Pinkie Finds a Horn
Twilight pulled off a random book from one of the shelves and brung it to the coffee table. It was a book that she hasn't read in a very long time, and it was nice to re-read a book from time to time. Cracking open the book, Twilight flipped to a random page and started from the top of the page.
Twilight remembered that book. It was a light-hearted tale about a homeless little colt who has the ability to sing, so he enters a singing competition. It was a great read, and Twilight was glad to re-read it once more. Ten minutes into the book, Twilight heard a knock on the door. She got herself up slowly, groaning halfway, and directed herself to the door. Opening the door, she greeted her good old pink friend.
"Hey Pinkie. What's up?" Twilight asked. Pinkie just stood there, saying absolutely nothing with a wide grin on her face. Twilight stood there at her door, staring at Pinkie Pie. "Erm, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Notice anything different about me?" Pinkie Pie asked, giggling in between. Twilight started to scan the pink pony. She didn't see anything out of the ordinary. She was still pink, her cutie mark was still on her flank, her mane was messy, she had a golden horn...
A golden horn?!
"Pinkie? What's that horn on your head?" Twilight asked, her mouth gaping open. Pinkie Pie giggled before she responded.
"It's a horn! Just like yours!"
"Is it fake?"
"Nope, at least I don't think it is! I was just wandering around the marketplace, you know, doing Pinkie stuff, which is a lot of stuff to do, and then I found this horn on the ground and I was like, 'Woah! A horn? This is so cool!' So then I put it on my head, so now I'm a unicorn!" Pinkie Pie blabbered on. Twilight was studying the horn more closely. The horn did look a regular unicorn horn, and it also appeared to be fully grown. There wasn't any strings attached to Pinkie's head or glue dripping down her forehead.
But Twilight's mind knew that Pinkie Pie couldn't have found an actual real unicorn horn. Maybe it was done by a stylist, and the stylist did so much to make it realistic. The very thought of Pinkie Pie having an actual unicorn horn was just impossible.
"Pinkie, I hate to tell you this, but that horn is probably not real. Maybe you just found a plastic horn, or something," Twilight said.
"Well, if it's a fake horn, then how come I can do this?" Pinkie Pie said. Suddenly, the horn lit up with a sparkley glow surrounding it. Twilight turned around, and saw that the broom was levitating, with the same ominous glow. Twilight widened her eyes in amazement, now that the broom was standing up-right on it's own. How can this be possible? Twilight thought to herself. Earth ponies can't use magic! She's even levitating things without any form of training!
"Pinkie, how in Equestria are you doing that?" Twilight asked.
"I don't know! But it's super dooper cool! Look, I can even do this!" Pinkie Pie aimed at a chair, and shot a beam of sparkley magic at the chair. The chair was shot down, and an aura of magic surrounded it. The aura stopped surrounding the chair, as the chair slowly fidgeted. Twilight's jaw dropped as she saw the chair leap from thr floor to the table. The chair bended it's legs, and tapped on the table as it did.
The chair is tap dancing on my table!
Pinkie Pie was down at the floor, pounding her hoofs and giggling as Twilight got up on the table and strangled at the chair. For a chair, it was very unagreeable as the chair kept on trying to push Twilight away. It fidgeted and danced away from Twilight. Twilight was red as she tried time after time again to stabilize the chair.
"Pinkie! Make it stop!" Twilight yelled as the chair kicked and swiped at Twilight.
“I can't! This is too much fun!” Pinkie Pie said, still rolling on the floor with laughter. Twilight jumped on to the seat, and laughed in victory. The chair bolted down from the table and rammed into the library shelves, with Twilight still trying to get the chair to stop moving. Twilight rustled with the chair, as books showered down on Twilight. More than once have a hard-cover book landed on her head. The chair raised itself on it's two hind legs, sending Twilight to the floor. The chair raced off, and smashed a hole through the wall as it escaped.
Twilight groaned as she got herself up. She rubbed her head and looked down at Pinkie Pie, who was still laughing. Raising Pinkie Pie from the floor, they both got to eye level as Twilight stared at the pink pony sternly.
“Okay, Pinkie. What you did was completely irresponsible. With new power, you have to take responsibility on your actions!” Twilight scolded.
“Responsibility is boring. Can we make other things dance, too?” Pinkie Pie asked sweetly.
“No! Now, we have to find out how you got that horn on your head. How did you get it on?”
“I told you! I found it on the ground and slapped it on my head! Then it just stuck! It's just like a party hat, but better!”
“Pinkie, that's impossible! An earth pony can't just put on a horn and expect magic to come out!”
“What are you talking about? I just did it!” While Twilight hated to admit it, Pinkie Pie did have a point with that statement. After all, she was the one who was fighting a chair on top of her own dinner table, so at this point anything can happen. Twilight brightened up.
“Maybe if it was so easy to get it on your head, maybe it's easier to get it off your head as well!” Twilight tried to get closer to Pinkie's horn, but Pinkie backed away from her, shielding her horn away.
“Why would we want to take it off? This is the most fun I've had in ages!” Pinkie protested. Twilight tried getting closer, but Pinkie would only back away. Twilight grabbed at Pinkie, but Pinkie dodged. Twilight tried again, but only with the same results.
“Pinkie, if you keep wearing that horn, who knows what kind of trouble you'll get yourself into!” Twilight said in a frustrated tone. Twilight dived at Pinkie. Instead of the pink pony that Twilight was expecting, she was instead greeted with the hard wood floor. Twilight slammed down at the floor and groaned. Twilight raised herself up and realized that Pinkie was grabbing the ceiling.
"Hey, I can teleport now!" Pinkie exclaimed. Twilight growled as she started up the ceiling with her wings. Although she was still getting used to them, she was getting the hang of it. Twilight got up to Pinkie Pie and tryed to hold her. Pinkie instead jumped off and fell to the floor, making a perfect landing. Pinkie Pie galloped to the door and crashed through it.
“You'll never catch me alive!” Pinkie yelled as she ran out of the door. Twilight writhed in frustration.
“Darn it, Pinkie! This can't be good!” Twilight muttered to herself. As she said that, Spike came down the stairs, looking around the room in bewilderment.
“Hey, Twilight. Were you tap dancing on the table or something?” Spike asked.
“No, Spike! The chair did!” Spike raised an eyebrow at the sentence. He glanced at the wall, which had a crumbling hole through it.
"Um, why is there a hole through the wall?" Spike asked. Twilight slapped her face with her hoove.
“Forget about that right now! This may sound weird, but Pinkie supposedly found a unicorn horm, and she has the ability to cast magic spells. I really hope this won't happen, but she could damage Ponyville beyond repair if she's not careful. We need to find her and stop her before she causes any trouble!”
“You're right. I mean, if Pinkie can already teleport out of nowhere, imagine what she can do with magic!” Spike said. Spike hopped on Twilight and with motivation, Twilight galloped out the door.
Twilight scanned the streets, looking for any signs of the newborn unicorn. Knowing Pinkie Pie, it couldn't possibly be that hard to find her, but today was a busy day in Ponyville. It was almost impossible to focus on one pony before you would lose sight of him or her. It also didn't help matters that it was the day where everypony would get chatty, so it was hard to follow one voice at a time.
“Do you see her, Spike?” Twilight asked. Spike stood on Twilight, spying around the crowds. Spike pointed at the Caracel Boutique.
“I don't see her at all, Twilight," Spike said. Twilight sighed.
"At this pace, we'll never get to her in time!" At that moment, a blodd-curdling scream filled the air. Twilight became fully alert as her eyes dashed around to see the source. Twilight galloped through the crowds, following the continuing noise. She found herself at the door to the Caracel Boutique. Twilight crashed through the door and yelled for Rarity. Twilight and Spike gasped as they saw a horrifying sight.
The pony mannequins, which were used for the dresses, were out of their stilts and were closing in on Rarity, who was cowering in the corner. Rarity let out a shrieking scream, tears streaming down her eyes.
"I'm too young to be murdered by mannequins!" Rarity wailed. Twilight looked around. She spotted a pile of unfinished dresses in a basket. She grabbed the basket and set it down. Twilight and Spike both glanced at each other and nodded. They both grabbed dresses and flinged it at the mannequins. The dresses covered their faces, causing them to stray away as a result. Spike pushed them back into a nearby closet and slammed the door. The two wiped their brows and catched their breaths. They rushed to Rarity, who was still whimpering.
"Rarity! Are you all right?" Twilight said, picking Rarity up.
"Oh, Twilight. It was simply awful! Pinkie Pie came over here to show off her new horn. She then zapped all my mannequins and they came out of their stilts! They were coming out of their stilts, Twilight! They were coming out of their sti-i-i-ilts!" Rarity said, shaking Twilight in a panic. Twilight stopped the shaking with a slap in the face. Rarity blushed. "Oh, heh heh. Sorry."
"Do you know where Pinkie Pie went?"
"I believe she was telling me about going to Sweet Apple Acres next," Rarity said.
"Alright, Spike! Let's go!" Twilight commanded. Twilight rushed to the door, and going out. Spike stayed out and rubbed a wailing Rarity.
"Don't worry, Rarity! We'll get Pinkie for you!" Spike said. Rarity stopped crying so much and smiled sweetly at Spike.
"Thank you, Spike. You're a very brave dragon," Rarity said, rubbing Spike's scaly head. Spike blushed and ran out of the door, following Twilight.
Twilight arrived at Sweet Apple Acres in no time flat. Twilight saw a large apple twig growing through the roof of the Apple house. The windows only showed a shining red, and glass surrounded the floor. Twilight and Spike rushed over, to where the Apple family was pushing back the front door.
“Applejack! What's going on?” Applejack grunted as she pushed back.
“Twi! Get over here and help us! There's this huge apple that's growing by the minute that'll tear down our entire farm if we don't hold it back!” Twilight and Spike joined in and held the door back. The five pushed back the door, which was slowly opening more and more. Spike's feets dug into the dirt as the apple grew bigger and bigger. Twilight's brow was sweating heavily. Twilight looked around the farm for them that they could possibly use to hold it back. She spotted a heavy looking cart.
"Big Mac! Get that cart and put it here!" Twilight instructed. Big Mac obeyed and quickly went to get the cart. Big Mac placed it at the door and closed off the apple. The apple stopped growing.
"Alrighty, then. Ah think that should hold it," Applejack said. Without warning, a large pop occured, and a wave of apple gloop consumed the five. Twilight black out before she could analyze a thing.
Twilight groaned as wet apple gloop covered her in her entirety. Spike rubbed his head and spat out some apple seeds. Granny Smith was rubbing her back, moaning with pain. The farm wheel was toppled over, and most of the fields was covered in apples. Applejack grew red as she wiped the apples off of her skin.
"I'm gonna get that Pinkie if it's the last thing I do!" Applejack exclaimed.
"Do you know where she went? I've been chasing her all day!" Twilight asked.
"I think she was going over to Fluttershy's house. Ah gotta stay here and clean up this darn mess. It's probably going to take us a while," Applejack groaned. Twilight and Spike ran off as they left the Apples alone with their mess.
Screams filled the air as Twilight and Spike bolted into Fluttershy's home. Fluttershy was barricading herself with couches and other pieces of furniture as snarling wolfs tried to bite through the cracks. Bears and birds were also trying to get through, as Fluttershy cowered into her small little cave.
Twilight looked around for something that she could use. She found a large sack of food with mixed grains in it. Twilight grabbed the food and threw it into the kitchen. The animals noticed and ran to the food. Twilight grabbed various pieces of furniture, blocking the entranceway. Fluttershy peeked from her little cave and slowly and carefully got out, visibly shaking all over.
"Fluttershy! Pinkie came here, didn't she?" Twilight asked.
"Oh yes! She did! She came over here to show off her new horn. Then, she zapped my animals, and then they started attacking me! Even Angel was at it, and he wouldn't hurt anypony!" Fluttershy said.
"Do you know where she could have went?" Twilight asked.
"Well, she said something about making it rain something, but I don't remember what she mean't!" Twilight stared down at the ground for a moment, then gasped.
"Oh my gosh! She must be thinking about the rain spell!"
"The what now?" Spike asked.
"The rain spell is a very dangerous spell. The rain spell can only be done by master level spell casters, but intermediate unicorns can do it too. If done incorrectly, then she could lose all her willpower for years! And, it can unleash a storm that would cost a lot of damage to Ponyville!"
"But Pinkie is only an earth pony with unicorn powers! How would she know about that spell?" Spike asked.
"Pinkie has already shown the necessary skills to be an intermediate spell caster. There's a huge chance she would know the spell! We have to stop her and try to get that horn off of her!" Twilight explained. Twilight and Spike bolted through the door. back to Ponyville. Fluttershy sighed as she tried to clean up the mess. The sound of snarling started to grow louder beyond the barrier of furniture. Suddenly, all the furniture toppled over, revealing the hungry-looking pack of bears and wolves and other animals. Fluttershy screamed as she ran out the door.
Twilight ran as fast she could to get through the crowd of ponies that were surrounding the town square. Twilight pushed and shoved to the front of the crowd and followed everypony's eye. She gasped as she saw Pinkie Pie at the top of the roof, dancing on the top of the gazebo. Pinkie Pie cackled maniacally as she danced.
"Pinkie! Get down from there! You have no idea what you are doing!" Twilight shouted. Pinkie Pie giggled as she continued dancing.
"Citizens of Ponyville! You are about to witness the very first chocolate rainstorm since Discord's return!" Pinkie announced as thunder clouds started circulating. Pegasus ponies tryed to handle the clouds, but where shocked away by the lightning. Twilight became more nervous as things were becoming more tense.
"Pinkie Pie! If you do this, then you risk the chance of being completely drained of your energy! You won't be able to do anything ever again!" Twilight yelled at the insane Pinkie, but she continued laughing and dancing. Everypony started to murmur worriedly as the wind started to pick up. Pinkie Pie threw back an evil sounding laugh as lightning cracked through the air. Ponies started to run in a desperate panic. Twilight glared, as she knew what had to be done.
Twilight flapped her wings and flew to the top of the gazebo. Twilight came to about Pinkie's level and started flying right to her. Pinkie dissapeared in a pink vortex as Twilight missed. Pinkie re-appeared at the same spot and laughed at Twilight. She tried again, with the same results. Pinkie teased and laughed as she danced around. Lightning and thunder was growing fierce by the minute, and in no time it will be raining chocolate. Twilight thought for a minute, then had an idea.
"Hey, Pinkie!" Twilight yelled out. Pinkie raised an eyebrow in confusion. Twilight's horn started to light up as she focused all of her energy. "Take this!"
A bolt of energy shot out from Twilight's horn, and aimed right at Pinkie. Pinkie teleported once again and re-appeared again, causing the bolt of magic to fly right past her. Pinkie laughed again.
"Really? Is that all you've got?!" Pinkie cackled. Suddenly, Pinkie arched her back as magical energy bursted through her, sending her to the ground. Pinkie Pie splat on to the ground, witht the horn coming right off. The sky cleared up and the wind died down almost immediately. Pinkie's eyes whirled around as she started seeing stars. Her vision cleared up as she saw Twilight frowning down at her.
"How did you get me?" Pinkie Pie asked. Twilight smirked.
"I used the boomerang spell on you. I use it sometimes when in dire situations," Twilight said. Pinkie Pie face-hoofed.
"Aw! I should have thought of that!" Twilight rolled her eyes.
"Pinkie, what you did was completely irresponsible. You could have risked your own life and the live's of others as well," Twilight lectured. Pinkie Pie got herself up and dropped her head.
"Yeah. I'm sorry, Twilight. I guess I got just a little carried away." Twilight looked at Pinkie sternly. "Okay, I got really carried away."
"I still don't know where that horn came from, or how it got into Ponyville. How could it give you powers if it comes right off?" Pinkie Pie bounced happily.
"I don't know, but maybe some mysteries are best unsolved."
"Speaking of mysteries, where is the horn now?" Twilight looked down at Spike and gasped. Spike had the horn right on his forehead. A poof surrounded his mouth and a mustache appeared.
"Cool!" Spike exclaimed.