.”

Then, Dawn and Dusk spotted something.

The colt gasped, pointing a hoof. “Look!” shouted Dusk.

They followed the hoof to Sugarcube Corner to see that the top-half of the bakery’s Dutch door was open, and Pinkie was leaning over it and waving at everyone with a look of worry.

“What is she doing?” asked the pegasus, confused.

Melon sighed. “I don’t know, but this is Pinkie Pie we’re talking about. Let’s go see what she wants,” she said.

“She probably needs help holding a surprise party for somepony,” guessed Spike.

That didn’t sound farfetched to them. “Yeah. You’re probably right about that, Spike,” agreed Solight.

They all went over to the door, and as soon as the group arrived, a lasso wrapped around them and tightened, surprising everyone. Before anyone could say anything, they were all pulled inside before the door was shut. The group, seeing that whatever had pulled them in had loosened its grip, freed themselves and got up off of the floor.

The psychiatrist pony looked around. “Why’s it so dark inside of the bakery, and what are you doing all alone by yourself?” she asked, confused.

“I’m not by myself,” responded Pinkie Pie.

The curtains to one of the windows was opened by her, letting in some sunlight and revealing that Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Apple Bloom were inside the bakery too. That surprised everyone.

“What are you all doing here?” questioned Gentle Hope.

The apple pony trotted over to the window and pointed. “We’re hidin’ from her,” she answered.

The group went over to the window and looked out to see that trotting through the town was a cloaked figure, who then stopped in place. The others had joined in to look through the window as well, crowding around it. Then, the cloaked figure looked over in their direction, spooking Applejack, the beautiful mare, the shy pegasus, the apple filly, and the young dragon, making them move out of the way from the window.

Gentle Hope understood what was going on. “Wait, so you’re all hiding from some mysterious pony who had just shown up today? Have any of you attempted to talk to them?” she asked, curious.

“Are you kidding me? Have you seen the way she was looking at us?” questioned the rainbow pony.

“She was only looking our way,” said the alicorn.

Pinkie Pie zipped up to them. “Yeah. Looking our way evilly,” she said.

Solight decided to ignore Pinkie Pie for now and focus on the important thing at hoof, which was the mysterious being. “Do any of you at least know their name?” they asked.

“Her name is Zecora,” answered Apple Bloom.

Hearing that made the apple pony angry. “Apple Bloom, ah told ya neva ta say that name!” she admonished.

“Calm down, Applejack. Did this Zecora character do anything bad to anypony?” asked Cinna.

“Not exactly–” said Applejack, but was then interrupted.

“Well, you shouldn’t assume somepony’s out to harm somepony when they haven’t done anything wrong,” said the pegasus mare. They looked at the others with a frown. “None of you should.”

“Cinna’s right, you all. Zecora must be here to make friends, but everypony decides to hide just because they’re somepony unknown,” said the psychiatrist pony. “Nopony was like this when Jasper first came to Ponyville, and everypony was friendly with him. The same with Gilda, despite her attitude towards everypony.”

He nodded in agreement. “Banan,” said Banana Pie.

The alicorn looked out of the window. “They’re both right. You should treat others the same way as how you treat yourself,” they agreed.

The others looked through the window as well. It got more crowded again when the others joined in as well. Zecora was still in the same place, but then they took off their hood, revealing that they weren’t a pony at all. That made everyone, except Gentle Hope, Solight, the unicorn stallion, Cinna, and the melon pony, gasp.

That made the alicorn roll their eyes. “If they’re like this when they first meet a Zebra, then just wait until they meet creatures from other parts of Equestria,” thought Solight.

“Just look at those stripes! So garish,” complained Rarity.

“Rarity, she’s a Zebra,” the alicorn informed.

While the alicorn’s friends were confused and didn’t question it, the five mares and Spike did. “A what?!” the group asked in unison.

“A Zebra. They’re creatures who come from a faraway land,” answered Solight. “Not only that, Rarity, but zebras are born with those stripes. So don’t judge somepony for what they were born with.”

Hearing about the stripes caused the beautiful mare to faint, dramatically.

“I’ve never actually seen her around here before. Have any of you?” asked the pegasus mare.

Cinna’s friends, except a certain group of mares, shook their heads.

The apple pony had a scared look on her face. “That’s because she’s from…the Everfree Forest,” said Applejack.

While the group of mares were scared, and the fused alicorn had gone to chat with the apple filly, the others looked at the group with straight faces.

“You all do remember that Jasper lives in the Everfree Forest, right? Yet you all are friends with him?” reminded Melon. “Also, before any of you say anything, you all should know that there are parts of the world that have environments that have gotten along fine without ponies getting involved in nature, just like the Everfree Forest. Jasper told me that it’s a natural part of nature, yet ponies get involved despite that.”

They looked interested. “I did not know that. Did he ever list some places?” asked the alicorn.

“No, but he did suggest that maybe one day, the seven of us could all go on an adventure and check out the different parts of the world outside of Equestria,” said the melon pony. It did sound very interesting to her.

The psychiatrist pony decided to focus the conversation on the current issue. “So, what has Zecora done to cause you all to be so scared of her?” she asked, wondering.

Rainbow Dash and the beautiful mare both said something about the zebra, which sounded pretty normal. The alicorn and their friends didn’t know whether to facehoof or feel ashamed for the whole town’s overreaction.

Melon wasn’t happy. “...Those are some dumb reasons, and you all should feel ashamed of yourselves. It’s obvious that she’s trying to make some friends while also trying to buy some stuff while in town, yet you all treat her like she’s going to harm everypony,” she said, in a gruff tone.

“I’m sorry to say this, but Melon’s right. Equestria is about treating others like friends, not like what you’ve all been treating Zecora like,” she agreed. Cinna trotted over to the door. “I’m going to go over and talk to her.”

The unicorn stallion trotted after the pegasus, wanting to go along as well. “Banan,” said Banana Pie.

“I’m coming along as well,” said Gentle Hope.

“Same here,” said the melon pony.

Solight looked at the young dragon and Dusk and Dawn. “Come on, you three. Let’s go say hi to Zecora,” said the alicorn.

They nodded. “Okay!” said the fused alicorn, excited.

Spike looked hesitant. “...Okay,” he said.

The four followed after the others as they all went after Zecora.

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The Next Day

BOOM!!!

Everyone in the town was surprised as an explosion happened above the town, leaving behind a blue cloud of smoke. Something crashed into the library treetop soon afterward.

“Ow,” said a young, male voice. “What the…? Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.” The voice had sounded frustrated. They then sighed. “Good thing I’m at the library. I’ll ask Solight for some help.”

A mysterious creature slid down the tree until they reached the bottom. They then walked over to the door before opening it and walking inside.

“Solight, it’s Jasper. I've got a problem that I need help w-” said the mysterious creature, before stopping.

A few feet away from them was the young dragon and Dusk and Dawn with some sort of fused alicorn that looked almost similar to the colt and filly. The alicorn was shocked to see them.

The two’s shocked look had caused Spike, and Dusk and Dawn to turn around and see the sheep. The young dragon was surprised, while the colt and filly waved at Jasper.

Before anyone could say anything, the door opened.

“Solight, we’ve got a problem!” shouted a voice, in an urgent tone. It was the pegasus mare’s voice.

There was the sound of both multiple hoofsteps and the sound of the psychiatrist pony laughing.

“You’re not the only one with a problem, Cinna,” called out the sheep.

Cinna arrived with her friends, except there was a problem: The unicorn stallion looked different.

Gentle Hope was still laughing.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!” laughed the psychiatrist pony.

He was confused by what was happening. “Why is Banana Pie a colt, and Gentle Hope laughing?” asked Jasper.

The others looked at him, confused, as none of them recognized the sheep.

As for the pegasus, she flew over to Jasper. “Aww, what a cute little sheep. What’s your name, little fella?” asked Cinna.

“Cinna, it’s Jasper. Can you please stop talking to me like that?” said the sheep, feeling a bit annoyed. “I feel embarrassed.”

That shocked everyone.

“Jasper? Y-You’re…” said the male alicorn.

“Young? Yes, I’ve noticed,” said Jasper. He raised an eyebrow. “So, who are you two?”

He decided to talk first. “I’m Solar Eclipse, and this…” said the male alicorn, looking at the female alicorn. “Well, you already know her since, back when you were looking for her to wield the Element of Magic, you met Solight instead of her.”

That shocked the sheep as he looked at her. “Wait. You’re Twilight Sparkle?” asked Jasper.

The female alicorn nodded. “Yeah. The two of us actually make up the one you know as Solight,” she confirmed. “They’re our fusion after a teleport spell went wrong.”

That shocked everyone else, except for Spike, and Dusk and Dawn.

The psychiatrist pony, while laughing, tried to say something. “Y-You two m-make up S-Solight? N-No wonder they s-seemed so u-unique,” she said, laughing. “Solight w-was two p-ponies in o-one. Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Solar and Twilight both nodded. “Exactly,” confirmed the male alicorn.

“While this all seems fascinating, let’s talk about you two being Solight later. Right now, we need to focus on why you…uh, four are acting weird,” said Jasper. “Solight’s been split almost into two ponies, Gentle Hope’s laughing uncontrollably for no reason, and Banana Pie’s a colt.”

The female alicorn nodded. “Jasper’s right. We all woke up looking or acting different, and I believe that Zecora is behind it,” said Twilight.

She believed that Zecora was the source since this all didn’t happen until the day after they all went after the zebra.

The sheep’s ears perked up as the name sounded familiar to him. “Zecora? You all met her?” asked Jasper.

The pegasus mare flew over to him. “From what we heard from Applejack and the others, she’s somepony who’s been coming into town once a month. We didn’t know about her until yesterday,” they answered. Cinna was kind of surprised. “But how do you know about her? Have you met her before?”

The sheep nodded. “Yeah. I’ve met her before multiple times back then while I lived in the Everfree Forest,” explained Jasper. “I had first met her at some point after I moved into the Everfree Forest, and then we became friends. I would meet her a few times while I was going through the Everfree, looking for some ingredients for my potions.” He frowned. “I never even knew that everypony had been avoiding her whenever she’d visit the town.”

Twilight frowned. “And for a good reason. She curses ponies and makes them end up like this!” said the female alicorn.

The male alicorn shook his head. “No, she didn't, Twilight. There must be a reasonable explanation,” said Solar.

Jasper walked over to Melon. “And there is,” he said. The sheep looked at the melon pony. “You've been awfully quiet, Melon. Is everything okay?”

Jasper backed away, surprised by her laughter, but then he tripped and fell onto the floor. “Baaaa!” exclaimed the sheep.

The melon pony looked apologetic while laughing. “S-Sorry, Jasper. I-I ended up the same way as th-the others, except just like G-Gentle H-Hope, I-I can't stop laughing!” said Melon. “Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Jasper got up off of the floor and dusted himself off. “It’s okay, Melon,” said the sheep. He looked at the pegasus. “So, what did you all do yesterday when you found out about Zecora?”

“Well, we chased after her into the Everfree Forest, wanting to be her friends,” started Cinna.

The sheep nodded. “Okay. What happened next?” asked Jasper. He then realized something before she could say anything. “Wait a minute. What did you do differently that the others didn’t do?”

Cinna cleared her throat. “Well, when we were reaching a certain part of the Everfree Forest, I noticed something that I tried to get the others to avoid, but it was too late,” explained the pegasus.

The sheep understood what in the Everfree Forest they were talking about. “Ohhhh. They came into contact with some Poison Joke,” he said.

They nodded. “Yeah. Luckily, I was in the air and was able to avoid it,” said Cinna. “And Spike, Dawn, and Dusk were able to avoid it by stopping in time, but the others weren't able to.” The pegasus looked at Jasper. “I guess that’s what happened to you?”

He chuckled. “Almost. I was carrying around one of my inventions that contained some Poison Joke,” explained the sheep. “I had experimented with some Poison Joke and made it into an instant, fast-acting powder. Unfortunately, while I was flying above Ponyville it had blown up in my face, and well…This was the result.”

She winced. “Oof,” said Cinna.

Jasper nodded. “Yeah,” he said.

Both the male alicorn and Twilight were confused. “Hold on. What is Poison Joke?” asked Solar.

“You know that field of blue flowers that I’m guessing you must’ve trotted through?” asked the sheep.

She nodded her head. “Yeah?” asked the female alicorn.

“That’s Poison Joke. When a living being comes into contact with its pollen, the pollen will mess with something about them,” explained Jasper. “From messing with a pony’s age-”

“Banan,” said the Banana Pie, young voice.

“-to making ponies laugh uncontrollably.” He pointed a cloven hoof at two certain, laughing mares.

The melon pony breathed in before laughing again. “S-Stupid f-flowers!” she exclaimed, laughing.

“Luckily, there’s a cure for something like this,” said the sheep.

Twilight looked relieved. “There is? What?” asked the female alicorn.

“Well, I don’t have the cure, but I do remember Zecora telling me that she has the cure for Poison Joke, and I should visit her whenever I want to borrow her book. Luckily, I remember the way to her home,” said Jasper. “We can just go over and ask her for her help.”

“That sounds like a good idea, but too bad though,” said the pegasus.

She scooped up both the unicorn colt and the sheep and cuddled them.

“YOU TWO ARE SO CUUUTE!” exclaimed Cinna.

Banana Pie was okay with being hugged, and hugged back, but Jasper tried to escape.

“Cinna!” exclaimed the sheep, embarrassed.

It was a few minutes before the pegasus mare let the two go and the group went on their way to the zebra’s house.

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Some Time Later

The group was back in Ponyville, cured thanks to Zecora having already brewed a big pot of the cure, which the ones who were afflicted had to bathe in. Afterwards, they all had become friends with her and even learned a lot of things about the zebra. Then, they took her back to the town and were able to get everyone in Ponyville to come out of hiding and get acquainted with her. The group was now chatting as everyone was asking Solight some questions about them.

“I’m curious, but would you want to be separated back into Twilight Sparkle and Solar Eclipse or be yourself?” asked Jasper. He was asking as the sheep wanted to know if the alicorn wanted to be the two ponies they originally were.

They thought about it. “Hmm. I guess I’d want to be myself,” answered Solight. “I’ve gotten so used to being a fusion and living out my own life, that it’d be weird being two ponies again.”

Jasper nodded. “I see,” he said. “Well, I’m glad that everyone in town learned that they shouldn’t judge one for being different. You should write that as a Friendship Lesson to Princess Celestia.”

The alicorn froze. They have only little to nothing to report to Princess Celestia about the sheep thanks to being more interested in today’s event than focusing on Jasper. Solight hoped the sun princess would be understanding about it.

“…Yeah. I’ll do that later,” said the alicorn. “For now, what’s everyone planning to dress up as for Nightmare Night in a few weeks?”

That got the group talking about and sharing their costumes.

Author's Note:

The Poison Joke'd Solight's form was asktwilighteclipse's idea. Not only were they partly separated back into the two ponies that they're comprised of, but both ponies were affected by the Poison Joke as well. So, it was kind of like the Poison Joke messed with them three times.

Zecora will only be mentioned in my stories because I am not good at thinking up rhyming conversations for her to say.

The drawings of Poison Joke'd Solight and Jasper was drawn by lumiere-angel-90, while the drawing of a Poison Joke'd Melon was drawn by allyooops. As for the drawing of Banana Pie, it came from an ask on their blog.

The Psychopath proofread this chapter.

Comments are welcome.

Comments

[Poparakelis]

Instead of making a whole explanation in the synopsis maybe you should actually make a synopsis

[Princesolarecilpse]

The idea of solight being partly spilt into solar and twilight is a idea because jasper and the other were going to figure out that solight whole time that they were a fusion between solar and twilight

[Zeprto678]

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I just realized that you meant the description that all chapters come with, but yeah, I think I can do that.